[A. CALL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM PRESENT] [00:00:03] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE WESTLAKE TOWN COUNCIL BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING FOR OCTOBER 21, 2025. I CALL THE REGULAR TO MEETING IN ORDER. IT IS 5:01 P.M. THE COUNCIL QUORUM IS PRESENT. WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER GAUTIER, AND WE'VE GOT COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH JOIN US PER VIDEO. WE'LL START WITH THE INVITATION OF PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. TONIGHT, THE INVITATION WILL BE PROVIDED BY PASTOR MIKE MILESTONE CHURCH, KELLER. PASTOR, THANKS FOR BEING HERE AGAIN. >> LET'S PRAY. FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU, WE HUMBLE OUR HEARTS, AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE AND THE DIFFERENCE THAT YOU MAKE IN OUR DAY TO DAY, MOMENT BY MOMENT, DECISION BY DECISION, LIVES. FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU PROTECT THOSE THAT SERVE THIS COMMUNITY, OUR MAYOR, OUR CITY COUNCIL, ALL OFFICIALS THAT ARE REPRESENTED HERE TODAY. LORD, I ASK YOUR BLESSING UPON THEM. I PRAY YOU GIVE THEM WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT, PROTECT THEIR FAMILIES. THANK YOU FOR THEIR HEARTS TO SERVE US, AND LORD, WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THEM IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. >> AMEN. THANK YOU AGAIN, SIR. PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME TO RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE PLEDGE. ALL RIGHT. TONIGHT, WE HAVE THREE OF OUR SPECIAL FIRST-GRADERS HERE. ALL THREE OF THESE STUDENTS GOT A REALLY GREAT RECOGNITION. THEY ALL HAD PERFECT ATTENDANCE FOR THE FIRST NINE WEEKS OF SCHOOL. [APPLAUSE]. WE HAVE DECAH FLORA AND [INAUDIBLE] RODRIGUEZ AND [INAUDIBLE] HERE WITH US TONIGHT. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU GUYS THE MICROPHONE TO LEAD OUR PLEDGES. >> READY. >> YOU CAN HOLD IT. OKAY. >> READY? >> >> THAT WAS THE BEST RENDITION YET. I'M VERY IMPRESSED. THANK YOU GUYS. >> THANK Y'ALL. THAT'S JUST THE BEST. I'LL NOW OPEN UP. ARE THERE ANY CITIZEN OR PARENT COMMENTS? THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW GO INTO ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, MR. SASSER. [D. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL. WE'VE GOT A REALLY BUSY SLATE HERE, SO I'LL TRY TO GO QUICKLY HERE TO GET IT ALL IN HERE. LET'S START OFF WITH THIS SATURDAY. WE'VE GOT THE BIG MONSTER MASH EVENT COMING UP ON OCTOBER 25 5-8 AT THE WESTLAKE ACADEMY CAMPUS AND FIELD HOUSE. THE GREAT NEWS IS THIS IS OPEN TO ALL WESTLAKE RESIDENTS. IT'S GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC COMMUNITY EVENT. I KNOW THE GUYS AT WESTLAKE ACADEMY ALWAYS DO A FANTASTIC JOB, AND IT'S A TON OF FUN. AGAIN, THAT'S SATURDAY 5-8 AT THE WESTLAKE ACADEMY FIELD HOUSE. THE NEXT PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING IS GOING TO BE ON 10 NOVEMBER. IT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR THE FOURTH, BUT DUE TO THE ELECTION, IT HAS NOW MOVED TO THE TENTH, WHICH IS A MONDAY. USUALLY IT'S ON A TUESDAY, BUT BECAUSE OF VETERANS DAY, IT'S GOING TO BE ON NOVEMBER 10 AT 5:00. OUR NEXT TOWN COUNCIL MEETING IS GOING TO BE NOVEMBER 18. OUR TOWN HALL MUNICIPAL COURT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE CLOSED FOR THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY ON NOVEMBER 27 AND 28TH. OUR BIG WESTLAKE ACADEMY, RATHER WESTLAKE TOGETHER TREE LIGHTING EVENT, MARK YOUR CALENDAR DECEMBER 3RD. WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND IT 6-9. THE BIG FEEDBACK WE GOT WAS, IT JUST WASN'T ENOUGH TIME, SO WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND IT TO THREE HOURS THIS YEAR. IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT OUT HERE AS IT ALWAYS IS. WE'RE ADDING SEVERAL NEW ATTRACTIONS, [00:05:01] AND WE'RE HOPING FOR THE BIGGEST CROWD EVER. WE DID MOVE IT TO A WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, IS A COWBOYS GAME, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT [LAUGHTER] WE GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE UNLESS WE RENTED A GIGANTIC SCREEN, BUT THAT WOULD DEFEAT THE PURPOSE. BUT, AGAIN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3RD, 6-9 RIGHT OUTSIDE OF HERE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. SOME ADDITIONAL NOTES. EARLY VOTING STARTED YESTERDAY AND RUNS THROUGH THE 31ST FOR THE NOVEMBER 4TH ELECTION. THERE ARE SEVERAL KEY ITEMS ON THE BALLOTS, INCLUDING A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE TEXAS SENATE DISTRICT 9 SEAT, INCLUDING 17 PROPOSITIONS AND ALL THE OTHER SEATS THAT ARE OPEN THERE. WE HAVE TONS OF INFORMATION ABOUT EARLY VOTING, INCLUDING WHERE THE TIMES, LOCATIONS, SAMPLE BALLOTS, AND SO FORTH, ALL ON THE FRONT OF OUR WEBSITE FOR YOUR VIEWING. OUR BIG FALL CLEANUP EVENT WAS A BIG SUCCESS. WE HAD ABOUT 30 VEHICLES PARTICIPATE. RESIDENTS DROPPED OFF SUCH THINGS AS BATTERIES, PAINT, LIGHT BULBS, GASOLINE, POOL CHEMICALS, AND OTHER MATERIALS THAT WE DON'T WANT IN OUR LANDFILLS AND OUR WATER SYSTEMS. ALSO, 17 CARS DROPPED OFF ITEMS LIKE ELECTRONICS, SOME CARS COMING THROUGH TWO OR THREE TIMES, AND THAT WAS REALLY NEAT TO SEE. WE WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO CASEY AND OUR UTILITY AND FACILITY COORDINATOR, DIANA RENDER, FOR ALL OF THEIR HELP IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. QUICK LITTLE NOTE HERE IN OUR SURVEY THAT WE SENT OUT A FEW WEEKS AGO TO RESIDENTS, THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD PREFER TO HAVE THIS IN THE SPRINGTIME. WE'RE GOING TO REBOOT THIS HERE IN THE SPRING AND MOVE IT IN 2026. WE'LL HAVE PLAY INFORMATION ABOUT THAT WHEN IT COMES AROUND, SO WE WILL BE MOVING THAT. SPEAKING OF THE TRASH SURVEY. WE TOLD YOU GUYS THAT EVERYBODY SPOKE. THE WESTLAKE RESIDENT SPOKE, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING THE TRASH AND RECYCLING PICK UP DAY FROM FRIDAY TO THURSDAY. THAT'S GOING TO COME TO YOU GUYS FOR A VOTE NEXT IN THE NOVEMBER COUNCIL MEETING. THEN WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT DAY MOVED BY THE BEGINNING OF 2026, SOMETIME IN JANUARY. AGAIN, THIS IS A BIG DEAL TO EVERY RESIDENT. IT IMPACTS EVERYBODY, SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE COMMUNICATE IT IN ALL KINDS OF WAYS. PLEASE STAND BY AND WAIT FOR THAT INFORMATION. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE HOPING TO DO IT AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT FROM FRIDAY TO THURSDAY. KEEPING WITH THE THEME OF TRASH. OUR MAYOR'S VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAM. WE'RE GOING TO BE PICKING UP TRASH WITH THE HELP OF THE MAYOR AND THE YMSL. >> MSL. >> THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE ON SUNDAY. THIS SUNDAY, THE 26TH, AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE ONE ON THE SECOND AND THE 16TH AS WELL. THE FIRST THREE ARE GOING TO BE EXCLUSIVE TO THOSE FOLKS TO THOSE VOLUNTEERS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO ALL WESTLAKE RESIDENTS AND ALL WESTLAKE ACADEMY STUDENTS FOR THE SERVICE HOURS AND CREDIT. THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY COOL. THE MAYOR YOU WERE SHARING WITH ME, SOME OF YOUR PLANS AND OUTLINES TODAY. WELL ORGANIZED. >> I GOT IT ALL LAY OUT. I GOT EIGHT ZONES. WE'RE READY TO GO. >> WE'RE GOING TO HANG ON THE SCENIC CITY PLATINUM DESIGNATION FOR SURE BECAUSE OF ALL OF THIS WORK. AGAIN, THAT'S MORE INFORMATION TO COME ON OUR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOUR EMAILS AS WELL. THE NEW WATER BILLS, AS WELL AS OUR NEW UTILITY BILLING PAYMENT PORTAL IS NOW LIVE, THAT STARTED OFF AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH. WE LAUNCHED THE ONLINE PORTAL WHERE YOU CAN VIEW YOUR BILL, SEE COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR WATER USAGE AND MANAGE YOUR PAYMENTS ALL IN ONE PLACE ON YOUR PHONE AND ON YOUR COMPUTER. YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED YOUR BILL LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE OLD ONES. WE HAVE PICTURES OF, NOT ONLY A HARD COPY THAT YOU GET IN THE MAIL, BUT AS WELL AS AN EMAIL AS WELL, ON THE FRONT COVER OF OUR WEBSITE. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS THAT THIS IS COMING FROM US, BECAUSE I KNOW IT DOES LOOK DIFFERENT. IT'S A FIRST CHANGE IN QUITE SOME TIME. FEEL FREE TO REFERENCE THAT STORY ON THE FRONT COVER OF OUR WEBSITE OR ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL TO CHECK OUT OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND TO MAKE THIS TRANSITION AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE, WE'VE CREATED A WEBSITE SO YOU CAN SET UP YOUR ACCOUNT AND GET ALL YOUR BILLING INFORMATION UPDATED. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SINCE THIS PORTAL IS BRAND NEW, IT WON'T ACCEPT YOUR OLD CREDENTIALS FOR THE OLD PORTAL, SO YOU HAVE TO CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT. ALSO, IF YOU'RE ON THE CREDIT CARD DRAFT, YOU WANT TO REMAIN ON THAT DRAFT, YOU'LL NEED TO RESIGN UP BY OCTOBER 26. BUT AGAIN, JUST CHECK OUT THE FRONT COVER OF OUR WEBSITE. IT HAS ALL THIS INFORMATION SUPER EASY AND IT'S REALLY REALLY USER FRIENDLY. A COUPLE OF OTHER NOTES HERE QUICKLY. ALL WESTLAKE RESIDENTS HERE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL BE RECEIVING A SURVEY FROM THE TOWN ON BEHALF OF WESTLAKE ACADEMY. WE'RE GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT, DO YOU HAVE SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN? WHAT GRADES ARE THEY AT? WHAT SCHOOLS DO THEY GO TO? OBVIOUSLY, WE SERVICE THREE ISDS AS WELL AS THE ACADEMY, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS WHO GO TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS AS WELL. WE WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE OUR KIDS ARE GOING AND WHY. IT'S GOING TO BE A INCREDIBLY QUICK AND EASY SURVEY. IT'LL TAKE TWO OR THREE MINUTES AND WE WOULD LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK SO WE CAN GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OUR DEMOGRAPHICS AND WHERE OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO SCHOOL AND WHY. >> JON, REAL QUICK. >> YES. >> DO WE ASK IF THEY HAD KIDS IN SCHOOL OR IS IT CURRENT OR BOTH? [00:10:03] >> BOTH. >> GOOD ANSWER. >> YES. FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE MAYOR FOR A SPECIAL PROCLAMATION. >> ABSOLUTELY, JON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE, WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF STROLL WESTLAKE MAGAZINE. WE HAVE CONNIE AND DIANA HERE. WHEREAS STROLL MAGAZINE WAS SERVED AS A VALUE SOURCE OF CONNECTION, STORYTELLING, COMMUNITY PRIDE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF WESTLAKE, AND WHEREAS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF CONNIE VERNON PUBLISHER AND DIANA RAINEY, MANAGING EDITOR, MAGAZINE HAS CONSISTENTLY HIGHLIGHTED THE ACHIEVEMENTS, EVENTS, AND UNIQUE CHARACTER OF OUR TOWN, FOSTERING A STRONG SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG NEIGHBORS. STROLL MAGAZINE HAS PROVIDED A PLATFORM FOR LOCAL VOICES, CELEBRATED THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF RESIDENTS AND SUPPORTED LOCAL BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THOUGHTFUL FEATURES AND ENGAGING CONTENT, AND THE DEDICATION AND VISION OF CONNIE VERNON AND DIANA RAINEY. I'VE ENSURED THAT THE MAGAZINE WILL NOT ONLY INFORM, BUT INSPIRES, STRENGTHEN AND BONDS THAT MAKES WESTLAKE A VIBRANT AND WELCOMING COMMUNITY. THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE WISHES TO ACKNOWLEDGE A POSITIVE IMPACT STROLL WESTLAKE IN ENHANCING CIVIC PRIDE, PROMOTING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND PRESERVING THE STORIES THAT DEFINE OUR SHARED IDENTITY. NOW, THEREFORE, I KIM GREAVES, THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE, AND THE TOWN COUNCIL, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND STROLL WESTLAKE MAGAZINE PUBLISHER, CONNIE VERNON AND MANAGING EDITOR DIANA RAINEY FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE ENCOURAGE OF ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN EXPRESSING APPRECIATION FOR THEIR CONTINUED SERVICE. THANK YOU. I'LL COME ON OUT. [APPLAUSE]. I WISH MY ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL WAS STILL ALIVE BECAUSE I'D TELL HER I'D DO IT A MONTHLY COLUMN SO THERE [LAUGHTER]. SHE'D BE IMPRESSED. YOU SAID THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. YOU GUYS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AGAIN, YOUR MAGAZINE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THE STORIES YOU RUN IN IT, AND AS WE WERE TALKING EARLIER JUST ALL THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS WRITE ABOUT AND PRESENT, AND WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT WHAT CAN WE SEND TO STROLL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. WE'RE NOW MOVING INTO PRESENTATION, [E.1. Receive presentation from Methodist Southlake Medical Center.] RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM METHODIST SOUTH LAKE MEDICAL CENTER BENSON CHACO. BENSON, HOW ARE YOU, SIR. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. >> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH YOU ALL AS OUR NEIGHBORS RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD, 114. JUST TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR HOSPITAL AND HOW WE'VE EVOLVED THE HOSPITAL TO A FULL SERVICE ORGANIZATION. FANTASTIC. LITTLE BIT ABOUT METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM IS WE ARE A HEALTH SYSTEM BASED OUT OF DALLAS. WE WERE FOUNDED NEARLY 100 YEARS AGO IN SOUTH DALLAS. A GROUP OF METHODIST MINISTERS CAME TOGETHER TO SAY, HEY, THERE IS NO HEALTHCARE IN SOUTH DALLAS, WE NEED TO BRING HEALTHCARE. I LIKE TO SAY 100 YEARS LATER, WE ARE STILL THE ONLY ONE DOWN IN SOUTH DALLAS, BUT WE HAVE EVOLVED AND GROWN. AS YOU SEE THESE ACCESS POINTS HERE, WHILE WE STARTED IN DALLAS AS ONE HOSPITAL IN 1927, WE NOW HAVE OVER 120 DIFFERENT ACCESS POINTS THROUGHOUT DFW. WHERE OUR HOSPITALS ARE IN METHODIST CARLETON AND SOUTH DALLAS, METHODIST DALLAS IS WHAT WE CALL THE MOTHERSHIP, METHODIST RICHARDSON, METHODIST CELINA IS NOW OPEN, METHODIST MIDLOTHIAN, METHODIST ANFIELD, AND METHODIST SOUTH LAKE. THERE ARE SEVEN WHOLLY OWNED HOSPITALS, FULL SERVICE HOSPITALS SERVING THE DFW COMMUNITY. WELL, ALSO AS WE LOOK IN NORTHEAST TARRANT COUNTY, WE KNOW IT'S A VERY COMPETITIVE AREA. WHEN WE CAME IN TO TAKE OVER THIS HOSPITAL, WE KNEW THAT IT WOULD BE A CHALLENGE TO COMPETE WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE OR I'LL SAY DECADES. OUR COMPETITORS TO THE EAST OF US HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 70 YEARS, OUR COMPETITORS TO THE WEST OF US IN THE ALLIANCE CORRIDOR FOR 14 YEARS, AND NORTH HILLS HAS BEEN HERE FOR 40 AND THR HEB FOR 50 YEARS. METHODIST JUST CELEBRATED OUR FOURTH ANNIVERSARY HERE IN SOUTH LAKE. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE PART OF IT. FOR US, WE WANT TO BE THE NUMBER ONE PROVIDER OF CHOICE FOR THIS COMMUNITY. WHILE WE'RE BASED IN SOUTH LAKE, WE SERVE 11 DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES. THAT MEANS, 11 DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, 11 DIFFERENT FIRE CHIEFS, GETTING OUT THERE, LETTING THEM KNOW WHO WE ARE, AND WE'RE NO LONGER THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE WERE AS FAR AS A SURGICAL HOSPITAL. [00:15:04] SINCE METHODISTS HAS TAKEN OVER, WE HAVE ACQUIRED 30 ACRES OF LAND. WE ARE RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF LIGHT CHAPEL AND 114 RIGHT NEXT TO THE DELTA HOTEL. METHODIST, WHEN WE TOOK OVER, WE SAID, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS A FULL SERVICE HOSPITAL AND ONE DAY, YOU'D BE A 300 BED HOSPITAL. SO WE ACQUIRED ALL THE LAND AROUND. WE HAVE 52 BEDS, SIX OF THEM ARE FULL ICU. WE'VE EXPANDED EMERGENCY ROOM FROM THREE BEDS TO 12 BEDS, AND LEGAL ONLY ALLOWS US TO SAY THAT OUR WAIT IS ABOUT 15 MINUTES, BUT I PROMISE YOU IT'S GOING TO BE SOONER THAN THAT. WE HAVE A FULL OR SERVICES THERE. WE'VE CONVERTED ONE OF OUR ORS INTO A CALAB AND WE HAVE TWO GI SUITES, AND WE ALSO HAVE 10 FAMILY SUITES THAT WE LOOK TO GROW INTO ON OUR THIRD FLOOR. >> SERVICE LINE STANDPOINT, WE'VE ADDED SEVERAL SERVICE LINES TO THE ORGANIZATION IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. WHAT YOU SEE HERE HIGHLIGHTED IS WHAT WE HAVE ON EMERGENCY COVERAGE. WE HAVE A CARDIAC PROGRAM, A STEMI PROGRAM, WE HAVE STROKE SERVICES. WE'RE GOING TO GO TOWARDS OUR PRIMARY STROKE SURVEY THIS NEXT YEAR, BUT WE'VE ALSO ADDED INTENSIVES AND I'LL SAY BOARD CERTIFIED EMERGENCY ROOM MEDICINES THAT CAN TAKE CARE OF EITHER PEDIATRIC OR ADULT PATIENTS. IF A PATIENT NEEDS PEDIATRIC IN-PATIENT CARE, WE'LL TRANSFER TO THE PARENTS CHOICE, EITHER COOKS OR CHILDREN'S. WE DON'T GET INTO THAT FIGHT BETWEEN WHICH HOSPITAL THEY WANT TO GO TO. IT'S MORE OF THE PARENTS CHOICE. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP PATIENTS HERE IN SOUTHLAKE LONGER AND NO LONGER TRANSFERRING THEM OUT AS MUCH. WE'RE NOW TRANSFERRING OUT PEDIATRIC PATIENTS AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. MOST EVERYTHING ELSE IS BEING ABLE TO STAY HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. FROM AN EMERGENCY ROOM STANDPOINT, AS I MENTIONED, WE EXPANDED THE ER, THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE MOST OUT OF IS OUR 2024 HEALTHCARE GUARDIAN OF EXCELLENCE AWARD. THIS IS GIVEN BY PRESS GANEY BASED OFF OF 40,000 CLIENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. WHAT THEY LOOK AND SEE IS, HOW ARE WE PERFORMING ACROSS THE COUNTRY? WHAT THEY SAID WAS WE WERE PERFORMING AT THE TOP 5%. OUR FY 2024 PATIENT SATISFACTION METRICS WERE AT THE TOP 5% OF THE COUNTRY, AND WE ARE THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN THIS AREA IN NORTHEASTERN COUNTY WITH THAT AWARD. WE JUST GOT OUR CMS STAR RATING JUST RECENTLY THIS SUMMER. WE CAME OUT OF THE GATES WITH THE FOUR STAR. THE HIGHEST YOU CAN GET IS FIVE STAR, SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF BEING ABLE TO GET TO THAT QUALITY METRIC. EMERGENCY ROOM, WE ARE EXPANDING, AS I MENTIONED, OUR SERVICES AND IN FEBRUARY OF 2024, WE STARTED OUR STEMI PROGRAM AND THEN IN DECEMBER OF 2024, WE ADDED OUR GI SERVICE LINE. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PARTNER WITH CHIEF ART AND THE OTHER FIRE CHIEFS IN THE AREA TO KEEP PATIENTS CLOSER TO HOME WITHOUT HAVING TO GO FURTHER EAST FROM OUR STANDPOINT. WHERE YOU SEE HERE IS THE INCREASED EMS VOLUME THAT WE'RE SEEING FROM THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2023, WHERE WE HAD MAYBE ONE OR TWO. FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2025, WE HAD OVER 15 EMS RUNS FROM WESTLAKE. WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP PATIENTS OR THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE WORKING HERE DURING THE DAY CLOSER TO THEIR HOMES. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THIS IS THE MAIN REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS TO EXPLAIN TO YOU AS FAR AS WHAT WE'VE ACHIEVED IN THE 18 MONTHS OF A CARDIAC PROGRAM. WE ARE NOW A PRIMARY HEART ATTACK CENTER. THIS IS THE CLOSEST PRIMARY HEART ATTACK CENTER TO WESTLAKE. ONLY THREE HOSPITALS IN THIS AREA HAVE THIS CERTIFICATION, US, BAYLOR, GRAPEVINE, AND THRHEV. THIS CERTIFICATION IS GIVEN BY THE JOINT COMMISSION OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. IT IS CONSIDERED THE GOAL STANDARD OF CARDIAC CARE. I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR TEAM BEING ABLE TO ACHIEVE THIS IN 18 MONTHS IS STARTING THIS PROGRAM. WHAT THIS HELPS IS TIME TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL IS MUSCLE TIME. THAT HELPS CHIEF ART AND HIS TEAM MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET THEIR PATIENT TO THE HOSPITAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO OPEN UP THAT VOW. OUR AVERAGE DOOR TO BALLOON TIME, THE NATIONAL STANDARD IS 90 MINUTES. OURS IS 49 MINUTES. FORTY NINE MINUTES COMPARED TO 90 MINUTES. IT'S LARGELY PART OF OUR CARDIOLOGY THAT WE HAVE. DRS. FAY, ALOMAR, AND DR. KRUGER ARE PART OF THE METHODIST MEDICAL GROUP. THEIR OFFICES IN NORTHWESTERN HILLS RIGHT OFF OF 26 AND SIX. THE INTERESTING THING IS DR. ALOMAR LIVES IN SOUTHLAKE, DR. FAY'S COLLEYVILLE, DR. KRUGER IN SOUTHLAKE. OFTENTIMES, WHEN CHIEF ART'S TEAM IS ACTIVATING FROM THE FIELD, SAYING, HEY, THIS IS A STEMI, THESE GUYS ARE THERE MEETING EMS IN THE ER EVEN WHEN THEY'RE COMING FROM HOME. >> DID YOU HAVE ONE OF THOSE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS? >> YES, SIR. >> OKAY. FINISH. >> WE HAD TWO FROM SOUTHLAKE HERE RECENTLY, AND I THINK WE'VE WORKED WITH CHIEF HARD AND OTHER PATIENTS, BRINGING THEM OVER TO THE HOSPITAL, BEING ABLE TO OPEN THOSE VALVES UP QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY AND REALLY GETTING THEM HOME IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. PREVIOUSLY, EMS WOULD HAVE TO GO TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL POTENTIALLY WAIT, BUT NOW WE'RE ABLE TO GET THEM IN. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS OUR CARDIOLOGISTS ARE VERY COMPETITIVE ON THEIR GOOGLE RATINGS. THEY WEREN'T HAPPY THEY WEREN'T ON A FIVE. I SAY, GUYS, YOU CAN'T BE A FIVE. IT'S OKAY. [00:20:02] BUT THEY ARE VERY HAPPY TO CONNECT WITH THEIR PATIENTS. FROM A PRIMARY CARE STANDPOINT, WE'RE ADDING MORE PRIMARY CARE OFFICES. WE HAVE ONE IN SOUTHLAKE, ONE IN COLLEYVILLE, AND WE'RE OPENING ONE IN TROPHY CLUB RIGHT NEXT TO THE POT RIGHT ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM WESTLAKE. >> COME ON. WADE. >> WE'LL BE RIGHT HERE TO TAKE CARE OF THE STATION. >> WE'LL BEING RIGHT HERE. >> WE'RE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH YOU ALL. THAT'S A GREAT ACCESS POINT FOR US. AS I SAY, WHILE WE'RE BASED IN SOUTHLAKE, WE'RE HERE TO SERVE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THAT COLLEYVILLE AND THAT TROPHY CLUB LOCATION OPENING UP. WE LIKE TO SAY WE'RE HERE FOR THE GOOD TIMES AND THE BAD TIMES. THE BAD TIMES ARE WHEN PEOPLE COME IN THE HOSPITAL, BUT IT'S ALSO PARTNERING WITH YOU ALL IN THE COMMUNITY. THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE DO. WHETHER IT'S PARTNERING WITH CHIEF ART AS OUR REIGNING CHAMPIONS OF THE CHILI COOK OFF AT SOUTHLAKE OR IF IT'S WITH WESTLAKE ACADEMY. WE ARE JUST EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH YOU ALL. AGAIN, THAT IS THE METHODIST MISSION AS BEING A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. IT'S NOT JUST TO TAKE THE BUSINESS, IT'S TO BE HERE, LIKE I SAID, THE GOOD TIMES AND BAD. THEN ALSO OTHER EVENTS THAT WE FOCUS IN ON, WE'RE BRINGING IN INDIVIDUALS AS FAR AS IF IT'S FROM THE CHAMBERS AND THE LEADERSHIP COURSES, BRINGING THEM IN TO LET THEM SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE HOSPITAL TO EDUCATE INDIVIDUALS, THERE IS ANOTHER GREAT HOSPITAL HERE IN THIS AREA FOR FOLKS. OUR PATIENT EXPERIENCE, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, MYSELF AND OUR COMMUNITY, RELATIONS DIRECTOR, AND I'D LIKE TO SAY OUR PHYSICIANS RELATIONS DIRECTOR. OUR JOB IS MADE MUCH EASIER WHEN WE'RE BUILT OFF OF QUALITY AND PATIENT CENTERED CARE. WHAT THIS GRAPH SHOWS HERE IS THAT OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, OUR IN-PATIENT, WHICH IS HCAHPS HAS BEEN AT THE TOP DECILE. OUTPATIENT IS NOW AT THE 99TH PERCENTILE. OUR OUTPATIENT SURGERY IS IN THE TOP QUARTILE AND OUR ER HAS BEEN AT THE TOP DECILE AS WELL. PATIENT EXPERIENCE IS NUMBER 1. THIS IS GIVEN BY PRESS GANEY. THIS IS WHAT WE FOCUS ON IS BUILD A QUALITY PROGRAM, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO WIN OVER OUR FOLKS. OUR GOOGLE RATING IS AT A 4.2 STAR RATING, AND FINALLY I WANT TO END IT. I THINK WE'VE GOT A VIDEO TO SHARE. THIS REALLY SUMS IT UP AS FAR AS HOW FAR WE'VE COME IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. >> I AM AN AMATEUR HOBBYIST AT THE HEART BEEN FLEEING FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS EAGER TO DO WHEN I GOT BACK. THERE WAS A WEDDING THAT EVENING. I WASN'T FEELING WELL WHEN I TOLD LEAH TO GO ON AHEAD. WHEN SHE GOT HOME, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE WEDDING, ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT JUST WENT TO BLACK. LEAH WAS STANDING OVER ME TELLING ME THAT THE EMTS WERE COMING. WHEN THE EMTS CAME, CHECKING ME, PROBING ME, I WAS ALERT TALKING TO THEM. THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE WE WOULD GO. IN THE AMBULANCE, I HAD ANOTHER EVENT. SOMEBODY IN THE AMBULANCE DECLARED, WE'RE GOING TO METHODIST. WHEN I GOT TO THE HOSPITAL, THEY ANTICIPATED THAT IT WOULD BE A CLOGGED ARTERY. BUT WHEN THEY CHECKED ME, MY ARTERIES ARE CLEAR. THERE WAS A PERIOD I WOULD GET STABLE, AND THEN I'D GO BACK INTO CARDIAC ARREST. >> WE'RE SITTING THERE AND THEY ALL OF A SUDDEN SAY CODE BLUE ROOM 6. WE LOOK AT EACH OTHER. THAT WAS HIS ROOM, AND THEN WE JUST WAITED IN ABOUT A MINUTE OR SO, SOME STAFF CAME OUT AND TELL US THAT, YES, HE DID CODE. BUT WHEN WE GET HIM IN THERE AND DO THIS PROCEDURE, HE'S GOING TO BE OKAY. >> ELECTRICAL SIGNALS WEREN'T TRAVELING CORRECTLY, AND SO MY HEART IS JUST IN DISARRAY, THEY DETERMINED THAT A PACEMAKER DEFIBRILLATOR WOULD BE BEST TO WORK. >> THE DOCTORS AND NURSES AND EVERYONE WE'RE JUST TOP NOTCH. >> I'M THANKFUL WHERE I AM, AND I GIVE CREDIT TO THEIR EXPERTISE. ONE OF MY GOALS IS TRY TO KEEP PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT AND TO TRUST MORE IN THE LORD AND CASTING MY ANXIETIES ON HIM BECAUSE HE CARES FOR ME. I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY GOOD FOR SOUTHLAKE TO APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND THAT METHODIST IS HERE, WHAT METHODISTS CAN DO. THEY ARE VERY, VERY CAPABLE OF ADDRESSING MEDICAL NEEDS OR THOSE IN AND AROUND SOUTHLAKE. >> I'LL JUST SAY DURING THAT TIME WHEN THE PATIENT WAS IN OUR HOSPITAL, THE ICU IS RIGHT DOWN THE HALLWAY FROM ADMINISTRATION, AND HE CODED SEVERAL TIMES AND WE WOULD HEAR THAT OVERHEAD AND WE KNEW THIS PATIENT HAD COME IN. WE DIDN'T THINK HE WAS GOING TO MAKE IT. I'D LIKE TO SAY WE'RE GOD'S HANDS AND FEET. AS A FAITH BASED ORGANIZATION, THAT'S WHAT WE DO. HE DEFINITELY WORKED THROUGH OUR TEAM TO MAKE SURE ROB WAS ABLE TO GO BACK HOME. IT WAS A GREAT STORY THAT HEARING THE NUMBER OF TIMES HE CODED IN THE BUILDING THAT HE WAS ABLE TO GO HOME AND SAVING LIVES THROUGH QUALITY COMPASSION AND CARE. OPEN IF ANY QUESTIONS. >> JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. WE MET OVER A YEAR AGO. [00:25:03] WE GOT TO TWO OF YOUR HOSPITAL A BEAUTIFUL HOSPITAL, AND THEN WE BUMP INTO EACH OTHER ON SOME SOCIAL CIVIC EVENTS. ONE THING WE REALLY WANTED THE RESIDENTS WESTLAKE TO KNOW, IS YOUR HOSPITAL IS THERE. THERE IS AN EMERGENCY ROOM. IT IS QUICKER, AND THEN I'LL BE FIRED YOUR GUYS. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT LIFETIME. I KNOW WE HAD AN EVENT THERE. THEY TOLD ME YOUR GUYS WERE THERE LIKE THAT, AND IT WAS PRETTY SERIOUS, THEN THEY GOT TO YOUR PLACE AND EVERYTHING'S FINE. THEY DID ASK FOR LIFETIME MEMBERSHIPS. I'D BE EVEN CLOSER IF THAT HAPPENS. I'M WORKING ON THAT CHIEF FOR YOUR GUYS. BUT JUST GREAT JOB, AND WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE KNOW THERE'S A LITTLE HISTORY OF THAT HOSPITAL AND NOW IT'S IN YOUR HANDS, AND IT'S JUST DOING GREAT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU ALL. I APPRECIATE. >> NEXT ON THE AGENDA ITEM IS E2 RECEIVED UTILITY RATE STUDY, CASEY. [E.2. Receive Utility Rate Study.] WITH YOUR TEXAS LONGHORN DRESS ON TODAY, ALTHOUGH I KNOW YOUR OU FAN. >> THERE'S A LOT OF CONFLICTION HAPPENING THE APP SHOWED THIS TO BE MUCH MORE KHAKI, IT ACTUALLY SHOWED UP. THIS EVENING, WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR CONSULTANT, NEWGEN SPECIFICALLY, MATTHEW GARRETT. HE'S GOING TO GO OVER AND UPDATED RATE STUDY. IT'S TYPICAL THAT YOU DO A FULL UTILITY RATE STUDY EVERY 3-5 YEARS JUST DEPENDING ON CHANGING NEEDS. OBVIOUSLY, IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, PARTICULARLY OUR PUBLIC WORKS, HAS SEEN A LOT OF CHANGE MUCH FOR THE BETTER. WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENGAGE A CONSULTANT TO REALLY LOOK AT THOSE CHANGES, ADOPTING A CIP, BEING MUCH MORE PROACTIVE IN WATER LOSS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIRS. ALL OF THAT IS FACTORED INTO THIS STUDY. TONIGHT, WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY ACTION BE TAKEN. WE ARE PROPOSING A SLIGHT TWEAK TO THE VOLUMETRIC RATE STRUCTURE. BASE RATES ARE PROPOSED TO STAY FLAT UNDER THIS STUDY. BUT WE ARE ALSO WANTING FEEDBACK FROM Y'ALL. WHATEVER WE HEAR, WE'LL BRING BACK FOR AN ORDINANCE AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING THAT WE WILL MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO A RATE STUDY THAT Y'ALL SAY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE, AND THAT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT FOR CITIZENS ON JANUARY 1. WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MATTHEW. >> THANKS, CASEY. HI, GOOD EVENING. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME OKAY? EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, KANE FOR THE HEAD. PLEASURE. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME JOIN VIRTUALLY. ACTUALLY JUST HAD A KNEE SURGERY, SO THIS WORKED OUT LIKE A CHARM. BUT AS CASEY SAID, I'M MATTHEW GARRETT WITH NEWGEN STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS. LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING THROUGH THIS. YOU GUYS ARE IN A UNIQUE POSITION WITH A STRONG UTILITY, STRONG CASH POSITION. WE HAVE THE GOOD FORTUNE OF LOOKING AT THE PRINCIPLES AROUND RATE SETTING AND NOT JUST INCREASING WHAT WE'VE GOT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PAY BILLS. WITH THAT, WHOEVER'S DRIVING IN ADVANCE THE SLIDES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. STARTING AT THE END, IN THE BEGINNING. WITH OUR PROPOSED RATE CHANGES, AS WE'VE LOOK THROUGH THIS, A TYPICAL CUSTOMER WILL HAVE ACTUALLY A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN SLIDE. IN THE PENNIES COMPARED TO THE CURRENT RATES, BUT THAT'S THROUGH FISCAL YEAR '28. THAT'S UNLIKE MANY OF MY CLIENTS WHO ARE HEARING 8-10% INCREASES. HOPEFULLY, THAT'S GOOD NEWS. TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, WE'RE PROPOSING LOWERING THE TOP TIER VOLUME THRESHOLD ON THE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS. WE'RE ESSENTIALLY DROPPING THAT FROM 400-100,000 GALLONS. WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN THE LATER SLIDE. WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE TIER DIFFERENTIALS. THE RATE THAT YOU CHARGE FOR EACH SUCCESSIVELY GREATER UNIT, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT YOUR TIERS ARE AND WHAT THOSE CHARGES ARE. WE RE-EXAMINED THAT WITH STAFF FEEDBACK AND PROPOSED A FEW TWEAKS, AS CASEY MENTIONED THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY OR THE TOWN RATHER TO USE THE PROPOSED RATES. AS MENTIONED, NO INCREASES ARE RECOMMENDED TO THE MINIMUM CHARGES. WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE ARE SENSITIVE TO RATES AND IF WE CAN NOT AFFECT THAT BASE BILL AND THEY CAN AFFECT THEIR BILL WITH THEIR USAGE, WE THINK THAT'S A WIN. LASTLY, WE DO HAVE A SMALL RATE CHANGE ON THE VOLUMETRIC RATE INCREASE EXPECTED IN FISCAL YEAR 29, JUST TO GET OVER THE HURDLE AS WE DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL COSTS AS WE'LL TALK THROUGH IN A MINUTE. ANOTHER MAJOR CHANGE IS ESTABLISHING A SEPARATE RATE CLASS OR CATEGORY FOR TOWN AND ACADEMY ACCOUNTS. WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT'S FROM THE SAME POCKET AND THAT IN THIS WAY, THE TOWN AND ACADEMY COULD PAY ITS WAY AT COST INSTEAD OF MATCHING THE REST OF THE RETAIL RATE DESIGN FOR COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNTS. [00:30:02] EFFECTIVELY, THAT WOULD SET IT AT COST FOR WATER AND LIKE OTHERS IN WASTEWATER. LASTLY, THE CURRENT DESIGN ALLOWS YOU TO MINIMIZE BILL IMPACTS. REPOSITIONS WHO'S PAYING IN DISCRETIONARY WATER USE VERSUS NON DISCRETIONARY WAS CONTEMPLATED, AND WE'RE ABLE TO HIT OUR FINANCIAL TARGETS. I THINK IT'S A GOOD STORY. BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS WITH YOU NEXT, IF WE COULD. THANK YOU. AGAIN, I'VE ALREADY SAID IT TO ECHO THOUGH THE TOWN IS IN A VERY STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION. KUDOS TO TOWN STAFF, CURRENT LEADERSHIP, AND PAST LEADERSHIP FOR PUTTING YOU IN THIS POSITION. YOU DO HAVE WHOLESALE PURCHASES, RELATIVELY STEEP, SO YOU HAVE AVERAGE ANNUAL RATE OF CHANGE ABOUT 8% OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. WASTEWATER TREATMENT WITH TRA REMAINS A LITTLE SLOWER AT 2% ON AVERAGE. NONETHELESS, WE DO ANTICIPATE INCREASES FOR YOUR WHOLESALE AND AS A UTILITY WITH A WHOLESALE WATER AND WHOLESALE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROVIDER, THOSE TWO EXPENSES MAKE UP A LARGE PORTION OF YOUR TOTAL COST. OTHER COSTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BONDS IN THE RELATED DEBT SERVICE. WE HAVE SOME CASH CAPITAL ANTICIPATED. BEYOND THAT, A LITTLE BIT INTO THE [INAUDIBLE], WE HAD GENERAL INFLATION ON MANY OF YOUR ACCOUNTS AND ADDITIONALLY THE CONSTRUCTION OR CCI INFLATION INDEX OF ABOUT 3.36 AGAINST THE CURRENTLY PLANNED CAPITAL ITEMS. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE INPUTS? >> THANK YOU. >> AGAIN, THIS IS THE SAME INFORMATION BUT VISUALIZED. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT BOTTOM CHART OR THE BOTTOM BARS A DARK BLUE, THE O&M IS REALLY INCREASING BY ABOUT 4% PER YEAR ON AVERAGE. A PRETTY MODEST RATE OF CHANGE FOR YOUR OPERATING EXPENSES. THAT WOULD BE EXCEPT FOR YOUR WATER AND SEWER PURCHASES, THE LIGHT BLUE AND THE LIGHT GREEN, WHICH ARE MADE UP OF THE NEXT LAYER. AFTER THAT, YOU HAVE A SMALL SLIVER ALMOST INDETECTABLE OF TRANSFERS IN GRAY. YOU DO SHOW SOME CASH CAPITAL OUTLAYS PRIMARILY IN YELLOW IN 2028, '30 AND '31, AND YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR CURRENT DEBT SERVICE IS THAT LIGHTER ORANGE. STACKED ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE THAT BURNT ORANGE IN '28-'31, REPRESENTING NEW PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS ON SOME CONTEMPLATED DEBT. PRIMARILY AS NOTED THERE TO THE LEFT, THAT CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THAT DEBT INCLUDES ELEVATED STORAGE TANK NUMBER 2 AND PUMP STATION NUMBER 2. THOSE ARE PARTIALLY FUNDED THROUGH THE UTILITY, AND IF YOU'LL ADVANCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, OUR CAPITAL COST FUNDING DOES INCLUDE A MIX. THERE IS CONTINUED INVESTMENT ABOUT $48 MILLION THROUGH FISCAL 2031. ALMOST ALL OF THEM, AS YOU CAN SEE, 47.8 OF THE 47.9 IS FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. WE DO ANTICIPATE USING ABOUT A MILLION OF CASH FOR THAT. THE GENERAL FUND YOU'LL SEE ON THE HOOK FOR 22.3 MILLION, WE ANTICIPATE 19 MILLION FOR DEBT, AND YOU DO HAVE SOME EXISTING BOND PROCEEDS WHICH ARE COVERING THE FISCAL '26 WATER PROJECTS. >> MATTHEW, CAN I STOP YOU THERE FOR A SECOND? >> YES, PLEASE. >> COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE PRIOR SLIDE? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> IT LOOKS LIKE THE WATER PURCHASES ARE INCREASING. IT MUST BE A COMBINATION OF THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE THAT WE'RE EXPECTING PLUS VOLUME. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> WHAT ARE WE ANTICIPATING FOR VOLUME PERCENTAGE INCREASE? >> SLIGHT WITH 60-70 CONNECTIONS PER YEAR. WE ARE ANTICIPATING A SUBSTANTIAL VOLUME CHANGE. WE ARE ANTICIPATING 4% PER YEAR INCREASES. DALLAS WATER DOESN'T GIVE US I'M SORRY, FORT WORTH WATER. WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A FIVE YEAR PERSPECTIVE WITH ANY PROMISE OF WHAT THE RATES WILL BE, BUT WE'VE ANTICIPATED 4%. THAT IS AT YOUR CURRENT CAPACITY, WHICH IS 2.8 MGDS OR MILLION GALLONS PER DAY OF CAPACITY, SO WE DIDN'T CHANGE THAT VALUE, BUT YOUR TOTAL WARNING WOULD INCREASE SLIGHTLY WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL CONNECTIONS. AGAIN, JUST TO PEEK AT YOUR CURRENT RATE DESIGN, I SAY THIS TO EVERY COUNCIL I TALK WITH. I DO THIS FOR A LIVING. I LIVE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, AND I DO NOT KNOW MY RATES. YOU THINK I WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTED IN WHAT MCKINNEY'S CHARGING, BUT IT'S JUST A BILL. WE LIKE TO SHOW IT BECAUSE YOU AS A COUNCIL MEMBER MAY OR MAY NOT BE THAT FAMILIAR WITH YOUR RATE DESIGN. [00:35:04] TWO PARTS TO THE RATE, YOU HAVE A MINIMUM RATE THAT IS BASED ON WINDOW SIZE, THAT THREE QUARTER INCHES THAT LOWEST VALUE. A LOT OF YOUR CUSTOMERS DO HAVE A ONE INCH CONNECTION, AND YOU'LL SEE ALL THE WAY THROUGH A SIX INCH RATE. LARGER METERS PAY MORE, THAT IS AN INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICE, SO I'M GLAD THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN WE'RE MINIMUM RATES, YOU DO HAVE A SLIGHT DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER AND RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER THAT IS NOT UNIQUE TO US LIKE. THAT'S A PRETTY NORMAL PRACTICE. ULTIMATELY, MORE OF OUR CHANGES FOR THE RATE DESIGN ARE RELATED TO THE VOLUMETRIC RATES. TO SPEND A MINIMUM ON THAT, YOUR BASE VOLUMETRIC TIER IS 0-20,000 GALLONS. THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN MANY OF THE COMPETITORS. BUT SO TOO IS YOUR MEDIUM USAGE. WE LOOK AT THAT HERE IN A MOMENT. YOU HAVE, AS YOU'RE AWARE, PROPERTIES THAT ARE GENERALLY FAIRLY LARGE WITH FAIRLY EXPANSIVE IRRIGATION USE AND MUCH LARGER CONSUMPTION ON AVERAGE THAN MANY OF OUR MORE TEXAS CLIENTS, CUSTOMER CITIES, AND THE LIKE. WITH THAT, YOU HAVE A 20,000-40,000 GALLON RATE TIER. AGAIN, YOU HAVE A DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL, BUT WE'LL SEE THAT YOU HAVE SOME ADJUSTMENT BETWEEN THOSE TIERS. THAT'S WHAT WE CALL THAT RATE DIFFERENTIAL. THAT RATE DIFFERENTIAL AS IT STANDS BETWEEN THE FIRST BLOCK AND THE SECOND BLOCK IS AROUND 31%. IT ACTUALLY DROPS TO A SMALLER PERCENTAGE IN THE 40-100,000, 400,000 PLUS RANGE AT 9.03. >> WADE, WHAT'S OUR AVERAGE PIPE SIZE? WHAT IS THIS IN OUR TOWN? GENERALLY A ONE INCH CONNECTION FOR RESIDENTIAL. >> WASTEWATER RATES, SIMILARLY, YOU DO HAVE A METER EQUIVALENCY MINIMUM CHARGE FACTOR, AND THERE IS A DIFFERENCE THERE BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE CONNECTION OF THE METER. MORE SPECIFICALLY, VOLUMETRIC RATES, YOU HAVE A DIFFERENTIAL AGAIN FOR RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL WHERE THE FIRST 2,000 GALLONS FOR A RESIDENT ARE INCLUDED IN THE MINIMUM, ADDITIONAL THOUSAND GALLONS AFTER THAT WILL BE 8.36 AND ALL VOLUMES FOR COMMERCIAL STARTING AT THE FIRST THOUSAND GALLONS AT 10.06. WHILE WE'RE HERE SPECIFIC TO WASTEWATER, JUST A QUICK NOTE, YOUR CURRENT RATE PER THOUSAND GALLONS IS ACTUALLY $10.13 PER THOUSAND GALLONS. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT MINIMUMS AS THEY APPROPRIATELY GENERATE A FIXED COST RECOVERY THAT HELP OVERCOME THAT VARIABLE COST. LIKE MANY COMMUNITIES, WASTEWATER IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE WATER PER UNIT, EFFECTIVELY TREATED OR FLOW, HOWEVER YOU MEASURE IT. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL GET INTO SOME OF THE COMPARISONS. WHEN WE COMPARE THE REVENUES AS THEY STAND WITH CURRENT RATES AND PROJECTED WITH SOME SLIGHT INCREASE IN COUNTS OR CONNECTIONS. YOU WILL SEE THAT REVENUES ARE WELL OUTPERFORMING EXPENSES TODAY. YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE LEFT CHART WHERE EXPENSES ARE IN YELLOW, REVENUES IN BLUE, BUT IN SHORT ORDER THAT'S OVERTAKEN OVER TIME, WHERE YOUR EXPENSES ARE GREATER IN FISCAL YEAR '29, THEN YOUR REVENUES AND THEN YOU FALL SHORT ADDITIONAL METRICS THAT WE LOOK AT IN THE MIDDLE CHART, DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE. IT IS GENERALLY A METRIC USED. IT MAY BE A BOND COVENANT, BUT FOR THE TOWN, SPECIFICALLY, THIS IS A POLICY TO ACHIEVE 1.12. MOST OF YOUR BONDS, IF NOT ALL, ARE DONE WITH A DOUBLE BARREL OR TAX BACKING, SO THE MAIN DATE IS LESS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIT AS HIGH OF A DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE TARGET. WHAT THAT MEANS AS A SURETY OR TECHNICALLY AS A COMMITMENT, DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE WOULD SAY, AFTER WE PAY OUR BILLS FOR OPERATING, WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO COVER ALL OF OUR DEBT SERVICE FOR THE YEAR WITH EXCESS REVENUES. THE REVENUES, LESS OPERATING EXPENSES, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH TO PAY OUR DEBTS? IF WE HAVE EXACTLY OUR EXPENSES, THEN WE WOULD HAVE A DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE RATIO OF ONE. THE TOWN AND ITS POLICIES AS A TARGET ASPIRES TO ACTUALLY HAVE 12% MORE OVER AND ABOVE THE DEBT NEED BE SURPLUS REVENUES. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE STRAIGHT LINE OR THE FLAT LINE AND A FLOOR OF A ONE TIMES COVERAGE, AND THEN OUR TARGET OF 1.12, [00:40:02] WHICH IS NOT A REQUIREMENT, BUT RATHER A GOAL. THEN LASTLY, THE THIRD METRIC IS DAYS CASH ON HAND. YOU'RE IN A VERY SOLID POSITION ON A CASH POSITION WITH A FLOOR OR MINIMUM OF 90 DAYS, DAYS CASH ON HAND, AND A TARGET OF 360, AND YOU'RE EXCEEDING THAT AS IT STANDS. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A SLIGHT REDUCTION OVER TIME BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOME HEAD ROOM AND WITH THE CURRENT PROPOSED RATE PLAN HAVE AFFORDED THAT TO DROP A LITTLE BIT BETWEEN NOW AND FISCAL 2031. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE METRICS? I KNOW I TALKED QUICKLY THROUGH THEM. >> ANY QUESTIONS? >> NO, WE'RE GOOD. >> APPRECIATE THAT. SORRY TO PROMPT. I JUST DON'T HAVE THE NON VISUAL. REAL QUICK, WE DID LOOK AT ALL OF YOUR BILL DETAILS FOR THREE YEARS. I WENT BACK OCTOBER 22 AND JUNE 2025. THIS IS THE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION FOR YOUR RESIDENTIAL WATER USERS. YOU SEE WE'VE MARKED A FEW THRESHOLDS. THAT FIRST THRESHOLD SAYS 9.5% OF BILLS, NOT CUSTOMERS, BUT ACTUAL BILLS IN THAT PERIOD, WERE EXCEEDING 100,000 GALLONS. EVEN SMALLER MARGIN IN RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS GET INTO THAT 400,000 PLUS RANGE. AS A RESULT, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, WE THINK THAT THE 400,000 PLUS RANGE IS OUTSIDE OF THE REALM OF REASON NEED FOR A RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS. IT'S A LOT MORE THAN MARGINAL. IT'S 0.1% OF BILLS TOUCH IT. IT'S NOT REALLY HAVING EFFECT. IF WE WERE TO REDUCE OUR TOP TIER THRESHOLD FROM THE 400-100, WE WOULD BE AFFECTING THAT MOST DISCRETIONARY WATER CONSUMPTION FOR A LITTLE UNDER 10% OF OUR BILLS. FEED INTO OUR RATE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE PROPOSED RATE DESIGN CHANGES. THAT'S WHY WE'RE SHOWING YOU HOW THAT PAINS OUT. IF NO QUESTIONS, THE NEXT SLIDE WILL CONTRAST RESIDENTIAL MATH. >> I'M TO INTERRUPT. I DO HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION. JUST TO CONFIRM. THE PROPOSAL HERE IS TO SAY THE MOST EGREGIOUS USERS OF WATER ARE GOING TO PAY A HIGHER PROPORTION OF HIGHEST USERS OF WATER ARE GOING TO PAY A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RATE ON THAT EXCESS USAGE ABOVE A 100,000 GALLONS A MONTH. >> YES. WE'RE JUST LOWERING THE THRESHOLD FROM WE'RE SAYING 400,000 IS NOT REALLY THE DEMARK FOR WHAT WE WOULD CALL HIGH DISCRETIONARY, PROBABLY OUTDOOR WATER CONSUMPTION FOR A RESIDENT. WE'RE SAYING 100,000 IS A REASONABLE BAR THAT ANYBODY OVER THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE PAYING WHAT WOULD BE OUR HIGHEST RATE FOR WATER. >> YOU'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT THAT RATE WOULD BE. >> YES, SIR AND THAT WOULD ONLY AFFECT ABOUT 10% OF OUR PERCENT OF THE BILLS. >> OF THE BILLS, YES, SIR. THAT GENERALLY IS AFFECTING 350 OR SO OF YOUR RESIDENTS AND PROBABLY FOR TWO MONTHS, TWO AND A HALF MONTHS OF THE YEAR? SO AS WE LOOKED AT THE DATA, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE FOUND OUT. THERE AREN'T THAT MANY AND CERTAINLY NOT WITH REGULARITY BREACHING THAT 100,000 MARK. >> SORRY, JUST TO CONFIRM THE NUMBERS. YOU SAID 10% WOULD BE 350 RESIDENTS, THAT DOESN'T SQUARE OR THAT INCLUDES RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL? >> WELL, I APOLOGIZE. WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS A PERCENT OF BILLS FOR THAT PERIOD. WHAT WE HAVE IS A UNIQUE COUNT OF CUSTOMERS THAT TOUCH THAT. FOR THAT 10% OF TOTAL BILLS, WE HAVE 350 CUSTOMERS THAT GET INTO THAT. I BELIEVE THE MATH IS APPROXIMATELY ANNUALIZED, YOU HAVE 8,500 BILLS THAT GO OUT, [OVERLAPPING] 800 OF THOSE ARE OVER 100,000 OF THAT 800. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS THAT ARE IN THAT ZOOM MORE THAN ONCE, SO FOR 2-3 MONTHS A YEAR. I WOULD TOUCH 350 CUSTOMERS 2-3 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR. >> LET ME INTERRUPT JUST FOR A SECOND. I THINK I CAN SHED SOME LIGHT ON THIS. THERE'S A GREAT NUMBER OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE TWO WATER METERS. THEY'RE EFFECTIVELY RECEIVING TWO BILLS A MONTH. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT HIGHER INCREASE IN THE NUMBER. THE POPULATION IS DEFINITELY NOT 4,800, BUT WE DEFINITELY HAVE A LOT OF CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE TWO BILLS COMING IN TO THE MAYOR. >> BUT THOSE 350 BILLS, THAT'S 350 OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. SO IT COULD BE THE SAME. THAT'S GETTING THREE BILLS. THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S REALLY I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW MANY HOUSEHOLDS IN THE TOWN WAS IT IMPACTING? IT SOUNDS LIKE IF IT'S GOING OFF 10%, IT'S 180 HOUSEHOLDS, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S PROBABLY MUCH LOWER THAN THAT EVEN? [00:45:03] >> IT IS. YES, SIR. >> YES. SORRY, I WAS TALKING ABOUT JUST RAW COUNTS. FORGIVE ME. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS WHEN I MENTIONED COUNTS VERSUS THIS REPRESENTATION OF THE MONTHLY BILLS. SO THIS IS OUT OF 8,500 BILLS, BECAUSE IT'S 700 PLUS IS 750, I THINK IT IS WHAT I HAVE, 700 SO RESIDENT, 178 PRECISELY TIMES 12, YOU GET MORE THAN THAT. 10% OF THE TOTAL RESIDENTIAL BILLS ON AVERAGE ARE GETTING INTO THAT 100,000. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >> YES. >> APPRECIATE IT. SORRY FOR ANY CONFUSION BETWEEN THE TWO METRICS I SHARED. SIMILARLY ON COMMERCIAL. WE CALLED OUT THE VOLUMES AND THE NUMBER OF BILLS THAT EXCEED 100,000 AND THE 400,000. HERE YOU HAVE A MUCH GREATER DIFFERENCE WHERE PREVIOUSLY YOU HAD 0.1% OF BILLS AND RESIDENTS THAT WERE EXCEEDING 400,000 HERE, WE HAVE ALMOST 13% EXCEEDING 400,000. WE KNOW THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF REALLY SUBSTANTIAL USERS, PROBABLY KNOW THEM BY NAME. WE ARE SEEKING TO PENALIZE THEM, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE RATE DESIGN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OUR COMMERCIAL RATES AND OUR RESIDENTIAL RATES IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT THAT'S REALLY ALL THESE WERE MEANT TO DO IS TO SHOW YOU WE DID LOOK AT EACH CUSTOMER IN EACH BILL FOR SOME NUMBER OF YEARS, PLOTTED THOSE AND TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROPOSED RATES DIDN'T ADVERSELY AFFECT ANY OF THE USER GROUPS SUBSTANTIALLY. >> HERE'S WHAT THAT ADJUSTMENT LOOKS LIKE. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE RATE DESIGN ADJUSTMENTS, THIS WHOLE SLIDE IS FOR YOUR RESIDENTIAL WATER CUSTOMERS. NOTABLY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE REDUCTION OF THE TOP TIER FROM 400,000-100,000. TO DEMONSTRATE THAT, WE ACTUALLY SHOW THE TWO BLOCKS OF 100 TO 400 AND 400 AND PLUS. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE CURRENT RATE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN YOUR TIERS OR BLOCKS IS 31% THEN DOWN TO 23, AND THEN WHEN YOU GO UP TO 400,000, IT'S ACTUALLY A 29% JUMP. INSTEAD OF HAVING THAT, WE'VE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED A FLAT 30% DIFFERENTIAL. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IN THE SECOND COLUMN, WHERE WE HAVE 30, 30, 30, AND THAT WOULD START AT 100,000 FOR THE TOP TIER. THE RESULTING RATES ARE ON THE FAR RIGHT WITH THE DIFFERENTIAL. IT'S 432, 30% A LITTLE LESS THAN THE CURRENT 31. THIS 20-40,000-GALLON RANGE, WHICH IS WHERE THE CUSTOMER IS AT 25,000 GALLONS PER MONTH. ACTUALLY SEES A FOUR DECREASE TO THE VOLUMETRIC RATE ON THOSE 20,000 GALLONS. IT GOES UP FROM THERE. INSTEAD OF A RATE OF 698 FOR VOLUMES 100-400,000, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED A RELATIVELY LOW IN COUNT, IT WOULD BE 950 AND NOT THE 698. AT 400 PLUS, WE WOULDN'T MAKE A CHANGE BECAUSE 100 IS OUR TOP TIER, SO IT WOULD CONTINUE AT 950. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? I KNOW THERE'S A LOT THERE UNPACK. >> YEAH, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. WHY OR WHAT IS THE LOGIC BEHIND HAVING A DIFFERENTIAL RATE VERSUS A FLAT RATE? WHAT'S THE ADVANTAGE TO THE FLAT RATE? >> SURE. I'M SORRY, AN ADVANTAGE TO THE FLAT RATE WAS THE QUESTION? >> YEAH. WHY HISTORICALLY, DID WE HAVE A DIFFERENTIAL RATE, IF YOU KNOW? WHY WE MOVE? WHY IS THE PROPOSAL TO MOVE TO A FLAT RATE? WHAT'S THE LOGIC? >> SURE. THE LOGIC AROUND TIED RATE AT ALL. WE CALL THIS AN INCLINED BLOCK RATE STRUCTURE IS TO CONTINUE TO SEND A PRICE SIGNAL AS THE WATER BECOMES HIGHER AND HIGHER IN DISCRETIONARY USAGE. THIS IS LIKE HAVING A PLANT THAT'S GOT FOUR BATCHES OF ORDERS THAT HIT THREE TIMES A YEAR. WE HAVE A SUPPLY SYSTEM A STORAGE TANK. YOU SAW THAT WAS ONE OF YOUR BIG ITEMS, YOU HAVE A PUMP STATION IS A BIG ITEM. THOSE ASSETS ARE SIZED TO MEET PEAK CAPACITY. THE REASON WE LIKE INCLINING BLOCK RATE STRUCTURE IS TO WHAT WE CALL SHAVE PEAK. WE DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE WANT TO STOP USING WATER, [OVERLAPPING] BUT WATER. >> I DON'T WANT YOU HAVE TO GO TOO FAR DOWN THAT PATH. THAT PART IS CRYSTAL CLEAR. I'M JUST CURIOUS, THE ACTUAL PERCENTAGE DIFFERENTIAL TO GO 31-23. I THINK ABOUT IT LIKE A TAX SYSTEM. IT'S VARYING DIFFERENTIALS BETWEEN EACH TAX. [00:50:01] WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR HAVING A SMALLER PERCENTAGE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THE 20,000 40,000 TO 40,100 IN THE PAST VERSUS NOW MOVING TOWARDS A FLAT 30% BETWEEN EACH. >> GOT YOU. I DON'T HAVE A HISTORICAL CONTEXT. PERHAPS STAFF CAN SPEAK TO THAT IF ANYBODY'S MOVING TO THE PODIUM OR RAISING YOUR HAND. I WOULD SAY THAT INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICE IS ACTUALLY GRADUALLY INCREASE THAT PREMIUM NOT TO DECREASE THE PREMIUM. >> IF I WOULD HAVE TO BE GUESSING ON WHAT PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS WERE THINKING, BUT WE HAVE SUCH A LACK OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN TOWN FOR SO LONG. I THINK THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE COMMERCIAL GROWTH. THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY REASON THAT I CAN THINK OF THAT YOU WOULD DECREASE ON THE LARGER UNIT. YOU'LL SEE THE SAME THING. INCOME. >> MATT, CAN I JUST ASK ONE QUESTION JUST IN ANTICIPATION? ARE YOU GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE AVERAGE BILL WILL LOOK LIKE? >> YES. WE HAVE SLIDES THAT SHOW THE BILL IMPACT TO THAT MEETING OR TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL USER AND A FEW COMMERCIAL USERS AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. >> SURE THING. I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T KNOW WHO ANSWERED ON STAFF, BUT I THINK YOU'RE SPOT ON WITH THE PRESUMPTION THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN TO APPEASE OR ATTRACT COMMERCIAL THAT YOU HAD THAT ALTERING DIFFERENTIAL AND MAYBE LESS THAN THE FIRST STEP. WE'VE ACTUALLY SPLIT THE TWO. CURRENTLY, YOU HAVE 31, 23, AND 29% PER BLOCK, AND THAT'S AFFECTING RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USERS THE SAME. IN OUR CURRENT ANALYSIS AND AS WE SHOWED WITH THE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION, THESE ARE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT USER GROUPS. THE LIKELIHOOD OF DISCRETIONARY WATER IN THAT 400,000 PLUS RANGE FOR YOUR COMMERCIAL IT'S PROBABLY NOT JUST OUTDOOR WATERING. IT'S PROBABLY COOLING TOWERS. IT'S PROBABLY A NUMBER OF OTHER BUSINESS PROCESS USES. WE'VE ACTUALLY SPLIT. WE'VE GONE AWAY FROM MATCHING 30,30,30 IN THE RESIDENTIAL HERE TO, IF YOU'LL SEE THE PROPOSED DIFFERENTIAL, IT'S ACTUALLY 30 AND DOWN TO 20 AND AGAIN 20, AND THE COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER HERE ACTUALLY SEES A LOWER RATE FOR THE 400,000 PLUS THAN THE CURRENT RATE DESIGN, AND USERS AT 100,000 TO 400,000, SEE THAT SLIDE INCREASE 792-892. >> THAT SEEMS LIKE A VERY SUBSTANTIAL DISCOUNT. IT'S MORE THAN A 10% DISCOUNT FROM WHAT THEY'RE PAYING CURRENTLY UNDER THE NEW MODEL. I WOULD PRESUME THAT THIS IS GENERATING A NON-INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REVENUE FOR THE TOWN. >> YES. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, SINCE WE ADDED A TIER, THEN WHEN YOU COMBINE THOSE TWO TIERS TOGETHER, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO PAY THAT THIRD TIER UP TO 400,000 GALLONS AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO PAY THAT LAST TIER ABOVE 400,000. THE ACTUAL REVENUE THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE IS NOT THAT DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS. YOU'LL SEE THAT THROUGH THE BILL ESTIMATIONS THAT HE HAD COMING UP. AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOK AT IS THESE SUPER, THEY'RE BRINGING IN A NUMBER OF PEOPLE INTO THE TOWN, WHICH BRING IN A GREAT AMOUNT OF SALES TAX INTO THE TOWN. THERE'S SOME IDEA THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME OFFSET FOR THE AMOUNT OF SALES TAX AND OTHER TAX USE THAT'S COMING IN, SO LONG AS WE CAN ENSURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE NOT FOOTING THE MAJORITY OF THE BILL. >> IN ADDITION TO THOSE COMMENTS, JUST LIKE MY FACTORY EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE A CUSTOMER THAT'S ALWAYS A HIGH QUANTITY CUSTOMER, AND YOUR ASSEMBLY LINE IS ALWAYS CRANKING OUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS FOR THEM, THEN THE UNIT RATE COULD BE MORE EQUAL. THEY'RE NOT PUTTING AS MUCH STRESS ON YOUR PEAK MONTHS. YOUR SYSTEM IS UTILIZED FOR THEM MORE CONSISTENTLY YEAR ROUND, IS ANOTHER GOOD REASON PRINCIPALLY TO SET THESE RATES IN THIS MANNER. >> IN THE ELECTRIC BUSINESS, YOU CALL THAT LOAD FACTOR. [LAUGHTER] IF YOU HAVE A HIGH LOAD FACTOR CUSTOMER, MEANS THEY'RE GOING TO BE RUNNING THAT MANUFACTURING PLAN ALL THE TIME, GENERATING PLANT ALL THE TIME, SO YOU GIVE THEM ALONE. >> YES, SIR. WE HAVE AN ELECTRIC, WE'D ALSO BE KEEN INTERESTED IN THE DEMEAN CHARGE AS WELL. BUT YEAH, SAME PRINCIPLE, EXACTLY. WE'RE SELLING A COMMODITY AND IF SOMEONE WILL TAKE IT CONSISTENTLY, THE UNIT RATE MIGHT BE FAVORABLE. WHILE WE TALK ABOUT THE RATE INCREASES, YOU SEE A WHOLE BUNCH OF ZEROS, [00:55:01] BUT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF RATE DESIGN CHANGES. WHILE WE AREN'T TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THE BASELINE MINIMUMS, AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THAT ZERO TO 20,000 GALLON RATE. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT SOME RATE DESIGN CHANGES THAT WOULD PRODUCE A SHIFT, AS WE DISCUSSED OF WHAT PEOPLE PAY AT THAT 20-40, IT'S A LITTLE LESS AND WHAT PEOPLE WILL PAY AT 40-100, THAT'S A MORE, MAYBE A LITTLE LESS FOR COMMERCIAL AND A LOT MORE FOR 100-400,000 FOR BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL. BUT WITH THAT, THE ONLY OTHER RATE CHANGE IN ADDITION TO THE DESIGN CHANGES WE'RE RECOMMENDING, YOU'LL SEE IS IN FISCAL YEAR 29, WHERE BOTH WATER AND WASTEWATER WOULD NEED A VOLUMETRIC CHANGE OR 2%. AGAIN, THIS GETS TO THE HEART OF THE QUESTION. PREVIOUSLY, WHAT IS THE BILL IMPACT? ULTIMATELY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A 20 CENT IMPACT, A SLIGHT REDUCTION TO A TYPICAL RESIDENT, BECAUSE IF YOU RECALL THAT WHAT $0.04 REDUCTION TO TIER 2. INSTEAD OF MAKING A 31% DIFFERENTIAL, IT'S 30. A VERY NORMAL DECREASE. WHEN WE GET AROUND TO OUR NEXT RATE INCREASE THAT WOULD AFFECT A TYPICAL RESIDENT WITH 25,000 GALLONS OF WATER AND 13,000 GALLONS OF WASTEWATER USE. THAT WOULD BE A $4 CHANGE PER MONTH, AND THAT'S IN FISCAL YEAR 29, WHICH IS A 1% NOT THIS IS A 1 INCH METER RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER, WHICH IS YOUR MOST PREVALENT. I WANT TO CHANGE. A LITTLE BIT ALMOST NEGLIGIBLE TO THE GRAD IN THE YEAR TERM AND A VERY SLIGHT INCREASE IN FISCAL YEAR 29. >> MANAGER. >> COMMERCIAL IMPACT AGAIN FOR THIS TYPICAL COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER, YOU HAVE SHOWED A LOT OF CUSTOMERS IN THE COMMERCIAL CLASS THAT ARE NOT EXCEEDING 100,000. MAYBE TWO WOULD HAVE THIS VERY MINOR DECREASE. THEY WOULD HAVE AN INCREASE ADDITIONALLY IN FISCAL YEAR 29, THE OTHER RATE INCREASES AND WE HAVE ANOTHER CUSTOMER IN THE COMMERCIAL CLASS TO SHOW ON THE NEXT SLIDE WITH 100,000 GALLONS. I THOUGHT WE DID. DID WE TAKE IT OUT? OH, I'M SORRY. FORGIVE ME. I MISQUOTED. THAT'S ON OUR REGIONAL COMPARISON. SORRY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE B IMPACTS AS WE LOOK AT THE DESIGN OVER THE NEXT FIVE OR SIX YEARS? >> THE STORY OF THIS CASE IS REALLY [INAUDIBLE]. >> THE AVERAGE COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER IS NOT USING 25,000? >> MEDIAN VALUE. I DON'T HAVE THE AVERAGE HOT AND READY, BUT I CAN GET THAT PRETTY QUICKLY IF YOU'D LIKE. >> THAT CHART SAYS 25,000 FOR. >> I THINK IT WAS A MEDIAN. [INAUDIBLE] AVERAGE? >> NO. >> DON'T SAY TYPICAL. >> IT SAYS TYPICAL. I WOULDN'T THINK A TYPICAL COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER WOULD BE USING THE SAME AS A RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER. >> YOU HAVE A WHOLE RANGE OF CUSTOMERS. WHEN WE TOOK THE MEDIAN, IT'S RIGHT AROUND THAT 25,000, I BELIEVE. >> NOT WHAT I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT, BUT YOU DID THE STUDY. >> THERE'S A BUNCH OF SMALL USERS TO YOU. >> IT'S IRRIGATION FOR THE YARDS IS REALLY WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE USAGE IS. WHEN YOU GET INTO MOST OF OUR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS. OTHER THAN OUR SUPER USERS, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF THAT GOING ON. >> ALL BUSINESSES. >> YEAH. YOU DO HAVE A NUMBER OF SAND IRRIGATIONS. WE DIDN'T PLOT THOSE HERE, THIS IS THE DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL AND DOMESTIC RESIDENTIAL WATER RATE DESIGNS THAT WE'RE ADJUSTING AT LEAST ON SCREEN HERE. AGAIN, A PROOF OF RATES HERE. NOW WE SHOWED YOU THE SAME ILLUSTRATIONS PREVIOUSLY, BUT NOW WE'RE ABLE TO EXCEED JUST BY A HAIR OUR TARGETED DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE IN FISCAL YEAR 2031. AS STATED BEFORE, WE HAVE SOME OVER RECOVERY IN THE CURRENT YEARS. WE ALLOW FOR SOME UNDER RECOVERY IN THE OUT YEARS, AND THAT ALLOWS OUR DAYS CASH ON HAND TO FALL, BUT STILL WELL ABOVE OUR TARGET OF 360 DAYS. THAT'S THE NET IMPACT OF ALL OTHER ASSUMPTIONS HOLD TRUE OF THIS RATE PLAN AS PROPOSED TO YOU. >> TO THAT LAST SLIDE, CASEY, PLEASE. UNDER THE RATE PLAN OF INCREASING BY 2% IN 2029, [01:00:06] OUR REVENUES ARE STILL BELOW OUR EXPENSES IN 2030 AND 2030. WE'RE NOT MEETING OUR EXPENSES. >> NO, SIR. JUST VERY SLIGHTLY, AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF CASH ON THAT. MATING UP THE THAT'S CORRECT[OVERLAPPING] RESERVED. >> THOUGH CASEY MENTIONED NOT TAKING ANY ACTION OR CONSIDERING IT. WE WOULD ASSUME YOU WOULD LOOK AT THIS WITH SOME FREQUENCY. I WOULD ASSUME JUST THE FISCAL YEAR 26 OR 2027 RATES WOULD BE MORE OF THE FOCUS WITH TRYING TO EDIT IN THE FUTURE, IF OTHER THINGS SUBJECT TO CHECK ON ALL THESE ASSUMPTIONS, OF COURSE. WE ALSO PULLED TOGETHER A REGIONAL BILL COMPARISON, AS WE CALL THESE. THIS IS AGAIN, WE'RE SEEING YOUR TYPICAL RESIDENT WITH THE THREE QUARTER INCH METER. A LOT OF THE COMPARATORS DON'T HAVE A LOT OF 1 INCH CONNECTIONS. YOU DO HAVE A NUMBER OF THREE QUARTER INCH CONNECTIONS, AND SO WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU BOTH OF THESE USERS, SINCE YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT METER EQUIVALENCY AND MINIMUM CHARGE. AGAIN, WE SEE A VERY SMALL REDUCTION. WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE 20 CENT CHANGE TO THAT RESIDENTIAL RATE. BUT YOU SEE HERE IN THAT TOP QUARTILE, JUST BELOW K AND JUST AHEAD OF UP OR UNIVERSITY PARK. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT, THE 1 INCH METER. BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES DON'T HAVE A STANDARD 1 " RATE AND MAY OR MAY NOT CHARGE THE RESIDENTS BY METER EQUIVALENCY OR HIGHER FOR THE 1 INCH, YOU ARE ACTUALLY HERE LEADING THE PACK FOR RESIDENTIAL TYPICAL BILLS, A $377. THIS IS ALL THE DATA WE COULD FROM OCTOBER 2025. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE ARE SOME PENDING RATE CHANGES THAT WE DIDN'T SEE ONLINE FOR 26, BUT IT'S THE LATEST DATA WE COULD AMASS. >> AGAIN, A COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER WITH 25,000 GALLONS OF USAGE AND A 1" METER. AGAIN, SIMILARLY TO YOUR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER TOWARDS THE UPPER END OF THIS CONTINUUM AT 994, THAT WOULD REDUCE SLIGHTLY. IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, AS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, YOU'D SEE SOME REDUCTIONS FOR A COMMERCIAL THAT WOULD ACTUALLY PUT YOU DOWN A NOTCH FROM THE TOP OF THE CHARTS DOWN TO THE SECOND JUST BELOW ROANOKE. A QUICK SUMMARY, WE READ ALL THESE TO YOU, BUT THE KEY ELEMENTS WERE, WE COULD SEE A SLIGHT REDUCTION TO A TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL BILL. WE CHANGE UP OUR RATE DESIGN. AGAIN, MOVING THAT TOP TIER FROM 400,000 -100,000. WE WOULD CHANGE THE WAY WE GO FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BY ALTERING THE TIER DIFFERENTIAL. WE HAVE NO INCREASES EXPECTED ON THE MINIMUM CHARGES THROUGH 2031, AND WE'D HAVE THAT ONE YEAR OF VOLUMETRIC RATE INCREASES THAT WE WOULD ANTICIPATE IN FISCAL 29. WE DIDN'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON IT, BUT WE THINK IT'S A BIG PLUS THAT WHILE WE DO THIS, WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO SAVE THE TOWN AND ACADEMY ACCOUNTS BY PAYING FOR WATER AT COST INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING THIS RATE DESIGN FOR THE OTHER RETAIL RATES. WE SAID BEFORE WE CAN MEET FINANCIAL TARGETS AS PROPOSED. UNDER THE NEXT STEPS, BE GLAD TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE STUDY. >> A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. HOW OFTEN DO WE DO THIS STUDY? >> WE SHOULD BE DOING THESE ABOUT EVERY 3-5 YEARS, 5 AT THE VERY MAXIMUM. >> WHEN'S THE LAST TIME WE'VE DONE IT? >> IN 2022. >> TWENTY TWO. >> IF WE HAVE A MAJOR CHANGE COMMERCIALLY, THEN WE WOULD DO ANOTHER RATE STUDY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'D KEEP IN MIND. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW IN A COUPLE OF YEARS IF ALL THINGS PAN OUT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER SUPER USER JOIN THE GROUP, AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE'LL NEED TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS. >> THAT WAS THE QUESTION. THANKS. >> ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MATTHEW, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CASEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> NOW, WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, [F. CONSENT AGENDA] AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. WE HAVE 12 ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. JUST FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE LISTENING, ALL THESE EXPENDITURES LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY [01:05:02] AUTHORIZED IN THE TOWN AND ADOPTED IN THE FISCAL BUDGET. THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT I DON'T WANT TO LOOK LIKE WE'RE JUST RUBBER STAMPING THESE THINGS GETTING THROUGH THESE ALL HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN OTHER MEETINGS. BUT I THINK WE WANT TO PULL OUT ONE ISSUE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. PRO TEM REEVES WANTS TO PULL OUT ITEM F10. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE EVERYTHING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OTHER THAN F10? >> I MOVE. >> CAN I GET A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> AYE. >>ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. KEVIN ON VIDEO CONFERENCE, THANK YOU, SIR FOR YOUR VOTE. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS F10, [F.10. Discuss, consider and act to approve WA Resolution 25-25 to update the Westlake Academy Compensation Plan by revising both the Administrative Schedule and the Supplemental & Summer Schedule.] DISCUSS CONSIDERED ACT TO APPROVE WA RESOLUTION 25-25 TO UPDATE THE WEST LAKE ACADEMY'S COMPENSATION PLAN BY REVISING BOTH THE ADMINISTRATIVE SCHEDULE AND THE SUPPLEMENTARY AND SUMMER SCHEDULE. IS THAT SANDY OR KELLY? YOU'RE BOTH RUNNING UP THERE. [LAUGHTER] >> GOOD EVENING. IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE TYPE OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE IF IT'S EITHER DR. RITCHIE OR MYSELF. >> SURE. >> I JUST WANTED YOU TO GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW SO THAT UNDERSTANDABLY SPEAK TO THE RECORDING. >> AS IT IS IN THE PACKET, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT GOING INTO THIS YEAR WAS HOW TO MAXIMIZE THE EXPERIENCE THAT OUR KIDS ARE ABLE TO HAVE IN THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AS WELL AS SUMMER PROGRAMMING. WHAT WE FOUND THIS SUMMER, TYPICALLY AT A SCHOOL LIKE THIS AND AND WE'RE GOING TO BE REVAMPING SOMETHING, SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT WORKS, BUT TYPICALLY AT A SCHOOL LIKE WEST LAKE ACADEMY, YOU WOULD HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST SUMMER PROGRAMMING. WHAT WE FOUND WAS WE'RE NOT MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE FOR SOME REASON. THOSE PROGRAMS WERE WIDELY UNDERUTILIZED. WE RAN PROGRAMS THAT ONLY DREW 1-3 STUDENTS IN EACH OF THOSE AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HAVING BUILDINGS THAT WERE AIR CONDITIONED. WE HAD STAFF THAT WAS THERE, WE WERE RUNNING PROGRAMS THAT JUST WEREN'T EFFICIENT. IN ONE OF OUR POSITIONS THIS YEAR, WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO'S REALLY TAKEN THE LEAD ON CLEANING UP SOME OF THE SYSTEMS AROUND STUDENT PROGRAMMING. YOU SAW THAT WITH THE HOUSE SYSTEM. I DON'T KNOW FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE ABLE TO FOLLOW SOME OF THE UPDATES I WAS SENDING ABOUT OUR HOUSE ASSEMBLY AS WELL AS THE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AFTER SCHOOL. THAT REALLY HAS BEEN SPEARHEADED HEAVILY BY ONE OF OUR ROLES THIS YEAR THAT IS IN A PARAPROFESSIONAL POSITION. WHAT WE ALSO HAVE ASKED HER TO DO IS TO TAKE ON A LITTLE MORE LEAD WITH MAKING SURE THAT OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING AS WELL AS OUR SUMMER PROGRAMMING MATCHES OUR STANDARDS FOR WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES. SHE HAS THROWN HERSELF INTO THAT WORK. HOWEVER, BECAUSE SHE'S A PARAPROFESSIONAL, THAT'S COMING WITH A LOT OF ADDITIONAL TIME OUTSIDE OF HER ALLOTTED HOURS. I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WRONG WORD. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO CONTINUE TO JUST PAY OVERTIME. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS SET A SALARY SCHEDULE THAT MAKES SENSE AND IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NUMBER OF HOURS OF WORK THAT SHE'S DOING TO PROVIDE THIS STUDENT PROGRAMMING, AGAIN, IN THE WAY THAT WE WOULD WANT IT TO BE FRONT FACING FOR OUR FAMILIES. THAT'S THE ASK, IS THAT WE MOVE HER FROM A PARAPROFESSIONAL STANDARD SALARY SCHEDULE TO A SALARY SCHEDULE THAT IS MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HOURS AND THE WORK THAT IS GOING INTO IT. >> ULTIMATELY, THIS ISN'T REALLY A PERSONNEL DECISION, IT'S JUST AN UPDATE TO THE SCHEDULE OF COMPENSATION. >> DID HE SAY THAT CORRECTLY? I DON'T WANT TO SAY YES. >> WILL YOU ASK THAT AGAIN. >> ULTIMATELY THIS ISN'T A PERSONNEL DECISION. IT REQUIRES COUNCIL TO VOTE ON IT BECAUSE IT'S AN UPDATE TO THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SCHEDULE OF COMPENSATION FOR THE ACADEMY. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> CORRECT. IF I MAY ADD, IT'S NOT ONLY THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT WERE CHANGED, BUT THE TYPES OF DUTIES THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THIS POSITION BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE AND HAVING THE DISCRETION TO MAKE DECISIONS. THAT IS WHAT CONSTITUTES AN ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION VERSUS A PARA PROFESSION. >> THE OTHER THING WE SHOULD NOTE IS THAT THE INCREASE IN THE COMPENSATION IS GOING TO BE COVERED BY THE REVENUE FROM THE PROGRAMMING. WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE NOR HAVE WE PLANNED FOR ANY BUDGETARY IMPACT WITH THIS. IT'S JUST A RESULT OF OFFERING [01:10:01] BETTER PROGRAMMING THAT IS MORE ALIGNED TO THE FAMILY'S INTEREST, AND WE DID SEE THAT THIS FALL EVERYTHING THAT WE BOOKED, I THINK ALL BUT TWO CLASSES COMPLETELY BOOKED OUT FOR THIS FALL, AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO START DOING PREPARATION FOR SPRING PROGRAMMING. >> JUST TO CONFIRM, WHEN YOU SAY CLASSES, YOU MEAN THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS? >> I'M SORRY. YES, AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT CLASSES. YES. >> THANK YOU. >> DIFFERENT THAN OUR DAYTIME CLASSES, YES. >> SHOULD HOPE THEY'RE FULL ALL THE TIME. >> YES, THEY'RE FULL ALL THE TIME. YES. [LAUGHTER] >> THAT WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM. >> OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? >> PERFECT. THANK YOU. [OVERLAPPING] THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. >> CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM F10? >> I MOVE. >> CAN I GET A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES AGAIN. THANK YOU, KEVIN. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. [G.1. (TABLED 09.16.2025) Discuss, consider and act to approve the Westlake Academy Parent-Student Handbook.] AGENDA ITEMS G1, THIS WAS TABLED ON 9/16/25. DISCUSSED CONSENT ACT TO APPROVE THE WEST LAKE ACADEMY PARENT STUDENT HANDBOOK. >> THANK YOU. THIS WAS TABLED. IF YOU'LL SEE, WHAT WE DID THIS TIME WAS WE PULLED OUT THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS WHAT THE BOARD ACTUALLY APPROVES, OUR CODE OF CONDUCT IS IN THE PARENTS STUDENT HANDBOOK, BUT REALLY ALL THE BOARD APPROVES IS THE CODE OF CONDUCT. [OVERLAPPING] WE DID THAT DURING CONSENT AGENDA, SO THIS IS JUST SUPERFLUOUS AT THIS POINT. >> I KNEW THAT, I APOLOGIZE. THAT'S ABOUT THAT. >> THAT'S OKAY. NO WORRIES. >> BUT WE DO HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE ON IT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM G OR DO I NOT? >> MOVED. >> IT'S A MOTION TO TAKE NO ACTION. >> TAKE NO ACTION. >> MOTION TO TAKE NO ACTION ON ITEM G1. >> MOVED. >> CAN I GET A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? >> CARRIES. G2 WAS ALSO TABLED ON 9/16, [G.2. (TABLED 09.16.2025) Discuss, consider, and act regarding a technology plan for Westlake Academy Class of 2026.] DISCUSS CONSENT ACT REGARDING A TECHNOLOGY PLAN FOR WEST LAKE ACADEMY CLASS OF 2021. >> YES. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO ALSO TAKE NO ACTION. WE HAVE BEEN HANDLING THIS AND HAVE A REALLY GOOD SMOOTH PROGRAM TO DEAL WITH WHAT WE WERE HANDED BY THE STATE, WHICH WAS UNEXPECTED BY ALL OF US. WHEN THAT CAME DOWN IN JULY, WE HAD TO SHIFT GEARS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT MEANT AND FOLLOW SOME OF THE LEAD OF THE DISTRICTS HERE IN NORTH TEXAS. WE PULLED ON WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND FIGURED OUT WHAT WOULD WORK AT OUR CAMPUS LEVEL, AND DR. OWEN HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTING THAT AND REVIEWING THOSE PROCESSES AND TAKING PULSES AND SURVEYS FROM THE STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADAPTING AS NEEDED, AND IT'S BY ALL ACCOUNTS WORKING WELL. >> JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THIS A LOT OF MOTION AROUND THIS ISSUE, I KNOW, CAN YOU TELL US THE PLANS YOU TOOK, DR. OWEN, WHAT YOU'VE DONE, EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING, IPADS, LAPTOPS, HOW IT'S WORKING. AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TALKED [OVERLAPPING]. >> ABSOLUTELY. DR. OWEN AND I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS ABOUT THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO COME UP? [LAUGHTER] >> EVERYTHING WE DO, WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE SAYING AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS THING IS THOROUGHLY COVERED AND ANSWERS ALL THE QUESTIONS WE DON'T HAVE. >> I DO WANT TO COMMEND DR. OWEN BECAUSE HE HAS REALLY BEEN FRONT FACING WITH STUDENTS TO SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS MEETING THEIR NEEDS. HE'LL SPEAK ABOUT THIS, WE HAD A MAJOR DEADLINE WITH THE EXTENDED SA DRAFTS THAT JUST CAME AND EVERY STUDENT GOT THEIR DRAFT IN, WHICH MEANT THAT IN THIS GIVEN MOMENT, THEY'VE HAD ALL THE PROPER TECHNOLOGY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A MATH. >> THEN I WOULD ALSO SAY AFTER WE COVER THIS, IN THE NEXT COMING YEARS, ARE WE GOING TO DO THE SAME? IS THERE ANY CHANGE TO THAT? I HOPE EVERYBODY DOES UNDERSTAND WHAT THE STATE HANDED DOWN ON THE TECHNOLOGY SIDE. [LAUGHTER] AGAIN, EVERYBODY, DON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN THIS COMING ELECTION. WE NEED FRIENDS IN AUSTIN. BUT ARE WE GOING TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT NEXT YEAR? DO WE THINK THIS WORKS AND TO GIVE US A WHOLE PICTURE OF. >> WE'RE IN CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW. DR. OWEN AND I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH JASON AND RAY AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, A BRAND NEW LEASE WAS JUST APPROVED RIGHT BEFORE WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS. WE ARE IN A LEASE CURRENTLY FOR ALL OF THE IPADS, BUT JASON IS GOING TO TALK TO OUR LEASE SUPPLIER AND FIND OUT IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO POTENTIALLY SWITCH OUT SOME OF THAT TECHNOLOGY TO HAVE COMPUTERS FOR THOSE OLDEST STUDENTS. WE'RE FACT FINDING AROUND WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN FOR THE LEASE FOR THE FINANCIAL IMPACT. FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THOSE DEVICES BECAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS THAT HAVE TO GO INTO DECISIONS LIKE THIS. [01:15:05] THE WAY THE COMPUTERS AND JASON, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WHEN WE GET THOSE COMPUTERS ON THE LEASE, THEY DO NOT NECESSARILY FIT THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE BILL THAT WAS JUST PASSED. AM I SAYING THAT CORRECTLY? >> THAT'S CORRECT. WE HAVE TO PUT OUR MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE ON THERE. >> DO ALL THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE TO MAKE THEM COMPLIANT. MAKE THEM COMPLY. >> MAKE THEM COMPLY. >> THEY COME FROM APPLE JUST LIKE THEY WOULD FOR YOU ADD AT THE STORE. >> THAT'S EXPENSE AND IT'S TIME. THIS WAS NOT THERE WAS NO MAGIC BULLET TO FIX THIS, BUT I THINK WE'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB THROUGH CAMPUS LEADERSHIP AND WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING THERE? >> KELLY, CAN I JUST ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION? THIS WAS THE ROOT OF IT? YES, NO ONE KNEW THAT THIS WAS COMING AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR ABOUT WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN. HAS THERE BEEN ANY NEED RAISED FROM THE STUDENTS THAT THEIR TECHNOLOGY NEEDS OR NEEDS ARE NOT BEING ADEQUATELY MET? THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE FOR. ARE WE ARE WE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS? >> ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN TOO. YOU GUYS KNOW, WE STOOD BEFORE YOU LAST MONTH, TWO MONTHS AGO AND TALKED ABOUT THE RESULTS. THOSE RESULTS, THEY'RE IN OUR HANDS AND WE TAKE THOSE THINGS VERY SERIOUSLY. WE'RE NEVER GOING TO HANDICAP A CHILD FROM BEING ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE PROGRAM IN THE WAY THAT WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE PROGRAM. AS FAR AS WE KNOW, AND AGAIN, DR. OWEN, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS. BUT AS FAR AS WE KNOW, THE FEEDBACK LOOP THAT WE ARE GETTING ON CAMPUS IS THAT THE KIDS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE AND THEY ALL HAVE ACCESS TO COMPUTERS. DR. OWEN HAS TWEAKED THE SYSTEM THAT WE WERE USING TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER FOR THEM WHEN THEY COME IN SO THAT THEY ARE NOT LOGGING INTO A DIFFERENT COMPUTER EVERY DAY, AND THAT'S SPEEDING UP THE TIME, THE USABILITY FOR THAT, AND THEY ALL PARK IN THAT GENERAL AREA FOR THE MOST FEW. WE HAVE A FEW, I THINK OUT ON THE GRAVEL LOT, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THEY'RE ALL PARKING IN THE SAME LOCATION, SO THEY GO IN THROUGH THE 900 BUILDING, THEY ARE ABLE TO GET THEIR COMPUTER AND GO RIGHT INTO CLASS WITHOUT DELAY. >> I THINK THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT TWEAK. >> [OVERLAPPING] YES, CREDIT TO DR. OWEN FOR THAT. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> YES, SORRY. [LAUGHTER] >> I'D BE HAPPY TO CLARIFY THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE FOR THE SENIORS. THANK YOU. HOW WE SORT HAVE USED SENIOR FEEDBACK TO TWEAK IT. BY SEPTEMBER 19, WE HAD 72 MAC BOOKS. FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE SENIORS ON CAMPUS DURING THE DAY. THANK YOU TO JASON AND HIS TEAM, ESPECIALLY RAY WORKMAN, MITCHWLLS, ON CAMPUS ON GETTING THESE MC BOOKS READY. THESE WERE ONLY 3-YEARS-OLD AND PREVIOUSLY USED BY FACULTY, SO THEY WERE VERY RELIABLE HARDWARE. ON SEPTEMBER 19, ANY SENIOR WHO WANTED TO SIGN OUT A LAPTOP FOR THE DAY COULD DO SO. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO USING THE IPADS AS WELL. AFTER TWO WEEKS, I DID A SENIOR SURVEY TO SEE HOW IT WAS GOING AND ASKED THEM FOR SOME FEEDBACK ON ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE COULD DO. THE SURVEY SHOWED THAT AROUND ABOUT 85% OF THE STUDENTS WERE USING THE LAPTOP AT SOME POINT. BUT ONE OF THE TWEAKS THAT THEY WANTED WAS THOSE WHO USED IT ON A CONSISTENT BASIS THAT DIDN'T WANT TO DO THE SIGN OUT AND SIGN BACK IN ANYMORE. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT CUMBERSOME. CERTAINLY WHAT I DIDN'T WANT TO DO WAS DELAYED THE START TIME OF CLASS AS WELL. WE TREATED IT TO AN ASSIGNED SYSTEM. ANY SENIOR WHO WANTED AN ASSIGNED LAPTOP, A DEDICATED LAPTOP FOR THEMSELVES, COULD HAVE ONE. JUST OVER 50 STUDENTS SAID YES TO THAT. SINCE OCTOBER 3, THOSE 50 STUDENTS HAD BEEN ABLE JUST TO COME IN IN THE MORNING, GOING TO 900 SCRAB LAPTOP, IT SAYS FOR THE DAY, PUT IT BACK AT THE END OF THE DAY. AS WELL. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE 20 MORE LAPTOPS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS WHO REALLY DON'T USE LAPTOPS THAT MUCH, BUT IF THEY WANTED TO USE IT ON AN AD HOC BASIS ON ANY GIVEN DAY, IT'S THERE. BASED ON STUDENT FEEDBACK, THIS TWEAK DEFINITELY HELPED. TEACHERS WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT TWEAK AS WELL BECAUSE STUDENTS WEREN'T LEAVING CLASS TO GO AND GET A LAPTOP. THAT'S HELPED WITH INSTRUCTIONAL TIME AS WELL. BASED ON STUDENT FEEDBACK AND ALSO PARENTS THAT I SPOKE TO AS WELL, PRIMARY CONCERN WAS HOW WOULD THIS IMPACT OF STUDENT RESEARCH, ESPECIALLY THE EXTENDED ESSAY, THE INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS, WHERE THE DEMANDS FOR RESEARCH AND WRITING ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU MIGHT EXPECT TO DO ON AN IPAD. THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE GOT THERE IS IT'S WORKING FOR TWO REASONS. [01:20:06] FIRSTLY, ON THE STUDENT ASSIGNED LAPTOPS, THEY CAN LOG INTO THEIR GOOGLE DRIVE, AND THE WORK THAT THEY CAN BE DONE THERE IS AUTOMATICALLY SAVED AND WHEN THEY GO HOME ON THEIR PERSONAL ADVICE LOG BACK INTO THE GOOGLE DRIVE. EVERYTHING IS THERE. A HAPPY KNOCK ON EFFECT. AS AN EDUCATOR THAT I'M HAPPY WITH AS WELL WITH RESEARCH, IT'S REALLY PROMOTED PROPER RESEARCH PRACTICES OF BEING ORGANIZED WITH NOTES AND SAVING THE HYPER LINKS TO THE RESEARCH THAT YOU ARE DOING. ACTUALLY THIS, I THINK HAS ACTUALLY IMPROVED THE WRITING BECAUSE WHAT STUDENTS ARE DOING NOW IS RATHER THAN HAVING 20 TABS OPEN AND PARAPHRASING ONE TAB AT A TIME INTO PARAGRAPHS, THEY'RE ACTUALLY BEING MORE ORGANIZED AND SYNTHESIZING THEIR RESEARCH BECAUSE THEY'RE ORGANIZING IT SO THEY CAN USE IT FOR THEIR PERSONAL DEVICE WHEN THEY GET HOME. INSTRUCTIONALLY, I THINK THIS HAS BEEN GOOD AS WELL. ALSO FEEDBACK FROM THE STUDENTS THEY LIKE THE FLEXIBILITY OF HAVING THE ASSIGNED LAPTOPS, BUT ALSO THEIR IPAD AS WELL. AGAIN, THIS MEANS THAT WE CAN BE FLEXIBLE WITH THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS, IF THEY'RE IN A MATH CLASS, WHERE THEY USE NOTABILITY TO DO THEIR SUMS, THEY CAN USE THEIR IPAD. IF THEY'RE IN THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE OR IF THEY'RE IN THE DEDICATED ADVISORY TIME FOR EXTENDED ESSAY, THEY CAN GET THEIR LAPTOP AND DO THE RESEARCH. IT'S PROVIDED THE FLEXIBILITY, WHICH IS CONVINCED ME THAT THE STUDENTS' EDUCATIONAL NEEDS ARE BEING FULLY SUPPORTED AS SENIORS. >> TWO QUESTIONS. WHAT IS THE SENIOR CLASS COUNT? HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE IN THE SENIOR? >> WE HAVE 72 SENIORS. >> SEVENTY TWO. YOU SAID ABOUT 50, A LITTLE BIT OVER 50. >> FIFTY WANTED IN A SIGN LAPTOP THAT REFLECTED THE NATURE OF THEIR USE, WHICH WAS THEY USE IT PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY. >> THEN THE OTHER STUDENTS, OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE LAPTOPS AVAILABLE. >> THERE 20 OTHERS, RIGHT? >> YES. IF EVERY SINGLE SENIOR WANTED TO USE THAT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH. WE HAVE SENIORS WHO ACTUALLY PREFER IPADS. THE PERSONAL PREFERENCE. >> THEN THE OTHER QUESTION WAS, I KNOW THAT IAS ARE COMING UP. IT'S BECOME A REALLY HECTIC TIME FOR THESE STUDENTS. YOU FEEL THAT STILL THIS WON'T IMPEDE THEM IN TERMS? >> NO. BECAUSE ANY STUDENT WHO WANTS TO ACCESS A LAPTOP FOR THAT, IT WILL FULLY SUPPORT THAT. BUT ALSO, I THINK THE CONNECTION BETWEEN DOING A SUCCESSFUL INTERNAL ASSESSMENT, HAVING THE RIGHT TOOLS IS PART OF IT, BUT WHAT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IS HAVING THE RIGHT SKILLS. CERTAINLY BY BEING ORGANIZED WITH RESEARCH AND MAKING SURE THAT STUFF DRAWING AT CLASSES IS FULLY ORGANIZED AND TRANSFERABLE SO THEY CAN WORK ON IT AT HOME, THAT IN ITSELF IS PROMOTING A SUCCESSFUL WORK ON THE IAS. >> BUT DR. OWENS, WHAT IF WE HAVE A STUDENT THAT DOESN'T HAVE TECHNOLOGY AT THE HOME? WHAT DO WE DO? IS THERE ANYTHING? >> WELL, THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR IPAD, THE IPADS CERTAINLY, BUT ANY STUDENT WHO THAT WAS THE CASE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME AND SPEAK WITH ME. >> WE WOULD PERCENT TAKE CARE OF THAT. IF WE FOUND OUT A STUDENT WENT HOME WITHOUT A LAPTOP TOP OR A DESKTOP COMPUTER, THAT HAPPENS. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DEFINITELY DEAL WITH. THAT WOULD BE A CASE BY CASE SITUATION. >> I HOPE HAPPEN. >> I APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING THIS. SOUNDS LIKE IT'S WORKING. OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD PREFER STUDENTS TO HAVE LAPTOP TO GO HOME WITH THEM EVERY DAY. IDEALLY, THAT'S WHAT, THE ONE TO ONE TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE IT WAS ABOUT? IN THE PAST, THE STUDENTS WERE ALLOWED TO BRING THEIR OWN DEVICES AND SO THAT REALLY HELPED THEM. I REALIZE THAT WE'RE PIVOTING HERE, BUT I THINK THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING LAPTOPS FOR ALL THE STUDENTS MOVING FORWARD. BUT I APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS WORKING NOW. >> THERE MIGHT BE AN ISSUE WITH THAT. THAT IS ONCE I LOOKED TO JASON FOR THIS. ONCE YOU LET GO OF THAT IPAD, WITHOUT LOOKING IT WHEN YOU BRING IT BACK TO SCHOOL, HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE COMPLYING? WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD BE DOWNLOADED? >> BUT OUR SOFTWARE [OVERLAPPING] >> I KNOW THAT THEN THAT PROBABLY BRINGS UP AN ISSUE BECAUSE, WE ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT LETTING THE STUDENTS PICK WHICH TECHNOLOGY THEY WANT TO, THEY WANT A LAPTOP, DO THEY WANT TO IPAD. I KNOW YOU'RE SAYING IN CERTAIN CLASSES, THEY DO USE IPADS, BUT THAT WOULDN'T PRECLUDE THEM FROM HAVING IPADS ON A CART THAT THEY CHECK OUT DURING THE DAY IF THEY DECIDED TO TAKE A LAPTOP HOME. I'M THINKING MORE FOR NEXT YEAR OR IN THE FUTURE AS WE MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE I THINK THAT IDEALLY, I THINK THAT THE DP STUDENTS DESERVE TO HAVE A LAPTOP AND BE ABLE TO DO THEIR WORK. >> YES. ABSOLUTELY. I DO WANT SINCE WE'RE ON VIDEO AND THIS HAS BEEN A PARTICULARLY CHARGED ISSUE, I DO WANT TO CAUTION OVER PROMISING ON WHAT WE CAN ISSUE FOR TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE THOSE IPADS ARE A BRAND NEW LEASE, [01:25:02] AND IT'S POSSIBLE WE WOULD HAVE TO SWITCH SOME OF THOSE OUT TO BE ABLE TO DO JASON, AM I WRONG ABOUT THAT? THAT WOULD BE A DISCUSSION THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN WITH THE LEASING COMPANY. >> WE WOULD. >> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T FLOATING LIKE A PLAN. >> I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY I KNOW YOU MENTIONED IPAD ON A CARD. THE IPAD IS REALLY A SINGLE USER DEVICE. IT'S HARD TO SHARE. THEY WORK GREAT FOR ONE TO ONE. BUT CAN ASSIGN IT TO ONE PERSON. >> GETS ISSUED AN IPAD. >> RIGHT NOW, EVERY STUDENT HAS A BRAND NEW IPAD. >> I JUST MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THIS IN SUMMARY. WE HAVE A SOLUTION THAT'S WORKING. WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON A SOLUTION FOR NEXT YEAR. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> SUMMARY. >> YES, THAT'S CORRECT. >> IT HAD BEEN EASIER AND THANK YOUR STATE LEGISLATURE FOR GIVING US TIME. >> I REALLY THANK YOU TO DR. OWENS. MR. RAY. THEY HAVE BEEN INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THIS WORK TO MAKE SURE THE STUDENTS ARE HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED AND TO JASON AND RAY. WE'VE BEEN IN SEVERAL MEETINGS ABOUT THIS. IT'S BEEN A REALLY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS TO GET OVER THE HUMP OF WHAT WE WERE HANDED AT REALLY BAD TING. >> THANK YOU, DR. OWENS VERY MUCH, DR. RICHIE. THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR NO ACTION ON AGENDA ITEM G TWO? >> NO MOVE. >> TO GET A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, DOCTOR RICHIE. ALL THE PARENTS AND ALL THE STUDENTS WHO GO THROUGH THIS WITH US. AGENDA ITEM G 3 DISCUSSED CONSIDER ACT REGARDING RESOLUTION 25-34 APPROVING [G.3. Discuss, consider and act regarding Resolution 25-34, approving the participation of the Town in the Texas Enterprise Zone Program pursuant to the Texas Enterprise Zone Act, Chapter 2303 of the Texas Local Government Code, as amended; nominating Goosehead Insurance Agency, LLC to the Governor’s Office for Economic Development and Tourism as an Enterprise Project through the Economic Development Bank; and authorizing execution by the Town Manager or their Designee of any related documents and actions in support of that nomination.] THE PARTICIPATION OF THE TOWN IN THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE ACT, CHAPTER 2303 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. AS AMENDED, NOMINATING GOOSEHEAD INSURANCE, LLC TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM AS AN ENTERPRISE PROJECT THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK, AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF THE TOWN MANAGER OR THEIR DESIGNEE OF ANY RELATED DOCUMENTS AND ACTION TO SUPPORT THAT NOMINATION. I THINK WE JUST LOST QUORUM. >> NO. >> HE'S HERE. STAYED HEARD THE DOOR SOME DRINK. >> I APOLOGIZE FOR THE AGENDA LANGUAGE ON THAT ONE, MAYOR. THAT'S A LOT [LAUGHTER] THAT'S WHAT THEY PAY ME FOR. >> THAT'S RIGHT. THIS IS A GREAT ITEM. I'M BRINGING FORWARD TONIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. FIRST OF ALL, GOOD EVENING I'M GLAD YOU GUYS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU, KEVIN FOR PARTICIPATING REMOTELY AND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE AMPLE NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE. WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS A REQUEST FROM GOOSEHEAD INSURANCE TO BECOME AN ENTERPRISE ZONE AS A PART OF THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE ACT, WHICH AGAIN, IS CHAPTER 2303 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. REALLY, WHAT THIS ACT DOES IS IT ALLOWS A TAX REIMBURSEMENT FROM SALES TAX GENERATED AT THE STATE LEVEL BACK TO ANYONE THAT WE WOULD DEEM AS A PART OF THIS ENTERPRISE ZONE. IN SUBSECTION F, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE SPECIFIC AND I'M GOING TO SKIP THROUGH SOME OF THESE. I LOVE JASON. HE'S A LOT MORE DETAIL ORIENTED THAN I AM, AND WE CAN POP BACK TO THESE IF WE NEED TO. BUT IN SUBCHAPTER F IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 20303, YOU'LL SEE ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR US TO CONSIDER THEM FOR A ENTERPRISE ZONE. WE HAVE DONE THE HOMEWORK HERE. WE RECEIVED ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED FROM GOOSEHEAD, AND THEY DO QUALIFY. SOME OF THOSE QUALIFICATIONS, I'LL SKIP TO VERY QUICKLY IS THEY'VE SPENT $9.3 MILLION IN CAPITAL PROJECTS HERE IN WESTLAKE. WHICH IS OUTSTANDING, AND THEN THEY HAVE A CREATION OF OVER 815 JOBS IN WESTLAKE, 490 OF THOSE ARE FULL TIME POSITIONS. THEY'RE REQUIRED TO KEEP THOSE JOBS FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF YEARS IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM. IN QUALIFYING FOR THIS PROGRAM, THIS IS A GREAT THING FOR THEM AS WELL. YOU'LL SEE THERE THAT THEY HAVE $1.25 MILLION IN SALES TAX THAT THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR. THIS IS DONE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. ANNUALLY, THEY HAVE TO SUPPLY THE PAPERWORK TO THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT SAYS, WE'VE RETAINED THIS MANY JOBS. WE'VE SPENT THIS MUCH MONEY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND THEN THAT CALCULATION IS DONE AND THAT REIMBURSEMENT IS DONE. >> THERE CAN I JUST ASK ONE QUESTION ON THE PRIOR SLIDE. THIS PRIOR SLIDE ANTICIPATED TO SPEND THE NEXT SLIDE BEFORE THAT, YOU SKIP THROUGH A COUPLE. THIS ONE HERE. >> ANTICIPATE TO SPEND OR. >> THEY NEED TO SPEND $9.3 MILLION IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE JUMBO USER AS PART OF THIS. [01:30:03] >> THAT IS WHAT STILL NEED TO SPEND. THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY SPENT. >> THAT'S CORRECT. I'M SORRY. YES. THEY HAVE NOT SPENT THAT, BUT THEY WILL NEED TO SPEND THAT TO ENABLE THEM TO GET THE 1.5 MILLION. >> IF I UNDERSTAND PIC A PORTION OF THAT. THEY'RE GOING TO GET A TAX REBATE FROM THE STATE, WHICH IS NET NEUTRAL TO US. >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> THEY SPEND THE MONEY HERE IN OUR TOWN. >> THAT'S CORRECT. THEY GET TAX MONEY FROM THE STATE, THEY GOT TO SPEND THE MONEY HERE IN OUR TOWN, AND IT DOES NOT AFFECT OUR REVENUES WHATSOEVER. WE'VE ENSURED THAT THEY WILL QUALIFY FOR THE PROJECT, AND THEY HAVE THE MEANS AND THE CAPABILITIES TO TURN IN THE REPORTS ANNUALLY, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO BOTH THE TOWN AND THE STATE OF TEXAS. WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE APPROVE THEM AS AN ENTERPRISE PROJECT. >> MOVED. >> CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 25-34 AS PRESENTED. >> HE'S ALREADY MOVED. >> AHEAD OF ME. CAN I GET A SECOND? WE'RE ON A PATH. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES. WAIT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GENTAM G, DISCUSSED CONSIDERED ACT APPROVED RESOLUTION 25-48, [G.4. Discuss, consider and act to approve Resolution 25-48 ratifying actions approved by the Westlake Development Corporation (WDC) to amend the WDC Operating Budget for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2026 by increasing expenditures in an amount not to exceed $35,000.00 and to approve a Professional Services Contract between the WDC and Lew Oliver Inc. for conceptual site plan services for the Entrada Development.] RATIFYING ACTIONS APPROVED BY THE WESTLAKE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. WDC TO AMEND THE WC OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2026 BY INCREASING EXPENDITURES AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $35,000 TO APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN THE WDC AND LOU OLIVER INC FOR CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN SERVICES FOR INTRATA DEVELOPMENT. >> GOOD EVENING. ON OUR NEXT ITEM HERE, ANNUALLY, JUST TO GO BACKWARDS IN TIME. ANNUALLY WE PROPOSE A BUDGET THROUGH THE WESTLAKE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. THAT BUDGET IS APPROVED BY THE WESTLAKE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THEN HAS TO COME FOR FINAL APPROVAL FROM THIS BODY. ANYTIME WE HAVE AN ADJUSTMENT TO THAT PROPOSED BUDGET, IT'LL COME TO THIS BODY FOR APPROVAL. IN THE LAST MEETING ON THE 15TH OF THIS MONTH, THE WESTLAKE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HEARD FROM STAFF AT A REQUEST FOR US TO COMPLETE THE PLANNING I'M SORRY, THE MASTER PLANNING FOR THE TRATA. IF YOU'LL RECALL SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, WE REPORTED BACK THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH LOU OLIVER AT THE COST OF MICHAEL BATTY TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS. THAT PROCESS HE PAID FOR APPROXIMATELY 50% OF THAT PROJECT, AND WE DID WHAT WAS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO WORK ON GETTING SOME OF THOSE HIGH PRICED HIGH NAMED RETAILERS IN THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT WE CAN'T SHARE PUBLICLY YET. THIS $35,000 IS TO FINISH OUT THAT ENTIRE PROGRAM. HE WILL DO THE MASTER PLANNING OF ALL OF THAT DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MICHAEL BATTY ON THIS AS WELL AS LOU OLIVER, AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE NEXT MONTH COME BEFORE YOU IS A DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT WHERE HE'S GOING TO AND HE'S ALREADY DONE THIS VERBALLY, HE IS AGREEING TO, AND NOW COUNSEL WILL NEED TO SAY THAT THIS NEW MASTER PLAN IS OUR MASTER PLAN FOR TRATA AND HE AGREES TO BUILD IT AS DESIGNED BY LOU OLIVER. ALL THIS ITEM IS IS A AMENDMENT TO YOUR BUDGET AND ALLOWING US TO SPEND THAT $35,000 ON LOU OLIVER TO DO THE MASTER PLANNING FOR TRATA. >> THINK SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS MET WITH LOU WHILE HE WAS HERE, RIGHT TO. >> THAT'S CORRECT. YES. >> WE HAD A VERY GOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING. GOT GREAT FEEDBACK. >> ANY QUESTIONS? >> CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 25-48 AS PRESENTED. I GET A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? >> OPPOSED. >> MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. G5, DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER AN ACT APPROVED RESOLUTION 25-47, [G.5. Discuss, consider and act to approve Resolution 25-47 Ratifying the Authorization by the Town Manager for the Emergency Repair of Water Infrastructure by Global Pump Solutions for replacement of a 250 horsepower motor and starter for pump #4 at the Town's water pump station in an amount not to exceed $78,000 utilizing Buy Board Contract #770-25.] RATIFYING THE AUTHORIZATION BY THE TOWN MANAGER FOR THE EMERGENCY REPAIR OF A WATER INFRASTRUCTURE BY GLOBAL PUMP SOLUTIONS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF A 250 HORSEPOWER MOTOR AND STARTER PUMP NUMBER 4 AT THE TOWN'S WATER PUMP STATION, THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $78,000 UTILIZING BY BOARD CONTRACT NUMBER 770-25. >> HOW ARE YOU, BUD? >> GOOD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, TOWN COUNCIL. LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, BEFORE YOUR TONIGHT AS REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE EXPENDITURES WITH GLOBAL PUMP SOLUTIONS AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $78,000. THIS IS GOING TO BE UTILIZING BY BOARD CONTRACTUAL PRICING. THIS IS A CRITICAL MOTOR THAT PROVIDES CONTROL AND PRESSURIZES THE AFFLUENT FLOW OF WATER OUT OF THE WATER PUMP STATION THAT WE BUY FROM FORT WORTH. ALSO, WE MADE A DECISION TO USE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, WHERE I ORDERED ONE NEW 250 HORSEPOWER VFD AND A VFD MOTOR STARTER USING THIS CONTRACT TO EXPEDITE THE REPAIRS. LOCAL GOVERNMENT 252 ALLOWS EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT NECESSARY BECAUSE OF UNFORESEEN DAMAGE TO PUBLIC MACHINERY, [01:35:01] EQUIPMENT, OR OTHER PROPERTY. RIGHT HERE IS OUR PUMP STATION. THIS IS THE PUMP STATION THAT SUPPLIES DOMESTIC DRINKING WATER AND FIRE PROTECTION TO THE ENTIRE TOWN. IT'S LOCATED ON 377, AND IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 2001. THIS PUMP STATION HOUSES FIVE BOOSTER PUMPS, FOUR OF WHICH ARE ORIGINAL TO THE PUMP STATION. TWO OF THEM ARE SMALLER 800 GALLONS PER MINUTE PUMPS. THE OTHER TWO ARE 3,700 GALLONS PER MINUTE PUMPS. THOSE ARE ORIGINAL TO THE PUMP STATION, AND THEN IN 2020 OR 2020, THEY ADDED A FIFTH PUMP, AND IT'S ALSO A 3,700 GALLONS PER MINUTE PUMP. >> WHAT'S THE NORMAL LIFE ON THESE PUMPS? >> TYPICALLY, YOU RUN THEM FOR 10 YEARS, JUST DEPENDING ON WEAR AND TEAR ON EACH PUMP. >> SOME OF THESE ARE 24 YEARS OLD. >> THESE PUMPS ARE 24, 25 YEARS OLD. NEVER BEEN REBUILT. LIKE I SAID, THE ORIGINAL PUMP STATION. [OVERLAPPING] >> I HAVE A QUESTION. WE'RE JUST NOW DOING AN ALLOCATION FOR THE PUMP. IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A BAND-AID ON A WOUND. WE'RE NOT REPLACING THE WHOLE PUMP WITH THIS ALLOCATION RIGHT NOW, CORRECT? >> NO, SIR. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE PUTTING A NEW MOTOR, 250 HORSEPOWER MOTOR WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY, THE VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE. THE OTHER STARTER IS A R VALVE STARTER TO REDUCE VOLTAGE AUTO TRANSFORM, JUST SO YOU KNOW. >> YEAH. >> ANYWAY, THAT TECHNOLOGY'S OBSOLETE, BASICALLY. WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING IN THE LATEST AND THE GREATEST. >> AFTER 24 YEARS, WHAT THE HECK? >> I'M WONDERING WHAT'S THE NEXT THING THAT COMES DOWN THE PIPE ON REPAIR ON THIS.>> I'M SORRY. >> WHAT'S THE NEXT PROJECT AFTER THIS? BECAUSE THIS SEEMS LIKE JUST ONE PART OF [OVERLAPPING] >> TELL ME THIS IS [OVERLAPPING]. >> THIS IS AN EMERGENCY REPAIR FOR A PUMP THAT WILL NOT FIRE UP, AND WHEN WE TRY TO START IT, IT'S TRIPPING THE POWER OUT TO THE ENTIRE PUMP STATION. >> THIS IS JUST A, WE HAVE TO DO THIS, AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. >> YEAH. >> WHEN DID IT GO OUT? >> I'M SORRY. >> WHEN DID IT GO OUT. >> WE'RE IN THE PROCESS AND I'LL GET TO THAT SECOND. WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS RIGHT HERE. YOU ALL PREVIOUSLY APPROVED US TO REPLACE THESE CONTROL VALVES 3 AND 4 ON PUMP 3 AND 4. WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT AND TRYING TO START UP PUMP 4. IT STARTED TRIPPING OUT AND THROWING POWER TO THE WHOLE PUMP STATION. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS. I WAS JUST GOING THROUGH CHANGING THESE COMPONENTS, SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED DURING THE [INAUDIBLE] CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF THE PUMP STATION. NOW WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL TO REPLACE THIS MOTOR STARTER. RIGHT HERE, THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF OUR SCADA SYSTEM. THIS IS THE ACTUAL BOOSTER STATION THAT YOU SEE HERE. WHAT I WANT YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO IS THESE FIVE PUMPS. THESE FIRST TWO PUMPS ARE THE 800 GALLONS PER MINUTE PUMPS. THEY'RE REALLY, FOR THE LACK OF BETTER WORDS, WORTHLESS. WHAT WOULD BE ANOTHER WORD FOR THAT? [OVERLAPPING]. WATER TOWER. THAT'S ALL I CAN TELL YOU. >> FIRE TRUCKS HAVE BIGGER PUMPS. HONESTLY, FIRE TRUCKS HAVE A BIGGER PUMP THAN THAT. >> THOSE ARE IDENTIFIED THAT THEY NEED TO BE UPGRADED, SO THAT'S COMING DOWN THE ROAD. THAT'LL BE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT THAT CHERYL'S GOING TO PUT TOGETHER WITH ENGINEERING FIRM HERE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. BUT THESE THREE PUMPS RIGHT HERE; PUMPS 3, 4 AND 5, THOSE ARE THE 700 GALLONS PER MINUTE PUMPS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SPARE PUMP ON HAND AND NOT BE DOWN TO JUST ONE PUMP. WE'VE GOT TO DO THIS BECAUSE OF THE DEMAND ON THE SYSTEM. WE NEED TWO OF THOSE 3,700 GALLONS PER MINUTE PUMPS RUNNING 247. >> IN JUST SIMPLE TERMS, 60% OF OUR PUMPS ARE WORTHLESS BASED ON THIS PICTURE. >> YEAH. >> WE'RE GOING TO 40%. >> YEAH. BUT WE'LL GET BACK TO 60%, I GUESS IS ONCE WE MAKE THIS REPAIR THAT'S RECOMMENDED IN FRONT OF YOU. >> MAYBE CAN I PAY YOU BACK ON SOMETHING THAT TJ ASKED, I THINK. [01:40:02] I THINK I UNDERSTOOD WHAT HE WAS AT. WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH AN ASSESSMENT. THAT'S CORRECT. WHEN DO WE THINK WE'LL HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON THE ADDITIONAL WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET THESE? >> I KNOW THAT WE'RE MEETING WITH AN ENGINEERING FIRM IN THE FIRST PART OF NOVEMBER TO GO ON SITE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE PUMP STATION. WE'VE ALREADY MET INTERNALLY WITH THEM. BUT TO GET A BIGGER PICTURE, FAR AS COORDINATION AS FAR AS STEPS, BECAUSE YOU JUST DON'T GO OUT THERE AND TURN THE POWER OFF. IT'S THE ONLY PUMP STATION WE HAVE. WE'VE GOT TO TALK THROUGH SOME THINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE RIGHT PLAYERS INVOLVED ON THE PROJECT. >> YES. >> [OVERLAPPING] SENSITIVE. THERE'S A MUCH BIGGER PROJECT IN FRONT OF US. >> IT'S HUGE. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> NEED TO SIGN OFF ON SOME [OVERLAPPING]. >> I CAN'T STRESS THAT ENOUGH. IT'S [OVERLAPPING]. >> NO BRAINER. I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET FOR TONIGHT. WE JUST GOT TO SAY, YE THE MONEY, GET THIS THIRD PUMP UP AND RUNNING AND [OVERLAPPING]. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> WORST CASE SCENARIO, THESE PUMPS GO OUT. WHAT HAPPENS? YEAH, RIGHT NOW, THE TWO GREEN PUMPS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN. WHAT KYLE IS TALKING ABOUT IS THOSE THINGS RUN PRETTY MUCH TOGETHER ALL DAY, 24 HOURS A DAY. IF ONE OF THOSE PUMPS WERE TO FAIL WITHOUT HAVING THAT THIRD PUMP IN LINE BECAUSE WHAT YOU TRY TO DO IS YOU REST A PUMP FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, AND YOU ROTATE THOSE PUMP THAT USAGE AROUND SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A FAILURE. RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT TWO PUMPS THAT ARE WORKING 24/7 JUST TO GET US THE WATER VOLUME THAT WE NEED EVERY SINGLE DAY. >> THE WATER LINE INTO OUR WATER TANKS. >> THAT'S CORRECT. YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. >> BUT IF THESE PUMPS WENT OUT, WATER DOESN'T GET CONTAMINATED, WE JUST DON'T HAVE WATER ACCESS. THAT'S CORRECT. >> WE LOSE PRESSURE ON HERE. >> THAT'S MORE [OVERLAPPING]. >> OF BOIL WATER NOTICE. >> JUST WANT TO GET THEM BACK UP. >> YEAH. >> YOU'VE SOLD THE HORSE. WE CAN MOVE. THIS IS CHEAP INSURANCE, BUT WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THE OTHER REPAIRS ON PUMP 3 UNTIL WE GET THIS ONE DONE. WE'VE ALREADY REPLACED THE MOTOR ON PUMP 3 LAST SUMMER. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A GOOD SPOT, AND WE JUST GOT TO GET THERE FIRST. WE GOT TO CRAWL BEFORE WE CAN WALK. >> WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE THIS. I WANT TO THANK YOU, CHERYL, AGAIN. I KNOW YOU GUYS WALKED INTO A LESS THAN IDEA SITUATION. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN VERY KIND, VERY POLITICALLY CORRECT, BUT WE DO UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO GET ALL THIS TIME, SO THANK YOU, SIR. >> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 25-47 AS PRESENTED. >> SO MOVED. >> CAN I GET A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> AYE. >> OPPOSED? LANIGAN. THANK YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU ALL. >> WELCOME. >> AGENDA ITEM G6. [G.6. Discuss, consider and act regarding the start time for Regular Meetings of the Town Council/Board of Trustees and authorize amendment of the FY 25-26 Meeting Calendar accordingly.] DISCUSS CONSENT ACT REGARDING THE START TIME FOR REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND AUTHORIZE AMENDMENT TO THE FY 25/26 MEETING CALENDAR ACCORDINGLY. WADE, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT JUST CALENDAR AND THERE'S A NEW CAME INTO PLACE THAT WE CAN'T START. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >>SCHOOL MEETINGS BEFORE FIVE. WE MOVED OUR MEETINGS UP AND THIS IS ANOTHER DISCUSSION I THINK THAT MICHAEL MIGHT HAVE HAD. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> OPTION. >> I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT IT. >> YES, SIR. GO AHEAD. >> I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO BIFURCATE OUR WORK ON TOWN COUNCIL WORK. THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS WE CAN DO THAT. WE CAN START OUR WORK AS WE DID BEFORE UNTIL TWO MONTHS AGO AT FOUR O'CLOCK OR THE TOWN. IF WE HAVE TO GO BEYOND FIVE O'CLOCK TO GET THE WORK DONE, WE CAN DO THAT AND START THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AFTERWARDS. IF WE FINISH OUR WORK BEFORE FIVE O'CLOCK, DURING THE MEETING UNTIL THE START, WE RECESS UNTIL THE FIVE O'CLOCK MEETING STARTS. IF THERE ARE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TO CROSS OVER TO, WE CAN HAVE A JOINT MEETING. BUT I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE OFF OUR HAT FROM THE TOWN COUNCIL WHEN WE CAN PUT ON OUR HAT AS A BOARD OF TRUSTEE. WORK THAT WAY.THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION. >>LET ME ASK YOU THIS. DOES THAT PUT IN EXTRA WORK ON THE TOWN DIVIDING EXTRA AND I WANT TO GET DR. RICHIE'S INPUT. >> SURE. I THINK THAT IF WE HAVE TWO COMPLETE SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH AN OPEN AND A CLOSE OF ONE GROUP AND THEN AN OPEN AND A CLOSE ON THE OTHER AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO DO TWO SEPARATE AGENDAS. >> YEAH. I KNOW THAT [OVERLAPPING] >> THOSE TWO SEPARATE AGENDAS. >> YEAH. >> YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH VERY SIMILARLY TO THE SAME THING BY HAVING A SINGLE MEETING, SINGLE AGENDA, BUT ENSURING THAT THERE ARE [01:45:01] NO SCHOOL ITEMS THAT ARE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE FIVE O'CLOCK. THAT WAY, YOU COULD HAVE A SINGLE OPENING, A SINGLE CLOSE. IF FOR SOME REASON, IN AN ODD SITUATION, WE GET DONE WITH ALL THE TOWN BUSINESS PRIOR TO FIVE, WE'D SIMPLY HAVE TO TAKE A RECESS UNTIL FIVE O'CLOCK TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT. THAT IS ONE WAY, BUT THE OTHER WAY IS ABSOLUTELY WHAT MR. UKERA WAS SAYING IS WE COULD CREATE TWO AGENDAS AND OPEN AND CLOSE ONE MEETING AND THEN OPEN AND CLOSE A SECOND. I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SEVERAL TIMES WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ITEMS THAT BLEED ACROSS AS WE ARE WITH AS MANY SHARED SERVICES AS WE HAVE IN THE TOWN. YOU'RE WELCOME [OVERLAPPING]. >> CAN I INTERVENE? I THINK PART OF THE REASON WHY THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AREN'T ALLOWED TO START NOW PER THE LEGISLATURE IS THAT BEFORE FIVE O'CLOCK, PEOPLE ARE PRESUMABLY WORKING. THAT'S ALSO THE CASE FOR THE COUNCIL, INCLUDING THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WHO ARE STILL FULL TIME EMPLOYED. FOUR O'CLOCK START TIME IS NOT JUST, RELATIVELY INCONVENIENT FOR THE BOARD OR FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE PARENTS. IT'S NOT INCREDIBLY CONVENIENT FOR SORT OF THE REGULAR WORK DAY AS WELL. THAT'S FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD WANT TO ATTEND THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING AS WELL. IF WE'RE TYPICALLY DOING OUR ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST AND OUR OPEN DISCUSSION FROM OPEN COMMUNITY COMMENTS, THEN THAT MAKES IT HARDER IF PEOPLE HAVE TO LEAVE WORK EARLY, LEAVE SCHOOL EARLY OR GET THEIR KIDS EARLY TO BE ABLE TO GET HERE AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT PART. THAT'S ALWAYS AT THE START. >> DR. RICHIE, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS OR? >> I'M GLAD YOU ALL ARE DISCUSSING THIS BECAUSE JUST IN CASE ANYBODY THINKS I ASKED FOR BOARD MEETINGS TO BE CHANGED, IT'S GOOD FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THIS ACTUALLY WAS ANOTHER PIECE OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. YES. >> WITH THE RIGHT INTENT TO BE HONEST. >> YES, WHICH WAS A GREAT INTENT SO THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THESE DECISIONS AND DISCUSSIONS. I LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING, JUST LIKE MICHAEL DESCRIBED IT, YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR SCHOOL HAT ON VERSUS YOUR MUNICIPAL HAT. THESE WILL ALWAYS BE INTRICATELY CONNECTED DISCUSSIONS JUST BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE TOWN BEING OUR CHARTER HOLDER. BUT THERE ARE THINGS SOMETIMES THAT I THINK WOULD BE NICE IF WE SAW THEM THROUGH MORE OF A SCHOOL LENS THAN THROUGH A MUNICIPAL LENS TO WADE'S POINT, THE PRACTICALITY OF THAT, CAN WE OVERCOME THE LOGISTICS OF THAT. >> BUT, MICHAEL, YOUR PROPOSAL IS START AT FOUR TO GET AN EARLIER START, WHERE THAT PUTS ISSUE ON NON-RETIRED FOLKS. >> FOUR O'CLOCK IS WHERE WE STARTED THE MEETING. >> YEAH. >> FOR A LONG TIME. >> YEAH. >> THAT'S WHY I'M SUGGESTING STARTING THE TOWN COUNCIL. I UNDERSTAND IT MIGHT BE AN ISSUE, BUT IT'S AN ISSUE [INAUDIBLE]. >> ANY OTHER FEEDBACK, TAMMY? THOUGHTS? >> KEVIN ANY THOUGHTS FROM YOU? >> I'M AVAILABLE ANYTIME. I'M PRETTY MUCH RETIRED, SO FOUR OR FIVE O'CLOCK WORKS FOR ME, EITHER ONE. >> HAVE A NINE AT NIGHT, THAT WORK FOR YOU? >> WE WILL BE DONE BY THEN. WHAT'S THE THOUGHT HERE? IT IS COMPLETELY UP TO THIS BODY ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO. WE'VE LAID OUT THE PROS AND CONS OF BOTH. I THINK THAT WE OFTEN HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, ESPECIALLY THAT GO LONGER INTO THE EVENING. BUT THAT'S REALLY JUST UP TO THIS BODY AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO FOR START TIMES AND HOW WE WANT TO BREAK THIS APART. >> I NEED A PROPOSAL ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. >> DO YOU WANT IT [OVERLAPPING]. >> I'D LIKE TO JUST SUGGEST THAT WE SIDE, THAT WADES' SUGGESTION, WHICH IS HAVE ONE AGENDA, TWO-PART. WE START THE SECOND PART WHENEVER WE'VE COMPLETED THE FIRST PART OR FIVE O'CLOCK, WHICHEVER IS LATER. >> I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE AN ISSUE FROM OUR ATTORNEY. >> I THINK THERE'S A RISK YOU'RE POSTING A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING START TIME. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO MANAGE THE AGENDA, BUT THE WAY THE NEW LEGISLATION IS WRITTEN, IT PROHIBITS A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING FROM OCCURRING DURING REGULAR WORK HOURS. IT'S NOT A 5:00 DEADLINE. IT CANNOT OCCUR DURING REGULAR SCHOOL OR DURING REGULAR WORK HOURS. >> WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING THAT. >> I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE SUGGESTING HAVING ONE AGENDA THAT STARTED AT 4:00 P.M. YOUR START TIME FOR THE MEETING IS GOING TO BE 4:00 PM. [01:50:02] >> EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT SCHOOL THINGS, YOU'RE WORRIED WE WOULD BE DRAGGED INTO THAT. >> YOU NEED TWO AGENDAS. HOW DIFFICULT IS THAT, DIANA? >> THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED. >> YOU DIDN'T REALLY ANSWER THE QUESTION [LAUGHTER]. >> YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. I KNOW THAT, DIANA. HOW DIFFICULT IS IT FOR YOU SERIOUSLY? HOW MUCH MORE WORK IS IT FOR YOU? >> I THINK THEN YOU HAVE TO REOPEN A MEETING. YOU'D HAVE TO DO ALL THE TYPICAL STUFF. >> PERSONALLY, IF THAT'S THE CASE, I THINK. >> I'LL SPEAK. IT IS DOUBLING HER WORK. EVEN THOUGH IT'S I SAY DOUBLING, IT'S A THIRD RIGHT? IT'S A THIRD MORE WORK FOR HER TO BE TOGETHER. >> WE DO WHAT YOU SUGGESTED, WHICH IS HAVE ONE AGENDA WITH A THE FRONT END OF IT, TOWN COUNCIL STUFF, BACK END OF IT. >> AT LEAST BIFURCATE THE TWO. >> JANET, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN DOCUMENT ON AN AGENDA THAT NO SCHOOL ITEMS. I CAN BARELY SEE YOU. SORRY, I'M SHORT. [LAUGHTER] THERE'S A WAY WE COULD DOCUMENT ON THE AGENDA THAT NO SCHOOL ITEMS WILL BE STARTED OR A START TIME FOR SCHOOL ITEMS WITHIN THE SAME AGENDA? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S EVEN POSSIBLE, DIANA. >> WELL, IN THE PACKET, THERE WAS SAMPLE 1 AND SAMPLE 2. SAMPLE 1 AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING NOTICE GIVES THE SAME DATE, BUT IT SHOWS THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING IS AT 4:00, AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING IS AT 5:00. THERE IS ALSO A NOTE THAT SAYS TO COMPLY WITH SENATE BILL 12 THAT WEST LAKE ACADEMY ITEMS WILL BEGIN NO EARLIER THAN 5:00 PM, BUT MAY START LATER DEPENDING ON THE PROGRESSION OF THE POSTED AGENDA ITEMS. >> I THOUGHT THAT WAS SATISFACTORY. IS THAT NOT SATISFACTORY, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE? >> CERTAINLY TRY IT. >> WHAT HAPPENS IF WE VIOLATE THIS? WHAT'S THE PENALTY? >> WELL, WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT IT'S NOT AN OPEN MEETINGS ACT PROVISION. IT'S A TEXAS EDUCATION CODE PROVISION. THOUGH IT WOULD NOT BE A VIOLATION OF THAT. >> OKAY. >> YOU WOULD JUST BE VIOLATING THAT PROVISION. IF THEY DETERMINED THAT THAT WAS INAPPROPRIATE. >> THE WAY THAT I READ IS THAT EACH COMMUNITY OR EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT IS TO DETERMINE WHAT OUTSIDE OF BUSINESS HOURS IS FOR THEIR COMMUNITY. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SURVEY OR YOU COULD REALLY, I MEAN, THAT IS SO VAGUE. I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW THEY EXPECT A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DETERMINE THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WORKING REMOTELY. YOU HAVE SO MANY. >> BUT 8-5 IS CONSIDERED THE NORMAL WORK. I THINK THAT WAS THE INTENT OF. >> THEN SAYING THAT A CONCERN IS, IF SOMEONE IS WORKING UNTIL 5:00 AND WE'RE STARTING SCHOOL ITEMS AT FIVE, DO THEY REALLY HAVE TIME TO GET HERE AND GIVE THEIR INPUT? I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE PRIMARY CONCERN IS. >> JASON, COULD YOU PULL UP THE EXAMPLE AGENDA AND LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT JANET SAYS THERE? >> I LIKE THIS ALTERNATIVE. >> THAT ONE'S SAMPLE 1. I'VE GOT SAMPLE 2. >> THAT'S THE FIRST ONE THAT SHOWS 4:00 START. IT'S I LIKE THIS ONE. >> WHAT AGENDA? STATING TWO DIFFERENT. JANET I NEED TO HELP YOU. >> THAT REFLECTS THAT IT REALLY IS A SEPARATE MEETING, WITH A SHARED AGENDA. >> I LIKE THAT IDEA. I LIKE THE FOUR AND THE FIVE SEPARATION PERSON. >> YOU THINK THAT COVERS US? >> LOOK AT NUMBER 2. LET'S GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT NUMBER 2, JUST TO SHOW. >> NUMBER 2 IS THE SAME THING STARTING AT 5:00. >> IT'S REALLY JUST WHAT WE FEEL MEETS THE LETTER OF THE LAW OR THE INTENT OF THE LAW? >> I SEEMS. >> ONE WAY OR THE OTHER? >> YES. >> IT SEEMS LIKE THE 4:00 MEETING PROBABLY IN MOST CASES, SPILL OVER PAST 5:00 ANYWAY. >> BUT OF TODAY? >> ON AVERAGE, I THINK IT ALWAYS DOES. I DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK WE'D BE DONE BY 5:00. I THINK THAT WOULD GET PEOPLE TIME TO GET HERE IF IT WAS, 05: 30 OR WHATEVER. >> DO WE BELIEVE JANET THAT EITHER OF THOSE AND KELLY, [01:55:01] THAT EITHER OF THOSE AGENDAS WOULD WORK? >> AS LONG AS WE'RE WITHIN THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE LAW. I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THE ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE IS JUST HAVING THE KIDS OPEN. I THINK THE KIDS DOING THE PLEDGE IS ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF THE MEETING. I KNOW IT IS FOR ME. IF WE CAN CONTINUE THAT MAYBE TO OPEN THE MEETING. THEY DON'T STAY FOR THE MEETING ANYWAY, SO THEY CAN COME IN AND OPEN. >> I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT. THAT'S A GREAT POINT. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> GREAT POINT. >> LOOK, I THINK WE'RE FIND A BIT OF CONSENSUS ON THIS. I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION. >> BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION, I WANT TO JUST DO ONE MORE THING REAL QUICK, BECAUSE SINCE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, BOTH AGENDAS REALLY MEET OUR NEEDS, THEN I WANT TO THROW IT TO DIANA AND SAY, WHICH OF THOSE TWO AGENDAS DOES STAFF SUGGEST THAT WE FOLLOW? >> I PREFER SAMPLE 1. >> I DO 2. >> I LIKE THAT ONE TOO. >> PRIMARILY BECAUSE, AND IT WILL BE WE WILL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET THIS TO WORK TO BE EFFECTIVE, BUT IT ACTUALLY HAS A SEPARATE SECTION FOR PARENT COMMENTS TO START AFTER 5:00. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DUPLICATED AND THERE'S NO WAY TO GET AROUND THAT. >> WELL, IN 18 MONTHS, HAD LIKE THREE PARENT COMMENTS SO FAR. NOT THAT WE DON'T WELCOME THEM, BUT WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF THOSE. BUT I LIKE THAT. I ACTUALLY LIKE THAT FOR THE SCHOOL TOO BECAUSE I'LL HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO GET HERE. WE WANT TO BE VERY OPEN. >> WE RUN THE SHORTER AGENDA TOO SO WE CAN CLOSE OUT QUICKLY [LAUGHTER]. >> YES. >> BECAUSE WE HAVE AN APPROVED CALENDAR, AND WE HAVE AN APPROVED CALENDAR WITH START TIMES AT 5:00, WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE THE CHANGES TO THE CALENDAR, HAVE THE TOWN'S PORTION OF THE AGENDA START AT 4:00, AND THE SCHOOLS PORTION OF AGENDA NOT TO START UNTIL AFTER 5:00 USING EXAMPLE 1, A TWO AGENDA EXAMPLES. >> WHAT DID YOU SAID? >> DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR FULL YEAR 25-26 MEETING, CALENDAR TO CHANGE ACCORDINGLY TO SEGREGATE THE START TIME AT 4:00 FOR THE TOWN AT 5:00 FOR WEST LAKE ACADEMY. >> I'M MOVED. >> I GET A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. >>AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. GOOD EIGHT DISCUSSION. EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE TIME IS NOW 6:58AM. [H. EXECUTIVE SESSION] AS PROVIDED BY CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. TOWN COUNCIL NOW ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH TOWN AND DO SCHOOL ATTORNEYS REGARDING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, H.1, SECTION 551.071, CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL ADVICE FROM ACADEMY ATTORNEY REGARDING WEST LAKE ACADEMY AFFILIATE GROUP, WEST LAKE ACADEMY ATHLETIC CLUB, W AAC. H.2, SECTION 551.072, DELIBERATION REGARDING THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY FOR 8 AND 52 TORONA AND 34 CORTEZ, WEST LAKE TROTTA TO WEST LAKE. NOW ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. [I. TAKE ANY ACTION, IF NEEDED, FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS] TIME IS NOW 7:16. I NOW RECONVENE THE REGULAR MEETING FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. IS THERE ANY ACTIONS FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? I KNOW THERE IS. >> YES, SIR. I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN OF WEST LAKE, LOCATED AT KNOWN AS CORTEZ, WEST LAKE TROTTA, WEST LAKE, OR PROPERTY OWNED BY MRW INVESTORS, LLC, LOCATED AT KNOWN AS 48 GERONA AND 52 GERONA. WEST LAKE AND TROTTA, WEST LAKE. TO DIRECT THE TOWN ATTORNEY TO PREPARE A RESOLUTION FOR THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE AND ANY OTHER TRANSACTIONAL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THIS REAL PROPERTY EXCHANGE AND TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE TRANSACTION. >> I GET A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, TAMMY. AGENDA ITEM, [J. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS] J, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. WAIT, I HAD A RESIDENT THAT WITH JANET. I DON'T THINK I'VE GOT A CHANCE EVEN TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS, BUT WITH ALL THE TRAFFIC ON OTTINGER AND ALL THE ISSUES, I GOT A LONG ANALYSIS FROM A RESIDENT. THAT SAYS, WE CANNOT ALLOW BICYCLES TO MAKE THAT [02:00:01] ILLEGAL FOR BICYCLES BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE WITNESSING IS THERE'S TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD, YOU HAVE BICYCLES ON THE ROAD. IT'S BACKING THINGS UP ANY FURTHER. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO ENTERTAIN, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD QUESTION, AT LEAST HAVE A DISCUSSION ON. >> SURE. THERE'S A COUPLE OF OPTIONS THERE. YOU CAN EITHER OUTLAW IT COMPLETELY ON THAT ROADWAY, OR YOU CAN LOOK AT WHAT'S THE COST TO SICKLE LANE AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO STAY IN. >> I'M NOT UP FOR THE LATER. CAN WE JUST PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR A DISCUSSION? >> SURE. >> IF THAT MAKES SENSE, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY THOUGHT AND I RUN ACROSS THE SAME THING WHEN I MEAN, IT'S A SMALL TWO LANE. >> IS THERE OPTION FOR US TO JUST RESTRICT THE TIME? >> SORRY? >> IS THERE A OPTION TO RESTRICT THE TIMES? I MEAN, RUSH HOUR IS REALLY THE PROBLEM. SCHOOL DROP OFF AND PICK UP TIMES ARE REALLY DIG. >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO ASK KELLY THOUGH, IS DO WE HAVE ANY KIDS THAT RIDE THEIR BIKES TO SCHOOL? [OVERLAPPING] I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ON THE ROADWAY ITSELF. >> THAT'S HOLDING UP TRAFFIC. >> WAS THIS REST CONCERNED ABOUT? >> THERE ARE SOME BIKERS THAT HOLD UP TRAFFIC, NOT CHILDREN, BUT ACTUAL. YES, ADULT BIKERS. >> THIS CONCERN ON ADER ON DOVE? >> WELL, IT'S REALLY A WAY FROM A TO D TO DAVIS. IT OPENS A LITTLE BIT AT TWO LANES WHEN IT GETS TO. >> IT'S TO DAVIS. IT'S NOT FROM DAVIS TO 114. >> NO. BECAUSE THERE'S PLENTY ROOM THERE. BUT IF YOU DRIVE DOWN THERE AND YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE 10 BICYCLES THERE. >> I CAN DO SOME RESEARCH AND SEE HOW BEST TO WORD, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE COULD EVEN EXPAND IT TO ALL TWO WAY ROADWAYS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> HE SENT SOME RESEARCH, OTHER TOWNS HAVE DONE. HE WAS VERY THOROUGH. >> I DIVIDED A WAY. >> CHIEF FORTUNE, WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN DO. >> I WOULD JUST AGAIN, IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC ON THAT ROADWAY. LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT TRAFFIC ON THAT ROADWAY. THE BICYCLISTS SLOWING THINGS DOWN ARE JUST A FRACTION OF IT. WHEN I WAS COMING BACK TODAY, I MEAN, IT WAS BACKED UP FULLY TO WHEREVER THEY'RE DOING THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION WHERE PAYTON GOES OFF. IT WAS BACKED ALMOST TWO MILES BACK, ALMOST TO DAVIS FROM THE DOVE 114. >> ANYTIME THERE'S ANY KIND OF TRAFFIC ISSUE ON 114. >> THEY'RE GOING TO CUT THROUGH. >> YOU MENTIONED ABOUT WAYS AND ALL THESE GPS DEALS. THERE'S A WAY TO MANIPULATE. >> THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO MANIPULATE IT. THE WAY TO MANIPULATE IT IS THE ONLY SUGEST I MADE IN THE PAST IS, YOU PUT A TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE THERE ON OTTINGER, WHERE IT'S GOING TO FORCE THE CARS TO STOP. IT WILL CREATE A BACKUP, WHICH WILL THEN REGISTER AS BASICALLY A STOPPAGE IN THOSE APPS, WHICH WILL THEN PREVENT NOT NECESSARILY FLY PREVENT THEM BECAUSE IF 114, IT IS A COMPLETE STOPPAGE. THEY'RE STILL GOING TO ROUTE OVER HERE. BUT RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO BREAK IN THE TRAFFIC FLOW, BUT EVEN IF THE CARS ARE SLOWING AT THE SCHOOL, THERE'S NO BREAK IN THE TRAFFIC FLOW THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE THAT ALGORITHM THAT'S GOING TO SAY, THIS IS STOP, THIS ISN'T GO THIS WAY. THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. THOSE CARS ARE GETTING ROUTED ACROSS THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER THAN THE ONE LIGHT AT DAVIS AND ONE AND DAVIS. >> LOOK, IT'S BASED ON DEMOGRAPHICS [INAUDIBLE] >> YEAH. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE A BIKE LANE MAY NOT BE BECAUSE THERE IS THE PATH ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL. A BIKE LANE MAY NOT BE AN ISSUE. I LOATHE TO SAY THIS, BUT THAT TWO LANE ROAD HAS PROBABLY OUTLIVED ITS USEFULNESS AS A TWO LANE ROAD, WHICH IS PRETTY PROBLEMATIC. >> SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT ON THE OUGFARE PLAN AS WELL. WHICH IS PART OF THE STUDY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS NEXT YEAR. THAT PART OF OUR BUDGET. >> WE'LL DEFINITELY DO THAT AND I'LL EVEN TALK TO OUR ENGINEERS AND SEE WHAT A FULL TRAFFIC STUDY WOULD BE. I THINK THAT THAT'S WARRANTED. IF IT'S NOT WARRANTED, IF WE CAN JUST DO SOME SMALLER ESTIMATES ON SOME TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND WHAT THAT. >> YEAH. THANK YOU. AHEAD DO STAFF RECAP. >> ONLY STAFF RECAP IS THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. IT'S THE DISCUSSION ON THE BIKES, ON OTTINGER, AND THEN LOOKING AT IT MORE HOLISTICALLY AS A FULL TRAFFIC, STUDY TO REDUCE TRAFFIC ON OTTINGER, ESPECIALLY DURING SCHOOL DROP OFF TIMES AND PICKUPS. >> ANYTHING ELSE FROM COUNSEL? I ALWAYS APPRECIATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AT 7:22. I NOW JOIN THE MEETING. NEXT MEETING IS ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.