Sep 22, 2026 City Council on 2026-09-22 5:30 PM

[1. Call to Order]

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HOWDY EVERYONE. TODAY IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2026 AND THE TIME IS 5:30 P.M.

WE'RE HERE FOR THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE COPPELL CITY COUNCIL. WE DO HAVE A MEETING OR WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT, SO I'M GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. WE WILL BE CONVENING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN THE FIRST FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM.

[2. Executive Session (Closed to the Public) 1st Floor Conference Room]

AND AS A PERSONAL NOTE, I WANTED TO WISH MY WIFE A VERY HAPPY ANNIVERSARY.

TODAY IS OUR 42ND ANNIVERSARY AND SHE IS VERY FORGIVING KNOWING THAT I AM HERE AT A COUNCIL MEETING INSTEAD OF AT HOME TAKING CARE OF HER.

SO HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. GOOD AFTERNOON. THE TIME IS 6:35 P.M..

[3. Work Session (Open to the Public) 1st Floor Conference Room Mayor Wes Mays adjourned the Executive Session at 6:35 p.m. and convened into the Work Session at 6:38 p.m.]

THE PUBLIC IS INVITED AND ENCOURAGED TO JOIN US.

THANK YOU. FOR ITEMS ON WORK SESSION. SO WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED REAL QUICKLY.

THE TIME IS 6:38. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO WORK SESSION.

FIRST ITEM IS DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA ITEMS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO. I HAVE ONE COMMENT.

WE WILL BE PULLING ITEM Q OFF THE AGENDA. THAT AGREEMENT HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED YET SO WE'RE NOT READY TO DO IT. OKAY. RAMESH. YEAH, I HAD A QUESTION ON Q AND ON THE ITEM R.

THE QUESTION I HAD IS, IS THE US DIGITAL DESIGN BY HONEYWELL? WAS IT THE ONLY PROVIDER CONSIDERED? JOSH. SO US DIGITAL IS PROBABLY THE ONLY LEGITIMATE VENDOR OUT THERE FOR FIRE STATION ALERTING.

THAT IS WHAT ALL THE OTHER FOUR FIRE STATIONS USE.

FIRE STATION 3 IS UNDER REMODEL, SO THIS IS TO REPLACE THE ONE THAT WAS THERE.

IT'S BEEN INSTALLED 15, 20 YEARS AGO, HOWEVER LONG IT'S BEEN.

IT'S ALSO THE SAME MODEL THAT'S USED BY ALL THE OTHER CITIES, SO.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON CONSENT? ARE ANY OF THE OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? YES, SIR. I HATE TO INTERRUPT. ON ITEM Q ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THE AGREEMENT THAT'S PROPOSED IS TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR FIRST RESPONDER SERVICES ON NTTA ROADWAYS OUR OFFICE IS WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER CITIES IN SIMILAR AGREEMENTS.

WE PROPOSE CERTAIN REVISIONS TO THE AGREEMENT AND TOLD THE AUTHORITIES COUNCIL HAS BEEN.

I DON'T WANT TO SAY BELLIGERENT, BUT NON-RESPONSIVE.

THE AGREEMENT IS ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE I THINK PD JUST TACKED IT ON WITHOUT LEGAL REVIEW.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO RENEGOTIATE THAT AGREEMENT WITH TERMS THAT ARE A BIT MORE FAVORABLE, NOT JUST TO COPPELL, BUT TO ALL THE CITIES. AND I REACHED OUT TO THEIR COUNCIL YESTERDAY AND TOLD HER THAT IT WAS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA THAT I MAY, IF I DON'T HEAR BACK, ASK THE COUNCIL TO PULL IT FROM THE AGENDA.

AND SO IF IT WERE PULLED FROM TONIGHT'S AGENDA, MY GUESS IS THAT YOU'D SEE IT ON THE NEXT AVAILABLE CONSENT AGENDA.

HOPEFULLY THE CHANGES. SO I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHERE THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE GOING.

NOT JUST FOR COPPELL BUT FOR HANDFUL OF OTHER CITIES.

ROWLETT, RICHARDSON, SACHSE, PALM BRANCH. WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON TONIGHT THAT YOU GUYS ARE OUT OF THE MIX.

I ALREADY SAID WE WERE GOING TO PULL UP, SO. YOU SHOULD HAVE INTERRUPTED ME. I WAS, I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE YOU WERE GOING.

OR ANY OTHER. DID YOU? YEAH, ON ITEM Q A QUESTION THAT I HAD IS I THOUGHT I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO THEY WERE OFFERING $50,000. I WANTED TO ASK OUR CHIEF WHAT OUR COST WOULD BE TO, TO COVER THAT ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

SO JUST TO SEE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE ALONG.

I AM WE'VE GOT ONE ITEM HERE THAT IS TIME DATED AND THAT'S ITEM D.

WE HAVE ABOUT A WEEK TO GET THIS INTO TML. SO I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER ITEM D NEXT.

THIS IS DELIBERATION REGARDING PRESENTING A TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE RESOLUTION ON E-BIKES.

SO CALIE, YOU WANT TO KICK US OFF HERE? AND I HAVE HANDOUTS FOR.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO THIS ITEM IS TO FOR A

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THEIR PROCESS IS JUST DIFFERENT THAN OURS. TO HAVE SOMETHING PLACED ON THAT AGENDA, CITIES MUST PASS A RESOLUTION WITH THEIR GOVERNING BODY.

AND THEN THAT RESOLUTION MOVES ON TO THE TML BODY FOR PASSAGE INTO THEIR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM.

SO THIS ITEM IS FOR E-BIKES. IT IS REVISED FROM THE ONE THAT WE SUBMITTED LAST YEAR.

THE GOAL OF THIS ONE IS TO AMEND THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE, WHERE IT STATES THAT E-BIKES AND BICYCLES MUST BE TREATED THE SAME.

WE HAVE ALSO CHANGED IT TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION INSTEAD OF SEEKING TO FILE.

AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. SO TML IS VERY HESITANT TO TAKE ON A SPONSORSHIP BUT THEY'RE WILLING TO SUPPORT.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS REQUESTING THEM TO DO.

JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND. WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ANOTHER GROUP THAT WILL BE SPONSORING THE BILL.

THERE WAS A REPRESENTATIVE LULU THAT SPONSORED ONE TWO YEARS AGO.

AND THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER SPONSOR OUT THERE. SO CALIE IS WORKING WITH THOSE TO BE THE SPONSOR.

WE'LL CERTAINLY SUPPORT. BIJU. YEAH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

QUESTION FOR YOU. YOU SAID THE MODIFICATION FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.

WHAT SPECIFICALLY WAS IT? SO LAST YEAR IT WAS REQUESTING TO SEEK AND INTRODUCE LEGISLATION.

SO WE'RE REQUESTING TML TO FILE LEGISLATION FOR E-BIKE REGULATION.

THIS IS JUST ASKING TO SUPPORT. SO INSTEAD OF TML TAKING THAT INITIATIVE ON, THEY WOULD SUPPORT IF A BILL IS FILED FOR REGULATION, SO WILL THIS WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THEIR BUSINESS MEETING? YES, YES, AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN NOVEMBER.

WILL THEY GO THROUGH THE MOTION OF APPROVING AND DISAPPROVING? YES. YES. JUST LIKE TWO YEARS AGO. OKAY, EXCEPT I'M GOING TO BE BETTER PREPARED.

SO THAT I GOT CAUGHT WITH A DEBATE LAST TIME WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER FROM PLANO.

I THINK HE WAS WRONG. AND I DIDN'T HAVE THE I DIDN'T HAVE THE CODE AVAILABLE TO READ IT BACK TO HIM.

SO WE WILL HAVE THAT THIS YEAR. OKAY, SO ONE MORE QUESTION.

WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT E-BIKE LAST WEEK OR WEEK BEFORE.

NONE OF THOSE ARE INCORPORATED INTO THIS. CORRECT, SO THIS IS JUST A MINUTE.

TRANSPORTATION CODE. THAT WAY IT WOULD ALLOW CITIES TO REGULATE HOW THEY SEE FIT.

AND SO IT IS NOT SPECIFIC TO WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE LAST ONE, BECAUSE THIS LEGISLATION WOULD BE CITY OR STATE WIDE.

AND SO THAT RECOGNIZES CITY'S ABILITY TO REGULATE HOWEVER THEY NEED TO FOR THEIR RESIDENTS.

THIS WOULD GIVE US THE ABILITY TO DO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME.

IT DOESN'T TELL US WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, BUT IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO REGULATE.

RIGHT? BUT WE WERE TRYING TO MODIFY OUR ORDINANCE HERE LOCALLY.

RIGHT. BUT FOR THAT, WE DON'T NEED A STATE PERMISSION.

THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT. BUT THIS WOULD GIVE US THE ABILITY TO REGULATE IT.

INSTEAD OF TRYING TO. IF THIS IS SUCCESSFUL, THERE WOULD BE A DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN AN E-BIKE AND A BICYCLE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR. WE DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW, SO THAT WAS THE WHOLE DISCUSSION LAST TIME WAS HOW TO REGULATE ONE WITHOUT HURTING THE OTHER. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND YOUR INTENT HERE.

ONCE TO SUPPORT THIS POSITION. DO WE HAVE ANY SPONSOR IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO SPONSOR THIS BILL? THAT WAS WHAT I WAS JUST SAYING. THERE IS A SPONSOR THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AT THE STATE LEVEL.

THEY HAVEN'T GONE PUBLIC YET. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A VERY, VERY HIGH EXPECTATION THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM TO HAVE THEM SPONSOR IT.

WE'LL SUPPORT IT. HOPEFULLY, TMLS WILL SUPPORT IT.

BOTH IN THE SENATE AND THE LOWER CHAMBER? THIS WOULD BE IN THE LOWER CHAMBER.

WE'LL HAVE THE. THIS WOULD BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LOWER CHAMBER FIRST.

AND THEN THERE ARE ANY NUMBER OF SENATORS THAT COULD BE CALLED UPON TO DO IT.

I DID HAVE A PHONE CALL TODAY WITH REPRESENTATIVE HERNANDEZ, AND SHE WAS POINTING OUT TO ME THAT ANY TIME YOU MENTIONED BICYCLE DOWN IN AUSTIN, THE LOBBYISTS COME OUT IN DROVES. SO SHE SAID, IT'S NOT AS EASY AS IT SOUNDS, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE LOOKING AT CHILD SAFETY AND PROTECTION.

SHE SAID THE BICYCLE LOBBYIST IS VERY VOCAL AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO REGULATE BICYCLES.

AND WE JUST WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. WE ARE TRYING TO REGULATE E-BIKES.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO. YEAH THIS IS GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. IT'S ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO ISSUE A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THIS,

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SHE SAID IT WAS SHE SAID THEY ARE A FORMIDABLE LOBBY DOWN THERE.

SHE SAID THEY GET HIT WITH IT EVERY TIME THEY STEP OUTSIDE.

OKAY. ANYWAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY WITH THE PHRASING THERE? MAYBE I MISSED IT, SORRY. ANY OTHER ITEMS ON ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU, CALIE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE BACK INTO AGENDA.

ORDER ITEM D IS PRESENTATION DELIBERATION REGARDING THE WAGON WHEEL TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL CENTER FEASIBILITY STUDY.

THAT IS A MOUTHFUL. WHOEVER. YOU'RE HERE. YES.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL TONIGHT AND SHOW YOU THE INFORMATION THAT CAME OUT OF OUR FEASIBILITY STUDY. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. SO I WANTED TO START WITH JUST GIVING YOU ALL SOME BACKGROUND ON THE FACILITY ITSELF, STARTING WITH OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND REALLY WHAT OUR GOAL IS HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE, HIGH-QUALITY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLAYERS OF ALL AGES AND SKILL LEVELS TO LEARN AND ENJOY THE GAMES OF TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL.

ENCOURAGING SOCIAL CONNECTION, HAVING FUN AND EMBRACING AN ACTIVE LIFESTYLE. AND REALLY, FOR US, THAT'S PROVIDING THE GRASSROOTS RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE.

WE WANT TO BE THE PLACE FOR RESIDENTS TO COME OUT AND LEARN THE GAME, ENJOY IT AT THEIR LEISURE FOR BOTH SPORTS.

OUR CURRENT LAYOUT, YOU CAN SEE HERE WE HAVE TEN TOTAL TENNIS COURTS AND 18 TOTAL PICKLEBALL COURTS.

WHILE THREE OF THOSE TENNIS COURTS ARE HYBRID.

ADDING ON THE SIX PICKLEBALL COURTS. SO FROM A DEDICATED LEVEL, YOU HAVE SEVEN DEDICATED TENNIS COURTS AND 12 DEDICATED PICKLEBALL COURTS.

INCLUDED WITH THIS, WE ALSO HAVE THE SHADE PAVILION.

AS FAR AS A SEATING AREA THAT'S USED FOR EVENTS, AS WELL AS OUR CLUBHOUSE AND PRO SHOP.

AND THEN SOME STORAGE OPPORTUNITIES, BOTH IN THE PRO SHOP AND IN THE ONE SHED OUTSIDE.

GOING A BIT FURTHER INTO THE CLUBHOUSE ITSELF.

SO THIS IS WHERE OUR FRONT DESK AREA IS, THE OFFICE FOR OUR FULL-TIME STAFF, THE PRO SHOP WHERE WE SELL ITEMS TO THE PUBLIC, REALLY ANYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO GET THEM READY TO PLAY ON COURT, AS WELL AS OUR BATHROOMS AND SHOWERS.

AND THEN AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT ROLL UP GARAGE THERE WHERE WE DO HAVE SOME STORAGE AVAILABLE.

MOVING ON THE COURTS, THESE NEXT TWO SLIDES WILL GO OVER PROGRAMING THAT WE RUN IN-HOUSE.

SO THESE WON'T INCLUDE ANY OUT OF HOUSE LEAGUES THAT WE COVER, ANY SPECIAL EVENTS THAT ARE RUN AT THE FACILITY, OR ANY TOURNAMENTS FROM OUTSIDE GROUPS THAT ARE RUN AS WELL.

SO ON THE TENNIS SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE RUN PROGRAMING FIVE DAYS A WEEK, TOTALING THOSE 17 TOTAL HOURS.

AND THIS RANGES FROM YOUR REALLY JUNIOR BEGINNERS AND JUNIOR AND BEGINNER ADULTS THAT ARE LEARNING THE GAME FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, THE FIRST TIME, PICKING UP A RACKET. ON THE JUNIOR SIDE, WE DO GO UP TO A COMPETITIVE LEVEL WHERE WE DO HAVE PLAYERS COMPETING IN TOURNAMENTS ACROSS THE STATE AND COUNTRY. AND THEN ON THE ADULT SIDE, WE FEED INTO KIND OF A MORE INTERMEDIATE RANGE, OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM AS WELL. AND ALL OF THESE CLASSES ARE STAFFED BY OUR EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY WHO ARE RUNNING THESE AND TEACHING THE CLIENTS ON COURT. FOR OUR PICKLEBALL PROGRAMING. WE RUN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK OF PROGRAMING, AND YOU CAN SEE THE JUMP IN HOURS THERE.

BUT I WANT TO NOTE THAT 21 OF THOSE HOURS ARE FOR ORGANIZED OPEN PLAY.

AND SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WHERE COACHES ARE OUT THERE TEACHING. THAT IS, WE BOOK A LARGE CHUNK OF COURTS FOR PLAYERS TO COME OUT AND SOCIALIZE AND PLAY FOR AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME.

SO IT'S DIFFERENT THAN YOUR TRADITIONAL COURT RESERVATION AS YOU, AS A FAMILY COMING OUT OR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ORGANIZED BY THE FACILITY ITSELF.

SIMILARLY TO TENNIS, ON A PICKLEBALL SIDE, WE OFFER PROGRAMING MOSTLY FOR ADULTS TARGETING THAT BEGINNER ADULT PLAYER, BUT WE DO RANGE UP INTO THE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL AS WELL.

AND ON PICKLEBALL SIDE, WE ACTUALLY RUN AN IN-HOUSE LEAGUE TWO DAYS A WEEK TO PROVIDE A RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ADULTS TO COMPETE.

SO THIS LEADS US INTO WHY DO WE DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY IN THE FIRST PLACE? AND REALLY, THE THREE QUESTIONS THAT COME WITH THAT IS, IS THERE A NEED FOR AN EXPANSION? IF THE ANSWER IS YES, WELL THEN WHAT NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED? AND THEN IF THAT'S THE ANSWER, THEN OKAY, DO WE EVEN HAVE SPACE TO DO AN EXPANSION? AND WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? SO NOW WE'LL GET INTO SOME OF THE DATA THAT KIND OF CAME FROM THIS STUDY.

SO WE'LL START WITH THE UTILIZATION RATES. AND SO THIS IS THE PERCENTAGE OF AVAILABLE HOURS IN TOTAL THAT THE COURTS ARE IN USE FROM WHAT IS ACTUALLY AVAILABLE OVERALL.

SO I'VE GIVEN YOU THE PAST TWO YEARS AND THEN KIND OF A YEAR TO DATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT.

AND I'LL NOTE THE CHANGE FROM 24 TO 25. WE DID CONVERT TWO OF OUR EXISTING TENNIS COURTS INTO PICKLEBALL COURTS.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE HERE, A COUPLE EVERYONE WAS HERE THE LAST TIME THAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED TO HAVE THOSE REDONE WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'VE HAD THERE.

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AND SO THAT DROP THAT YOU SEE IN THE UTILIZATION ISN'T A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF USERS, BUT IT'S REALLY A BETTER ALLOCATION OF THE COURTS TO FIT THE SPACE THAT'S NEEDED FOR THE PLAYERS THAT WE HAVE. YOU'LL NOTICE THE PRIME-TIME HOURS, THE NUMBERS PEAK.

AND SO REALLY THAT'S YOUR AFTER WORK HOURS DURING THE WEEKDAY.

SO YOU'RE 6 TO 9 P.M. AND THEN YOUR EARLY MORNINGS ON THE WEEKENDS WHERE THE FACILITY IS A MUCH HIGHER USE.

AND SO DURING THOSE TIMES, I MEAN, WE CAN'T ALWAYS GUARANTEE THAT THERE'S COURTS AVAILABLE FOR WALK INS.

THOSE DO PICK UP VERY FREQUENTLY. AND LOOKING AT IT EVEN TONIGHT AS AN EXAMPLE, WE HAD ONE COURT AVAILABLE FOR EACH SPORT FOR 90 MINUTES TOTAL BETWEEN THE LAST THREE HOURS THAT WE'RE OPEN TONIGHT. AND THAT'S PRETTY TYPICAL FOR US MOST WORKING DAYS DURING THE YEAR.

THE NEXT SLIDE HERE. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM THE UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION.

SO WE WORKED WITH THEM IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.

AND THEY PULLED THIS DATA AND THEY CAN PULL IT FOR ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY.

FOR US, IT'S A 20-MINUTE DRIVING RADIUS FROM WAGON WHEEL TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL CENTER.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, COMPARED TO BOTH THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY, THERE IS MORE INTEREST AND MORE PLAYERS ACTIVELY PLAYING, BOTH ON THE JUNIOR AND THE ADULT SIDE FOR BOTH TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL HERE IN COPPELL.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS VERY WELL ATTENDED AND THE INTEREST IS DEFINITELY HIGH COMPARED TO OUR NEIGHBORS.

NEXT UP HERE WE HAVE SURROUNDING FACILITIES. AND REALLY WHAT THIS HIGHLIGHTS FOR US IS THAT THERE IS NOT ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO PLAY TENNIS OR PICKLEBALL WITHIN THE CONFINES OF COPPELL. THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS WOULD BE THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT DO HAVE TENNIS COURTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE DURING SELECTED HOURS AND TIMES FOR PEOPLE TO RESERVE, BUT THOSE ARE NOT AVAILABLE DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

SO THE OTHER ITEM THAT I'LL NOTE HERE IS THE MUNICIPALITY FACILITIES.

WE DID INCLUDE SOME PRIVATE ONES THAT ARE WITHIN THE AREA AS WELL.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, NONE OF THEM ARE INCREDIBLY CLOSE OUTSIDE OF THE COURTS OF CYPRESS WATERS, WHICH IS JUST DOWN THE ROAD. OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE REALLY ARE THE HUB FOR COPPELL AND REALLY THE SURROUNDING AREA AS WELL.

SO THAT BRINGS US INTO WHAT ARE THE CONSULTANTS FROM THE FEASIBILITY STUDY RECOMMEND AND THIS LIST OF ITEMS HERE IS WHAT THEY CAME BACK TO US BASED ON THE DATA THAT WAS PRESENTED OF. HERE'S AREAS THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND YOU LOOK INTO EITHER CHANGE, EXPAND, OR KIND OF REDESIGN TO FIT YOUR NEEDS AND OPERATIONS BETTER.

SO SOME OF THOSE ITEMS ON THERE ARE MORE FOCUSED ON CREATING A BETTER EXPERIENCE OVERALL, WHILE OTHER ONES ARE MORE OPERATIONALLY FOCUSED. AND SO WE CAN PUT THAT INTO CONTEXT HERE ON OUR NEXT SLIDE OF SEEING WHAT A POTENTIAL REDESIGN WOULD LOOK LIKE.

THIS IS JUST AN OPTION. IT IS NOT ANY SORT OF FINAL DESIGN, BUT THE CONCEPT YOU SEE HERE I'LL HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE ITEMS FOR YOU ALL.

SO YOU'LL NOTICE THE TWO NEW TENNIS COURTS, NINE AND TEN LABELED IN RED AS THE COURT EXPANSION.

SO THIS IS NOT ADDING ANY MORE NUMBER OF TENNIS COURTS.

WE HAVE TEN CURRENTLY. THIS WOULD BRING US STILL TO TEN, BECAUSE YOU'LL NOTICE THE COURT CONVERSION IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER IN ORANGE.

SO CONVERTING WHAT IS NOW TENNIS COURTS ONE AND TWO INTO EIGHT MORE PICKLEBALL COURTS.

SO THE INCREASE IN COURTS IS REALLY ONLY TWO TOTAL PICKLEBALL COURTS BRINGING US FROM 18 TO 20.

TENNIS WOULD STAY AT TEN. HOWEVER, THIS WOULD GET RID OF ALL OF THE HYBRID COURTS.

AND SO NOW YOU NO LONGER HAVE TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL PLAYERS COMPETING FOR THE SAME COURT SPACE.

IT ESSENTIALLY CUTS THE FACILITY IN HALF FROM A USAGE STANDPOINT OF TENNIS CAN ENTER TO THE RIGHT, PICKLEBALL TO THE LEFT, AND IT ALSO CREATES A BROADER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK WITH USTA FOR MORE TENNIS EVENTS AND LEAGUES, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT ALLOW US TO USE HYBRID COURTS FOR ANY USTA OPPORTUNITIES.

FROM OUTSIDE THE COURT PERSPECTIVE. THE SECONDARY BUILDING IS ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT WHERE THIS SPACE WE SEE BEING UTILIZED, POTENTIALLY FOR ANOTHER SET OF BATHROOMS FOR PEOPLE PLAYING ON THOSE BACK COURTS, MORE STORAGE SPACE FOR EQUIPMENT.

AND THEN LASTLY, A MEETING SPACE THAT COULD EVEN BE USED POTENTIALLY FOR RESERVABLE SPACE FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL.

THE OTHER HIGHLIGHTS I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT HERE IS THE PARKING LOT.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S PARTIALLY COVERED FROM THE COURT EXPANSION OF TENNIS COURTS NINE AND TEN.

WITH THAT ROUNDABOUT THERE REALLY GETS JAM PACKED.

ANYTIME THAT WE'RE BUSY AND WE HAVE TO OVERFLOW PARK INTO THE SOCCER COMPLEX AND YOU CAN ASK ANY OF OUR PLAYERS.

THAT IS VERY COMMON THAT THAT HAPPENS SATURDAY MORNINGS.

AND BASICALLY EVERY, EXCUSE ME, WEEKNIGHT, AFTER WORK.

IT'S NOT A TERRIBLE WALK, BUT IT IS NOT THE GREATEST EXPERIENCE FOR THEM EITHER.

AND SO REALLY REDESIGNING THAT PARKING SPACE TO BETTER FIT OUR NEEDS WOULD BE A HUGE ADDITION.

LAST COUPLE POINTS ON THERE WOULD BE THE EXPANDED CLUBHOUSE AND THE CENTRAL GATHERING SPACE.

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AND THE EXPANDED CLUBHOUSE, SO THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WE RUN INTO CURRENTLY ESSENTIALLY WHENEVER WEATHER ROLLS IN.

THERE'S NOT ANY SAFE INDOOR SPACE FOR PLAYERS TO COME IN WHEN THERE'S LIGHTNING OR RAIN OR THUNDERSTORMS. THAT REALLY AFFECTS US IN THE SUMMERTIME. AND WE HAVE OUR CAMPS THAT WE HAVE TO CANCEL CAMP FOR THE DAY BECAUSE THERE IS NO OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO DO ACTIVITIES INSIDE.

AND EVEN WHEN WE ARE PACKED IN THE EVENINGS AND THE LIGHTNING ALARM GOES OFF, WE HAVE PEOPLE SITTING ON THE FLOOR AND IT'S JAM PACKED IN THERE BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER SPACE TO GO. SO THESE ARE REALLY HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE CONSULTANT NOTED TO US OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO EXPAND OR REDESIGN.

FINAL CAVEAT I'LL MAKE IS MANY PEOPLE ASK QUESTIONS OF, WELL, WHY CAN'T YOU GO NORTH? THAT IS THE NATURE PRESERVE. AND SO THAT IS NOT AN AREA THAT CAN BE EXPANDED INTO THAT IS PROTECTED.

AND SO THAT'S THE FINAL NOTE THAT I'LL MAKE THERE.

AND SO WITH THAT, REALLY JUST WANT TO WRAP UP WITH THE NEXT STEPS. WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A DECISION FROM COUNCIL TONIGHT. THIS WAS MORE INFORMATIONAL TO PROVIDE BACKGROUND AND WHAT CAME FROM THE FEASIBILITY STUDY. AND SO FROM HERE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO LOOK FURTHER INTO.

AND WE COULD PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION POTENTIALLY AT YOUR JANUARY RETREAT WITH OTHER OPTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER AS WELL. YES, SIR. RAMESH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. CAN YOU PLEASE GO BACK TO THE UTILIZATION SLIDE, PLEASE? YES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS. SO FOR YEAR-TO-DATE PICKLEBALL PRIME TIME, YOU'RE SAYING ONLY 55% OF COURTS ARE OCCUPIED? SO THIS IS A TOTAL ENCAPSULATION OF THIS YEAR TO DATE TO WHERE THAT INCLUDES OUR COLD WEATHER MONTHS. THAT INCLUDES OUR RAINY DAYS WHERE THERE IS ZERO OCCUPATION.

AND SO THAT 55% ROUGHLY DEPENDS ON THE YEAR IT CAN BE TO WHERE.

THERE'S TWO WAYS YOU CAN LOOK AT IT. IT'S 55% OF THAT TOTAL TIME THAT IS IN USE.

THE OTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT IS IF YOU'RE COMING TO THE FACILITY, THERE'S A 55% CHANCE THAT ALL COURTS ARE IN USE DURING THAT TIME, AND YOU HAVE NO OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY. 55% OF THE TIME ALL THE COURTS ARE USED.

OKAY, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. HOW MANY OF THOSE WOULD BE RESIDENT VERSUS NONRESIDENT? DO WE TRACK IT AT THAT LEVEL? SO WE COULD GO BACK AND TRACK IT? I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT ANSWER FOR YOU ON WHAT THE UTILIZATION RATE IS FOR RESIDENT VERSUS NONRESIDENT.

ROUGHLY WE'RE ABOUT A 60-40 RESIDENT TO NONRESIDENT USAGE OVERALL.

WE HAVE PULLED THOSE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY FOR OUR PROGRAMING AND OUR LEAGUE PLAY TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.

BUT I DON'T HAVE THOSE ON HAND TODAY. I MEAN, I WAS CONFUSED WITH THIS GRAPH.

SO TO CONFIRM, YOU'RE SAYING 55% OF THE TIME SOMEONE WALKED IN AND THEY COULD NOT FIND A COURT TO PLAY? DURING THOSE PRIME-TIME HOURS, YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

I'M SORRY. SO JUST TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, I APPRECIATE IT.

WHAT IS THE, WHAT ARE THE PRIME TIMES? SO FOR WEEKDAYS, IT'S REALLY 6 TO 9 P.M.

AND THEN ON THE WEEKENDS, ABOUT NINE TO NOON IN THE MORNING.

OKAY. AND THEN 60-40 RIGHT NOW ON RESIDENT NON RESIDENT.

I WANT TO UNDERSTAND REAL QUICK ON THE CURRENTLY WE HAVE SEVEN DEDICATED TENNIS COURTS, RIGHT? AND THEN WE HAVE 12 PICKLEBALL COURTS. AND THEN THE HYBRID, DOES THAT MEAN ALL THOSE NINE COURTS CAN BE USED EITHER OR AS TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL. SO YES, BUT NOT AT THE SAME TIME.

SO YOU'LL SEE IT NOTED HERE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT T1-T2 AS WELL AS PB ESSENTIALLY 13 THROUGH 16.

SO THOSE ARE TWO TENNIS COURTS THAT HAVE PICKLEBALL LINES ON EITHER HALF OF THEM.

SO YOU HAVE FOUR PICKLEBALL COURTS IN TOTAL. SO OBVIOUSLY, YES, THEY CAN BE USED FOR EITHER SPORT, JUST NOT AT THE SAME TIME. AND THEN SAME THING WITH T3 UP IN THE TOP MIDDLE RIGHT SECTION.

GOTCHA. AND THEN I THINK SO OUR SCHOOLS ALSO USE THE TENNIS COURTS, CORRECT? YES. DO THEY HAVE DEDICATED TIMES THAT THEY COME AND PRACTICE? SO COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL WILL USE US FOR TOURNAMENT PLAY.

THEY DO NOT USE US FOR PRACTICE. OKAY. SO JUST FOR THOSE THROUGH US IN ADVANCE.

OKAY, ON THE POTENTIAL EXPANSION DO YOU KNOW IF THERE WAS CONSIDERATION AS TO ADDITIONAL STAFF? SO THAT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE STUDY ITSELF.

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IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES THAT WE'D LIKE TO BE MADE, THEN THAT WOULD BE A DISCUSSION NOT TO BE HAD ON WHAT IS THE OPERATION CHANGE STAFFING WISE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE AS FAR AS WHAT OFFERINGS WE COULD DO.

OKAY, AND THEN REAL QUICK, CAN YOU PUT UP THE ONE, THE SLIDE THAT HAS ALL THE HOURS FOR ALL THE OTHER FACILITIES? LIKE HOW DO WE COMPARE? SO WE'RE PRETTY COMPARABLE TO.

FOR THE MOST PART, YES. AND THEN DURING THE SUMMER, WE DO CHANGE OUR HOURS TO GO 7 A.M.

TO 10 P.M. FOR JUNE THROUGH AUGUST. AND OUR REGULAR HOURS ARE 9 TO 9 DURING THE REST OF THE YEAR.

AND DO YOU FIND, WELL, MAYBE THAT'S MAYBE THAT GOES BACK TO THE PRIME TIME.

I'M CURIOUS AS TO LIKE, DO YOU FIND LIKE THINKING EARLY HOURS OR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY OR EVEN IN THE EVENING? I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, DO YOU HAVE MOST PICKLEBALL PLAYERS COMING IN THE EVENING AFTER WORK? KIND OF. HOW DOES THAT. SO. DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? OVERALL, YES FOR BOTH SPORTS. BOTH SPORTS AFTER WORK IS OUR BUSIEST TIME.

OKAY. THAT'S WHEN? IF YOU GO TO THE FACILITY.

LIKE 6 TO 10? 6 TO 9, 6 TO 10, CORRECT. THE COURTS ARE VERY MUCH HIGHLY USED.

WE DO SEE A LARGE USAGE AS WELL FOR OUR, WE HAVE A TUESDAY THURSDAY MORNING OPEN PLAY FOR PICKLEBALL THAT WE DO GET LARGE NUMBERS OUT THERE AS WELL.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

121? I KNOW. IT HASN'T BEEN BUILT. AND COPPELL NOT IN THE CITY LIMITS.

NOT IN THE CITY LIMITS. YOU MAY BE THINKING ABOUT ONE UP IN LEWISVILLE.

OKAY. THEY CAME TO US FOR. JUST LIKE ON THE 121-ACCESS ROAD.

YEAH. IT'S JUST NOT IN THE CITY PROPER. I WANTED TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.

I WANT TO CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HER QUESTION.

SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT STAFF AND OPERATIONS. WERE YOU SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL PROGRAMING? IF WE WERE IF WE WERE TO HYPOTHETICALLY ADD MORE COURTS, ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE MORE STAFF JUST TO SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL COURTS, OR WE WOULD NEED MORE STAFF TO SUPPORT ANY ADDITIONAL PROGRAMING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY OPEN UP VERSUS JUST HAVING COURTS AND OPEN PLAY? CORRECT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES.

YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. YES, A GREAT QUESTION. NO, WE CAN STAY WITH OUR SAME STAFFING NOW WITH AN EXPANSION AND STILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS WE CURRENTLY DO. OKAY. IF MORE PROGRAMING OR A DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY FOR THE CENTER WOULD WANT TO BE ADOPTED, THEN WE WOULD ENCOURAGE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT STAFFING MODEL. OKAY, THAT IS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL.

THAT'S WHERE I WAS KIND OF GOING. YEAH, THANK YOU. SO CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT UTILIZATION CHART REAL QUICK? SO THAT'S PICKLEBALL PRIME TIME. IS THAT STRICTLY OURS OR DOES THAT ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FULL TIME OF THE YEAR? LIKE OBVIOUSLY IN THE DEAD OF WINTER, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY LOWLY UTILIZED. CORRECT. SO YES, THIS DOES ENCAPSULATE THE ENTIRE YEAR.

AND THE PRIME TIME IS FOCUSING ON THOSE HOURS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR.

SO IF WE WERE TO SEE AN INDIVIDUAL GRAPH OF PICKLEBALL PRIME TIME, LIKE DURING THE NICER MONTHS, WE WOULD SEE THOSE NUMBERS CLIMB MUCH, MUCH HIGHER TO VIRTUAL CAPACITY.

IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? YOU DEFINITELY COULD SEE AN INCREASE IN THAT.

YES, SIR. BUT DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE? I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR HIGHER MONTHS, YOUR UPWARDS OF 60 PLUS PERCENT UTILIZATION DURING THAT PRIME TIME.

60, BUT NOT. THE WAY I AM UNDERSTANDING. BASED ON HIS EXPLANATION, 60% UTILIZATION MEANS 60% OF THE TIME SOMEONE WENT IN AND DID NOT FIND THE CODE TO PLAY. SO THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THIS GRAPH IS TELLING ME.

BEING 60% USED. SO YEAH, 60% CHANCE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE.

SO TO ME, 60% USED IS IF YOU HAVE TEN CODES, SIX ARE BEING USED.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE COUNTING. THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE COUNTING. WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS YOU HAVE TEN CODES, BUT 16 PEOPLE SHOWED UP OR 14 PEOPLE SHOWED UP.

SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE COUNTING. CORRECT, SO THOSE NUMBERS THERE IS DURING THOSE TIMES ESSENTIALLY RIGHT THERE, 55% OF THE TIME, ALL OF THE COURTS ARE IN USE AND NONE OF THEM ARE INVISIBLE.

SO I GOT A QUESTION ON THIS ONE MYSELF. YOU SAID IN 24 TO 25, THAT WAS WHEN THE COURTS FLIPPED SOME TENNIS COURTS OVER TO PICKLEBALL.

YES. WHY DID THE UTILIZATION OF THE TENNIS COURTS GO DOWN?

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BUT THE WAY THAT OUR BOOKING SYSTEM WORKED AT THE TIME, NOT ALL 12 PICKLEBALL COURTS WERE BOOKABLE.

AND SO TENNIS COURTS WOULD BE BOOKED WHEN THEY WERE BEING USED FOR PICKLEBALL.

AND SO THE NUMBERS WERE A LITTLE BIT SKEWED THERE.

AND SO NOW AS WE FILTER BACK INTO 25, AFTER THAT CHANGE, ALL OF THE COURTS BECAME RESERVABLE ON OUR OWN.

SO NOW THERE'S NO MORE CROSS BREEDING ESSENTIALLY BETWEEN THE TWO.

MARK. SO I WANTED TO ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE THE HYBRID COURTS, YOU SAID THE USTA WON'T ALLOW YOU TO PLAY ON THEM FOR TOURNAMENTS.

IS TEN TENNIS COURTS ADEQUATE ENOUGH TO HOLD THE TOURNAMENT? YES. SO WE ACTUALLY DO OFFER TOURNAMENTS NOW, EVEN WITH ONLY USING SEVEN COURTS.

IT JUST LIMITS THE SIZE THAT WE CAN DO. OKAY.

BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES WE HOST USTA LEAGUES THAT HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND THE SAME THING WITH THOSE LEAGUES. THEY CANNOT PLAY ON THOSE COURTS. AND THOSE LEAGUES USUALLY USE 3 OR 4 COURTS PER ESSENTIALLY GAME SEGMENT.

SO EACH TEAM WILL USE 3 OR 4 COURTS AT A TIME.

AND ONE LAST QUESTION YES. SO EVERYTHING WE DO HAS A FEE AT THE TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL CENTER.

BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT FREE. IT'S A LOWER FEE FOR RESIDENTS AND HIGHER FEE FOR NONRESIDENTS.

OKAY. RAMESH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE PLAYED A COUPLE OF TIMES DURING THE SUMMER AND IT'S SUPER HOT.

HAS THIS EVER BEEN A CONSIDERATION TO HAVE LIKE A AT LEAST SOME OF THE COURTS TO BE COVERED? SO YES, THAT WAS WHAT CAME UP OUT OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY ITSELF.

ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS COVERED COURSE.

AND SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY NOTED, AS WELL AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE, PROVIDING A BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR PLAYERS.

BUT TWO COULD ALSO BE USED TO HAVE THEM MORE FREQUENTLY, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME OUT AND PLAY, BUT IT'S 110 DEGREES OUTSIDE. I ALWAYS ENJOYED IT.

BIJU. YEAH, THANK YOU. CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT UTILIZATION? YES, SIR. SO THE PRIME TIME MEANS MONDAY. I'M =GOING TO USE AN EXAMPLE.

YES. MONDAY 6 TO 9:00. HOW MANY PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE AVAILABLE? SO IT DEPENDS ON THE DAY. LIKE I CAN TELL YOU TONIGHT THERE WAS ONE COURT AVAILABLE FROM 6 TO 7:30.

EVERY OTHER COURT WAS BOOKED. AND THAT WAS WHEN I WALKED OUT OF THERE AROUND 4:30.

THAT'S FINE. SO HOW MANY TOTAL PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE AVAILABLE TO PLAY? 18. 18, YES. 18 MEANS YOU ARE PLAYING DOUBLES AT 36.

72 PEOPLE ARE PLAYING. POTENTIALLY THREE OF THOSE, OR SIX OF THOSE COURTS ARE HYBRID, SO THEY COULD BE BOOKED FOR TENNIS.

AND SO THEN THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE FOR PICKLEBALL. OKAY.

SO 72 PLAYERS ARE, LET'S SAY 72 PLAYERS ARE PLAYING.

YES. BOTH EITHER PICKLEBALL OR TENNIS. WOULD YOU CONSIDER 100% UTILIZATION? YES, FOR THAT TIME PERIOD. OKAY. THAT IS FOR MONDAY.

YES. AND YOU WILL CALCULATE THAT TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND PRIME TIME FOR WEEKENDS ARE DIFFERENT.

YES. THAT WOULD BE MORE OF A 9 A.M. TO 12 P.M..

AND SIMILAR CALCULATIONS. CORRECT. WHEN PEOPLE WALK INTO THE FRONT DESK TO CHECK IN, THEY HAVE TO SAY THEY ARE PLANNING TO PLAY PICKLEBALL, BASED ON THAT, YOU COLLECT THE FEE? YES. OR THEY CAN PRE-RESERVE A COURT EITHER ONLINE, OVER THE PHONE OR IN PERSON IN ADVANCE.

WHEN THEY PRE-BOOK IT, DO THEY PAY ONLINE? FOR THE ONES THAT BOOK ONLINE? YES, THEY PAY FOR ONE PERSON. AND WE KNOW. DO WE KNOW THEY ARE RESIDENTS OR NONRESIDENTS? YES. OKAY. AND YOU VERIFY THEM WHEN THEY SHOW UP? WHEN THEY SHOW UP? YES, THEY HAVE THEIR ACTIVE NET ACCOUNT, WHICH PULLS UP THEIR ADDRESS AND THEIR INFORMATION, AND WE CAN VERIFY THAT.

SO OUT OF ONE CODE, THE FOUR PEOPLE PLAYING FOR ONE HOUR AND A HALF, ONLY ONE NEEDS TO BE RESIDENT.

NONE OF THEM NEED TO BE RESIDENTS. UNDERSTAND. BUT THE FEE, THE FEE WILL CHANGE BASED ON PERSON.

SO IF YOU HAVE THREE RESIDENTS COMING OUT, THEY'RE EACH GOING TO PAY $3 EACH FOR THAT 90-MINUTE SESSION.

IF THERE'S ONE NONRESIDENT, THEY'RE GOING TO PAY $7 EACH.

AND YOU VERIFY ALL FOUR? YES. EVERYONE HAS TO HAVE AN ACCOUNT TO PLAY IN THE FACILITY.

OKAY, NOW I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

YES. FOR THE FACILITIES LISTED SURROUNDING, WE HAVE VISTARA SPORTS IN LEWISVILLE.

THE PARKING LOT IS IN COPPELL. THAT'S NOT LISTED HERE.

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THIS IS I MEAN, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACILITIES, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE.

THESE ARE ONES THAT WERE NOTED IN THE STUDY BY THE CONSULTING GROUP.

BUT THEY DID NOT INCLUDE A FACILITY FROM COPPELL ADDRESS.

THE FACILITY ITSELF IS NOT IN THE. PARK IS PART OF COPPELL.

THE FACILITY IS IN LEWISVILLE. I'D BE HAPPY TO PULL THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THAT, I CAN PRESENT THAT TO YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, I HAD A QUICK QUESTION. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR, THIS WAS LIKE AN UPDATE.

YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL. IS THAT CORRECT? OR ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FROM COUNCIL? THE ONLY DIRECTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO EXPLORE MORE AS COUNCIL? OKAY, SO I GUESS BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THAT WILL THIS BE PART OF OUR CONVERSATION AT RETREAT AT ALL IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM? WE'RE KIND OF WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. AND THEN COULD WE ALSO FIND OUT THAT INDOOR FACILITY THAT'S NEARBY, LIKE WHEN THEY'RE PLANNING TO OPEN? OR IS THERE ANY WAY FOR US TO FIND OUT. ANYTHING ABOUT THE ONE ON THE.

THE 121 THAT I GUESS IS LEWISVILLE? THE ONE THAT'S IN THE CITY THAT'S NOT BUILT YET.

YES, YES. I WAS JUST I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE.

WE CAN HAVE MINDY REACH OUT. WELL, AND I JUST THINK FROM THE STANDPOINT OF, LET'S JUST SAY WE DECIDE TO EXPAND AND THEN THIS FACILITY OPENS, RIGHT? I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND TIMING, NEED VERSUS WANT VERSUS KIND OF I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THIS STRATEGICALLY.

DEFINITELY. AND I'LL MAKE ONE OTHER NOTE HERE ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THESE CAN BE PICKED AND PARCELED.

IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE AN ALL IN. SO THESE ARE THESE CAN EACH BE TREATED AS SEPARATE ITEMS. OKAY. ARE WE A THUMBS UP ON THIS? ALL RIGHT. KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMING QUESTION.

YES. COULD YOU PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OR TWO OF WHAT MIGHT WHAT ADDITIONAL PROGRAMING MIGHT BE AVAILABLE IF WE EXPAND WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT MIGHT REQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL MANPOWER TO DO THAT? I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW ON THE TENNIS SIDE ARE RECREATIONAL RED BALL AND ORANGE BALL CLASSES.

SO THAT'S 5 TO 7 YEARS OLD FOR RED BALL AND 8 TO 10 YEARS OLD FOR ORANGE BALL.

THOSE CONSISTENTLY SELL OUT. AND WE HAVE PEOPLE JOINING THE WAITING LIST EVERY SINGLE MONTH THAT WE JUST CAN'T SERVE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO.

SO IT COULD BE ADDING MORE OF EXISTING PROGRAMMING SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS.

OR IT COULD BE BRAND NEW PROGRAMING ITSELF. THAT COULD BE THINGS SUCH AS.

A COMMON THING THE INDUSTRY IS ESSENTIALLY TEAM-BASED RULES.

SO THE LEAGUES THAT WE HAVE PLAYING OUT OF OUR FACILITY.

SOME OF THOSE TEAMS ARE DE FACTO, THEIR HOME BASE IS WAGNER.

SO WHEN THEY GO PLAY AT X FACILITY, THAT'S THEIR AWAY MATCH.

BUT THEIR HOME MATCH ISN'T WORKING. IT'S VERY COMMON FOR FACILITIES TO HAVE A COACH THAT WILL WORK WITH THOSE TEAMS AND DO TEAM-BASED DRILLS SPECIFICALLY.

AND THAT CAN BE DONE FOR EVERY TEAM THAT COMPETES AT A TIME. THOSE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT COULD BE ADDED. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO MAYOR, YOU WERE LOOKING FOR A THUMBS UP.

I'M A THUMBS UP FROM THE STANDPOINT OF LIKE, THIS IS GREAT INFORMATION.

I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE CAN DO IT IN PIECES. I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE NUMBERS.

I'D LOVE IT TO BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION AROUND RETREAT.

AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THAT OTHER FACILITY IS OPENING.

HE SAID THERE'S NO ACTION FROM THE COUNCIL TODAY.

WELL, NO, YOU'RE NOT BEING ASKED TO FUND ANYTHING.

YOU'RE BEING ASKED, DO YOU WANT THEM TO CONTINUE LOOKING AT THE AT THE CONTINUE ON WITH THE CONSULTANT RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH WOULD INVOLVE, I GUESS I'M GUESSING SOME PRELIMINARY COSTING AND SCHEDULE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO ARE YOU INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE ABOUT THIS OR NOT? I WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW THE CONSULTANT REPORT WITH ALL THE DATA HE COLLECTED OR SHE COLLECTED FROM THE CITY OF COPPELL THAT WE PROVIDED TO THEM, AND THE UTILIZATION AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO THAT'S MY. HAS THE PARK BOARD HAD ANY VISIBILITY TO THIS STUDY? YES, THE PARK BOARD HAS BEEN GIVEN THIS STUDY OR GIVEN THIS PRESENTATION AS WELL.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT A THUMBS UP TO CONTINUE ON.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. MORE INFORMATION IN JANUARY. THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT ONE REMAINING AGENDA ITEM.

WE CAN PUSH IT. I DON'T KNOW THAT. WE HAVE TIME.

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OKAY. WHAT DO YOU THINK? YOU WANT TO START IT? YEAH.

WELL, MAYBE AT A MINIMUM, WE CAN GIVE YOU ALL THE. YEAH, LET'S DO THAT. AND THEN WE CAN CIRCLE BACK.

SO WHILE. THIS IS. HEALTH AND WELLNESS, YEAH.

THIS IS ITEM C DELIBERATION REGARDING THE COMMUNITY WELLNESS OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CITY OF COPPELL.

THANK YOU. AND BRIANNA, COULD YOU REMIND US WHO IS PART OF THAT? YES. SO I WAS GOING TO SAY WE MAY NOT GET AROUND TO ALL THE INFORMATION, BUT THE SUBCOMMITTEE WANTED TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL ON JUST THE TOPIC AROUND HEALTH AND WELLNESS SEEMS TO COME UP ON A REGULAR BASIS.

DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT DOWN, PLEASE? THANK YOU.

AND SO THE SUBCOMMITTEE INCLUDES RAMESH, KEVIN AND MYSELF.

AND THE LAST TIME WE CAME TO COUNCIL WE, AND TRACY, THANK YOU FOR HANDING ALL THIS OUT.

DO YOU WANT TO QUICKLY JUST KIND OF TELL US WHAT'S HERE? I CAN DO THAT AS SOON AS YOU'RE. GO FOR IT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, SO THE PACKET THAT I JUST HANDED YOU SOME OF THIS IS VERY, SHOULD, MAY BE FAMILIAR.

IT IS FROM WHEN WE VISITED WITH YOU TWO YEARS AGO.

SO THE VERY FIRST PAGE IS FROM CHILDREN'S HEALTH.

AND THIS IS A KIND OF COMMUNITY DASHBOARD AROUND THE TYPES OF VISITS THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS CALLING ON THE CHILDREN'S NETWORK FOR FROM A MEDICAL STANDPOINT.

THE ONE PIECE THAT I THINK I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THE TELE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

AND SO THAT ACTUALLY IS HIGHLIGHTED THEN ON YOUR SECOND SHEET.

AND THAT IS A SERVICE THAT FOCUSES ON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR OUR YOUTH.

IT'S THROUGH THE SCHOOLS. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS AVAILABLE TODAY.

AND IT IS PROBABLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CREATE ADDITIONAL AWARENESS BECAUSE AS, AS I WAS BEING UPDATED BY CRYSTAL RETANA FROM CHILDREN'S, SHE SAID, WELL, WE'RE, I SAID, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PROGRAM.

HOW WOULD WE GET SIGNED UP FOR THAT? SHE SAID, WELL, WE'RE ALREADY OFFERING IT. AND SO I THINK IT'D BE A GREAT RESOURCE.

THE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE RED BOX ON YOUR PROGRAMING PAGE TWO, THOSE ARE PROGRAMS THAT EITHER WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE VERY GOOD VISIBILITY TO, OR WOULD SUPPORT THE FOCUS ON NUTRITIONAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

WHICH WILL BRING US THEN TO PAGES THREE AND FOUR.

AND I APOLOGIZE, I DID NOT REMEMBER THESE, BUT THIS IS THE INVENTORY OF ALL OF THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE THAT WE'RE OFFERING AT ALL OF OUR FACILITIES AND AT OUR SPECIAL EVENTS. AND THEN I WILL CLOSE WITH THE PILLARS OF WELLNESS, WHICH IS THE GIANT SHEET HERE, WHICH WAS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN THAT WAS CONDUCTED A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

WE HAVE UPDATED THAT DOCUMENT. AND SO WE ADDED PROBABLY SIX THINGS.

SO IT'S NOT A HUGE NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL INITIATIVES THAT WERE ADDED, BUT WE DID ADD A FEW MORE.

YOU KNOW, THE ONE COPPELL THERE'S SOME ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS THAT WE ADDED TO THIS PROGRAM. AND SO IT GIVES YOU A PRETTY GOOD IDEA JUST AT A REALLY QUICK GLANCE COLOR CODED ON AREAS IN WHICH WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES, PROGRAMS, SERVICES AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY AREAS WHERE WE HAVE SOME, AND THEN AREAS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE QUITE AS MUCH.

SO WITH THAT. PERFECT. THANK YOU. YES. NO, I APPRECIATE IT.

I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF YOU. WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO CHAT. SO WE'LL START WITH SO A REMINDER OF THE TEN PILLARS.

AND BY THE WAY, RAMESH AND KEVIN, PLEASE CHIME IN WHATEVER I MIGHT FORGET OR WHEREVER YOU WANT.

SO THESE ARE TEN PILLARS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FROM A HEALTH AND WELLNESS PERSPECTIVE.

AND WHAT OUR ASSETS LOOK LIKE. THE REASON THIS CAME UP WAS ONE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND HEALTH AND WELLNESS AS A WHOLE, WHETHER IT'S BEEN PART OF THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE CORE, THE E-BIKES TODAY, PICKLEBALL AND TENNIS, RIGHT? LIKE AT THE FOUNDATION OF OUR COMMUNITY, WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT HEALTH AND WELLNESS AS WELL AS LIKE HOW WE PARTNER WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND KIND OF THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE PROVIDE.

AND IF WE DON'T PROVIDE IT, IS IT AVAILABLE THROUGH SOME OF OUR PARTNERS AROUND THE COMMUNITY? TODAY IN PARTICULAR, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT NUTRITION.

WHY? SO AT THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE, I WAS ASKING WHY WE GIVE OUT CANDY.

AND SO, AND AGAIN, THAT WAS JUST ME ASKING STAFF, WHY DO WHY DO WE GIVE OUT CANDY? I HAD PERSONALLY A FEW PARENTS THAT KIND OF PUT THEIR HAND UP AS IN LIKE, DON'T GIVE MY KID THAT CANDY, RIGHT? WHICH IS FINE. AND THEN OTHERS WHERE MAYBE IT WAS JUST LIKE THEIR KIDS WERE TOO SMALL OR RIGHT,

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FOR WHATEVER REASON, THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE TURNING DOWN CANDY. WE ACTUALLY HAD A LOT OF CANDY LEFT THIS YEAR, BUT I KNOW STAFF ALWAYS TRIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME SO THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF EVERYBODY ON THE ROUTE.

SO I HAD THE QUESTION AROUND CANDY AND I HAD MENTIONED THAT TO THE MAYOR, AND THEN I BROUGHT IT UP TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE WHERE IT WAS.

WELL, LET'S JUST KIND OF HOLISTICALLY LOOK AT NUTRITION BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF OUR PILLARS, RIGHT? AND DO WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT? SO THAT LED TO THE CONVERSATION AROUND, WELL, WHAT ARE WE PROVIDING AT CITY EVENTS? CITY FACILITIES. WHAT DO OUR FOOD TRUCKS LOOK LIKE? ARE WE THINKING ABOUT OUR DEMOGRAPHICS ACROSS THE BOARD? RIGHT. AGE, ETHNICITY, RACE. JUST WHAT ARE WE PROVIDING TO EVERYONE IN OUR DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE HAVE AROUND THE COMMUNITY? SO THEN WE THOUGHT, OKAY, WELL, AND THANKS TO TRACY, SHE PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER.

WAS LET'S LOOK AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE. THERE WAS A TIME ON COUNCIL WHEN HEALTH AND WELLNESS WAS TALKED ABOUT AT A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL. AND THERE WAS A TIME WHEN, LIKE, WE DIDN'T HAVE DESSERTS AND FRUIT WAS SERVED AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND WE DIDN'T HAVE SODAS IN OUR VENDING MACHINES, RIGHT? OR WE DIDN'T HAVE SUGARY PRODUCTS OF ANY, YOU KNOW, OR SNACKS OF ANY SORT. BUT WE HAVE FOUND THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN SCHOOLS, EVEN WE'RE ON BOARD AT THE TIME, RIGHT? BUT WE ALSO HAVE JUST DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS. AND WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE THAT DECISION FOR THEM.

THEY NEED TO MAKE A DECISION OF WHAT THEY EAT AND DRINK.

BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A VARIETY OF THINGS.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE LOOKING AT EVEN FOOD TRUCKS.

LIKE THERE'S I APPRECIATE THAT STAFF IS ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A VARIETY.

YOU SAW THAT ON SATURDAY. IF YOU WERE OUT HERE, THERE WAS A, YOU COULD HAVE SLIDERS OR YOU COULD HAVE VEGETARIAN OR YOU COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS QUESADILLAS, THERE WAS DESSERTS. THERE WAS A GOOD VARIETY OF OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE.

BUT AGAIN, I'LL STOP THERE AND SAY, I REALLY, I THINK WE REALLY WANTED TO JUST GAUGE WHERE COUNCIL IS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF NUTRITION, WHERE WE ARE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF JUST HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

AND IF WE WANTED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES WITH WHAT WE OFFER AT CITY EVENTS.

RAMESH, KEVIN. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO JUST KIND OF TOUCH ON THAT.

THESE ARE LIVING DOCUMENTS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF TAKE IT ON AS THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, NOT MONTHLY, RIGHT, BUT JUST OCCASIONALLY CHECKING IN, REEVALUATING OUR INVENTORY FROM OUR, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE BUSINESSES TO PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO WHAT CITY OFFERS.

JUST MAKING SURE THAT INVENTORY IS COMPLETE. NUMBER ONE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY CHECKING IN WITH OUR OFFERINGS AND THEN LOOKING FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

YOU KNOW, AND SO THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES WERE, WERE BROUGHT TO US THE LAST TIME THAT WE MET.

SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BRING THIS TO COUNCIL.

BRIAN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HELP ME WITH THE STAT, BUT AND TRACY YOU CAN AS WELL, BUT I KNOW YOU SENT THE INFORMATION FROM THE SURVEY THAT WE HAD. OH, YES. THE HAPPINESS SURVEY AND WHAT WAS THAT PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT? SO THE QUESTION WAS HOW MUCH DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THE STATEMENT THAT COPPELL SUPPORTS A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.

AND 86% OF THE RESPONDENTS INDICATED THAT, YES, THEY AGREE THAT THEY EITHER AGREE OR STRONGLY AGREED THAT COPPELL SUPPORTED A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN INDICATOR THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY RECOGNIZES WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

WE DON'T WANT TO BACK OFF ON THAT. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF OPTIONS, MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT INCLUSIVE OPTIONS. AND, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE ANYBODY MAKE A CHOICE ON THAT, BUT WE WANT THEM TO HAVE OPTIONS TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, IF THEY GO OUT TO A CITY EVENT OR SOMETHING THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE A FOOD OPTION FOR THEM OR, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL THING THAT IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO BE WELCOMED INTO THAT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THE CITY'S THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. SO THAT'S WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM. SO REALLY OUR ASK TODAY ARE, YOU KNOW, KEEPING EVERYONE INFORMED, BUT ALSO OUR, YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, DO YOU GUYS THINK THAT WE'RE ON TRACK? YOU KNOW, LIKE, DO YOU GUYS LIKE WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT AS A SUBCOMMITTEE? BUT WE JUST WANT TO KEEP THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE INFORMED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

THANK YOU, KEVIN. I'LL PROBABLY REPEAT WHAT THEY SAID A THIRD TIME.

I THINK COPPELL IS A HEALTHY CITY AND THE CITY WHERE THE RESIDENTS WANT TO BE MORE HEALTHY.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM HERE THE STAFF AND THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF INITIATIVES TO MAKE SURE RESIDENTS ARE

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IF AT ALL. AND IF YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO WELLNESS AND NUTRITION, THE CITY.

SO WHAT'S YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR. SO WHAT. YOUR ASK.

SO I THINK FROM THE ASK IS LIKE, LET'S JUST FOCUS TODAY ON ONE PILLAR AND THAT'S NUTRITION.

I DON'T THINK IT FOR US TO REALLY TACKLE ALL THE DIFFERENT PILLARS.

PEOPLE CAN TAKE TIME TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING HERE, BUT ANY THOUGHTS OR CONCERNS ON WHAT WE COULD DO MORE OF? ARE THERE GAPS WHEN IT COMES FROM A NUTRITION STANDPOINT? I KNOW LIKE WE'VE MADE CHANGES AT THE SENIOR CENTER, WHICH I APPRECIATE. I KNOW AT ONE POINT PEOPLE WERE LIKE, WE DON'T WHEN, WHEN VENDORS COME IN OR THIRD PARTIES COME AND SPEAK, WE DON'T WANT JUST DONUTS AND SUGAR.

LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HEALTH ISSUES. AND SO I KNOW THEY'VE MADE SOME CHANGES THERE, BUT THAT'S REALLY WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM.

ANY THOUGHTS? I KNOW WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE MINUTES, BUT.

IS THIS HELPFUL? I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE JUST GAVE YOU A BIG PACKET OF INFORMATION.

AND YOU KNOW, LIKE, SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A CONTINUING CONVERSATION.

WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING FOR THAT DIRECTION TONIGHT.

IN THE ONE MINUTE AND TWO SECONDS THAT WE HAVE BEFORE REGULAR SESSION STARTS.

BUT WE WANTED TO JUST CONTINUE TO UPDATE. AND I THINK THAT'S A BIG THING.

AND ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT JUST LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WITH THE PREVIOUS ITEM AS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL CENTER THAT HEALTH AND WELLNESS CONTINUES TO COME UP.

SO ARE WE CONTINUING TO LOOK THROUGH A LENS OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WE MAKE STRATEGIC DECISIONS FOR THE FUTURE? AND THAT IS REALLY A PERSONAL GOAL FOR ME, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, AS MIKE HAS PRE FRAMED US, WE HAVE SOME DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS IN THE FUTURE. BUT BALANCING, YOU KNOW, THOSE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU KNOW, ARE WE CONTINUING TO BE THAT FAMILY COMMUNITY FOR A LIFETIME? I THINK THAT THAT CATCH PHRASE ENCOMPASSES A LOT ABOUT HEALTH AND WELLNESS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HAVING ENTIRE FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO BE HEALTHY TOGETHER TO, YOU KNOW, AGE TOGETHER, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT IS A VERY STRATEGIC THING THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO DO.

I KNOW WE'RE AT TIME, BUT CAN WE LET YEAH. SORRY.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS INVENTORY THAT YOU'VE CREATED IS A REALLY GREAT STARTING POINT FOR US.

I MEAN, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT CATEGORIZING AND JUST THE SHEER VOLUME THAT WE HAVE AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE REALLY HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHERE WE GO FROM HERE.

RIGHT. SO I KNOW WE'RE AT TIME. AND I GUESS ALL THAT TO SAY IS LET'S JUST KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING.

AND SO VERY QUICKLY, DO YOU WANT TO BE BACK BEFORE? WELL, I'D LIKE TO BE BACK BEFORE. OR AFTER THE RETREAT? IS THAT SOMETHING MAYBE THAT WE COULD DISCUSS? YEAH, LET US DISCUSS THAT. IT PROBABLY WILL BE A RETREAT. I'D LIKE TO TALK BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS PARADE, BUT. ALSO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT TRACY AND THE TEAM IS RECOGNIZED.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THEY PUT IT ALL. WE DIDN'T BUILD THAT SHEET, BUT THEY DID, AND THEY'RE AMAZING.

SO THANK YOU. YEAH. THAT WAS NOT US. THE TIME IS 7:31.

AND THANK YOU. RECESS FROM WORK SESSION AND MOVE INTO REGULAR SESSION.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. THE TIME IS 7:36 P.M..

[4. Invocation 7:30 p.m.]

THIS EVENING WE HAVE REKHA YADAV WITH THE ALLIES INTERFAITH GROUP HERE TO GIVE OUR INVOCATION, AND THEN WE WILL RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

SO PLEASE REMAIN STANDING. OH, GOD, WE GATHER BEFORE YOU TODAY.

WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM, GUIDANCE, AND DISCERNMENT AS WE GATHER TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THIS COUNCIL.

GRANT US CLEAR MINDS, OPEN HEARTS, AND THE HUMILITY TO LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER WITH RESPECT AND EMPATHY.

HELP US TO FOCUS SOLELY ON THE WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE.

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GIVE US THE COURAGE TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES, THE PATIENCE TO WORK THROUGH DISAGREEMENTS, AND THE COMMITMENT TO LEAD WITH INTEGRITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND GRACE.

MAY YOUR BLESSINGS POUR UPON THIS ASSEMBLY AND GUIDE OUR DELIBERATIONS SO THAT WE MAY WORK WITH RENEWED STRENGTH AND COURAGE IN YOUR DIVINE PRESENCE. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

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. PLEASE BE SEATED.

ITEM NUMBER 6 ARE PROCLAMATIONS. AND WE HAVE TWO TONIGHT.

[6. Proclamations]

AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE CHIEF DANNY BARTON AND FRIENDS TO COME FORWARD.

I WAS WONDERING.

WHEN I SAID, FRIENDS, I THOUGHT YOU HAD A FEW MORE FRIENDS THAN THIS.

OH. THEY'RE SHY. OKAY. WHEREAS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TOWN WATCH IS SPONSORING THE 43RD ANNUAL EDITION OF AN IMPORTANT NATIONWIDE CRIME AND DRUG PREVENTION EVENT ON OCTOBER 6TH, 2026 CALLED NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

AND WHEREAS, THE ANNUAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PROVIDES A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR COPPELL TEXAS TO JOIN FORCES WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN PROMOTING COOPERATIVE POLICE AND COMMUNITY DRUG PREVENTION EFFORTS.

AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF COPPELL IS CELEBRATING THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF PARTICIPATING IN THIS GREAT CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM.

AND WHERE IS IT ESSENTIAL THAT ALL CITIZENS OF COPPELL, TEXAS, BE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND THE IMPACT THAT THEIR PARTICIPATION CAN HAVE ON REDUCING CRIME, DRUGS AND VIOLENCE IN COPPELL, TEXAS.

AND WHEREAS POLICE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, NEIGHBORHOOD AWARENESS AND SAFETY AND COOPERATION ARE IMPORTANT THEMES OF THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PROGRAM.

AND WHEREAS, NATIONAL CRIME WATCH PLAYS A VITAL PART IN ASSISTING THE COPPELL POLICE DEPARTMENT THROUGH JOINT CRIME PREVENTION EFFORTS IN COPPELL.

NOW THEREFORE, I, WES MAYS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6TH, 2026, AS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS.

IN WITNESS THEREOF. I'VE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE, OF COPPELL TO BE AFFIXED THIS 22ND DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026.

SO WHO DO I NEED TO GIVE THIS TO? CHIEF? ALL RIGHT.

[APPLAUSE]. I'M ASSUMING YOU HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY.

SURE, SURE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. COPPELL. EVERY YEAR WE MAKE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT A REALLY HUGE EVENT IN COPPELL.

AND I TELL YOU, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE LOW CRIME RATES.

WE HAVE A GREAT COMMUNITY FEEL HERE. AND I THINK NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS JUST A REFLECTION OF THIS COMMUNITY AND GETTING OUT TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY KEEPS THE COMMUNITY SAFE.

AND IT'S A LOT EASIER IF YOU KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS.

AND SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET OUT, KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS.

AS OF THIS MORNING, WE HAD 65 BLOCK PARTIES SO FAR.

YOU HAVE UNTIL JUNE THE 27TH TO SIGN UP FOR ADDITIONAL BLOCK PARTIES.

WE USUALLY GET UP CLOSE TO 80. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT ON OCTOBER 6TH.

SO COME ON OUT. IT'S OUR WAY TO COME OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

AND WE'LL HAVE THE COUNCIL WITH US. WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC WORKS WITH US.

WE'LL HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH US, AND WE'LL JUST MAKE A BIG NIGHT OF IT.

SO THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING THIS YEAR. [APPLAUSE].

COUNCIL MEMBER HINOJOSA-SMITH. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

CHIEF KNIGHT AND ALL THE POLICE AND ALL THE FIRE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE WE ALWAYS, WE ALWAYS BREAK RECORDS WHEN WE DO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, WHICH IS AMAZING. I LOVE THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THIS EVENT.

AND IT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU AND YOUR TEAMS DO ACROSS ALL OF POLICE AND FIRE.

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AND SO I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO. I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU ALL TAKE THE TIME TO GO OUT AND JUST TALK TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT MEANS A LOT. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE IT. WE KNOW IT'S A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT, BUT WE IT'S WHAT MAKES COPPELL A SPECIAL PLACE.

THANK YOU. SO, CHIEF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING OUT THERE WITH YOU.

I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE MY DRIVER THIS YEAR. AND I'M VERY SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SO. OH, I THINK I AM. OH, REALLY? YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, THE CHIEF HAS BEEN DRIVING ME SINCE WHEN HE WAS A PATROL OFFICER AND I WAS ON CITY COUNCIL, SO WE MADE A TRADITION OUT OF THIS. SO ANYWAY, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING THERE.

THANKS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. NEED A GUIDE? ITEM B IS A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH, AND MR. BANNISTER. OH.

I'M SORRY, I. I LOOKED AT THE CARD. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

WHEREAS EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME, PREPARING IN ADVANCE HELPS PROTECT LIVES, PROPERTY AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS THROUGH COPPELL READY, RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ARE ENCOURAGED TO PLAN, PREPARE AND CONNECT BY KNOWING THEIR RISK, MAKING AN EMERGENCY PLAN, GATHERING ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES, AND STAYING CONNECTED TO LOCAL EMERGENCY ALERTS.

AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF COPPELL AND THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WORK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS AND RESILIENCE.

NOW THEREFORE, I WES MAYS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2026 AS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF COPPELL AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO BE COPPELL READY BY TAKING STEPS TO PLAN, PREPARE AND CONNECT, AND TO HELP BUILD A SAFER, MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY.

IN WITNESS THEREOF HAVE SET MY HAND AND MY SIGNATURE AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL THIS 22ND DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH.

PREPAREDNESS IS NOT JUST ABOUT HAVING SUPPLIES OR KNOWING WHERE TO GO DURING AN EMERGENCY.

IT'S ABOUT BUILDING A COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE RISKS WE FACE, RECEIVE VALUABLE INFORMATION, AND FEEL CONFIDENT TAKING ACTION. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS WITH OUR EMERGENCY READINESS CAMPAIGN COPPELL READY, PLAN, PREPARE, CONNECT. EVERY RESIDENT, EMPLOYEE, BUSINESS, SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION HAS A ROLE IN OUR COMMUNITY'S PREPAREDNESS.

EMERGENCIES RARELY AFFECT JUST ONE DEPARTMENT OR ONE HOUSEHOLD.

OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND AND RECOVER DEPENDS ON THE RELATIONSHIPS WE BUILD AND THE PREPARATIONS WE MAKE BEFOREHAND.

THIS MONTH, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE ONE STEP, REVIEW YOUR EMERGENCY PLANS, BUILD SOME SUPPLIES, SIGN UP FOR OUR EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, OR TALK WITH YOUR FAMILY ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD DO DURING AN EMERGENCY.

PREPAREDNESS BEGINS WITH ONE STEP AND WITH EACH ONE OF US THAT TAKES THAT STEP, COPPELL BECOMES STRONGER AND MORE RESILIENT.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE IMPORTANT WORK AND HELPING BUILD A COPPELL READY COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M BRIAN ARTHUR, FIRE CHIEF HERE WITH THE CITY OF COPPELL.

I COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF THE OF THE WORK THAT JENNIFER AND HER TEAM DOES WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

EVERYTHING FROM COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS TO EVENTS TO EDUCATION.

SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE SO DETRIMENTAL TO THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

I COULDN'T BE PROUDER TO BE IN A COMMUNITY SERVING ALONGSIDE JENNIFER.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE]. COUNCIL MEMBER NEVELS.

AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOU DO. IT'S AMAZING.

I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW JUST AS A BUSINESS OWNER IN TOWN A LOT OF MY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANS ARE BUILT ON THE NOTIFICATIONS AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVE YOU KNOW, FROM THE CITY. SO ANYTIME THAT WE GET A NOTIFICATION ABOUT SEVERE WEATHER, THAT IS A TRIGGER FOR US TO REVIEW OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN, YOU KNOW, WITH STORM WARNINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND REMIND EVERYBODY WHERE OUR SHELTERS ARE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO THE CITY AND, YOU KNOW, THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, THEY PLAY AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN MAKING SURE THAT THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON. THEY'RE INFORMED AND ABLE TO ENACT THEIR PLANS.

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SO IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE].

ITEM NUMBER 7 IS OUR CITIZENS APPEARANCE. PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK MUST SIGN THE REGISTER AND LIST THEIR ADDRESS.

[7. Citizens’ Appearance]

PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THAT THEY SIGNED UP.

IN ORDER TO CONDUCT AN ORDERLY AND RESPECTFUL MEETING ENVIRONMENT TO CONDUCT THE MEETING, PUBLIC MEETING AND BUSINESS SPEAKERS WILL ADHERE TO THE STANDARDS OUTLINED IN ORDINANCE 2025-1633. THERE WILL BE NO COMMENTS OR DELIBERATIONS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL DUE TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

WE DID HAVE TWO PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND THE FIRST IS ATKIN KULKARNI.

HI, MY NAME IS ATIN KULKARNI. I LIVE AT 122 WILD PLUM DRIVE IN THE CITY.

I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT.

ONE OF THEM HAS TO DO WITH ACTUALLY, WHICH IS ON AGENDA ITEM O, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE WHEN THAT COMES UP.

SO I JUST ONE POINT I WANT TO MAKE, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH THE SHOPS AT SANDY LAKE.

I KNOW IT HAS BEEN APPROVED AND THE DEVELOPMENT WILL PROCEED.

THE REQUEST THAT WE HAVE ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY IS THAT IN THE ORDINANCE THAT THERE BE THE CONDITION THAT THE DEVELOPER HAD AGREED TO, AND IT WAS PRESENTED THAT THERE WILL BE NO RESTAURANTS, NO PATIO, NO DRIVE THRU.

AND IN THE RECENT BROCHURE THAT WE SAW THAT IT WAS ALREADY THE CASE.

WHEREAS THE CITY SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY, I BELIEVE LINDA, I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME, FORGIVE ME, BUT THEY DID CLARIFY THAT THE BROCHURE WAS OLD YET WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WAS AGREED TO BE PUT IN THE ORDINANCE.

SO THAT'S THE FIRST ONE. THE SECOND ONE IS SOMEWHAT RELATED BUT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH THE TRAFFIC AROUND IN THE AREA.

WE HAD BROUGHT THIS WHEN THIS MATTER CAME IN FRONT OF THIS COUNCIL, THAT THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF TRAFFIC ISSUES AND THE PROPER TRAFFIC STUDY AND ANALYSIS BE DONE. IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD SHARED, THERE WAS A PARTICULAR DATA POINT THAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS HAD THEMSELVES LOOKED AT, WHICH IS THE ILLEGAL U-TURNS AND CUT THRUS IN IN THE CITY.

ON A SUNDAY BETWEEN 9 A.M. AND 9 P.M. THERE WERE UPWARDS OF 60 ILLEGAL TURNS.

PEOPLE JUST COMING IN, TURNING AROUND, GOING BACK.

AND WHILE THERE IS A STOP SIGN, WHILE THERE IS A NO U-TURN SIGN, NONE OF THAT IS ENFORCED.

I WOULD JUST REQUEST THE CITY TO LOOK AT THAT AS IT'S A MATTER OF SAFETY AS WELL AS PRIVACY.

AND OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING IS ILLEGAL THAT SHOULD NOT BE SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING IN THIS CITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TONIGHT.

THE SECOND SPEAKER IS MR. THOMAS BURROWS.

THOMAS BURROWS. 138 WYNNPAGE DRIVE. EVERY TIME SOMEONE ELSE COMES AND TALKS, IT REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO SAY.

YOU KNOW THE TRAFFIC ISSUE THERE AT THIS PLACE IF YOU GO WIGGLE BACK THROUGH WIND PAGE AND TURN RIGHT ON DENTON, TAP AND GO AROUND. YOU CAN TURN AROUND WITHOUT TRYING TO CROSS OVER SANDY LAKE AND HAVE AN ACCIDENT.

AND BY THE WAY, ACROSS THE STREET WHERE THE SHOPPING CENTER IS, THERE, THE SIDEWALK WHEN PEOPLE PULL UP AND PARK ON THAT, THEY THEIR LIGHTS ARE IN THE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO TURN OUT OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, MAYOR.

YOU KNOW, JUST THOUGHT I'D POINT THAT OUT. ALSO, THE NEXT TO 7-ELEVEN, THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A PLACE THAT DOESN'T GET MOWED.

LAST TIME IT GOT MOWED, I PAID SOMEONE TO GO DO IT.

AND IN THE TURN AREA THERE, THERE'S ALL THIS DIRT AND CRAP ON THE GROUND AND STUFF.

I WOULD GO UP THERE AND CLEAN IT, BUT THE LAST TIME I CLEANED IT SAW SOMETHING IN THE STREET.

SOMEBODY YELLED AT ME. AND SO YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY GOOD TO BE PREPARED.

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AND I HAVE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER IN MY CAR, WHICH I'VE USED TWICE IN THIS TOWN.

THE LAST TIME THAT WE AVAILED OURSELVES TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FROM COPPELL, THE EMT PEOPLE GOT LOST.

LIKE YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET TO THE LOCAL HOSPITALS WITHOUT A MAP.

THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING YOU TRAIN FOR, YOU KNOW? BUT I GUESS WHEN I TALKED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PEOPLE, THEY SAID, WELL, WE HADN'T THOUGHT OF THAT.

OOPS, SORRY. WELL, MAYBE THEY NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

AGAIN I'VE TURNED IN SEVERAL LIGHTS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THERE'S SO MUCH BRIGHTER THAN NEW ONES. SO I TURNED IN THE REST OF THE LIGHTS, HOPING TO GET THE ENCORE TO COME OUT HERE AND REPLACE THE REST OF THEM SO WE COULD SEE BETTER IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I HAVE NO IDEA IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

I CAN'T SEEM TO GET MY BOARD, THE HOA BOARD THAT I REPRESENTS ME TO RESPOND TO MY EMAILS, AND I'M THE PERSON THAT PUTS UP THE LIGHTS AND HAULS THE TRASH OUT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, AND ALSO THE LIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING HERE, THAT'S STILL NOT FIXED. I THOUGHT I'D MENTIONED THAT.

AND SO. WE ALSO SHOULD REMIND, REMEMBER ABOUT JOE SHIRLEY, WHO USED TO COME AND TALK A LOT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY WIFE'S RELATIVES IS A TEXAS RANGER.

AND ANOTHER ONE OF MY WIFE'S RELATIVES STOOD WITH SAM HOUSTON AT SAN JACINTO IN 1836.

SO WE HAVE A LOT INVESTED IN THIS STATE, MORE SO THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS THIS EVENING.

ITEM NUMBER 8 IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ROUTINE IN NATURE AND IS GENERALLY ENACTED IN A SINGLE MOTION.

[8. Consent Agenda]

ANY ITEM MAY BE PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.

FULL DESCRIPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE SCREEN.

ITEM Q WILL BE DEFERRED TO ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING, SO IT WILL BE TAKEN OFF THE TABLE THIS EVENING.

COUNCIL DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA? MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WOULD MOVE THAT WE APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A-R.

SKIPPING Q. OH WITH EXCEPTION TO Q. THANK YOU.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? COUNCIL MEMBER HINOJOSA-SMITH.

ALL IN FAVOR? WALKER. HINOJOSA-SMITH. CARROLL.

NEVELS. PREMKUMAR. MATHEW. HILL. NONE OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES. I FORGOT ABOUT THE CAMERA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[9. 2026-0396 Consider casting one vote for each of Place 1 through 4 for the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool Board of Trustees Election; and authorizing the Mayor to sign the Ballot Certificate.]

LAUREN THODEN, CITY SECRETARY. I AM HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM TO YOU.

SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO CAST A VOTE FOR EACH OF THESE.

THERE'S FOUR PLACES, SO A VOTE WOULD NEED TO BE CAST FOR PLACES 1-4.

THE MATERIAL INCLUDED THE NOMINEES THAT WERE PROVIDED TO THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE.

THE, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A WRITE IN, BUT THE WRITE IN DOES REQUIRE THAT THE SAME CONDITIONS BE MET FOR EACH ONE OF THESE PLACES. AS THESE CANDIDATES, PRIMARILY PLACE, ONE MUST BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE OF ANY POOL MEMBER, AND PLACES 2, 3 AND 4 MUST BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEES OF A MUNICIPALITY THAT IS A POOL MEMBER.

AND SO I LEAVE IT TO YOU TO PROVIDE ME DIRECTION AS TO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CAST A VOTE AND FOR WHOM.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS THODEN? OUR NOMINEE COUNCIL MEMBER NEVELS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I GUESS MY ASK OF THE COUNCIL WOULD BE IF THEY KNOW OF ANYONE THAT IS LISTED ON THE BALLOT OR HAVE ANY PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATIONS.

I'LL BE HONEST, JUST LOOKING THROUGH, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH ANYONE AND HAVEN'T BEEN, YOU KNOW, REACHED OUT TO OR, YOU KNOW, HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS.

SO I BELIEVE IN THE PAST, WE'VE ELECTED TO EITHER CAST BALLOTS OR TO NOT TAKE ANY ACTION.

IS THAT CORRECT MAYOR? FOR THIS ONE, I BELIEVE THAT IT'S BEEN A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

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MR. LAND. IT'S GREAT. IT'S A CITY COUNCIL DECISION.

I, NO, ALL THE I CAN ADDRESS JUST THE INCUMBENTS.

THE INCUMBENTS HAVE SERVED THE BOARD REALLY WELL.

I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD NOW, I GUESS TWO YEARS, I THINK.

I THINK IT'S BEEN ABOUT TWO YEARS. IT'S A HIGH FUNCTIONING WELL-ORGANIZED BOARD THAT DOES WORK ON BEHALF OF THE MUNICIPALITIES AND THE INCUMBENTS. THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH. I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH THEM.

THAT'S HOW THAT'S THE BEST THAT I CAN SAY. THAT'S A GOOD REPORT.

THANK YOU, SIR. MAYOR. I'M SORRY.

I MOVE TO APPOINT THE INCUMBENTS TO THESE POSITIONS.

NOMINATE THE INCUMBENTS. NOMINATE THE INCUMBENTS TO THIS POSITION.

THANK YOU. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER. HINOJOSA-SMITH.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? I DO. MAYOR, IF I MAY.

OH. I'M. SORRY. NO, JUST. I'M JUST LOOKING HERE, AND I DO NOT SEE THAT FOR PLACE THREE THAT THE INCUMBENT IS LISTED. AND SO FOR PLACE THREE, THERE WOULD BE NO INCUMBENT FOR US TO PLACE ON THAT BALLOT.

SO JUST THAT WE WOULD LEAVE THAT BLANK. SO COULD YOU READ THOSE NAMES FOR PLACE THREE OUT, PLEASE? CERTAINLY. SO PLACE THREE. THE INCUMBENT IS THAT I SEE IS DAVID RUTLEDGE, MAYOR OF BRIDGE CITY, AND THE PLACE THREE CANDIDATES ARE COREY ALEXANDER, JIM HOLGERSON, CECIL A.

HUDSON, JR., ANDY JOSLIN, RONDA PEREZ, GARRETT SPRADLING, ISAAC TAWIL, AND ALUN THOMAS. BUT I DO NOT SEE OUR INCUMBENT THAT WAS PROVIDED TO ME.

AND THE ONLY ONE ON THAT LIST I KNOW IS MAYOR DAVID RUTLEDGE.

THE INCUMBENT WHO'S NOT RUNNING. CORRECT. SO, WOULD YOU CARE TO MODIFY YOUR MOTION? I'M HAPPY TO, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO WE ARE NOMINATING.

ONE, TWO AND FOUR. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE FOR POSITIONS ONE, TWO AND FOUR, THE CURRENT INCUMBENTS. THANK YOU. SECONDED BY COUNCILOR HINOJOSA-SMITH.

ANY DISCUSSION? JUST. COUNCIL MEMBER CARROLL.

JUST TO CLARIFY, WE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY CAST A VOTE FOR ANY OF THESE PLACES.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. WE DO NOT HAVE TO. OKAY. JUST CLARIFYING. THANKS. AND WE WILL BE ONE VOTE OUT OF MANY.

12, 1172. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR? WALKER HINOJOSA-SMITH. CARROLL. NEVELS. PREMKUMAR.

MATHEW. HILL. NONE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 10 IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE SEEK LEGISLATION PROVIDING MUNICIPAL

[10. 2026-0398 Consider approval of a Resolution requesting that the Texas Municipal League seek legislation providing municipal authority to regulate or prohibit the use of electric bicycles on sidewalks, trail systems, and other pedestrian facilities; and authorizing the Mayor to sign.]

MISS WILLIS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS ITEM IS FOR A PROPOSED TML RESOLUTION. SO THE PROCESS WOULD BE INDIVIDUAL CITY'S GOVERNING BODY MUST APPROVE A RESOLUTION BEFORE IT IS BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE TML BODY FOR APPROVAL ONTO THEIR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM.

SO THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PROVIDE MUNICIPALITIES GREATER AUTHORITY TO REGULATE ELECTRIC BICYCLES, TRADITIONALLY OR SEPARATELY FROM TRADITIONAL BICYCLES.

WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE IS TO AMEND THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE, WHERE IT SAYS, AND SORRY, THIS IS NOT THE OFFICIAL CODE LANGUAGE, BUT ESSENTIALLY WHERE IT SAYS THAT E-BIKES MUST BE REGULATED THE SAME AS BICYCLES.

SO TO DECOUPLE THOSE THAT WAY, LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE GREATER ABILITY TO REGULATE ACCORDING TO THEIR CITY'S NEEDS.

AND WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE DID GO OVER THIS IN WORK SESSION, AND WE ACTUALLY HAD AN EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ON, ON E-BIKES. IT'S VERY CLEAR TO OUR PUBLIC THAT THE, THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE AND THIS IS A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.

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ANY QUESTIONS FROM. YES, COUNCILMEMBER MATHEW.

YEAH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M READING IT. THAT ORDINANCE I DO SEE COPPELL HAS ALREADY ENACTED LOCAL ORDINANCE RESTRICTING E-BIKES FROM SENSITIVE AREAS SUCH AS BIODIVERSITY EDUCATION CENTER, TRAIL SYSTEM, AND REQUIRING HELMETS FOR YOUTH RIDERS.

WHEN DID WE DO THAT? WHEN DID WE APPROVE THAT? OH, GOODNESS. I CAN FIND THE EXACT DATE FOR YOU.

I'M NOT SURE OF IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

OKAY. AND THAT WAS LIMITED TO UNIMPROVED PATHWAYS ONLY.

SO THAT'S WHY IT SAYS THE BIODIVERSITY CENTER, BECAUSE IT REALLY MAINLY AFFECTED THE UNIMPROVED TRAILS OVER BY THE BIODIVERSITY CENTER.

OKAY. IT DID NOT IMPACT ANY OF THE SIDEWALKS OR OTHER IMPROVED PATHS THROUGH THE PARKS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CARROLL. I WOULD BE WILLING TO MAKE A MOTION.

GO RIGHT AHEAD. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS LAID OUT IN ITEM 10.

THANK YOU. AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HINOJOSA-SMITH.

ALL IN FAVOR? WALKER. HINOJOSA-SMITH. CARROLL.

NEVELS. PREMKUMAR. MATHEW. HILL. NONE OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ITEM NUMBER 11 IS THE CITY MANAGER REPORTS ON PROJECT UPDATES, FUTURE AGENDAS AND DIRECTION FROM WORK SESSION.

[11. City Manager Reports, Project Updates, Future Agendas, and Direction from Work Session ]

MAYOR AND COUNCIL UPDATE ON THREE ITEMS THE ROYAL LANE RECONSTRUCTION.

IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THAT PROJECT, THE CONTRACTOR HAS COMPLETED ALL OF THE UTILITY ADJUSTMENTS AND INSTALLATIONS, AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY PREPARING THE SUBGRADE AND EXPECT TO BEGIN POURING IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, WHICH I HOPE GUARANTEES THAT WE'RE GOING TO START GETTING RAIN. WHILE IT'LL THROW THE PROJECT OFF, I KNOW MY PUBLIC WORKS PEOPLE WON'T BE TOO HAPPY, BUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON SUBGRADE, HOPEFULLY I WASHED MY CAR ON SUNDAY, SO THAT'S WHY IT RAINED.

THE JUSTICE CENTER REMODEL, THE INTERIOR REMODEL PORTION IS NOW BEING OCCUPIED.

THE CONTRACTOR IS WORKING ON THE FINISHES FOR THE NEW ADDITION PORTION OF THE BUILDING.

AND IF YOU'VE NOTICED, OUTSIDE FIRE STATION III, THE STRUCTURAL STEEL AND METAL FRAMING ARE UNDERWAY.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ITEM NUMBER 12 IS MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS ON RECENT AND UPCOMING EVENTS.

[12. Mayor and Council Reports on Recent and Upcoming Events.]

TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT COPPELLARTCENTER.ORG.

AND PLEASE JOIN THE CITY OF COPPELL IN CELEBRATING NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

AS YOU JUST HEARD IN THE PROCLAMATION, WHICH WILL BE OCTOBER 6TH FROM 6 TO 8 P.M..

COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE WITH COPPELL COMMUNITY AND THE REST OF OUR NATION AS WE CELEBRATE POLICE AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.

APPLICATIONS FOR BLOCK PARTY REGISTRATIONS ARE ACCEPTED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 27TH AND ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT COPPELLTX.GOV/NNO.

ITEM NUMBER 13 OR COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS CONCERNING ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WITH NO COUNCIL ACTION OR DELIBERATION PERMITTED.

[13. Council Committee Reports concerning items of community involvement with no Council action or deliberation permitted.]

WE DID HAVE A TWO-DAY MEETING DOWN IN AUSTIN TALKING ABOUT THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT TML WILL BE SUPPORTING.

IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THE LIST OF ITEMS THAT THEY PROMOTE AND SUPPORT AND ACTUALLY ENDORSE IS MUCH LONGER, LARGER THAN WHAT THEIR STAFF CAN ALLOW THEM TO HANDLE.

SO THEY'VE BEEN MOVING BACK TO ENCOURAGING A SUPPORT ROLE, WHICH IS THE PROCLAMATION OR THE RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED TODAY IS ASKING THEM TO SUPPORT. OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IS VERY CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH TMLS.

THAT'S NO SURPRISE. THEY DO SUPPORT CITIES ALL OVER THE STATE LIKE COPPELL.

AND IT WAS REALLY REASSURING TO, TO HEAR A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION GOING ON.

WE GOT DOWN IN SOME WEEDS ON A BUNCH OF THE AREAS, BUT IT WAS A, IT WAS A GOOD TWO-DAY EVENT.

AND IT, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE OUTCOME OF THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING IN SAN ANTONIO ON OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER 11TH THROUGH THE 13TH. ITEM B IS REPORT ON THE NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RAMESH PREMKUMAR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION ALSO GOING BY THE ACRONYM NTC, CO-HOSTED THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE SUMMIT LATE LAST MONTH AT THE IRVING CONVENTION CENTER.

THIS TWO-DAY EVENT BROUGHT TOGETHER LEADERS FROM GOVERNMENT, TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TO DISCUSS THE

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LAST WEEK, THE NTC BOARD MET AT THE BOEING FACILITY JUST SOUTH OF COPPELL BORDER.

DURING THIS MEETING, THEY FINALIZED NTC LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE 90TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND APPOINTED A NEW BOARD.

DURING NOVEMBER 17TH TO 19TH NTC IS ORGANIZING THE DC FLY-IN.

ELECTED OFFICIALS AND INDUSTRY LEADERS FROM NORTH TEXAS WILL BE VISITING TEXAS LAWMAKERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.. AND THEN FINALLY, LEADERSHIP NORTH TEXAS 18TH COHORT THE NEW CLASS KICKS OFF THIS FRIDAY.

WITH THAT, I END MY UPDATE, MAYOR. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF WHO WAS ELECTED TO THE BOARD AT THE LEADERSHIP OF NTC? I DO. I DON'T HAVE THE NAMES RIGHT NOW, BUT I CAN SHARE WITH OTHERS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 14 ARE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS CONCERNING ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST WITH NO COUNCIL ACTION OR DELIBERATION PERMITTED.

[14. Public Service Announcements concerning items of community interest with no Council action or deliberation permitted.]

THANK YOU, MAYOR MAYS. ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT, WE ACCEPTED DANIEL FRYE'S RESIGNATION FROM THE ETHICS COMMITTEE.

HE AND HIS WIFE HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COMMUNITY. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK DANIEL FOR HIS SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY.

HE VOLUNTEERED IN A VARIETY OF CAPACITIES OVER A PERIOD OF MANY YEARS.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE AND WISH HE AND HIS WIFE THE BEST ON THEIR NEXT CHAPTER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER NEVELS. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO.

COUNCIL MEMBER WALKER, THAT'S A VERY CLASSY MOVE. HE WAS A FANTASTIC GENTLEMAN AND SERVED THIS COMMUNITY WELL.

SO THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING HIM AND HIS HARD WORK.

I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT IT IS HOMECOMING WEEK FOR COPPELL ISD.

AND THERE WILL BE A PARADE TOMORROW. SO PARADE IS GOING TO BE DOWN PARKWAY STARTING AT COPPELL ROAD ENDING AT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL.

THAT'S GOING TO START AT 6 P.M., AND THE ROAD IS GOING TO REOPEN AROUND 7:30.

SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS AWARE OF THAT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO THE GRAND POOBAH OF THAT EVENT IS? I HAVE A SMALL INKLING OF WHO THE GRAND MARSHAL OF THAT PARADE WILL BE.

YES, SIR. AND WHO MIGHT THAT BE? MIGHT BE YOURS TRULY.

COUNCIL MEMBER KEVIN NEVELS. THAT IS CORRECT, I KNOW. CONGRATULATIONS. I'VE MADE IT, SIR.

SO THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. COUNCIL MEMBER CARROLL.

WHY IS ME BEING THE GRAND MARSHAL A JOKE? DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS? SEEING NONE. ITEM NUMBER 15 IS NECESSARY ACTION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[15. Necessary Action from Executive Session]

SECOND? SECOND ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR. WALKER.

HINOJOSA-SMITH. CARROLL. NEVELS. PREMKUMAR. MATHEW.

HILL. NONE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS.

OH, I'M. I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT I WAS I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THAT, BUT.

COUNCIL MEMBER HINOJOSA-SMITH. THANK YOU. MAYOR.

WE HAVE ANOTHER MOTION TO CONSIDER. APPROVAL TO PURCHASE FIREWALL LICENSING AND MAINTENANCE FROM DRIVEN.

NCPA CONTRACT NUMBER 01-170 AS PROVIDED IN THE ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS OPERATING BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $105,761.30 AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

THANK YOU. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NEVELS.

ALL IN FAVOR? SORRY. ANY DISCUSSION? MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO ADD FOR THE INTEREST OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE LISTENING IN THE PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM OF ABOUT 1.4 MILLION AND THIS 100K IT'S CONCERNING THE SECURITY OF THE CITY,

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BUT PLEASE BE ASSURED IT'S FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? WALKER. HINOJOSA-SMITH. CARROLL. NEVELS. PREMKUMAR.

MATHEW. HILL. NONE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT.

THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THIS COUNCIL, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:12 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.