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          >> WELCOME EVERYONE OUT TO THE SACHSE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          [A. Meeting Opening]
TODAY IS MONDAY, DECEMBER 1ST. THE TIME, MS. GRANGER? 
          >> 6:30 PM. 
          >> TIME IS 6:30 PM. WE ARE CALLED TO ORDER. 
          >> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. ITEM 2, INVOCATION AND PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          I'VE ASKED MS. HOWARTH TO OFFER THE INVOCATION OF MS. BUHLER TO LEAD OUR PLEDGES, IF YOU WILL PLEASE RISE. 
          >> OUR KIND AND GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER. 
          WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE TOGETHER TONIGHT FOR THIS MEETING TO ACCOMPLISH THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY OF SACHSE, AND WE ASK THY SPIRIT TO BE UPON US THAT WE'LL MAKE WISE DECISIONS THAT WILL TREAT EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT AND KINDNESS AND THAT WE'LL HEAR AND UNDERSTAND ALL THOSE WHOSE OPINIONS MAY DIFFER FROM OUR OWN. 
          WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THIS CITY, THE STATE, THIS COUNTRY THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE IN, AND WE ASK THY BLESSINGS UPON US AND UPON ALL THOSE WHO SERVE, AND WE ASK THESE THINGS NAME OF JESUS CHRIST AMEN. 
          >> 
          >> THANK YOU, MAY BE SEATED. 
          AGAIN, I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE OUT, AND I WANT TO JUST SAY SPECIAL KUDOS, EVERYBODY. 
          YOUR CHRISTMAS SWEATERS ARE AWESOME. 
          I THINK CHIEF WADE, YOU'VE WON THE UNOFFICIAL POLL. 
          I THINK YOU WIN THE BEST SWEATER SO CONGRATULATIONS, I THINK. 
          AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED IN OUR ANNUAL SWEATER EVENT. 
          NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, ITEM B PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          [B. Public Comment]
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS COUNSEL REGARDING ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA FOR ACTION OR PUBLIC HEARING. 
          COMMENTS REGARDING THE CONSENT AGENDA OR ANY DISCUSSION, ONLY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA MAY BE ADDRESSED DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. 
          THE TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. 
          A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE MEETING. 
          ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEANINGS ACT, COUNSEL IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA, BUT WILL TAKE COMMENTS UNDER ADVISEMENT. 
          ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME? COME ON DOWN. 
          >> MARTY HOBO, 5511 OAK BRIDGE CIRCLE, SACHSE, TEXAS, TOP OF THE HILL. 
          TWO AND-A-HALF HOURS, I WATCHED AN EDC MEETING THAT I MISSED LAST WEEK AND ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT JOSH IS STILL SINGING, AND THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL IS JUST GETTING CLOSER BECAUSE YOU SPENT $300,000 TO HEAR THE EXACT SAME THING THAT I'VE HEARD FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS. 
          SOMEBODY BETTER STOP, STEP UP OR DO SOMETHING OR ANOTHER $6 MILLION LIKE THIS 5TH STREET FIASCO UP THE ROAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING BUILDINGS AND ALL SORTS OF STUFF. 
          ALL I WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT'S THE RATE OF RETURN YOU EXPECT? BECAUSE ALL THEY'RE SAYING IS, YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT WRONG FOR 20 YEARS, $500,000 FOR A PIZZA JOINT UP AT THE STATION IS BAD AND THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD YOU. 
          BUT WHY YOU HAD TO SPEND $200,000 FOR THAT? I DON'T KNOW. WHY SOMEBODY GETS A $40,000 RAISE FOR THAT? I DON'T KNOW. 
          SOMEBODY NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING. 
          CWD IS HERE. 
          SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TALK TO THEM BECAUSE ACCORDING TO PAGE 6 OF THEIR LITTLE DEAL, WE ONLY GET RECYCLING ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS. 
          I DO BELIEVE THAT'S THE SAME SHEET THAT WAS IN HERE A YEAR AGO WHEN THEY SAID THE SAME THING. 
          IF THEY'RE JUST GOING TO REUSE THE SAME PRESENTATION AND JUST CHANGE THE COVER SHEET, MAYBE THEY NEED TO LOOK AT IT. 
          YOU WOULD THINK SOMEBODY THAT GOT A FIVE YEAR GUARANTEED CONTRACT FOR COMMERCIAL WASTE PICK UP IN THIS CITY COULD MAYBE DO A LITTLE BIT OF A BETTER JOB. 
          GARVER, YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE HIM A CONTRACT, WHICH IS GOOD, BUT NOWHERE IN THIS PRESENTATION DO I SEE ANYTHING ABOUT A SOUND WALL OR A NOISE WALL OR A SCREEN WALL, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. 
          YOU SPENT A MILLION DOLLARS ON MERRITT ROAD TO DO SOMETHING THAT AN HOA SHOULD HAVE DONE. 
          YOU'RE SPENDING $500,000 AT THE COMMERCIAL CENTER TO PUT ONE DOWN THE BACK SIDE. 
          BUT YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE A TWO LANE ROAD, 
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TURN IT INTO A FOUR, WATCH THE ADT EXPLODE. 
          YOU CAN'T KEEP THE TRUCKS OFF OF IT NOW, AND YOU'RE NOT PUTTING A WALL UP OR YOU'RE NOT EVEN DISCUSSING IT. 
          I'M SENDING EVERYBODY AN EMAIL, AND Y'ALL CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO. 
          MY GIFT TO YOU. 
          >> MR. HOBO, YOUR TIME EXPIRED. 
          >> I GOT 20 SECONDS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU GIVE EVERYBODY. 
          SPEED BUMPS ON HIGH RIDGE. YOU SAID THERE WEREN'T ANY. 
          I SAY THAT'S A LIE. 
          YOU PROVED TO ME THAT THERE WERE ONLY NONE OR ONE ON HIGH RIDGE ALLY, I WILL NEVER STEP FOOT IN THIS PLACE AGAIN. 
          >> TWENTY SECONDS FOR THAT. THANK YOU. 
          >> THAT'LL WORK. PRESTENBERG/PHONE. 
          >> NO, TIME'S UP. [NOISE] 
          >> THAT IS GONE. 
          >> TIME'S UP. 
          >> IT IS NOW GOING TO BE KNOWN AS THE BUREAUCRACY [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> TIME'S UP. [NOISE] IS ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON. NEXT ITEM ON AGENDAS, 
          [C. Council/Staff Reports and Updates]
ITEM C COUNCIL STAFF REPORTS AND UPDATES, ITEM 1, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING SPECIAL EVENTS, CURRENT ACTIVITIES, AND LOCAL ACHIEVEMENTS. 
          ANYONE ON COUNCIL LIKE TO ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE AT THIS TIME? MAYOR PROTON FRANKS, LET ME TURN YOU OUT. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          >> WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER, MILLSAP IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING, SO I HAVE SOME LIBRARY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR HIM. 
          FOR THIS EVENING, WE HAVE COMING UP WINTER POP UPS AT THE LIBRARY, DECEMBER 19TH, 22ND, 23RD, 26TH, AT 3:00 PM. 
          I'M GUESSING THAT'S WHEN ALL THE KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL. 
          JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE A VARIETY OF WINTER HOLIDAYS WITH POP UP CRAFTS EACH DAY. 
          TAKE IT TO GO OR COMPLETE THE LIBRARY FOR ELEMENTARY AGE KIDS WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. 
          I'M ASSUMING THAT SOME BIG KIDS CAN COME IN THERE AS WELL. PRESTON, BURTON. 
          BOOK TALK, DECEMBER 30TH AT 6:00 PM, THE LIBRARY WILL HOST THIS MONTH'S BOOK TALK ON DECEMBER 30TH AT 6:00 PM FEATURING SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE BY CLAIRE KEEGAN, SET IN A SMALL IRISH TOWN IN THE MID 1980S. 
          THAT'S WHEN I GREW UP. 
          THE NOVELLA FOLLOWS A COAL MERCHANT WHOSE QUIET, COAL MERCHANT IN THE 1980S? COAL MERCHANT WHOSE QUIET LIFE IS DISRUPTED WHEN HE UNCOVERS A TROUBLING SECRET TIED TO A LOCAL CONVENT. 
          THE STORY EXPLORES COURAGE, COMPASSION, AND THE WEIGHT OF DOING WHAT'S RIGHT. 
          COME AND DO SOME CRAFTS AT THE LIBRARY AND CHECK OUT SOME BOOKS. 
          >> THANKS, SIR. MR. LINDSAY. 
          >> YES, THE SACHSE PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY OUT TO THIS PANCAKES WITH SANTA. 
          IT'S THIS SATURDAY. IT'S FROM 8:00 AM UNTIL 11:00 AM AND IT'S HERE ON THIS MUNICIPAL COMPLEX AT THE FIRE STATION ON THERE, SO I HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT THERE. 
          >> THANK, SIR. MS. BUHLER. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR COMING OR TUNING IN. 
          I HAVE SOME PARKS AND RECREATION ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          THE CITY OF SACHSE WILL HOST ITS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA ON DECEMBER 3RD, THAT'S WEDNESDAY AT THE SACHSE CITY COMPLEX. 
          THE EVENING WILL BEGIN WITH A LIGHTED CHRISTMAS PARADE AT 6:00 PM ALONG MILES ROAD. 
          TO ACCOMMODATE THE PARADE, MILES ROAD WILL BE CLOSED FROM SACHSE ROAD TO HAVERN HILL FROM 5:50-7:00 PM. 
          SPECTATORS ARE WELCOME TO LINE THE ROUTE AND ENJOY THE PROCESSION. 
          FOLLOWING THE PARADE, A TREE LIGHTING WILL TAKE PLACE AT 7:00 PM IN FRONT OF THE MICHAEL J FELIX COMMUNITY CENTER WITH HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES TO FOLLOW. 
          FOR QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AT 469-429-0275. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. MR. PRESTENBERG. 
          >> I HAVE A FEW ANIMAL SHELTER ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR TODAY. 
          OUR FEATURED PET THIS WEEK IS LUCY. 
          SHE WAS ABANDONED WHILE PREGNANT YET SHE BRAVELY RAISED HER PUPS BEFORE BEGINNING HER OWN JOURNEY. 
          ALL OF HER PUPS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED AND EVEN ROCKY, THE FATHER OF HER LETTER HAS FOUND A NEW HOME, BUT LUCY IS NOW THE LAST OF HER FAMILY WAITING FOR HER HOME. 
          SHE'S A LITTLE SHY, BUT HAS MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS IN HER FOSTER HOME, LIKES WALKS AND CURLING UP IN HER LAP. 
          SHE'S RECENTLY UNLOCKED HER PLAYFUL SIDE AND LOVE SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS. 
          IF YOU'RE READY TO GIVE LUCY THE SECOND CHANCE SHE DESERVES, CALL SACHSE ANIMAL SHELTER AT 972-675-9662. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANKS, SIR. ANYONE ELSE ON COUNSEL LIKE TO ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE AT THIS TIME? HEARING NONE, MS. NASH. 
          >> MAYOR, I JUST HAVE TWO. 
          >> TURN THAT UP. THERE YOU GO. 
          >> OKAY. TWO QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          WE HAVE A NEW HIRE ELMAN SELMOVIC. 
          HE IS A MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN 1 IN OUR WASTEWATER GROUP. 
          THEN I'D LIKE TO DO A QUICK CORE VALUES RECOGNITION OF CHIEF BRIAN SYLVESTER. 
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I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE HIM FOR EXEMPLIFYING OUR CORE VALUE OF NEIGHBORLY. 
          WHEN REVIEWING AN RV PERMIT REQUEST SUBMITTED TO ACCOMMODATE A FAMILY FOR A LOCAL WEDDING, CHIEF SYLVESTER TOOK A MOMENT TO PERSONALLY CALL AND CONGRATULATE THE FAMILY. 
          THE RESIDENT LATER REACHED OUT TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION, NOTING THAT THIS LEVEL OF KINDNESS AND PROFESSIONALISM HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IN EVERY INTERACTION THAT THEY'VE HAD WITH OUR OFFICERS AND THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT. 
          CHIEF SYLVESTER'S GESTURE REFLECTS THE SAME VALUES THAT HE MODELS FOR HIS TEAM EVERY DAY, BUILDING GENUINE CONNECTION, SERVING WITH COURTESY AND FOSTERING A DEPARTMENT, CULTURE, ROOTED IN CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANKS, CHIEF. 
          >> BRAVO, CHIEF, THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE THAT. 
          YOU'VE HEARD SOME CHRISTMAS THEMED ANNOUNCEMENTS, I HAVE MY FEW MORE. 
          WE DO HAVE FACILITY CLOSURES IN REGARDS TO CHRISTMAS, AND SPECIFICALLY COMING UP. 
          FIRST IS THE CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA THAT YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT. 
          WE WILL BE CLOSING THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE PUBLIC LIBRARY THIS COMING WEDNESDAY IN PREPARATION FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARADE AND THE EXTRAVAGANZA EVENT,. 
          THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER WILL CLOSE AT 2:00 PM THAT DAY SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT. 
          AS FAR AS CITY OFFICES CLOSE FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS, DECEMBER 24TH, 25TH, AND THEN ALSO JANUARY 1ST FOR NEW YEAR'S. 
          CWD SERVICES WILL SLIDE OVER ONE DAY LIKE THEY ALWAYS DO. 
          AS ALWAYS, OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES WILL NOT BE AFFECTED. 
          SPEAKING OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS THAT ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE. WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR. 
          IT'S BEEN A GREAT HIT. 
          PEOPLE RESIDENTS REALLY LIKE IT. 
          THIS YEAR, WE HAVE TWO ORNAMENTS. 
          I HOPE YOU CAN SEE THIS. 
          OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND I KNOW BOTH CHIEF SYLVESTER AND CHIEF WADE PROBABLY HAD A LOT OF DETAILED INVOLVEMENT WITH THE DESIGNS SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. 
          WE HAVE TWO ORNAMENTS, OBVIOUSLY, THAT THEY SUPPORT THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. 
          YOU CAN PURCHASE THESE ORNAMENTS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE LIBRARY, OR THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP TRACK OF WHO SELLS MORE BUT WE'LL JUST SELL THEM. HOW ABOUT THAT? TRAIL OF LIGHTS REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN. 
          THIS IS OUR SECOND ANNUAL EVENT TO DO THIS. 
          THIS IS FROM COURSE STARTED ON NOVEMBER 5TH. 
          IT'S GOING THROUGH DECEMBER 10TH. 
          YOU MAY REGISTER YOUR ADDRESS AND PHOTO TO BE FEATURED IN THIS INTERACTIVE TRAIL. 
          THERE'S GOING TO BE A MAP RELEASED ON DECEMBER 12TH THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT THE HOLIDAY DISPLAYS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, ALONG WITH SEASONAL SPECIALS FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES. 
          AGAIN, NOVEMBER REGISTRATION NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 10TH, AND THEN WE'LL RELEASE A MAP ON DECEMBER 12TH. 
          IF YOUR HOME FEATURES, PARTICULARLY BRIGHT OR CREATIVE HOLIDAY DISPLAY, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE PART IN THIS. 
          AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO SHOWCASE THIS ON OUR TRAIL OF LIGHTS, SO IF YOU WANT TO SUBMIT YOUR ADDRESS AND PHOTO, REGISTER ONLINE AT CITYOFSACHSE.COM/TRAILOFLIGHTS. 
          AS WE'VE OFFERED THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, OUR HOLIDAY PACKAGE SERVICE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN. 
          OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS OFFERING THIS ANNUAL HOLIDAY PACKAGE SERVICE TO HELP REDUCE PACKAGE THEFT DURING THE BUSY HOLIDAY SEASON. 
          THIS IS A FREE PROGRAM AND ALLOWS OUR RESIDENTS TO HAVE PACKAGES DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, RESIDENT THE DOORSTEP. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THE PORCH PIRATES WILL TRY TO GET IT THERE. 
          IT'S A GREAT SERVICE THAT THEY OFFER NOW THROUGH DECEMBER 22ND. 
          AGAIN, FOR STORAGE AND SAFETY REASONS, THE DEPARTMENT CANNOT ACCEPT PACKAGES OVER 50 POUNDS. 
          IF THEY HAVE DESCRIPTION, DRUGS, WEAPONS, FRAGILE ITEMS OR ITEMS OF HIGH VALUE. 
          AGAIN, YOU CAN REGISTER FOR THIS SERVICE ONLINE AT THE CITYOFSACHSE.COM/HOLIDAYPACKAGESERVICE. 
          LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST OUR SACHSE POLICE CHAPLAINCY PROGRAM TOY DRIVE. 
          WE'VE HAD THIS PROGRAM FOR A LONG TIME. 
          WE NEED YOUR TOYS, WE NEED YOUR HELP. 
          WE'LL BE COLLECTING NEW TOYS AND CLOTHING AND NON PERISHABLE FOOD FOR LOCAL FAMILIES IN NEED THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. 
          DONATIONS CAN BE DROPPED OFF AT THE SACHSE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING. 
          IF YOU KNOW OF A FAMILY IN NEED OR HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO LIEUTENANT DOOR AT 469-429-9819. 
          ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COUNSEL? WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, 
          [D. Consent Agenda]
IS ITEM D CONSENT AGENDA. 
          ITEM 1 APPROVE THE NOVEMBER 17TH, 2025 MEETING MINUTES. 
          ITEM 2 ACCEPT THE QUARTERY BUDGET AND INVESTMENT REPORTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. 
          ITEM 3 AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR THE DESIGN OF SACHSE ROAD, PHASE 3 BETWEEN THE CITY OF SACHSE AND GARBA FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,194,754. 
          IS ANYONE ON COUNSEL LIKE TO REMOVE ANYTHING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MS. BUHLER. 
          >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT ITEM D 1-3 AS PRESENTED. 
          >> I HAVE A MOTION BY MS. BUHLER TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. 
          DO I HAVE A SECOND? MS. HOWARTH. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> SECOND BY MS. HOWARTH. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE CATCH IT UP. 
          MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
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NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM E ACTION ITEMS. 
          [1. Consider approving an ordinance establishing and implementing a program to charge mitigation rates for the deployment of emergency and non-emergency services by Sachse Fire Rescue for services provided/rendered for the City of Sachse and authorize the City Manager to execute the associated addendum.]
ITEM 1, CONSIDER APPROVING AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AND IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM TO CHANGE MITIGATION RATES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EMERGENCY AND NON EMERGENCY SERVICES BY SACHSE FIRE RESCUE FOR SERVICES PROVIDED/RENDERED FOR THE CITY OF SACHSE, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE ASSOCIATED ADDENDUM. MS. NASH. 
          >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          TONIGHT, YOU'LL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, ADAM KROVIAK, WHO WILL BE DOING A PRESENTATION FOR YOU ON THIS PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE BEEN EXPLORING FOR A WHILE, ABOUT A DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COLLECT SOME MITIGATION CHARGE AND COLLECT MITIGATION RATES RELATIVE TO VERY SPECIFIC TYPES OF EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY SERVICES PROVIDED BY SACHSE FIRE RESCUE. 
          AND SO TONIGHT, ADAM KROVIAK WILL PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION FOR YOU. 
          WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM EMERGIFIRE, IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND THEN, OF COURSE, CHIEF WADE WILL ALSO BE STANDING BY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTAL QUESTIONS. 
          >> I DON'T KNOW CHIEF WADE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT OF A DISTRACTION, I THINK SITTING OUT FRONT. HELLO, MS. BUHLER. 
          >> MR. MAYOR. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? 
          >> GOOD. I'M DOING WELL. 
          >> GOOD. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME UP. 
          MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, GINA. 
          AS GINA LET IN, WE'LL BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES RESPONSE RECOVERY. 
          TO LEAD INTO THIS AS I GO INTO THE OVERVIEW, I'LL LET YOU GUYS GET A LOOK AT THAT AND TALK ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE. 
          SECOND ITEM THERE YOU SEE IS EMERGICON VERSUS A EMERGIFIRE. 
          THE BIG CASE AND POINT TO MAKE HERE IS THAT THEY ARE THE SAME COMPANY OR SISTER COMPANIES, IF YOU WILL. 
          SO THIS WILL BE AN ADDENDUM TO OUR CURRENT EMS PROVIDER CONTRACT. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HIGHLIGHT A LOT OF AS WE GO THROUGH. 
          ONE THING I WANT YOU GUYS TO REMEMBER AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH HERE AND GO THROUGH OUR BACKGROUND. 
          YOU SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS HERE THAT EMERGICON HANDLES FOR US CURRENTLY, AND THAT'S ON THE EMS BILLING SIDE OF THINGS. 
          A LOT OF THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION THAT YOU SEE LISTED HERE AS FAR AS YOUR PROCESSING THE CLAIMS, THE PRIVATE INSURANCE VERSUS SELF-PAY, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. 
          A LOT OF THAT STUFF IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS THAT GO ALONG IN THE BACKGROUND THAT EMERGICON IS DOING FOR US CURRENTLY, THAT THEY WILL ALSO PERFORM FOR US IF WE ELECT TO GO WITH EMERGIFIRE FOR THE FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES BILLING. 
          THE DIFFERENCE BEING, TAKE THE EMS SIDE OF IT OUT AND PLUG IN FIRE OR EMERGENCY SERVICE FOR THAT. 
          AS I GO THROUGH, IF SOMETHING DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT MAKES SENSE, I JUST GIVES YOU GUYS A REFERENCE BACK TO, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE DOING THOSE THINGS IN THE BACKGROUND. 
          WE'RE GOING TO COVER WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR US ON THE FIRESIDE AS WE GO THROUGH. 
          IN SHORT, EMERGICON AS A BACKGROUND IS THE ONE THAT HANDLES MEDICAL BILLING FOR OUR AMBULANCE TRANSPORTS. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON A SIMPLE CHART. 
          LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION IS THE SAME, BUT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOCUS FOR EITHER SIDE OF THIS COMPANY, THE EMERGIFIRE SIDES FOCUS, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IS MORE OF YOUR FIRE RESCUE AND HAZMAT BILLING. 
          THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ANYTHING FROM YOUR CAR WRECK, CAR FIRES, YOUR HAZMATS, AS LISTED HERE INTO YOUR GAS LEAKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          THE BILLING SIDE OF IT ALL, WHEREAS THE AMBULANCE SIDE, WE LOOK MORE FOR A PRIVATE INSURANCE. 
          SOMETIMES WE GO TO OUR PATIENTS. 
          IT USUALLY IS GOING TO GO STRAIGHT INSURANCE. 
          IN FACT, WE'LL DISCUSS IN A MINUTE OR TWO ABOUT THE INSURANCE-ONLY OPTION THAT WE'VE ELECTED TO PRESENT TO YOU GUYS TONIGHT ON THE EMERGIFIRE SIDE. 
          THEN AS THE GOAL OF EMERGICON IS FOR OUR REVENUE FOR OUR EMS TRANSPORT, THE EMERGIFIRE SIDE OF THINGS IS MORE TO OFFSET SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONAL COSTS THAT COME WITH RUNNING BIG HEAVY FIRE APPARATUS TO PERFORM SOME OF THESE MAJOR EMERGENCY FUNCTIONS. 
          EMERGIFIRE TO GO BACK OVER IN KIND OF A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AS TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING HERE. 
          [NOISE] THERE ARE A COST RECOVERY DIVISION OF THE SAME COMPANY, WHICH IS EMERGICON WHO WE UTILIZE FOR OUR EMS BILLING. 
          INSTEAD OF BILLING FOR EMERGENCY TRANSPORTS, AS I DISCUSSED EARLIER, THEY'RE GOING TO BILL FOR THE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SIDE OF THINGS, SOME EMERGENCY, SOME NON-EMERGENCY. 
          THEN AS WE SAID AS A REFERENCE POINT, THEY HANDLE ALL THE BACKGROUND STUFF THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVELY, BILLING, INSURANCE, RECOVERING. 
          THEN THEY'LL PROVIDE REPORTING TO US ON A QUARTERLY AND ANNUAL BASIS FOR HOW WE'RE DOING ON THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE. 
          THE ADDENDUM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IS JUST AN EXTENSION OF OUR EMS CONTRACT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ESTABLISHED WITH EMERGICON. 
          THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT. 
          WE HAVE OUR INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM. 
          THAT'S WHERE WE GO IN AND AFTER OUR CALLS. 
          WE PUT IN ALL OF OUR EMERGENCY SYSTEM. 
          JUST THE SAME AS THEY GO THROUGH OUR MEDICAL CALLS ON THE EMS SIDE, THEY PICK OUT THE THINGS, PUT THE CODING IN FOR WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO CHARGE TO THE INSURANCE OR THE PATIENT, OR HOWEVER THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          THEY'RE DOING THE SAME THING THROUGH ALMOST THE SAME PROCESS ON THE FIRE SIDE FOR THE INCIDENT TYPES THAT WE SPECIFY THEM TO BILL FOR THAT. 
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THERE'S A LIST HERE OF SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE CAN ELECT TO USE FOR COST RECOVERY, YOUR MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, OR STRUCTURE FIRES, YOUR VEHICLE FIRES, EQUIPMENT, HAZMAT, YOUR INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL INCIDENTS. 
          THESE ARE A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN ELECT TO UTILIZE THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE BILLING FOR. 
          ONE OF THE BIG THINGS TO NOTE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT A COUPLE OF TIMES IN HERE. 
          BUT A LOT OF THESE INCIDENTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COVERING TODAY ARE ALREADY COVERED THROUGH A POLICY ON THE INSURANCE OR IN SOME SORT OF IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, AS PART OF BUILT INTO THAT PROCESS. 
          I KNOW I DON'T SAY IT AS ELOQUENTLY AS I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT COME OUT AND AMERICAN PROBABLY SPEAK TO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT THAN I CAN, BUT IT'S ALREADY BUILT IN THROUGH WHAT THEY CALL RECOVERY CLAUSE. 
          SO IT'S ALREADY THERE. 
          AS I SAID, THE INSURANCE POLICIES ARE ALREADY BUILT IN. 
          MANY DEPARTMENTS, JUST LIKE WITH THE EMERGICON SIDE OF THE HOUSE, WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF OR THE ABILITY TO MAKE THE CONTACTS THAT EMERGICON OR EMERGIFIRE HAVE. 
          THEY ARE ABLE TO HELP US ASSIST US PURSUE THESE REIMBURSEMENTS. 
          MOST AGENCIES ONLY RECOVER COSTS FROM THE COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL INCIDENCES. 
          OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE HELP OF EMERGIFIRE, WE'RE ABLE TO NOT ONLY ENVELOP THAT INTO IT, BUT ALSO BILL FOR SOME MORE OF OUR MAJOR INCIDENCES THAT WE MIGHT RESPOND TO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          WITH THAT BEING SAID, AND THE INSURANCE POLICIES BUILT INTO THE RECOVERY CLAUSES BUILT INTO THE INSURANCES. 
          THE MONEY IS OFTENTIMES VIEWED AS MONEY THAT WE'RE LEAVING ON THE TABLE AS WITHOUT USING THE EMERGIFIRE SYSTEM TO BILL FOR THESE INCIDENTS. 
          THE MAIN IDEA BEHIND THAT STATEMENT IS THAT THE MONEY'S OUT THERE. 
          WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD ANY METHOD OR MEANS TO ACTUALLY GO AND RECOVER ANY OF THAT MONEY FOR THAT. 
          THAT IS WHAT EMERGIFIRE IS HERE FOR. 
          A FEW MORE THINGS THAT EMERGIFIRE IS ABLE TO HELP US WITH. 
          THEY PROVIDE THE EXPERT GUIDANCE SUPPORT. 
          BRITTANY IS HERE TO HELP US TODAY. 
          SHE'S BEEN WONDERFUL OVER THE LAST PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS GOING AND GET THIS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, AND REALLY HERE TO HELP US MAXIMIZE THIS PASSIVE REVENUE STREAM. 
          THE ONE THING THAT'S DIFFERENT ON THE FIRE SIDE VERSUS THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SIDE IS THAT IT'S A TAILORED PROGRAM. 
          WE CAN ELECT TO BILL FOR WHAT WE WANT TO BILL FOR. 
          WE CAN CHOOSE WHAT SERVICES WE DO AND DON'T WANT TO BILL, AND THE LIKE AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, YOU'LL GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE THINKING AS WE MOVE THROUGH. 
          [NOISE] THEN, WITH THAT, AND THE HELP THAT EMERGIFIRE CAN HELP US WITH THOSE INFORMED DECISIONS AS TO WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR US AND PROVIDES THE BEST SERVICE FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF SACHSE. 
          THE LAST PART OF THE EMERGIFIRE BILLING, AS I'VE SPOKE TO A LITTLE BIT, THE EMERGIFIRE HANDLES THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE OF THE HOUSE ON THAT. 
          AGAIN, IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE ENVELOPED INTO THE EMERGICON SIDE. 
          IT'S WHAT THEY DO. IT'S WHAT THEY'RE THERE FOR. 
          THEY PREPARE ALL THE PAPERWORK, ALL THE INFORMATION, THEY MAKE SURE THAT IT'S PUT OUT THERE, AND THAT THEY HANDLE ALL THE FOLLOW-UPS AND MAKE SURE THEY'VE RECEIVED ALL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION. 
          FROM [NOISE] CRADLE THE GRAVE OF THE INCIDENT, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT THAT WAY, THEY'RE HANDLING ALL THE BACK AND STUFF JUST THE SAME AS THEY DO WITH EMERGICON ON OUR EMS BILLING. 
          THE BIG THING HERE, THEY WILL NOT BILL OUR SACHSE RESIDENTS. 
          THIS IS AN INSURANCE-ONLY PROPOSAL, MEANING THEY'RE GOING TO SEND THAT [NOISE] DIRECTLY TO THE INSURANCE, THE INSURANCE. 
          EMERGIFIRE WILL BE THE ONES THAT HANDLE EVERYTHING. 
          ANYTHING THAT EMERGIFIRE CAN COLLECT FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL BE WHAT THEY NET OUT TO US AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          WITH THAT, AND AS SPOKEN EARLIER, THERE'S ANY POLICIES OR PARAMETERS THAT WANT TO BE SET IN PLACE. 
          CITY COUNCIL CAN ESTABLISH THOSE THAT ALIGN WITH THE VALUES OF THE CITY. 
          LET'S SEE HERE. 
          A FEW DIFFERENT SUGGESTIONS OR POLICY CONSIDERATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO EMERGENCY EMERGIFIRE BILLING, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE INSURANCE ONLY BILLING. 
          BILLING FOR EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY SERVICES BE DIRECTED TO THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES, INSURANCE PROVIDER, WHENEVER APPROPRIATE. 
          MEANING IF WE HAVE THE INSURANCE INFORMATION, WE CAN SEND IT OVER THERE. 
          WE CAN BEGIN THE COLLECTION PROCESS THROUGH EMERGIFIRES' PROCESS. 
          THERE IS BILLING FOR EXTREME CASES. 
          I'M GOING TO JUMP DOWN HERE TO THE IMPORTANT NOTE FIRST BEFORE AGGREGATING INTO THE EXTREME CASES. 
          A REGULAR RUN-OF-THE-MILL RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE FIRE THAT WE WOULD RUN AS A STRUCTURE WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING WE WOULD CONSIDER BILLING FOR. 
          WE JUST DON'T SEE THAT AS BEING SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE FAIR TO OUR CITIZENS FOR WHAT WE'RE ASKING, AND IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S INHERENT WITH WHAT WE DO AS A SERVICE TO OUR CITY. 
          THAT SAID, [NOISE] THE BILLING IN EXTREME CASES, YOUR HAZMAT MATERIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP, AND INCIDENTS OF THAT. 
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A LOT OF TIMES THOSE GO INTO VERY BIG, LARGE INSTANCES WHERE THE INSURANCE COVERAGE MAY NOT [NOISE] MEET THE MEANS. 
          NOW, EMERGIFIRE WILL DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO WORK WITHIN THAT, BUT IT MAY BE A SITUATION WHERE THEY DO HAVE TO REACH OUT TO THE BUSINESS OR THE COMMERCIAL OWNER. 
          TO SEEK OTHER MEANS OF REIMBURSEMENT. 
          THE OTHER ONE BEING THE [NOISE] EXTREME RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE FIRE INCIDENT, WE'VE ESTABLISHED THAT A STRUCTURE FIRE IN THAT [NOISE] MIGHT LAST 2-3 HOURS AND REQUIRE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF A FIRE APPARATUS. 
          WHEN WE SAY EXTREME RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE FIRE CLAUSE, [NOISE] EXCUSE ME. 
          IT WOULD ONLY BE AT OUR ELECTION. 
          IF WE GO BEYOND THAT TIME FRAME WITH ALL OF OUR APPARATUS STILL UNSEEN. 
          [NOISE] I'M GOING TO START COUGHING, GUYS, AND I APOLOGIZE. 
          GIVE IT TO TOSS. THANK YOU. OKAY. 
          >> [NOISE] ALWAYS HAPPENS AT THE MOST [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> IT ALWAYS HAPPENS WHEN I'M PRESENTING. 
          ALL RIGHT. I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT TOGETHER HERE, GUYS. I APOLOGIZE. 
          [NOISE] AS YOU GUYS CAN SEE HERE, THE CLAIMS AND COLLECTION CYCLE. 
          THIS IS JUST AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU CAN SEE, AS I TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY. 
          DATA GOES INTO OUR SYSTEM. 
          THANK YOU [NOISE] GOES INTO OUR SYSTEM. 
          EMERGIFIRE GOES IN, GOES THROUGH ALL OF OUR CALLS. 
          EMERGIFIRE GOES IN. I DON'T WANT TO COUGH INTO THE MICROPHONE NOW. I'M NERVOUS ABOUT IT. 
          [NOISE] INSURANCE BILLING OPPORTUNITIES AND PULLED FROM EMERGIFIRE. 
          EMERGIFIRES THEN SENDS THOSE CLAIMS TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY, ANY REVENUE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO COLLECT, THEY NET OUT THEIR PERCENTAGE, AND THEY SEND THAT NET TO US. 
          [NOISE] JUST A FEW IDEAS HERE, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHO AROUND US OR OUR SIZES, BILL SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING HERE TODAY. 
          IN THE INCIDENCES THAT WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT WE MAY CHOOSE TO BILL FOR, AND THEN AN IDEA OF WHAT WE THINK WE MAY [NOISE] REVENUE AFTER OUR NET PROCEEDS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          [NOISE] MOVING FORWARD INTO THAT, I JUST WANTED TO PUT SOME NO-CHARGE INCIDENT EXAMPLES. 
          JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN IDEA TO MAKE SURE WE CAN SET YOUR MINDS AT EASE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST GOING FOR EVERY LITTLE PENNY AND SQUEEZE EVERYTHING WE CAN OUT OF EVERYBODY. 
          YOUR MINOR ACCIDENTS. 
          A COUPLE OF PEOPLE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, BUMP EACH OTHER, NO ONE'S REALLY HURT. 
          THERE'S REALLY NOTHING TO LOOK AT. 
          WE MAY OR MAY NOT GET CALLED OUT AS A FIRE DEPARTMENT TO CHECK THEM OUT. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE AFTER HERE. 
          WE'RE AFTER INCIDENTS THAT TAKE UP A LOT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TIME AND CAN RECOVER OPERATIONAL COSTS THAT GO BEYOND THE READINESS THAT OUR TAX DOLLARS PREPARE US FOR ALREADY. 
          THE OTHER ONE THAT [NOISE] TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER IDEA. 
          A LOT OF TIMES WE GET SENT OUT FOR A SMOKE DETECTOR CHANGE OR A SMOKE DETECTOR INVESTIGATION. 
          WHEN WE SEE INVESTIGATION IN OUR THING, WE THINK, OH, MAN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE INVESTIGATORS OUT. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. 
          SMOKE DETECTOR CHANGE, DETECTORS CHIRP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. 
          YOU NEED US TO COME OUT, YOU NEED TO RUN OUR METERS TO THE HOUSE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S OKAY. 
          [NOISE] MAYBE CHANGE A BATTERY OUT OR SUGGEST THE REPLACEMENT OF A DETECTOR IS STILL A NO-CHARGE INCIDENT. 
          THAT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT WE'RE HERE TO GO AFTER. 
          IN MY MIND, IN PERSONAL OPINION, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE HERE FOR AND CERTAINLY TO PROTECT THE SANCTITY AND THE FEELING OF SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS A COUPLE OF IDEAS OF WHAT WE'RE NOT GOING. 
          WHAT WE'RE NOT AFTER HERE. 
          IN SUMMARY, IF THE CITY DOES CHOOSE TO ADOPT THE EMERGIFIRE ADDENDUM. 
          IT DOES ADD A NEW REVENUE STREAM FOR THE CITY. 
          IT DOES NOT BURDEN OUR RESIDENTS DUE TO THE INSURANCE-ONLY BILLING THAT WE'VE PROVIDED, AND RECOVERS COSTS FROM OUR HIGHER EXPENSE FIRE AND RESCUE INCIDENTS. 
          THE BEST PART OF ALL OF THIS, IT'S GOING TO WORK SEAMLESSLY, IT GOES RIGHT IN FROM WHERE OUR EMERGICON, WHICH IS ALREADY SET UP, AND JUST ROLLS OVER ONTO THE EMERGIFIRE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. 
          IN THE LONG AND THE SHORT, IT'S A NATURAL EXPANSION OF OUR EMS SIDE OF BILLING, GOING RIGHT INTO THE FIRE SIDE OF BUILDING, GIVING US THAT EXTRA REVENUE STREAM. 
          AS A RECOMMENDATION, WE RECOMMEND APPROVING THE ORDINANCE AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE ADDENDUM TO THE EXISTING CONTRACT TO ALLOW THE ADDITIONAL BILLING SERVICES PROVIDED BY EMERGIFIRE. 
          THE NEXT STEPS ARE AS SUCH. 
          IF YOU SHOULD CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD, WE WOULD PROCESS THE CONTRACT ADDENDUM, WE'LL MODIFY THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE, AND DEVELOP COMMUNICATIONS RELAYING THAT CHANGE. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. KROVIAK. APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. 
          QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL, MR. LINDSAY. 
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          >> HEY. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          FIRST ASKED ABOUT THIS ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO ON THE COST RECOVERY, AND AT THE TIME, IT JUST WASN'T TOO FEASIBLE ON THERE, SO IT'S GLAD TO SEE IT'S MADE THIS PROGRESSION. 
          SO WHAT'S CHANGED, I GUESS IS THIS LIKE A NEW SERVICE FROM EMERGIFIRE THAT WASN'T THERE A FEW YEARS AGO? WHY ARE WE EXECUTING NOW. 
          >> THE EMERGIFIRE HAS BEEN AROUND IN 12 YEARS, IS THAT RIGHT? 
          >> YES. 
          >> IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME IN THE CITY OF RESIDENCE. 
          >> SORRY. YES, SIR. AT THE TIME OF THE SERVICE. 
          >> IF YOU STATE YOUR NAME. 
          >> BRITTANY FLEMING AT THE EMERGENT FIRE. 
          TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS, NO, AT THE TIME WHEN YOU GUYS STARTED, WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THIS, AND SO IT WASN'T COMPLETELY OFF THE GROUND YET. 
          YES, THAT'S PROBABLY WHY. 
          >> FANTASTIC, AND IT SAYS THAT EMERGENT FIRE DOES ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE WORK. 
          THEY LOOK AT THE INCIDENT DOCUMENTATION. 
          ALL THAT SOUNDS EASY, BUT ARE WE ALREADY COLLECTING THE AMOUNT OF DOCUMENTATION, OR IS THIS GOING TO BE A NEW BURDEN FOR FIREFIGHTERS TO FILL OUT ADDITIONAL DETAILS? 
          >> WITH THAT, THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITION TO A PROCESS, BUT THAT IS GOING TO BE MORE FOR THE SIDE OF WHEN EMERGENT FIRE GOES IN AND IS ABLE TO CODE THOSE THINGS TO PROPERLY TO SEND THAT DOCUMENTATION OUT TO THE INSURANCE. 
          WE SHOULDN'T SEE TOO MUCH MORE OF A BURDEN ON OUR FIREFIGHTERS. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF A CHANGE IN PROCESS OF THE WAY OF DOING THINGS, AND THEN ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, IF YOU WERE TO BRING IT IN HOUSE, IT WOULD BE A LOT LIKE ON THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SIDE OF THE HOUSE, WHERE YOU'D HAVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND SPEND THEIR TIME DEALING WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANIES, DEALING WITH THE BILLING, WITH THE RECOUPS AND ALL THE STUFF THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EMERGENT FIRE DOES IN THE BACKGROUND THAT THEY'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED TO THE EMERGENT ON SIDE OF THE HOUSE AS WELL. 
          >> ONE OF THE MOST COMMON INCIDENTS IS MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES ON THERE. 
          WHAT WOULD AVERAGE INCREASE OF STAFF TIME WOULD IT BE? AFTER A INCIDENT, I GUESS, ONE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFF, I GUESS, THE LIEUTENANT OR WHOEVER'S ON SHIP WOULD BE THE ONE TO FILL THAT OUT. 
          HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL TIME WOULD IT? 
          >> TO PUT IT IN A FRAME OF REFERENCE, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR TROOPS ON THE GROUND THAT ARE ACTUALLY HAVING TO FILL OUT THE PAPERWORK, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE OF A TIME BURDEN AS COMPARED TO THE REPORTS THAT THEY'RE ALREADY FILLING OUT. 
          IT'S JUST MORE OF A CHANGE IN DOCUMENTATION, THE WAY THEY'RE DOCUMENTING THOSE INCIDENTS. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? 
          >> YEAH, SO STUFF WE SHOULD BE DOING. 
          >> ABSOLUTELY. 
          >> I'M JUST CURIOUS ON RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE FIRES. 
          IT'S LIKE IF WE'RE GOING OUT AND WE'RE COLLECTING FROM THE AUTO INSURANCE CARRIERS, WHY NOT GO AFTER EVERY FIRE CALL THAT GENERATES AN INSURANCE CLAIM? OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD IT PERSONS DIRECTLY, THOUGH, BUT I REALIZE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, IT'S A CORE OF WHAT YOU DO AS A FIRE DEPARTMENT, THOUGH, BUT WHAT'S THE RATIONALE THERE FOR RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE FIRES? 
          >> THE REASON WE LEFT WE LEFT IT OUT WE LEFT IT OUT AS AN OPTION. 
          IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING IF COUNSEL ELECTED TO PUT BACK IN, YOU CERTAINLY CAN'T. 
          THE REASON WE DISCUSSED AND WE CAME TO THAT FOREGROUND IS DISCUSSING WITH EMERGENT FIRE AND DISCUSSING WITH STAFF AND GOING THROUGH IT. 
          IT JUST DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT TO WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIMES THAT YOU MAY EXPERIENCE THE EVENT OF A FIRE IN YOUR HOME TO HAVE THAT ONE MORE BURDEN ON TOP OF YOU FROM SOMETHING THAT MAY ALREADY BE INHERENT AS A CITY SERVICE, AND IT DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT TO US TO BRING IT FORWARD WITH YOU GUYS FULL FORCE AND SAY, HEY, WE DON'T WANT IT. 
          WE JUST WANT TO DO THIS. 
          >> I DEFINITELY TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT THERE ON IT, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          THANKFULLY, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF STRUCTURE FIRES ON THERE, SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE LEAVING MUCH ON THE TABLE THERE THOUGH, BUT MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WE JUST RE EVALUATE FROM TIME TO TIME. 
          ON THE COMMUNICATION, YOU MENTIONED ON THE SLIDE, LIKE IF THIS GOES FORWARD, WHO WOULD YOU NEED TO COMMUNICATE TO ON THERE? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE REGULAR PUBLIC IS EVEN GOING TO BE AWARE OF, OR IS THIS LIKE TO INSURANCE CARRIERS OR TWO? 
          >> THE COMMUNICATION REFERRED TO IN THE SLIDES IS REALLY A COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY AND BACK TO THE COUNCIL. 
          IT'S JUST, HEY, THESE ARE THE STEPS THAT WE'RE AT AS FAR AS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EMERGENT FIRE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. 
          >> LOOKS REALLY GOOD. THANKS AGAIN FOR BRINGING THE PRESENTATION. 
          GREAT TO MEET YOU HERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOUR SERVICE HAS ALREADY BEEN DOING FOR US. MS. BUHLER. 
          >> THANK YOU, CHIEF FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
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I SAW THE USUALLY INSURANCE BILLING ONLY. 
          THAT WAS PROBLEMATIC, BUT I THINK AS WE WENT THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, YOU REALLY PUT ME AT EASE WITH THAT. 
          I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO BILL OUR RESIDENTS AT ALL. 
          THE ONLY EXCEPTION FOR THAT WOULD BE IF IT WAS AN ILLEGALLY SET FIRE, SOMETHING THAT'S TAKING CITY RESOURCES UNDULY. 
          I'M GLAD TO SEE WE WON'T ADD ANOTHER BURDEN, PLUS OUR CITIZENS ALREADY PAY FOR OUR SERVICES. 
          THEY ALREADY PAY FOR FIRE AND POLICE WITH THEIR TAXES. 
          AS FAR AS EMERGENT FIRE, ARE THEY PAID BY THE INSURANCE COMPANIES OR DO THEY GET A PERCENTAGE OF WHAT THE RECOVERED COST IS? HOW DO THEY GET PAID FOR THEIR SERVICE. 
          >> WITHIN THE ADDENDUM, EMERGENT FIRE HAS A CONTRACT JUST THE SAME AS OUR MEDICAL SIDE OF THE HOUSE. 
          IN THE REVENUE CYCLE, WE HAD IT IN THERE AS WELL. 
          THEY GO THROUGH AND THEY RECOVER ALL THE MONEY THAT THEY CAN FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY, AND THEN THEY PULL OUT THE NET PERCENTAGE LISTEN IN THE ADDENDUM, AND THEN THEY GIVE US THE PROCEEDS AFTER THAT. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> MAYOR BRETT FRANKS. 
          >> WHAT IS THAT? 
          >> I'M SORRY? 
          >> WHAT IS THE FEE PERCENTAGE? 
          >> THE FEE FOR EMERGENT FIRE IS 15%. 
          >> ON YOUR EXAMPLE OF ROULETTE AND CORINTH, IS THAT NET OR IS THAT GROSS? 
          >> WE HAVE OUR CHARGES UP THERE OUR ESTIMATES UP THERE? 
          >> FOR ROULETTE AND CORINTH, YOU GOT SPECIFIC NUMBERS. 
          IS THAT NET OR GROSS? IS THAT BEFORE OR AFTER THEIR FEES? 
          >> THAT'S GOT TO BE NET. THAT WOULD BE NET. 
          >> HANDWRITING, HANG ON. CAN THIS BE USED FOR STATE AID? 
          >> REGARDING REIMBURSE REIMBURSEMENT STATE AID? 
          >> IF ALREADY DOING THE REPORTS AND FILL OUT THE INFORMATION, CAN THIS BE USED TO ASSIST OR ACCOUNT FOR SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT ACCOUNTING FOR? 
          >> IN REGARD TO IF WE SEND AID TO STATE AID AND THEN RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THAT? AS FAR AS I KNOW, I DON'T THINK SO I'D HAVE TO TOSS THAT TO BRITTANY, WE TYPICALLY WILL RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE STATE WHEN WE [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> THIS IS PRIMARILY JUST FOR REVENUES. 
          >> THAT'S CORRECT. 
          >> NOT FOR STATE AID. MINOR ACCIDENTS. 
          WHY ARE WE NOT INTERESTED IN DOING THAT? IS IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T PAY MUCH ON MINOR ACCIDENTS? 
          >> WHEN WE USE THE CODE MINOR ACCIDENTS AS I RAN INTO THAT, THE MINOR ACCIDENT TRAFFIC CODE IS TYPICALLY ONE THAT INVOLVES JUST A PD RESPONSE, AND A LOT OF TIMES OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL GO OUT THERE AND FIND THAT THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH TO DO, AND IN THAT, THERE REALLY WOULDN'T BE MUCH OF A MEANS FOR US TO PUT INTO A REPORT OF ANYTHING THAT WILL BE BILLABLE FOR THE CODE. 
          >> I'M JUST THINKING OF ACCIDENT ON LIKE, LET'S SAY 190. 
          THAT I KNOW THE AREAS ARE WEIRD, AND ALL THAT STUFF, WHO COVERS WHERE. 
          BUT A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT SEXY RESIDENTS, THEY'RE DRIVING THROUGH. 
          IF THERE'S A MINOR ACCIDENT THAT YOU'LL GET CALLED TO ON THAT SOMETHING. 
          >> AS LONG AS AS LONG AS IT WOULD FALL INTO OUR BILLING STRUCTURE. 
          NOT TO GET THE MINOR ACCIDENT AND THEN WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER A MINOR ACCIDENT CONCERN DIFFERENTIATED. 
          BECAUSE TYPICALLY IF WE GO UP ONTO 190, IT'S WHAT WE CONSIDER A MAJOR ACCIDENT, AND THEN IF YOU'LL LOOK THROUGH THROUGH THE THINGS THERE THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS OF WHAT WE SEE WHEN WE GET THERE. 
          THE MINOR ACCIDENT THAT I'M REFERRING TO IS EXACTLY JUST THE EXAMPLE THAT WE HAD. 
          >> REGARDLESS OF THE ACCIDENT, IF YOU ALL RESPOND, YOU'RE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO BILL. 
          >> WE'RE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE INSURANCE INFORMATION. [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> IN SOMEONE'S SOMEWHERE, AND THIS COULD BE USED FOR MUTUAL AID AS WELL? 
          >> IF WE HAVE MUTUAL AID COME TO OUR CITY, IF WE GO TO ANOTHER CITY. 
          >> SURE. 
          >> AS LONG AS IT PUT PUTTING INTO OUR RECORD SYSTEM. 
          WHETHER MUTUAL AID COMES IN OR NOT, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BILL FROM OUR RECORD SYSTEM. 
          >> THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANKS. 
          >> MR. PRESTENBERG. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          FEW QUESTIONS. THERE'S NO FEE CHARGE OF TAXING UNLESS THERE'S SOME COLLECTION, CORRECT? 
          >> THAT'S CORRECT. 
          >> IT SAYS THAT THEY'LL DO THE NEGOTIATIONS AND NO BURDEN ON THE CITIZEN OR THE OWNER. 
          IF THE INSURANCE COMPANY SAYS, NO, THEN NOTHING'S RECOVERED. 
          I ASSUME IT'S YOUR ALL NEGOTIATING TACTICS THAT IS THE SPECIAL SAUCE IN THERE SOMEWHERE. 
          EMERGENT FIRE AND EMERGENT CON, ARE WE GETTING CHARGED THE SAME PERCENTAGE PER EACH. 
          >> NO, WE'RE NOT. EMERGENT CONS PERCENTAGE IS A LOT LESS, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY BILL A LOT MORE. 
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THE BIG THING TO THINK HERE IS IF WE RUN 80% OF OUR CALLS IN THE CITY OF OUR 3,000 CALLS A YEAR ARE MEDICAL CALLS. 
          THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF BILLING FOR US, AND AS SUCH, TO HAVE EVERYBODY WORKING IN THE BACKGROUND, THAT PERCENTAGE CAN COVER ALL THOSE PEOPLE. 
          JUST THE SAME AS IF THE OTHER 20, WHICH IS NOT EVEN INCLUSIVE OF THE THINGS WE'RE NOT GOING TO BILL FOR, MAYBE 10% OF OUR CALL VOLUME. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO BILL FOR IT. IT TAKES THE SAME PEOPLE IN THE BACKGROUND TO DO THAT, SO THEY'LL HAVE A MUCH HIGHER PERCENTAGE BECAUSE OF THE LOWER VOLUME. 
          >> A COMPANY I WORK FOR IF YOU DO A CALL IT A BULK ORDER OR SOMETHING YOU GET DISCOUNTS. 
          I KNOW IF THERE WAS ANYTHING IF WE PACKAGE THIS WITH [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> THE 15% IS A DISCOUNT. 
          >> I'LL TRUST YOU ON THAT NEGOTIATION TACTIC. 
          ANY IDEA WHAT'S BEEN LEFT ON THE TABLE? THAT WAS ONE OF YOUR COMMENTS AS TO HEY, WE DON'T HAVE THE SERVICE RIGHT NOW. 
          THERE'S BEEN MONEY LEFT ON THE TABLE. 
          >> THE BIG IDEA BEHIND THE STATEMENT AND THAT PART OF THE SLIDE IS WHEN WE GO OUT ON MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, WE TYPICALLY RUN FOR OUR MAJOR ACCIDENT CALL TYPE. 
          WE TYPICALLY RUN ABOUT 150 - 200 A YEAR. 
          WITHOUT EMERGENT FIRE BILLING FOR THOSE, WE'VE HAD THAT BUILT INTO THOSE INSURANCE POLICIES THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN BILLING FOR. 
          SO THOSE CALL TYPES THAT MEET THOSE SPECIFIC TRIGGERS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN OUR FEE SCHEDULE, WE'VE BEEN MISSING OUT THAT INCOME THAT MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUILT INTO THAT INSURANCE POLICY. 
          >> ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU AND THE ONE MORE FOR SOMEONE ELSE. WHERE IS IT? I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS MAYOR BRETT FRANKS NOT ABLE TO READ MY, WHAT'S THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON THIS? IF WE SIGN THEM UP, SOMETHING THEY CAN LOOK BACK IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS, OR IS IT JUST GOING FORWARD? 
          >> SAY THAT AGAIN NOW. 
          >> THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GO AFTER HERE. 
          IS IT JUST A GOING FORWARD THING? IF WE SIGN THE DOCUMENTATION AND IT'S AS OF TODAY, GOING FORWARD OR IS THERE THE LAST THREE MONTHS, WE'RE LOOKING AT ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE RESPONDED TO THAT WE HAVEN'T COLLECTED. 
          >> YOU'RE SAYING WOULD WE RETROACTIVELY GO BACK ON CALL TYPES? NO. I BELIEVE WE WOULD EXECUTE WHENEVER THE CONTRACT STAYS TO DO SO, AND THEN WE WOULD BIT FROM THAT POINT. 
          >> THAT'S FAIR, CURIOUS, AND THEN FOR GINA, THIS QUESTION IS FOR YOU, ANYTHING THAT'S RECOUPED, DOES THAT GO INTO. 
          >> GOES INTO THE GENERAL [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WENT BACK INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET OR WHAT. 
          >> NO. 
          >> IT WENT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE. 
          >> MS. HOWARTH. 
          >> I THINK WHILE I'M SITTING HERE, I REALIZE I PROBABLY HAVE AN INSURANCE AGENT QUESTION. 
          [LAUGHTER] NOT A CITY OF SACHSE QUESTION. 
          I'M ASSUMING, CHIEF WADE, THAT MINE WAS HOUSE BURNING DOWN WHEN IT GOT STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IS A MAJOR FIRE. 
          NOT A MINOR FIRE. BECAUSE YOU GUYS WERE THERE ALL DAY. 
          >> YEAH, THAT WAS A MAJOR FIRE, BUT THAT IT WAS PRETTY A PRETTY NORMAL FIRE, AS FAR AS THE RESPONDING UNITS AND THOSE THAT ARRIVED. 
          THAT ONE WOULD PROBABLY STILL BE JUST NORMAL OPERATING. 
          >> NORMAL OPERATING. THAT WAS MY ONE THOUGHT IS BECAUSE THEY DID RUN INTO AN ISSUE WAS A SIGNIFICANT FIRE. 
          THE HOUSE BURNED DOWN, AND THEN THEY MAXED OUT THEIR INSURANCE POLICY TRYING TO GET THE HOUSE REBUILT. 
          THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH COVERAGE TO GET THE HOUSE REBUILT. 
          I'D HATE TO HAVE BILLING FOR FIRE SERVICES TO ADD TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF THAT POT THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED MY ELDERLY IN LAWS TO GET THEIR HOUSE REBUILT ON THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY'S NICKEL, BUT IF THAT WOULDN'T HAVE QUALIFIED, THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE REGULAR COERCIVE BUSINESS BECAUSE IT WAS, FIRE TRUCKS WERE THERE EIGHT HOURS OR WHATEVER. 
          >> I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS TO LOOK AT, LIKE, INTENT, DID YOU CATCH THE NEIGHBORS HOUSES ON FIRE AS WELL? THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS, BUT WE WANTED THE ABILITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION AND CHOICE. 
          >> YOU HAVE SOME DISCRETION OVER THAT. 
          >> YES. 
          >> IT ISN'T GOING TO JUST HAPPEN AUTOMATICALLY. 
          YOU GUYS COULD SAY, HEY, THIS ONE, YES, BILL, THIS ONE. 
          LET'S NOT. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW. 
          >> THANK YOU, MISS KROVIAK. APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. EVEN IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS SIDE. COME ALL DOWN. 
          >> MARTY HOBO, 55 11 OAK RIDGE CIRCLE, SACHSE, TEXAS, TOP OF THE HILL. 
          YOU DANCED AROUND IT. 
          BUT IF IT'S ON A CAR ACCIDENT, YOU SAID YOU HAD 200 JUST FOR SIMPLE MATH AT $20,000 APIECE. 
          DOES THAT MEAN THERE'S $4 MILLION IN EXPECTED REVENUE COMING FROM THIS? IF I DID THE MATH RIGHT. 20,000 * 200. 
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IF IT'S A CAR ACCIDENT, DO YOU GO AFTER BOTH PARTIES OR DO YOU JUST GO OVER WHO'S DETERMINED AT FAULT? IF IT'S NO FAULT, HAVE YOU DIVIDE IT? BECAUSE WHETHER YOU BILL THE PERSON OR NOT, THE INSURANCE COMPANY'S GOING TO. 
          IF SOMEBODY HAS AN ACCIDENT, YOU MAY NOT BILL THEM, BUT THE INSURANCE COMPANY'S GOING TO KNOW THAT THE PAYOUT WAS $20,000 MORE FOR Y'ALL TO SWEEP UP THE GLASS AND PICK UP THE BUMPERS OFF THE STREET. 
          I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHAT IS THE EXPECTED REVENUE FROM THIS, AND WHO GETS BILLED? IF MY HOUSE BURNS DOWN AND YOU DO SAY, IT IS EXTRAORDINARY. 
          ON A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, I'M GOING TO ASSUME THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GETS THE INSURANCE. 
          HOW DO YOU FIND OUT WHO MY CARRIER IS IF YOU DON'T CONTACT ME DIRECTLY? THANK YOU. 
          >> ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? THANK YOU. [BACKGROUND] GO AD. THANK YOU. YOUR DEN RECOGNIZES BE ANSWERED. 
          >> ACTUALLY, CAN YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT THE FAULT, NO FAULT. 
          ANSWER THAT FOR ME, PLEASE? 
          >> YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT? 
          >> SORRY. I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? 
          >> THE QUESTION THAT HE HAD ABOUT HOW DO WE BUILD FAULT VERSUS NO FAULT AND HOW DO YOU ALL GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS? 
          >> YES, MA'AM. ACTUALLY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO CONTACT WHOEVER IS THE TWO PARTIES, WE'RE GOING TO GET THE INSURANCE FROM THE DOCUMENTATION. 
          AT THAT TIME, WE WILL REACH OUT TO THE INSURANCE COMPANIES, AND THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT INFORMATION, AND WE GET THE INFORMATION FROM THEM, AND THE AT FAULT PARTY IS WHO'S BILLED THEIR INSURANCE. 
          >> IT'S OKAY. THEN THE CLARIFICATION ABOUT THE $20,000, THAT, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE. 
          >> IT SHOULD BE UP THERE. THIS IS JUST AN ANNUAL REVENUE ESTIMATE? 
          >> YEAH. IT'S AN ANNUAL REVENUE ESTIMATE. 
          >> GREAT. MISS ALLEN? 
          >> THAT WAS WHAT I WAS GOING TO CLARIFY. 
          THE $15,000-$20,000 IS OUR ESTIMATE OF WHAT WE WOULD COLLECT IN ADDITION FOR ALL THE INCIDENTS COMBINED IN A YEAR, NOT PER INCIDENT, IN TOTAL. 
          >> THAT'S CORRECT. WHAT I ASKED THEM TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IS TO SEE IF WE WERE TO, AND THEY HAD TO DO A BASIC ANALYSIS OF ALL OF OUR CALLS, AND WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE FROM THE CALLS OF A GIVEN YEAR? HOW MUCH COULD WE POTENTIALLY GET? NOW, OBVIOUSLY, IN A DIFFERENT YEAR, WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC HAPPEN. 
          BUT THIS WAS ABOUT THE AVERAGE IS WHAT THEY CALCULATED. 
          >> OF ALL THOSE CALLS TOGETHER, COLLECTED PIECE, 85%? THIS WOULD BE. 
          >> ABOUT A YEAR. THANK YOU. 
          >> MR. LINDSAY. 
          >> DO YOU KNOW ON THE INSURANCE SIDE? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS COMES OUT OF, LIKE A SEPARATE INSURANCE FUND THAT'S NOT GOING AGAINST THEIR TOTAL OR THEIR DEDUCTIBLE OF WHOEVER'S AT FAULT? DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT OF, IS THAT ACCURATE OR HOW THE INSURANCE COMPANY PROCESS THESE IN REGARDS TO THE INSURED? 
          >> YES, SIR. THE INCIDENT ITSELF IS GOING TO MAKE YOUR INSURANCE GO UP. 
          MOST OF THE TIME, CURRENTLY, WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR AN MBA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHENEVER YOU HAVE A RECORD ON SCENE, THE RECORD IS ALREADY BILLING YOUR INSURANCE. 
          IT'S WRITTEN INTO THE POLICIES, AND IF IT'S NOT, WE HAVE INSTANCES, AND THIS IS WHY IT'S VERY HARD TO PROJECT IS, SOME INSURANCES PAY MORE OR LESS THAN OTHERS AND SOME DON'T PAY ANY AT ALL. 
          I DON'T REALLY KNOW THE SPECIFIC TO YOUR QUESTION. 
          BUT TO ANSWER IT IS, THE INCIDENT ITSELF IS GOING TO DRIVE A POLICY UP, NOT US BILLING, IF THAT HELPS, BUT IT IS MOST OF THE TIME, LIKE MY INSURANCE, I DIDN'T KNOW IT UNTIL I WAS WORKING IN DOING THIS, BUT IT'S WRITTEN INTO THE POLICY ALREADY TO COVER COSTS LIKE THIS. 
          >> I GUESS, COUNCILMAN, I KNOW IT'S DIFFERENT ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, THOUGH, BUT AS FAR AS INSURANCE, IT'S LIKE IF YOU'RE MAXED OUT, LET'S SAY $25,000, US BILLING THIS, IS THAT GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM THAT POT OF MONEY, ESSENTIALLY? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF? 
          >> NO. I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND ASK OUR MERCH MANAGER. SORRY. 
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          >> IT'S FINE. I WAS JUST MORE CURIOUS THAN ANYTHING. THANK YOU. 
          >> I WOULD KNOW ON MOST HOMEOWNERS POLICIES, YOU DO HAVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVICE FEE? 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> THERE IS FEES THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANIES COLLECT THAT GO TOWARD THAT POT. 
          NOW, THEY'RE VERY SECRETIVE ABOUT HOW THEY DISTRIBUTE THAT. 
          BUT IF YOU GO LOOK AT MOST HOMEOWNERS POLICY FEE, IF YOU GO LOOK AT THEM, YOU'LL SEE A SEPARATE LINE ITEM FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          A LOT OF TIMES IT'LL BE RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          THAT'S WHERE IT STARTED. SOMETIMES THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM, AS WELL. 
          >> APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERTISE. 
          >> I WAS GOING TO SAY THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR. [LAUGHTER] YOU HAVE A QUESTION, I CAN ANSWER IT. 
          [LAUGHTER] ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? IF NOT, I ENTERTAIN MOTIONS. MR. LINDSAY? 
          >> YES. MR. MAYOR, MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE ITEM E1 AS PRESENTED. 
          >> MOTION BY MR. LINDSAY TO APPROVE ITEM E1 AS PRESENTED. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? MS. HOWARTH? 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> SECOND BY MS. HOWARTH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE CATCH YOU ABOUT? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM 2, 
          [2. Consider appointing a resident to the City's Parks and Recreation Board and the Municipal Development District Board.]
CONSIDER APPOINTING A RESIDENT TO THE CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD AND THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BOARD. MS. GRANGER? 
          >> YES, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD A BOARD MEMBER RESIGN RECENTLY WHO WAS MOVING OUT OF THE STATE, AND SO HE LEFT A VACANCY ON BOTH THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD AND THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BOARD. 
          THIS ITEM TONIGHT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTING SOMEBODY THAT WOULD FILL EITHER BOTH OF THOSE SEATS. 
          I WILL NOTE THAT THIS MEMBER WAS FULFILLING ONE OF THE BY-LAW REQUIREMENTS OF HAVING A MEMBER THAT IS ON BOTH BOARDS. 
          EITHER SOMEBODY WHO IS ALREADY ON ONE OF THE BOARDS WOULD NEED TO BE APPOINTED TO THE OTHER, EITHER WAY OR A NEW MEMBER APPOINTED TO BOTH BOARDS. 
          >> THANK YOU MS. GRANGER. 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> SINCE WE DID HAVE AN EXIT ON THE BOARD, I ASKED MS. GRANGER TO PUT THIS ON FOR DISCUSSION. 
          IF THE COUNCIL'S COMFORTABLE WITH DOING SOMETHING NIGHT WE CAN, IF THEY'RE NOT, WE CAN DO IT AT A LATER DATE. 
          BUT WITH THAT, MS. BEER. NOPE? 
          >> I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND WE APPOINT DANIELLE PARKER FOR THIS POSITION. 
          SHE WAS A GREAT APPLICANT, AND WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM ON THE BOARDS. 
          I THINK SHE WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD AND THE MDD BOARD. 
          >> I'M SORRY. SAY THAT ANYMORE. DANIELLE PARKER. 
          >> OTHER COMMENTS ON THE SIDE? BEFORE I FORGET, ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS SIDE? SEEING NONE, MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS? 
          >> I'M GOING TO ASK A DUMB QUESTION, BUT IT'S MY OWN FAULT. 
          DID WE INTERVIEW MR. BRETT METCALF? I HAVE A NOTE WRITTEN DOWN, BUT ONE SIMPLE WORD. 
          >> WE DID. 
          >> HAVE YOU DONE SO? I JUST DIDN'T WRITE MUCH DOWN FOR HIM. 
          HE DID NOT GET APPOINTED TO A BOARD? 
          >> CORRECT. THE ONES THAT I PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKET TONIGHT ARE ONLY APPLICANTS THAT WERE NOT APPOINTED. 
          >> PERFECT. JUST TO CLARIFY. 
          THANKS FOR CLEARING THAT UP. HOLD ON. 
          >> MR. PARKER. 
          >> ON HER INITIAL APPLICATION, SHE PUT BASICALLY EVERY BOARD AND PARKS AND MDD WERE ON IT, SO I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THAT. 
          OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS SIDE? IF NOT, MS. BEER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO YOURS IN THE FORM OF A MOTION? LET ME TURN YOU ON HERE. THERE YOU GO. 
          >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT DANIELLE PARKER TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD AND THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BOARD. 
          >> I HAVE A MOTION BY MS. BEER. 
          DO I HAVE A SECOND, MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS? 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS. 
          YOU GET, MR. PRESTENBERG? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE CATCH YOU UP. 
          MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM F, 
          [1. Receive an annual update from Community Waste Disposal (CWD), the City's solid waste and recycling services provider.]
DISCUSSION ITEMS, ITEM 1, RECEIVE AN ANNUAL UPDATE FROM COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL, CWD, THE CITY'S SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING SERVICES PROVIDER. MS. NASH? 
          >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE HAVE JASON RAYMER HERE, 
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PRESIDENT OF CWD TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF PRESENTATION TONIGHT AND THE ANNUAL UPDATE ON CWD SERVICES. 
          AND HE'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. 
          AND IT LOOKS LIKE SHE IS TEEING UP HIS PRESENTATION BOARD. 
          >> HELLO, MR. RAYMER. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING. 
          MYSELF, JASON RAYMER, AS MS. NASH SAID, PRESIDENT AT CWD, JOINED BY WANDA SMITH, OUR MUNICIPAL COORDINATOR. 
          SHE'S BEEN TASKED TO GET MORE INVOLVED AND STAY INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY IN THE EVENTS WITH MY ROLE CHANGE AT THE COMPANY, AND AS YOUR CITY CONTINUES TO GROW, AND WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING TO DO OUR 2024 AND MOST OF 2025 ANNUAL REVIEW. 
          JUST REAL QUICKLY, JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE SERVICES FOR FOLKS WATCHING ONLINE OR WHAT HAVE YOU. 
          TRASH IS SERVICED ONCE PER WEEK. 
          WE OPERATE ABOUT THREE TRASH ROUTES OR THREE TRASH TRUCKS PER DAY, COLLECTING A 95 GALLON GRAY CART. 
          ACTUALLY, BEFORE I GO FORWARD. 
          I WILL POINT OUT, SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR NEWER VEHICLES. 
          WE DID ROLL ONE OF THESE OUT IN YOUR CITY LAST YEAR. 
          YOU MAY SEE IT. WE CALL IT THE CANDY CANE ON THE SIDE. 
          IT'S A ZERO RADIUS BODY. 
          IT ELIMINATES THAT ARC THAT YOU WOULD SEE WITH THE OTHER ARM THAT GRABBED IT, WHERE THE CART AT THE TOP WOULD SWING OUT AND CAN CLIP FENCES. 
          WE'RE BUYING ALL THESE NEW BODIES. 
          THEY'RE ALSO RIGHT-HAND DRIVE. 
          ONE OF THESE TRUCKS IS IN YOUR CITY TODAY, THAT'S ON THE SAME SIDE THAT HE'S ACTUALLY COLLECTING THE CART. 
          IF SOMETHING FALLS OVER, FALLS OUT OF THE CART, HE CAN EASILY AND SAFELY HOP OUT, PICK IT UP, MOVE THE CART, WHAT HAVE YOU, MUCH QUICKER THAN SITTING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TRUCK. 
          BULK AND BRUSH IS ONCE PER MONTH AND SIX CUBIC YARDS. 
          WE OPERATE USUALLY TWO, SOMETIMES THREE CLAW TRUCKS ON THOSE VERY HEAVY WEEKS. 
          WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THAT NOW A LITTLE BIT, BUT YEAH, IT'S GREAT PROGRAM. 
          IT'S ACTIVELY USED, AND WE TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO MAINTAIN THAT MATERIAL. 
          THE RECYCLING COLLECTION IS, AS WAS POINTED OUT IN THE OPEN MEETING, PART IS COLLECTED EVERY WEEK, NOT EVERY OTHER WEEK. 
          IT'S COLLECTED BY THE SAME TRUCK THAT GETS YOUR TRASH, SO THE TRUCK WILL COME THROUGH, PICK UP THREE, 400 HOMES. 
          IT'LL GO TO THE LANDFILL IN GARLAND, COME BACK AND GET RECYCLING FROM THE SAME AREA, AND THEN BRING THAT LOAD OF RECYCLING BACK TO OUR FACILITY WHERE THE TRUCK PARKS, FUELS UP OVERNIGHT, EMPLOYEE GETS IN THEIR CAR AND GOES HOME AND WHERE WE HAVE OUR RECYCLING PROCESS CENTER. 
          IT REALLY MAXIMIZES THE LOGISTICS AND THE USE OF THAT TRUCK. 
          RESIDENTIAL RECYCLE MATERIALS, TONS PER YEAR. IT'S A GREAT GRAPH. 
          WE'VE BEEN OPERATING THE CITY OF SACHSE SINCE 2019. 
          YOU'VE SEEN THAT NUMBER GROW OVER TIME. 
          IT'S GOT SOME SPIKES IN THERE NATURALLY FROM COVID AND EVERYBODY'S HOME ORDERING BOXES, BUT A VERY STEADY PARTICIPATION IN RECYCLING. 
          CUSTOMER SERVICE INQUIRIES, I'D LOVE TO SHOW A SLIDE THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE ABOUT HALF OF WHAT THE INDUSTRY AVERAGE IS, ONE PER 1,000 PICKUPS. 
          WE NORMALIZE THIS NUMBER. 
          THERE'S OVER 1.1 MILLION YEARLY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          WE BREAK THAT DOWN INTO A RATIO OF PER 1,000 AND COME UP WITH THAT, MOST RECENT ONE OF 2024 WAS 0.51, AND JANUARY THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR, IT WAS ABOUT 0.52, 53 RIGHT AROUND THERE. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S A GREAT NUMBER. 
          IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE ZERO, ARE WE STRIVING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT IN THAT 0.4-0.55 RANGE IS SOMEWHERE WE'VE FOUND IS A GENERAL CONSENSUS OF GOOD SERVICE, AND HOPEFULLY YOU ALL ARE FEELING THE SAME. 
          DRIVER INCIDENTS. WE DO THIS ON A PER 100,000 SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE'S LESS OF THESE. 
          AN INCIDENT COULD BE ANY, IT COULD BE A DAMAGE CLAIM, A DAMAGED FENCE, IT COULD BE A RUT THAT WE HAVE TO FIX. 
          IT COULD BE A DRIVER BEHAVING RECKLESSLY, THAT GETS TO OUR SAFETY DEPARTMENT, GETS REPORTED. 
          ESSENTIALLY, ANYTHING THAT GETS HANDLED OVER TO OUR SAFETY DEPARTMENT, WHERE A CLAIM HAS TO BE FILED, AN INTERVIEW OR A DISCUSSION WITH A DRIVER. 
          ANNUAL X-TREME GREEN EVENTS, SO WE DO TWO OF THESE PER YEAR, MAY 18 AND SEPTEMBER 27 OF LAST YEAR AND THE 17TH AND 20TH OF THIS YEAR. 
          YOU COULD SEE THAT SPRING EVENT ALWAYS OUTWEIGHS THE FALL ONE. 
          BUT THESE ARE GREAT PARTICIPATION EVENTS. 
          CITY STAFF DOES A FANTASTIC JOB SETTING EVERYTHING UP, CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, AND THEN WE'VE MASTERED THE ART OF THE LOGISTICS OF ALL THIS, I LIKE TO THINK. 
          THOUGH OTHERS MIGHT FEEL DIFFERENTLY SOMETIMES, WE DO OUR BEST TO PROCESS THOSE CARS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN IN THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE. 
          SOME NEW EQUIPMENT THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS, THE ONSITE SHREDDING TRUCK. 
          WHEN WE STARTED THIS CITY, IT WAS A TRAILER WITH A SHREDDER IN THERE. 
          BUT WE NOW GOT AN INDUSTRIAL GRADE SHRED TRUCK LIKE YOU WOULD GET FROM IRON MOUNTAIN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          WE BRING OUT THE CART WASH VEHICLE, SO FOLKS, A FEW OF THEM ALWAYS BRING OUT THEIR CARTS AND GET THOSE WASHED, AS WELL. 
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THE PAINT REUSE PROGRAM. 
          I KNOW I HAVE A SIMILAR SLIDE, NOT THE EXACT SAME ONE EACH YEAR. 
          THIS IS REALLY A GREAT PROGRAM. 
          IT WAS CHALLENGED BY US BY THE CITY OF AZLE ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO. 
          WHERE ALL THIS PAINT WE COLLECT FROM THE X-TREME GREEN EVENTS OR SOME OF OUR OTHER CITY'S DOOR SIDE PROGRAMS. WE SEPARATE IT BY LATEX AND OIL-BASED PAINT, AND THEN WE MIX IT BACK TOGETHER AND WE PUT IT IN BRAND NEW PAILS AND GIVE IT BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE HAVE PAINTED OVER, I THINK 300 HOMES IN AZLE, THIS EVOLUTION PROGRAM. 
          WE'VE PAINTED A FOOTBALL FIELD, AND WE CAN NOW EVEN GET YOU SPECIFIC COLORS THAT YOU WANT. 
          IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE PRETTIEST WHITE, BUT, WE CAN GET YOU MORE BEYOND THE SEXY BEIGE THAT WE USED TO TOUT BEFORE. 
          IF THERE'S EVER A PARK PROJECT OR A CHURCH GROUP OR ANYBODY THAT IS LOOKING FOR PAINT, IT'S NOT CHEAP TO BUY A GALLON OF PAINT NOWADAYS. 
          SO IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED, REACH OUT TO US, WE CAN WORK WITH YOU ON THE COLOR AND DELIVER IT TO YOU AS NEEDED. 
          THE MAY 2024 STORM WAS THE LONGEST MONTH OF MY LIFE, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR CREW AND THE COORDINATION THAT WE HAD WITH THE CITY AND CITY STAFF AND THE COMMUNICATION. 
          I MEAN, WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THAT STORM HITTING, WE WERE ON THE PHONE AND HAD A PLAN TOGETHER. 
          WE HAD, I THINK, TRUCKS IN THE CITY WITHIN THREE TO FOUR BUSINESS DAYS AND WORKED OVER ABOUT TWO MONTHS, OVER 1,200 MAN HOURS TO PICK UP OVER 1,500 TONS OF STORM DEBRIS. 
          A LOT OF THESE PICTURES ARE FROM THE CITY OF SACHSE AND DURING THAT PERIOD, IT WAS A BIG UNDERTAKING. 
          I'VE NEVER SEEN A METROPLEX WIDE EVENT LIKE THAT TAKE PLACE. 
          USUALLY, IT'S ISOLATED TO A POCKET OF COMMUNITIES, BUT WE HAD IT FROM CORINTH TO WYLIE TO AZLE TO FORNEY. 
          IT WAS A DIFFICULT TIME AND WE APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE AND COORDINATION WITH STAFF. 
          >> SOME OF THE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WANDA HAS BEEN GETTING INVOLVED IN, WE'VE GOT THE RED WHITE & BLUE BLAST THAT WE SPONSOR EACH YEAR. 
          THERE'S A FEW ON THE MURAL PARK FOURTH FRIDAY WHERE WE WILL MAKE THESE GREEN EVENTS, HAVE RECYCLE DEPOTS OUT THERE, TRY TO HAVE A PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE ATTENDED THE STATE OF THE CITY. 
          ALSO ON FEBRUARY, OUR MAYOR WAS NICE ENOUGH TO AWARD US A PROCLAMATION FOR THAT MAY STORM CLEANUP DURING OUR ANNUAL DRIVER APPRECIATION LUNCHEON. 
          THANK YOU ALL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ATTEND. 
          IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THOSE DRIVERS A REAL THANK YOU. 
          OFTEN, WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THEM WHEN SOMETHING GETS MISSED OR DAMAGED, AND THOSE MEALS AND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE REALLY GOOD FOR THOSE GUYS. 
          A FEW SLIDES HERE ON COMPANY UPDATES. 
          LAST JUNE, WE EXECUTED A $20 MILLION BOND INTERNALLY. 
          IT WAS ONLY OUR SECOND BOND EVER. 
          WE DID THAT TO INVEST IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF OUR FACILITY AT CALIFORNIA CROSSING SHOWN HERE, WHERE WE HAVE 23 CONNECTING ACRES. 
          LAST JANUARY, NOT SO MUCH PART OF THE BOND PROJECT, BUT WE COMPLETED OUR COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS PARKING LOT. 
          PRIOR TO THAT PAVED AREA DOWN IN THE BOTTOM LEFT, IT WAS DIRT AND OUR DUMPSTER GRAVEYARD, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT. 
          WE HAD ABOUT 100 PARKING SPOTS AND ABOUT 140 TRUCKS. 
          IT WAS TETRIS ON OUR FACILITY EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          ONCE WE BUILT THAT PARKING LOT, WHERE THE ONE IS SHOWN, WE NOW HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HAVE ABOUT 265 COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS TRUCKS PARKED AT OUR FACILITY. 
          NUMBER 2, OUR TRANSFER STATIONS. 
          THIS WAS COMPLETED IN MAY. 
          WE BUILT A 15,000 SQUARE FOOT TRANSFER STATION. 
          GIVES US THE ABILITY TO BRING WASTE TO OUR FACILITY, DRIVE IT FAR AWAY LIKE FERRIS, TEXAS, WHERE IT'S CHEAPER TO DUMP. 
          IT MAY NOT IMPACT SACHSE SO MUCH WITH THE GARLAND LANDFILL, BUT IF GARLAND WERE TO RAISE THE RATES TO $50 A TON, IT'S NOT UNHEARD OF IN THE NEXT FIVE OR 10 YEARS, WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING, WE HAVE FINANCIAL FLEXIBILITY. 
          AT SOME POINT AND PRICE POINT, WE CAN BRING IT TO OURSELVES AND DRIVE IT FAR AWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO A CHEAPER LANDFILL. 
          THAT'S GIVEN US THAT FLEXIBILITY. 
          NUMBER 3 AND 4, I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IN THESE NEXT SLIDES, WHERE YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. 
          OUR MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY OR MRF. 
          WE'RE GOING THROUGH A $10 MILLION UPGRADE THAT STARTS IN ABOUT 36 HOURS FROM NOW. 
          WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE BASICALLY BETWEEN DECEMBER 3RD AND MARCH 23RD, ABOUT $9 MILLION WORTH OF EQUIPMENT AND ABOUT 70% OF OUR RECYCLING CENTER IS GOING TO CHANGE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO BRING A LOT MORE AUTOMATION. 
          I SHOWED THE OLD PICTURE IN THE TOP LEFT. 
          IT WON'T MEAN TOO MUCH TO STARING AT IT, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU GUYS AT IT AT ONE POINT. 
          THEN ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT THE NEW SYSTEM WILL LOOK LIKE. 
          BASICALLY EVERY COLOR THAT ISN'T TEAL IS BRAND NEW STEEL OR AN OPTICAL SORTER OR THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S REALLY GOING TO ALLOW US TO CONTROL OUR COSTS. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE DO ABOUT 12 TONS PER HOUR WITH ABOUT 55 SORTERS. 
          THE NEW SYSTEM WILL DO 25 TONS PER HOUR WITH 18 SORTERS. 
          NO, WE'RE NOT JUST LAYING EVERYBODY OFF A LOT OF PEOPLE THROUGH NATURAL RETENTION AND WHAT HAVE YOU, WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO REFILL THAT POSITION. 
          IT BRINGS A LOT MORE AUTOMATION, INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY, AND ALLOWS US TO PROCESS MATERIAL AT A MORE PRODUCTIVE MANNER, 
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WHICH ARE SAVINGS WE CAN PASS ALONG TO CITIES OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. 
          OUR MAINTENANCE PROJECT. 
          WE'RE IN THE PERMITTING PHASE OF THIS. 
          WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, THAT BUILDING ON THE TOP RIGHT IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. 
          HOPEFULLY BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR. 
          THAT'S BUILDING NUMBER 2 SHOWN IN THE TOP LEFT. 
          THE HIGH PART OF THE BUILDING ARE GOING TO BE ALL BRAND NEW BAYS AND WE'RE COMPLETELY RENOVATING THE EXISTING BUILDING. 
          THIS IS GOING TO TAKE OUR MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS FROM ABOUT 12 MAINTENANCE BASE TODAY TO ABOUT 22. 
          A MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT IN CAPACITY AND THEN THAT FLOOR PLAN ALONG THE BOTTOM, WE'RE GOING TO BRING A LOT MORE NICER THINGS TO OUR OPERATION SIDE, A BRAND NEW DRIVER BREAK ROOM, OPERATIONS DISPATCH. 
          NUMBER 2 IS OUR PAINT BOOTH, IT WILL REMAIN THERE. 
          WE'LL PAINT EVERY TRUCK EVERY FIVE YEARS. 
          NUMBER 3, WE ARE GOING TO DOUBLE THE SIZE OF OUR PM BAYS, WHICH PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE IS THE ESSENCE OF MAINTENANCE IN GENERAL. 
          NUMBER 4 IS OUR NEW SHOP OFFICE, AND PARTS ROOM, A TWO STORY MEZZANINE STYLE. 
          NUMBER 5 WILL BE 14 BRAND NEW 25 FOOT HIGH BAYS THAT OUR MAINTENANCE CREW CAN WORK ON OUR EQUIPMENT. 
          LITTLE BIT OF BACK OFFICE UPDATES. 
          WE IMPLEMENTED SOFT-PAK ON NOVEMBER 12TH. 
          THIS WAS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING. 
          WE REPLACED A SYSTEM WE'VE HAD SINCE 2000. 
          THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. 
          EVERY CALL THAT WE TAKE, WE LOG A NOTE, WE BILL A CUSTOMER IS DONE OUT OF THIS BACK OFFICE SOLUTION NOW. 
          WE COMPLETED THAT CONVERSION ON NOVEMBER 12TH. 
          IT WAS OUT OF 4.5 YEAR PROJECT AND THROUGH TWO OTHER COMPANIES, BUT WE GOT THERE. 
          THIS ONE'S BEEN AROUND OVER 35 YEARS, AND THEY'RE VERY PROVEN TECHNOLOGY. 
          IT'S GOING TO COME WITH TABLETS AND THE COMMERCIAL TRUCKS. 
          WE'RE STILL ROLLING THAT OUT. 
          ROUTE OPTIMIZATION, LIVE ROUTING, IF YOU WILL, DISPATCHING, AND DOING AWAY FROM PAPER ROUTE SHEETS. 
          EQUIPMENT ORDERS. WE HAVE 36 COLLECTION TRUCKS ON ORDER TO ARRIVE BY THE END OF NEXT MAY. 
          MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE REPLACEMENT NINE, INTERNAL GROWTH 27 AND CHASSIS THAT WE HAVE BUILT AND STORED FOR US FOR A NEW CONTRACT IF WE WERE TO GET ONE. 
          REALLY, THIS IS JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY BUYING THAT EQUIPMENT WELL IN ADVANCE. 
          THESE ORDERS REPLACED LAST YEAR FOR THE YEAR 2026 AND TO STAY ON TOP OF OUR EQUIPMENT NEEDS. 
          A QUICK REMINDER THAT CWD MOBILE APP AND THE ADDRESS SPECIFIC SEARCH TOOL AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE ARE GREAT TOOLS FOR RESIDENTS TO GET SERVICE SPECIFIC INFORMATION RELATED TO THEIR ADDRESS. 
          AS YOU ALL KNOW, IN AUGUST, WE DID A KERR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION RECYCLING EFFORT. 
          MYSELF, ROBERT, AND MEREDITH OR MARK NERISON, DROVE DOWN TO KERR COUNTY AND PRESENTED THEM WITH A $42,000 CHECK. 
          PALES IN COMPARISON WITH THAT FOUNDATION RECEIVED OVER THAT IMMEDIATE WEEK, WHICH WAS IN $100 MILLION RANGE. 
          IT ACTUALLY REALLY TOUCHED THEIR HEART BECAUSE THEY GOT TO SEE A LOT OF THE NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, WHERE WE WERE TRYING TO ADVERTISE THIS PROGRAM AND WHILE IT'S ONLY $42,000, A LOT OF EFFORT WENT INTO THAT AND TO PRESENT THAT TO THEM, THEY WERE VERY GRATEFUL. 
          SACHSE, WE SAW VOLUMES INCREASE 12% MONTH-OVER-MONTH AND YEAR-OVER-YEAR, SO WHICHEVER WAY YOU LOOK AT IT, WE SAW THE RESIDENTS IN YOUR COMMUNITY STEP UP, RECYCLE MORE, AND ALLOW US TO DONATE MORE. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. IN 2024, SACHSE RECYCLED OVER 2,300 TONS, 35,000 TREES, OVER 790,000 GALLONS OF OIL, 14.5 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER, 06,800 YARDS OF LANDFILL SPACE, AND 8.5 MILLION KILOWATT HOURS OF ELECTRICITY, AND WE'D LIKE TO SAY, THANK YOU WITH A NICE 100% RECYCLE MATERIAL BENCH THAT WAS DROPPED OFF EITHER AT CITY HALL TODAY. 
          YOU GUYS WILL HAVE A NEW BENCH. 
          WITH THAT I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. RAYMER, AND I HAVE TO NOTE YOUR COMMENT ABOUT MAY 2024 BEING YOUR LONGEST MONTH OF THE YEAR THAT SAYS A LOT BECAUSE THERE ARE ONLY FOUR DAYS OR LESS IN THE MONTH WHEN IT STARTED. 
          IT SAYS ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW. THANK YOU, MR. RAYMER. 
          QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. MR. PRESTENBERG. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK ALFAL PARTNERSHIP, FOR THE 2025 AND PREVIOUS. 
          I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          YOU MADE A COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT USING THE SAME TRUCK FOR BOTH. 
          JUST TO PUT OUT ANY CONCERNS. 
          IT SOUNDS LIKE A VERY GOOD COST EFFECTIVE MECHANISM, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEONE HAS A MESSY RECYCLING CONTAINER AND DROPS IN A BUNCH OF TRASH? I KNOW YOU HAVE A SORTING MECHANISM, BUT IS THERE ANY CONTAMINATION CONCERNS OF YOUR RECYCLING MATERIAL? 
          >> BY COLLECTING TRASH, GOING TO THE LANDFILL, THEN COMING BACK FOR RECYCLING? 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> NO CONCERNS ABOUT THE CROSS CONTAMINATION OF PUTTING A LOAD OF RECYCLING IN A TRUCK THAT JUST HAD TRASH. 
          IT'S VERY COMMON INDUSTRY PRACTICE. 
          IT NOT ONLY CREATES CONTINUITY WITH THE DRIVER. 
          HE'S COLLECTING FROM THE SAME AREA. 
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LIKE I SAID, THE EFFICIENCIES OF OUR RECYCLING FACILITIES WHERE THAT TRUCK PARKS. 
          A LOT OF TIMES OTHER HAULERS MAY PARK THEIR TRUCKS AT THE LANDFILL, AND THE RECYCLING FACILITY IS 45 MINUTES AWAY. 
          THERE'S ACTUALLY BEEN ISSUES IN THE PAST IN THE METROPLEX WITH ANOTHER HAULER THAT THE TRUCK DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO THE RECYCLING FACILITY AT 6:00 P.M, SO HE DROVE THE LANDFILL, DUMPED IT IN THE LANDFILL, AND WENT ON TO HIS ROUTE THE NEXT DAY. 
          WE PREVENT THAT BY THE TRUCK IS COMING TO OUR FACILITY, SO THERE'S NO INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO LANDFILL ANY RECYCLING. 
          THE CROSS CONTAMINATION IS SO MINOR. 
          A LITTLE RESIDUE THAT MAY BE LEFT IN THE TRUCK, IT PALES IN COMPARISON. 
          TYPICAL RECYCLE LOADS ABOUT 25-30% CONTAMINATION. 
          >> THEN THANKS FOR THE PAINT. 
          I'M GOING TO PASS THAT ALONG TO OUR YOUTH GROUP AT CHURCH AND, YOU NEVER KNOW. 
          I KNOW THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER, PRIVATE BUSINESSES THAT DO THIS, BUT DO YOU ALL OFFER ANY THING TO CLEAN OUT YOUR TRASH CAN? 
          >> WE DO. I WOULD NEED TO LOOK A LITTLE CLOSER. 
          WE ACTUALLY BOUGHT THAT INDUSTRIAL CART WASHING TRUCK, IF YOU'VE SEEN IT AT THE CLEANUP EVENTS TO RUN A SIDE BUSINESS, AND IT JUST BECAME TOO MUCH WORK. 
          WE HAVE OFFERED IT, AND SOME OF OUR CONTRACTS IS LIKE A VALUE ADDED. 
          MAYBE FOR 5 CENTS A HOME A MONTH, EVERY RESIDENT CAN USE THAT SERVICE ONE TIME PER YEAR TYPE OF THING. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN LOOK AT AND GET WITH GINA OR STAFF. 
          >> I KNOW, WE'VE BEEN IN OUR HOUSE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND IT'S DISGUSTING. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO GET OUT THERE WITH A HIGH PRESSURE HOSE. 
          [LAUGHTER] I'M NOT GOING TO PAY A SERVICE. 
          I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE OF THE 30,000 RESIDENTS HERE OR SO, SO IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WORTH LOOKING IN TO. 
          >> LET ME GET WITH STAFF AND I CAN PRESENT SOME INFORMATION, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT INDUSTRIAL GRADE TRUCK THAT RETAINS THE WATER, IT LIFTS THEM UP IN THE BACK, KEEPS THE WATER, FILTERS IT, SO IT'S NOT JUST GOING DOWN INTO THE DRAIN SYSTEM. 
          >> PERFECT. THANK YOU. 
          >> MAYOR BRANDON FRANKS. 
          >> JASON, WHEN WE WERE TALKING AT TML, YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR EXPANSION AND BUYING NEW PROPERTY. 
          YOU SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR FACILITY IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT TIMING OR ROUTES IN SACHSE, IS THAT CORRECT? 
          >> THERE'S GOING TO BE INTERNAL PAIN THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH. 
          WE WILL BE SHUTTING DOWN OUR RECYCLING FACILITY, FEBRUARY 2ND THROUGH MARCH 23RD, IS THE PLAN. 
          AT THAT TIME, WE ALREADY HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE, BUT WE'LL TRANSFER RECYCLING TO OTHER RECYCLING FACILITIES, AND WE EAT THAT COST TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T GET TO RETAIN THE REVENUE OF THE COMMODITY OR ANYTHING. 
          THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE ISN'T GOING TO IMPACT SACHSE IN THAT, THOSE TRUCKS WERE ALREADY COMING TO CDD. 
          THEY STILL WILL, AND WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY TRANSFER IT TO OTHER FACILITIES FROM THERE. 
          >> I WASN'T GOING TO ASK, BUT YOU BROUGHT IT UP, SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT. 
          I STILL HAVE PEOPLE THAT TELL ME THAT RECYCLING IS FAKE, THAT THEY STILL TAKE EVERYTHING TO THE DUMP ANYWAY, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT ON THAT. 
          I DON'T HONESTLY KNOW HOW IT WORKS. 
          WHETHER YOU'RE SELLING IT OR THEY'RE BUYING IT OR WHAT OR HOW THAT WORKS, BUT YOU'RE TAKING IT SOMEWHERE RIGHT. 
          >> YES. 
          >> IT'S BEING UTILIZED, SO THAT'S GREAT. 
          THE CART WASHING TRUCK, THAT HAS BEEN THE LAST COUPLE OF EXTREME GREEN EVENTS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN? 
          >> YES. 
          >> NOW, I NO LONGER HAVE A TRUCK, SO I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TAKE MY CANS THERE, BUT I COULD WALK, BUT I'M NOT. [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> IT'S DOWN THE STREET. 
          >> THAT SERVICE IS AVAILABLE TWICE A YEAR AT OUR EXTREME GREEN EVENTS IF YOU CAN GET YOUR CANS THERE. 
          >> WHICH IS A CHALLENGE FOR I UNDERSTAND THE VAST MAJORITY. 
          >> WE'RE IN TEXAS. I WOULD SAY ONE OUT OF FOUR PEOPLE HAVE A TRUCK. 
          LET'S BE HONEST. NO, THAT'S IT. THANKS, MAN. APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. RAYMER? MR. RAYMER THANK YOU AS ALWAYS. APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP. 
          >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          >> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM 2, 
          [2. Receive an update and discuss the ongoing development of the Sachse Economic Development Strategic Plan.]
RECEIVE AN UPDATE AND DISCUSS THE ONGOING DEVELOPMENT OF THE SACHSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN. MS. NASH. 
          >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL, TONIGHT, WE HAVE WITH US REPRESENTATIVES FROM CIVICSOL, THAT WILL GIVE YOU A MUCH ABRIDGED PRESENTATION THAN WAS PROVIDED AT THE MOST RECENT EDC MEETING WHERE THEY DID A VERY DEEP DIVE, I THINK 86 SLIDES WORTH. 
          THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT WILL BE MUCH SHORTER TO GIVE YOU ALL AN OVERVIEW, BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW THAT THAT PRESENTATION WAS AVAILABLE TO YOU, AND SO YOU HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IF YOU WANTED OVER THE LAST WEEK OR SO. 
          JARED POTTS, OUR EDC DIRECTOR IS GOING TO GIVE YOU JUST A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          THEN, AS I SAID, REPRESENTATIVES FROM CIVICSOL ARE HERE TO GIVE YOU THEIR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. 
          >> HELLO, MR. POTTS. 
          >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. 
          [01:15:03]
AS THE CITY MANAGER SAID, THIS WILL BE A VERY QUICK, BASICALLY INTRODUCTION OF CIVICSOL, BUT JUST AS IT'S BEEN A MOMENT SINCE WE'VE BEEN BEFORE YOU WITH THIS PLAN, WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON THE PROJECT, AND THEN CERTAINLY TURN IT OVER TO CIVICSOL. 
          AS YOU ALL RECALL, WE RECEIVED EDC BOARD DIRECTION SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. 
          WE HAD FUNDING APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN OUR FY25 EDC BUDGET THAT WAS THEN MOVED IN TO CREATED CIP PROJECT. 
          THAT'S HOW WE'RE PAYING FOR THIS MOVING FORWARD. 
          WE HAD AN RFQ PROCESS THAT WE KICKED OFF IN FEBRUARY OF 2025. 
          THE SUBMITTALS WERE DUE IN MARCH TO US, AND THEN WE OF COURSE, HAD INTERVIEWS AND SELECTED CIVICSOL TO BE OUR CONSULTANTS TO WORK WITH US ON THIS PLANNING EFFORT. 
          WE'RE IN THE PLAN KICKOFF AND DEVELOPMENT PHASE RIGHT NOW, AND JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, IT'LL GO TO THE EDC BOARD FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL AND THEN ULTIMATELY COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL AND ADOPTION. 
          JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE. 
          THE EDC BOARD IS SERVING AS THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          THEY HAVE BEEN PRESENTED MATERIAL FROM THIS PLAN THREE SEPARATE MEETINGS, AUGUST 14TH, 16TH OCTOBER, AND THEN MOST RECENTLY, NOVEMBER 20TH, AS THE CITY MANAGER ALLUDED TO, THE EDC BOARD WILL ULTIMATELY CONSIDER RECOMMENDING PLAN APPROVAL, AND THEN IT'LL, AS I'VE MENTIONED, COME BACK TO YOU ALL FOR FINAL APPROVAL. 
          THE PLAN IS ON TRACK TO BE CONSIDERED FOR ADOPTION BY YOU ALL EARLY 2026, AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          WITH THAT, I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING STEVEN PETTIGO AND LAURA HUFFMAN FROM CIVIC SOLUTIONS PARTNERS TO GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION. 
          IF THERE'S ANYTHING FOR STAFF, I'M CERTAINLY HERE. 
          OTHERWISE, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THEM. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. POTTS. HELLO, MISS HUFFMAN AND MR. PETTIGO. 
          >> GOOD EVENING. 
          >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER. 
          I AM LAURA HUFFMAN. 
          I AM JOINED BY STEVEN PETTIGO, AND WE WILL DIVE RIGHT IN WITH THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THE TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
          HERE'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO COVER THIS THIS EVENING. 
          AS GINA MENTIONED, THIS IS ABBREVIATED FROM WHAT WE DID WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, BUT WE ARE STILL GOING TO COVER THE BIG PICTURE, OUR ENGAGEMENT, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A REVIEW OF WHAT WE DID, THE METHODOLOGY OF THIS WORK. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DISCOVERY INSIGHTS, THE DATA THAT THIS IS BASED ON, AND THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK. 
          THEN WE'LL TAKE HOWEVER LONG YOU NEED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. THE BIG PICTURE. 
          SHAPING SACHSE PRESENTS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED TO ALL OF YOU ALL ABOUT THIS IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, BUT THERE ARE CITIZENS LISTENING AND THIS MAY BE THEIR FIRST CHANCE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK OVER SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. 
          THIS IS A REALLY NICE OPPORTUNITY TO INTEGRATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS WITH BROADER LAND USE, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ZONING POLICIES. 
          THIS MOMENT IN TIME IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE JUST COME OUT OF THE PLANNING PROCESS, AND THIS IS THE PERFECT DOVETAIL TO THAT PROCESS. 
          OBVIOUSLY, YOUR PROXIMITY TO THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX CREATES AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY. 
          NOT ONLY ARE YOU SITTING WITHIN A LABOR SHED, PRIMARY EMPLOYERS WILL BE THINKING ABOUT LABOR THAT CAN COME INTO SACHSE. 
          RIGHT NOW THEY'RE DRAWING PEOPLE OUT OF SACHSE INTO THEIR BUSINESSES. 
          YOU ARE IN THE BIRD'S EYE SEAT IN MANY WAYS, SITTING IN ONE OF THE LARGEST, MOST COMPLEX ECONOMIES IN THE COUNTRY. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT YOUR ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION EFFORTS SHOULD BE DATA-DRIVEN. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT DATA TODAY, FOCUSED ON ATTRACTING HIGH VALUE INDUSTRIES THAT COMPLIMENT YOUR EXISTING BUSINESS BASE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO BE INTRODUCING SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS THIS EVENING. 
          THINGS LIKE TRADED ECONOMY AND LOCAL ECONOMY WILL DEFINE THOSE TERMS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS. 
          WE ALSO THINK THAT THE PLAN HAS TO MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL OF EXISTING COMMERCIAL QUARTERS, WE ALREADY HEARD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT EARLIER. 
          MANY OF YOU HAVE FOCUSED ON THAT. 
          RE-ENVISIONING YOUR PHYSICAL SPACES TO BEST SERVE COMMUNITY GOALS. HERE'S THE BOTTOM LINE. 
          A REALLY GOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN BLENDS YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE ASSETS, YOUR LAND USE DECISIONS, AS WELL AS THE BUSINESSES THAT EXIST HERE TODAY, BOTH SMALL AND LARGE, AND THOSE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON AND TARGET IN THE FUTURE. 
          HERE IS ONE WAY OF THINKING ABOUT YOUR ASSETS. 
          YOU HAVE THE TALENT, DIVERSITY, AND LOCATION TO CAPTURE YOUR FAIR SHARE OF REGIONAL GROWTH. 
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AGAIN, THINK ABOUT YOUR SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS, YOU ARE SITTING IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX. 
          IT HAS AN INCREDIBLY DIVERSIFIED ECONOMY. 
          YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO GET EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF THAT ECONOMY, YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THE FAIR SHARE THAT MAKES SENSE IN SACHSE, TEXAS. 
          WHAT DO YOU HAVE GOING IN YOUR DIRECTION? FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE A VERY EDUCATED AND AFFLUENT CITIZENRY. 
          NEARLY HALF OF ADULTS HOLD A BACHELOR'S DEGREE WITH THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOMES WELL ABOVE THAT OF THE DFW AVERAGE. 
          YOU ARE FAMILY-ORIENTED. 
          IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF, OVER AND OVER AGAIN WHAT WE HEARD WAS THIS IS A FAMILY-ORIENTED COMMUNITY. 
          YOUR DEMOGRAPHY ACTUALLY REINFORCES THAT. 
          YOU'VE GOT LARGE HOUSEHOLDS, HIGH HOME OWNERSHIP, REALLY STRONG SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND A REPUTATION AS A SAFE, STABLE SUBURB. 
          THIS IS WHAT MADE SACHSE SACHSE, AND WE WANT TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THAT. 
          DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, YOU ARE 54% BIPOC, HIGH FOREIGN BORN AND VETERAN POPULATIONS, WHICH MAKE FOR A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR AN INCLUSIVE GROWTH NARRATIVE. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COMPANIES THAT ARE LOOKING AT SACHSE WILL CARE ABOUT AND ASK ABOUT, SO WE WANT TO LEAD WITH THAT. 
          A REGIONAL ADVANTAGE, I'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS. 
          YOU'RE IN BETWEEN TWO OF THE FASTEST GROWING ECONOMIES IN THE UNITED STATES, DALLAS, AND COLLIN COUNTIES, STRONG SPECIALIZATION AND TRADED SECTOR. 
          WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GETTING YOUR FAIR SHARE, WE HAVE SOME IDEAS, AND THE DATA HAS TOLD US WHAT PART OF THAT ECONOMY YOU SHOULD BE GOING AFTER. REMOTE WORK HUB. 
          INTERESTINGLY, A QUARTER OF YOUR RESIDENTS WORK REMOTELY, WHICH CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ATTRACT KNOWLEDGE WORKERS AND ENTREPRENEURS, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE TARGET SECTORS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING ARE BASED IN PART ON THIS DYNAMIC. 
          WHAT'S THE IMPERATIVE? FIRST OF ALL, SACHSE IS NOT SHORT ON STRINGS, BUT WITHOUT ACTION YOU RISK LOSING YOUR MOMENT. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE EXPRESSED TO US IS YOU WILL BE GROWING. 
          SACHSE IS A GROWING COMMUNITY, YOU'RE INSIDE OF A GROWING REGION. 
          DOING NOTHING IS ACTUALLY NOT NEUTRAL, AND WITHOUT INTENTIONAL STEPS, SACHSE'S ECONOMY RUNS THE RISK OF REMAINING UNDERSIZED, WE'LL TALK ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS. 
          ITS RESIDENTS COULD FACE HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY PRESSURES, AND YOUR YOUNGER WORKFORCE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK ELSEWHERE FOR OPPORTUNITY. 
          THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO AVOID HAPPENING. 
          TO SECURE YOUR FUTURE, THE IDEA HERE IS, LET'S LEVERAGE YOUR EDUCATED POPULATION, YOUR STRATEGIC LOCATION, AND GROW YOUR SHARE OF TRADED, HIGH-VALUE INDUSTRIES. 
          SUPER TARGETED. 
          WE WANT TO BE LASER FOCUSED ON HOW WE DO THIS. 
          THEN THE PATH FORWARD RECOGNIZES THAT A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK THAT TAKES ALL OF THESE ASSETS AND STARTS TO TRANSFORM SACHSE INTO ITS FUTURE. 
          EVERYTHING THAT GOT YOU HERE IS IMPORTANT. 
          WHAT WE ARE DOING IS SHAPING A FUTURE FOR YOU THAT IS FOCUSED THAT ALLOWS YOU TO GROW THE ECONOMY, RETAIN YOUR YOUNG PEOPLE, AND TO CONTINUE TO BE PROUD OF THAT FAMILY-ORIENTED SACHSE THAT MANY OF YOU GREW UP IN. 
          HERE'S HOW WE DID THE WORK. 
          FIRST OF ALL, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED. 
          WE ASSESS SACHSE'S ASSETS AND CHALLENGES, ENGAGE DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS TO GUIDE THIS ENTIRE PROCESS. 
          I THINK JARED TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS WE HAD WITH YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND OTHERS. 
          WE ENGAGE CITY LEADERSHIP AND EDC BOARD MEMBERS, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNED ON PRIORITIES THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU, AND SET THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOR ALL OF THIS WORK. 
          WE CONDUCTED A COMPREHENSIVE AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, BENCHMARKING SACHSE AGAINST 10 PEER CITIES ACROSS DEMOGRAPHICS, ECONOMY, QUALITY OF LIFE, IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND YOUR COMPETITIVE POSITION. 
          THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          IN A FEW MINUTES, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE INSIGHTS FROM THIS DATA-DRIVEN ANALYSIS. 
          WE DID A DEEP DIVE WITH FIVE PEER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND BEST PRACTICES THAT YOUR SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE CAN BENEFIT FROM. 
          WE COMPLETED A TARGET CLUSTER ASSESSMENT. 
          THIS IS IDENTIFYING THE HIGH VALUE INDUSTRIES WHERE SACHSE CAN COMPETE AND WIN, FOCUSING ON TRADED SECTORS, AND THAT INCLUDED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY, AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES. 
          WE'RE GOING TO ZERO IN ON THIS VERY SPECIFIC PIECE OF THE WORK THIS EVENING. 
          WE HELD IN DEPTH ONE ON ONE INTERVIEWS WITH BUSINESS OWNERS AND CIVIC LEADERS, REGIONAL PARTNERS, BOTH IN SACHSE, BUT ALSO IN THE REGION. 
          I WILL TELL YOU THIS WAS INCREDIBLY ENLIGHTENING, AND JARED AND GINA DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB OF SETTING US UP WITH PEOPLE ALL OVER THE DALLAS METROPLEX. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW AT THE FRONT END OF THIS IS YOU ALL HAVE DONE A BEAUTIFUL JOB OF PUTTING SACHSE ON THE MAP. 
          [01:25:02]
MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER HAVE BEEN ACTIVE PLAYERS IN THE REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS, I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE AS WELL. 
          WHAT THAT TELLS US IS BECAUSE OF THE WAY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS CONDUCTED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WHERE MANY OF THE LEADS COME THROUGH YOUR REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, THEY COME FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE THROUGH YOUR REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, YOU'RE WELL POSITIONED TO ACHIEVE YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN, BECAUSE ONCE YOU TELL THESE ORGANIZATIONS WHAT THEY WANT, YOU'VE ALREADY GONE TO THE TROUBLE TO PUT YOURSELVES ON THE MAP WITH THEM. 
          THEY'RE WAITING TO HEAR WHAT IT IS THAT YOUR GOALS ARE IN THE FUTURE. 
          WE HOSTED TARGETED ENGAGEMENT WITH THE EDC BOARD MEMBERS, COMPLETED INTEGRATED LAND USE AND URBAN DESIGN ASSESSMENTS. 
          THIS WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR COMP PLAN DOVETAILS WITH YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, AND THEN FACILITATED VISIONING WORKSHOPS WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND CITY LEADERSHIP TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK WHICH WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU THIS EVENING WAS PRESSURE TESTED WITH THOSE LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS. 
          I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO STEVEN AND HE'S GOING TO GO THROUGH THE INSIGHTS. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU GUYS AGAIN. 
          GOOD TO SEE SOME OF YOUR FACES AGAIN AFTER OUR INTERVIEWS AND DISCUSSIONS. 
          WHAT I'M GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT IS TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'VE LEARNED THROUGHOUT THE RESEARCH PROCESS, BOTH FROM THE ANALYTICS, BUT ALSO WHERE WE MATCH THE DATA AND THE RESEARCH TOGETHER WITH THE ENGAGEMENT WORK. 
          BUT REALLY QUICKLY BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE INSIGHTS, WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD DO IS TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SACHSE BY THE NUMBERS. 
          LAURA HIT ON SOME OF THESE ALREADY, BUT I THINK IT'S NECESSARY TO COME BACK AND REITERATE THEM AGAIN. 
          FIRST AND FOREMOST, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, SACHSE IS A REALLY EDUCATED POPULATION. 
          ABOUT 50% OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER. 
          THAT'S WELL ABOVE BOTH THE US AND THE STATE AVERAGE. 
          IN FACT, I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE US AVERAGE, IT'S ABOUT 34% OF AMERICANS ACTUALLY HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE, SO YOU GUYS ARE A HIGHLY EDUCATED COMMUNITY AS IT RELATES TO THOSE BENCHMARKS. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME, MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME HERE IS VERY STRONG. 
          IT'S ABOUT $126,000. 
          THAT IS ABOUT 50% HIGHER THAN THE ACTUAL METROPLEX AVERAGE. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DALLAS METROPOLITAN REGION OVERALL, AGAIN, YOUR INCOME LEVELS ARE QUITE HIGH. 
          IT'S A VERY DIVERSE POPULATION THAT LIVES HERE. 
          FIFTY FOUR PERCENT OF FOLKS ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR. 
          THAT'S ABOUT 1.5 TIMES GREATER THAN THE US AVERAGE. 
          AS LAURA MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT'S A GREAT POSITIONING FOR THIS IDEA THAT YOU'RE A COMMUNITY THAT'S OPEN AND WELCOME TO LOTS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE. 
          TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS WORK REMOTELY. 
          YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT BECOMES A THROUGH LINE FOR HOW WE'RE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT THIS IDEA OF INNOVATION BASED AND ULTRA BASED COMMUNITY. 
          WE ALREADY HAVE THAT FOUNDATION HERE, SO WE WANT TO REALLY LEAN INTO THAT. 
          ALL OF THOSE IN OUR MIND REPRESENT SOME REAL STRONG STRENGTHS AS IT RELATES TO WHERE SACHSE HAS ASSETS. 
          NOW, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES? YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT OF US TALK TONIGHT ABOUT THIS IDEA OF WHAT WE CALL LOCAL AND TRADED JOBS. LET ME EXPLAIN THAT. 
          TRADED JOBS ARE TYPICALLY THOSE JOBS THAT COME FROM FIRMS OR BUSINESSES THAT ARE SELLING GOODS AND SERVICES OUTSIDE OF THE REGION. 
          THINK ABOUT IT LIKE THIS. 
          WHEN WE THINK ABOUT DALLAS' TRADED SECTOR-BASED ECONOMY, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THOSE THAT ARE IN TECHNOLOGY, MAYBE IN LIFE SCIENCES AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, FOR INSTANCE. 
          THOSE JOBS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY TEND TO BE WHAT WE CALL THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT. 
          FOR EVERY TRADED SECTOR JOB THAT YOU CAN CREATE IN A COMMUNITY, THAT WILL REPLICATE THREE LOCAL-BASED JOBS. 
          WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOCAL-BASED JOBS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE JOBS THAT ARE TRADITIONALLY ASSOCIATED WITH RETAIL, FOOD SERVICE, MAYBE LOCAL HEALTHCARE, LOCAL EDUCATION. 
          THOSE JOBS ARE NOT MULTIPLIERS, TYPICALLY. 
          IT IS THE TRADED SECTOR JOBS AND ARE MULTIPLIERS. 
          WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, AND WE'RE WANTING TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE BUILD A ROBUST RESILIENT ECONOMY, WE'RE REALLY WANTING TO LEAN INTO THIS IDEA OF, HOW DO WE REPLICATE SOME OF THOSE TRADED-BASED JOBS HERE FOR A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          ONE, TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY MUCH MORE RESILIENT. 
          TWO, TO HAVE THAT MULTIPLIER EFFECT. 
          WHAT I LIKE TO SAY AND TELL COMMUNITIES IS IF YOU CAN CREATE THOSE TECHNOLOGY, ENTREPRENEUR JOBS, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE JOBS, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE WANT, THOSE NICE THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, NICE RESTAURANTS, DESTINATION ASSETS, A LOT OF THOSE THINGS BECOME ATTRACTED TO THOSE TYPES OF JOBS AND THOSE TYPES OF PEOPLE. 
          YOU ALSO CREATE A BIT MORE OF A DAYTIME POPULATION HERE AS WELL. 
          THE CHALLENGE THAT WE FACE IN SACHSE IS THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TRADED-SECTOR JOBS, RIGHT NOW, OUR EXPORT-BASED ECONOMY, IT'S QUITE SMALL. 
          IT'S ONE IN 10 JOBS. 
          WE'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LEAN INTO THAT AND GROW TO THAT. 
          LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THAT COMPARES TO NORTH TEXAS. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT THE REGIONAL ECONOMY OVERALL, ONE IN FIVE JOBS ARE EXPORT-ORIENTED. 
          WE'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY, AS LAURA MENTIONED EARLIER, TO TRY TO GRAB SOME OF OUR FAIR SHARE AS IT RELATES TO THAT TRADED SECTOR JOB, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT BEING A BIT OF A FOCUS AS WE GO INTO THE STRATEGY. 
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GROSS REGIONAL PRODUCT IS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN OUR PEER CITIES. 
          PARTLY THAT IS BECAUSE SOME OF OUR OTHER PEER COMMUNITIES IN THE REGION HAVE DONE A LITTLE BIT BETTER JOB OF THINKING ABOUT THIS TRADED-BASED SECTOR WORK AGAIN, WHILE WE'RE LEANING INTO THAT AS WELL. 
          WHILE WE ARE A COMMUNITY THAT'S HIGH-INCOME VALUES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AT YOUR RENTERS. 
          THE FOLKS THAT ARE RENTING HERE IN SACHSE, AND ABOUT 49% OF THOSE RENTERS HERE ARE A LITTLE BIT COST BURDEN. 
          THAT MEANS THAT THEY'RE SPENDING MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME ON RENTAL AND HOUSING COSTS AS WELL. 
          IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY AGAIN TO THINK ABOUT, HOW DO WE CREATE OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAYBE CREATE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES, BETTER WAGES, ETC.? THEN FINALLY, THE LAST THING I'LL SAY ABOUT SACHSE, AND LAURA MADE A REALLY GREAT POINT, IS THAT DOING NOTHING IS NOT A NEUTRAL CHOICE, PARTLY BECAUSE YOU'RE GROWING REALLY FAST. 
          YOU'RE GROWING ABOUT 2.5 TIMES THE RATE OF TEXAS AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF STRONG APPEAL HERE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO IS REALLY LEAN INTO THAT MOMENTUM. 
          THAT'S A QUICK LOOK AT THE DATA. 
          LET'S TALK JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT SOME KEY INSIGHTS FROM WHEN WE PULLED THE RESEARCH TOGETHER, THE ANALYTICS THAT WE DID, ALONG WITH THE ENGAGEMENT WORK. 
          WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS AND THEMES THAT CAME UP? I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED SOME OF THESE, I'LL MOVE THROUGH THESE PRETTY QUICKLY. 
          BUT LET'S JUST TALK THROUGH THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS REALLY THIS IDEA THAT WE'RE GROWING REALLY FAST, BUT ARE WE GROWING COMPLETELY? MEANING THAT RIGHT NOW AS WE LOOK AT THE ECONOMY, MUCH OF WHAT'S DRIVING THE GROWTH HERE IS A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL GROWTH. 
          THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAN INTO THIS IDEA OF, HOW DO WE COMPLETE OUR COMMUNITY AS IT RELATES TO HAVING BOTH DAYTIME POPULATIONS AND NIGHTTIME POPULATIONS AS WELL AND THINKING MORE BROADLY ABOUT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO. 
          SECONDLY, A LOT OF GREAT TALENT HERE. 
          HIGHLY EDUCATED AS OTHERS. 
          AGAIN, SAYING THIS IDEA THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO LEAN INTO IS, HOW DO WE LEVERAGE OUR OWN TALENT BASE HERE AND START TO THINK ABOUT THE JOBS THAT COULD BE CREATED HERE? OUR ECONOMY IS A LITTLE BIT UNDERSIZED FOR OUR COMMUNITY SIZE AND WHERE WE ARE POSITIONED IN THE REGION. 
          MOREOVER, IT'S HIGHLY RELIANT ON LOCAL JOBS, LOCAL SPENDING. 
          WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE RELIANT ON LOCAL SPENDING? WHEN YOU HAVE UPS AND DOWNS IN THE ECONOMY, WHAT HAPPENS IS THE ECONOMY SHRINKS AS WELL. 
          WE WANT TO REALLY LEAN INTO THIS IDEA OF TRYING TO HOW WE DIVERSIFY THE ECONOMY. 
          FOURTH POINT IS THIS, IS THAT REDEVELOPMENT REALLY IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          YOU'LL SEE IN THE PLAN AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE STRATEGY THAT WE'VE MIXED AND MATCHED AND LOOKED AT SOME OF THE ASSETS THAT YOU HAD IN YOUR GENERAL PLAN, ALONG WITH THE 5TH STREET DISTRICT, SOME OF YOUR CORRIDORS, AND TRIED TO GIVE SOME INSIGHTS ABOUT HOW WE CONNECT THAT TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT THE REMOTE WORK COMMUNITY HERE IS REALLY A HIDDEN BIT OF ECONOMY. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE FOUND IN A LOT OF COMMUNITIES, IF YOU CAN UNPACK THAT AND PULL THAT REMOTE WORK HOME ENTREPRENEURSHIP-BASED BUSINESS IS OUT OF THE GARAGES AND BACK INTO THE ECONOMY IN FULL VIEW, YOU START TO CREATE THAT SYNERGY AND THAT ECOSYSTEM THAT REALLY SUPPORTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP. 
          YOU'LL SEE HOW WE'VE CONNECTED AND MADE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE IN THE PLAN. MISSING MIDDLE. 
          I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NOTICE IS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOUSING, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT HOUSING FOR THAT MISSING MIDDLE PIECE, WHICH IS THAT WORKFORCE-ORIENTED HOUSING THAT BECOMES REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          THEN FINALLY, THE ONE THING I'LL SAY IS THAT AS WE WALK THROUGH THE PLAN, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE PUT A REAL EMPHASIS ON THIS IDEA OF PLACEMAKING. 
          COMPLETE COMMUNITY BUILDING. 
          COMPLETE COMMUNITY BUILDING MEANING THAT WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT SACHSE AS A REAL DESTINATION, A PLACE THAT FOLKS CAN COME, RAISE A FAMILY, SPEND TIME, HAVE A JOB, AND ALSO JUST HAVE REALLY INTERESTING THINGS TO DO. 
          WE'VE REALLY LEANED INTO PLACEMAKING AND MAKING THAT CONNECTION TO YOUR GENERAL PLAN AS WELL. 
          WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO LAURA, AND WE'LL START TO WALK THROUGH THE FRAMEWORK AND STRATEGY AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          >> LET ME TALK FIRST ABOUT HOW THIS SECTION IS LAID OUT. 
          EACH SECTION, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE VISION. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT GOALS, STRATEGIES, AND ACTIONS. 
          THIS EVENING WE'RE GOING TO FOR SURE TALK ABOUT THE VISION. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT RIGHT OFF THE TOP, AND WE'RE GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH EACH OF THE GOALS THAT ARE IN THIS PLAN. 
          WE'RE ALSO GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH ALL OF THE STRATEGIES THAT UNDERPIN THE GOALS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A SENSE OF THE ACTION SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT IS CONTAINED. 
          >> YOU'VE GOT IT IN YOUR BACKUP. 
          BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, YOU'D BE HERE TILL MIDNIGHT, IF WE WALKED YOU THROUGH ALL OF THE ACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH YOU. 
          JUST KNOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE LISTENING, FOR EVERY GOAL, THERE IS A SET OF STRATEGIES. 
          FOR EVERY STRATEGY, THERE IS A SET OF ACTIONS. 
          THERE IS A SET OF KPIS OR MEASURES THAT SIT AT THE END OF EACH OF THOSE SECTIONS SO THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW 
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WE'RE GOING TO KNOW WHEN WE'RE WINNING AND THEN WE'VE LAID OUT A SERIES OF CASE STUDIES SO THAT YOU'VE GOT SOME SAMPLES OF PLACES THAT HAVE DONE THIS WELL. 
          THAT IS THE STRUCTURE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          HERE IS THE VISION PIECE OF THE PLAN, SACHSE THE COMPLETE COMMUNITY. 
          CLOSE TO EVERYTHING, CONNECTED TO WHAT MATTERS AND CENTERED ON OPPORTUNITY. 
          LEADING NORTH TEXAS NEXT CHAPTER, ONE THAT TURNS TALENT INTO JOBS, CORRIDORS INTO DESTINATIONS, AND PROXIMITY INTO PROSPERITY. 
          YOU CAN SEE THIS ENCAPSULATES MOST OF THE INSIGHTS THAT WE'VE PRESENTED THIS EVENING. 
          THIS FRAMEWORK HAS FIVE MAJOR GOALS. 
          THEY ARE A VIBRANT DIVERSE ECONOMY, AND WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME MORE. 
          THIS IS ALL ABOUT DIVERSIFYING THE ECONOMY BY ATTRACTING HIGH VALUE INVESTMENT THAT CREATES FAMILY SUPPORTING JOBS AND EXPANDS THE CITY'S LONG TERM FISCAL STRENGTH. 
          THIS IS GOING TO TAKE US STRAIGHT BACK TO THAT TRADED SECTOR CONVERSATION. 
          GOAL NUMBER 2, INNOVATION BUILT LOCAL. 
          THIS IS UNLOCKING THE POWER OF YOUR OWN PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE RIGHT NOW, CULTIVATING ENTREPRENEURS, FUELING SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH AND ANCHORING REMOTE WORKERS TO TRANSFORM RESIDENT TALENT INTO LOCAL PROSPERITY. 
          THIS IS ALL ABOUT KEEPING PEOPLE IN SEXY WORKING DURING THE DAY. 
          GOAL NUMBER 3, PARTNERSHIPS THAT MULTIPLY IMPACT. 
          THIS IS ABOUT LEVERAGING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS TO AMPLIFY YOUR VOICE, EXPAND OPPORTUNITY PIPELINES, AND COMPETE AT A REGIONAL SCALE. 
          TO SOME, THIS MIGHT SOUND EMPTY, BUT LET ME JUST ASSURE YOU THAT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ABSOLUTELY A TEAM SPORT, AND YOUR ABILITY TO WORK WITH YOUR REGIONAL PARTNERS IS INCREDIBLY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF LEADS FOR NEW BUSINESSES COME CENTRALLY THROUGH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO THESE REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
          THE FACT THAT SACHSE HAS SPENT REAL TIME, IN THESE REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, TALKING ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY IS JUST A LEVERAGE-ABLE ASSET. 
          WHEN YOU GO STRAIGHT BACK TO THESE VERY REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND TALK ABOUT PRECISELY WHAT YOUR FOCUS IS GOING TO BE AND ON WHAT TYPES OF TRADED SECTOR BUSINESSES, YOU'RE GOING TO GET WHAT YOU WANT. 
          THAT'S AN EFFICIENT WAY TO DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          PLACE MAKING THAT WORKS. 
          THIS IS GOAL NUMBER 4. 
          WE'RE GOING TO REIMAGINE KEY CORRIDORS AS MIXED USE DESTINATIONS WHERE PLACE-MAKING AND REDEVELOPMENT BECOMES THE DRIVERS OF OUR ECONOMIC STRATEGY. 
          COMING ON THE HEELS OF YOUR COMP PLAN, THE TIMING IS PERFECT. 
          THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO BUILD AN INTERSECTION, ESSENTIALLY, BETWEEN YOUR LAND USE PLAN, YOUR COMP PLAN, AND YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND WE BELIEVE THAT THAT WILL ACCELERATE CHANGE ON THESE KEY CORRIDORS. 
          FINALLY, GOAL 5, A STORY WORTH TELLING. 
          ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH STORYTELLING. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT IS SACHSE PUTTING IN THE STOREFRONT? HOW DO YOU DIFFERENTIATE YOURSELVES IN A BIG COMPLEX METROPLEX? WHAT IS YOUR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE? WHY DO YOUNG PEOPLE WANT TO COME HERE AND STAY HERE? THAT STORYTELLING IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND WE'RE GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME FOCUSING ON THAT. 
          HOW ARE WE GOING TO KNOW FOR WINNING? THIS IS ALL ABOUT MEASURING FOR SUCCESS. 
          YOU'LL KNOW WHEN BUSINESSES ARE GROWING AND INVESTING HERE. 
          COMPANIES, THIS IS YOUR CURRENT LOCAL BUSINESSES EXPANDING AND NEW BUSINESSES COMING TO SACHSE. 
          WE'LL KNOW WHEN WE START TO SHIFT THE BALANCE BETWEEN TRADED SECTOR BUSINESSES AND LOCAL SECTOR BUSINESSES, HIGHLY MEASURABLE STUFF. 
          NUMBER 2, ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THRIVING. 
          WHEN WE START TO SEE NEW INNOVATION COMPANIES THAT ARE LAUNCHING AND GROWING, REMOTE WORKERS THAT ARE ANCHORING LOCALLY AND CORRIDORS THAT ARE ACTIVATING WITH INNOVATION SPACES, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT TO MEASURE THIS IDEA OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP. 
          FOR TRANSFORMING CORRIDORS, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT REDEVELOPMENT. 
          IT'S HIGHLY VISIBLE, IT'S STRATEGIC. 
          WE KNOW WHERE THOSE AREAS ARE. 
          I THINK THIS HAS BEEN MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE MEETING, DELIVERING THOSE MIXED USE NODES, HOUSING, AND DESTINATION PLACES. 
          THESE ARE THE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MEASURING ON PARTNERSHIPS, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT REGIONAL COLLABORATIONS AND HOW THOSE DOORS ARE OPENING. 
          IT IS VERY EASY TO MEASURE WHERE YOUR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ARE COMING FROM, HOW YOU'RE RESPONDING TO THEM, AND WHAT SELECTIONS ARE ULTIMATELY MADE. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THERE. 
          FINALLY, KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT YOUR STORY IS RESONATING. 
          BUSINESSES, DEVELOPERS, TALENT, RECOGNIZE SACHSE AS A COMPLETE COMMUNITY, A PLACE WHERE SMALL TOWN CHARACTER MEETS BIG MARKET OPPORTUNITY, AND AS WE SAID EARLIER WHERE PROXIMITY TURNS INTO PROSPERITY. 
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WE'LL BE MEASURING THE ENGAGEMENT ON ALL OF THIS STORYTELLING. 
          GOOD NEWS IS THIS IS ALL RELATIVELY EASY TO MEASURE TODAY. 
          I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NOW, I'M GOING TO SHIFT YOU THROUGH SOME SLIDES THAT YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TWO SLIDES PER GOAL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THIS FIRST SET, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS. 
          >> I'M GOING TO WALK US THROUGH GOAL 1. 
          AS LAURA MENTIONED, GOAL 1 IS REALLY ABOUT DIVERSIFYING THE ECONOMY. 
          WE'VE TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT THE GOAL IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DIVERSIFY THE ECONOMY BY ATTRACTING HIGH VALUE INVESTMENT THAT CREATES FAMILY SUPPORTING JOBS AND CREATES LONG TERM FISCAL STRENGTH. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL SEE HERE IS THAT WE REALLY LEANED INTO THIS IDEA OF QUALITY JOB CREATION. 
          NOT ALL JOB CREATION IS CREATED EQUAL. 
          WE REALLY LEANED INTO THIS IDEA THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CREATING FAMILY SUPPORTING JOBS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          HOW DO WE DO THAT AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR? SO 1.1 IS ATTRACTING PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FIRMS AND FINANCE ACCOUNTING AND CONSULTING ARCHITECTURE TO LEVERAGE SACHSE'S EDUCATED WORKFORCE THAT CREATE QUALITY EMPLOYMENT. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF DATA IN THIS PLAN, AND IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE FORK OF DECK THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU OR THAT YOU HAD ACCESS TO, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE WENT THROUGH AND REALLY ANALYZE WHAT WERE THOSE SECTORS THAT REALLY MADE SENSE? WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, PARTICULARLY IN THE METROPLEX, BUT ALSO IN THIS QUADRANT OF THE METROPLEX, THIS IDEA OF REALLY LEANING INTO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IS SOMETHING THAT PRESENTS US WITH A REAL OPPORTUNITY. 
          1.2 IS REALLY ABOUT POSITIONING AS A DESTINATION FOR TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE. 
          FIRMS, 1.3. 
          YOU GUYS HAVE HAD A LOT OF GREAT SUCCESS AROUND YOUR HOSPITAL AND THE ATTRACTION OF THAT HOSPITAL AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT. 
          WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE LEANING INTO THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH INNOVATION SECTOR HERE, ALONG WITH THE CURRENT HEALTH HEALTH CARE ASSETS, PARTICULARLY, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE WORK THAT JARED HAS BEEN DOING IN TERMS OF HIS LIFE SCIENCE OUTREACH, WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT WORK. 
          1.4, YOU'LL SEE IN THE PLAN IS REALLY ABOUT ALIGNING SORT OF SITES AND CORRIDORS TOGETHER. 
          AGAIN, MATCHING THE LAND USE ALONG WITH THE BUSINESS ATTRACTION EFFORTS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MARRYING THOSE TWO TOGETHER. 
          THEN 1.5 IS GOING BACK AND THINKING ABOUT OUR INCENTIVES FRAMEWORK AND ASKING, HOW DO WE WANT TO UTILIZE THAT FRAMEWORK TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HIGH VALUE INVESTMENT, AND WE'VE GOT SOME THOUGHTS ON THAT AS WELL. 
          AS LAURA MENTIONED, YOU'LL SEE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYBOOK TODAY. 
          BUT AS YOU'LL NOTE, IN THE FULL DECK, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IS WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE STRATEGY, BUT ALSO THEN STARTED TO IDENTIFY, WHAT ARE THOSE KEY PRIORITY ACTION STEPS THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE AS NEXT STEPS? THEN OVER TIME IN THE NEXT COMING MONTHS, WE'LL ACTUALLY THEN WORK WITH JARED AND THE TEAM TO THINK ABOUT HOW THIS ALL PULLS INTO AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OVER TIME. THIS IS PHASE WORK. 
          IT'S NOT WORK THAT HAPPENS OVERNIGHT. 
          WE'LL PRIORITIZE WHAT MAKES SENSE. 
          BUT YOU CAN SEE, AS WE LOOK AT STRATEGY 1.1, THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY WANTING TO THINK THROUGH. 
          FIRST AND FOREMOST IS JUST DEVELOPING A TARGET PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIST. 
          THAT'S WORKING WITH A REGIONAL CHAMBER WHO'S ALREADY HERE AND DOING THAT WORK. 
          IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD THINK THROUGH IS EVEN WORKING WITH A SITE SELECTOR TO DEFINE THAT LIST AND THAT TARGET LIST AS WELL. 
          WE NEED TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RECRUITMENT PACKET IN THE SPACE, SO DEVELOPING OUT WHAT THOSE KEY MATERIALS ARE. 
          AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS BEING ABLE TO SHOW UP AND BE READY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GAME AS SOON AS YOU GET CALLED TO PLAY. 
          WE WANT TO HAVE THOSE MATERIALS TOGETHER AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED TO DO THAT. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LEANING INTO OUR BRE PROGRAM, OUR BUSINESS RECRUITMENT EXPANSION PROGRAM. 
          THINKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE UTILIZING THAT TO HELP FIRMS THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING HERE. 
          WE WANT TO IDENTIFY THE POSSIBILITY AROUND FLEX SPACE AND PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITY HUBS IN THE CORRIDORS. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S THE IDEA OF MIXING AND MATCHING BOTH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN WITH THE LAND USE PLAN. 
          THEN, AS LAURA MENTIONED, WE REALLY WANT TO LEVERAGE THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE THERE. 
          YOU ALL PARTICIPATE IN THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP HERE. 
          THERE'S LOTS OF WORK THAT THAT GROUP DOES AROUND RAISING THE PROFILE OF THIS REGION, BY THE WAY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL REGIONS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING OUR PIECE OF THAT. 
          KEEPING THAT CONNECTION WITH THE CHAMBER AND SITE SELECTORS, BUT ALSO THE STATES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP HERE AS WELL, IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AS WELL. GOAL 2? 
          >> GO FOR IT. 
          >> I'LL DO GOAL 2. KEEP GOING, MY FRIENDS. 
          GOAL 2 IS ABOUT INNOVATION BUILT LOCALLY. 
          IT'S UNLOCKING OUR PEOPLE, OUR ENTREPRENEURS, THINKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE HELPING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES HERE AND REALLY LEANING INTO THAT REMOTE WORK WORK. 
          WE'RE STARTING TO SEE MORE AND MORE COMMUNITIES LIKE 
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SACHSE REALLY LEAN INTO THIS IDEA OF CREATING ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUBS, AND YOU ALL HAVE ALL OF THE ASSETS TO DO THAT. 
          IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PUTTING ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER TO PULL THAT TOGETHER. HOW DO WE DO IT? THERE'S 2.1 IS LEANING INTO THIS IDEA OF CREATING AN INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM CO WORKING SPACE TO ANCHOR ALL OF THESE FOLKS TOGETHER. 
          ONE OF THE SUCCESS STORIES THAT LAURA AND I WERE SUPER PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE DID COMMUNITY VERY MUCH LIKE YOU GUYS. 
          WE WORKED IN BUTA, TEXAS, WHICH IS DOWN IN CENTRAL TEXAS. 
          THEY REALLY LEANED INTO THIS IDEA OF CREATING A CO WORKING SPACE, INNOVATION HUB AS PART OF AN EDC INVESTMENT. 
          I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW SUCCESSFUL THAT HAS BEEN ABOUT GETTING FOLKS TO MAKE AND THINK ABOUT BUTA AS A PLACE FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND REALLY ACTUALLY CREATING A REALLY INTERESTING COMMUNITY OUT ON THE PERIPHERAL OF AUSTIN. 
          2.2 IS LAUNCHING OUR TARGET SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT PROGRAMS, KEEPING UP THE WORK THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING THERE, JUST MAKING SURE THOSE RESOURCES ARE CONNECTED. 
          2.3 IS WHAT I CALL THE SOCIAL CAPITALISM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ABOUT ATTRACTING FIRMS AND DOING ALL THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT CREATING COMMUNITY, CONNECTING PEOPLE TOGETHER. 
          IF YOU DO 2.1 AND 2.2, 2.3 BECOMES A NATURAL PIECE OF THAT WHERE YOU BUILD THOSE NETWORKS, YOU CELEBRATE THE SUCCESSES HERE. 
          YOU REALLY TELL THAT STORY, AND IT STARTS TO REALLY ELEVATE SACHSE'S BRAND AS A CULTURE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP. 
          2.4 IS THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CONNECT THAT BACK TO OUR CORRIDOR STREETS AND OUR REDEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES, PARTICULARLY AROUND FIFTH STREET AND OTHER FOLKS. 
          YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT AS THE FIFTH STREET DISTRICT HAPPENS, PERHAPS THERE'S CONNECTION WITH AN ENTREPRENEUR HUB THAT'S CONNECTED TO THAT REDEVELOPMENT AND WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE. 
          AGAIN, CREATING THAT VIBRANCY THAT BECOMES THAT 18 HOUR COMMUNITY WHERE IT'S NOT JUST A NIGHTTIME EXPERIENCE, BUT IT'S A DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME EXPERIENCE TOGETHER. 
          THEN 2.5 IS MAKING SURE THAT AS A SMALL BUSINESS AS AN ENTREPRENEUR WANTS TO START A BUSINESS HERE, WE MAKE IT AS SUPER SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE, ALMOST THINKING AS WE'RE DOING A CONCIERGE WHITE GLOVE SERVICE. 
          LOTS OF PLACES HAVE DONE THIS. 
          WE DID THE WORK IN MISQUITE, TEXAS, COMMUNITY ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE METROPLEX, AND THEY REALLY LEANED INTO THIS IDEA OF MAKING THE BUSINESS NAVIGATION PROCESS AS EASY AS POSSIBLE AND HAVE SEEN A LOT OF GREAT RESULTS OUT OF THAT. 
          DO YOU WANT TO GOAL 3? 
          >> WE'RE BACK TO PARTNERSHIPS THAT MULTIPLY IMPACT AND THE IDEA HERE IS TO LEVERAGE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS TO AMPLIFY YOUR VOICE. 
          THIS IS NOT EASY TO DO IN A METROPLEX THAT HAS AS MANY CITIES AS THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX, AND ANCHORED BY TWO HUGE CITIES. 
          THAT'S NOT EASY STUFF. 
          EXPAND OPPORTUNITY PIPELINES AND COMPETE AT A REGIONAL SCALE. 
          I THINK WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT WHY THIS MATTERS. 
          WHAT I WOULD WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT'S LISTENING IS THERE IS A SECTION THAT JUST EXPLAINS THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE GOAL. 
          IN THE CASE OF THIS PARTICULAR GOAL, YOU CAN'T COMPETE REGIONALLY THROUGH INCENTIVES OR INFRASTRUCTURE ALONE IS THE IDEA. 
          IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT POURING MONEY, ELECTRICITY AND WATER ON TOP OF THINGS AND HOPING IT ALL WORKS. 
          YOUR STRENGTH ACTUALLY COMES FROM THE COLLABORATION THAT YOU HAVE WITH BOTH OF YOUR ISDS, DALLAS COLLEGE, NEIGHBORING CITIES, REGIONAL CHAMBERS, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          THIS TOUCHES ON THE POINT I MADE EARLIER ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BEING A TEAM SPORT. 
          THIS IS NOT JUST NICE TO SAY, IT'S ESSENTIAL TO DO AND TO DO WELL. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE. 
          3.1, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD GREAT FORTUNE WITH IS THIS IDEA OF SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS THAT SUPPORT YOUR TARGET SECTORS. 
          WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE TARGET SECTORS YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY FOCUS IN ON THOSE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, THE HEALTH AND SMALL HEALTHCARE MANUFACTURING, THOSE THINGS. 
          A GOOD SECTOR PARTNERSHIP WILL PUT THOSE EXISTING BUSINESS OWNERS, BUSINESSES THAT EXIST TODAY IN SACHSE, IN THOSE SECTORS, PLUS THE ENTITIES THAT ARE TRAINING THE FUTURE WORKFORCE. 
          THINK SCHOOL DISTRICTS, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND OTHER TRAINING PROVIDERS THAT ARE FUELING THAT WORKFORCE. 
          WHEN YOU PUT THOSE FOLKS IN A ROOM TOGETHER, THAT'S CALLED A SECTOR PARTNERSHIP, AND WHAT YOU CAN LEARN FROM THEM ABOUT WHAT THEY NEED TO FILL OUT THE ECOSYSTEM, TO RUN BETTER BUSINESSES, TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL AND EXPAND. 
          WHEN YOU WORK IN THAT SECTOR BASED FORMAT, YOU WILL BE SO FOCUSED ON THE SOLUTIONS. 
          YOU MIGHT LEARN EXAMPLES OF THINGS WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. 
          YOU LEARN A LOT ABOUT SUPPLY CHAIN. 
          SOME OF THESE SECTORS MAY TELL YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT? RIGHT NOW, I'M BUYING ALL OF MY GOODS FOR 
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MY MANUFACTURING BUSINESS FROM OUTSIDE OF THIS REGION. 
          IF THERE WERE ABCD, I WOULD MUCH PREFER A LOCAL SUPPLY CHAIN. 
          YOU MIGHT LEARN ABOUT WHAT THEIR WORKFORCE CHALLENGES ARE. 
          IN A COMMUNITY IN THE DALLAS METROPLEX, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED FROM EMPLOYERS WAS, FOR THEIR YOUNGER WORKFORCE, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY REALLY WANTED HELP FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND THE WORKFORCE BOARD WAS BASIC JOB TRAINING, SHOWING UP ON TIME, HOW YOU DRESS, HOW YOU THINK ABOUT VACATION, HOW YOU INTERVIEW THOSE BASIC JOB SKILLS, WHAT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WAS CRAVING ACROSS THE BOARD WAS THAT THIS WOULD BE HANDLED IN THE TRAINING COMMUNITY SO THAT WHEN THEY DID HIRE PEOPLE LOCALLY, THEY WERE READY TO COME TO WORK. 
          THESE ARE THE THINGS YOU LEARN IN A SECTOR PARTNERSHIP. 
          3.2 STRENGTHENING STATE AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RELATIONSHIPS. 
          THIS IS A STRENGTH TO BUILD ON, BUT ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT WE TALK ABOUT WITHIN NEXT STEPS IS, WHAT IF YOU WERE TO DO A SMALL REGIONAL SITE SELECTOR VISIT DAY, PARTNER WITH A COUPLE OF COMMUNITIES AROUND YOU THAT YOU CAN GET AS MANY SITE SELECTORS AS POSSIBLE AND SHOW THEM WHAT YOU GOT. 
          THIS IS THE THING THAT PUTS YOU ON THE MAP EVEN MORE AND TELLS THEM WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE FOCUSED ON. 
          THREE IS BUILDING RELATIONSHIP WITH NEIGHBORING CITIES FOR JOINT MARKETING, SITE SELECTION EFFORTS THAT BENEFIT THE ENTIRE SUB-REGION. 
          THAT'S BACK TO THAT SAME IDEA OF JUST KNOW, IT IS TEMPTING TO BE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS, AND THERE ARE GOING TO BE TIMES WHEN YOU ACTUALLY ARE. 
          BUT, ALL BOATS RISE TOGETHER IN A REGION LIKE THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX. 
          DOING THAT WORK TOGETHER MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. 
          PLACE-MAKING THAT WORKS. 
          I'LL DO THIS ONE AND THEN I'LL HAVE YOU WRAP IT UP. 
          WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT QUALITY OF PLACE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMPLETE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT IS WE ARE NOT JUST OUTLINING FOR YOU THE NEXT SET OF COMPANIES TO RECRUIT INTO THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          IN THIS IDEA OF PLACE-MAKING, RE-IMAGINING KEY CORRIDORS AS MIXED USE DESTINATIONS. 
          THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF HOW YOU RETAIN THAT FLAVOR AND PERSONALITY AND CULTURE OF SACHSE THAT ALL OF YOU SPOKE SO HIGHLY ABOUT. 
          THE STRATEGIES UNDER THIS GOAL, THERE ARE FIVE OF THEM. 
          THE FIRST IS TO USE STREETS AND PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY AS CATALYST FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AND TO ACCELERATE TARGETED PLACE-MAKING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE THINK CITIES CAN TAKE MORE ADVANTAGE OF IS THE LAND THAT THEY OWN THAT THEY DON'T OFTEN THINK ABOUT. 
          YOU ALWAYS THINK ABOUT YOUR PARKS AND YOUR MAJOR PARCELS, BUT CITIES OWN A LOT OF LAND IN THE FORM OF RIGHT AWAY AND STREETS. 
          THERE'S A WAY TO USE THAT TO CATALYZE THE LOOK AND FEEL IN SMALL TOWN CULTURE THAT YOU'RE GOING FOR. 
          THINK OF YOUR 5TH STREET REDEVELOPMENT, THAT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT. 
          NUMBER 2 IS IMPLEMENTING THE SH 78 CORD OR OVERLAY DISTRICT THAT CREATES YOUR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND POSITIONS THIS AS YOUR ECONOMIC SPINE, COMBINED WITH YOUR TARGETED TRADED SECTOR BUSINESS RECRUITMENT APPROACH. 
          THIS IS WHAT STARTS TO ACTIVATE THAT A LOT. 
          WHEN YOU SHOW YOUR SITE SELECTORS, THIS IS WHERE THIS IS THE AREAS AND YOUR DEVELOPERS AND REAL ESTATE FOLKS. 
          THIS IS THE AREA THAT WE'RE TARGETING. 
          THIS IS THE BUSINESSES WE WANT TO COME HERE. 
          THAT'S THE FULL SPECTRUM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU CONNECT LAND USE TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          MODERNIZING ZONING TO ENABLE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND REMOVE BARRIERS TO QUALITY REDEVELOPMENT, ATTRACT RESTAURANTS AND RETAILERS THAT ACTIVATE CORRIDORS AND CREATE DESTINATIONS WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO GATHER. 
          COMBINING THAT TRADED SECTOR PRIORITIZATION WITH THE HIGH QUALITY OF THOSE LOCAL BUSINESSES. 
          THIS IS WHERE YOU SEE THAT COME TOGETHER AND ESTABLISHING A STRATEGIC PROPERTY ACQUISITION PROGRAM TO SECURE CATALYST SITES FOR QUALITY DEVELOPMENTS. 
          YOU SEE EDCS DOING THIS ALL OF THE TIME. 
          THIS IS CLASSIC EDC WORK IS THAT ABILITY TO CATALYZE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SOME LAND ACQUISITION THAT'S HIGHLY STRATEGIC FITS INTO THIS. 
          >> STEPHEN, YOU WANT TO TAKE IT HOME WITH STORYTELLING? 
          >> OUR LAST GOAL IS AROUND STORYTELLING. 
          THIS IS REALLY THE MARKETING AND POSITIONING, AS LAURA HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REALLY IS ABOUT STORYTELLING AND BEING ABLE TO DO THAT IN A WAY THAT IS COMPELLING. 
          WE'VE GOT THREE IDEAS UNDER HERE. 
          ONE IS LEANING INTO THIS IS 5.1, WHICH IS LEANING INTO THIS IDEA THAT WE ARE, THIS COMPLETE COMMUNITY THAT POSITIONS US BOTH AS A PLACE TO GROW A GREAT BUSINESS, BUT ALSO A GREAT PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY. 
          LEANING INTO THAT IDEA AS A POTENTIAL BRAND PLATFORM, 5.2 IS JUST BASIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 101 IS THAT IF YOU'RE OUT DOING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SITE VISITS AND TOURS AND HAVING FOLKS HERE YOU GOT TO HAVE ALL THE MATERIALS THAT REALLY HELP YOU CREATE THAT STORY. 
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THIS IS LEANING IN AND CREATING THOSE MATERIALS AND ARTICULATING SACHSE ADVANTAGE. 
          THE GREAT THING ABOUT DOING A STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS LIKE THIS IS THAT WE KNOW ALL ABOUT YOU NOW. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA, A LOT OF INSIGHTS, A LOT OF TESTIMONIALS, AND SO ALL OF THAT WILL BE TURNED OVER TO JARED AND TEAM. 
          THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THAT TO A MARKETING GROUP AND SAY, LET'S START TO PUT TOGETHER A REALLY CLEAR STORY ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT OUR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE WAS. 
          THEN FINALLY, 5.3 IS LEANING INTO THIS IDEA OF JOINT MARKETING AND SITE SELECTION EFFORTS, AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER. 
          THESE SITE SELECTION VISITS CAN BE BURDENSOME WHEN YOU'RE DOING THIS AS A SOLO, SO TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HOW YOU CREATE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS IS A REALLY SMART WAY TO THINK ABOUT JOINT MARKETING EFFORTS, AND THEN ALSO CONNECTING THAT BACK TO THE REGIONAL EFFORTS. 
          WITH THAT, AGAIN, I'LL JUST HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GOAL. 
          AGAIN, WE BUT THE STRATEGIES BASED OFF OF FIVE GOALS. 
          ONE IS REALLY ABOUT BUILDING A DIVERSE RESILIENT ECONOMY. 
          TWO IS LEANING INTO THE IDEA THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE INTO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, AND REALLY FOCUSING ON THIS IDEA THAT INNOVATION SHOULD BE LOCAL. 
          WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE IDEA OF THE REASONS THAT PARTNERSHIPS MATTER IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE REALLY WANT TO LEVERAGE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT COMPLETE COMMUNITY BUILDING, THE PLACEMAKING WORK, CONNECTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS WITH OUR PLACE STRATEGY. 
          THEN FIVE, IF WE DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS REALLY WELL, WE SHOULD HAVE A REALLY COMPELLING A MESSAGE AND STORY TO TELL AND SO WE SHOULD TELL THAT STORY. 
          AGAIN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS REALLY ABOUT STORYTELLING AND REALLY COMMUNICATING OUR VALUE PROPOSITION OUT THERE TO THE WORLD. 
          WITH THAT, THAT'S OUR PRESENTATION AS AN OVERVIEW, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          >> THANK, MR. PETTIGO. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. HUFFMAN. APPRECIATE IT. 
          QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL. 
          I KNOW MICHELLE HAS A TONE BECAUSE SHE KNOWS. SHE ALREADY SAW IT. 
          >> MICHELLE SAT THROUGH THE REALLY LONG VERSION. 
          >> YES. MS. HOWARTH SAT. 
          >> HE'S GOT THE T SHIRT TO APPROVE IT, TOO. MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS. 
          >> YOU MAY WANT TO COME UP FOR SOME OF THESE ANSWERS. 
          THIS IS PROBABLY THE SECOND OR THIRD PRESENTATION I FEEL LIKE I'VE SEEN IN MY 12, 13 YEARS HERE. 
          WE'VE HEARD MULTIPLE TIMES. 
          WE NEED MORE REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS. 
          I KNOW OF ONE PROJECT THAT CAME TO US THROUGH A REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU GO TO CITIES ALL THE TIME AND TALK TO PEOPLE, IS THERE OTHER OTHERS? I CAN'T THINK OF ANY OTHERS. 
          >> AS WAS MENTIONED, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS A CONNECTION BUSINESS AND A RELATIONSHIP BUILDING BUSINESS. 
          AS WAS MENTIONED, THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE MAKE WITH THE DALLAS REGIONAL CHAMBER OR EVEN THE METROPLEX MAYORS GROUPS OR ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT TOUCHPOINTS WITH THE STATE, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, GIVES US MORE OPPORTUNITIES GOING TO VISIT WITH SITE SELECTORS, GOING TO CONFERENCES. 
          WHAT THIS PLAN WILL HOPEFULLY DO IN WHAT WE EXPECT THAT IT WILL DO IS IT WILL GIVE US A VERY CLEAR ORDERING OF OUR STEPS AS TO WHAT WE NEED TO BE GOING AFTER SO THAT WE'RE NOT SCATTER SHOOTING. 
          YES, WE DID. WE GOT A WONDERFUL LEAD FROM THE STATE. 
          IT WAS A NATIONAL SEARCH. 
          WE OBVIOUSLY LANDED THE PROJECT, WORKING WITH THE DALLAS REGIONAL CHAMBER IN BIG SITE SELECTION FIRM. 
          WHAT WE HOPE TO DO IS CONTINUE TO ATTRACT PROJECTS LIKE THAT. 
          SACHSE HAS A UNIQUE POSITION IN THAT WE HAVE QUITE A BIT LESS DEVELOPABLE LAND, AND SO WE HAVE TO BE EXCEPTIONALLY STRATEGIC AND DELIBERATE ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE WANT TO GO AFTER. 
          THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS PLAN AGAIN, ORDERS OUR STEPS SO THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHO TO GO AFTER AND WHO TO TARGET. 
          WITH THAT, TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILMEMBER, THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND CULTIVATE, SUCH AS IF WE NEED TO BE GOING TO FAB TECH WITH ENCORE, FOR EXAMPLE, TO RECRUIT SPECIFIC GROUPS OR PLASTICS CONVENTIONS. 
          THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN DOING BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD THE CLEAR DIRECTION OF GUIDANCE. 
          >> SAME THING. WE'VE BEEN HEARING HAVE A RELATIONSHIP, BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY WHAT DO YOU CALL THE GILBERT RED TECHNOLOGY CENTER, GID. 
          WILEY ID PROBABLY HAS SOMETHING SIMILAR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED, BUT IT PROBABLY HAS SOMETHING SIMILAR. 
          WE'VE BEEN TOLD YEARS WE NEED A BETTER RELATIONSHIP, BUT NOTHING, IN MY OPINION HAS REALLY COME OUT OF THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FROM A LACK OF TRYING, FROM A LACK OF EFFORT ON THEIR PART. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT WE CAN DO MORE TO TRY TO GET WITH THEM TO MAKE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN. 
          >> YES, SIR. I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION. 
          PARTNERSHIPS ARE HARD. 
          I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE PLAN IS THAT WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT YOU WANT TO CONTINUE DOING SOME OF THE REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS LIKE YOU'RE DOING. 
          RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CHAMBER, 
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RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, ALL OF THOSE ARE SUPER IMPORTANT. 
          SOMETIMES YOU GET THE BIG WIN, AND YOU GUYS HAD A YOU'VE HAD ONE OF THOSE. 
          BUT IN OUR PLAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SUGGESTING TO DO IS TO THINK ABOUT SOME LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS, WHICH IS WHERE LAURA MENTIONED THAT CONCEPT OF SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS, WHICH IS WHERE YOU START TO PUT ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND LIKE SECTORS TOGETHER TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          FOR INSTANCE, THE TECHNOLOGY CENTER. 
          IF WE'RE GOING TO LEAN INTO A TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP, WE WOULDN'T JUST WANT TO HAVE A SINGLE RELATIONSHIP. 
          WE'D ACTUALLY WANT TO SERVE AS A CONVENER. 
          WE'D WANT THAT ORGANIZATION, ALONG WITH OUR OTHER S WORKFORCE PROVIDERS, FOR INSTANCE, THE WORKFORCE BOARD HERE, WE'D WANT TO GET REPRESENTATION FROM THE CHAMBER, OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES TO REALLY START TO CREATE THAT ECOSYSTEM IN THAT ROUNDTABLE SECTOR PARTNERSHIP DISCUSSION, WHERE YOU CAN THEN START TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THOSE REAL KEY PRIORITIES THAT YOU HAVE TOGETHER. 
          YOU HAVE TO REALLY, IN A SENSE, TAKE THE CLAY AND ALMOST MASSAGE IT TOGETHER TO REALLY START TO PRODUCE THE RESULTS OF THAT. 
          I CAN GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, IF THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          FOR AN INTERESTING SECTOR PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS IN PRESCOTT ARIZONA. 
          PRESCOTT ARIZONA IS A COMMUNITY LIKE Y'ALL, ACTUALLY. 
          THEY'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OLDER COMMUNITY, BUT ESSENTIALLY A COMMUNITY THAT WAS PRIMARILY ALL LOCAL SECTOR BASED ECONOMY. 
          FRANKLY, IT WAS ALL DESTINATION, TOURISM WORK. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IN THE ANALYTICS WAS IDENTIFY AS WE LOOKED AT THE ARIZONA ECONOMY, WE LOOKED AT THE REGIONAL PHOENIX ECONOMY, WHAT WERE THE THINGS THAT THEY DO REALLY WELL THAT THEY COULD LEAD INTO? ONE OF THE AREAS THAT THEY REALLY COULD LEAN INTO WAS REALLY CENTERING AROUND THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FIRMS THAT WERE SERVICING ADVANCED MANUFACTURING. 
          THEY WERE NEVER GOING TO HAVE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING IN PRESCOTT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE SPACE. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE FRANKLY, THEY DON'T HAVE THE WATER, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE WORKFORCE. 
          BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF THE ACTIVATION OF THAT PLAN IS BUILD A REALLY GOOD SECTOR PARTNERSHIP. 
          NOW YOU'VE GOT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. 
          YOU'VE GOT SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN THAT SPACE THAT ARE IN PRESS GET TOGETHER. 
          YOU'VE GOT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICIALS. 
          YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THE STATE AND REGIONAL GROUP ACTUALLY SHOWING UP TO THESE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS BECAUSE THEY TAKE NOTE OF THESE. 
          NOW THEY'VE GOT REAL THAT CITY, WHICH DID NOT HAVE A REALLY STRONG RECRUITMENT STRATEGY IN THAT SPACE NOW HAS A VERY COORDINATED RECRUITMENT STRATEGY AS IT RELATES TO HOW THEY WOULD SERVICE THEIR FLAVOR OF THAT SECTOR. 
          WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE INDUSTRY SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS, THAT'S THE IDEA. 
          THE IDEA IS, YOU START TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. 
          WE AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS ARE NOT EXPERTS. 
          WE'RE NOT TECHNOLOGISTS. 
          I'M NOT A LIFE SCIENCES PERSON. 
          BUT WHAT I KNOW HOW TO DO IS CONVENE PEOPLE, ASK REALLY START SMART QUESTIONS, AND PUT THOSE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS TOGETHER. 
          THAT'S WHAT THIS MODEL ALLOWS YOU TO DO IS REALLY LEAN INTO THE EXPERTISE THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE WITHIN THE CITY AND WITHIN YOUR BUSINESS BASE WITHIN THE REGION BASE TO HELP US IDENTIFY WHAT WOULD BE THOSE EXACT NEXT STEPS IF WE WERE GOING TO PURSUE HEALTH SCIENCES AND OR PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, ETC. 
          IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP. 
          IT'S REALLY ABOUT HAVING TO MASSAGE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. 
          >> THANKS. THAT WAS A LOT. JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION. 
          >> NO, IT'S. I LIKE BULLET POINTS OF WHAT TO DO. 
          BUT YOU WERE PROBABLY TOLD THAT. 
          YOU SAY WE HAVE A MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF 126,000, 50% HIGHER THAN THE DFW METRO AREA, WHICH WE KNOW THROUGH MULTIPLE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE. 
          YOU TELL US THAT 50% OF OUR RENTERS ARE COST BURDENED, I WOULD SAY, A LARGE PORTION OF OUR HOMEOWNERS ARE COST BURDENED. 
          IF WE HAVE SUCH A HIGH HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR DFW, 50% HIGHER THAN THE DFW AVERAGE, HOW DO WE OFFER AFFORDABLE HOUSING? IN A HOUSING MARKET LIKE DFW, WHERE I WOULDN'T PAY AS MUCH AS MY HOUSE WORTH FOR MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW. 
          I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD NOT PAY WHAT THEIR HOUSE IS VALUED. 
          HOW DO WE MAKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? GO AHEAD. 
          >> GET CLEAR BULLET AT ONCE. [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> I WILL DO THIS IN BULLETS. YOU TAKE YOUR TARGETED GROWTH PRIORITY AREAS, AND YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO BUILD INTO THOSE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR MIDDLE LEVEL HOUSING. 
          WHY DO YOU NEED TO DO THAT? YOU NEED TO DO THAT BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR THE ECONOMY TO ACHIEVE WHAT WE'RE OUTLINING, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A WORKING AGE POPULATION, PEOPLE FROM ABOUT 23-YEARS-OLD TO ABOUT 45 OR 50-YEARS-OLD. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE IT VERY STICKY FOR PEOPLE TO COME HERE IN THAT YOUNGER GROUP OR STAY HERE IN THAT YOUNGER GROUP. 
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WE KNOW THAT THAT HOUSING BURDEN, SO THAT RENTAL BURDEN THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT IS DEFINED AS 30% OF YOUR INCOME OR MORE. 
          THE REASON THAT ATTACHES TO THE RENTAL MARKET MORE THAN THE HOME OWNERSHIP MARKET IS BECAUSE YOUR RENTERS AT THE LOWER END OF YOUR INCOME SPECTRUM. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT AND PLAN FOR MIDDLE HOUSING AS YOU THINK ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DEVELOP AND REDEVELOP IN A REALLY LIMITED LAND USE SCENARIO. 
          >> THAT BRINGS ME IN THAT QUESTION. 
          IF WE 50%, ROUGHLY, HOLD A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER, AND WE HAVE A 50% HIGHER DFD AND MAJOR AVERAGE OF IMMEDIATE INCOME, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO CONCENTRATE ON RENTERS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          ARE YOU HOPING THAT THOSE WILL BECOME PERMANENT? 
          >> YES. 
          >> MEMBERS? 
          >> BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO COME HERE AND STAY HERE. 
          IDEALLY, YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW IN A COMPETITIVE LABOR SHED, WHICH YOU ARE IN. 
          PEOPLE CAN LIVE ANYWHERE THEY WANT IN THIS METROPLEX, AND THEY CAN WORK IN ANY OTHER PLACE THAN WHERE THEY LIVE? WHAT YOU WOULD IDEALLY GET IS PEOPLE THAT ARE STARTING THEIR CAREERS HERE, AND THEN THEY RAISE THEIR FAMILIES HERE AND THEY HAVE CAREER PATHWAYS RIGHT HERE IN SEX? JUST COMING IN TONIGHT, WE SAW EVERYBODY. 
          IT'S EASY TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING. 
          THEY'RE DRIVING INTO DALLAS TO WORK AND DRIVING BACK HOME AT NIGHT. 
          IF YOU WANT TO GET PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE IN THEIR EARLY CAREERS AND KEEP THEM, MOST PEOPLE EARLY IN THEIR CAREERS ARE NOT POSITIONED TO BUY ONE OF YOUR HOMES HERE. 
          THAT'S THE HOUSING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THOSE EARLY PROFESSIONALS. 
          THAT WOULD BE THE MAIN REASON I WOULD BE THINKING ABOUT IT. YOU WANT TO ADD SOME? 
          >> YES. ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT SEX IS JUST THE DEMOGRAPHICS HERE. 
          YOUR COMMUNITY THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A BAR BILL IN THE SENSE OF THE FACT THAT IS THAT YOU'VE GOT A YOUNG MEDIAN AGE HERE, AND THAT'S PARTLY BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT LOTS OF FAMILIES WITH LOTS OF CHILDREN. 
          YOU'VE GOT A FAIRLY LARGE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY HERE, AS WELL, PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT SEXUALLY OUTSIDE THE WORKFORCE. 
          WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE, ACTUALLY, IS A YOUNG PROFESSIONALS GROUPS HERE. 
          YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND PARTICULARLY THOSE EARLY CAREER FOLKS THAT ARE EDUCATED, PERHAPS THAT DON'T HAVE FAMILIES. 
          WE CALL THAT PRIME AGE WORKING POOL. 
          IN FACT, I THINK WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT FOR SACHSE, IT WAS LIKE 0.57, MEANING THAT IT WAS LIKE 43% LOWER THAN THE US AVERAGE. IT'S QUITE SMALL. 
          ONE OF THE REASONS THAT YOU MAY WOULD WANT TO THINK ABOUT MAYBE SOME MORE MIXED USE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, MORE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WORK, THE IDEA THAT YOU WANT TO REALLY PRIME THE PUMP TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO YOU GET YOUR SHARE OF THAT PRIME TALENT POOL HERE? THAT WILL COME HERE AS A YOUNG PROFESSIONAL. 
          BECOME A LITTLE BIT STICKY, MAYBE THEY LIVE IN A CONDO, MAYBE LIVE IN A TOWNHOUSE, MAYBE THEY LIVE IN A REALLY NICE APARTMENT RENTAL. 
          THEY GET HERE, THEY GET COMFORTABLE HERE. 
          THEN THEY DECIDE, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO STICK HERE, WE'RE GOING TO RAISE OUR FAMILY HERE, WE'RE GOING TO GROW OUR CAREER HERE. 
          IT'S THIS IDEA OF THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU ARE AS WE THINK ABOUT COMPANIES HAVING A PIPELINE. WE DO. 
          COMPANIES GO THROUGH STAGES. 
          WE ALSO WANT TO THINK ABOUT OUR RESIDENTS THAT GO THROUGH STAGES AT ALL, BECAUSE WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO FIND YOURSELF ON IS AT SOME POINT, AND I THINK THIS COULD BE A CHALLENGE FOR SACHSE AT SOME POINT, IS THAT YOU GET A WORKING PART YOU GET A PIECE OF YOUR RESIDENCY THAT ESSENTIALLY AGES OUT OF THE WORKFORCE, FOR INSTANCE. 
          YOU HAVEN'T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT HOW YOU START TO REPLACE THAT GROUP. 
          NO REPLACE, BUT HOW DO YOU START TO REFURBISH THAT PIPELINE. 
          IT REMINDS ME, COUNCIL HOW OF YOUR DISCUSSION OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS A TERRIFIC EXAMPLE OF THAT. 
          WHEN YOU MOVED IN, YOU WERE ALL YOUNG FAMILIES, NOW FOLKS ARE AGING OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          IT'S THIS IDEA THAT WE'VE GOT IT JUST AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE REGENERATING THE BUSINESS PIPELINE, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE RESIDENT AND TALENT PIPELINE AS WELL. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS YOU'D WANT TO THINK ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING HERE AS WELL. 
          >> OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. PETTIGO OR MS. HOWARTH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          I WENT TOO FAST. MS. BEER. 
          >> I APOLOGIZE IF I MISSED IT IN THE REPORT. 
          WHO WERE THE PEER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS? 
          >> VERY GOOD. IT'S BEEN SUCH A WHILE. 
          DO WE LOOKED AT REMIND ME THAT WE LOOKED AT. 
          >> I THINK YOU SAID FIVE PEERS. 
          >> THERE'S TWO THINGS. THERE'S THE BENCHMARK CITIES, WHICH WE USED NINE OF THE CITY'S BUDGET CITIES THAT ARE COMPARATIVE CITIES. 
          THEN AS FAR AS THE 5CS, IT WAS BK, WILEY, R. MARBLE FALLS, AND BETA. 
          >> YES. 
          >> WE LOOKED AT THE TYPE A, TYPE B, E, C AS WELL. 
          >> I GET YOU ON THEM. ANNA AS WELL. THAT'S THE FIVE. 
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          >> I WAS GOING TO SAY, WE LOOKED AT A MIX OF TYPE A. 
          SOME TYPE AS AND TYPE B EDCS AS WELL TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING. 
          SOME OF THOSE WE LOOKED AT FOR PARTICULAR REASONS. 
          FOR INSTANCE, ANNA IS A FAST GROWING COMMUNITY, WE'RE INTERESTED IN WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE. 
          WE LOOKED AT BETA, FOR INSTANCE, BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE SOME REALLY INNOVATIVE STUFF AROUND ABOUT INNOVATION. 
          WE LOOKED AT MARVEL FALLS BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD SOME PRETTY COOL SECTOR PARTNERSHIP WORK AROUND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          THE REASONS THAT WE MIXED AND MATCHED THEM. 
          >> I WAS HAPPY TO SEE A LOT OF SOME THINGS THAT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAMS ARE ALREADY WORKING ON IN HERE AND YOU'LL GIVE THEM EXTRA STEPS AND ACTIONABLE ITEMS TO FOCUS ON. 
          BUT WE FOCUSED A LOT ON PLACEMAKING AS WELL AND SOME OF THE PLANS AND SOME OF THE STUFF THAT STAFF DONE. 
          WE HAVE ZONING OVERLAYS FOR MIXED DEVELOPMENT. WHAT ARE WE MISSING? WHAT'S THE SECRET SAUCE HERE? BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE THE OVERLAYS OF ZONING. 
          WE HAVE SET THE GOALS FOR THAT AREA, AND NOTHING'S HAPPENED. 
          >> YOU CAN'T ARGUE. I THINK A FEW OF THESE IDEAS THAT ARE HERE ARE REALLY HELPFUL STEPS. 
          ONE COULD ARGUE THAT YOU'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH ALL OF THE PLANS, AND NOW YOU GOT TO EXECUTE ON ALL OF THOSE PLANS. 
          WHAT ARE SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT? I'M A BIG BELIEVER THAT PLACEMAKING, YOU CAN START OFF AND BE REALLY SMALL AND SOME OF YOUR PLACEMAKING WORK. 
          SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ALL HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS WANTING TO ACTIVATE FIFTH STREET, FOR INSTANCE. 
          WE HEARD THAT OVER AND OVER ABOUT WANTING TO ACTIVATE FIFTH STREET. 
          DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS ARE A REALLY GREAT PLACE TO START IN TERMS OF PLACEMAKING. 
          IN SENSE OF IF I WAS GOING TO SAY, WHAT'S THE ONE THING THAT YOU WOULD MAYBE KICK OFF REALLY QUICKLY? IT WOULD BE HOW DO YOU DO 4.1 AND HOW DO YOU DO SOME REALLY INTERESTING THINGS TO START TO SHOW THAT YOU CAN CREATE A SENSE OF PLACE IN COMMUNITY? THAT COULD BE EVERYTHING FROM PUTTING TOGETHER REALLY GOOD LITTLE STREET FARES. 
          IT COULD BE THE IDEA OF DOING A FOOD TRUCK NIGHT OUT ON THE FIFTH STREET AREA [OVERLAPPING] IT COULD BE THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAND CANTINA LIGHTS SOMEWHERE. 
          ALL OF THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE CALL TACTICAL PLACEMAKING NERVATISM, STUFF. 
          THAT STUFF GOES A REAL LONG WAY OF DEMONSTRATING THAT THERE'S POSSIBILITY. 
          THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA OF PLACEMAKING. 
          YOU DO THIS TACTICAL WORK IN 4.1 TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE'S POSSIBILITY. I THINK THAT'S ONE. 
          TWO, I THINK 4.5 IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ALL. 
          I CAN'T EMPHASIZE HOW IMPORTANT 4.5 IS FOR YOUR EDC TO START TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE ACQUIRE PIECES OF LAND THAT WE WANT TO HAVE REAL OPPORTUNITY? BECAUSE THE KEY THING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ABOUT LAND CAPITAL AND PEOPLE. 
          THOSE ARE THE THREE INSERTS INTO THE MODEL. 
          IF YOU CAN CONTROL, IF YOU'VE GOT THE ACCESS TO THE CAPITAL, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ACCESS AND HAVE DIRECTION ABOUT HOW YOU WANT TO UTILIZE A PIECE OF LAND OR A PIECE OF PROPERTY, NOW YOU'RE REALLY COOKING WITH GREASE, AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE A REAL CLEAR OPPORTUNITY ABOUT HOW YOU WANT TO DICTATE WHAT TYPES OF INVESTMENT. 
          THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH THE EDC AND SAYING, AS WE LOOK AT ALL THE ZONING WORK THAT WE'VE DONE, WE'VE LOOKED AT WHAT OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE IN TERMS OF SITES. 
          IF WE COULD START TO ACQUIRE SOME OF THOSE SITES, AND THEN EVEN READY SOME OF THOSE SITES. 
          NOW, WE'RE ABLE TO SAY, WE'VE BUILT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS TO THOSE REGIONAL PARTNERS THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. 
          THE DALLAS REGIONAL CHAMBER SAYS, WE'VE GOT AN INTERESTING TECHNOLOGY COMPANY AND NOW OR AN INTERESTING LIFE SCIENCES COMPANY. 
          NOW, IF WE'RE ABLE TO SAY, WELL, NOW WE'VE GOT THE AVAILABLE PROPERTY OF THE AVAILABLE LAND THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED, AND WE OWN IT AS THE EDC OR THE CITY, THEN WE CAN START TO SAY, HOW DO WE PLACE CERTAIN PEOPLE IN THERE? WE REALLY GET TO CONTROL HOW THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS. IT'S THIS IDEA. 
          THIS IS, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE TRY TO DO IN THE PLAN, IS REALLY CONNECT THIS IDEA THAT YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF AMAZING WORK IN YOUR COMP PLAN. 
          YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF JARED AND TEAM HAVE DONE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT WORK IN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS. 
          NOW IT'S JUST ABOUT CONNECTING THOSE THREE DOTS TOGETHER. 
          IF I WAS GOING TO SAY, WHAT'S THE OTHER THING THAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT LAND USE AND PLACE MAKING, IT IS ABOUT STARTING TO ACQUIRE SOME OF THIS PROPERTY. 
          >> FOR THIS SLIDE ONLY, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FIFTH STREET DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE USED STREETS AND PUBLIC RUNWAY. 
          WE'VE DONE THE INFRASTRUCTURE DOWN THERE. 
          WE'VE REDONE THE ROADS. 
          WE HAVE PUT THE ON STREET PARKING TO BRING BUSINESSES. 
          THE NEXT ONE, WE DO HAVE A OVERLAY THAT SETS OUT WHAT WE WANT FOR THE VISION. 
          ENABLING MIXED USE. WE HAVE SET THAT OUT, AND THEN ATTRACT RESTAURANTS AND RETAILERS. 
          WE HAVE TRIED TO DO THAT, AND IT HASN'T WORKED OUT THIS FAR. 
          THEN STRATEGIC PROPERTY ACQUISITION, WE HAVE BOUGHT PROPERTY THERE. 
          I'M JUST WANTING TO SEE HOW WE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND TAKE IT TO THE NEXT STEP. 
          [OVERLAPPING] WE'VE HAD THIS VISION. 
          THERE MIGHT BE MORE ACTIONABLE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE NOW, 
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BUT THIS HAS LARGELY BEEN THE GOAL FOR A WHILE. 
          >> A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS FOR YOU ON FIFTH STREET, BECAUSE WE DID TALK TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH YOU NOW AND IN THE PAST ON THINKING ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE IS PROBABLY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT ALONG WITH THE CORRIDORS. 
          IT'S PROBABLY NOT BIG ENOUGH ALL BY ITSELF TO CREATE A RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO DO A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          >> THAT SOLELY MAKES SENSE. 
          >> YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADD THAT. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD THE MASSING BE THAT WOULD ENABLE A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO GET THAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT. 
          I WOULD BE THINKING ABOUT COMBINING THAT WITH CORRIDORS AND POTENTIALLY SOME STRATEGIC PROPERTY ACQUISITION SO THAT YOU CAN PRIME THE PUMP FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOCATION DECISIONS YOU WANT TO SEE. 
          I'D BE THINKING ABOUT THAT ON THE CORRIDORS. 
          OVER TO STEPHEN POINT, MAYBE A DEMONSTRATION THAT WOULD SHOW THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHAT IS POSSIBLE IN THAT FIFTH STREET LOCATION WITH SOME POP UPS. 
          BUT I THINK LAND MASSING IS THE ACTUAL KEY THERE. 
          THE OTHER PIECE OF THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION THAT'S SITTING IN THE PLAN IS THERE IS A LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY IN THIS THAT ACTUALLY MORE COMPLETELY CONNECTS THE COMP PLAN TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          YOU'LL SEE SOME PRETTY SPECIFIC STUFF IN THERE. 
          WHEN WE SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, MODERNIZED ZONING, THERE'S SOME PRETTY SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS ON PARKING REQUIREMENTS. 
          THERE ARE SOME WAYS OF THINKING ABOUT A FORM BASED CODE, WHICH CAN BE PRETTY GENERAL AND THEREFORE UNKNOWABLE TO DEVELOPERS, AND WHERE YOU CAN TIGHTEN THE SCREWS A LITTLE BIT SO THAT YOU CREATE SOME CERTAINTY. 
          FORM BASED CODE, THERE ARE GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT, BUT IT ALSO BECAUSE IT IS FORM BASED, IT LEAVES SOME QUESTIONS UNANSWERED, AND WE EVEN INCLUDED IN THERE SOME PILOTS, NOT IN THE SENSE OF POP UPS, BUT PILOTS IN THE SENSE OF LAND USE PILOTS LIKE INTERSECTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND RECOMMENDED TO YOU SOME REALLY INEXPENSIVE, FAST CONTRACTING PROCESSES SO THAT WE DON'T NEED TO BELABOR THIS FOR 18 MONTHS. 
          THESE CAN BE THINGS THAT CAN BE THOUGHT OF AND EXECUTED IN A MATTER OF MONTHS TO START DEMONSTRATING ON THE LAND USE, HOW YOU CAN ACTIVATE THINGS. 
          IT IS GENERAL, AND EVERYTHING STEPHEN SAID MAKES SENSE. 
          IT CONNECTS ALL OF EVERYTHING FROM YOUR COMP PLAN DOWN TO YOUR STRATEGY, BUT YOU WILL ALSO SEE SOME EXTRAORDINARILY SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS IN THERE THAT WE THINK WILL SEND A MARKET SIGNAL THAT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO SEE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO SEE IT AND YOU COMBINE THAT WITH LAND MASSING. 
          I THINK YOU WILL OVERCOME THE OBSTACLE THAT HAS BEEN FRUSTRATING TO YOU AND TO OTHERS, WHICH IS WHY CAN'T WE GET WHAT WE WANT WITH SOME OF THESE REDEVELOPMENT IDEAS. 
          >> AWESOME. THANK YOU. 
          >> OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. PETTIGO AND MS. HUPP. GOING ONCE. 
          TWICE. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION [OVERLAPPING] WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. 
          NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. ITEM F3, 
          [3. Receive the quarterly 2021 Bond update.]
RECEIVE THE QUARTERLY 2021 BOND DATE. MS. NASH. 
          >> YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE OVER THE PRESENTATION HERE. 
          LOGAN'S GOING TO DRIVE. 
          >> THERE WE GO. 
          >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IT'S TIME FOR THE FINAL QUARTERLY UPDATE FOR THE 2021 BOND PROGRAM FOR 2025. 
          AGAIN, JUST WANT TO QUICKLY WALK YOU THROUGH OUR PROJECTS AND WHERE WE ARE TO DATE WITH THINGS. 
          I THINK CERTAINLY NOT TO BELABOR, BUT WE'LL HOP TO SOME SPECIFIC THINGS HERE. 
          THIS IS JUST THE SLIDE THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD ABOUT WHAT THE APPROVED BOND PROJECTS ARE. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO BORE YOU WITH THAT SO, BUT I WANT TO GO INTO SPECIFICALLY THE UPDATES OF PROJECTS. 
          BAILEY-HOOPER ROAD IS ABOUT 50% COMPLETE. 
          THE WATER LINES ARE COMPLETELY INSTALLED. 
          SEWER LINES ARE COMPLETED SOUTH OF WILLIFORD, AND OUR CREWS ARE WORKING NORTH TOWARD ERMINE CIRCLE AND VICUNA CIRCLE. 
          WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO GET THE STORM DRAINS INSTALLED AT HOOPER AND SOUTH OF WILLIFORD ROAD. 
          I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN IF YOU DRIVE ON 78 PAST ALL OF THAT. 
          THAT'S BEEN A HEAVY LIFT, BUT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED AND THE CREWS ARE WORKING NORTH FROM WILLIFORD TOWARDS AGAIN, ERMINE AND VICUNA. 
          ROADWAY PAVING IS COMPLETED SOUTH OF WILLIFORD TOWARDS SACHSE ROAD, AND THE CONTRACTOR IS NOW COMPLETING THE DRIVEWAYS, THE SIDEWALKS, THE TRAILS, AND SOD WILL BE LAID ONCE THE FINAL GRADING IS COMPLETED IN THESE AREAS. 
          JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU JUST A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL UPDATES SPECIFICALLY 
          [02:20:05]
RELATIVE TO THIS ONE. I KNOW THAT THEY'RE. 
          THERE WE GO. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I'M SURE YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS THIS PROJECT ORIGINALLY, WHEN WE STARTED, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, BUT WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF WEATHER DAYS FOR THE PROJECT BETWEEN CHANGE ORDER NUMBER 1, WEATHER DAYS AND FRANCHISE AND GAS UTILITY DELAYS. 
          THEY'VE GOTTEN ANOTHER 138 DAYS. 
          AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE THEY HAD A NOTICE TO PROCEED IN OCTOBER OF 2024, AND IT IS A 365 CALENDAR DAY CONTRACT, THIS SETS THEM TO COMPLETE BY MARCH 1ST OF 2026. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THESE PROJECTS, AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE HAD SOME OF THOSE DELAYS, BUT WE ARE WORKING QUICKLY AND THE PAVING IS LOOKING REALLY GOOD. 
          I TOOK A LENGTHY TOUR WITH COREY LAST WEEK AND WE LOOKED AT SOME THINGS OUT THERE, AND AGAIN, THE WORK WILL BE DONE, LIKE I SAID, I'M SAYING WINTER OF 26, BUT PROBABLY BY MARCH 1ST. 
          YOU CAN SEE HERE WHERE WE'VE GOTTEN SOME AERIAL SHOTS ON THE PAVING TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS. 
          MORE PICTURES HERE, AND SACHSE ROAD PHASE 2. 
          WHERE WE ARE HERE IS THAT THE CONSULTANT IS WORKING ON THE FINAL PLANS AND THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS. 
          THE EASEMENT AND RIGHT AWAY DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW, AND THE PROPERTY APPRAISALS ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. 
          WE'RE WORKING WITH CONSULTANTS ON STARTING THE ACQUISITION PROCESS ON SEVERAL OF THOSE PARCELS, AS WELL AS COORDINATING OUR FRANCHISE PLANS AND RELOCATIONS. 
          WE HOPEFULLY ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION ON THAT PROJECT IN THE FALL OF 2026. 
          SACHSE ROAD, PHASE 3, YOU ALL APPROVED THE DESIGN CONTRACT FOR THAT THIS EVENING. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE TWO LANE ASPHALT ROAD TO A FOUR LANE DIVIDED CONCRETE ROAD. 
          UTILITY AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, OF COURSE, ARE GOING TO BE UPGRADED AND IMPROVED WITH PROPOSED ILLUMINATION LANDSCAPE AND PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES INCLUDED. 
          BECAUSE THE APPROVAL OF THE DESIGN CONTRACT TONIGHT, THEY WOULD BEGIN DESIGN IN JANUARY, AND WE WOULD ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION IN THE SPRING OF 2028. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO NOTE HERE AND THE REASON THAT THERE IS, CAN YOU GO BACK, SORRY, LOGAN, THAT YOU'LL SAY, WELL, IF YOU'RE GOING TO START THAT DESIGN IN JANUARY 26, WHY WOULD CONSTRUCTION TAKE SO LONG TO BE STARTING IN SPRING OF 2028? I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT'S WATCHING THAT WE HAVE TO SEQUENCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF MERRITT ROAD, THE CONSTRUCTION OF SACHSE ROAD PHASE 2, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF SACHSE ROAD PHASE 3. 
          ALL OF THESE HAVE TO BE TIMED CAREFULLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN STILL KEEP TRAFFIC CONTINUING TO FLOW THROUGHOUT ALL OF THAT AREA. 
          THAT'S WHY WE'RE SAYING AT THIS POINT, WE'D ANTICIPATE SPRING OF 2028. 
          BUT AGAIN, THAT TIMELINE COULD CHANGE DEPENDING ON HOW THE CONSTRUCTION TIMING HAPPENS OF THOSE OTHER INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE ALL CONVERGING RIGHT THERE TOGETHER BETWEEN PHASE 2 MERRITT ROAD AND PHASE 3. 
          WILLIFORD ROAD, THE CONSULTANT IS WORKING ON 90% PLANS AND DOCUMENTS. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS INCLUDING SOME MAJOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AT SALMON PARK. 
          EASEMENT AND ROW DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANTS ON ACQUISITION OF SEVERAL PARCELS AND EASEMENTS, AND WE ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT BEGINNING IN THE FALL OF NEXT YEAR. 
          THESE PICTURES ARE JUST A REMINDER OF HOW WATER IS NOT OUR FRIEND IN THAT CORRIDOR AND HOW DRAINAGE IS ABSOLUTELY KEY FOR US TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THE ROADWAY, OF COURSE, IS IMPORTANT, BUT EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN GET THESE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS DONE FOR THAT AREA. 
          WEST CREEK LANE, THE CONSULTANT IS WORKING ON THE 90% SET OF PLANS AS WE SPEAK, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BEGIN COORDINATING FRANCHISE PLANS AND RELOCATIONS, AND WE ANTICIPATE STARTING CONSTRUCTION ON THIS PROJECT NEXT SUMMER. 
          THEN YOU CAN SEE HERE THE LIST OF NEIGHBORHOOD PACKAGES THAT HAVE BEEN WORKED ON. 
          YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THESE THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED JUST IN OCTOBER. 
          THEN YOU'LL SEE THE ONES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING HERE THIS MONTH. 
          SEVENTH STREET, THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING ONES. 
          REMEMBER, AS WE'RE WORKING ON SOME OF THESE THINGS, HOW WE HAVE TO COORDINATE TRASH SERVICE, HOW WE HAVE TO COORDINATE, HOW PEOPLE GET IN AND OUT OF THEIR STREETS AND ALL OF THAT. 
          THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME A LOT OF DETAILED WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN KEEP EVERYBODY FUNCTIONAL AND GET IN AND OUT OF THEIR HOMES, PARTICULARLY IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. 
          [02:25:03]
WE'LL ALSO BE STARTING WORK ON JEWELL AND THE MAPLE SHADE AVENUE ALLEY AND RIDGE DRIVE AS WELL THIS MONTH. 
          JUST SOME PICTURES HERE OF SOME COMPLETIONS. 
          AGAIN, WE ALWAYS UPDATE OUR PROGRESS ON ALL OF THE INFO GRAPHICS THAT YOU SEE ON OUR WEBSITE FOR THE BOND WORK. 
          WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THOSE UPDATES. 
          AT ANY TIME, IF ANYBODY OUTSIDE OF WHEN I PROVIDE THESE QUARTERLY UPDATES TO THE COUNCIL WANTS TO GO OUT AND LOOK. 
          YOU CAN ALWAYS GO OUT TO OUR WEBSITE. 
          WE HAVE A SPECIFIC SECTION ON ALL OF OUR BOND PROGRAM FROM 2021, AND YOU CAN SEE THE SPECIFIC PROGRESS OF WHERE WE ARE AT ANY TIME. 
          THAT'S AT WWW.CITYOFSACHSE.COM/BOND2021, AND THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO LOOK AT, LIKE I SAID, IN ANY TIME. 
          WITH THAT, I RUSH THROUGH, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ANYBODY HAS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ANY OF THE PROJECTS. 
          >> THANK YOU, MS. NASH. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? GOOD JOB, LOGAN. 
          >> THANK YOU, LOGAN. 
          >> GOING ONCE, TWICE. 
          NEXT TIME, ITEM G, EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          [G. Executive Session]
THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONVENE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074, PERSONNEL MATTERS REGARDING THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE CITY MANAGER. THE TIME, MS. GRANGER? 
          >> 8:57. 
          >> WE'RE ADJOURNED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8:57 P.M. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS AFTER THE MEETING. 
          WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO CONVENE BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION. THE TIME MS. GRANGER. 
          >> 10:07. 
          >> 10:07. NEXT ITEM WE RECONVENE IN THE REGULAR SESSION. 
          NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, ITEM H1, 
          [H. Action Resulting from Executive Session]
TAKING ACTION AS A RESULT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE CITY MANAGER, ANYBODY AUDIENCE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN MOTIONS, MR. PRESSBURG. 
          >> YES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON ITEM H1 TO INCREASE THE CITY MANAGER'S ANNUAL SALARY BY 3% EFFECTIVE 12/1/2025. 
          >> I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. 
          DO I HAVE A SECOND? MS. HOWARTH. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> A SECOND BY MS. HOWARTH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE CATCH YOU OUT. 
          MS. HOWARTH. 
          >> HE WAS WORKING SO FAST. 
          >> SHE HADN'T PUT IT IN YET. HE ALMOST HONOR. 
          MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          ADJOURNMENT. MS. GRANGER? 
          >> 10:08 P.M. 
          >> WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 10:08 PM. THAT'S THE RECORD.
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