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[1. CALL TO ORDER Invocation - Gloria Gillaspie, Pastor Emeritus at Open Door Church 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]
WE'RE GOING TO ASK GLORIA GILLESPIE TO SAY HER INVOCATION, WHAT EVERYBODY PLEASE RISE AND REMAIN STANDING AS WE SAY OUR PLEDGES.BEFORE WE PRAY WE'D LIKE TO SAY, NINE DAYS AGO, WE REMEMBERED THE TERRIBLE TRAGEDY OF 9/11.
AND TODD BEAMER WAS A PASSENGER ON ONE OF THE PLANES THAT WAS HEADED FOR.
THEY THINK WASHINGTON DC AND HE WAS IN COMMUNICATION WITH AN OPERATOR ON THE GROUND AND JUST BEFORE HE AND OTHER MEN STORMED THE COCKPIT TO STOP THEM.
HE ASKED THE OPERATOR TO PRAY WITH HIM, AND THEY PRAYED THE LORD'S PRAYER AND THE 23RD PSALM.
SO IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES THAT DAY.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN WITH ME AS WE BEGIN WITH THE 23RD PSALM.
HE MAKETH ME TO LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES.
HE LEADS ME BESIDE THE STILL WATERS.
HE LEADS ME IN THE PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR HIS NAMESAKE.
YEA, THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL FOR THOU ART WITH ME.
THY ROD AND THY STAFF, THEY COMFORT ME.
THAT PREPARES THE TABLE BEFORE ME AND THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES.
THY ANOINTED MY HEAD WITH OIL.
SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY SHALL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE, AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER.
OUR FATHER, WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME.
THY WILL BE DONE IN EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM AND THE POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER.
AND NOW, LORD, WE PRAY YOUR BLESSINGS, PROTECTION AND PEACE BE OVER OUR CITY, THE COUNCIL AND THE NATION IN JESUS NAME.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION TWO OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TONIGHT.
[A. Proclamations Proclamation recognizing the Week of September 20, 2021, the 234th anniversary of the framing of the constitution, as Constitution Week. (Recipient: Betsy Ruffin, Daughters of the American Revolution, Nathaniel Winston Chapter) Proclamation honoring Derald Freeman for his service to the city through his volunteer work in the Police Department. (Recipient: Dorothy Freeman)]
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS.WE DO UNDER 2A HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS TO PRESENT TONIGHT, SO IF THE FULL COUNCIL WOULD COME DOWN HERE IN FRONT OF THE DAIS, WE COULD TAKE SOME PICTURES.
THE FIRST PROCLAMATION WILL BE SO YES, RECOGNIZING THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 20TH AS THE 234TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRAMING OF THE CONSTITUTION AS CONSTITUTION WEEK, THEN THE SECOND PROCLAMATION WILL BE HONORING DARRELL FREEMAN FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE CITY THROUGH HIS VOLUNTEER WORK IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS WITH THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION I, MAYOR CHRIS FLETCHER ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF BURLESON, THE ENTIRE CITY
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COUNCIL HERE [INAUDIBLE] SEPTEMBER 20TH CONSTITUTIONALLY FROM THE CITY OF BURLESON.THEREFORE, I, MAYOR CHRIS FLETCHER, ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF BURLESON, AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, YOU MIGHT PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2021 CAROL PAYNE DAY IN THE CITY OF BURLESON.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE HAVE NOTHING UNDER 2B PRESENTATIONS.
2C IS COMMUNITY INTEREST ITEMS, IT'S A STANDING ITEM ON THE AGENDA AT EVERY
[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.]
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.IF ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HAVE ANYTHING FOR COMMUNITY INTEREST? I HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE BE HEALTHY [INAUDIBLE] ONE MILE DEAL.
SO IT WAS A LOT OF FUN, THE WEATHER WAS GREAT.
MY COHORT HERE DID A LOT BETTER THAN I DID, BUT IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT DEAL.
I DID MANAGE TO PICK UP FIRST IN MY AGE BRACKET.
I PUNCHED THE TIRES ON THE OTHER GUY'S WHEELCHAIR AND SORT OF DID SO WE'RE GOOD, BUT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A GOOD TIME.
I KNOW I DID, AND I HOPE WE MAKE IT A REGULAR.
I'M SURE WE WILL GOING FORWARD.
WELL, IN A TIME WHEN THINGS SEEM SO CHALLENGING AS THE PANDEMIC STILL LINGERS, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL THE CITIZENS TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THE HARD WORK THAT OUR STAFF HAS DONE ON OUR BUDGET.
LET'S CELEBRATE THIS TWO AND A HALF CENT TAX REDUCTION.
LET'S CELEBRATE THE UPCOMING HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN OUR CITY.
SO IT'S VERY EASY TO LOOK AT THE NEGATIVE AND THE BAD, BUT LET'S FOCUS ON THE GOOD AND WHAT'S TO COME IN THE COMING YEARS.
CHISHOLM SUMMIT AND SO MANY OTHER GREAT THINGS THAT WE HAVE YET TO KNOW OF.
SO FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
YES, I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.
THEY, I THREW OUT A SUGGESTION A MONTH OR SO AGO ABOUT DOING SHORT VIDEOS TO KIND OF PREEMPT THE COUNCIL MEETING, AND THEY PUT THE FIRST ONE OUT AND IT WAS GREAT.
IT HAD SOME INTERACTION AND I ENJOYED IT.
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BUT EVEN MORE SO.TODAY'S TEASE FOR THE MEETING WAS LIKE A PLAY ON A POPULAR SONG, SO IT WAS REALLY CUTE AND CATCHY, AND IT'S CREATIVE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE TO CAPTURE PEOPLE'S ATTENTION IS JUST THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX AND FIND WAYS TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC.
AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.
I ALSO WANT TO MAKE A PLUG FOR THE TRASH BASH THAT IS COMING UP THIS COMING SATURDAY, THE 25TH, AND IT WILL START OFF AT WARREN PARK.
WHILE YOU'RE WHERE YOU CAN GET YOUR GLOVES AND YOUR TRASH BAGS AND YOUR GEAR AND THEN YOUR, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR STUDY GROUP, YOUR CHURCH GROUP CAN GO OUT ANYWHERE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND PICK UP TRASH.
AND THAT IS ALWAYS APPRECIATED BECAUSE JUST STUFF CAN COLLECT.
AND I KNOW ON MY ROUTE TO HOME, I ALWAYS TELL THE KIDS LIKE, WE NEED TO GO PICK UP TRASH IN THIS AREA, SO CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING FOR THE TRASH BASH.
THAT'S ALWAYS A BIG HIT IN THIS COMMUNITY THIS NEXT MONDAY.
THE 27WENTY SEVEN IS TIP A COP AT GRUMP'S, AND IT'S WHERE OUR OFFICERS SERVE AND INTERACT WITH THE PATRONS AT GRUMP'S AND THE TIPS AND A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS GO TO THE CITIZEN'S POLICE ACADEMY.
SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN A BURGER OR GRILLED CHICKEN SANDWICH, OR THEY HAVE REALLY GOOD SALADS AT GRUMP'S FROM FIVE TO NINE P.M.
THE OCTOBER 5TH IS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, AND I KNOW WE'LL HAVE A MEETING BEFORE THEN THE NIGHT BEFORE.
BUT JUST TO GO AHEAD AND GET THAT ON, EVERYBODY'S RADAR BEGINS AT 6:00 P.M.
SO IF YOU HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HASN'T ALREADY REGISTERED, YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND REGISTER WITH THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
AND YOU CAN ALSO LET OFFICER BYRUM KNOW IF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD LIKE FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO STOP BY, I KNOW AS COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE PARTICIPATING AS WELL AND COMING OUT TO SAY HELLO, AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT CITIZEN AWARENESS AND WAYS TO SUPPORT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND AS WE'RE OUT AND ABOUT IT, I'M SURE WE'LL BE GIVING UPDATES AS FAR AS YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS POTHOLE AND ALL OF THOSE FUN QUESTIONS.
SO WE'LL BE PREPARED TO ANSWER THOSE.
AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO MAKE A FINAL PLUG FOR, THIS IS WE JUST BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 15TH HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND A KUDOS TO THE LIBRARY WHO PUT OUT A POST AND HIGHLIGHTED SOME BOOKS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT CELEBRATE LATINO VOICES AND CULTURE.
AND I KNOW MY FAMILY WILL BE CHECKING OUT THOSE BOOKS.
AND SO I'M JUST I'M PROUD OF US IN FINDING WAYS TO CONNECT WITH CITIZENS.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER WAY WE'RE THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX AND SAYING, LOOK AT THESE AUTHORS, LOOK AT THESE BOOKS THAT HIGHLIGHT DIFFERENT THINGS TO THAT ARE FOCUSED ON AND FOCUSING ON HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
YOU HAVE ANYTHING? JIMMY? WE HAD A SITUATION.
I GOT A CALL FROM A GUY THAT'S A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE WHOSE WIFE HAD A SITUATION, AND IT GOES DOWN THE ROAD OF HOW GREAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR POLICE WERE IN THIS SITUATION.
HE ACTUALLY CALLED OUR CHIEFS TO THANK THEM, AND THEY GRACIOUSLY ACCEPTED THAT THANKS.
BUT THEN THE FIRST THING OUT OF THEIR MOUTH WAS, HOW'S YOUR WIFE? AND THAT SHOWS THE CARING THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DEPARTMENT FOR THIS TOWN.
SO, CHIEF FREEMAN, CHIEF CORDELL, THANK YOU.
YOU REPRESENT US GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
THAT MOVES US ON TO SECTION THREE.
[3. CHANGES TO POSTED AGENDA]
CHANGES TO THE POSTED AGENDA.3A IS ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN, AND 3B ARE ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION OR ITEMS TO BE ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I HAVE ON HERE A NOTE THAT WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE ITEM 5E FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THAT ITEM IS CONSIDERING APPROVAL OF A MINUTE ORDER REGARDING BIDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEWER IMPROVEMENTS FROM MOCKINGBIRD LANE TO COUNTY ROAD 914A, THAT WILL BE TAKEN UP UNDER THE GENERAL SECTION.
SO IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THAT ITEM, IT'LL BE PRESENTED LATER ON AFTER THE GENERAL SESSION.
CITY MANAGER, ARE THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? NO, MA'AM, THAT'S ALL, THANK YOU.
FOUR CITIZENS APPEARANCE, OTHER THAN PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ITEMS LISTED ON THE POSTED AGENDA .
CITIZENS IN ATTENDANCE WHO WISH TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL MAY SPEAK DURING THIS SECTION.
SPEAKERS IN ATTENDANCE WILL EACH BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND SPEAKER IS NOT IN ATTENDANCE HAVE FILLED OUT A SPEAKER CARD 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THE MEETING.
I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS THAT ARE ONLINE OR NOT FOR A POSTED AGENDA.
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IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AT THIS TIME ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT LISTED FOR PUBLIC HEARING OR ON THE AGENDA? OK, WE WILL MOVE ON TO SECTION FIVE, WHICH IS THE 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.]
ALL ITEMS LISTED BELOW ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED WITH ONE MOTION.THERE'S NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THE ITEMS. AT THIS TIME WITH THE REMOVAL OF 5E, THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS 5A-5D.
MAYOR, IF YOU'D CALL FOR A MOTION? IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE 5A-5D.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY DAN AND A SECOND BY JIMMY.
ALL IN FAVOR? PASSES UNANIMOUS.
THE SECOND WAS DONE BY RICK GREEN.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT MOVES US ON TO SECTION SIX, DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION AND
[A. 620 SW Wilshire Boulevard located behind the northern corner of Hobby Lobby (Case 19-082):The applicant has requested that the City Council defer action on this item to the December 13, 2021, City Council meeting. Hold a public hearing and consider a specific use permit (SUP) to allow a stealth monopole antennae facility (Telecommunication tower). (Staff Presenter: Jennifer Pruitt, Development Services Interim Director)]
ASSOCIATED ACTIONS.SO 6A, THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DEFER ACTION ON THIS ITEM TO THE DECEMBER 13TH, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT WAS 620 SOUTHWEST WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, LOCATED BEHIND THE CORNER OF HOBBY LOBBY.
THIS WAS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A STEALTH MONOPOLE AND A FACILITY THAT WILL BE MOVED ON TO DECEMBER 13TH, 2021.
THAT BRINGS UP ITEMS 6B AND 6C.
[B. Bluebird Meadows Planned Development located northeast of the intersection of FM 1902 and County Road 910B (Case 21-109): Hold a public hearing and consider approval of an ordinance amending the Bluebird Meadows PD, Planned Development Ordinance (D-047), City of Burleson, Texas by amending the zoning on approximately 73.7 acres of land in Bluebird Meadows from PD, Planned Development Zoning District, 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: Jennifer Pruitt, Interim Director of Development Services) (The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval unanimously)]
[C. Consider approval of a replat for Bluebird Meadows Phase Two, Lots 18, 19, and 20, Common Area D, Block 7, addressed as 1517 Blue Lake Dr located directly northeast of the intersection of FM 1902 and County Road 910B. (Case 21-106): (Staff Contact: Jennifer Pruitt, Development Services Interim Director) (The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended conditional approval unanimously provided the accompanying planned development amendment is approved). ]
I WILL CALL THEM BOTH TOGETHER AS WE'LL HAVE ONE PRESENTATION.ITEM 6B IS BLUEBIRD MEADOWS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
LOCATED NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF FM 1902 AND COUNTY ROAD 910 B, THIS IS CASE 21-109.
THIS IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BLUE BIRD MEADOW PD ORDINANCE.
THIS IS BEFORE YOU ON FIRST AND FINAL READING AND ITEM 60 IS CONSIDERING APPROVAL OF A RE PLAT FOR BLUEBIRD MEADOWS PHASE TWO, LOTS 18, 19 AND 20 COMMON AREA B, BLOCK SEVEN.
ADDRESS THIS 1517 BLUE LAKE DRIVE, LOCATED DIRECTLY NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF FM 1902 AND COUNTY ROAD 910 B.
THIS IS CASE 21-109 ON BOTH OF THESE ITEMS. YOUR PRESENTER TONIGHT IS JENNIFER PRUITT, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AT THIS TIME, MAYOR, IF YOU COULD OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEMS 6B.
OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:47.
MISS PRUITT? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, FOR THE RECORD.
JENNIFER PRUITT, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INTERIM DIRECTOR, PRESENTING CASES 21-109 BLUEBIRD MEADOWS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT AND BLUEBIRD MEADOWS REPLAT CASE 21-106.
THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU AT THE DIRECTION OF CITY COUNCIL, THE OWNER OF THE BLUEBIRD MEADOWS HOA, SPECIFICALLY, THE AREA OF AMENDMENT IS RELATED TO THE PLAT.
THE OVERALL SUBJECT SITE IS APPROXIMATELY SEVENTY THREE PLUS ACRES.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT THE APPLICATION THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY DOES NOT CHANGE THE ZONING.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS CURRENTLY UTILIZED AS A SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION.
SO WHY ARE YOU HERE? THE PD AMENDMENT IS SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED IN THIS CASE, THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT, THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS VERY SPECIFIC REGARDING WHAT IS ALLOWED FOR THE PD, SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE DENSITY AS WELL, AND THE PD AMENDMENT THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY WILL ACCURATELY REFLECT THE CHANGES THAT ARE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE REPLAT THAT IS BEFORE YOU.
WE HAVE INCLUDED THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PRELIMINARY PLAT.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT REGARDING THE HISTORY OF THE SITE, THE PD WAS APPROVED IN 2004 AND IN 2005 THE THE PLATTING COMMENCED, THE PHASED PLANNING COMMENCED FOR THE SUBJECT SITE.
NOW, AS I NOTED, THE PD AMENDMENT IS VERY SPECIFIC TO COMMON AREA B AND THAT'S IDENTIFIED ON THE SCREEN FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
THAT AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 3.9 ACRES.
I ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE CITY HAD EVALUATED THE VALIDITY OF A MEMO OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE HOA, AND WE DETERMINED THAT THAT PARTICULAR MEMO OF
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UNDERSTANDING WAS NOT ENFORCEABLE AND NOT NEEDED.NOW, AS I NOTED, THERE IS AN EXISTING PRELIMINARY PLAT, AND WE'VE INCLUDED THAT IN YOUR PACKET THIS EVENING, FOR REFERENCE.
NOW, THE ACCOMPANYING REPLAT THAT IT'S BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS SPECIFIC FOR CASE 21-106, AND THAT INCLUDES THE CREATION OF FOUR LOTS.
THREE OF THOSE LOTS WILL BE RESIDENTIAL LOTS RANGING IN SIZE FROM 13,562 SQUARE FEET TO 17,801 SQUARE FEET.
THOSE THREE LOTS, OR EXCUSE ME, THE CREATION OF THOSE THREE LOTS WILL ALLOW THE HOA TO SELL THOSE LOTS IN ORDER TO COMPLETE SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PARK AREA.
THAT WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR APPROXIMATELY 3.8 ACRES TO TO REMAIN IN COMMON AREA B.
NOW, AS I NOTED, THE PD IS VERY SPECIFIC, SO THE PD AMENDMENT THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY WILL ALLOW FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE REPLAT THAT'S PROPOSED.
NOW, REGARDING THE BACKGROUND OF THE SUBJECT ITEM, THAT'S BEFORE YOU IN 2017, THERE WERE TWO APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW, ONE OF WHICH WAS A PD AMENDMENT 17-119, AS WELL AS A REPLAT 17-131.
THAT PARTICULAR ITEMS WOULD CREATE EIGHT LOTS OF THE COMMON OPEN SPACE AREA.
IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT PARTICULAR ITEMS WERE ULTIMATELY WITHDRAWN BY THE DEVELOPER.
NOW, REGARDING THE SUBJECT SITE, AS I NOTED, IT'S ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
YOU HAVE AGRICULTURAL ZONED PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS TO THE NORTH, TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE WEST, AND ALSO THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST IN THE BURLESON ETJ.
THE PROPOSED PD AMENDMENT AND REPLAT IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
NOW, REGARDING THE PUBLIC HEARING, THAT'S BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, STAFF MAILED OUT NOTICES TO ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE PD.
IN ADDITION TO PROPERTIES WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE SUBJECT SITE, WE HAVE RECEIVED TWO PHONE CALLS INQUIRING WHAT THE ITEM IS CONCERNING NO MAJOR ISSUES THERE.
WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER OF OPPOSITION AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT SUBJECT PROPERTY ON THE SCREEN FOR YOU THIS EVENING, AND WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED THAT LETTER OF OPPOSITION IN YOUR PACKET.
WE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE HOA AND THAT HAS ALSO BEEN INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF IS TO APPROVE THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT FOR BLUEBIRD MEADOWS IN ADDITION TO THE REPLAT CASE 21-106.
REGARDING PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM WAS BEFORE P AND Z SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2021, AND P AND Z VOTED UNANIMOUSLY FOR APPROVAL OF THE PD AMENDMENT, AS WELL AS THE REPLAT THAT IS BEFORE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT MEMBERS OF THE HOA SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM AND ALSO REFERENCED THAT THE HOA WOULD HAVE A VOTE REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY TOOK THAT VOTE ON FRIDAY AND THE VOTE WAS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE OF 71 PERCENT OF THE ITEM THAT'S BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.
SO THERE ARE TWO ACTIONS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL THIS EVENING, ONE OF WHICH IS RELATED TO THE PD AMENDMENT, WHICH WILL BE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE PD AMENDMENT AS PRESENTED BY STAFF AND EXCUSE ME, AND THE SECOND ACTION THAT STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT IF THE PD AMENDMENT IS APPROVED BY COUNCIL THAT YOU APPROVE THE REPLAT THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED BY STAFF CASE 21-106.
STAFF, WE ARE AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME MEMBERS OF THE HOA THAT ARE HERE THIS EVENING.
WAS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? MAYOR AND COUNCIL I DO HAVE AN ONLINE SPEAKER CARD FOR THIS ITEM.
THIS IS FROM DARREN RAY AT 1522 GRASSY MEADOW DRIVE.
BLUEBIRD MEADOWS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT HAS TWO SEPARATE HOMES ONE FOR PHASE ONE AND ANOTHER FOR PHASE TWO THROUGH FIVE.
DO BOTH HOAS BEAR THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING THE PARK IN
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COMMON AREA D? ALSO, THE PARK HAS BEEN DEFINED AS A PRIVATE PARK.ARE ALL RESIDENTS OF THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ALLOWED TO UTILIZE THE PARK? NEED AN ANSWER.
MAYOR, THERE'S A REPRESENTATIVE THE HOA HERE TO ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL, MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, MY NAME IS GENTRY COTTON.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE BLUEBIRD MEADOWS HOA.
WE BEEN WORKING WITH MS. PRUITT AND CITY MANAGER ON THIS THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
THE PARK, IT IS STILL PRIVATELY OWNED, STILL PRIVATELY MAINTAINED.
UNFORTUNATELY, WHENEVER THIS WAS DONE BACK IN 2004, THERE WAS A PHASE ONE AND THEN A PHASE TWO THROUGH FIVE.
SO THERE IS TECHNICALLY TWO HOAS.
PHASE ONE HAS NEVER ESTABLISHED THEIR HOA, SO IT HAS BECOME ON THE BURDEN FROM FROM PHASES TWO TO FIVE TO MAINTAIN NOT ONLY ALL THE EASEMENTS THAT THAT BORDER PHASE ONE AND TWO THROUGH FIVE, BUT ALSO ANY OF THE OPEN AREAS, THE PARK AREAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, I WOULD SAY THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A WHOLE HAS USED LIKE AS FAR AS THE POND AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN CHECKING PEOPLE'S IDS, YOU KNOW, TO SEE IF THEY LIVE IN PHASE ONE OR TWO.
THERE WAS MAYBE A COUPLE OF PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE CAMPING OUT THAT WERE FROM OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY COMPLETELY AT THE PARK AND OUT OF THE POND, BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DON'T EVEN LIVE THERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS MAINTAINED THAT IT'S STILL IT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY AND IT HASN'T BEEN A PROBLEM.
AND UNTIL IT BECOMES A PROBLEM, THEN IT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED AS FAR AS PEOPLE USING THE HOA'S PROPERTY.
IT HASN'T BEEN A PROBLEM SO FAR.
AND SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE FOR CHANGING ANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AS FAR AS LETTING PEOPLE USE THE PARK AND THE POND, PARTICULARLY.
ANY QUESTIONS ANYBODY? ARE WE? IS IT THE HOA'S INTENTION TO USE THE PROCEEDS OF THOSE THREE LOTS TO ESTABLISH SOME PARK AMENITIES ON THE REMAINING COMMON AREA OR? YEAH.
SO AS ON THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'RE A SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN EVEN THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE IS A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEN WE'RE SPLIT IN HALF OR SPLIT IN TWO THIRDS.
SO OUR DUES ONLY PRETTY MUCH PROVIDE MONEY TO MOW THE EASEMENTS BECAUSE WE HAVE ABOUT EIGHT ACRES TO MOW AND THEN MAINTAIN JUST WHAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS THE UTILITIES, FOR THE ELECTRICITY, FOR THE POND AND JUST SOME SMALL ITEMS. FOR US TO BUILD ANY TYPE OF PARKING LIKE THAT WOULD BE OUT OF THE QUESTION UNLESS WE DOUBLED, MAYBE EVEN TRIPLED DUES WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON, PANDEMIC, I DO NOT WANT TO DO THAT.
THAT'S NOT MY I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
AND THERE WAS ANOTHER WAY FOR US BY SELLING THESE LOTS AND WE COULD USE THAT MONEY TO REINVEST IT AND TO BUILD AN ACTUAL REAL PARK INSTEAD OF JUST WE HAVE A LITTLE SMALL PLAYGROUND THAT WE HAVE NOW, AND IT WOULD BE A GREAT ASSET TO THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WITH AN HOA, THAT'S, ANY MONEY THAT WE TAKE IN, IT'S FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND TO MAINTAIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO ANY MONEY THAT WE TAKE IN THAT WOULD HAS TO BE USED ON IS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I MEAN, WE ANTICIPATE SPENDING PROBABLY 80 TO 90 PERCENT OF THAT MONEY FOR THE PARK.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE ANTICIPATED.
WE'LL HAVE A NICE AREA, NICE AMENITY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WELL, ARE YOU PLANNING ON BUILDING A NEW PARK? YEAH.
OR JUST MAINTAINING WHAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW? NO, WE WILL BUILD A NEW PLAYGROUND, BUT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PAVILION, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THROWING OUT OTHER IDEAS LIKE A SMALL SPLASH PAD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I DON'T KNOW UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET FOR THE LOTS.
AND UNTIL THIS IS APPROVED, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO ANY KIND OF BIDDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT WITH CONTRACTORS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD ON SOME OF THIS STUFF.
SO IS THE PARK AREA? MAYBE I MISSED IT.
IS THAT IN PHASE ONE OR IS THAT IN PHASE TWO THROUGH FIVE? IT'S IN PHASE TWO THROUGH FIVE? OK, SO ARE YOU GOING TO CONFIRM THAT THE PEOPLE IN PHASE ONE CAN USE THE PARK? I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THE ONLINE CARD WAS ASKING.
YEAH, I MEAN, SO AS THE HOA PRESIDENT, I CAN'T SAY THAT AS FAR AS THE MEMBERS, IT'S MEMBER OWNED PROPERTY AND IT'S MEMBER OWNED PARK.
AND SO I CAN'T SAY, OH YEAH, EVERYONE'S WELCOME TO COME USE IT, ESPECIALLY HERE PUBLICLY.
LIKE I SAID, IT'S PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE USED IT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND IT HASN'T BEEN A PROBLEM FOR THEM TO USE IT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
I PRESUME YOU'RE GOING TO REMOVE THAT.
I HAVE DRIVEN OVER THERE AND THE EQUIPMENT IS SAD, YEAH, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SIZE OF THAT COMMUNITY.
SO ARE YOU JUST FULLY GOING TO REMOVE THOSE PIECES? WE'LL PROBABLY KEEP IT AND JUST ADD ON TO IT.
SO I MEAN, IT IS ONLY A COUPLE OF YEARS OLD AND IT IS A SMALL, EVEN A SMALL PIECE.
IT'S STILL CAN BE USED TO SOME LEVEL.
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SO ABOUT THE SIZE OF SOME NEIGHBOR, SOME BACKYARD PLAYSETS.AND THAT'S THE WHOLE THING FOR US DOING THIS.
IT'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK FOR US TO DO THIS, TO HOLD THE VOTE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO FOR ME TO DO THIS AND THE BOARD, OUR WHOLE GOAL WAS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A BACKGROUND PLAYSET FOR THE PARK.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE A NICE PARK AND ADMITTED THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAN USE.
AND SO THAT'S THE WHOLE GOAL OF DOING THIS AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING NICE.
I LIVE IN PLANTATION AND WE JUST LAST YEAR, FINALLY, AFTER A NUMBER OF YEARS OF TALKING LIKE, WHERE'S THE PLAYSET? WHERE'S THE PLAYSET? AND SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT HOW LONG THOSE CONVERSATIONS TAKE AND WE SAME THING THE HOA PURCHASE, THE PLAYSET.
AND IT'S MAINTAINED PRIVATELY BY THE HOA.
AND IT'S A GREAT LITTLE CLIMBING SLIDES, ALL KIND OF UNIT.
WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THAT ENTAILS.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS.
IS THAT PART OF WHAT WILL THAT BE INSTALLED WITH THE PROCEEDS THAT THEY MAKE OFF THEIR LOTS? OR ARE WE HELPING WITH FIXING SIDEWALKS? WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IS THERE ARE SOME SIDEWALKS, SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDED AT SOME POINT.
AND WHAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH MR. COTTON IS ONCE WE HAVE A LAYOUT FOR THE PARK AREA, WHAT TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAN TRY TO PROVIDE SOME CONNECTIONS AND THE CITY WOULD PAY FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND I NOTICED IT WAS JUST THERE WASN'T ANY WALKWAY AS FAR AS I REMEMBER.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN GET OVER THERE SAFELY AND USE IT WITHOUT TWISTED AN ANKLE OR DOING STEPPING IN AN ANT MOUND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I'VE LITTLES, I CAN COMPLETELY RELATE, AND SIDEWALKS ARE NICE.
YOU KNOW, THE LITTLES CAN RIDE THEIR BIKES OR SCOOTERS OVER, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING THEM IN THAT FASHION.
AND THAT'S BEEN THE TWO BIGGEST COMPLAINTS HAS BEEN THE PARK AND THE SIDEWALK.
THOSE ARE TWO BIGGEST COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO RESOLVE.
AND ANOTHER POINT WE HAVE AT, ALL THE HOUSES THAT HAVE BORDERED THIS AREA, WE HAVE I'VE SPOKEN TO EACH ONE OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY TO WORK ON THEM AS WE WORK WITH THEM.
AS FAR AS RIGHT NOW, ALL OF THEM HAVE A IRON FENCING THAT'S OPEN SEVERAL MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRIVACY.
AND SO THE HOA IS WORKING WITH, WORKED WITH THEM AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT MAYBE CHANGING OUT SOME OF THEIR FENCE, THINGS LIKE THAT TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THOSE PRIVACY CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD.
AND DARREN RAY WAS ONE OF THOSE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE WHENEVER THE HOAS COME TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT WAYS TO MAKE THINGS WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'LL BE A GOOD INVESTMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT THE SMALL AMOUNT OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKER, SO IF YOU COULD CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING AT 6:02.
OK, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO TAKE UP EACH ITEM INDIVIDUALLY.
FIRST, WE'LL NEED A MOTION ON 6B, WHICH IS THE AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY TAMARA AND THE SECOND BY JIMMY.
THE SECOND MOTION WILL BE FOR ITEM 6C, WHICH IS THE REPLAT OF THE BLUEBIRD MEADOWS.
IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT.
I'VE GOT A MOTION BY VICTORIA AND SECOND BY TAMARA.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.
THAT MOVE ON TO ITEM 6D HUNTER PLACE ADDITION, LOCATED NORTHWEST OF THE
[D. Hunter Place Addition located northwest of the intersection of E Renfro Street and Houston Road with an approximate address of 1445 E Renfro (Case 21-086): Consider a preliminary plat for Hunter Place Addition, Lots 1-15, Block A; Lots 1-45, Block B; HOA Lot 2X, Block B; Lots 1-14, Block C; Lots 1-26, Block D; HOA Lots 4X & 6X, Block D; Lots 1-11, Block E; Lots 1-6, Block F; Lots 1-13, Block G; Lots 1-16, Block H; HOA Lots 3X & 5X, Block G, within the City of Burleson. (Staff Presenter: Jennifer Pruitt, Development Services Interim Director) (The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by 5-1 vote.)]
INTERSECTION OF EAST RENFRO STREET AND HOUSTON STREET WITH AN APPROXIMATE ADDRESS OF 1445 EAST RENFRO CASE 21-086.THIS IS TO CONSIDER A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR ONE HUNTER PLACE ADDITION LOTS 1-15.
THAT'S LOTS A THAT'S BLOCK 1-45; BLOCK B, HOA LOT 2X; BLOCK B, LOTS 1-14; BLOCK C LOTS OF 1-26; BLOCK D, HOA LOTS 4X AND 6X; BLOCK D, LOTS 1-11; BLOCK E, LOTS 1-6; BLOCK F, LOTS 1-13; BLOCK G LOTS 1-16; BLOCK H HOA LOTS 3X AND 5X; BLOCK G WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF BURLESON AND THE PRESENTER AGAIN IS MS. PRUITT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, JENNIFER PRUITT, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INTERIM DIRECTOR, PRESENTING PRELIMINARY PLAT CASE 21-086 FOR HUNTER PLACE SUBJECT SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 42 ACRES IN SIZE AND IS LOCATED NEAR THE NORTHEASTERN INTERSECTION OF EAST RENFRO AND HOUSTON.
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ROAD ADDRESS AT 1445 EAST RENFRO.THE APPLICANT IS PATRICK WILSON WITH KIRKLAND ENGINEERING AND THE OWNER IS JOHN WATSON.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS CURRENTLY ZONED TO SF7 AND AGRICULTURAL IN THAT SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT SEVEN.
THIS PARTICULAR ITEM WAS BEFORE COUNCIL IN JULY OF THIS YEAR AND WHICH A ZONE CHANGE WAS APPROVED FOR A PORTION OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
AND THAT'S THE AREAS IDENTIFIED IN ORANGE.
AND PREVIOUS TO THAT IN APRIL OF 2001, THE ZONE CHANGE WAS APPROVED FOR THE PROPERTY THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ZONED AGRICULTURAL AND GENERAL RETAIL TO SINGLE FAMILY SEVEN.
SO THE ITEM THAT'S BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT, AND THAT PRELIMINARY PLAN INCLUDES 136 RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND SIX HOA LOTS.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE LAYOUT THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU THIS EVENING IS THE SAME LAYOUT THAT THE APPLICANTS PROVIDED WITH THE ZONE CHANGES PREVIOUSLY.
AND AS I NOTED, THE MINIMUM LOT SIZES ARE SEVEN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN AVERAGE LOT SIZE OF EIGHTY FOUR HUNDRED SQUARE FEET.
REGARDING UTILITIES DETENTION, ALL OF THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN EVALUATED BY STAFF.
WATER WILL BE PROVIDED BY BETHESDA.
SANITARY SEWER WILL BE EXTENDED TO THE SUBJECT SITE.
A TIA HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR REVIEW BY TXDOT, TXDOT AND THE CITY HAVE ALSO RECEIVED A TRAFFIC MEMORANDUM FROM THE ENGINEER OF RECORD AND HAVE APPROVED THE PROPOSED ACCESS DRIVES CONCEPTUALLY.
REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, THE PRELIMINARY PLAT WAS BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND THEY VOTED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF 5-1.
THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION AND NO SPEAKERS REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
SO THE ACTION REQUESTED BY COUNCIL THIS EVENING IS APPROVAL OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR HUNTER PLACE, AS PRESENTED BY STAFF FOR CASE 21-086 STAFF IS AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AND I BELIEVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS HERE AS WELL THIS EVENING.
IS THERE ONLY ONE ENTRANCE LIKE FROM RENFRO? THERE'S NO? I INITIALLY THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS AN ENTRANCE OFF OF HOUSTON, BUT THERE'S NOT.
IT'S JUST RENFRO? THERE ARE TWO ENTRANCES OFF OF RENFRO AND NO ENTRANCE OFF OF HOUSTON.
AND DO WE HAVE A DE-ACCELLING IN A DEDICATED RIGHT? I DON'T.
I MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM ENGINEERING ADDRESS THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN EVALUATED AND I BELIEVE I SEE MICHELLE MCCULLOUGH HERE SO SHE CAN ADDRESS THAT FOR YOU.
ALSO, THE APPLICANT IS HERE IN CASE THEY'D LIKE TO COME UP.
GOOD EVENING, MICHELLE MCCULLOUGH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
LEFT HARD LANE WILL BE PROVIDED A RIGHT TURN LANE WAS NOT WARRANTED.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE CURVILINEAR REQUIREMENTS.
I DO NOTICE THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE MORE OF A CURVE PLACED ON, I THINK THAT'S VALENTINE COURT? IF IT GOT BLURRED AND WHEN I ZOOM IN, IT STILL FEELS A BIT OF A CHALLENGE, IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE THAT IS A LONG ROAD THAT COULD PRESENT SOME CHALLENGES FOR HIGH SPEED.
SO I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
I REALIZE IT'S BROKEN UP WITH SOME TURN WITH SOME SIDE STREETS, BUT IT'S IT'S HARD FOR ME TO DETERMINE WHAT THE DEGREE OF CURVE IS JUST FROM A PLAT AND NOT ACTUALLY SEEING IT.
ALL OF THESE CURVES ARE POTENTIALLY NOT ENOUGH TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC AND THE SPEED OF WHICH PEOPLE DRIVE DOWN THESE LONG ROADS.
SO CURVILINEAR WAS EVALUATED BY STAFF, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT IS CLEARLY THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ALL THE DATA AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS STAFF EVALUATES IT THOROUGHLY, AND IN THIS CASE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THEY MEET OUR CURVILINEAR
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REQUIREMENTS.NOW, REGARDING THE SPEED, THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER QUESTION TO DISCUSS.
HOWEVER, THEY DO MEET THE CURVILINEAR REQUIREMENTS, PER OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE.
I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT SAME STREET ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF VALENTINE COURT.
WHAT IS THE INTENDED USE FOR THE STRIP OF LAND BETWEEN THE RIGHT THERE WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR POINTER? IS THAT JUST TO BE A BUFFER AREA OF THAT'S VEGETATION OR WHAT IS THAT? THAT'S CORRECT.
THERE WON'T BE ANY STRUCTURES IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
IS THAT A COMMON AREA EXPECTED TO BE MAINTAINED BY A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OR HOW'S THAT GOING TO BE? WHO'S GOING TO GET THAT? THAT'S CORRECT.
THERE HAS BEEN SIX AREAS IDENTIFIED IN THE PROJECT, AND ALL OF THOSE SIX AREAS WILL BE MAINTAINED BY THE HOA.
WILL MILLER, THE CREEK AS I'M LOOKING AT AERIAL PHOTOS AND AS I LOOK AT THE AERIAL, THE THE AREA OUT THERE IS A LOT OF GREEN SPACE.
WHEN WE FILL THAT IN WITH CONCRETE AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO SOAK IN.
I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO TO THE RESIDENTS, MAYBE NOT EVEN IN THIS COMMUNITY, BUT IN OTHER COMMUNITIES ALONG THE CREEK.
HAVE WE LOOKED AT THAT? I MEAN, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SERIOUS RUNOFF.
AND LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS BE UP HERE TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO A CITIZEN WHY I VOTED TO FLOOD THEIR HOME.
SO WE DO REQUIRE FLOOD STUDIES, WHICH THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO DO A DETENTION ANALYSIS.
IT IS TO OUR MASTER DRAINAGE STUDY, WHICH IS BUILT FOR ULTIMATE FLOWS.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVE A LEVEL OF FACTOR OF SAFETY BETTER THAN WHAT FEMA DOES, AND WE DON'T ALLOW A RISE IN THE FLOODPLAIN, SO THEY CANNOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO WHAT.
SO RIGHT NOW, THE WHAT YOU HAVE OUT THERE, NONE OF THE STRUCTURES ARE IN THE FLOODPLAIN OR IN THE HUNDRED-YEAR.
I KNOW THEY'RE NOT, BUT ONCE WE ONCE WE GET RID OF THE SATURATION ABILITY OF SOIL AND WE START PUTTING CONCRETE ON TOP OF IT, IT JUST DOESN'T SOAK INTO CONCRETE AND IT'S GOING TO RUN OFF.
IT'S GOING TO RUN OFF INTO THE CREEK.
IT WILL DEFINITELY, AND IT WILL GET OUT OF THE AREA BEFORE THE FLOWS FROM UPSTREAM COME.
WHICH IS WHY YOU DON'T WANT DETENTION NEXT TO A FLOODPLAIN BECAUSE YOU HOLD THE WATER BACK AND THEN YOU HAVE A PEAK ON PEAK AND YOU CAN CREATE MORE FLOODING ISSUES.
SO YOU GET THE WATER IN THE CREEK AND OUT BEFORE THE REST OF THE WATER COMES DOWN.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT DOES.
I'D SAY THAT'S THE MOST ARTFUL PRESENTATION OF AN ENGINEERING CONCEPT I THINK I'VE EVER HEARD.
ANYBODY ELSE? IF YOU COULD ASK FOR A MOTION, PLEASE.
IS THERE EMOTION ON THIS? I MOVE TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION, I HAVE A MOTION BY RONNIE, SECOND BY RICK.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES, UNANIMOUS.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION SEVEN OF THE AGENDA GENERAL.
[A. Hold a public hearing and consider an ordinance renaming Lakeside Drive between Old State Highway 174 and Mountain Valley Blvd. to Lake Front Drive; amending the official map of the City of Burleson; providing a repealer clause; providing a savings clause; incorporating the recitals; finding that the meeting at which this ordinance is passed is open to the public as required by law; declaring an effective date. (First and Final Reading) (Staff Presenter: Tommy Ludwig, Deputy City Manager)]
7A IS HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE RENAMING LAKESIDE DRIVE BETWEEN OLD STATE HIGHWAY 174 AND MOUNTAIN VALLEY BOULEVARD TO LAKE FRONT DRIVE.THIS IS BEFORE YOU ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.
TONIGHT, THE STAFF PRESENTER MR. TOMMY LUDWIG, WHO COMES HERE FROM THE CITY OF WAXAHACHIE BY WAY OF ICELAND.
HE IS OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
THANK YOU FOR THE NICE INTRO, CITY SECRETARY.
SO MAYOR, COUNCIL, BEFORE I GET STARTED, AS I SAID BEFORE TO THE BOARD, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU IN MY NEW CAPACITY WITH THE CITY.
SO WITH THAT SAID, ITEM NUMBER 7A IS A RECOMMENDATION OF A STREET NAME CHANGE.
AS YOU SEE FROM THE IMAGE HERE, THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO SECTIONS OF LAKESIDE DRIVE IN THE CITY OF BURLESON, AS WELL AS ONE SECTION IN THE CITY OF JOSHUA.
SO THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING IS GOING TO BE WITH THE SECTION IN RED SPECIFICALLY.
SO THIS DUPLICATE STREET NAME WAS ACTUALLY ULTIMATELY IDENTIFIED VERY EARLY ON IN 2010, I BELIEVE, AND I THINK STAFF HAD ACTUALLY STARTED THE PROCESS TO CARRY THAT FORWARD FOR RECOMMENDATION OF A STREET NAME CHANGE TO THE COUNCIL, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT NEVER ULTIMATELY MADE IT TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
RECENTLY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID REACH OUT TO OUR GIS GROUP AND REQUESTED THAT WE CONSIDER RECOMMENDING A STREET NAME CHANGE REALLY JUST FROM A DISPATCHING PERSPECTIVE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
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IT'S NOT IDEAL TO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT STREETS WITH THE SAME NAME.THE SECTION IN RED THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS EVENING.
THE THING THAT'S NICE ABOUT IT IS THAT THERE ARE NO HOMES OR BUSINESSES THAT FRONT ON IT.
SO FROM A RENAMING PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S NOT GOING TO REALLY BE PROBLEMATIC ISSUES WITH READDRESSING.
THE CITY OF JOSHUA IS GOING TO BE BRINGING AN ITEM FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION ON OCTOBER 21ST TO THEIR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER RENAMING LAKESIDE DRIVE, THE LAKEFRONT DRIVE, WHICH IS WHAT OUR STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WOULD ALSO BE.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE WANT TO CONTROL AGAINST THESE ISSUES MOVING FORWARD, RIGHT? AND SO WE DO HAVE A GIS GROUP THAT AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION AND PLANNING PROCESS THAT REVIEW THOSE STREET NAME CHANGES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CREATE NEW DUPLICATES.
AND SO THERE IS A CONTROL IN PLACE FOR THAT.
SO FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT, STAFF IS MAKING A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVING AN ORDINANCE RENAMING LAKESIDE DRIVE TO LAKEFRONT DRIVE.
AGAIN, THIS IS GOING TO BE BETWEEN HIGHWAY 174 AND MOUNTAIN VALLEY BOULEVARD, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THIS.
ANYBODY? MAYOR, WE'D ALSO NEED TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M GOING TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:16.
IS THERE ANY COMMENT? NOW I UNDERSTAND.
MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY.
SO YOU ALL HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH JOSHUA AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE A LAKEFRONT; CORRECT? SO WHAT IT WOULD BE IS THAT THEY WOULD BE, MICHELLE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THEY'RE GOING TO BE NAMING IT LAKEFRONT AS WELL.
SO THAT SECTION WOULD BE LAKEFRONT.
SO THE WHOLE THING WILL BE LAKEFRONT.
IT WON'T BE DUPLICATE, IT'LL BE? CORRECT.
SO LAKESIDE WILL BE THAT YELLOW SECTION.
THEN LAKEFRONT WOULD BE THE SECTION BURLESON AND JOSHUA.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS? MAYOR, WE NEED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST.
YOU'RE GETTING PICKY, AREN'T YOU? I AM GETTING A LITTLE PICKY.
I'LL CLOSE THE SESSION AT 6:16.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS VOTE TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION BY RONNIE IN A SECOND BY DAN.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.
AT THIS TIME, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS WILL BRING US TO ITEM 5E THAT WAS REMOVED
[E. Consider approval of a minute order regarding bids for the construction of sewer improvements from Mockingbird Lane to County Road 914A. (Staff Contact: Tommy Ludwig, Deputy City Manager) ]
FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A MINUTE ORDER REGARDING BIDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEWER IMPROVEMENTS FOR MOCKINGBIRD LANE TO COUNTY ROAD 914A.
THE STAFF PRESENTER AS TOMMY LUDWIG, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS A STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO REJECT BIDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GRAVITY SEWER LINE FROM MOCKINGBIRD LANE TO CR 914.
THIS LINE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHISHOLM SUMMIT DEVELOPMENT PHASE ONE SEWER LINE.
SO JUST FOR A LITTLE CONTEXT, IN JUNE, COUNCIL APPROVED CHAPTER THREE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHISHOLM SUMMIT DEVELOPMENT.
THIS PHASE ONE GRAVITY SEWER LINE IS PROPOSED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 7400 LINEAR SQUARE FEET.
IT'S GOING TO SERVE THE CHISHOLM SUMMIT DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS THE CITY'S PROPOSED BUSINESS PARK.
AS PER THE 380 AGREEMENT, THE DEVELOPER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BASICALLY ADVERTISING AND BIDDING THE WORK, AS WELL AS PERFORMING THE CONSTRUCTION WITH THE CITY TO PERFORM A REIMBURSEMENT OF ALL THOSE COSTS.
SO ADVERTISEMENTS WENT OUT ON AUGUST 30TH OF 2021, WITH BIDS CLOSING ON SEPTEMBER 10TH.
WE DID HAVE THREE BIDDERS PARTICIPATE.
TROPHY CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WAS THE LOWEST BIDDER WITH FORT WORTH CIVIL CONTRACTORS AND THEN VENUS CONSTRUCTION.
IN REVIEW OF THE BIDS THAT WERE SUBMITTED, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE NOT MET.
SO AS THIS WAS A DEVELOPER INITIATED BID WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE INTENT WAS THAT SALES TAX WAS GOING TO BE A PORTION OF THESE BIDS.
HOWEVER, THE BIDDERS DID EXCLUDE SALES TAX AND THEY SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED IT.
ALSO, THE LOWEST BIDDER, TROPHY, FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THREE ADDENDUMS THAT WERE RELEASED, SO INFORMATION WAS RELEASED DURING THE BIDDING PROCESS.
SO GIVEN THAT ALONG WITH THE, YOU KNOW, TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS NOT BEING MET, ALSO TROPHY, EXCUSE ME, VENUS AND FORT WORTH, BOTH OF THEIR BIDS EXCEEDED OUR ESTIMATE OF PROBABLE COSTS.
SO ALL THOSE THINGS CONSIDERED WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS ULTIMATELY TO REJECT THE BIDS AND RE-ADVERTISE.
THE GOOD NEWS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IS SHOULD COUNCIL CHOOSE TO REJECT THE BIDS, WE CAN MOVE VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
THE INTENT WOULD BE TO RE-ADVERTISE ON SEPTEMBER 22ND AND SEPTEMBER 29TH, WORKING WITH RA.
WE WOULD CLOSE BIDS ON OCTOBER 11TH AND THEN HAVE THAT ITEM APPEAR BACK FOR CITY COUNCIL FOR RECOMMENDATION FOR BID AWARD ON OCTOBER 18TH.
SO, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE A MINUTE ORDER REJECTING THE BIDS AND THEN STAFF WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH RE-ADVERTISING AND BRING ITEM BACK BEFORE YOU WITH THE INTENT OF OCTOBER 18TH.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ITEM.
ANYBODY? IS THERE EMOTION ON THIS?
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I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTE ORDER REJECTING THE BIDS; IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.IS THERE A SECOND? I HAVE A MOTION BY JIMMY AND A SECOND BY TAMARA.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.
THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 7D, B, I'M SORRY, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION
[B. Consider approval of a resolution authorizing the reimbursement of R.A. Development, Ltd., for sewer design costs pursuant to an existing Chapter 380 and Economic Development and Performance Agreement in an amount not to exceed $508,750 and ratifying the 4A Economic Development Corporation Board’s action in authorizing the reimbursement of R.A. Development, Ltd., for roadway design costs pursuant to an existing Chapter 380 and Economic Development and Performance Agreement in an amount not to exceed $643,418. (Staff Presenter: Tommy Ludwig, Deputy City Manager)]
[C. Consider approval of a professional services contract with Kimley-Horn Associates for design review of Lakewood Drive and sanitary sewer facilities in an amount not to exceed $250,000. (Staff Presenter: Tommy Ludwig, Deputy City Manager)]
[D. Consider approval of a minute order ratifying the 4A Economic Development Corporation Board's action in authorizing an expenditure in an amount not to exceed $140,000 for roadway design review expenses incurred under a professional services contract with Kimley-Horn Associates. (Staff Presenter: Tommy Ludwig, Deputy City Manager)]
AUTHORIZING THE REIMBURSEMENT OF RA DEVELOPMENT LIMITED FOR SEWER DESIGN COSTS PURSUANT TO AN EXISTING CHAPTER 380 AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT.IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHT THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS AND RATIFY THE 4A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD'S ACTION AUTHORIZING THE REIMBURSEMENT OF RA DEVELOPMENT LIMITED FOR ROADWAY DESIGN COSTS PURSUANT TO AN EXISTING CHAPTER 380 AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN.
THE STAFF PRESENTER IS ONCE AGAIN TOMMY LUDWIG, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
I GET, I GET ALL THE ITEMS. SO, SO ACTUALLY THE PRESENTATION THAT I HAVE BEFORE YOU IS GOING TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH 7B, C AND D, SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
ITEM 7C, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT WITH KINLEY HORNE ASSOCIATES FOR DESIGN REVIEW OF LAKEWOOD DRIVE AND SANITARY SEWER FACILITIES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND AND THEN 7D IS CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF A MINUTE ORDER RATIFYING THE 4A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD'S ACTION IN AUTHORIZING AND EXPENDITURE IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND FOUR ROADWAY DESIGN REVIEW EXPENSES INCURRED UNDER THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH KINLEY HORNE AND ASSOCIATES TOMMY.
SO MAYOR COUNCIL, AS PER PRESENTATION TO THE 4A BOARD, THIS WOULD BE A VERY SIMILAR PRESENTATION AND AS I DID WITH THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, BEFORE I GO INTO THE ACTUAL SPECIFIC ACTION ITEMS, I'M GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY AND CONTEXT.
SO JUST AS A GENERAL REMINDER, CHISHOLM SUMMIT IN JULY OF 2020, THE COUNCIL APPROVED A MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY POLICY, BASICALLY OUTLINING THE BASICALLY THE CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES FOR WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL ENGAGED INTO CITY PARTICIPATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES.
ON MAY 3RD, THERE WAS A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL, INDICATING THAT CHISHOLM SUMMIT WOULD BE A NET POSITIVE TO THE CITY, SPECIFICALLY TO BE OVER A BILLION DOLLARS IN NEW VALUATION ADDED TO THE CITY OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD.
AND FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF CITY PARTICIPATION, THE ESTIMATED RETURN WOULD BE A DOLLAR SIXTY SIX ON JUNE 7TH.
THE COUNCIL TOOK TWO ACTIONS FIRST ENTERING INTO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH RA DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO TO APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF 92 ACRES OF LAND FOR A FUTURE OFFICE OR MEDICAL PARK.
SO SOME OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT, IT'S GOING TO BE OVER NINE HUNDRED ACRES.
THERE'S ANTICIPATE TO BE OVER 3000 RESIDENTIAL UNITS WITHIN CHISHOLM SUMMIT, OVER 10 MILES OF INTERCONNECTED TRAILS, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE 102 ACRES OF PARKLAND DEDICATION.
AGAIN, JOIN WITH THE NINETY TWO ACRES FROM THE CITY'S PURCHASE FOR THE BUSINESS PART.
SO AS PART OF THAT 380 AGREEMENT, THERE WERE OBLIGATIONS SET FORTH FOR THE DEVELOPER AS WELL AS THE CITY.
ON THE DEVELOPER SIDE, DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO ANNEX IN A PHASE APPROACH.
THEY WERE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO DEDICATE A THREE ACRE TRACT OF LAND FOR A FUTURE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY.
THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING ALL THE DESIGN, BID AND CONSTRUCTION WORK, AND THE CITY WOULD BE REIMBURSING THEM FOR THOSE COSTS.
THEY'D BE DONATING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THE THIRD PHASE TO THE DEVELOPMENT, AND OF COURSE, THEY'D BE FOLLOWING ALL STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCAL GUIDELINES.
SO FROM THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION PERSPECTIVE, THERE WAS A CITY CONTRIBUTION FOR SEWER AS WELL AS ROADWAY ON THE SEWER.
THE INTENT WAS TO BE A PHASED APPROACH WITH THE PHASE ONE, TWO AND THREE.
PHASE ONE WOULD BE THAT GRAVITY SEWER THAT I JUST SPOKE ABOUT A MOMENT AGO FROM MOCKINGBIRD LANE TO CR 914, WHICH IS THE GREEN LINE THERE.
PHASE TWO AND THREE IS GOING TO BE A MIXTURE OF A LIFT STATION, AS WELL AS TWO PARALLEL FORCE MAINS AND THEN A GRAVITY SEWER LINE FROM THAT LIFT STATION.
ANTICIPATED TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR THIS WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $8 MILLION IN DEVELOPER REIMBURSEMENTS THAT WILL BE COMING FROM THE SEWER FUNDS.
ON THE ROADWAY SIDE, AGAIN, YOU'D HAVE THREE PHASES OF LAKEWOOD DRIVE.
THE ROAD'S INTENDED TO BE A FOUR LANE AND DIVIDED ARTERIAL.
AGAIN, PHASED APPROACH, WITH PHASE ONE BEING FROM 1902 TO 1016 AND THEN PHASES TWO AND THREE FROM 1016 TO 1020.
THE SOURCE OF FUNDS HERE WOULD BE 4A ANTICIPATED $35 MILLION WORTH OF REIMBURSEMENTS TO THE DEVELOPER FOR THIS PORTION OF WORK.
FROM THE DESIGN PERSPECTIVE, AGAIN, I'VE ALREADY STATED THAT THE DEVELOPER RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING A DESIGN OF ALL THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
HOWEVER, WHILE THE DEVELOPERS ARE DESIGNING IT, WE STILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF STATE AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS.
SO WE WOULD DEEM TO BE DOING DESIGN.
SO PER THAT 380, THE CITY IS GOING TO BE ENTERING INTO A THIRD PARTY ENGINEER REVIEW
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CONTRACT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN KEEP TRACK AND MOVE VERY, VERY QUICKLY WITH THE CHISHOLM SUMMIT DEVELOPMENT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION BE FOR KIMLEY HORN TO PERFORM THAT WORK.COUNCIL IS ALSO GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO APPROVE ALL FINAL DESIGNS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND AGAIN, WE'LL BE REIMBURSING THE DEVELOPER FOR ALL COSTS FOR DESIGN AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION.
SO AS THE CITY SECRETARY IS READ INTO THE RECORD, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ITEMS HERE.
FIRST, REALLY REIMBURSEMENTS OF DESIGN COSTS TO THE DEVELOPER.
FIRST, FOR PHASE TWO AND THREE OF THE SEWER.
FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHT THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, AS WELL AS THE RATIFICATION OF THE ACTION OF THE 4A BOARD AND THE AMOUNT OF SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTEEN DOLLARS FOR PHASE ONE THROUGH THREE OF LAKEWOOD DRIVE.
THEN WE HAVE THAT TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DESIGN CONTRACT WITH KIMLEY HORN, WHICH ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WILL BE COMING FROM 4A AND THEN 110 WOULD BE COMING ON THE SEWER SIDE FROM A HIGH LEVEL SCHEDULE STANDPOINT, ASSUMING THAT COUNCIL TAKES ACTION TO APPROVE THESE ITEMS TONIGHT.
WE WOULD AGAIN BE HAVING THAT ITEM APPEAR BEFORE COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 18TH FOR A BIT OF WORD OF PHASE ONE GRAVITY SEWER.
I DO HAVE A NOTE HERE ABOUT A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION FOR ROADWAY DESIGN, AND I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT.
SO WE HAVE ITEMS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTIONS TO RA DEVELOPMENT, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE REIMBURSING THEM FOR THEIR COST.
HOWEVER, THE ROADWAY DESIGN PORTION OF THIS IS PROPOSED TO BE FUNDED THROUGH 4-A FUNDS FROM A BOND SALE FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
SO ESSENTIALLY, WHAT THAT REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION IS GOING TO DO IS THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SPENDING COSTS WITH THE INTENT OF BASICALLY REIMBURSE OURSELVES FROM THE PROCEEDS OF FUTURE DEBT.
SO THAT'S A SPECIFIC REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION ON THE CITY SIDE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE LEVERAGING DEBT FOR THAT.
THE ITEMS NOT APPEARING BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING AND WORKING WITH MARTIN IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, WE'RE LIKELY TO BE BRINGING FORWARD OTHER REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTIONS FOR CITY PROJECTS, FOR PROJECTS WE INTEND TO ISSUE DEBT FOR AND MOVE FORWARD QUICKLY.
ESSENTIALLY, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION IS IT ALLOWS US TO MOVE FORWARD BEFORE WE ISSUED THAT DEBT, SO WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD ON THOSE PROJECTS.
THE INTENT IS THAT WE'LL LIKELY BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN NOVEMBER OF 2021 FOR THIS PHASE ONE SEWER DESIGN.
BY DECEMBER OF 2023, THE EXPECTATION IS WE'D HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO COMPLETE ALL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND IN MARCH OF 2024, WE ANTICIPATE WE'D BE COMPLETED WITH LANDSCAPING.
SO THE SPECIFIC ITEMS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING WE HAVE 7B, WHICH IS A DESIGN REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION RA IS THAT, SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND ON THE SEWER SIDE AND THEN A RATIFICATION OF THE ACTION OF THE 4A BOARD AND THEIR RESOLUTION AND THE AMOUNT OF SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN DOLLARS.
STEPH IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THAT ITEM.
ON ITEM C, THIS IS THE DESIGN CONTRACT WITH KIMLEY HORN.
SO AGAIN, THEY'LL BE ACTING ON OUR BEHALF, DOING THAT ENGINEERING REVIEW THAT RA DEVELOPMENT WILL BE DESIGNING.
THEY'LL BE ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND OF WHICH ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY WILL BE COMING FROM 4A FUNDS, ONE HUNDRED AND TEN FROM SEWER FUNDS AND ITEM SEVEN D, RELATED TO THAT CONTRACT IS A RATIFICATION OF THE ACTION OF 4A AND THEIR APPROVAL OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DESIGN CONTRACT.
SO WITH THAT SAID, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE ITEMS. ANYBODY? AND I'M NOT SURE IF I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THIS DURING THE 4A MEETING WHEN I ASKED YOU THE MAX AMOUNT THAT WE'D BE PAYING KIMLEY HORNE, MAX WAS 250? YES, MA'AM.
BECAUSE I'M READING THE CONTRACT, I'M NOT A HUGE FAN OF CONSULTANTS.
I REALIZE THAT WE NEED IT AT TIMES.
I'M READING THE CONTRACT AND I FOUND SOME TERMINOLOGY OF LABOR FEES CAN BE ADDED ON BLAH, BLAH, BLAH FEES CAN BE ADDED ON, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF ADDITIONAL STUFF THAT WERE IT WAS PHRASED THAT IT WASN'T INCLUDED.
AND I KNOW OUR ATTORNEYS READ IT AND MADE SURE AND I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY, BUT IT DEFINITELY WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A, YOU KNOW, RAISED MY EYEBROWS JUST A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS OUR ABSOLUTE MAX ON THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THROWN IN ALL THESE ADDITIONAL THINGS.
SO OF COURSE, I WOULD DEFER TO THE ATTORNEYS FOR WHAT I'D SAY.
IT'S AN ITEM IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED.
SO IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WAS A SCOPE CHANGE OR THERE WAS SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, WE'D NEED TO BRING THAT ITEM BEFORE COUNCIL.
OK, SO WHAT ORDER ARE WE TAKING TO SEE AND YOU'VE GOT A 7 WHAT C? MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO TAKE IT AS APPEARS ON THE AGENDA WITH 7B BEING THE FIRST ITEM.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS? MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY RONNIE, SECOND BY TAMARA.
ALL IN FAVOR? PASSES UNANIMOUS.
NOW, COUNCIL, IF YOU'LL TAKE UP 7C.
DO I HAVE A MOTION ON 7C? MOVE TO APPROVE.
I GOT A MOTION BY RONNIE, SECOND BY RICK.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.
AND NOW MAYOR, IF YOU'LL TAKE UP ITEM 7D, PLEASE.
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IS THERE A MOTION ON 7D? MOVE TO APPROVE.I'VE GOT A MOTION BY TAMARA AND A SECOND BY VICTORIA.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.
SURPRISINGLY, TOMMY IS NOT THE PRESENTER ON THE NEXT ITEM.
[E. Remove from the table and consider approval of a License Agreement with RCM Depot on Main, L.P. for the use of certain public parking spaces associated with the Depot on Main development. (Staff Presenter: Jennifer Pruitt, Development Services Interim Director)]
ITEM 7E IS TO REMOVE FROM THE TABLE AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH RCN DEPOT ON MAIN LP FOR THE USE OF CERTAIN PUBLIC PARKING SPACES ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPOT ON MAIN DEVELOPMENT.THE STAFF PRESENTER IS JENNIFER PRUITT, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INTERIM DIRECTOR.
MAYOR, IF YOU COULD PLEASE FIRST CALL FOR A MOTION TO REMOVE THIS ITEM FROM THE TABLE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO REMOVE? SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION BY RICK, A SECOND BY TAMARA.
THE ITEM IS REMOVED FROM THE TABLE.
MS. PRUITT? THANK YOU, MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, FOR THE RECORD, JENNIFER PRUITT, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INTERIM DIRECTOR, PRESENTING DEPOT ON MAIN PARKING LICENSE AGREEMENT.
THIS PARTICULAR ITEM WAS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE DEPOT ON MAIN IS A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS A COMMERCIAL SITE PLAN THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FOR A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT OF TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE DWELLING UNITS.
THIS PARTICULAR ITEM RELATED TO THE PARKING LICENSE AGREEMENT WAS BEFORE COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 7TH AND PRESENTED BY STAFF.
AT THAT TIME, THE ITEM WAS TABLED.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE OWNER, ALEXANDER BROWN, WAS IN ATTENDANCE AT THAT PARTICULAR MEETING AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE WERE CONCERNS RELATED TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE PARKING LICENSE AGREEMENT.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE ITEM THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY IS AN AMENDED PARKING LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR 40 YEAR TERM, WITH THE OPTION OF TWO 20 YEARS EXTENSIONS.
THAT'S BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, RCM REQUESTS THE RIGHT FOR THE RESIDENTS TO PARK IN THE PARKING SPACES RELATED TO THE PROJECT.
THE AREA IS IDENTIFIED IN BLUE FOR THE HOURS OF EIGHT P.M.
RCI ALSO REQUESTS THAT THOSE PARKING COUNTS NOT COUNT TOWARDS FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS ADJACENT TO THE PARTICULAR SUBJECT SITE.
RCM ALSO AGREES TO NOT MARK, SIGN OR METER ANY OF THE PUBLIC PARKING SPACES.
THEY ALSO AGREE TO NOT PRIVATE ENFORCE THOSE SPACES.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT RCM AGREES TO CONTINUE TO LEASE THE LIVE WORK UNITS AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED FOR A PERIOD OF 18 MONTHS.
RCM ALSO AGREES NOT TO BLOCK THIS PARTICULAR AREA IDENTIFIED ON THE SITE FOR INTERNAL ROADWAY ACCESS, AND THEY WILL REMAIN FOR SITE CIRCULATION.
RCM ALSO AGREES TO REIMBURSEMENT TO THE CITY FOR STRIPING COSTS EVERY 10 YEARS.
RCM ALSO AGREES TO INITIATE AND CONSTRUCT THE PARKING IDENTIFIED IN BLUE IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
JUST A REMINDER, THE LIVE WORK UNITS THAT ARE IN QUESTION ARE IDENTIFIED ON THE SCREEN IN RED, AND THE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE PARKING SPACES RELATED TO THIS PARKING AGREEMENT ARE IDENTIFIED IN BLUE.
SO TONIGHT'S MOTION SHOULD BE TO APPROVE THE LICENSE AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.
YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO DENY OR MODIFY THE AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE PROJECT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE AGREEMENT AS WELL.
STAFF IS AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I'VE STUDIED THIS, AND YOU ALL KNOW I'VE KIND OF TAKEN THIS SUBJECT HOME FROM THE START.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A CONCERN OF MINE THAT THIS BEING ESPECIALLY THE FIRST MULTIFAMILY PROJECT TO OCCUR IN OLD TOWN, THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE CHARACTER BLENDS WELL WITH WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN OLD TOWN.
AND AS WE ANTICIPATE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT THIS COMMUNITY THAT WILL BE CREATED WITH AN OLD TOWN BLEND WITH AND BECOME A PART OF SO THAT OLD TOWN CAN FLOW INTO IT AND IT
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CAN FLOW INTO OLD TOWN APARTMENT COMPLEXES HAVE A TENDENCY TO GROW AS AS URBAN ISLANDS.IF YOU GO INTO THE CONCEPT, IF YOU GO INTO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, IT'S LIKE YOU'RE A VISITOR.
WHEN YOU WHEN YOU WHEN YOU LEAVE AT NIGHT, THEY WANT TO CLOSE THE GATES, THEY WANT TO CONTROL ACCESS AND THAT GOES AGAINST WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO ALL ALONG WITH THIS PROJECT.
THE PARKING, HOWEVER, IS NECESSARY, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE, FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE PARKING SPACES THAT IT NEEDS.
SO THE BEST SOLUTION THAT CAN BE REACHED FOR THIS, I THINK, IS THE ONE THAT WE'VE GOT BEFORE US TONIGHT.
I THINK IT ANSWERS MY CONCERNS VERY ADEQUATELY AND ALSO PRODUCES FOR THE DEVELOPER OF THE PARKING SPACES THAT SATISFY THEIR CREDITORS AND INVESTORS THAT THEY WON'T BE AT PERIL.
I KNOW THAT THE HOURS ARE STILL STIPULATED ON THE PARKING PLACES UNDER THE LEASE AGREEMENT, AND I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF WORRY ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE HOURS.
BUT THESE PARKING PLACES WILL BE ENFORCED NO DIFFERENTLY FROM OTHER PARKING PLACES WITHIN THE CITY.
OUR EXISTING CODE OF ORDINANCES ALREADY SAYS THAT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, ANY VEHICLE PARKED IN ONE SPOT FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS IS SUBJECT TO CITATION AND OR TOWING AS NEEDED.
IT'S NO DIFFERENT IN THIS AREA.
TIME SLOT WILL HAVE NO BEARING ON THE PUBLIC PARKING IN THE AREA AT ALL, AND THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THAT IN ANY KIND OF WAY.
THEY CAN'T PUT UP SIGNS, THEY CAN'T TOW VEHICLES, AND NEITHER CAN WE.
SO WE CAN'T OBSTRUCT THESE PARKING PLACES AWAY FROM THEIR USE.
THEY WE THEY CAN'T OBSTRUCT IT AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC USE.
SO I THINK WE'VE ACHIEVED TO WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE WITH THIS, AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS AS WE HAVE IT TONIGHT.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS? I GOT ONE QUESTION, THE PARKING LOTS AGREEMENT SAYS IT GRANTS OUR STADIUM THE RIGHT FOR RESIDENTS TO PARK IN THE PUBLIC SPACES FROM EIGHT P.M.
TO SIX A.M.. HOW DOES IT DO THAT IF THEY CAN'T SIGN IT OR ANYTHING ELSE? I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S SOMETHING I'M NOT SEEING HERE.
NO, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE NOT SAYING.
WHAT THIS DOES ALLOW IS FOR THE RESIDENTS TO UTILIZE THOSE PARKING SPACES.
REGARDING THOSE PARTICULAR HOURS NOTED FROM 8:00 P.M.
SO IT ALLOWS FOR THEM TO USE THE SPACES.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY PART OF THE OTHER.
THE OTHER ANSWER RELATED TO THIS WAS THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS REGARDING SIGNING OF SPECIFIC HOURS AND STAFF'S UNDERSTANDING WAS IT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTED BY COUNCIL.
BUT IT ALLOWS THE RESIDENTS TO UTILIZE THOSE PARKING SPACES.
MY ONE CONCERN, THEN, IS FUTURE.
IF WE HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON IN OLD TOWN AND ALL OF THESE SPACES ARE UTILIZED BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC, I'M WORRIED ABOUT HOW MANY RESIDENTS I'M GOING TO HAVE SITTING IN COUNCIL THROWING, BEING UPSET BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE SIGNED A LICENSE AGREEMENT THAT GRANTS THEM RIGHT TO USE SPACES THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO.
TO ME, THIS LOOKS LIKE, IT'S JUST LIKE PUTTING THE COUNCIL UNDER THE BUS IS THE WAY I SEE IT, BECAUSE IT'S TELLING US THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GRANT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE OR THE RIGHT TO USE THIS SPACE, BUT WE'RE NOT GRANT THEM THE RIGHT AT ALL, FROM THE WAY I SEE IT.
WE'RE JUST NOT GRANTING THEM THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY CAN PARK IN THOSE PLACES THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
THEY CAN PARK IN ANY OTHER PUBLIC SPACE IF IT'S AVAILABLE, BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE THEM THE RIGHT TO SAY NO ONE ELSE CAN PARK THERE BETWEEN EIGHT P.M.
OK, SO I MEAN, YEAH, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT PARKING COULD BECOME A PREMIUM, BUT IT'S UNLIKELY THAT AN EVENT THAT WOULD BE SANCTIONED BY THE CITY WOULD GET INTO THOSE HOURS.
WELL, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT JUST A GENERAL TYPE EVENT, JUST ANYTHING THAT WOULD FILL THOSE SPOTS UP.
AND THEN THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE MAY GET UPSET WITH US, COME DOWN AND WANT TO REALLY COMPLAIN BECAUSE THEY PAY A LOT OF MONEY TO GO LIVE IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT THERE IS NO PARKING FOR.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.
I WOULD FEEL MUCH BETTER IF THEY WOULD PUT THE PARKING SPACES ON THEIR PROPERTY.
SO IF I CAN ASK ON THE THIS WAS BROUGHT UP BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLENDON AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE DISCUSSED THIS ON THE AGREEMENT ON THE LICENSE AGREEMENT ON PAGE ONE, IT SAYS NONEXCLUSIVE PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLE, RESIDENCE GUEST, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
AND THEN IMMEDIATELY ON THE SECOND PAGE, IT THEN SAYS PARKING SPACES SHALL BE FOR
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THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF MOTOR VEHICLES BY THE RESIDENTS, GUESTS, INVITEES, VISITORS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, BETWEEN THOSE HOURS.SO IT'S VERY CONTRADICTORY AND I WOULD LOOK.
SO THERE'S PAGE TWO SAYS EXCLUSIVE PAGE ONE AT THE BOTTOM, SAYS NONEXCLUSIVE.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S PUTTING THAT GOES EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THAT PUTS US IN A POSITION WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT WE'VE GOT A NON-EXCLUSIVE, EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT.
WHICH ONE IS IT? IT'S GOING TO BE NON-EXCLUSIVE, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.
SO WE CAN HAVE THE APPLICANT COME AND PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION FOR YOU REGARDING THE PARKING.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ALEX BROWN, [INAUDIBLE] CAPITAL, 90908 CAROLYN PARKWAY.
SO A COUPLE OF THINGS WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT IS IN THE CURRENT FORM OF THE AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE TRIED TO KIND OF VET THIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE STAFF AND MET WITH COUNCILMAN MCCLENDON TO DISCUSS THIS.
BUT YOU KNOW, REALLY THE CONCEPT OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THESE ARE PUBLIC PARKING SPACES AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE USED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND OUR PROJECT THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, NO ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS, ET CETERA.
YOU KNOW, THE LANGUAGE ABOUT THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE SPACES BETWEEN EIGHT P.M.
AND SIX A.M., YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY A REQUIREMENT OVER FINANCING PARTNERS AS A REITERATION OF OUR RESIDENTS ABILITY TO USE THE SPACE.
YOU KNOW, OUR FINANCING PARTNERS ARE MAKING THEIR APPROXIMATE $50 MILLION INVESTMENT IN OLD TOWN.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO COVER THEIR BASES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
AND IT SAID IN THE PD THAT WE CAN USE THE SPACES THAT ARE UNDER THE LICENSE AGREEMENT.
BUT IT'S A KIND OF JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE MAKING AN INVESTMENT OF THAT SIZE, YOU JUST WANT REASSURANCE THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN USE THE SPACES.
NOW WE'VE STUDIED THE PARKING KIND OF SITUATION IN THIS AREA.
I THINK ONCE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL THAT THERE'S ADEQUATE SPACES FOR THE PUBLIC USE AND THE USE OF OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MAIN HOURS THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO NEED THE SPACES.
BUT ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE ADDED IN THIS AGREEMENT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE LAST TIME WAS BEFORE COUNCIL WAS, YOU KNOW, WE PUT IN THE PROVISION THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WORK WITH STAFF AND STAFF WILL APPLY ON OUR BEHALF TO EXTEND THE PARKING SPACES AND THE RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY, KIND OF ON THE EAST SIDE OF MAIN STREET, PARALLEL WITH THE SPACES THAT WE'RE BUILDING AS PART OF THE PROJECT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE FIRST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IF WE EVER DID RUN INTO A PARKING PROBLEM WHERE WE NEEDED TO BUILD ADDITIONAL SPACES, YOU KNOW, OUR FIRST COURSE OF ACTION WOULD BE TO WORK WITH STAFF TO APPLY TO BUILD ADDITIONAL SPACES IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
AND YOU KNOW, I THINK WE PROBABLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO BUILD AN ADDITIONAL 50 TO 70 FIVE SPACES IN THAT RIGHT-OF-WAY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WILL THERE MAYBE BE ONE EVENT, TWO EVENTS A YEAR WHERE THERE'S MAYBE SOME OVERFLOW PARKING THAT GOES OVER TO, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE DEEP ON MAIN PARKING IS? POSSIBLY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A TOTAL, YOU KNOW, NUISANCE TO OUR RESIDENTS.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS THE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO WANT TO LIVE HERE IS THE PROXIMITY TO THE OLD TOWN.
SO IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GIVE OR TAKE.
AND AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE EVER DID RUN INTO AN ISSUE WITH THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES WE HAD, AS I MENTIONED, OUR FIRST KIND OF COURSE OF ACTION IS GOING TO BE TO BUILD THOSE ADDITIONAL SPACES AS NEEDED IN THE RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE'S A HIGH LIKELIHOOD THAT THAT SOLVES ANY ISSUE.
AND YOU KNOW, WE JUST THREW OUR STUDY OF THE PARKING AREA.
WE DON'T SEE A HUGE AMOUNT OF KIND OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS WITH US HAVING THAT AVAILABILITY TO BUILD ADDITIONAL PARKING.
SO IS IT COMMON FOR YOU TO BUILD APARTMENT COMPLEXES LIKE THIS, KNOWING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE USING OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY FOR THE PARKING? OR IS THAT NOT SOMETHING YOU WOULD NORMALLY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU'RE PURCHASING LAND? IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE SITE, YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GOT THE ZONING FOR THIS PROJECT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ACKNOWLEDGED THE PD THAT THE SPACES SURROUNDING THE PROJECT THAT ARE IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY WOULD BE USED FOR THE PARKING OF THE PROJECT.
SO WHEN IT'S EARLY ON LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S ITEMS THAT WE WORK THROUGH.
WE GOT A PROJECT IN CARROLLTON THAT'S VERY SIMILAR SITUATION WHERE WE'VE GOT PARKING ON TWO PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAYS ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT PROJECTS WHERE THERE'S PARKING 100 PERCENT WITHIN THE PROPERTY.
SO IT JUST IT VARIES BY PROJECT.
I JUST WANT TO I WANT TO RECAP WHAT YOU HAD SAID, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THE FINANCE PARTNERS TO DO THIS DEAL, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS ON THAT PARKING.
AND AS WE STAND HERE TODAY, YOU'RE TELLING US THAT IT'S NOT EXCLUSIVE TO ME, THAT I'LL BE A BE BLUNT.
I MEAN, I DON'T LIKE THE FACT OF TELLING ENGAGING IN A BUSINESS AGREEMENT.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE TELLING THE FINANCE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO PARKING AND THEN HAVING US COME AND COMING TO US AND TELL US IS NOT EXCLUSIVE.
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I DON'T LIKE TO ME THAT'S THAT'S VERY DECEPTIVE AND I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GET INVOLVED IN A DECEPTIVE PRACTICE LIKE THAT.I MEAN, OUR FINANCING PARTNERS HAVE ACCESS TO THIS AGREEMENT.
YOU KNOW, IF IT GETS PASSED TONIGHT, THEY'LL HAVE IT.
I MEAN, THEY ARE VERY SOPHISTICATED.
THEY'VE GOT ATTORNEYS, THEY'LL READ THIS.
I MEAN, WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR FINANCING PARTNERS ON CRAFTING THIS LANGUAGE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF A MEETING OF THE MINDS ON HOW TO, I THINK, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING WHILE STILL, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ACHIEVING THE REASSURANCES THAT OUR FINANCING PARTNERS ARE GOING TO REQUIRE.
BUT YOU HAVEN'T SAT DOWN WITH THEM.
THEY'RE STILL UNDER THE IMPRESSION OF THE EXCLUSIVE.
YOU WANT THEM TO GO OUT AND FIND THAT INFORMATION THEMSELVES.
WE HAVE WORKED WITH OUR PARTNERS ON CRAFTING THIS LANGUAGE.
THEY HAVE SEEN THE DRAFT OF THIS AGREEMENT.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHY YOU SAID IT WOULD BE EXCLUSIVE.
IT IS A WORDING REQUEST ON THEIR, FROM THEM.
SO I GO BACK TO THAT WORDING REQUEST EXCLUSIVE.
I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S READ THE AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, THE SECTION ONE STATES THAT IS FOR THE NON-EXCLUSIVE USE, AND I THINK WE'VE KIND OF OUTLINED HOW THAT WORKS IN REALITY.
ONCE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT PROVIDING ALL THE FINANCING FOR THIS PROJECT IS JUST A REQUEST BY OUR FINANCING PARTNERS AND THEIR ATTORNEYS TO HAVE THAT LANGUAGE IN THE AGREEMENT.
I'M CURIOUS WHAT YOU COMMUNICATE TO YOUR RESIDENTS LIKE I KNOW YOU, SAID CARROLLTON.
HOW DO YOU? I USED TO LIVE IN DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH AND THEY WOULD SAY, LIKE, HERE'S OUR PARKING GARAGE AND THERE'S LIMITED PARKING IN THE FRONT AND ON THE IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY, ON OFF OF THE STREET.
BUT IT'S FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE A PARKING SPOT.
SO HOW DO YOU COMMUNICATE THAT? ARE YOU UP FRONT THAT RESIDENTS MAY NOT HAVE A SPOT? YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES THAT STARTS AT SEVEN THIRTY? WE HAVE EVENTS THAT GO ON IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BTEC SPRUE FESTIVAL, AND SO I JUST DON'T WANT TO LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER, STANFORD SAID.
I DON'T WANT RESIDENTS TO HAVE THE THE I DON'T WANT THEM TO COME BACK ON US AND SAY, WELL, YOU, YOU KNEW THAT THEY NEEDED THE PARKING, BUT AND THEY'VE EXCLUDED IN THIS CONTRACT.
HOW DO Y'ALL COMMUNICATE THAT TO YOUR RESIDENTS? YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN OUR PROJECT IN CARROLLTON, ET CETERA.
BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE RESERVED PARKING THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE TUCK UNDER GARAGES.
AND IF YOU WANT TO RESERVED SPACE, YOU CAN RENT ONE OF THE TUCK UNDER GARAGES AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S MADE KNOWN TO THE RESIDENTS THAT YOU KNOW, PARKING IS OUT OF, FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS AND YOU'VE GOT XYZ AREAS THAT YOU CAN PARK AND YOU KNOW.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO LIVE HERE IS THE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE OLD TOWN.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU JUST LAY OUT THE EXPECTATION THAT THERE MAY BE THE OCCASIONAL EVENT IN OLD TOWN THAT CAUSES SOME PARKING TO COME ON THIS SIDE OF RENFRO.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 50 PUBLIC PARKING SPACES ALREADY EXIST TO THE SOUTH OF OUR PROJECT.
AND YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, I THINK FROM THE TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR PEAK PARKING DEMAND IS WHICH IS REALLY KIND OF 10:00 P.M.
TO 6:00 A.M., YOU KNOW, PROBABLY AT LEAST SOME OF THE PUBLIC TRAFFIC WILL BE GONE BY THEN.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK JUST FROM THE OVERLAPPING OF USES AND, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, THE DEMAND FROM THE CITY NOT NECESSARILY BEING OUR PEAK DEMAND.
YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ONE OR TWO TIMES A YEAR WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND A PARKING SPACE, YOU KNOW, I THINK RESIDENTS WILL LIVE WITH THAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF LIVING IN SUCH CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE OLD TOWN.
EXCUSE ME, I'M GOING TO INTERRUPT HERE.
WE NEED TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSIONS.
WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT ON THIS.
IF YOU'LL WAIT JUST A MOMENT, LET ME ANNOUNCE THE SECTIONS WE'RE GOING UNDER.
SO PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FROM TIME TO TIME AS DEEMED NECESSARY TO GET ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY.
AT THIS TIME, MAYOR AND COUNCIL COULD TAKE A MOTION TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS? SO MOVED.
I HAVE A MOTION BY DAN AND THE SECOND BY JIMMY.
ALL IN FAVOR? IF YOU CAN STATE THE TIME? WE'RE GOING HERE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:49.
I GOT MOTION BY VICTORIA AND A SECOND BY RICK.
ALL IN FAVOR? AND SEEING UNANIMOUS.
YOU KNOW, WAIT, JUST A MOMENT, WE'RE MISSING ONE COUNCIL MEMBER.
WE HAVE MOTION AND A SECOND TO RECONVENE., ALL IN FAVOR?
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PASSES UNANIMOUS.SO, MAYOR, WE ARE STILL ON ITEM 7E BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
IS THIS A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH RCM DEPOT ON THE MAIN LP FOR THE USE OF CERTAIN PUBLIC PARKING SPACES? IS THERE ANY COMMENTS? I'VE GOT ONE.
ALEX, WOULD YOU MIND COMING BACK UP TO THE PODIUM? THANK YOU.
ALEX, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN PAINFUL.
THIS IS OUR FIRST GO ROUND OF GETTING A A MULTIFAMILY IN OUR OLD TOWN AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO THIS RIGHT.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS DO SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T SIT WELL.
SO IN OUR EXCLUSIVE WORD, I KNOW, I KNOW, YOU RECOGNIZE I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.
IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD CHANGE THAT TO PRIORITY ACCESS INSTEAD OF EXCLUSIVE? WOULD THAT BE DOABLE, YOU THINK? YEAH.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I OBVIOUSLY UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS AND THAT YOU KNOW, THIS IS ON ITS FACE SEEMS A LITTLE CONFUSING, CONVOLUTED.
SO IF THAT CLEANS IT UP AND YOU KNOW, I THINK GIVES, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, MORE EASE ON HOW THIS IS WRITTEN.
I THINK WE COULD LIVE WITH THAT.
I THINK IF WE CAN GO WITH PRIORITY ACCESS, I THINK THIS IS I THINK WE CAN FINISH THIS THING UP TONIGHT.
WHAT WAS? THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST OF THE FIRST PAGE FOR THAT SENTENCE BEGINS.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE ON STREET PARKING SPACE SPACES SHALL BE FOR THE YOU CURRENTLY HAVE EXCLUSIVE USE.
WE WOULD SIMPLY CHANGE IT TO PRIORITY USE OF MOTOR VEHICLES BY RESIDENTS, GUESTS, INVITEES, VISITORS AND OTHER USERS OF THE PROPERTY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF EIGHT AND SIX.
JIMMY? THEN IN THAT CASE, I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THAT CHANGE THAT EXCLUSIVELY CHANGED TO PRIORITY.
AND I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDED LICENSE AGREEMENT, I GUESS THE AMENDED AMENDED LICENSE AGREEMENT.
I HAVE A MOTION BY JIMMY AND A SECOND BY DAN.
ALL IN FAVOR? WE GOT IT, IT'S UNANIMOUS.
THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US.
MR. MAYOR, YOU HAD YOU HAD ONE HAND DIDN'T COME UP.
I MISSED? YOU DIDN'T CALL FOR OPPOSED.
I NEED TO CALL FOR A VOTE AGAIN.
ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? OKAY.
WE HAVE SIX FOR, AND ONE AGAINST.
NEXT UP, THIS ITEM 7F, THIS IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A PURCHASE OF A HEAVY DUTY
[F. Consider approval of a purchase of a Pierce Ascendant 107' Heavy-Duty Aerial Ladder Truck from Siddons Martin Emergency Group through an interlocal agreement with Houston Galveston Area Council in the amount not to exceed $1,500,000. (Staff Presenter: K.T. Freeman, Fire Chief)]
AERIAL LADDER TRUCK FROM SEIDEN MARTIN EMERGENCY GROUP THROUGH AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.YOUR STAFF PRESENTER TONIGHT IS KT FREEMAN, FIRE CHIEF.
CHIEF FREEMAN? THANK YOU, AMANDA.
I'VE GOT A SHORT PRESENTATION FOR YOU AND I LIKE TO DRAW UP TO THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION THAT THE PURCHASE OF THIS AERIAL IS ALREADY IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET THAT'S BEEN APPROVED.
BUT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY AND I REALLY APPRECIATE OUR CITY MANAGER BRYAN LANGLEY.
LETTING ME BRING THIS FORWARD AND THEN WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR VENDORS.
SO THERE'S SOME DISCOUNTS, SOME PREPAID DISCOUNTS THAT WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE IT APPROVED BY SEPTEMBER 30TH.
IF YOU APPROVE IT TONIGHT, IT'LL HELP US SAVE ABOUT $25000.
SO I LIKE TO SHOW YOU JUST A BRIEF CONCEPTUAL DEPICTION OF IT SHOWS BOWLING GREEN IT WAS IN YOUR PACKET.
I COULDN'T GET THE VENDOR TO DO ANY KIND OF CUT AND PASTE AND PUT BURLESON ON IT, BUT THIS IS GOING TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE AREA WOULD LOOK LIKE.
I WOULD HAVE OBVIOUSLY BURLESON, BUT IT IS.
IT IS A STATE OF THE ART PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
I'LL TELL YOU THAT WE WORKED WITH FORT WORTH.
ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT WHEN YOU GO TO THESE SPECIALIZED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH.
THOSE THAT HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH, YOU KNOW YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT AS PRONE TO COME OUT SO SUCCESSFUL.
BUT WE'VE TAKEN FORT WORTH SPECS, LAKE WORTH TOOK FORT WORTH SPECS AND REFINED THEM.
THEN WE WENT TO LAKE WORTH A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND SO OUR FINAL SPEC IS GOING TO BE TOP NOTCH.
PEOPLE WILL BE COMING TO BURLESON TO SEE HOW WE'VE DONE IT.
WE ALSO RECEIVE SOME DISCOUNTS AND THE BEST PRICES THEY'RE WORKING, AS AMANDA SAID.
AND I HAVE IT IN YOUR POCKET, THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE HOUSTON AND GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL.
SO THE WAY THAT WORKS IS SINCE THESE APPARATUS ARE CUSTOM, THEY'VE GONE OUT, THEY PUT PACKAGES TOGETHER AND THEN WHEN WE LIMIT THOSE, WE GET TO LOCK IN THOSE PRICES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN NEGOTIATED.
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SO THAT'S THE PROCESS.AND IT ALSO HELPS US, TOO, TO BE ABLE TO USE THIS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW ARE CURRENTLY TIME IS ABOUT 15 MONTHS AND SO ABOUT A YEAR ISH PLUS FROM NOW, WE'LL BE GETTING OUR NEW AERIAL AGAIN WITH THE APPROVAL.
SO TONIGHT IT'S REALLY, REALLY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
AND I'LL BE, YOU KNOW, GLAD TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.
WHAT I'M ASKING YOU AGAIN TO DO IS APPROVE AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE ONE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS THAT HASN'T CHANGED AND THAT WOULD BE TO PURCHASE THE AERIAL.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE TO PURCHASE ANYTIME WE BUY A FIRE TRUCK.
AND SO THAT EQUIPMENT ALSO OUR ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT IS INCLUDED IN THAT ONE POINT FIVE MILLION.
AND I GAVE YOU A BREAKDOWN IN YOUR PACKET OF THE QUOTE AND ALL THE SUPPLEMENTALS AND THE SPECS AND WHATNOT.
SO YOU'D HAVE A LOT OF DETAIL.
SO THE ASK TONIGHT IS REALLY SIMPLE IS JUST TO APPROVE TONIGHT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO FORWARD OCTOBER 1ST TO PURCHASE THIS.
AND THE DEALER WILL CALL IT GOOD IN THE SENSE THAT THEY'LL CONSIDER IT OUR LETTER OF INTENT TO PURCHASE.
AND THEN WE'LL GET THAT TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND.
ACTUALLY, IT'S CLOSER TO TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PREPAID DISCOUNTS.
I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
CHIEF TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IS NOT A LOT OF INTEREST ON $1.5 MILLION FOR 18 MONTHS OR HAVE WE RUN THE NUMBERS TO SEE WHETHER WE'D BE BETTER OFF MAKING PROGRESS PAYMENTS? I'M ASSUMING THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE PROGRESS PAYMENTS AS THE ALTERNATE FINANCING MODEL FROM A FULL ON PREPAID.
I HAVE NOT COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLENDON WE CAN, BUT WE DID NOT RUN THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A CASH PURCHASE.
WE'LL BE ISSUING THE PO, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THE SCHEDULE FOR THE PROGRESS, BUT THERE IS SOME MONEY THAT'S PAID UP FRONT AND THEN THE REST OF THAT IS PAID ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF DELIVERABLES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THE CHASSIS IS COMPLETED.
THAT HELPS TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT APPEARS FROM PREPAY TO ME IS PREPAY AND MAYBE I'M OVERSIMPLIFYING, BUT THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM THE MONEY UPFRONT SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO USE THEIR OWN CAPITAL TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS THING UNTIL IT'S READY FOR DELIVERY.
I ALSO NOTED THAT YOU HAVE A PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BOND FEE THAT'S INCLUDED INTO THIS, AS WELL AS A MAINTENANCE GUARANTEE.
THE AND THIS SOUNDS MORE LIKE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WHEN YOU'RE GETTING INTO THAT KIND OF THING, BUT IT RAISES A QUESTION IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUY SOMETHING FOR A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE 18 MONTHS TO DELIVER.
ESSENTIALLY, YOU ARE PAYING FOR A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.
AND MY QUESTION WOULD BE THEN IF THIS IS A FULL PREPAY AND IT IS COVERED BY A BOND FROM SOME OTHER ENTITIES SAYING THAT I GUARANTEE THEY'LL FINISH BUILDING YOUR FIRE TRUCK ONCE THEY START.
THEN WHO'S THAT BACKER? BECAUSE THEY'RE BONDING COMPANIES AND THEY'RE A BONDING COMPANY COMPANIES.
SOME ARE SOLID, SOME ARE NO BETTER THAN THE PRINCIPLE THAT THEY'RE BACKING.
I JUST LIKE TO HAVE SOME ASSURANCE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT.
I DON'T MIND PAYING AS WE GO ALONG.
THE PROGRESS PAYMENT MONTHLY OR WHATEVER BASED ON THE VALUE OF THE COMPLETED WORK AS IF THIS WERE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.
BUT IF THIS IS A FULL PREPAY, IT'S COVERED BY A BOND THAT'S GOOD AS LONG AS THE BOND GOOD.
AND IS IT REALLY WORTH IT BECAUSE WE COULD INVEST THE MONEY MEANTIME AND PROBABLY EARN THAT MUCH INTEREST BACK? POINT WELL TAKEN.
I DO KNOW WE HAVE A WE WILL HAVE A BOND.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT WITH THE SALESPERSON.
ONE OF THE DIRECTIONS FROM THE CITY MANAGER TO ME IS IF IT'S APPROVED TONIGHT, PIERCE WOULD SEND US ALL THE PAPERWORK AND THEN OUR LEGAL WOULD REVIEW IT, INCLUDING THE BOND.
THIS WOULD BE THE THIRD APPARATUS THAT WE PURCHASED FROM PIERCE.
BUT YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN AND THERE WOULD BE NO PO ISSUED PRIOR TO THE PAPERWORK THAT THEY SENT US THAT WOULD BE REVIEWED IN THE BOND, OBVIOUSLY IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THAT.
BUT YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO GET BACK WITH YOU WITH ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE.
AND JUST ONE MORE QUESTION HOW MANY CUP HOLDERS IS IN THIS THING? IT HAS CAPACITY QUITE A FEW.
I THINK, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING AND POSSIBLE CLARIFICATIONS THAT, THEY'RE MAYBE THEY'RE JUST SEEING THE LOI BY THE DATE, THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS IS REALLY COME DOWN TO.
THE LETTER OF INTENT BY THE END OF THIS MONTH STATED THAT THEY ARE FOR SURE PURCHASING THIS AND FOR THEM TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH ALL THE OTHER.
SO WE'RE STILL ON THE PAYMENT KIND OF PLAN, ESSENTIALLY.
WELL, I THINK WITH US BEING IN A POSITION TO DO A CASH, WE HAVEN'T FINANCED A FIRE TRUCK.
MAYBE THE LAST I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHEN, BUT THE THE MAIN THING IS THEY DO OFFER DISCOUNTS.
WE'RE GOING TO GET A BOND NO MATTER WHAT.
AND SO THIS IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY IF WE IF YOU ALL CHOOSE TO SAVE SOME MONEY.
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BUT COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLENDON POINT'S WELL TAKEN AND I'LL BE GLAD TO GET THAT INFORMATION.AND WE HAVE, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE RATINGS ARE REQUIRED FOR THE BONDING COMPANIES, BUT THEY'LL BE A RATING THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THAT.
IT'S A HIGH RATING FOR THE BONDING COMPANY SO THAT THEY HAVE THE FINANCIAL WHEREWITHAL TO MAKE PAYMENT IF NEEDED.
BUT REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH MONEY WE PAY NOW AND AS THIS TRUCK IS BUILT, AT SOME POINT WE DO HAVE SOME EXPOSURE THAT SOME AMOUNT OF MONEY HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THAT COMPANY AND WE DON'T YET HAVE THE DELIVERY.
AND SO THE BOND IS DESIGNED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MADE WHOLE.
HOWEVER YOU FINANCE IT, HOWEVER YOU PAY FOR IT, THERE'S SOME EXPOSURE THERE.
SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THAT.
SO ANYWAY, HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS.
BUT FRANKLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RATING REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR THE RATINGS FOR THE BONDING COMPANY OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
TYPICAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN TEXAS HAVE IT BASICALLY THAT THE BONDING COMPANY HAD JUST LICENSED TO DO BUSINESS, AND THE LICENSING BOARD TAKES CARE OF THE QUALIFICATIONS AND THE FINANCIAL STABILITY SO THAT THAT'S NO ISSUE.
BUT WE HAVE SEEN IN RECENT MEMORY WHERE BONDS FROM OTHER AGENCIES OUTSIDE THE TEXAS JURISDICTION HAVE BEEN USED TO BACK UP CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
AND WHEN THE PRIME CONTRACTOR FAILED TO DELIVER THE GOODS, THE BONDS WERE ANY BETTER THAN HE WAS.
SO THE OWNER STILL LEFT WITH AN UNCOMPLETED CAPITAL PURCHASE THAT DOES THEM NO GOOD, AND THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF MONEY TIED UP IN IT.
SO THAT WAS I MEAN, AS FAR AS APPROVING THE PURCHASE, ABSOLUTELY.
AS LONG AS IT'S GOT ENOUGH CUPHOLDERS, I'M ON BOARD.
BUT I JUST WANT TO RESERVE A SECOND LOOK AT THE FINANCING MODEL AND THE ASSURANCES THAT WE GET THAT WE DO GET A COMPLETED.
WE'LL GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION.
WE JUST WEREN'T PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT TONIGHT.
OKAY, CHIEF, JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION.
I KNOW THIS IS DEFINITELY YOUR AREA.
SO IF I TALK OUT OF TURN, PLEASE CORRECT ME.
BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NOT VERY MANY COMPANIES OUT THERE THAT EVEN BUILT FIRE TRUCKS, AND I KNOW PIERCE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST.
SO MY QUESTION INVOLVES MORE ABOUT TIME FRAME AND THE ABILITY TO GET MATERIALS AND THINGS.
AND MAYBE IT'S MORE A QUESTION FOR YOU IF THEY CAN'T DELIVER IT IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
IS THERE ANY PROVISION IN THERE THAT WE THAT WE HAVE TO? I DON'T KNOW IF I'M MAKING IF I'M CLARIFYING THIS WELL ENOUGH, BUT I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF MATERIAL PROBLEMS BEING ABLE TO GET THINGS.
AND SO I DON'T WANT THIS FIRE TRUCK TO BE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
AND TO YOUR POINT, COUNCIL MEMBER STANFORD, PIERCE, ONE OF THE UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT PIERCE IS ONCE YOU.
ORDER ONCE YOU INITIATE A PO, YOUR RIG IS ASSIGNED A NUMBER RIGHT THEN AND IT GOES INTO PRODUCTION, THIS WILL BE THE THIRD APPARATUS WE BOUGHT FROM THEM NOW.
WE DIDN'T HAVE COVID GOING ON.
THERE WERE CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, NOT SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, BUT PIERCE HAS BEEN VERY, VERY GOOD ABOUT TELLING US AND STAYING ON TIME WITH THE PRODUCTION THEY'VE TOLD US.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 15 MONTHS WHERE WE WOULD HAVE DONE THIS.
LAST YEAR IT WAS ABOUT A 12 OR 13 MONTHS.
SO I FEEL REALLY COMFORTABLE THAT WITH OUR EXPERIENCE WITH PIERCE, THEY'RE ONE OF THE LARGEST, IF NOT THE LARGEST, FIRE APPARATUS PRODUCERS IN THE US, PERHAPS THE WORLD.
AND THEY'VE BUILT A SOLID REPUTATION ON BEING ACCURATE WITH THEIR TIMELINE.
BUT AGAIN, YOUR POINT'S TAKEN.
NOBODY WANTS TO SEE ANY KIND OF UNFORESEEN OR DRAWN OUT PROCESS, OR IT WOULD TAKE YEARS TO GET A FIRE TRUCK.
BUT THE FACT IS, THESE ARE VERY SPECIALIZED.
AN ENGINE HAS TAKEN ABOUT 12 MONTHS IN.
THESE AERIALS ARE A FEW MORE MONTHS, YOU KNOW, BEYOND AN ENGINE.
SO IT DOES TAKE A LONG TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE BUILT LITERALLY FROM THE GROUND UP FROM A IT'S QUITE IMPRESSIVE TO SEE HOW THEY'RE BUILT.
EVERYTHING IS SCRATCH AND THEY START BUILDING THEM.
YES, SIR? ONE MORE QUESTION, I'M SORRY THIS IS GOING TO REPLACE A 2006 UNIT.
WHAT ARE OUR INTENTIONS FOR THE REPLACED UNIT? RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING TO HOLD ON TO IT BECAUSE ON ANY GIVEN DAY, WE'LL PUT IT IN WHAT WE CALL RESERVE.
AND AS LONG AS IT CONTINUES TO PASS ALL THE TEST, THEN WE WILL HAVE IT IN CASE WE NEED AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
OUR AERIAL, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE ASKING THIS 2006 TO BE REPLACED THERE.
IT'S JUST BECOMING LESS AND LESS DEPENDABLE.
BUT HOWEVER, WHEN WE GO, IF WE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING.
SO OUR IMMEDIATE PLAN IS TO HANG ON TO IT, GET THIS NEW ONE IN THE SYSTEM, SEE HOW IT WORKS, AND THEN WE ALWAYS HAVE THE OPTION OF SELLING IT.
WASN'T ONE OF THE THINGS YOU EXPLAINED TO ME IS USING IT AS A BLOCKER? COULD YOU EXPLAIN? WELL, WE HAVE.
WE HAVE ONE OF OUR OLD FREIGHT LINERS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THE BEST UTILITY OUT OF IS WE HAVE USED THIS ONE THAT
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WE REPLACED DOWN IN ALVARADO.SO THERE'S SOME REAL ADVANTAGES FOR OUR ISO AND FOR RESPONSE MODELS TO IF IT'S NOT IN OUR FIREHOUSE, BASICALLY IN RESERVE, WE FORWARD DEPLOYED, IF YOU RECALL DOWN IN ALVARADO, AND THAT'S WHERE THAT APPARATUS HAD BEEN A YEAR PREVIOUS, BUT IT WAS DOWN FOR A COMMISSION FOR ALMOST A FULL YEAR.
THERE WAS SOME MAJOR STRUCTURAL ISSUES WITH IT.
SO IF WE CAN GET THEM BACK UP AND RUNNING AND KEEP THEM IN GOOD MECHANICAL CONDITION, WE CAN KEEP THEM IN SERVICE.
THEY MAY NOT BE IN OUR FRONT LINE, BUT THERE'S BENEFIT TO POTENTIALLY FORWARD DEPLOYING THEM BACK DOWN IN ALVARADO OR EVEN JOSHUA IS CONSIDERING THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FORWARD DEPLOY THERE.
ARE WE READY FOR A MOTION? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.
I GOT A MOTION BY DAN, AND A SECOND BY JIMMY.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.
THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 7G, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION CREATING A
[G. Consider approval of a resolution creating a special citizens bond advisory committee for a potential 2022 bond election; appointing the committee chair and members; establishing a charge for the committee; and declaring an effective date. (Staff Presenter: Matt Ribitzki, Deputy City Attorney) ]
SPECIAL CITIZENS BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR A POTENTIAL 2022 BOND ELECTION.APPOINTING THE COMMITTEE CHAIR AND MEMBERS.
ESTABLISHING A CHARGE FOR THE COMMITTEE AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE TONIGHT.
MATT RIBITZKI, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, MATT RIBITZKI, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.
TONIGHT WE HAVE A FOR YOUR RESOLUTION TO FORM A BOND ELECTION COMMITTEE.
ON AUGUST 11TH, THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED THE FISCAL YEAR 21-22 PROPOSED BUDGET TO CITY COUNCIL AND DISCUSS THE POSSIBLE BOND ELECTION FOR THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE TABLE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL PROPOSED BOND PACKAGE IS ESTIMATED AT 88 MILLION, WITH SIXTY FOUR MILLION BEING FOUR STREETS AND DRAINAGE.
THE TABLE ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE PROPOSED STREET PROJECTS.
ON AUGUST 16TH, THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED A REPORT AND HELD A DISCUSSION REGARDING A POSSIBLE BOND ELECTION.
AT THAT MEETING, MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS EXPRESSED THEIR DESIRE TO FORM A BOND ELECTION COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER A POTENTIAL ELECTION AND MAY 7TH, 2022 AND DIRECTED STAFF TO PLACE AN ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION BEFORE COUNCIL TONIGHT WOULD CREATE A SPECIAL CITIZENS' BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT MAY BE FINANCED THROUGH THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
IF PASSED, THE RESOLUTION WOULD ASK THE COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH CITY STAFF AND CONSULTANTS TO STUDY THE PROPERTY TAX FUNDED CAPITAL PROJECT NEEDS OF THE CITY INVOLVING STREETS, DRAINAGE POLICE, POLICE DEPARTMENT FACILITIES, FIRE DEPARTMENT FACILITIES AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATION FACILITIES.
WE RECOMMENDED THE CITY COUNCIL WHETHER OR NOT TO HOLD AN ELECTION ON MAY 7TH, 2022, REGARDING THE ISSUANCE OF GEO BONDS TO MEET THE IDENTIFIED FACILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS RECOMMEND, WHICH NEEDS SHOULD BE FINANCED THROUGH GEO BONDS, THUS DETERMINING THE RELATIVE SIZE OF THE BOND ISSUANCE AND MAKE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS AS APPROPRIATE TO ITS PURPOSE, INCLUDING ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COSTS OF THE PROJECTS.
THE RESOLUTION MAKES OTHER STIPULATIONS AS WELL.
THE RESOLUTION REQUIRES THE COMMITTEE TO MAKE THE, EXCUSE ME, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL BY JANUARY 10TH, 20221.
IT AUTOMATICALLY THE COMMITTEE AUTOMATICALLY TERMINATES ON JANUARY 11TH, 2022.
THE COMMITTEE SERVES AN ADVISORY CAPACITY AND REPORTS DIRECTLY TO CITY COUNCIL.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL MAKE THE FINAL DETERMINATION REGARDING THE EXACT WORDING, TIMING AND PACKAGING OF ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL GO TO THE VOTERS.
IT ALSO REQUIRES THE BOND COMMITTEE TO ABIDE BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S ON OUR SLIDE, THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION STATES THAT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS MUST LIVE IN THE CITY AND CANNOT BE SITTING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
BEFORE YOU MOVE FORWARD, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF I COULD COMMENT A LITTLE BIT ON THAT PATH.
SO WHEN WE DISCUSS THIS, SO I'M GOING TO.
THIS IS FOR MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR WHEN WE DISCUSS THIS MONTH
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OR MORE AGO.OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I'M ADDRESSING A BONDS IN MY POSITION HERE ON CITY COUNCIL AND THEN AS WELL AS A COMMITTEE.
AND AT THE TIME, I PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE A FULL, COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AND HOW WE WERE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.
AS I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH, I'VE COME TO LEARN THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD A BOND COMMITTEE AT ALL IN OUR CITY.
ALTHOUGH, I REALIZE THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD A BOND PACKAGE THIS LARGE.
I DO BELIEVE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON OUR LIST FOR THIS PARTICULAR BOND PACKAGE, IT'S VERY CUT AND DRY.
I ALSO AM A HUGE PROPONENT OF INVOLVING THE PUBLIC, BUT THIS IS A BIG DEAL AND THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST DEALS THAT WE CAN DO, AND WE HAVE BEEN CHARGED AND ELECTED TO OVERSEE THINGS LIKE THIS.
WE ALSO PAY A CITY MANAGER, A DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND A STAFF OF EXPERTS TO DO THEIR RESEARCH TO DETERMINE WHAT STREETS NEED IMPROVEMENTS AND WHAT TIME FRAME.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO OUT AT CHISHOLM SUMMIT TO EXPAND THAT, AS WELL AS TO ANALYZE OUR POLICE AND FIRE AND OUR NEEDS THERE? I FEEL LIKE HAVING A BOND COMMITTEE ACTUALLY PROVIDES US POLITICAL COVER, AND I AM MAKING A CHOICE TO NOT DO THAT.
I DON'T NEED TO COVER MYSELF WITH 15 CITIZENS WHO ARE GOING TO COME IN AND TRY TO LEARN ABOUT BONDS OVER SIX, ONE AND A HALF HOUR MEETINGS TO COME BACK AND GIVE US A RECOMMENDATION OF WHAT WE'RE PAYING OUR STAFF TO RECOMMEND FOR US.
IT IS OUR JOB AS THE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO STAND HERE AND TAKE THE HEAT WHEN IT COMES AT US.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES THAT I BELIEVE WE SHOULD STAND STRONG AND STAND FOR WHAT WE WERE ELECTED TO DO AND ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT A BOND COMMITTEE TO RELY ON OUR STAFF TO PUT FORTH WHAT THEY KNOW AND BELIEVE TO BE THE BEST.
AND IF IT COMES BACK AT US THAT THIS WASN'T DONE, POSSIBLY THE WAY THAT SOME OF THE CITIZENS THOUGHT, THEN WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT.
BUT 15 PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE EDUCATED OVER SIX MEETINGS ABOUT BONDS AND I'M, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL VERY SMART PEOPLE THAT WE'VE WE'VE APPOINTED.
AND ALSO THERE ARE PEOPLE WE'VE APPOINTED.
THAT TO ME, AGAIN, PROVIDES POLITICAL COVER, AND I JUST WANT TO STAND HERE AND SAY THAT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE NEED THAT, THAT WE SHOULD STAND STRONG IN WHAT WE WERE ELECTED TO DO.
I THINK YOU'RE BEING A LITTLE HARSH ON WHY WE WERE PROTECTING THE COMMITTEE.
I WANTED THE COMMITTEE STRICTLY TO GET CITIZENS INPUT ON IT.
SO IT WASN'T ABOUT COVERING OUR REAR ON ANYTHING.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY INTENT TO GET OUR CITIZENS MORE INVOLVED.
AND HOW DO YOU DO THAT? WELL, LET THEM HELP.
OTHER TOWNS DO THE SAME THING.
SO BUT I CAN SEE YOU POINT ON IT.
AND I COULD GO EITHER WAY ON IT, IF YOU GAVE ME RAISING ON THIS, OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE COMMITTEE, BUT IT'S NOT TO COVER ANYBODY.
YOU KNOW, DON'T PUT THIS IN THAT CATEGORY, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
I CAN APPRECIATE THAT THAT WASN'T INTENDED TOWARD ANY ONE PERSON.
I KNOW THAT, AND I AM REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THIS COUNCIL.
WE JUST GOT OUT OF A ROOM THAT HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION.
WE COME TOGETHER AND THE WHOLE THING, BUT IT WAS NEVER THE INTENT OF THIS COMMITTEE TO PROTECT OUR POLITICAL FUTURE.
AND I AM ABSOLUTELY WELL FROM AN OUTWARD PERSPECTIVE.
LET ME ASSURE YOU THAT IT WILL COME ACROSS THAT WAY.
BUT WE STILL GOT CITIZENS INVOLVED AND GETTING CITIZENS INVOLVED IS SO CRITICAL TO ME.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL THING THAT WE COULD DEAL WITH.
THIS IS THE MONEY AND HOW IT'S SPENT.
AND AGAIN, IT'S TAKEN 10 MONTHS FOR ME TO LEARN WHAT I'VE LEARNED, AND I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND A LOT.
IT STILL TAKES CONSTANT RESEARCH AND ASKING QUESTIONS OF STAFF.
SO I WOULD I FIND IT VERY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IN SIX MEETINGS OR SO THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH AN EDUCATED, YOU KNOW, THIS COMMITTEE IS GOING TO COME UP WITH.
YEAH, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE WAY TO GO IN THAT SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
WE'RE TRUSTING THESE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO RESEARCH.
AND I KNOW THAT'S ASKING A LOT OF SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WHOSE BUSINESS OWNERS AND STUFF OF THAT NATURE.
BUT I'M HOPING THAT COUNSEL, WHEN THEY ASK THESE PEOPLE, THEY WANTED TO DO THAT.
THEY THEY REALLY RELAYED THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THIS IS GOING TO REQUIRE.
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WE REALLY NEED SOME MORE INPUT FROM COUNCIL PEOPLE ON THIS, IF YOU DON'T MIND.SO, YEAH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WHENEVER WE DISCUSSED THIS, THE SPIRIT WE DISCUSSED, WE DISCUSSED PUTTING TOGETHER A BOND COMMITTEE.
WE WANT EVERYTHING TO BE ABOVE BOARD.
WE WANT EVERYTHING TO BE OUT IN THE OPEN.
OUR PAST MAYOR WOULD LOVE TO DO COS, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY BEHIND THE SCENES, AND PEOPLE DON'T GET A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
THE SPIRIT WAS TO MAKE EVERYTHING TRANSPARENT, AND I THINK THE SPIRIT WAS TO REMOVE CITY INVOLVEMENT.
I'M HAVING A LITTLE BUYER'S REMORSE BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO PUT MORE RULES IN.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE RULES THAT SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, ONLY ONLY CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN'T SIT ON THE COMMITTEE.
I WOULD LOVE TO PUT IN OTHER RULES THAT SAID OR THEIR RELATIVES OR CURRENT CITY STAFF OR FORMER ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR THE CITY, WHETHER IT BE MAYOR OR FORMER COUNCIL.
BECAUSE TO ME, THIS NEEDS TO COME FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND NOT SAYING THAT CURRENT SYSTEM IS NOT SMART AND NOT SAYING THAT FORMER MAYORS AND COUNCIL AREN'T SMART.
AND I SAYING OUR RELATIVES AREN'T SMART.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT IN ORDER TO TRULY GIVE TRANSPARENCY, THIS NEEDS TO COME FROM THE GENERAL POPULATION, NOT ANYBODY CONNECTED WITH THE FORMER CITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THE LIST, I LOOK AT THE LIST ON HERE AND YOU KNOW, AND I'VE GOT SOME APPREHENSION BECAUSE I SEE POTENTIAL FOR POLITICAL, FOR WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT AND ARE GOING TO SAY, OH, THAT WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED, YOU KNOW, BUYER'S REMORSE.
I WISH I WOULD HAVE PUT IT IN THERE, BUT I DIDN'T.
YOU KNOW ONE OF THOSE THINGS, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW, I GUESS.
YOU KNOW, BUT TO ME, I LOOK AT IT AND CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY ON HERE AND THEY ARE A RELATIVE OF US OR IF THEY ARE A CITY EMPLOYEE, IF THEY'RE A FORMER MAYOR, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD, YOU KNOW, DO THE RIGHT THING AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M NOT GOING TO SIT ON THERE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THIS TO APPEAR THAT THIS IS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED AND THAT THERE'S ANY, ANY KIND OF IMPROPRIETY IN THERE.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HAPPEN.
I WISH WE WOULD HAVE PUT THOSE RULES IN, BUT I GUESS IT GOES, YOU KNOW, IF WE APPROVE THIS, I GUESS IT GOES BACK TO THE PEOPLE SELECTED THAT IF THEY KNOW THEY FIT ONE OF THOSE CRITERIA, I JUST MENTIONED THAT THEY WOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND SAY, NO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO QUESTION OF IMPROPRIETY, NO QUESTION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
NO, I WON'T SIT ON IT AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
SO THE GOAL OF MY PRESENTATION TONIGHT, IT'S JUST KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT A POTENTIAL RESOLUTION COULD LOOK LIKE BASED OFF THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED ON AUGUST 16TH, OBVIOUSLY, AS WE WALKED THROUGH THAT PROCESS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION.
THIS BOARD IS A BOARD THAT SERVES AND REPORTS OF DIRECTLY TO COUNCIL.
IT'S 100 PERCENT YOUR DECISION.
IF YOU'D LIKE, I'LL CONTINUE, BUT I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT ANYBODY.
PER THE AUGUST 16TH WORK SESSION, STAFF PREPARED A RESOLUTION FOR A 15 PERSON BOND COMMITTEE.
EACH CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD SELECT TWO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, GIVING US 14 TOTAL MEMBERS.
THE 15TH MEMBER WOULD SERVE AS CHAIR AND BE SELECTED BY THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE.
THE COUNCIL SENT THEIR TWO MEMBER SELECTIONS TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS CHAIR NOMINEES ON THE SLIDE.
YOU'LL SEE THE NOMINEES FOR CHAIR FOR THE CHAIR POSITION RECEIVED BY THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
THAT'S BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE MADE A NOMINATION OR THERE WERE DUPLICATES BEFORE AGAIN TAKING THE RESOLUTION AS A WHOLE.
I THINK IT MAY BE PRODUCTIVE TO SELECT A CHAIR FIRST.
YOU HAVE AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON.
YOU CAN KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE VOTING UP OR VOTING DOWN FROM WHERE I'M SITTING.
THERE ARE ESSENTIALLY SOME THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO DO TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOU COULD EVEN PASS A RESOLUTION CREATING A BOND COMMITTEE.
FIRST, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHO YOUR CHAIR IS.
YOU UNDERSTAND WHO YOUR MEMBERS ARE.
THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE OK WITH THE STIPULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS IN THE RESOLUTION.
SO I THINK IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, YOU WOULD FIRST NEED TO SELECT A CHAIR.
AND AGAIN, THIS ISN'T OBLIGATED TO YOU TO PASS THE RESOLUTION OVERALL THAT WILL COME LATER, BUT THIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO SELECT A CHAIR.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE VOTING UP AND DOWN ON THE RESOLUTION.
GENTRY COTTON TO BE THE CHAIR OF THE BOND COMMITTEE RESOLUTION OR THE BOND COMMITTEE IF THE RESOLUTION PASSES.
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OK.DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION FOR GENTRY COTTON AND A SECOND, BUT I'M SORRY A SECOND BY JIMMY.
OK, NOW WHAT DID I SAY? DID YOU VOTE, MAYOR? NO, I DID NOT.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TO ELECT DAN CHEATHAM TO THE CHAIR.
BEFORE I SECOND, DID YOU SAY THAT IT WAS DECIDED THAT THESE THAT THE CHAIRMAN MUST BE A CITIZEN OF THE CITY, RIGHT? WHICH MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO ME.
DO YOU KNOW IF ANY OF THESE FIVE ARE NOT MEMBERS ARE NOT RESIDENTS OF THE CITY? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT MUCH.
I'M PERSONALLY NOT AWARE OF THE RESIDENTS RESIDENT STATUS OF EACH ONE OF THESE NOMINEES OR FOR ANY OF THE MEMBERS, SO I'M NOT SURE.
MR. MAYOR, PRO TEM, I WOULD SAY THAT THE STIPULATION THAT THE MEMBERS AND CHAIR BE A CITIZEN OF BURLESON.
THAT'S A STIPULATION THAT I THAT I INSERTED BOILERPLATE, COUNCIL'S FREE TO REMOVE THAT IF THEY SEE FIT.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THE PERSONS SELECTED AS CANDIDATES ARE OR NOT RESIDENTS IN THE CITY.
YEAH, WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK IT UP.
I HAVEN'T GUESS, I BELIEVE, BECAUSE I KNOW TIM SUTHERLAND.
I DON'T BELIEVE HE LIVES IN THE CITY LIMITS, BUT I WOULD NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK IT.
I KNOW GENTRY DID DOES SINCE HE SPOKE TONIGHT, WE VOTED ON HERE, SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANDY PICKENS? ANDY PICKENS LIVES IN OAK VALLEY.
DAN CHEATHAM LIVES IN OAK VALLEY.
SO ACTUALLY, AT THIS TIME, WE DO HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON FOR DEANNE CHEATHAM FOR THE CHAIR.
IF IT COMES UP AND WE NEED TO CHECK THE RESIDENCY, BUT IF THIS COUNCIL DESIRES OF ANY OF THESE MEMBERS UP HERE AND YOUR VOTE IS IN THAT FAVOR, WE CAN MODIFY THE RESOLUTION TO REFLECT THAT THE CHAIR MAY NOT HAVE TO BE.
MAYBE IT'S AN OWNERSHIP, BUT WE CAN.
THIS IS YOUR BOND COMMITTEE, SO YOU GUYS CAN CHOOSE HOW YOU WANT TO DO THAT AND.
WELL, MAKE A SUGGESTION NOT TO CHANGE THAT, BECAUSE THAT CHANGED HOW AND WHO I ACTUALLY NOMINATED.
SO THAT WOULD CHANGE THAT COMPLETELY.
I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO ASK A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW SOMETHING THAT THAT ANY PARTICULAR MEMBER CANNOT THEN VOTE FOR THEMSELVES.
THIS IS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT YOU ALL'S COMMITTEES WITH YOU ALL'S RULES AND WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
SO AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE FOR US TO GO BACK AND CHECK EACH RESIDENT STATUS, WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
JESSE CAN CHECK THE STATUS OF EACH ONE OF THESE RESIDENTS.
IS THERE ANY QUESTION I KNOW THAT THE THREE NAMES I NOMINATED ARE RESIDENTS BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS JUST A PART OF THE RULES.
OK, WELL, I NOMINATED TIM, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT TIM'S RESIDENCY STATUS.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WHOEVER IS ON THIS COMMITTEE OR CHAIRS THIS COMMITTEE THAT DEALS WITH BURDENING THE CITY WITH POSSIBLE DEBT NEEDS TO BE AS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT DEBT AS ANYBODY ELSE.
SO IF BOTH ANY APOLOGIES I MAY HAVE TO OFFER TO TIM.
I THINK HE'D BE GREAT FOR THE.
BUT IF I CAN'T GET CONFIRMATION THAT HE'S ACTUALLY A CITIZEN, I DID NOT ASK THE QUESTION AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE TIM LIVES.
SO I CAN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION MYSELF.
WOULD COUNCIL LIKE US TO PAUSE THIS ITEM, GO TO THE NEXT ITEM AND ALLOW STAFF TO CHECK ON SOME OF THIS RESIDENCY? I'D LIKE TO KNOW BECAUSE IT WILL AFFECT MY.
VICTORIA, YOU HAVE THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO PASS THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR? YES, I'D LIKE TO PAUSE THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
OK, SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE WILL CHECK THE ONES THAT WE ARE UNSURE OF AND GET THAT FORWARD, AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM AND BRING FORWARD THIS ITEM AGAIN.
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AMANDA, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE JUST TO REDO THIS WHOLE THING? FORGET THE VOTE ON EVEN ON GENTRY, BECAUSE THAT MAY IMPACT WHAT PEOPLE WERE THINKING OF WHO THEY WOULD VOTE FOR, WHETHER IT'S YES OR NO.YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SOME OF THEM MAY HAVE VOTED NO FOR GENTRY.
THAT MIGHT VOTE YES FOR HIM BECAUSE THEY WERE HOPING FOR THEIR INDIVIDUAL THAT THEY NOMINATED.
LET US FIRST DECIDE IF THERE ARE ANYBODY THAT IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE CHAIR POSITION, OF COURSE, AND THEN WE'LL VISIT WITH THAT.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO 7H, CONSIDER.
I WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY OUT HERE AND EVERYBODY LISTENING.
I'VE BEEN IN THIS 30 YEARS AND MY BUTT'S BEEN CHEWED ON SO MUCH THAT I HAVE NO FEELING ANYMORE, SO I DON'T TAKE ANYTHING INTO CONSIDERATION, TAMARA.
I KNOW I'M GOING TO GET IT BOTH WAYS.
I KNOW I'M GOING TO GET IT BOTH WAYS.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT RONNIE, I DON'T WORRY ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT.
OK, SO ITEM 7H IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A MINUTE ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
[H. Consider approval of a minute order authorizing the City Manager to enter into a real estate contract for the sale of the property located at 224 West Eldred St, Burleson, Johnson County, Texas, to BBCB Properties, LLC, subject to City Council approval. (Staff Contact: Alex Philips, Economic Development Director) ]
TO ENTER INTO A REAL ESTATE CONTRACT FOR THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 224 WEST ELDRIDGE STREET, BURLESON JOHNSON COUNTY, TEXAS, TO BE BBCB PROPERTIES LLC, SUBJECT TO CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.STAFF PRESENTER TONIGHT AS ALEX PHILLIPS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL ALEX PHILLIPS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY.
TALK ABOUT SOME CITY PROPERTY THAT WE HAD PLACED FOR SALE ON THE OPEN MARKET 224 WEST ELDRIDGE STREET LOCATED RIGHT THERE.
ONE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
IT'S CURRENTLY BEING USED AS A PARKS MAINTENANCE FACILITY, AS WELL AS SOME IT SPACE.
WE LISTED THE PROPERTY FOR SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE THOUSAND.
THAT WAS THE THIRD PARTY APPRAISAL THAT WE GOT BACK ON THE PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTY HAD TO BE LISTED FOR THIRTY DAYS TO ACCOMPLISH THE CITY SELLING PROPERTY ON THE OPEN MARKET.
WE RECEIVED ONE CONTRACT IN THAT 30 DAYS FROM BBCB PROPERTIES LLC.
THE DETAILS OF THE CONTRACT WAS THE PURCHASE PRICE OF EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD CLOSE ON IT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
THE BUYER WOULD OFFER A LEASE BACK ON THE PROPERTY UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST OF NEXT YEAR.
ALLOW THE CITY TIME TO BUILD A NEW PARKS MAINTENANCE FACILITY.
BUYER WOULD EXTEND A 30 YEAR PARKING AGREEMENT TO THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO USE TO OFFER THE CHURCH PARKING SPACES AS PUBLIC SPACES.
THE PARKING AGREEMENT IS VALUED AT THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND AND WOULD DISCOUNT THE SALES PRICE TO ULTIMATELY BE IN FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY.
THE CITY OBLIGATIONS AND THE PARKING AGREEMENT THE CITY WOULD EXTEND THEIR OWN PARKING AGREEMENT TO FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH FOR THE NEW PARKING LOT AT JOHNSON AND ELLISON THAT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTING THERE AT THE END OF ELLISON AND JOHNSON TO THE CHURCH TO USE DURING THOSE SPACES DURING CHURCH ACTIVITIES.
THEY'RE ALREADY USING SOME OF THOSE CITY SPACES.
IT'S JUST MORE TO GET A A FORMAL AGREEMENT IN PLACE WITH THE CHURCH.
THE CITY WOULD REIMBURSE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH UP TO SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR RESTRIPING OF THE PARKING LOT EVERY THREE YEARS AND ALSO REIMBURSING THE CHURCH UP TO FORTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR RESURFACING OF THE PARKING LOTS EVERY 15 YEARS.
THE CITY WOULD ALSO HAVE A WEEKLY SERVICE JUST TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THE PARKING LOTS BEFORE THEIR SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP SERVICES THAT BE IT LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO LEFTOVER TRASH FROM THE OLD TOWN PATRONS.
THE SHARED USE AGREEMENT WOULD, WITH FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH WOULD ALLOW PUBLIC PARKING ON THE PROPERTY DURING OFF PEAK TIMES OF THE CHURCH.
THIS WOULD UNLOCK APPROXIMATELY FIVE HUNDRED NEW PUBLIC PARKING SPOTS IN OLD TOWN TO BE UTILIZED WITH THE NEW SIDEWALKS, LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING ON ELLISON STREET TO JOHNSON AVENUE.
IT WILL MAKE A PEDESTRIAN WALK VERY INVITING AND SAFE.
THIS WILL HELP DEVELOPMENT NOW AND IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
SO THE NEXT STEPS ON THIS IS TO START DISCUSSIONS WITH FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE BUYER REGARDING THE PARKING AGREEMENT, AND WE WOULD TRY TO HIT THE DATE OF OCT.
18TH TO BRING BACK THE PARKING AGREEMENT AND THE AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH CITY COUNCIL AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THEM.
AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE WOULD GO TOWARDS THE NEW
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CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PARKS MAINTENANCE FACILITY TO CONSOLIDATE THE EFFORTS OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.SO THE OPTIONS APPROVE THE MINUTE ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO THE REAL ESTATE CONTRACT OR DENY THE MINUTE ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER INTO THE REAL ESTATE CONTRACT.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANYBODY? I HAD A COMMENT WAS THE NUMBER TWO CIRCLED IN YELLOW THERE BY ACCIDENT? NO, THAT'S ACTUALLY ANOTHER PROPERTY WE HAVE FOR SALE.
I THOUGHT IT DIDN'T PERTAIN TO THIS, THOUGH, CORRECT? NO.
JUST PUT IT IN THERE TO SEE IF YOU ALL WOULD NOTICE.
ANYBODY ELSE? WHEN I DO RUN INTO MORE PARKING, ARE WE? I HAVE A QUESTION.
I THINK OFFHAND, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT DEAL FOR THE CITY.
WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE COST PER ADDITIONAL PARKING PLACE, THIS IS A WAY BETTER DEAL THAN TRYING TO OBTAIN ANY PROPERTY AND CREATE ANY NEW PARKING.
AND HERE'S PARKING THAT ALREADY EXISTS.
THE CHURCH PARKING LOT ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF JOHNSON AVENUE REALLY HAS NO HANDICAPPED, ACCESSIBLE STREET CROSSING OF ANY KIND.
HAVE WE EVEN NOTICED THAT OR DO WE HAVE PLANS TO? SO WITH THE YOU'LL SEE IN THE WORK SESSION OUT ON THE ELLISON STREET PARKING LOT, WE HAVE A NEW CROSSING.
THAT'LL BE HERE ON THE CORNER OF JOHNSON AND ELLISON IN HOPES TO GO ACROSS JOHNSON FOR MID BLOCK CROSS WALK TO THAT PARKING LOT.
AND MAKE SURE WHEN THAT'S CONSTRUCTED THAT IT BE ACCESSIBLE FOR HANDICAPPED.
AND I THINK WE PROBABLY WOULD WANT TO PERHAPS USE THOSE FLASHING BEACONS FOR MID BLOCK CROSSING ON THE OUTSIDE.
RIGHT OUTSIDE HERE IN A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE READY FOR A MOTION? IS THERE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.
MOTION BY DAN, SECOND BY JIMMY.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.
MOVING ON TO SECTION EIGHT REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS, 8A IS RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD
[A. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the Ellison Street office layout and the Ellison Street parking lot design. (Staff Presenter: Alex Philips, Director of Economic Development)]
A DISCUSSION AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING THE ELLISON STREET OFFICE LAYOUT AND THE ELLISON STREET PARKING LOT DESIGN.YOUR STAFF PRESENTER'S ONCE AGAIN.
MR. ALEX PHILLIPS, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, MAYOR, AGAIN, ELLISON STREET PARKING AND BUILDING LAYOUT LOOKING AT THE ELLISON STREET PROJECT ACROSS THE STREET, THAT'S GOTTEN STARTED JUST AS A REMINDER.
BACK ON DECEMBER 14TH OF 2020, COUNCIL APPROVED AN AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE APPROXIMATELY 12000 SQUARE FEET OF THE NEW SPACE OVER THERE FOR CITY OFFICES.
THE CITY ANTICIPATES USING THE OFFICE SPACE TO HOUSE ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT RELATED DIVISIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, INCLUDING PLANNING AND BUILDING DIVISIONS, ENGINEERING SERVICES AND UTILITY BILLING.
THE AGREEMENT ALSO REQUIRES THE CITY TO DEVELOP THE NEW PARKING LOT ON THE CURRENT CITY ANNEX SITE LIKE, SAY, AN OPD WITHIN 18 MONTHS OF THE NEW CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OF MOVING INTO THE NEW BUILDING OVER HERE.
SO THIS IS KIND OF A VERY, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT RENDERINGS OF THE FIRST FLOOR AND SECOND FLOOR HOW IT WILL LAY OUT.
THERE'S STILL A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE SOME FURTHER TWEAKS ON IT, BUT FIRST FLOOR WOULD INCLUDE RECEPTIONISTS, DOWNTOWN OFFICER WITH THE TWO DOWNTOWN OFFICERS.
THEY'LL HAVE A BASICALLY A DESK AND OFFICE THAT THEY CAN BE ABLE TO SIT AT, WRITE REPORTS ALSO HAVE A COMPUTER TERMINAL THERE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO BE LOCKED TO ACCESS DATABASES THAT THEY NEED TO ACCESS WHEN THEY'RE ON PATROL DOWN HERE.
MAYBE A POINT ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT ON HERE LIKE WHERE WE? IT'S TENANT NUMBER ONE.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO OFFICE THAT AND THEY'LL HAVE HAVE A WINDOW FRONT.
SO THEY'LL HAVE A BADGE ON IT OR SOME KIND OF WE'LL HAVE A BADGE ON IT, JUST NOT AS THE BIGGEST ONE THAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR CURRENT FACILITY.
SO I THINK IT'LL BE AN AWESOME FIT FOR OLD TOWN.
BUILDING DIVISION, CUSTOMER SERVICE, EIGHT CUBICLES, MANAGER'S OFFICE, FIVE PUBLIC RESTROOM, EMPLOYEE RESTROOM AS WELL, AND SOME STORAGE SPACE.
ALEX, A QUICK QUESTION ON THE ON THIS FACILITY.
IS IT GOING TO BE STAFFED 24 HOURS? PROBABLY NOT, RIGHT? NO, SIR.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS AND IN FORT WORTH THEY HAVE, THE STOCKYARDS HAS A SMALL
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SUBSTATION AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOME KIND OF WAY THAT IF A CITIZEN HAPPENS TO COME IN THERE, THAT THEY HAVE A WAY TO CALL THE POLICE.SO I'D LOVE TO SEE SOME KIND OF CALLBOX, SOMETHING FOR THEM.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE, SIR.
WE WILL HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO GROW OUR OLD TOWN AND HAVE PEOPLE COME IN FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND I'D LOVE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT.
AND THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE JUST LOOK AT ADDING IN THE PLAZA IS A POLICE CALL BOX.
YEAH, SOMETHING THAT'S READILY ACCESSIBLE.
I CAN'T TALK READILY RECOGNIZABLE.
YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY DO IN LIKE THE COLLEGES AND STUFF, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE LITTLE BLUE LOCK KIND OF THING.
YEAH, A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT JUST HAVING IT OUT IN THE PLAZA BASED ON SOME OF THE JUST THE TEAMS. THAT'S ONE WAY TO DETER THEM.
SO THEY USE IT AND OFFICERS FIX THE PROBLEM.
BUT IF THERE WERE, I LIKE THAT IDEA, IF THERE WAS LIKE TWO SETS OF DOORS AND THEN THE FIRST ONE HAS THAT CALL BOX IN THE EVENT THAT.
SO WITH THIS DOWNSTAIRS SPACE JUST KIND OF PUT IN THE VISION, IT'S ONLY TWENTY FIVE FOOT WIDE.
SO IN TERMS OF TRYING TO FIT SOMETHING ELSE IN THERE, ANOTHER SET OF DOORS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT MAYBE BECOME DIFFICULT.
SO IF WE CAN PUT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ON THE EDGES OF THE PLAZA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE PEOPLE WALK AND HIKING BACK AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, IT'D BE MORE WELL UTILIZED AND MORE IDENTIFIABLE.
ARE WE THREE, FOUR OR FIVE? WE'RE THREE, FOUR AND FIVE UPSTAIRS.
BUT DOWNSTAIRS, IT'S JUST FOUR.
OK, HOW DEEP IS THIS? IT'S TWENTY FIVE WIDE BY HOW DEEP? 110, I WAS GOING TO SAY 125.
SO IT'S TWO SETS OF STAIRS UP IN THE FRONT AND IN THE BACK.
SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT PER FIRE CODE.
OK, AND THE ELEVATOR? ALL RIGHT.
SO UPSTAIRS, AS YOU SEE, SECOND FLOOR WILL INCLUDE A RECEPTIONIST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ENGINEERING BUILDING MANAGER.
THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SIX MANAGERS OFFICES, 14 CUBICLES.
THERE'S ACTUALLY CUBICLES FOR GROWTH.
EXTRA CUBICLES THAT WILL BE FOR FUTURE GROWTH.
THERE'S THE EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE ROOM, AS YOU SEE, THERE'S ONE BIG CONFERENCE ROOM HERE.
THERE'S ALSO AN EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE ROOM THAT WILL BE SET UP HERE, STAGING AREA THAT'S KIND OF IN BETWEEN THAT'S OPEN TO THE KITCHEN FOR CATERING, DIFFERENT EVENTS AND THE EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE ROOM IS SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY SQUARE FEET IS SIXTY EIGHT PERCENT LARGER THAN THE COUNCIL WORK ROOM BACK HERE.
THIS BIG ROOM WILL SIT UP TO 50 PEOPLE AT LEAST, AND CLASSROOM STYLE CAPACITY.
THE EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE ROOM BE SET UP FOR CORPORATE SITE VISITS, CLASSROOM STYLE TRAINING, SMALL EMPLOYEE EVENTS AS WELL.
WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER SMALL CONFERENCE ROOM IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING FOR INTERNAL MEETINGS.
IF WE DO HAVE AN EVENT GOING ON IN THE TWO BIGGER CONFERENCE ROOM SPACES, THAT STAFF WILL STILL HAVE A PLACE TO MEET IF THEY NEED CONFERENCE ROOM SPACE.
SO JUST KIND OF BLOW UP OF THE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT PARTICULARLY THE STYLE, IT'S JUST A MORE TO GIVE YOU A REFERENCE OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, A CLASSROOM STYLE SETTING, BE ABLE TO SET UP TO 50 AND THEN EXECUTIVE STYLE ATOP A CONFERENCE ROOM SPACE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE OFFICE LAYOUT? OK.
I COULD BE WRONG, BUT CORRECT ME IF SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY WE TALKED WAY BACK THAT THE OTHER UPSTAIRS AREAS WOULD BE ACCESSED THROUGH ONE ENTRY PORTAL.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS COMING THROUGH KIND OF OUR SPACE.
AM I WRONG? BECAUSE THERE WAS TALK ABOUT SHARED SPACE AND A SHARED SPACE FEE OF THE COMMUNAL, LIKE THE WALKWAYS TO GET TO? SO BUILDINGS, BUILDINGS THREE, FOUR AND FIVE UPSTAIRS WILL BE ACCESSED THROUGH BUILDING FOUR DOWNSTAIRS.
NOW WE'RE BUYING THAT TWELVE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, SO THAT'S BASICALLY OUR UNITS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY A PROPORTIONAL SHARE FOR THE SHARED COMMUNITY AMENITIES THAT MAY BE A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE.
THINGS OF THAT NATURE WILL BE SHARED.
IT WILL BE A PART OF THAT SHARE.
SO NONE OF THE OTHER UPSTAIRS AREAS, YOU GUYS JUST REFRESH MY MEMORY HERE THAT THEY'LL ALL BELONG TO THE ENTITY THAT PURCHASES OR LEASES THE DOWNSTAIRS.
SO LIKE DOWNSTAIRS AND NUMBER ONE IS RAZZOO'S RIGHT.
UPSTAIRS OF NUMBER ONE WILL BE A SEPARATE OFFICE SPACE THAT WILL HAVE AN ENTRANCE OFF THE BACK SIDE OF.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
WE'RE THE ENTIRE SECOND FLOOR.
SO MOVING ON TO THE PARKING LOT, THE OPD AT THE CORNER OF JOHNSON AND ELLISON, THERE'LL BE ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE NEW SPACES AND TEN EIGHTY EIGHT SPACES.
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I DO WANT TO POINT OUT WHEN WE DID PRESENT THIS PARKING LOT TO YOU GUYS BACK IN DECEMBER, I GUESS WE SAID THERE WOULD BE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR NEW SPACES.WHAT WE DID IS WE LOWERED THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THIS BUILDING OF A SIXTEEN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET MADE IT TEN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
IT CAN STILL BE DIVIDED UP INTO TWO FIVES OR FOR TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED SPACES.
BUT WE ADDED MORE PARKING THAN THE PARKING LOT TO GAIN SOME MORE SPACES AND SOME MORE ADA SPACES AS WELL.
THE OPINION OF PROBABLE COSTS IS ONE POINT FIVE SEVEN THREE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS.
THAT'S ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS LOWER THAN WHAT WE SHOWED YOU GUYS BACK IN DECEMBER OF OPINION OF COST ON THE RAISING OF THE BUILDING AND PUTTING IN THE NEW PARKING LOT, THE SIDEWALK, THE LIGHTING AND THE LANDSCAPING.
IT'S STILL ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS LOWER.
ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN, LIKE I SAID, PATH TO THE PLAZA IN THIS FUTURE PATCH THAT WILL BE TEN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
AND ALSO WE WANT TO TRY TO PRESERVE THOSE LIVE OAKS THAT ARE ON THE CORNER OF RENFRO AND JOHNSON.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PARKING LOT? OK.
KIND OF NEXT STEPS, RA DEVELOPMENT WILL FINALIZE THE BUILDING DESIGN OF BUILDINGS THREE, FOUR AND FIVE.
CITY COUNCIL WILL STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE FINAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
DUNAWAY WILL FINALIZE THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS OF THE PARKING ON JOHNSON AVENUE LOT AND ELLISON LOT.
THEY'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FINAL DESIGN OF THAT AND GET CONSTRUCTION DOCS READY TO BE BID OUT.
SO WHEN WE GET THE CO FOR THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET, FOR CITY OFFICES TO MOVE IN AND EVERYBODY KIND OF MOVES AROUND, WE'RE READY TO COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION IMMEDIATELY.
FIRST PHASE, RA DEVELOPMENT TO COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION ON ELLISON BY EARLY OF 2022, WHICH THEY KIND OF ALREADY HAVE COMMENCED CONSTRUCTION A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE AGREEMENT, THEY HAD TO COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION BY JUNE OF '23, SO THEY'RE WAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
FIRST PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN FIRST WITHIN 18 MONTHS OF THE FIRST CO.
CITY PREPARED TO MOVE INTO OFFICE SPACE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ONCE THE CO IS DONE.
PARKING LOT, PEDESTRIAN UPDATES AND PAD SITE COMPLETE WITHIN 18 MONTHS OF PHASE ONE BEING COMPLETED.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS ITEM THIS EVENING, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THE OVERALL BASIC SCHEMATICS THAT WE WERE PUTTING TOGETHER, AND AS ALEX SAID, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED TO DEVELOPING THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, FINALIZING THE DESIGN, ALL THESE FACILITIES.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT ANYTHING THAT YOU'VE PRESENTED TO YOU THIS EVENING, IF YOU COULD LET US KNOW THIS EVENING AND WE COULD MAKE THOSE CHANGES, OTHERWISE, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED TO FINAL DESIGN.
AND NEXT TIME YOU SEE IT WILL BE THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, CORRECT? OK.
THE OFFICE AREA IS THOSE ARE CUBICLES, TEMPORARY CUBICLES.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S MANAGERS OFFICES AND DIRECTORS OFFICES THROUGH HERE.
BUT WHAT MOST OF THEM WILL BE, YOU KNOW, CUBICLE SPACES.
IT'S ONLY 24 20 PEOPLE IN THESE OFFICES.
SO THIS IS THIS IS TWENTY FIVE FEET HERE OF JUST BUILDING FOUR.
RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE BUILDING THREE AND THEN A LOT OF GOING, I'M.
HOW ARE YOU GETTING ALL OF THAT INTO THIS? WE'RE ALL GOING TO SHRINK JUST A LITTLE BIT.
WELL, I'M MISSING SOMETHING, OK? WE'VE LOOKED AT ALL OF THE STAFF THAT WE'RE GOING TO RELOCATE IN HERE INITIALLY.
AND WE'VE ALSO GOT A NUMBER OF THESE SPACES THAT WILL BE EMPTY TO START WITH.
SO WE HAVE ROOM FOR EXPANSION AS THE CITY GROWS MORE STAFF'S ADDED.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T OUTGROWING THE SPACE AS SOON AS WE GOT INTO IT.
SO THERE IS SOME ROOM AND IT CAN BE RECONFIGURED, POTENTIALLY WITH SOME OF THE CUBICLE SPACE IF WE NEED TO.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC USE SPACES IN THIS THAT, YOU KNOW, SMALL GROUPS THAT THEY CAN USE OR? THERE'S A POTENTIAL THAT SOME OF THE BIGGER CONFERENCE ROOMS CAN BE THIS, ESPECIALLY THIS CONFERENCE ROOM HERE THEY CAN SET CLASSROOM SETTING COULD BE UTILIZED FOR SOME GROUPS, BUT THAT'S A ANOTHER CONVERSATION FOR A DIFFERENT DAY.
UNDERSTAND THAT I KNOW WE USE UNITED CO-OP.
THAT'S A NICE FACILITY OUT THERE.
AND THAT WAS THAT WAS KIND OF THE IDEA OF US HAVING A BIGGER AREA HERE IN OUR OWN SPACES.
WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE TO USE SOMEBODY ELSE'S SPACE FOR A BIG SITE VISIT OR OUR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIAL ALLIANCE MEETINGS OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING ON THIS, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS BUILDING AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO USE WHEN WE MOVE OUT OF SOME OF THIS?
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CAN YOU GIVE ME AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THIS BUILDING? BRYAN CAN.WELL, SO YOU'RE SAYING OF THE CURRENT CITY HALL? YES, YES.
WELL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE RELOCATING OUT OF THIS BUILDING IMMEDIATELY.
SO THE OLD PD BUILDING THE ANNEX THAT WILL BE DEMOLISHED AND MAKE WAY FOR A PARKING LOT.
THOSE STAFF, MANY OF THOSE STAFF MEMBERS WILL BE RELOCATED TO THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET.
SOME WILL ALSO BE RELOCATED HERE TO THIS BUILDING AS WE KIND OF SHIFT SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS, BUT WE'LL STILL BE IN THIS BUILDING AS WELL, AT LEAST FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT MAYBE REPURPOSING THIS BUILDING DOWN THE ROAD, BUT RIGHT NOW THAT'S NOT ANY OF OUR PLANS.
YOU STILL HAVE HUMAN RESOURCES IN THE ART DEPARTMENT THAT WILL BE THAT'S IN THE LPD THAT WOULD RELOCATE TO THIS CURRENT CITY HALL.
SO I SEE SOME BIG CONFERENCE ROOMS. I SEE A LOT OF OFFICES.
IT ALL LOOKS GOOD UNTIL I GET TO THE RESTROOM AND I SEE THREE STALLS.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE WON'T IT? ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A BIG CLASSROOM AND YOU DECIDE TO GO ON BREAK AND THEN THEY'RE ALL OVER THERE IN THAT KITCHEN AND GETTING THEIR DRINKS.
I'M NO ARCHITECT OR DESIGNER OF SPACES.
THEY PUT ADEQUATE STALLS IN PLACE FOR THE OCCUPANCY OF THE FLOOR.
WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE FULL SQUARE FOOTAGE UPSTAIRS? TEN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
SO JUST TO SAY JIMMY, I'VE GOT SIXTY SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEVEN HUNDRED.
OK, AS LONG AS WE HAVE, WE CAN SEAT 50 IN OUR CONFERENCE ROOM.
AND IT'S RARE THAT WE EVER HAVE A BACKUP.
BUT YES, ON THE BREAK, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO THE RESTROOM AND IT ALL WORKS.
IF YOU'RE GOOD WITH IT, THAT I'M GOOD WITH IT, YOU? YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THAT ONE, BUT.
ABOUT ABOUT THE NEW PARKING ON THE OLD POLICE STATION SITE.
ARE WE? IS THIS A DESIGN OR IS THIS JUST SORT OF AN IDEA? THIS IS THE CONCEPTUAL DRAWING THAT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU GUYS, BUT IT'S NOT THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, BLUEPRINT PICTURE THAT I PUT IN THE PRESENTATION.
IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN OUR INTENTION TO ONLY ACCESS THE PARKING AREA FROM JOHNSON AND FROM BRANSON STREETS.
NOW THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO ENTRANCES AND EXITS OFF ELLISON.
I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY WELL PLANNED.
IT'S MORE FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ON ELLISON NOT TO HAVE THOSE ENTRANCES AND EXITS ON ELLISON.
AND WHILE WE WENT BACK TO THIS IS A CURRENT OPENING ON THERE'S YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE THAT'S CLOSE TO THE LIGHT ENTRANCE THAT'S CLOSE TO THE LIGHT INTO THE OPD PARKING LOT CURRENTLY TODAY.
WE WOULD CLOSE THAT ONE AND MOVE IT BACK FURTHER TO ALIGN, YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT OTHER DRIVE ANDERSON COMES OUT ON TO JOHNSON.
OK, WELL, THE ONLY OTHER CONCERN I HAD WAS IF THAT ENTRANCE ON JOHNSON SHOULDN'T BE MOVED SOUTHWEST FOR A LITTLE BIT SO THAT IT ALIGNS WITH MAGNOLIA ACROSS THE STREET.
IT APPEARS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME LEFT TURN CONFLICTS.
THERE, BUT I'M SURE YOU GUYS WILL OR GIRLS AND FIGURE THAT OUT.
I LIKE THE CONCEPT THAT IT ENTERS FROM RANSOM AND JOHNSON AND THAT FAR AWAY FROM THE RENFRO INTERSECTION ON BOTH OF THOSE.
SHOULD ALLOW TRAFFIC TO COME IN AND OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AND NOT QUEUE UP.
IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PEDESTRIANS ON ELLISON, DO WE REALLY WANT THE DUMPSTERS RIGHT THERE? I KNOW THIS IS CONCEPTUAL, BUT JUST SOMETHING TO THINK OF.
FOOT TRAFFIC LIKE YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO PASS BY THE DUMPSTERS.
SO AND THE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY IN THE ALLEY FROM THE BREWERY AND FRESCOE'S AND ALL THAT AS WELL.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S MORE WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS PARKING LOT IS HOW MANY PARKING SPACES CAN WE PRODUCE OUT OF THIS LOT? I'M GLAD WE LOOKED AT IT.
SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT MORE? .
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PARKING LOT.
I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS AND I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING UNTIL NOW.
BUT I LOVE ALL THE TREES ON THE OUTSIDE.
I'M GOING TO SAY AS A WOMAN, I DON'T LIKE THE TREES ON THE INSIDE.
OK, THERE'S A MASSIVE CONCERN.
THERE IS, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN MUGGED.
SO THERE'S THAT'S A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO HIDE MEN, TO HIDE WOMEN, TO HIDE WHOEVER BAD PEOPLE TO HIDE.
AND ON THE INTERIORS, IT'S DEFINITELY A LITTLE BIT SCARIER FROM A.
WE CAN REDUCE THE LANDSCAPE ON THE LANDSCAPE ISLANDS.
YOU JUST GIVE A BETTER LINE OF SIGHT.
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO I THINK THEY JUST TO CLARIFY THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN IS LOOKING AT PUTTING PUSHING BACK THE ENTRANCE ON JOHNSON AVENUE, REDUCING SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING, SOME OF THE ISLANDS AND POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT DUMPSTERS AS IF THERE'S A WAY TO MODIFY THOSE IN SOME WAY AND KEEP THE PARKING, THEY CLOSED THE QUESTION.SO WE CAN WE CAN LOOK AT THAT IS IS THAT CORRECT? OK.
ALSO, THAT THOSE DUMPSTERS WILL BE BEHIND MASONRY WALL JUST WON'T BE OPEN.
YOU KNOW, THE SMELL CAN TRAVEL QUITE A WAYS.
USUALLY, THE WIND'S BLOWING OUT OF THE SOUTH, SO IT WON'T BE TOWARDS THE SIDEWALK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'VE GOT TO SAY THIS AT THE BEGINNING, BUT I WANTED TO SAY A GREAT JOB ON THE BEST FEST THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU, GUYS.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I BELIEVE AT THIS TIME WE'RE READY TO REVISIT 7G.
SO 7G IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL CITIZENS BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR A POTENTIAL TWENTY TWENTY TWO BOND ELECTION.
APPOINTING THE COMMITTEE CHAIR AND MEMBERS, ESTABLISHING A CHARGE FOR THE COMMITTEE AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
I BELIEVE MR. ROBERTS IS GOING TO ADDRESS THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT OF EACH OF THESE NOMINEES OR APPOINTEES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, SPECIAL THANKS TO CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE FOR HELPING ME OUT.
WE'VE CHECKED THIS OUT WITH THE LAST VOTER REGISTRATION ROLLS.
AND LOOKING AT ALL THE CHAIR NOMINEES AND MEMBERS, I THINK THE ONLY NAME THAT IS NOT A CITIZEN OF THE CITY IS MR. SUTHERLAND.
AND WE DID REACH OUT WITH MR. SUTHERLAND AND CONFIRMED THAT.
MY RESEARCH INDICATES, I GUESS I OWE HIM AN APOLOGY.
I THINK HE WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT CANDIDATE FOR THE SEAT, BUT IT'S NECESSARY THAT WHOEVER CHAIRS AND SERVES ON THIS COMMITTEE NEEDS TO BE A CITIZEN.
HE MAY BE RELIEVED THAT HE DIDN'T GET THE JOB.
SO AT THIS TIME, THERE'S STILL A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
I HAVE A MOTION BY VICTORIA AND A SECOND BY DAN.
ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? I BELIEVE IT PASSES.
FOUR THREE FIVE TWO, FIVE TWO.
SO ON THE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THERE ARE ONLY 13 NAMES ON THE COMMITTEE ON THE MEMBER NOMINEE.
CORRECT? IS IT POSSIBLE TO PUT GENTRY COTTON ON THE COMMITTEE? I THINK THAT'S UP TO COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE IF YOU'LL GIVE.
I ASSUMED YOU PUT HIM ON THERE.
I APPRECIATE YOU THINKING THAT WAY.
I ACTUALLY AM THE MISSING PERSON ON THAT.
THAT LITTLE AND THAT WAS MY HOPE, WAS THAT IF GENTRY DID NOT MAKE THE CHAIR THAT WE THAT I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE HIM TO THE MEMBER NOMINEES, DO I NEED TO MAKE THAT MOTION? NO, NO MOTION REQUIRED.
OK, SO HE'S MY SECOND APPOINTMENT, THEN.
SO WITH THE CHAIR BEING NOMINATED AND YOU SEE THE 14 MEMBERS, THAT'S YOUR 15 MEMBER BOND COMMITTEE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL.
THE REQUESTED ACTION BEFORE COUNCIL DENIED IS TO APPROVE OR DENY A RESOLUTION CREATING THE BOND ELECTION COMMITTEE.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE FREE TO ADJUST ANY OTHER THE TERMS IN THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION.
BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO PASS A RESOLUTION WITH THE MEMBERS AND CHAIR THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED, CERTAINLY THAT'S THE WAY TO HANDLE THE ITEM.
WE'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, TO PROCEED IT WITH THE COMMITTEE AS APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL.
I HAVE A MOTION BY VICTORIA'S SECOND BY RIC TO PROCEED.
JUST FOR THE RECORD, IS THIS JUST FOR THE CHAIRMAN OR FOR THE WHOLE?
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THIS IS FOR THE ENTIRE RESOLUTION TO CREATE THE BOND COMMITTEE.I CAN'T IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, NO MINE'S NO.
MARK, CAN YOU HELP ME? THANK YOU.
AND JESSE, SPECIAL THANKS TO JESSE.
THIS MOVES US ON TO ITEM 8B, RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PROVIDE A
[B. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff direction on the Charter Amendment process and possible special election. (Staff Presenter: Amanda Campos, City Secretary)]
STAFF DIRECTION ON A CHARTER AMENDMENT ON THE CHARTER AMENDMENT PROCESS AND POSSIBLE SPECIAL ELECTION.STAFF PRESENTER'S MYSELF, AMANDA CAMPOS, CITY SECRETARY.
I WAS GOING TO SAY I GOT NO SPECIAL INTRODUCTION, JUST WANT THAT NOTED.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT I BROUGHT BEFORE YOU AT A SPECIAL WORK SESSION BEFORE AND WAS ASKED TO REVISIT THIS AGAIN LATER ON.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THIS.
I'M GOING TO GO THIS ORDER HERE.
SO JUST PUTTING IN THE MIND THAT THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS, THESE ARE THE TIMELINES OF THE CHARTER AMENDMENT.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE AMENDED IT SEVERAL TIMES.
THERE WAS A BIG GAP IN BETWEEN WHERE WE DID NOT DO ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER.
A CITY CHARTER MAY NOT BE CHANGED MORE OFTEN THAN EVERY TWO YEARS.
SO WE ARE WITHIN THE TWO YEARS BECAUSE THE LAST TIME IT WAS CHANGED WAS MAY 2019.
SO IF WE HOLD AN ELECTION IN MAY OF 2022, WE ARE WELL WITHIN THAT TWO YEARS.
SO THE OPTION TO AMEND THE CHARTER, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS FIRST.
SO THE WAY THAT WE COULD DO THIS IS IT COULD BE INITIATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITS OWN MOTION.
OR IT CAN BE DONE BY A PETITION SIGNED BY AT LEAST FIVE PERCENT OF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OR TWENTY THOUSAND QUALIFIED VOTERS, WHICHEVER IS LESS.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COUNCIL MOTION ON ITS OWN, WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT COUNCIL CAN REVIEW THE CHARTER OR SPECIFIC SECTIONS OF THE CHARTER AND THEN COME FORWARD AND PLACE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TO CALL FOR AN ELECTION.
AND YOU WOULD DO THAT THROUGH AN ORDINANCE AND YOU'D REQUIRE TWO READINGS FOR THAT.
AND THEN YOU WOULD JUST STATE WITH THE PROPOSITIONS WOULD BE THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO PUT BEFORE THE VOTERS WHICH SECTIONS OF THE CHARTER YOU WOULD ASK THEM TO TO CONSIDER.
THE SECOND WAY YOU CAN DO THIS IS A CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THAT COULD BE APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL.
AND ONCE AGAIN, MUCH LIKE THE BOND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT THAT WE JUST DID AND PREVIOUS CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEES, IT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE THE SAME WAY TWICE.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE.
THE SCOPE OF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING TO BE DONE TO THE CHARTER REVIEW INCREASES OR IS IS LESS SO WHEN YOU'RE DOING A FULL BLOWN ONE.
YOU WANT A BIGGER CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE SEVERAL SECTIONS AND THAT IS ACTUALLY LED NORMALLY BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
WE HAVE THEM DO THAT AND THEN THEY WOULD BRING FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS.
YOU COULD GIVE THEM SPECIFIC SECTIONS FOR THEM TO REVIEW, AND THEY COULD REVIEW THOSE WITH A HEAVY EMPHASIS ON THOSE.
AND THEN THEY COULD REVIEW THE WHOLE CHARTER ITSELF.
AT THAT POINT, WHEN THEY'RE DONE WITH THEIR WORK, THEY'LL BRING THAT FORWARD TO YOU ALL.
AND THEN COUNCIL ULTIMATELY STILL HAS THE LAST DECISION ON WHETHER TO CALL AN ELECTION, WHICH PORTIONS TO CALL IT ON AND WHICH ONES NOT TO.
AND IF YOU DO THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE, THEN IT'S DETERMINED BY THE COUNCIL APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL AND YOU DO ALL THIS IN THE OPEN MEANING.
SO THERE WAS A PETITION BROUGHT FORWARD BY CITIZENS, THEN IT WOULD BE, AND ACTUALLY IT HAS TO BE QUALIFIED VOTERS, SO NOT JUST CITIZENS, BUT THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY.
IF THEY BROUGHT FORWARD A PETITION AND THEN IT MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF A PETITION, AND I VERIFIED ALL OF THOSE TO YOU AND THERE'S A SPECIFIC TIME FRAME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO VERIFY THOSE.
THEN THE COUNCIL, THEN I WOULD BRING FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL.
THE PETITION AND THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE NO OPTION BUT TO CALL THE ELECTION FOR THAT BECAUSE THE PETITION WAS SIGNED BY THE QUALIFIED MEMBERS.
IF WE'RE GOING TO DO A CHARTER ELECTION, THEY MUST BE HELD ON A STATE UNIFORM ELECTION DAY.
SO THE NEXT UNIFORM ELECTION DAY WOULD BE MAY 7TH, 2022.
WE'D NEED TO CALL THE ELECTION NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 18TH, 2022.
KEEP IT IN MIND THAT IF YOU BACK THAT FULL BACK, THAT BACK TO GET TO THAT FEBRUARY 18TH DATE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MEETING, REVIEWING THE ATTORNEYS, CRAFTING THE ORDINANCE AND GIVING PLENTY OF NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS THAT I WOULD HAVE TO DO.
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SO FEBRUARY 18TH IS THE VERY LAST DAY, BUT YOU WOULD WANT THEM TO HAVE ALL OF THEIR BUSINESS DONE WITH BY THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY.SO YOU'D HAVE TO DO THIS REALLY QUICKLY.
WE'D BE DOING IT VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
AND OF COURSE, WE'D HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL OF THE ELECTION CODE REQUIREMENTS.
SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU GUYS HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS, IT'S APPROPRIATE TIME TO DO THIS NOW.
SO WE COULD DO THE CHARTER REVIEW IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BOND ELECTION, CORRECT? WE COULD DO.
SO IN SO MAY 2022, THE NEXT ELECTION COMING UP, I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE IS NO GENERAL ELECTION.
SO WHATEVER ELECTIONS WE HAVE ON MAY 2022 FOR ANY KIND OF MEASURES OR PROPOSITIONS WOULD STAND BY THEMSELVES.
SO THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS UP FOR ELECTION.
SO THAT'S ALL THE VOTERS WILL BE COMING IN TO VOTE ON.
IS THAT A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING AS FAR AS DRAW? I THINK IT COULD GO EITHER WAY.
I'VE SEEN SPECIAL REVIEW A BOND, A BOND ELECTION WILL BRING OUT PEOPLE NO MATTER WHAT.
I MEAN, THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIGGER ONE TO LOOK AT.
SO THANK YOU, SO, COUNCIL, WHAT IS YOUR DIRECTION NOW FOR ME TO TO GO FOR WORKING FOR DIRECTION? IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT.
WHAT IS THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL? I THOUGHT YOU WAS JUST EXPLAINING.
SO I WAS THE ONE THAT WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD GET A REVIEW OF THE CHARTER FOR MULTIPLE REASONS, NOT JUST FOR TERM LIMITS.
JUST TO SAY THAT TO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO I KNOW WERE, YOU KNOW, HAD WONDERFUL DEBATE ABOUT.
SO I THINK IF YOU WANT A GENERAL REVIEW OF THE CHARTER, THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO DO IT.
AFTER 30 YEARS OF DOING THIS, I WILL TELL YOU.
CHARTER REVIEWS BEGIN TO BE DETAILED AND THEY CAN BECOME TIME INTENSIVE.
WE'RE CLOSING ON THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
YOU HAVE THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AND THEN YOU'RE IN HOLIDAYS, AND WE HAVE TO GIVE IT TO AMANDA THAT IN FINAL FORM BY THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY AT THE LATEST.
IF YOU HAD ONE OR TWO SPECIFIC THINGS YOU WANTED IN THE CHARTER ELECTION, WE CAN MEET THIS MAY DEADLINE.
IF YOU'RE VIEWING THIS AS WE WANT TO REVIEW THE WHOLE CHARTER AND DECIDE WHAT CHANGES WE MIGHT WANT TO MAKE OR NEW AREAS WE WANT TO ADD.
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN DO IT IN THE TIME YOU HAVE WITH THE HOLIDAY SEASON COMING AND MEET THAT MAY TARGET.
SO I WILL SAY JUST FOR REFERENCE.
SO THE MAY 4TH, 2019 CHARTER REVIEW THAT WE DID FOR THAT ELECTION, WE LITERALLY WENT SECTION BY SECTION.
SO SECTION ONE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END.
SO THERE WASN'T A SECTION THAT WE MISSED.
THAT CHARTER WAS REVIEWED ONE BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SECTION ONE ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND THEN ALSO REVIEWED BY EACH DIRECTOR ON STAFF.
SO WE DETERMINED WHICH ONES FELL UNDER THEIR PURVIEW.
THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF CHANGES WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCE BECAUSE OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR AT THE TIME REVIEWED WHAT STATE LAW WAS WHERE WE HAD FALLEN BEHIND ON THAT.
IF YOU LOOK AT 2013 TO 2019, AS WE ALL KNOW, LEGISLATURE CHANGES A LOT OF THINGS IN BETWEEN.
THERE WE HAD SOME STUFF THAT WAS SPECIFIC THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT CUMBERSOME AND KIND OF SLOWED DOWN OUR PROCESSES.
AND SO THAT WAS A GOOD REVIEW.
SO I THINK WE'RE REALLY SOLID ON THE FINANCIAL PART AND THE BUDGET PART OF OUR OUR CHARTER.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT COULDN'T, BUT I WANTED COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE DID DO THAT.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING WAS THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WENT THROUGH THE CHARTER AND I WENT THROUGH THE CHARTER AND I WENT THROUGH THE CHARTER SPECIFICALLY FOR ELECTION STUFF.
AND I KNOW THAT I CAME THROUGH WITH SOME CHANGES ON THAT.
AND SO AND THEN THAT'S WHEN WE CHANGED TERM LIMITS, WE'VE CHANGED ALL KINDS OF STUFF IN THERE.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO TELL YOU GUYS.
SO YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE DONE THAT RECENTLY.
SO IF YOU BRING FORWARD A CHARTER TO SAY WE WANT TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN, DO WE GIVE THEM A CHARGE OF SPECIFIC THINGS TO LOOK AT? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN REGARDS TO ONE OR TWO THINGS? IT CAN VARY DEPENDING ON WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO IN MY COMMENTS.
WE'VE DONE A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE CHARTER REVIEW RECENTLY, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE YOU MADE THE COMMENT.
YOU WANT TO REVIEW THE WHOLE CHARTER.
IF YOU ALL WANT TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE CHARTER THAT TAKES TIME IS TO EXPLAIN WHY WE'VE MADE THE DECISIONS WE HAD HISTORICALLY MADE.
COUNCIL, WHEN YOU, IF YOU APPOINT A CHARTER COMMISSION, YOU CAN GIVE THEM SPECIFIC DIRECTION TO LOOK AT SPECIFIC THINGS OR ISSUES, OR YOU CAN GIVE THEM A BROAD
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MANDATE TO REVIEW THE ENTIRE CHARTER AND TO BRING BACK THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THEY THINK ARE APPROPRIATE.OCCASIONALLY, I'VE RUN INTO CITIES WHERE THEY SIMPLY WANT TO, THEY KNOW IN ADVANCE THEY WANT A CHARTER AMENDMENT ONLY TO DEAL WITH ONE OR TWO SPECIFIC ITEMS. THOSE YOU CAN MOVE FAIRLY QUICKLY, EITHER BY COMMITTEE OR THE COUNCIL, CAN SIMPLY PROPOSE THE THE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS.
BUT IF YOU YOU HAVE TO DECIDE THE SCOPE OF WHAT YOU WANT TO LOOK AT OR WHAT YOU WANT REVIEWED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO GET IT DONE.
SO, YEAH, SO WHAT WE DISCUSSED THAT DAY WAS TERM LIMITS, TERM LIMITS AND WHAT'S BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD AND HAD SOME DISCUSSION ON LINE THROUGH SOME CITIZENS AS WELL.
IS PAYING CITY COUNCIL EVEN A SMALL STIPEND BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO EXPAND THE THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT WE PULL FROM THAT CAN RUN FOR ELECTION.
THOSE WERE MY TWO THINGS I KNOW I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF SUPPORT ON THIS DEAL, SO.
I WANT TO I WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW THIS, IT'S ONLY BEEN TWO YEARS THAT HAVE PASSED SINCE A CHARTER COMMITTEE WAS CHARGED WITH THE FULL REVIEW, AND AMONG THE SUGGESTIONS THAT WAS MADE TO THE CHARTER COMMITTEE WAS TO CONSIDER TERM LIMITS.
THE CHARTER COMMITTEE THAT WAS CONVENED CAME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION NOT TO IMPOSE TERM LIMITS ON CITY COUNCIL POSITIONS, SO THAT HAPPENED IN 2019.
A COUPLE OF THE BEST ARGUMENTS I'VE EVER SEEN HAPPEN IN THIS CITY FOR THAT BEING A WELL THOUGHT OUT PROPER DECISION IS THE FACT THAT IN 2020, A VERY LONG TIME SERVING MAYOR WAS OUSTED AND REPLACED AT THE WILL OF THE VOTERS.
AND IN 2021, THE NEXT LONGEST TERM COUNCIL MEMBER TO HAVE EVER SERVED HAS BEEN OUSTED BY THE VOTERS.
SO I THINK THE VOTERS HAVE MADE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR.
OH, AND COINCIDENTALLY, AT THE SAME TIME, A ONE TERM COUNCIL MEMBER WAS REPLACED.
SO I THINK THE VOTERS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY'RE WELL CAPABLE OF DECIDING WHETHER SOMEBODY'S BEEN ON CITY COUNCIL LONG ENOUGH AND THE ELECTION IS THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO IMPOSE A TERM LIMIT ON THAT INDIVIDUAL, WHICH THEY'VE SHOWN QUITE WELL THAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF DOING SO.
I THINK THE SIMPLE ANSWER I HAVE TO A CHARTER REVIEW IS IF IT'S NOT BROKE, DON'T FIX IT.
AND I THINK THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD EXAMPLES OF WHY THE CURRENT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IS NOT BROKEN.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT CALLING THE CHARTER REVIEW.
AND WITH THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, IF THINGS CARRY ON A COUPLE MORE YEARS, I GUESS THE NEXT ELECTION YEAR THAT WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THIS IN A NON COUNCIL ELECTION YEAR WILL BE TWO YEARS, HENCE.
IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE TRYING TO ALIGN IT WITH A NON GENERAL ELECTION WHERE NO COUNCIL MEMBER IS UP FOR REELECTION, THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT2025.
AND IN MY MIND, ABOUT FIVE YEARS IS PROBABLY A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THERE TO BE CHANGES IN THE COMMUNITY TO THE EFFECT THAT A FULL CHARTER REVIEW MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE, BUT NOT TWO YEARS AFTER THE LAST ONE, YOU KNOW, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT REWRITING THE RULEBOOK FROM THE FROM THE BEGINNING TO END, LET'S DO THAT IN 2025, IF WE THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE AND AS IT IS, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING CRITICAL THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT CALLING FOR A CHARTER REVIEW.
I'M GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.
AND I KNOW WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY IS, TO USE RONNIE'S PHRASE DOWN THERE, IT'S GOING TO GIVE ME BEAT UP BY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF OUR POPULATION, BUT I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF RESTAURANTS COMING IN.
I KNOW THEY'RE BUYING THEIR ALCOHOL.
I'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF RESTAURANT OWNERS.
YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE IN JOHNSON COUNTY AND, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I'M BEING TOLD BY THE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE IN JOHNSON COUNTY, THAT THEY HAVE TO BUY THEIR ALCOHOL FROM JOHNSON COUNTY, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE BUYING IT IN ALVARADO, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD.
AND SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE US, YOU KNOW, SET UP AN AREA IN THE CITY WHERE WE COULD PUT IT IN A LIQUOR STORE.
OK, SO THAT WOULD REQUIRE A LOCAL OPTION ELECTION.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S A WHOLE ANOTHER.
THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT ISSUE.
YEAH, THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT ISSUE.
WE CAN DO IT INDEPENDENT OF ALL THOSE OTHERS.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE HERE TO TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND AND THAT I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO, I CAN PRESENT A LOCAL OPTION ELECTION NEXT.
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IF YOU'D LIKE TO.I'VE GOT THAT READY AT THE READY TO GO SEE ME DOING NEXT MEETING.
SO NEVER MIND ON THE CHARTER, THEN.
GOT IT! I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, JUST MY OPINION, THE GOOD FOLKS OUT THERE, IF THEY WANT ME GONE, THEY'LL GET ME GONE BY VOTING ME OUT.
I AM AND ADAMANTLY NOT FOR TERM LIMITS.
I'M NOT SAYING I'M THAT GREAT GUY NOT MAKING THAT MOVE.
I'M SIMPLY SAYING, THERE'S SOME FOLKS HERE THAT'S DEVOTED THEIR LIFE TO TRYING TO DO WHAT WAS GOOD FOR THE CITY.
I DO NOT WANT THOSE FOLKS NOT TO KEEP RIGHT ON GOING BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB.
I WOULDN'T I WOULD NOT BE FOR THIS THIS TERM LIMIT.
WELL, IS THIS SOMETHING WE CAN BRING UP IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, NOT 2025, FOR A FULL REVIEW, BUT TO KIND OF.
SO I WOULD SAY TO YOU THAT IF THERE'S A WANTING TO DO A CHARTER REVIEW AND AN AMENDMENT ELECTION IN MAY OF 2025, WE WOULD WANT TO APPROACH THIS IN JANUARY OF 2024 AND GIVE ME A FULL YEAR TO WORK THROUGH THAT CHARTER AND ALLOW [INAUDIBLE] TO WORK THROUGH THAT BECAUSE NORMALLY WHAT WE HAVE IS IT'S TOTALLY WE DON'T STAFF EVEN DOESN'T.
I MEAN, WE GET [INAUDIBLE], BETSY COMES.
SHE BRINGS FORWARD EXAMPLES OF OTHER CITIES, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, IF THEY ASK HER TO RESEARCH STUFF, IT'S ALL DONE BY [INAUDIBLE] AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB WITH THAT.
BUT IT DOES TAKE TIME AND WE IT'S HARD TO ASK SOMEBODY TO SIT THROUGH TWO HOURS OF TRYING TO TALK ABOUT STATE LAW ON BUDGET AND TRUTH AND TAXATION.
HECK, THE REST OF US STILL TRY TO FIGURE OUT TRUTH IN TAXATION, THINKING THEY KEEP CHANGING IT RIGHT.
AND LEGISLATURE CHANGES EVERY TWO YEARS AND THEY CHANGE DIFFERENT STUFF.
AND SO WE CAN WE CAN REVIEW THAT.
WELL, I SEE THAT I'M FIGHTING A LOSING BATTLE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO.
I WANT TO BRING UP THE MONEY THING AGAIN AND SAY THAT WHILE A LOT OF YOU SITTING UP HERE DON'T NEED TO BE PAID FOR, EVERY HOUR THAT I SPEND AWAY FROM HERE IS MONEY THAT I LOSE.
SO I SAY THAT I TOOK THIS ON, RIGHTFULLY SO.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU, GETTING A STIPEND ON A MONTHLY BASIS, EVEN A SMALL ONE WOULD HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO RUN AND SIT IN THIS POSITION AND DON'T CONSIDER IT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO.
I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO WORK FOR MYSELF, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I GET PAID A GOOD HOURLY RATE LIKE AN ATTORNEY, AND EVERY TIME I'M NOT SITTING WITH A CLIENT, IT'S MONEY I'M LOSING.
I SPEND THREE HOURS ONE DAY THIS WEEK JUST WORKING THROUGH EMAILS AND RESEARCH AND THEN MEETING WITH BRYAN.
AND I KNOW WE ALL DO IT, BUT I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT THIS DOESN'T NEED TO BE A JOB OF THE WEALTHY.
OK, THIS DOESN'T NEED TO BE A JOB OF ONLY DEVELOPERS AND REAL ESTATE PEOPLE.
AND YOU KNOW, REMEMBER, I'M MARRIED TO A FIREMAN AND THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE IN THE SAME SITUATION.
SO I WANT YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF CITIES OUR SIZE THAT PAY A SMALL STIPEND TO THEIR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND THEN A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE MAYOR BECAUSE THE MAYOR SPENDS A LOT MORE TIME.
SO AGAIN, I'M FIGHTING A LOSING BATTLE.
SO AT THIS POINT, NO ONE ELSE IS SAYING ANYTHING, AND I'M GOING TO SAY THE DIRECTION IS WE WILL NOT BE DOING THIS AT THIS TIME.
AM I CORRECT? NO ONE ELSE IS INTERESTED.
LET'S HEAR AT THE OTHER END OF THE TABLE.
YOU ALL GOT ANYTHING TO SAY? YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU RUN AND I KNOW YOU DID FOR THE REASONS THAT YOU HAVE.
BUT WHEN YOU RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL, YOU DO IT FOR THE RIGHT REASON.
AND I'VE ALWAYS LOOKED AT IT THAT WAY.
WHY DO I NEED BE PAID IF AND TWO YOU CAN TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE STAFFING? I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS A LOT OF TIMES WITH NATIONAL POLITICS, YOU SEE THOSE PEOPLE RUN FOR OFFICE BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY'RE GETTING.
AND THEY JUST CONTINUE AND CONTINUE AND CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
AND MY OPINION, THEY'RE NOT RUNNING FOR THE RIGHT REASON.
AND SO I LIKE THAT WE'RE NOT PAID HERE.
YOU KNOW, I GET WE GIVE ALL GIVE A BUNCH OF TIME.
DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT I LIKED IT.
WE DID IT FOR THE RIGHT REASON.
BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND TAMARA'S POINT ON THE FACT THAT SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS A LITTLE MONEY TO JUSTIFY DOING SOMETHING WE COULD, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE GET? AND THIS IS MY QUESTION BEEN FOR A LONG TIME.
HOW DO WE GET THE CITIZENS INVOLVED? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WITH THE PAYCHECK OR NOT.
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WELL, IT'S NOT A PAYCHECK.AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE RICK IS COMING FROM.
I'M A SERVANT LEADER IN MORE THAN ONE PLACE IN MY LIFE.
I DID THIS BECAUSE I'M SERVING, BUT I CAN ALSO TELL YOU THAT IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES FOR ME BECAUSE WHILE SOMEONE RUNS ONE OF MY BUSINESSES WHEN I'M NOT THERE, THE OTHER BUSINESS ONLY RUNS WHEN I'M THERE.
I DON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY OF HAVING A STAFF TO GO DO THINGS FOR ME.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO MAYBE WORK A FULL TIME JOB FOR SOMEBODY ELSE AND HAVE TO TAKE OFF FOR DAY SESSIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT AT NATIONAL LEVEL.
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT $800, FIVE TO $800 A MONTH.
THAT'S NOT A LIVING THAT'S BELOW POVERTY LEVEL.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUPPLEMENTING SOMEONE'S INCOME FOR THEIR TIME.
SO LET ME JUST SAY THIS, THAT CITY COUNCILS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND PRIMARILY FILLED WITH MEN FOR THE MAJORITY OF OUR LIVES AND THE EXISTENCE.
MEN ARE NOT THE PRIMARY CARETAKERS OF CHILDREN.
I WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS 10 YEARS AGO.
KUDOS TO YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE IT IS THE HARDEST THING TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE SMALL CHILDREN.
SO YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TWO WOMEN SITTING HERE IS AN ANOMALY.
HERE, BUT GO LOOK AT FORT WORTH AND LOOK, THEY HAVE A PREDOMINANT FEMALE COUNCIL, BUT THEY PAY THEM SOMETHING.
OH, THIRTY TWO THOUSAND A YEAR FOR A MAJOR MARKET CITY.
THAT'S NOT A LIVING WAGE, BUT WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A SALARY.
YOU HAVE TO START LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT THIS ISN'T GOING TO LOOK LIKE THIS FOR THE REST OF ITS LIFE.
THE YOUR BACKGROUNDS AREN'T ALWAYS GOING TO BE WHAT IT IS OF THE PEOPLE SITTING UP HERE OF ATTORNEYS AND DEVELOPERS.
YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING MEN, ALL OF YOU AND WHERE YOU'VE COME FROM.
I'M NOT AT ALL, BUT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORLD IS CHANGING AND EVEN LOOK AT VICTORIA AND I IN THE AGE DIFFERENCE OF WHERE WE ARE IN OUR LIVES AND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS IF SHE DIDN'T HAVE A HUSBAND WHO WAS, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME SAYING THE PRIMARY BREADWINNER AT THIS POINT, SHE'S HOME TAKING CARE OF THE KIDS.
AND BY THE WAY, THERE'S PLENTY OF MEN AT THE WHO ARE THE ONES AT HOME TAKING CARE OF THE KIDS THESE DAYS IN THEIR THIRTIES.
IT DISCOUNTS AND LEAVES OUT OPTIONS FOR BRINGING IN A LOT OF REALLY, REALLY GOOD PEOPLE WHO WOULD WANT TO RUN BUT CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT.
SO JUST CONSIDER THAT, THAT, YES, I UNDERSTAND WE GOT A LOT OF BAD POLITICIANS WHO RUN OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE THEY'RE MAKING UNGODLY AMOUNTS OF MONEY DOING TERRIBLE JOBS, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE'RE EVER GOING TO BE IN THAT POSITION HERE.
SO THAT'S WHY I THINK OF A, YOU KNOW, A SMALL MONTHLY STIPEND IS BETTER.
I REALIZED YOU GUYS MIGHT EVEN DONATE IT BACK.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, $800 IN MY FAMILY.
$800 MAKES UP FOR EIGHT HOURS OF ME.
NOT WELL, LITTLE LESS THAN EIGHT HOURS OF ME NOT BEING WITH A CLIENT.
TAMARA, I THINK YOU MAKE SOME REALLY VALID POINTS.
I KNOW, I'VE SEEN AND I'VE HEARD FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT SAY THAT THEY CAN'T RUN BECAUSE THEY FRANKLY CAN'T AFFORD TO, YOU KNOW? AND THE ONE THING I THINK WE HAVE TO DO IN CITY GOVERNMENT IS MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS RESTRICTIVE, THAT IS EXCLUSIVE.
I WOULD LOVE FOR MORE CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO BECOME INVOLVED AND BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
AND I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT ON A LOT OF FAMILIES IF THEY'RE NOT RETIRED.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, THAT EXTRA MONEY COMING IN, IT CAN BE DIFFICULT AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY BE NOT JUST DIFFICULT, IT CAN BE A FLAT OUT NO, BECAUSE YOU JUST YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO TO GIVE UP YOUR JOB OR GIVE UP WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO BE ABLE TO BE ON COUNCIL.
SO I THINK YOU MAKE SOME VERY VALID POINTS.
I'M CERTAINLY NOT UP HERE TRYING TO LINE MY POCKETS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS WE GROW.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO OPEN US UP TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PEOPLE.
CERTAINLY THEY NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH YOU.
THEY DEFINITELY NEED TO HAVE THE RIGHT HEART TO RUN.
I MEAN, THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WITH THE RIGHT HEART HAVE THE ABILITY TO RUN.
I DON'T WANT THOSE WITH THE RIGHT HEART NOT TO BE ABLE TO RUN BECAUSE FRANKLY, THEY JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO QUIT THEIR JOB AND DO IT.
AND THERE'S NO WAY I DO THIS JOB FOR THIRTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.
WELL, THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT THE ONLY PRIMARY JOB THAT'S.
I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT.
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WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO BRING FORWARD ON LOCAL OPTION? ANY INFORMATION I CAN JUST DO AN INFORMATIONAL OR I CAN SEND SOMETHING OUT IN A MEMO TO EVERYBODY.I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THE LOCAL OPTION AND SAY, I HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF BUSINESS LEADERS THAT ARE THAT ARE TELLING ME THIS.
I MEAN, I HAVEN'T RESEARCHED IT.
FROM WHAT I CAN TELL YOU ARE CORRECT COUNCIL MEMBER STANFORD THAT THE BUSINESS OWNERS WHO SELL ALCOHOL HERE IN JOHNSON COUNTY PORTION OF BURLESON HAVE TO BUY FROM AN AUTHORIZED ALCOHOL DISTRIBUTOR IN THE COUNTY.
SO OUR TARRANT COUNTY PORTION OF CITY OF BURLESON CAN BUY FROM TARRANT COUNTY DISTRIBUTORS, BUT THE JOHNSON COUNTY PORTION HAS TO USE A JOHNSON COUNTY ONE AND THAT IT WASN'T AN ISSUE BEFORE.
I WILL SAY THIS BECAUSE JOHNSON COUNTY, THE REST OF THE COUNTY, WAS DRY AND THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY OF THESE.
AND EVEN THEIR LOCAL OPTIONS, LIKE CLEVELAND'S LOCAL OPTION, MIRRORS OURS PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, FOR WITH A FOOD AND BEVERAGE LICENSE TO SELL MILK MIXED ALCOHOL.
THERE WASN'T AN ALCOHOL LIQUOR STORE PER SAY, BUT ALVARADO ONCE THEY CHANGED THEIRS THEN THAN THEY GOT ONE.
AND SO THEY HAVE THE MARKET IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
YEAH, SO I WOULD LIKE US TO HAVE THE SALES TAX MONEY.
SO I CAN SEND SOMETHING OUT TO YOU ALL ON THE LOCAL OPTION BECAUSE THERE IS CONSEQUENCES TO THAT AND I KNOW IT'S NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
SO I'M REALLY KIND OF GOING OVER.
SO LET ME BRING BACK TO COUNCIL A LOCAL OPTION AND TELL YOU GUYS MORE ABOUT IT BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO LOVE IT.
SO WE DO HAVE ANOTHER ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
SO ITEM 8C IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION
[C. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the City's response for the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). (Staff Presenter: K.T. Freeman, Fire Chief)]
REGARDING THE CITY'S RESPONSE FOR THE 2019 CORONAVIRUS DISEASE COVID 19.THE PRESENTER IS KT FREEMAN, FIRE CHIEF AND I BELIEVE DEPUTY CHIEF CASEY DAVIS WILL BE PRESENTING, TOO.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M GOING TO START WITH SOME OPENING REMARKS AND THEN I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO CASEY.
CASEY SHARED WITH ME WHILE AGO.
HE'S FEELING VERY GUILTY THAT THIS TIME NEXT WEEK HE'S GOING TO BE IN THE CARIBBEAN ON A CRUISE AND HE WANTED TO TAKE IT OVER.
BUT NO, WE DO HAVE AN UPDATE TO GIVE YOU TONIGHT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE PRESENTATION IS LAST WEEK I RECEIVED A COUPLE OF CONCERNS, AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MEMBERS AS WELL .
A COUPLE OF CONCERNS FROM PARENTS THAT THERE'S A PRIVATE TESTING ENTITY THAT IS NOW TESTING OVER AT THE KERR MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE WE'RE DOING OUR VACCINES.
AND THE PARENTS SHARED THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE KIDS HEALTH AND PUT POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, SAFETY ABOUT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS OUR TESTING THAT WAS GOING ON WELL.
I WANT TO SHARE WITH COUNCIL THAT THE ONLY TESTING THAT WE'RE DOING AS A BURLESON PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITY IS AT OUR OWN FIRE STATION.
SO I REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN AWARE OF IT.
THEY HAD RECEIVED THE THE LETTERS FROM APPARENTLY TWO SEPARATE PARENTS.
SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE TALKED TO THE BISD.
THEY'RE HANDLING IT INTERNALLY, AND THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR TESTING SITE.
AND IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TESTING IS STILL GOING ON OVER THERE AND IT'S AT THE VERY, VERY BACK CORNER AS YOU WOULD COME IN OFF OF.
IT'S NOT DIANE, BUT I GUESS IRENE.
SO AGAIN, ANY QUESTIONS, I'M REALLY NOT IN A POSITION TO GIVE YOU ANY INFORMATION OTHER THAN WE RECEIVED CONCERNS, FOLLOWED UP ON IT AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT OUR TESTING SITE.
SO IS IT OUTDOOR TESTING? IT IS, IT'S IN THE CAR AND IT'S JUST LIKE AT OUR TESTING, NO ONE LEAVES.
IF IT'S A DRIVE THRU, YOU DON'T LEAVE YOUR CAR, YOU DON'T GET OUTSIDE AND IT IS OUTDOORS.
AND I HAVEN'T SEEN IT PERSONALLY, BUT I'M FAMILIAR WITH WHERE IT'S ALLEGEDLY BEING TESTED AND THERE ARE A LOTS OF FOOTAGE AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF FEET THAT THERE SHOULD BE WHERE NO ONE SHOULD EVER BE EXPOSED.
AND SO I JUST SHARE THAT WITH YOU IN CASE COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE HEARD SOMETHING, BUT IT'S NOT.
OUR TESTING SITE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS IS IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE PARENTS.
CHIEF, HOW IS YOUR INVENTORY ON TESTING? GOOD.
IT'S GETTING BETTER [INAUDIBLE] BUT WE WERE ABLE TO PROCURE TWO THOUSAND TEST
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KITS OF THE LUNGS THAT LAY OFF 2000.HOW LONG DOES THAT LAST? WE THINK IT'LL LAST US THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, AND ONCE WE AGAIN WE'LL UPDATE YOU ON HOW MANY TESTS WE'RE DOING A DAY NOW COMPARED TO HOW MANY WE WERE DOING JUST A WEEK AND A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.
SO WE'RE IN A MUCH, MUCH BETTER POSITION TODAY.
WE'RE FORECASTED TO BE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE AGAIN, AS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN OUR PRESENTATION, WE'VE REALLY NARROW THE FOCUS OF OUR GOAL OF WHY WE'RE TESTING.
AND SO WE'RE MEETING, WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WE'RE HAVING TO PAY FOR THESE TESTS AS WELL.
LIKE I'VE BRIEFED YOU ON WEEK BEFORE LAST.
AT THAT TIME, AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER BECAUSE HE WANTS TO WORK FOR HIS VACATION THAT'S COMING UP.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO RIGHT INTO A COUPLE OF THE DISCUSSION OBJECTIVES IS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE TRANSITIONED OUR TESTING SCHEDULING TO KIND OF NARROW OUR FOCUS IN ON TO SYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS THAT NEED THE TESTING.
WE'VE CHANGED UP SOME OF THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN OUR CALL CENTER TO NOW SUPPORT THAT FOCUS.
AND THEN, AS CHIEF DID, HE GAVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PRIVATE TESTING AT THE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR INFOGRAPHICS THAT COMMUNICATIONS PUT OUT FOR US ON FACEBOOK.
AND REALLY, IT'S JUST KIND OF TELLING HOW WE'RE NARROWING OUR FOCUS TO SYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS.
AND THE REASON WHY WE WERE DOING THAT IS WE WERE GETTING OVERWHELMED WITH DEMAND OF TESTING, AND A LOT OF THE TESTING WAS FOR TRAVEL REASONS OR FOR RETURN TO WORK REASONS OR, YOU KNOW, JUST A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS THAT PEOPLE NEED COVID TESTING, BUT IT WASN'T FOR SICK PEOPLE THAT NEEDED IT.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN SINCE WE'VE WENT TO THIS THAT OUR DEMAND HAS COME DOWN QUITE A BIT AND WE'RE ABLE TO NOW WITH THE INVENTORY OF TESTS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US KIND OF STRETCH THAT OUT MUCH FURTHER THAN WHAT WE INITIALLY WERE SEEING.
YOU KNOW, WE OPENED UP A SECOND TEST SITE.
STATION ONE TO MEET THAT DEMAND NOW, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO NARROW THAT FOCUS BACK DOWN JUST TO STATION THREE WITH WITH SYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS.
AND THE REASON WHY THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT FOR OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THE POSITIVE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA SO THAT WE CAN GET THEM FOR MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY TREATMENT.
THAT'S REALLY KIND OF OUR SHIFT IN FOCUS RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE STILL ENCOURAGING ANYONE THAT IS SICK TO STAY HOME.
YOU KNOW, THAT IS STILL DEFINITELY THE MITIGATION EFFORTS.
SO ANYBODY THAT TESTS POSITIVE, OBVIOUSLY, WE LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THAT AND WHAT THEY SHOULD DO TO TAKE CARE OF THAT SITUATION.
BUT WHENEVER SOMEONE TESTS POSITIVE AND WE KNOW THAT WE CAN HELP THEM BECAUSE THEY FIT THE CERTAIN CRITERIA FOR THE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES, THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING OUR EFFORT ON TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT HOSPITALIZED OR OR HAVE AN UNFORTUNATE DEATH FROM COVID.
SO WHERE WE'RE AT WITH TESTING NOW, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A MOVING TARGET.
WE'VE TOLD YOU STATION ONE, STATION THREE, HOW DO YOU DO ALL OF THESE THINGS? AND THIS HAS BEEN VERY FLUID SITUATION BASED ON THE DEMAND AND KIND OF NARROWING OUR FOCUS.
SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE DOING A DRIVE THRU AT STATION THREE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8-5.
OUR CURRENT POSITIVITY RATE RIGHT NOW IS STILL AT TWENTY ONE PERCENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, OVER THE PAST THREE WEEKS, WE'VE BEEN AVERAGING ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY PATIENTS A WEEK THAT WE'VE BEEN TESTING.
AND SO WITH THOSE KIND OF NUMBERS, WE'RE STILL SEEING AT A TWENTY ONE PERCENT.
TARRANT COUNTY'S IS AT TWENTY TWO PERCENT CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW.
WHENEVER I LOOKED AS OF THIS MORNING.
SO AS CHIEF SAID, OUR TESTING SUPPLIES TEAMS PROVIDING RAPID TESTS ONLY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS AND MEDICAL NEEDS.
BUT THEY INTEND US FOR US TO USE THOSE FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT FOR NOT FOR GENERAL POPULATION OR PUBLIC HEALTH REASONS.
THE TESTS THAT WE ARE BUYING HAVE BEEN REIMBURSABLE THROUGH FEMA OR ARPA FUNDING.
WE DID PROCURE SOME OF THE BINAXNOW RAPID ANTIGEN TESTS.
AND WHY THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT BUYING THOSE TESTS, WE CAN USE THE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR FREE THROUGH THE STATE IF WE GO WITH A A DIFFERENT TYPE OF TEST AND WE WERE LOOKING AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT VENDORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BUY ANOTHER PIECE OF SOFTWARE TO NOTIFY PEOPLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS INVESTED IN BUYING NOW THEY HAVE ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE FOR THAT.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE THAT'S ON THE TEST AND IT'S ALL PRIVATE AND HIPAA, AND IT SENDS THE RESULTS BACK TO THE PATIENT.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE'RE STICKING WITH THE BINAX NOW AS LONG AS WE CAN, BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER SOFTWARE PIECE.
WE STILL HAVE ACCESS TO PCR SO AS NEEDED THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH.
SO WE'RE STILL UTILIZING THAT.
APPOINTMENTS STILL PRETTY MUCH WORK THE SAME WAY YOU STILL GO TO THE SAME WEBSITE.
OTHER THAN NOW, INSTEAD OF PICKING YOUR OWN APPOINTMENT, YOU FILL OUT A FORM ONLINE.
OUR CALL CENTER GETS BACK WITH THOSE FOLKS IN A TIMELY MANNER TO SCHEDULE THEM FOR AN
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APPOINTMENT.AND SINCE WE'VE MOVED TO THIS, WE'RE BEING ABLE TO DO SAME DAY APPOINTMENTS LIKE THIS MORNING.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF APPOINTMENTS, BUT BY THE END OF THE DAY, WE WE HAD FILLED UP SEVERAL OF THOSE APPOINTMENTS.
AND SO I REALLY THINK WE'RE FOCUSING IN ON THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK THAT NEED IT.
CASEY, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING REQUIRED TO TAKE THE TEST TO GO ON A TRIP, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DID FOR SOME PEOPLE I SENT OVER, BUT YOU'RE NOT DOING IT ANYMORE UNLESS THEY HAVE SYMPTOMS. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
WE NOTICED THAT WE COULDN'T SUSTAIN TAKING CARE OF THOSE DIFFERENT AUXILIARY NEEDS.
WE HAD TO HIRE SO MANY EXTRA STAFF AND WE HAD TO OPEN UP A SECONDARY TESTING SITE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO YES, BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF OPTIONS FOR FOLKS OUT THERE NOW.
THERE ARE THESE ONLINE COMPANIES THAT ARE COMING IN AND SELLING THESE TESTS WHERE YOU CAN DO A FACILITATED TEST OVER YOUR TELEPHONE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY IS STARTING TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A MARKET FOR THAT AND THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF THAT FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT.
I KNOW A LOT OF AIRLINE INDUSTRIES AND DIFFERENT TRAVEL.
THEY'RE PROVIDING TEST AT THE LOCATION NOW THAT YOU CAN GET THESE DONE IN 15 MINUTES OR SO.
BUT YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE, YOU FILL OUT THE ONLINE FORM IF YOU'RE SYMPTOMATIC.
OUR CALL CENTER CALLS THEM BACK, GETS THEM IMMEDIATELY SIGNED UP FOR THE NEXT AVAILABLE TEST THAT THEY CAN GET INTO IF THEY'RE NOT SYMPTOMATIC.
WE, THE CALL CENTER, SENDS THEM AN EMAIL EXPLAINING THE PROCESS AND WHY WE CAN'T DO THAT.
BUT HONESTLY, SINCE WE GOT THE WORD OUT, WE'RE REALLY NOT GETTING MANY FOLKS PUTTING IN FOR TRAVEL AND DIFFERENT REASONS LIKE THAT.
SO WE APPRECIATE THE CITIZENS AND COMMUNICATIONS GETTING THE WORD OUT FOR US.
SO THE HOTLINE, THEY'RE OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, EIGHT TO FIVE.
WE PUT TWO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS IN THERE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER COVID QUESTIONS IMMEDIATELY, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY GET THOSE SYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE TO CALL IN THE ONLINE SCREENING FORM IS FILLED OUT BY THE PATIENT.
THE CALL CENTER REVIEWS THAT JUST LIKE I WAS TELLING YOU AND THEY SCHEDULE THE TEST AND THE CALL CENTER IS STILL ASSESSING ASSISTING PEOPLE THAT NEED VACCINES, WE'RE STILL DOING OUR VACCINE SITE TWICE A WEEK AND THEN ANSWERING COVID 19 QUESTIONS.
AND SO THIS IS HOW YOU ACCESS THOSE THROUGH OUR WEBSITE OR THROUGH OUR CALL CENTER, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING BACK TO THAT SLIDE THERE.
I WAS GOING TO EARLIER WHEN I MADE REMARKS ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS.
I SAW TODAY THE BILLBOARD ON ONE SEVENTY FOUR AND I WAS GOING TO COME IN COMMUNICATIONS ON THAT AT THE SAME TIME.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE STILL NEED OUT IF WE'RE TRYING TO NOT DRIVE SO MUCH TRAFFIC AND IT REALLY FOCUS ON THE SYMPTOMATIC INDIVIDUALS? SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE PAID FOR A CERTAIN TIME FRAME FOR THAT TO BE UP.
AND SO I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, WE COULD HAVE THEM TAKE IT DOWN FROM ONE OR TWO.
BUT CAN WE CHANGE THE MESSAGE TO BE SOMETHING ABOUT THE HOT LINE, LIKE HIGHLIGHTING THAT YOU CAN CALL THEM FOR QUESTIONS, YOU CAN CALL ABOUT VACCINES.
WE COULD TALK WITH DEANNA AND SEE WHAT WE THINK THAT MIGHT.
I MEAN, IT'S UP AND WE'RE PAID FOR IT.
LET'S UTILIZE IT FOR SOMETHING THAT INSTEAD OF THAT, SOMEONE SEES IT AND DRIVES TRAFFIC AND THEN WE HAVE TO TURN THEM AWAY.
I'D MUCH RATHER EMPOWER PUT OUT POSITIVE INFORMATION THAT EMPOWERS INDIVIDUALS IN PARTICULARLY UTILIZING THAT HOTLINE FOR THE RANDOM QUESTIONS THAT I SEE FLOATING AROUND.
AND I KNOW I SOUND REALLY NASTY AND I PROMISE I HAD A COVID TEST TODAY AT MY PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE AND IT WAS NEGATIVE.
AND THEN I COULDN'T WEAR MY MASK AS MUCH AS SORRY, AND I CAN'T WEAR MY MASK BETWEEN THE RUNNY NOSE AND THE COUGH AND THE IT'S DISGUSTING AND I APOLOGIZE.
AND IF I HAVE TO SEND YOU A GET WELL BASKET BECAUSE YOU GET MY DIRTY COLD THAT MY KID BROUGHT HOME FROM DAYCARE, THEN I'M SORRY.
BUT ANYWAY, I JUST REALLY, I THINK UTILIZING THE COMMUNICATION, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO I KNOW WHEN I HAVE TEXTED YOU AND SAID, OK, I HAVE SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS A TEST BY MONDAY, THEY'RE HAVING SURGERY.
WHERE CAN I SEND THEM IN? WE TRY NOT TO DO REFERRALS, BUT ARE WE BASED ON THIS SLIDE OR ARE WE SAYING THERE IS PRIVATE TESTING AVAILABLE? THERE IS PRIVATE TESTING AVAILABLE THERE.
THERE'S PRIVATE TESTING AVAILABLE AT CVS MULTIPLE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND I THINK WE'VE MADE AN EFFORT TO PUT THAT ON OUR WEBSITE OF DIFFERENT PLACES THAT YOU CAN GO FOR TO FIND THOSE TESTING OPTIONS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SUCH A DIFFERENT NEED FOR TESTING OPTIONS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS AND IN WAYS TO GET THAT.
AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A BIG PUSH TO GET A LOT OF HOME TESTING PUSHED OUT.
SO I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AMAZON, WALMART, KROGER SPECIFICALLY GETTING A LOT OF HOME TESTING PUSHED OUT AS WELL.
SO HOW DO YOU INDIVIDUALS KNOW BECAUSE I GOT MINE TODAY AND MAN, SHE WASN'T NICE ABOUT IT.
LIKE, HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU WORK UP THE NERVE TO DO THAT YOURSELF? SO THE NICE THING ABOUT THE BINEX NOW, THE ONE THAT YOU'RE SEEING AS A HOME TEST KIT, IT'S VERY SIMPLE TO USE, AND IT'S NOT THE DEEP ONE.
IT'S REALLY SIMPLE AND EASY TO USE AND ANYBODY CAN DO THAT.
I WANTED TO SAY, LOOK, I'M PRETTY SNOTTY, LIKE YOU CAN JUST COLLECT SOME AND TAKE
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THAT IN.I GUARANTEE IT'S GOING TO TELL YOU YES OR NO, I'M GOOD CHIEF.
I WAS GOING TO SAY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE IT ON YOUR SIDE, AND I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT TRAVEL.
THEY DO HAVE COVID TESTING NOW AT ALL ALL AIRPORTS.
THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS ALL HAVE THE COVID TESTING SITE SET UP.
YOU DO HAVE TO GET PAST THE SECURITY CHECKPOINTS, BUT RECENTLY I'VE BEEN IN SEVERAL AND THEY'VE HAD COVID TESTING AT EVERY ONE OF THEM.
I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO THROW OUT THERE, TOO.
COUNCIL THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION NINE CITY COUNCIL REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA
[9. CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR REPORTS]
ITEMS OR REPORTS.ANYBODY HAVE ANY? RONNIE? NOTHING, MAN.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD GO HERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY A REPORT, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE WAS DIGITAL VOTING AT ONE POINT WHERE YOU GUYS COULD LIKE COULD VOTE.
WHAT HAPPENED TO IT? YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
I HAD A LOT OF NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WE NEEDED TO DO SOME TRAINING ON THAT.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC VOTING OF THE DAY THAT WOULD HELP, THAT WOULD HELP THE MAYOR.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? WSO I JUST WANTED TO LOOK INTO THAT AGAIN.
ACTUALLY, WE WE WILL PLACE THAT ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE FULL COUNCIL.
AND SO IT WOULD BE, WE WOULD DO SOME TRAINING RIGHT BEFORE A COUNCIL MEETING.
HAVING YOU ALL THERE SO YOU CAN SEE IT REAL LIFE.
AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN WORK THROUGH THAT AND IT WOULD DO THE TRAINING.
THE BUTTONS ARE A LOT BETTER, TOO.
SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO HIT IT SO HARD HERE.
ARE YOU ALL TRYING TO HURT MY FEELINGS HERE? I MEAN, WHAT'S GOING ON? THAT THING WAS A PAIN IN THE REAR.
ANYBODY ELSE? YOU GUYS OK? WHERE ARE YOU AT THIS TIME? WE HAVE NO NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
SO MAYOR, IF YOU COULD CALL FOR A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT, REQUIRES A FIRST, A SECOND, BUT NO VOTE.
I GOT A MOTION BY VICTORIA AND THE SECOND BY JIMMY.
WE'RE OUT OF HERE AT 9:02.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.