GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TODAY IS MONDAY,
APRIL 6TH. 
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THERE IS A QUORUM OF THE CITY COUNCIL PRESENT THIS EVENING. 
          MAYOR, IF YOU COULD CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER,
PLEASE. I CAN DO THAT. 
          THIS MEETING IS IN ORDER AT 5:31. I'D LIKE TO HAVE BRIAN. 
          THIS IS ALL MONICA'S FAULT. BRIAN JACOBS, PASTOR OF THE METROPLEX FAMILY LIFE CHURCH. 
          AND I'D LIKE FOR HIM TO SAY OUR INVOCATION. WOULD EVERYBODY PLEASE RISE FOR OUR PRAYER AND
ALSO OUR PLEDGE? THANK YOU MAYOR. IT'S BRIAN JACOBS METROPLEX FAMILY CHURCH,
AND IT'S A JOY AND HONOR TO PRAY WITH EVERYONE AND BELIEVE GOD FOR HIS WISDOM AS YOU ALL DEAL WITH THIS, THE AGENDA THIS FOR YOU TONIGHT. 
          LORD JESUS, WE THANK YOU THAT YESTERDAY WE CELEBRATED THE FACT THAT YOU WERE ALIVE AND
RISEN FROM THE DEAD. 
          AND WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT YOU ARE THE KING OF KINGS AND THE LORD OF
LORDS, AND THAT GOVERNMENT IS YOUR IDEA. AND I JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR PEACE AND YOUR WISDOM TO
FLOW IN THIS MEETING TONIGHT. 
          OVER EVERY POINT OF THIS AGENDA AND OVER EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED,
I THANK YOU AGAIN THAT YOUR KINGDOM COME, YOUR WILL BE DONE FOR BURLESON. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS COMMUNITY. 
          LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PEACE AND YOUR PROTECTION,
ESPECIALLY OVER OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR FIRE, OUR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND EVERY CITY WORKER. 
          LORD, WE BELIEVE THE BEST FOR THIS ENTIRE CITY AND THIS COMMUNITY. 
          BELIEVE FOR OUR SAFETY AS WELL AS OUR PROTECTION. 
          AND WE THANK YOU THAT THE THINGS DISCUSSED TONIGHT ARE HERE TO HONOR YOU AND ARE HERE TO
GLORIFY YOUR KINGDOM AND TO MAGNIFY THIS CALLING AND PURPOSE THAT YOU HAVE ON THIS CITY, THAT THIS CITY IS A PART OF THIS GREAT NATION. 
          AND WE BELIEVE YOUR HAND TO BE UPON THIS GREAT NATION OF AMERICA AND THE BUSINESSES BEFORE
THIS COUNCIL TONIGHT. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WISDOM. I DO PRAY OVER EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER,
INCLUDING THE MAYOR AND THE STAFF HERE. 
          I PRAY YOUR PEACE, YOUR PROTECTION, AND I PRAY FOR EVEN HEALTH IN THEIR BODIES IN THE NAME
OF JESUS, TO HELP THEM TO BE EVERYTHING YOU'VE CALLED THEM TO BE AND SERVE WITH 100% IN HONOR TO
YOU. 
          WE ALL, WE ASK THIS ALL IN THE MIGHTY, MATCHLESS NAME OF THE LORD JESUS. 
          IN HIS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. THANK YOU SIR. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TO THE FLAG OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 2,
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS. 
          [2.A.Proclamations]
2.A IS PROCLAMATIONS. WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING. 
          PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING APRIL 24TH, 2026 AS NATIONAL ARBOR DAY IN THE CITY OF BURLESON. 
          THE RECIPIENTS ARE THE CITY OF BURLESON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. 
          NOW THEREFORE, I, MAYOR CHRIS FLETCHER, ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF BURLESON,
THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 24TH, 2026 AS NATIONAL ARBOR DAY IN THE CITY OF BURLESON AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE
ARBOR DAY BY SUPPORTING OUR EFFORTS TO PROTECT TREES AND WOODLANDS, AND FURTHER URGE ALL CITIZENS TO PLANT TREES TO PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING OF
FUTURE GENERATIONS. 
          THE CITY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING AN ARBOR DAY EVENT ON APRIL 24TH, 2026 AT BARTLETT PARK, WHERE 35 TREES WILL BE PLANTED BY STUDENTS FROM VHS,
CHS AND THE ACADEMY AT NOLA DUNN AS PART OF OUR AWARD WINNING TREES FOR TOMORROW'S JUNIOR ARBORISTS PROGRAM. 
          THE EVENT WILL ALSO INCLUDE FOOD, EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS AND MORE. 
          PARK AND RECREATION, WOULD YOU ALL COME FORWARD? COUNCIL, LET'S GO DOWN. 
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WELL, TECHNICALLY, WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COUNCIL SEATED. 
          SORRY, GENTLEMEN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 2.B,
PRESENTATIONS. 
          [2.B.Presentations]
ADOPTABLE PET OF THE QUARTER STAFF PRESENTER IS DEANNA PHILLIPS,
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE HAVE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER TERI BRIDWELL HERE,
AND SHE HAS BROUGHT SIX YEAR OLD CRACKERS WITH HER. 
          CRACKERS IS AN AMERICAN PIT BULL TERRIER, AND OBVIOUSLY HE HAS NOT MISSED MANY MEALS AND
NEVER SEEN A TREAT THAT HE DOES NOT LIKE. 
          BUT DESPITE THAT, HE LOVES TO GO ON RUNS AND HE LOVES TO GO ON WALKS. 
          HE'S VERY ACTIVE. HE'S A HAM IS WHAT THE SHELTER STAFF LIKE TO DESCRIBE HIM AS. 
          IF YOU'VE PAID ATTENTION TO ANY OF OUR, WE'VE DONE A NEW SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN CALLED PUPS
AND PARKS, AND IT'S WHERE PARKS EMPLOYEES TAKE ADOPTABLE PETS OUT. 
          AND DR. JESSE ACTUALLY TOOK CRACKERS TO WARREN PARK FOR A VIDEO AND SHE PUT HIM IN THE
SWINGS AND HE SWUNG AND HE HAD A GREAT TIME. 
          SO DR. JESSE DEFINITELY RECOMMENDS ADOPTING HIM. 
          HE IS LIKE ALL OF OUR DOGS CURRENTLY BECAUSE WE ARE AT CAPACITY. 
          HE IS, HIS ADOPTION FREE IS, HIS ADOPTION FEE IS FREE. 
          AND HE IS, WILL BE, HE'S NEUTERED. HE'S HEARTWORM NEGATIVE AND HE'LL HAVE ALL HIS SHOTS. 
          SO HE IS READY TO GO AND FIND HIS FOREVER FAMILY. 
          THANK YOU. YOU CAN TAKE A PICTURE. COUNCIL, WILL YOU TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE CUTE,
ADORABLE PUPPY? LET'S GO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 2.C,
COMMUNITY INTEREST ITEMS. 
          [ 2.C. Community Interest Items]
MAYOR I. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I KNOW I SPEAK FOR ALL OF US AND FOR MANY IN THE COMMUNITY
WHEN I TELL THE SAD NEWS THAT WE ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF ONE OF BURLESON FINEST AND MOST BELOVED CITIZENS,
TERESA ANDERSON, WIFE OF COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL ANDERSON AND MY FRIEND OF MANY, MANY DECADES, ONE OF MY CLOSEST COMPANIONS AND FRIENDS. 
          TERESA IS A WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, GODMOTHER TO MY BOYS. 
          AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO MISS HER. SHE WAS AN ENTREPRENEUR,
MENTOR TO MANY WOMEN WHO WENT INTO HER FIELD AND PROBABLY CUT HAIR OF HALF THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF BURLESON AND MINE AS WELL. 
          MINE MAY BE DOWN TO HERE BEFORE I FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. 
          BUT WE MISS TERESA. WE LOVED HER. AND WE HAD HER FOR A SHORT WHILE. 
          IF HER BODY HAD BEEN AS STRONG AS HER INDOMITABLE SPIRIT,
SHE'D HAVE LIVED TO BE 150. 
          BUT SHE ONLY MADE IT HALFWAY THERE. SO WE MISS HER AND THERE WILL BE A CELEBRATION OF LIFE
SERVICE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT FOR HER ON FRIDAY, APRIL 17TH AT 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON AT FIRST UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH ON MCALLISTER, 
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WHERE SHE WAS A MEMBER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. THANK YOU DAN. 
          THANK YOU. DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. THAT'S REALLY TOUGH TO FOLLOW,
WE'RE SENDING OUR HEARTS AND PRAYERS TO PHIL. 
          WE MISS HIM UP HERE. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ATMOS ENERGY. 
          THEY ARE SPONSORING OUR 2026 SUMMER READING PROGRAM. 
          AND THIS IS USUALLY FUNDED PREDOMINANTLY BY OUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. 
          AND ANYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY CAN BECOME A MEMBER OF THE FRIENDS PROGRAM FOR JUST $5 A YEAR. 
          SO I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET INVOLVED AND SUPPORT IT. THEY DO TREMENDOUS THINGS
THROUGHOUT OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY, BUT THIS WAS A REALLY BIG GRANT AND WE'RE JUST SO GRATEFUL TO ATMOS ENERGY, IT WAS ABOUT $5,000, AND IT WILL BUY ALL THE GOODIES AND TRINKETS AND
THINGS TO CELEBRATE THE SUMMER READING ALL SUMMER LONG. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT SUPPORT. ATMOS. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE A PLUG FOR LIBRARY GIVING DAYS,
WHICH KICKED OFF TODAY. 
          THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ARE RAISING FUNDS TO REPLACE OUR PICTURE BOOK BROWSING BINS. 
          CURRENTLY THEY'RE JUST SHELVES AND THEY YOU JUST SEE THE SPINE AND KIDS NOT THAT AREN'T
ABLE TO READ OR THAT MAY NOT CATCH CAPTURE THEIR ATTENTION. 
          SO THEY'RE TRYING TO TRANSFER INTO, AND THOSE ARE 30 YEARS OLD,
BY THE WAY, THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO MOVE INTO BINS WHERE THEY CAN SEE THE PICTURES ON THE FRONT AND LOOK AT THE TITLES AND, AND MAYBE SOME THINGS WILL GRAB THEM THAT DIDN'T
POSSIBLY BEFORE. 
          SO THERE AGAIN, THE FRIENDS OF LIBRARY ARE HOSTING THAT FUNDRAISER AND WE'D LOVE YOUR
SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 3,
CHANGES TO THE POSTED AGENDA. 
          [3. CHANGES TO POSTED AGENDA]
3.A IS ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN, AND 3.B IS ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE
CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION BY THE CITY COUNCIL STAFF OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE. ANY CHANGES? NO, SIR. THANK YOU,
MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          [4.CITIZENS APPEARANCES]
THAT BRINGS US TO 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. EACH SPEAKER SHALL FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND TURN IT
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 CITY COUNCIL ON AN ITEM POSTED ON
THE AGENDA, SHALL SPEAK WHEN THAT ITEM IS CALLED FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION. 
          THIS EVENING MAYOR, I DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD JEFF KAUFMAN. 
          HELLO, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND, DAN, I'M SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. 
          I'VE GOT AN ISSUE. FRIDAY NIGHT, I LEFT MY HOME. 
          I LIVE OUT IN SOUTHERN OAKS, AND I LEFT MY HOME TO COME DOWN TO THIS THREE,
STATION 330 TO LISTEN TO A BAND ABOUT EIGHT. 
          I GET THERE ALL THE PARKING SPOTS ARE FULL. THERE'S ONE LITTLE SIDE STREET THAT WAS OPEN. 
          IT WAS ON ELDRIDGE AND MAIN. THERE WAS ABOUT 20 CARS BACK. 
          ONE CAR HAD PULLED OUT, SO I PULLED IN THERE. 
          AFTER ABOUT 10:15, WHEN EVERYTHING WAS WRAPPING UP AND THE BAND WAS,
THE PLACE WAS CLOSING. 
          I CAME OUT, MY TRUCK WAS GONE. IN FACT, ALL THOSE CARS WERE GONE,
DOWN ELDRIDGE AND I NOTICED WHEN I PULLED IN THERE, THERE WAS A LITTLE PARKING, A FAIRLY NEW PARKING PLACE FOR 2 OR 3 CARS ON ELDRIDGE. 
          AND THEN THERE WAS THE SAME ON MAIN. SO AND IT HAD TWO SIGNS THAT SAID NO PARKING. 
          SO I KNEW NOT TO PARK IN THERE, BUT THERE WAS NO SIGNS ON ELDRIDGE. 
          SO I PULLED OVER. I HAD TWO TIRES ON THE STREET,
TWO TIRES ON THE GRAVEL. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW. I JUST FIGURED, WELL, MY CAR GOT STOLEN,
MY TRUCK GOT STOLEN, I HAD ALL MY TOOLS IN IT. 
          AND SO I CALLED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HAD THE DISPATCHER ON THE PHONE. 
          ABOUT THAT TIME, THE TOW TRUCK PULLS UP AND HE IMMEDIATELY SAYS,
ARE YOU JAKE'S LAWN CARE? AND I SAID, YEAH. AND HE GOES, WELL, I TOLD YOU YOUR TRUCK. 
          AND I SAID, WELL, GO BRING IT BACK, YOU KNOW? AND HE GOES, NO, YOU GOT TO GO GET IT. AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS SOMEWHERE LOCALLY HERE
IN BURLESON. 
          I HAD NO IDEA. THE LADY BEHIND ME GOT TOWED. SHE WAS ABOUT 75 YEARS OLD. 
          I CALLED THE ABOUT THAT TIME TWO POLICEMEN PULL UP. 
          GET OUT. WE'RE TALKING TO HIM AND WE'RE ARGUING WITH THE GUY OVER WHERE THE SIGNS WERE
POSTED. 
          BECAUSE WHEN I PULLED UP ON ELDRIDGE, YOU COULDN'T SEE THE SIGNS BECAUSE THEY WERE FACING
LIKE, IF YOU PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT, THEY'D HIT YOU IN THE FACE. YOU COULDN'T SEE THEM ON
ELDRIDGE. SO EVEN THE POLICEMAN THAT GOT OUT, 
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WE WERE TALKING TO HIM. I SAID, CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE THERE'S A SIGN ON ON THE STREET? HE GOES, WELL, BESIDES THESE THAT YOU CAN'T SEE,
THERE'S NOT THERE'S NO SIGNS. 
          SO THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER WAS HE WAS TYPICAL LIZARD LICK TOWING GUY WITH A WIFE BEATER SHIRT
AND KIND OF A SMART ALECK. AND I, THE POLICEMAN, THEY REALLY. 
          THEIR HANDS WERE TIED. THEY WERE SO NICE. THE DISPATCHER WAS NICE. 
          BUT THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER WAS JUST TYPICAL, YOU KNOW,
KIND OF GUY, I MEAN. 
          AND SO I HAD TO CALL THE, I HAD TO CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SIGN,
WHICH IS OVER IN FOREST HILL THAT LATE AT NIGHT I HAD TO GO. 
          YOU GO DOWN, I GUESS IT WAS MANSFIELD HIGHWAY,
I DON'T KNOW. 
          AND THEN YOU TURNED OFF OF THAT ROAD. YOU WENT DOWN ANOTHER ROAD THAT WAS REALLY DARK,
AND YOU COULD SEE A BIG WHITE FENCE. 
          AND THERE WAS A SKETCHY APARTMENT COMPLEX UP HERE. 
          I MEAN, IT WAS REALLY DANGEROUS. AND NO SIGNS ON THE FENCE. 
          THEN THE GATE SLIDES OPEN AND THE GUY COMES OUT,
IT HAPPENED TO BE THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER. 
          SO I WENT IN, HE SAID, THERE'S YOUR TRUCK RIGHT THERE. 
          YOU CAN'T LEAVE UNLESS YOU HAVE REGISTRATION PROOF OF INSURANCE. 
          THERE WAS IN A DRIVER'S LICENSE, YOU HAD TO SHOW THEM ALL THAT STUFF SO THEY DON'T TAKE
CASH. 
          YOU HAD TO SELL HIM THE MONEY. SO IT WAS REALLY KIND OF SKETCHY. 
          THE LADY THAT WAS BEHIND ME WAS THERE. SHE HAD CALLED THE FORT WORTH POLICE DEPARTMENT
BECAUSE SHE WAS SCARED TO GET OUT OF HER CAR. 
          AND SO I GOT WITH HER. AND THEN WE GOT HER CAR. 
          GOT TO WHERE SHE COULD LEAVE IN HER CAR, AND THEN I WENT ON TO MY TRUCK. 
          BUT FOR RESIDENTS OF BURLESON, THERE'S NO SIGNS ON ELDRIDGE,
SO I WOULDN'T HAVE PARKED IF I KNEW THAT THAT WAS A NO PARKING. 
          I WOULDN'T HAVE WOULDN'T HAVE PARKED THERE. IT COST ME $328 AND I FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY OWES
ME $328. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THE HOUSE OR THE BUSINESS THAT WAS THAT SET BACK THERE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HIRED THE TOW TRUCK DRIVERS OR IF BURLESON HIRED THEM. 
          I DON'T KNOW. HE WOULDN'T TELL ME WHO HIRED HIM,
BUT WHAT THEY'RE WHAT THAT IS RIGHT THERE, THAT'S A SCAM AND IT'S NOT RIGHT. AND IT PUT THAT LADY THAT SCARED THAT LADY. 
          IT SCARED ME. I MEAN, I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I WAS GOING. 
          THERE'S NO SIGNS IT WOULD HAVE SCARED ANYBODY HERE. 
          YOU KNOW, IF MY DAUGHTER WOULD HAVE BEEN DOWN THERE,
THAT WOULD HAVE, I WOULDN'T HAVE. 
          THERE'S NO WAY TO LET HER GO DOWN THAT STREET. SO I'M JUST LETTING YOU GUYS BE AWARE OF
WHAT'S GOING ON THAT ELDRIDGE RIGHT THERE. 
          THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER WHEN I GOT OVER THERE, HE GOES BY THE WAY HE GOES,
I KNOW YOU. 
          AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND HE SAID, I REALLY THOUGHT YOU WERE. 
          I WAS HOPING THIS WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE GUYS THAT WORKED FOR YOUR TRUCK. 
          SO HE SINGLED OUT MY TRUCK TO BE TOWED. BUT REGARDLESS,
HE WOULD SIT THERE. 
          THERE IS NO SIGNS. AND HE WOULD SIT THERE AND ARGUE BECAUSE HE CEMENTED THOSE TWO SIGNS IN
FOR THE PARKING LOT. 
          BECAUSE IF YOU PULL UP, YOU THINK THE SIGNS ARE JUST FOR THOSE PARKING LOTS. 
          HE JUST KEPT SAYING, THERE'S A SIGN. IT'S A SIGN. 
          AND I SAID, WELL, HOW DID THE PEOPLE AT 330 PARK THERE? THEY WERE CLOSER TO THAT SIGN THAN I WAS, YOU KNOW,
BUT IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT, IT'S DANGEROUS THAT YOU'RE SENDING THE RESIDENTS TO GET THEIR CARS FROM OVER THERE. 
          I'M GOING TO CHECK INTO IT. THAT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY, I'M SORRY. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. BEFORE YOU MAKE A STATEMENT HERE FOR
CLARIFICATION. 
          CLARIFICATION? THIS WAS LAST FRIDAY NIGHT? YES,
SIR. 
          AND DID YOU MENTION THE TOW TRUCKS NAME OR ANYTHING? IT'S PREFERRED TOWING. PREFERRED TOWING. THEY,
YOU CAN GET THEM TOWING. 
          PRIVATE VEHICLE RECOVERY, REPOSSESSIONS. I MEAN,
IT'S JUST A, I THINK THEY'RE FAIRLY NEW. OKAY, CAN I GET YOU TO LEAVE ALL YOUR INFORMATION,
INCLUDING THE TOWING COMPANY AND WHEN IT HAPPENED WITH ONE OF THE OFFICERS IN THE BACK BEFORE YOU LEAVE. SO THAT CAN BE PASSED ON TO A CITY OFFICIAL. 
          ALL RIGHT, I'LL DO IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. 
          FOR MY CURIOSITY, CAN YOU TELL ME MORE EXACTLY WHERE YOU WERE? YOU SAID YOU WERE AT ELDRED IN MAINE. YEAH, IF YOU PULL UP,
IF YOU IF YOU GO UP, ELDRIDGE, SAY, FROM HERE. AND YOU AND I WAS RIGHT BESIDE THE STATION 330. 
          OKAY. ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF 330? YES, SIR. SO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF ELDRIDGE FROM 330. 
          WELL, I WAS ON ELDRIDGE, BUT I WAS ON IN THE RIGHT-HAND LANE GOING TOWARDS MAIN AT THE
STOP SIGN THERE. 
          TOWARD THE RAILROAD TRACKS. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND DID YOU DID YOU PULL INTO THE PARKING
SPOTS? NO, SIR. THAT'S, THAT SAYS NO PARKING, BUT. I'M LOOKING AT A MAP AND I'M SEEING A COUPLE
OF PARKING PLACES INTO A BUSINESS THERE. 
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YEAH. YOU WEREN'T THERE, YOU WEREN'T BLOCKING THOSE SPACES? NO, SIR. AND ODDLY ENOUGH, THOSE SPACES THAT YOU SEE,
THOSE LOOK FAIRLY NEW. 
          THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE SIGNS FACING THE CAR THAT WOULD PARK THERE THERE'S,
THAT ONE. 
          AND THERE'S ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MAILBOXES THERE. 
          RIGHT, I CAN SEE. ALL THE CARS PARKED IN THERE DIDN'T GET TOWED. 
          OKAY. IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU WERE TOWED FROM BEING PARKED IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY? WELL, IF IT'S A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. I MEAN,
IT'S A STREET. 
          I HAD TWO TIRES ON THE STREET. TWO TIRES IN THE GRAVEL. 
          THAT'S MY POINT. IT APPEARS THAT YOU PARK ON A PUBLIC STREET TOWED FROM BEING PARKED IN A
PUBLIC PARKING PLACE FROM WHAT. 
          HE TOLD ME THAT I WAS PARKED, I WAS TOWED BECAUSE I WAS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
          THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING. I COULDN'T DETERMINE,
HOW YOU CAN PARK ON A PUBLIC STREET, CAN YOU? NOT YOU PAY TAXES FOR IT. THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME UTILITY EASEMENT THAT RUNS UP AND DOWN
THERE, TOO. WE, NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS HERE, MR. HOFFMAN. 
          SO YOU UNDERSTAND THE POSITION THE COUNCIL IS IN. 
          UNDER THE REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE STATE AND THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT,
IF AN ITEM IS NOT LISTED FOR ACTION ON THE AGENDA, WE CANNOT ENGAGE IN A DISCUSSION OF THE MERITS OF THAT ITEM. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN ASK FOR INFORMATION OR CLARIFICATION,
AND THE STAFF HAS NOTED YOUR NAME AND THE ISSUE AND WILL FOLLOW UP, BUT THE COUNCIL CANNOT DISCUSS IT IN A PUBLIC MEETING IF IT WAS NOT PROPERLY POSTED ON
AGENDA PRIOR TO THE MEETING. 
          BUT THEY'RE NOT IGNORING. IT SIMPLY HAS TO BE ADDRESSED OUTSIDE THE HALLS OF THIS MEETING. 
          I UNDERSTAND, THANK YOU. I GOT WHAT I NEEDED,
ALLEN. 
          I JUST WANTED TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY THE AREA HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. 
          SO THANK YOU. WE'LL LOOK INTO IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 
          IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AN
ITEM NOT POSTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA? I SEE NO ONE ELSE. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO SECTION 5,
CONSENT AGENDA. 
          [5.CONSENT AGENDA]
ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL
BE ENACTED WITH ONE MOTION. 
          THERE'S 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. 
          CURRENTLY, THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS 5.A THROUGH 5.D. 
          IS THERE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          I HAVE A MOTION BY ALEXA. A SECOND BY VICTORIA. 
          PLEASE VOTE. SIX FOR, ONE ABSENT. 
          [6.A.ETJ Release Petition for 8137 FM 1902 DR (REL26-001): Consider and take possible action on a petition for release from the City of Burleson extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) for approximately 115.00 acres of land addressed 8137 FM 1902. (Staff Contact: Tony McIlwain, Development Services Director) (No Planning and Zoning Commission action was required for this item)]
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 6,
ETJ RELEASE. 
          6.A IS ETJ RELEASE PETITION FOR 8137 FM 1902 DRIVE. 
          THIS IS REL26-001. CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON A PETITION FOR RELEASE FROM THE
CITY OF BURLESON EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION FOR APPROXIMATELY 115 ACRES OF LAND ADDRESSED AS 8137 FM 1902. 
          THE STAFF PRESENTED THIS EVENING IS TONY MCLLWAIN,
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR. 
          MR. MCLLWAIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. 
          MR. STEVE BRADBURY, REPRESENTING THE FORT WORTH TRAP & SKEET CLUB,
FILED A PETITION FOR THE RELEASE OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8137 FM 1902, FROM THE CITY'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION ON FEBRUARY 26TH OF THIS YEAR. 
          THERE IS NO FORMAL PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM. 
          YOUR OPTIONS ON ITEM TONIGHT ARE TO APPROVE THE PETITION OR TAKE NO ACTION. 
          AGAIN, IF THE COUNCIL DESIRES TO NOT GRANT THE PETITION,
THE CITY ATTORNEY RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL TAKE NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM AS OPPOSED TO FORMALLY DENYING THE PETITION. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          TONY, I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE NO ACTION ON THIS. 
          WE AGREE. NO ACTION. THANK YOU SIR. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO 8.A. 
          8.A IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION ON THE SELECTION
OF A FIRM TO PROVIDE DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION SERVICES. 
          7.A. 7.A. I AM SO SORRY 7.A. I JUST JUMPING AHEAD. 
          [7.A.116 N Clark ST (ZC26-001): Hold a public hearing and consider and take possible action on an ordinance for a zoning change request from “SF7” Single-family dwelling district-7 to “CC” Central Commercial. (Staff Contact: Tony McIlwain, Development Services Director) (The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended 8-0)]
I'M READY TO GET OUT OF HERE. SOMEBODY TOLD ME AHEAD OF TIME THERE WAS THIS BIG BASKETBALL
GAME ON TONIGHT. 
          I'M NOT SURE WHO TOLD ME TO MENTION THAT. SORRY. 
          GO TO SECTION 7, DID I MAKE EVERYBODY PANIC? GOOD. 
          ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY AWAKE. ALL RIGHT 7, DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS. 
          7.A IS 116 NORTH CLARK STREET. ZC26-001. THIS IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AND
TAKE 
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POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE FOR A ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FROM "SF7' SINGLE-FAMILY
DWELLING DISTRICT-7 TO "CC" CENTRAL COMMERCIAL. 
          THE STAFF PRESENTER THIS EVENING IS TONY MCLLWAIN,
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR. 
          MR. MCLLWAIN. NOW YOU CAN GO. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          MR. JONATHAN COOK IS THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AT 116 NORTH CLARK STREET. 
          CHAMBERLYN SMITH OF BLUE SWIRL LLC IS THE APPLICANT PETITIONING FOR A ZONING CHANGE FROM
SF7 TO CC, CENTRAL COMMERCIAL. ON THE SCREEN, WE'VE GOT A POLYGON HIGHLIGHTED THAT SHOWS THE LOCATION
OF THE EXISTING BUILDING. 
          THE PROPERTY IS ZONED SF7, SITS IN THE OLD TOWN SECTION OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
AND THE CENTRAL COMMERCIAL LAND USE IS ONE OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT THE PLAN PROMOTES IN OLD TOWN. 
          WE'VE GOT THE USES ALLOWED BY RIGHT ON THE SCREEN. 
          THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WOULD BE WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED IF THE ZONING REQUEST IS
APPROVED TONIGHT, AS WELL AS WHAT WILL REQUIRE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. 
          THERE IS NO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT UNDER CONSIDERATION. 
          SO THOSE ITEMS ON THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN ARE THOSE USES THAT THE CITY WOULD CONSIDER IF
APPROVED TONIGHT. 
          WE NOTIFIED 30 INDIVIDUALS WITHIN 300FT OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY,
AS WELL AS PUBLISHED NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER AND POSTED A SIGN ON THE PROPERTY. AT THIS TIME, STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO FORMAL OPPOSITION. 
          THIS IS A STREET VIEW SHOT OF THE LOCATION. STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT THE ZONING DISTRICT
ALIGNS WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BASED ON THE REQUESTED DISTRICT, AND WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE FOR ZONING CHANGE. 
          ALSO, THE P&Z IS IN SUPPORT AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF 8 TO 0. 
          I'D LIKE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE PRIOR TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYBODY ON COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS? I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:58. 
          IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS SUBJECT? I DON'T SEE ANYONE, SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:59. 
          IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE. 
          I GOT A MOTION BY ADAM AND A SECOND BY DAN. PLEASE VOTE. 
          PASSES 6 YES AND ONE ABSENT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE'RE GOING TO TRY THIS ONE MORE TIME. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO
TO SECTION 8, GENERAL. 8.A IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT, 
          [8.A.Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff direction on the selection of a firm to provide delinquent property tax collection services, and consider and take possible action on a minute order directing City staff to terminate the contract with Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins & Mott, LLP, for delinquent tax collection services. (Staff Contact: Matt Ribitzki, Sr. Deputy City Attorney/Director of Legal Services) ]
HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION ON THE SELECTION OF A FIRM TO PROVIDE
DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION SERVICES AND CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON A MINUTE ORDER DIRECTING CITY STAFF TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT WITH PERDUE BRANDON FIELDER
COLLINS & MOTT LLP FOR DELINQUENT TAX COLLECTION SERVICES. 
          THE STAFF PRESENTED THIS EVENING IS MATT RIBITZKI,
SENIOR DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, DIRECTOR OF LEGAL SERVICES. 
          MR. RIBITZKI, I THINK WE'RE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES,
WOULD YOU LIKE US TO WAIT OR? WE'RE OKAY. YOU'RE OKAY. ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING,
MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          AS AMANDA STATED, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION SERVICES. 
          FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS MATT RIBITZKI. I'M THE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY. THE CITY OF
BURLESON HAS CONTRACTED WITH PERDUE BRANDON FOR DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION SERVICES SINCE 1989. IN JULY OF 2025, A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTED THAT THE CITY
MANAGER BRING THIS ITEM BEFORE THE. 
          IN PREPARATION FOR THIS ITEM, THE CITY STAFF RELEASED AN RFQ,
WHICH WAS POSTED TO THE CITY'S EBOND, THE BONFIRE PROCUREMENT PORTAL, AND WAS OPEN FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS AS YOU SEE THERE. 
          TWO HIGHLY QUALIFIED FIRMS SUBMITTED STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATIONS THAT WERE RESPONSIVE TO
THE RFQ. 
          PERDUE BRANDON AND LINEBARGER. THE RFQ EVALUATION RESULTS FROM THE CITY STAFF EVALUATION
COMMITTEE WERE EXCEPTIONALLY CLOSE. 
          CITY STAFF SOUGHT DIRECTION FROM BOTH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND LATER CITY COUNCIL ON HOW
TO PROCEED WITH THIS MATTER. 
          ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2025, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE ISSUE ON SELECTING A
DELINQUENT TAX COLLECTION FIRM AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE DIRECTED STAFF TO BRING THE ITEM TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE. 
          ON JANUARY 20TH, 2026, CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSED THE ISSUE AS A REPORT AND PRESENTATION ITEM
AND THE COUNCIL HEARD FROM BOTH LAW FIRMS. 
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AT THAT SAME MEETING THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO BRING BACK A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM TO
TERMINATE THE CONTRACT WITH PERDUE AND TO SECURE THE SERVICES OF LINEBARGER ON MARCH 2ND, 2026. THE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSED THE ISSUE AGAIN AND DID NOT TAKE ACTION TO
BEGIN THE PROCESS OF TERMINATING ITS CONTRACT WITH PERDUE. 
          AT THAT MEETING, COUNCIL DIRECTED CITY STAFF TO BRING BACK THE ITEM FOR ADDITIONAL REMARKS
FROM BOTH VENDORS BEFORE DETERMINING HOW TO PROCEED. 
          THE STAFF HAS REACHED OUT TO BOTH LAW FIRMS,
AND EACH LAW FIRM IS PREPARED TO GIVE THE CITY COUNCIL A 10 TO 15 MINUTE PRESENTATION AT TONIGHT'S MEETING BEFORE COUNCIL TAKES ANY ACTION. AND I THINK WE'LL BEGIN WITH THEIR. 
          FIRST LAW FIRM IS LINEBARGER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          FIRST OF ALL, THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE ANDERSON FAMILY. 
          VERY SAD NEWS. HATE TO HEAR THAT. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I AM HERE TONIGHT
AGAIN. 
          MAKE SURE I GET THIS RIGHT. MOST OF WHAT YOU SEE TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE WHAT YOU'VE SEEN
BEFORE. 
          I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY A FEW THINGS,
BUT OBVIOUSLY ANYTIME I'M SPEAKING, IF SOMEONE'S GOT A QUESTION, RAISE YOUR HAND. I WILL ANSWER ANYTHING YOU HAVE AND I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          YOU'VE SEEN THESE PHOTOS BEFORE AND I SPOKE BEFORE. 
          I DON'T REALLY EVER GET NERVOUS THAT MUCH ANYMORE. 
          I'VE SPOKEN IN FRONT OF ABOUT 150 JURIES WHEN I IN MY FORMER CAREER. 
          THE THING I GET NERVOUS ABOUT IS THE PRODUCT THAT LINEBARGER PUTS FORWARD AND WHAT IT
MEANS AND THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE IN OUR OFFICE. 
          WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL. I WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO SEE. 
          I WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE. AND WHEN PEOPLE SAY GOOD THINGS ABOUT OUR FIRM,
IT'S BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT HAPPENS IN OUR OFFICE EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          YOU CAN SEE OUR OVERVIEW LIKE YOU SAW BEFORE. 
          ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT ON THIS SLIDE,
BESIDES THE LARGEST NATIONAL LAW FIRM COLLECTING DELINQUENT TAXES, IS THE 50 OFFICES THAT WE HAVE, INCLUDING 115 ATTORNEYS AND 165 IT STAFF. 
          AT THE LAST MEETING, WHEN THIS WHEN THIS WAS UP,
THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT SOME TECHNOLOGY, AND I PLAN ON ADDRESSING THAT. BUT I'M VERY PROUD OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED
AND WE'VE INVESTED IN. 
          AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT WE CAN DO. AS FAR AS AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT I PLAN FOR YOU
TO WALK AWAY FROM THIS PRESENTATION WITH. 
          YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND THE SOLUTIONS THAT IT PROVIDES,
INNOVATIVE TOOLS, AUTOMATED CAPABILITIES AND SECURE DATA SYSTEMS. I NEVER KNEW HOW MUCH GOES INTO MAKING SURE THE DATA THAT WE'RE ENTRUSTED WITH AND KEEPING
IT SECURE. 
          AND HOW MUCH THAT MEANS AND WHAT ALL GOES INTO THAT BEFORE I CAME TO LOMBORG. 
          IT'S IMPRESSIVE, THE STEPS WE TAKE TO MAKE SURE NO ONE'S DATA IS IN DANGER WITH THE
CHANGING WORLD OF CYBER SECURITY. 
          ALSO THE IMPROVED COLLECTIONS, PROCESSES AND STRATEGIES THAT DELIVER HIGHER COLLECTION
RATES ON PERFORMANCE MEASURABLES. 
          YOU'LL ALSO SEE OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. WE WERE ASKED SOME SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS TO RESPOND TO. 
          YOU'LL SEE THAT INFORMATION. ALSO CLIENT SATISFACTION. 
          CLIENT SATISFACTION IF I CAN SPEAK CLEARLY. COMMITMENT TO QUALITY,
RESPONSIVENESS AND CONSISTENTLY STRONG CLIENT FEEDBACK. 
          ANYTIME SOMETHING IS ASKED OF US, WE'RE GOING TO RESPOND AND GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION YOU
ASKED FOR. 
          I THINK THAT'S A PART OF WHAT WE OWE TO THOSE THAT ENTRUST US WITH THESE CONTRACTS. 
          IF THAT'S IF THAT'S THE DECISION THAT'S MADE. I'M NOT COUNTING ANY CHICKENS. 
          THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT I PUT BEFORE YOU LAST TIME. 
          IT IS THE SAME EXACT SLIDE. IT SHOWS TRUTH AND TAXATION AND THE ASSISTANCE THAT WE
PROVIDE. 
          IT'S THAT SCOTT PORTER USES OUR TNT SOFTWARE. 
          I STATED HE USES OUR TNT SOFTWARE. HE IS NOT OUR CLIENT,
BUT HE KNOWS THE VALUE WE CAN BRING. 
          HE KNOWS WE CAN HELP GET THE JOB DONE. AND IT WAS KEYED IN ON. 
          AND I THINK IT WAS VERY ASTUTE OF YOU ON THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DEVELOP,
THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE AND WE PROVIDE TO PEOPLE, IT HELPS THEM. WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE HELPS YOUR STAFF. 
          IT CAN HELP YOUR STAFF MOVE FORWARD IN A MANNER THAT IS EFFECTIVE AND CONSISTENT. 
          IT'S NOT JUST TNT SOFTWARE, WE HAVE INVESTED OVER $110 MILLION IN OUR TECHNOLOGY THAT WE
HAVE THAT IS COLLECTION SOFTWARE THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THE 
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TNT SOFTWARE. AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IN OUR IN-OFFICE SYSTEM IT'S AUTOMATED,
IT MAKES SURE OUR CASES MOVE THROUGH THE SYSTEM AT A GREAT PACE, AND NOTHING SLIPS THROUGH THE CRACKS. WE'RE NOT PERFECT,
BUT WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT WORKS EXTREMELY WELL, AND WE'VE INVESTED HEAVILY IN THAT TO MAKE SURE THE PRODUCT WE BRING FOR OUR CLIENTS IS
EXCEPTIONAL. 
          I SPOKE LAST TIME ABOUT THE LITIGATION AND THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE WHEN IT CAME TIME
FOR PEOPLE TO GIVE NODS. 
          IT WAS VERY ASTUTELY POINTED OUT THIS IS A TOUCHY SUBJECT. 
          IT'S NOT EASY TO TALK ABOUT COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT,
DELINQUENT TAXES. 
          IT'S FINDING PEOPLE THAT ARE IN A SPOT WHERE THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PAY IT. 
          BUT IT'S NOT EVERYBODY, GENERALLY SPEAKING, ABOUT 95 TO 96% OF THE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO PAY
THEIR TAXES ON TIME. 
          THOSE THAT CAN'T, OR WHERE WE COME INTO PLAY,
THAT'S WHERE WE GO TO WORK COLLECTING FOR THE CITY. 
          IT'S NOT LOST ON US THAT IT'S TOUGH TO DO, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE SIGN UP TO DO. 
          WE MAKE SURE THAT WE WILL DO THE WORK THAT IT TAKES TO GET THIS CITY WHAT YOU NEED. 
          THOSE DOLLARS ARE WHAT ALLOW YOU TO DO THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO DO FOR THE CITY. 
          THE REASON YOU'RE SITTING ON THIS IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER,
AS A MAYOR, IS TO DO THINGS FOR THE CITIZENS. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO HELP YOU DO. WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING,
BUT WE CAN HELP ON THAT ASPECT OF THINGS. 
          THE LITIGATION YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS FROM THE JOHNSON COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK'S WEBSITE,
COUNTING IT UP, AND ALSO FROM THE TARRANT COUNTY RECORDS AS WELL. 
          I TOLD YOU LAST TIME, THE SQUARE MILEAGE OF BURLESON IS AROUND 28MI²,
YOU ALL MAY KNOW THAT BETTER THAN I DO. 
          YOUR LITIGATION IS ABOUT 22 CASES PER YEAR. WEATHERFORD IS 29MI²,
AND YOU CAN SEE THE LITIGATION THEY HAVE. 
          THERE WAS ALSO A COMMENT MADE ABOUT LOSING THE CASES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN LITIGATION. 
          I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT IS NOT THE CASE. IF THERE WERE TO BE A SWITCH MADE,
THE CASES THAT ARE IN LITIGATION RIGHT NOW WILL HAVE A WRAP UP PERIOD, AND THEN ANYTHING NOT COLLECTED DURING THAT RAPID PERIOD,
WE WILL PICK UP THE BALL AND RUN FORWARD WITH IF WE ARE GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          NO DOLLARS WILL BE LOST OF THE CITY. NO SETBACKS WILL HAPPEN. 
          WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT CAN PICK UP AND RUN WITH THE BALL SO THAT THERE'S NOTHING LOST. 
          AND IT'S NO ADDITIONAL COSTS TO THE CITY. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. 
          THAT SLIDE IS WHAT I CALL A HORSEPOWER SLIDE. 
          THAT IS WHAT IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE ENTITIES THAT PARTNER WITH US,
WHAT WE CAN BRING TO THE TABLE TO HELP. 
          YOU SAW THIS LAST TIME. THIS IS WHAT YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE COLLECTING AT. 
          AND THEN WHERE YOU'RE AT. I DON'T SAY THAT RUDELY,
I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS OF WHAT'S AROUND YOU. 
          THE CLIENTS THAT WE HAVE AROUND YOU AND WHAT THEY'RE COLLECTING AT. 
          AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, THAT'S WHY I BOLDED IT. 
          IT'S THE CRITICAL ALL YEARS COLLECTION RATE. I BELIEVE THE DISTINCTION IS IMPORTANT
BETWEEN THE ALL YEARS AND THE FIRST YEAR COLLECTIONS. 
          THE ORIGINAL RESPONSE IN THE RFQ ASKED FOR THE COLLECTION RATES TO BE SPECIFIC,
AND I GET THAT. 
          THE THING YOU'LL SEE IN FIRST YEAR COLLECTION RATES,
THOSE ARE LETTERS AND PHONE CALLS. 
          AND IF THEY DON'T GET COLLECTED, THAT'S WHEN THE YEAR STACK UP. 
          THAT'S WHENEVER A LAW FIRM CAN GET TO WORK ON THE ALL YEAR LITIGATION THAT CRITICAL ALL
YEARS THAT I TALK ABOUT. 
          THAT IS THE NUMBERS THAT I BRING TO YOU ALL TO SHOW THE DIFFERENCE THAT CAN BE MADE WHERE
LITIGATION, BANKRUPTCY AND IT INCLUDES THE FIRST YEAR COLLECTIONS AS WELL. 
          BUT YOU WILL SEE THE. THE DIFFERENCE I CAN SHOW YOU IS WHAT WE CAN BRING IN THE ALL YEAR
COLLECTION RATES. 
          AND IT'S DIFFERENT. IT'S NOT JUST LETTERS, IT'S NOT JUST PHONE CALLS. 
          SOMEONE MAY NOT EVEN KNOW ABOUT A DELINQUENCY AND A LETTER AND PHONE CALL CAN SOLVE IT. 
          BUT A LAW FIRM GOES TO WORK ON THE, ALL YEARS COLLECTION RATE. 
          AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I POINT THAT OUT TO YOU. 
          ON THE NEXT SLIDE. YOU CAN SEE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON,
WHAT WAS BEING COLLECTED AND WHAT HAPPENED WHEN LINEBARGER CAME IN AND WENT TO WORK FOR THOSE ENTITIES. I'VE ALSO INCLUDED VENUS ISD ON THIS SLIDE. 
          LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE ABOUT GRANDVIEW,
THE CITY OF GRANDVIEW AND A CONTRACT WE PICKED UP IN A CURRENT FIRST-YEAR COLLECTION RATE GOING DOWN. I CAN TELL YOU I HAVE THE NUMBERS THAT SHOW YOU. 
          THE CITY OF GRANDVIEW HAS NEVER COLLECTED THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THEY HAD IN THE FIRST YEAR
WITH LINEBARGER, AND THEY'RE ALL YEARS RATE THAT ALL YEAR COLLECTION RATE WENT UP. 
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THAT'S WHAT WE DO. THAT'S WHAT WE DID WHEN WE TOOK OVER IN THE CITY OF GRANDVIEW. 
          SO THERE WAS A FIRST-YEAR COLLECTION RATE GIVEN TO YOU,
BUT YOU WEREN'T GIVEN THE ALL YEAR AND THE ALL YEAR WENT UP. 
          AND THEY'VE NEVER COLLECTED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY COLLECTED IN GRANDVIEW THE FIRST YEAR
WENT TO WORK FOR THEM. 
          WE WERE ASKED TO RESPOND ABOUT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. 
          IN 2006, LINEBARGER STOPPED PROVIDING APPRAISAL DISTRICT REPRESENTATION TO AVOID POTENTIAL
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. 
          WE NOW ONLY PROVIDE COLLECTION SERVICES THROUGH APPRAISAL DISTRICTS AND JURISDICTIONS
WHERE THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR DOES NOT. 
          THERE ARE COUNTIES OUT THERE WHERE THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR DOES NOT COLLECT IT IS THE
APPRAISAL DISTRICT. 
          AND THOSE SITUATIONS WE DO REPRESENT THE COLLECTION EFFORTS FOR THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. 
          WE DON'T GET INTO ANY ADVISING OF CAD BOARDS OR IN THE VALUATION ASPECT OF THINGS,
AND WHAT APPRAISAL DISTRICTS DO. 
          I WASN'T HERE, I CAN'T TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT DECISION THAT WAS MADE IN 2006,
BUT THERE IS NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST. 
          THERE IS A SOLE FOCUS ON THE COLLECTION OF GOVERNMENT RECEIVABLES AND WHAT WE DO. 
          WE DO OFFER HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ANALYSIS, WHICH IS A STATUTORY COMPLIANCE ASPECT,
WHERE WE WILL WORK WITH APPRAISAL DISTRICTS AND LOOK AT THE EXEMPTIONS AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE ACCURATE. THE BOTTOM LINE YOU'LL SEE LINEBARGER HAS NEVER REPRESENTED THE JOHNSON
COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT OR THE TARRANT COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT IN ANY CAPACITY. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT BEFORE I MOVE ON? I WANTED TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE GIVEN TO US,
BUT IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. WE DON'T DO IT. OKAY. 
          WHY PARTNER WITH LINEBARGER? INCREASED COMPETITION AND INNOVATION. 
          FOCUSED SERVICE THAT WILL BE TAILORED TO ANYTHING THE CITY NEEDS. 
          YOU CAN ASK OUR CLIENTS THAT WE HAVE, IF SOMEONE REQUESTS SOMETHING OF US,
WE ARE RESPONSIVE AND WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE A CLIENT REMAINS HAPPY AND UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT WE CAN'T DO. 
          COMPREHENSIVE LEGAL AND COLLECTION SERVICES. WE ARE FOCUSED SOLELY ON THE COLLECTION OF
GOVERNMENT RECEIVABLES AND THE SERVICES RELATED TO AD VALOREM TAXATION. 
          I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT, UNPARALLELED CYBERSECURITY AND TECHNOLOGY AND
INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          IT WAS MADE VERY APPARENT THAT THAT WAS IMPORTANT THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE BEFORE YOU,
THE LAST TIME I GOT TO SPEAK, AND THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE MAKE AVAILABLE. I'M GOING TO WRAP UP HERE IN JUST A SECOND. 
          ONE THING I WANT TO TELL YOU, THERE'S COMMENTS ABOUT IF IT AIN'T BROKE,
DON'T FIX IT. 
          A RELIABLE TRUCK CAN KEEP UP THE BEST IT CAN. 
          BUT TECHNOLOGY AND HORSEPOWER CAN PROVIDE THIS CITY WITH ANOTHER GEAR FOR WHEN THINGS ARE
NEEDED FOR YOU TO GET AHEAD OF THINGS THAT ARE COMING. 
          LINEBARGER IS A GAME CHANGER IN THAT ASPECT. WE HAVE THE HORSEPOWER. 
          WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE THE CITY WHAT YOU NEED IN YOUR DELINQUENT TAX
COLLECTIONS. 
          I'M NOT TRYING TO BE OVERLY DRAMATIC ABOUT THIS,
BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THIS THIS IS TO US, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO ME. I LOVE WHAT I GET TO DO FOR LINEBARGER. 
          I'M VERY PROUD TO BE A PARTNER AT LINEBARGER,
AND I LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I GET TO STAND BEFORE YOU AGAIN AND TELL YOU HOW GREAT I THINK WE DO. THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME. 
          I'VE COVERED ALL THIS BEFORE. I'M NOT REINVENTING ANYTHING BEFORE YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THE MOMENTUM THAT WAS BUILT IN THE LAST TIME I SPOKE HERE. 
          IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN ANSWER, I AM AVAILABLE. 
          AND I WANT TO ANSWER SO THAT THERE'S NO CONFUSION ABOUT TNT SOFTWARE VERSUS COLLECTION
SOFTWARE. 
          ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT WHAT WE DO? I LIKE THAT WE'RE AN OPEN BOOK. 
          I LIKE YOU CAN ASK US ANYTHING AND WE'RE GOING TO RESPOND. 
          ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I SIT DOWN? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE RIGHT TIME OR NOT,
BUT I CAN ANSWER ANYTHING YOU GOT. 
          I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANKS, MARCUS. 
          APPRECIATE YOUR ADDITIONAL FOLLOW UP AND EVERYONE'S PRESENTATIONS SUBMITTED TO US
BEFOREHAND SO WE COULD REVIEW IT. 
          LAST TIME I TOUCHED ON RELATIONSHIPS AND WE'RE DEALING WITH SOMETHING THAT'S VERY
SENSITIVE. 
          HOW DOES LINEBARGER WORK WITH PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE DELINQUENT? I MEAN, HOW MUCH IS THAT RELATIONSHIP ASPECT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION? BECAUSE IT'S I WOULD TAKE THAT. IT'S NOT OFTEN IT'S JUST A ONE TIME. 
          SOMETIMES THESE PEOPLE ARE REPETITIVE. WE'RE GOING TO SEE. 
          SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF CARE AND FOLLOW THROUGH. 
          SO I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING WHAT YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT IS. ABSOLUTELY. 
          I, COMING FROM A BACKGROUND OF PROSECUTION COMING TO THIS,
I LEARNED ABOUT THE POINTS OF CONTACT WE HAVE WITH THE DELINQUENT TAXPAYER, THE PHONE CALLS, THE LETTERS AND THE COMMUNICATIONS WE HAVE SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST A
LAWSUIT BEING FILED. 
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THERE ARE MULTIPLE TIMES WHERE WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS,
AND THEN IF THE CONVERSATION'S DEAD END, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, AND THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD IS LITIGATION,
THAT'S THE AVENUE THAT GOES DOWN. 
          BUT IT'S NOT LIKE WE JUST SEE, OH, THEY'RE DELINQUENT FILE ON THEM. 
          THERE IS A FULL SYSTEM IN PLACE WITH OUR CALL CENTERS,
WITH OUR MAILING SYSTEM, WITH OUR TEXT MESSAGING AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE TAXPAYER TO COMMUNICATE THE KNOWLEDGE OF A DELINQUENCY. 
          THERE ARE MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH TAXPAYERS THAT CALL AND SAY,
HEY, I GOT THIS LETTER. WHAT IS THIS ABOUT? I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THIS PROPERTY AND EXPLAINING IT TO THEM. AND A LOT OF TIMES THOSE ARE RESOLVED WITHIN THAT FIRST YEAR. 
          I'M NOT TRYING TO DERAIL YOUR QUESTION. ANSWER THE BEST I CAN,
BUT THAT ALL YEAR IS WHERE YOU SEE THOSE BUILD UP WHERE SOMEONE SAYS, I DON'T CARE, I AIN'T PAYING IT. AND MY, THE THING I WOULD TELL YOU ABOUT,
ABOUT THE LITIGATION AND WHAT WE DO THAT ALL YOUR COLLECTION AND THE, THE MULTIPLE YEARS BUILT INTO THAT LITIGATION,
THAT'S WHERE COMPLEX LITIGATION HAPPENS. 
          THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THE NEXT OPTION THAT'S MADE AVAILABLE TO GET THE CITY THE
TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE OWED. 
          AND IN MY OPINION, IT MAKES THE TAX SYSTEM FAIR. 
          WHEN A MAJORITY OF YOUR TAXPAYERS PAY ON TIME LIKE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO,
AND WHEN THERE'S THIS OTHER PERCENTAGE, THE ONLY PERCENTAGE WE WORK ON, AS LONG AS THERE'S EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE
DELINQUENCY PAYMENT OPTIONS MADE AVAILABLE. 
          AND IF SOMEONE'S MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ON A PAYMENT OPTION AND THERE'S A JUDGMENT
TAKEN, WE'LL SIT ON THAT JUDGMENT AND MAKE SURE WE DON'T WANT TO SELL THE HOUSE AND MAKE SURE
ABOUT IT. 
          BUT IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO GET PRODUCTIVE HOUSES BACK ON A ROLL MOVING FORWARD,
OUR BUSINESSES, WHATEVER IT IS, THEN THAT'S WHAT THAT'S THE JOB WE SIGN UP TO DO. 
          DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME. 
          I APPRECIATE THE KIND WORDS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID ABOUT MY FIRM AND THE CONSIDERATION YOU
ALL HAVE TAKEN FOR THIS LINE OF BUSINESS. 
          THANK YOU. AWESOME, THANK YOU. THE NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM PERDUE BRANDON. 
          GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. MEMBERS MAYOR. I'M ALISON CARLSON. 
          I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH PERDUE BRANDON FIELDER COLLINS & MOTT. 
          I'VE BEEN WITH THE FIRM SINCE 2016 AND HAVE BEEN REPRESENTING THE CITY OF BURLESON SINCE
THAT TIME. 
          I WANT TO START OUT WITH SOME POINTS OF CLARIFICATION ON OUR FIRM'S TECHNOLOGY
CAPABILITIES. 
          AS THE TOPIC OF TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE INFLUENCE THE VENDOR SELECTION DISCUSSION ON
JANUARY 20TH. 
          SO OUR COMPETITOR HIGHLIGHTED SOFTWARE THAT IS NOT RELEVANT TO THE COLLECTION SERVICES YOU
ARE CONTRACTING FOR. 
          SO BOTH FIRMS PROVIDE TRUTH AND TAXATION ASSISTANCE,
WITH THE HUMAN ELEMENT BEING THE MOST CRITICAL COMPONENT, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO ADVISING ON THE POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL RAMIFICATIONS OF THE
DATA. 
          DATA ENTERED INTO THE SOFTWARE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A SPREADSHEET. 
          SO THAT DATA ENTERED BY THE TAXING AUTHORITY IS WHAT THE STAFF NEEDS ADVICE ON. 
          AND THAT ADVICE IS SOMETHING WE ARE ALREADY PROVIDING TO THE CITY ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          THE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS RELEVANT TO COLLECTIONS WOULD BE A FIRM'S COLLECTION SOFTWARE
PLATFORM. 
          SO OUR PROPRIETARY COLLECTION SOFTWARE IS TAX TRACKER,
A SOFTWARE THAT SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATES WITH THE JOHNSON COUNTY TAX OFFICE'S SPINDLE MEDIA COLLECTION SOFTWARE. WE RECEIVED DATA BIWEEKLY FROM THE TAX OFFICE THAT ALLOWS US TO
CREATE A MIRROR IMAGE OF WHAT THE JOHNSON COUNTY TAX OFFICE SHOWS FOR THE CITY OF BURLESON DELINQUENT TAX ROLL. 
          TO GIVE YOU SOME HISTORY ON TAX TRACKER, IT WAS CREATED IN-HOUSE BY PERDUE BRANDON YEARS
AGO, AND IT'S MAINTAINED BY OUR IN-HOUSE IT DEPARTMENT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DANIEL TORRES,
OUR CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER. 
          OUR CIO OVERSEES A ROBUST TEAM OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS,
NETWORK COMPUTER SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATORS, QUALITY ASSURANCE AUDITORS, PROGRAMMER ANALYSTS AND IT SUPPORT SPECIALISTS. 
          DANIEL HAS BEEN WITH US SINCE 2009 AND HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN COORDINATING NEW SERVER
DEVELOPMENTS, VOIP SOLUTIONS, NETWORK ADMINISTRATION, DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING,
AND MAINTAINING PCI COMPLIANCE STANDARDS, 
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AS WELL AS SOC 2 COMPLIANCE. HE'S ALSO MANAGED THE FIRM'S MIGRATION INTO A TIER FOUR DATA
CENTER, ALONG WITH THE MIGRATION OF ALL SERVERS INTO A HYPER CONVERGED,
HIGHLY REDUNDANT VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT. 
          OUR SOFTWARE DRIVES OUR COLLECTIONS. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CUSTOMIZE COLLECTION SYSTEMS. REPORTING MODULES. LITIGATION AND TRACKING SYSTEM MODULES. 
          BANKRUPTCY TRACKING ALL TO SUIT A CLIENT'S NEEDS. 
          WE RECOGNIZE THAT EVERY CITY, EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT,
EVERY SPECIAL DISTRICT, EVERY COUNTY HAS DIFFERENT COLLECTION PREFERENCES AND NEEDS AND OUR SOFTWARE ALLOWS US TO TAILOR OUR PROCESSES TO MAXIMIZE A CLIENT'S COLLECTIONS AND
MEET THOSE NEEDS. 
          OUR COLLECTIONS PLATFORM AUTOMATES SYSTEMS FOR ACCOUNT PROCESSING COLLECTION CAMPAIGNS,
SO OUR PHONE CALLS OR TEXT MESSAGES, OUR LETTERS, OUR COLLECTION WORKFLOW, PREDICTIVE DIALING. 
          IT MANAGES OUR ACCOUNT ASSOCIATIONS AND DEBT PRIOR TO PRIORITY. 
          ALL OF THESE THINGS EXPEDITE THE COLLECTIONS PROCESS OUT OF OUR ARLINGTON CALL CENTER. 
          WE RETAIN ALL INCOMING AND OUTGOING LETTERS,
EMAILS, PHONE CALLS TO AN ACCOUNT, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT WHEN YOU HAVE A HIGH VOLUME OF REPEAT DELINQUENCIES. THE FIRM IS VERY MUCH IN TUNE WITH ADVANCEMENTS IN AI. 
          OF COURSE, THIS IS SOMETHING ALL FORWARD THINKING LAW FIRMS OR BUSINESSES SHOULD BE
LOOKING OUT FOR. 
          BUT AS YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT RESPONSIBLY. 
          I WANT TO PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION ON APPRAISAL DISTRICT REPRESENTATION,
AS WE RECEIVED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AFTER THE LAST MEETING. 
          SO WE REPRESENT A NUMBER OF APPRAISAL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT
OF APPRAISAL DISTRICT CLIENTS THAT PERFORM THE TAX COLLECTION FUNCTION. 
          BUT WHAT I WANT TO CLARIFY MOST IS THE EXTENT OF OUR FORMAL REPRESENTATION OF THE JOHNSON
COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT. 
          SO WE ADVISED ON EVERYDAY MATTERS SUCH AS EXEMPTIONS,
AND THEN DEFENDED THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT WHEN A PROPERTY OWNER ESCALATED THEIR VALUE DISPUTE TO LOCAL DISTRICT COURT. WE PROVIDE THIS TYPE OF REPRESENTATION TO A NUMBER OF
APPRAISAL DISTRICT CLIENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 
          NOW, WE WITHDREW FROM REPRESENTING THE JOHNSON CAD IN THIS CAPACITY IN 2025,
WHEN THE INTEREST OF THE TAXING UNITS AND THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT BEGAN TO DIVERGE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR CONFLICT AROSE. 
          WE NEVER ADVISED ON BROAD POLICY OR STRATEGY,
SUCH AS REAPPRAISAL PLANS WITH RESPECT TO TARRANT COUNTY. 
          WE ARE ONE OF SEVERAL LAW FIRMS THAT HANDLES VALUE DISPUTE LITIGATION AS ASSIGNED. 
          WE DO NOT PROVIDE DAY TO DAY ADVICE OR ADVISE ON BROAD POLICY THERE. 
          THIS EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE ON APPRAISAL METHODOLOGY AND EXEMPTIONS SHOULD NOT
BE SEEN AS A NEGATIVE BY THE CITY. 
          THIS MAKES US AN EVEN MORE VALUABLE RESOURCE TO CITY STAFF AS THESE THINGS COME UP
FREQUENTLY IN THE COURSE OF COLLECTIONS. 
          I BELIEVE PERDUE BRANDON PROVIDES MORE CONSISTENT,
STEADY COLLECTION EFFORTS TO CLIENTS. 
          TO DEMONSTRATE, I WANT TO GO OVER THE TIMELINE FOR COLLECTIONS VERY QUICKLY. 
          SO USING 2025 TAX YEAR AS AN EXAMPLE, THE 2025 TAXES WERE BUILT IN OCTOBER OF 2025. 
          ANYTHING THAT WAS NOT PAID WENT DELINQUENT IN FEBRUARY OF 2026. 
          IF IT'S STILL DELINQUENT ON JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR,
IT WILL BE TURNED OVER TO OUR FIRM FOR COLLECTION. 
          SO PRIOR TO JULY 1ST, WE WILL BE RESEARCHING GOOD CONTACT INFORMATION FOR TAXPAYERS FOR
OUR JULY MAILING CAMPAIGNS AND CALL CAMPAIGNS. 
          SO OUR CALL CENTER STAFF IS READY TO BEGIN COLLECTIONS ON DAY ONE. 
          SO WE HAVE A VERY COMPASSIONATE APPROACH TO COLLECTIONS. 
          AND I BELIEVE MR. HANNA TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT. 
          WE KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE INTERACTING WITH OR THEY'VE HIT HARD TIMES. 
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OUR GOAL IS TO WORK WITH THEM. SO WE WANT TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM,
SEE IF WE CAN GET PAYMENT IN FULL OR SET UP A PAYMENT AGREEMENT TO GET IT RESOLVED WITHOUT THE NEED FOR COSTLY LITIGATION. WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR ABILITY TO MAKE THAT PERSONAL
CONTACT. 
          HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. GO OUT AND VISIT BUSINESSES,
VISIT WITH TAXPAYERS, MAKE THOSE EFFORTS TO TALK TO YOUR TAXPAYERS AND RESOLVE IT WITHOUT THE NEED FOR LITIGATION. OF COURSE, WE HAVE SOME INSTANCES WHERE TAXPAYERS ARE
NON-RESPONSIVE TO THAT PERSONAL CONTACT EFFORT, AND WE MUST ENFORCE COLLECTIONS THROUGH SUIT. 
          SO OVER 75% OF DELINQUENCIES FOR THE CITY OF BURLESON TYPICALLY LIE WITHIN JOHNSON COUNTY. 
          THAT PORTION OF BURLESON. SO COMPARING THE TWO FIRMS EXPERIENCE AND DEMONSTRATED
PERFORMANCE IN JOHNSON COUNTY IS KEY TO BURLESON DECISION TONIGHT. THERE IS NO BETTER INDICATOR OF THE LEVEL OF ATTENTION THE CITY
CAN EXPECT FROM LINEBARGER THAN LINEBARGERS LIMITED ACTIVITY ON BEHALF OF ITS JOHNSON COUNTY CLIENTS IN THE COURT SYSTEM OVER THE PAST
TWO YEARS. 
          WE HAVE PROVEN IN THE PAST AND WILL CONTINUE TO FILE CASES MORE FREQUENTLY. 
          AND I HAVE JULIE'S GOING TO PASS OUT SOME INFORMATION STRAIGHT FROM THE DISTRICT CLERK'S
WEBSITE FOR JOHNSON COUNTY, ALL PUBLIC INFORMATION. AND IN THESE HANDOUTS,
YOU WILL SEE THAT LINE. 
          BARKER ONLY FILED LAWSUITS ON BEHALF OF ITS JOHNSON COUNTY CLIENT,
VENUS ISD, ON TWO ISOLATED DAYS IN 2025, CONVENIENTLY RIGHT AFTER RFQS CAME OUT FOR TWO TAXING UNITS WITHIN JOHNSON COUNTY. 
          THEY HAVE FILED NOTHING SO FAR IN 2026 ON BEHALF OF EITHER OF THEIR JOHNSON COUNTY
CLIENTS. 
          AND ONLY ONE CASE IN 2024. COMPARE THAT TO THE ACTIVITY OF PERDUE BRANDON, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF BURLESON. 
          OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, YOU'LL SEE CONSISTENT FILINGS EVERY MONTH OF THE YEAR. 
          THAT'S BECAUSE OUR ACTIONS ARE BASED ON TAXPAYER REACTIONS AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING
YOUR DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS. 
          WE DO NOT CHOOSE 1 OR 2 DAYS OUT OF THE YEAR TO MASS FILE AND OVERWHELM THE COURT SYSTEM
HERE. 
          AND THAT FAR RIGHT COLUMN AND WHAT JULIE HANDED OUT,
YOU'LL SEE THE DISPOSITION OF THOSE TAX CASES. 
          WE RESOLVE COURT CASES FASTER. OUR RESOLUTION RATES ARE CONSISTENTLY HIGHER THAN THAT OF
OUR COMPETITORS. 
          WE ALSO CONDUCT TAX SALES MORE FREQUENTLY. AND WE ARE THE PREFERRED FIRM OF THE CONSTABLES
FOR TAX HILLS. 
          I INVITE YOU TO CONTACT TROY FULLER. ANY PROPERTY THAT'S SOLD IN THE CITY OF BURLESON AT
TAX SALE IS UNDER HIS PURVIEW, AND HE WOULD DEFINITELY BE HAPPY TO SHARE HIS EXPERIENCE WITH ME,
WITH BRUCE MEDLEY, WITH ALL THE WONDERFUL STAFF AT MY OFFICE WHO HELP US CARRY OUT THOSE COMMITMENTS EACH MONTH. LINEBARGER WENT OVER A YEAR WITHOUT POSTING
PROPERTIES FOR SALE IN THE COUNTY ON BEHALF OF JOHNSON COUNTY CLIENTS AND OVERWHELMED THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE BY ASKING FOR TWO YEARS,
NEARLY TWO YEARS WORTH OF SALES IN ONE MONTH FOR NOVEMBER OF 2025, THEN NEGLECTED TO ASK FOR DISPERSAL OF THE FUNDS UNTIL
JANUARY. 
          JOHNSON COUNTY CLIENTS APPEAR TO BE A VERY LOW PRIORITY. 
          WE ALSO PLAN TO OPEN A DEDICATED OFFICE IN CLEBURNE THAT WILL FURTHER ENHANCE OUR LOCAL
PRESENCE AND OUR SERVICES AND TAXPAYER ACCESS. THERE ARE MANY BENEFITS TO THE CONSOLIDATED COLLECTION EFFORTS THAT WE ARE ALREADY EMPLOYING FOR THE CITY
OF BURLESON. 
          OF COURSE, WE REPRESENT JOHNSON COUNTY AND BURLESON ISD. 
          HAVING US AS YOUR COLLECTION FIRM MEANS THREE THINGS. 
          LESS CONFUSION FOR YOUR TAXPAYERS. MORE CONVENIENCE FOR YOUR TAXPAYERS. 
          THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESOLVE TAXES OWED TO ALL TAXING UNITS WITH ONE FIRM ALL AT ONCE. 
          REMEMBER I SAID THE MAJORITY OF DELINQUENCIES LIE WITHIN JOHNSON COUNTY FOR THE CITY OF
BURLESON. 
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AND FINALLY, WORKING WITH ONE FIRM COST BURLESON TAXPAYERS LESS MONEY BECAUSE THERE'S NO
RISK OF DUPLICATIVE LAWSUITS. 
          NOW, OUR COMPETITOR HAS RECOGNIZED THE BENEFITS OF CONSOLIDATED COLLECTIONS AND MADE
SIMILAR ARGUMENTS IN TARRANT COUNTY RFP PROCESSES. 
          I HAVE COPIES OF THAT IF YOU'D LIKE TO REVIEW IT. 
          YOU MUST CONSIDER THE EXTENSIVE HISTORICAL ACCOUNT INSIGHT WE HAVE WITH OUR 37 PLUS YEARS
OF ACCOUNT HISTORY AND CITY REPRESENTATION. THE SAME ATTORNEYS HAVE MANAGED YOUR COLLECTIONS FOR THE PAST DECADE. 
          THIS PROVIDES CONTINUITY AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AS CITY'S ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
CHANGES. 
          WE RETAIN ALL DOCUMENTS AND ACCOUNT HISTORY ON ANY PREVIOUSLY PLACED ACCOUNT. 
          THIS MEANS WHEN WE GET THAT NEW TAX YEAR TURNED OVER TO US,
WE HAVE ESTABLISHED RELIABLE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE TAXPAYER FROM OUR PAST EXPERIENCE WITH THEM. A JUMP START ON TITLE RESEARCH ALLOWS US TO IDENTIFY LIEN HOLDERS OR HEIRS WHO
MIGHT PAY PRIOR TO SUIT. 
          THEN WE HAVE DETAILED NOTES AND HISTORY OF PRIOR INTERACTIONS,
CONVERSATIONS, LITIGATION WITH YOUR TAXPAYERS THAT ALLOW US TO BEST APPROACH THEM. WE KNOW YOUR TAXPAYERS. NOW PERFORMANCE MATTERS. 
          HERE IS A COMPARISON THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE OF COLLECTION AVERAGES THROUGHOUT NORTH
TEXAS. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, WE CONSISTENTLY OUTPERFORM OUR COMPETITOR ON AVERAGE. 
          THE GRASS IS NOT ALWAYS GREENER. MAKING A CHANGE FOR THE SAKE OF CHANGE COULD BE A RISKY
DECISION FOR BURLESON. 
          LOOK AT THE PERFORMANCE FOR CROWLEY ISD. NOW WE HAVE PERDUE BRANDON IN BLUE AND THEN WE
HAVE LINEBARGER TAKING OVER FOR THE 2023 TAX YEAR IN RED. 
          OUR COMPETITOR IS NOT OUTPERFORMING US. EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS,
SO WHY TAKE THE RISK? LAST, I WANT TO SHARE THE STATUS OF OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS FOR THE CITY OF BURLESON. 
          THIS IS FOR THE 2024 TAX YEAR AND PRIOR. SO THIS INCLUDES THE MOST RECENT TURNOVER FROM
JULY OF 2025. 
          NOTE THIS IS NOT, WE HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE FIRST 12 MONTHS COLLECTIONS ON THAT MOST
RECENT YEAR. 
          NOW, I SHARE THIS BECAUSE WE FIND THAT PROMISES ARE OFTEN MADE,
THAT A DIFFERENT FIRM CAN FIND YOU MORE DOLLARS. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE MOST OF YOUR ALL YEARS ROLL NEARLY 35% IN ACCOUNTS WE CANNOT
CURRENTLY COLLECT. 
          THAT'S OVER 35% IN OVER 65 HOMESTEADS, DISABLED HOMESTEADS,
OR DEFERRAL. 
          TEXAS LAW ALLOWS OVER 65 AND DISABLED HOMEOWNERS TO DEFER THEIR TAXES UNTIL THEY NO LONGER
OWN OR OCCUPY THAT PROPERTY. WE CANNOT FILE SUIT TO ENFORCE COLLECTION,
NOR WOULD YOU WANT US TO. 
          WE HAVE OVER 45% EITHER ALREADY IN LITIGATION OR IN A PRE-LITIGATION STAGE. 
          THIS LEAVES A LITTLE OVER 6% IN THE UNCOLLECTIBLE CATEGORY. 
          THIS WOULD INCLUDE ACCOUNTS THAT ARE DEEMED LEGALLY UNCOLLECTIBLE OR ACCOUNTS WHERE WE
HAVE DETERMINED THE BUSINESS IS NO LONGER IN OPERATION OR A MANUFACTURED HOME IS NO LONGER THERE. IN MANY INSTANCES,
THE OWNERS OF THESE PROPERTY ACCOUNTS ARE JUDGMENT PROOF, DUE TO EITHER PROTECTIONS PROVIDED BY BUSINESS ENTITY STRUCTURES SUCH AS AN LLC OR
CORPORATION, OR BECAUSE THE BUSINESS NO LONGER HAS ANY ASSETS OR IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS PROPERTY,
BUT IT'S EXEMPT FROM EXECUTION. 
          WE HAVE A HIGH NUMBER IN DEPLETED MINERAL ACCOUNTS. 
          THESE WOULD BE FROM THE BARNETT SHALE WELLS THAT ARE NO LONGER PRODUCING. 
          THE TOTAL ON THESE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 8,000 ACCOUNTS TOTAL WITH LESS THAN $25 OWED. 
          PHONE CALLS HAVE BEEN MADE ON. THESE LETTERS HAVE BEEN SENT ON THESE ACCOUNTS. 
          IT IS NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE TO FILE A LAWSUIT ON AN ACCOUNT LIKE THAT. 
          NOW, THESE ACCOUNTS ARE NOT LIKELY TO BE PAID UNLESS THEY ARE OWNED BY A TAXPAYER WHO ALSO
HAS DELINQUENT TAXES ON REAL ESTATE. 
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SO IN THOSE INSTANCES, WE CONSOLIDATE ALL THE DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS,
BOTH MINERALS AND REAL ESTATE. 
          AND IF THE REAL ESTATE IS SOLD AT TAX SALE AND GENERATES EXCESS PROCEEDS,
WE'LL PETITION THE COURT TO WITHDRAW AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THOSE GAS ACCOUNTS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A VERY SMALL AMOUNT IN BANKRUPTCY THAT WE'RE MONITORING AND OVER $17,000 IN
PAYOUT AGREEMENTS. 
          ANY ARGUMENTS THAT MONEY IS BEING LEFT ON THE TABLE FOR THE CITY OF BURLESON ARE
MISPLACED. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE OUR COMMITMENT TO THE BURLESON COMMUNITY. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO PERDUE BRANDON. 
          IT'S PARAMOUNT THAT WE GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE REPRESENT. 
          SO THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT IMPACT THE CHILDREN AND THE
CITIZENS OF BURLESON. 
          I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION TONIGHT. 
          IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF BURLESON FOR ME FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS. 
          FOR THE FIRM FOR 37 PLUS YEARS. AND WE HOPE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO DO
THAT. 
          SO I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. 
          ANYBODY? I DO. GO AHEAD, ALEXA. DO YOU HAVE,
I KNOW YOU WENT ON THE SLIDES, BUT DO YOU HAVE HOW MANY WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR 2025? LIKE HOW MANY ACCOUNTS THAT ARE ON YOUR RADAR RIGHT NOW? OKAY, SO ANYTHING THAT HAD A 2024 TAX THAT HAD A 2025 TAX THAT WENT DELINQUENT,
WERE ABLE TO FILE A LAWSUIT TO INCLUDE THE 2025 TAX. 
          SO WE'D HAVE A NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN LITIGATION UNDER THAT RULE. 
          GOTCHA. THANK YOU. OH, SORRY. GO AHEAD. HOW LONG? SO THE ACCOUNTS USUALLY GET TURNED OVER IN JULY FOR THE. 
          SO IF IT WAS 25, THEN YOU WOULD GET THOSE COMING UP IN JULY. 
          AND HOW LONG UNTIL YOU FILE SUIT ON? LIKE, HOW LONG IS THE COLLECTION PROCESS BEFORE IT
GOES TO A LAWSUIT? IF IT'S DETERMINED THAT A LAWSUIT IS THE WAY TO GO. IT IS DIFFERENT FOR EVERY SINGLE
ACCOUNT, BECAUSE WE, WHAT WE DO IS BASED ON THE TAXPAYER'S REACTION TO OUR ATTEMPTS TO COLLECT. 
          IT'S BASED ON WHEN WE SPOKE, DID WE ENTER INTO A PAYMENT AGREEMENT? WAS THAT PAYMENT AGREEMENT BREACHED? THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING A MORE ORGANIC FLOW IN THE
COURT SYSTEM, BECAUSE WHAT WE DO IN THE COURT SYSTEM IS BASED ON WHAT IS,
HOW IS THE TAXPAYER REACTING TO THAT PERSONAL CONTACT? OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? DO YOU WANT TO TAKE OVER? THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
ALLISON. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE FIRST PORTION OF THAT AGENDA ITEM IS TO RECEIVE YOUR DIRECTION ON
DELINQUENT TAX COLLECTION SERVICES, WHETHER TO STAY WITH PERDUE OR WHETHER TO MIGRATE TO LINEBARGER. 
          SO I WELCOME YOUR DIRECTION. AND, I THINK YOU TWO GUYS ARE JUST REALLY CONFUSED ME A BUNCH OR I REALLY AM. 
          BOTH SIDES ARE SAYING THE OTHER ONE'S BETTER. YOUR NUMBERS ARE BETTER. 
          AND WHERE I SAID ON THIS RIGHT NOW, PERDUE BRANDON HAS DONE THEIR JOB AND I HAVE NO REASON
TO CHANGE. 
          YOU'VE BOTH GOT THE SAME SOFTWARE, IS THAT CORRECT? NO? YOU KNOW, FOR ME, THIS ISN'T ABOUT SOFTWARE. I KNOW THE LAST TIME THAT. 
          THAT WAS THE REASON IT WENT DOWNHILL. I KNOW. 
          WHEN IT STARTED. NOW, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SOFTWARE. 
          AT FIRST I WAS LIKE, MAN, AM I REALLY ASKING FOR MORE INFORMATION OR DID I REVIEW WHAT I
THINK I REVIEWED? I WENT DOWN A RABBIT HOLE LAST TIME THAT I GOT LOST IN IN A MILLISECOND BECAUSE IT WAS
LIKE, OKAY, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, AM I ACTUALLY COMPARING WHAT I THINK I'M COMPARING? AND I DON'T THINK I WAS. TO ME, THIS COMES DOWN TO RELATIONSHIPS. 
          AND I THINK EITHER FIRM CAN DO THAT WITH THE STAFF AND THEIR METHODOLOGY IS DIFFERENT OR
SIMILAR. 
          BUT TO ME, I THINK IT COMES DOWN TO SOME OF THE KEY THINGS THAT YOU JUST SAID IN YOUR
PRESENTATION THAT KIND OF STUCK OUT TO ME. 
          WHEREAS THE ORGANIC WAY THAT YOU MOVE THROUGH IN CONNECTING WITH THE TAXPAYER AND FIGURING
OUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE, ARE YOU A REPEAT OFFENDER? ARE YOU NOT LIKE. 
          AND RESPONDING IT'S NOT JUST LIKE IMMEDIATELY JUMPING TO,
LET'S JUMP TO THE COURT SYSTEM OR LET'S SELL THIS ON THE STEPS OF THE COURTHOUSE, 
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LET'S WORK WITH YOU AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE BEST RESPONSE OUT OF YOU. 
          BECAUSE MAKING PEOPLE ANGRY IN AN ALREADY SENSITIVE SITUATION ISN'T GOING TO GIVE US A
BETTER OUTCOME IN ANY REGARD. 
          I JUST THINK THE MORE TIME I'VE HAD TO MULL OVER THIS AND SOME OF THE KEY THINGS,
IT'S WHY I ASKED ABOUT I BROUGHT UP RELATIONSHIPS LAST TIME, BUT THAT'S REALLY WHAT IS STUCK WITH ME BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE VERY COMPARABLE. THEY'RE
VERY RESPECTABLE ORGANIZATIONS. THEY BOTH DO GREAT WORK. I THINK EITHER ONE WILL DO GREAT WORK, BUT FOR ME, IT'S ABOUT HAVING THE KNOWLEDGE,
THE, AND THE WAY THAT THE METHODOLOGY OF WHICH THEY APPROACH TAXPAYERS, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE HISTORY ON IT. AND I MEAN,
IT'S NOT TO SAY WE COULDN'T START OVER ON THAT. 
          AND IT WOULD BE GREAT, I'M SURE. BUT THIS FIRM HAS THAT ALREADY AND THEY JUST GET TO KEEP
MOVING. 
          KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING MAYOR. THEY ARE, THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS WORK. 
          THEY CAN DO CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK. BUT FOR ME,
IT'S ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS AND HOW THEY'RE TREATING THE INDIVIDUALS AND THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT. IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THE OTHER FIRM COULDN'T DO THAT AND WOULDN'T MATCH THAT,
BUT THAT JUST ALREADY EXISTS. IT'S ALREADY IN MOTION. 
          PERDUE. I'M ALONG THE SAME PATH. I SEE HOW THIS IS JUST SCAFFOLDED THROUGH TIME, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAS MY REASON FOR MY QUESTION WAS,
DO WE HAVE NUMBERS FOR 25? BECAUSE OUR ECONOMICS, SOCIO ECONOMICS, IT'S ALL CHANGING UP. 
          AND IT HAS IN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, I CAN SAY THAT I SEE THOSE NUMBERS. 
          PERDUE AND BRANDON'S ALREADY GOT THE GROUND FLOOR GOING. 
          THEY'RE ALREADY MAKING THOSE CONTACTS. AND I TRULY FEEL LIKE AND I KNOW YOU HAVE THE
TECHNOLOGY FOR IT, AND I'M JUST GOING TO THROW THE DISCLAIMER JOHNSON COUNTY GOT REALLY,
REALLY SMALL HERE WHEN Y'ALL BOTH PRESENTED. 
          I KNOW THAT TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP WITH A LOT OF THAT. 
          TECHNOLOGY WAS NOT A MAJOR PIECE FOR ME. BUT AGAIN,
IT GOES BACK ON RELATIONSHIPS AND HOW ARE YOU TREATING OUR PEOPLE, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE ARE STILL A SMALL, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE GROWING,
WE ARE GROWING VERY RAPIDLY, BUT WE ARE STILL A SMALL TOWN AND MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS EYES THAT WE WANT TO STAY THERE. 
          I DON'T WANT ANY RELATIONSHIPS OR ANYONE TO FEEL SCARED OFF BECAUSE,
OH, THIS LAW FIRM HAS JUST SENT ME THIS LETTER. 
          I'VE RECEIVED LETTERS LIKE THAT BEFORE. I DON'T LIKE HAVING ATTORNEY LETTERS COME TO MY
HOUSE, BUT WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY DONE IN THE FIRST IN FRONT OF THAT,
THEY'VE ALREADY MADE THOSE CALLS. 
          THEY'VE ALREADY MADE THOSE TEXTS. BRANDON PERDUE OR PERDUE BRANDON. 
          SO THAT'S, I THINK THAT IT'S I'M STILL WITH BRANDON PERDUE. 
          PERDUE AND BRANDON, SORRY. THESE GUYS OVER HERE. 
          ON THE PERSONAL ASPECT OF THIS. BOTH SIDES ARE GOVERNED BY LAW. 
          BY THE SAME LAW? CORRECT. THEY DON'T GET A CHOICE TO GO OUT THERE AND SAY,
WELL, I LIKE YOU. 
          I DON'T LIKE YOU. MY PERSONAL OPINION. I WANT TO LET YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME THAN
THIS PERSON. 
          SO IT'S HARD TO BRING THE PERSONAL ASPECT INTO IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SAME RULES TO
FOLLOW. 
          THEY DON'T GET TO ARBITRARILY CHANGE THE RULES AS THEY GO ALONG. 
          SO I'M GOING TO THROW THAT OUT THE WINDOW BECAUSE IT'S EQUAL. 
          WE JUST HEARD TWO GREAT CLOSING STATEMENTS. I FELT LIKE I WAS DOWN AT THE JOHNSON COUNTY
COURTHOUSE. 
          THEY WERE EXCELLENTLY PRESENTED, A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE VENUS PRESENTATION OF THE
COLLECTIONS AND IN VENUS VERSUS BURLESON, BURLESON COLLECTS 1,182% MORE TAX THAN VENUS DOES. 
          SO THAT'S NOT MEASURING APPLES TO APPLES, ORANGES TO ORANGES. 
          SO THAT COULD PROBABLY BE LEFT OUT. AS FAR AS A CONFLICT. 
          I KNOW PERDUE BRANDON HAS RECENTLY REPRESENTED JOHNSON COUNTY CAD. 
          THEY WERE REPRESENTING JOHNSON COUNTY CAD WHEN THE THREE-YEAR APPRAISAL CAME ABOUT. 
          AND I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT AS THEIR ATTORNEYS,
THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE SOME SAY IN THAT. 
          SO IF NOT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. AND THE THREE-YEAR APPRAISAL AFFECTS THE MUNICIPALITIES AND
WILL PROBABLY AFFECT THE CITIZENS WHEN IT ROLLS OUT OF THE THREE-YEAR. 
          SO I'M CONCERNED WITH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THAT AND THEY'RE REPRESENTING THE CAD AND
THE CITY AT THE SAME TIME. 
          I KNOW THAT LINEBARGER HAS NO REPRESENTATION OF THE CAD,
JOHNSON COUNTY CAD. 
          SO THEREFORE, I FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THEY COULD REPRESENT THE CITY OF BURLESON WITHOUT
LEANING ONE WAY OR ANOTHER OR ANY INFLUENCE. 
          SO WITH THE SOFTWARE, I KNOW EVERYBODY HAS SOFTWARE. 
          I WAS A SOFTWARE DESIGNER AT ONE TIME. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT. 
          I KNOW WHAT SOFTWARE CAN DO AND WHAT IT CAN DO. 
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AND NOW WE'RE ROLLING INTO THE AI GENERATION. 
          I KNOW WHAT IT CAN DO AND CANNOT DO. AND, I HAVEN'T PLAYED AROUND OR USED ANY OF THEIR
SOFTWARE. 
          I CAN ONLY GO BY HOW THEY PRESENT THEIR SOFTWARE. 
          SO THROWING THE SOFTWARE OUT. THROW IN ANYTHING THAT CAN BE NEGOTIATED OUTSIDE THE LAW
OUT. 
          THE ONLY RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE IS THAT ONE REPRESENTED JOHNSON COUNTY CAD DURING THE
THREE-YEAR APPRAISAL, WHICH HAS DEVASTATED THE CITY, AND ONE HASN'T. 
          SO THERE'S NO CONFLICT THERE. SO ALSO, AS FAR AS RELATIONSHIP,
LINEBARGER I BELIEVE, REPRESENTS US ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 
          AND DON'T THEY ALSO REPRESENT US NOW IN THE FEDERAL LEVEL AS FAR AS WASHINGTON? NO, SIR. THAT'S NOT JUST MUNICIPAL COURT COLLECTIONS. 
          OKAY. SO WE ALREADY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP THERE. 
          SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE,
WE HAVE ONE WITH EITHER ONE. 
          SO I'M THINKING LINEBARGER WOULD BE THE WAY TO GO IN THE FUTURE. 
          I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE FROM A PROFESSIONAL STANDPOINT THAT THEY HAVE WHAT WE NEED GOING
INTO THE SOFTWARE GENERATION, THE AI GENERATION, FUTURE COLLECTIONS AND THE VOLATILE SITUATION WITH PROPERTY TAX,
WHERE IN THE FUTURE PROPERTY TAX COULD BE REDUCED AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT. SO I'M WITH LINEBARGER ALL THE WAY. 
          I'M KIND OF, KIND OF ECHO, START WITH WHAT LARRY WAS TALKING ABOUT. 
          AS FAR AS RELATIONSHIPS, WE HAVE ONE FIRM DOING MUNICIPAL COURT COLLECTIONS AND THE OTHER
FIRM DOING THE PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION. 
          SO I THINK THEY BOTH KNOW HOW TO HANDLE COLLECTIONS. 
          THEY BOTH KNOW HOW TO TALK TO PEOPLE. THEY BOTH KNOW HOW TO,
YOU KNOW, HANDLE SENSITIVE SITUATIONS BECAUSE WE USE THEM. 
          LOOKING AT, JUST LOOKING AT THE DATA WISE, YOU KNOW,
I BELIEVE UP UNTIL RECENTLY, VENUS ISD WAS THE ONLY ENTITY IN JOHNSON COUNTY THAT USED LINEBARGER AND PERDUE HAD EVERYBODY ELSE. AND I THINK ONLY RECENTLY GRANDVIEW AND GODLY
HAVE SWITCHED SO THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THE DATA IS EVEN THERE REALLY TO COMPARE ANYTHING, BECAUSE VENOUS IS A SMALL TAXING ENTITY COMPARED TO BURLESON ISD. 
          BUT. BUT I DO UNDERSTAND WHY THE LAWSUITS WOULD BE FILED AT DIFFERENT TIMES IF YOU ARE
GOING THROUGH A PAYMENT PLAN AND YOU MISS, THEN YES, THOSE SUITS WILL BE FILED AT A DIFFERENT TIME OTHER THAN AFTER JANUARY OR AFTER
OCTOBER. 
          BUT, AND THE BIG THING THAT I'M STUCK ON IS,
IS THE REPRESENTATION OF THE CAD. 
          AND IT WASN'T UNTIL 2025 AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT,
THAT THEN IT WAS SEEN AS A CONFLICT ONCE IT, ONCE THAT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BURLESON AND THE CAD OR OTHER TAXING ENTITIES IN THE CAD
BECAME MORE CONFRONTATIONAL. 
          IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT WAY BEFORE THEN IS HOW I SEE IT. 
          AND, AND I KNOW THAT AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT ALL WENT DOWN. 
          I KNOW THAT WE HAD TO FILE SUIT AGAINST THE CAD TO GET A INJUNCTION PUT IN TO PREVENT A
SOMEBODY FROM CLAIMING A TAX EXEMPT STATUS. 
          AND BECAUSE PERDUE REPRESENTED US ON BOTH SIDES,
YOU ALL HAD TO RECUSE YOURSELF AS THAT'S PROPER. 
          BUT THEN AT SOME POINT THEY NO LONGER REPRESENT JOHNSON COUNTY CAD. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS ON THEIR SIDE. IT WAS YOUR DECISION AND NOT CADS DECISION. 
          OKAY, SO THEN THEY DECIDED. BUT IT GOT TO THAT POINT. 
          SO WE'VE HAD 37 YEARS OF REPRESENTATION WITH BOTH SIDES OF THE PEOPLE. 
          AND THEN NOW IT'S GETTING MORE ADVERSARIAL. NOW IT'S A CONFLICT WHEN IT TO ME,
IT'S BEEN A CONFLICT THE WHOLE TIME. 
          IT'S HOW I SEE IT. SO I'M JUST, I WOULD RATHER MAKE A CHANGE. 
          AND SINCE WE'VE ALREADY AND COMBINED THE ENTITIES TO COMBINE THEM TOGETHER TO HANDLE THE
COURTS AND THE PROPERTY TAXES, BUT THAT'S WHERE I'M STUCK IS THE, IS BACK TO THE CAD REPRESENTATION ALONG WITH LARRY. 
          YOUR LINEBARGER. AHAM. MERRY CHRISTMAS. WELL,
I CAN EITHER TIE UP THE GAME HERE OR. 
          OR MAKE IT MAKE THE CALL. WELL, IF I TIE IT UP,
IT BECOMES PHIL ANDERSON'S CALL, PROBABLY IN THE NEXT MEETING. 
          BUT NOW THAT THAT'S ON MY MIND. BUT UNFORTUNATELY,
THAT'S SORT OF BEEN ON MY MIND. 
          THIS HAS BEEN ON MY MIND SINCE I SAW THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE SENT OUT TO US. 
          BUT GOING BACK TO WHEN I FIRST HEARD THIS LINEBERG,
LINEBARGER VERSUS PERDUE THING, IT WAS BECAUSE THE STAFF MEMBERS, FRANKLY, COULDN'T COME TO US WITH A CLEAR RECOMMENDATION AS TO ONE OF THESE FIRMS OR THE
OTHER. 
          SO SINCE THE PROFESSIONALS CAN'T MAKE A DECISION,
IT GETS HANDED TO US AMATEURS TO TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT. 
          AND I CAN KIND OF RELATE TO BEING AN AMATEUR IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION,
BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT OWE TAXES ARE AMATEURS AS WELL. 
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THEY'RE NOT PROFESSIONAL TAX DODGERS. MY GUESS. 
          AND ANAMATEUR PERSON, A PRIVATE PERSON, A CITIZEN OF THE COMMUNITY HAS A DECISION TO MAKE
WHEN THEY'RE DEALING WITH A TAX SITUATION, ASSUMING THAT THEY HAVE OPTIONS AVAILABLE, THAT THEY CAN CHOOSE TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT
TO TRY TO SETTLE THAT TAX DEBT OR STONEWALL AND TRY TO GET OUT OF IT. 
          BUT IT'S A PERSONAL DECISION. MY INCLINATION ABOUT THE VERY SLIGHT DIFFERENCES THAT I
PERCEIVE BETWEEN THESE TWO FIRMS IS THAT THE PERSONAL APPROACH OF TRYING TO WORK THINGS OUT WITH AN AMATEUR TAXPAYER,
WITH A PROFESSIONAL ATTORNEY, BUT ONE WHO IS IS MORE PRONE TO WANT TO MAKE A DEAL AND AVOID THE COURTROOM. 
          IT'S NOT BEEN LOST ON ME THAT LINEBARGER LIKES TO TALK ABOUT TAKING PEOPLE TO COURT. 
          MY OPINION IS THE BEST LAWSUIT IS A LAWSUIT THAT'S AVOIDED. 
          NOBODY WINS WHEN SOMETHING GOES INTO A COURTROOM. 
          THERE ARE OTHER REASONS WHY I THINK I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR THAT IF SOMETHING'S WORKING FOR
US, WE CAN'T GET A CLEAR PICTURE OF HOW TO TAKE A PATH THAT WILL PROVE TO MOST OF US THAT
WE'RE THAT WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE THE CITIZENS SITUATION. 
          I SEE NO REASON TO CHANGE. SO YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ME ON THE PERDUE SIDE. 
          AND I THINK THAT MAKES IT 4 TO 2. I'M GOING TO GO WITH PERDUE. 
          BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE GONE WRONG GOING WITH EITHER SIDE. 
          OKAY. I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE FACT THAT YOU AS TIED IN WITH THE CAD. 
          BUT THAT'S GONE, CORRECT? I'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS A LONG,
LONG TIME, AND I DON'T TAKE A CHANCE OF HIRING SOMEBODY WHEN THE FIRST GROUP IS DOING THEIR JOB. 
          AND THAT'S THE MAIN THING HERE. SO I'M GOING TO GO WITH PERDUE AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. 
          I'D LIKE TO RECALL ONE MEMBER OF EACH GROUP. CAN I DO THAT. 
          YEAH I GOT IT. I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO GIVE ME A LINE BY LINE FROM A TO Z,
NOT A, SA AND NOT A SUMMARY, BUT LINE BY LINE BULLET POINTS OF HOW THEY START THE COLLECTION AND HOW THEY GO THROUGH
THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING IT, FILING AND GETTING TO COURT AND REPOSSESSION. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT, ARE YOU WANTING THAT AT TONIGHT'S MEETING OR ARE YOU WANTING THAT TO
BE SUPPLEMENTED? IS THAT SOMETHING THEY CAN GET UP AND TALK ABOUT TONIGHT? IF THEY BOTH FEEL COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT IT,
I'D LIKE TO HEAR IT NOW. 
          JUST TO GO DOWN THE WEEDS. THAT SEEMS TO BE A DISCUSSION THAT THE COUNCIL IS HAVING. 
          IT'S BROUGHT UP SEVERAL TIMES. LOOKING BEHIND ME,
THEY SEEM TO BE BOTH IN AGREEMENT. 
          IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL. I THINK YOU GOT FOR PERDUE,
THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE HER MIND ON THAT. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT. IS THERE COUNCIL MEMBER? I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE HEAR THAT. DO IT. 
          WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM FIRST? COUNCIL MEMBER? I'LL GIVE PERDUE FIRST SINCE THEY'RE REPRESENTING US. 
          OKAY, SO AS I DISCUSSED IN MY PRESENTATION, SO WHEN WE GET THAT NEW TURNOVER TAX YEAR,
WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN RESEARCHING GOOD PHONE NUMBERS, GOOD ADDRESSES,
REVIEWING ACCOUNT HISTORY FOR THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO BE PREVIOUSLY PLACED ACCOUNTS. 
          WE ARE GEARING UP TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THAT TAXPAYER. 
          SO OUR CALL CENTER IS IN ARLINGTON WHERE I'M OFFICED OUT OF AND THEY ARE JUST STEPS AWAY
FROM MY DESK. 
          SO AS OUR CALL CENTER BEGINS TO MAKE THOSE CALLS,
WHEN WE HAVE ANY INSTANCES WHERE A TAXPAYER NEEDS TO BE ESCALATED AND SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT AND WE ENGAGE WITH THEM. 
          IT IS A POLITE, RESPECTFUL CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE WITH YOUR TAXPAYERS. 
          THE APPROACH IS NOT, YOU OWE THIS MONEY, PAY THIS MONEY. 
          IT'S A COLLABORATION. HOW ARE WE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER TO RESOLVE THIS? BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND. JUST AS I BELIEVE ONE OF YOU COMMENTED,
IT'S NOT USUALLY A SITUATION WHERE SOMEBODY IS WANTING TO REFUSE TO PAY THEIR TAXES. WE DO HAVE THOSE THAT PEOPLE JUST DON'T AGREE WITH TAXES IN GENERAL AND
DON'T WANT TO PAY. 
          WE'VE CERTAINLY HAD INTERACTIONS THAT GO DOWN THAT PATH,
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, SOMEBODY HAS FALLEN ON HARD TIMES. 
          THEY'VE HAD A MEDICAL HARDSHIP OR SOME OTHER FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. 
          AND SO OUR CALL CENTER STAFF ARE TRAINED TO HANDLE THAT KIND OF SITUATION AND TO WORK WITH
THEM TO REALLY HAVE A 
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PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION TO GET THAT RESOLVED. 
          SO IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET IT RESOLVED WITH THAT PERSONAL CONTACT,
IF WE DON'T GET ANY RESPONSE FROM A LETTER NOTIFYING THEM OF THE DELINQUENCY. 
          IT'S ONLY AT THAT POINT THAT WE FILED THE LAWSUIT BECAUSE I THINK,
AS ONE OF YOU SAID, EVERYBODY LOSES WHEN WE FILE THE LAWSUIT. 
          THERE ARE COURT COSTS THAT, UNDER THE TAX CODE,
ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TAXPAYERS. 
          SO YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO ALREADY CAN'T PAY A BILL HAVING TO PAY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS MORE. 
          SINCE THE COSTS ARE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, IF WE FILE SUIT. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S OUR PROCESS. IF WE GET TO A LAWSUIT,
WE'RE GOING TO PROSECUTE THAT TO THE FULLEST. 
          AND EXPEDITE THAT AS MUCH AS WE CAN THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM. 
          SO AS TO NOT TIE UP THE, THE JUDICIARY ON OTHER MATTERS. 
          SO IF WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE TAKEN A JUDGMENT AND WE ARE ASKING FOR AN ORDER OF
SALE, THERE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY AT THAT POINT FOR THE TAXPAYER TO WORK IT OUT WITH US. 
          WE HAD PROPERTIES POSTED FOR TOMORROW'S TAX SALE IN JOHNSON COUNTY. 
          EVERY PROPERTY HAS BEEN PULLED TODAY BECAUSE THAT IS ALWAYS OUR GOAL,
TO REACH SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT AND GET IT RESOLVED, THAT IT IS NEVER OUR GOAL TO SELL PROPERTY ON THE COURTHOUSE STEPS,
BUT WE MUST DO THAT TO ENFORCE COLLECTIONS IN SOME INSTANCES, AND TO ALSO CREATE A DETERRENT FOR OTHERS TO REALIZE THAT WE ARE
SERIOUS. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT COVERS YOUR QUESTION. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT. WHAT WERE THE NUMBERS AGAIN ON THIS HANDOUT,
PERDUE VERSUS LINEBARGER? YES, SO I SEARCHED FROM JANUARY 1ST OF 2024. SPEAK INTO THE MIC MORE PLEASE. OH I'M SORRY. SO I SEARCHED FROM JANUARY 1ST OF 2024 TO TODAY'S DATE
FOR CITY OF BURLESON FILINGS. AND I ALSO SEARCHED FOR VENUS ISD FILINGS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN REPRESENTING THE
CITY OF I'M SORRY, NOT CITY OF VENUS. VENUS ISD, I APOLOGIZE. THEY'VE BEEN REPRESENTING VENUS ISD FOR A
NUMBER OF YEARS. 
          AND I WANTED YOU TO HAVE THAT COMPARISON AND TO SEE,
LIKE COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON POINTED OUT THAT ORGANIC APPROACH THAT WE TAKE. 
          EVERYTHING WE DO IS BASED ON HOW IS THE TAXPAYER REACTING TO OUR REACHING OUT? OKAY. SO THERE WAS A NUMBER THERE THAT YOU PUT OUT. 
          HOW MANY TIMES, HOW MANY IN BURLESON THAT YOU'VE TAKEN TO COURT VERSUS HOW MANY TIMES IN
VENUS, WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENTIAL IN THE NUMBERS? SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A RECORD COUNT IN
THE TOP LEFT. 
          67 TO 34. THAT IS CORRECT. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF. 
          I BELIEVE IT IS ON THE VENUS ISD COUNT. WE HAVE A CIVIL SUIT THAT'S A MOTOR VEHICLE SUIT THAT POPS UP. 
          IT POPULATES WITHIN THAT SEARCH. BUT ALL OF THE CAUSE NUMBERS WITH DCT,
THAT START WITH DCT THAT STANDS FOR TAX ARE THE TAX CASES. 
          SO I'VE GOT ONE MORE QUESTION BEFORE WE GO TO LINEBARGER. 
          SURE. GO AHEAD. AS SENTIMENTAL AS THIS APPROACH SEEMS,
AND I UNDERSTAND THE CALLS, PHONE CALLS ARE SENTIMENTAL BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT. 
          NO ONE WANTS TO CALL SOMEBODY AND COLLECT MONEY FROM THEM THAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE. 
          BUT BY LAW, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THAT PROCESS REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU THINK,
THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE OUTCOME SHOULD BE CORRECT? BY LAW. REQUIRED TO FOLLOW A PROCEDURE. 
          I HAVEN'T READ THE LAW, BUT I'M SURE YOU FOLLOW ARE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW A PROCEDURE ALL THE
WAY TO COLLECTIONS AND TO THE COURTHOUSE. 
          THERE'S NO PERSONAL OPINIONS IN THERE. THERE ARE CHECK MARKS THAT,
YES, THAT CHECKLISTS THAT HAVE TO BE PERFORMED, SUCH AS THERE HAS TO HAVE BEEN A BILL SENT TO BEGIN WITH. 
          THERE HAS TO BE A VALID COLLECTIONS CONTRACT BETWEEN THE TAXING UNIT AND THE LAW FIRM TO
FILE THE LAWSUIT AND GET THE COLLECTION PENALTY FEE THAT GETS INCORPORATED INTO THE TAX BALANCE. 
          YES, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF. OKAY, SO IT WOULD BE THE SAME FOR YOU,
LINEBARGER OR FOR THIRD PARTY STEPPED IN. 
          THEY'D HAVE THE SAME LAW AND PROCESS TO FOLLOW,
CHECK BOXES TO CHECK OFF. 
          SAME PROCESSES TO LITIGATE A DELINQUENT TAX CASE. 
          BUT I THINK THE APPROACH TO THE TAXPAYER IS WILDLY DIFFERENT AMONGST THE DIFFERENT FIRMS
WHO DO THIS. 
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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SURE. 
          WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH FACES AROUND A LITTLE BIT. MY NAME IS
COREY FICKES. I'M THE MANAGING PARTNER OF THE FORT WORTH OFFICE OF THE LINEBARGER LAW FIRM. I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN YOUR COURT COLLECTIONS ATTORNEY FOR THE PAST DECADE. 
          AND THEN PRIOR TO THAT, I WORKED FOR MR. TAYLOR AND SAT IN THIS BACK ROOM DURING SEVERAL
MEETINGS WHILE Y'ALL WERE HAVING SOME PRETTY HEATED MIDNIGHT DISCUSSIONS. 
          SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE HERE AND NOT IN FRONT OF A JURY WHEN WE USED TO HAVE TRIALS UP
HERE FOR MUNICIPAL COURT. I'D LIKE TO JUST I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT BRIEFLY, AND I'LL TRY TO DO AN A THROUGH Z. KIND OF WAY YOU MENTIONED IT. 
          THE FIRST THING WE'D START WITH IS JULY IS WHEN REAL PROPERTY IS TURNED OVER. 
          AND CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? I'M KIND OF MOVING AWAY FROM THE MICROPHONE,
BUT WHAT WE ACTUALLY START WITH IS APRIL RIGHT NOW. 
          THIS IS WHEN BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY IS TURNED OVER,
WHICH IS A SIZABLE CHUNK OF YOUR DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES. 
          AND WHAT WE DO IN APRIL IS WE START WITH LETTERS AND PHONE CALLS TO REACH OUT TO
BUSINESSES THAT HAVEN'T PAID TAXES ON THEIR FURNITURE, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT, ETC. IN THEIR IN THEIR OPERATIONS. 
          SO LIKE, IF YOU THINK OF A RESTAURANT, YOU THINK ABOUT THE KITCHEN EQUIPMENT,
YOU THINK ABOUT THE TABLES, THE DECOR AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. WE START WITH SOME LETTERS, WE START WITH SOME PHONE CALLS. WE ALSO DO INDIVIDUAL PERSONAL VISITS ON THOSE TO
MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF. AND WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE SITUATION THAT THEY'RE IN. 
          WE ASSESS, IS THIS AN ONGOING OPERATION? HAVE THEY BEEN OVERVALUED BY THE APPRAISAL
DISTRICT? AND THEY NEVER THEY NEVER FILED A RENDITION. SO THEY DON'T HAVE THE PROPER VALUE AT THE
APPRAISAL DISTRICT. SO THEIR TAX BILL IS SITTING AT $5,000 A YEAR, AND IT SHOULD BE 2000. AND WE TRY TO WALK THEM THROUGH THAT AND MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND
THE COMPLEXITY OF THE SITUATION, BUT ALSO THE SEVERITY OF THE NEED TO RESOLVE THEIR TAXES. 
          SO THAT STARTS IN APRIL AND IT GOES THROUGH THE REAL STRONG PUSH IS APRIL,
MAY AND JUNE WHEN THE REAL PROPERTY TAXES ARE TURNED OVER IN JULY. 
          WE KIND OF START WITH THE SAME APPROACH. SO IT'S PHONE CALLS AND IT'S LETTERS,
BUT WE DON'T DO WE DON'T DO SITE VISITS ON HOMES. 
          SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S JUST FOR BUSINESS,
PERSONAL PROPERTY. THAT'D BE AWKWARD, I THINK. BUT WE DO REACH OUT WITH A PHONE CALL APPROACH BECAUSE I THINK LIKE MR. MCCLENDON SAID,
THE BEST LAWSUIT IS THE ONE YOU NEVER FILE. 
          AND WE DON'T WE DON'T SUCCEED IN OUR BUSINESS BY FILING LAWSUITS. 
          WE SUCCEED BY GETTING COLLECTIONS, BY SUCCEED BY GETTING RESOLUTION. 
          AND THAT'S THE GOAL. SO WE START WITH LETTERS. 
          WE DO PHONE CALLS. WE ALSO DO TEXTING. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE FOUND HAS BEEN VERY
EFFECTIVE. 
          IT HELPS KIND OF REINFORCE THE SEVERITY AND THE INTENSITY. 
          BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT ALL OF THESE STEPS ARE LIKE KIND OF LIKE HEATING UP WATER,
RIGHT? WHEN YOU'RE BOILING WATER, YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW,
KIND OF TURN THE HEAT ON AND IT SLOWLY BUILDS UP. 
          YOU HAVE TO STEP UP THE PRESSURE EACH MOMENT BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T,
YOU STEP BACK THREE STEPS. 
          SO IF YOU, IF YOU MAYBE SEND A LETTER AND YOU DON'T COMMUNICATE WITH SOMEBODY FOR 3 OR 4
MONTHS. 
          THEY THINK THAT IT'S BEEN FORGOTTEN. AND SO THEY MOVE ON. 
          AND THEN NEXT TIME YOU START BACK WITH THEM,
THEY'RE LIKE, I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. SO YOU START WITH A NEW LETTER BECAUSE MOST OF THESE PEOPLE, IF THEY'RE DELINQUENT,
THEY HAVE LOTS OF OTHER ISSUES ON THEIR PLATE, RIGHT? THIS ISN'T THEIR ONLY DELINQUENCY. 
          AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT. SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND,
HERE'S WHAT YOU OWE AND HERE'S HOW YOU CAN RESOLVE IT. 
          HERE ARE THE OPTIONS. SO OUR COLLECTORS, WE HAVE A POOL OF COLLECTION PEOPLE,
EXCEPT WE SAY IN OUR OFFICE, EVERYBODY'S A COLLECTOR FROM THE FIRST PERSON,
THE LAST PERSON THAT CAME IN ALL THE WAY UP TO MY OFFICE. 
          SO WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS IN AND THEY TALK TO A COLLECTOR,
A LITIGATION ASSISTANT, A MANAGER, OR AN ATTORNEY, THE GOAL IS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY NEED FOR RESOLUTION. 
          NOW, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE HAVE NO OPTIONS THAT WE CAN OFFER THEM TO REDUCE WHAT THEY OWE,
RIGHT? WHAT THEY OWE IS WHAT THEY OWE. THERE ARE SOME REMEDIES IN THE TAX CODE THAT THEY MIGHT BE
ABLE TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF, BUT IT'S PRETTY LIMITED. SO THE GOAL IS TO NOTIFY THEM OF THE OBLIGATION AND MAKE SURE
THEY UNDERSTAND THIS ISN'T GOING AWAY. 
          WE CAN SIT HERE AND DO NOTHING. WE CAN SEND YOU NO MORE LETTERS. 
          WE CAN DO, WE CAN JUST SIT HERE AND ALL. JUST PRETEND LIKE NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS EVERY MONTH INTEREST IS GOING TO INCREASE, AND THAT TAX BILL IS GOING TO STAY THERE. AND THEN IF THEY DON'T PAY IT THE NEXT YEAR IT'S GOING TO INCREASE
AGAIN. AND SO THE GOAL IS IT'S KIND OF LIKE I DO IT WITH MY KIDS. 
          SOMETIMES I'M FIRM WITH MY KIDS BECAUSE I'M HELPING THEM MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL HELP
THEM GROW. 
          AND SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT YOU TO WORK ON
SO YOU CAN GET THIS RESOLVED. 
          THEN WHEN IT'S TIME TO FILE A LAWSUIT, AND IN SOME AREAS,
WHAT WE DO IS WE KIND OF SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T CALL US BACK OR YOU DEFAULTED YOUR PAYMENT. WE'RE FILING A LAWSUIT.
WE KIND OF CASHED THEM UP A LITTLE BIT. 
          AND SO THEN OUR TEAM CAN BE REAL EFFECTIVE AND FILE A GROUP OF LAWSUITS ALL AT ONCE. 
          THAT MAKES THEM MORE EFFICIENT. AND SO THEY'RE NOT SPENDING TIME DURING THE DAY STEPPING
ASIDE TO FILE A SUIT, THEN COMING BACK AND DOING THIS, THEY CAN BLOCK OFF A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO BUILD THE SUITS, GET THEM FILED, AND COMMUNICATE WITH THE DISTRICT CLERK ON THAT. 
          BUT ONE THING WE DO THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT IS WE DON'T GO ISSUE CITATION WHEN WE GET A
SUIT FILED. SO WE FILE SUIT AND THAT'S THAT INCREASES, THERE'S A FILING COST ON THAT. BUT WE KNOW THE NEXT STEP IS TO ISSUE A CITATION,
THAT'S WHERE CONSTABLE COMES TO YOUR DOOR AND HANDS YOU A NOTICE OF THE SUIT. 
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THAT INCREASES THE COST AGAIN. INSTEAD, WHAT WE DO IS WE MAIL THEM A COPY OF THAT CITATION
AND WE SAY, IF YOU DON'T RESOLVE THIS, THIS IS WE'VE STEPPED UP HERE NOW. IF YOU DON'T RESOLVE THIS
NOW, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER STEP AND THE COSTS ARE GOING TO GROW. SO IF YOU TAKE CARE OF IT NOW CALL US. GET INTO A PAYMENT PLAN, ANYTHING. 
          WE CAN DEFER THAT NEXT ACTION. AND NOW YOU'RE GETTING ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO RESOLVE IT
WHILE WE'RE STILL HOLDING THE ABILITY TO STEP IT UP IF WE NEED TO. 
          THE SAME THING GOES TO THE ENTIRE PROCESS, RIGHT? IF WE CAN GET SOME SORT OF RESOLUTION
THROUGH THE PROCESS, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. AND THAT'S REALLY HOW WE MOVE THROUGH OUR GENERAL COLLECTION PROCESS. THE SAME THING HAPPENS ONCE YOU GET TO JUDGMENT. I THINK
MARCUS MENTIONED THIS, THAT IF SOMEONE COMES UP IN THE MIDDLE OF A JUDGMENT AND THEY WANT TO ENTER A PAYMENT ARRANGEMENT, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT. 
          THE GOAL IS RESOLUTION. THE GOAL IS NEVER TO SELL A PROPERTY. 
          WE DON'T WANT JUDGMENTS. THE WAY WE SERVE OUR CLIENTS IS TO GET RESOLUTION,
AND YOU DON'T GET RESOLUTION BY GOING THROUGH ALL THAT. 
          IN FACT, UNFORTUNATELY, WITH A LOT OF PROPERTIES,
IT'S REALLY HARD TO RECOVER THE FULL TAX VALUE WHEN IT GOES TO. 
          IF IT WERE TO GO TO TAX SALE. SO THE BEST DEAL IS TO KEEP YOUR PROPERTY OWNER IN THEIR
PROPERTY AND GET THE TAXES FOR THE CITY SO THE CITY CONTINUE OPERATING. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY THAT A LARGE CHUNK OF YOUR DELINQUENCY ARE NOT
HOMEOWNERS. 
          THERE'S A SECTION OF THEM, BUT YOU HAVE A LOT OF VACANT LAND. 
          YOU HAVE A LOT OF COMMERCIAL LAND AND A LOT OF OTHER MIXED USES. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST YOUR HOMEOWNERS, HOMEOWNERS. 
          I THINK FOR ALL OF US GET THE MOST GENTLE TREATMENT BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S,
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MY JOKE IS WE TREAT EVERYBODY LIKE THEY'RE THE MAYOR'S COUSIN AND YOU'RE GOING
TO GET A CALL IF YOU DO SOMETHING BAD. AND WE FIND THAT IF YOU TREAT PEOPLE WITH THAT, WITH THAT SORT OF DEFERENCE, THAT THIS IS A CITIZEN,
THIS COULD BE YOUR NEIGHBOR, YOU KNOW, THIS COULD BE SOMEBODY THAT YOU KNOW, THEN YOU FIND THAT THEY, THEY TAKE THAT RESPECT AND THAT TRUST AND THEY'RE WILLING TO WORK THROUGH IT. 
          AND THEN YOU GET THE PEOPLE THAT TELL YOU TO,
YOU KNOW, GO OFF AND DO SOMETHING. 
          AND, AND THAT AT THAT POINT, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO STEP UP ENFORCEMENT. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE THAT STEP UP COMES, RIGHT? AND SO YOU HAVE TO KEEP IT MOVING ALONG. 
          AND THAT'S OUR THEORY. IN THE, THE COLLECTION PROCESS IS YOU'RE JUST CONSTANTLY,
SLOWLY INCREASING THE PRESSURE WHERE UNTIL YOU GET TO THE POINT THAT A TAXPAYER IS READY TO RESOLVE SOMETHING. NOW, I DO THINK THERE WERE SOME NUMBERS MENTIONED. I THINK
THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A SLIGHT ERROR IN SOME OF THE NUMBERS BECAUSE I HAD SOME NUMBERS SENT TO ME HERE WHILE WE WERE WAITING. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IN FROM JULY 1ST THROUGH JUST THE
END OF LAST YEAR, WE FILED 72 SUITS IN THE COUNTY FOR DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT CLIENTS. 
          AND I THINK, I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED UP HERE THAT WE JUST STARTED GETTING SOME NEW
CLIENTS. 
          SO VENUS, WE'VE BEEN REPRESENTING NOW FOR ABOUT A DECADE,
BUT GRANDVIEW AND GODLEY JUST RECENTLY HIRED US. 
          SO SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE A BIT OF A TRAILING INDICATOR BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GROWING
INTO SOME CLIENTS. 
          AND SO SOME OF THAT MAY BE PART OF THE, THE CONFUSION ON THE NUMBERS. 
          OKAY. I THINK, I THINK WE GOT THE BULLET THERE. 
          THAT'S A LONG A TO Z. I KNOW WE DON'T. WE'RE GETTING INTO SOMETHING ELSE NOW. 
          YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT, WHAT I'VE HEARD HERE AND THE WAY I SEE THIS,
AND I MAY SEE THIS DIFFERENT THAN ANYBODY ELSE, WE'RE HERE TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT WOULD BE BEST FOR BURLESON AS FAR AS COLLECTIONS FOR
THE CITY OF BURLESON TO MANAGE THE BUDGET. WE'RE NOT MAKING A DECISION TONIGHT ON LOWERING PROPERTY TAXES,
REDUCING PROPERTY TAXES, FORGIVING PROPERTY TAXES. THAT'S WHAT WE DO WHEN WE'RE IN BUDGET TIME,
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH LEGISLATION, DURING LEGISLATION. TONIGHT, WE'RE MAKING A DECISION BASED ON WHO WILL DO THE BEST JOB IN
COLLECTIONS FOR THE CITY OF BURLESON. AND FROM WHAT I HEARD, I STILL FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE THAT LINEBARGER
WILL MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS WHEN IT COMES TO COLLECTING THE FUNDS BY LAW FOR THE CITY OF BURLESON. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT BOTH OF YOU HAVE THE SAME PATH TO WALK BY LAW. 
          AND THE SENTIMENTAL PART WILL FALL INTO PLAY IN BUDGET TIME WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THE
CITIZENS REDUCE PROPERTY TAX. 
          IT WILL FALL INTO PLAY AT LEGISLATION TIME WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH REPRESENTATIVES TO PASS
BILLS TO REDUCE PROPERTY TAX. 
          WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS STRICTLY BUSINESS,
AND IT'S ABOUT WHICH TEAM WE CAN THINK CAN COLLECT THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT THE CITY NEEDS. WE TALK ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS. 
          WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH BOTH OF YOU. SO I ZERO THAT OUT. 
          I0A LOT OF THINGS OUT THAT ARE SIMILAR BECAUSE OF LAW AND GUIDELINES. 
          AND I STILL SEE THE ONLY DIFFERENCE. IS LINEBARGER HAS NOT BEEN AFFILIATED WITH JOHNSON
COUNTY CAD AND THEREFORE THEY HAVE NO INFLUENCE IN THE LAST YEARS OVER WHAT CAD DECIDES VERSUS WHAT
THE CITY DECIDES, WHICH I COULD SEE THAT BEING VERY CONTROVERSIAL AND VERY INFLUENTIAL IN THE BACKGROUND,
AND WE NEVER SAW IT. 
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SO I'M STILL WITH LINEBARGER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR GETTING UP AND TALKING. 
          NO MORE, THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME,
I'M GUESSING. ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM ME? I'M SORRY. ANYBODY? OH. WE'RE GOOD, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. GET THAT SMILE OFF YOUR FACE. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I GUESS THE DIRECTION. THIS IS A TWO-PART ITEM. 
          THE FIRST PART WAS TO RECEIVE DIRECTION ON DELINQUENT TAX COLLECTION SERVICES. 
          AND SECOND PART WAS TO DISCUSS THE CONTRACT WITH PERDUE. 
          BUT I DON'T WANT TO PUT MY THUMB ON THE SCALE IN ANY WAY,
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE FOUR HEAD NODS TO REMAIN WITH PERDUE, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN,
THERE'S NO REASON TO VISIT THE SECOND PART OF THE AGENDA ITEM. 
          BUT AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO PUT MY THUMB MY SKULL. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. 
          CORRECT. OKAY. SO WE'RE NOT REQUESTING A FORMAL VOTE,
WE'RE JUST DOING A CONSENSUS BECAUSE WE DID NOT TAKE A FORMAL VOTE YET. THE VOTE WOULD BE TO THE ITEM IS TO TERMINATE THE CODE,
START THE PROCEEDINGS TO TERMINATE THE PERDUE CONTRACT. 
          SO IF THERE'S FOUR THAT WANT TO REMAIN WITH THE EXISTING CONTRACT,
THEN THERE WOULDN'T BE A NEED FOR FORMAL ACTION. 
          OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU ALL. I APPRECIATE BOTH SIDES. OKAY,
THAT'LL BRING US TO EIGHT A AND SORRY, 8.B AND C, WHICH I WILL BE CALLING TOGETHER AS ONE PRESENTATION. 
          [Items 8.B & 8.C]
EIGHT B IS TO CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A REAL ESTATE
CONTRACT FOR THE SALE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 112 SOUTHEAST GARDENS BOULEVARD, BURLESON, TEXAS. IN RESPONSE TO THE BID ACCEPTANCE TO RFP 2025-006 IN THE AMOUNT OF
$500,000. 
          THIS IS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON FINAL READING. 
          AND 8.C IS TO CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A PERFORMANCE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BURLESON. 
          I'M SORRY. BETWEEN THE CITY OF BURLESON, THE BTX FLEX LLC INCORPORATED FOR A COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT 112 SOUTHEAST GARDENS BOULEVARD IN BURLESON, TEXAS. THIS IS ALSO BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON FINAL READING. 
          THE STAFF PRESENTED THIS EVENING IS ALEX PHILLIPS,
DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL HERE FOR SECOND READING ON PROJECT BONUS THAT WE TALKED
ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING THAT GOT UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. 
          ITS THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 112 SOUTHEAST GARDENS. 
          THE MINIMUM BID WAS MET AT 500,000. FOR THOSE 4 TO 5 COMMERCIAL FLEX BUILDINGS,
RANGING FROM 2900FT² UP TO 5900FT². 
          HERE TO ANSWER ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ON THAT,
ON THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT OR THE REAL ESTATE CONTRACT. 
          ANYONE? THAT SHOULD BE TWO SEPARATE VOTES. YES. 
          YES. JUST MAKING SURE. SO AND LET'S JUST THROW ANOTHER WRENCH IN THERE. 
          WE WILL BE DOING A MANUAL VOTE. WE WILL NOT BE ELECTRONIC VOTING. 
          WE HAVE SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WHICH WOULD MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THIS. 
          SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS MAYOR IF YOU'LL JUST CALL FOR THE VOTE. 
          BUT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WHO MAKES THE MOTION AND THE SECOND,
PLEASE STATE IT CLEARLY. 
          LET THE MAYOR RECOGNIZE WHO YOU ARE MAKING THE FIRST BEFORE YOU MAKE THE SECOND,
BECAUSE WE'RE USED TO JUST PUSHING THE BUTTONS SO, IF. YOU FEEL A MOTION ON THIS. MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT
B THE SALE OF THE REAL ESTATE CONTRACT FOR THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY. 
          I HAVE A MOTION BY DAN AND A SECOND BY ALEXA. 
          PLEASE VOTE TO APPROVE. RAISE YOUR HAND. VOTE TO APPROVE. 
          AGAINST? I HAVE FOUR. FOUR. ONE ABSTAIN AND ONE ABSENT. 
          FEEL. YOU HAVE FIVE. FIVE. FIVE. OKAY. I'M SORRY. 
          FIVE. FIVE. I'M USED TO THE WHOLE BUNCH. FIVE. 
          FIVE IN FAVOR. ONE ABSENT AND ONE ABSTENTION. 
          THANK YOU. THAT WILL MOVE US ON TO 8.C. SAME THING. 
          PLEASE, COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE BE CLEAR ON WHO MAKES THE MOTION IN THE SECOND SO THE
MAYOR CAN RECOGNIZE THOSE BEFORE YOU MOVE ON. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 8.C THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT. 
          MOTION BY DAN AND SECOND BY ALEXA. ALL IN FAVOR? FOUR IN FAVOR. ARE YOU READY? FIVE. FIVE. FIVE. 
          ZERO ZERO. OKAY. YOU AND I ARE ON THE SAME PAGE,
AND I DON'T. 
          [01:45:05]
AND ONE ABSENT, ONE ABSTAINED. THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THAT MOVES US ON TO SECTION 9, REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS. 
          [9.A.Receive a report, hold a discussion and provide staff direction on previous economic development projects and metrics. (Staff Contact: Alex Philips, Economic Development Director)]
9.A IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION,
AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION ON PREVIOUS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND METRICS. 
          THE STAFF PRESENTER THIS EVENING IS ALEX PHILLIPS,
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. 
          MR. PHILLIPS. THANK YOU, MISS CAMPOS. THANK YOU,
MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          ALEX PHILLIPS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR,
GO OVER THIS PRESENTATION ABOUT OUR PAST PROJECTS AND CURRENT PROJECTS THAT WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT THAT WE'VE DONE INCENTIVE AGREEMENTS WITH. 
          I WANT TO RECOGNIZE DREW PENNYWELL IN THE ROOM,
OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ALONG WITH JESSICA TORRES, HER FIRST TIME AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING SINCE SHE'S BEEN ON OUR
STAFF. 
          THIS WAS A HEAVY LIFT FOR THEIR TEAM, FOR DREW AND JESSICA,
LOOKING THROUGH APPRAISAL DISTRICT TAX RECORDS, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF TO KIND OF GET WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          AND THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS WITH SOME OF THESE ENTITIES OF HOW THEY
STRUCTURE THEIR TAXES AT THEIR BUSINESS. 
          SO IT WAS A HEAVY LIFT AND WE WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT THEIR TIME AND EFFORT IN PUTTING IN
PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. 
          OUR MISSION IS TO INCREASE THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF ALL IN BURLESON,
TEXAS. 
          IT'S TO NURTURE A CULTURE OF COMMUNITY, CREATIVITY AND ENTHUSIASM BY LEADING EFFORTS TO
ATTRACT INVESTMENT TO NEW AND EXPANDING BUSINESSES FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING AND RETAINING JOBS. ENHANCING THE TAX BASE AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS
OF BURLESON. 
          THIS PROJECT IMPACT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS MOST EFFECTIVE WHEN IT'S SUSTAINABLE,
FOCUSING ON LONG TERM STABILITY RATHER THAN SHORT TERM GAINS. 
          BY UTILIZING STRATEGIC INCENTIVES, BURLESON HAS CREATED A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT
ENCOURAGES BOTH NEW BUSINESS RECRUITMENT AND THE EXPANSION OF OUR LOCAL OUR EXISTING LOCAL PARTNERS. THIS PRESENTATION WILL OUTLINE SEVERAL RECENT INITIATIVES THAT HAVE SERVED AS
PRACTICAL CATALYSTS FOR PROSPERITY, DEMONSTRATING HOW TARGETED INVESTMENTS TODAY BUILD A MORE RESILIENT AND IMPACTFUL
COMMUNITY FOR THE FUTURE. 
          IT WAS HARD TO KIND OF PUT THIS TOGETHER BECAUSE WE COULD LOOK AT THESE DEALS IN TEN
DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO LOOK AT IS THE IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY FIRST AND FOREMOST WITH THESE
DEALS. 
          THE FIRST ONE WAS CHICKEN E. FOODS BACK IN 2013. 
          THIS ONE IT INITIATE, IT WAS VERY STRATEGIC CATALYST FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH POINT
BUSINESS PARK, SPANNING NEARLY 100,000FT². THIS HIGH CAPACITY DISTRIBUTION CENTER WAS THE LINCHPIN FOR
REGIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN FOR ALL OF THESE STORES, AND STILL IS TODAY. FROM THIS BURLESON HUB, THEY MANAGE OVER 260 CHICKEN EXPRESS LOCATIONS
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES, REINFORCING THE CITY'S POSITION AS A CRITICAL LOGISTICS PARTNER. 
          I LOVE THE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES THAT WE PUT IN HERE. 
          BEFORE IT WAS IT WAS FARMLAND. WHEN THE FOR A BOARD BOUGHT IT BACK IN,
I THINK 2009 AND THEN COMMITTED TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO PUT IN WITH THE ROADS, THE WATER AND SEWER. I THINK DAN, THE SEWER HAD TO COME THREE MILES. 
          THE QUIL MILLER TRUNK LINE. TOOK OVER TWO YEARS TO GET THERE,
TO GET ALL THE PROPERTY EASEMENTS AND THAT TO GET IT THERE. 
          BUT IS BEEN, SERVED ITS PURPOSE. SO WE DID A TAX ABATEMENT. 
          75% OF THE CITY'S PORTION OVER TEN YEARS. THAT HAS EXPIRED. 
          EXPIRED IN 2021. THE FOR A INCENTIVE BACK THEN WAS 435,000. 
          THAT WAS THE COST OF THE LAND BACK THEN WAS 435,000. 
          CREATED 41 JOBS. THE TAXABLE VALUE ON THE ROLLS IS ALMOST 7.5 MILLION. 
          IN GENERAL, FUND IS SEEING THEIR BENEFIT IS OVER $357,000 IN THE TIME THAT CHICKEN E. 
          HAS BEEN HERE. WAGNER SMITH WAS A GOOD ONE. THAT WAS AN EXISTING BUSINESS THAT WAS HERE IN
TOWN. 
          THEY WERE IN THE CURRENT F-WAVE BUILDING AT 921 SOUTH BURLESON BOULEVARD. 
          THEY ARE DESIGNER AND MANUFACTURER OF ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATION LINE STRINGING
EQUIPMENT. 
          THEY BUILD IT FROM THE RAW METAL. THEY HAVE A PAINT BOOTH IN-HOUSE. 
          THEY PAINT THEM AND THEY, THEY RENT THEM OUT,
BUT THEY ALSO SELL THE EQUIPMENT AS WELL. 
          THEY'RE IN 70,000FT² MANUFACTURING, SALES AND RENTAL OPERATIONS. 
          THIS EXPANSION NOT ONLY SECURED HIGH QUALITY,
FULL TIME JOBS, BUT ESTABLISHED THE COMPANY AS A TOP TEN SALES TAX GENERATOR ON OUR ROLLS AS WELL. YOU'LL SEE HERE WE DID A 75% FOR TEN YEARS AS WELL. 
          TAX ABATEMENT HERE THE FOR INCENTIVE WAS THE DIRT 400,000. 
          TAXABLE VALUE ON THE ROLLS IS OVER 42 MILLION. 
          THE GENERAL FUND BENEFIT WITH THIS FACILITY HAS SEEN A LITTLE BIT OVER $6.2 MILLION. 
          AND THE 4A-4B SALES TAX TOTAL IS OVER $3 MILLION SINCE THEY'VE BEEN HERE. 
          [01:50:03]
SECONDARY BENEFITS BEYOND RELOCATION. WAGNER SMITH EXPANSION CREATED A RIPPLE EFFECT OF
ECONOMIC WINS FOR BURLESON BY. 
          STRATEGICALLY, WE PURCHASED THEIR ORIGINAL EIGHT ACRE SITE ON NORTH NORTH BURLESON
BOULEVARD. 
          THE CITY SECURED A PRIME FUTURE RETAIL LOCATION,
TEMPORARILY HOMING F WAVE ROOFING. 
          THE PROACTIVE MOVE DID MORE THAN JUST RETAIN A LOCAL PARTNER,
IT ALLOWED THE CITY TO CONTROL A KEY GATEWAY PROPERTY THAT WILL GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CORRIDOR WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY FUELING WAGNER SMITH'S GROWTH. 
          I CAN SEE WAGNER SMITH POTENTIALLY EXPANDING WITHIN THE NEXT 5 TO 7 YEARS AT THEIR CURRENT
LOCATION. 
          HAYES & STOLZ WAS, THIS WAS MY FIRST DEAL, AS IN WHEN I WAS IN THE HEAD SEAT AS THE
DIRECTOR OR MANAGER BACK THEN. 
          THEY WERE FOUNDED IN 1945. THEY WERE ON HEMPHILL STREET SINCE 1945 IN FORT WORTH. 
          THIS WAS A MAJOR REGIONAL RELOCATION FROM FORT WORTH IN 2016. 
          THEY WERE SEEKING A LOCATION THAT COULD ACCOMMODATE THEIR SPECIALIZED PRODUCTION NEEDS.
THEY ESTABLISHED A MASSIVE 140,000 SQUARE FOOT HEADQUARTERS WITHIN HIGHPOINT BUSINESS PARK AT THAT TIME. THAT'S OUR LARGEST BUILDING THAT WE'D EVER SEE AT HIGHPOINT BUSINESS PARK. 
          RIGHT ON 35. THIS FACILITY SERVES AS A PRIMARY MANUFACTURING HUB FOR THEIR CUSTOM
INDUSTRIAL MIXING AND BLENDING AND CONVEYING EQUIPMENT, WHICH THEY DISTRIBUTE GLOBALLY TO FOOD AND LIVESTOCK FEED INDUSTRIES. 
          THEY BRING 140 HIGH SKILLED JOBS TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          THEY BECOME A MAJOR EMPLOYER, AND THEY'RE A VITAL ADDITION TO OUR BURLESON INDUSTRIAL TAX
BASE. 
          THERE ARE ALSO A MASSIVE COMMUNITY PARTNER WITH OUR NON-PROFITS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THEY HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE WITHIN THEIR EMPLOYEES THAT THEY ROTATE EVERY TWO YEARS. 
          THEY TAKE 10% OF THEIR PROFITS AND THEY GIVE BACK TO LOCAL MISSIONS AND NEEDS WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY AND OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY WITH MISSION TRIPS TO SOUTH AMERICA TO HELP DIFFERENT VILLAGES HAVE READING MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES ON THEIR,
IN THEIR LAND. 
          WE DIDN'T DO A TAX ABATEMENT. WE DID A, FOR A INCENTIVE,
IT WAS CASH FUNDED KIND OF UP FRONT THROUGH PERFORMANCE MEASURES. 
          IT TOTALED $678,000 OR 678,299. THAT INCLUDED EXTENDING THE GAS LINE AND GETTING THEM
REIMBURSED THEM. 
          EXTENDING THE GAS LINE DOWN FROM CHICKEN E. TO THEM. 
          IT CREATED 140 JOBS. THEIR TAXABLE VALUE ON THE ROLLS IS A LITTLE BIT OVER 14 MILLION. 
          GENERAL FUND BENEFIT. THIS WAS FROM DAY ONE THAT GENERAL FUND SAW THIS BENEFIT WAS 877,000
AND SOME CHANGE. 
          MCLANE CLASSIC FOODS. BACK IN 2017, THE EDC REACHED A MAJOR MILESTONE BY RECRUITING. 
          MCLANE CLASSIC FOODS OUT OF FORT WORTH, AS WELL AS A PHONE CALL JUST LIKE HAZEN STOLZ. 
          THIS GAVE A STRATEGIC MOVE BECAUSE IT CENTERED A 30 ACRE SITE AND IT KICKED OFF. 
          HIGH POINT EAST, WHERE WE HAD PARTNERED WITH THE DEVELOPER TO GET INFRASTRUCTURE THERE AS
WELL. 
          WITH THE ROADWAYS, WATER, SEWER AND GAS TO THOSE FACILITIES. 
          130,000FT², STATE OF THE ART FACILITY DESIGNED FOR SPECIALIZED PRIVATE LABEL
MANUFACTURING. 
          THEY DO JUST ABOUT ALL OF THE FARMER'S DOG FOOD OUT OF THIS FACILITY IN BURLESON,
AND IT'S HUMAN GRADE. 
          I HAVEN'T TRIED IT, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE THERE HAS ON SITE,
SO, BUT I HAVE NOT BROUGHT MYSELF TO DO THAT YET. 
          THEY BROUGHT IN HIGH TIER INDUSTRIAL PRESTIGE AND THEY WERE THE FIRST PERSON THAT I SAW. 
          THEY HAVE A SPIRAL FLASH FREEZER. IT TAKES THREE MINUTES FROM THE BOTTOM OR FROM THE TOP
AS IT COMES IN ON THE CONVEYOR BELT AND POUCHES IN THREE MINUTES LATER, AT THE BOTTOM, IT IS FLASH FROZEN TO -30 DEGREES. 
          IT'S CRAZY. NOW THEY HAVE TWO OF THEM BACK THERE. 
          THEY'RE EXPANDING AS WELL. I CAN SEE THEM EXPANDING THEIR FOOTPRINT WITHIN THE NEXT 5 TO 7
YEARS. 
          THEY HAVE THE ADDITIONAL DIRT TO DO THAT. WE DID A TAX ABATEMENT FOR 80% EXPIRES IN 2030. 
          THE FOR A INCENTIVE HERE WAS $50,000. THEY CREATED 165 JOBS. 
          THEY'RE ON THE ROLLS FOR A LITTLE BIT OVER 14 MILLION. 
          THE GENERAL FUND BENEFIT SO FAR IS 120,000. BUT ONCE THE THE TAX ABATEMENT IS DONE,
THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL $95,000 A YEAR IN 2030 COMING BACK TO THE CITY IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          GOLDEN STATE FOODS, WE'RE STARTING. WE STARTED REALLY KICKING IT UP WITH. 
          WE'RE STARTING TO GET FOOD PROVIDERS A LOT. AND THAT'S DUE TO THE OVERSIZE INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT THE 4.A. 
          DECIDE TO PUT IN THE GROUND OUT THERE WITH 12-INCH WATER LINES PARTNERING WITH BETHESDA
WATER. 
          AND THEN ALSO WITH THE 15-INCH TRUNK MAIN WITH THE QUIL MILLER LINE. 
          AND THEN IT TRANSITIONED TO THE 15-INCH MAIN HAS TRANSITIONED STRAIGHT DOWN VANTAGE TO
917. 
          [01:55:02]
SO THIS WAS BACK IN 2017, IT WAS A KEY ANCHOR TENANT,
A GOLDEN STATE FOODS. 
          IT'S A GLOBAL LEADER IN FOOD PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION. 
          THIS PROJECT WAS A TURNING POINT FOR THE CITY,
REPRESENTING THE FIRST TIME BURLESON SUCCESSFULLY PARTNERED WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS TO SECURE A MAJOR INDUSTRIAL RELOCATION. WE COORDINATED LOCAL FORAY INCENTIVES WITH
SIGNIFICANT STATE LEVEL MONETARY INVESTMENT. 
          THEY GOT SOME STATE EDC MONEY THAT THEY QUALIFIED FOR,
THAT THEY'RE STILL PERFORMING WITH US, RESULTING IN A 200,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY,
BECAME THE LARGEST FOOTPRINT IN HIGHPOINT BUSINESS PARK AT THE TIME. 
          THEY ESTABLISHED A MASSIVE MANUFACTURING HUB FOR LIQUID PRODUCTS THAT SERVES THE WORLD'S
MOST RECOGNIZABLE QUICK SERVICE RESTAURANTS. 
          MOST NOTABLY, THE WHATABURGER KETCHUP IS HERE. 
          TACO BELL HOT SAUCE THERE. THEY'RE INTO, I MEAN,
EVERY CONDIMENT YOU CAN THINK OF, THEY'RE THEY'RE DOING INSIDE THAT FACILITY. 
          IT'S CRAZY TO, TO KNOW THAT THAT FACILITY JUST DOES CONDIMENTS. 
          AND THAT'S ONE OF THREE ACROSS THE US. THERE'S ONE IN GEORGIA,
GEORGIA AND CONYERS, GEORGIA, ONE IN THE CITY OF INDUSTRY IN CALIFORNIA THAT WE WENT OUT AND VISITED ONCE THE DEAL WAS
DONE TO SEE KIND OF WHAT WE WERE GETTING. 
          THEY MAKE THE BIG MAC SAUCE IN THE CITY OF INDUSTRY,
AND I'VE NEVER SEEN MORE PALLETS OF SWEET RELISH IN MY LIFE IN THOSE TOTES. 
          GOLDEN STATE FOODS AGAIN, 75% TAX ABATEMENT FOR TEN YEARS. 
          IT EXPIRES IN 2030. THE, FOR INCENTIVE HERE WAS $1.663 MILLION. 
          IT WAS THE DIRT. IT WAS 25 ACRES. JOBS CREATED 320. 
          THE ASSESSED VALUE ON THE ROLLS IS A LITTLE BIT OVER 36 MILLION. 
          GENERAL FUND BENEFIT SO FAR HAS BEEN 353, ALMOST 354,000. 
          ONCE THE TAX ABATEMENT IS OVER, THE CITY WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL $230,000 A YEAR IN
PROPERTY TAXES IN 2030. 
          HIGHPOINT BUSINESS PARK AS A WHOLE, A STRATEGIC ACQUISITION,
TRANSFORMED A $9.3 MILLION INITIAL INVESTMENT OF 91 ACRES OF VACANT LAND INTO PREMIER NORTH TEXAS CORPORATE HUB. IT EXPANDED TO 230 ACRES BY PRIVATE INVESTMENT. 
          WE PARTNERED WITH THE ORR GROUP, THAT BOUGHT ADJACENT PROPERTY. 
          THEY ADOPTED OUR STANDARDS, WHICH LED US CONTINUE TO GROW. 
          MASSIVE APPRECIATION, WE LEVERAGED TARGET INFRASTRUCTURE,
LIKE I SAID, WITH THE OVERSIZE SEWER AND WATER AND ELECTRICITY. 
          I CANNOT GO ON WITHOUT UNITED COOPERATIVE BEING AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER AND MAKING SURE THAT
IT IS DUAL FED. 
          NOW IT'S LIKE TRIPLE FED OUT TO THE PARK. WE FOUND OUT DURING THE WINTER FREEZE,
THE WINTER OUTAGE THAT OUR PARK IS ON THE SAME CIRCUIT AS UCS, SO WE'LL NEVER LOSE POWER OUT THERE. AT HIGH POINT,
IT'S A PRIORITY ONE SPOT. 
          SO SINCE WE'VE KNOWN THAT WE, WE DRIVE THAT HOME WHEN WE WERE RECRUITING TOO. 
          SO INFRASTRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT TO THE GROW THE PARK'S TOTAL APPRAISED VALUE
TO OVER $250 MILLION OUT THERE ON 230 ACRES. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN $1 MILLION AN ACRE OUT THERE,
VALUE ON THE ON THE GROUND A TWEET. 
          WE ACHIEVED A 27-FOLD INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUE. 
          VALIDATING THE CITY'S PROACTIVE APPROACH TO LAND ASSEMBLY FOR THIS INDUSTRIAL PARK. 
          HIGHPOINT JOB MULTIPLIER. YOU KNOW, THIS COMES FROM STATS THAT WE SEE RECOGNIZABLE ON
OTHER WEBSITES ACTIVATING THE 2.91 MULTIPLIER. EVERY CORPORATE OR INDUSTRIAL JOB AT HIGHPOINT ACTS AS AN ECONOMIC SEED. 
          BASED ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT DATA EVERY 100 JOBS IN THESE SECTORS SUPPORT AN ADDITIONAL
291 JOBS IN THE LOCAL SERVICE, HEALTH CARE OR RETAIL ECONOMIES. THE DAYTIME POPULATION ANCHORING 1000 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES
CREATED A MASSIVE DAILY INJECTION OF SPENDING. 
          THIS WORKFORCE FUELS THE LUNCH TO DINNER ECONOMY,
PROVIDING THE CONSISTENT WEEKDAY FOOT TRAFFIC NECESSARY FOR LOCAL SMALL TOWN BUSINESSES TO THRIVE. WE'VE SEEN AN UPTICK EVER SINCE WE STARTED LANDING INDUSTRIAL USERS AND MORE JOBS
IN OUR MARKET. 
          WE'RE SEEING THE DAYTIME POPULATION CONTINUE TO GROW YEAR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR. 
          IT'S STILL LAGGING. I DON'T THINK IT'LL EVER BE TO WHERE WE HAVE 80% OF OUR CITIZENS NOT
LEAVING TOWN TO GO TO WORK. 
          BUT WHEN WE FIRST, WHEN I FIRST GOT INTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALMOST 12 YEARS AGO NOW,
WHICH IS CRAZY IT WAS SITTING, YOU KNOW, 80% WERE LEAVING. AND I WOULD SAY NOW IT'S LIKE 60% LEAVE,
YOU KNOW. 
          SO WE'RE MAKING A DENT IN THIS OF CREATING JOBS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          ECONOMIC CIRCULARITY BY PROMOTING, PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY LOCAL CAREERS,
THE CITY ENSURES THAT PAYROLL STAYS WITHIN BURLESON. 
          RESEARCH INDICATES THAT UP TO 45% OF WAGES EARNED LOCALLY ARE RECIRCULATED BACK INTO THE
CITY'S SHOPS AND SERVICES, COMPARED TO JUST 13% OF NON-LOCAL SPENDING. AND THEN CIVIC STABILIZATION,
REPLACING COMMUTER PATTERNS WITH LOCAL EMPLOYMENT FOSTERS A ROOTED 
          [02:00:07]
MIDDLE CLASS POPULATION. THESE THOUSAND FAMILIES DRIVE LONG TERM DEMAND FOR BURLESON
HOUSING AND SCHOOLS, TRANSFORMING THE CITY FROM A RESIDENTIAL SUBURB TO A SELF-SUSTAINING ECONOMIC POWER. 
          I ALWAYS SAY IF WE CAN CREATE JOBS LOCALLY, WE'RE NOT HAVING EMPLOYEES SIT IN TRAFFIC. 
          WE'RE NOT HAVING EMPLOYEES GETTING ROAD RAGE AND TAKING IT HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES. 
          THEY GET TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND HAVE QUALITY TIME CREATING MEMORIES AT
EVENTS THAT ARE PARKS AND REC TEAM PUT ON, OR EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE GOT GOING ON IN TOWN. 
          HARD EIGHT BARBECUE WAS A BIG ONE. I MEAN, IT WAS KIND OF A DIRECTIVE OF LIKE,
HEY, WE NEED A DESTINATION BARBECUE JOINT BACK IN THE TIME. 
          SO WE RESEARCHED THEM LIKE WE DO JUST A LOT ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WE RECRUIT. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY STAND FOR. 
          HARD EIGHT BARBECUE KIND OF ROSE TO THE TOP BECAUSE THEY'RE FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED OUT
OF STEPHENVILLE. 
          WE WORKED WITH THEM FOR CLOSE TO A YEAR, I THINK,
UNTIL THEY DECIDED ON THE SPOT WHERE THEY'RE AT. 
          WE HELPED THE RESTAURANT FIND THEIR PERFECT FIFTH LOCATION ALONG THE BUSTLING ON 35,
WE HELPED ESTABLISH THE COMPANY IN BURLESON. 
          THE EDC PROVIDED INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR SALES TAX REBATE OF UP TO $450,000,
OR TEN YEARS, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST. 
          THEIR COMPANY, THEIR FIRST LOCATION, 2003 IN STEPHENVILLE. 
          AND OVER THE YEARS THEY'VE ADDED COPPELL, ROANOKE,
THE COLONY AND BURLESON, AND THEY HAVE ANOTHER LOCATION FIXING TO OPEN UP IN SAN ANTONIO INSIDE OF BASS PRO SHOPS. THAT'S 18,000FT². SALES TAX REBATE IS 100% OF THE GENERAL FUND
EXPIRES IN 2028. 
          THERE WAS NO FORAY IN INCENTIVE HERE. JOBS CREATED ABOUT 60. 
          THEY'RE ON THE ROLLS FOR A LITTLE BIT OVER 3.4 MILLION. 
          THE GENERAL FUND BENEFIT IS 138,386 FROM THE PROPERTY VALUE SALES TAX. 
          THAT 4.A-4.B SEEING IS 301,000. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE HEAT MAP OF THE PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE
COMING FROM TO VISIT THAT LOCATION, WHICH IS PRETTY COOL. AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF BURLESON TOURISM FRIENDLY ECOSYSTEM
BY PROVIDING A HIGH CAPACITY DESTINATION ANCHOR. 
          THE PROJECT DOES MORE THAN GENERATE SALES TAX,
IT CREATES A REGIONAL DRAW THAT STABILIZES DAYTIME AND WEEKEND TRAFFIC ACROSS THE 35 CORRIDOR. THIS INCREASED VISITOR DENSITY PROVIDES THE PROOF OF CONCEPT NECESSARY TO
ATTRACT NATIONAL CREDIT TENANTS, PROVING THAT BURLESON IS CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING LARGE SCALE,
HIGH VOLUME RETAIL AND HOSPITALITY INVESTMENTS. 
          ANSON PDR. PDR STANDS FOR PAINTLESS DENT REPAIR TOOLS. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT PDR STOOD FOR EITHER FOR A LONG TIME,
BUT THEY'RE PREMIER. 
          THEY'RE FAMILY OWNED. THE GLOBAL LEADER IN THE WORLD'S LARGEST DISTRIBUTION OF PAINTLESS
DENT REPAIR TOOLS AND SUPPLIES. 
          THIS YEAR THEY'RE CELEBRATING, I THINK, 30 YEARS IN BUSINESS. 
          OUT AT THEIR FACILITY, THEY HAVE THEIR OPEN HOUSE THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THE FIRST
SATURDAY IN MAY. 
          SO IF YOU GO BY THERE, IT'D BE AWESOME. BUT THEY MOVED FROM ARLINGTON LOCATION TO
HIGHPOINT THERE. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE THERE IN THE TOP RIGHT. 
          THE 4.A INCENTIVE, THERE WAS $25,000. WE REIMBURSED THEM BUILDING PERMIT FEES AND REVIEW
FEES. 
          WE DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE SALES TAX BENEFIT FROM ANSON PDR WHEN WE RECRUITED WHEN THEY
CAME HERE. 
          BUT IT HAS BEEN A, I WOULD SAY A GOOD PLUS. TAXABLE VALUE THERE ON THE ROLLS FOR A LITTLE
BIT OVER $2 MILLION. 
          GENERAL FUND BENEFIT SINCE THEY MOVED HERE, 227,000. 
          AND SOME CHANGE IN THE SALES TAX THAT THEY'VE GENERATED IS 170,001 69. 
          THEY DISTINGUISH HIGHPOINT BUSINESS PARK PROVING THAT BURLESON IS PREMIER LANDING SPOT
LANDING SPOT FOR HIGH GROWTH FAMILY-OWNED ENTERPRISES ALONGSIDE TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIAL GIANTS. I CALL THAT CORRIDOR THAT LITTLE CORNER OF THE PARK,
THE FAMILY CORNER BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS KIND OF FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED IN THAT CORNER, ESPECIALLY WITH K&P PLUMBING TAKING THE LAST PIECE OVER THERE. 
          SO IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE TO SEE HOW THAT'S DEVELOPED OUT AT THE BUSINESS PARK. 
          BEAR CLAW. I LOVE THE BEFORE AND AFTER HERE,
THE BOTTOM PICTURE, THE BEFORE AND THEN AFTER. 
          SO WITH STRATEGIC RETAIL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT INITIATED IN 23,
TRANSFORMED THE FORMER CHINA KING BUFFET SITE INTO HIGH DENSITY MULTI-TENANT DESTINATION SUPPORTED BY 350,000 TOP A INCENTIVE. THE DEVELOPERS SUCCESSFULLY REIMAGINED THE SINGLE
OCCUPANCY FOOTPRINT INTO FOUR MODERN RETAIL SPACES, EFFECTIVELY QUADRUPLING THE SITE'S TENANT CAPACITY. 
          THE PROJECT IS SUCCESSFULLY ATTRACTED DIVERSE MIX OF HIGH TRAFFIC,
NATIONAL AND REGIONAL BRANDS BLACK ROCK, EINSTEIN, HANDEL'S ICE CREAM, MO'BETTAH'S AND AMAZING NILS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE NEED ANOTHER NAIL SALON. SO BY CONVERTING A STATIC PROPERTY INTO VIBRANT
RETAIL. 
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BEAR CLAW AND C&C MAXIMIZES THE ECONOMIC UTILITY OF THE LAND AND SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES
THE CITY'S SALES TAX BASE. 
          TAX ABATEMENT OR NO TAX ABATEMENT HERE. 4.A INCENTIVE 350,000. 
          LIKE I SAID THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS THE RIGHT TURN LANE DEMO OF THE SITE. 
          SOME OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY. TAXABLE VALUE ON THE ROLLS IS ALMOST 1.8
MILLION. 
          GENERAL FUND BENEFIT SO FAR IS 45,000. 4.A-4.B IS 30,680. 
          SO ANSWER ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS. YOU CAN SEE,
YOU KNOW A LOT OF OUR DEALS HAVE DIFFERENT IMPACTS. 
          I THINK THE INDUSTRIAL THE INDUSTRIAL PARK HIGH POINT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF AND THE SUCCESS IT
IS. 
          I THINK THE REDEVELOPMENTS OF DOWN 174 THAT WAS STRATEGIC GOAL OF COUNCIL WAS TRYING TO
PINPOINT SOME OF THOSE PROPERTIES AND TRY TO GET REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW TO MARKET USERS. 
          WE'VE SECURED SOME OF THOSE AND WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO WORK WITH PROPERTY OWNERS TO TRY TO
GET NEW TO MARKET USERS TO REDEVELOP THE SITES UP AND DOWN 174. HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I'D JUST LIKE TO COMMENT. 
          THIS IS A GREAT PRESENTATION. THANKS. THANKS FOR BRINGING IT UP. 
          IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A TENANT OF MINE THAT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IS THE BEST THING THAT WE
CAN ATTRACT TO THE CITY LONG TERM BECAUSE JOBS ARE CREATED. AND THEY'RE GENERALLY JOBS THAT PAY ON THE HIGHER END,
THAT DEMAND ON CITY SERVICES IS TYPICALLY LOWER IN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          THERE'S NOT AS MANY EMERGENCY CALLS, FIRE CALLS,
POLICE CALLS. 
          AND I'M PARTICULARLY GLAD THE PART YOU PUT IN THERE ABOUT HOW WE INCREASE THE DAYTIME
POPULATION OF BURLESON AND GET PEOPLE OFF 35 AND WORKING BETWEEN HOME AND WORK. I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ABLE TO DO THAT
MYSELF FOR THE LAST 36 YEARS, AND IT'S A BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE YOUR OFFICE AND BE HOME IN TEN MINUTES AND NOT
HAVE THE STRESS AND TORTURE OF A LONG COMMUTE, WHICH IS NOT THE WAY IT WAS WHEN I MOVED TO BURLESON THE FIRST TIME. 
          AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE STATISTICS ARE SUPPORTING THAT. 
          WE'VE MADE BIG IMPROVEMENTS IN CREATING BURLESON,
RECREATING BURLESON INTO A NUCLEAR CITY, A CITY THAT HAS JOBS ENTERTAINMENT OPPORTUNITIES,
RETAIL DINING OPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE THE BIGGER WE GET, THE MORE LIKELY WE ARE TO BUILD OURSELVES INTO A SELF-SUSTAINING MID-SIZE COMMUNITY. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE BEST OF WORLDS AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. 
          WE CAN AVOID THE URBAN CLUTTER AND THE URBAN STRAIN AND STRESS,
MAINTAIN A SMALL TOWN ATMOSPHERE, AND DO IT SUCCESSFULLY ECONOMICALLY SPEAKING. 
          THE ONLY PIECE THAT'S NOT IN THE PUZZLE THAT I CAN SEE AND THAT'S WORKFORCE HOUSING. 
          AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT PART OF YOUR DISCUSSION TONIGHT,
BUT I THINK IT'S PART OF A BIG PICTURE IDEA THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS GOING FORWARD, THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE HOUSING IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE PERFORMING THE JOBS
THAT WE'RE CREATING IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK. 
          IF WE DON'T HAVE THEM, IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT TO OFFER,
THEN I FEEL LIKE WE'VE PUSHED A LONG WAY AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS, BUT WE COULD HAVE DONE JUST ONE MORE THING AND THAT. 
          SO I'M GOING TO KEEP PUSHING FOR MORE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          I KNOW YOU'VE GOT CHALLENGES. I KNOW THERE'S LAND THAT MAY COME AVAILABLE THAT'S NOT
AVAILABLE. 
          NOW, I KNOW THERE ARE SITUATIONS THAT WE COULD EXPLORE,
EVEN THOUGH OUR ATTENTION HAS SORT OF BEEN TURNED OFF IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. 
          YES, SIR. MINE NEVER HAS AND NEVER WILL. I'M GOING TO ALWAYS ADVOCATE FOR INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT AND BUT I THINK THIS PROVES THAT THAT WE'RE RIGHT BACK IN 2008 WHEN WE LAUNCHED HIGHPOINT BUSINESS PARK. 
          THE PROOF'S IN THE PUDDING. WE'VE DONE IT. YOU ALL HAVE DONE IT. 
          I CAN'T CLAIM CREDIT MYSELF, BUT I'VE BEEN ALONG FOR THE RIDE AND IT'S SURE BEEN A FUN
RIDE, AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE IT COME TO FRUITION AND BE THE THE POWERHOUSE FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT
IT'S BECOME. 
          SO THANK YOU. IT'S A BIG TEAM EFFORT. AND I WOULD SAY,
YOU KNOW FOR MYSELF AND DREW BEING IN OUR ROLES THAT WE HAVE FOR SO LONG, THE CONTINUITY OF FAMILIARITY WITHIN THE INDUSTRY AND THESE COMPANIES THAT UNDERSTAND
THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SAME PEOPLE ARE HERE THAT WE TALKED TO SIX,
FIVE, SIX, FOUR YEARS AGO. 
          [02:10:02]
WHATEVER IT IS MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE WITH PEOPLE. 
          SURE. SO THE LAST TWO BIG DEALS, YOU KNOW, PARIS BAGUETTE AND GOLDEN STATE FOODS WERE UP
AGAINST MIDLOTHIAN ON BOTH OF THOSE DEALS THAT WE COULD HAVE LOST BOTH OF THEM TO MIDLOTHIAN. AND IT CAME DOWN TO COMMUNITY AND RELATIONSHIPS. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. IN MY EXPERIENCE IF I HAD TO HANDPICK MY TEAM FROM
ALL THE PEOPLE I KNOW IN THE ENTIRE REGION, I WOULD PICK YOU GUYS. YOU AND YOUR STAFF TO REPRESENT US BECAUSE THAT'S YOU'VE DONE A
GREAT JOB. 
          WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM. I'M VERY IMPRESSED, I REALLY AM,
BUT I DON'T WANT DAN TO SELL HIMSELF SHORT. 
          HE'S BEING MODEST. DAN WAS A BIG FIGUREHEAD IN THIS THING. 
          ABSOLUTELY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH PUTTING THE ROADS IN OUT THERE,
BUT THEY'RE HOLDING UP, SO I APPRECIATE THAT TOO. NO, I DIDN'T BUILD THE STREETS AT HIGHPOINT. 
          LIKE I SAID, IT'S A BIG TEAM EFFORT. AND THOSE COUNCILS BACK THEN MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN
COUNCILS ALONG THE WAY. 
          YOU KNOW DIFFERENT COUNCIL FOR EVERY BIG DEAL THAT WE DID DOWN THERE. 
          SO YEAH, I MEAN IT'S HIGHLY APPRECIATIVE OF COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGEMENT TO KEEPING THOSE
STRATEGIC GOALS AHEAD OF US. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 10, CITY COUNCIL REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS. 
          ANYBODY? NOBODY. OKAY, MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION IN 
          [11.RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE,
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL WORK ROOM IN CITY HALL TO CONDUCT A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO SECTION
551.071, 551.072 AND 551.087. MAYOR. IF YOU COULD CALL US INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND STATE THE
TIME, PLEASE. COUNCIL IS GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:43. 
          I WANT TO RECONVENE THIS SESSION AT 8:39. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. GOT A MOTION BY ADAM, A SECOND BY ALEXA. 
          PLEASE VOTE. YOU GOTTA VOTE BY HAND. OH, WE'RE STILL VOTING BY HAND. 
          PASS IS UNANIMOUS. WE GOT ONE ABSENT. WE'RE OUT OF HERE AT 8:39.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.