[1. CALL TO ORDER Invocation - Theo Stewart, Texas Health Huguley Hospital Pledge of Allegiance to the US Flag Texas Pledge: Honor the Texas Flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God; one and indivisible]
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I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS SESSION UP AT 5:33.
I WANT TO CALL THIS I'M SORRY.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE THEO STEWART FROM TEXAS HEALTH HUGULEY.
APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, BUDDY.
WOULD EVERYBODY PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGES.
YOU KNOW, MOTHER TERESA ONCE WROTE THE TIME IS ALWAYS RIGHT TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
LIFE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, BENEFIT FROM IT.
LIFE IS A PROMISE, FULFILL IT.
LIFE IS A STRUGGLE, ACCEPT IT.
LIFE IS A TRAGEDY, CONFRONT IT.
LIFE IS AN ADVENTURE, DARE IT.
LIFE IS TOO PRECIOUS, DO NOT DESTROY IT.
LOVING GOD, WE REJOICE THAT EACH OF THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE HEARD YOUR CALL TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I SAID WITH THE PROPHET ISAIAH.
WE PRAY FOR EACH ONE NOW AS THEY CONVENE THIS MEETING.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE GIFTS REPRESENTED IN EACH ONE AND FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SHARE OF THEMSELVES. WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING UPON EVERYONE IN THIS SESSION AND FOR YOUR PRESENCE DURING THIS TIME OF BUSINESS TO GIVE THEM STRENGTH WHEN THE WAY IS DIFFICULT, TO GIVE THEM PATIENCE WHEN THE ANXIETY AND ANGER RISE UP.
TO SHARE IN THE JOY WHEN DREAMS COME TRUE TO LIFE.
AND TO GRANT GRACE WHEN DREAMS STUMBLE, MAKE THEM OUTWARD LOOKING THAT THEY MAY CARE DEEPLY. MAKE THEM A COMMUNITY OF PEACE KEEPERS AND BRIDGE BUILDERS AND IN THE MIDST OF THE TURBULENCE, LET THEM IN THEIR DELIBERATIONS MAKE SPACE FOR THE HEARING OF YOUR STILL SMALL VOICE.
HELP THEM IN OUR COMMUNITY TO UNITE MEN AND WOMEN IN PEACE AND FREEDOM.
HELPING ALL RACES, CREED AND CULTURES TO FULFILL YOUR VISION.
BLESS THE PLANS AND DECISIONS THEY MAKE O LORD, EMPOWER THEM WITH WISDOM, VISION, COMPASSION TO BE A BLESSING FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
MAY EACH COUNCIL MEMBER BE WISE STEWARDS OF THE GIFTS YOU ENTRUSTED TO THEM, AND NONE GO NEGLECTED, UNUSED OR WASTED.
MAY THEY BRING HOPE AND HEALING AND DARE I SAY LOVE, MAY THEY BE USED ALWAYS FOR YOUR GLORY. WE LIFT UP THE COMMUNITY THAT COMES UNDER THEIR JURISDICTIONS.
WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC WHICH HAS CLAIMED SO MANY LIVES.
WE LIFT UP YOU AND OUR NATION AND OUR PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TO YOU AT THIS TIME.
ALMIGHTY GOD, KEEP WATCH OVER HIM AND HIS FAMILY.
GRANT HIM AND HIS CABINET, CONGRESS AND SENATE WISDOM DAILY EMPOWER HIM AND THEM TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND ALL THAT THEY DO.
WE LIFT UP OUR POLICEMEN AND POLICE WOMEN, AND WE ASK FOR YOUR SERVICE THAT WE ASK.
WE LIFT UP OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN.
KEEP THEIR FAMILIES SAFE LORD FOR WE PRAY IN YOUR HOLY NAME.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE AGENDAS THAT ARE IN THE BACK FOR THE PUBLIC TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE MEETING ARE MISSING ONE PAGE. WE'RE WORKING ON PRINTING THOSE OUT AND WE'LL BRING OUT THE PAGES.
SO YOU'RE GOOD FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE MEETING AND THEN WE'LL BRING OUT THE REST AND THANK YOU, CHIEF FREEMAN, FOR HELPING ME WITH THAT.
HE'S LOOKING AT ME LIKE, [INAUDIBLE] WITH THAT SAID, IT'LL BRING US TO SECTION TWO,
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PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS.AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NO PROCLAMATIONS OR PRESENTATIONS TO BE MADE AT THIS COUNCIL MEETING, SO THAT'LL MOVE US ON TO SECTION 2C, COMMUNITY INTEREST ITEMS.
[C. Community Interest Items This is a standing item on the agenda of every regular meeting of the City Council. An "item of community interest" includes the following: expressions of thanks, congratulations, or condolence; information regarding holiday schedules; honorary recognitions of city officials, employees, or other citizens; reminders about upcoming events sponsored by the city or other entity that is scheduled to be attended by city official or city employee; and announcements involving imminent public health and safety threats to the city.]
COUNCIL.CITY PASS WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.
I THOUGHT THE CITY DID A GREAT JOB AND MY HANDS EXTENDED UP TO A GREAT JOB AND LET'S DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED, BUT WE WE HAD A VISIT FROM SOME VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE. WE HAD OUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER MAN WAS THERE.
THANK YOU, PETER PARKER, UH FOR TAKING TIME OUT FROM YOUR ROLE AS A SUPERHERO, AND I'D LIKE TO THROW A PARTICULAR SHOUT OUT TO OUR OWN SUPERHEROES, OUR POLICE AND FIRE GUYS WHO PUT ON SOME NICE DEMONSTRATIONS OF DRONES AND ROBOTS AND FIRES THAT THE KIDS COULD PUT OUT. PUBLIC WORKS SHOWED US WHAT THE INTERNAL PARTS OF A FIRE HYDRANT LOOK LIKE.
I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE THAT REALLY ALREADY KNEW THAT.
BUT IT'S FUN. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
I TALKED TO ACTUALLY TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE FAMILIES WHO WERE ACTUALLY COMING JUST TO GET A LOOK AT THE CITY AND SEE WHAT WE'RE ABOUT AND WHAT WE DO.
AND I THINK WE PUT ON A GREAT FACE FOR THAT.
SO THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED ON STAFF, THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB. I'M GOING TO SAY DITTO.
I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED MEETING A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT I'D NEVER MET BEFORE, AND I HAVE TO SAY, HONESTLY, OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS LIKE WAY OVER DID IT.
LIKE, IT'S COOL WHEN WE DON'T LIVE IN THAT WORLD AND WE GET TO SEE ALL THESE NEAT THINGS THAT THEY DO. SO IT WAS GREAT.
SO I ALSO WANT TO SAY ON CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT IS A COUPLE OF THINGS REGARDING MEMOS OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE CITY REGARDING DISASTER RELIEF.
AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE CITIZENS TO READ THIS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN VERY WELL DONE AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO WILL ALLEN FOR THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THIS SO THAT WE HAVE A FOUNDATION MOVING FORWARD.
GOD FORBID WE ARE IN THAT POSITION AGAIN.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH WILL FOR THAT.
NOW, GIVEN THAT IT IS PRESIDENT'S DAY AND I AM AN ENTREPRENEUR WHO SERVES OTHER ENTREPRENEURS, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR PRESIDENTS WHO ARE ENTREPRENEURS AND HAVE MADE THEIR MARK IN OUR WORLD.
IRONICALLY, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF THEM THAT WERE ENTREPRENEURS PRIOR, I'M GOING TO GUESS, EXCEPT FOR THE ONES THAT GO WAY, WAY BACK AND DID FARMING.
BUT THERE'S A GREAT QUOTE BY RONALD REAGAN.
HE SAYS ENTREPRENEURS AND THEIR SMALL ENTERPRISES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALMOST ALL THE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE UNITED STATES.
NOW, WHEN HE MADE THAT QUOTE WE KNOW WAS A LONG TIME AGO, BUT THAT QUOTE STILL STANDS TODAY, SO WE ONLY HAVE, I'M GOING TO LEAVE THIS LITTLE CHALLENGE BECAUSE I TAUGHT THIS IN MY CLASS TODAY. WE ONLY HAVE ONE PRESIDENT THAT ACTUALLY HAS AN MBA.
SO I CHALLENGE YOU TO FIND OUT WHO THAT WAS.
IF ANYBODY KNOWS, YOU CAN SHARE IT WITH US.
BUT SO HAPPY PRESIDENTS DAY, AND DON'T FORGET ENTREPRENEURS AND PRESIDENTS.
YOU'RE GOING TO TELL US THE ANSWER TO YOUR TRIVIA QUESTION LATER AREN'T YOU? OK NEVER MIND.
BUSH, THE ONLY PRESIDENT THAT HAS AN MBA, AND THAT'S I WOULD NOT HAVE THOUGHT THAT AS WELL, HE'S THE ONLY ONE.
BRING YOUR PETS OUT AND LET'S CELEBRATE OUR FIRST DOG PARK OPENING.
I'M EXCITED AND THANK YOU ALL TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
I'VE DRIVEN PAST IT AND WALKED AROUND IT, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SEE IT. AND I WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT PUBLIC WORKS.
ALL YOU GUYS WENT OUT THERE AND FIX THE ROADS AND GOT THE FIRE STATION CLEANED UP, GOT THE OLD FENCE PULLED UP AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
WE'RE READY FOR SATURDAY, SO THANK YOU ALL.
ANYBODY ELSE? AMANDA, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? NO. I'LL SAY THAT MOVES US ON TO SECTION THREE CHANGES TO THE POSTED AGENDA.
[3. CHANGES TO POSTED AGENDA]
3 A IS ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN.CITY MANAGER LANGLEY, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN? THAT MOVES US ON TO THREE B ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION OR ITEMS TO BE ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL? DO YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS TO BE ADDED OR WITHDRAWN? MADAM SECRETARY, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST IF THE COUNCIL DOESN'T OBJECT THAT WE ADD ITEM NUMBER 7 C AND ITEM NUMBER SEVEN D TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
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SO THAT WILL REQUIRE A VOTE.SO IF YOU'LL VOTING SYSTEM IS LIVE I BELIEVE.
ABOUT ONE OF THOSE ITEMS AND I BELIEVE WE MAY HAVE AN ANSWER FOR IT ON, SORRY, I DON'T KNOW WHICH ITEM IT WAS.
7 C, ALL I WAS WANTING TO KNOW WAS HOW TO HOW ARE WE CHARGED FOR PRINTING? I COULD NOT FIND IT IN THE AGREEMENT AND THAT COULD HAVE JUST BEEN ME BEING REMISS AND NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND IT.
THAT IS CORRECT. WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR A LEASE AND WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR USAGE DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH WE USE IT.
AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OR? THE RATES ARE FIXED FOR 60 MONTHS AND THE RATES ARE PROVIDED BASED ON OUR HISTORIC AVERAGE AND THERE'S NO LIMIT TO WHAT WE CAN OR CAN'T PRINT TERMS WHAT THE RATE IS FOR BLACK AND WHITE AND COLOR? I DO. THE PROPOSED COST FOR BLACK AND WHITE IS GOING TO BE .00 EXCUSE ME, 55 AND THE COST FOR COLORS IS GOING TO BE 0.039 IT'S GOING TO BE A REDUCTION FROM WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PAYING.
I'VE GOT A MOTION BY DAN AND A SECOND BY GREEN.
DID EVERYBODY VOTE? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.
MAYOR PRO TEM MCCLENDON WAS THAT 7 C AND SEVEN? I COULDN'T TELL IF IT WAS B OR D.
WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE THAT ON OK.
THAT MOVES US ON TO SECTION FOUR CITIZENS APPEARANCE OTHER THAN PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ITEMS LISTED ON A POSTED AGENDA ITEM, CITIZENS IN ATTENDANCE WHO DESIRE TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL MAY SPEAK DURING THIS SECTION.
SPEAKERS IN ATTENDANCE EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND COMPLETE THE CARD AND HAND THAT TO MY OFFICE PRIOR TO SPEAKING.
SPEAKERS NOT IN ATTENDANCE, EACH PERSON MUST FILL OUT AN ONLINE SPEAKER CARD AND MUST BE SUBMITTED 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE POSTED START TIME OF THE MEETING.
DO I HAVE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY ITEMS NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA? SEEING NONE, I'LL MOVE ON TO ONLINE SPEAKER CARDS, I DO HAVE TWO ONLINE SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS EVENING. THE FIRST CARD IS SARAH CARLSON 1158 CROSS VINE DRIVE, BURLESON, TEXAS . CITY COUNCIL IS OFTEN TASKED WITH SOLVING PROBLEMS THEY DID NOT CREATE.
I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST ALL MEMBERS VOTE ON ALL ITEMS IN THE FUTURE UNLESS AN ACTUAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS INVOLVED.
I WOULD ALSO ASK COUNCIL TO KEEP YOUR COMMENTS FOCUSED ON ITEMS BEFORE YOU, NOT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS BESIDES YOU.
RESIDENTS EXPECT YOU TO DEBATE THE ITEM INSTEAD OF JUDGING YOUR PEERS OR PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYORS.
THE SECOND ON LINE SPEAKER CARD I HAVE TONIGHT IS RICHARD COLLINS.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, AFTER READING AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE BOND ELECTION, I WATCHED THE CORRESPONDING COUNCIL MEETING.
I AM CONCERNED WITH LEADERSHIP AFTER REVIEW.
IT WOULD BE WISE FOR ALL TO CONSIDER MANY RESIDENTS WORKING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN OTHER CITIES. FIRST CITIZEN COMMENTS WERE EXCLUDED SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN.
SECONDLY, A FEW DEMONSTRATED I'M SORRY, IGNORANCE AND INCOMPETENCE UNDERSTANDING OF A CO REFUSING TO ISSUE THEM.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO ONLINE SPEAKER CARDS I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING.
THAT WILL MOVE US ON TO SECTION FIVE CONSENT AGENDA.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA All items listed below are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of the items unless a Councilmember or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in its normal sequence. Approval of the consent agenda authorizes the City Manager to implement each item in accordance with staff recommendations.]
[C. Consider approval of a five-year maintenance contract with Canon Solutions America for copier support and maintenance for all City departments through an intergovernmental cooperative purchasing agreement with Omnia Partners in the amount not to exceed $204,219. (Staff Presenter: Justin Scharnhorst, Purchasing Manager) ]
[D. Consider approval of a resolution ratifying the termination of the local transportation advance funding agreement for the Alsbury Extension Phase II Project and authorizing the City Manager to reimburse the Texas Department of Transportation an amount not to exceed $292,114.58 for the return of federally earmarked funds and costs expended under the agreement. (Staff Presenter: Eric Oscarson, Director of Public Works)]
ALL ITEMS LISTED BELOW ARE CONSIDERED.YEAH, YEAH. ALL ITEMS LISTED BELOW ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED IN ONE MOTION.
THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION FOR ITEMS APPROVED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT.
TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS FIVE A THROUGH FIVE K AND 7 C AND 7 D.
MAYOR, IF YOU COULD ASK FOR A VOTE ON THOSE ITEMS. IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVE.
HE'S GOT TO MOVE TO A PROOF, SECOND, I GOT A MOTION BY PAYNE AND A SECOND BY MCCLENDON, PLEASE VOTE. VICTORIA, I'M SORRY ON THAT VOTE, I THINK IF YOU'LL JUST WAIT JUST A MINUTE, PLEASE THANK YOU.
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YOU WILL HAVE TO RESTART, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THIS WORKS, OR UNLESS YOU WANT TO VERBALLY.WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY, SO THERE WAS A DELAY IN THE VOTE, SO IF YOU'LL JUST DO THAT AGAIN, PLEASE.
YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND SECOND IT.
CLICK ON IT. I GOT A MOTION BY THE MAYOR AND THE SECOND BY DAN, PLEASE VOTE.
THERE WE GO, PASSES UNANIMOUS.
SECTION SIX, DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS.
[A. 7001 FM 917 (Case 21-157): Hold a public hearing and consider approval of an ordinance amending ordinance B-582, the zoning ordinance of the City of Burleson, Texas, by amending the official zoning map and changing the zoning on approximately 37.92 acres from “A” Agricultural, to “I” Industrial District, to allow for the development of a cold storage warehouse and office facility, making this ordinance cumulative of prior ordinances, providing a severability clause; providing a penalty clause, and providing for an effective date. (First and Final Reading) (Staff Presenter: Tony McIlwain, Director of Development Services) (The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by unanimous vote)]
FIRST UP IS 6A, 7001FM917 CASE 21-157.THIS IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE B 582.
THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BURLESON BY AMENDING ZONING ON APPROXIMATELY 37.92 ACRES FROM A AGRICULTURE TO I INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COLD STORAGE WAREHOUSE AND OFFICE FACILITIES.
THIS IS BEFORE COUNCIL ON 1ST AND FINAL READING.
TONIGHT'S STAFF PRESENTER IS TONY MCELWAIN, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
MAYOR, IF YOU COULD OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND STATE AT THE TIME, I OPEN THIS HEARING UP AT 5:49.
COUNCIL, THIS ITEM INVOLVES A ZONING REQUEST.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 7001 FARM TO MARKET ROAD 917.
IT CONSISTS OF A LITTLE, WELL, ALMOST THIRTY EIGHT ACRES.
THE APPLICANT, MR. BEN MILLIGAN, ALONG WITH CHAD BLAKEMAN, THE PROPERTY OWNER HERE ARE PETITIONING FOR THE ZONING CHANGE.
THE PROPERTY IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS IN AN AREA OF THE CITY THAT IS DESIGNATED FOR REGIONAL OFFICE/COMMERCIAL USE, AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL GROWTH CENTER.
AND OUR INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF DETERMINATION WAS MADE THAT THIS APPLICATION SATISFIED THE FORETHOUGHT ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
THE PROPERTY IS ZONED AGRICULTURAL BUT IS ALSO LOCATED IN THE CITY'S ICE THIRTY FIVE OVERLAY DISTRICT.
THIS IS A RENDERING THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF HOW THE BUILDING IS PROPOSED TO LOOK.
YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S GOT OFF AN OFFICE SPACE, EXCUSE ME, LOCATED ALONG THE CORNERS OF THE PROPERTY WITH A CENTRALIZED COLD STORAGE FACILITY BEING IN THE CENTER OF THE BUILDING WITH THE ASSOCIATED TRUCKING LOCATED ON THE SITE.
WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC WORKS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND ANALYSIS, DETENTION IS REQUIRED FOR ACRES FOR DEVELOPMENT GREATER THAN ONE ACRE IN SIZE.
THIS DEVELOPER MAY PROVIDE A DETENTION ANALYSIS AS PART OF THEIR PLATING PROCESS.
THE WATER FOR THIS AREA IS PROVIDED BY THE BETHESDA WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION.
THERE'S NO AVAILABLE SANITARY SEWER, SO WHAT STAFF WILL REQUIRE IS AN ENGINEERED ON SITE SEPTIC FACILITY.
ALL PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD GAIN ACCESS OFF OF FM 917.
A TIA WOULD NEED TO BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY FOR MORE ROBUST ANALYSIS PRIOR TO ANY APPROVAL OF ANY PLAT ACTIVITY.
WE NOTIFIED THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE SUBJECT SITE WENT THROUGH OUR PROCESS WITH PUBLISHING IN THE NEWSPAPER AND RECEIVED NO INQUIRIES CONCERNING THIS REQUEST. AND THAT MAP GRAPHIC SHOWS OUR NOTIFICATION BOUNDARY IN YELLOW.
THIS IS A GRAPHIC THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
IT SHOWS THE OCCURRENCE OF THE FLOOD PLAIN ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS THE FOOTPRINT.
WHAT'S BEING SHOWN TONIGHT IN TERMS OF A GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION IS JUST PHASE ONE.
THE INTENT IS TO DO FUTURE SUCCESSFUL PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT AS THE BUSINESS GROWS.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICANT'S PETITION.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION VOTED TO SUPPORT IT UNANIMOUSLY.
THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT OTHER INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS NEARBY THAT WE ENGAGED WITH THE COMMISSIONERS ON, AND THERE WAS A PROPERTY OWNER ADJACENT TO THE SITE THAT ASKED ABOUT DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS.
WE ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.
THE ACTIONS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING TONIGHT IS THAT YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FOLLOWING THE CLOSING OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, STAFF AS WELL AS THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPROVAL OF THE ZONING REQUEST FROM AG TO INDUSTRIAL FOR THE COLD STORAGE WAREHOUSE.
AND I ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
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ONLY QUESTION I HAVE HAS TO DO WITH THE DRAINAGE.WITH THIS BEING, AS I SAW THE PICTURES, IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF CONCRETE.
YES. AND THEN WE GOT A LARGE FLOOD PLAIN BEHIND IT.
WE'VE GOT HOUSES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT FLOOD PLAIN.
I'M NOT FAMILIAR AND ENOUGH THERE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK CORRECTLY ON THIS, BUT I HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS AND CONCERNS.
CAN YOU CLEAR THOSE UP FOR ME? SURE. ANY TIME WE GET A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE AND WITH BASICALLY DRAINAGE, WE KNOW THE DETENTION WILL BE REQUIRED AT THIS STAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE THEY HAVEN'T COME IN AND PROVIDED STAFF WITH ENGINEERED DRAWINGS THAT SHOW HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DETAIN ON SITE.
WE'RE GOING TO EVALUATE THAT AT THE PLAT PROCESS.
SO TONIGHT THE ENTITLEMENT IS JUST WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE OK WITH THE ZONING REQUEST.
WE'LL BRING THE PLAT FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT IN TIME, IF THEY HAVEN'T MET THE CITY'S DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE PLAT.
SO WE WILL GET INTO MORE INVOLVED, DETAILED ANALYSIS WHERE OUR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS ON STAFF CAN LOOK AT WHAT THEIR PE'S TURN INTO THE CITY.
WE'RE READY TO CLOSE THE HEARING.
YES, SIR, I ONLY HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD, BUT IT'S THE APPLICANT IN CASE YOU HAD QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL FOR THE APPLICANT, THEN YOU CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:54.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? SORRY.
MAYOR PRO TEM MCCLENDON CAN YOU SPEAK? MOVE TO APPROVE. THANK YOU.
PASSES UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE SECOND ITEM, IT HAVE BEEN GIVEN A MESSAGE THAT THE LIVE FEED IS IS NOT GOING THROUGH CORRECTLY.
SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE CHECK THAT.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 6B.
[B. 551 SW Thomas Street, Thomas Square Apartments (Case 22- 023): Consider a resolution of support for a housing tax credit application to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs for Thomas Square Apartments, an existing senior living community. (Staff Presenter: Tony McIlwain, Director of Development Services) ]
551 SOUTHWEST THOMAS ST.THOMAS SQUARE APARTMENTS CASE 22-023.
THIS IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR A HOUSING TAX CREDIT APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR THOMAS SQUARE APARTMENTS, AN EXISTING SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY.
THE STAFF PRESENTER IS TONY MCELWAIN, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, MR. MCELWAIN. YOU'RE ON AGAIN.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. WE'RE GOING TO JUST SWITCH TO PRESENTATION MODE HERE, COUNCIL, THIS ITEM DOES INVOLVE THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS OUR VERY OWN THOMAS SQUARE APARTMENTS.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THOMAS SQUARE APARTMENTS IS A AGE RESTRICTED COMMUNITY.
IT'S A SENIOR COMMUNITY THAT'S EXISTING DEVELOPMENT.
LOCATED HERE AT THE CITY, AT A SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTHWEST THOMAS STREET AND MARKET STREET, VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA IS THE APPLICANT.
THEY'RE SEEKING HOUSING TAX CREDITS THROUGH THE HCA.
THESE ARE YOUR COMPETITIVE VARIETY OF HOUSING TAX CREDITS.
IT'S A NINE PERCENT HOUSING TAX CREDIT, AND THE INTENT IS TO REHABILITATE THE EXISTING HOUSING STOCK ON THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
SO NO NEW DEVELOPMENT BUT A GREAT DEAL OF REHAB ON THE SITE.
THEY'RE REQUESTING A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT AND A $500 LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION IN FEE WAIVERS FROM THE CITY.
THAT'S SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN WITH YOUR APPROVAL.
SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN INTERNALLY, WHETHER IT COULD BE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THAT WE'RE PERMITTING FEES TO THE TUNE OF $500.
WITH REGARD TO SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THOMAS FOR APARTMENTS, IT'S A 40 UNIT AGE RESTRICTED HOUSING COMPLEX, BUILT AND OPERATING SINCE 1994.
THE EXISTING COMPLEX, IS COMPOSED OF 10 ONE STORY BUILDINGS AND ONE STORY COMMUNITY BUILDING. AGAIN, THE INTENT IS TO REHAB ALL EXISTING UNITS AND COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY BUILDING. TOTAL COST OF REHABILITATION IS RIGHT AROUND TWO POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. WE'VE PROVIDED YOU INFORMATION THAT WAS SENT TO THE STAFF BY VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA THAT SHOWS YOU SOME OF THE ELEVATIONS CURRENTLY ON THE PROPERTY.
THERE WOULD BE LANDSCAPE AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS, BUILDING EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY BUILDING AND DWELLING UNIT IMPROVEMENTS.
AND I HAVE INDIVIDUALS HERE REPRESENTING THE PROJECT AND WE HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT.
SO THESE ARE JUST SOME PICTURES THAT THE PLANNING STAFF TOOK SHOWING THE PROPERTY THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ON THE SITE.
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AGAIN, NO NEW UNITS WILL BE DEVELOPED, NO CHANGE IN AGE RESTRICTED CRITERIA.SO AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS REHABILITATION PROJECT, THE INTENT IS NOT TO HAVE ANY CHANGE IN THE CRITERIA THAT ALLOWS CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY LIVE THERE.
I THINK RIGHT NOW IS RESTRICTED TO 62 TO AND OLDER.
YOUR OPTIONS TONIGHT ARE TO ISSUE A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT AND $500 IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION IN THE FORM OF FEE WAIVERS.
YOU MAY ALSO ISSUE A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT WITH NO $500 LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION.
AND LASTLY, YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF NOT ISSUING RESOLUTION SUPPORT, NOR THE FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS LOCAL CONTRIBUTION.
STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
WE THINK THAT IT WILL BRING MUCH NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE THOMAS SQUARE APARTMENTS.
I HAVE MS. DEBBIE WELCHEL REPRESENTING VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF HER, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE MANAGING THE CURRENT THOMAS SQUARE APARTMENTS AND I'LL ENTERTAINING ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE.
KIND OF TRIVIAL HERE, BUT WE HAVE OVER A $1 MILLION PROJECT, WHY IS FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS SUCH A BIG DEAL. IT HELPS WITH THE SCORING CRITERIA THAT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LOOKS AT.
AND SO IT'S A VERY COMPETITIVE, THIS IS A COMPETITIVE GRANT.
AND SO WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS NOT ONLY A SHOW OF SUPPORT FROM THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, BUT THE $500 LOCAL CONTRIBUTION JUST GOES A LITTLE FURTHER.
THEY COULD PROBABLY SPEAK MORE TO THAT AS MORE OF THEIR WORLD THAN MINE, BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AS THE LAST FEW YEARS FOR SURE CERTAINLY LOOKED AT IN TERMS OF SHOWING MORE ROBUST SUPPORT FOR PROJECTS IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.
SO THIS IS BASICALLY JUST TO SHOW US SUPPORT ON OUR PART.
YES, SIR. AND THE CONTRIBUTION DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN TERMS OF MONIES GRANTED, IT COULD BE IN FEES WAIVED.
SO WE WOULD IN SOME CASES FOREGO COLLECTING PERMITS, PERMIT FEES, FOR INSTANCE, TO THE TUNE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
OK. SCORING CRITERIA THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS DOES NOT KEY IT AROUND A PARTICULAR AMOUNT.
THEY SIMPLY WANT A DEMONSTRATION OF COMMITMENT BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
IN ADDITION TO SIMPLY A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT, IT AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATES AN ACCELERATED SCORE ON THE APPLICATION.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THERE WOULD BE NO WAY IN MY MIND THAT WE WOULD NOT GIVE THEM THIS $500 AND BACKING BECAUSE THOMAS SQUARE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS CITY, QUITE FRANKLY TO THE SENIOR COMMUNITY, I ATTEMPTED TO GET MY MOM IN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
THEY SERVE A MUCH, MUCH NEEDED MARKET, AND I'M ABSOLUTELY THRILLED TO SEE THESE IMPROVEMENTS COMING AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE TO THE SENIORS.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE LIVED THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
AND YOU GUYS TAKE GREAT CARE OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
ANYBODY ELSE? WELL, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOUR FOR COMING FORWARD AND EVERYTHING.
MY ONLY QUESTION AND CERTAINLY NOT EVEN AREA THAT WE CAN GET INVOLVED IN, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TWO AND HALF MILLION, I GUESS IT'S MAINLY ALL GRANT MONEY.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY ELDERLY GET DISPLACED.
CAN YOU COME TO THE MICROPHONE? YEAH WE WON'T BE ABLE TO PICK YOU UP ON ANY FEED.
AND IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE DISPLACED.
IT'S A $7 MILLION TRANSACTION, OF WHICH ABOUT TWO POINT FIVE TO TWO EIGHT MILLION WILL BE RENOVATION. THE TAX CREDIT ITSELF HAS EQUITY IN THE AMOUNT OF ABOUT FOUR POINT FIVE MILLION, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A CONSTRUCTION LOAN OF ABOUT FIVE POINT ONE MILLION.
WOULD YOU MIND STATING YOUR NAME, PLEASE? SURE, I AM SO SORRY.
MY NAME IS DEBORAH WELCHEL, AND I WORK WITH VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA NATIONAL SERVICES.
I'M THE SENIOR DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IN TEXAS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES, MA'AM. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE RAISING A RANSOM, MAKING IT UNCOMFORTABLE. GRANTED, NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT THAT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
THAT'S PRIVATE SECTOR. BUT NO, NO, ACTUALLY, THIS HAS A HAP CONTRACT ON IT.
AND SO THE TENET WILL ONLY PAY 30 PERCENT OF THEIR INCOME EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY COME IN THE DOOR. THANK YOU.
YOU ARE VERY WELCOME. I'M SORRY, MA'AM.
CAN I ASK, HAS THERE BEEN ANY RENOVATIONS TO IT SINCE 94? NO, MA'AM. THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
ABSOLUTELY. THERE'S AN AT RISK SET ASIDE IN THE THE WAY SCORING GOES, AND WE ARE GOING THROUGH THAT AT RISK SET ASIDE AND HOPE THAT WE SCORE ENOUGH POINTS.
RIGHT. THAT WE CAN GET THE, AND IF WE DON'T, WE'LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR.
SO I MAY SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR.
IT IS A GREAT LITTLE COMMUNITY.
I WENT TO MIDDLE SCHOOL ALMOST DIAGONAL FROM IT AND WE WOULD WALK DOWN AND TAKE TREATS
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FOR HOLIDAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.AND THOSE RESIDENTS HAVE LIVED.
THERE'S SO MANY, THEY'VE LIVED THERE A NUMBER OF YEARS AND THEY TAKE SUCH GOOD CARE AND IT'S PRECIOUS. THEY HAVE PLANTS AND THEY SIT OUT AND VISIT WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS.
AND IT'S JUST A SWEET COORDINATOR, TOO. AND YES, YEAH, TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WELL AS THE MANAGER.
SO THAT'S WONDERFUL. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE? IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS? I MAKE A MOTION. IF YOU'LL WAIT JUST A MINUTE, LET HIM SWITCH OVER TO THE VOTING.
YOU GUYS GOT TO. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY TAMARA AND THE SECOND BY VICTORIA, PLEASE VOTE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 7 GENERAL 7 A.
[A. Hold a public hearing and consider approval of an ordinance approving an amended and restated service and assessment plan for the Parks at Panchasarp Farms Public Improvement District JC-1; making a finding of special benefit to the property in Phase #2 of the district; levying special assessments against property within phase #2 of the district and establishing a lien on such property; providing for payment of the assessments in accordance with Chapter 372, Texas Local Government Code, as amended; providing for the method of assessment and the payment of assessments; providing penalties and interest on delinquent assessments; providing for severability; and providing an effective date. (First Reading) (Staff Presenter: Matt Ribitzki, Deputy City Attorney/Compliance Manager)]
I THINK MATT RIBITZKI WANTS ME TO SAY THE LONGEST SENTENCE EVER.SO HERE WE GO. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AMENDED AND RESTATED SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR THE PARKS AT PANCHASARP FARM PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, JC-1 MAKING A FINDING OF SPECIAL BENEFIT TO THE PROPERTY IN PHASE NUMBER TWO FOR THE DISTRICT.
LEVYING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AGAINST THE PROPERTY WITHIN PHASE NUMBER TWO OF THE DISTRICT AND ESTABLISHING A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY, PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT OF THE ASSESSMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 372, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AS AMENDED.
PROVIDING FOR THE METHOD OF ASSESSMENT IN THE PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS.
PROVIDING PENALTIES AND INTEREST ON DELINQUENT ASSESSMENTS.
FIRST READING BEFORE YOU STAFF PRESENTER IS MATT RIBITZKI, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY COMPLIANCE MANAGER.
MAYOR IF YOU COULD OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND STATE THE TIME, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:04.OK MR. RIBITZKI, AFTER THAT LONG INTRODUCTION.
CAN YOU READ MORE TIME FOR ME? DID YOU NOT HEAR ME? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MATT RIBITZKI.
I'M THE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY AND COMPLIANCE MANAGER FOR THE CITY.
THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AS AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE PARKS AT PANCHASARP FARMS, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE, ACTUALLY THE ORDINANCE DOES A NUMBER OF THINGS, BUT THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE IS TO LEVY ASSESSMENTS ON PHASE TWO OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS A SECOND STEP OF A TWO STEP PROCESS.
THE FIRST STEP HAPPENED LAST MONTH.
ON JANUARY 18TH, COUNCIL APPROVED A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR PHASE TWO OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AND SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR TONIGHT.
BEFORE WE DOVE INTO THE ORDINANCE.
LET ME DO A COUPLE OF LET'S DO A LITTLE BACKGROUND, COVER SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
LET'S DISCUSS JUST PIDS IN GENERAL VERY BRIEFLY AND DISCUSS THE HISTORY OF THIS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND DEVELOPMENT.
SO A PID AS A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, IT IS A DEFINED GEOGRAPHICAL AREA ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC TYPES OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS OR MAINTENANCE, WHICH ARE FINANCED BY ASSESSING PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THAT AREA.
THEY'RE REGULATED BY CHAPTER THREE SEVENTY TWO OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
AND IN ADDITION, IN THIS CITY, PIDS ARE GUIDED BY OUR CITY'S PID POLICY COUNCIL ADOPTED A PID POLICY IN NOVEMBER OF 2018.
LOOKING AT THIS DEVELOPMENT, THIS DEVELOPMENT IS LOCATED OFF OF THE LAKEWOOD DRIVE HERE IN THE CITY. IT INCLUDES EIGHT PHASES.
PHASE ONE IS COMPLETE AND PHASE TWO IS VERY NEAR COMPLETION.
IN TOTAL, THE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS, A MULTIFAMILY LOT COMMERCIAL SITE, A SCHOOL SITE AND TWENTY FIVE ACRES OF PARKLAND.
COUNCIL APPROVED THIS SPECIFIC PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, BUT ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS IS THAT IT SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCE THE CITY'S TRAIL AND PARK PLAN. THE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES A PARKLAND DEDICATION OF TWENTY FIVE ACRES AND TYPICALLY FOR A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SIZE, ONLY 10 ACRES WOULD BE REQUIRED.
THE DEVELOPMENT'S PARK SYSTEM INCLUDES A MASTER TRAIL SYSTEM THAT RUNS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT AND LINKS TOGETHER FOR PARKS A TRADITIONAL PARK, A FARM THEMED PARK, A CLIMBING PARK AND A SWINGS AND SLIDES PARK.
MATT, DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE FOR WHEN THESE PARKS WILL BE BUILT? LIKE IS IT HAS ANYTHING BEEN CONSTRUCTED YET? ARE THERE ANY STRUCTURES OUT THERE YET? IS IT PER COMPLETION OF EACH PHASE? SO I BELIEVE IT'S THE TRADITIONAL PARK.
WE HAVE ONE PARK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE TRADITIONAL PARK.
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IT'S RIGHT THERE TO OFF GREEN RIDGE.IF YOU GO IN WITH LAKEWOOD DRIVE AND I BELIEVE IT INTERSECTS WITH LAKEWOOD, YOU CAN TAKE A LEFT THERE AS YOU ENTER IN THE SUBDIVISION.
AND SO WE DO HAVE A PARK AND SOME TRAILS COMPLETED.
AS FAR AS THE TIMELINE, THAT DEPENDS.
AS THE PHASES COME ONLINE, THE PARKS WILL COME ON LINE, RIGHT? OK, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T WANT TO GET TO THE END AND IT'S LIKE, OH, WE MEANT TO BUILD ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
BUT WE'VE SEEN THIS IN A COUPLE OF OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THE INTENTION WAS THERE AND THEN TO APPEASE HOMEOWNERS, THEY PUT A PLAYGROUND THAT, YES, UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE RIGHT.
WELL, THE ACTUAL PARK THAT'S THERE, THE TRADITIONAL PARK NOW IS ACTUALLY PART OF PHASE TWO. SO IT'S ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED KIND OF AHEAD AHEAD OF TIME.
SO, BUT YES, THERE'S ALREADY ONE OF THE PARKS CURRENTLY OUT THERE.
LOOKING AT IN THE POLICY THAT THEY THEY DO HAVE TO BE CERTAIN.
SO PART OF THE SURFACE ASSESSMENT PLAN THAT YOU'RE ADOPTING HERE TONIGHT AND HAVE ADOPTED PREVIOUSLY LISTS THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IN THIS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND INCLUDES THE TRAIL SYSTEM IN THE FOUR PARKS.
HMM. LOOKING AT THE HISTORY OF THIS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN FEBRUARY OF TWENTY NINETEEN, THE CITY COUNCIL CREATED THE PARKS AT PANCHASARP FARMS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT JC1.
THAT'S THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THIS PID.
IN FEBRUARY OF 2020, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A SERVICE ASSESSMENT PLAN AND LEVYING AN ASSESSMENT ON PHASE ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN LAST MONTH, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR PHASE TWO AND SETTING TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING.
LET'S BEGIN TO LOOK AT THE AUDIENCE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL TONIGHT.
THE CAPITAL COSTS FOR THE PID ARE SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE COST FOR THIS PID IS JUST OVER TWO POINT NINE MILLION. THE PHASE TWO PORTION OF THOSE COSTS ARE JUST UNDER FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND THERE.
THESE COSTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH PAST SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLANS APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND THE PRELIMINARY SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN APPROVED BY COUNCIL LAST MONTH.
THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN APPROVED BY THIS ORDINANCE CALLS FOR AN ASSESSMENT RATE OF ZERO POINT TWO ONE THREE DOLLARS FOR PHASE TWO.
THAT RATE IS LOWER THAN THE MAX RATE SET BY COUNCIL IN A 2019 WORK SESSION ON THIS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
ALSO, THAT RATE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PRELIMINARY SERVICES, SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN APPROVED BY COUNCIL LAST MONTH.
THE ASSESSMENT RATE OF ZERO POINT TWO ONE THREE DOLLARS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S PID POLICY, THE PID POLICY STATES THAT ADDING A PID ASSESSMENT TO A PROPERTY CANNOT MAKE IT THE HIGHEST ASSESSED PROPERTY IN THE CITY.
THE HIGHEST ASSESSED PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN THE CITY'S OUTLINED THERE IN RED. IT IS A 2.7928 DOLLARS PER ONE HUNDRED VALUATION.
ADDING THE PID ASSESSMENT TO FACE TWO LEADS TO A TOTAL ASSESSMENT OF 2.6588 DOLLARS PER ONE HUNDRED VALUATION, SO THE ASSESSMENT RATE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S PID POLICY.
OVERALL, THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE PROVES THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN, WHICH TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE DISCUSSED TONIGHT, THE COSTS, THE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE ASSESSMENT RATE. IT ALSO FINDS THAT THERE'S A SPECIFIC BENEFIT TO THE PROPERTY, PROVIDES A METHOD OF ASSESSMENT, LEVIES AN ASSESSMENT ON THE PROPERTY AND PHASE TWO, AND ESTABLISHES A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY. ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE CONSISTENT WITH OPERATING A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT UNDER CHAPTER 372 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S PID POLICY, AND IT'S CONSISTENT WITH PAST PRACTICES IN THIS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
SO THE ACTION REQUESTED OF COUNSEL TONIGHT IS TO OPEN AND CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE OR DENY THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT YOU APPROVE THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE DEVELOPER HERE, ALSO HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM MUNICAP, THE CITY.
THE CITY'S PID ADMINISTRATOR HERE ALSO TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE CAN PAY UP FRONT THEIR ENTIRE PID DUES? THAT'S CORRECT. SO THERE ARE THERE ARE TWO PARTS OF THE PID DUES.
THERE'S THE CAPITAL ASSESSMENT, WHICH THAT'S THE PART THAT THEY CAN PAY OFF.
THAT'S FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS, THE COST, THE IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE TONIGHT.
I'M ASSUMING THEY GET THIS LIKE AN ANNUAL TAX WITH YOUR TAXES OR ARE SIMILAR LIKE THAT.
IT'S JUST AN ANNUAL ONE TIME BILL THAT COMES THROUGH.
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CORRECT. OR YOU COULD PAY IT UP FRONT.YOU CAN PAY IT UP FRONT OR YOU COULD GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS IN PHASE ONE THAT AFTER BEING PART OF PHASE ONE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, CONTACT THE CITY OR THE OR MUNICAP, SAY WHAT'S MY PAYOFF AMOUNT? THEY GET A PAYOFF LETTER JUST LIKE YOU WOULD, YOU KNOW, PAY OFF ANY LOAN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THEY HAVE A PAYOFF AMOUNT AND THEY PAY THAT AMOUNT AND IT'S GONE.
SO THEY JUST CONTACT THE CITY IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.
EVERY TIME WE TALK ABOUT A PIS, I FEEL OBLIGED TO POINT OUT THAT THE FIRST WORD OF THE THREE LETTER ACRONYM PID IS PUBLIC.
THESE PARKS, WHEN THEY'RE COMPLETED, WILL BE PUBLIC PARKS, NOT JUST EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE USE OF THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY, BUT FOR THE USE OF ANY CITIZEN OF BURLESON OR ANYWHERE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER.
THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC, NOT NOT SET ASIDE PARKS.
ANYBODY ELSE? WE'RE READY TO CLOSE OR TO OPEN.
SO IF YOU WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
OH, YES, PLEASE LET ME CLOSE THIS HEARING AT 6:14, I THINK THAT CLOCK'S GETTING FURTHER AWAY FROM ME, I'M NOT SURE.
AND IF YOU'LL CALL FOR THE MOTION.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS? MOVE TO APPROVE.
OK, SO COUNCIL MEMBER STANFORD, I'M GOING TO NEED YOU TO VERBALLY SAY WHAT YOUR VOTE IS, PLEASE WHAT YOUR MOTION IS.
MOVED TO APPROVE. OKAY, WE GOT A MOTION BY JAMIE AND A SECOND BY RONNIE.
PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL BEFORE MOVING ON, I DO HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION FROM TONY MCELWAIN ON THE PREVIOUS ITEM.
6B, THERE WAS TWO RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE BEFORE THE COUNCIL, WHETHER BOTH WERE TO APPROVE, BUT ONE WAS WITH THE FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS CREDIT, WHICH I BELIEVE SHOULD HAVE BEEN STATED IN THE MOTION. IT WAS NOT STATED IN THE MOTION, IT WAS JUST A MOTION OF APPROVAL.
SO IF YOU'LL JUST WAIT, IF WE CAN GET WHOEVER MADE THE MOTION TO CLARIFY THAT THEY DID INTEND FOR THE FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR CREDIT TO BE PLACED IN THERE, WE CAN DO THAT.
IF YOU'LL MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION, PLEASE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE CLARIFICATION THAT I MOVE TO APPROVE WITH THE $500 WAIVER OR DONATION.
YES, THANK YOU. YES. AND THEN IF THE SECOND, COULD [INAUDIBLE].
I SECOND IT. YEAH, WE HAVE ON THE RECORD THAT YES, YOU DID OK.
I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT WE THAT WE GIVE THEM THAT WE CORRECT.
THANK YOU. SO NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 7 B, WHICH I THINK MARTIN IS TRYING TO GIVE YOU.
[B. Consider approval of an ordinance amending the City budget for fiscal year 2021-2022 by increasing appropriations of ARPA Grant Fund for American Rescue Plan (ARPA) ACT stimulus funds in the amount of $8,000,000 for various purposes allowable per federal grant guidelines; increasing appropriations of the Equipment Replacement Fund in the amount of $3,000,000 to transfer excess fund balance to the General Fund; increasing appropriations of the Equipment Replacement Fund Proprietary in the amount of $1,000,000 to transfer excess fund balance to the Water and Sewer Fund; and finding that this ordinance may be considered and approved at only one meeting because time is of the essence. (First and Final Reading) (Staff Presenter: Martin Avila, Director of Finance)]
YOU CAN GO PRETTY FAST BECAUSE I HAVE IT UP.YOU CAN GO AS FAST AS YOU WANT IN READING THAT.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022 BY INCREASING APPROPRIATION OF ARPA GRANT FUNDS FOR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ARPA ACT STIMULUS FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $8 MILLION FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES ALLOWABLE FOR FEDERAL GRANT GUIDELINES. INCREASING APPROPRIATIONS OF THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $3 MILLION TO TRANSFER EXCESS FUND BALANCE TO THE GENERAL FUND.
INCREASE IN APPROPRIATIONS OF THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND.
PROPRIETARY IN THE AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION TO TRANSFER EXCESS FUND BALANCE TO THE WATER AND SEWER FUND. AND FIND THAT THIS ORDINANCE MAY BE CONSIDERED AND APPROVED AT ONLY ONE MEETING BECAUSE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
THIS IS BEFORE YOU ON FIRST AND FINAL READING BY STAFF PRESENTER MARTIN AVILA, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
MR. AVILA AFTER THAT LONG INTRODUCTION.
THAT WAS GREAT. OH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BEFORE I START, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE AND MAKE A REFERENCE THAT THE MONEY TREE THAT WE HAD DURING CITY FEST WAS NOT REAL.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE OF THAT BECAUSE IT JUST KEPT REPLENISHING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT.
THIS ITEM IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT HAD THREE DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST. THE FIRST ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE ARPA FUNDS.
WE RECEIVED QUITE A BIT OF MONEY, ABOUT ELEVEN POINT NINE MILLION WE WERE AWARDED.
LAST AUGUST, THEY WERE GOING TO RECEIVE THE REMAINING PART THIS COMING AUGUST.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IS THAT WE THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE APPROPRIATED WHAT WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO SPEND IN THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT WAS NOT PART OF
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THE ORIGINAL BUDGET.AND SINCE IT'S A LARGE DOLLAR AMOUNT, I WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. AND SO AGAIN, IT IS, THESE ARPA FUNDS ARE USED FOR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN REGARDS TO PUBLIC HEALTH, REVENUE LOSS, INFRASTRUCTURE, ECONOMIC IMPACT. SO THIS IS IN ESSENCE HOW WE HAVE ALLOCATED OUR DOLLAR USAGE.
IT COULD CHANGE OVER TIME DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO TO PROVIDE IS IS WE ARE ESTIMATING ABOUT $8 MILLION TO BE TO BE USED THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO THAT'S THAT'S IN ESSENCE THE APPROPRIATION THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT.
PART OF THAT IS IS THE FORT WORTH RELIEF FUND, WHICH IS ABOUT FOUR POINT FIVE, MAYBE FIVE MILLION DOLLARS, DEPENDING ON THAT USAGE.
WE HAVE AN ITEM TODAY IN REGARDS TO THE AMBULANCES.
IT'S ABOUT ONE POINT TWO MILLION.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE PROBABLY HAVE SOME REIMBURSEMENTS OF SALARIES FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BASED UPON THEIR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
SO THAT'S IN ESSENCE WHERE THE $8 MILLION IS KIND OF ESTIMATED.
THE OTHER ITEMS, JOHN BUTKUS, THAT PROVIDED SOME SOME PRESENTATIONS ON THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD RECOMMENDED IN REGARDS TO THE GOVERNMENTAL SIDE OF THE EQUIPMENT PLACEMENT FUND WAS TO TRANSFER EXCESS FUND BALANCE OF $3 MILLION BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN ALSO A MILLION DOLLARS BACK TO THE WATER AND SEWER FUND AS PART OF THAT.
AND AGAIN, WE WILL CONTINUE MONITORING.
WE DID PROVIDE A 10 YEAR HISTORICAL OR PROJECTIONS OF WHERE WE THOUGHT THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND WAS GOING TO GO.
AND SO WE FEEL THAT WE KNOW EVEN BY MOVING THOSE EXCESS FUNDS BACK, WE FEEL THAT THE FUNDS ARE STILL FUNDED, FULLY FUNDED TO BE ABLE TO YOU KNOW REPLACE THE EQUIPMENT OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
AND AGAIN, THE OPTIONS FOR THESE ITEMS IS APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT AS PRESENTED OR DENY THE BUDGET AMENDMENT AS PRESENTED AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. I COULD ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
EXCEPT FOR THE MONEY TREE, IT JUST WAS THAT'S NOT PART OF IT.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS OR? JUST REALLY QUICKLY COUNSEL WHOEVER MAKES THE MOTION IF YOU'LL JUST MAKE YOUR MOTION AND THEN STATE THAT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE SO THAT WE CAN PASS IT ON FIRST AND FINAL? WHAT? I MOVED TO APPROVE, AND TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
BECAUSE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
AND. AND FIND THAT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
AND FINDS THAT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
I HAVE [INAUDIBLE] I GOT A MOTION BY TAMARA THE AND A SECOND BY RONNIE.
WE HAVE ALREADY DISPENSED WITH ITEMS 7 C AND 7D ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, SO THAT MOVES US ON TO ITEM 7 E FIND IT.
[E. Consider approval of a contract with Siddon Martin Emergency Group for the purchase of four Demers 2023 MXP 153 Ford F450 Type I Gas 4X4 Ambulances through an interlocal agreement with the Houston Galveston Area Council in the amount not to exceed $1,200,000. (Staff presenter: K.T. Freeman, Fire Chief)]
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT WITH SYED AND MARTIN EMERGENCY GROUP FOR THE PURCHASE OF FOUR DEMERS.2023 MPX 153 FOX, FORD, FORD F450 TYPE ONE GAS 4X4 AMBULANCES THROUGH AN INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS.
THE STAFF PRESENTER TODAY IS KT FREEMAN, FIRE CHIEF, WHO IS TRYING TO GET ME AS TONGUE-TIED AS POSSIBLE TONIGHT.
AND TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. YEAH, I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY. I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND AMANDA, COULD YOU READ THAT AGAIN? YES, SIR. WE HAVE SOME AMBULANCES TO LOOK AT TONIGHT.
SO MAYOR GOOD EVENING, KT FREEMAN AND AMANDA THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SO I DO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION TONIGHT THAT'S BEFORE US AND IT'S FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ABOUT OUR PROPOSED AMBULANCES.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING TO DO TONIGHT IS CONSIDER FOUR AMBULANCES AND THREE OF THEM GOING BACK TO SOME OF OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS.
OUR PLAN IS THAT WE WOULD DEPLOY THREE WHEN WE ACTUALLY TAKE OVER THE TRANSPORTATION PORTION OF OUR SERVICE DELIVERY.
THEY'LL BE CERTIFIED AS MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE UNITS AND OUR FOURTH PURCHASE WOULD BE, AS WE'VE SHARED IN THE PAST, IT WOULD BE IN A RESERVE STATUS, BUT IT WOULD ALSO BE LICENSED SO IT WOULD HAVE THE SAME CAPABILITY.
IT WILL BE HOUSED AND IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE IF WE NEEDED TO DEPLOY IT.
WE TALK TO YOU BEFORE ABOUT SOME CROSS STAFFING MODELS AND I THINK WHEN WE COME BACK
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LATER ON THIS YEAR AND PRESENT YOU SOME BUDGET OPTIONS AND WE LOOK AT SOME STAFFING OPTIONS, WE'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT.BUT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT THE PROPOSAL TONIGHT WOULD BE TO PURCHASE THE FOUR AMBULANCES THEY WOULD BE LICENSED AND THEY WOULD ALL BE READY TO GO. AS YOU RECALL, WE THE LAST THREE FIRE APPARATUS WE PURCHASED THROUGH SIDDONS MARTIN, THERE WERE VERY, VERY GOOD PARTNER WITH US TONIGHT.
WE WOULD BE PROPOSING TO GO THROUGH THEM AS WELL.
WE'D BE USING THE SAME INTER LOCAL CONTRACT THAT WE'VE USED IN THE PAST, THE HGAC CONTRACT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1.2 MILLION.
WE ARE COMING IN A LITTLE BIT UNDER BUDGET.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT $8000 KUSH FROM WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO BRING THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS A REAL POSITIVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY OBVIOUSLY IS ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES.
THE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THIS CONTRACT IS WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT ANY MONEY DOWN.
THERE'S NO REQUEST FOR MONEY TO BE PUT DOWN AND WE WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE AMBULANCES UNTIL THEY'RE DELIVERED. AND SO I THINK THAT'S A REAL FISCAL BENEFIT AND VERY, VERY UNIQUE.
HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES MISSION FIRE DEPARTMENT JUST RECENTLY, THEY'RE DOWN IN THE VALLEY.
I BELIEVE THEY JUST RECENTLY TRANSFERRED TRANSITIONING TO FIRE BASED EMS, AND AS IT HAPPENS TO BE, THEIR COLOR SCHEME IS VERY SIMILAR TO OURS.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING I WANTED TO SHOW THE COUNCIL IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE MAY DO A LITTLE BIT OF TWEAKING, BUT THE COLOR SCHEME IS BASICALLY OURS.
THE GRAPHICS WOULD BE BASICALLY WHAT WE WOULD USE.
AND AGAIN, IT GIVES YOU A VISUAL OF HOW NICE LOOKING THESE AMBULANCES WOULD BE.
THIS IS THE DEMERS AMBULANCE, AND THAT'S THE MANUFACTURER THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE GO WITH, AND I'M GOING TO BE DISCUSSING SOME OF THE SPECIFICATIONS AND SOME OF THE TESTING AND QUALIFICATIONS THAT THESE AMBULANCES HAVE ANOTHER VIEW, SIDE VIEW OF IT.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE DRIVER'S COMPARTMENT.
THIS WOULD BE THE PATIENT COMPARTMENT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO BRING TO LIGHT IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE CAPABILITY.
THIS IS YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL THE DIMENSION VERY WELL, BUT OF COURSE WE WOULD HAVE THE MAIN STRETCHER AREA THERE WHERE WE WOULD TRANSPORT A PATIENT.
AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE BENCH TO THE SIDE, WE WOULD ALSO HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO CARRY ANOTHER PATIENT'S SUPINE IF WE NEEDED TO.
THERE'S PLACES WHERE WE WOULD HAVE THE AMBULANCE WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH SEATBELTS, SO WE'D BE ABLE TO SEATBELT THEM IN.
AND AGAIN, YOU REALLY CAN'T SEE IT.
BUT WE'D ALSO BE ABLE ON THE BENCH WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT PATIENTS SITTING UP TO IF THEIR INJURY AND THEIR NEEDS WERE SUCH THAT WE COULD TRANSPORT THEM IN THAT POSITION AS WELL. SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF VERSATILITY IN THIS AMBULANCE.
AND THEN WHEN I GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE TO THE TO TO THE LEFT.
THERE'S ALSO A SEAT THAT WE COULD PUT SOMEONE IN AND AS YOU'RE LOOKING INTO IT RIGHT THERE. AGAIN, ALL OF THESE POSITIONS ARE HARNESS.
THEY HAVE THE PROPER SAFETY FEATURES TO THEM.
A BACK OF THE THE REVIEW LOOK TO THE AMBULANCE AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE THE INSIDE OF IT AGAIN. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL IN OUR COMMUNITY IS THIS TESTING AND THE SAFETY STANDARDS THESE AMBULANCES ARE MEET SOME OF THE HIGHEST STANDARDS IN THE INDUSTRY, THE GENERAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATION. THEY CALL THAT THE TRIPLE K STANDARD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE I'VE RESEARCH AND RESEARCH.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CASE STANDS FOR, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE HIGHEST STANDARDS GOES BACK TO THE 70S. IT'S ONE OF THE STANDARDS THAT ALL FEDERAL AMBULANCES HAVE TO MEET.
IT'S ABOUT TWENTY FIVE OR PLUS STANDARDS THAT LUMP INTO THIS.
30 PLUS ISH STATES REQUIRE THIS STANDARD.
TEXAS IS NOT ONE OF THEM, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR AMBULANCES MEET SOME OF THE HIGHEST STANDARDS IN THE INDUSTRY FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OF COURSE, FOR THE FOR THE PATIENTS THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THERE.
THEY ALSO MEET THE ACCREDITATION.
THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF AMBULANCE SERVICES, THE NFPA, NFPA ACTUALLY HAD THE STANDARD TWO FOR WHAT WE WOULD CALL AUTOMOTIVE FIRE APPARATUS.
OUR AMBULANCES WILL MEET THAT STANDARD.
AGAIN, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THEN ANOTHER FEDERAL STANDARD, THE MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS. SO THE POINT THE TAKE AWAY IS OUR AMBULANCES.
THE PROPOSED AMBULANCES HAVE SOME FEATURES IN THERE THAT ARE NOT REQUIRED, BUT WE WANT TO HAVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PROTECTION AND COMFORT FOR NOT ONLY OUR FIREFIGHTERS, BUT FOR THE PATIENTS THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE RIDING IN THEM.
WITH THAT IN MIND, SOME OF THE KEY FEATURES THIS REAR SUSPENSION, THIS LIQUIDS SPRING IS ONE OF THE NUANCES NOW.
IT IS BASICALLY A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM THAT IS CONTROLLED BY A MICROPROCESSOR.
AND SO IT ADDS A SAFETY AND STABILITY AND ALSO A COMFORT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE
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AMBULANCES. IT WITH THE MICROPROCESSOR.THIS THERE AS THE AMBULANCE STARTS MOVING BASED ON THE SPEED BASED ON WHEN BASED ON ROAD CONDITIONS. THIS MICROPROCESSOR IS SENSING THIS AND IT'S ADJUSTING THE SUSPENSION.
IT ALSO SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP MINIMIZE.
IF YOU'RE INTO A TURN, IT'S GOING TO HELP STABILIZE WHERE YOU DON'T START, YOU KNOW, TILTING, YOU GET WIND LIKE WE'VE HAD THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
IT CAN CERTAINLY IMPACT TRYING TO HAVE A BOX BASICALLY LIST.
IT'S AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SPEC FOR IT BECAUSE WE WANT THE BEST AGAIN FOR OUR FOR THAT, FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
IT'S VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL AND IT WILL PROVIDE A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE.
IT'S GOT AN ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM IN IT, SO OUR FIREFIGHTERS WILL BE ABLE TO LEAVE THE AIMLESSNESS RUNNING. THEY TAKE THE KEY OUT AND THEY GO, DO WHATEVER.
IF SOMEBODY WERE TO GET INSIDE THE EMS WITHOUT THE KEY, YOU PUT YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND HIT THE IGNITION.
THE ENGINE WILL WILL CEASE STOP.
SO THE STRIKER'S TRACKER IS TOP OF THE LINE WE'VE EQUIPPED THIS WITH, AS WE'VE NOTED HERE, STRYKER POWER PRO STRETCHER.
THAT MEANS THE STRETCHERS WILL BE RUN BY A BATTERY, SO THAT SHOULD HELP MINIMIZE OR COMPLETELY ELIMINATE LIFTING.
OUR FIREFIGHTERS WILL NOT HAVE TO BE LIFTING THOSE STRETCHERS WITH PEOPLE ON THEM WHO WILL ALL BE DONE THROUGH HYDRAULICS AND ELECTRONICS.
A STAIR PRO WOULD BE ALSO EQUIPPED AND HELPS GET PEOPLE DOWNSTAIRS AGAIN IN THE SAFEST MANNER POSSIBLE. AND THEN THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL OUR POWER LOAD SYSTEM. SO ONCE THEY GET TO THE AMBULANCE AND THEY'RE READY TO LOAD AGAIN, IT'S ELECTRONIC HANDS OFF.
AND THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE ON THERE WILL ALSO LOWER THE REAR END OF THE AMBULANCE AS WELL. SO WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT FEATURES THAT WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT.
IT'S GOT THE SYSTEM, TWO THAT HELPS WITH THE AMBULANCE WHEN IT'S IDLING.
AS LONG AS THE BATTERIES ARE UP, IT'LL SENSE.
THE ENGINE WILL GO INTO BASICALLY SHUTDOWN MODE.
IT RUNS OFF THE BATTERIES AND THEN WHEN IT SENSES THAT IT NEEDS TO START UP, IT'LL START UP THE AIR CONDITIONING.
EVERYTHING IS STILL RUNNING OFF OF IT.
AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR COMFORT, IT'S THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES WHAT THEY CALL THE ARCTIC PACKAGE.
IT'S THE HIGHEST PACKAGE THAT DEMERS OFFERS AND OF COURSE, FOR INSULATION, AND IT HAS ONE OF THE BEST RATED AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS IN THE INDUSTRY.
IT RUNS OFF OF THE DUELLO SYSTEM, AND SO THAT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
IT WAS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR HOT CLIMATES LIKE OURSELVES.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE SOMEWHAT RIVAL PHOENIX, BUT THEY HAVE ONE OF THE THE BEST SYSTEM AIR CONDITIONING WISE AND THE INSULATION IN THE SYSTEM, AND WE SPEC THAT AS WELL.
ALSO, I WANT TO MAKE NOTE TO THAT MEDSTAR RUNS DEMERS.
THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH THEM AND WE LOOKED AT THAT AND WE TALKED TO THEM AND DEMERS IS AGAIN ONE OF THE TOP OF THE LINE IN THE INDUSTRY.
SO WARRANTY INFORMATION I JUST WANT TO INCLUDE.
THIS HAS GOT SOME LIMITED WARRANTIES, BUT THE PAINT FIVE YEARS ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND MILES. AH, WE HAVE.
IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE PROPOSE A FIVE YEAR REPLACEMENT PLAN FOR BUDGETARY PURPOSES, BUT IF WE CAN GET MORE YEARS OUT OF THESE AMBULANCES, WE CERTAINLY WILL AND WE MAY GET MORE, ESPECIALLY OUT OF THE RESERVE.
BUT SOME OF THESE WARRANTIES ALIGN WELL WITH OUR PROJECTIONS.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AS YOU CAN SEE, TWO YEARS FOR THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND MILES, FIVE YEARS, 180 AND THEN I DON'T THINK I THINK WHEN WE GET READY TO REPLACE THOSE AMBULANCES, THEY'VE GOT A TWENTY FIVE YEAR WARRANTY ON THE BODY.
I THINK WE'LL BE COVERED, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT.
SO THE BODIES WILL BE IN GOOD SHAPE.
SO THE OPTIONS BEFORE YOU DO NOT COUNSEL IS WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU APPROVE THE FOUR DEMERS AS SPECIFIED.
I FAILED TO MENTION THAT IT'D BE ON THE FORD 450 AND WITH THE ARCTIC PACKAGE AND SOME OF THE SPECIFICATIONS THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED TONIGHT, THAT WOULD BE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
IT WOULD NOT AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY FORMAL PRESENTATION.
I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THESE WILL BE READY TO USE, BUT THEY'LL STILL NEED THE INSTALLATION OF COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, TRACKING EQUIPMENT.
SOME OTHER THINGS? YES, SIR. THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS PACKAGE, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
BUT WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER BUDGET ITEMS THAT WE WILL LINE ITEMS THAT WE WILL WORK OUT OF.
THESE AMBULANCES, WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THE PACKAGE WE'VE ALREADY GOT IN OUR PRO FORMA.
IF YOU WILL RECALL, WE HAVE A SEPARATE LINE ITEM FOR THE SUPPLIES THAT WILL BE PART OF
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IT. BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS A RADIO WOULD BE BASICALLY ONE OF THE ONLY THING THAT WE WILL NEED TO ADD TO THOSE, AND THEY'RE NOT MUCH.SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF CAPACITY WITHIN.
THAT WE DIDN'T LOAD UP EVERYTHING INTO THIS AND WE DO HAVE $8000 TO WORK WITH.
IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT, BUT WE'VE GOT ABOUT $2000 TO WORK WITH PER PER AMBULANCE AND STILL NOT EXCEED OUR RECOMMENDED COST.
YOU'RE ALREADY TRACKING ALL OF YOUR OTHER VEHICLES.
WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY THE GPS.
YES, SIR. THE CAD SYSTEM CURRENTLY HAS THAT.
WE'VE TALKED TO PAUL BRADLEY ABOUT THAT.
AND AS WE MOVE INTO THIS PHASE OF OUR EMS SERVICE, OUR PROPOSAL IS AND OUR INTENTIONS ARE TO GO TO FULL GIS BECAUSE AT THAT POINT, WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY RIGHT NOW.
WE JUST HAVE NOT OPERATED IN THAT MANNER.
BUT AS WE GO TO THESE AMBULANCES, WE WILL CERTAINLY WANT TO HAVE GIS OR THE GIS IS RECOMMENDING THE CLOSEST UNIT, RIGHT? WHAT DO YOU THINK THE SERVICE LIFE ON THIS VEHICLE IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE? I THINK REALISTICALLY MAYOR PRO TEM, I THINK FIVE YEARS IS A VERY, VERY GOOD BULLSEYE AND I WON'T BE SURPRISED IF WE DON'T GET A LITTLE BIT MORE.
YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS GOT SOME BIG TRUCKS WITH 20 YEARS ON THEM THAT ARE STILL SERVICEABLE.
I THINK IT'S SMART TO BUDGET FOR THE FIVE YEARS TO ANTICIPATE THAT, BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE WILL GET MORE LIFE OUT OF AT LEAST THE BACKUP AND MAYBE ONE OF THE OTHERS OR TWO.
AND WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING IS TO MONITOR OUR AMBULANCES AND WE'LL KEEP THEM ROTATING BECAUSE WE KNOW STATISTICALLY 16 AND ONE, IT'S GOING TO BE THE HIGH VOLUME.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE MONITORING AND WE'LL WORK WITH OUR EQUIPMENT SERVICES.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ROTATING THOSE BOXES AROUND.
SO WE TRY TO SPREAD AVERAGE THE WHERE? YES, SIR. YES, SIR.
YEAH. YOU KNOW, OVER 50, ABOUT 53, 54 PERCENT OF THE TRANSPORTS GO TO HUGUELY.
THE MAJORITY OF TRANSPORTS IS SEVEN MILES AWAY.
SO WE ANTICIPATE THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH.
BUT OF COURSE, THE LONG RUNS ARE GOING TO BE DOWN TO HARRIS DOWNTOWN.
BUT I THINK I FEEL COMFORTABLE FIVE YEARS AND CERTAINLY I'M HOPEFUL AND WE'LL WORK TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, STRINGING THAT OUT.
I KNOW IF YOU OPTED FOR GASOLINE ENGINES INSTEAD OF DIESEL, IS THAT? WHAT WE WERE TOLD BOTH INTERNALLY AND FROM THE DEALER IS GASOLINE OPERATES BETTER, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SHORTER DURATION THEY'RE HAVING.
THEY'RE SEEING SOME PROBLEMS CHALLENGES WITH DIESELS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE EMISSION.
AND WE SEE THIS EVEN IN OUR RIGS HAVING TO GO INTO A GIN SITUATION TO BURN OFF ALL THE THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE FILTERING THAT'S ON THE DIESEL ENGINES.
SO WE JUST DON'T GET THOSE LONG HAULS, WHICH MOST PEOPLE THAT I KNOW I'M NOT A MECHANIC TELL ME THAT'S REALLY HOW A DIESEL IS DESIGNED, WHERE YOU RUN THEM AT A LONG DISTANCE AND HIGH RPMS AND ALL THAT.
BUT SO WE OPTED WITH THE GAS, THE COOLING, THEY'RE NOT HAVING ANY KIND OF PROBLEMS WITH THE COOLING AND OUR TEXAS HEAT, AND WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO GO WITH THE WITH THE GASOLINE.
THE OTHER THING THAT I HAD IT ON THERE, BUT I DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT THESE ARE FOUR BY FOUR.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M A FIRM BELIEVER IN A FOUR BY FOUR THAT WE'VE USED, WE'VE HAD NEED FOR FOUR BY FOUR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF DAYS ALREADY THIS YEAR.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S VERY, VERY THE COST WAS JUST A COUPLE OF THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT CERTAINLY, I THINK WELL WORTH IT TO HAVE THAT DEPENDABILITY.
AND WHERE WE'VE GOT THAT MANEUVERABILITY WHEN WHEN THE CONDITIONS WARRANT IT.
OKAY, THANKS CHIEF. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.
CHIEF, SINCE WE'RE LOOKING AT 15 MONTHS OUT AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT ONE OVERFLOW AND WE'LL STILL ONLY HAVE THREE STATIONS, WHERE WILL THE FOURTH AMBULANCE GO? GOOD QUESTION. RIGHT NOW, WE WILL PROBABLY AND WE'LL RUN OUR FINAL ANALYSIS WHEN WE GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, PROBABLY AT 16, BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DATA RIGHT NOW, 16 IS COVERS THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY, YOU KNOW, ON THE SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME.
SO OUR PLAN IS WE WILL HAVE ONE IN EACH STATION AND THAT FOURTH WILL BE AT 16.
WE ALSO RUN FOUR PERSONS ON THE QUINT THERE.
SO WE, UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGES THAT WE'VE OVERLOOKED, WE'LL HAVE THAT BACKUP AT 16.
GOOD LOCATION TOO, REALLY REALLY GOOD LOCATION.
OTHER QUESTIONS? ARE WE READY FOR A A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
GOT A MOTION BY TAMARA AND THE SECOND BY JIMMY.
PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS.
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MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION EIGHT, REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS.[A. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding a Home Improvement Rebate Program. (Staff Presenter: Lisa Duello, Neighborhood Services Director)]
8A IS RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING A HOME IMPROVEMENT REBATE PROGRAM.TONIGHT, STAFF PRESENTERS LISA DUELLO, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DIRECTOR, MS. DUELLO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL ONE MOMENT.
GOOD EVENING, WHAT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TONIGHT IS A PROGRAM WE'D LIKE TO IMPLEMENT AS A PILOT PROGRAM.
LET'S GIVE IT A TRY, AND IT'S A PROGRAM TO HELP WITH HOME IMPROVEMENTS TO MATURE HOMES IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH A REBATE PROGRAM.
IN THE BUDGET BACK IN WELL, LAST YEAR, WE HAD REQUESTED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST FOR SUCH PROGRAM.
AND AS WE AS I GO THROUGH MY PRESENTATION, THE PROGRAM IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
WE'RE HOPING THAT IT WILL ENCOURAGE REINVESTMENT IN NEIGHBORHOODS, POSSIBLY AFFECT THE VALUE OF CITIES HOUSING STOCK AND HELP PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD THAT WANT TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR HOME AND ALSO HELP WITH THE QUALITY HOUSING STOCK, ENCOURAGE RELOCATION OF BUSINESSES AND DEMONSTRATE OUR COMMITMENT FOR REINVESTMENT INTO MATURE NEIGHBORHOODS? SO WHAT IS THE NEED I GOT WITH OUR GIS? AND ABOUT THIRTY ONE PERCENT OF HOMES ARE OVER THE AGE OF 30 RIGHT NOW, AND I BELIEVE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, ANOTHER 15 PERCENT ARE REAL CLOSE TO BEING ABOVE THE TWENTY FIVE YEARS. SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF OLDER HOUSING STOCK IN TOWN, AND THIS PROGRAM WILL HOPE TO HELP PEOPLE REINVEST IN THEIR HOMES.
SO WHAT IS THIS PROGRAM AND INTERESTING ENOUGH, I DID GET AN EMAIL, APPARENTLY SOMEONE HAD CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF MY PRESENTATION, I GUESS, ON THE THE WEBSITE AND THOUGHT IT WAS A LOW INCOME ASSISTANT PROGRAM.
IT IS. THAT IS NOT WHAT IT IS.
THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION PROGRAM.
IT'S A BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM.
IT'S TO HELP PROMOTE REDEVELOPMENT OF EXISTING HOUSING STOCK, KIND OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY AND TO HELP WITH HOMEOWNERS.
IT IS A IT'S NOT A SUBSTANDARD HOUSING PROGRAM.
IT'S NOT A VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT PROGRAM.
WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT OUR DEPARTMENT IMPLEMENTS.
IT'S CALLED HOPE HOMEOWNERS OUTREACH FOR POSITIVE OUTCOME.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE WORK WITH COMMUNITY SERVICE GROUPS SUCH AS CHURCHES AND OTHER GROUPS TO ASSIST LOW INCOME ELDERLY PEOPLE THAT NEED HELP.
WE HAVE A PROGRAM LIKE THAT, AND THEN WE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE TARRANT COUNTY HOME PROGRAM FOR OUR HOMES THAT ARE IN TARRANT COUNTY, WHICH WE'VE HAD ONE HOME THAT HAS BEEN REHABILITATED THROUGH THAT PROGRAM, WHERE WE DO 30 PERCENT THROUGH THE HUD GRANTS HUD PROGRAM. SO WE DO HAVE SOME HOMES ON THAT WAITING LIST ON THE TARRANT COUNTY.
SO THIS PROGRAM IS NOT A LOW INCOME ASSISTANCE, IT'S A JUST AN INCENTIVE FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO UPGRADE THEIR HOME.
SO THESE ARE SOME PARAMETERS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TONIGHT, AND I'VE GOT A SLIDE THAT SHOWS YOU OTHER CITIES, OUR BENCHMARK CITIES AND THESE PROGRAMS RANGE A WIDE RANGE ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO I'M GOING TO WE TALKED TO SOME CITIES THAT ARE PRETTY SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS PROGRAM. ONE CITY IN PARTICULAR, AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT PLANO, BUT THEIR PROGRAM STARTED OFF VERY SMALL AND NOW THEY HAVE A PROGRAM OF A QUARTER, THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS. SO WE TALKED TO THEM EXTENSIVELY AND THEN WE TALKED TO SOME OTHER CITIES THAT YOU CAN I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT SLIDE THAT HAD DIFFERENT PARAMETERS, DIFFERENT ELIGIBILITY, THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF PARTICIPATION.
SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND IT'S UP FOR YOU IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE SOME OF THESE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU CAN.
SO THIS IS THIS HOUSE THAT I HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH THAT IS A HOUSE IN BURLESON.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THE ELIGIBILITIES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING.
AND SO A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, A DUPLEX OR TOWNHOME OR CONDOMINIUM.
SO A STRUCTURE MUST BE TWENTY FIVE YEARS OR OLDER CURRENT ON TAXES AND INSURANCE.
AND ANY OCCUPANCY OR OWNERSHIP QUALIFIES SO IT CAN BE OWNER OCCUPIED.
IT CAN BE A TENANT OCCUPIED OR VACANT, AND THE THE COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT TOTAL MUST
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BE 70 PERCENT OF THE SINGLE FAMILY MORTGAGE.SO IN CURRENTLY, JOHNSON COUNTY AND TARRANT COUNTY IS THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR CRITERIAS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE REBATE.
IT'S A BIG INVESTMENT FOR THESE HOMEOWNERS 10 PERCENT OF THEIR CAD VALUE.
SO EXAMPLE, OBVIOUSLY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR HOME.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND TO QUALIFY IMPROVEMENTS.
WE'RE PROPOSING BOTH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS WOULD QUALIFY WITH THE EXCEPTIONS, NO POOLS, REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
[INAUDIBLE] AND THESE DID YOU MEAN NO OR NEW? YES. THOSE ARE EXCEPTIONS, I'M SORRY.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE WOULD NOT ALLOW.
AND SO THE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD START SIX MONTHS AFTER NOTICE.
[INAUDIBLE] THEY NEED TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN SIX MONTHS.
I'M SORRY AND IT MUST RESULT IN A LIVABLE UNIT AND IT CAN'T BE COVERED NOT THE TYPE OF CRITERIA WOULD BE NOT COVERED BY PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF THESE TYPE OF SITUATIONS IN TOWN, BUT AND THEN TREE REPLACEMENT ELIGIBLE ONLY PER CITY APPROVED TREES.
SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS FIVE THOUSAND MAXIMUM PER PROPERTY RELATIVE TO THE PROJECT, AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH AN EXAMPLE FOR YOU.
SO TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE REBATE WOULD BE THE EXTERIOR AND 10 PERCENT WOULD BE INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS.
EXAMPLE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHT THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED VALID HOME.
SO THE MINIMUM REMODEL THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO WOULD BE FOR SEVENTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO.
SO THEY HAVE A TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR REMODEL.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND OF THE WORK IS ON THE EXTERIOR SO THAT TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THEIR REMODEL WOULD BE EQUAL TO THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY.
FIVE THOUSAND AND THE WORK WOULD BE IN THE INTERIOR, SO THE REBATE WOULD END UP BEING FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS.
SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS A BUSY SLIDE.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WITH DIFFERENT PARAMETERS YOU CAN SEE.
SOME HAVE THIRTY FIVE YEARS, SOME HAVE 30 YEARS.
SOME SAY THE HOME HAS TO BE LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND. SOME ARE LOW INCOME ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT, BUT IT'S THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT CITIES HAVE THESE TYPE OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS OR INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. LET ME LET ME CLASSIFY THAT THIS IS KIND OF THE PROGRAM PROCESS.
WE GOT WITH FINANCE AND WE'VE GOT WITH BUILDING INSPECTIONS, BUT OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER WOULD BASICALLY MANAGE THE PROJECT.
AND THEN WITH SOME HELP AND ASSISTANCE FROM SOME TECHNICAL ADVICE FROM OUR BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT.
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT THROUGH THIS, BUT THIS IS THERE'S QUITE A OF VETTING THAT HAS THERE'S AN APPLICATION PROCESS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
SO WE'RE WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM THROUGH CHAPTER THREE EIGHTY.
IF WITH YOUR APPROVAL OR A RESOLUTION AT POSSIBLY UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETING, THE CITY MANAGER WILL EXECUTE THE CONTRACTS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL APPLICANTS.
AND THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT PROPERTY OWNERS HAD MADE THEMSELVES JUST TO SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IT CAN MAKE TO NEIGHBORHOODS.
THESE WERE PROBABLY CODE CASES THAT WE WE MADE THEM DO THIS, BUT JUST SO JUST SOME EXAMPLES BEFORE AND AFTERS.
SO YOUR OPTIONS THIS EVENING ARE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE HOME IMPROVEMENT REBATE PROGRAM PER STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, MOVE FORWARD WITH MODIFICATIONS TO THE CRITERIA THAT WE PRESENTED OR DO NOT IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
YEAH, I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
SO HOW WILL WE MARKET THIS TO THE PUBLIC? WELL, THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, THROUGH A BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT, WHEN PEOPLE COME IN TO DO A REMODEL PERMIT, THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A MAIN WAY TO DO IT.
DEFINITELY. WE'VE GOT WITH DILLON AND OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL ON THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
OK. SO SINCE THIS IS A BUDGET ITEM THAT WE APPROVED, IT'S A 12 MONTH? YES. PROGRAM THAT KICKS OFF WHEN WE APPROVE THIS? YES. OK, JUST WANTED TO CHECK ON THAT AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO REFINANCE.
WE'D HAVE TO APPROVE THE MONEY AGAIN, IF YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO CALL IT A
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PILOT. IF WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING, WE WON'T.WE WON'T PUT THE MONEY BACK IN THE BUDGET, OK? WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT.
I THINK AS WE'VE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATION IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST KEY HERE. HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT? I DO REALLY LIKE YOUR IDEA OF WHEN THEY COME IN TO DO BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T MAY NOT COME IN UNTIL THEY KNOW THAT THEY COULD GET SOME ASSISTANCE WITH THIS.
SO I THINK IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE CLEAR WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE PROMOTE THIS.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT CAN ONLY AFFECT FIVE FAMILIES, THAT COULD BE FIVE, YOU KNOW, MASSIVE CHANGES FOR THEIR HOME.
AND WE CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES SO.
WE CAN REACH OUT TO, WE HAVE ALL THE REGISTERED CONTRACTORS IN TOWN.
WE COULD REACH OUT THROUGH THAT WAY ALSO SO.
YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THERE MAY BE ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE, BUT I WANT TO BRING IT UP AND FIND OUT WHAT THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THINK.
MY INCLINATION HERE IS THAT THIS PROGRAM SHOULD BE LIMITED TO OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES.
I JUST HAVE THE SENSE HERE THAT LANDLORDS ARE GOING TO SEIZE UPON THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPGRADE THEIR PROPERTIES.
AND WITH THE POSSIBLE OUTCOME THAT THEN THE TENANT WOULD BE ASKED TO PAY MORE FOR THE PROPERTY BECAUSE IN A BETTER SHAPE THAN IT WAS BEFORE.
I KNOW THIS ISN'T AN INCOME ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, BUT I FEEL LIKE AND I'M A LANDLORD, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE RIGHT TO OFFER THAT TO PEOPLE THAT ARE OWNING AND USING THESE HOMES FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL GAIN, BUT RATHER MORE DIRECTED TOWARDS HELPING THE ACTUAL PROPERTY OWNERS. THE OWNERS OF THE RENTAL PROPERTIES MAY NOT EVEN BE CITIZENS BURLESON.
SO I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE.
I REALIZE IF YOU IMPROVE A HOME IN THE COMMUNITY, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY COMES UP A LITTLE BIT. AND THAT WAS THAT WAS OUR THINKING.
YEAH, AND I GET THAT IDEA, AND IT'S A GOOD, STRONG POINT.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW KIND OF WHAT THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THINK BECAUSE MY INCLINATION IS TO LIMIT IT TO OWNER OCCUPIERS.
WE DO HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SAY WE DO HAVE SOME INVESTORS THAT HAVE MADE SOME GREAT IMPROVEMENTS TO SOME OLDER HOMES.
SO BUT THAT IS EXACTLY OUR THINKING AND THAT IS YOUR OPTION.
YES. MY QUESTION DEALS WITH THE SELECTION PROCESS.
HOW WERE WE IS THIS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE? YES, IT WOULD BE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.
AND THEN, AND THIS IS A FINANCE QUESTION THAT I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO.
CAN PRIVATE CITIZENS HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THIS? I MEAN, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD CREATE A POOL WHERE YOU KNOW, THE MAYBE THE COMMUNITY COULD DONATE INTO THIS? AND I WOULD, AND I'M NOT FINANCED, BUT I WOULD THINK SOME TYPE OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WOULD GO TO THE LOWER INCOME TYPE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
THIS IS NOT, THIS IS AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ASSISTANCE, BUT LIKE THAT, NOT ON THE FINANCIAL.
BUT I MEAN, IF PEOPLE WANTED TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION AND THEY SAW THE BENEFIT OF THIS, COULD PRIVATE CITIZENS DONATE INTO THIS THAT WE COULD USE? I'M ALSO KIND OF DAN'S OPINION ON THIS.
I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT THAT IF WE MAKE IT NICE AND IT CAN BE NICE FOR THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT BUT LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T FIX SOMETHING UP SO NICE THAT THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE ALL OF A SUDDEN BECOME HOMELESS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE NEW RENT.
AND SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT DAN'S SAYING ON THAT.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T KNOW IF WE REALLY NEED TO USE OUR TAXPAYER FUNDED MONEY TO HELP OUT HOUSE FLIPPERS.
AND I GOT NOTHING AGAINST HOUSE FLIPPERS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY BUY A HOUSE, THEY KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND.
AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHERE, IN MY OPINION, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO SPEND THE DOLLARS.
I UNDERSTAND. YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH YOU, DAN.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I WOULD HATE AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, MORE THAN LIKELY IT WOULD BE PASSED ON TO A RENTER.
SO I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT AS OWNER OCCUPIED.
AND JIMMY, I SEE WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
LIKE, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING DOWN THE LINE IS IF WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE GRANTS, SAME TYPE OF GRANT.
BUT WHAT CAME TO MY MIND, CITY MANAGER WAS THE GRANTS THAT I BROUGHT UP.
YOU KNOW WHAT, IF THERE ARE SOME GRANTS TO IMPROVE HOUSING IN THE IN THE CITY AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK INTO AND THEN WE COULD DUMP THAT MONEY INTO THIS IN THE FUTURE.
BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THAT'S SOMETHING MAYBE WE LOOK AT DOWN THE LINE.
I THINK, LISA, YOU HAVE A GREAT POINT.
LET'S TEST THIS FOR A YEAR AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
BUT THAT'S... THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
RIGHT. THAT'S WHERE COMMUNICATION IS CRITICAL.
WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LET PEOPLE KNOW.
IT'S ONLY FIVE, BUT STILL, IT'D BE NICE TO SEE FIVE PEOPLE UTILIZE THIS.
AND I THINK IF WE GET A RESPONSE FROM FIVE OWNER OCCUPIED PLACES, THAT'S GOOD.
IF WE DON'T FILL THAT UP, THEN LANDLORDS APPLY, THEN YOU COULD.
YEAH, THAT'S LIKE, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
SO BUT BUT I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE FOCUS OF AND IF ALL OF THE HOME OWNED PROPERTIES GET WHAT THEY WANT AND THEY'RE STILL FUNDS AVAILABLE, THEN I COULD I COULD JUST SEE MAKING
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THAT THE FIRST PRIORITY OF OWNER OF OF THE PROGRAM.SO. JUST ONE OTHER THOUGHT, I'M GLAD TO CLARIFY THAT WE WEREN'T GIVING WE WEREN'T HELPING PEOPLE GET NEW POOLS, BUT WHAT ABOUT FILLING IN OLD POOLS? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER? I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE TRULY OLD OR OLDER HOMES HAVE POOLS, BUT I'VE WATCHED THE HOUSE FLIPPER SHOWS ON HGTV AND YOU SEE SOME TERRIBLY CARED FOR POOLS OR THEY JUST BECOME LIKE, IF YOU'RE NOT KEEPING UP WITH ITS MAINTENANCE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE MIGHT CONSIDER.
I JUST THINK ABOUT THE CODE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH MOSQUITOES, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHEN SOMEONE'S POOL ISN'T CARED FOR.
BUT WHAT IF IT WAS A HOUSE SITUATION WHERE THEY MIGHT CONSIDER FILLING IT IN? I MEAN, WE CAN WE CAN MAKE THAT A CRITERIA.
NO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY COLLEAGUES MIGHT THINK OF THAT, BUT I THINK OF IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT COMES UP THAT OFTEN.
I MEAN, WE DO HAVE SOME VACANT HOMES AND WE DON'T HAVE VERY MANY VACANT HOMES RIGHT NOW.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT, RIGHT.
YES. AND THE ONES THAT HAVE, I MEAN, THEY THEY THEY FIX THEM UP.
THEY WANT TO USE THEM. AND I'M NOT AWARE MY CODE ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE MIGHT KNOW OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEAD, BUT I USUALLY KNOW ABOUT CASES LIKE THAT.
SO BUT I MEAN, IF WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO PUT THAT IN THERE AS A, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE AND BE A REPAIR THAT'S FINE.
JUST A THOUGHT, IF SOMEONE DOESN'T WANT THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG INVESTMENT, IF THEY DON'T WANT IT. BUT ALSO, I'M ASSUMING FILLING IT IN IS QUITE PRICEY TO.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED LANDSCAPING OR I MEAN, WE CAN ADD THAT AS PART OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, I MEAN, JUST FOR DISCUSSION, I MEAN, IT COULD BE MAYBE A NON-OPERATIONAL POOL OR SOMETHING THAT'S NOT.
SO IT'S SITTING THERE, IT'S IT'S EMPTY, IT DOESN'T WORK, AND MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY WE COULD WRITE IT OR I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE RIGHT TERM IS.
WE YEAH. PROVISION TO DEAL WITH NUISANCE ABATEMENT ON THE SITE.
THAT'S THE WAY TO HANDLE IT RIGHT THERE, YES.
[LAUGHTER] NOW I WOULD SAY DEFINITELY ON [INAUDIBLE] OWN HER OWN HOUSE.
[INAUDIBLE] ALL MY HOUSE TO DO IT, NOT NOT BE A RENT HOUSE.
OWNER OCCUPIED, I GO ALONG WITH THAT, BUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, IT'S 10 PERCENT IMPROVEMENT, CORRECT? YES, THAT'S THE PROPOSAL.
THAT'S GOING TO LIMIT A LOT OF THE OWNER OCCUPIED PEOPLE THAT'S NEEDING THIS.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT THAT, BUT I DO BELIEVE GIVING THOSE PEOPLE THE FIRST SHOT AT IT.
I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO START UP PROGRAM SO YOU CAN [INAUDIBLE] WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
ANYBODY ELSE? ONLY ONE OTHER COMMENT, AND YOU KNOW, THERE MAY NOT BE ANY WAY TO GET AROUND THIS, BUT TREATING THIS AS A REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM IS GOOD.
BUT IF PEOPLE HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THIS AND THEN GET SOME OF IT BACK.
I WONDER IF WE'RE BLOCKING PROJECTS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT DO THAT THEY CAN'T PAY FOR ALL OF.
IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO EXPEND THE FUNDS AT A POINT WHERE A CONTRACT IS IN PLACE AND THE CITY HAS GOTTEN REASONABLE ASSURANCE THAT THE WORK WILL GO FORWARD.
PERHAPS THE HOMEOWNER MAY NEED THE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT, OR, I MEAN, IT SEEMS TO ME IF THEY COULD AFFORD TO DO IT AND THEN JUST GET THEIR MONEY BACK, THEN THAT MONEY JUST GOES BACK IN THE BANK. I DON'T KNOW.
THOUGHTS THERE? I'M NOT SURE--.
IT WASN'T NECESSARILY A HINDRANCE FROM DOING THE PROJECT TO BEGIN WITH, AND INSTEAD THIS IS TO INCENTIVIZE.
THAT'S WHAT LIKE IF THEY COULD ALREADY DO IT, THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T NEED THIS PROGRAM TO INCENTIVIZE THEM TO DO IT, BASICALLY IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
YEAH, KIND OF. I THINK YOUR HEART'S IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN WHAT THEY HAVE TO SPEND ON--.
MAYBE WE COULD REIMBURSE IT IN PHASES.
WE COULD DO THAT POTENTIALLY AS CERTAIN WORK IS DONE AND THOSE REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THOSE PIECES MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE DONE.
OBVIOUSLY, WE COULD EASILY GET IT ON THE HOOK FOR A PROJECT THAT NEVER GETS DONE, AND THAT WOULD BE BAD. BUT IF WE HAVE SOME REASONABLE ASSURANCE THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, I KNOW THESE PROJECTS WILL BE TOO SMALL TO GET BONDS FOR AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT WE COULD PROBABLY DO SOME STAGED PAYMENTS AS YOU'RE DESCRIBING IT.
SO MAYBE THEY CAN PAY THEIR BILLS AS THEY HIT.
[INAUDIBLE]. THAT'S ALL. HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS? WHAT'S THIS GOING-- WHAT KIND OF WORKLOADS IS THIS GOING TO PUT ON YOU TRACKING THIS STUFF? WELL, THAT'S WHY WE STARTED OFF WITH THE SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
WE'RE, YOU KNOW, I THINK MAYBE WE COULD DO SIX PROJECTS, POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, WE THINK WE CAN HANDLE THAT.
NOW, IF THE WORKLOAD DOES INCREASE AND IT'S REAL POPULAR, THEN WE'D HAVE TO REEVALUATE
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THAT, BUT STAFF, I THINK THAT WE SPOKE WITH BUILDING INSPECTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD BE NOTHING MORE THAN A REGULAR REMODEL FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, SO.AND THEN OUR CODE COMPLIANCE MANAGER, JOSHUA FROST, WE DISCUSSED THIS AND WE THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'D BE ABLE TO HANDLE FIVE PROJECTS, FIVE TO SIX PROJECTS A YEAR.
OKIE DOKE. ANYBODY ELSE? GOOD QUESTION, WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT A LONG TIME AGO [LAUGHTER].
THEY KIND OF LOOK OVER SOMEONE HAVING TO BE IN THE BACK ROOM, MANAGING ALL THIS AND KEEPING TRACK OF IT, SO.
I'M FOR IT, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP OUR CITIZENS, I WANT TO DO IT, ESPECIALLY THE OLDER ONES. MM HMM.
AND I KNOW THAT K.T.'S HAD A PROGRAM.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GONE, BUT IT'S CALLED--.
WHO? HOW ARE YOU DOING? CHIEF FREEMAN HAD A DEAL WITH OLDER PEOPLE THAT SAYS, HOW ARE YOU DOING OR WAS THAT WHAT IT WAS? ARE YOU OK? WAS THAT IT? THE 'ARE YOU OK?' POLICE DEPARTMENT.
OK. YES. NOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE NEEDING HELP, AND I'M ALL FOR IT AND I APPRECIATE THE WHOLE COUNCIL IS HEART ON THIS.
I LIKE THAT. SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS WE WANT TO DO OWNER OCCUPIED, ADD AN ELIGIBILITY FOR NUISANCE ABATEMENT AND THEN ADD BE ABLE TO REIMBURSE IN PHASES.
WE ALL AGREE? RONNIE, YOU GOOD? IT'S YOURS. WAY TO GO.
OK, SO THE PLAN WILL BE TO COME BACK TO NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WITH A RESOLUTION TO GET THIS PROGRAM GOING.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. APPRECIATE IT.
THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 8B, RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION
[B. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding participation in regional transportation programs. (Staff Presenter: Eric Oscarson, Director of Public Works)]
REGARDING PARTICIPATION IN REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS. COMING BEFORE YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME STAFF PRESENTER ERIC OSCARSON, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. I WAS GOING TO GIVE HIM A HARD TIME BECAUSE HIS PREVIOUS ITEM WAS TO GIVE BACK MONEY. I WAS GOING TO SAY THE FIRST TIME YOU PRESENT AND YOU'RE GIVING BACK OUR MONEY.[LAUGHTER] YOU'RE UP. GOOD [INAUDIBLE].
AGAIN, I'M ERIC OSCARSON, I'M YOUR NEW DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
TONIGHT, I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IS TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY, AND I'M TRULY HONEST WITH THAT STATEMENT.
WHAT I LIKE TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT IS TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN REALLY ASSIST THE CITY IN ACQUIRING FUNDING FOR FUTURE PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY.
SO WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS OR THE COG AND THE TARRANT REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COALITION, WHICH IS TRTC.
SO WHY IS TRANSPORTATION IMPORTANT FOR THIS CITY? WE'RE GROWING CITY, WE ALL KNOW THAT, WE SEE DEVELOPMENT COME THROUGH EVERY DAY, AND TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY ARE A HUGE PART OF THE EXPANSION OF THE CITY.
SO HOW DO WE MANAGE TRANSPORTATION AND GROWTH WITHIN THIS CITY? WE DO THAT THROUGH OUR MOBILITY MASTER PLAN.
SO OUR MOBILITY MASTERPLAN IS OUR LONG RANGE PLAN.
HELPS US IDENTIFY THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF ROADWAY FACILITIES WE'RE GOING TO NEED AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, AND WE USE THIS AS A TOOL TO HELP PRESERVE CORRIDORS FOR TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT AS WE GROW.
SO CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A MOBILITY MASTER PLAN THAT WAS ENACTED IN 2015.
AT THAT TIME, WE EVALUATED OUR CURRENT TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, WE INTRODUCED THE CONCEPT OF COMPLETE STREETS WHERE WE TALK ABOUT LANDSCAPE MEDIANS, WE TALK ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND PATHS, IT DISCUSSED PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THOSE PROJECTS, AND IT TALKED ABOUT FUTURE BIKE PATH PLANS.
WE ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE MASTER PLAN AND WE PLAN TO BRING THAT TO YOU IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. IN THAT PLAN, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING ADDING A SIDEWALK PLAN.
WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, AND ITS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT EXPANDING OUR TRAILS MASTER PLAN AND WE'RE REEVALUATING THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN ALIGNMENTS AND SIZES.
SO HOW DO WE FUND OUR MASTER PLAN PROJECTS, SO SOME OF THE PROJECTS ARE DEVELOPMENT DRIVEN, SO IT'S DEVELOPERS COME IN AND IDENTIFY THE NEED FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, THEY EITHER PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THOSE PROJECTS OR WE WORK WITH THEM AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO FUND THOSE NEW PROJECTS.
WE CAN ISSUE COS OR GOS FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
THEN WE ALSO LOOK FOR OUTSIDE FUNDING SOURCES, SO THAT CAN BE FUNDING FROM THE STATE, THAT CAN BE FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS HOW DO WE ACCESS THOSE FUNDS? HOW DO WE GET INVOLVED AND IDENTIFY THOSE FUNDS? AND WE DO THAT THROUGH WORKING THROUGH THOSE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE.
SO HOW DO WE GET INVOLVED, RIGHT? IF WE WANT TO DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING, WE HAVE TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
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SO ONE OF THE GROUPS IS THE NCTCOG, THIS IS THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, WE CALL IT THE COG.IT'S A VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION FOR AND BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH THE PURPOSE TO STRENGTHEN OUR COLLECTIVE POWER WHEN IT COMES TO IDENTIFYING IMPROVEMENTS NOT JUST IN TRANSPORTATION, BUT IN ALL THINGS GOVERNMENT.
SO THE COG IS MADE UP OF MULTIPLE DIFFERENT SECTIONS.
THERE'S THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS A COMPOSED OF ONE ELECTED OR APPOINTED PUBLIC OFFICIAL FROM EACH GOVERNMENTAL MEMBER, THE CITY IS A MEMBER, AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ELECTING THE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS AND MAY AMEND THE BYLAWS.
THAT GROUP CAN THEN ELECT THE EXECUTIVE BOARD.
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD IS 17 LOCAL OFFICIALS, THEY ARE THE POLICYMAKING GROUP OF THE BOARD-- OF THE COG. THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY TECHNICAL GROUPS, DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS, AND THEN ALTOGETHER, THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF COMMITTEES, AND THESE COMMITTEES ARE DIFFERENT STANDING COMMITTEES THAT ARE AFFILIATED WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
THAT COULD BE PUBLIC SAFETY, THAT CAN BE TRANSPORTATION, THAT CAN BE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT AREAS. THESE COMMITTEES ARE APPOINTED BY THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OR RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE COG STAFF.
THESE COMMITTEES THEN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
SO TODAY WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT A FEW COMMITTEES THAT WE THINK ARE IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO BE INVOLVED IN. THE FIRST ONE BEING THE COG EXECUTIVE BOARD, THE SECOND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IS THE RTC, OR THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL, WE HAVE A SURFACE TRANSPORTATION TECHNICAL COMMITTEE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR US AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH DESIGN STANDARDS FOR THE CITY, AND THEN THE PED BIKE ADVISORY GROUP IS ANOTHER ONE.
SO FIRST, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE BOARD.
SO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD IS ELECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY.
THEY ARE THE POLICY MAKING, THEY ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT GROUP WITHIN THE COG.
THE SECOND GROUP IS RTC, AS MUCH AS THE EXECUTIVE BOARD IS IMPORTANT, THE RTC IS A SIGNIFICANT PLAYER IN REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION FOR THE REGION.
IT IS THE INDEPENDENT TRANSPORTATION POLICY BODY OF THE MPO OR THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, AND THEY OVERSEE ALL METROPOLITAN TRAINING PLANNING PROCESS.
SO THEY PROVIDE, THE RTC PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRANSPORTATION PLANS AND PROGRAMS, SO THEY IDENTIFY ALL PLANS AND PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE REGION THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE DFW AREA.
THEY DETERMINE THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS, THEY DETERMINE THE ALLOCATION OF FEDERAL, STATE AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDS.
THEY ENSURE THE TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS COORDINATE SERVICES SO THEY MAKE SURE THAT THE PLANS ARE FROM ONE COMMUNITY TO ANOTHER.
SO DOES A PROJECT IN BURLESON HELP JOHNSON COUNTY THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY ENSURE THAT ALL THE PROJECTS WE DO ARE IN COMPLIANCE AND THEY ARE THE FINAL RECOMMENDING BODY TO MAKE PROJECTS TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
TWO OTHER COMMITTEES THAT WE THINK ARE IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW ABOUT ARE THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION TECHNICAL COMMITTEE.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE COMMITTEE THAT HELPS OVERSEE KIND OF THE STANDARDS AND PLANNING FOR ANY KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS USUALLY CONSISTS OF ENGINEERS AND TECHNICAL STAFF FROM OUR LOCAL ENTITIES.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS A BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SO THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT LOOK INTO THE TECHNICAL--.
THAT HAVE TECHNOLOGICAL EXPERTISE AND SUPPORT PUBLIC OUTREACH FOR DOING DIFFERENT BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PATHS THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
THEY PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PATHS AND DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION MODES THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR FUNDING.
THE NEXT GROUP IS THE TRTC, I ONLY HAVE ONE SITE ON THEM, BUT THEY ARE AN IMPORTANT GROUP.
THE TRTC, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED THE OTHER DAY, IT'S COMPOSED OF CITIES AND LEADING COMPANIES FROM THE WESTERN PORTION OF FORT WORTH, SO THEY STRICTLY LOOK INTO THE REGION'S IMPACT HERE. AGAIN, THEY ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN DISCUSSING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE REGION. IT'S A GOOD PLACE FOR US TO BE INVOLVED, SO WE HEAR WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING, SO WE GET TO MEET WITH THE OTHER COMMUNITIES AND TALK ABOUT WHAT PROJECTS THEY HAVE COMING ON, WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN FORT WORTH, AND DIFFERENT PROJECTS IN THE REGION.
SO WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF US BEING ENGAGED IN THESE GROUPS? WE HAVE MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT NEEDS WITHIN THE CITY, I THINK WE ARE ALL AWARE OF THAT. HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITHIN THESE GROUPS ALLOW US TO POSSIBLY LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVE FUNDING METHODS.
AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AND PUT PROJECTS TOGETHER THAT ARE GOING TO HELP US AND ASSIST US IN CONTINUING TO GROW AS A CITY.
AND I PUT ON THERE I-35 IMPROVEMENTS, TXDOT IS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THIS, SO AS I-35 CONTINUES TO EXPAND, WE'LL BE INVOLVED IN THAT DISCUSSION.
SO IN THE PAST, WE HAVE HAD PAST PARTICIPATION FROM CITY COUNCIL, WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE EXECUTIVE BOARD WITHIN TRTC AND COG GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND WE'VE HAD PEOPLE ON THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL.
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SO TONIGHT, WHAT I'M ASKING FROM ALL OF YOU IS TO DISCUSS POSSIBLY COMING BACK WITH A RESOLUTION WITH MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS. YOU CAN EITHER DIRECT STAFF TO PARTICIPATE ON YOUR BEHALF OR IF WE CAN GET COUNCIL TO BRING FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, AND WE CAN COME BACK AT A LATER DATE WITH A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD IDENTIFY THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WOULD BE PARTICIPATING.AS YOU SAW EARLIER FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ONE PERSON IS THE VOTING MEMBER, BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN WE CAN'T HAVE MORE MEMBERS INVOLVED.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PARTICIPATE, BUT OBVIOUSLY BEING INVOLVED, IT HELPS GET YOURSELF, YOU KNOW, MEETING WITH PEOPLE, GET APPOINTED TO EXECUTIVE BOARDS, DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND THE SAME THING WITH TRTC, ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE INVOLVED AND KEEP BEING INFORMED OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL LEAVE IT TO COUNCIL.
I'M KIND OF THE ONE THAT GOT THIS THING GOING.
I WAS APPROACHED TO BE ON THE TRTC AND I'VE MET SEVERAL PEOPLE ON THIS THING AND STARTING TO LEARN HOW IT WORKS.
TOMMY KIND OF BROUGHT ME UP TO SPEED ON WHAT HAPPENED TO WAXAHACHIE AND THAT SORT OF THING, AND WE DON'T HAVE A PRESENT.
IT'S NOT A GOOD OLD BOY GET TOGETHER, BUT THEY HELP EACH OTHER AND WE HAVE NO PRESENCE WHATSOEVER. AND I SHARED WITH YOU ALL WEEK OR TWO WEEKS BACK HOW EVERY TIME I GO TO A RTC MEETING, IT'S ABOUT TARRANT, EVERYTHING'S ABOUT TARRANT, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE.
WHERE I STAND RIGHT NOW, I HAVE TALKED TO JIMMY AND DAN IN PASSING ON THIS STUFF.
IT'S OPEN TO ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS, BUT IT DOES TAKE SOME TIME AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT, BUT WE NEED A PRESENCE ON THE RTC.
I'VE GOT CONNECTIONS WITH JUDGE HARMON, HE'S HELPING US OUT ON THIS, I HAVE QUITE A FEW MAYORS THAT I'VE ALREADY MET THAT CAN HELP US OUT ON THE RTC, BUT--.
AND I'VE ALREADY VOICED MY OPINIONS ON SOME OF THE UNCOMPLETED PROJECTS AND HOW FAR--.
HOW WE DON'T WE DON'T GET A RESPONSE FROM TXDOT, SO WE NEED THIS.
WE CAN SIT ON OUR HANDS AND 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, WE WON'T HAVE OUR PROJECTS DONE OR WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
SO I'M OPEN TO ANY INPUT ON THIS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS RTC IS KIND OF THE, AND I GET DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON THIS, RTC IS KIND OF THE MOVER AND SHAKER ON THIS--.
YEAH, RTC, HAVING A SEAT AT THE TABLE AT RTC DOES ALLOW YOU TO VOTE ON PROJECTS.
YOU GET TO VOICE YOUR OPINION WITH ANY OTHER MEMBERS, SO BEING APPOINTED TO RTC WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IF YOU HAD TO GUIDE US DOWN THE ROAD, WHAT GROUP WOULD WE WANT TO TARGET FIRST? SO, I THINK THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS PARTICIPATE, I THINK WE NEED TO BE ACTIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WE NEED TO BE ACTIVE GOING TO MEETINGS, WE NEED TO START HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER MAYORS BECAUSE THE WAY TO GET APPOINTED TO RTC IS THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, WHICH IS OTHER MAYORS THAT ARE APPOINTED TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OR THROUGH STAFF. SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT MAKING SURE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTIVE AND PRESENT AT THE MEETINGS, AND THEN WE'D BE LOOKING AT TRYING TO GET ON RTC, IT WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP.
AND THEN USUALLY THROUGH ACTIVE WORK IN RTC, YOU COULD POSSIBLY BE ELECTED TO EXECUTIVE BOARD AS DEPENDING ON HOW YOU PERFORM ON THE RTC.
I WOULD BE OPEN TO BEING ON THE COG, I GUESS.
I WOULD THINK OF ALL OF US THAT MAYOR PRO TEM WOULD BE THE BEST SUITED ON THE RTC, GIVEN HIS EXPERIENCE AND HIS BACKGROUND.
I AGREE WITH THAT. IF HE WAS OPEN TO THAT.
I'M OFFERING MYSELF UP TO THE COG, I'D HAVE TO LEARN, YOU KNOW, ALL ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S A PLACE TO START. LET ME BE SURE THAT I THINK THAT YOU HAVE ERIC'S MESSAGE THE WAY I THINK HE'S DELIVERING IT.
WE WON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL SOME OF THOSE FINAL APPOINTMENTS.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO GET PEOPLE TO THE TARRANT REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COALITION, THE TRTC. WE CAN GET INDIVIDUALS THERE.
THAT'S THE BODY, THE DELIBERATIVE BODY, WHERE A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS AND BRIEFINGS OCCUR, AND IF WE HAVE MEMBERS THERE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING, WHO ARE ACTIVE, WHO ARE BEING
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INVOLVED IN THE REPORTS AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE ACTIVITIES THERE, THEN THEY BECOME IDENTIFIABLE TO THE COG LEADERSHIP TO GET PUT ON THE MORE ADVANCED COMMITTEES.OK, I'M SORRY, I MISUNDERSTOOD.
I THOUGHT THERE WAS A GENERAL COMMITTEE FOR COG, IT'S ONLY AN EXECUTIVE BOARD.
ERIC COULD I--? NO, AND [INAUDIBLE].
SO TRTC IS A SEPARATE ORGANIZATION, AND THEN THERE'S THE COG, TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES THAT WORK INDEPENDENT OF EACH OTHER.
WHAT I'M ASKING FOR TODAY IS IDENTIFYING REPRESENTATIVES THAT WOULD, ONE, COULD BE ON TRTC AND THEN THERE'S THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF COG THAT WE ARE A MEMBER OF, AND WE HAVE ONE INDEPENDENT PERSON THAT CAN BE A PART OF THE ASSEMBLY, THAT CAN VOTE ON THE CITY'S BEHALF. SO, AS THE MAYOR SAID, HE'S BEING ACTIVE IN TRTC, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION HE WOULD STAY IN THAT ROLE AND THEN WE WOULD NEED SOMEBODY TO BE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE COG THAT WOULD GO TO THE COG EVENTS, WHICH ARE TOTALLY SEPARATE AND INDEPENDENT.
AS YOU PARTICIPATE WITHIN COG AND WITHIN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, MEET DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS AND BE INVOLVED, THEN THAT WOULD GIVE US OPPORTUNITIES TO BE APPOINTED TO THE RTC.
AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, I MEAN, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR WHO WOULD THE COUNCIL WANT TO APPOINT AS YOUR LIAISON TO THESE GROUPS, AND SO WORKING WITH COG, YOU MAY NOT INITIALLY BE ON A COMMITTEE ITSELF, BUT WHO WOULD BE THE COUNCIL'S REPRESENTATIVE THAT WOULD GO REPRESENT THIS CITY AND THE COUNCIL IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND THEN COME BACK PERIODICALLY AND UPDATE THE WHOLE COUNCIL OF THE STATUS OF THE TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES. BUT RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY REPRESENTATION, AND THAT'S--.
WHEN ERIC AND I AND TOMMY HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS, THAT'S A GAP WE FEEL LIKE THAT WE NEED TO FILL WITH SOME LEADERSHIP FROM THE COUNCIL [INADUIBLE] PURSUING GRANTS, BEING ACTIVE IN THOSE REGIONAL EFFORTS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY, AND AT LEAST THAT'S OUR JUDGMENT ON THAT. HOPEFULLY, THAT HELPS EXPLAIN KIND OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU.
I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN ALPHABET SOUP OF ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND COMMITTEES, BUT I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE ITEM BEFORE YOU.
I THINK WE HAVE SEVERAL POSSIBILITIES HERE, I KNOW JIMMY WOULD BE GOOD ON AND I KNOW TAMARA WOULD BE GOOD ON IT, AND I THINK DAN WOULD BE EXCEPTIONAL ON IT.
I'M KIND OF LEANING MORE TOWARDS DAN SIMPLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE SYSTEM A LITTLE BIT, AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE [INAUDIBLE] ALREADY--.
AND IT'S RELATIONSHIPS ON THIS THING.
I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, JUST A HANDFUL OF MAYORS THAT I HAVE MET WHO HAVE BEEN JUST OUTSTANDING FOR ME, BUT--.
I SERVED ON THE COG BOARD FOR ONE TERM A FEW YEARS BACK, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ELECTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WE CAN'T APPOINT SOMEBODY TO THAT.
THAT'S--. AND MAYOR SHETTER, BEFORE HE DEPARTED, ASKED IF I'D PARTICIPATE IN THE TRTC AND I AGREED TO AND ACTUALLY ATTENDED ONE MEETING AND COVID HIT AND THE WHOLE THING JUST KIND OF WENT NUTS. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
I LOST THE THREAD AND IT JUST SORT OF FIZZLE, BUT I'D BE WILLING TO STEP BACK UP AND JUMP INTO THAT. I THINK I DO PROBABLY HAVE A LOT TO BRING TO THAT.
THOSE PEOPLE ARE APPOINTED OUT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AS WELL, BUT NOT ON THE BOARD THERE ON THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COALITION WITH COG.
AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT RIGHT? CORRECT. THE WAY THAT WORKS, SO.
SO WHAT YOU JUST SAID, THIS IS WHERE I NEEDED CLARITY.
RTC APPOINTMENTS COME OUT OF THE COG GENERAL ASSEMBLY? ONE HUNDRED PERCENT. RIGHT. SO BASICALLY, WE NEED ONE PERSON FOR TRTC, I WANTED TO SAY TRCC, AND ONE PERSON TO BE ON COG GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT COULD HOPEFULLY THEN--? OK.
I'M ALREADY ON THE TRTC. MAKES MORE SENSE.
AND I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT MS. JOHNSON IS SITTING DOWN THERE ON THE OTHER END, SORT OF DUCKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT HERE, BUT THIS IS A PERSON WITH A LOT OF BACKGROUND WITH COG FROM HER PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT WITH CONGRESSMAN EDWARDS, AND SHE'S PROBABLY A FACE IT WOULD BE RECOGNIZED.
SO, SHE MAY BE ALSO A VOLUNTEER TO PARTICIPATE, AND AS THINGS GO ON, WE CAN DECIDE, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN ONE REPRESENTATIVE OR WHATEVER.
A NUMBER OF CITIES WILL HAVE LIKE A CITY MANAGER AND A COUNCIL MEMBER PRESENT, AND THEY MEET, I BELIEVE, ONCE A MONTH.
AND THE COG COVERS A LOT MORE THAN JUST TRANSPORTATION.
RIGHT? THINGS FROM HOUSING, AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRANT THINGS THAT COME BEFORE THEM, BUT NOT JUST GRANTS.
IT'S SO MUCH ABOUT THE CONNECTIONS, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, MAYOR, AND A NUMBER OF THESE OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN IN THEIR POSITIONS FOR A WHILE, A NUMBER I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING ALONGSIDE TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT I ATTENDED A LOT OF COG MEETINGS, SO I'M
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PRETTY FAMILIAR. IT'S JUST A BIG ROOM AND THEY GIVE A BIG UPDATE AND THE EXECUTIVE BOARD SITS IN AROUND AND ALL OF EVERYONE ELSE KIND OF FILLS IN AND YOU JUST CONNECT AND SHAKE HANDS AND TALK ABOUT PROJECTS THAT YOU WANT ON PEOPLE'S RADARS AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IF YOU'RE NOT PRESENT AND SOMEONE'S NOT SPEAKING UP, AND JUDGE HARMON HAS BEEN A PART OF THE COG AND RTC FOR VERY LONG, BUT AS WE KNOW, HE'S NOT GOING TO BE IN HIS POST MUCH LONGER.AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO KEEP UP IN PARTICULAR FOR BURLESON BECAUSE WE SIT BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTIES, BUT--.
SO WE SOMETIMES GET OVERLOOKED BECAUSE TARRANT DOESN'T ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION TO US, AND JOHNSON DOESN'T ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION TO US BECAUSE OF WHERE WE SIT.
SO WE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE THE CONNECTIONS OURSELVES AND WORK THOSE SO.
DO YOU HAVE THE TIME TO DO THIS? THE BEST PART IS IT'S IN THE MORNING, IT'S LIKE A 10 O'CLOCK MEETING, AND SO YES, I CAN MAKE THOSE. KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL DURING THOSE TIMES, BUT I'M FAMILIAR WITH IT AND I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO.
I KNOW A NUMBER OF US BRING DIFFERENT THINGS TO THIS TABLE, AND THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF HAVING SEVEN OF US.
OUT, MAYOR, BECAUSE OF TIME, I WANTED TO AT LEAST SAY I'M AVAILABLE, BUT WE HAVE OTHERS WHO HAVE MORE TIME FOR IT RIGHT NOW TILL I FINISH MY TEACHING AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER.
I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO US MORE JUSTICE FROM A TIME PERSPECTIVE.
AND I THINK WHAT WE'VE HEARD, I MEAN, DEFINITELY DAN ON THE TRTC, LIKE VICTORIA HAD MENTIONED THE COG IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS, IT'S NOT JUST TRANSPORTATION.
I KNOW I'VE GOT TONS OF BACKGROUND JUST LIKE HER, YOU KNOW, IN DEALING WITH THE COG AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT GRANT PROJECTS THAT I'VE WRITTEN AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT'S GONE THROUGH THE COG AND SHE'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
THE COG HITS NOT ONLY THE TRANSPORTATION, BUT MAN, IT HITS IN SO MANY OTHER AREAS THAT CAN HELP OUR CITY, AND, YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WE CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE PERSON.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO DO IT WITH YOU.
SO, MAYOR, COUNCIL, OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A POLICY DECISION AND FOR YOU GUYS, BUT I THINK HEARING THE CONVERSATION, WHAT MIGHT MAKE SENSE IS TO HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT COMES BACK, ONE, A REPRESENTATIVE, FOR JUST GENERAL COG, ONE, A REPRESENTATIVE, FOR RTC AND ONE FOR TRTC, SO THREE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS.
OK. AND I THINK JUST MAKING A POINT, JUST HAVING OPEN COMMUNICATION TO ENSURE WHO'S, WHETHER IT'S STAFF OR COUNCIL MEMBER, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY AT EACH MEETING SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD PRESENCE THERE IN A WHILE, AND SO JUST HAVING THAT OPEN--. ONCE WE FIGURE OUT WHO'S SERVING WHERE JUST ENSURING THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY PRESENT BECAUSE YOU CAN MISS ONE MEETING AND SOMETHING OCCURRING AND YOU DON'T--.
YEAH, YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED? SO, I DON'T--. I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT TOO, WHETHER IT'S STAFF OR WHOEVER, JUST ENSURING THAT WE MAKE SURE SOMEONE'S PRESENT THAT WAY, WE CAN HAVE THAT.
PEOPLE KNOW THAT BURLESON IS THERE.
YEAH, I'VE SEEN SOME CITIES HAVE A PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE AND THEN ALSO AN ALTERNATE MEMBER, SO THAT'S ONE MODEL.
IF THERE'S FOUR OR FIVE OF YOU THAT WANT TO BE INVOLVED, MAYBE IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT MIGHT BE A SOLUTION THAT WOULD WORK IN SOME CASES.
AND I WOULD SAY ALSO IS I AGREE WITH THE STAFF PART.
I'VE BEEN TO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF COG MEETINGS IN MY ROLES BEFORE, SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT STAFF BE INCLUDED IN THAT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND COMING UP WITH PROJECTS AND IDEAS, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN COMMUNICATE TO COUNCIL AS WE'RE THERE AND OBVIOUSLY IF COUNCIL CAN'T MAKE IT, WE CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS SINCE WE'LL BE THERE IN THEIR PLACE.
SO. OK, SO THE NEXT STEP HERE IS YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK WITH US WITH A RESOLUTION AND I'M GONNA ASSUME YOU'RE GOING TO BE OUR LEAD ON THIS? I'LL BE THE LEAD ON IT.
I JUST NEED A KIND OF A DEFINITIVE WHO'S GOING TO BE THE PEOPLE SO I CAN DRAFT THE RESOLUTION FOR YOU.
WELL, I'M ALREADY ON THE TRTC.
AND I THINK JUST BRINGING THAT BACK AS AN OFFICIAL RESOLUTION FOR THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE IT WOULD BE GREAT AND WE WOULD ALSO NEED ONE FOR RTC AND THEN COG WOULD BE THE OTHER TWO.
I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHO. [LAUGHTER] OK.
SEVEN OF YOU, I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHO--.
I THINK--. WHO THE ONE AND TWO ARE GOING TO BE.
WELL, I'M ALREADY ON IT. YOU'RE ALREADY ON IT.
I HAVE NO IDEA. YOU CAN HAVE MULTIPLE MEMBERS ON TRTC, IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING.
MULTIPLE MEMBERS CAN BE INVOLVED IN TRTC AND INVOLVED IN THE DISCUSSION.
DEFINITELY. WHATEVER THE BEST WAY WE CAN BE EFFECTIVE IS.
RIGHT? JIMMY, YOU WANT TO BE WITH ME ON THE TRTC? I'M--.
SO HOWEVER THAT WORKS OUT, I GUESS THE RTC IS THAT YOU? SURE. AND I'LL DO THE-- WITH YOU.
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THANK Y'ALL, I APPRECIATE THAT.GOT THAT? [LAUGHTER] YES, SIR.
DID YOU GET THAT, ERIC? I'M GOOD.
I GOT IT. IF YOU NEED ANY HELP MANAGING COUNCIL PEOPLE, YOU CAN TALK TO ANDREA.
OK? [LAUGHTER] I WILL BE SPEAKING WITH HER.
NO, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME ON THIS.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
NOT, LIKE YOU SAID, JUST NOT ON TRANSPORTATION, BUT ALL THINGS THAT ARE COG RELATED.
BEING INVOLVED, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO WITH YOU TO MEETINGS AND BE INVOLVED AND ASSIST YOU IN ANY WAY I CAN SO THAT WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL.
WELL, IF ANYTHING, WE CAN DO BE UP FRONT WITH US.
OK? WE NEED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 9, CITY COUNCIL
[9. CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR REPORTS]
REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR REPORTS.TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A WORK SESSION AND PRESENTATION ON THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND TO ALSO INCLUDE THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS AND HOW THEY INTEGRATE. ALSO, I'D LIKE TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AGAIN, LIKE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON IT.
I KNOW THAT WE DID THIS THE LAST TIME, NOW I COULD BE WRONG I DID A QUICK SEARCH IN OUR AGENDAS, WE DID THIS ON 12/14/2020 BECAUSE IT WAS THE MIDWAY THING THAT WAS SHORTLY AFTER THE MAYOR AND I WERE ELECTED.
WE HAVE TWO NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I BELIEVE GOING THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN TIES IN A BIT WITH THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE, WITH SO MUCH GROWING GOING ON, I'D LIKE TO GO BACK AND REVIEW THIS AGAIN SO THAT WE'RE A LITTLE BIT--.
ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE, WE CAN ASK.
CHRIS, ONE OF THE THING BEFORE WE BREAK, I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP EARLY IN THE COMMUNITY EVENTS SECTION OF THE MEETING, BUT I GUESS IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
MAYOR VERA CALVIN'S SERVICES ARE TOMORROW AT FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, I BELIEVE, AT 2:00 PM? UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS A--.
I'M GOING TO DOUBLE CHECK REAL QUICK.
OK, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT CONFLICTS DIRECTLY WITH OUR PROJECT U EVENT TOMORROW AND I HAVE COMMITTED TO THAT. I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT I'M SURE THERE-- SPEAKERS]. HOW DO WE MANAGE THAT? I MEAN, WE NEED TO--.
BECAUSE I'M BUSY TOO, I'VE GOT TWO FUNCTIONS SO I GOT TO LEAVE ONE TO GO TO ANOTHER ONE, BUT--.
OK, SO, JUST SO THAT COUNCIL IS AWARE THE FUNERAL IS TOMORROW AT FIRST UNITED METHODIST AT 10 AM, THERE'S AN INTERMENT THAT'S AT 2 PM.
THE INTERMENT AT 2 PM, BUT THE FUNERAL SERVICE IS AT 10 AM.
AND I AM PLANNING ON ATTENDING, SO I WILL BE THERE TOMORROW AT THE FUNERAL.
IS THERE A VIEWING TONIGHT? THERE WAS A VIEWING TONIGHT DURING THE COUNCIL MEETING FROM SIX TO EIGHT.
AND WE ARE SENDING FLOWERS FROM THE COUNCIL.
YES, WE SENT FLOWER ARRANGEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, YES.
SHOULD WE GET SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL COULD SIGN AND THANKING THE FAMILY FOR HER SERVICE? WE CAN DO THAT. WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMETHING VERY NICE TO FOLLOW UP WITH.
OR WE CAN TALK ABOUT A FUTURE MEMORIAL OURSELVES TO REFLECT IN HER ACTUAL PLAZA OUT HERE THAT'S NAMED AFTER HER, SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE WANT TO KIND OF COORDINATE.
AND OUR APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO ATTEND.
WELL, I THINK IT'LL BE SPECIAL IF WE DO SOMETHING EVEN AFTERWARDS WHERE WE SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER HER IN THE PLAZA OUTSIDE.
GOOD DEAL. SPONSORED BY THE COUNCIL.
ANYBODY ELSE? I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS--.
IN LINE WITH THE LITTER, DO WE HAVE SOMETHING AS PART OF LIKE WHEN WE GET A DEVELOPMENT REQUEST OR DEVELOPMENT COMES FORWARD AND IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE A STRIP MALL ABOUT TRASH CANS OR TRASH RECEPTACLES? I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT MAY HELP US WITH SOME OF THE LITTER.
THERE'S A-- I WENT TO GO WORK OUT AND THERE USED TO BE A TRASH CAN AND I HAD ALL MY JUNK OUT OF MY CAR AND THERE'S NO TRASH CAN, SO IT WENT BACK IN MY CAR, BUT I THINK ABOUT ALL THE STUFF THAT FLIES AROUND, AND I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT CAN BECOME PART OF WHEN A DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN, PART OF ITS APPROVAL.
SO, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE ASSOCIATED WITH TRASH RECEPTACLES AND SPECIFICALLY DUMPSTERS AND DUMPSTER ENCLOSURES.
TONY IS NOT HERE, WE CAN FOLLOW UP AND WE CAN KIND OF MAYBE DO A WEEKLY FRIDAY REPORT ON WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE.
I'D JUST BE CURIOUS LIKE BECAUSE LIKE THAT HIT ME.
IT USED TO HAVE A TRASH CAN THERE, AND IT MADE ME THINK, IS THAT PART OF OUR REQUIREMENTS OR NOT OR ARE THEY NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE ONE? AND THEN IT JUST EXACERBATES OUR ISSUE OF TRASH FLYING AROUND EVERYWHERE.
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YES, MA'AM. [INAUDIBLE], I GOT ONE LITTLE INCIDENT THAT I WANT TO BRING UP.IN OLD TOWN, WHERE WE HAVE THE LOOP IN FRONT OF FRESCO'S AND PLACES LIKE THAT, I SAW A SMALL CHILD JUST TO ALMOST GET PLASTERED, AND THE TRAFFIC DOWN THAT ROAD IS A LITTLE TOO QUICK AND DON'T HAVE TO BE VERY FAST FOR IT TO BE TOO FAST.
BUT WHEN THEY COME OUT, WHEN PEOPLE COME OUT THE ENDS OF THESE CARS, THEY'RE FLYING, SO I DON'T KNOW-- HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT.
BUT IF SOMEBODY COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND POSSIBLY--.
THIS IS IN THE PARKING LOT AREA, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WELL, IT'S A PARKING LOT, BUT IT'S A DRIVEWAY.
IT'S THE LOOP IN FRONT OF GRUMPS AND IN FRONT OF FRESCO'S AND STUFF-- SPEAKERS]. WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND PROVIDE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE.
YEAH. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S KIND OF A CHILLING LITTLE SITUATION.
OK, THAT'LL MOVE US ON TO SECTION 10, EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND WE DO HAVE A NEED FOR
[10. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION Pursuant to Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, the Council reserves the right to convene in Executive Session(s), from time to time as deemed necessary during this meeting for any posted agenda item, to receive advice from its attorney as permitted by law. Pending or Contemplated Litigation or to Seek the Advice of the City Attorney Pursuant to Section 551.071 Discussion Regarding Possible Purchase, Exchange, Lease, or Value of Real Property Pursuant to Section 551.072 Discuss and receive direction regarding real property located at 124 NW Magnolia (124 SW Haskew), Burleson, Johnson County, Texas Deliberation regarding a negotiated contract for a prospective gift or donation to the state or the governmental body Pursuant to Section 551.073 Personnel Matters Pursuant to Section 551.074 Deliberation regarding (1) the deployment, or specific occasions for implementation of security personnel or devices; or (2) a security audit Pursuant to Sec. 551.076 Deliberation Regarding Commercial or Financial Information Received from or the Offer of a Financial or Other Incentive made to a Business Prospect Seeking to Locate, Stay or Expand in or Near the Territory of the City and with which the City is conducting Economic Development Negotiations Pursuant to Section 551.087 Pursuant to Sec. 418.183(f), deliberation of information related to managing emergencies and disasters including those caused by terroristic acts (must be tape recorded)]
EXECUTIVE SESSION.SO, PURSUANT TO SECTION 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL WILL CONVENE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071, SECTION 551.072, SECTION 551.073 AND SECTION 551.087.
MAYOR, IF YOU COULD CALL FOR A VOTE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO CONVENE? MOVE TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE VOTE DIDN'T COME THROUGH, THOUGH SECOND DIDN'T COME THROUGH.
[LAUGHTER] I HAVE A MOTION BY TAMARA AND A SECOND BY VICTORIA, PLEASE VOTE.
WE'RE GOING TO CONVENE AT 7:30.
MAYOR, YES, IF YOU COULD CALL FOR A MOTION TO RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION, PLEASE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO RECONVENE? MOVE TO RECONVENE.
DO I HAVE TO CLICK? YES, PLEASE.
IF YOU'LL USE THE VOTING SYSTEM.
I GOT A MOTION BY TAMARA AND A SECOND BY DAN.
RONNIE, DO YOUR CLICKY THING DOWN THERE.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
SO, MAYOR, YOU CAN ADJOURN THE MEETING BY CALLING FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND WITH NO VOTE TO ADJOURN. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? [INAUDIBLE]. I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
AND I'LL SECOND. I GOT A MOTION ABOUT VICTORIA, A SECOND BY JIMMY.
WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT? TURN AROUND.
WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT? MAYOR PRO TEM BEAT YOU.
I DID CALL IT
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