[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:08] I HEREBY CALL THE CITY OF PARKER REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS JUNE 2, 2026, AT 6 P.M. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK MS. HULL, DO I HAVE A QUORUM? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MA'AM. [WORKSHOP] AT THIS TIME, WE WILL GO TO OUR WORKSHOP ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND AS A START, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR SOMEONE TO PLEASE DEFINE FOR ME WHAT THE SOCIAL MEDIA MEANS. MAYOR, I THINK SOCIAL MEDIA WOULD BE THE ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM, THE TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO COLLABORATE. SO THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THAT. YOU'VE GOT FACEBOOK. YOU'VE GOT INSTAGRAM. YOU'VE GOT LINKEDIN FOR THE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY. HELP ME OUT. WHAT ELSE AM I MISSING HERE? WOULD THAT INCLUDE A NEWSLETTER? I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WOULD INCLUDE A NEWSLETTER BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A BACK-AND-FORTH COMPONENT WHERE PEOPLE CAN SHARE IDEAS. FACTS. FOOD SOCIAL. MASTODON. I FORGET WHAT THE DEFECTION FROM X BROUGHT. BLUE SKY. BLUE SKY. THANK YOU. BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. OKAY. SO, AND YOU HAVE NINE IN YOUR DEFINITION. AND YOU'VE DONE THE VARIOUS PLATFORMS. OKAY. SO, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF US HAVING A SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE. SO, DONNA, DO YOU WANT TO GO TWO SLIDES FORWARD? OH, OKAY. WELL, YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD. I DON'T KNOW. WELL, I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH FOR THIS ONE. I WAS JUST GOING TO KIND OF LEAVE IT UP TO Y'ALL'S DIRECTION. BUT SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES IS IT WOULD ALLOW US TO MEET OUR RESIDENTS, WHERE THEY ARE. AND THAT'S IN THAT ELECTRONIC SPACE WHERE THEY ARE ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO, WE COULD SHARE A LOT OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION, A LOT OF UPDATES. SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT COME ALONG WITH THAT, OF COURSE, THERE'S GOING TO BE STAFF TIME, ESPECIALLY IF WE WANT TO DO IT RIGHT. I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER BOGDAN HAS DONE SOME RESEARCH WITH THE CITY OF MURPHY AND THE CITY OF SACHSE, KIND OF ON THE BACKSIDE OF THAT, HOW MUCH IT TAKES. CAN WE GO ONE? YEP. JUST GO BACK ONE MORE. THERE YOU GO. THEN YOU'VE GOT THE ISSUES FOR TOMA AND PIA, POTENTIAL WALKING. YEAH. INJURY CLAIMS, RECORD RETENTION CONCERNS, THAT SORT OF THING. CATHERINE, DO YOU HAVE LEGAL ISSUES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT? I DON'T THINK AT THIS LEVEL. I THINK THERE ARE ISSUES WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT WHICH PLATFORMS THE CITY IS PLANNING TO USE. THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN HOW THAT'S MANAGED. BUT THAT'S A LITTLE MORE DOWN IN THE WEEDS. OKAY. OKAY. CAROLINE, YOU JUST JOINED US. DID YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS? I FORGOT WE HAD TO DO THAT. SO, HAVE WE LOOKED INTO THE TOOLS THAT TML HAS AVAILABLE? I KNOW I HAVE A SAMPLE POLICY FROM THEM. AND THEY ALSO HAVE MULTIPLE BLOGS OR PAGES THAT ARE ABOUT THE TOMA AND PIA AND ALL OF THAT, AND FIRST AMENDMENT. SO, I DIDN'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE GOTTEN INTO THAT YET, OR IF THAT'S NEXT STEP, SO. WELL, WE'LL NEED TO GO INTO EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, THE ADVANTAGES, THE DISADVANTAGES, THE LEGAL ASPECTS, AND WHAT DO WE EXPECT IT TO DO FOR US, AND WILL IT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF? I MEAN, WE NEED TO CONSIDER EVERYTHING, THE WHOLE GAMUT. SO, BILLY, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NOT AT THIS TIME. OKAY. OKAY. MR. PILGRIM. NOT IN PARTICULAR. I MEAN, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE OUT THERE. WE NEED TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA AS A METHOD OF BETTER COMMUNICATING WITH OUR CITIZENS. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE WAYS TO DO THAT WITHOUT CREATING WALKING BONES AND WITHOUT CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE THAT ENCOURAGES. GOOD POINT. I THINK WE CAN. I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT. I MIGHT DO IT IN MOST CASES. YOU KNOW IF THERE IS STUFF HAPPENING WHERE THERE'S SOME BAD COMMENTS ABOUT IT THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE NOT TAKING ON, THAT'S WHY IT'S INTERESTING THAT THERE'S SUCH A DEBATE, A DEBATE'S NOT GOOD. THE DEBATE IN PUBLIC SPACE LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, COMES DOWN TO SLANDEROUS, NEGATIVE DEBATE ABOUT THOSE ABOUT THE COMMENTS OF THOSE ?LINERS AND PEOPLE DIAMETERS. OKAY. DOES ANYONE THINK OUR WEBSITE IS SOCIAL MEDIA? NO. WE DON'T? OKAY. [00:05:02] I DON'T ACTUALLY THINK OUR WEBSITE IS USEFUL. THAT'S HOW FAR IT IS. IT NEEDS A MAJOR OVERHAUL IF THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR ONLY PLATFORM. IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND INFORMATION, AND THERE'S CONFLICTING INFORMATION, OR THERE HAS BEEN CONFLICTING INFORMATION. I THINK LEGALLY OUR WEBSITE WOULD DEFINITELY NOT FIT OR BE CATEGORIZED AS SOCIAL MEDIA. SOCIAL MEDIA HAS NO LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT'S POSTED ON THEIR PLATFORM, WHERE A PLATFORM LIKE OURS, WE HAVE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT IS POSTED TO IT. CATHERINE CAN MAYBE ADD COLOR TO THAT, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN IN THE U.S. COURTS FOR SOME TIME. I THINK ONE OF THE BIG THINGS, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GET TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS, IS ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU CAN USE IT TO BE INTERACTIVE. YOU CAN USE IT TO BE INTERACTIVE WITH PEOPLE, WHICH THE WEBSITE IS NOT TRULY INTERACTIVE. BUT IF YOU DO THAT, YOU'RE ALSO CREATING A PUBLIC FORUM THAT YOU CAN SET THINGS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN'T RESPOND AND YOU DON'T CREATE THAT FORUM. THAT'S WHEN I SAY WE GET DOWN ON THE BELIEFS ON SOME THINGS, WHETHER YOU WANT IT TO JUST OPERATE AS A CURRENT BULLETIN BOARD, BUT I'M CERTAINLY NOT FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE FLAVORS OF SOCIAL MEDIA. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. SO WE'VE HAD A COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SOME STAFF AND WITH THE MAYOR AND MYSELF, AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING INTO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS SHE'S ASKING ABOUT THE NEWSLETTER AND THE WEBSITE, BECAUSE THOSE ARE ALL PART OF OUR COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. SOCIAL MEDIA IS A SMALL PART OF THAT. SO I HAVE CALLED OTHER CITIES AND LOOKED INTO WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW THEY'RE HANDLING IT AND THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY'RE HAVING. AND THE BENEFITS THAT IT BRINGS AS WELL. SO I THINK THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN VERY COHESIVE AS FAR AS COMMUNICATION TO OUR RESIDENTS. I THINK THAT IS A PRIORITY OF ALL OF US, AND I THINK THIS WILL BE A GREAT TOOL TO CONTINUE TO CONVERSE WITH OUR RESIDENTS. NOW, AGAIN, THE PROBLEMS WITH THAT BEING THE CHALLENGES, AGAIN, WE'VE NOTED THOSE. SO HOW SOME OF THESE OTHER CITIES HANDLE THAT IS THERE IS A SPECIFIC STAFF MEMBER WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THAT. THAT IS THEIR FULL-TIME JOB TO HANDLE THIS. SO IT REMOVES ALL OF COUNCIL GETTING ON THERE AND HAVING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OR SOME OF ALL DIFFERENT STAFF GETTING DIFFERENT ANSWERS. YOU HAVE ONE PERSON WITH A BACKUP, OF COURSE. BUT I THINK THAT SETTING UP OF THAT STRUCTURE WOULD ALLEVIATE A LOT OF THESE PROBLEMS. BUT AGAIN, WE ARE SHORT ON SPACE HERE. AND IF WE CONTINUE TO ADD STAFF, WE ARE AT A PROBLEM OF WHERE DO WE PUT THEM. SO I DO AM IN FAVOR OF THIS SOCIAL MEDIA. IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO TELL EVERYONE THAT WE JUST GOT A NEW GRANT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THIS IS GOOD INFORMATION THAT PEOPLE DON'T GET, AND IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIMELY THAN A NEWSLETTER, I THINK. THANK YOU. OF COURSE, NOT EVERYONE IS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT IT IS ANOTHER AVENUE. SO I'M IN FAVOR OF IT, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION, I THINK. I THINK THIS IS GREAT TO START. BUT LIKE CATHERINE WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THE WEEDS, THERE'S A LOT OF WEEDS AND A LOT OF WORK THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO GO INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I AGREE WITH, I THINK, MOST OF WHAT YOU SAID. BUT FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE, THIS IS HOW PEOPLE COMMUNICATE NOW. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN... TWO GUESTS TODAY. HI. THANKS FOR COMING. BUT VERY FEW PEOPLE ACTUALLY COME TO THESE UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY INCENSED ABOUT. THESE MEETINGS, VERY FEW PEOPLE WATCH THE VIDEOS, AT LEAST AS FAR AS WE KNOW. AND I THINK THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW IS, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A PRESENCE. WHEN WE DO, IT'S ALMOST ALWAYS TO COMBAT SOMETHING THAT IS, YOU KNOW, MISSTATED OR MISREPRESENTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW... THERE'S NO ORGANIZATION ON OUR PART FOR DOING THAT. AND I THINK INHERENTLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF TRYING TO BE AN OPEN GOVERNMENT, THAT WE'RE INHERENTLY UNOPEN BECAUSE WE'RE NOT COMMUNICATING IN A CHANNEL THAT PEOPLE ARE READY TO CONSUME. PEOPLE DON'T READ BOOKS ANYMORE. AND YOU CAN CRY ABOUT THAT AS MUCH AS YOU WANT TO. I CERTAINLY LOVE TO READ. BUT THEY DON'T. THEY CONSUME THEIR NEWS AND LITTLE SNIPPETS, YOU KNOW, FROM X-POSTS, MASTODON POSTS, BLUE SKY POSTS, REALLY. THAT'S JUST... THAT'S THE MEDIUM THAT PEOPLE COMMUNICATE THROUGH. AND IF WE DON'T COMMUNICATE [00:10:01] THROUGH THAT MEDIUM, I MEAN, WE MIGHT AS WELL TRANSMIT IT VIA TELEGRAPH FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY OUT THERE TO RECEIVE IT. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK REGARDLESS OF THE PROBLEMS AND REGARDLESS OF KIND OF THE PAIN THAT BROUGHT US TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION, I THINK WE NEED TO APPROACH THIS WITH THE IDEA THAT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OPEN AND HONEST CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CITIZENS AS A CITY, NOT AS POLITICAL. NOT AS POLITICALLY APPOINTED INDIVIDUALS. SO, YEAH, I'M IN FAVOR OF IT. AND I THINK WE SHOULD APPROACH IT WITH AN OPEN MIND. OKAY. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT ROXANNE IS SAYING. THERE ARE SO MANY FORUMS, SOCIAL MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES, THAT I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE PICK ONE AND WE MASTER THAT. AND THEN IF WE NEED TO GROW, LIKE, SO WE GO FROM FACEBOOK TO INSTAGRAM OR WHAT HAVE YOU. BUT IT'S ALSO A PLACE THAT PEOPLE... THEY CAN PULL INFORMATION. THEY CAN SIGN US IF THEY WANT IT. WE'RE NOT, LIKE, SENDING IT OUT VIA THE WATER BILL. THAT IS NOT THAT FAR OFF OF THE TELEGRAPH. AND SO I THINK THAT IT IS VALUED THERE. BUT WE ALSO DID DISCUSS IN THE LAST MEETING THE STREAMING FOR THE STAFF MEETING, I MEAN, FOR THE COUNCIL MEETINGS. AND YOU CAN THEN POST THOSE ON YOUTUBE, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU GET A WHOLE DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE LIKE, OH, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY HAD MEETINGS. AND NOW SUDDENLY THEY'RE AVAILABLE. SO I THINK THERE ARE DEFINITELY OPPORTUNITIES, BUT I THINK WE START CONSERVATIVELY. THANK YOU. OKAY. MS. PILGER. SO I GUESS I'VE GOT A QUESTION. HOW DID THIS AGENDA ITEM GET FORMATTED TO JUST BE SOCIAL MEDIA AS A STANDALONE DISCUSSION AS OPPOSED TO THE BROADER DISCUSSION OF THE ANNUAL COMMUNICATION PLAN THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS HAS BEEN WORKING ON? GOOD. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WE WERE ASKED TO HAVE A WORKSHOP ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND THAT WAS A YEAR AGO. AND IT'S ACTUALLY... WE CAN EXPAND THAT. YEAH. AND I THINK I HAD ASKED FOR THAT TO BE EXPANDED TO THE LARGER COMMUNICATIONS PLAN SO THAT WE DO INCLUDE THE WATER BILL, THE WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA, ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD, WHATEVER. WHATEVER. ALL OF THE COMMUNICATION OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE. SO THIS IS ONE PIECE. SO YOU'RE RIGHT. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LARGER... I DID NOT REALIZE... I THINK I MIGHT HAVE SLEPT THROUGH THAT, THAT THERE IS A COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE. BUT THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A MINUTE AGO. WELL, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I THINK SOCIAL MEDIA... WE HAVE TO DECIDE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND INCLUDE THAT IN THE COMMUNICATION PLAN. AND UNTIL WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION, I DON'T KNOW THAT... I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE MADE THAT DECISION. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE PRETTY MUCH MAKING IT. BUT, OKAY. THE COMMUNICATION... I CALL IT A COMMITTEE. IT WASN'T A FORMAL... I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WAS A FORMAL PUT-TOGETHER THING. WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING... COLLECTING INFORMATION AT THIS POINT. AND WHEN WE'RE READY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PRESENT OPTIONS FOR COUNCIL TO LOOK AT AND WITH ALL THE PROS AND CONS OF EACH OF THE ITEMS AND THINGS. BUT WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THE RESEARCH AHEAD OF TIME. SO WE DON'T JUST GET HERE. SO WE WILL GET ALL THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER AND BE PRESENTING THAT WHEN WE'RE READY. WE'VE BEEN INTERVIEWING SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMPANIES WITH DIFFERENT AVENUES AND DIFFERENT ASPECTS. SO THAT WILL COME BACK TO Y'ALL. WE'RE JUST COLLECTING AT THIS TIME. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE MAYOR HAD MENTIONED IS THAT YOU HAD GOTTEN SOME INFORMATION FROM SACHSE AND MURPHY. DO WE HAVE SMALLER COMMUNITIES LIKE LUCAS OR LEVON THAT DO HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE BUT ALSO DON'T HAVE A PAGE FOR PARKS AND REC? AND POLICE AND THE MAIN CITY ONE HAVE MULTIPLE PAGES TO MANAGE? YES, I HAVE SPOKEN WITH LUCAS. AND THE RUNNING SIMILARITY IS THEY HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT... AT FIRST WE THOUGHT, OKAY, WE COULD JUST HANDLE THIS. BUT ONCE WE STARTED DOING MORE RESEARCH AND WE WERE REALLY REALIZING HOW MUCH... HOW IN-DEPTH THIS IS AND HOW MUCH KNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE TO HAVE AND LEGAL AND ALL THESE THINGS, LIKE IT WAS WAY BIGGER THAN WE EVER ANTICIPATED. SO AS WE START TO GO DOWN THESE RABBIT HOLES AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, WE'RE LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, THIS IS WAY BIGGER THAN WE THOUGHT. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE SLOWLY GETTING... COLLECTING AND MAYBE WE'LL BRING IT BACK PIECE BY PIECE AS WE GET THERE. SO GO AHEAD. SO SECOND QUESTION. AND I'LL SEND IT TO YOU. AS MUCH AS I SAID A MINUTE AGO, SOCIAL MEDIA IS A CREATIVE METHOD THAT WE USE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR CITIZENS AND DO A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING WITH THEM THAN WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. [00:15:03] AND I ASK THIS QUESTION. DO WE REALLY NEED A SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE ON FACEBOOK, ACTS, INSTAGRAM, ANY OF THOSE PLATFORMS, AS OPPOSED TO JUST A MATERIALLY BETTER WEBSITE THAT WE USE TO COMMUNICATE OUT THERE? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE'VE GOT TO DO IS TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR CITIZENS. WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO IS PUSH INFORMATION OUTWARD BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY NEVER GOING TO BE ADEQUATELY EQUIPPED. AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO SET UP A SYSTEM WHERE WE'VE GOT TWO-WAY DIALOGUE GOING ON WITH PEOPLE. WHERE WE'RE PUTTING INFORMATION OUT AND THEY'RE SENDING, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE POSTING REAL-TIME QUESTIONS BACK, WANTING SOMEBODY TO RESPOND TO IT, MAKING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT IT. SOME MAY BE CORRECT, SOME MAY BE INCORRECT. SO I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T JUST HAVE A FAR BETTER WAY OF DOING IT. WE'RE ON A FAR BETTER WEBSITE THAT PEOPLE CAN SUBSCRIBE TO AND THEY CAN PUSH INFORMATION OUT TO THEM WITHOUT IT TURNING INTO SOMETHING WHERE WE HAVE ALMOST A RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPOND BACK TO COMMENTS THAT WE MAKE. OKAY, BILLY. OKAY. YOU BROUGHT UP SEVERAL THINGS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT. OKAY, FIRST, ON THE WEBSITE ITSELF, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE THE SCOPE, BUT KENT AND I HAVE... WELL, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO SOCIAL HERE IN A SECOND. IT HAS TO DO WITH THE TWO-WAY COMMUNICATIONS. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS THAT PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE HAVE THIS REPORT A CONCERN ITEM HERE. AND WE GET EMAILS COMING TO COUNCIL LIKE THIS ONE. AND I DON'T BLAME THIS PERSON FOR SENDING IT TO US BECAUSE I WENT ON THERE JUST SAYING, OKAY, I'M AN IDIOT. I MEAN, I'M A NEW PERSON. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO REPORT SOMETHING. WELL, IT WASN'T VERY ODD. IT WAS OBVIOUS HOW TO REPORT THAT. RELATED TO THAT, IN SOCIAL MEDIA, THE PROBLEM WITH THE WEBSITE IS THE WEBSITE IS SOMETHING PEOPLE HAVE TO GO, ACTIVELY GO TO PERIODICALLY TO SEE WHAT'S THERE. WHEREAS PEOPLE, NOT ALL PEOPLE, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ON FACEBOOK ALL THE TIME AND THEY GET THEIR FEED OR THEY'RE ON TWITTER OR X AND THEY GET THEIR FEED. SO, THESE PEOPLE PROBABLY WOULD NEVER GO TO OUR WEBSITE EXCEPT IF THEY'VE GOT AN ISSUE. IT'S NOT AN APPROPRIATE MECHANISM FOR US TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS LIKE, OH, WE JUST GOT THIS GRANT OR WHATEVER. PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO COME TO OUR WEBSITE AND SAY, OH, THAT SORT OF NEWS ITEM. NOW, YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT ONE WAY VERSUS TWO WAY. YOU KNOW, IF WE DO TWO WAY COMMUNICATION, THEN WE'VE GOT THESE WALKING QUORUM ISSUES. WE'VE GOT TO HAVE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, A STAFF MEMBER THERE TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND. ALTERNATIVELY, WE COULD VIEW IT AS A ONE WAY COMMUNICATION MECHANISM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT MOST OTHER CITIES ARE DOING ON THIS, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL FIND THAT OUT. NOW, ONE THING I DO NOT WANT TO DO IS I DO NOT WANT US TO DO WHAT THE MURPHY POLICE ARE DOING WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S MORE OF A SOMEBODY TRYING TO GET THEIR COMEDY OUT INSTEAD OF USEFUL INFORMATION AT TIMES. LIKE ON APRIL FOOL'S DAY, THEY POSTED SOMETHING SAYING, OH, THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS ARE COMING BACK. AND I WAS LIKE, HUH? THEY CHANGED THE LOGIC? AND THEN I REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY DO THE JOKES ALL THE TIME. AND I THINK IT ACTUALLY LOOKS BAD ON THE CITY OF MURPHY, WHAT THEY'RE DOING THERE. SO I WOULD, TO KIND OF WRAP THIS UP, I WOULD SAY MAYBE STAGE ONE IS WE DO ONE WAY COMMUNICATION AND THEN WE SEE HOW THAT'S GOING. AND THEN MAYBE AT A LATER STAGE, WE CAN MIGRATE TO, TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION IF IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE. OKAY. SURE. SO ONE THING I REALLY AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH IS THAT, LIKE, THE TIME FOR PEOPLE VISITING THEIR WEBSITE IS OVER. LIKE, THE 90S CALLED, I WANT THEIR WEBSITES BACK. YOU KNOW, JUST THE SAME WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FINITE NUMBER OF APPS THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO PUT ON YOUR PHONE. THERE'S A FINITE NUMBER OF WEBSITES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO VISIT IN YOUR DAILY LIFE, IN YOUR WEEKLY LIFE. THAT RESEARCH HAS BEEN DONE. THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE MARKETPLACE SELLERS ON AMAZON BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE CLOUT NECESSARY TO DRIVE YOU TO THEIR WEBSITE. SO THEY GO THROUGH AMAZON'S AND THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY AMAZON BRANDED. THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, MOST [00:20:01] CITIES, AND FOR THAT MATTER, MOST ENTITIES DO COMMUNICATION THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA RATHER THAN ANYTHING ELSE. LIKE, DO YOU GO TO WENDY'S WEBPAGE? ABSOLUTELY NOT. BUT WHEN YOU SEE WENDY'S SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COUPONS FOR BURGERS OR FRIES OR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY CALL THEIR SHAKES, BUT... FROSTIES. FROSTIES. I WANT TO BUY IT. I'M IN A HURRY. I'VE GOT A BATHROOM. SO, I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE SENTIMENT, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT HOW, AGAIN, HOW PEOPLE INTERACT ANYMORE. PEOPLE DON'T PURPOSELY GO AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, I'M GOING TO GO VISIT MY CITY WEBSITE. BUT ON YOUR OTHER REMARK ABOUT ONE-WAY COMMUNICATION, I THINK ONE THING THAT YOU HAVE TO BUILD IS, I WOULDN'T CALL IT A LIMIT, BUT AT LEAST SOME LEVEL OF EXPECTATIONS FOR WHO'S DOING THIS. LIKE, YOU'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE TO RESPOND TO IT. EVERYBODY. I THINK YOUR PRIMARY JOB IS TO ANNOUNCE THINGS AS NECESSARY. AND ON CERTAIN OCCASIONS, IF THERE IS A LOT OF, LIKE, EITHER MISGIVINGS ON A PARTICULAR TOPIC OR A LOT OF MAYBE PARTIAL FACTS OUT ABOUT SOMETHING, YOU PROVIDE CLARIFICATION WHEN IT'S DEEMED NECESSARY. BUT, YEAH, I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD BE, YOU SHOULDN'T CALL IT ONE WAY, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD BE ENGINEERING THE PERSON TO BE EVERYBODY'S BUDDY. AND TO TAKE UP EVERYBODY'S ARGUMENTS. THAT WOULD JUST BE, I DON'T KNOW, THAT WOULD BE AN ENORMOUS WASTE OF CITY RESOURCES AS WELL AS JUST NOT ALL THAT USEFUL. BECAUSE I THINK THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF THAT. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE COMMITTEE THAT WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IS REALLY DIFFERENT PEOPLE, DIFFERENT PEOPLE, DIFFERENT AVENUES. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN OLDER GENERATION THAT WANTS THE WEBSITE. THEY WANT IT PRINTED AND MAILED IN THEIR MAILBOX. AND WE HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT WANT THE APPS AND WE HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT WANT THE WEBSITES. AND WE HAVE TO HIT ALL OF THESE. I THINK THIS IS, I MEAN, NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT AS MANY AS WE CAN. I THINK IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT AVENUE. AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD JUST LOOK AT ONE AND ABANDON ONE. SO, I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO LOOK AT COMPREHENSIVELY. I AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK IN MIND OF THAT, LIKE, LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO, BUT THEN PHASE IT IN, LIKE, A FACEBOOK PAGE THAT IS, LIKE, MORE OF A BULLETIN BOARD WITH SOME CLARIFICATION ON, NO, NO, NO, THE WORKSHOP IS AT SIX, THE MEETING IS AT FIVE, THE MEETING STARTS AT SEVEN, WOULD BE, LIKE, A GOOD LOW-HANGING FRUIT SORT OF THING. AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE NEWSLETTERS AND GET THE WEBSITE A LITTLE MORE AND KIND OF PHASE IT IN SO THAT THERE'S AN EFFORT THAT'S HAPPENING THAT'S CONTINUING TO INCLUDE THE RESIDENTS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID WANT TO SAY THAT'S DIFFERENT BETWEEN A WEBSITE AND THE SOCIAL POSTS IS THEY'RE SHAREABLE. AND SO, IF I NEVER GO TO THE WEBSITE, BUT I SEE THAT THEY'RE DOING DRUG TAKE-BACK AND I'M LIKE, OH, WELL, LET ME SHARE THAT. AND THEN NOW, LIKE, 10 OF MY FRIENDS GET TO SEE IT AND SO ON AND THEN THEY MAY SHARE IT. AND SO, IT'S EASY. THAT WAY, WE'RE NOT HAVING TO DO ALL THE WORK. THE PUBLIC DOES IT FOR US. OKAY. I HAD A RESIDENT SEND ME AN EMAIL THAT SUGGESTED, AND I'M JUST THROWING THIS OUT AS THIS IS A RESIDENT COMMENT, THAT WHAT WE DO IS, LIKE, PUT ON FACEBOOK CITY COUNCIL MEETING TWO, TUESDAY NIGHT, CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND YOU CLICK ON THAT AND IT TAKES YOU TO THAT PARTICULAR PLACE ON OUR WEBSITE. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF AN INTERESTING IDEA. WHAT I'M HEARING TONIGHT IS, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, Y'ALL HAVE TO SELECT LIKE ONE PLATFORM THAT WE CONCENTRATE ON AT THIS TIME. IS THAT WHAT Y'ALL ARE TELLING ME THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING? IS THAT WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING? DYLAN? I WOULD SAY ONE OR TWO. AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I WOULD ARGUE THAT THOSE TWO ARE FACEBOOK AND X. INTERESTING. WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, THERE, I SAW A POLL THE OTHER DAY AND IT WAS WHICH SOCIALS ARE YOU ON? AND FACEBOOK WAS STILL THE HIGHEST BY AND LARGE WITH INSTAGRAM BEING NOT FAR OFF SECOND. X WAS VERY LOW. BUT... I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT. NO, NO, I JUST, I JUST, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT'S JUST ME, BUT I DON'T SEE HOW INSTAGRAM WORKS FOR CITY VERY WELL. I'M NOT SAYING, I'M NOT SURE THAT IT DOES. THE THING THAT I DO LIKE ABOUT INSTAGRAM IS THE SHAREABILITY. SO YOU DO ONE INSTAGRAM POST, IT POSTS TO YOUR FACEBOOK AND THEN YOU DO ONE CLICK AND TWO POSTS. AGAIN, THE BIGGEST THING TO DRAW BACK HERE IS WE DON'T HAVE STAFF TO HANDLE THIS. THIS NEEDS TO BE SOMEONE WHO GOES THROUGH A LOT OF TRAINING. THIS IS GOING TO HAVE [00:25:01] TO BE SOMEBODY WHO HAS A LOT OF TIME AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT. WE COULD TALK ABOUT ADDING THIS DURING BUDGET SEASON. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. I'M TALKING ABOUT IT THERE, BUT THIS IS A BIG DEAL. LIKE, IT'S NOT JUST A, OH, CAN YOU JUST QUICK PUT A POST OUT? LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THAT. SO, I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT RIGHT AND I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL OUR T'S CROSSED AND I'S DOTTED BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THIS. SO, AT THIS POINT, I PERSONALLY MIGHT, WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE LISTEN TO COUNCIL SAYING, YES, SOCIAL MEDIA IS A PRIORITY. HOW CAN IT FIT INTO ALL OF THIS? BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE OTHER, THE SOFTWARE OUT THERE THAT CAN BE TEXTING AND PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP OR WE MIGHT BUY LISTS TO GET ON AND THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT AND IF WE HAVE SOME OTHER PIECES THAT COULD COVER SOME OF THIS, MAYBE THAT WORKS INTO THIS. SO, I WOULD RECOMMEND MAYBE LISTENING THAT WE WANT SOCIAL MEDIA, BRINGING THAT BACK TO THE COMMUNICATIONS AND SEE WHAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND OF HOW WE COULD MAKE ALL THIS FIT TOGETHER. SO, ON THE COMMUNICATIONS, CAN I ASK THE, I DON'T KNOW WHO SENDS IT OUT, BUT WE GET THE TEXT MESSAGES AND WE GET THE EMAILS. YES. ARE YOU LOOKING AT THAT TOO BECAUSE THOSE ARE ATROCIOUS? YES. YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO, SOME OF THE PLATFORMS WE'RE LOOKING AT CURRENTLY, CIVIC PLUS, WHICH IS OUR WEBSITE VENDOR, HAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT MODULES YOU CAN PURCHASE. ONE OF THOSE IS NOTIFY ME, WHICH IS WHAT WE USE AS OUR PLATFORM TO PUSH OUT INFORMATION. I AGREE. THE WHOLE REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR THAT IS EXTREMELY CLUNKY. SO, THEY'VE GOT SOME OTHER OPTIONS THAT CAN EMBOLDEN THAT. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A PLATFORM CALLED TEXTMYGOV THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR SOME MORE TWO-WAY INTERACTIONS. SOME OF THAT IS SUPPORTED THROUGH AI WHERE WE COULD GENERATE SOME REGULAR PROMPTS OR RESPONSES FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO TEXT IN AND SAY, IS TRASH SLIDING THIS WEEK? YOU KNOW, WHAT DAY IS MY TRASH? AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET AN AUTOMATIC RESPONSE ANY TIME OF THE DAY. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SOME PLATFORMS WHERE WE COULD, YOU KNOW, SIMPLY SEND OUT INFORMATION AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEY ALL HAVE SHAREABLE FEATURES. SO, IF YOU WANTED TO SPREAD THOSE TO YOUR VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA FORMS, YOU CAN TAKE A MESSAGE THAT THE CITY PRODUCES AND THEN PUSH THAT OUT FURTHER. SO, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR AN APP. THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS FOR THAT. THE OTHER ONE IS SAVVY... YES, SAVVY CITIZEN. SAVVY CITIZEN. OKAY. YOU WENT SOMEWHERE THAT I THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS, WHICH IS, IS THERE VALUE AND IS IT LEGAL FOR US TO USE IT? IS IT LEGAL FOR US TO SET UP A CHAT BOT TO ANSWER SORT OF THE RUN-OF-THE-MILL CITIZEN QUESTIONS THAT ARE COMING IN? YOU KNOW, LIKE THE TRASH SLIDING QUESTION. I'VE SEEN... SO, IF YOU GO VISIT SEVERAL DIFFERENT CITY WEBSITES, THEY HAVE THE LITTLE CHAT BOT AT THE BOTTOM. AND THIS IS A CIVIC PLUS PRODUCT. I DON'T KNOW HOW, YOU KNOW, USEFUL THOSE ARE. BUT THEN YOU'VE ALSO GOT, YOU KNOW, PLATFORMS THAT ARE INTEGRATING MORE AI INTO THE CITY. INTO THEIR FUNCTIONS LIKE THE TEXTMYGOV. AND SO, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY LEGAL CONCERNS CURRENTLY ON THAT. WELL, YOU TALK ABOUT HOW USEFUL IT IS. ROXANNE AND I RECENTLY WENT OVER TO SOMEBODY'S OFFICE AND THEY USED TO HAVE A, LIKE, CALL CENTER THERE IN THE FRONT. AND THEY LAID OFF ALL THOSE EMPLOYEES AND ARE DOING IT ALL THROUGH CHAT BOT NOW. SO, FOR THE RUN-OF-THE-MILL QUESTIONS, IT'S POSSIBLE. BUT, OF COURSE, IT'S ONLY AS GOOD AS THE INFORMATION WE FEED INTO IT. AND, YES, I REALIZE THAT THAT'S SOME, YOU KNOW, WORK. YOU KNOW, GATHERING THE INFORMATION TO FEED INTO IT, YOU KNOW, COULD BE QUITE A BIT OF WORK. YEAH. WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT. SOME OF THESE COMPANIES INCORPORATE THAT. THEY'LL GIVE YOU TIMELINES. WE'LL GIVE YOU 30 DAYS TO INPUT. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THAT, BUT IT'S INCLUDED IN THE PRICING. AND, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF ALL INCORPORATED IN THAT. ONE OF THE OPTIONS, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT STAFF AND POTENTIALLY HIRING ADDITIONAL STAFF, A CONTRACTOR IS AN OPTION. THERE ARE A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE LEFT THE CORPORATE WORLD AND ARE CONTRACTING OUT. AND SO MAYBE AS WE START, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE AS GREAT OF INTERACTIONS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HIRE SOMEBODY WHO CAN JUST MANAGE THAT ON THE PART-TIME CONTRACT BASIS. I LIKE THAT IDEA. AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T CONSIDERED. AND THAT WOULD SOLVE OUR SPACE [00:30:01] PROBLEM. ALSO, YES. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL TAKE BACK. AND SO I ACTUALLY HAD SENT SOMETHING TO KENT WHERE THERE'S APPRENTICESHIPS THROUGH, I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE COMPANY, OPEN DOOR MAYBE. AND SO THEY ACTUALLY DO SOCIAL MEDIA APPRENTICESHIPS AND ALSO THE LARGER COMPUTER PIECE. AND SOME OF THOSE THAT YOU PAY PART OF IT AND IT'S A NON-PROFIT, IT'S CHEAPER. BUT IF YOU GO THROUGH THE MILITARY, THOSE EXITING THE MILITARY, THEY WILL PAY FOR ONE YEAR OF THEIR SALARY. SO JUST SOMETHING IF WE GO DOWN THIS ROAD, WE MIGHT LOOK AT NON-TRADITIONAL OPTIONS. YEAH. AND IF YOU WOULD SEND US THAT INFORMATION, THAT WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL. THAT'S WHAT I... YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE? ON SOCIAL MEDIA AT THIS TIME? MR. BARRON. SO DO WE NEED TO FORM A SPECIFIC COMMITTEE FOR THIS OR IS THIS GOING TO BE HANDLED AS PART OF THE COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE OR HOW? I'M GOOD WITH THAT. I THINK IT'S FINE. AND IF THERE'S AN OBJECTION, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO HANDLE IT IN THE COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE, WHICH IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME IN AND PARTICIPATE, THEY'RE WELCOME TO DO SO. SO RIGHT NOW, THE COMMITTEE IS ROXANNE, MYSELF, PAT, PAT, WE'VE GOT ROBIN, WE'VE GOT LILY, MYSELF, CINDY MYRON, CINDY MYRON, YES. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD GROUP TO KEEP IT WITH. AND I DO THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO START OFF WITH FOCUSING ON ONE. AND THAT PROBABLY SHOULD BE FACEBOOK BECAUSE THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE PLATFORM THAT'S USED OVERALL. OKAY. IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF THE 16-YEAR-OLD, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE NUMBER ONE PLATFORM. THEY DON'T VOTE. THEY DON'T PAY THE WATER BILL. OKAY. IS EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT ABOUT FACEBOOK? OKAY. CAN I GET SOMEBODY THAT WILL LOOK INTO FACEBOOK, WHAT ARE THE RULES FOR SETTING SOMETHING UP? BECAUSE I ASSUME... OH, YEAH. I MEAN, I'VE DONE THAT, SO... I ASSUME FACEBOOK HAS RULES. AND COLLEEN, WILL YOU LOOK INTO THAT AND BRING THAT TO OUR NEXT MEETING SO WE CAN HAVE THAT INFORMATION? OKAY. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS WORKSHOP AT THIS TIME? [ADJOURN] NOT HEARING ANYTHING, I WILL CLOSE THIS WORKSHOP. IT IS 6.32 P.M. OKAY. ARE WE READY? [CALL TO ORDER] I HEREBY CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF PARKER, TEXAS, TO ORDER. IT IS JUNE 2ND, 2026, AT 7 P.M. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK MS. HALL, DO I HAVE A QUORUM? YES, MA'AM. I ALREADY HAVE A QUORUM. OKAY. THANK YOU. AT THIS... I'M SORRY? I JUST SAID I WAS LOSING MY VOICE. IT DIDN'T REACT VERY WELL. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK IF DYLAN MORISSETTE WILL LEAD US IN THE AMERICAN PLEDGE AND IF JUSTIN MILLER WILL LEAD US IN THE TEXAS PLEDGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 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. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. [PUBLIC COMMENTS] AT THIS TIME, I WILL NOTE I DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS, BUT I DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE MINUTES OF THE RECORD. I HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM HARRY LYNCH AND FROM MARCUS ELIAS, AND THEY WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE MINUTES OF THE RECORD. OKAY. [ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST] NEXT, I WILL NOTE THAT ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10TH, PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION WILL MEET AT 5 P.M. IN THIS ROOM, AND ON THURSDAY, JUNE 11TH, AND ON JUNE 24TH AT 5 P.M., PLANNING AND ZONING WILL MEET. AND ON FRIDAY, JULY 3RD, BECAUSE PATTY'S ALREADY GOT US INTO JULY, WE WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY. NOW, WE WILL MOVE TO THE INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS. [3. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES FOR MAY 19, 2026. [REGULAR MEETING] ] THE FIRST ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FOR MAY 19TH, 2026. [00:35:02] COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE MEETING OF THE MINUTES? OKAY, NOT HEARING ANY, I WILL CALL FOR A MOTION. NOW, I'M GOING TO MOTION FOR APPROVING THE MEETING MINUTES FOR MAY 19TH, 2026. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHARPE AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BOGDAN TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FOR THE MAY 19TH, 2026 REGULAR MEETING. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY, I'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 5-0. [4. 2026 WATER CONSERVATION PLAN AND WATER RESOURCE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN ] THANK YOU. NOW, WE WILL GO TO ITEM NUMBER 2. OR, ACTUALLY, IT'S ITEM NUMBER 4 ON HERE. THE 2026 WATER CONSERVATION PLAN AND WATER RESOURCE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO, AT THIS TIME, WHICH IS 7-4, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THAT MR. MATLIN LEAD US ALL. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNSEL, CITIZENS, AND PARKER. THIS ITEM IS FOR A WATER CONSERVATION PLAN. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT. SEVERAL DIFFERENT FOLKS REQUIRE MUNICIPALITIES TO IMPLEMENT ONE OF THESE. SO, THE LAST PLAN THAT WE HAVE CODIFIED WAS IN 2014. AND THAT WAS UNDER SECTION OR CHAPTER 5177 OF THE LANDSCAPE AND OUTDOOR WATERING. SO, WE ATTEMPTED, I.E., THE CITY COUNCIL ATTEMPTED TO IMPLEMENT A PLAN IN 2017, BUT THAT WAS IMMEDIATELY RESCINDED. SO, THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST ATTEMPT AT THIS IN NEARLY 10 YEARS. SO, THE GOAL OF THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN IS TO SERVE AS GOOD STEWARDS OF WATER RESOURCES, PRESERVING WATER SUPPLIES FOR ESSENTIAL USES, AND THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THE OBJECTIVES, I WON'T READ EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE, BUT JUST PUT THEM ON FOR THE PUBLIC. FOR THE RECORD HERE, A COUPLE OF THE IMPORTANT ONES THERE, TO REDUCE LOSS OF WASTE OF WATER, EXTEND THE LIFE OF CURRENT WATER SUPPLIES, AND TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES. NEXT ONE THERE. SO, THE SECOND ONE THAT WE'VE GOT, AND THIS IS THE SECOND PORTION OF THIS PLAN, IS FOR THE WATER RESOURCE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN. YOU MIGHT KNOW THIS OTHERWISE AS A DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN. THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT THIS ONE IS TO PREPARE FOR POTENTIAL WATER ISSUES. THE THIRD ONE IS TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE WATER SUPPLIES FOR ESSENTIAL USES, AND TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PLAN ARE TO SAVE WATER DURING DROUGHTS, AND TO SAVE WATER DURING WATER SHORTAGES AND WATER DISEASES, AND TO REDUCE THE ADVERSE IMPACTS OF WATER SHORTAGES. YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE A VERY BIG DEAL TO CITIES WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WATER TO MAINTAIN WATER PRESSURE. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT REALLY SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS AND HOW THIS CAN COME AS A RESULT OF THAT. SO, THESE ARE. SO, WHY DIDN'T I SAY THIS? NEED WHY DO THIS NOW SO THIS IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT AND OUR AMENDMENT TO THEIR CONTRACT THAT COUNCIL EXECUTED IN DECEMBER OF 2024 AND OF COURSE THIS ISN'T JUST ON THE WATER DISTRICT STATE LAW THE LEGISLATURE HAS PASSED THIS DOWN THROUGH THE TEXAS ADMINISTRATOR CODE REQUIRES A WATER CONSERVATION TO BE REVISED AND IMPLEMENTED EVERY FIVE YEARS AND WE MUST PROVIDE THIS TO REGENCY WATER PLANNING GROUP TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR DECISION MAKING THEN YOU'VE GOT THE DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN IS REQUIRED BY TAC 30 2088 AS WELL DIFFERENT SUBCHAPTER AND THEN I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR A GRANT THROUGH TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD I KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THIS COUNCIL IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY BUT WE PURSUE OPPORTUNITIES THIS IS A REQUIREMENT THROUGH TAC 31 363 THAT WE HAVE A WATER CONSERVATION UP-TO-DATE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN IN PLACE SO THERE ARE SOME MORE DETAILS THERE THE WATER DISTRICT THEIR REGIONAL CONSERVATION PLAN REQUIRING US TO DO THIS AND THEN WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE KIND OF EXPLAINS THE NEED SO THE WATER DISTRICT THEY THEY DEVELOPED THEIR THEIR MODEL CONSERVATION PLAN WHICH THEY PROVIDED TO US AND THEY PROVIDED TO OTHER MEMBER AND CUSTOMER CITIES THEY'VE DEVELOPED THIS WITH METHODOLOGY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SOME OF THE OTHER MAJOR REGIONAL WATER DISTRICTS AND THIS IS ALL IN COMPLIANCE WITH WITH TCEQ RULES AS YOU KNOW SPELLED OUT THERE IN THE TACK AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME SOME MAJOR CHANGES WHICH I'LL KIND OF GO INTO A LITTLE BIT HERE THOSE WERE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT FOR THE NORTH TEXAS REGIONAL LANDSCAPE INITIATIVE AS I WAS MENTIONING THAT WAS A PARTNERSHIP OF NORTH TEXAS MOVE WATER DISTRICT DALLAS WATER UTILITIES AND TRWD [00:40:01] FOR BEST PRACTICES ON LANDSCAPE WATER OUTDOOR WATER USAGE OKAY, SO HERE ARE SOME OF THE KEY CHANGES THAT THIS PLAN ENTAILS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU'VE GOT YEAR-ROUND OUTDOOR WATERING SCHEDULES. SO THIS WOULD BE A DEPARTURE FROM OUR CURRENT PLAN. THIS IS THE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE. LIMITING THE HOURS FROM 6 P.M. TO 10 A.M. IS JUST A GENERAL KIND OF COMMON SENSE THING. YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE A BUNCH OF WATER DOING THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE THAT TO EVAPOTRANSPORT. I CAN'T GET THAT WORD OUT. THAT ONE'S NOT COMING OUT. YES, EVAPORATION, WATER LOSS FROM YOUR SOIL AND FROM YOUR TREES AND PLANTS. I WILL POINT OUT THAT IT ALSO HAS A LIMITATION OF NO MORE THAN TWO DAYS OF WATERING PER WEEK. HOWEVER, SMART ET CONTROLLERS, SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO MEASURE THAT EVAPORATION LOSS AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO YOUR SCHEDULING ROUTINE AUTOMATICALLY. THAT'S A GOOD THING. THOSE KIND OF SYSTEMS WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE DAILY OR THE DAYS PER WEEK WATERING REGIME. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND THAT WOULD PREVENT US FROM FURTHER DEFINING AND AMENDING THE SECTION IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WANTED TO DO BEFORE ADOPTION. SOME OTHER MAJOR CHANGES, EXPANDING DEFINITIONS FOR WHAT CONSTITUTES WATER WASTE, HIGHER CONSERVATION EXPECTATIONS, SO MEETING GOALS. HOW WOULD WE DO THAT? WE WOULD DO THAT THROUGH POLICY. WE WOULD DO THAT THROUGH POLICY. WE WOULD DO THAT THROUGH POLICY. WE WOULD DO THAT THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION, IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW BUILDING CODES, AND JUST SUPPORTING THE MORE EFFICIENT USE OF OUTDOOR WATERING. THAT'S REALLY THE BIGGEST SAVER THAT YOU HAVE. THERE'S ALSO MORE AGGRESSIVE DROUGHT STAGE RESTRICTIONS, ESPECIALLY ON NEW POOLS, LANDSCAPING, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, ET CETERA. THIS PLAN DESIGNATES A FORMAL CONSERVATION COORDINATOR, AND THAT'S SPELLED OUT AS THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, GARY, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW ALREADY, IF YOU'RE LISTED IN THE PLAN AS THE CONSERVATION COORDINATOR. MONETARY COMPLIANCE WITH THE WATER DISTRICT. THAT'S THE PLAN THAT'S GOING TO BE LISTED IN THE PLAN AS THE CONSERVATION COORDINATOR. THAT'S THE PLAN THAT'S GOING TO BE LISTED IN THE PLAN AS THE CONSERVATION COORDINATOR. THAT'S THE PLAN THAT'S GOING TO BE LISTED IN THE PLAN AS THE RENDRE IN THE PLAN. YES, SIR. OH, I GUESS WE MISSED IT EARLIER. THE DEFINITION WAS IN THERE. YES, SIR. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT LATE YESTERDAY WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO YOU GO THE NEXT LIBRARY I HAD A QUESTION ON THE SLIDE BACK THERE I KNOW YOU SAID THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT PREVENTS US FROM AMENDING THE YEAR-ROUND WATERING SCHEDULES IN THAT SECTION EXCUSE ME WE'RE IN A PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE LET MR. MATT AND FINISH AND HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS FOR A BIT OKAY SO I'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE SLIDES AND WE'LL WRAP THIS UP SO I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS THIS PLAN DOES NOT INCREASE ANY OF THE PENALTIES IT DOES HOWEVER EXPAND SOME OF THE THE RULES THAT COULD POSSIBLY TRIGGER VIOLATIONS THAT THAT WOULD BE TO REQUIRE EDUCATION AND PERSONAL ACTIVITIES AS I MENTIONED EARLIER WE'VE GOT WASTED WATER DAYS OF THE WEEK WATER TIME VIOLATIONS ETC AND I WANTED TO BRIEFLY JUST TOUCH BASE ON PROGRESSIVE ENFORCEMENT PHILOSOPHY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY OF PARKER UTILIZES WE'RE NOT GOING TO CERTAINLY AT THIS POINT WE'RE ADOPTED WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE COMING OUT AS AS A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL AND DEEMING EVERYBODY WITH A WITH A CITATION IF IF IT'S IT'S BEEN YOU KNOW JUST A ONE-TIME VIOLATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OUR FIRST STEP AND OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS FOR COMPLIANCE THAT'S GOING TO BE EDUCATION VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE WE'RE GOING TO BE PHONE CALLS DOOR HANGERS SOME OF THE TIME TO MAKE THE CORRECTION EDUCATION ON ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS AND THEN AFTER THAT YOU STEP IT UP TO A FORMAL NOTICE OF VIOLATION KIND OF SPELLING THAT OUT MAKING THEM THE MAILING OUT OF THE BOX IS I REALLY DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT ONE THERE AND THEN AS THE VIOLATIONS CONTINUE IF THERE'S JUST NO PROGRESS TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD YOU KNOW ISSUE A CITATION OF COURSE THE CITATION IS NOT A CONVICTION IT'S A IT'S A REQUIREMENT TO COME APPEAR BEFORE MINNESOTA COURT OR PAY THE FINE AND THEY'RE ALL TOOLS AND REMEDIES AVAILABLE FOR THOSE THOSE FOLKS WHO WOULD NOT COME INTO COMPLIANCE THROUGH SOME OF THE EARLIER STAGES THE LAST ONE WE'VE GOT HERE IS JUST OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU ADOPT AND APPROVE THE WATER CONSERVATION RESOURCE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANS ALONG WITH ANY ALLOWABLE AMENDMENTS THAT MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY CITY COUNCIL AND DIRECT THE CITY AMENDMENT STARTER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND CONSULTING ENGINEER TO FINALIZE THE PLAN AND SUBMIT TO THE RESPECTIVE ENTITIES. SO I WILL POINT OUT THERE THAT APPENDIXES, I THINK IT'S, SORRY, I THINK I PUT C THROUGH F, BUT IT'S REALLY D THROUGH F, [00:45:01] STILL NEED TO BE COLLABORATED WITH THE WATER DISTRICT AND OUR CONSULTING ENGINEER TO FINALIZE THIS PLAN. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU, MA'AM. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK IN THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY. NOT HEARING ANYBODY, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS 7.10 P.M. AND WE WILL BRING IT TO COUNCIL. MR. PILGRIM, YOU NOW HAVE A QUESTION. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE? MR. MILLER, DO YOU MIND GOING BACK AND FORTH? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT COMEÇES IN THE SECOND MINUTES. WE HAVE ABOUT THREE SLIDES. SORRY. SORRY. SO IT SAYS, NOTHING SEEMS TO PREVENT US FROM FURTHER DEFINING OR ORUTENESSM IN THIS SECTION. IS THAT SENTENCE IN REFERENCE TO NOW BEFORE WE ENACT IT? OR ONCE YOU ENACT IT, IS THERE ANYTHING TO PREVENT US FROM CHANGING IT IN THE FUTURE? SO THE PLAN THAT WE WERE GIVEN CAME FROM THE WATER DISTRICT. IT WAS REVIEWED BY KATHY. WE MADE THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WERE GIVEN TO US TO MAKE, I.E., MATERIALS HAS BEEN GIVEN BY THE WATER DISTRICT, MANAGER. AND ENFORCEMENT SECTION WE WE MOTHER THAT OFF OF THE THE CITY OF SACHSE WE SENT THIS BACK OVER TO THE WATER DISTRICT FOR A PREVIEW REVIEW AND THEY SAID THAT THIS ADDRESSES ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE IN PLACE PER STATE LAW AND PER THEIR FUNDING REQUIREMENTS I THINK SOME OF THESE ARE OPTIONAL I DON'T HAVE THE FULL LIST OF EVERYTHING THAT IS OPTIONAL BUT BILLY HAS RESEARCHED SOME OF THE OTHER PLANS AND CITIES IN THE AREA AND WE DO SEE SOME DIVERSIONS HERE AND SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE IF SOMETHING IN HERE IS JUST NOT APPEALING TO THE CITY OF POKER THAT YOU WOULD JUST PASS THAT WITH AN AMENDMENT TO STRIKE OR AMEND AND WE GET TO THAT TO THE WATER DISTRICT AND OF COURSE IF THEY HAVE A MAJOR ISSUE WITH SOMETHING THAT ISN'T INCLUDED IN THIS PLAN AND THEN WE CAN ADDRESS IT THERE AND IF WE HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL WE CERTAINLY WILL BUT SO LET ME REALLY ASK MY QUESTION YES I WOULDN'T CLEAR ENOUGH SO MY QUESTION IS NOT JUST CAN WE CHANGE SOME OF THIS BUT WHATEVER WE ENACT CAN WE CHANGE WHATEVER WE ENACT AT A LATER DATE OR ONCE WE DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON ON THIS VERSION OF IT ARE WE STUCK WITH EITHER THAT OR SOMETHING MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN THAT FOREVER GOING FORWARD ABSOLUTELY NOT YOU ALWAYS HAVE A DISCUSSION TO COME BACK AND CHANGE THIS THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT STATE LAW OR THESE ENTITIES MIGHT NOT REQUIRE US TO HAVE CERTAIN PROVISIONS IN THOSE PLANS DOES THAT MAKE SENSE OKAY BUT WE COULD BRING IT BACK AT ANY POINT IN TIME WE WANTED TO ABSOLUTELY YES MA'AM SO TO THE WATER DISTRICT TO GIVE ANY GUIDANCE ON THE FINANCIAL REPERCUSSIONS OF GOING INTO THE DROUGHT CONCERT THE DROUGHT PORTION OF THIS WITH THE TAKER PAY WHERE WE END UP PAYING FOR WATER WE'RE NOT USING THEY DID NOT I TOTALLY FOR WATER CONSERVATION BUT I AM NOT FOR PAYING OR OUR RESIDENTS PAYING FOR A PRODUCT THEY ARE NOT RECEIVING SO THAT IS IT'S GREAT THAT THEY WANT US TO DO THIS AND THEY'RE FORCING US TO DO THIS THEY'RE FORCING US TO GIVE US THEIR MONEY GIVE US THEIR OUR MONEY KATHERINE LET ME KNOW IF I GET TOO FAR OFF HERE BUT THERE IS SOME MORE INFORMATION COMING FROM THE WATER DISTRICT WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND SO AS YOU KNOW TAKE POINT TWO IS ON A DIFFERENT MODEL FOR FOR FINANCING RIGHT NOW AND SO ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS WITH THE AMENDED CONTRACT WE DID IN 2024 WAS FOR THE WATER DISTRICT TO GO BACK AND TO REVIEW THEIR POLICIES ACTUALLY HAD A PUC CASE AGAINST THEM AND SO THEY HAVE SETTLED THAT AND OUT OF THAT CAME SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WILL BE ACTUALLY BRINGING TO YOU PRETTY SOON ACTUALLY JUST GOT THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS ON FRIDAY AND SO IT IT PROVIDES SOME DIFFERENT AVENUES THAT HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE TO CITIES IN THE PAST IN OUR REGION YOU RIGHT GO AHEAD HOW DO YOU ENFORCE THE EXEMPTION OF THE SMART ET CONTROLLERS I MEAN A REGISTRY OF CONTROLLERS AND WE BASICALLY FIND THAT THROUGH FLAGGING VIOLATIONS AND I CHECK A BOX SAYING THAT THEY HAVE SUCH A CONTROLLER WHERE DOES IT WORK GARY CAN MAYBE SPEAK TO THE MORE PRACTICAL ASPECT BUT JUST PUT MYSELF IN THOSE SHOES IF I WERE GOING OUT THERE I HAD A POTENTIAL VIOLATION I WOULD ATTEMPT TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE HOMEOWNER AND THEN I WOULD INITIATE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND IF THEY WOULD ALLOW ME TO YOU KNOW VISUALIZE THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM I COULD GO IN THERE AND I COULD VIEW AND MAKE SURE THAT IT HAS THE REQUIREMENTS WHERE IT'S YOU KNOW GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST AUTOMATICALLY BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS GARY DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD BE HOW IT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A VISUAL VERIFICATION OF IT WE WOULD RETAIN RECORDS OF THAT CONTROLLER THAT WOULD BE HOW IT WOULD HAVE [00:50:01] TO BE DONE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A VISUAL VERIFICATION OF IT WE WOULD RETAIN RECORDS OF THAT CONTROLLER SO SO WE WOULD HAVE SOME RECORD OF IT SO THAT WE DON'T GO OUT AND ISSUE THEM VIOLATIONS AGAIN I HAD A QUESTION ONE OF THE SPOTS AND IN HERE WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT WHEN THERE WAS EXCESSIVE WATER THAT YOU WILL TRIGGER THE CITY IS TRIGGERED THAT WHEN WE WOULD BE CONTACTING THE RESIDENTS TO SAY THAT THERE IS EXCESSIVE WATER USE IS THAT HAPPENING YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT ONLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WATER IS HAPPENING NOW THERE'S A PORTAL THAT'S AVAILABLE THAT RESIDENTS CAN SIGN ON TO MONITOR THEIR OWN WATER USE WE ALSO HAVE ALERTS THAT WILL ALERT IF IT'S EXTREMELY HIGH AND WE CAN GO OUT AND LET THEM KNOW OR LIKE THE MAIN OFFENDERS ARE LIKE THE ASO IRRIGATION SYSTEMS WHERE THEY HAVE A PROBLEM AND THEY'RE THEIR BILL GOES WAY UP WE ALERT ON THAT AND THEN WE CAN GO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY'VE GOT A PROBLEM TYPICALLY DON'T SEE IT YEAH IN HERE IT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED THAT THAT THE CITY STAFF WOULD SPEAK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER SO IS THAT HAPPENING OR IS IT JUST THROUGH THE APP IF THEY ASK FOR A SET UP ALERTS WE TRY TO MAKE CONTACT I'VE DONE THAT SEVERAL TIMES OKAY SO IT DOES HAPPEN A COUPLE WEEKS OKAY TO TRY TO CONTACT PEOPLE OKAY OKAY ROBIN DOES A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF THAT IF SHE SEES YEAH TRIGGERS HAPPENING ON HER PHOTO SHE'S CONTACTING THE GUYS AND WANTING TO SEND SOMEBODY OUT THERE SO THEY'RE THEY'RE AWARE OF AN ISSUE THAT'S GREAT ARE WE ALREADY LOCKED INTO THESE WATER RATES FOR TO TAKE EFFECT OCTOBER 2026 YES SIR I MEAN THEY'RE JUST EGREGIOUS IF YOU GET ABOVE 50 000 GALLONS IT'S AN EIGHT PERCENT INCREASE FROM 25 TO 26 ON ALL THE LEVELS BEFORE THAT BUT IF YOU GET TO 50 000 GALLONS IT'S A 71 49 FOR THE FOR THE LEVEL ABOVE THAT I MEAN IT'S JUST OUTRAGEOUS AND THE REASON GRANT I THINK YOU WERE PROBABLY MORE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS THE REASON THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED THAT WAY WAS YOU KNOW TO PREVENT EXCESS WATER USAGE AND SO THE THE COST BURDEN IS PUSHED OFF TO THE HIGHER USERS YEAH JUST SO YOU KNOW UM KENT AND I WERE UP AT LUCAS UM COUNCIL MEETING WAS THAT SIX MONTHS AGO OR SOMETHING UM ABOUT LEWIS LANE AND WE SAT THROUGH THE WATER RATE PRESENTATION THEIR RATES STRUCTURE IS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO OURS OUR CURRENT ONE OR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR WELL THEY'RE THEY'RE THE SAME UM IT'S JUST THERE WAS A LIKE INCREASE IT'S THAT THAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 30 000 GALLONS AND 50 000 EXISTS IN THE CURRENT NUMBERS AS WELL IT'S NOT SOMETHING NEW UH AS OF THIS YEAR IT'S IT'S NEW IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF INCREASE I MEAN WE'VE GOT A SCALE NOW THAT INCREASES THE MORE YOU USE I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT THE RATE OF INCREASE THAT'S APPLIED TO THIS THE 2026 OCTOBER 2026 RATE FOR 50 000 TO 70 000 GALLONS IS 1594 COMPARED TO 927 THIS YEAR THAT'S A 71 PERCENT INCREASE FOR THAT BRACKET WHEREAS THE BRACKETS BELOW IT ARE GOING UP EIGHT PERCENT IT'S PUNITIVE TO THE COMMUNITIES WITH LARGER LOT SIZES WAS THIS MANDATED TO US I DON'T REMEMBER US HAVING THAT RIGHT WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH OUR NEGOTIATION WITH NORTH TEXAS NO I THOUGHT THOSE RATES WERE SET A FEW YEARS AGO SO WE DID A FIVE-YEAR WATER RACE AND WHEN WE DID THE FIVE-YEAR WATERWAY STUDY WHICH WAS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO CASTLE WAS GIVEN A FEW OPTIONS THEY WERE GIVEN AN OPTION DO WE DO WE RAISE LIKE THE THE LOWER END AND AND RAISE IT SO IT'S HIGHER OR DO WE UH INCREASE UH USERS THAT THAT HAVE HIGH USAGE AND IT WAS DETERMINED THEY DECIDED TO UH RAISE THE RATES ON PEOPLE WHO USE MORE WATER INSTEAD OF RAISING THE THE MINIMUM SO IT WAS IT WAS A DECISION THAT WAS MADE FIVE YEARS AGO AND AND I GUESS I'LL BE LOOKED AT AGAIN WHEN WE HAVE THE NEXT WATER RACE STUDY MR SHORT HOW MANY RESIDENCES PROPERTIES USE MORE THAN 50 000 GALLONS IN A IN A MONTH SAY ONCE A YEAR TODAY DO WE KNOW THERE'S QUITE A FEW YEAH BUT LIKE A HUNDRED IS IT I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER EXACTLY BUT THERE'S I KNOW THERE'S QUITE A FEW UH I CAN GET THAT DATA FROM RONALD THERE'S THERE'S QUITE A FEW I DON'T EVEN WANT TO WALK I I MEAN I MY [00:55:01] BIG FEAR IS IF WE'RE VERY EFFECTIVE ON WATER CONSERVATION IT'S GOING TO HURT US FINANCIALLY YEAH I DON'T KNOW IT'S I THINK IT'S A SECONDARY CONCERN AFTER CITIZEN IMPACT AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS BUT I'M GENUINELY CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE THEY'RE BURNING 50 000 GALLONS OF WATER ON I MEAN IS IT YOU KNOW IS IT BUT IS IT A PARTICULAR KIND OF YARD WATER IS IT BUT IS IT A PARTICULAR KIND LIKE THEY HAVE A MANICURED YARD AT 12 OR IS IT A PARTICULAR KIND OF YARD OR WHAT IS IT NO IF YOU HAVE ACRE OR TWO AND IF YOU'RE WATERING AS MUCH AS AND YOU'RE UH WATERING AS MUCH AS IRRIGATORS YOU'RE IRRIGATORS OR YOUR LANDSCAPE PEOPLE TELL YOU TO AND YOUR LANDSCAPE PEOPLE TELL YOU TO YOU'RE GONNA BE UP THERE AROUND FIFTY AND YOU'RE WATERING AS MUCH AS I'VE GONE OVER THAT FIRST TIME I EVER DID IT WAS SHOCKED WHEN I GOT MY WATER I'VE GONE OVER THAT FIRST TIME I EVER DID IT WAS SHOCKED WHEN I GOT MY WATER BILL AND YOU KNOW AND I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING I BILL YOU KNOW AND I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING I COULD DO TO MAKE SURE I DON'T GO GO OVER THAT NUMBER AGAIN, BUT IF YOU DO, I MEAN, THIS IS JUST SUCH AN EGREGIOUS RATE INCREASE, 71% INCREASE IN ANY PARTICULAR BRACKET. IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS. I'M SEEING THE ISSUE THAT YOU'RE POINTING OUT HERE. FROM 25 TO 26, THAT JUMP IS SIGNIFICANT, AND I DON'T KNOW THE BACKGROUND OF IT, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO IT AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING A RATE STUDY HERE WITH THE, WE PLANNED THAT FOR FALL, CORRECT? YEAH, BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE, YEAH. SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HURT US IS THAT WE ARE A CUSTOMER CITY AND NOT A MEMBER CITY, SO WE ARE LIKE THIS LITTLE DAVID FIGHTING THE GOLIATH. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE WANTED TO DO FOR 15 YEARS IS TO CREATE A SOUTHEAST COLLIN COUNTY COALITION OF CUSTOMER CITIES OF NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT SO THAT WE CAN CREATE SOME MOMENTUM TOGETHER AND FIGHT FOR EQUITY. BUT ALSO, SO THAT WE'VE GOT SOME CLOUT INSTEAD OF IT BEING LITTLE LUCAS, LITTLE PARKER, LITTLE LAVON, AND COME TOGETHER AND USE THAT AS WE ARE A MASS OF CITIES. OKAY. A COALITION OF CUSTOMER CITIES OF THE SMALL CITIES WAS ESTABLISHED THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN WE GOT INTO THE WATER SITUATION WITH THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT. BECAUSE WE HAD THE SAME ISSUES AS ROWLATT AND ROYCE CITY AND ALL OF THOSE. WHERE DOES THAT STAND NOW? BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. GO AHEAD. WELL, I MENTIONED, YEAH, JENNA DID MENTION THAT THE PUC PROCESS RESULTED IN SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FOR THE SMALLER CUSTOMER CITIES. AND SO, I'M CERTAINLY GOING TO BE PRESENTING THAT TO YOU. THERE'S A DIFFERENTIAL IN THE RATE STRUCTURE. BUT, THAT HAS BEEN ADJUSTED IN FAVOR OF CUSTOMER CITIES. SO, MORE INFORMATION COMING ON THAT. YEAH. AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE CUSTOMER CITY COALITION STILL MEETS, I DON'T THINK IT MEETS AS REGULARLY. YEAH. BUT, THE HEAD OF IT IS JULIE, WHO IS THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR IN FAIRVIEW. I'M SORRY, I DON'T REMEMBER HER LAST NAME. JULIE COUCH. JULIE COUCH. THANK YOU. OH. BUT, THAT IS WHO WAS. WAS HEAD OF THE COALITION. THANK YOU. MR. BARRON. OKAY. I'M GOING TO CYCLE BACK AROUND TO THIS PLAN NOW. ON PAGE THREE OF THIS PLAN, PAGE 35 OF OUR COUNCIL PACKET, THERE IS A CHART THERE SHOWING PER CAPITA WATER USAGE GOALS. FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BASELINE COLUMN IS. OKAY. SO, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BASELINE AND THE HISTORIC FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST? I REALLY COULDN'T GIVE YOU A WHOLE LOT OF INFORMATION ON HOW THESE NUMBERS WERE CREATED. YEAH. IT'S JUST THAT COLUMN HERE, AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS. ALSO, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE FIVE AND TEN-YEAR GOAL NUMBERS HERE ARE DIFFERENT THAN THEY ARE IN THE APPENDIX THAT OUR ENGINEERING TEAM IS USING. OKAY. SO, OUR ENGINEERS PUT IN THE SAME THING IN ONE OF THE APPENDIXES, BUT THE NUMBERS IN THE FIVE- AND TEN-YEAR GOAL COLUMNS ARE DIFFERENT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? I CAN'T. NO. WHICH APPENDIX ARE YOU REFERRING TO? IS THAT ONE? IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME A MINUTE TO FIND IT. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT FOR THE... WHAT PAGE ARE YOU ON, BILL? WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME? IT'S ON THE OTHER PAGE, RIGHT, [01:00:04] JEN? SO, I'VE GOT TO SCROLL UP HERE. OKAY. LET'S SEE. I'M GETTING CLOSE. OKAY. IT IS PAGE 90 OF OUR PACKET. OKAY. THE FIVE- AND TEN-YEAR GOAL NUMBERS ON THIS PAGE ARE DIFFERENT THAN THEY ARE BACK UP ON THE TOP. SO, IF YOU'RE NOTICING THAT APPENDIX, THAT IS FROM A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN THIS POLICY AND THE APPENDIXES WERE FIRST DRAFTED. SO, THAT IS ONE OF THE APPENDIXES. THAT'S ONE OF THE APPENDIXES THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, I THINK, BEFORE IT GETS TO THE WATER DISTRICT. OKAY. BUT THERE'S A FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE IN THESE NUMBERS. IN THIS TWO-YEAR-OLD NUMBERS YOU'RE SAYING, WE'RE SHOWING AN INCREASE IN USAGE AT THE FIVE- AND TEN-YEAR NUMBERS, WHEREAS ON THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE IN THE ACTUAL PLATE, YES, WE'RE SEEING A DIFFERENCE. UP TOP WE'RE SHOWING A A DECREASE BUT THE POINT OF THE PLAN IS TO DECREASE USAGE SO I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW THE WATER UTILITY PROFILE NUMBERS WERE CALCULATED MAYBE THAT WAS JUST TRENDING NUMBERS ON WHERE WE'RE HEADED BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO CREATE A CONSERVATION PLAN THE POINT IS TO REDUCE USAGE SO I WOULD GO WITH THE NUMBERS LISTED IN THE PLAN AND WE CAN MAKE THE UTILITY PROFILE OKAY BUT REFLECT THOSE GOALS WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY GOING TO ACTUALLY DO TO MAKE US HIT THESE NUMBERS BECAUSE WE'RE SAYING THE PER CAPITA USAGE IS GOING TO GO DOWN AND I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT SO A COUPLE DIFFERENT METHODS I'M INCREASING OUR EDUCATION CAMPAIGN THAT THAT CAN BE DONE THROUGH SOME OF THE METHODS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER HAVING THAT SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE OR YOU KNOW COMING UP WITH DIFFERENT ENGAGEMENT METHODS TO CONNECT WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND PUSH OUT MESSAGING THAT REMINDS THEM TO CONSERVE WATER ESPECIALLY IN THOSE DIRE TIMES OUR BUILDING CODES HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED IN A WHILE I'M SURE THAT A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT CONSERVATION STRATEGIES ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED IN THE BUILDING CODES AND SO FOR NEW BUILDS WE COULD POTENTIALLY IMPLEMENT THAT AS A WATER SAVING STRATEGY AND THEN THE OUTDOOR WATERING IS JUST ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST COMPONENTS ON THAT. I BELIEVE OUR CURRENT BUILDING CODES AT LEAST IN OUR ORDINANCES I KNOW WE REFERENCE PLANO FOR SOME STUFF AND MAYBE THEY'VE MADE CHANGES AS FAR AS I KNOW WE KNOW DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE TO REQUIRE WATER EFFICIENT HEADS BECAUSE I KNOW LIKE FOR INSTANCE WHEN MY HOUSE WAS BUILT THE WINDOWS WERE?? WHEN MY HOUSE WAS BUILT THEY USED THE INEFFICIENT SPRINKLER HEADS AND I WENT MYSELF AND REPLACED THEM ALL AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT ASKING TO GO BACK AND RETROFIT EXISTING BUILDS BUT I THINK FOR ALL NEW BUILDS WE SHOULD BE MANDATING THAT LIKE AN MP ROTATOR OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE BECAUSE THOSE WILL SAVE YOU 30 40 PERCENT OF YOUR WATER USAGE ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE TO RUN THEM A LITTLE BIT LONGER BECAUSE THEY SPRAY WATER SLOWER SO THAT'S ONE THING I WOULD SUGGEST WE LOOK AT TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT SOMETHING IN THE BOOKS AND IF WE DON'T WE SHOULD LOOK AT PUTTING SOMETHING IN THE BOOKS ABOUT THAT I SEE HERE WE THIS IS SAYING HEY YOU BETTER HAVE SMART CONTROLLERS NOW OR A FREEZE CONTROLLER I'M NOT A BIG I HAVE ONE OF THOSE FREEZE RAIN SENSOR THINGS I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF THEM I FOUND IT TO NOT WORK THAT WELL BUT SINCE THEN I'VE GOTTEN A SMART CONTROLLER WHICH YOU KNOW DOES DOES A LOT BETTER THE OTHER THING I'M GOING TO MENTION AND AND THEN THIS I KNOW THROUGH MASTER GARDENER IS THAT TO PROPERLY WATER YOUR YARD TO MAKE YOUR YARD THE STRONGEST IT CAN BE YOU SHOULD ONLY BE WATERING YOUR YARD ONCE A WEEK AND I GET INTO THIS ARGUMENT WITH PEOPLE ALL THE TIME THIS IS NO NO NO I NEED TO WATER SO TIMES A WEEK WELL WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS THAT IF YOU WATER SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK YOUR GRASS NEVER DEVELOPS LONG ROOTS BECAUSE IT'S LIKE OH I ALWAYS GOT WATER HERE I DON'T NEED TO TO STRESS OR WHATEVER SO IF YOU YOU KNOW WATER ONCE A WEEK AND WATER DEEPLY IDEALLY A CYCLE AND SOAK I CAN TALK I KNOW ALL THIS I CAN EXPLAIN ALL THIS LATER YOU YOU LET YOU LET THE YARD GET WET AND THEN YOU LET IT DRY OUT [01:05:01] OVER THE WEEK AND THEN AT THE END OF THE WEEK THROUGH IT'S GOING OKAY I GOTTA MAKE MY ROOTS DEEPER TO GET TO WATER SO YOU ENCOURAGE YOU ALONE TO DO THAT AND SO I KNOW THIS IS SAYING WATER TWO DAYS A WEEK AND THAT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR LARGER PROPERTIES JUST BECAUSE THROUGH ALL YOUR ZONES. BUT AS PART OF THIS EDUCATION PROCESS, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE TEACHING OUR CITIZENS TO, YOU KNOW, ON A PARTICULAR, AND I'M NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT TURF HERE, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT FLOWER BEDS OR WHATEVER, TO ONLY WATER EACH ZONE ONCE A WEEK. AND OVER THE LONG RUN, THAT WILL HELP YOUR YARD BECOME STRONGER AND YOU'LL END UP USING LESS WATER OVER TIME. BEFORE WE MOVE ON THERE, GARY, DYLAN, CAN YOU ADDRESS THE BUILDING CODE QUESTION THAT CAME UP? THAT'S BASICALLY AT THE HOMEOWNER'S DISCRETION. THE ONLY ASPECTS OF THOSE INSTALLATIONS THAT WE REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT, I TAKE A LOOK AT, WOULD BE THE BAGPOLE PREVENTION, THE MEANS OF ISOLATION, AS FAR AS REDUCING WATER. AND WHICH INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE ARE WE OPERATING OFF OF CURRENTLY? 2000. AS I UNDERSTAND THIS, OVERSEEDING WITH COOL SEASON GRASS IS PROHIBITED, EXCEPT GOLF COURSES AND ATHLETIC FIELDS. SO NOBODY CAN PUT OUT WINTER RYE IN ANY PART OF THEIR PROPERTY, CORRECT? I'M SORRY. I DO NOT REMEMBER THAT PROVISION. I APOLOGIZE. IT'S UNDER I, WATERING PROVISIONS. IT SAYS REQUIRED WASTEWATER ORDINANCE OFFENSES INCLUDE, NUMBER FIVE, OVERSEEDING, SODDING, SPRIGGING, BROADCASTING, OR PLUGGING WITH COOL SEASON GRASSES, OR WATERING COOL SEASON GRASSES, EXCEPT FOR GOLF COURSES OR ATHLETIC FIELDS. WHAT PAGE IN YOUR POCKET? AND THAT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY COMMON IN THIS AREA FOR CLOSE TO 20 YEARS. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE RYE GRASS. I DON'T PERSONALLY PUT OUT WINTER RYE IN MY YARD. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TIMES PROBABLY THAT I'VE WANTED TO AND I'VE NEEDED TO BECAUSE I'VE HAD SUCH A DROUGHT IN THE SUMMER THAT THE GRASSES ENDED UP SO THIN AT THE END THAT BY THE TIME YOU GET ANY FALL RAINS, ALL THE GRASS IS GONE AND I'M DOWN TO DIRT. AND IT'S LITERALLY WASHING AWAY MY YARD. SO I PROBABLY NEED TO MORE THAN I HAVE. BUT I KNOW FOR THE ENTRANCE TO OUR HOA, WE DO PUT OUT WINTER RYE TO MAKE THE ENTRANCE TO THE HOA LOOK BETTER EVERY YEAR. SO IF THAT'S GOING TO BE PROHIBITED, I NEED TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GET A FINE. OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE HAVE AN OPTION ON HERE? LIKE I SAID, I DON'T HAVE A MASTER LIST OF WHAT WE HAVE OPTIONS ON. BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT APPEALING TO YOU, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU STRIKE THAT FROM THE PLAN AND WE SEND THIS OVER TO THE WATER DISTRICT IN A FORMAT THAT'S GOING TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF PARKER. AND IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THE WATER DISTRICT, WHERE THEY JUST COMPLETELY OUTRIGHT REJECT THIS, THEN WE COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL. YEAH, I WOULD SUGGEST STRIKING THAT BECAUSE I HAVE JUST DRIVING AROUND THE CITY, I SEE SOME LOTS WHERE PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY PUT OUT SOME WINTER RYE TO MAKE THEIR GRASS LOOK BETTER, MAKE THEIR YARD LOOK BETTER. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THAT. SO THAT TELLS ME WE'RE ALREADY CONSERVING WATER IN THE WINTERTIME BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE AREN'T WATERING THEIR YARD IN THE WINTERTIME. SO IF YOU'VE GOT A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO PUT OUT WINTER RYE, I KIND OF HATE TO PROHIBIT THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE TO. OKAY. OKAY, AT THIS TIME LET ME ASK COUNCIL, HOW MANY OF Y'ALL WANT TO STRIKE THAT OUT OF THE PLAN? IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND IF YOU WISH TO STRIKE THAT OUT OF THIS PLAN. OKAY. ANYBODY AGAINST STRIKING THAT? OKAY. IT'S THREE TO TWO. THEREFORE, IT IS STRUCK OUT OF THE PLAN. STRIKING, THANK YOU. OKAY. SOMETHING ELSE, I KNOW THE WATER EDUCATION PEOPLE OVER AT PLANO, AND THEY DO OTHER EDUCATION BESIDES JUST IRRIGATION, ALTHOUGH IRRIGATION IS... BULK OF THE WATER USAGE BUT THEY DO THEY DO DO EDUCATION ABOUT LIKE TOILET LEAGUES AND SOME OTHER STUFF WHICH YOU KNOW CAN ADD UP AND LIKE I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE THEY'LL GIVE OUT [01:10:01] THESE TABLETS THAT YOU CAN PUT IN YOUR TOILET BOWL SO YOU CAN SEE IF YOU HAVE A LEAK OR WHATNOT SO THERE'S SOME OTHER EDUCATION THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE DOING MR. BARRON CAN I ASK YOU IF THAT IS YOUR WAY OF SAYING YOU'RE WILLING TO HOST A TOWN HALL ON THIS INFORMATION AND EDUCATE PEOPLE? I DON'T KNOW IF TOWN HALL IS THE RIGHT WORD BUT I GUESS I'M WILLING TO HOLD SOME KIND OF EDUCATION OKAY PODCAST SERIES ON OUR NEW FACEBOOK PAGE YEAH WE FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST THING YOU KNOW IS IT IS IT DO WE DO A SERIES OF VIDEOS ON FACEBOOK OR YOUTUBE OR DO WE DO AN IN PERSON THING OR WHATEVER I'M WILLING TO BE OPEN TO THAT JUST SPEAKING FOR ME I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A TOWN HALL OR COMMUNITY MEETING OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE QUESTIONS AND JUST SEEING A FILM MAY NOT ADDRESS MY QUESTIONS SO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE I'M REALLY STUPID ABOUT THIS KIND OF STUFF SO I'M CURIOUS YOU KNOW WITH THE MASTER GARDENER AND I DON'T KNOW EXPERIENCE I MEAN THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE COULD HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL THAT WOULD HELP GENUINELY HELP PEOPLE MANAGE THEIR WATER BILL AND I MEAN I'VE HEARD BUFFALO GRASS REQUIRES HALF THE WATERING OF REGULAR GRASS I'VE HEARD CERTAINLY YOU KNOW CERTAIN TYPES OF FLOWER BED CHOICES REQUIRE MUCH LESS WATERING THAN THE OTHERS BUT I DON'T THINK ANY OF US REALLY COMPILED FOR US IN PARTICULAR AND COMPILED AGAINST THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH AND I WONDER WHAT TYPE OF RESOURCES WE COULD MAKE AVAILABLE AND FANTASIZING I KIND OF WISH WE COULD BORROW SOME OF THE PLOT OUT THERE THAT WE HAVE FOR THE WILDFLOWER AREA AND JUST HAVE DEMO DRY RESILIENT PLANTS BUT THAT'S POINT ONE BUT BUILDING INTO THE GRAND BILLY BARRON TOWN HALL I THINK I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT EMBEDDED INTO IT IF YOU CAN SECOND QUESTION ARE WE ARE WE PITTING OUR CITIZENS OR PUTTING THEM BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT FINES HOW DOES CITY CITY ORDINANCES EVEN IF THEY'RE BEING PASSED DOWN BY NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT HOW DO THEY GET IMPACTED BY THEIR HOA REQUIREMENTS DO THESE BASICALLY OVERRIDE WHATEVER APPEARANCE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE HOA MIGHT PRESENT OR DO THIS TO THEM? SO LET'S HOLD THAT GO AHEAD OKAY BEING ON MY HOA BOARD AND HAVING HELPED REWRITE OUR COVENANTS A FEW YEARS AGO I BELIEVE I I'M NOT PREPARED FOR THIS QUESTION I BELIEVE STATE LAW CHANGED A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY IF UNDER THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS HOA DROUGHT CONDITION AND YOU'RE IN AFFECT OUR FINES IN THERE IN YOUR HOA I BELIEVE YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO FIND ANYBODY WHILE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE GOING ON NOW THE REALITY IS THE WATER DISTRICT HASN'T DECLARED DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR US IN MANY YEARS PART OF IT IS WE'VE HAD SOME LUCKY RAINY YEARS AND SECOND OF ALL IT'S BECAUSE THEIR NEW LAKE IS SORT OF MASKING THE PROBLEMS FOR A FEW YEARS UNTIL MORE PEOPLE MOVE INTO THE AREA BUT ANYWAY STATE I MEAN I CAN DOUBLE CHECK ALL THIS BUT GENERALLY THE CITY AND STATE LAWS TRUMP HOA RULES PERIOD BUT I MEAN WE'LL SAY SIMILAR TO YOU IF SOMEBODY GETS A CITATION AND THEY CAN COME TO COME TO COURT AND APPEAL THAT AND MAKE A CASE AS I WAS TRAVELING AND THIS THING WAS DOING A THING OR WHAT-HAVE-YOU YOU HAVE THAT SAME ABILITY WITH YOUR HOA TO SAY LOOK THIS IS LIKE I HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN GETTING THIS FINE FROM THE CITY OR MAKING MY TREES LOOK SUPER PRETTY SO THEY DO HAVE THAT SAME ABILITY TO APPEAL TO THAT TO THAT BOARD AS WELL JUST A QUESTION THEN TO CATHERINE IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD WRITE INTO THIS THAT HOA AS I DON'T KNOW EITHER HAVE TO PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF CONCESSION AROUND CITY REQUIREMENTS FOR FOR CITY WATER RESTRICTIONS I WOULD HAVE TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON THAT I DON'T THINK I CAN ANSWER DON'T FLY ALRIGHT PLEASE DO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IT I MEAN NOT EVERY HOA ANSWERS WHEN YOU CALL THEM ESPECIALLY IN [01:15:02] PARKER AND THEN NOT AS I DON'T KNOW INVOLVED THAT'S YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SO YOU'RE GOING TO KIND OF HAVE TO AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HANDLE THOSE TARGETS AND TAKE CARE OF THEM WHO HAS HOA SO I THINK FOR THOSE WHO ONLY SEE THE DEFINED PORTION OF THEIR HOA I'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE AN ANSWER MR. MATT AND WE HAD SPOKE EARLIER THIS WEEK ABOUT THE DATES AND THIS THAT NEED TO BE CORRECTED I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE GOT CORRECTED BEFORE WE WENT THROUGH WITH THIS THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CORRECTED BUT EITHER THROUGH A MINUTE WE'RE JUST ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION WE WILL CERTAINLY CORRECT THAT WITH ANY APPROVAL ANYTHING ELSE ON THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN AND WATER RESOURCE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN AT THIS TIME IT'S NOT I WOULD ACCEPT A MOTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 26-8 YOU HAD A RECOMMENDATION RIGHT I DO I DO THERE WASN'T RECOMMENDED MOTION BUT DON'T I DO YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE END OF THIS SECTION PERFECT DO WE NEED TO ADJUST THIS THE STRICKEN YEAH DO YOU AMEND IT RESTRICTING AS TO ROB FOR SURE MADAM I RECOMMEND THAT WE ADOPT RESOLUTION 2026 899 AUTHORIZING THE APPROVAL OF WATER CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANS ALONG WITH ANY ALLOWABLE AMENDMENTS AND ONE SPECIFIC AMENDMENT THAT WE'LL BE MAKING IS TO MODIFY SECTION I ITEM FIVE WHICH DEALT WITH OVERSEEDING WITH COOL OF WEATHER GRASSES AND STRIKE THAT FROM THE FROM THE PLAN IT'S THE SAME CORRECT OH YEAH IT'S THE SAME CORRECT DATES OKAY OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM PILGRIM AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER HALBERT TO ADOPT THE 2020 TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 26 8 9 9 WITH THE AMENDMENT TO STRIKE SECTION 5 ITEM 5 ON OVERSEEDING AND FOR THE DATES TO BE CORRECTED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION SINCE WE'VE GOT THIS ON THE TABLE FOR WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS ON THIS JUST SO I UNDERSTAND OPTIONS ON THE PLAN IN GENERAL YEAH DO WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT IT PER YOUR AMENDED CONTRACT WITH THE WATER DISTRICT AND STATE LAW YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE SO I THOUGHT YES WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THAT BUT WE CAN BRING IT BACK AT ANY POINT IN TIME THAT WE CHOOSE TO TO FURTHER AMEND IT UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY YES MADAM MAYOR OKAY I GUESS TIMING WISE WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS IS THERE A DUE DATE NO BUT THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE DECEMBER OF 2024 AND THE GRANT THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY APPLYING FOR THIS THIS WOULD CERTAINLY HELP US PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD HAVING AN UPDATED WATER CONSERVATION PLAN BEFORE GRANT SUBMISSION WHICH IS DUE ON JUNE 30TH YEAH THIS WAS ACTUALLY DUE YEARS AGO THANK YOU THE TAC THE TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE REQUIRES THIS TO BE UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS AND THE LAST ONE THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE WAS 2014 BUT WE DISCUSSED IT IN THE FALL WE COULD LOOK AT THE AT THE WATER RATE STUDY RIGHT WE'RE GOING TO RE-LOOK AT THAT AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE WATER STRUCTURE RATE AND I THINK IN THE FALL WE'RE GOING TO REVISIT IT BECAUSE OUR FIVE YEARS IS UP SO I THINK THE CONCERN THAT YOU'RE HAVING REGARDING THOSE I THINK WE CAN ADDRESS THIS FALL COUNCIL CAN BRING ANYTHING BACK THAT ANYTIME THEY PASS SOMETHING WHETHER IT'S AN ORDINANCE A RESOLUTION OR WHATEVER THAT'S ALWAYS AN OPTION COUNCIL DOES HAVE OKAY ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS IF NOT I WILL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-899 ADOPTING THE 2026 WATER CONSERVATION PLAN PLEASE CALL FOR YOUR VOTE OKAY ANY [01:20:01] FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS IF NOT I WILL CALL FOR [5. DISCUSSION, AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NO. 2026 897 ESTABLISHING TML NEWLY ELECTED CITY OFFICIALS' ORIENTATION TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR NEWLY ELECTED OR APPOINTED COUNCILMEMBERS; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] YOUR VOTE MOTION CARRIES 5-0 THANK YOU OKAY GOING TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE DISCUSSION AND OR INAPPROPRIATE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-897 ESTABLISHING TEXAS MUNICIPAL ROAD NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS ORIENTATION AND TRAINING HAS PASSED WE SURPRISES THE DIRECTOR OF THE ANIMATION SECTION TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR NEWLY ELECTED OR APPOINTED APPOINTED COUNCIL MEMBERS WE DISCUSSED THIS AT THEIR LAST MEETING OR TWO MEETINGS AGO AND ASKED? TO DO SOME REVISIONS WHICH SHE HELD STONE AND I WILL ASK AT THIS TIME IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MR. BARON SO WE DIDN'T COME AWAY WITH ANY RESPONSES HE DON'T BELIEVE THIS ANY WORD HAPPENED VERY GOOD THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL I WILL SAY THAT I DID NOT FIND TML'S ORIENTATION TO BE VERY USEFUL. SURE, THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT AND THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, INFORMATION'S GOOD, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT OTHER WAYS TO GET THAT. RANDY KIRCHHOFF REACHED OUT TO ME. HE SAID HIS OPINION WAS THE SAME, THAT HE DID NOT FIND THE ORIENTATION TO BE THAT VALUABLE. AND SO WHILE I AGREE WE NEED MORE TRAINING FOR OUR NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS, I WILL NOT ARGUE THAT IN THE SLIGHTEST. I'M NOT SURE THIS IS THE AVENUE. A LOT OF THE SESSIONS... WERE NOT APPLICABLE TO PARKER. I REMEMBER THERE WAS A LOT OF STUFF ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARDS, WHICH HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH US, AND SUCH. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE SOLUTION IS TO THIS. I'M NOT... I DON'T THINK... I PERSONALLY THINK THIS IS THE SOLUTION. OKAY, MS. HELMER? YEAH, SO I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN TWICE, AND I HAD A VERY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE THAN MR. BARRON. BUT MY CONCERN... MY CONCERN IS SOMETHING THAT MR. SHARPE BROUGHT UP WHEN WE DID DISCUSS THIS WITH... SOME OF US HAVE JOBS, AND REALLY AREN'T GOING TO USE SOME OF THEIR PTO TO GO DOWN TO WACO FOR TWO AND A HALF DAYS FOR THIS SORT OF TRAINING THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE BENEFICIAL TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS. AND SO I'M A LITTLE HESITANT TO SAY IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE CERTAIN TRAININGS, AND I THINK THE ETHICS TRAINING IS ALSO REQUIRED, BUT HE'S RIGHT. THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT, AS A NEWLY ELECTED... OFFICIALLY, YOU MAY NOT BE IN A POSITION TO ABSORB AND TAKE AWAY WITH YOU, SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT SOLUTION AT THIS TIME. I WANT TO CORRECT ONE THING. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS DONE IN THE REVISION IS THIS COULD BE DONE ONLINE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO IN PERSON. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CHANGES THE PTO. YOU STILL HAVE TO TAKE TIME TO WATCH IT. RIGHT. T-MAIL DOESN'T OFFER IT ONLINE. I'VE LOOKED ALL OVER THEIR WEBSITE, BUT THIS IS LAST WEEK. SORRY. AND I COULD NOT FIND AN EXAMPLE OF THAT BEING OFFERED ONLINE, SO IF IT DOESN'T EXIST, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WE WRITE HERE. YOU HAVE TO GO IN PERSON AND SPEND THE TWO DAYS WHEREVER. THAT'S CORRECT. THE NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIAL'S ORIENTATION IS IN PERSON ONLY. THERE ARE SEVERAL ON-DEMAND TRAINING SESSIONS THAT MIGHT MIRROR SOME OF THE SESSIONS THEY HAVE ON THAT ON T-MAIL'S WEBSITE, AND THOSE, OF COURSE, ARE AVAILABLE TO ANY COUNCIL MEMBER, THAT WANTS TO PURSUE THOSE. OKAY. I THOUGHT AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING WE DISCUSSED THAT YOU COULD CHOOSE, OR YOU COULD CHOOSE JUST TO DO THE ONLINE. SO I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT WE DECIDED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO GET INCORPORATED INTO THIS. BUT I GUESS AT THAT POINT, HOW IS THAT ANY DIFFERENT THAN OUR CURRENT PRACTICE, WHICH IS ANY OF OUR NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS WANT TO GO TO T-MAIL, THEY HAVE THAT OPTION. SO IF WE'RE NOT REQUIRING IT IN PERSON, WHICH IS THE ONLY OPTION, WHY WOULD WE PASS THIS ORDINANCE? NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST, BECAUSE YOU DID MENTION THAT THERE ARE OLDER COURSES YOU COULD TAKE, IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, YOU NEED TO TAKE THESE FOUR COURSES, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, ON DEMAND, THAT MAKES MORE SENSE TO ME. YOU COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER. I MEAN, I THINK JUST, I DON'T KNOW, WHETHER YOU CALL IT COURSE HOURS OR, YOU KNOW, SAYING YOU CAN TAKE THIS, AND IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THE T-MAIL NEWLY ELECTED CITY OFFICIALS, GO AHEAD. THAT EXEMPTS YOU FROM THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. IF YOU DON'T, HERE ARE THE COURSES THAT WE THINK, YOU KNOW, OR WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE AS [01:25:02] BEING MANDATORY THAT ARE ONLINE AND PROVIDED, YOU KNOW, X MANY TIMES A YEAR. AND THE OTHER PROBLEM THAT I HAVE WITH THE T-MAIL NEWLY ELECTED ORIENTATION IS THAT IT ONLY OCCURS, LIKE, TWICE A YEAR. AND SO IF YOU HAVE A MANDATORY BUSINESS MEETING, YOU NEED TO TAKE YOUR DAUGHTER TO YOUR COLLEGE TRIP, OR WHATEVER IT IS, LIKE, YOU CAN'T. AND THAT MAKES THAT REQUIREMENT EXTRAORDINARILY PUNITIVE TO PEOPLE WHO THIS ISN'T THE PRIMARY THING TO DO, WHICH IS ALL OF US. SO I DO FAVOR THE IDEA OF HAVING A SUBSTITUTIVE EDUCATION CURRICULUM OR EVEN IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU JUST MANDATE THAT THEY DO, SAY, 15, 16 HOURS OF TRAINING OF THEIR CHOOSING FROM THE T-MAIL WEBSITE, YOU COULD CREATE DIFFERENT SPECIALIZATIONS WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL OF DIFFERENT DOMAINS OF EXPERTISE AND THAT COULD HAVE VALUE IN ITS OWN RIGHT. CAN IT BE FROM OTHER THAN T-MAIL? NO. NO, THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO PUT ON STUFF. THERE'S A PLACE IN RICHMOND, A LAW FIRM, THAT PUTS ON A LOT OF WORKSHOPS ON VARIOUS STUFF. I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME OF IT RIGHT NOW. OKAY, I GUESS WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU ALL IS WE WANT IT TO BE REVISED TO A REQUIREMENT FOR TRAINING OF SO MANY HOURS FROM APPLICABLE SOURCES. AND I GUESS I WOULD LIKE IT TO GO BEYOND JUST COURSES BECAUSE YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT THE OPTION OF TAKING THE BASKET-WEAVING VERSION OF A COURSE THAT IS NEVER GOING TO APPLY TO OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME THAT, OKAY, THEY'VE GOT A BUDGET ONE COMING UP, AND SO I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS PARTICULARLY THAT FIRST YEAR BECAUSE YOU'RE LIKE LANDING RIGHT IN IT RIGHT AFTER YOU GET ELECTED. SO I THINK SOME UNIVERSAL COURSES RATHER THAN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOURS. YEAH, YEAH. OR DO YOU WANT BOTH IN THE TRAINING DEPARTMENT? I THINK IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, JUST A GUESS HERE, I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY TWO COURSES THAT WE REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE OR REALLY WANT US TO TAKE. I SHOULD SAY. AND FOR THE REST, I THINK, YOU KNOW, LEAVE IT TO THEM, YOU KNOW, AND HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOURS AND HAVE A COMPLETION PERIOD OF NO GREATER THAN ONE YEAR. OKAY. WHAT WOULD YOUR HOUR BE, NUMBER OF HOURS? WELL, I THINK THE TWO DAYS OF THE NEWLY ELECTED CITY OFFICIALS' ORIENTATION, IF WE'RE BEING REALLY HONEST WITH OURSELVES, IT'S NOT 16 HOURS OF COURSEWORK. IT'S LIKE. IT'S LIKE 12. SO I'D SUBSTITUTE 12 HOURS OF ONLINE COURSEWORK. OKAY. BUT WE HAVE THE STATE-MANDATED STUFF ANYWAY, AND DOES THAT INCLUDE IN THOSE 12 HOURS THEN, OR IS THAT OUTSIDE OF THAT MANDATORY 12, THOSE MANDATORY TWO CLASSES? YEAH. BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE TWO HOURS. AND THAT WOULD LEAVE 10 HOURS FOR OTHERS. OKAY. MR. FERRER. I WOULD SUGGEST LET'S MAKE IT SIX MONTHS, NOT A YEAR, BECAUSE. I MEAN, IT'S A YEAR, YOUR TERM'S HALF UP BY THAT POINT. WE ALSO HAVE THE AI TRAINING THAT JUST CAME UP AGAIN AS WELL, SO THERE'S THAT, AND I THINK THERE'S TWO CLASSES WE HAVE TO TAKE FOR THAT. RIGHT. SO THERE'S AI AND THE OTHER ONE WE JUST RECEIVED, SO. SO I GUESS FOR ME, THE ONE YEAR, I MEAN, SIX MONTHS IS PUSHING IT DEPENDING ON WHEN TML ACTUALLY IS, AND THAT HAS BENEFICIAL COURSES AS WELL. SO I WOULDN'T WANT TO, LIKE, JUST MAKE THAT NOT WORTH GOING BECAUSE I FIND THAT. I MEAN, IT'S JUST TO BE VALUABLE AS WELL. YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO REQUIRE IT TO BE DONE WITHIN SIX MONTHS? WELL, I FEEL LIKE IF SIX MONTHS, DEPENDING ON WHEN THEY HOST TML, IF YOU GO TO TML, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE. SO IF YOU'RE THINKING, I'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, FOUR MORE HOURS TO TAKE AND I CAN GO TO TML IN NOVEMBER, BUT LIKE, YOU GOT SWORN IN ON, YOU KNOW, MAY 7TH, AND THEY HOLD IT AT THE END OF NOVEMBER, THAT SIX MONTH IS, SO. YEAH. OKAY. I LIKE JOY'S POINT, THOUGH. YEAH. A YEAR IS HALFWAY THROUGH YOUR SESSION. YEAH. NO. ESPECIALLY FOR NEWLY ELECTED. SO BY THAT, BY THE END OF THAT CALENDAR YEAR OF YOUR ELECTION? UH-HUH. YEAH. THAT'S A GOOD COMPROMISE. OKAY. CATHERINE. WELL, EXCEPT THAT WE DO HAVE THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOMEBODY GETS A POINT AND SO PEOPLE AREN'T ALWAYS COMING OUT ON SIX MONTHS. OKAY. SO SAY EIGHT MONTHS THEN. OKAY. OKAY. DO YOU KNOW THIS? OKAY. THOSE PEOPLE THE ONES THEY GOT A POINT OKAY WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT WE TAKE NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT AND ASK CATHERINE TO BRING US A REVISED RESOLUTION BACK A FUTURE [01:30:01] COUNCIL MEETING NO MIGHT I RECOMMEND THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HABIT POTENTIALLY COME UP WITH A PROPOSED SET OF CURRICULUM THAT WOULD BE RELEVANT NOBODY HAS ANY OBJECTIONS MANDATORY TO STATE CLASSES PLUS WE JUST GOT TO KNOW FROM PAT THIS WEEK REGARDING A CYBERSECURITY LET ME GET UP THERE SHOULD BE LISTED ON THERE YES THEY ARE MANDATED BY THE STATE BUT THAT COULD WE COULD ADD UP HOW MANY HOURS EACH OF THOSE CLASSES ARE TO SHOW HOW MUCH IT'S NOT REALLY TRAINING IT REQUIRES TIME AND WATCHING THE VIDEOS SO UNLESS YOU CHEAT AND WE'RE NOT CHEATING ARE WE NO WE ARE NOT NO IT'S THE SAME VIDEO PROBABLY THAT THEY RUN THE LAST WEEK AND IT'S DON'T GIVE YOUR PASSWORD OUT TO DARYL DON'T REQUIRE YEAH BUT YEAH IT IS REQUIRED OKAY OKAY AND THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT MISS ALBERT SAID THERE IS A WORKSHOP THE TML PUTS ON ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR ON BUDGET PREPARATION AND BUDGET MOVING AND YEAH AND SMALL CITIES VARIOUS THINGS OKAY NEED MY POPCORN READY OKAY WELL THEN AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO POST PHONE THIS ITEM TILL IT IS RETURNED TO COUNCIL WITH A REVISED RESOLUTION BY COUNCIL OKAY MOVING TO ITEM [6. CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING POLICE DEPARTMENT POSITIONS AND COSTS. ] NUMBER SIX CONSIDERATION DISCUSSION AND STAFF TO GRIX AND REGARDING POLICE DEPARTMENT POSITIONS IN COST. KENT, ARE YOU LEADING OFF OR IS KENT FIRST LEADING OFF? YES, MAYOR, COUNCIL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND LEAD OFF ON THIS ONE. DONNELL, DO YOU MIND PUSHING THE SLIDES JUST A COUPLE FORWARD FOR US? AND THEN GRANT IS CERTAINLY GOING TO HELP OUT WITH THIS AS WELL. JUST AN OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND HERE, HOW WE GOT TO TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION. SO LAST BUDGET CYCLE, THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THREE SUPPLEMENTAL POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL CAPACITY ISSUES THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN FACING. SO TWO OF THOSE POSITIONS WERE FUNDED WHILE A THIRD ONE WAS PUT IN PLACE TO REFLECT THE DESIRED DEPARTMENTAL STAFFING DOWN THE ROAD. SO AS YOU KNOW, A FEW MONTHS AGO, TO INCREASE OUR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS AND STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S COMPETITIVENESS IN THE REGIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MARKET, WE DID MAKE SOME SALARY ADJUSTMENTS. OF COURSE, WE DID THOSE IN PART THROUGH SOME ATTRITION. WE ALSO DID THAT IN PART DUE TO HOLDING THE TWO SUPPLEMENTAL POSITIONS THAT WERE FUNDED VACANT FOR A TIME BEING. SO WITH THAT COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENT NOW IN PLACE, WE'RE BACK TO THE 24-25 AUTHORIZED LEVERS. AND SO STAFF IS SEEKING COUNCIL DISCUSSION DIRECTION TONIGHT ON WHETHER OR NOT TO PROCEED WITH THOSE TWO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AND FUNDED OFFICER POSITIONS. DONNELL, ONE MORE SLIDE AHEAD. SO HERE'S THE COST OVERVIEW OF HOW THIS IS PLANNED. SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, AFTER ALL OTHER COSTS HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR, WE'VE GOT A $185,000 BALANCE. THE PROJECTED OT BUDGET, HOWEVER, IS GOING TO BE ABOUT $35,000 IN THE RED TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR. THE PAY INCREASE IMPACT FROM THE DECISIONS MADE EARLIER THIS YEAR ACCOUNT TO $154,000. AND THEN IF YOU WERE TO HIRE THE TWO APPROVED POSITIONS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN ADDITIONAL $190,000. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE OR IF YOU GO FORWARD WITH ALL THREE OF THE CREATED POSITIONS, WHICH WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY RECOMMENDING AT THIS TIME, THAT WOULD AMOUNT TO ABOUT $320,000. GRANT, DO YOU WANT TO PROVIDE ANY MORE CLARIFICATION OR INPUT ON THIS ONE? NO. OTHER THAN JUST THE $320,000 WOULD BE A FULL YEAR OF FUNDING. THAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT OF NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, NOT THIS YEAR, BUT NEXT YEAR. CAN WE GO BACK THEN? OKAY. SO IS THE $190,000 ALSO FOR A FULL YEAR? YES, SIR. THAT WOULD BE FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR WITH JUST TWO POSITIONS. OKAY. AND SO THAT $154,000, IS THAT FOR TWO POSITIONS FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR, OR WHAT'S THAT NUMBER? NO. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE EFFECT [01:35:01] OF THE SALARY ADJUSTMENTS ON... THE FISCAL YEAR 25-26 BUDGET. OKAY. SO AM I CORRECT THAT IF WE HAVE $185,000 LEFT, AND THEN WE'VE GOT THIS $35,000 AND THIS $154,000, WE'RE $5,000 UNDERWATER AS IT IS? SO WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE THE NET OF $185,000 AND $35,000 OVER BUDGET. SO ABOUT $150,000 OF SAVINGS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR. SO THE $154,000 HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT INTO THE 25-26 END-OF-YEAR ESTIMATES. SO YOU HAVE $150,000 APPROXIMATELY, THE SAVINGS BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER 30TH. SAY THAT AGAIN. SO THE FIRST THREE BULLETS THERE ARE ALL THE 25-26, OUR CURRENT YEAR BUDGET. SO THE $154,000 IS ALREADY BEING PLAYED OUT IN THOSE NUMBERS AND TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THE $185,000 SAVINGS AND THE $35,000 OVER BUDGET. THE $154,000 IS JUST BREAKING OUT JUST WHAT THE IMPACT WAS OF THOSE SALARY ADJUSTMENTS IN THE 25-26 BUDGET. SO THE $154,000 IS THE COST OF THE RAISES ON THE CURRENT STAFFING LEVEL FOR NEXT YEAR? FOR THIS YEAR. FOR THIS YEAR. THAT'S WHAT THE IMPACT WAS. 25-26. YES, SIR. NEXT YEAR. THIS YEAR. WHY IS OVERTIME? STAFFING. WE WERE SERIOUSLY SHORT. AND ONCE A WEEK THEY HAVE, ONCE EVERY OTHER WEEK THEY'VE GOT A GUARANTEED FOUR HOURS OVERTIME BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE TO WORK. OKAY. IS THAT CONTINUING OR IS THAT? UNTIL WE GET SOME PEOPLE OUT OF TRAINING. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. A LARGE PORTION OF IT IS SERGEANT. I DON'T DOUBT THAT. THAT GUY. HE'S A THIRD OF IT BECAUSE HE'S NOT AN EXEMPT EMPLOYEE. GO AHEAD. TWO QUESTIONS. AND THE FIRST IS HOW IS IT THAT TWO POSITIONS RUN US, WHAT, $95,000 PER POSITION, BUT THREE POSITIONS RUN US $107,000 PER? THE. SO THE $133,000. THE $133,000 DIFFERENCE IS ONE POSITION THAT WAS NOT, I HAVE TO GO THROUGH HERE AND LOOK THROUGH EACH OF THESE LOT ITEMS. THE THIRD POSITION WASN'T FUNDED. I THINK I MAY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS. THE TWO EMPLOYEES WERE, ARE THE DIFFERENTIAL. WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL THREE, WE DIDN'T FUND THAT THIRD POSITION, SO IT'S THE FULL WEIGHT. THAT'S CORRECT. AND I DO APOLOGIZE. I THINK THE WAY I PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION IS A LITTLE BIT MISLEADING OR NOT FOR PICTURE HERE. SO NEXT TIME, GRANT, WE'LL GET YOU TO CREATE THE SLIDES INSTEAD OF ME THREE HOURS AGO. I APPRECIATE THAT. IF I MAY PROCEED WITH THE SECOND QUESTION. SO WE'VE HAD THIS SLIDE EXPLAINED TWO TIMES, AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND. BUT I UNDERSTAND IT. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WE HAVE A RESIDUAL SURPLUS OF $150,000 FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR IN BUDGET FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. YES, SIR. BUT A FULL YEAR OF TWO POLICE OFFICERS IS $190,000. SO IF WE PRORATE THAT INTO THE YEAR, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, WHAT ARE WE, HALFWAY THROUGH, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE HIRED ON DAY ONE. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LIKE HALF THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OH, YOU BET. AND TO BE CLEAR, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE THREE THAT WE'VE JUST HIRED, CORRECT? NO, THAT'S BRINGING US TO BULL'S DOWN. YEAH. SO THOSE OTHER TWO ARE ADDITIONAL THAT WE'VE ALREADY HIRED THREE RECENTLY. THESE WERE AUTHORIZED, BUT THEY WEREN'T. RIGHT. RIGHT. BUT I WANT THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW THAT WE'VE JUST HIRED THREE. NEW POLICE OFFICERS AND WE'RE TALKING ADDITIONAL TWO TO GET UP TO SPEED UP TO STAFF AND THEY SHOULD KNOW THAT OF THE THREE WE'VE HIRED ONE OF THOSE RECRUITS HAS ALREADY MADE IT SUCCESSFULLY THROUGH THE FTO PROGRAM AND HAS BEEN RELEASED ON HIS OWN SO WE HAVE TO ENTRAIN CLEARLY DONNA WOULD YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND GO AHEAD AND YEAH PUSH THROUGH THAT TRANSITION SO THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE LOOKS LIKE THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AT WHAT STAFFING LEVEL SO THIS [01:40:01] WOULD BE AT THE FISCAL YEAR 25 26 LEVELS SO YOU'VE GOT THE TWO POSITIONS THAT YOU FUNDED THIS YEAR BUT THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FOR TONIGHT THOSE YOU'VE GOT THREE THAT ARE VACANT THERE SO ARE THOSE THREE VACANCIES AND THREE VACANCIES ON THE PRIOR PAGE THAT IS 320,000 YEAH IT WOULD HELP ME IF YOU WOULD TALK TO ME IN TERMS OF TOTAL STAFFING SO WHAT OUR TOTAL STAFFING NUMBER WOULD BE IDEALLY 14 BECAUSE WE WERE ORIGINALLY STAFFED FOR 11 WE GOT THE THREE POSITIONS OR TWO OF THEM AND THEN WOULD COME BACK LIKE WE ARE NOW TO MAYBE INCLUDE THE THIRD POSITION WHAT THAT WOULD DO IS WOULD GIVE US THREE PEOPLE ON EACH SHIFT SO THAT THERE WAS GUARANTEED TWO PEOPLE ON PATROL ALL THE TIME AND SO WHICH WOULD DEFINITELY BE A SAFETY ISSUE FOR OUR STAFF CITIZENS AND THEN WE COULD HAVE A MINIMUM OF HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN TAKE OFF CURRENTLY WE CAN'T DO THAT IF SOMEBODY TAKES A VACATION THOSE ARE FILLED JUST WHERE WE CAN AND HOW WE CAN AND SOME OF THOSE ARE BY ME AT NIGHT SO MOVING THE STAFFING UP BRINGS BETTER PATROL AND SAFETY FOR OUR CITY AND THROUGH OUR TRAINING PROGRAM WE HAVE WE HAVE FIVE QUALIFIED FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS WE HAVE WE UTILIZE THREE OF THEM THE OTHER TWO IS MYSELF AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS SO WE HAVE TWO IN TRAINING WE WOULD LIKE TO HIRE ONE THAT I HAVE JUST INTERVIEWED THE OTHER DAY BUT WE WANTED TO COME THROUGH AND GET YOU ALL THE DIRECTION ON THAT FIRST SO MADAM THAT'S THE OVERTIME RIGHT THAT WE PAY IS IT TIME AND A HALF OR DOUBLE TIME TIME AND A HALF TIME AND A HALF OKAY BUT YOU SAID IT'S TYPICAL TYPICALLY OFFICER BURDEN WELL IT'S IT'S HIM HE'S A THIRD OF IT TO INCLUDE THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF HIS RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THAT HELPED ME OUT HE'S ALSO OVER THE FTO PROGRAM SO HE HAS TO HAVE HE COMES IN ONCE EVERY WEEK AND EVERY TWO WEEKS AND DOES A MEETING WITH ALL THE TRAINING OFFICERS AND THE STAFF THAT IS BEING TRAINED SO HE'S OVERLOOKING A LOT AND THAT'S THE REASON THAT HIS OVERTIME SO ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT A FAIR AMOUNT OF THAT OVERTIME IT'S NOT ALL OF IT WE WOULD GO AWAY WITH THIS STAFFING ABOUT HOW MUCH TO BE FIGURE OUT TODAY YES A BIG PORTION OF IT GO AWAY IF WE HAVE THE STAFF BUT YOU STILL GOT A TRAINING GET OUTSIDE OF IT WILL YOU STILL HAVE TRAINING AND YOUR HAS TWO IN TRAINING WENT HOW FAR THEY OUT FROM ONE GENTLEMAN HAS 16 YEARS EXPERIENCE AND HE'S PROBABLY ANOTHER MONDAY ANOTHER LADY SHE'S GONNA BE SHE'S GOING TO BE UNTIL WHEN? PROBABLY AUGUST. AUGUST. OKAY, BUT IF WE BRING IN THREE MORE OFFICERS, HOW DO YOU HANDLE THAT? WELL, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT ALL AT ONCE. I HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW TO BRING US UP THAT I COULD UTILIZE. WE COULD GET THOSE THAT ARE IN TRAINING THROUGH THAT, AND AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT YEAR, WE CAN START FILLING THOSE POSITIONS WITHOUT DESTROYING EVERYTHING. THESE THREE PEOPLE, THE ONES THAT JUST GOT OUT OF TRAINING, AND THE TWO THAT ARE IN TRAINING VERSUS US, HOW MANY OUT OF THAT 14? ELEVEN. ELEVEN. I'M HEARING A LOT OF THREE. YEAH, AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'LL JUST MENTION REAL QUICK. I'M SORRY. BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE THE ASSISTANT CHIEF'S POSITION. SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I WILL JUST MENTION THAT SERGEANT BURDICK DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION ON BOTH OUR FIELD TRAINING OPERATIONS AND OUR RESERVE PROGRAM. IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THAT, HE CAN DO THAT. DO I NEED TO TAKE THEM A COPY? SO, WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT THOSE ON SLIDES. OKAY. SO, GO AHEAD, SIR. SO, YOU SAID 10, BECAUSE YOU'VE STILL GOT THE ASSISTANT CHIEF'S POSITION ON. OKAY. SO, EVEN AT THAT, EVEN AT 10, YOU'RE STILL SHORT-STAFFED ON A 24-7 BASIS. YES. IF SOMEBODY HAS TO TAKE OFF, SOMEBODY GETS SICK, WHATEVER, THAT JUST LEAVES ONE OFFICER. YEAH. OKAY. GO AHEAD, SERGEANT BURDICK. OKAY. NEXT SLIDE. SO, THIS SLIDE IS GOING TO COVER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STAFFING AND FIELD TRAINING PLAN. IDEALLY, WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD AN OPERATION. WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT THROUGH STRATEGIC HIRING AND COURSE TRAINING. THE NEXT SLIDE IS BASICALLY GOING TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE. ACROSS THE BOARD, MOST POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE FACING ABOUT A 10% DEFICIT. SO, EVEN IF WE FIGURE WE'RE GOING TO BE A 14, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE ABOUT 12 OR 13. WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO LEAVE, SOMETHING'S AT RETIREMENT, OR SOMETHING'S GOING TO COME UP. WE'RE ALSO 5.2% BELOW WHAT STAFF WOULD. PEOPLE ARE BEING RECRUITED SINCE 2019. [01:45:01] AND 70% OF MOST POLICE DEPARTMENTS RIGHT NOW ARE REPORTING IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO RECRUIT OFFICERS RIGHT NOW. AND AGAIN, THEY TALK ABOUT KEY DRIVERS BEING RESIGNATIONS. OF COURSE, THERE'S THIS, THE REMAINING HIGH. THIS IS WHAT'S MAKING IT SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT FOR US TO RECRUIT. BECAUSE AS THESE PEOPLE ARE RESIGNING, OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE FIGHTING FOR THESE PEOPLE, AND WE'RE HAVING TO FIGHT FOR THE SAME PEOPLE. AND THERE'S JUST NOT AS MUCH INTEREST AS THERE WAS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND I CAN GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN I TESTED 18 YEARS AGO TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER, ABOUT 2,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED THAT TEST, AND IT WAS 15 OF US PICKED. SO, WE DON'T HAVE THAT. WE DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS COMING IN. WE DID GET ABOUT 20 TO 30 APPLICANTS IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS, WHICH IS GOOD FOR US, WHICH IS OUTSTANDING. IT'S WAY BETTER THAN ANYTHING ELSE WE SAW PRIOR. SO, CURRENT DEPARTMENT STAFFING, WE HAVE A CHIEF, WE HAVE A CHIEF, TWO SERGEANTS, AN INVESTIGATOR, AND FOUR OFFICERS, WITH TWO OFFICERS IN TRAINING. AGAIN, WHAT HE HAD TALKED ABOUT WAS THAT ONE OFFICER IS ALREADY OUT OF TRAINING, WHICH HE WAS DONE IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS. HIRING SOME OF THE EXPERIENCED IS GREAT, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A DEPARTMENT THAT'S JUST ALL EXPERIENCED, WE WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO MENTOR AND TEACH HOW TO BE POLICE OFFICERS, AND TEACH HOW TO BE POLICE OFFICERS IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND, NOT WACO OR WHEREVER ELSE THEY COME FROM, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO TEACH THEM HOW WE DO THINGS HERE, WHICH, OF COURSE, CAN BE COMMUNITY-BASED POLICING. ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE. SO, RIGHT NOW, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT PATROL SHIFT COVERAGE BY STAFFING LEVELS, RIGHT NOW, IF WE GET TO OUR 10TH, ONCE WE GET TO 10TH SWORN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BASELINE OF TWO OFFICERS COVERING ALL OF THE SHIFTS. WE KNOW BOTH IN COVERAGE FOR LEAVE, TRAINING, OR SICK TIME, WHICH WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S SCHEDULED FOR TRAINING AND SOMEBODY CALLS OUT SICK, WE HAVE TO CALL SOMEBODY IN FOR OVERTIME. NOW, THAT CAUSES ISSUES WITH, HEY, GUESS WHAT, I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU ON YOUR SCHEDULED DAY OFF WITH NO NOTICE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO COME IN AND WORK THIS DAY. SOMETHING I DON'T WANT TO DO AS A SUPERVISOR, BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE TO BE THE BAD GUYS SOMETIMES, AND WE HAVE A JOB TO DO, AND IT'S PART OF POLICING. NOT SOMETHING THAT'S IDEAL. WE STILL DO IT. AND, OF COURSE, ANY ABSENCE DROPS, SHIFT TO A SINGLE RESPONSE OFFICER. AND, AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN RUNNING INTO ISSUES WITH THAT, OF COURSE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE OFFICER RESPONDING TO A CALL. LET'S SAY IT'S AN ASSAULT AND VIOLENCE. WE MOST DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE TWO OFFICERS GO AND RESPOND TO THAT CALL. WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE ONE. CURRENTLY, WE'RE HAVING OTHER AGENCIES HAVING TO COME BACK US UP ON THOSE CALLS. THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY MURPHY. THAT COULD BE PLANO. THAT COULD BE WILEY. THAT COULD BE ALLEN. WHAT THEY DO WHEN THEY DO THAT IS THEY CALL THAT SHIFT SUPERVISOR, AND THEY GO, HEY, IS IT OKAY IF I SEND AN OFFICER? IF THEY'RE BUSY, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY NO. THEN THEY CALL THE NEXT AGENCY. OUR OFFICER'S AT A DOMESTIC, WHICH CAN BE A VERY VIOLENT SITUATION. TWO OFFICERS CAN LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF FORCE THAT WE HAVE AND REDUCE OUR LIABILITY. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE PRETTY MUCH NEED TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO OFFICERS ON SHIFT OR FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK ON THAT. NOW, ONCE WE GET TO 14 SWORN PERSONNEL, WE'LL HAVE TWO OFFICER MINIMUM FOR THE MOST PART, UNLESS SOMETHING CRAZY GOES ON, BUT IT BUILDS IN A CUSHION. STILL MAY HAVE TO CALL SOMEBODY ON OCCASION, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE VERY RARE. WE'LL HAVE THREE OFFICERS ASSIGNED EVERY SHIFT, WHICH WOULD BE IDEAL. SO IT WOULD BE NICE WHERE WE'LL HAVE THREE OFFICERS WORKING, WHICH THEN WE CAN BREAK THEM DOWN INTO DIFFERENT SECTORS OR DIFFERENT BEATS, AND THAT WILL IMPROVE OUR RESPONSE TIMES. IT WILL HELP WITH OFFICER SAFETY ISSUES AND REDUCE OUR POLICE LIABILITY. THERE'S GOING TO BE BUILT-IN TIME FOR LEAVE, TRAINING, AND SICK TIME, WHICH WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO LOOK AT THAT. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY ON LEAVE, OKAY, CAN WE REALLY DO TRAINING RIGHT NOW? AND WHAT'S THE BEST TIME TO SCHEDULE TRAINING? WHAT'S THE BEST FOR LEAVE? WE CAN'T CONTROL SICK TIME. THAT'S A VARIABLE THAT I CAN'T CONTROL. UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T ASK THEM OR GET INVOLVED IN THAT, BUT WE CAN CONTROL IT WHEN WE TRAIN. AND WHEN THEIR SCHEDULED LEAVE IS TO A POINT. SO IF SOMEBODY PUTS IN A LEAVE FOR SIX MONTHS PRIOR, WE CAN LOOK AT THE TRAINING SCHEDULE, SAY, HEY, DOES THIS CLASS MEET UP WHERE WE CAN LET PEOPLE OFF OR NOT LET PEOPLE OFF? AND WE CAN WORK IT FROM THERE. AND, OF COURSE, IT IMPROVES OFFICER SAFETY AND CONSISTENT BACKUP. THEY'LL KNOW WHO THEIR BACKUP IS. IT'S NOT SOME OTHER AGENCY WHO COULD OR MAY OR MAY NOT DO THINGS THE SAME WAY AS US. WE WANT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHO. WE WANT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHO THEY HAVE COVERING THEM. AND THEY CAN BUILD A BOND AND KIND [01:50:01] OF WORK TOGETHER BETTER. ALL RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS GOING TO COVER THE HIRING PIPELINE, BASICALLY THE APPLICATION TO DEPLOYMENT OF THAT OFFICER WHEN THEY'RE FULLY READY TO BE ON PATROL. SO TYPICALLY IN OUR SCREENING PROCESS, AS SOON AS AN APPLICATION DROPS, IT TAKES ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE PRE-SCREEN FOR THE APPLICATION BECAUSE I'LL ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE BACKGROUNDS. FIRST, OR THE APPLICATION AND THE PHS MYSELF. IF THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THAT, WE WILL NOT SEND THEM THE BACKGROUND. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO SAVE THE CITY MONEY BECAUSE OUR BACKGROUNDS CURRENTLY COST MONEY TO SEND THEM OUT. I DON'T WANT TO SPEND THAT MONEY IF I KNOW SOMEBODY'S NOT GOING TO GET THROUGH THAT PROCESS. WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THOSE. THEN FINALLY, WHEN WE DO SEND THE BACKGROUND, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT A MONTH TO SIX WEEKS ON THAT BACKGROUND, USUALLY IT'S ABOUT FOUR WEEKS, AND THEN WE HAVE TO SEND THEM FOR PSYCHE, AND THEN WE HAVE TO SEND THEM FOR EVAL, AND THEN THEY DO A CHIEF'S INTERVIEW. THE PSYCHE EVAL IS USUALLY ABOUT ANOTHER WEEK, WEEK AND A HALF. SO TYPICALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT AN EIGHT-WEEK TIME FRAME. THEN FINALLY, ONCE YOU GET THE CONDITIONAL JOB OFFER, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE MEDICAL CLEARANCE. THEY HAVE TO GET SOME THINGS DONE PRIOR TO GETTING HIRED. YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT TWO WEEKS ON THAT. ONCE THEY, IF THEY WERE TO ATTEND A POLICE ACADEMY, WHICH WE HAD NOT SENT ANYBODY TO A POLICE ACADEMY, BUT IF WE HAD A VERY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL, I WOULD WANT TO PUT THAT PERSON THERE, AN ACADEMY WOULD APPROACH YOU GUYS AGAIN ABOUT THAT AND GO, HEY, WE HAVE THIS GREAT APPLICANT, BUT HE'D BE A RESOURCE OR SHE'D BE A RESOURCE, AND WE WOULD WANT TO DO THAT. RIGHT NOW WE'RE CURRENTLY NOT, WE CURRENTLY HAVE NOT HIRED ANYBODY TO PUT IN THE POLICE ACADEMY, SO THAT HAS NOT BEEN AN ISSUE, BUT THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WE LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE. WE HAVE HIRED OUT OF THE ACADEMY. YES. NOW, AS FAR AS THE FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM, IT'S VERY LONG FOR THE CITY PARK. IF THEY'RE RIGHT OUT OF THE ACADEMY, IT'S 20 WEEKS. SO I DON'T WANT TO GO ANY LESS THAN THAT WITH SOMEBODY OUT OF THE ACADEMY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE TRAINED AND IT WILL REDUCE OUR LIABILITY AS A WHOLE CITY AND THAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF DOING THE JOB. IF THEY COME FROM A, IF THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE, WE EVALUATE HOW THEY'RE DOING THROUGHOUT TRAINING, AND THEN WE CAN REDUCE THAT. THE MOST WE'VE REDUCED SO FAR IS THE NINE WEEKS. SO IT'S STILL ABOUT TWO MONTHS IN FTO. AND THEN, OF COURSE, ONCE THEY ACTUALLY HIT SOLO PATROL, THERE'S PROBATIONARY PERIOD FOR A YEAR, BUT THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN OUR PIPELINE. ALL RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. THE FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM STRUCTURE, THE FIRST PHASE IS GOING TO BE SIX WEEKS. IT'S BASICALLY GOING TO BE YOUR ORIENTATION PHASE. IT'S WHERE THEY OBSERVE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OR THEIR FTO TO SEE HOW THEY DO IT. AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IS ACTUALLY GOING TO SIT THERE AND TEACH THEM HOW TO DO EACH THING AND A LOT OF THE SIMPLE THINGS LIKE HOW TO USE A RADIO. HOW TO OPERATE A VEHICLE. HOW TO EVEN LOOK THROUGH THE VEHICLE BEFORE SHIFT AND INSPECT IT. AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET INTO YOUR BASIC PATROL PROCEDURES. THEY'RE GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT, HEY, WHEN YOU START TO RESPOND TO A CALL, YOU NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT HOW THAT, YOU NEED TO TAKE IN FROM DISPATCH WHAT THEY TELL YOU. YOU NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WHEN YOU GET ON THAT CALL. AND YOU'RE GOING TO START WORKING THAT CALL FROM THEN. HOW YOU'RE GOING TO INTERVIEW PEOPLE. HOW YOU'RE GOING TO SEPARATE PEOPLE. AND THEN ONCE THEY GET THERE, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO, ACTUALLY, PERFORM THAT. AND THEN ONCE YOU GET IN, AFTER THEY GRADUATE FROM FIRST PHASE, WHICH AGAIN, WE STILL HAVE TO, WE DO A DAILY EVALUATION ON THEM. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY DAY THEY PASS. IF NOT, WE DO, WE MAY HAVE TO PUT THEM ON REMEDIAL. AND THEN ONCE THEY'RE DONE WITH THAT, WE DO AN END OF PHASE CRITIQUE. ONCE THAT END OF PHASE CRITIQUE IS DONE, THEY MOVE ON TO SECOND PHASE, WHICH EVEN IN BETWEEN PHASES, I HAVE TO SIGN OFF IT AND CHIEF HAS TO SIGN OFF ON THAT AS WELL. SO IT'S A PRETTY IN-DEPTH TRAINING PROGRAM. ONCE YOU GET TO SECOND PHASE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER SIX WEEKS OF TRAINING. AND IT'S GOING TO GET INTO MORE, THEY'RE GOING TO, ONE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THINGS THEMSELVES. WE'RE NOW GOING TO BE TEACHING THEM WHILE THEY'RE DOING IT. SO AS THEY'RE RESPONDING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESPONSE, WE'RE GOING, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO PERFORM THIS. WHEN THEY GO THROUGH A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING IT. WE'RE GOING TO BE HELPING THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS AND STILL TEACHING THEM. BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THEM TO SHOW THEM HOW TO DO IT. IN CUSTODY PROCEDURES, STUFF LIKE THAT, HOW TO MAKE AN ARREST, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THOSE ARRESTS. THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE JAIL PAPERWORK. THEY'RE GOING TO START TAKING CONTROL OF THINGS. AND WE WANT TO SEE THEM PROGRESS THROUGH THAT SO THEY'RE CAPABLE BY THE END OF SECOND PHASE TO DO IT ON THEIR OWN. AND THAT'S WHEN WE GET TO THIRD PHASE. THIRD PHASE IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER SIX WEEKS OF TRAINING. THAT'S WHEN THEY START DOING EVERYTHING ON THEIR OWN. SO IF THEY'RE GOING TO HIGH-RISK CALL, WE'RE GOING TO STEP BACK AND WATCH THEM, SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING. WE WON'T STEP IN UNTIL THEY'RE FAILING. WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET THEM FAIL, BUT WE DO WANT TO SEE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO PERFORM [01:55:01] AT THIS LEVEL. A LOT OF THIS TIME FRAME, YOU'RE LOOKING AT MORE OF THEIR DOING OR EVALUATING. WE'RE GETTING READY FOR GHOST PHASE, WHICH WOULD BE THE FINAL PHASE. IN GHOST PHASE, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE GOING TO START. IT'S ABOUT TWO TO THREE WEEKS IN GHOST PHASE. TYPICALLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THEM IN A SEPARATE CAR. THEY'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING. WE'RE GOING TO GHOST THEM. SO WHEN THEY RESPOND TO A CALL, THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING. SO LET'S SAY THE GHOST OFFICER, FTO, AND THE PPO ARE IN THE SAME AREA. THEY RESPOND TO A CALL. THAT PPO DOESN'T MAKE IT BEFORE THE FTO DOES. THERE'S A PROBLEM. WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS IT. WE'RE GOING TO BE LIKE, HEY, WHY IS THAT RESPONSE TIME SLOW? DO YOU NOT KNOW THE PROPER ROUTES TO GET THERE? DID THEY RESPOND PROPERLY? DID THEY RUN CODE? DID THEY NOT RUN CODE? WHEN THEY DO GET THERE, WE'RE GOING TO START OBSERVING THEM. WE'RE GOING TO STEP WAY BACK. WE'RE GOING TO CALL FOR A COVER OFFICER. AGAIN, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S NICE TO HAVE THREE OFFICERS, BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE AN FTO TRAINING. AND SOMEBODY ELSE, IT'S NICE TO HAVE THAT OTHER OFFICER THERE, BECAUSE THAT FTO DOESN'T REALLY COUNT. WE DON'T WANT THE FTO BEING BACK THERE. THEY SHOULD BE WATCHING. TYPICALLY THAT'S HOW MOST PROGRAMS WORK. AND, AGAIN, IT'S AN EXTREMELY LONG FTO PROGRAM. YOU'RE LOOKING AT 20 WEEKS OF TRAINING, AND WE CAN REDUCE IT. BUT IT'S A THOROUGH PROGRAM. WE HAVE TO ENSURE IT'S DONE WELL. AND WE'RE WORKING TO ALWAYS MAKE THAT PROGRAM BETTER, BECAUSE IT DOES REDUCE OUR LIABILITY. NEXT SLIDE. SO RIGHT NOW, OUR CURRENT TRAINING CAPABILITIES ARE WE HAVE FIVE FTOS, JUST LIKE CHIEF TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. WE HAVE THE SERGEANT SUPERVISOR, WHICH I'M OVER THAT PROGRAM. WE HAVE ANOTHER SERGEANT WHO SHE'S ANOTHER PRIMARY TRAINER. AND WE HAVE ONE OFFICER WHO'S A PRIMARY TRAINER. AGAIN, THE ONE OFFICER, WE DO HAVE TRAINING. HE'S GOT ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS' EXPERIENCE, AND HE'S ONLY TRAINED A FEW OFFICERS. SO HE'S STILL LEARNING. HE'S STILL PROGRESSING. HE'S STILL SOMEONE WE HAVE TO MENTOR. SO WE DO HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE CAPABLE OF TRAINING PRETTY WELL. AND THEN OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAVE THE ADDITIONAL FTOS THAT ARE CERTIFIED, WHICH WOULD BE CHIEF PRICE, WHICH HE WILL FILL IN OCCASIONALLY FOR US IF SOMEBODY'S SICK. AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR INVESTIGATOR BOWLS, WHO WE'LL WALK THEM THROUGH INVESTIGATIONS TYPICALLY DURING THE ORIENTATION PHASE. NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. SO CURRENTLY IN FTO, WE HAVE TWO OFFICERS IN FTO. BOTH OF THEM HAVE NOW ENTERED SECOND PHASE. ONE WE'VE SPED UP THROUGH THE PROCESS. HE WAS ABLE TO GET THROUGH FIRST PHASE IN SEVEN DAYS. I DON'T BELIEVE HE'LL GO MORE THAN A MONTH TO TWO MONTHS AT HIS CURRENT PACE. THE OTHER TRAINEE, THAT'S SOMEBODY STRAIGHT OUT OF THE ACADEMY. AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE PEOPLE ARE TRAINED. I TAKE IT SO SERIOUSLY, THESE TRAINEES, IF THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH TRAINING, I WANT THEM TO COME TO ME AND GO, HEY, I NEED ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN THIS. AND IF WE HAVE TO PUT THEM IN REMEDIAL TRAINING AND IT'S THEIR IDEA, THAT'S EVEN BETTER, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN DO THE JOB AND THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING IT. WE DON'T WANT TO PUT ANYBODY OUT THERE ON THEIR OWN. ALL RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY. THIS IS WHERE WE MOVE INTO THE RESERVE OFFICER AND FTO REQUIREMENTS. SO RESERVE OFFICERS CARRY THE SAME LIABILITIES AS FULL-TIME OFFICERS. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THEY STILL HAVE TO MEET, THESE FOUR, THEY STILL HAVE THE SAME AUTHORITY, AND THEY'RE JUST AS ACCOUNTABLE AS I AM. ON ARREST, SEARCH, AND SEIZURE, THEY HAVE THE SAME POWERS I DO, WHICH ARREST, SEARCH, AND SEIZURE, FREE FOURTH AMENDMENT VIOLATIONS, COMES WITH A LOT OF LIABILITY. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE TRAINED IN THOSE AREAS. AS FAR AS CIVIL LIABILITY, WHENEVER SOMEBODY DOESN'T MEET A CERTAIN TRAINING STANDARD, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IT AND GO, DID THE CITY TRAIN THEM TO A PROPER LEVEL? IF WE HIRE A RESERVE WHO'S NOT TRAINED PROPERLY, THAT EXPOSES US TO CIVIL LIABILITY. WE DO NOT WANT TO FIX THAT LIABILITY AT ALL. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE DOCUMENTED TRAINING AND THEY ARE TRAINED AT A DECENT LEVEL. AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR COMMUNITY IS ALWAYS GOING TO EXPECT PEOPLE TO BE PROFESSIONAL AND COMPETENT. THAT'S OUR TRAINING GOALS. AND EVEN WITH RESERVES, WE'D STILL WANT TO MEET THAT STANDARD. SO THE FULL-TIME FTO IS REQUIRED. WHY? RESERVE HIRES MUST COMPLETE THE ENTIRE FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM. BECAUSE RESERVES BEAR IDENTICAL LIABILITIES. THERE IS NO ABBREVIATED OR MODIFIED TRAINING PATH. A RESERVE HIRE REQUIRES ALL FOUR FTO PHASES, ORIENTATION THROUGH SOLO EVALUATION, FOUR 20-WEEK WEEKS OF SUPERVISED FTO. AND AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW FIRST PHASE, THEY HAVE AN OFFICER WITH THEM THE WHOLE ENTIRE TIME. SECOND PHASE, THEY HAVE AN OFFICER WITH THEM. THIRD PHASE, THEY HAVE AN OFFICER WITH THEM. AND THEN FINALLY, GET-TO-GO PHASE. SO WE'RE ALREADY INVESTING 20 WEEKS IN THAT RESERVE. AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO BE A DAILY EVALUATION. AND FTOS SIGN OFF ON EACH PHASE WITH THE FTO SUPERVISOR AND CHIEF. AND THAT FTO IS GOING TO BE DEDICATED AND ASSIGNED TO THAT RESERVE OFFICER WHILE HE'S THROUGH TRAINING. [02:00:06] THAT'S ALSO A BIG COMMITMENT FOR THE RESERVE TO COME IN FOR ALMOST FIVE, SIX MONTHS OF TRAINING. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR A LARGE COMMITMENT FORM IN RESPONSE TO US BEING ABLE TO PICK UP A RESERVE. NEXT SLIDE. HOW DO WE HIRE STRENGTH IN OPERATION? SO PATROL, USUALLY 6% OF YOUR STAFF IS PATROL. WE RUN AT A LOT HIGHER PERCENTAGE RUNNING PATROL BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN OUR DEPARTMENT DOES SOME TYPE OF PATROL WORK, WHETHER IT'S AN ADMIN SERGEANT OR OTHER SERGEANT WHO DOES TRAINING OR OUR INVESTIGATOR, CHIEF PRICE, WE ALL DO PATROL. SO I'M PROBABLY GOING TO SAY WE'RE ABOUT 95% OF US DOING IT. IT INCREASES OFFICER WELLNESS. AGAIN, THAT ALLOWS THEM TIME OFF. IT ALLOWS TIME OFF FOR THEIR FAMILY. IF THEY HAVE A CRITICAL INCIDENT, THEY HAVE TIME TO GO, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I NEED A DAY OFF. WE CAN GO, HEY, TAKE THAT DAY OFF. GET YOURSELF TOGETHER AND COME BACK TO WORK. AND OF COURSE, IT BUILDS COMMUNITY TRUST BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER OFFICERS. WE HAVE ABOUT THREE OFFICERS OUT THERE. THAT MEANS WE HAVE THREE OFFICERS THAT CAN REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. THEY CAN GET INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY POLICING. WE CAN START BUILDING OTHER PROGRAMS, LIKE COFFEE WITH THE COP AND OTHER THINGS. RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE RESOURCES OR THE MANPOWER TO COVER SOME OF THOSE THINGS. AND OF COURSE, WHEN WE GET TO PROTECTED STAFFING IMPACT, SERVICE RESTORATION, AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO SOME OF THOSE PROACTIVE PATROLS. THE COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAMS I JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH COFFEE WITH THE COP, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE REALLY WANT TO DO. AGAIN, YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA EARLIER. WE DO WANT TO HAVE SOME SOCIAL MEDIA PROGRAMS IN OUR PRESENCE, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO DO THAT AND FREE UP SOME TIME. RETENTION CYCLE, STAFFING IMPROVES MORALE, AND THE WORK-LIFE BALANCE. THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID SOME PAPERS ON WHILE I WAS GOING TO GET MY COLLEGE DEGREE. RIGHT NOW, THE GENERATION RIGHT NOW, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THEY HAVE A WORK-LIFE BALANCE. IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE WORK-LIFE BALANCE, THEY TEND TO NOT WANT TO WORK IN THAT AGENCY. THEY'RE NOT KIND OF LIKE, THEY DIDN'T COME UP IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT ME AND CHIEF CAME UP IN, WHICH IS YOU GO TO WORK, YOU KIND OF KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT, AND YOU JUST DO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. THEY'RE LIKE, I WANT TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF LIFE OUTSIDE OF WORK. IT'S PROBABLY HEALTHIER FOR THOSE OFFICERS TO HAVE THAT. THEN IT HELPS, AGAIN, WITH TRAINING CAPACITY. MORE FTOS RIGHT NOW. YOU HAVE TWO SERGEANTS TRAINING, AND YOU HAVE A CHIEF WHO MAY BE TRAINING. YOU MAY HAVE AN INVESTIGATOR WHO MAY BE TRAINING. WE ONLY HAVE ONE OFFICER RIGHT NOW WHO'S ACTUALLY TRAINING. THE OFFICERS SHOULD BE IN THOSE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. WE NEED OUR OFFICERS, LIKE A NORMAL PATROL OFFICER, TO STEP UP, BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREER. THE NORMAL PROGRESSION IS THEY BECOME A PATROL OFFICER, THEY SPEND ABOUT TWO TO FIVE YEARS ON PATROL, THEY BECOME AN FTO, AND NOW THEY START TO STEP IN A SUPERVISORY ROLE WHERE THEY'RE AN FTO OVER THAT NEW OFFICER. NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. I DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MS. PILGRIM. YES. I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT I WANT TO ASSUME YOU HAVEN'T LOST ANY ADDITIONAL OFFICERS SINCE THE PAPER WAS CHANGED, RIGHT? NO. CORRECT. THAT STOPPED THE BLEEDING. YES. OKAY. WE PUT SOME BANDAGE ON IT, AND WE GOT SOME GOOD AND ACTUAL HYDROGAS. OKAY. AND THE TWO POSITIONS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WERE ALREADY AUTHORIZED, THEY JUST WERE NOT FILLED? YES. OKAY. OKAY. MS. BALTON. YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE RESERVE OFFICERS. THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF THIS. A NEW PROGRAM. I DIDN'T SEE THIS IN OUR PACKET TODAY. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME. AND SO WE WANTED TO BRING THAT TO THE COUNCIL TONIGHT TO SHOW WHERE OUR RESTRAINTS IN IT, NOT THAT I'M AGAINST IT, BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET PEOPLE THAT ARE, ONE, WILLING ENOUGH TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME TRAINING EVERYBODY ELSE DOES, AND TWO, WE WANT TO BE STAFFED, PAID STAFF, BEFORE WE GET THIS RESERVE KICKED OFF REALLY GOOD. SO IS IT PAID RESERVE? IS IT NO? NO. IT'S NOT. IT'S LEGAL TO PAY RESERVES. OKAY. THIS IS, I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH CHIEF PRICE ABOUT THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BECAUSE MANY OTHER PLACES HAVE RESERVE OFFICERS. USUALLY THEY'VE RETIRED FROM OTHER AGENCIES, BUT THEY STILL WANT TO GO OUT AND PLAY, AS THEY CALL IT, ONE DAY A WEEK OR, YOU KNOW. SO I THINK IT'S VERY BENEFICIAL. WE'VE HAD THEM, I'VE HAD THEM IN OTHER CITIES THAT I'VE BEEN IN BEFORE, SO I MEAN, I AGREE WITH THE PROGRAM. I WAS JUST, I WAS SURPRISED. I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS COMING, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS A SEPARATE THING. BECAUSE IT WOULD REALLY CUT DOWN ON THE OVERTIME, BECAUSE YOU COULD CALL IN A RESERVE. OR IF OTHERS, IF WE GOT THE BLUE FLOW OR SOMETHING [02:05:01] LIKE THAT, YOU CAN CALL IN RESERVES TO COME IN AND PICK UP THE DIFFERENCE. I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION. SO YOU SAID YOU PULLED FROM OTHER AGENCIES WHEN WE'RE REALLY SHORT STAFFED. ARE WE RECIPROCATING? I MEAN, THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE RECIPROCATING THAT. SO WHAT DOES THAT DO TO OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR SURROUNDING AGENCIES? SO WE DO RECIPROCATE. OKAY. SO IF MURPHY NEEDS ADDITIONAL OFFICERS, WE DO RESPOND DOWN THERE. LIKE WE WENT DOWN THERE A COUPLE YEARS AGO. THEY HAD A SITUATION WHERE THEY HAD A MURDER DOWN THERE, A MURDER-SUICIDE SITUATION. BOTH OFFICERS THEN WERE WORKING MORE TIGHTLY, WERE TIED UP DOWN THERE FOR LIKE PROBABLY LIKE TEN HOURS, EIGHT TO TEN HOURS. SO WE DO RECIPROCATE, BUT THEN TYPICALLY THEY'LL HELP US OUT. THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH HELP COMING FROM MURPHY. WE'RE STARTING TO GET INTO USING OTHER DEPARTMENTS. AND BECAUSE WE'RE SPREADING THAT OUT, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THEIR CHAIN OF COMMAND IN ORDER TO GET SOMETHING AUTHORIZED. WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, LIKE WHEN I WORKED IN WICHITA COUNTY AS A SERGEANT THERE, IF A CITY HAD ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE, THEY WOULD HAVE CALLED ME, DISPATCH WOULD HAVE CALLED ME AND SAID, HEY, THIS CITY IS REQUESTING AN OFFICER. IF I DON'T HAVE AN OFFICER AVAILABLE, I'M GOING TO SAY NO. OR IF I KNOW THAT AN OFFICER IS TOO FAR AWAY, I'M GOING TO SAY NO. BUT IF IT'S A SITUATION WHERE, HEY, I HAVE A GUY AVAILABLE, I'M GOING TO SEND THAT OFFICER. SO IT'S GOT TO GO THROUGH A WHOLE APPROVAL PROCESS BEFORE THAT OFFICER IS EVEN SENT. DEPENDING ON THEIR APPROVAL PROCESS, IT MAY BE SENT THROUGH AN MDT. THEY CALL DISPATCH. DISPATCH SAYS, HEY, THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVE. AND THEN FINALLY THEY TELL THEM, HEY, DISPATCH THIS OFFICER, WHICH MAY TAKE FIVE, TEN MINUTES, DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT SUPERVISOR IS TIED UP ON. AND IT KIND OF PUTS US IN A LITTLE BIT OF A SITUATION SOMETIMES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, MR. FOGEL. GOT ONE FOR GARY. YOU EVER BEEN ARRESTED? NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. JUST KIDDING. HOW MANY HOMES DO YOU THINK ARE GOING TO BE, NEW HOMES ARE GOING TO BE ADDED TO PARKER WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR BASED ON THE BUILDING ACTIVITY AND PERMITS THAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW? I WOULD SAY PROBABLY 40, IT'S A GUESS AT THIS POINT, 40 TO 50 PROBABLY. REALLY? IT'S LOWER THAN I EXPECTED. YOU'VE GOT 89 THAT ARE APPROVED FOR SOUTHPORT, RIGHT? THEY WON'T BUILD THEM ALL. I KNOW. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE 40 TO 50. I GUESS MAYBE TWO YEARS, I SHOULD SAY. 48 OR SOMETHING IN... KINGSVILLE, I THINK. NO, NOT KINGSVILLE. MCCURRY MEADOWS. YEAH. MCCURRY MEADOWS. I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 12 OR SO IN THAT SMALLER DEVELOPMENT OVER THERE OFF OF MCCURRY. AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW MANY THERE WERE GOING TO BE IN KINGS CROSSING. SO I WAS THINKING IT WAS GOING TO BE CLOSER TO A COUPLE OF HUNDRED, PROBABLY OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, PROBABLY 100, 120. OKAY. A LITTLE SLOWER PACE THAN I THOUGHT. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US? I'M LOOKING FOR DIRECTIONS AS TO WHETHER I CAN HIRE AT THE WRONG PLACE. I'M NOT SURE. IF WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH THE TWO OFFICERS. I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. I CERTAINLY AM, TOO. I WAS WHEN I MADE THE. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TWO LAST YEAR, AND I ACTUALLY SAID I THINK WE OUGHT TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THREE. BECAUSE ONCE WE GET TO LEAST STAFF, WE'RE GOING TO BE READY TO MOVE ON TO THOSE OTHERS AS WELL. I'M JUST A STRONG BELIEVER WE'VE BEEN REALLY SHORTHANDED IN THIS CITY FOR YEARS, EVEN WITH OUR CURRENT POPULATION. IT IS GOING TO GROW SOME. MAYBE IT'S NOT GOING TO GROW AS FAST AS I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. BUT WE CAN'T REALLY EVEN HAVE – WE'VE BEEN A MESS OF TWO OFFICERS WHO ARE SICK IN THE SAME WEEK RIGHT NOW. AND I STILL BELIEVE SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS AND YOUR PERSON AND YOUR PROPERTY IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT DUTY THAT A CITY CAN PROVIDE TO ITS CITIZENS. AND IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE A CITY THAT DOESN'T TAX PEOPLE ENOUGH, BUT WE'RE TOO POOR TO AFFORD THE POLICE COVERAGE IF WE NEED IT. WELL, I THINK WHEN WE WERE THE SECOND SAFEST CITY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A REAL CREDIT TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND OUR RESIDENTS DON'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T DO TRAFFIC AND RESPOND TO CALLS AT THE SAME TIME. AND SOMETIMES WE AT THIS POINT DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO DO THAT. AND THIS WOULD GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BETTER ABLE TO DO THAT. SO, MS. BOB DID. SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR A RUN, FOR SURE. THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE A BONUS, AND THE THIRD IS A BIG WISH. AND WE'RE ABOUT TO GO INTO BUDGET SEASON, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I NEED TO DO THREE AT THIS TIME BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO GO INTO BUDGET. AND I THINK – IF HE'S HAPPY WITH THE ONE – I WILL BE HAPPY WITH THE TWO THAT ARE ALREADY FUNDED. [02:10:01] YES. SO, DO WE HAVE ANY ACTION? WAS THIS WRITTEN FOR ACTION? SO, THIS WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR ACTION, BUT I JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY. ARE YOU GOOD WITH THE ONE OR ARE YOU GOOD WITH THE TWO? GOOD WITH THE TWO. I'M GOING TO UNFREEZE THE TWO. WELL, WE'LL APPROVE THE TWO. IN OTHER WORDS, UNFREEZE THOSE POSITIONS AND GO AHEAD AND FILL THEM ON THOSE TWO POSITIONS. AS WE SAID – I'M GOING TO BE THE ONE THAT'S GOING YOU'VE GOT YOUR DIRECTION ON THAT ONE? I DO HAVE MY DIRECTION. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR US? [7. CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NO. 916 REGULATING THE USE OF CITY PROPERTY, INCLUDING TEMPORARY STRUCTURES, ANIMALS, AND VEHICLES. ] EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 996, REGULATING THE USE OF CITY PROPERTY, INCLUDING TEMPORARY STRUCTURES, ANIMALS, AND VEHICLES. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? MR. SHAW. I FEEL LIKE I'M TALKING TOO MUCH TONIGHT. I'M BOTHERING EVEN ME. WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO SOLVE HERE? TRYING TO SOLVE HERE WHAT HAPPENED THAT THIS ORDINANCE WAS BROUGHT FORWARD FOR OUR CONSIDERATION I MEAN I GET WHAT IT'S SORT OF TRYING TO DO BUT LIKE WHAT WHAT SPECIFICALLY HAS HAPPENED OR WE'RE FEARING WILL HAPPEN THAT BRINGS THIS TO US THIS COMES OUT OF SEVERAL THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THAT STARTED IN ABOUT 2023 WHERE PEOPLE WERE BRINGING ANIMALS A HORSE AND A LONGHORN AND LETTING THEM AT CITY HALL OR LEAVING THEM ACROSS THE STREET THEY WERE BRINGING ALL KINDS OF THINGS AND LEAVING THEM UP HERE FOR X AMOUNT OF TIME AND IT INTERFERED WITH THE OPERATIONS OF THE CITY WE COULDN'T KNOW WE COULDN'T TREAT THE GRASS WE COULDN'T DO SOME THINGS WE NEEDED TO DO IT CAUSED SOME PARKING ISSUES AND THAT'S WHERE IT CAME FROM I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY HOW SMALL TOWN THAT IS I COULDN'T DO THE COW AT HOME I HAVE TO SAY THE TENTS THAT WERE SET UP AND LEFT FOR SEVERAL DAYS IT LOOKS TERRIBLE IT LOOKS TRASHY IT OVERNIGHT SHOULD NOT BE I JUST I DID NOT LIKE IT ONE BIT SO I THOUGHT IT LOOKED TERRIBLE AND IT'S DIFFERENT FOR ELECTION DAY IF IT GOES UP AND IT'S FOR A SHORT TIME AND THEN IT COMES DOWN AND IT'S GONE AND CLEAN AND IT'S NOT RUINING THE GRASS AND THERE'S NO EXTRA LIABILITY THAT YOU KNOW I MEAN PEOPLE ARE BEGGING YOU KNOW LARGE LIVESTOCK THAT'S A DISASTER IN MY OPINION AND TRASH IN THE GRASS AND UP UNTIL 2023 OR ROUGHLY ABOUT THERE PEOPLE USED ON ELECTION DAY YOU BROUGHT UP YOUR TENT AT 630 TO 7 IN THE MORNING AND TOOK IT DOWN BEFORE YOU LEFT AT THE END OF ELECTION DAY IT WAS NOT ALLOWED BY UNWRITTEN RULE IF YOU WILL TO STAY FOR TWO WEEKS WHAT'S HAPPENING THOSE PEOPLE COULD COME IN AND LEAVING STUFF UP FOR THE ENTIRE TIME AND PEOPLE CANNOT MOW THEY CANNOT TREAT THE GRASS IT IN THEIR SOCCER TEAMS THAT SLIDE USED THAT AREA TO PLAY THEY CAN'T BUT IT IS BLOCKING UP A LOT OF PARKING SOMEBODY BRINGS UP THEIR TRUCK THEIR TRAILER THEIR TRACTOR THEIR THERE AND LOSE THEM HERE FOR DAYS NOT THIS LAST TIME AN ENTIRE LAWN SET PATIO CHAIR BIG LARGE CHAIRS LEFT FOR DAYS WEEKS WE DON'T KNOW IT'S ABANDONED PROPERTY WE DON'T KNOW BUT YOU KNOW ARE THEY EXPECTING US TO KEEP IT SAFE AND SECURE WE DON'T KNOW HERE WE ARE BUDDY GO I MEAN I THINK THIS IS A REASONABLE THING TO DO I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO IF WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE LIKE YOU CAN'T BRING ANIMALS UP HERE YOU CAN'T BRING GOATS AND COWS AND LONGHORNS AND HORSES AND GET PONY RIDES TO KIDS DURING THE VOTING TIME WHICH WAS WHAT WAS GOING ON IF WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT THEN IT'S THE PROPER TIME TO ADDRESS ADDRESS ALL OF THESE ISSUES THAT TAKE PLACE AND SAY CITY PROPERTY IS NOT THE RIGHT [02:15:01] PLACE TO PUT UP TO EITHER BRING THOSE KINDS OF ANIMALS AND TO PUT UP THE KINDS OF DISPLAYS THAT WERE BEING PUT UP WHICH DID INCLUDE TRACTORS ONE WAS INCLUDED WHEN I GOT ELECTED TODD TALKED ME INTO IT TODD TOLD ME THIS IS WHAT WE DO HERE HE SAID I BROUGHT MY TRACTOR UP HERE WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND KEPT IT UP HERE THE WHOLE TIME AND EVERYBODY LIKED TO GET THEIR PICTURE MADE WITH MY OLD ANTIQUE INTERNATIONAL FARM ALL TRACTOR I'M GOING TO BRING IT UP HERE FOR YOUR ELECTION TOO AND WE'LL PUT YOUR SIGNS ON IT AND I'LL BRING MY 65 HE SAID HE'LL BRING A 65 MUSTANG UP HERE AND PUT MY SIGNS ON IT AND I COULD BRING MY 70 C10 PICKUP AND PUT MY SIGNS ON IT AND WE DID ALL THAT AS I LOOK BACK I WISH I'D NEVER DONE ANY OF THAT IT IT MAKES THIS PLACE LOOK LIKE A CLOWN SHOW AND IT'S AN ELECTION CENTER AT CITY HALL IT'S NOT A CIRCUS AND WE NEED TO I DON'T THINK WE NEED HORSES AND PIGS AND COWS AND GOATS AND LONGHORNS NOR DO WE NEED ANTIQUE VEHICLES AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT AND I DON'T AS LONG AS WE'RE DOING IT I DON'T THINK WE NEED PATIO FURNITURE AND AND CANOPIES FOR TWO WEEKS IN A ROW I'M FINE IF YOU WANT TO BRING A CANOPY TO BE UNDER ON ELECTION DAY WHERE YOU'RE OUT HERE ALL DAY LONG BUT APPARENTLY EVEN BEING UNDER A CANOPY FOR TWO WEEKS DOESN'T IMPACT VOTERS THAT MUCH IF YOU LOOK AT THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION THAT'S NOT WHAT'S GOING TO DETERMINE WHO PEOPLE VOTE FOR UH YEAH SO I GUESS FOR ME IT'S ALSO WE HAD TENTS UP OKAY WELL WHAT IS THE BROADER REPERCUSSION OF THAT IS NOW I'VE GOT YOU KNOW SOME FOLKS HANGING OUT BY THE GAZEBO WITH THEIR TENTS LIKE IT'S JUST THE CLARIFICATION FOR ME OF THE PURPOSE OF THE PARK AND WHAT IS APPROPRIATE IS WHAT IS WHERE I'M AT LET ME ADDRESS SOMETHING YOU JUST SAID UM THIS PROPERTY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS NOT PART OF THE PRESERVE UH THE AREA OVER BY THE GAZEBO IS PART OF THE PRESERVE AND HAS ITS OWN SET OF RULES THAT PARKS AND RECS UH SUGGESTS OR RECOMMENDS OR WHATEVER OKAY SO UM THIS AREA HERE FROM THE PARKING LOT TO ALMOST THE TREE LINE IS NOT IT'S ACTUALLY CITY HALL PROPERTY NOT THE PRESERVE SO IT'S SORT OF A BUT I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING BECAUSE IF I'M DRIVING DOWN PARKER ROAD AND I'M SEEING ALL THESE TENTS WHERE'S THAT LINE AND WHERE'S THE RULES AND WHERE'S THAT SO IF WE CAN CONTROL WHAT'S MOST VISIBLE THEN WE CAN CONTROL WHAT'S BEHIND THAT A LITTLE EASIER THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM THERE IS NOTHING AT THIS TIME AND IT IS FELT THAT MAYBE THERE NEEDS TO BE AND THE TENTS EXCEPT FOR CITY SPONSORED FUNCTIONS SUCH AS PARKER FEST WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A CANOPY THEY GO UP THAT DAY THEY COME DOWN THAT DAY SAME THING WITH WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ON LIKE I SAID UP UNTIL ABOUT 23 2023 EVERYBODY BROUGHT THEIR TENTS IT'S BUT TO HAVE THEM UP BY 7 30 IN THE MORNING AND THEY TOOK THEM DOWN WHEN THEY LEFT AT 7 AT NIGHT IT WASN'T TWO WEEKS OF EARLY VOTING AND ALL OF THAT AND AND THAT'S JUST GOTTEN TO BE A LITTLE BIT OUT OF HAND OUR PEOPLE UM GARY'S FOLKS CAN'T MOW THEY CAN'T TAKE CARE OF THE AREA PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THEIR STUFF THERE I MEAN IT'S LIKE THEY'RE NOT WITH THEIR FAMILIES YEAH I UNDERSTAND I AGREE YOU KNOW AND IT'S LIKE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT OR YOU KNOW WHAT OKAY MR BARRETT UM SO MAYBE I MISSED THIS I DIDN'T SEE AN EXEMPTION FOR A CANOPY ON ELECTION DAY ITSELF IN HERE UH IF WE'RE GOING TO PASS THIS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT PUT IN AS AN EXEMPTION OKAY YOU ARE CORRECT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE CITY THERE'S NOT ONE CURRENTLY IN HERE OKAY OKAY MR SHORE I WAS GOING TO AGREE WITH THAT IF ONE OF THESE CANOPIES FALLS OVER GOD FORBID HURTS A CHILD BLOWS BECAUSE OF OUR TEXAS WINDS IT'S NOT SECURED ENOUGH BECAUSE TEXAS WINDS ARE INSANE UM IS THE CITY I MEAN POTENTIALLY BUT NOT SOLELY YOU KNOW HOW LAWSUITS GO YOU SUE ANYBODY THAT YOU THINK YOU GOT A DEEP POCKET SO THE CITY YEAH THAT'S RIGHT SO I MEAN I THINK I THINK THAT ALONE BRINGS ME ON BOARD WITH WITH THE IDEA THAT WE SHOULDN'T ALLOW ANYTHING OR FOR THAT MATTER EVERYTHING ON CITY CITY BOUNDARIES ON UH [02:20:02] COUNCIL MEMBER BARRON'S REMARK ABOUT CANOPIES UH YEAH THE ROOT IS THAT IT'S A KIND OF A WAY TO COVER UP THE TODAY ESSENTIALLY IS LIKE IT SERVES THE DISCRETION OF THE MAYOR, THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR, WHO GETS TO PUT WHAT WHERE, BUT WITH REGARDS TO POLITICAL ACTIVITIES, HAVING GUIDELINES ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T DO AND JUST STRAIGHTEN THAT OUT BECAUSE THE MAYOR IS RUNNING FOR OFFICE AT TIMES JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE AND SO THEREFORE, YOU KNOW. AT THAT POINT, IF IT WAS ME, I WOULD EXEMPT MYSELF AND MAKE IT THE, WHICH IS WHAT I DID THIS LAST ELECTION. HE HAD TO HANDLE ALL KINDS OF STUFF THAT CAME UP BECAUSE I COULD HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF UNFAIR BEHAVIOR. BUT STILL, I'D LIKE TO SEE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE ABOUT IT. WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN YOU'RE, THE CAMPAIGN, OR THE ELECTION SITE, ELECTIONEERING, SPECIFIC ELECTIONEERING GUIDELINES? YEAH. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S VERY REASONABLE. I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. I THINK THAT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD BE IMPROVED IF WE WENT AHEAD AND SPECIFICALLY INTRODUCED... THE EXCEPTION OF ELECTION DAY FOR ANY CANDIDATE RUNNING FOR OFFICE FOR THE CITY OF PARKER. AND I WOULD LIMIT IT TO THE CITY OF PARKER. OKAY. UNLESS THERE'S SOME REASON THAT WE CAN'T MOVE OUT COUNTY CANDIDATES AND STATE CANDIDATES AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT, I WOULD MAKE IT FOR THE CITY OF PARKER. BUT JUST ONE OTHER POINT I WANT TO MAKE IF YOU WILL, MADAM MAYOR, BECAUSE I WANT TO SAY THIS BEFORE I FORGET ABOUT SAYING IT. THERE'S BEEN LANGUAGE PASSED AROUND SAYING THIS IS TAKING AWAY THE UNIQUELY COUNTRY ASPECT OF PARKER. AND THAT'S JUST A BUNCH OF BULL. THIS IS NOT AFFECTING WHETHER PARKER IS A UNIQUELY COUNTRY PLACE TO LIVE, FOR US TO ALLOW TRACTORS AND OLD PICKUPS AND CARS AND CANOPIES ON THE GROUNDS FOR TWO WEEKS. AND WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THE PARKING SPACE OUT THERE TO DO THAT AND LET THE VOTERS PARK? GO AHEAD. SO I HAD WRITTEN, MADE NOTES FOR AN EXEMPTION TO ALLOW FOR ONE CANOPY PER CANDIDATE, ONLY ON ELECTION DAY FOR CITY OF PARKER CANDIDATES, IS HOW I WAS WANTING TO DO THAT. AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE, IF WE DID WANT TO ALLOW COUNTY ELECTIONS, THAT'S AT THE DISCRETION OF THE MAYOR. OKAY. IS THERE ANOTHER RESOLUTION IN PROCESS THAT MIGHT BE COMING UP NEXT MAYDAY? YES. THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA FOR... THINK ABOUT WHAT TODAY IS ON THE 16TH. IF THIS PASSES TODAY, THEN THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER PROPOSAL TO CREATE EXCEPTIONS TO IT. OKAY. DID YOU HEAR THAT? NO. OKAY. THERE IS, ON THE DRAFT AGENDA FOR THE 16TH, ANOTHER ITEM THAT WOULD CREATE EXCEPTIONS TO SOME OF THE PROVISIONS IN THIS AND TIE IT TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER ELECTION. OKAY. AND THAT WOULD BE THE ELECTIONEERING PROVISIONS THAT ALREADY EXIST IN THE CODE. SO WHY ARE WE DOING THAT AND HAVING TWO THINGS INSTEAD OF ONE? IS THERE A REASON? I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE SIMPLER. WHERE IS THE ELECTIONEERING AND THE OTHER DEALS WITH PERSONAL PROPERTY ON CITY GROUNDS? I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF YOUR MINDSET, WAS WE'RE CREATING THIS NEW CHAPTER IN OUR ORDINANCES, RIGHT? RIGHT. WHEN THE QUESTION FIRST CAME UP AND I STARTED LOOKING AT IT, I REALIZED MOST CITIES HAVE SOME PROVISIONS FOR HOW PROPERTY CAN BE USED AND THAT'S WHERE IT'S JUST KIND OF A BLANK FOR PARKER AND THIS CREATES A NEW CHAPTER OF 55, I BELIEVE, TO ADDRESS THE USE OF CITY PROPERTY, WHICH IT COULD EITHER, YOU COULD HAVE EXCEPTIONS PLACED IN HERE OR YOU COULD HAVE EXCEPTIONS PLACED IN THE SECTION OF OUR ORDINANCES, WHICH I THINK IS IN THE 150S WHERE ELECTIONEERING CURRENTLY EXISTS AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS. SO THE CHAPTER 55 IS SOMETHING THAT MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED LATER. I ALWAYS SAY MY IMAGINATION IS NOT THAT GOOD. YOU MAY HAVE OTHER THINGS WHERE YOU THINK, WOW, THIS SHOULD REALLY BE ADDRESSED AND WE HAVE A STRUCTURE TO DO THAT IN CHAPTER 55 IF OTHER ISSUES NEED TO BE ADDED TO IT AT A FUTURE DATE. BUT IT WAS JUST LET'S DO THIS THING AND THEN WE'LL CRAFT THE EXCEPTIONS TO IT. SO THIS ONE WOULD BE PUBLIC PROPERTY, ALLOWANCE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY AND THEN THE ONE FROM NEXT, COUNCIL MEETING WOULD BE ELECTIONEERING RULES ESSENTIALLY SO WE CAN PASS THIS AS WRITTEN TODAY WELL I THINK SHE SAID BECAUSE THAT'S ELECTIONEERING WE CAN ADDRESS JOB GOOD YOU COULD PASS THIS TODAY OR YOU CAN SAY WE WANT ALL OF IT IN ONE FELL SWOOP AND WE WOULD HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT [02:25:03] AMENDS MULTIPLE SECTIONS OF THE CODE I WOULD SAY I'D BE OKAY WITH PASSING THIS TODAY IF WE CAN PUT THE EFFECTIVE DATE PAST THAT NEXT MEETING SO THAT IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE THAT COMES BACK TO THIS WEEKEND I'M IN FAVOR OF JUST SHARING THEM TOGETHER WITH WE'VE REVIEWED THIS I THINK YOU KNOW ALL OF US HAVE AN OPINION ON IT I DON'T I MEAN I DON'T SEE A USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY COMING UP IN THE NEXT 14 DAYS THAT ARE INHERENTLY GOING TO YOU KNOW BE PROTECTED OR SAVED BY PASSING IT I'D SAY LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT BELONGS AND WHAT WHAT ORDINANCE IN TWO WEEKS AND NOT TRY TO FORCE ANYTHING HERE I AGREE OKAY ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION IF NOT I WOULD ACCEPT A MOTION DO YOU NEED TO MAKE A MOTION SINCE WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING YOU'RE MORNING LIKE A MOTION FOR NO ACTION I THINK CAPTAIN WAS NODDING THE WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT IF THE DESIRE IS TO ADDRESS ALL OF IT THAT OF FUTURE MEETING NO ACTIONS NECESSARY TONIGHT IF SOMEONE WANTS TO PUT FORTH EMOTION TO ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE TONIGHT YOU CERTAINLY CAN SO THE PLANS WOULD BE WE'RE GONNA PUSH IT FORWARD AND DO BOTH THINGS ON THE SAME NIGHT BUT IT'S STILL GOING TO BE LEFT TO THE ? OF THIS AWARD MORNING? TWO DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF ORDINANCES AS YOU CURRENTLY ARE PLANNING RIGHT CORRECT BUT IT CAN ALL BE DONE IN ONE DOCUMENT BUT IT WILL AMEND MULTIPLE THINGS OKAY OKAY SO I PREFER ONE DOCUMENT YEAH OKAY SO IT'S WHAT I'M HEARING PUT IT OFF PUT THIS OFF UNTIL THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS THAT WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO OKAY YOU ARE AGREEABLE TO THAT OKAY OKAY THEN ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN THERE WILL BE NO ACTION AT THIS MEETING YOU WILL [8. CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NO. 917 AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES AND APPROVING AMENDMENT(S) TO THE FY 2025-2026 OPERATING BUDGET (POCO DRIVE AND LEWIS LANE). ] TAKE ACTION AT THE JUNE 16TH MEETING OKAY GOING TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT CONSIDERATION AND OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER NINE ONE SEVEN AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES AND APPROVING AMENDMENT TO THE FYI 2025 2026 OPERATING BUDGET FOR LIMITE ON THIS ONE I'LL TAKE THIS ONE JUST BECAUSE IT'S A VALUES HERE WITH THE BUDGET SO RIGHT NOW IN THE STREET CONSTRUCTION FUND THERE THERE'S A APPROXIMATELY FIVE POINT ONE MILLION DOLLARS AND AS FAR AS EXPENDITURES IN THE STREETFIGHTER STRUCTURE OF TIME I'VE TAKING THESE TWO NEW PROJECTS INTO CONSIDERATION, $113,600 FOR POCO AND THEN $25,000 FOR THE OVERLAY ON THE S-CURVE, THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL EXPENSE UP TO $5,149,000. THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF ABOUT $42,000 IN THE STREET CONSTRUCTION FUND. SO THE $45,000 THAT YOU SEE DOWN BELOW IS HOW MUCH WE NEED TO MOVE FROM THE GENERAL FUND OVER TO THE STREET CONSTRUCTION FUND TO BE ABLE TO FUND ALL THE PROJECTS IN THE STREET CONSTRUCTION FUND, THE $5,149,000. THE $221,000 NUMBER THAT YOU SEE THERE IN THE CHART ON THE BOTTOM THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUDGET MEMBER FOR $221,810, THE REASON FOR THAT IS RIGHT NOW IN THE STREET CONSTRUCTION FUND, THERE'S $4,927,630 THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN BUDGETED. THE TOTAL EXPENSE IS $5,149,000,000. SO IN THE STREET CONSTRUCTION FUND, AS FAR AS THE BUDGET GOES, THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF $221,810. SO THOSE ARE THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE BUDGETS THERE. AND WE HAVE, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ACTUAL FUND BALANCE AND THE ACTUAL BUDGET BECAUSE WE DID THE BUDGET IN JULY OF LAST YEAR. AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAD REVENUES THAT CAME IN A LITTLE HIGHER, EXPENSES THAT WERE A LITTLE LESS. WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF... SAVINGS. SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S MORE OF A FUND BALANCE THAN WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENCES THERE. AND SO JUST AS A REMINDER, THESE PROJECTS ARE ABOUT LEWIS LANE'S RECONSTRUCTION AND AUXILIARY STREETS THAT ARE KIND OF CONNECTED TO THAT. SO THE FIRST PROPOSAL, WHICH IS ABOUT $25,000, WOULD BE A SLURRY MIX TOP COAT ON THE S-CURVE. AND DONNELL, IF YOU WANT TO GO MAYBE ONE SLIDE OVER, GET INTO SOME PICTURES. SORRY, TWO SLIDES OVER. TWO SLIDES OVER. THERE WE GO. OKAY, SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. [02:30:01] IF YOU HAVEN'T DRIVEN DOWN LEWIS LANE, THIS SECTION WAS NOT INCLUDED IN OUR COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION BECAUSE THIS WAS BUILT ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO OR SO. SO THIS WOULD KIND OF SEAL IN THE CRACKS AND ALSO PROVIDE THIS CONSISTENT, COHESIVE SECTION FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT STRIPING. AND THE SECOND PORTION OF THIS PROPOSAL IS $113. NOW, DONNELL, YOU CAN GO BACK ABOUT TWO SLIDES. THIS IS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE ON POCO, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO LEWIS LANE. THIS IS A SUBSIDENCE ISSUE THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING. IF YOU CAN SEE THAT LITTLE RED CIRCLE, THIS IS ACTUALLY AFFECTING SOME OF THE MAILBOXES, SOME OF THE BRICK MAILBOXES IN THE AREA WHERE EROSION AND SUBSIDENCE HAS OCCURRED OVER THE YEARS. BUT THIS WAS REPAIRED, WHAT, MAYBE TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO? I THINK THREE YEARS AGO. AND IT WAS A SHALLOW PATCH. IT DIDN'T GO DEEP ENOUGH TO ADDRESS THE BASE ISSUE. SO IT DID NOT HOLD. AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS A MUCH DEEPER FIX. AND SINCE THE CONTRACTOR IS ALREADY ON LEWIS LANE, HE'S GIVING US A DISCOUNT FOR DOING IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME. MR. SHARP. SO, A QUESTION FOR, I BELIEVE, GARY. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT POCO AND ESTADOS BOTH HAVE ACCUMULATIVE DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT ALSO ARE FACTORING INTO THE SUBSIDENCE ISSUE THAT CAUSED THIS DAMAGE. AND BY REMEDIATING THE DRAINAGE ON LEWIS, THOSE WILL EMPTY OUT MORE QUICKLY, WHICH WOULD LIMIT THE SUBSIDENCE ON THESE ROADS AS WELL. IS THAT CORRECT? IT WILL DEFINITELY HELP. ALL RIGHT. WELL. I THINK IT'S, I MEAN, I THINK IT HAS TO BE FIXED, BUT I THINK IT ALSO JUST DOUBLES DOWN ON WHY THE DRAINAGE IS SO IMPORTANT TO GET DONE WITHIN THE NEXT BUDGETARY CYCLE. HOW LONG DO WE THINK THIS REPAIR WILL WORK FOR POCO? HOW LONG DO WE THINK THIS REPAIR WILL LAST? YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO LAST 15, 20 YEARS. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO LAST UNTIL WE, THE PLAN IS TO GO TWO FEET DEEP WITH, YOU KNOW, STABILIZATION, WHICH GETS DOWN TO PROBABLY THE BOTTOM OF THE DITCH WITH SOME, SOME INSTABILIZATION, WHICH SHOULD SHORE THAT UP PRETTY GOOD, AND IT SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. AND IT IS FOR BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE OUTLINE IN SOME OF THESE PICTURES WHERE THAT PATCH WAS MADE A COUPLE YEARS AGO. IT WAS REALLY JUST A CARVE OUT. THIS WOULD BE FOR, DANIEL, IF YOU GO BACK ONE MORE SLIDE, WE CAN SHOW THE OUTLINE OF THE SECTION. SORRY, THE OTHER DIRECTION. THERE WE GO. SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE SECTION. THAT'S THE SECTION THAT'S GOING TO BE ADDRESSED ON BOTH SIDES. SO THIS IS, THIS IS A BIT MORE COMPREHENSIVE THAN THE LAST GO AROUND. I BELIEVE TYING IT TOGETHER WITH BOTH SIDES WOULD HELP TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THAT SUBSIDENCE. OKAY. MR. CAN I GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION? CERTAINLY. OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 917, AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES AND APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE FY20, 25, 20, 26 OPERATING BUDGET THAT IMPRINTS THESE POCO DRIVE AND LEWIS LANE. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BARRON AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHARP TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 917, AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES, AND APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE FY20, 25, 20, EXCUSE ME, 2025-2026 OPERATING BUDGET. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY, I'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING ORDINANCE NUMBER 917, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANYONE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 5-0. [9. UPDATE(S)] THANK YOU. THE RESIDENTS OF THOSE AREAS ALSO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. NO WORRY OR TWO UPDATES. OUR FIRST UPDATE. YES, MADAM MAYOR. WHICH ITEM IS GOING TO BE IN THERE? 25, 21. JERRY, DID YOU WANT TO TOUCH BASE ON THAT? SORRY, DONNELL AND I ARE GETTING IN SYNC ON THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, SO. I FORGOT, THERE'S ONE MORE IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND THROW THAT BACK UP. OKAY. I SPOKE WITH TEXT. WE TALKED TODAY ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES ON 25, 21, AND [02:35:01] THEY'RE SCRAMBLING, TRYING TO GET AGREEMENT BETWEEN AND THE CONTRACTOR TO, AND THE UTILITY CONTRACTOR TO RELOCATE AT THE GAS LINE TO THE WRONG LOCATION TO GET THIS PROJECT MOVED. IT'S A MESS. WHICH UTILITY IS THIS CONFLICT WITH? DO WE KNOW? YEAH, IT'S GAS. WHICH ENTITY? DO WE KNOW? NOT. I'M SORRY. IT'S NOT. IT'S GOING TO GO OUT IN THE SUMMER? OKAY. IS IT A TECH STOP THAT KEEPS TAKING THE STRAIGHT SIGNS? NO, WE HAVE THOSE. AND I'VE GOT WITH HARPER BREWSTER, THE CONTRACTOR, TO FIND A LOCATION WE CAN GO PUT A MORE PERMANENT SIGN UP. I WANT TO PUT IT IN A LOCATION THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE IN THEIR WAY SO THAT THEY DON'T KNOCK IT DOWN OR TEAR IT UP. AND I DIDN'T GET TO FINISH THAT WITH THEM TODAY, SO I'LL DO THAT TOMORROW. WE'VE GOT THE SIGNS. I'VE ORDERED THE CORRECT SIGNS. WE'VE GOT THEM. WE JUST NEED TO PUT THEM UP. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON 2551 OR COMMENTS? OKAY. TCEQ, MR. PILGRIM. UPDATE ON THAT. THE SEWER TREATMENT PERMIT THAT WAS UPHELD IN THE MAY 1ST HEARING IN AUSTIN, THE DEADLINE IS TOMORROW FOR FILING FOR A REHEARING ON THAT. AND BASED ON THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD, THE CITY OF PARKER WILL BE FILING A MOTION FOR A REHEARING ALONG WITH THE INDIVIDUAL PROTESTANTS. IT'S NOT LIKELY THAT A REHEARING WILL ACTUALLY BE GRANTED, BUT THAT'S THE NEXT STEP TO GO THROUGH BEFORE ACTUALLY APPEALING TO AN APPELLATE COURT. IT WILL ALSO EXTEND FROM 30 DAYS TO 90 DAYS, THE PERIOD FOLLOWING THE MAY 1ST HEARING DECISION, WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED ON MAY 4TH. IT WILL EXTEND FROM 30 DAYS TO 90 DAYS AFTER MAY 4TH, THE PERIOD FOR FILING THE APPEAL IN THE APPELLATE COURT SYSTEM. SO THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SEWER TREATMENT PLANT PERMIT. AND UNTIL SUCH TIME, IF EVER, THAT WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE HUFFINES, WE NEED TO CONTINUE EXERCISING ALL OPTIONS TO STOP THE SEWER PLANT. AND THE MUD PROCEEDING IS STILL JUST ON ITS REGULAR SCHEDULE. I THINK THE NEXT DEADLINE HAS TO DO, WITH DISCOVERY ON THE, ON TCEQ. IS THAT GOING ON? I'M SORRY? IS THAT GOING ON, DISCOVERY AT THIS TIME? THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCOVERY GOING ON, YEAH. THE RTG HAS LATE PRODUCED SOME ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY DOCUMENTS RECENTLY, WHICH WE FOUND INTERESTING. THE DISCOVERY PERIOD ON RTG IS CLOSED FOR NOW, BUT THEY'RE STILL PRODUCING SOME DOCUMENTS THEY DIDN'T PRODUCE EARLIER. AND I BELIEVE IT'S THE, I THINK TODAY, YEAH. I THINK TODAY WAS THE DEADLINE FOR THEM TO SERVE DISCOVERY ON INDIVIDUAL PROTESTANTS, OR ANY PROTESTANTS, INDIVIDUAL OR FOR THE CITY, EITHER ONE, IN ORDER TO GET IT BACK WITHIN 30 DAYS. AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY THAT'S BEEN SERVED ON ANYONE TODAY, SO THEY DIDN'T SERVE ANY DISCOVERY ON US. THE NEXT DISCOVERY DEADLINE DATE IS, AS I WAS MENTIONING A MINUTE AGO, WE WANT TO SERVE ON THE CITY. WE WANT TO SERVE DISCOVERY ON THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TCEQ. WE NEED TO DO THAT 30 DAYS BEFORE THE DEADLINE, AND THE DEADLINE IS JULY THE 31ST. SO JULY 1ST WOULD BE OUR DEADLINE FOR THAT, TO GET THOSE FILED. AND I SUSPECT THERE WILL BE SOME FILED, SERVED ON THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. OKAY. OKAY. GARY, IS THERE ANY UPDATE, OR DARRELL, IS THERE ANY UPDATE, ON THE LEWIS LINE? NOW THAT WE'VE GOT APPROVAL ON THE OTHER TWO ITEMS, THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED VERY SHORTLY. STRIPING? BUTTONS AND STRIPING COME AFTER WE GET EVERYTHING ELSE FINISHED. YEAH. AND THE SLURRY PROJECT, GARY, WILL THAT TAKE A DAY OR TWO? I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO TAKE A DAY TO GET THAT DONE. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO TRY TO LEAVE THAT, KEEP TRAFFIC OFF OF IT FOR JUST MAYBE THE DAY. I'VE GOT TO FIGURE THAT OUT, THE DAY OR MAYBE OVERNIGHT. BUT IT'S NOT MORE THAN A DAY OR TWO. OKAY. AND ROSE, IS YOU OR BILLY? NOT A MINUTE. BILLY AND I MET ON THIS LAST WEEK. THERE HAS BEEN SOME ACTIVITY WITH CANDY MILLER'S OFFICE TO MEET WITH AMAZON AND RUNNOTE, AND BILL HAS ACTUALLY HELPED US OUT WITH REACHING OUT TO SOME OF THOSE CONTACTS AS WELL. WE HAVE A MEETING SET UP WITH, A PHONE CALL SET UP WITH AMAZON TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE CONCERNS OF OUR CITIZENS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. OKAY. AND JUST, I HAD TOLD YOU THIS, I'VE GOTTEN NO RESPONSE FROM [02:40:01] WALMART SO FAR. I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR. I GOT NO RESPONSE FROM WALMART SO FAR. WERE YOU ORDERING ANYTHING? AMAZON'S THE BIGGER ISSUE, THOUGH, BECAUSE THEY'RE DELIVERING TO OUR WHOLE CITY, WHEREAS WALMART'S JUST DELIVERING. TO A SMALL SEGMENT OF OUR CITY. DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON INDIVIDUAL DRONES? I MEAN, LIKE IF YOU WERE FLYING YOUR DRONE? NO. THAT'S A SEPARATE DISCUSSION, WHICH I DON'T THINK MR. MANTON OR I HAVE SPENT, TIME ON AT THIS POINT, AT LEAST I HAVEN'T. HAVE YOU? NO, NOT AT ALL. AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS HERE IS THE NEW PRACTICE, THE HABIT OF DELIVERY DRONES CONSTANTLY FLYING BACK AND FORTH OVER HOUSES, WHEREAS INDIVIDUALLY OWNED DRONES, WHERE SOMEBODY'S JUST KIND OF PILOTING THEM FOR, YOU KNOW, AS A HOBBY, MAY NOT BE AS BIG OF A CONCERN WHERE IT'S COMING ON A REGULAR BASIS. NO, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE ONLY THING FLYING THOSE DRONES. EVERYTHING FROM ROOF ESTIMATION COMPANIES, I'VE SEEN, I'VE SEEN SUVS DRIVE DOWN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE A TRACKING DRONE, AND I SUSPECT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SALES, BUT THEY'RE FLYING THESE DRONES IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, LIKE 20 FEET IN THE AIR, AND THEY, I MEAN, LOOK, THEY MIGHT HAVE A LEGITIMATE BUSINESS PURPOSE TO DO IT, ROOF ESTIMATIONS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT OBTAINING PERMISSION. THEY COULD BE VIOLATING PEOPLE'S PRIVACY. THEY COULD BE CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE, I MEAN, HONESTLY, IF I HAD TO BET ON THE SAFETY OF THE DRONES THAT THEY HAVE, VERSUS THE ONES THAT AMAZON HAS, I WOULD BET ON AMAZON'S BEING SAFER FOR PEOPLE. I WOULD IMAGINE THESE WOULD BE MUCH CHEAPER, JUST A GUESS. SO I THINK THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN JUST THOSE TWO COMPANIES. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. I STAND CORRECTED. THE COMPLAINTS AND THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO ME HAVE BEEN TO DELIVERY DRONES, SO THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. THE DELIVERY DRONES HAVE GOTTEN A LOT MORE FREQUENT OVER MY HOUSE. IT MAY BE A NEW PATH. I USED TO SEE SOME THAT WOULD BE FLYING MAYBE AT THE BEGINNING OF BLUFF'S LANE, RIGHT WHERE BLUFF'S LANE IS, DUBLIN ROAD CONNECT RIGHT THERE, OR NOT DUBLIN ROAD, BUT DUBLIN CREEK. YOU SEE THEM GOING OVER RAY'S HOUSE. I DON'T SEE THOSE ANYMORE, BUT THERE IS A PATH. I MEAN, IT IS LITERALLY DIRECTLY OVER THE TOP OF OUR HOUSE, AND I'LL SEE MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE IN A ROW GO BY WHEN I'M OUTSIDE, AND THEN THERE WILL BE FOUR MORE GOING BACK IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. YOU CAN TELL THEY'RE ON THE EXACT SAME PATH. I GUESS I'VE BEEN TOLD THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO FLY AT 400 FEET. THESE ARE NOT AT 400 FEET. THEY'RE UP TO 400 FEET. I BELIEVE KEN AND I CAN GO BACK AND CHECK, BECAUSE IT'S IN THAT RICHARDSON MEETING. I THOUGHT IT WAS 200-SOMETHING FEET THEY HAD AGREED TO. THAT'S ABOUT THE HEIGHT THEY'RE AT. YEAH, SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS THEY WERE FLYING LOWER, AND THEN I'D DO THEIR COMPLAINTS OUT OF RICHARDSON. THEY INCREASED THE ALTITUDE, BUT I'D HAVE TO GO CHECK TO SEE WHAT THAT IS. ALSO, I'LL POINT OUT, THERE IS... THERE IS SOME STATE LAW REGARDING THIS, AND I ONLY REVIEWED THE STATE LAW REGARDING THE DELIVERY DRONES OR WHATNOT. THE THINGS MR. SHARP BROUGHT UP, IF THEY ARE FLYING OVER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY AND RECORDING VIDEO OR WHATEVER, THAT MAY BE ILLEGAL, BUT I THINK WE'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE LAW. THE LAWS WITH REGARDS TO THE NON-DELIVERY DRONES AS WELL. GO AHEAD. WELL, MY SUGGESTION WAS, CAN WE UPDATE THIS TO SAY COMMERCIAL DRONES, WHICH WOULD ADDRESS THE ROOFING AND THE AMAZONS OR WHATEVER, BUT NOT FREAK OUT THE PEOPLE WHOSE KID GOT A DRONE FOR CHRISTMAS. THOSE ARE NOT OUR TARGET AT THIS TIME. I'VE GOTTEN A COUPLE OF CALLS AND EMAILS FROM SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE VERY CONCERNED OVER WHAT I THINK ARE HOBBY DRONES, FOR WANT OF A BETTER WORD. THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE BEING FILMED. THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEIR KIDS ARE BEING FILMED. THEY GO OVER THEIR BACKYARD, AND THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THESE. AND ONE PERSON ASKED ME, IF ONE'S OVER IN MY BACKYARD AND IT'S JUST HOVERING FOR A MINUTE, CAN I SHOOT IT? NO. NO. SO THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NO. NO. I WILL GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE LAW, BUT I BELIEVE IT IS ILLEGAL IN TEXAS FOR YOU TO FLY A DRONE OVER SOMEBODY [02:45:03] ELSE'S PROPERTY AND RECORD VIDEO WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION. NOW, OUR UNDERSTANDING FROM AMAZON, FROM SEEING WHAT THEY DISCUSSED WITH CITY OF RICHARDSON, IS THE ONLY VIDEO THAT'S ON THEIR DRONE IS NAVIGATION VIDEO, AND SUPPOSEDLY, AND WE'LL VERIFY, AND WE'LL VERIFY THIS WHEN WE TALK TO THEM ON THE PHONE, BUT THAT VIDEO NEVER LEAVES THE DRONE ITSELF. OKAY. SO, AND THEY INDICATED THERE'S NO PERMANENT STORAGE OF ANY OF THAT VIDEO, BUT WE'LL GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT. YEAH. WELL, LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST, I GUESS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE BEING AWARE OF DRONES, AND SO WHEN THEY GO OUTSIDE AND SEE THEM, IT JUST UPSETS THEM WHEN IT'S HOVERING OVER THEIR HOUSE. THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO ANYTHING. WE NEED TO AT LEAST LOOK AT IT. OKAY. ANY OTHER UPDATES? OKAY. WELL, I'LL JUST MAKE ONE. I JUST WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT MACMILLAN IN WILEY BETWEEN MCCREARY AND COUNTRY CLUB IS NOW OPEN WITH ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION. A WARNING, HOWEVER, THERE IS A NEW STOP SIGN ALONG THAT WAY, SO IF YOU'RE DRIVING THAT WAY, JUST BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR IT. AWESOME. THIS IS ALL MY SECRET. NO ONE KNEW. I KNOW. IT'S RIGHT THERE. IT'S MY LITTLE SECRET. YEAH. OKAY. ANY [10. ACCEPTANCE OF DONATION(S) FOR POLICE, FIRE, AND CITY STAFF FOR THE RECORD (Each valued at between $0 - $1,000 [RES. NO. 2024-801]) ] OTHER UPDATES OR ANYTHING? OKAY. THEN WE WILL GO TO DONATIONS, ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS FOR POLICE, FIRE, AND CITIZENRY, AND CITY STAFF FOR THE RECORD. MA'AM, BOJERDI AND MOHAMED MASSADI DONATED ONE DOZEN NOTHING BUT CAKES. BONTINI'S VALUED AT $28 TO CITY STAFF. JIM AND CINDY DAUGHTRY DONATED SNACKS VALUED AT $40 TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE THANK OUR DONORS. WE ARE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND FOR YOUR THINKING OF US. AND YOU JUST... LET'S MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE. THANK YOU. [11. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT, I'LL ASK IF THERE'S ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS I NEED TO ADD AT THIS POINT. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE IS WHEN WE GET INTO BUDGET SEASON, IF WE COULD HAVE JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE COMP PLANS FOR STAFF AND JUST KIND OF WHERE IT IS SO WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING ACROSS WHAT OUR PAY RATES ARE. GO AHEAD AGAIN. COMP PLANS FOR... THE VARIOUS STAFF. YOU MEAN COMPENSATION. COMPENSATION. OH. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. I LIVE IN THE HR WORLD MOST OF MY LIFE. SO COMPENSATION PLAN DURING BUDGET. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS IF WE COULD KIND OF GET AN OVERVIEW, JUST KIND OF A LEARNING LESSON, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER A YEAR HERE NOW. AND THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PIECE, KIND OF WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE. SO I GET QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS REGULARLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OVERGROWTH, OR LAWNS, OR THAT RUN-DOWN VEHICLE THAT'S SITTING OUT THERE. LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? AND IF I TURN SOMETHING IN, WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS? AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT PROCESS? OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT. CODE ENFORCEMENT. OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PROVIDE THAT AS A GENERAL UPDATE TO COUNCIL? WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL? YEAH. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A WORKSHOP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. JUST SOMETHING SO I CAN TELL THE RESIDENTS HONESTLY WHAT'S NOT MADE UP. YEAH. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I'M NOT HAPPY WITH IS THE REPORT, THE DEPARTMENTAL REPORT WE GET FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT. IT DOESN'T MEET, I DON'T THINK, OUR NEEDS, BECAUSE IT MIGHT TELL US, WELL, THERE WAS 20 VIOLATIONS, AND 10 WERE SOLVED, BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 10 OUT OF THAT 20 OR 10 FROM THE PREVIOUS. WE DON'T KNOW. AND THAT, I DON'T, I KNOW IT'S A SOFTWARE ISSUE, GARY, BUT I THINK WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB. YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY. NOT HEARING ANYTHING AT THIS TIME, WE WILL RECESS [EXECUTIVE SESSION] TO THE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONFIRMED IN TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071.1, CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION OR A SETTLEMENT OFFER, OR TWO, CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY [02:50:04] ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS RULES OF DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE LAW OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER ON ANY OF THE ITEMS LISTED ELSEWHERE WITHIN THIS AGENDA, AND OR THE SUBJECT MATTER LISTED BELOW. RESTORE THE GRASSLANDS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT SLASH MUD OR SEWER TREATMENT PERMIT. AT THIS TIME, WE ARE IN RECESS. IT IS 9.18 P.M. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.