Jun 22, 2026 City Council

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GOOD MORNING. I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 6 P.M. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ASK COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS TO LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGES.

COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS. THANK YOU. PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. DEAR GOD, WE ASK. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER, TO MAKE DECISIONS, TO HAVE DELIBERATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS. WE ASK THAT WE COME WITH OPEN MINDS, OPEN HEARTS TO WHAT MAY BE BEST FOR THE CITY AT LARGE, NOT FOR 1 OR 2 PEOPLE, BUT FOR AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY. OUR HEART GOES OUT, LORD. TO THOSE WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES IN OUR CITY RECENTLY. WE JUST ASK FOR YOUR PEACE OVER US TONIGHT. IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME I PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE. 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. THE TEXAS FLAG.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS. WE WILL MOVE ON AT THIS TIME TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORUM. MR. MAGNER, THANK YOU, MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE ARE NOT IN RECEIPT OF ANY CARDS IN ADVANCE OF THE 4 P.M. DEADLINE, AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE CURRENTLY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT IS LOOKING TO SPEAK THAT DIDN'T SIGN UP? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? WE COUNT THAT AS SIX. OR DO WE COUNT ONLINE AS WELL? YES, SIR.

OKAY. SO THAT THAT IS A SEVEN ZERO VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. GOOD TIME TO SAY FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T SEE IT THAT WE DO HAVE MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER JOINING US REMOTELY THROUGH OUR REMOTE SYSTEM. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE. ACTUALLY, BEFORE I MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, I DO WANT TO JUST STATE FROM A PROCEDURAL PERSPECTIVE. GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF TRY TO MANAGE THE MEETING. I'M GOING TO ATTEMPT SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT NEW STARTING TODAY. AND WE'LL JUST ADJUST AS I KIND OF DESIRE TO ADJUST IT. BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND DO ANY KIND OF Q&A BY COUNCIL MEMBERS WITHIN KIND OF A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME AS WE GET TO THE FIVE MINUTE KIND OF TOTAL TIME FRAME OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS HAPPENING. I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, AND WE'LL JUST KIND OF KEEP ROTATING. THIS IN NO WAY WILL CURTAIL OR STOP ANY PARTICULAR COUNCIL MEMBER FROM ASKING, YOU KNOW, 47 QUESTIONS IF THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR MIND. BUT IT WILL DO IS IT'LL MAKE THOSE 47 QUESTIONS PERHAPS BE BROKEN UP BY OTHER PEOPLE'S QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY. NOT THAT I THINK WE'VE EVER HAD 47 QUESTIONS BY ANY INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT

[5. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT ]

SHE AND HER TEAM GAVE THE CITY MANAGER WORKING GROUP A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO JUST AN EXTREMELY THOROUGH BRIEFING. IT WAS VERY, VERY INSIGHTFUL, VERY HELPFUL. AND WHAT I SEE THAT JENNA HAS DONE HERE IS TAKEN A COUPLE OF EXCERPTS FROM THAT POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AND REALLY SUMMARIZED THAT THAT BRIEFING VERY, VERY EFFECTIVELY FOR YOU TONIGHT. SO, JENNA, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS, FOR BEING HERE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERSHIP. AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO PRESENT FROM THERE, THAT'S FINE. YEAH. OR THE PODIUM, WHICHEVER YOU PREFER. YEP. OKAY, GREAT. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR BRIEFING. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

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WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GROWTH THAT'S PROJECTED BETWEEN NOW AND 2050 AND THE DFW AREA, YOU'RE SEEING THAT THERE'S A PROJECTION OF 3.7 MILLION PEOPLE TO BE ADDED TO OUR SERVICE POPULATION HERE IN DFW. THIS IS GREATER THAN THE INCREASE IN SERVICE POPULATION IN EVERY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FLORIDA. AND TEXAS IS STILL GROWING SUBSTANTIALLY MORE THAN THAT OF FLORIDA. IN ORDER TO DELIVER ON THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE CITY AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE REGION, THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL REQUIREMENT FOR BUDGET. YOU ALL ARE IN THE MIDST OF YOUR BUDGET PROCESS. WE ARE AS WELL. THIS IS JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET. YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT THAT THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THE PIE IN TERMS OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET ALLOCATION IS FOR THE SERVICE OF WATER. IT MAKES UP 550 MILLION OF THE TOTAL $902 MILLION BUDGET FOR THE WATER DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM COVERS ABOUT A THIRD, AND SOLID WASTE IS A SMALLER COMPONENT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WHAT THE CATEGORIES OF WHAT THE EXPENDITURES THAT OCCUR WITHIN THE WATER DISTRICT, SUBSTANTIALLY MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE EXPENDITURES ARE TO FUND THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THE SERVICES TO RICHARDSON'S AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE REGION.

YOU CAN SEE THAT MORE THAN HALF, 492 MILLION OF THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET IS ALLOCATED TO THAT CAPITAL INVESTMENT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF IS DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THOSE PUBLIC RESOURCES WERE ENTRUSTED WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD. TO SEEK STATE FUNDING IS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF HOW WE'RE FUNDING THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT ACROSS THE REGION. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE CALL OUT BOX, WE'RE SAVING 22.6 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 26 THROUGH SEEKING THOSE, TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FUNDS AND RECEIVING A SUBSIDIZED INTEREST RATE OVER WHAT IT WOULD BE IF WE JUST WENT TO THE MARKET ON OUR OWN. SO AS WE DELIVER OUR OUR SERVICES EACH AND EVERY DAY,

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THERE IS A CALL OUT BOX ON THE GRAPH THAT INDICATES THE TRANSITION TO ROLLING. AVERAGE ANNUAL MINIMUM METHODOLOGY HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS GRAPH, AS WELL AS THE NEW PREMIUM METHODOLOGY THAT WAS NEGOTIATED HERE JUST LAST YEAR. IT ASSUMES THAT THE NEW CONTRACT TEMPLATE HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY ALL THE CUSTOMERS. WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE IT WOULD HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT ON THE PROJECTION ITSELF. ONE THING THAT I DID WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY IN DETAIL HERE ON THE GRAPH, IS WE HAVE HAD A CHANGE FOR THE WAY THAT THE VOLUMES THAT MEMBER CITIES ARE PURCHASING ARE CALCULATED. SINCE OUR NEW CONTRACT

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YOU'VE GOT ADDITIONAL WATER DEMANDS OR WASTEWATER SERVICE DEMANDS FOR AREAS THAT MAY NOT BE CURRENTLY SERVED. YOU ALSO MAY HAVE GREATER DENSITY OR CHANGE IN THE DEMANDS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN EXISTING SPACES. ON THE PEAK FLOW SIDE OF THINGS, THIS IS TYPICALLY RELATED TO AGING INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE REGION AS A WHOLE, AND AS ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE OF THINGS. AS INFRASTRUCTURE AGES, WE RECEIVE MORE AND MORE PEAK FLOWS THAT MUST BE TREATED, CONVEYED AND TREATED. AND SO THAT'S ALSO A SIGNIFICANT DRIVER FOR US. WE HAVE AROUND 28% OF THE CURRENT PROJECTS THAT ARE RELATED TO AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAINTAINING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. AND 6% ON THE REGULATORY SIDE, AS WE LOOK OUT FIVE YEARS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE CONTINUES TO BE SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT THAT'S REQUIRED. SO YOU CAN SEE NEXT YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT AROUND $1.5 BILLION OF INVESTMENT AND THEN SOMETHING LESS THAN THAT IN THE YEARS BEYOND THAT. THE BIGGEST PART OF THAT INVESTMENT CONTINUES TO BE IN THAT GROWTH PEAK FLOW CATEGORY, BUT ALSO CONTINUING TO TAKE CARE OF MAINTAINING AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. WE'LL TALK SOME MORE ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS THAT ARE DRIVING THAT, OR A FEW OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS IN THE NEXT SLIDES. SO A FEW LARGE PROJECTS IN EACH OF OUR MAJOR SYSTEMS, STARTING WITH THE REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM, WE HAVE AN ONGOING PROJECT TO EXPAND OR TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A NEW PUMP STATION, A PUMP STATION IN LAKE LAVON. THIS WILL ESSENTIALLY GIVE US ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL WATER IN LAVON THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS DURING DROUGHT CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF REFINEMENT THAT WE WENT THROUGH OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO, INSTEAD OF FUNDING ALL 619 MILLION OF THIS UPFRONT, WE BROKE THIS INTO A NUMBER OF WORK PACKAGES THAT WOULD BE AUTHORIZED OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS, SO THAT THE WORK WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO TAKE ON THAT FULL DEBT LOAD AND BUILD THAT INTO OUR RATES ALL AT ONE TIME. SO THIS RAW WATER PUMP STATION PROJECT, WE'RE BEGINNING WORK ON IT NOW, AND IT WILL BE COMPLETED IN FISCAL YEAR 31, WITH EIGHT WORK PACKAGES OCCURRING OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD. THE LEONARD WATER TREATMENT PLANT PHASE THREE PROJECT IS ANOTHER ONE THAT IS COMING UP. IT'S ONLY BEEN A FEW YEARS BACK THAT WE CUT THE RIBBON ON THE LEONARD WATER TREATMENT PLANT TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER WATER OUT OF OUR NEWEST RESERVOIR BOAT, PARK LAKE. THAT FACILITY HAS BEEN OPERATIONAL FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS. WE CONSTRUCTION TO DOUBLE IN CAPACITY FROM 70 MILLION GALLONS A DAY TO 140, AND WE'RE PLANNING FOR MOVING IT UP TO 210 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. WE HAVE WILL BE BEGINNING WORK ON THAT THIS NEXT YEAR, AND WE'LL BE DELIVERING THAT IN THREE WORK PACKAGES BETWEEN FISCAL YEAR 27 AND 30. THE FINAL WATER PROJECT THAT I'LL HIGHLIGHT HERE IS OUR WYLIE WATER TREATMENT PLANT BACKUP POWER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. THIS IS A REGULATORY DRIVEN PROJECT. AS YOU MAY RECALL, THERE WAS SOME POWER DISRUPTIONS THAT OCCURRED

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SISTER GROVE WATER RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY IS A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT IS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR SERVICE AREA. THIS WILL PROVIDE CAPACITY THAT WILL THEN FREE UP CAPACITY AT WILSON CREEK, THEREBY FREEING UP CAPACITY AT ROWLETT, ROWLETT CREEK TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL GROWTH HAPPENING HERE IN THE RICHARDSON AREA AND BEYOND.

THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT THAT IS ALREADY JUST BEGAN OPERATION. WE JUST CUT THE RIBBON ON THAT IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND IT'LL BE DOUBLING. IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO DOUBLE NOW, AND WE'LL BE EXPANDING BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR 26. ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE LOOKING AT CONSTRUCTING A NEW WATER RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR SERVICE AREA DOWN AROUND MESQUITE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE GROWTH IN THAT REGION. AND THE ROWLETT CREEK REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IS ALSO UNDERGOING EXPANSION FROM A PEAK FLOW STANDPOINT, NOT FROM AN AVERAGE FLOW STANDPOINT, TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE ADDITIONAL PEAK FLOWS THAT ARE OCCURRING IN RICHARDSON AND PLANO ON THE UPPER EAST FORK INTERCEPTOR SIDE OF THINGS, WE'VE GOT A FEW LIFT STATIONS AND FORCE MAINS THAT ARE SHOWN THERE THAT WILL CONVEY WASTEWATER TO THE SISTER GROVE WATER RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY, AND IN THE REGIONAL SOLID WASTE SYSTEM, WE'RE CONSTRUCTING A NEW TRANSFER STATION IN FRISCO TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE ADDITIONAL WASTE LOAD THAT'S COMING IN.

THIS WILL FREE UP SOME CAPACITY AT OUR OTHER TRANSFER STATIONS. HONING IN A LITTLE BIT ON A FEW RICHARDSON SPECIFIC PROJECTS IN THE REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM. THE FIRST TWO PROJECTS THERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHILOH PUMP STATION IMPROVEMENTS AND THE GROUND STORAGE TANK. THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT ACTUALLY, GROUND STORAGE TANKS THAT ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED AT THIS TIME TO ENSURE THAT SYSTEM PRESSURES REMAIN APPROPRIATE HERE IN THIS VICINITY. THE SHILOH PUMP STATIONS AT 190 AND WEST OF LOOKOUT AND THE SHILOH GROUND STORAGE TANK IS AT 190 AND CUSTER. ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE GOT SOME WORK GOING ON IN THE NORTH GARLAND SYSTEM NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE, AND THE PLANO WESTSIDE PIPELINE THAT WE'VE PARTNERED WITH YOU ALL TO CONSTRUCT. ON THE REGIONAL WASTEWATER SIDE OF THINGS, WE HAVE SOME CONDITION BASED LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE UPCOMING AND ONGOING. AND ADDITIONALLY, AT THE FLOYD BRANCH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, THAT'S A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT SERVES ONLY THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.

WE'VE GOT SOME PEAK FLOW IMPROVEMENTS THERE TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THOSE PEAK FLOW CONDITIONS. ON THE SOLID WASTE SIDE OF THINGS, THE TRANSFER, THE PARKWAY TRANSFER STATION IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO CONVERT THAT TO A TOP LOAD FACILITY, TO INCREASE EFFICIENCIES AND ALLOW FOR MORE EFFICIENT OPERATION. I DID WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO TALK ABOUT A REALLY IMPORTANT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE, AND THAT'S OUR LINEAR ASSET MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, OR LAMP, WHICH IS REALLY DOING A COUPLE OF THINGS. IT'S REDUCING WATER LOSS AND ALSO ENSURING THE RELIABILITY OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. WE PUT THIS PROGRAM IN PLACE FOLLOWING A MAJOR EVENT THAT HAPPENED IN 2018, AND ARE VERY PROUD OF THE, THE, THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO ENSURE THAT WE'VE GOT RELIABLE INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERGROUND. THIS REALLY IS A GREAT WAY TO PRIORITIZE REPAIRS AND REDUCE WATER LOSS. AND IT REDUCES REDUCES INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS BY ENABLING TARGETED REPAIRS OF AGING WATER LINES.

INSTEAD OF REPLACING THE LINE IN WHOLE. WE'VE HAD A MAJOR REPAIR HERE IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON JUST IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, AND THAT WAS ON THE NORTH GARLAND 72 INCH WATER

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REALLY PROUD OF THE TEAM WORK THAT WE HAD THERE. A FEW EXAMPLES OF FOCUS ON STEWARDSHIP MADE MENTION JUST A MOMENT AGO, THE LINEAR ASSET MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ON THE WATER SIDE, AN EXAMPLE ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE IS AUTOMATING OUR CHEMICAL DOSING. THERE IS SOME EQUIPMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INSTALL AT A NUMBER OF FACILITIES THAT ESSENTIALLY USES MACHINE LEARNING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WATER QUALITY IS WITHIN THE TREATMENT PROCESS, AND THEN OPTIMIZE THE CHEMICAL FEED TO OPTIMIZE THOSE COSTS. SO THIS HAS SAVED IN TERMS OF CHEMICAL PROCUREMENT. IT ALSO SAVES STAFF TIME AND LOWERS THE MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS OF UNIT PROCESSES DOWNSTREAM. ON THE SOLID WASTE SIDE OF THINGS, I'LL CALL OUT THE PARKWAY TRANSFER STATION CONVERSION. I MADE MENTION OF THAT A MOMENT AGO AS WELL.

WE'RE CONVERTING THAT TO A TOP LOAD OPERATION THAT WILL ALLOW FOR FASTER LOADING AND UNLOADING, AND ALSO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL CAPACITY AT THAT FACILITY. THE THE WAY SOLID WASTE THAT IS CREATED HERE IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON EITHER GOES TO THE THE PARKWAY TRANSFER STATION OR THE LOOKOUT TRANSFER STATION. AND SO THOSE BOTH PROVIDE SERVICE TO YOU ALL FOR THE MOST PART. ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE'VE BEEN REALLY PROUD OF IS HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION IRRIGATION EVALUATION PROGRAM. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAS PARTNERED WITH THE WATER DISTRICT IN IMPLEMENTING THIS ON A PILOT BASIS. WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE IRRIGATION EXPERTS WHO EVALUATE AND RECOMMEND IMPROVEMENTS TO HOA IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. IN THIS PILOT PROGRAM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY A 67% REDUCTION IN WATER USE, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH WE'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS THROUGH THE PILOT AND GOING THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS CURRENTLY TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM. SO BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND ALSO OUR OUR VERY LIMITED WATER RESOURCES, SOME OF THE, THE PILOT PROGRAM, WE ESTIMATE THAT THERE'S AROUND POTENTIALLY A 67% REDUCTION IN THE WATER THAT'S USED THROUGH THE PILOT PROGRAM FOR IRRIGATION. IF THOSE SYSTEMS WERE OPTIMIZED. ALL RIGHT. SO WRAPPING UP, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT THE WORK THAT IS GOING ON WITHIN NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, THERE'S A QR CODE THAT YOU CAN SCAN TO JOIN OUR MAILING LIST. WE'D LOVE TO TO HAVE YOU ALL AS SUBSCRIBERS. I ALSO WANTED TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE LITTLE EXCERPT ON THE RIGHT. WE WERE VERY HONORED TO STAND ALONGSIDE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF OTHER COMMUNITIES IN RECEIPT. JUST IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS OF THE MIKE EASTLAND REGIONAL COOPERATION AWARD FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. THAT WAS A TREMENDOUS PROCESS WHERE OUR MEMBER CITIES, INCLUDING DON AND A NUMBER OF CUSTOMER CITIES, CAME TOGETHER TO REALLY TACKLE A REALLY DIFFICULT PROBLEM AND FIGURING OUT HOW DO WE MOST APPROPRIATELY CHARGE A PREMIUM FOR WATER FOR CUSTOMERS. AND IT WAS REALLY AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO SEE HOW THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS COULD COME FORWARD, OFFER THEIR INSIGHTS, OFFER THEIR PERSPECTIVES, AND FIND A WAY FORWARD THAT WAS AGREEABLE TO ALL PARTIES. SO TREMENDOUS COOPERATION AND THANKFUL FOR THE ROLE OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON AND THE OTHER COMMUNITIES, AND FINDING A WAY FORWARD IN A COOPERATIVE FASHION. THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS. I'M OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MISS COVINGTON, COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS COVINGTON. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I THINK IT SORT OF GOT TO THE HEART OF SORT OF THE NUMBERS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AND SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S DRIVING THE NUMBERS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.

I REALLY LIKED THE FORMAT OF THE PRESENTATION. YOU KNOW, SOME OF US HAVE BEEN SERVING FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND KNOW THE HISTORY. AND SO I'M GLAD YOU JUST SORT OF DOVE RIGHT IN. I LIKED THAT FORMAT, AND YOU ENDED WHERE I WANTED TO PICK UP, WHICH WAS TO THANK YOU FOR

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SO THANK YOU FOR FOR MAKING THAT NOMINATION. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON SLIDE SIX. LET'S SEE, THAT'S THE LINE GRAPH YOU HAD MENTIONED THERE, THE CALL OUT BOX ABOUT CUSTOMERS COMING ONLINE, AND THEN THE ROLLING AVERAGES TAKING PLACE IN 29. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE PERCENTAGES THERE, BECAUSE THE PRIOR PERCENTAGE FOR 29 WAS 7%, AND THEN IT GOES UP TO 12%, BUT THEN IT FLIPS AND GOES DOWN IN 30. I'M CURIOUS IF THE CUSTOMERS ARE COMING ONLINE AND THE ROLLING AVERAGES ARE STARTING, WHY IT'S GOING UP IN 29, AND MAYBE IT'S TAKING EFFECT IN 30 BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING ON IN 29. PERHAPS THAT'S WHY. YEAH, THE, THE BIG DRIVER FOR THE YEAR OVER YEAR CHANGES IS MORE SO THE CAPITAL PROGRAM AND WHAT PROJECTS ARE HITTING IN THOSE YEARS AND THE DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE PROJECTS. SO THE WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE PLANS TO SERVE ANY ADDITIONAL CUSTOMERS AT THIS TIME. SO WHAT WOULD BE CHANGING IS THE ADOPTION OF THE UPDATED CUSTOMER CONTRACT TEMPLATE THAT CLEARLY ARTICULATES WHAT THE PREMIUM COMPONENT WOULD BE FOR THE WATER, BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A SUBSTANTIVE IMPACT ON ON THE YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASE. OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. I WAS WONDERING IF THAT CALL OUT BOX WENT TO THE NUMBERS. IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT. IT WAS JUST THAT'S HELPFUL. SO IT'S THE CAPITAL STUFF. THAT'S CAPITAL PROJECTS. THAT'S THAT'S LEADING TOWARDS THE PERCENTAGE. OKAY. QUESTION ON SLIDES EIGHT AND NINE, THE KEY DISTRICT PROJECTS AND THE RICHARDSON PROJECTS HIGHLIGHTS SLIDES ARE THERE. AND YOU PROBABLY THERE'S A LOT OF BULLET POINTS HERE. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER FOR ALL OF THEM. BUT I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT THE TIMELINES ARE FOR, FOR THOSE. SO I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN GET US AFTERWARDS IF YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW ANY OF THEM OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. SOME OF THESE MAY BE COMPLETE OR THEY COULD BE FOUR YEARS FROM NOW OR SOMETHING. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT. AND AGAIN, YOU CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO US AT THE END. YEAH. THESE ARE REALLY THE KEY PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRATEGIC FINANCIAL PLAN, WHICH IS LOOKING AT A LONG TERM FORECAST. A MAJORITY OF THE ONES THAT ARE SHOWN ARE TO WRAP UP IN 2029 TO 32, FISCAL YEAR 32. SO IT'S OVER OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS THAT THOSE WOULD BE OCCURRING. THE ONES THAT WERE SHOWN AS RICHARDSON PROJECTS ARE ONES THAT ARE MORE ACTIVELY ONGOING AT THIS TIME. SO THOSE ARE A LITTLE BIT SHORTER OF A TIME PERIOD. YEAH. I MEAN, I WOULD BE CURIOUS JUST AFTERWARDS IF YOU COULD JUST GET DONE TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE, WHERE THAT FALLS IN THE TIMELINE FOR EACH OF THOSE SLIDES, THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, I THINK YOU PROBABLY ANTICIPATE IT BECAUSE I ASKED IT TO YOU EVERY TIME YOU'RE HERE. BUT WHAT ABOUT NEW WATER SOURCES? WHAT ABOUT 2036? CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? YEAH. SO NEW WATER SOURCES IS SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK VERY HARD TO IDENTIFY. WE ACTUALLY JUST CONTRACTED FOR AN UPDATE, A FIVE YEAR UPDATE TO OUR LONG RANGE WATER SUPPLY PLAN. AND SO WE'LL BE KICKING THAT OFF HERE IN THE COMING MONTHS. THERE'S A NUMBER OF STRATEGIES THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE AND ONGOING DISCUSSIONS TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER IF SOME OF THOSE CAN COME TO FRUITION. SOME OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MEET THE LONG TERM NEEDS, IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING OPTIMAL USE OF OUR EXISTING RESOURCES. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LEONARD WATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT WAS SPOKEN ABOUT THE NEXT COUPLE OF PHASES OF THAT ARE RELATED TO FULLY UTILIZING A ROTOR LAKE PERMITTED WATER. ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE GOT THE FINAL PHASE OF THAT IS BRINGING ADDITIONAL TEXOMA WATER, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT MORE SALTY TO THE LEONARD WATER TREATMENT PLANT, TO BE ABLE TO BLEND THAT WATER AND PROVIDE FOR THAT ADDITIONAL CAPACITY. ADDITIONALLY, THE LOWER INTAKE IN LAKE LAVON IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON AT THIS TIME. SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE IN THE QUEUE THAT ARE UNDERWAY. AND THEN BEYOND THAT, WE'LL CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THOSE NEXT STEPS WILL BE. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE 72 INCH LINE THAT YOU'VE NOW HAD TO REPAIR IN THE I BELIEVE YOU SAID WYNDHAM ESTATES. BUT WE ALSO HAD THE 60 INCH LINE THAT FAILED APPROXIMATELY 60 DAYS AGO THAT WAS THERE AT NORTH STAR, JUST DOWN FROM BRECKENRIDGE. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND CHECKING THAT YOU'RE DOING? BECAUSE I STILL HAVE CONCERNS THAT WE STILL HAVE THESE TYPE OF FAILURES. AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I BELIEVE THE 60 INCH LINE ACTUALLY WAS THE IT WAS

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WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR VERY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION. NOW AND BY THE WAY, AND THANK YOU FOR COMING, AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. NOW WE SLIDE NUMBER SIX THAT YOU HAVE. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS JUST FOR UNDERSTANDING PURPOSE.

IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE PROJECTED LIKE UNTIL 2036, WHICH IS TEN YEAR GOOD PROJECTION, BUT THE RATE LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE DOUBLED. SO JUST TRYING TO SEE THAT WHEN CAN WE SEE THAT RATE NOT GOING UP LIKE THIS SLOPE. SO THAT'S WHAT MY GOAL. SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTION BECAUSE OF THAT. AND IF WE LOOK AT THE NEXT CHART SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN YOU HAVE THE GROWTH FACTOR. I SEE THERE ARE 66% PERCENT ON THE PIE CHART. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT ON THE TABLE, IT LOOKS LIKE I SEE THAT NEXT FIVE YEAR AT LEAST THE GROWTH AND PEAK FLOW IS TAKING BETWEEN 78% TO 84% OF THE BUDGET. YEAH. THE CHART ON THE LEFT IS REPRESENTING THE CURRENT CAPITAL PLAN. AND THE THE TABLE ON THE RIGHT IS A FIVE YEAR FORECAST. SO THOSE NUMBERS DON'T EXACTLY MATCH. YEAH. SO I DO UNDERSTAND NOW. NOW THE POINT IS THAT. AND YOU'RE NOT TAKING ANY MORE NEW CUSTOMER. CUSTOMER. THAT'S WHAT I HEARD RIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY CURRENTLY PLANNED. OKAY. AND DOES THE PROJECTION INCLUDE SOME OF THE NEW CUSTOMER. NO.

THIS IS TO ACCOMMODATE THE THE GROWTH IN THE EXISTING WELL, THE GROWTH AND ALSO THE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE COMING TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE THAT WE ALREADY SERVE. SO, YOU KNOW, NOW NOW THAT I SEE THAT YOU HAVE GROWTH IN ONE COLUMN, THEN YOU HAVE MAINTENANCE INFRASTRUCTURE, ANOTHER COLUMN. SO WHEN YOU SAY THE AGING, WHERE DOES THAT GO? IS THAT DOES THAT GO TO THE GROWTH OR IT GOES TO THE MAINTAINING? SO IF IT'S IS EXPANDING OUR CAPACITY, IT'S IN THAT GROWTH PEAK FLOW COLUMN. IF IT'S US IMPROVING OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, THEN IT IS IN THE MAINTAINING INFRASTRUCTURE COLUMN. SO THIS IS ALL JUST TO KEEP UP WITH THE PROJECTION OF GROWTH THAT WE HAVE. THE PROJECTION OF INCREASED FLOWS, WHETHER THEY BE GROWTH RELATED OR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED.

YEAH. OKAY. ANY IS THERE ANY BREAKEVEN NUMBER? I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT JUST ONE FACTOR THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SAY BREAKEVEN FACTOR, WHAT COULD BE, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S WHEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT THE RATE WILL BE STABILIZED. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. AND I WISH I COULD HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR YOU. WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON IS DELIVERING THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE WE NEED TO BE DELIVERING TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE AND A RELIABLE WAY. AND SO I DON'T HAVE A GOOD WE DON'T HAVE PROJECTIONS BEYOND THE TEN YEARS THAT THAT WOULD REFLECT THAT CONDITION. AND IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE DEPENDENT UPON THE WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR REGION FROM A NEEDS PERSPECTIVE, WHETHER IT BE FROM WHAT THE FLOWS ARE, WHAT THE FLOW DEMANDS ARE, OR

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COUNCILMEMBER, THANK YOU. JENNA, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT'S ALWAYS INFORMATIONAL, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. MY. I HAVE ONE QUESTION ON YOUR HOA IRRIGATION EVALUATION PROGRAM.

I KNOW YOU'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR RFPS, AND IT SAYS HERE THAT THERE IS A 67% REDUCTION IN WATER USE. IS THAT FROM MAINLY COMMON AREAS FROM ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOMEOWNERS? I MEAN, HOW, HOW, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE AT THE MOMENT? YEAH. SO THERE WAS, I BELIEVE, LET'S SEE, 12, 14 DIFFERENT HOA'S THAT WERE EVALUATED AS PART OF THIS PILOT PROGRAM. AND IT WAS REALLY LOOKING AT THE SPACES THAT ARE MANAGED BY THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND HOW WATER IS USED WITHIN ESSENTIALLY THOSE COMMON AREAS. IT WAS NOT LOOKING AT THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS. THERE'S ANOTHER PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE'VE GOT ONGOING THAT RELATES TO LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS IRRIGATION, BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONE THAT I WAS SPEAKING TO IN THIS PULL OUT. SO WHAT WE ESTIMATED AMONGST THOSE HOAS WAS AN ESTIMATED SAVINGS OF 8.7 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER, REPRESENTING THAT 67% REDUCTION FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES. IT WAS A SAVINGS OF 57,650 ON WATER BILLS FOR A YEAR. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS HOA'S ARE ACTUALLY REALLY A GROUP THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY PLEASED TO BE WORKING WITH, AND THAT A LOT OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS PAY FOR THEMSELVES IN A MATTER OF A FEW MONTHS. IF THERE IS A WILLINGNESS TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. AND HOAS ARE ALWAYS IN A HARD TIME TRYING TO MAKE BUDGETS TOO. AND SO IF WE CAN HELP THEM IDENTIFY WAYS TO ULTIMATELY SAVE MONEY AND, AND STILL PROVIDE TO THEIR RESIDENTS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO PROVIDE, IT'S A WIN WIN. SO WE'VE BEEN VERY ENCOURAGED BY THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOAS OVER THE LAST YEAR. AND WE'VE ACTUALLY ENTERED INTO A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH A GROUP CALLED HOA CONNECT THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THIS YEAR TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO VARIOUS HOAS ACROSS THE REGION AND EDUCATE THEM ON THE OPPORTUNITY THERE. SO WE'RE REALLY ENCOURAGED AND LOOK TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE OF THIS AS WE GO FORWARD. AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT QUESTION, HOW YOU'RE EDUCATING THEM AND WHAT WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO PRESERVE THE REDUCTION OF THIS WATER? I MEAN, THERE ARE CERTAIN ARE THEY PUTTING IN MORE SUSTAINABLE SOFT SCAPING? IS IT JUST LANDSCAPE? IS IT CREATING NEW HEAD DISTRIBUTION OF WATER? I MEAN, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEY FACTORS THAT'S PULLING THIS TO 67%? YEAH. AND THEY'RE ALL UNIQUE AND THAT EACH, EACH COMMUNITY, THEY LOOK IN A GREAT LEVEL OF DETAIL. SO I HAVEN'T PUT MY EYES ON AN ACTUAL REPORT, BUT THERE ARE DOZENS OF PAGES LONG THAT GO INTO VERY SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS ON. WE FOUND LOCATIONS WHERE SPRINKLER HEADS ARE DAMAGED, AND THEY'RE JUST SENDING A STREAM OF WATER INTO THE AIR. WE HAVE FOUND LOCATIONS THAT ARE IRRIGATING ROCK, AND SO SOME OF THOSE HEADS COULD JUST BE REMOVED. SO THEY LOOK VERY LOOK AT A VERY DETAILED WAY AT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN THAT INDIVIDUAL HOA'S LANDSCAPE AND FIND WAYS TO OPTIMIZE THEIR WATER USE. OH, GREAT. THANK YOU. SURE, COUNCILMEMBER JUSTICE, THANK YOU. BACK TO 2036, I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE I SAID THAT WE KIND OF THOUGHT IT WAS STILL 2036. WHERE ARE WE ON THAT? DO WE THINK THAT THAT'S BEING PUSHED OUT FURTHER BASED ON THE WORK THAT THE DISTRICT IS DOING, OR DO WE THINK WE MIGHT BE HITTING THAT THAT THRESHOLD SOONER? YEAH. SO WITH THE UPCOMING LONG RANGE WATER SUPPLY PLAN, THE VERY FIRST PHASE OF THAT IS TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT OUR PROJECTIONS, AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH EACH OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW MANY RESIDENTS THEY'RE SERVING NOW, HOW MANY BUSINESSES THEY'RE SERVING NOW, AND WHAT THEY ESTIMATE YEAR BY YEAR INTO THE FUTURE. I WILL SAY THAT GROWTH HAS BEEN FASTER THAN EXPECTED SINCE WE DID THAT FIVE YEARS AGO. SO I WOULD BUT WE'VE ACCOMMODATED FOR SOME OF THAT AS WE'VE GOTTEN ANNUAL DATA SETS FROM BOTH THE CENSUS BUREAU AND THE COG. WE ACTUALLY JUST GOT COG DATA HERE IN THE

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OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LET ME DO THAT FOR MYSELF. SO I'VE GOT A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU MYSELF. I WANT TO START BY CONGRATULATING YOU SPECIFICALLY ON THE HOA WORK. I THINK, YOU KNOW. OPPORTUNITIES AND EFFORTS TO DO SOME THINGS ON THE CONSERVATION SIDE ARE REALLY, I THINK, IMPORTANT. AND, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE GIFTS THAT KEEP ON GIVING. WHEN THAT HOA IS NO LONGER WATERING ROCK, THEN WHEN WE HIT A DROUGHT AND WE ARE NEEDING EVERY BIT OF THAT WATER, THEN IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE GOTTEN THAT ADJUSTMENT. SO GREAT JOB. I THINK THERE'S TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES FOR WATER SAVINGS OF THAT SIZE AROUND LARGE CAMPUSES AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT THAT I HOPE WILL. YOU GUYS WILL CONTINUE TO KIND OF DRIVE TOWARDS. AND IT'S I WOULD LOVE TO ALSO HEAR SOME SUCCESS STORIES OF PILOTS THAT ARE BECOMING MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD VERSUS JUST KD OF A STAYING IN THE PILOT REALM. I KNOW TODAY, THANKS TO QUITE A BIT OF RAINS AND KIND OF FAVORABLE WEATHER FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE PROBABLY AT SOME HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS IN OUR RESERVOIRS AND THAT SORT OF THING. MY FATHER LIVES IN CORPUS CHRISTI, WHERE THE STORY IS DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT, AND I BELIEVE THEIR WATER SOURCES DOWN TO THE LAST 10%, I THINK, AT LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT IS CONCERNING TO ME, OBVIOUSLY, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY KNEW, FOR EXAMPLE, TEN YEARS AGO THAT AROUND THIS TIME THEY WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WATER. AND ALTHOUGH THERE WERE PLANS, THERE WAS SO MUCH OPACITY THAT IT DIDN'T EVER GET TO A POINT WHERE PEOPLE REALLY KNEW WHETHER OR NOT IN THEIR CASE, DESALINIZATION WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING OR NOT HAPPENING. I THINK ONE OF THE CONCERNS DEFINITELY AFTER HEARING.

COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE ASK HER QUESTIONS. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE OR CONCERNS I HAVE IS IF 2036 WAS THE DATE SOMETIME RECENTLY, LET'S CALL IT A YEAR AGO, AND IF IT TAKES A YEAR AND A HALF FOR US TO KNOW WHAT THE NEW DATE IS, THEN THAT WOULD LEAVE US EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS TO 2036. AND IF THINGS ARE MOVING FASTER THAN YOU WERE EXPECTING, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE COMMENTS YOU MADE A MOMENT AGO, THEN COULD THAT EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS BE EIGHT YEARS OR SEVEN AND A HALF? I GUESS THE THE BIGGER QUESTION I'VE GOT IS WE'VE HAD GROWTH THAT'S MAYBE A LITTLE BIT FASTER THAN WE'VE EXPECTED. ARE WE CLOSER TO MORE WATER SOURCES, OR ARE WE CLOSER TO SOLUTIONS TO THE NEED OF THE 2036 PROBLEM AT THIS POINT THAN WE WERE BEFORE? WE KNOW THAT WE'RE FASTER IN GROWTH THAN WE WERE. SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT. YES, I WILL SHARE THAT ON A ON A MONTHLY BASIS, OUR BOARD IS ASKING FOR UPDATES ON OUR LONG RANGE WATER SUPPLY. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE PROVIDING THOSE UPDATES ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO OUR WATER COMMITTEE. THERE IS A NUMBER OF COMPONENTS TO ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS AND ONGOING DISCUSSIONS OVER REAL PROPERTY MATTERS THAT RELATE TO WATER SUPPLY THAT I'M NOT AT LIBERTY TO SPEAK ABOUT IN THIS FORUM, BUT WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON WATER SUPPLY. IT IS WHAT I SPEND MORE TIME ON THAN ANYTHING ELSE. AWESOME. THE LAST QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK WAS KIND OF GOING BACK TO THOSE HIGH WATER LEVELS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE TODAY. YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THERE'S A PART OF US, RIGHT, THAT WOULD LOVE TO SELL MORE WATER RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE

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WE'VE REALLY BEEN PUTTING A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON WATER CONSERVATION OVER THE LAST ABOUT 20, 20 YEARS OR SO, AND WE'VE SEEN ABOUT A 30% REDUCTION IN THE GALLON PER CAPITA PER DAY OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME. WITH THAT 30% REDUCTION, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT. WE USED TO SAY THAT IT WAS ABOUT A LAKES. IT'S ABOUT A LAVON LAKES WORTH OF WATER THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE WHAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR, WE ARE PLANNING FOR CONTINUED GAINS ON THE CONSERVATION FRONT AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE. AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES SUCH AS RICHARDSON AND BEYOND TO BE ABLE TO REALIZE THOSE GAINS. IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO REALIZE THOSE GAINS, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD MORE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THE MOST BASIC NEED OF ENSURING THAT THERE'S NO GAP IN THE TAP, AND THAT WHEN RESIDENTS TURN THEIR WATER FAUCET ON, THAT IT COMES OUT. SO IT'S REALLY A PARTNERSHIP TO BE ABLE TO OPTIMIZE THE THE WATER USAGE OF OUR LIMITED RESOURCES, TO BE ABLE TO NOT HAVE TO BUILD MORE. AND WHEN WE LOOK TO THOSE FUTURE SUPPLIES, THEY'RE FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY. AND THE BIGGEST PART OF THOSE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IS MOVING THE WATER TO GET IT HERE. AND SO THOSE FUTURE SUPPLIES ARE A LOT MORE COSTLY THAN THE EXISTING ONES. SO THE CHEAPEST WATER WILL EVER GET IS CONSERVED WATER WHERE WE CAN REDUCE THOSE DEMANDS. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO VERY ACTIVE IN THE WATER REUSE SPACE. WE'RE THE LARGEST WATER USER IN THE STATE. BY TAKING CLEAN WATER THAT'S DISCHARGED INTO OUR COMMUNITIES, WATERWAYS AND THEN RECYCLING IT. SO THAT'S ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO OUR WATER SUPPLY STRATEGY. WONDERFUL, COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MAYOR JEN, YOU MAY HAVE YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK JUST NOW AT THE MAYOR'S QUESTION, OR AT LEAST PART OF THE ANSWER, I'M SURE. IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT I'M ABOUT TO ASK, I TRY TO ALWAYS HOLD ON TO SOMETHING AND TRY TO FIND HOPE IN THAT SO THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH CHALLENGES. IN HEARING SOME OF YOUR RESPONSES, YOU KNOW, 2036 QUESTION, WHICH S BEEN SUCH A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION IN THE FOUR YEARS I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL AND EXCUSE ME, I'M SURE IT'LL BE A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION LONG AFTER I'M GONE FROM THIS COUNCIL. BUT LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER CITIES AROUND THE NATION, MAYOR JUST MENTIONED CORPUS CHRISTI, WHICH IS ON THE WORST CASE SCENARIO CASE. AND. I JOKINGLY LEANED OVER TO COUNCILMAN JUSTICE, SAID, OH, I REALLY WISH THERE WERE A BODY OF WATER NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI WHERE THEY CAN GET WATER FROM. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYORS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. I KNOW THAT'S THAT'S A GROWING AREA IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ASKING YOU, AND I'M SURE YOU TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR POSITION AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND YOU'LL EXCHANGE IDEAS. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT YOU'RE THAT IN YOUR DAY TO DAY, YOU'RE HOPING YOU'RE HOLDING ON TO AS HOPE, SAYING, YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD HAPPEN IN TEXAS, THIS WOULD REALLY CHANGE OUR POSITIONING SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IT IN A MORE HOPEFUL WAY.

INSTEAD OF THINKING, OH MY GOSH, WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE OF THIRST IN 2036, WHICH WE WE SMILE AND JOKE AT IT. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF STUFF FIGURED OUT BY THEN. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S A SERIOUS CONCERN FOR PEOPLE THAT

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WE'RE PLANNING TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE LONG TERM NEEDS OF OUR REGION AND BRING ON ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLIES TO MEET THOSE NEEDS. OKAY. FOLLOW UP ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID. YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE THE HIGH NEEDS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY SAFE DRINKING WATER.

FIREFIGHTERS. GOT IT. DO YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, AT WHAT POINT DO YOU START SHARING OR AT WHAT POINT IS THERE A CUT OFF DATE? SAY, LOOK, WE DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION BY THIS DATE. WE HAVE THESE IN PLACE. AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE THAT'S SOONER THAN WE THINK. AND WITH YOU GUYS A YEAR AND A HALF AWAY FROM, YOU KNOW, COMING TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE DATA, WHICH YOU ALL ARE GOING TO RESEARCH, AT WHAT POINT DOES THAT COME INTO PLAY? AND THAT'S MY LAST QUESTION. THANK YOU. SO WE CONTINUE TO TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE TO, TO KEEP THEM INFORMED OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AS AS THINGS BECOME MORE CLEAR, WE'LL WE'LL BE SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH THE COUNCIL AND MAKE YOU ALL AWARE OF THAT.

MISS COVINGTON, I HAVE JUST ONE FINAL QUESTION. YOU KNOW, I THINK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW ENCORE IS DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT UTILITIES ALTOGETHER. BUT BUT PERHAPS SOME SOME COMMONALITY. I SEE LIKE AN ENCORE CASE WHERE IF A USER, A LARGE BUSINESS NEEDS MORE THAN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MEGAWATTS, THERE'S SORT OF THIS GATING PRINCIPLE WHERE IT COULD TAKE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE THEY'RE ABLE TO EVEN GET THAT ELECTRICITY BROUGHT TO THEM. AND I WONDER ABOUT SOME MEGA USER OF WATER, PERHAPS THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A FEW HUNDRED ACRES SOMEWHERE IN NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, WHERE A SUPER LARGE USER OF WATER WOULD PLOP DOWN IN THAT SPACE AND, YOU KNOW, REQUEST, I DON'T KNOW, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF GALLONS A DAY AT THIS JUNCTURE. WHAT SLOWS THAT DOWN FROM HAPPENING? BECAUSE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, AT LEAST TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TIMES WHERE WE'VE NEEDED TO STOP MOVING FORWARD WITH A COMPANY, BECAUSE WE COULDN'T SUPPLY THEM WATER, WHEREAS THERE HAS BEEN THAT WITH ELECTRICITY, WHERE WE KIND OF NEED TO WAIT A LITTLE WHILE. SO DO YOU GUYS. IS THERE A CHECK AND BALANCE THERE? IF SOMEBODY OBVIOUSLY IT'S LIMITED BY THE SIZE OF THE PIPE THAT THE CITY HAS OVER THERE. BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AS A GATING ELEMENT THAT STOPS A LARGE USER FROM BEING ABLE TO JUST PLOP DOWN AND START USING? YEAH, THERE'S SOME PROVISIONS WITHIN OUR AGREEMENTS THAT WE WOULD LOOK TO, TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT TYPE OF A SITUATION. WITH THAT SAID, WHERE WE CAN, WE WANT TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH OF THE REGION. SO AS YOU CITED, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SOME DEMANDS THAT HAVE COME IN PRETTY QUICKLY. AND OUR OUR WHAT WE DO IS WORK REALLY HARD TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE. THE SOONER THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BE AT THE TABLE WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE SERVING, TO BE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION AND WORKING

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AND SO I JUST WATCHING THEM DO THAT FOR THREE DAYS AND PRESENTING 112 PAGE REPORT TO ME OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF, I DIDN'T I WOULDN'T HAVE EVER DONE THAT ON MY OWN. AND SO I WENT BACK TO OUR BOARD AND SAID, HERE'S WHAT I FOUND. I WENT TO OUR IRRIGATOR AND OUR LANDSCAPE COMPANY AND SAID, WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL THESE THINGS. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE MONEY BECAUSE I'M GOING TO TURN IT INTO GRASS AND BUSHES AND OTHER THINGS. BUT IT THAT PROGRAM REALLY DID HELP WINDSOR ESTATES. I SIT THERE AND LISTEN TO WHAT THEY PRESENTED. THE OTHER THING IS, AS JENNA SO ELOQUENTLY TALKED ABOUT, THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE THIS YEAR, JUST TO GET THE RATE, THE RATE OF INCREASE TO BE LESS GOING FORWARD, WE ARE STILL PROBABLY GOING TO NEED THOSE THINGS IN THE FUTURE. SO ALL WE REALLY ARE DOING IS COSTING US MORE LATER IF WE WOULD, IF WE COULD BUILD EVERYTHING WE NEEDED TODAY, IT WOULD BE LESS EXPENSIVE THAN IT'S GOING TO BE IN FIVE YEARS AND TEN YEARS. WE'RE STILL GOING TO NEED IT. IF THE TEXAS MIRACLE CONTINUES TO GROW, IF OUR REGION EXPERIENCES. LIKE JENNA POINTED OUT IN AN EMAIL THIS WEEKEND, COLLIN COUNTY GREW 200,000 RESIDENTS. WELL, THAT'S THE HEART OF OUR REGION.

AND THEY ALL EXPECT WATER TO TO FLOW JUST LIKE SHE SAID. SO THAT'S THE THAT'S THE CHALLENGE.

FRANKLY, I, YOU KNOW, I'M HONORED TO DO THIS, BUT IT IS A BIG. THERE IS NO END IN SIGHT.

THERE IS NO HORIZON. IT'S JUST WE ARE PLOWING EVERY DAY TO TRY TO BRING WATER TO THIS REGION AS BEST WE CAN. AND I WON'T SAY IT'S FUN EVERY TIME, BUT IT IS. IT'S VERY INTERESTING. IT'S.

AND I FEEL LIKE AT THE END OF MY TERM, I WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK AND SAY, HEY, I HELPED DO SOME OF THAT. AND, AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S CONFIDENCE IN US. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT TOO. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. YEAH. THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS OBVIOUS IT WAS TO ME, BUT THERE THERE IS A HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF ATTENTION, OF IMPACT OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE DISTRICT ON THE MEMBER CITIES. WE'RE BRINGING THAT ATTENTION, AND I THINK THEY'RE RECOGNIZING IT AND TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, TO DO SOMETHING BETTER ABOUT IT.

AND JUST HOW CAN WE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT? THE POINT ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE LONG RANGE PLAN AND, AND THE FINANCIAL PLAN SAYING, OH, NO, WAIT, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT LOOKING LIKE THAT. WE'VE GOT TO FIND A BETTER WAY OF TO DO THE, YOU KNOW, SHARE COST BETTER. AND, AND THEY DID. AND WE DRILLED DOWN ON THAT QUESTION, WHY DO WE ALWAYS DO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S JUST LOOKING AT SOMETHING PACKAGING UP CAPITAL COSTS SMALLER PACKAGES AT A TIME. YES, PUSHING IT OUT. BUT THAT SAVES INTEREST. AND INTEREST IS YOUR BIGGEST PIECE OF, OF YOUR RATE. SO I DO THINK THAT THE AWARENESS IS, IS THERE. IT NEEDS TO BE MORE AND WE'LL KEEP FIGHTING THAT FIGHT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN, DIRECTOR BIRD AND ROLAND. AND THANK YOU TO NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT FOR FOR YOUR

[6. REVIEW AND DISCUSS A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE CITY’S RETAIL WATER AND SEWER RATE STRUCTURE]

THANK YOU. MAYOR, WE'RE GOING TO DO A SWITCH OUT HERE. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE BOB AND ANNA A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO MAKE THEIR WAY. BUT LET ME DRAW YOUR ATTENTION BACK TO JUNE 8TH, WHEN DAN JACKSON FROM WILLDAN JOINED BOB KLEIN AND ERIC ROBISON, OUR BUDGET DIRECTOR

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SO AS WE SPEND THE NEXT THREE WEEKS BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING, REALLY STARTING TO REFINE THE BUDGET THAT I'LL FILE FOR IN MID-AUGUST, THIS IS IMPORTANT INFORMATION IF WE NEED TO COME BACK ONCE MORE AFTER THE BREAK, WE CAN MANAGE THAT. BUT I THINK WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION HERE THAT WILL BE RESPONSIVE TO ALL THE QUESTIONS. AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR DISCUSSION AND YOUR DIRECTION. BOB. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. AS DON MENTIONED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE RATE ANALYSIS WE DID WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF WILLDAN, AND MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES TO OUR RATE STRUCTURE. SCENARIO ONE OR OPTION ONE WOULD BE BASICALLY STATUS QUO, WHERE WE WOULD KEEP OUR CURRENT RATE STRUCTURE AND APPLY A UNIFORM INCREASE ACROSS THE WATER AND SEWER RATE STRUCTURES, AS WELL AS THE BASE FEES ANNUALLY. NOW THAT WOULD EQUATE TO ABOUT A 10% INCREASE FOR OUR RESIDENTS OR AN AVERAGE RESIDENT, WHICH WE DEFINE AS A USER THAT USES 10,000 GALLONS OF WATER AND 5000 GALLONS OF SEWER MONTHLY. AGAIN, THAT'S A COMBINED USAGE OR COMBINED IMPACT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT BOTH THE RATE INCREASE AND THE BASE INCREASE. OPTION TWO OR SCENARIO TWO INTRODUCED WHAT WE CALL METEOR EQUIVALENCY. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE BASE CHARGE FOR ALL METEOR SIZES ACROSS WATER AND SEWER. ALL ACCOUNTS ARE CHARGED AN $8 MINIMUM. UNDER THE METEOR EQUIVALENCY, WE WOULD SET UP DIFFERENT BASE FEES FOR THE NINE DIFFERENT METER SIZES THAT WE OFFER HERE AT THE CITY, WE WOULD TAKE THE THREE QUARTER INCH, WHICH IS MOST RESIDENTS FROM ROUGHLY EIGHT, WELL FROM $8 TO $20 OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. AND WE WOULD ALSO PHASE IN THE METEOR METEOR EQUIVALENCIES FOR THE OTHER SIZES OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. THIS WOULD ALSO REQUIRE A ANNUAL. CHANGE TO OUR VOLUMETRIC RATES, THOUGH AT A LOWER LEVEL THAN WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN OPTION ONE. IT ALSO, AS PART OF A NOTE HERE, THE GROWTH ON TIER FIVE WATER RATES WOULD BE AT A HIGHER RATE THAN WHAT WE WOULD SEE ON ONE THROUGH FOUR TO KIND OF ESTABLISH MORE OF A CONSERVATION MODEL TO MAKE THAT JUMP BETWEEN TIER FOUR AND TIER FIVE AT A LARGER VARIANCE. SCENARIO THREE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO YOU TONIGHT, ASSUMES ALL THE SAME, IT MAKES ALL THE SAME ASSUMPTIONS AS WE DO IN SCENARIO TWO, BUT IT DOES INTRODUCE WHAT WE WHAT IS A SENIOR DISCOUNT SENIORS THAT QUALIFY AS A SENIOR? RIGHT NOW WE'RE QUALIFYING THAT AS A 65 AND OVER AND HAVE A THREE QUARTER INCH OR A ONE INCH METER WOULD HAVE THEIR BASE CHARGE FROZEN AT THE CURRENT $8 LEVEL. THOSE ABOVE THE ONE METER WOULD ALSO SEE THEIRS GO TO THE METEOR EQUIVALENCY RATES. BUT FOR THE VAST MAJORITY WHO HAVE THE THREE QUARTER AND THE ONE INCH METERS THAT WOULD BE FROZEN AT THE $8 PER MONTH LEVEL. NOW, THIS WOULD REQUIRE A SLIGHT INCREASE TO THE OTHER CUSTOMERS OF 0.3 TO 0.6% A YEAR. TO MAKE UP FOR THAT LOST REVENUE, WE WANTED TO INCLUDE THIS GRAPH HERE TO SHOW WHERE OUR CURRENT METER CHARGES ARE.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A SINGULAR METER CHARGE OF $8 THAT AVERAGE. AND FOR MOST OF WHAT OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES ARE CURRENTLY OFFERING FOR THE THE BASE METER CHARGE FOR THE RESIDENTS, WE WILL SEE THE SAME THING ON THE SEWER SIDE. WE'RE CURRENTLY AT $8. OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD, WE WOULD INCREASE THAT TO $20, WHICH WOULD KEEP US SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW SOME OF THE AREA CITIES AND BELOW AVERAGE. AND AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE A LARGER METER THAT YOU'D BE

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WE WANTED TO INCLUDE THIS HERE. YOU KNOW, IT'S GOT ALL THE ALL THE RATES PER YEAR. BUT WE WANTED TO NOTE THAT THE TOP THERE, THE CURRENT $8 A MONTH MINIMUM BASE CHARGE, IT'S $8 FROM THE THREE QUARTER INCH ALL THE WAY DOWN TO TEN INCH METERS. AND YOU'LL SEE AS OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD, WE PHASE IN THE METER EQUIVALENCY, GOING FROM $8 TO $20 FOR THE THREE QUARTER INCH, AND THEN THE LARGER METERS WOULD HAVE THEIR INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNED METERS ACCORDING TO INDUSTRY STANDARDS. SAME THING WOULD GO WITH SEWER. WE'RE CURRENTLY AT $8. WE WOULD SEE THOSE SAME PHASE IN OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD. WE WANTED TO ILLUSTRATE THAT TO THEN BRING UP THE SENIOR DISCOUNTS. HERE IS THE SENIOR DISCOUNTS. AGAIN, EVERYONE'S BEING CHARGED $8. THE THREE QUARTER INCH AND ONE INCH AT THE TOP. YOU WOULD SEE IT STAY FLAT AT THE $8. AND THEN UNDER THE GREEN YOU SEE THE SAME THING. THREE QUARTER INCH AND ONE INCH WOULD STAY AT $8, WHILE THE REST OF THEM WOULD FALL IN LINE WITH THE METER EQUIVALENCY WE SEE IN THE OTHER CUSTOMER CLASSES AT THIS TIME, WE'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, AND. COUNCILMEMBER SERAFINI, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

WELL, THANKS FOR YOUR CLARIFICATION OF THIS. NOW, THIS QUESTION SHOULD HAVE ASKED LAST TIME, BUT IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO ASK QUESTION. NOW. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BOND PROGRAM THAT WE DO LAST, YOU KNOW, COUPLE TIMES WE DID THAT. SO THE FUTURE BOND PROGRAM, THIS WILL HOW THIS WILL IMPACT THE FUTURE BOND PROGRAM. SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE WILL NOT INFLUENCE FUTURE BOND PROGRAMS. BOND PROGRAMS ARE GENERAL FUND SUPPORTED. THE DEBT PLAN THE 80 ISH IT'S $80 MILLION $80 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WOULD BE SUPPORTED BY THE WATER AND SEWER FUND. THOSE WOULD BE CERTIFICATES, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION THAT WOULD BE SOLD TO SUPPORT THIS THIS PROGRAM. SO THE BOND PROGRAM THAT, FOR INSTANCE, THE ONE THAT WE ARE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY IN 2031, WOULDN'T BE IMPACTED. OKAY. NOW I'LL BE MORE SPECIFIC ON THAT ONE. WITH THIS FUND, WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING CARE OF LOTS OF PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE OR WE WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE. SO THAT MEANS OUR SYSTEM WOULD BE MUCH BETTER. INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD BE SOME IMPROVED. AND THIS WILL TAKE US PROBABLY WHATEVER IMPROVEMENT WE DO WITH THIS FUND, IT WILL TAKE US PROBABLY AT LEAST 50 TO 60 YEARS. THOSE AREA. RIGHT. SO SO THIS FUND WILL HAVE IMPACT. NEXT BENEFIT WILL GET NEXT 50 TO 60 YEARS.

YEAH, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. I THINK THE $80 MILLION IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING HAVE DECADES LONG IMPACT AND BENEFIT. SO IN OTHER WORDS, THAT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS FUND, WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE FUND SOMEWHERE, RIGHT? EVENTUALLY. SO SOMEBODY HAVE TO PAY. I MEAN, IT'S UP. WE WILL BE PAYING THIS FUND REGARDLESS INTO PROBABLY A DIFFERENT WAY.

SO THIS FUND COULD HAVE GONE TO THE BOND, RIGHT? IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS FUND, THEN WE COULD ADD MORE BOND FOR THE UTILITIES. I THINK IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, YES, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A WATER WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE FUND WHERE IT SUPPORTED ITS OWN DEBT AND WE NEEDED TO SELL, YOU KNOW, DEBT FOR THAT PURPOSE SOMEWHERE ELSE, IT WOULD BE ANOTHER FUND THAT WOULD HAVE TO SUPPORT IT. OKAY. BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING CARE OF THIS THING DIFFERENT WAY. AND, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS 80 MILLION. I KNOW THIS PRESENTATION HAD THAT NUMBER LAST PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE RECOPYING THIS THING FOR HOW MANY YEARS THAT 80 MILLION, FIVE YEARS. SO YEARS THEN? WE'RE GOING TO BE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE STILL HAVING THIS RATE, RIGHT? SO, SO MY, MY INTENTION IS TO CONTINUE TO TAKE IN A FIVE YEAR VIEW.

LIKE WE'RE AS A MATTER OF FACT, CHARLES WILL BE HERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS PRESENTING THE CITY WIDE CAPITAL PLAN, WHICH WATER WASTEWATER IS A COMPONENT OF. AND SO STARTING IN ABOUT 20, I GUESS, 2021 OR SO, WHEN WE PASSED THAT BOND PROGRAM, WE'VE BEEN TAKING A FIVE YEAR VIEW OF OUR CAPITAL PLAN. AND EVERY YEAR WE UPDATE THAT FIVE YEAR VIEW. SO NEXT YEAR, AS THIS FIRST YEAR BURNS OFF, WE'LL BRING YOU THE NEW YEAR FIVE. BUT BUT RECALL, AS I MENTIONED LAST TIME, WE REDUCED THE FIVE YEAR PLAN FROM ITS ORIGINAL, ABOUT $100 MILLION. WHAT WE FELT WAS REQUIRED CAPITAL TO THE $80 MILLION TO HELP WITH THE RATE HERE. AND SO, YES, AGAIN, 80% OF OUR WATER WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IS 40 YEARS OLD OR OLDER. AND SO

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JUST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DON, FOR CATCHING ME UP ON SOME OF THAT HOMEWORK. I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THESE CHARTS. AND NOW I DO. AND, YOU KNOW, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS FOR SOME OF THE NOW UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENT CHARTS FOR SOME OF THE CITIES, LIKE WILEY WITH LIKE EIGHT TIMES THE BASE RATE, DOES THAT MEAN, DOES THAT BASE RATE COVER AND SUPPRESS SORT OF A MUCH LOWER LIKE PER 1000 GALLON RATE FOR THEM OR. I MEAN, THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW, I FIND THE VARIATION IN BASE RATE JUST TO BE VERY ASTOUNDING AND JUST THE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT POLICIES THAT ARE OUT THERE. WELL, EVERY UTILITY OPERATES THEIR FUND DIFFERENTLY. OKAY. I DON'T WORK FOR WILEY, SO I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE DETAILS BEHIND THEM. WHILE IT IS GENERALLY TRUE THAT IF YOU HAVE A HIGHER MINIMUM CHARGE, YOU WILL HAVE A LESSER VOLUMETRIC RATE, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE. PLUS, THERE ARE A LOT OF CITIES THAT HAVE WIDE VARIETIES WITHIN THEIR VOLUMETRIC RATE. THERE ARE SOME CITIES THAT HAVE INCREDIBLY LOW FIRST TIERS AND THEN A TOP TIER THAT'S LITERALLY 10 TO 15 TIMES HIGHER. SO AND THEN OF COURSE, THE MAIN ISSUE THAT EVERY UTILITY HAS TO FACE IS HOW ARE THEY GOING TO FUND THEIR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. AND THAT HAS A BIG FACTOR ON WHAT BOTH THE BASE CHARGE AND THE VOLUMETRIC CHARGE ARE GOING TO BE. IF ANOTHER CITY HAS A VERY LOW VOLUMETRIC RATE AND A LOW BASE CHARGE, IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SPENDING ANY MONEY ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE THEY'VE DECIDED TO ALLOW THEIR GENERAL FUND TO SUBSIDIZE THEIR WATER AND SEWER FUND. SO EVERY EVERY CITY IS UNIQUE. IT'S HARD TO IT'S HARD TO DRAW GENERAL CONCLUSIONS, ALTHOUGH FROM PURE ARITHMETIC, YOU CAN YOU CAN MAKE THE GENERAL PROPOSITION THAT IF YOU HAVE A HIGHER BASE RATE, YOU WILL PROBABLY HAVE A LOWER VOLUMETRIC RATE. I MEAN, FROM A BUDGETING PERSPECTIVE, IS THAT COMMON FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO HAVE THE GENERAL FUND SUBSIDIZE THEIR WATER OR SEWER FUNDS? 30 TO 35% OF UTILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, CHARGE RATES THAT DON'T COVER THEIR COSTS. SO AT LEAST A THIRD OF THE UTILITIES IN THE NATION HAVE THE GENERAL FUND SUBSIDIZE THEIR WATER AND SEWER FUND. NOW, IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO DO THAT. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOOD POLICY BECAUSE EVERY DOLLAR THAT'S USED TO FUND, YOU KNOW, TO TO SUBSIDIZE WATER RATES IS A DOLLAR THAT YOU DON'T HAVE FOR OTHER CITY SERVICES. BUT IT'S VERY COMMON. INTERESTING. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER DORIAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE WATCHING ON THE THE SCENARIO THREE FOR THE SENIOR DISCOUNT IS THAT $8 FLAT BASE CHARGE IS, IS THAT PERMANENT OR IS THAT JUST FOR THAT THREE YEAR CYCLE? IT SAYS PROPOSED RATE ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. IS IT JUST FOR THE THREE YEAR CYCLE? OUR CURRENT PLAN IS A FIVE YEAR OUTLOOK. WE'LL EVALUATE THOSE ANNUALLY AS WE WOULD DO OUR NORMAL RATE REQUIREMENTS. RIGHT NOW THE PLAN IS TO KEEP THAT FLAT GOING FORWARD. AND THEN ONCE WE GET TO THE FIVE YEAR FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE METEOR, A METEOR EQUIVALENCY, THEN WE MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS HERE AND THERE. BUT THE CURRENT PLAN IS TO KEEP IT FLAT. OKAY. AND WHEN WILL THAT GO INTO EFFECT? POTENTIALLY IT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT IF IF ADOPTED, WE WOULD GO INTO EFFECT. IT'D BE OCTOBER WITH THE FIRST BILLING IN NOVEMBER OF THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR. AND LET ME LET ME JUST BUILD ON WHAT BOB SAID. THAT WOULD BE A COUNCIL DECISION MOVING FORWARD. SO, I MEAN, WE'LL WE'LL WE'LL EVALUATE AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU. IT WOULD TAKE, IF YOU ADOPT THIS RECOMMENDATION THREE IT WOULD TAKE YOUR ACTION OR FUTURE FUTURE COUNCIL'S ACTION TO CHANGE THAT BASE RATE. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION. I THINK THAT OF THE SCENARIOS YOU PRESENTED, SCENARIO THREE ABSOLUTELY IS THE RIGHT DECISION IN MY OPINION. I THINK, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THOSE CHARTS IS A LITTLE BIT ASTOUNDING. NOBODY SITTING ON THIS DAIS, I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR EVERYONE IS IN FAVOR OF RAISING RATES. BUT I THINK WE RECOGNIZE, BECAUSE OF THE GOOD WORK THAT WILLDAN HAS DONE THAT, THAT IT'S NECESSARY TO, TO DO SO HERE. AND I THINK THAT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF SENIORS AS BEST AS WE CAN AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IMPACTED AND THEY'RE NOT IMPACTED, IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO HERE. SO I AGREE THAT SCENARIO THREE IS, IS THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND TO YOU THAT THAT'S THE PATH WE

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IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY. YOU WANT YOU WANT THE COMPARISON FOR THE AVERAGE FOR 10,000 GALLONS OF WATER AND 5000 GALLONS OF WASTEWATER. YES. WELL, LET ME LET ME JUST I MAYOR, I THINK YOU'RE ARE YOU YOU'RE SAYING THE AVERAGE BASE CHARGE IS ACTUALLY $24 A MONTH? THAT'S ONLY FOR THE THREE QUARTER INCH METER. AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS, OH, I'M SORRY, THAT'S ONLY THREE QUARTERS, RIGHT? IT'S NOT IT'S NOT THE AVERAGE FOR THE THREE QUARTER THROUGH THE TEN. OKAY. YEAH. I THOUGHT I THOUGHT WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT HERE WAS A MIX. AND IN OUR CASE WE HAD NO MIX. IT WAS EIGHT EIGHT ALL THE WAY ACROSS. THE 2417 AVERAGE IS THE AVERAGE OF ALL THE. AND THAT'S ALL THREE QUARTER INCH THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT THERE.

CORRECT. OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. I JUST. SO THEN LET ME ASK THE SECOND QUESTION, WHICH IS ON THOSE LARGER METER SIZES. HOW DO WE COMPARE TO THESE OTHER CITIES ON THOSE LARGER METER SIZES IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR BASE RATES ARE GOING TO BE? AND I KNOW WE MAY NOT HAVE A CHART FOR IT, AND IT MAY NOT BE SOMETHING YOU HAVE OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, BUT ARE WE IN THE MIDDLE OR ARE WE LOW? ARE WE HIGH? WELL, AS FAR AS I CAN RECALL, AND I'VE WORKED AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THESE CITIES. YOU'RE THE ONLY CITY THAT HAS A UNIFORM, $8 CHARGE FOR EVERY UNIFORM CHARGE FOR EVERY METER SIZE. SURE, EVERY OTHER CITY HAS SOME FORM OF INCREASING RATE FOR THE LARGER METER SIZES. NOW, THEY THEY DON'T ALL NECESSARILY FULLY MEET THE METER EQUIVALENCY STANDARD. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, A TWO INCH METER IS THE EQUIVALENT OF FIVE THREE QUARTER INCH METERS. NOT EVERY CITY HAS A TWO INCH METER RATE THAT'S FIVE TIMES, BUT MOST OF THEM HAVE A RATE THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER. LET ME LET ME TAKE A SHOT AT IT. SO THE ONE INCH ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE TEN INCH IN FIVE YEARS, THE OUR CHARGE IS GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS CHART. IF YOU HAD A CHART FOR FOR THE ONE THROUGH THE TEN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE AN OUTLIER, RIGHT? SO THAT'S THE I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION IS, IS WHEN IN FIVE YEARS, WHEN WE HAVE OUR NEW METER BASE RATE FOR THE ONE ALL THE WAY, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE TEN INCH METER, WE'RE ALL, WE'RE GOING TO FALL SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHARTS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY FIVE YEAR GOAL. THAT'S BRINGING US FAR TO THE RIGHT, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE A HIGH END OUTLIER. OKAY, YEAH. AND I GUESS I WOULD BE ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT, ARE WE A LOW END OUTLIER ON ANY OF THESE? SO IS OUR FOUR INCH OR IS OUR FIVE INCH OR IS OUR SIX INCH CONSIDERABLY LESS EXPENSIVE THAN THE MAJORITY OF THE OTHERS? AND, AND WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT JUST FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. AND SO I'M, I'M A PLAY OPTION THREE PERSON, RIGHT? SO, SO NOW THAT NOTWITHSTANDING, THERE'S STILL SOME TWEAKING THAT COULD OR COULDN'T HAPPEN, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU GUYS FIND. BUT I THINK IF WE'RE CONSIDERABLY BELOW AVERAGE ON 3 INCH OR 5 INCH OR 7 INCH OR 9 INCH, I'D LOVE TO SEE US AT LEAST BE AVERAGE TO ABOVE AVERAGE ON THOSE FRONTS. IF THAT'S LEGALLY ALLOWABLE, THEREBY PERHAPS PUTTING A LITTLE BIT MORE LOAD SLIGHTLY ON, ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, BUT KEEPING US STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK TO WHERE WE'RE NOT SO OUT OF COMPETITIVENESS WITH OUR COMPETITORS. NOW, I KNOW THERE'S ALSO A LEGAL ELEMENT TO THIS, WITH HOW MUCH MORE YOU CAN BURDEN ONE GROUP VERSUS THE OTHER. BUT I JUST I'M ASKING FOR US TO BE AS CONSCIOUS OF THAT AND TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO PRESS THE EDGE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT WE CAN PERHAPS LIMIT EVEN A LITTLE BIT

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IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT HAS SOMETHING OTHER THAN OPTION THREE THAT THEY WOULD BE LEANING TOWARDS? OR DOES ANYONE WANT TO KIND OF NOD OR WAVE OR GIVE ME A SMILEY FACE? NOT AN OPTION BESIDES THREE, BUT OKAY. JUST AS A FOLLOW UP TO MY OWN QUICK RESEARCH HERE, I MEAN, JUST A CURSORY LOOK AT SOME OF THESE OTHER CITIES LIKE ANNA AND ALLEN. I MEAN, TO YOUR POINT, IT TOOK ME FIVE SECONDS TO LOOK IT UP MYSELF AND WILDLY DIFFERENT. I MEAN, IT'S IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO COMPARE ■IN SOME WAYS HOW DIFFERENT THE PROGRAMS ARE. BUT WITH THAT SAID, I MEAN, FOR RICHARDSON, JUST LOOKING INWARD AT OURSELVES. OPTION THREE SOUNDS GOOD. PERFECT. OKAY. I THINK WE'VE GOT THE MAJORITY OF US MOVING IN. OPTION THREE. SO GO

[7. REVIEW AND DISCUSS WILDFLOWER! ARTS AND MUSIC FESTIVAL RECOMMENDATIONS ]

MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE WANT TO ESTABLISH A MORE FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE MODEL THAT WILL MAINTAIN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT WILDFLOWER REALLY IS. SO, AS SHARED TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO DO A REFRESHER OF THE COMMUNITY SURVEY. JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT. WE WILL GO OVER THE ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY, DISCUSS THE BENCHMARK FESTIVALS THAT THE TEAM HAS REVIEWED AND STUDIED, AS WELL AS WE'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU THE 2026 FESTIVAL DATA THAT IS GOING TO INCLUDE THE ATTENDANCE AND FINANCIAL RECORDS, AND THEN WE WILL GO THROUGH THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES AND NEXT STEPS AS WELL. SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE COMMUNITY SURVEY AND ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY. AND AS I MENTIONED, JUST A HIGHLIGHT FROM SOME OF THE INFORMATION WE SHARED IN MARCH. THIS SURVEY WAS COMPLETED IN JANUARY. DURING THAT TIME, SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT CAME OUT OF THE SURVEY WAS PREFERRED TICKET PRICING. THAT WAS REALLY UNDER CAME THROUGH FOR OUR SURVEY. SO WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF 20 TO $30 CATEGORY AND A 30 TO $40 CATEGORY. THOSE WERE THE TWO HIGHEST ONES WITH 20 TO 30 REALLY STEPPING AHEAD OF THAT A BIT. AND THEN OUR HIGHEST ATTENDED DAY AND PREFERRED DAY FOR THE FESTIVAL FROM THAT FEEDBACK WAS SATURDAY WITH THE HIGHEST ARRIVAL TIMES FROM THE SURVEY 3 TO 5 P.M. THAT IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY OUR TICKET ATTENDANCE DATA THAT WE HAVE. AND THEN WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT INFORMATION, THE TOP ATTRACTIONS THAT CAME ABOUT FROM THE SURVEY WAS LIVE MUSIC AS WELL AS MARKETPLACE. AND THEN BELOW THAT WAS THE FOOD COURT AREA. AND THEN YOU'LL NOTICE WHAT'S LISTED FOR THE TOP MUSIC GENRE. WE HAD REPRESENTATION FROM EVERY GENRE LISTED IN THE SURVEY, BUT THE TOP WAS ROCK AT 82%. AND THEN WITH OUR ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY, THIS WAS SOMETHING DONE IN THE 2025 SURVEY. WE DID BRING IN A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. IT WAS ARA ROSEN, LLC FESTIVAL AND EVENT CONSULTING. THEY CAME IN, AND THE WHOLE GOAL OF THIS SURVEY WAS TO DETERMINE WHAT THE FESTIVAL'S IMPACT WAS FOR

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AND THEN IT LOOKED AT THE VISITOR AND VENDORS EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS. AND THAT WAS A SELF-REPORTED ANALYSIS. AND THEN WITH ANY ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY THERE IS AN ECONOMIC MULTIPLIER. THIS STUDY ALSO DID SOME DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AND SURVEY INFORMATION. SO WE WERE ABLE TO TO NOTE THAT 54% OF THE ATTENDEES THAT COMPLETED THE SURVEY WERE FIRST TIME ATTENDERS FOR WILDFLOWER. IN ADDITION, 90% OF OUR ATTENDEES AND 60% OF OUR VENDORS WERE WITHIN A 50 MILE RADIUS OF RICHARDSON. AND AS WELL. WITH THAT, WE NOTED THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE WHO COMPLETED THE SURVEY WERE COMING WITH CHILDREN TO THE FESTIVAL. BASED ON IT, IT WAS AN AVERAGE OF LESS THAN ONE CHILD PER GROUP. AND THEN OUR AGE BREAKDOWN. THIS WAS SHOWING THAT WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT COME TO THE FESTIVAL. HOWEVER, OUR BIGGEST AGE GROUP IS THE 25 TO 44 YEAR OLD AGE GROUP. SO OVERALL, THE FESTIVAL SATISFACTION FROM THE ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY WAS AT A 4.7 SATISFACTION RATE OUT OF A FIVE.

THIS AGAIN, DOES CORRELATE WITH WHAT WE RECEIVED THROUGH THE JANUARY DATA DATA DATA THAT WE COLLECTED. SO LOOKING AT THE DIRECT LOCAL ECONOMIC IMPACT, THIS IS SOMETHING AGAIN, IT REFLECTS THE REVENUE RELATED TO THE FESTIVAL AND MONEY SPENT WITHIN RICHARDSON FROM THE ATTENDEES, THE VENDORS, THE FESTIVAL ITSELF, AND LOOKING AT REVENUES THAT WERE SPENT INSIDE THE FESTIVAL AND WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. SO THIS CALCULATED AT A LITTLE OVER $2.5 MILLION.

NOW, THIS RESULT DOES ALIGN WITH NATIONAL ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS FOR CULTURAL AND ART BASED FESTIVALS. AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THIS INFORMATION COMBINED, WE DERIVED A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES AND ACTIONABLE ITEMS. AND AGAIN, THIS WAS ACTIONABLE ITEMS THAT CAME OUT OF THE SURVEY, THE STUDY, AND THEN ALSO FROM PREVIOUS YEARS OBSERVATIONS. SO WHAT WE FELT LIKE WE COULD DO IS CLOSELY OBSERVE THE FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES TO GAIN A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE FESTIVAL USE AND ENGAGEMENT WERE. SO GENERALLY, THIS IS SOMETHING WE DO EVERY YEAR, BUT WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR IS WE HAD EXTRA SETS OF EYES TO GO AND MONITOR EACH DIFFERENT ACTIVITY THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE TO SEE HOW IT IMPACTED THE FESTIVAL ATTENDANCE AND HOW IT WAS ACTUALLY BEING UTILIZED ON SITE. ADDITIONALLY, USE THIS INFORMATION TO CREATE AN ALTERNATIVE IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH FOR THE FESTIVAL BASED ON THAT COLLECTED FEEDBACK. AND THEN IMPLEMENT A STRATEGY FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OF THE FESTIVAL. WE WANTED TO TAKE THIS AND DISCOVERED THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR REBRANDING THE FESTIVAL TO STRENGTHEN THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE AND COMMUNITY IMPACT. AND WITH THIS, WE DID IMPLEMENT SOME REBRANDING THIS YEAR, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT REBRANDING WAS AS SIMPLE AS THE GROVE AREA, CHANGING OUR WILDFLOWER KIDS TO A FAMILY FOCUSED ACTIVITY. SO THAT WAS A MEASURE AND AN EXAMPLE OF REBRANDING. ADDITIONALLY, LOOKING AT THE ADJUSTING THE MUSIC LINEUP. SO THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME ABOUT BASED ON ACTUAL SCHEDULES AND THE GENRES OF MUSIC THAT WE, WE SHARE OR THAT WE HAVE AT THE FESTIVAL, AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO IMPACT IT IN A POSITIVE MANNER. AND THEN ANOTHER ACTIONABLE ITEM IS STREAMLINING EVENT DAYS AND TIMES. AND THEN FURTHER EVALUATE PROGRAM OFFERINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FESTIVAL, DETERMINE WHICH PROGRAMS ARE

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AND THOSE WERE ALL FESTIVALS THAT HAD A SIMILAR PURPOSE, ESSENTIALLY. BUT FROM THOSE FESTIVALS, WHAT WE FOUND IS TWO OF THEM WERE CAMPING FESTIVALS. THIS IS A BIG MARKET IN THE FESTIVAL WORLD, OBVIOUSLY NOT VERY COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE DO. SEVEN OF THE FESTIVALS WERE PRODUCED BY A PROMOTER, THREE PRODUCED BY A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, THREE BY ANOTHER CITY, AND ONE WHICH WAS CO-PRODUCED BY A CITY AND A PROMOTER. SO THAT WAS A HYBRID MODEL. AND OUT OF THOSE FESTIVALS THAT WE WE ORIGINALLY FOUND, THEY RANGE FROM ONE DAY TO SIX DAYS, WITH THE MAJORITY OF THEM BEING HELD TWO DAYS OR LESS. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE SURVEY OR THE OTHER CITIES THAT WE OR OTHER FESTIVALS, I'M SORRY THAT WE LOOKED AT. AND FROM THE. 14 WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO SEVEN FESTIVALS THAT WE FELT LIKE WERE SIMILAR IN NATURE TO WILDFLOWER. COMPARING THESE, WE HIGHLIGHTED THE DAYS THAT THEY WERE OFFERED, THE HOURS THAT THEY WERE OFFERED, WHAT THE FESTIVAL FOCUS WAS, THE NUMBER OF STAGES THEY HAD, HOW THEY WERE PRODUCED, THE TICKETING COST, AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAD A VIP OPTION. SO YOU'LL NOTE THAT TWO OF THESE FESTIVALS LISTED ARE THROUGH A PRODUCTION COMPANY, AND THOSE DO HAVE A HIGHER TICKET RATE FOR PEOPLE TO GET IN. AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE THE PRICES LISTED HERE ARE THE STARTING RATES FOR THOSE. THOSE ARE TIERED TO GO UP HIGHER. AND ONLY ONE OF THE SEVEN IS A THREE DAY EVENT. AND ON THAT THIRD DAY ON THE SUNDAY, IT WAS THE RED POPPY FESTIVAL. THEIR SUNDAY IS CONSIDERED MORE OF A RELAXED DAY WITH VERY LIMITED PROGRAMING, MORE FOCUS ON SHOPPING, SHOPPING OF THE MARKETPLACE, VENDORS AS WELL AS THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS AREAS. SO I WILL POINT OUT TOO, THERE'S VERY FEW LISTED ON HERE THAT DO HAVE A VIP AREA. SO WE FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO EXTEND OUR RESEARCH A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND WE BRANCHED OUT TO LOOK AT OTHER FESTIVALS ON A NATIONAL LEVEL WHO DO HAVE VIP AREAS WITHIN THEIR FESTIVAL. SO WITH THAT, WE FOUND MORE THAN FOUR, BUT THESE FOUR WERE REALLY MORE IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WILDFLOWER IS. AND WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE ON THIS IS THERE'S A WIDE RANGE OF FESTIVAL AMENITIES THAT ARE BEING OFFERED, THE COST OF THE PACKAGE AND THE WAY THE PACKAGE IS SOLD. SO SOME OF THEM ARE SOLD BY DAY, SOME BY TWO DAYS, ONE BY A THREE DAY PACKAGE. THE PRICE RANGE FOR THESE VIP OPPORTUNITIES ARE ANYWHERE FROM $135 PER DAY TO $489 PER DAY. THE DELIVERY FOCUS IS REALLY MORE ON WHAT AMENITIES AND CONVENIENCES ARE BEING OFFERED. AS A VIP TICKET HOLDER. SOME OF THOSE INCLUDE FOOD AND BEVERAGE VENDORS, SO FIRST, ACCESS PRIVATE ACCESS, IF YOU WILL, TO FOOD AND VENDORS, AS WELL AS VIEWING AREA AREAS, THE WATER REFILL STATIONS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON. SO MORE THAN ANYTHING, WHAT THIS TOLD US IS BETWEEN THESE TWO SLIDES IS EVERY FESTIVAL IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT, AND THEY'RE CATERING TO WHAT THEIR COMMUNITY NEEDS ARE AND TO WHAT THAT NICHE OFFERING IS. SO THIS WAS VERY HELPFUL FOR US. IT GAVE SOME INSIGHT, BUT IT ALSO LET US KNOW RICHARDSON IS WHAT THE FOCUS IS BASED ON HOW WE OFFER OUR PACKAGES. SO NOW I WANT TO MOVE INTO OUR 2026 FESTIVAL DATA. AND I'M GOING TO START WITH YOU WITH SOME OF THE MODIFICATIONS THAT WE MADE THIS YEAR. SO AS A REMINDER, THESE MODIFICATIONS CAME ABOUT FROM OBSERVATIONS THAT WE HAD FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AS WELL AS CUSTOMER FEEDBACK AND THEN FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGH OUR DIFFERENT VENDORS AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND THROUGH THEIR SURVEYS. SO THE FIRST MODIFICATION THAT WE MADE WAS STAGE SCHEDULE, TIMELINE. WE ADJUSTED THE TIME THAT THE NATIONAL HEADLINERS WERE GOING

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TOGETHER WITH THAT, WE BROUGHT IN THE SILENT DISCO AND THE RETRO ARCADE, AND THEN SOME OF THE SMALLER CHANGES THAT WE MADE INCLUDED SHUFFLING, PLACEMENT OF OUR FOOD VENDORS AND OUR EXHIBITORS, AS WELL AS OUR CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT. WE BROUGHT IN A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR, A PARTNERED GROUP, IF YOU WILL, TO HELP RUN THAT, AND BY DOING SO, WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE STAFF AND PUT THEM INTO ANOTHER AREA WHERE BEFORE OUR STAFF INTERNALLY RAN THAT CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT, AND THEN WE MODIFIED SOME TICKET PRICING SO THAT OUR VIP TICKET PRICING WENT FROM OUR THREE DAY PACKAGE FROM A COUPLE. SO THE TICKETS WERE GOOD FOR TWO PEOPLE TO THIS YEAR. IT WAS GOOD FOR ONE PERSON. THAT ALLOWED US TO ALIGN SOME OF OUR TICKET SALES AND OUR PROCESSES. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAD OUR SUNDAY TICKET DAY WHERE THERE WAS NO CHARGE FOR THE TICKETS ON SUNDAY, WITH HOPES OF INCREASING ATTENDANCE. AND THEN LASTLY, W DID A DEEP DIVE ON ALL OF OUR INTERNAL OPERATIONS. OUR GOAL FOR THIS WAS TO REDUCE THE OVERTIME EXPENSES. WITH THIS PROCESS, WE REDUCED VARIOUS POSITIONS AND WE MODIFIED HOW WE HANDLED PRE FESTIVAL WORK AS WELL AS POST FESTIVAL DISMANTLING. THIS WAS NOT JUST A PARKS AND RECREATION PROJECT. THIS WAS CITYWIDE. EVERY DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATED IN THIS, AND IT WAS A JOINT EFFORT TO FIND ALL THE EFFICIENCIES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO. AND NOW, JUMPING INTO WILDFLOWER ATTENDANCE, THIS CHART GIVES YOU A SEVEN YEAR HISTORY OF OUR ATTENDANCE AND OUR TICKET REVENUE. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT A FEW THINGS BEFORE I ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THE 2026 NUMBERS. WHEN WE LOOK AT TICKETS SOLD, I WANT TO POINT OUT FOR 2026, THIS DOES INCLUDE THE FREE TICKETS BECAUSE THE WAY WE TRACK THIS IS IF YOU REACHED OUT TO ACQUIRE TICKET, WE COUNTED THAT AS A SALE. SO THIS WAY OUR NUMBERS WOULD BE TRACKED IN A SOMEWHAT CONSISTENT MANNER FROM YEAR TO YEAR. AND THIS HELPED US WITH THE MANAGING SOFTWARE TO BE ABLE TO TRACK HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE COMING. BUT IT ALSO ALLOWED US TO IDENTIFY WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS WOULD BE FOR THE SUNDAY ATTENDANCE, AND TO BE PROPERLY PREPARED FOR THAT AND TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR IT. WHEN YOU SEE THE TOTAL ATTENDANCE.

THESE NUMBERS INCLUDE ALL TICKETS SCANNED, AND THAT ALSO ACCOUNTS FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS WHO WERE WORKING THE EVENT, AS WELL AS ANYBODY WHO WAS A CREDENTIAL HOLDER. SO OUR CREDENTIAL HOLDERS ACCOUNT FOR OUR VENDORS, OUR STAFF, AND ALSO SOME OF OUR PROPERTY PARTNERS THAT ARE ON SITE. AND THEN WE LISTED OUT THE VARIOUS YEAR'S IMPACTS. SO WHETHER IT WAS A WEATHER IMPACT OR FOR 2026, IT WAS A FREE SUNDAY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS US, FOR HISTORY PURPOSES TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND RECOGNIZE. WHAT IMPACT DID THE FESTIVAL THAT YEAR, AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THIS ONE LAST THING IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCANNED TICKETS, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT IN SOME YEARS OUR SCAN TICKETS ARE HIGHER THAN OUR TICKETS SOLD. THE REASON FOR THAT IS THERE ARE A LOT OF PROMOTIONAL TICKETS THAT WE GIVE OUT FOR VARIOUS REASONS THROUGH VARIOUS AVENUES, AND THOSE PROMOTIONAL TICKETS, WHEN THEY ARE REDEEMED, BECOMES A SCAN TICKET, BUT THEY WERE NOT TECHNICALLY PURCHASED. SO I DO WANT TO POINT THAT OUT TO YOU NOW, JUMPING STRAIGHT INTO THE 2026 NUMBERS TICKETS SOLD, WE HAD OVER 17,000 TICKETS SOLD.

WE HAD OVER 13,000 THAT WERE ACTUALLY SCANNED IN. AND THEN OUR ATTENDANCE NUMBER OVERALL WAS 18,164. YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE WITH OUR REVENUE FOR FOR THIS YEAR, OUR REVENUE WAS SLIGHTLY DOWN FROM LAST YEAR. WE DO FEEL LIKE THAT WAS BECAUSE THE SUNDAY TICKETS WERE FREE, SO NO REVENUE WAS BROUGHT IN FOR GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS ON SUNDAY. NOW THIS CHART SHOWS YOU OUR TICKETS SOLD VERSUS THE TICKETS REDEEMED. YOU WILL NOTE ON THIS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

THEY WERE VERY SIMILAR IN NATURE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME INTO THE FESTIVAL COMPARED TO HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY BOUGHT TICKETS. AND I WILL SAY AGAIN THAT THE SCAN TICKETS ARE TICKETS THAT WERE SOLD, AS WELL AS FREE TICKETS THAT WERE GIVEN OUT. AND THAT DOES ACCOUNT FOR BOTH THE GENERAL ADMISSION AND THE VIP TICKETS. NOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT SUNDAY, WE DID HAVE A DEFINITE SPIKE WHERE SUNDAY WE HAD 8900 TICKETS THAT WERE SOLD OR REQUESTED, BUT ONLY 2900

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HOWEVER, FRIDAY IS A FIVE HOUR FESTIVAL DAY. AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT SATURDAY, THAT IS AN 11 HOUR DAY. SO THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME THROUGHOUT THAT DAY. AND THEN WITH OUR FREE TICKETS, THAT DID DRAW INTEREST, BY ALL MEANS, PEOPLE REDEEM THOSE TICKETS. THEY REQUESTED THEM, BUT THAT DID NOT NECESSARILY TRANSLATE TO MORE PEOPLE ON SITE. IT DID GIVE US MORE PEOPLE THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS. BUT THE ONE THING THAT WE NOTICED WHEN WE WALKED THROUGH AND WATCHED ALL THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES IS WE HAD MORE ATTENDEES AT THE BATTLE OF THE BANDS AND THE BUDDING TALENTS THIS YEAR THAN WE HAVE HAD IN PREVIOUS YEARS. AND WHEN WE WATCHED WHERE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WENT AFTER THOSE COMPETITIONS, TYPICALLY MOST OF THEM LEFT THE FESTIVAL. AT THAT POINT, THEY DID NOT STAY AND LINGER, WHICH WE WERE HOPING THEY WOULD. SO THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO SEE FROM THAT STANDPOINT. NOW, MOVING INTO THE BUDGET SIDE, THIS IS A LOT OF WORK, AND I DO WANT TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE ON THIS ONE. DIANA LAWRENCE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO PULL ALL OF THESE NUMBERS TOGETHER AND TO, TO WRAP UP OUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE DID HAVE A REDUCTION IN OUR EXPENSES FOR BOTH GENERAL FUND AND OUR HOTEL MOTEL FUNDS. AND AS WELL, I HAD MENTIONED THAT WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO TRY TO MAKE SOME SAVINGS IN THE OVERTIME, AND THAT IS REFLECTED IN THIS BUDGET. SO OUR TOTAL EXPENSES FOR 2026 CAME OUT TO BE $2,207,941. SO AGAIN, THAT IS FROM LAST YEAR, $200,000 SAVINGS, MORE SO FROM 2024. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT ON THIS CHART THAT IN 22 AND 23, WE DID NOT HAVE THE PLAZA STAGE. SO TO COMPARE THESE EQUALLY, YOU REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT 24, 25 AND 26 TO HAVE MATCHING NUMBERS. AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR REVENUE, THIS INCLUDES BOTH OUR SPONSORSHIP REVENUE AND ALL OF OUR FESTIVAL SALES. SO THIS WAS UNDER PREVIOUS YEAR'S REVENUE.

WE CAME OUT TO $585,980 ALL TOGETHER. THIS CREATED A SUBSIDY FOR THE FESTIVAL OF $1.6 MILLION. SO 1,621,981. AGAIN, THAT WAS LESS THAN PREVIOUS YEARS OF A SUBSIDY. SO THIS WAS SOMETHING I KNOW WE HAD WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO. SO MOVING INTO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE YEARS, THAT GIVES YOU KIND OF THE HISTORY WHERE WE WERE. NOW WE WANT TO LOOK FORWARD OF SOME POTENTIAL IDEAS. HOWEVER, BEFORE I JUMP INTO THAT, I DO WANT TO TELL YOU SOME CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE AS A STAFF AND AS A CITY TOOK IN PLACE BEFORE WE DEVELOPED OUR OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. SO WE LOOKED AT OUR COMMUNITY AND ATTENDEE SURVEY RESULTS. WE TOOK THAT INFORMATION ALONG WITH OUR STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND FEEDBACK AS WELL WITH OUR HISTORICAL ATTENDANCE AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, INCLUDING THOSE SCAN REPORTS THAT WE CAN GET FROM OUR TICKETING SYSTEM. AND THEN WE LOOKED AT EVENT OPERATING EXPENSES, WHERE ARE OUR EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE, AND WHERE DO WE HAVE ABILITY TO GENERATE REVENUE? WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE RETURN OF INVESTMENT ON ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES THAT WERE OFFERED AS PART OF THE FESTIVAL, OUR SITE LOGISTICS AND OUR OPERATIONAL IMPACTS, OUR STAFF OVERTIME AS WELL AS THAT STAFF IMPACT FOR THE THE EVENT. BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE WERE LOOKING AT HOW DO WE PRESERVE THE UNIQUE IDENTITY OF WILDFLOWER? FOR US, WE WANT IT TO MAINTAIN THE ESSENCE OF WILDFLOWER AND WHATEVER PROPOSALS WE BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU. SO THESE WERE THE AREAS THAT WE KEPT IN THE FOREFRONT WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING THESE IDEAS. AND SO LOOKING AT THE RECOMMENDATIONS, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A SUMMARY, AND THEN WE'LL DO A DEEP DIVE IN EACH OF THESE AREAS. SO TO START WITH. MOVING INTO THESE, WE'RE PROPOSING A DISCONTINUATION OF THE SUNDAY PROGRAMING, MODIFYING HOURS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TO ALIGN WITH THE ATTENDANCE PATTERNS, BUT ALSO TO CREATE A CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE TWO DAYS AND THEN CONSOLIDATE ENTERTAINMENT BY ELIMINATING THE PLAZA STAGE, RECONFIGURING THE FESTIVAL FOOTPRINT, AND THEN ADJUSTING OUR VIP DISTRIBUTION. AND SOMETHING, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THAT WE DO WITH EVERY EVENT, IS WE WILL CONTINUALLY EVALUATE THE EVENT TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND FINE

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BUT THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CORPORATIONS TO BRING THEIR EMPLOYEES OUT THROUGH AN EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION EVENT WITH US DOING THE WORK AND THEM HAVING ALL THE FUN. AND THEN OTHER AREAS THAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE TRIED TO ADJUST THE GENRE OF MUSIC. SO LOOKING AT GENRES THAT BROUGHT IN A POSITIVE ATTENDANCE, WE TRIED TO REPLICATE THAT ON SUNDAY. WITH THAT. YOU KNOW, WE HAD LITTLE BUMPS IN ATTENDANCE, BUT NOTHING REALLY TO SPEAK OF. AND THEN PRE-COVID, WE HAD A SPONSORED KIDS FREE DAY FOR SUNDAY. SO WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES TO COME OUT WITH LESS OF AN IMPACT ON A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT FROM THEM. POST COVID, WE HAD MADE THE DECISION TO HAVE CHILDREN UNDER 12 FREE ALL THREE DAYS.

SO AGAIN, WE LOOKED AT HOW DO WE ADJUST THIS FOR THE PATRONS? AND THEN WE ALSO INCREASED THE AMOUNT THAT WE SPENT ON THE HEADLINERS AND BROUGHT IN A REALLY COOL RETRO OLD SCHOOL BAND, HOPING THAT THAT WOULD BRING IN MORE PEOPLE. AND IT DID NOT. SO ADDITIONAL.

ADDITIONALLY, LISTENING, LISTENING FOR FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED, WE DO A VENDOR SURVEY, A MARKETPLACE SURVEY EVERY YEAR AS PART OF OUR FESTIVAL WRAP UP. THE ONE THING THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE VENDOR SURVEYS, AND WE'VE SEEN IT IN OUR CASH OUT REPORTS THAT OUR SALES ON SUNDAY ARE MUCH LOWER. OUR VENDORS HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF DISSATISFACTION IN REGARDS TO THE ATTENDANCE, THE SALES, AND THEN THE TIME COMMITMENT THAT THEY ARE SPENDING AT THE FESTIVAL ON THAT DAY. THE OTHER NOTE THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS THE BENEFICIAL AREAS OF SUNDAY, WHICH IN OUR MIND ARE THE COMMUNITY RELATED COMPONENTS. SO THE BATTLE OF THE BANDS, THE BUDDING TALENTS, THOSE ARE AREAS FOR US THAT WE FEEL LIKE CAN BE RESCHEDULED AND ABSORBED INTO ANOTHER PART OF THE FESTIVAL. THOSERE IMPORTANT TO OUR WILDFLOWER BRAND, BUT THEY'RE ALSO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY ARE HELPING TO FOSTER THE ARTS AND YOUTH, AND WE FEEL LIKE THAT IS AN INVESTMENT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY OF RICHARDSON, SO THOSE CAN BE ABSORBED INTO A DIFFERENT DAY, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THIS LAST PART IS THE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE ON THE PROPERTY OWNERS, THE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA. BY REDUCING SUNDAY, THE FESTIVAL IMPACT IS REDUCED AND WE ARE ABLE TO RETURN THE GROUND SOONER TO ALL OF THOSE STAKEHOLDERS. FINALLY, REDUCING SUNDAY WOULD HAVE A REDUCTION ON STAFF OVERTIME AND SITE EXPENSES, SO THERE WOULD BE MORE OF A SAVINGS AS WELL. AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THIS CHART. THIS CHART SHOWS THE LAST THREE YEARS OF WILDFLOWER ATTENDANCE PER DAY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU'LL OF COURSE IN 2025 THAT WAS A BAD WEATHER YEAR. I DO WANT TO POINT THAT OUT. SO 24 AND 26, BOTH GOOD WEATHER EVENTS. YOU CAN SEE A SIGNIFICANT VARIANCE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ATTEND FROM DAY TO DAY. 2026 WAS DEFINITELY AN IMPROVEMENT, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE ON SUNDAY. BUT AS I ALSO MENTIONED, THERE WAS A DISTINCT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED THOSE TWO COMMUNITY EVENTS. AND FOR THE EXPENSES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SUNDAY AND THE LACK OF POSITIVE RESPONSES THAT WE'VE HAD FROM THE VARIOUS EFFORTS THAT HAVE MADE, WE FEEL LIKE SUNDAY IS NOT A SUSTAINABLE DAY TO MAINTAIN. SO OUR NEXT RECOMMENDATION IS ELIMINATING THE PLAZA STAGE.

THIS ADJUSTMENT IS REALLY BASED ON SEVERAL FACTORS, BUT ONE, SINCE THE EXPANSION OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN THAT AREA IN THE GALLATIN AREA, THE REINTRODUCTION OF THE PLAZA

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THIS KIND OF BREAKS IT DOWN MORE TO SHOW YOU WHERE PLACEMENT OF THINGS COULD POTENTIALLY GO WITH THIS MODEL. THIS WOULD BE A FRIDAY SATURDAY FESTIVAL FROM 3 P.M. TO 11 P.M.

AGAIN, WE WOULD HAVE THE FOUR STAGES. AS I MENTIONED, THE EISMANN CENTER WOULD BE INCLUDED. WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE GROVE AREA, AND WE WOULD RECONFIGURE THE MARKETPLACE AND THE VENDORS AND FOOD VENDORS. SO YOU COULD SEE, BASED ON THIS MAP, HOW WE WOULD POTENTIALLY LAY THIS OUT. AS AN EXAMPLE. WITH THIS LAYOUT. TWO, WE WITH THE THREE TO ELEVEN P M HOURS, THIS WOULD CREATE THAT CONSISTENCY IN THE HOURS FROM DAY TO DAY. SO IT'D BE EASIER FOR OUR CUSTOMERS TO REMEMBER WHAT TIME THE FESTIVAL STARTS. IT ALSO HAS THE CONSISTENT NUMBER OF HOURS THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO STILL INCORPORATE THE SINGER SONGWRITER CONTEST, OUR BATTLE BANDS, THE BUDDING TALENTS, AND THEN OUR NATIONAL HEADLINERS WOULD STILL STAY ON THE STAGE. BUT WE FEEL LIKE WITH THIS RECOMMENDED OPTION, IT DEFINITELY WILL HOLD ON TO ALL THE FAN FAVORITES OF WILDFLOWER AND MAINTAIN THAT THAT FEEL OF THE EVENT. SO NOW JUMPING INTO THE BUDGET SIDE, WHAT I'M SHOWING YOU ON THIS SLIDE IS A COMPARISON OF THE

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SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE SINGER SONGWRITER STAGE, WHICH IS NORMALLY ON THAT BOTTOM SIDE OF THE CROSS ON THE RIGHT WHERE THE VENDORS. IS THAT ELIMINATED? THAT WOULD BE ELIMINATED FROM HERE. SO AGAIN, WE'D GO BACK TO THE FOUR STAGES, BUT THOSE PERFORMANCES COULD BE HELD ON THE OUTDOOR STAGE AS WELL AS INSIDE AT THE BANK OF AMERICA THEATER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M JUST MAKING SURE I CROSSED OFF EVERYTHING. OKAY. WE TALKED ABOUT REVENUE. I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN JUSTICE ABOUT BALANCING AND DOING WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO TO SELL MORE OF THOSE VIP TICKETS. GREAT JOB ON THAT. I LIKE THAT AS FAR AS THE LARGEST BLEED I KNOW, YOU MENTIONED, THERE WAS A REDUCTION IN OVERTIME IN 2026 IS THE LARGEST BLEED IN COST.

MAYBE BLEEDS NOT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT IS IT STILL THE COST OF THE ENTERTAINMENT ITSELF? IS THAT WHERE THERE'S SEVERAL AREAS THAT ARE LARGER? THIS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT OUR PROPERTY.

THERE'S A LOT OF LOGISTICS AND LEGWORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE TO SECURE THIS AREA. SO FENCING THE ENTIRE AREA, BRINGING OUT ELECTRICITY WITH THE GENERATORS, THE PRODUCTION SIDE, THE ENTERTAINMENT. I THINK OUR BIGGEST TWO EXPENSES IN DIANA CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, ARE THE ENTERTAINERS AS WELL AS THE STAGE AND PRODUCTION RENTALS. OKAY, MAYOR, I HAVE ONE MORE, BUT I'LL HOLD IT FOR NEXT TIME TO GIVE SOMEBODY ELSE A CHANCE. NO PROBLEM. WE WILL GO ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN. THANK YOU. IVAN, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I MEAN, I WILL TELL YOU, I CERTAINLY SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL PUT TOGETHER. AND I KNOW IT TOOK A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT AND IT'S A HARD DECISION TO MAKE. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THE HOURS IT TOOK IN TO PRESENT THIS. A COUPLE OF THINGS. I WANTED TO BRING ATTENTION TO. ONE, I, TOO, HEARD A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ABOUT RELOCATING THE FOOD COURT AND OPENING IT UP TO A VARIETY AND TO THE CENTER PART OF THE GALLATIN AREA. SO THAT WAS A THAT WAS A VERY GOOD MOVE. THE OTHER QUESTION IS, ON THE HOURS FOR FROM THREE, 3 TO 11. WHAT KIND OF CONSIDERATION WAS THERE TO MADE FOR HAVING LONGER HOURS ON SATURDAY AS OPPOSED TO HAVING EACH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FROM 3 TO 11? DON'T WE GENERALLY OPEN EARLIER ON SATURDAY? WE GENERALLY DO. WE OPEN AT NOON AND THE CONSIDERATION BEHIND THAT WAS BASED ON THE TICKET ATTENDANCE SCAN REPORTS THAT WE HAVE EVERY YEAR FROM OUR OBSERVATION AND FROM THOSE TICKET REPORTS, YOU SEE A VERY SLOW TRICKLE OF PEOPLE THAT COME IN. THE BULK TIME THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING IN IS REALLY THAT 3 TO 5 TIME AND THEN 5 TO 7, AND AFTER SEVEN, YOU DON'T SEE ANY MORE PEOPLE COME IN. I BELIEVE WHEN I LOOKED AT THE REPORT, IT WAS 3% OF THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY CAME CAME AFTER SEVEN. SO THE BULK TIME WAS THAT WINDOW THAT I JUST SHARED WITH YOU. SO BASED ON THAT KNOWING IF WE OPEN AT THREE, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE SLOW AT THREE, BUT THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO

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AND SO WITH THAT, WE FELT LIKE WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO ADJUST THOSE HOURS AND KIND OF RIGHT SIDE THEM. NO, THAT MAKES SENSE TOO. AND LUCKILY THE SCANNING, YOU KNOW, INPUT FEEDS INTO THAT. I ALSO TO THAT ELIMINATES THE VIP ON SATURDAY AS WELL. SO THAT HOPEFULLY WILL REDUCE SOME OF THE COST. CORRECT. BECAUSE THERE'LL BE NO FOOD VENDORS NOW ON, ON SATURDAY, AT LUNCH ON SATURDAY, WE'LL STILL HAVE SATURDAY DINNER. OKAY. AND WHAT ABOUT YOUR THE TEAR DOWN TIME? IS THAT JUST GOING TO BE AN ALL DAY SUNDAY EVENT? NOW GENERALLY WHAT WE WILL DO, OUR MARKETPLACE VENDORS ARE ALLOWED TO CLOSE DOWN AT 10 P.M. SO AN HOUR BEFORE THE FESTIVAL CLOSES. SO WE'LL HAVE THEM PACK UP EVERYTHING, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET OUR FOOD VENDORS TO MOVE OUT AND THEN HAVE THE MARKETPLACE VENDORS AND SOME OF THE BIGGER FOOD VENDORS COME BACK SUNDAY MORNING. THIS PAST YEAR, I BELIEVE WE HAD EVERYTHING PULLED OUT. ALL OF OUR VENDORS AND OUR FOOD VENDORS OUT BY WITHIN LIKE A THREE HOUR WINDOW. SO THAT ALLOWS OUR TEAM TO START REALLY TEARING DOWN THAT SITE SUNDAY.

AND WE WILL PROBABLY NOT DO A FULL DAY ON SUNDAY, BUT GET ALL THE CRITICAL THINGS DONE SO WE CAN OPEN THE MAIN STREETS BACK UP AND THEN COME BACK ON MONDAY AND REALLY DO THE HARD WORK.

YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S GOOD. WELL, THIS BRINGS ME TO MY LAST QUESTION TOO, IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY ONLY HAVE ONE RESTAURANT OWNER DOWN IN THE PLAZA. SO AND THEY DON'T GENERALLY HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS ON A SUNDAY MORNING. SO BY THE TIME I GUESS THEY OPEN, WE'LL HAVE THAT WHOLE SECTION WILL BE PRETTY MUCH TORN DOWN AND OPEN BACK UP. SO IN THE EVENT THERE'S BUSINESS TO BE HAD, THEY'LL STILL BE ABLE TO, PEOPLE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO COME DOWN THERE PARKING, AND THERE WILL STILL BE ACCESS FOR HIS BUSINESS. CORRECT. OKAY, GOOD. NOW, THE WHOLE AREA MIGHT NOT BE TORN DOWN AT THAT POINT, BUT THERE'LL BE A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS HIS RESTAURANT. OKAY, WONDERFUL. WELL, I SUPPORT WHAT YOU PRESENTED. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YEAH. THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF CHANGES, AND IT'S TOUGH. I MEAN, IN A LOT OF WAYS, I WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE TO MAKE THEM. I THINK WE ALL DO. BUT IT'S IT'S ALSO UNDERSTANDABLE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S I JUST I GUESS I DO COMMEND YOU GUYS FOR COMING FORWARD WITH NOT JUST ONE SMALL TWEAK, BUT WITH A LOT OF CHANGES TO REALLY GIVE US, GIVE US THAT COMPREHENSIVE HIT UP FRONT. YOU KNOW, I, I DO, BY THE WAY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE FAST TURNAROUND ON THOSE BUDGET NUMBERS TOO. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S NOT EASY TO DO. SO THANK YOU FOR PULLING THAT TOGETHER FOR US. YOU KNOW, MY ONLY QUESTION, I GUESS, IS JUST WITH THE PERFORMANCES REALLY CONSOLIDATING SOME OF THE SIDE PERFORMANCES TO LIKE THE BANK OF AMERICA THEATER AND HILL HALL STAGE. I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE I ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION I'M GOING TO ASK, BUT I FEEL COMPELLED TO ASK IT ANYWAY. I MEAN, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF SORT OF RENEGOTIATING OR RECONFIGURING THE OUTSIDE FOOD AND DRINK RULE AT THE ISEMAN CENTER? IS THAT A BIG 0% CHANCE OR WHAT DO Y'ALL WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK? ARE YOU REFERRING TO TAKING OUT LIKE LIQUOR INTO THE. WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU GET YOU GET A DRINK AT THE BEVERAGE LITTLE BEVERAGE STAND AND YOU SAY, OH, WELL, NOW MY PERFORMANCE IS IN THE BOA THEATER. I'M GOING TO TRY TO WALK IN THERE AND, YOU KNOW, NO, OUTSIDE THERE'S ALWAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR THAT'S A, THAT'S A T ABC ISSUE. SO YEAH. SO ALCOHOL. RIGHT, RIGHT. YEAH.

SO YEAH. SO THAT'S A STATE, WE'RE FOLLOWING STATE REGULATIONS BY HAVING A T, A, B, C LICENSE THERE AND NOT ALLOWING OUTSIDE ALCOHOL TO BE BROUGHT IN. SO THERE'S NOT MUCH WIGGLE ROOM UNFORTUNATELY. YEAH. THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. YEAH. BUT WE'LL SEE. I'LL BE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW PEOPLE EXPAND AND USE THE SPACE AND THE ISEMAN CENTER AND MAYBE DIFFERENT WAYS NOW THAN THEY WOULD HAVE IN THE PAST TOO. SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. MAYOR

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SO I FULLY SUPPORT WHAT YOU'VE PRESENTED TONIGHT AND APPRECIATE ALL OF THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELL, THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR, YOU KNOW, BRINGING ALL THIS DATA AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION. IT MAKES SENSE. YOUR PRESENTATION BASED ON THE DATA. SO EVEN THOUGH I WISH YOU COULD, WE HAD UNLIMITED BUDGET, BUT UNDERSTANDING THE SITUATION. SO I WOULD SUPPORT THIS. YOUR RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER BARRIOS. THANK YOU. MAYOR YVONNE, JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS AND KIND OF QUESTION. ONE, YOU IT DOES BRING VIP DOWN TO ONE MEAL ON SATURDAY. I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE. YOU CONSIDER KEEPING THAT AS THE TASTE OF RICHARDSON.

I THINK ANYTIME I ALWAYS HEAR SO MANY POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT THAT PIECE OF THAT, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE GET TO TRY DIFFERENT FOODS FROM THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WOULD BE THE CASE THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT. IF THAT WORKS OUT. I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU FIGURE THAT OUT FINANCIALLY, BUT I HOPE THAT WORKS OUT. THE. IT OBVIOUSLY HAS LESS WALKING AREA. IT MAKES SENSE TO ME WHY YOU'RE DOING IT. I THINK THERE'LL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE KIND OF SAD TO SEE THAT WE LOSE ACCESS TO THAT WATER FEATURE. I KNOW IN YEARS PAST WHEN THAT WAS WE WERE WAITING FOR A PARK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THERE WAS, I THINK, TWO YEARS WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE WATER FEATURE. AND THAT WAS ALWAYS A SOMETHING I, I KNOW I'VE HEARD ABOUT MANY TIMES, SO I'M VERY, VERY SAD TO SEE THAT BE OUTSIDE OF THE FESTIVAL. IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO BRING THAT INTO IT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE WE'RE. THE FENCING IS.

BUT I AM SAD TO SEE THAT THE WATER FEATURE WILL NO LONGER BE PART OF THE FESTIVAL, BUT THERE IS A GATE THERE, SO I DON'T KNOW WITH THE OPTIONS THERE, MAYBE THE. WHEN WE LOOK. I SHARE COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE'S COMMENT ABOUT. SOME OF MY FAVORITE ACTS ARE ON THE STAGE.

WE'RE LOSING. ALTHOUGH I'M TECHNICALLY ON ON THE SIDE OF THE AGE GROUP WHERE A LITTLE LESS ATTENDANCE ON THE OLDER SIDE, SHE FITS WITHIN THAT AGE GROUP, WHERE THE MORE THE BIGGER CROWDS ARE. BUT I THINK THAT THE LAST FEW YEARS FORGET THE NAME OF THE COUNTRY BAND. I WAS THERE THIS YEAR. THEY HAD A GREAT CROWD. I THINK LAST YEAR WAS WAS IT RANDY ROGERS? WAS THAT LAST YEAR? THAT WAS OKAY. SO THAT WAS A HUGE CROWD. I KNOW. I THINK IT WAS THE FIRST OR SECOND YEAR I WAS ON THE COUNCIL. THERE WAS A. LIKE A TEJANO TYPE BAND SINGING IN SPANISH. AND ONE OF THE, WHAT I WOULD CALL THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CROSS. AND IT BUSTED OUT INTO A STREET DANCE. AND IT WAS A HUGE CROWD, SUPER BUSY. SO I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE SEEN IS SOME OF THOSE BIG CROWDS HAPPENING WITH SOME OF THOSE INTERESTING, I GUESS, PERFORMANCES. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, ONE, HOW WE CONTINUE TO GROW THAT WHEN WE SEE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS HAPPEN, I THINK THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE FOR DIFFERENT TYPE OF MUSIC, WHETHER IT BE COUNTRY, WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE TEJANO TYPE OR SPANISH TYPE STUFF, THE LITTLE WE'VE SEEN OF IT, IT SELLS OUT. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE STUFF IN THE ICEMAN, THOSE ARE THE SHOWS THAT SELL OUT OR IN THAT HISPANIC DEMOGRAPHIC. AND THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THAT. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT AS WE LOOK AT HOW WE PROCEED AND HOW, HEY, ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO CHANGE THAT, WE TAKE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. I JUST SEE YOUR HAND. I FORGOT TO I FORGOT TO LOWER MY HAND. I APOLOGIZE. I, I HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS, NO PROBLEM. SO GREAT PRESENTATION AND AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR REALLY GIVING US LIKE A CREDIBLE OPTION TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THIS GOING. YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN NEIGHBORS OF OURS MAKE SOME REALLY DRAMATIC

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OKAY. YES, MAYOR. THANK YOU. WE ON AVERAGE SEE ABOUT 3000 PEOPLE OVER THE COURSE OF TWO DAYS. THAT COTTONWOOD PARK THREE ZERO THOUSAND. 30,000. YES, SIR. NOW, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRACK THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A TICKETED EVENT. SO THAT IS BASED ON FEEDBACK THAT WE GET FROM THE VARIOUS VENDORS. THERE WAS ONE YEAR THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE SOME PINPOINTED DATA COLLECTED FROM A CONSULTANT THAT DID SHARE AND KIND OF RECONFIRM SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS FOR US. AWESOME. I NOT FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, PERHAPS FOR AN OUTGOING YEAR. I WONDER WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THAT. THAT'S A SATURDAY SUNDAY EVENT, RIGHT? SUNDAY WHERE WE'RE HAVING SUCH A HARD TIME FILLING. AND THE NUMBERS AT THAT FESTIVAL ARE, YOU KNOW, QUITE A BIT GREATER THAN THE ATTENDANCE AT THIS FESTIVAL. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE ELEMENT OF THE ARTS ITSELF. AND, AND THAT'S WHY I ALMOST WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME SORT OF SURVEY OF THE 30,000 THAT ARE GOING TO THE COTTONWOOD FESTIVAL TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, DO THEY GO TO THE WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL? AND IF NOT, WHY? THAT MAY NOT BE THE QUESTION, BUT YOU GET THE POINT. SO I, I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN LEARN BECAUSE THOSE ARE JUST WILDLY SUCCESSFUL. AND THE NUMBERS ECLIPSE WHAT WE'RE DOING AT WILDFLOWER NOW. I RECOGNIZE TOTALLY DIFFERENT LAYOUT, TOTALLY DIFFERENT PURPOSE. BUT MAYBE THERE'S SOME THINGS WE CAN BORROW OR LEARN FROM THAT. AND AGAIN, MAYBE ON A TWO YEAR HORIZON, NOT NECESSARILY FOR NEXT YEAR, I THINK FOR NEXT YEAR. WHAT YOU'VE PROPOSED IS PERFECT AND FINE, AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT YOU'VE GOT THERE. I AM LASTLY, WELL, TWO OTHER QUESTIONS. ONE IS ON THE VIP TICKETS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THAT IN THAT SLIDE, IS THAT WHAT'S BEEN HANDED OUT OR IS THAT WHAT WE SAW ACTUALLY CHECK IN THROUGH OUR FRONT? THAT IS WHAT WAS HANDED OUT. SO WHEN PEOPLE RESERVE THOSE TICKETS, THEY DO IT THROUGH ONE OF OUR STAFF AND SHE TRACKS ALL OF THOSE. SO THOSE WERE ACTUAL NUMBERS. OKAY.

AS PARTLY CURIOUS ABOUT SIMILAR TO THE FREE TICKETS THAT ON SUNDAY WHERE WE HAD A BUNCH TICKET, BUT NOT VERY MANY OF THEM DID NOT SHOW UP. I JUST WONDER WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A SIMILAR SITUATION THERE AND WHETHER OR NOT WE ACTUALLY HAVE 880 THAT SHOW UP ON THE STRATEGIC PARTNER SIDE VERSUS PERHAPS EVEN CLOSER TO 600. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT DOES ANYTHING TO ANY OF THIS MATH, BUT IT'S JUST ANOTHER DATA POINT THAT I'M A LITTLE BIT CURIOUS ABOUT. WHAT MAKES THIS A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING IS WITH OUR DIANA'S GOT GREAT REPORTS THAT CAN SHOW YOU HOW MANY OF THE VIP TICKETS WERE REDEEMED OR SCANNED. WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS HOW MANY OF THOSE WERE STRATEGIC PARTNERS OR SPONSORS VERSUS PAID, BECAUSE IT'S ALL RELATIVELY THE SAME ON HOW WE PROCESS THOSE. FAIR ENOUGH. THE LAST CONCERN AND QUESTION THAT I WOULD KIND OF PUT OUT THERE, AND WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE DO IT. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. AND I THINK IT'S A PART OF TESTING OUT A FEW ADJUSTMENTS. AND THERE'S NOTHING TO SAY THAT WE WOULDN'T ADJUST BACK FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER IF WE FOUND SOMETHING TO BE MORE HURTFUL THAN WE EXPECTED. BUT I DO WONDER WHEN YOUR FAVORITE ACT IS ON THE

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[8. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FY 2026-2027 PARKS MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES ]

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL, APPRECIATE THE TIME HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. TALK ABOUT OUR FISCAL YEAR 27 PARKS MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES. SO JUST FOR A BRIEF OVERVIEW, I'LL GIVE YOU A VERY QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE PARKS MAINTENANCE DIVISION. WE'LL TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE ITEMS THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION AND THEIR ANNUAL BUDGET SUPPORT LETTER. GIVE A BRIEF RUNDOWN OF OUR CAPITAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM. TALK ABOUT THE PROJECTS WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR IN THE PARKS MAINTENANCE FUND. LOOK AHEAD TO NEXT YEAR'S PRELIMINARY PROJECTS FOR THE PARKS MAINTENANCE FUND, AND THEN A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE MATCHING FUND BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM. SO JUST SOME QUICK NUMBERS FOR THE PARKS MAINTENANCE DIVISION. WE HAVE 49 EMPLOYEES WHO MAINTAIN 42 PARKS. IT'S ABOUT 510 ACRES OF MEDIAN AND RIGHT OF WAY, 93 MILES OF TRAIL. IN RICHARDSON, WE MAINTAIN 31 PLAYGROUNDS, 27 BRIDGES, 230 PLUS ACRES OF SPORTS FIELDS, 28 RESTROOM BUILDINGS, 36 PAVILIONS AND 13 PONDS AND WATER FEATURES. SOME OTHER THINGS WE DO IN PARKS MAINTENANCE. OF COURSE, THE WILDFLOWER PLANTING PROGRAM. WE MAINTAIN THE STREET BANNER CHANGE OUT CONTRACT. WE MANAGE STREET SWEEPING FOR THE CITY. WE DO THE MATCHING FUND BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE, A LOT OF NATURAL AREA STEWARDSHIP, NOTABLY AT SPRING CREEK NATURE AREA AND BRECKENRIDGE PARK, PROVIDE TONS OF SUPPORT FOR EVENTS LIKE WILDFLOWER. BUT COTTONWOOD HUFFINES HARVEST FEST, SANTA'S VILLAGE FAMILY, FOURTH, OTHER STUFF. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE HAVE A DEDICATION BENCH PROGRAM WHERE CITIZENS CAN DONATE BENCHES OR TREES TO THE CITY. WE PUT UP HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AT REC CENTERS AND ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND ALSO MAINTAIN THE LANDSCAPE ON THE CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY CORRIDOR, WHICH OF COURSE IS BETTER THAN ANYBODY ON EITHER SIDE OF US. AND THEN JUST TO BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE ITEMS THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION SUBMITTED IN THEIR ANNUAL BUDGET LETTER, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE CHARGED TO DO EVERY YEAR TO PROVIDE SOME ADVICE ON BUDGET PRIORITIES. AND THIS IS THE LIST IN ORDER FROM MOST EXPENSIVE TO LEAST. BUT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE NEW FENCING FOR THE TENNIS CENTER, A NEW CAMERA SYSTEM, OR A CAMERA SYSTEM, REPLACEMENT FOR RECREATION CENTER. TENNIS COURT RESURFACING AT FIVE COURTS THROUGHOUT TOWN. THAT'S KIND OF A ROTATING PROJECT WE LIKE TO DO EVERY YEAR. SOME ARC TRAINERS FOR RECREATION CENTER, REPLACEMENT OF THE PARTITION PANEL AT RECREATION CENTER THAT DIVIDES THE BIG ROOM INTO TWO SMALLER ROOMS, MORE ADA CHAIR LIFTS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD POOLS, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE A LITTLE INCREASE IN BUDGET FOR FERTILIZATION AND CHEMICALS FOR TURF CARE THAT'S IN GENERAL PARK TURF, AS WELL AS ATHLETIC FIELDS, ONGOING MAINTENANCE OF TRAIL STRIPING, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF OUR LARGER TRAILS LIKE OWENS TRAIL, CENTRAL TRAIL, GLENVILLE TRAIL AND THE TRAIL THROUGH SPRING CREEK NATURE AREA. RECUMBENT BIKE REPLACEMENT HUFFINES RECREATION CENTER AND REPLACEMENT OF THE LAP LANE MARKERS AT COTTONWOOD AND HEIGHTS FAMILY AQUATIC CENTER. AND INSTEAD OF RANKING THESE ITEMS THIS YEAR, THE COMMISSION JUST TOOK AN APPROACH OF. THIS IS KIND OF A CHUNK OF STUFF THAT IS SAFETY RELATED, AND THIS IS KIND OF A CHUNK OF STUFF THAT IS OPERATIONS RELATED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSION AND STAFF AGREE. THESE ARE ALL IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO PUT A LITTLE BIT OF ATTENTION TO AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR. AND THEN JUST BRIEFLY, JUST TO REMIND YOU ABOUT OUR PARKS ANNUAL CAPITAL CAPITAL ASSET ASSESSMENT, WE STARTED THIS IN 2018 AS A WAY TO KIND OF GAUGE THE STATUS OF SOME OF THE BIGGER VALUE THINGS IN OUR PARKS. WE GO OUT TO ALL 42 OF OUR PARKS, AND THIS ASSESSMENT IS DONE BY PARKS CREW STAFF MEMBERS, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE GUYS WHO MAINTAIN THESE ASSETS DAY TO DAY, YEAR OVER YEAR. THEY KNOW THEM THE BEST OUT OF ANYBODY. AND WE KIND OF THINK OF IT IN TERMS OF THESE ARE ASSETS THAT ARE VALUED AT $10,000 OR MORE OUT IN OUR PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, PAVILIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY'RE SCORED IN FIVE AREAS SAFETY, AGE, STRUCTURAL SOUNDNESS, UTILITY, AND APPEARANCE. YOU

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SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE SLIPPED A LITTLE BIT BRIDGES, I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE. YOU KNOW, LIGHTING IS ABOUT THE SAME, BUT IT SHOWS WE DEFINITELY HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS AS A RESULT OF A DOING THE CAPITAL ASSET ASSESSMENT, AND B, HAVING THAT TRANSFER OUT INTO THE PARKS MAINTENANCE FUND TO DO SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT QUITE BOND LEVEL, BUT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN MAYBE OPERATIONS BUDGET. AND SO JUST TO UPDATE YOU ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE'RE DOING IN THE PARKS MAINTENANCE FUND THIS YEAR, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE'RE REPLACING THE ARE REDOING THE SAFETY SURFACE ROLE COAT OR TOP LAYER AT THE PLAYGROUND AT COTTONWOOD PARK. THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN DOING REGULARLY SINCE WE BUILT THAT PLAYGROUND BACK IN 2018. THAT'S OUR FIRST PORT IN PLACE, SAFETY SERVICING IN RICHARDSON, AND THE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDS EVERY TWO YEARS OR SO, REPLACE THE BINDER THAT'S ROLLED ONTO THE TOP OF THAT. THAT'S BASICALLY THE GLUE THAT HOLDS THAT RUBBER TOGETHER, BUT WE REFRESH THAT EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS AND THAT ACTS AS A WEAR COAT. SO THAT GETS WORN DOWN INSTEAD OF THE ACTUAL RUBBER THAT PROVIDES THE FALL ATTENUATION. THAT WAS COMPLETED IN LATE MARCH OF THIS YEAR. WE ALSO REPLACED THE CONCRETE SLAB UNDER THE PAVILION AT HUFFINES PARK, WHICH IS SOMETHING OUR STAFF NOTICED THROUGH THE ASSET ASSESSMENT NEEDED TO BE DONE BECAUSE IT WAS CRUMBLING, CRACKED, FADING DIDN'T LOOK THAT GOOD. SO WE WERE ABLE TO USE THE PARK MAINTENANCE FUND TO TO REPLACE THAT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE GREAT FOR, YOU KNOW, SANTA'S VILLAGE THERE THIS YEAR. HUFFINES HARVEST FEST, CORPORATE CHALLENGE, OPENING CEREMONIES. AND THAT'S A PAVILION THAT GETS A LOT OF USE BY THE PUBLIC AS WELL. SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A NICE REFRESHED AMENITY FOR THEM. WE FINISHED THAT IN, IN FEBRUARY. ALSO, WE'RE ABLE TO RESTRICT THE PARKING LOT AT HEIGHTS PARK BETWEEN THE REC CENTER AND HEIGHTS FAMILY AQUATIC CENTER, KIND OF IN TANDEM WITH THE HEIGHTS FAMILY AQUATIC CENTER REFRESH PROJECT. IT WAS A GOOD TIME TO REDO FIRE LANES, ADA PARKING SPOTS, AND MIGHT AS WELL GET THE THE ENTIRE PARKING LOT DONE. THAT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS BUDGETED INTO THE REFRESH PROJECT. FORTUNATELY, WE HAD THE FUNDS IN THE PARKS MAINTENANCE FUND TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, WHICH IS BENEFICIAL TO EVERYBODY. GOT THAT DONE IN THE MIDDLE OF MAY, ABOUT THE TIME THE THE AQUATIC CENTER REFRESH WAS FINISHED, AND THESE NEXT TWO ARE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT THESE ARE MEDIAN LANDSCAPE PROJECTS. THE FIRST ONE IS ON WATER VIEW, AND THAT'S KIND OF DOING THAT SAME LANDSCAPE DESIGN SCHEME THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ALL OVER TOWN. YOU SEE THE RIVER ROCK THERE. THIS IS KIND OF A IN PROGRESS PICTURE OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE ON WATER VIEW BETWEEN SPRING VALLEY AND BELTLINE. WE EXPECT THAT TO BE DONE BY THE END OF THIS MONTH OR EARLY JULY. AND LIKEWISE ON

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THE CONCRETE AROUND IT WAS CRACKED FROM FROM TRAFFIC OR OVERUSE. WE WERE ABLE TO GET A CONTRACTOR TO COME IN, REPLACE THE DRAIN, REDO THE PAVING, AND THEY ALSO REDID A BUNCH OF THOSE BIG 12 BY 12 GRANITE PAVERS ON THAT BLACK WALKWAY THAT GOES FROM THE DART STATION ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT DOOR OF THE EISMANN CENTER. AND THAT DEFINITELY WAS A RESULT OF TRAFFIC IN THE AREA GOING ACROSS THAT CROSSWALK HAD CRACKED SOME OF THOSE. THAT WAS VERY THANKFULLY DONE WELL BEFORE WILDFLOWER, SO WE HAD A CLEAN LOOK FOR THE FESTIVAL, WHICH WE WERE VERY GLAD OF. AND THEN ALSO IN THAT AREA, ABLE TO RECOMMISSION THE FOUNTAIN AT GALLATIN PLAZA. AS YOU KNOW, THAT FOUNTAIN WAS SHUT DOWN FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS WHILE THE GALLATIN PARK APARTMENTS WERE BEING BUILT. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE SYSTEM THAT MECHANICALLY COMPLEX HAVE JUST BEEN MOTHBALLED, BASICALLY FOR TWO YEARS, WE WENT TO TO SPIN IT UP AND WOULD GET IT RUNNING. IT WOULD WORK FINE FOR A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN THE NEXT PROBLEM WOULD MANIFEST, AND THEN THE NEXT PROBLEM WOULD MANIFEST. SO WE WE RESEARCHED A LOT OF OPTIONS FOR THAT. THE BEST, THE BEST CHOICE WAS TO HAVE THE MANUFACTURER COME BACK IN AND BASICALLY GO THROUGH IT PIECE BY PIECE, ALMOST TEAR IT DOWN AND REBUILD IT. AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY USE THE TERM RECOMMISSIONING, WHICH IS SOMETHING THEY DO. BUT THEY WERE HERE FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS IN MARCH AND GOT EVERYTHING BACK UP AND RUNNING. AND IT'S BEEN A DREAM EVER SINCE. WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE THAT UP FOR WILDFLOWER AGAIN THIS YEAR.

THE NEW BUILDING FOR YALE PARK RESTROOM IS BEING CONSTRUCTED IN LAS VEGAS RIGHT NOW. WE'VE BEEN USING A PREFAB MODEL FOR RESTROOM REPLACEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE PARK OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. I HAVE ONE AT THE DOG PARK, ONE AT COTTONWOOD, ONE AT HUFFINES, ONE AT CREEK HOLLOW PARK. THOSE HAVE BEEN REALLY, REALLY GREAT. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A PROCESS TO GET ALL THE CONTRACTS LINED OUT, BUT THEY EXPECT TO HAVE THAT READY FOR DELIVERY AT THE END OF THE SUMMER, AND THEN THEY LITERALLY WILL COME OUT, BRING A CRANE, DROP IT IN PLACE, HOOK UP THE PLUMBING AND POWER, AND IT'LL BE READY TO GO. AND THEN AS A RESULT OF GOING THROUGH THE ASSET ASSESSMENT THIS YEAR, LOOKING AT HOW THOSE ASSETS WERE RATED, WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP THIS PRELIMINARY WORK PLAN FOR PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. SO ONE THING WE NEED TO REVISIT IS DOING SOME WORK ON THE TRAIL AT BRECKENRIDGE PARK. AND THIS IS DOWN IN THE THE LOW AREA BY THE SEA ENTRANCE WHERE THE TWO BIG PAVILIONS ARE. THAT IS UNFORTUNATELY ALL FLOODPLAIN. THAT FLOODS REGULARLY WHEN WE HAVE A BIG RAIN EVENT, AND ROWLETT CREEK IS A LITTLE BIT TOO UNRULY FOR ITS BANKS. WE SEE THAT TRAIL GET SILTED IN A LOT. THERE'S A LOT OF GRADING WE NEED TO DO, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE INUNDATION. SOMETIMES THAT CONCRETE IS IS IN A LITTLE BIT ROUGH SHAPE HERE AND THERE. SO WE WANT TO DO SOME CONCRETE PANEL REPLACEMENTS, ADDRESS CRACKS, TRIP HAZARDS, AND THEN WORK ON THE GRADING TO KEEP THE WATER FLOWING OUT OF THAT AREA AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AFTER WE HAVE A RAIN EVENT SO THAT IT'S READY FOR USE AND NOT SITTING UNDERWATER FOR QUITE SO LONG. ALSO, WANT TO DO SOME WORK TO THE RESTROOM AT THE B COMPLEX AT BRECKENRIDGE PARK. THAT'S IN THE AREA WHERE WE HAVE THE FAMILY FOURTH CELEBRATION EVERY YEAR. THAT RESTROOM IS ACTUALLY MOSTLY SITTING ON OLD CAPPED LANDFILL, SO IT DOES NOT ACTUALLY HAVE PLUMBING OR POWER. IT IS A A VERY, VERY NICE PORTABLE TOILET BASICALLY, BUT STILL HAS A LITTLE BIT NICER APPEARANCE, YOU KNOW, ROCK WALLS. BUT WE NEED TO DO SOME WORK ON THE DOORS AND HARDWARE, FRESH COAT OF PAINT, KIND OF SPRUCE THAT UP SOME AND THEN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE FOUNDATION THERE BECAUSE IT'S GETTING A LITTLE BIT DICEY, BUT WE THINK WE CAN MUDJACKING THAT OR SOMETHING TO GET IT BACK ON A FIRM, FIRM FOOTING. MEDIAN LANDSCAPING, AGAIN, IS SOMETHING WE LIKE TO DO EVERY YEAR IN THE PARKS MAINTENANCE FUND TO START SPRUCING UP SOME OF THESE OLDER LANDSCAPE NODES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THIS YEAR, THE AREAS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED WERE PLANO ROAD BETWEEN ABOUT BUCKINGHAM AND COLLINS. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THAT OLDER IMPRINTED CONCRETE BRICK STARTING TO HEAVE A LITTLE BIT. IT LOOKS A LITTLE FADED, LOOKS A LITTLE DATED. SO WE'D LIKE TO TO SPRUCE THAT SOME UP. AND THEN ALSO JUPITER ROAD BETWEEN. I DIDN'T PUT THAT ON THERE, BUT THAT'S A KIND OF BETWEEN ARAPAHO AND RENNER. SOME OF THE AREAS ALONG THROUGH THERE THAT WE'D LIKE TO, TO REFRESH, MAYBE MOVE SOME OF THOSE STRIPS OUT SOME SO THEY'RE NOT RIGHT ON TOP OF THOSE TREES AND THEN DO MORE RIVER ROCK, FLAGSTONE, THINGS LIKE THAT. LIKE WE'VE BEEN DOING ALSO, THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE SECURITY AT THE RICHARDSON WOMAN'S CLUB. WE'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF THE LADIES THERE THAT IT GETS KIND OF DARK IN THAT AREA BETWEEN THE, THE CLUBHOUSE AND THE GOLF COURSE. SO WE THINK THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO INSTALL SOME SOLAR LIGHTING. WE'VE HAD

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SO WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION. NOW AS WE'RE MOVING INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS, AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE MATCHING FUND BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS COME ACROSS YOUR DESK TO SEE IF THIS IS A DIRECTION THAT WE WISH TO TAKE OR THE COUNCIL WISHES TO TAKE. SO NEXT STEPS, MAYBE MORE IN LINE WITH THE TRANSFER OUT TO THE PARKS MAINTENANCE FUND, WE'LL START TO DEVELOP THESE PROJECT DESIGNS AND THE OVERALL SCOPE, BEGIN IN DEPTH PROJECT PLANNING, AND THEN FINALIZE THE BUDGET AS WE RECEIVE THE CERTIFIED PROPERTY TAX VALUES. AND CITY MANAGER PREPARES TO FILE THE BUDGET. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

COUNCILMEMBER DORIAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. SEAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU DID THAT REALLY QUICK.

I LIKE THAT. I JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS. I LOVE THAT WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY CHANGES TO THE MATCHING FUND PROGRAM. I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S AN INVALUABLE PROGRAM. IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN. I THINK IT ALWAYS WILL BE. AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THERE'S PARTICIPATION. I MEAN, GENERALLY SPEAKING, ABOUT HOW MANY PROJECTS DO WE GET A YEAR? I KNOW RIGHT NOW I THINK YOU LISTED SIX. LET'S SEE. 123. YEAH, SIX OF THEM. BUT IS THAT IS THAT NORMAL ACTIVITY FOR 4 TO 6 IS IS VERY VERY COMMON USUALLY. NO, NO MORE THAN MAYBE 7 IN 1 YEAR THAT I'VE SEEN.

EVERY NOW AND THEN IT'LL JUST BE 1 OR 2. BUT WE ALWAYS GET GET APPLICATIONS AND WE LOVE DOING THOSE PROJECTS. GOOD. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WHEN I'M OUT AND ABOUT JUST, YOU KNOW, EDUCATING SOME OF THE RESIDENTS, SOME OF THEM ARE NOT EVEN FAMILIAR WITH THE MATCHING FUND PROGRAM. SO I TRY TO CONVEY THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT'S AS AN EXTENSION OF WHAT OUR CITY LOOKS LIKE AND HOW IT'S PERCEIVED. SO I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT. WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE NEXT QUESTION. I LIKE THAT YOU SAID THAT WE'RE ADDING SOME CONSISTENCY IN THE LANDSCAPING AND SOME OF THE MEDIUMS. I THINK THE THE LARGE ROCK FORMATION IS A LITTLE MORE ARCHITECTURAL. AND I THINK WHEN YOU'RE GOING, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, DRIVING THROUGH THE CITY, YOU SEE SOME OF THAT CONSISTENCY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE MATCHY MATCHY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY, BUT I DO LIKE TO SEE SOME CONSISTENCY. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE I HAD SOMEONE WELL, ON A BOARD I'M ON MENTIONED THAT THEY DRIVE THEIR DAUGHTER TO SOCCER PRACTICE OVER IN GARLAND, BUT THEY DRIVE THROUGH RICHARDSON AND THEY SAID EVERY TIME THEY COME THROUGH HERE, THEY SAY THEY LOVE SEEING THE WILDFLOWERS, THE WILDFLOWERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND I JUST THOUGHT, I LIKE THAT. THAT'S GOOD. SO IT'S, IT'S THAT KIND OF RECOGNITION THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IN SOME OF THE ARCHITECTURAL ENHANCEMENTS OR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL ENHANCEMENTS. AND ON THE LIGHTING, I'M TRYING TO GO QUICK AS WELL ON THE LIGHTING THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING AT THE WOMAN'S CLUB. IS THAT GOING TO BE POLE LIGHTING, OR IS THAT A COMBINATION OF TREE SOLAR AND AND IT'S POLITE. IT'S ALL POLE.

OKAY. OH YEAH. AND THEN. AND THEN ALSO ON THE RESTROOMS, I DO LIKE THE RESTROOMS OVER AT BRECON. I'M NOT I'M SORRY. HUFFINES IS THAT GOING TO BE THE NEW DIRECTION OF RESTROOMS? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THE LAST THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IS REPLACE THOSE OLDER, YOU KNOW, CMU RESTROOM BUILDINGS. WE'RE USING THE PREFAB ONES. YEAH, I KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I LIKE THAT APPROACH IN THAT DIRECTION. SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL PAYING ATTENTION TO SOME OF THOSE DETAILS. YOU SAID YOU HAVE TO HAVE THOSE PRODUCED AND, AND BROUGHT IN AS A UNIT AND THEY'RE NOT. ARE THEY BUILT ON SITE OR THEY'RE NOT? THEY'RE PREFAB. THEY BRING THEM IN ON A, ON A TRAILER WITH A CRANE. AND LITERALLY, WE WILL TELL THEM

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IT'S FANTASTIC. YEAH, I LOVE THAT. IT'S LIKE IT'S, IT'S CUBE HOMES OR CUBE RESTROOMS IN THIS CASE, AGAIN, GREAT PRESENTATION. I DO SUPPORT ALL THE REVISIONS THAT YOU'RE THAT YOU'RE MAKING.

I LOVE, I LOVE SEEING SOME OF THE FUNDING GO INTO THESE AREAS THAT I MENTIONED. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU. MAYOR SHAWN, A FEW QUESTIONS. YOU MENTIONED THE MEDIANS ON PLANO ROAD AND JUPITER, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WERE THOSE BEING UPGRADED TO THE RIVER ROCKS? IS THAT WHAT THE. YEAH, THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE AN ASPECT OF THE DESIGN ON THOSE. SO JUST THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF IT. OKAY. THE YOU USE THE TERM. I'LL BE HONEST. I GOOGLED IT AND LOOKED AT AND LOOKED AT THE IMAGE BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE WHAT IT WAS, BUT I BELIEVE YOU CALLED IT THE ELEVATED BOARDWALK. THE CONCRETE ELEVATED BOARDWALK.

YES, I'M THINKING CONCRETE. I'M THINKING CONCRETE CRACKS. CONCRETE IS HEAVY, WHICH REQUIRES STRUCTURE. SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND, AS SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT A PARK EXPERT, YOU KNOW, IF I, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE BACKYARD FENCES AND SOME OF THE STUFF, A LOT OF TIMES OUR BACKYARD DECKS GOING TO LIKE A COMPOSITE OR, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF USUALLY POLY TYPE MATERIAL. I THINK I WAS, I THINK IT'S SOUTH PADRE THAT HAS ONE OF THOSE POLY TYPE ELEVATED BOARDWALKS. I THINK THAT'S WHERE I WAS ONE RECENTLY. WHY, WHY CONCRETE VERSUS SOMETHING ELSE. IS THAT A COST FACTOR? IS THAT A MAINTENANCE FACTOR. IT'S MAINTENANCE AS MUCH AS ANYTHING.

AND THE SPECIFIC PRODUCT THAT WE HAVE IN MIND IS, IS ENGINEERED EXACTLY FOR APPLICATIONS LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, IN PARKS OUTDOORS, WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE INUNDATED WITH WATER TO, TO HOLD UP REALLY, REALLY WELL. BUT THE CONCRETE IS, IS BUILT IN SUCH A WAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S REINFORCED SO THAT, YOU KNOW, CRACKING AND CRUMBLING IS NOT NOT MORE OF AN ISSUE WITH THIS THAN IT IS WITH JUST A, YOU KNOW, FLATWORK CONCRETE TRAIL. AND WE'VE TESTED IT IN OTHER SITES AROUND TOWN. IT WORKS VERY WELL. A FEW MONTHS BACK, OVER THE WINTER, I WALKED THAT AREA AND YES, IT WAS REALLY SLIPPERY. AND I SAW, YOU KNOW, I COMPARED IT TO LIKE A FRENCH DRAIN TYPE THAT YOU ALL BUILT THAT OUT, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S STILL AN ISSUE.

SO I THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. THE MATCHING FUNDS IS THERE ARE CERTAIN TYPE OF PROJECT THEY HAVE TO BE. IS THERE A MAX FOR IT? WHAT'S AVERAGE. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY 30,009 THOUSAND ARE VERY DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, AND IF WE DOUBLE THAT. SO THAT'S 60. I'M THINKING WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU BUILDING FOR 60? THOSE NUMBERS ARE THE TOTAL PROJECT COST.

YEAH. FOR, FOR EACH OF THESE PROJECTS. SO THAT THAT NUMBER, THAT 30,000 REPRESENTS 15 FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND 1515 FROM THE CITY. YEAH. SORRY, SORRY, I DIDN'T MAKE THAT CLEAR. THEY ARE USUALLY AROUND 5 TO $10,000. YOU KNOW, THAT'S IT VARIES. BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE SWEET SPOT WHERE WE ARE SOMETIMES 15, SOMETIMES 20. BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE SMALLER LIKE THAT. OKAY. IS THAT OFFICIAL POLICY? SAY, HEY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO MATCH MORE THAN 15 OR WE'RE NOT GOING TO MATCH MORE THAN WE DON'T. WE DON'T HAVE A CAP ON THAT. WE JUST KIND OF TAKE THEM AS WE GET THOSE, THOSE APPLICATIONS AND LOOK AT WHAT THE PROJECT IS AND MAKE DECISIONS FROM THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU SEAN, APPRECIATE IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, MR. ROGERS, ON THE $665,000 WORK PLAN. HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO FISCAL YEAR 26? IS IT THE SAME? I'M SORRY. ON THE WHAT? HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO FISCAL YEAR 26? THE PROPOSED 665,000? IS IT THE SAME OR. I THINK THE TOTAL TRANSFER OUT INTO THE PARK FUND WAS 623 OKAY. 600 AND YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S THIS ISN'T THIS ISN'T THE ACTUAL TRANSFER. THIS IS THEIR PROPOSED WORK PLAN. AS OF NOW, WE'RE NOT INDEXING ANY OF THE TRANSFER OUT. SO IT WILL REMAIN FLAT FROM 26. OKAY. YEAH. AND IT WAS ABOUT 623,000 I THINK. THANK YOU. AND THEN YOU ASKED US A QUESTION THERE AT THE END ABOUT COUNCIL CONSIDERATION WITH RESPECT TO PRIVATE PROPERTY AND HOAS. I GET THAT QUESTION ALL THE TIME WHEN I VISIT HOAS IN THE PANHANDLE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE WISH WE COULD DO THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN THE CITY DO? AND OUR POLICY, I THINK, HAS BEEN THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY. AND SO WE CANNOT MATCH FOR SOME OF THE REASONS YOU'VE POINTED OUT IN THE PRESENTATION, WHICH IS WE CAN'T COME ON AND MAINTAIN IT AFTERWARDS AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. SO I THINK WE SHOULD MAINTAIN THAT POLICY. BUT I DO HOPE THAT THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE MAY HAVE EXISTING EASEMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE WE COULD GO ON AND MAINTAIN THEM. AND SO IT'S QUASI PUBLIC IN SOME WAYS BECAUSE OF OUR EASEMENT, BECAUSE I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR US TO FIND A WAY TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO WAS

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SURE. COUNCILMEMBER CORCORAN, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO FIRST, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE WEEKS OFF AFTER THIS, I WANT TO SAY HAPPY EARLY PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH. IT'S IN JULY.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I JUST I DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS ON THE DECISIONS BECAUSE YOU HIT ALL THE POINTS FROM LAST YEAR VERY WELL. YOU HAVE A LOT OF GOOD POINTS GOING FORWARD THIS YEAR. BUT, YOU KNOW, I MAYBE I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT AS A REMINDER TO COUNCIL. AND JUST AS WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE BOND DISCUSSION, WE MADE A VERY CONSCIOUS DECISION TO NOT FOCUS ON INCREASING SORT OF OUR CAPACITY FOR SOCCER FIELDS AND ATHLETIC FIELDS, AND INSTEAD FOCUSED ON THE BRIDGE AT BRECKENRIDGE PARK. SO WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE THE FERTILIZER AND SORT OF THE TURF MAINTENANCE THAT'S RECOMMENDED IN THE PARKS LETTER, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THE BALL WITH, BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY TO RELIEVE THE PRESSURE ON THE FIELDS, I FEEL LIKE IS A STRATEGIC DECISION, WE AT LEAST NEED TO FOCUS THE MONEY ON TO MAINTAINING THE FIELDS THAT WE HAVE. SO JUST SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M PAYING REALLY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS. AND THEN MY, MY OTHER QUESTION REALLY IS WITH THIS HOA AND REALLY, COUNCILMEMBER JUSTICE, I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND YOUR THOUGHTS A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THIS AND SAYING, OH, THIS MAY BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO SOME SORT OF EXPERIMENT, SORT OF PROOF OF CONCEPT ON WAYS TO IMPLEMENT THIS AND CREATE A PROCESS FOR IMPLEMENTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THE HOA, LIKE THE PRIVATE SPACE. AND I THINK I'M JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING MAYBE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CONSEQUENCE THERE. AND SO IS IT JUST THE PRECEDENCE OF IF WE HAVE TO DO IT FOR THIS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO MATCHING FOR BEAUTIFICATION FOR ALL SORT OF PRIVATE HOMES. AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT FROM A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE. OR IS THERE SOME SORT OF LIKE LEGAL CONSEQUENCE OR INCREASED RISK TO THE CITY? WHAT ARE YOU WHERE ARE YOU COMING FROM? I CAN'T I CAN'T GIVE LEGAL ADVICE YOU ASKED FOR, BUT I THINK I UNDERSTAND. I THINK THAT THE ISSUE I WOULD SAY IS USING PUBLIC FUNDS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IS JUST AN ISSUE IN GENERAL, AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. AND SO I MY THOUGHT WAS, ARE THERE AGAIN, IT'S JUST A TERM I MADE UP THINKING ABOUT THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, QUASI PUBLIC PROPERTY WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE A ENTRY FEATURE AS AN EXAMPLE, WHERE AN EASEMENT RUNS THROUGH IT. YOU KNOW, COULD WE ARGUE THEN THAT THERE'S A PUBLIC COMPONENT OF THAT PRIVATE PROPERTY? WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO ON TO IT AND MAINTAIN IT IF WE MATCHED USE MATCHING FUNDS IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE. I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN TOLD WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GO ON AND MAINTAIN IT. SO WE'D BE USING PUBLIC FUNDS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT WE THEN WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN. SO WE WOULD BE SORT OF LEFT TO THE DEVICES OF THAT PARTICULAR HOA TO MAINTAIN THE INVESTMENT OF THOSE PUBLIC FUNDS. AND SO AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT ANSWER IS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN I GO OUT THERE. AND SO I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO EXPLORE IT. BUT YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THE ISSUE IS, IS USING PUBLIC FUNDS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. IS THERE IS THERE EVER A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE WE USE PUBLIC FUNDS FOR ENHANCING

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HEY, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. THAT THAT LOOKS LIKE THE GALLATIN PLAZA FOUNTAIN CAME REALLY IN A GOOD COST. INITIALLY, WE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE A HUGE EXPENSE. THAT WAS LIKE A FEW YEARS AGO. SO NOW THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU HAVE ANY MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE MANUFACTURER OR OR SUPPLIER? WE DO HAVE A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THEM.

SO WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM WHICH PROVIDES FOR THEM TO COME OUT FOUR TIMES A YEAR JUST TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING, MAKE SURE IT'S UP TO SNUFF. AND THEN WE KIND OF HAVE THEM ON, ON CALL AS WELL. THEY CAN ACTUALLY REMOTE INTO THE FOUNTAIN BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET AND, YOU KNOW, REPROGRAMED TAKE A LOOK AT THINGS IF WE NEED THEM TO. SO IT'S BEEN A GOOD ARRANGEMENT. OKAY, GREAT. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. AND NOW REGARDING YOUR SLIDE 20. TRYING WITH THAT. SLIDE 22. THE BRECKENRIDGE PARK TRAIL. IS THAT GOING TO BE THE IN-HOUSE DESIGN, OR DO YOU HAVE A CONSULTANT DOING THE WORK FOR THIS? WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AS WE DEVELOP THE PROJECT SCOPE AND DECIDE EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, HOW FAR THAT NEEDS TO GO. TYPICALLY, STUFF LIKE THAT WE WILL KIND OF DO IN-HOUSE, BUT IF WE NEED TO BRING A CONSULTANT IN, WE MAY DO SO. OKAY. YEAH. I MEAN, DEFINITELY YOU HIT THE RIGHT POINT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, BUT NOT LIKE CLOSER MEANS, BUT STILL LIKE GO 30,000FT ABOVE, RIGHT, A LITTLE BIT WIDER AREA.

NOW, NOW THE NEXT SLIDE, THAT BRECKENRIDGE PARK B RESTROOM THAT YOU HAVE, YOU SAID THAT'S THE I HAVE NOT USED THAT RESTROOM. SO I CAN'T REALLY SAY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE INSIDE, BUT WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR MAKING THIS THING REGULAR RESTROOM IN THE FUTURE? LIKE WITH ACTUAL PLUMBING, THAT WOULD REQUIRE MOVING IT ACROSS THE ROAD OVER BY THE CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY GET PLUMBING AND POWER TO IT. BUT THAT MAY BE IS THAT PART OF THE BRECKENRIDGE PLAN WE DO FOR THE BRECKENRIDGE SPRAY PAD? WE WILL HAVE A RESTROOM AS PART OF THAT PROJECT, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT PARKING LOT. SO CLOSER TO THE ENTRANCE WHEN YOU COME IN. SO THERE WILL BE A RESTROOM AND ADDITIONAL PARKING IN THAT SPACE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD PRESENTATION. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. THANK YOU MAYOR. FIRST OFF, SEAN, GREAT PRESENTATION. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TO LEND MY MY SUPPORT AS WELL TO WHAT MR. MAGNER WAS TALKING ABOUT, TRYING TO COME UP WITH A WAY THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THE MANDATORY HOSE TO BE ABLE TO, TO, TO DO THIS. I THINK, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A REALLY HARD LOOK AND BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS TO THEM AND CREATE A, AND CREATE A, SOME TYPE OF A PRODUCT WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN IT AND WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THEM. SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING BECOME OF THAT, AS YOU MENTIONED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR SEAN. I WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO IT REGARDING THIS DISCUSSION AROUND THE MAINTENANCE AND PRIVATELY OWNED MEDIANS. I

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AND FUTURE COUNCILS. AND THE REALITY IS, I THINK THAT IF WE START OPENING, IF WE OPEN UP THAT CAN OF WORMS, FUTURE COUNCILS ARENG TO BE ASKED, WELL, THEY DID IT THERE. WHY CAN'T WE DO IT HERE? AND THAT'S KIND OF A DANGEROUS ROAD TO GO DOWN. SO I THINK CONSERVATIVELY THE ANSWER IS TO NOT TOUCH IT. THAT'S MY $0.02. NOW STAFF COMES UP WITH SOMETHING CREATIVE. I'M I'M, YOU KNOW, OPEN TO LISTENING. BUT I'M I'M VERY, VERY HESITANT WITH THIS IDEA. I THINK THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF BENEFITS THAT COME WITH A MANDATORY HOA. THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT REASONS PEOPLE CHOOSE TO JOIN THEM, BUT THAT IS PART OF THE DOWNSIDE IS THAT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THAT IS UP TO THE HOA. YOU KNOW, THEY WANT THE PRIVACY, THEY WANT A LOT OF THINGS, THE POSITIVES THAT COME WITH IT. BUT WITH THE POSITIVE ALSO COME CHALLENGES.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES. SO I'M CONCERNED ON WHAT THAT MAY DO TO FUTURE COUNCILS. AND AGAIN, THINKING OF THOSE EXTREMES. SO I, I AM NOT A FAN OF THE IDEA OF USING PUBLIC MONEY ON ON PRIVATE LAND. COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY, I MEAN, MY STAFF, I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THE POINT, BUT LIKE GARLAND HAS A PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY IT'S MANDATORY AND VOLUNTARY AND THERE'S A WHOLE I'M LOOKING AT IT NOW A WHOLE FIVE PAGE DOCUMENT OF GUIDELINES. AND IT'S VARIOUS, YOU KNOW, PARTICULAR. AND SO I THINK I, I SHARE YOUR CONCERN. I THINK THAT'S WHY THE CITY HAS NEVER DONE IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN WE'VE BEEN ASKED THE QUESTION TONIGHT AND IT'S SOMETHING I HAVE ASKED OF STAFF BEFORE AS WELL. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S WORTH EXPLORING AND IT'S NOT A DECISION WE HAVE TO MAKE TONIGHT. BUT I LIKE THE IDEA OF ASKING STAFF TO LOOK INTO IT. ALL RIGHT. I'LL JUST I THINK OVERALL THRILLED THRILLED TO SEE THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I TOO WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST VISIT WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE GUIDELINES THAT AREN'T DANGEROUS. OKAY, WE ARE DONE WITH THAT ITEM. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO REPORTING ON ITEMS

[9. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]

COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS. THANK YOU. MAYOR, YOU KNOW, I'VE KIND OF BEEN QUIET ON THESE COMMUNITY INTEREST THINGS FOR A WHILE BECAUSE MY BRAIN AND TIME HAS BEEN IN MANY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. BUT THIS PAST WEEK, I KNOW YOU AND YOUR LOVELY WIFE WERE ALSO THERE WHERE IT WAS AT THE MEXICO KOREA FIFA WATCH PARTY OVER AT CITY LINE. AND I'LL BE HONEST, I THOUGHT I'D STOP IN AND SEE, YOU KNOW, 50, MAYBE 100 PEOPLE THERE AND THERE WAS WAY MORE PEOPLE THERE THAN I COULD EVER IMAGINE. SO I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WAS ORGANIZED IF WE EVEN HAD A PART IN IT. I DON'T THINK WE DID. BUT IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING BECAUSE I THINK THERE WERE EASILY A THOUSAND PEOPLE THERE. YEAH, EASILY. IT WAS PACKED. IT WAS SHOULDER TO SHOULDER.

PEOPLE WERE DANCING. WE HAD A LOT OF HISPANICS. WE HAD KOREAN. WE HAD PEOPLE OF MANY DIFFERENT PLACES JUST THERE CHOOSING A SIDE AND CHEERING. AND IT WAS I HAD A I HAD A BLAST AND LOOKED LIKE MAYOR. YOU AND YOUR WIFE ALSO WERE HAVING A BLAST THERE. SO YOU DEFINITELY WERE. OH YES.

MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STAFF FOR PM PINTS. WE HAD A GREAT PRESENTATION ON STATE LEGISLATION, ITS IMPACT ON EDUCATION, TECH AND GROWTH, AND HAD EXCELLENT SPEAKERS. AND IT WAS JUST VERY, VERY WELL ATTENDED. SO JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I THINK THE PM PROGRAM HAS BEEN A REAL SUCCESS AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE CITY STAFF AND ALL THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE ON THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ABSOLUTELY. I'VE JUST GOT A FEW ITEMS I'LL START OFF WITH. THANK YOU FOR HUMORING THE TIMER THING. WE WERE JUST KIND OF MAKE SHIFTING IT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WORKED OUT NICELY. AND I WELCOME ANY INPUT FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO MAY LIKE TO SEE ME APPROACH IT A

[03:20:01]

ONCE AGAIN, A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM AND SOME WONDERFUL COMMUNITY PARTNERS ALL COMING TOGETHER. AND IMPORTANT OCCASION, I THINK, AND A GREAT WAY TO WELCOME PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE AS REFUGEES. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, A BELATED HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO THOSE OF YOU WHO DID NOT GET A FATHER'S DAY RECOGNITION ON FATHER'S DAY, I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS IN OUR SKATING COMMUNITY, CONSIDERING IT WAS FATHER'S DAY AND KIND OF THROWN TOGETHER AT THE LAST MINUTE, TO HAVE MORE THAN 2 OR 3 PEOPLE SHOW UP WAS WAS PRETTY COOL. WE HAD SOMEWHERE AROUND 40 PEOPLE AND THAT INCLUDED, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A FATHER AND A DAUGHTER THAT CAME FROM ALLEN THAT WANTED TO COME SKATEBOARD TOGETHER. AND THERE WERE JUST A TON OF FOLKS FROM, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE 3 TO 53, MAYBE 63 EVEN.

THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OLDER GUYS IN THAT CATEGORY THAT, THAT WERE THERE WITH THEIR SKATEBOARDS. SO JUST A COOL, A COOL THING AND SOMETHING I WAS NOT EXPECTING TO HAVE TURNOUT FOR, BUT, BUT FUN TO SEE PEOPLE GETTING OUT AND GETTING EXCITED ABOUT GETTING ON FOUR WHEELS. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE AND THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.