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I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS SESSION UP AT 2:00.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION TWO.
[2A. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the Capital Improvements Program Advisory Committee. (Staff Presenter: Eric Oscarson, Public Works Director)]
REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS 2A IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE.THE STAFF PRESENTED THIS AFTERNOON IS ERIC OSCARSON, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MR. OSCARSON.
THANK YOU, AMANDA. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
IT IS LOVINGLY KNOWN AS CPAC AND CPAC IS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT HAS MULTIPLE DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND ONE OF THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES IS SETTING IMPACT FEES.
SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF A ONCE OVER OF WHAT IMPACT FEES ARE.
THEY'RE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 395.
IT REQUIRES THIS COMMITTEE TO ACT AS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE CITY COUNCIL.
THEY ARE REQUIRED TO MEET TWICE A YEAR.
AND THEN DURING THE FIVE YEAR UPDATE, THEY MEET MORE FREQUENTLY TO MEET THE STATUTORY STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS AND NOTICING REQUIREMENTS OF THE PUBLIC IS NEEDED FOR ANY TIME WE DO ANY KIND OF PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE CAPITAL PLAN OR IF WE ADOPT NEW FEES.
SO WHY DO WE COLLECT IMPACT FEES? SO OBVIOUSLY THE COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH SIGNIFICANTLY EXCEEDS OUR TRADITIONAL TAX AND FEE COLLECTION.
AND SO THIS ALLOWS US TO COLLECT ADDITIONAL FEES.
SO HOW ARE THEY? HOW ARE THEY CALCULATED? SO WHAT WE DO IS WE PROJECT A TEN YEAR GROWTH LAND USE ASSUMPTION, WHICH IS IDENTIFIED FROM THE LAND USE PLAN OR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT HELPS ESTABLISH INFRASTRUCTURE DEMANDS, AND POPULATION PROJECTIONS.
WE DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF SERVICE UNITS.
SO AND WATER AND WASTEWATER IS BASED ON RELATIONSHIP OF FLOW PER GALLONS PER MINUTE, BASED ON THE WATER METER, THE GIVEN SIZE OF THE WATER METER COMPARED TO THE FLOW RATE OF A SIMPLE WATER METER AND THEN ROADWAYS BASED ON VEHICLE, VEHICLE MILES.
SO ONE VEHICLE TRAVELING ONE MILE DURING A PEAK TIME.
AND THAT'S HOW WE DETERMINE THE IMPACT FEE PER SERVICE UNIT.
SO WHAT CAN WE USE IMPACT FEES ON? SO FOR THE WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES, WE CAN USE IT TO ACQUIRE RIGHT AWAY OR EASEMENTS WE CAN USE IT FOR DESIGN AND SURVEY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANY OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S IDENTIFIED IN THE CAPITAL PLAN.
THAT INCREASES THE OVERALL CAPACITY NOT FOR THE USE OF REHABILITATING CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE.
ROADWAY IMPACT FEES CAN BE UTILIZED FOR SIMILAR THINGS.
SO RIGHT AWAY EASEMENT ACQUISITION DESIGN, SURVEY, CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ROADWAYS.
AGAIN, ANYTHING THAT'S IDENTIFIED IN THE CAPITAL PLAN.
IMPACT FEES DO HAVE SOME RESTRICTIONS.
WE CANNOT USE THEM FOR MAINTENANCE.
WE CANNOT USE THEM ON WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE ETG SINCE WE DO NOT IF WE DO NOT PROVIDE SERVICE TO THEM ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE ETJ, WE CANNOT USE THEM FOR TRAFFIC CALMING IMPROVEMENTS OR ANY KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE CAPITAL PLAN.
AND ALSO WE CANNOT USE IT ON ADMINISTRATIVE OR OPERATIONAL EXPENSES.
SO JUST A QUICK BACKGROUND OF IMPACT FEES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
SO WE ADOPTED THE WATER AND SEWER IMPACT FEE BACK IN 2005.
AGAIN, IT APPLIES TO ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S AT IT'S ASSESSED AT THE TIME OF THE PLAT.
THE FEE IS BASED ON THE METER SIZE, SO THAT IDENTIFIES THE IMPACT TO THE SYSTEM.
AND THEN WE'VE MADE EIGHT FEE ADJUSTMENTS SINCE THE INCEPTION.
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AGAIN, IT APPLIES TO ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT.AGAIN, IT'S ASSESSED AT THE TIME OF THE PLAT OR WHEN THE BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED.
IT'S BASED ON THE INTENSITY OF THE PROPOSED USE.
IT CAN ONLY BE USED IN THE SURFACE AREA WHICH IS COLLECTED.
SO TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO THE CPAC, SO THE INTENT OF THE CPAC, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
SO IT'S A HIGHLY TECHNICAL COMMITTEE.
THEY REVIEW CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND FILE WRITTEN COMMENTS.
THEY MONITOR AND EVALUATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CIP.
OPTION ONE IS YOU HAVE FIVE MEMBERS VOTED INDEPENDENTLY BY THE GOVERNING BODY.
SO FIVE MEMBERS SHOULD BE APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL.
AND IF WE WERE TO USE THE IMPACT FEES AND THE ETJ, ONE REPRESENTATIVE MUST BE IN THAT AREA, CURRENTLY WE DO NOT USE IMPACT FEES IN THE ETJ SO THIS WOULDN'T APPLY TO US, BUT JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MAY ALSO ACT AS THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
IF NO REPRESENTATIVE EXISTS, THE COMMISSION MAY STILL ACT AS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
IF AT LEAST ONE SUCH REPRESENTATIVE IS APPOINTED AS AN AD HOC VOTING MEMBER OF THAT GROUP.
AGAIN, IF THE IMPACT FEE IS APPLIED TO THE ETJ, AN AD HOC ETJ MEMBER MUST ALSO BE APPOINTED.
SO THE CPAC HASN'T MET IN QUITE SOME TIME.
WHEN IT COMES TO BEING ABLE TO SERVE, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT FOUR ARE CURRENTLY ABLE TO SERVE.
ONE IS NO LONGER WITHIN THE LIVES WITHIN THE CITY.
BUT TO SAY THAT AS WELL THAT WE DO IF YOU FOLLOW THE NORMAL ADVISORY BOARD COMMITTEE'S POLICY, MOST OF THEM HAVE A NINE YEAR TERM AND MOST OF THEM HAVE ALL TERMED OUT PAST THAT NINE YEARS, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVEN'T MET.
EXCEPT FOR THE ONE IN THE ETJ. SO THEY'RE REQUIRED TO MEET TWO TIMES ANNUALLY, PRIOR TO 2004 THE P&Z COMMISSION ACTED AS THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THEN SINCE 2004 MEMBERSHIP WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
DID NOT GO THROUGH A FORMAL POLICY AS WE HAVE SET FORTH RECENTLY.
SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, SECTION 2-33 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES SAYS THAT EACH BOARD MEMBER SHOULD BE RESIDE WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY FOR ONE YEAR PRECEDING EFFECTIVE DATE OF APPOINTMENT.
THE TERM SHALL BE FOR THREE YEARS AND THEY CANNOT EXCEED THREE CONSECUTIVE TERMS. SO WHEN I TALKED ABOUT PEOPLE BEING PAST THAT NINE YEAR TIME FRAME, MOST OF THAT BOARD HAS EXCEEDED THAT.
WE WOULD ALSO WE WOULD UTILIZE THE CITY COUNCIL POLICY NUMBER 40 TO APPOINT THOSE MEMBERS, OR WE HAVE THE OPTION TO UTILIZE THE POLICY AND IDENTIFY FIVE SEPARATE MEMBERS AND CREATE A COMPLETELY SEPARATE COMMITTEE.
SO IF WE WERE TO GO WITH OPTION ONE, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE WITH AD HOC MEMBERS THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS TO FIND THE AD HOC MEMBERS, THE CITY SECRETARY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATION.
WE WOULD BRING FORWARD [INAUDIBLE] AND WE WOULD BRING FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE FULL COUNCIL.
AND THEN THE MEMBERSHIPS WOULD BE APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL.
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SO PROS AND CONS TO EACH ONE.OBVIOUSLY THE P&Z ALREADY IS WORKING IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY.
THE CITY COUNCIL, [INAUDIUBLE] LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS AND ALREADY AWARE OF LOCAL AND STATE CODES.
THIS WOULD FOLLOW CURRENT COUNCIL POLICY RECENTLY APPROVED FOR APPOINTMENTS AND WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE APPLICATIONS JUST AS OTHER BOARDS, THE CITY SECRETARY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE ON TRACK MEMBERSHIPS.
THE NICE THING IS P&Z MEMBERS ALREADY UNDERSTAND KIND OF THE FUTURE OF WHAT THE CITY IS GOING ON.
THEY ALREADY SEE CURRENT BUILDING GOING UP.
AND THEY HAVE A STANDING QUORUM, MEANING THEY MEET REGULARLY.
THE SECOND OPTION WOULD BE TO AGAIN HAVE A STANDALONE COMMITTEE.
WE WOULD GO THROUGH THE SAME APPLICATION PROCESS THROUGH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
BUT INSTEAD OF JUST NEEDING TO IDENTIFY ONE AD HOC MEMBER, WE WOULD NEED TO IDENTIFY FIVE MEMBERS, TWO OF THEM BEING FROM THE DEVELOPMENT REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY AND ONE OF THEM IN THE ETJ. IF WE WERE TO HAVE IMPLEMENT FEES IN THE ETG AND AGAIN THE MEMBERSHIPS WOULD BE APPOINTED BY COUNCIL.
AGAIN, THIS WOULD WE WOULD FOLLOW THE CURRENT POLICY IF IT'S APPROVED.
THE MEMBERS WILL NOT BE AWARE OF CURRENT DEVELOPMENT OR NEW DEVELOPMENT COMING FORWARD.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE INFREQUENCY OF MEETINGS, USUALLY TWICE A YEAR.
WE ALSO CONCERNS THAT WE'D HAVE ISSUES GETTING A QUORUM AT A SEMIANNUAL BASIS.
A LOT OF THOSE ALSO UTILIZE P&Z MEMBERS, BUT A MAJORITY OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE AREA DO USE P AND Z AS THEIR CPAC COMMITTEE . STAFF RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME WOULD BE TO UTILIZE THE P&Z COMMISSION.
THEY CURRENTLY MEET REGULARLY.
THEY WOULD BE INVOLVED AND UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPMENT GOING ON IN THE AREA.
THEY ALREADY CURRENTLY REVIEW THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ZONING REQUESTS, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AND SO OBVIOUSLY UTILIZING THEM WOULD BE BENEFICIAL DEPENDING ON WHO WOULD BE ON P&Z.
WE WOULD THEN TAKE A LOOK AT ADDING AD HOC MEMBERS AS NEEDED, AND I WON'T DO THAT QUICKLY.
SO HOW MUCH MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE FOLKS WOULD THIS REALLY INCLUDE? I MEAN, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING A TON OF STUFF OUT THERE [INAUDIBLE] THAN THEY ALREADY HAVE A PRETTY BIG LOAD.
EXPLAIN THAT TO ME IS THIS THING GOING TO BE A REALLY, REALLY BIG DEAL FOR THEM? SO YES AND NO.
ALL RIGHT. SO AT THE BEGINNING, WHEN THEY'RE DOING IMPACT FEES AND LOOKING AT KIND OF THE FIRST WHEN WE'RE SETTING THE IMPACT FEES FOR THE YEAR, WE WOULD PROBABLY MEET WITH THEM ON A, YOU KNOW, AT THEIR NORMAL MONTHLY MEETING.
SO WE WOULD JUST KIND OF SLOWLY GET THEM INVOLVED, RIGHT? SO WE MIGHT ADD 15, 20 MINUTES TO THEIR NORMAL MEETING TO KIND OF GET THEM UP TO SPEED ON IMPACT FEES.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A LONG DISCUSSION ON IMPACT FEES.
ONCE WE GET THROUGH THAT, IT'S TWICE A YEAR THAT WE WOULD MEET WITH THEM.
SO IT'S NOT A HEAVY LIFT DURING THE REGULATORY YEAR.
EVERY FIVE YEARS YOU GET THIS KIND OF IMPACT FEES THAT WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT.
HAVE WE SPOKE TO THEM ABOUT THIS OR ARE WE JUST UNLOADING ON THEM TONIGHT? NO. AND THAT'S WE WANT TO GET COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK FIRST.
THERE'S NO THERE'S NO ACTION TAKEN TONIGHT.
THIS IS SIMPLY JUST TO GET COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK, WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE ON IT.
POINTS I'D LIKE TO BRING UP IN PERTAINING TO THE DISCUSSION.
I'M GOING TO COME OUT IN FAVOR OF THE OPTION THAT INVOLVES MEMBERS OF THE STANDALONE COMMITTEE, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE DEVELOPMENT REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY. I THINK FOR A GOOD NUMBER OF REASONS.
ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT THAT CONCEPT IS THAT ESSENTIALLY THE FEE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME OUT OF THIS COMMITTEE ARE GOING TO BE FEES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE FOR GOOD REASON.
THESE PEOPLE ARE WELL AWARE OF WHAT IMPACT THESE FEES ARE GOING TO HAVE ON THE ABILITY OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS OR THEIR CONSTRUCTION PROCESS OR WHATEVER THAT GOES INTO.
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SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS A GREAT BODY OF PEOPLE, BUT THEY'RE NOT REALLY TASKED WITH DETERMINING THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS OR OTHER ISSUES PERTAINING TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.SO I THINK IF THEIR FOCUS IS ON ADHERING TO MASTER PLANS AND GETTING ZONING MATTERS WORKED OUT AND FINE TUNED, AND THEN THAT'S THEIR DRIVING LANE TO STAY IN. BUT TO GET THEM OVER IN THE AREA OF DECIDING WHAT FEES SHOULD BE CHARGED FOR VARIOUS REASONS, I THINK THAT TASK FALLS MORE TO WELL IT WOULD FALL TO THIS COUNCIL EVENTUALLY.
BUT I THINK THE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE BETTER COMING FROM THE INDUSTRY AFFECTED.
I THINK JUST IN GENERAL, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE CITIZEN BUY IN ON ANYTHING.
I HAVE ANOTHER SORT OF SIDELINE QUESTION TO THIS.
DO WE OR DO WE NOT CONSIDER IMPACT ON STORMWATER? EVERY TIME WE AFFECT THE PERMEABILITY OF A TRACT OF LAND BY PUTTING BUILDINGS, ROOFTOPS, PARKING LOTS OR WHATEVER, WE FOREVER AND ALWAYS WILL SEND MORE WATER DOWNSTREAM TO WHATEVER CONVEYANCES THERE ARE IN PLACE TO TO CARRY THAT WATER.
SOONER OR LATER ALL CHANNELS DOWNSTREAM OF ALL THIS DEVELOPMENT WORK ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE IMPROVED, WIDENED, MAINTAIN WHATEVER TO KEEP UP WITH THE FLOW THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT CREATES.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD ENLARGE THE TASK TO INCLUDE A STORM WATER COMPONENT.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I AGREE WITH DAN 100%.
THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THE STORMWATER, THE WAY THE STATE STRUCTURED IT, THEY DID IT BY POPULATION.
SO THE STORM WATER, THE ONLY COUNTY THAT EVEN COMES CLOSE IS HARRIS.
THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT EVEN COME CLOSE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN DALLAS COUNTY DOESN'T QUALIFY FOR STORM WATER.
SO THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THE STATE IS WE NEED TO GET A HOLD OF OUR LEGISLATURE AND HAVE THEM BACK OFF THAT NUMBER BECAUSE WHAT WE NEED TO DO BUT I'M WITH YOU 100% ON THAT, DAN. I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A STANDALONE COMMITTEE.
I THINK THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF CHECKS AND BALANCES, IF YOU WILL, IN THAT REALM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE OF OUR CITIZENS.
I SHARE A LOT OF THE SAME SENTIMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SPOKEN.
AND WELL, THERE WILL BE FOUR NEW POSITIONS WHETHER BUT WE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND IT WOULD NOT BE IT'S NOT WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE APPLIED FOR UP FRONT. WE WOULD KIND OF BE COMING ON THE BACK END TO SAY THIS IS IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU'VE WHAT YOU APPLIED FOR AND WHAT YOU WHAT YOU KNEW YOU WERE GETTING INTO.
ANY TIME THAT THERE IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR A COMMITTEE THAT CAN BE IMPACTFUL IN THIS TOWN AND AND BE VOCAL AND IN PARTICULAR REPRESENT THEIR FIELD OR REPRESENT THEIR INDUSTRIES IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, IN MY OPINION.
SO I TOO AM IN FAVOR OF CREATING A SEPARATE COMMITTEE FOR THIS.
I'M ON BOARD WITH IT. YOU'RE RECOMMENDING OPTION ONE? CORRECT, YES SIR.
OKAY. IF YOU LOOK IN THE PAST ON THIS, THE COUNCIL, HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE STORM DRAINS AND HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THIS, AND IT'S A GREAT POINT THE FACT THAT WE DON'T ADDRESS AN IMPACT FEE ON THAT.
WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ACCURATE OR NOT.
GREAT POINT. GOOD JOB, COUNCIL.
SO I'M FOR I THINK WE'RE ALL ON BOARD ON NUMBER ONE, CORRECT AS FAR AS DIRECTION.
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I DON'T KNOW. WHAT WAS YOUR RECOMMENDING OPTION? THAT WAS THE QUESTION. WE RECOMMENDED P&Z BUT COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, THREE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SPOKEN IN CHOOSING TO CHOOSE OPTION TWO, WHICH IS FINE. I'M GETTING TUNNEL VISION HERE AND I'M SORRY.I WANT MORE PEOPLE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
I WANT PEOPLE OF KNOWLEDGE THAT'S BEEN IN THE TRENCHES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
WHEN WE GET SOMEBODY HERE COMPLAINING ABOUT ABOUT IMPACT FEES, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMEBODY ON THE COUNCIL THAT'S LIVED IT TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHY WE'RE DOING THAT.
SO I WANT TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF IT.
SO WE'RE KIND OF SPLIT ON THIS.
THANK YOU. I'M SORRY I SCREWED UP.
SO YOU'RE FINE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
I REALLY MADE THAT DIFFICULT, BUT NO, YOU'RE FINE.
[2B. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding a proposed services contract with the Burleson Area Chamber of Commerce. (Staff Presenter: Alex Philips, Economic Development Director)]
COMMERCE. THE STAFF PRESENTED THIS AFTERNOON IS ALEX PHILLIPS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.I'LL GET IT PULLED UP HERE SHORTLY.
WORKING ON IT. LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY.
[INAUDIBLE] YEAH, I'M READY. THANKS.
SORRY ABOUT THE TECH CONFUSION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL ALEX PHILLIPS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF BURLESON HERE WITH THE CHAMBER SERVICE CONTRACT FOR THE CITY BURLESON WITH THE BURLESON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
SO THE BURLESON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THEIR VISION STATEMENT TO BE RECOGNIZED AS AN EFFECTIVE RESOURCE, PROVIDING RELEVANT, INNOVATIVE AND IMPACTFUL PROGRAMING THAT ENSURES A HEALTHY BUSINESS CLIMATE IN THE COMMUNITY ALONG WITH THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
THE MISSION STATEMENT IS TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR THEIR MEMBERS AND FOR BUSINESS IN BURLESON .
PROMOTING THE COMMUNITY BY MARKETING BURLESON AS A DESTINATION FOR NEW BUSINESSES.
BUILD COMMUNITY WIDE LEADERSHIP BY ENCOURAGING DEVELOP A SHARED VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF BURLESON.
THEY'VE ADDED A LOT MORE ACTIVITIES HERE MORE RECENTLY OVER THE PAST YEAR AS WELL.
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS SERVICES CONTRACT LITTLE ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND ALSO BIGGER THAN THAT DESIRE FOR A FORMAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF BURLESON. THEY'RE REQUESTING TO ENTER INTO A FORMAL ANNUAL CONTRACT WITH THE CITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO BENEFIT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, ALONG WITH THE BURLESON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OBJECTIVES.
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SOME KEY ISSUES AND IF THEY HAVE ANY GROWTH PLANS.THAT'S THE BIG THING THAT WE WANT TO WITH THESE BUSINESS RETENTION MEETINGS IS TO CATCH BUSINESSES THAT ARE GROWING AND HOW CAN WE STEP IN AND HELP THEM GROW WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OF BURLESON.
THE TOURISM HOST THREE EVENTS A YEAR THAT ARE FOCUSED ON BRINGING PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE BURLESON AS WELL AS ADDING TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE, THE COMMUNITY, THE HONEY TOUR COMING BACK IN 2023.
THAT'S A BIG ONE. THAT BRINGS IN A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE POWER OF HILL'S PUTS ON A FULL CIRCLE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE THAT'S COMING BACK IN 2023 AS WELL.
WE'RE JUST KIND OF FORMALIZING THOSE EVENTS AND PUTTING INTO A CONTRACT.
SO THE THE PROPOSED CONTRACT TERMS WOULD BE $50,000 A YEAR.
THIS WOULD BE A [INAUDIBLE] EXPENSE.
THIS WOULDN'T BE GENERAL FUND.
IT WOULD BE PART OF THIS CONTRACT ON A YEARLY BASIS AND THAT IS A HOT MOD EXPENSE.
AND UTILIZE BURLESON CATERING FOR STATE OF THE CITY AND EDC LUNCHEONS.
TERMINATION A LITTLE CALL BACK IN THERE.
SHOULD THE CHAMBER NOT PERFORM, THEY WOULD BE INELIGIBLE FOR ANY CITY FUNDING FOR ONE YEAR.
EITHER PARTY MAY TERMINATE THE CONTRACT WITHIN 30 DAYS WRITTEN NOTICE.
HERE TO ANSWER ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
DID WE NOT ALREADY VOTE SUPPORT FOR THE HONEY TOUR? YES, SIR. FOR NEXT YEAR? FOR 2023? YES, SIR.
SO THIS WOULD JUST FROM THOSE HOT MOD GRANTS THAT WOULD FORMALIZE IT WITHIN THIS CONTRACT, IT WOULDN'T BE AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM WHAT HOT MOD GRANTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL FOR 2023.
WHEN I CAME ON COUNCIL LONG AGO, THE CHAMBER AND THE CITY COUNCIL WORKED TOGETHER MUCH MORE CLOSELY AND THE COUNCIL DID SUPPORT ACTUALLY SOMEWHAT MORE THAN THIS FISCALLY.
AND DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME AND FOR VARIOUS REASONS, WE SORT OF DRIFTED APART FROM EACH OTHER.
BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD SIGN THAT WE'RE BEGINNING TO COLLABORATE AGAIN.
SO I'D LIKE TO I'D LIKE TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS, IF WE CAN.
I'VE BEEN. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO [INAUDIBLE] FOR TAKING THIS OVER THE WAY SHE DID.
SHE WAS KIND OF HANDED A TOUGH HAND WITH COVID AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
ANYBODY ELSE? WE'RE THERE. YEAH. I DON'T SAY I'M DEFINITELY ON BOARD WITH THIS.
I LIKE THE I LOOK AT THIS AS AS TO TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES, BOTH GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE CHAMBER, THAT'S THEIR AREA OF EXPERTISE.
SO I LIKE THE PARTNERSHIP AND I THINK IT CAN IT CAN HELP US BOTH GROW IN A VERY POSITIVE DIRECTION.
I THINK SO AS WELL. I AGREE WITH THAT.
BUT YOU CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH IN A DAY.
AND I REMEMBER YEARS AGO WHEN I DID WORK FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THAT ON THE TAIL END OF MY TIME HERE, IT WAS STARTING TO FOCUS ON RETENTION AND JUST MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS.
I WAS SURPRISED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE MOVE CHANGE JOBS SO YOUR CONTACTS WOULD FALL OFF.
YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHO THE BEST PERSON TO REACH OUT TO WITH ANY ONE PARTICULAR BUSINESS.
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CONTACT. AND IT AND IT'S JUST LIKE I LIKE HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN STATED.IT'S LIKE AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER WELL.
[2C. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the submission of RFP 2022-12, sale or long-term ground lease of real property located at 130 East Renfro Street, Burleson, Texas. (Staff Presenter: Alex Philips, Economic Development Director)]
-12 SALE OR LONG TERM GROUND LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 130 EAST RENFRO STREET, THE STAFF PRESENTER IS AGAIN ALEX PHILLIPS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. THANK YOU, MS. CAMPOS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL HERE WITH THE RFP FOR 130 EAST RENFROE STREET.JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND HERE.
THE VISION FOR THE RFP THAT WAS DIRECTED BY COUNCIL IN APRIL OF 22 ALLOW RETAIL, RESTAURANT AND OFFICE USE NO MORE THAN 32 FEET IN HEIGHT. PREFER NO MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT.
SO WE DID GET ONE SUBMISSION ON THE RFP.
THAT SUBMISSION CAME FROM CHC DEVELOPMENT OUT OF FORT WORTH, THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, CHC DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING A VISION FOR THE CITY OF BURLESON AT 130 EAST RENFROE PROPERTY IS A IS A SYSTEM THAT INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM CITY, FUTURE TENANTS, INVESTORS, THE LENDER AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE COMMUNITY.
THEIR DEVELOPMENT TEAM INCLUDES LANCARTE COMMERCIAL BROKER, TARRANT CONSTRUCTION AND RIDGEMONT CONSTRUCTION GENERAL CONTRACTORS, MAA ARCHITECT, DUNAWAY, CIVIL ENGINEER AND BAIRD HAMPTON AND BROWN FOR THE MEP.
THEIR EXPERIENCE, THE DEVELOPER HAS COME ON OVER 43 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, CLOSE TO $120 MILLION IN COMPLETED TRANSACTIONS AND OVER 430,000 SQUARE FEET OF DEVELOPMENTS, ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS.
SO HERE'S SOME KIND OF JUST SOME SOME OF THEIR PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE IN FORT WORTH.
WE WERE REALLY PLEASED WITH SOME OF THEIR DEVELOPMENTS IN FORT WORTH.
WE THINK THIS IS IT CAME IN AS A GREAT SUBMISSION FOR THESE GUYS.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT JUST KIND OF GET INTO THE SITE AND WHAT THEY WERE PROPOSING TO BUILDINGS, RETAIL, RESTAURANT, 14,000 SQUARE FEET, TWO BUILDINGS WITH A PASEO IN THE MIDDLE.
THE OFFICE WOULD BE 12,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE.
ALMOST $10 MILLION IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT THAT IT DOESN'T BRING INTO THE LAND INTO QUESTION.
A LITTLE BIT DEEPER DIVE INTO THEIR PROPOSAL.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT OF BOTH OF THESE PICTURES WOULD BE RENFRO STREET.
SO LOOKING AT THE COLORED ONE ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE BUILDINGS FRONT RENFRO.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD WANT FRONT END RENFRO WITH THE PARKING KIND OF IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING AND ON THE SIDES WITH THAT GREEN SPACE OR THAT PASEO IN THE MIDDLE . RETAIL FACING RENFRO WITH RESTAURANTS WITH THE OFFICE KIND OF IN THE BACK OF TWO STORIES OF THE OFFICE AS WELL.
SO WE FELT LIKE IT WAS A GREAT RENDERING, GREAT CONCEPT FOR THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.
JUST KIND OF A COUPLE MORE PICTURES SHOWING WHAT THE VIEW WOULD BE FROM RENFRO.
BUT THEN ALSO A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT PASEO IN THE MIDDLE WAS SHARED PATIO SPACE, MORE THAN LIKELY BETWEEN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS THERE, OR PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING IN THE OFFICE TO BE ABLE TO COME DOWN AND SIT AND HAVE LUNCH AS WELL.
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PROPOSED TIMELINE PRE-CONSTRUCTION OF 9 TO 12 MONTHS.FINALIZE PLANS AND CREATE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
HE'LL CALL US TO MOVE OUT IN THE QUARTER, FIRST QUARTER OF 2023.
CONSTRUCTION STARTING IN 12 TO 14 MONTHS, STARTING CONSTRUCTION IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2023, WE WOULD LOOK TO NEW TO MARKET TENANTS, WORK WITH DEVELOPER TO TARGET AND RECRUIT NEW TO MARKET TENANTS THAT WOULD HELP THE ENHANCE THE DIVERSIFY THE DISTRICT WALKABILITY AND CONNECTIVITY ESPECIALLY ON THAT SIDE OF THE TRACKS.
TO START ACTIVATING THAT SIDE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS SELECTING CHC DEVELOPMENT AS PREFERRED DEVELOPER OF THE SITE AND ENTERING INTO NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING THE LAND SELL TENANT REQUIREMENTS AND POSSIBLE INCENTIVES. SO TONIGHT, ALL I'M ASKING IS WOULD YOU LIKE US TO PROCEED WITH THIS DEVELOPER TO TRY TO BRING AN AGREEMENT BACK TO YOU GUYS TO WITH INCENTIVES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO CONSTRUCT THE PROPOSAL.
SO TODAY IS JUST DO YOU WANT US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS DEVELOPER OR NOT? I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
I DID HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
THIS IS I REALLY LIKE WHAT CHC IS PUTTING OUT THERE.
MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT I GUESS Y'ALL HAVE BEEN BOTH BEEN NINE YEARS NOW.
AUGUST LAST MONTH MADE YOUR NINTH YEAR, RIGHT? OR EIGHT YEARS. [INAUDIBLE].
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING WE'RE GOING TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GOING GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
THIS PROJECT'S JUST RIGHT UP OUR ALLEY.
WE LOVE THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
I KNOW WE'VE DONE PROJECTS IN FORT WORTH, AND YOU GOT SOME IN FORNEY.
HOW MANY OF THOSE HAVE BEEN COMPLETED OR WHERE ARE WE AT.
THE ONLY ONE THAT'S STILL KIND OF IN THE DESIGN PHASE IS THE HARMON ROAD RETAIL.
SO THOSE OTHER RENDERINGS, ONE IS ALMOST COMPLETE, THE OTHER IS COMPLETE, THE OTHER IS STARTING CONSTRUCTION AND THEN HARMON ROAD RETAIL.
HOPEFULLY THAT STARTS AROUND SECOND QUARTER NEXT YEAR.
SO Y'ALL FEEL CONFIDENT YOU CAN TAKE ON THIS? YEAH, WE MANAGE OVER 700,000 SQUARE FEET OF MIXED USE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWN MOST OF THAT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'VE SEEN SOME OTHER RIPS WHERE THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE CONTACT TO RETAIL TENANTS. DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THOSE? DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING SOME? ABSOLUTELY. LANE CLARK COMMERCIAL, PROBABLY THE FASTEST GROWING COMMERCIAL BROKERAGE I KNOW OF IN FORT WORTH.
THEY DO A TON OF RESTAURANTS, A TON OF MIXED USE.
THEY'RE WORKING ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE PROJECTS RIGHT HERE WITH US.
AND THEY BRING A VAST RESOURCE OF POTENTIAL TENANTS.
AND THEY THEY DO A TON OF RESTAURANT, WHICH WE THINK THIS IS A SHOO IN FOR.
IS THERE ALSO I MEAN, I WOULD STEP IN A LITTLE BIT ALSO.
YEAH, WE WOULD WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE COMMERCIAL BROKER WITH OUR LIST OF TENANTS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR SPACE IN THE MARKET AS WELL AND GETTING A FIT FOR THESE GUYS IN THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE'D BE WE'LL BE PICKY, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL GET GOOD ONES.
I GUESS Y'ALL REALIZE HOW THE COUNCIL GETS BEAT UP OVER PARKING.
I UNDERSTAND THAT. IS THIS THE PARKING THAT WE HAVE? IS THIS TAKEN CARE OF JUST THIS FACILITY, OR IS THERE GOING TO BE SOME EXTRA PARKING FOR OTHERS, OR DO WE KNOW THE PARKING THAT WE'VE PROPOSED TAKES CARE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT? THAT'S ALL. THERE WOULD BE SOME AS WE GO DOWN THE ROAD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AND WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THERE MAY BE SOME OPTIONS FOR MORE RIGHT OF WAY TOP PARKING ON ELLISON AND THAT'S THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT UNTIL WE GET DOWN THE ROAD WITH THESE GUYS, WE WON'T KNOW WHAT WE HAVE.
IS ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANYTHING? YEAH, I WANT TO SAY RYAN.
YES? I PERSONALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS RESPONDING.
YOU GUYS, I THINK YOU HIT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT.
WE WANT IT TO BE WHAT YOU'VE GOT HERE.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORT TO PUT IN THERE IF THE PROJECT GOES FORWARD.
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I HOPE IT I HOPE YOU DO WELL ON IT.I'D ONLY COMMENT THAT I'M ASSUMING THIS RENDERING IS A PROPOSAL AND THAT IT WILL NEED TO GO THROUGH THE OLD TOWN STANDARDS COMMITTEE. I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE BIT FUTURISTIC WITH THE LOOK FOR FOR OLD TOWN, BUT THAT'S JUST ONE OPINION.
AND IF YOU COUNTED, THERE'S SEVEN UP HERE.
SO WE'LL ALL WE'LL ALL ARRIVE AT A WE'LL ALL ARRIVE AT A RENDITION THAT THAT'LL LOOK GOOD.
IT'S A IT'S A KEY SITE, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE SUCH AN INTEREST IN IT, BECAUSE IT'S A LINK BETWEEN THE OLD OLD TOWN AND KIND OF THE NEW OLD TOWN.
AND THIS IS A KEY PROPERTY IN BETWEEN AND EXPANDS OUR OLD TOWN FOOTPRINT OUT TOWARDS 35 AND IT JUST ACCOMPLISHES A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WANT. IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT, GREAT LOCATION TO US.
YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME WE GET INTO A BUILDING PROJECT, I LEARN A NEW WORD.
I'VE LEARNED COINED AND I'VE LEARNED FENESTRATION AND NOW I'VE LEARNED A PASEO.
OR IS IT PASEO? YOU IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT ENGLISH AND DICTATION OF A WORD, DON'T LOOK AT ME.
I LEARNED SOMETHING EVERY EVERY TIME WE GET [INAUDIBLE].
THANKS FOR THAT. BUT ANYWAY. YEAH, GOOD.
GOOD JOB. AND I'M SURE YOU'LL LIKE WORKING WITH ALEX.
AND FOR MY VOTE, WE GO FORWARD AND SEE WHERE WE CAN TAKE THIS THING.
[2D. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding an update of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) 2021 stimulus funds. (Staff Presenter: Martin Avila, Finance Director)]
20-21 STIMULUS FUNDS.THE STAFF PRESENTER IS MARTIN AVILA, FINANCE DIRECTOR.
THANK YOU, AMANDA. MAYOR AND COUNCIL THIS SLIDE ON TODAY IS IS KIND OF GOING BACK IN A RECAP OF OF THE CITIES RECEIVING THE $11.95 MILLION OF ARPA FUNDS.
KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A RECAP.
I'M GOING TO KIND OF GO QUICKLY TO THIS BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE SLIDES HAVE BEEN PRESENTED BEFORE.
SO WE'RE KIND OF GOING OVER ALMOST A YEAR IN REGARDS TO THE PAST A YEAR.
IN REGARDS TO NON ENTITLEMENT CITIES LESS THAN 50.
OUR FUNDING WAS GOING TO BE COMING FROM THE STATE DIRECTLY.
I KEPT THINKING IT WAS A WHOLE.
YOU LEARN SOME WORDS, TOO, SO.
AND AGAIN, BURLESON RECEIVED ITS FIRST INSTALLMENT IN AUGUST 2021, AND THE SECOND INSTALLMENT WAS GOING TO BE RECEIVED NO EARLIER THAN AUGUST. SO WE ARE ALREADY PAST THAT.
AND AS OF TODAY, THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS NOT REQUESTED THE FUNDS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY.
SO WE'RE KIND OF WAITING ON THAT, SEE WHAT EXACTLY THE STATE IS GOING TO DO.
THE STATE WAITED PROBABLY THEY'D HAD ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE EXCEPTIONS.
WE HAVE DONE TWO PRESENTATIONS ON THIS TOPIC.
WE DID ONE ON JUNE 21ST AND 2021 AND THEN ONE EARLIER THIS YEAR, JANUARY 18TH, 2022.
FUNDING OBJECTIVES AGAIN FOR THE ARPA.
BIG PICTURE SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE.
IT TALKS ABOUT REPLACE LOST PUBLIC SECTOR REVENUES, SUPPORT IMMEDIATE ECONOMIC STABILIZATION AND ALSO DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES THAT WE COULD HAVE.
WE WERE AWARDED $11.95 MILLION.
WE RECEIVED OUR FIRST TRANCHE OF $5.975.
WE ARE WAITING FOR THE REMAINING DIFFERENCE OF THE OTHER HALF OF THAT.
AND AGAIN, EXPENDITURES INCURRED BETWEEN MARCH 2021 AND THROUGH DECEMBER 2024.
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AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE AND BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE.SO WE HAD AT THAT POINT, WE CONTINUE TO EVOLVE HOW WE'RE GOING TO USE THE FUNDING AS THE NEEDS COME.
SO AGAIN, WE WERE THE BIGGEST CHANGE THERE WAS WE WERE LOOKING AT THE FORT WORTH RELIEF LINE.
WE ORIGINALLY HAD DONE $7.5 ALLOCATED TO THAT.
SO THE CHANGING NOW FOR AUGUST 2022 IS AGAIN WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE MOVED AWAY FROM ALLOCATING THE $4.5 MILLION ON THE WATER RELIEF FUND.
ON THE FORT WORTH RELIEF LINE.
FORT PUBLIC WORKS WAS ABLE TO LOCATE ABOUT $8 MILLION IN IN THE SEWER ALLOCATED AVAILABLE FUNDING.
WE HAVE A $6 MILLION DOLLAR BOND THAT WE'RE ALLOCATING AS IT REGARDS TO THIS YEAR IN 2022.
SO THAT $14 MILLION PLUS IS AVAILABLE TO FUND THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
AND AGAIN, SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE MOVED THOSE FUNDING'S ALONG WITH SOME ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE, AND WE MOVED THEM TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SAFETY MEDICAL RESPONSE UNIT, WHICH IN ESSENCE IS SIX FTES FOR THE MEDICAL RESPONSE AND THREE FOR THE DISPATCH TO ALLOW FOR THAT ADDITIONAL CAPACITY.
SO WE ARE GOING TO INVEST IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC SAFETY CAPITAL.
AND SO THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO HOW WE'RE CURRENTLY ALLOCATING THESE FUNDS.
THIS IS THE FOCAL POINT OF WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW AND THE SPENDING.
WHAT IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY VERSUS THE PUBLIC SAFETY POSITIONS? WHAT IS THAT? PUBLIC SAFETY IS MORE SO CAPITAL ANY CAPITAL I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO TO UNITS THAT IN OUR SUPPLEMENTAL FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE A I THINK, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, A COMMAND UNIT AND A MEDICAL RESCUE VEHICLE THAT WE PUT IN THERE AS WELL.
SO WE REALLOCATED THAT TO EITHER WE COULD WE HAVE A $1.5 MILLION TRUCK THAT WE PURCHASE.
WE STILL HAVE A HALF OF PAYMENT THAT'S DUE TO THAT.
THAT'S IN ESSENCE WHAT THIS WHAT THAT PARTICULAR CATEGORY IS AS IT RELATES TO TO THE FUNDING.
THANK YOU. OKAY, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 2E RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION
[2E. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff direction regarding gateway monument signs. (Staff Presenter: Jen Basham, Director of Parks and Recreation).]
AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION.REGARDING GATEWAY MONUMENT SIGNS THE STAFF PRESENTED THIS AFTERNOON IS JEN BASHAM, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, MS. BASHAM.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
GOOD EVENING. WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO.
GOOD AFTERNOON. YEAH, THAT'LL WORK.
SO THIS AFTERNOON, WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT GATEWAY MONUMENTS.
START BY TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE.
SO THEY'RE FREESTANDING STRUCTURES ARE SIGNS.
THEY'RE NON INTEGRAL, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED.
BUT COMMUNITIES REALLY USE THIS TO NAME AND BRAND THEIR CITY.
WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS SOME OPTIONS FOR WHAT WE THINK IT'S GOING TO COST TO CONSTRUCT THEM BASED OFF OF STANDARD MATERIALS, NOT BASED OFF OF ANY EXTRA THINGS, LIKE IF WE WANTED TO ADD DIGITAL MARQUEES, ETC., WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT, ABOUT HOW LONG IT'LL TAKE US TO DO THIS AND THEN HOW WE WOULD PAY FOR IT, WHICH RIGHT NOW WE HAVE $200,000 SET ASIDE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S $600,000 CUMULATIVELY.
SO YOU'LL SEE ON THE TOP LEFT, NEW BRAUNFELS JUST INSTALLED THEIR FIRST ONE.
IT'S A COMBINATION OF MATERIALS.
IT'S REALLY BRIGHT. IT'S BACKLIT IN THE EVENING.
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WE WILL NOT BE SHOWING YOU ANY POTENTIAL DESIGNS FOR OURS.WE ARE JUST GAUGING TEMPERATURE ON IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THIS PROJECT.
SO HERE'S A FEW MORE EXAMPLES OF WHAT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE.
I AND AGAIN, THE SCALE THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT FEW SLIDES WHERE WE'RE SHOWING IT IS JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW BIG IT'S GOING TO NEED TO BE FOR YOU TO SEE IT GOING THE SPEED LIMIT ON THOSE ROADS.
SO BEFORE WE REALLY GET STARTED IN THOSE LOCATIONS, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE WERE ASKED IS, WHAT IF WE MADE THIS A DIGITAL MARQUEE? WHAT WOULD THE REQUIREMENTS BE FOR A TEXT THOROUGHFARE.
SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS IS LINK CREEK PARK IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AS A POTENTIAL SITE FOR A SIGN THAT SHOWS GATEWAYS INTO OUR COMMUNITY, THAT KIND OF COMMUNICATES EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP, THAT MAY BE POTENTIAL ROAD CLOSURES OR FESTIVALS OR, YOU KNOW, WE MAY BE HAVING HONEY TOURS AND THAT'S COMING UP AND THIS ROAD IS GOING TO BE CLOSED.
WOULD BE A GREAT INTERSECTION FOR THIS IS WILTSHIRE AND GARDENS WHERE WE HAVE ALREADY DONE SOME LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS WHERE WE COULD PUT THIS ON THE CORNER, THERE'S A STOPLIGHT THERE. THE TRAFFIC THAT'S ON THAT INTERSECTION IS GOING SMALLER.
SO THEY WOULD WE WOULD BE ABLE AS A COMMUNITY TO COMMUNICATE WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO THIS FIRST INTERSECTION IS I-35 AND ALSBURY.
THIS IS WHERE OUR EXISTING ONE IS.
IT'S JUST THE ROUNDED LANDSCAPE, HARDSCAPE THAT SAYS BURLESON WITH THE TREES BEHIND IT.
WE'RE PROPOSING REPLACING THIS.
BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE TREE WITH THE HULA SKIRT.
AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? YEAH. ANYBODY AS OLD AS ME AROUND HERE REMEMBER THAT.
IT'S THE HIGHEST TRAFFIC COUNT OF THE SITES THAT WE LOOKED AT.
I-35 AND NEW ROAD SO THIS IS ADJACENT TO WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING THE NEW BUSINESS PARK.
ALL RIGHT. SO RIGHT HERE IS WHERE YOU'LL SEE IT.
AND THIS IS A GENERAL LOCATION.
YOU ONLY REALLY SEE IT FROM THE SERVICE ROAD.
SO THE LOCATION IS IF YOU'RE COMING NORTH FROM JOSHUA INTO BURLESON, IT WOULD BE RIGHT HERE AT THIS LOCATION IF CONTROVERSIALLY, IF YOU COME BACK, IF YOU'RE GOING SOUTH. JOSHUA'S IS RIGHT HERE THAT SAYS YOU'RE ENTERING JOSHUA.
SO IT'S KIND OF A GREAT WAY GOING EITHER DIRECTION, YOU KNOW.
SO MANY TIMES YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE ENTERING OR LEAVING A COMMUNITY.
THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHOW WHERE YOU ARE ENTERING BURLESON.
AND SO THE DETAILS OF THIS PROJECT IS, LIKE I SAID PREVIOUSLY, THE SCALE OF ALL THESE SIGNS IS BASED OFF OF THIS IS HOW BIG IT NEEDS TO BE IN THIS LOCATION FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT AS YOU GO BY.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE $600,000 THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE BUDGETED.
SO I JUST WANT TO PREFACE THAT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
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I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION.THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE WAS THE I-35 AND NEW ROAD.
THE OTHER ONES ARE KIND OF LIKE RIGHT AT OUR CITY LIMITS.
SHOULD THEY BE FURTHER SOUTH OR.
WE LOOKED AT LOCATIONS FURTHER SOUTH, LIKE FURTHER TOWARDS JELLYSTONE.
THE PROBLEM IS THERE'S A LARGE GAP BETWEEN THERE AND WHEN YOU ACTUALLY ENTER INTO THE COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S KIND OF MISLEADING AND THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THAT AREA ARE MUCH MORE COMMERCIAL AND IT DIDN'T REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE THE BEST PLACE TO SAY, HEY, NOW YOU'RE IN BURLESON. WHEREAS AS YOU HIT HIDDEN CREEK, YOU SEE THE GOLF COURSE, YOU SEE SOME OTHER AREAS, AND THAT'S REALLY WHEN YOU'RE ENTERING INTO THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING DONE WITH THAT SAD SIGN AT ALSBURY AND 35.
THE TREES LOOK SAD AND OLD AND THE ROCKS ARE I MEAN, IT'S FADED AND IT JUST NEEDS SOME UPDATING.
AND SO THAT ONE DEFINITELY IS AT THE TOP OF MY LIST.
I TOO AM ON THE FENCE ABOUT THE ONE COMING NORTH.
JUST WHAT QUALIFIES AS CITY LIMITS.
AND I AGREE WITH YOU, THAT IS THE HEART OF THE CITY.
IT STANDS OUT TO ME MORE THAN A SOUTHERN SIGN THAT DOESN'T EXIST YET.
I JUST DON'T I CAN'T ENVISION THAT ONE YET.
OKAY. SO THE OPTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FOR IS TO PROCEED WITH A DESIGN CONTRACT FOR THE LOCATIONS AS PRESENTED TO LOOK AT DESIGN WITH A PHASED CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN THE FOURTH OPTION WOULD BE TO NOT PROCEED WITH THIS AT THIS TIME.
SO IS THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNCIL THAT YOU'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON THE ALSBURY AND 35 LOCATION, COME BACK WITH SOME DESIGN OPTIONS FOR THAT AND THEN LOOK TO MOVE FORWARD TO THESE OTHER LOCATIONS AND OFFER JUST A COUPLE.
THAT WOULD BE MORE DOUBLE CHECK.
IT DOESN'T TELL US WHAT WE HAVE AROUND IT.
AS FAR AS HAVING YOUR SIGN RIGHT IN THE TOWN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A BIG DEAL AS IS APPROACHING THE TOWN, BUT WE'RE NOT SIGN PEOPLE.
I'D LIKE TO GET SOME MORE SIGN PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS.
GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF ADVICE.
JUSTIN GILMORE WITH LEVEL FIVE IS HERE TODAY.
SO IF YOU WANT TO ASK HIM ANY QUESTIONS, HE IS HERE.
BUT FOR THE DESIGN PHASE OF THIS, THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT LEVEL OF RESEARCH IS WHERE EXACTLY DO WE WANT THEM? AND THEN WE WOULD PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME DESIGN CONCEPTS BEFORE WE MOVED INTO FINAL DESIGN.
WE'RE [INAUDIBLE] ON 35 AND ALSBURY.
I DON'T LIKE PUTTING THE THREE SIGNS OUT.
I JUST THINK THE ONE SOUTH NEEDS TO BE FURTHER SOUTH.
I'D LIKED IT AT CITY LIMITS, BUT THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.
WELL, I AGREE. I'M GETTING AT LEAST A STARTING PLACE HERE.
WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK WITH THE OTHERS, CAN'T WE? YOU CAN. IF WE ENTER INTO DESIGN, IT IS EASIER TO PACKAGE IT ALL AS ONE BIG CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT SCOPE AND THEN WE CAN BUILD THEM AS WE DECIDE.
AND THAT WOULD BE VERY HARD TO TO SAY AT THIS MOMENT.
MAYBE IT'S HARD TO SAY TWO YEARS FROM NOW.
I THINK I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING GET UNDERWAY ON THE ALSBURY LOCATION, WITH OR WITHOUT ANY OF THE OTHER TWO. I THINK WE ALL ARE A LITTLE UNCERTAIN ABOUT HOW WE FEEL WHERE THE THE SOUTH ENTRY SHOULD BE.
WE COULD ABSOLUTELY FOCUS ON SOME MORE OPTIONS THERE.
I WOULDN'T MAKE AN ARGUMENT THAT THE GATEWAY TO BURLESON WAS MUCH FARTHER SOUTH DOWN 174 AS WELL.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AND GIVE US SOME BETTER ELEVATION VIEWS OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN.
I KNOW YOU'RE GIVING US A GREAT EXAMPLE, BUT HOW DOES THAT FIT INTO THE TO THE LANDSCAPE OF WHERE YOUR SUGGESTION? YES, SIR, ABSOLUTELY.
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AND THEY CAN'T GET VERY PRICEY.SO WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME OPTIONS SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR THOSE DOLLARS.
[2F. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the discontinuation of services provided by the Burleson Public Health Authority. (Staff Presenter: K.T. Freeman, Fire Chief)]
PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITY.THE STAFF PRESENTED THIS AFTERNOON IS K.T.
CHIEF FREEMAN. THANK YOU, AMANDA.
ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
[INAUDIBLE] GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCILOR K.T.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF STARTS WITH THIS IS NOSTALGIC, A GLANCE IN A REARVIEW MIRROR.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I CAME TO MY MIND, I STARTED TO THINK ABOUT GARTH BROOKS.
BROOKS DOES NOSTALGIA REALLY APPLY TO COVID 19 HONESTLY? YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE JUST THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP AND THEN ALL THE HARD WORK OF OF OUR STAFF.
AS I LOOK BACK ON THIS, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY IS BITTERSWEET.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AS I WAS REFLECTING ON THIS, THAT I REMEMBER WHEN WE GOT OUR FIRST 100 DOSES OF MODERNA IN JANUARY OF 2021, AND WE WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT, AND WE WERE ABLE TO ADMINISTER THEM IN ONE DAY.
AND THEN WITHIN ABOUT FOUR MONTHS OF THAT, WITH THE STAFFS BRAINSTORMING ALL OF OUR EFFORTS AND AGAIN AND ALL THE SUPPORT AND ALL THE COLLABORATION, WE WERE AT THE THE PIT AND WE WERE DOING 2500 VACCINES A DAY.
BUT WE HAVE REACHED A POINT WHERE I THINK LIKE ALL THINGS, WE'VE KIND OF REACHED AN EQUILIBRIUM AND THEN WE'VE STOOD IN THAT GAP, I THINK, IN A VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE WAY AND A VERY EFFICIENT WAY.
BUT NOW WE'RE TO THE POINT WHERE I THINK WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PRESENTATION IS ABOUT TODAY AS WE LOOK BACK TO GIVE US SOME PERSPECTIVE ON HOW WE GO FORWARD. CERTAINLY.
CHEIF SIR, YOU'RE SELLING YOURSELF SHORT TOO ON THIS, BECAUSE WE PUT A LOT OF SHOTS OUT THERE.
BUT WHERE YOU CAME ACROSS TO OTHER TOWNS, LIKE GOING TO FORT WORTH AND GIVING SHOTS, DELIVERING WATER WHEN IT WAS NEEDED, ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT CAME INTO TOWN AND TO HELP US, YOU BROUGHT TOWNS TOGETHER, YOU BROUGHT BUSINESSES OUTSIDE, AND YOU YOU PUT US ON A WORLD STAGE.
THERE WAS PEOPLE FINDING BURLESON BECAUSE YOU AND YOUR PEOPLE AND THE CONNECTIONS YOU MADE.
SO I'M TELLING YOU, DUDE, YOU DID GREAT.
THANK YOU A WHOLE LOT FOR THAT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THAT AND WE'LL RECEIVE THAT.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO CELEBRATE, WE CERTAINLY NEVER WOULD CELEBRATE COVID, BUT WE CERTAINLY WOULD CELEBRATE SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TO DO OUT OF THAT OPPORTUNITY, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE INCREDIBLE.
LIKE I SAID, WE SPUN UP PUBLIC HEALTH OUT OF A CRISIS.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS WHAT WE THOUGHT WE COULD.
SO WE CAME TO COUNCIL AND IN APRIL OF 2020, THE PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITY WAS APPROVED.
AND UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR.
MARTIN, WE ALSO CELEBRATE HIS 36TH ANNIVERSARY TODAY.
HE'S TRAVELING WITH HIS WIFE, DONNA.
SO I TOLD HIM I WOULD SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT TODAY, TOO, IS THERE'S NO WAY I'M GOING TO ATTEMPT TO NAME EVERYONE THAT HAS BEEN A PART OF THIS COLLABORATION, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL, BECAUSE I WILL MISS SOMEONE AND I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
SO I'M JUST HITTING THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AGAIN, THAT MAKES ME SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND PART OF THIS STAFF AND LEADERSHIP IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE MEDICAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES. I REMEMBER WHENEVER WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE A CAP AND GOWN TO A STUDENT THAT WAS GRADUATING BACK WHEN WE WERE QUARANTINED.
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AGAIN, YOU THINK BACK TWO YEARS AGO, TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, AND HOW WE'VE CHANGED A LOT OF OUR RESPONSES AND HOW WE DO THINGS REGARDING COVID.BUT THIS FAMILY WAS IN QUARANTINE AND THEY NEEDED GRADUATION CAP AND GOWN.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE GROCERIES.
WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LOT OF DIFFERENT NEEDS MEDICALLY AND THEN SOCIALLY.
AND WE'RE WE'RE JUST SO THANKFUL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
WE'VE TESTED OVER 25,000 AND GOING I REMEMBER THE DAYS WHEN WE STARTED BACK AT THE DRIVE THRU TESTING WITH OUR BYU OVER AT THE BRICK, THE DRIVE THRU AND WE HEAD UP OUR WE HAD OUR TENT SET UP, WE PARTNERED UP WITH [INAUDIBLE] AGAIN.
WE TRANSITIONED FROM THAT WHEN TESTING WAS REALLY ALL THAT WAS AVAILABLE.
AND THEN A YEAR LATER WE'RE VACCINATING OVER 57,000.
WE PROVIDED A LOT OF GUIDANCE INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY AS.
SHOWN IN THIS SLOT WITH OUR ISD'S, OUR BUSINESSES, OUR DAY CARES, JUST ON AND ON AND ON.
MAYOR, LIKE YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT, WE DID IT IN THE COUNTY.
WE DID IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH.
WE'VE GONE TO PEOPLE'S HOMES AGAIN.
WE WERE ABLE TO STEP UP INTO THAT GAP.
WE WORKED WITH THE CITY EMPLOYEES.
THE CITY STAFF WAS INCREDIBLE AND AND ALL THE WORKFORCE.
AND AND THEN IN MY LAST SLIDE HERE, I'VE GOT, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT I'M SO PROUD OF AND I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WAS THROUGH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH EFFORTS, WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE LIVES, TRULY SAVE LIVES.
AND WE SERVED OUR COMMUNITY WITH COMPASSION AND EXCELLENCE.
SO WITH THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BRIEFED YOU A COUPLE OF TIMES.
WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THIS OVER THE LAST YEAR AND CERTAINLY OVER THE LAST MONTHS.
AND AND OUR NUMBERS ARE GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER.
AND OUR GAP HAS GOTTEN SMALLER AND SMALLER THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRIDGE.
YOU KNOW, THINGS HAVE CAUGHT UP IN THE FORCES OF MARKET FORCES HAVE BECOME MORE EQUALIZED.
I'VE GOT YOU SOME SOME FIGURES THERE JUST OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS, AND THIS IS CONSISTENT.
WE CONSISTENTLY ARE TRENDING DOWN.
BUT OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS, THE FOR EXAMPLE, THE VACCINES HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DROPPED OFF 277.
SO IT DOESN'T WORK OUT IF YOU DO THE THE PURE MATHEMATICS.
BUT THE POINT IS WE'RE VACCINATING AN INCREDIBLY LOW NUMBER PER WEEK.
OUR TESTING HAS DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY COMPARED TO IN THE PAST.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL A FAIR NUMBER, BUT WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT 80 A WEEK.
OUR POSITIVITY RATE INCREDIBLY IS STILL ABOUT 30%.
I MEAN, COVID IS STILL OUT THERE.
BUT THE FORTUNATE THING IS PEOPLE ARE GETTING IT, GENERALLY SPEAKING, LESS AND LESS SICK.
AND OUR MEDICAL COMMUNITY HAS CAUGHT UP IN THESE TREATMENTS AND AND TESTING AND WHATNOT.
AS I SAID IN MY OTHER POINT, THE PROVIDERS, THE SUPPLY SIDE, THE MEDICAL SIDE HAS REALLY CAUGHT UP.
BUT NOW WE'RE WE'RE DOING A WHOLE LOT BETTER AS A SOCIETY AND OUR ECONOMY OF SCALE IS, MARTIN SAID.
YOU KNOW, ARPA FUNDING HAS BEEN THE MAINSTAY OF THIS.
WE HAD SOME FEMA FUNDING, BUT EVEN AT THAT DOLLARS OR DOLLARS AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, TO COUNCIL TO OUR COMMUNITY, WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THIS COUNCIL ABOUT WHAT IS THE MOST JUDICIOUS WAY TO SPEND, NOT IN THIS CASE, TAXPAYER DOLLARS LOCALLY, BUT THEY'RE ALL OF OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS BECAUSE THEY'RE FEDERALLY FUNDED.
AND SO MOVING FORWARD, WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT SHARING WITH YOU THIS RECOMMENDATION THAT IT IS TIME TO TRANSITION OUT OF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.
DR. MARTIN, AS I'VE NOTED IN THE LAST NOTATION, IS DR.
HE WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE FOR CONSULTATION.
NOTHING IS ON THE HORIZON THAT WE CAN SEE, BUT WE NEVER KNOW WHAT MIGHT BE AROUND THE CORNER.
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WE WOULD BE IN A POSITION IF SOMETHING CAME DOWN THE PIKE THAT WE COULD SPOOL IT BACK UP.YEARS AGO, WHEN THE SWINE FLU CAME AROUND, JOHNSON COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE A PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND SITTING BETWEEN TWO COUNTIES. WE WERE TRYING TO GET INFORMATION FROM TARRANT COUNTY.
SOME THINGS TRICKLED DOWN, SOME THINGS DIDN'T.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT THEY HAVE TO RESPOND TO, BUT IT'S MORE ABOUT THAT PREPAREDNESS THAT WE WERE VERY INNOVATIVE AND I TRULY COMMEND THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL FOR PUTTING THIS IN PLACE BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZED THERE WAS A GAP AND WE COULDN'T GIVE OUR COMMUNITY THE BEST SERVICE WITHOUT JUST PUTTING THIS IN PLACE AND SPEARHEADING OUR OWN EFFORTS SO THAT WE WERE IN CONTROL OF IF THINGS CAME AVAILABLE, WHETHER IT WAS TESTING OR IMMUNIZATIONS.
WE WERE ON THE FOREFRONT OF THAT BECAUSE WE HAD A DEFINED PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITY.
SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY DISBANDING IT.
I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHITTLING DOWN THOSE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING.
BUT COVID IS NOT THE ONLY THING AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH.
THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF THINGS THAT WILL COME FORWARD.
AND I THINK THE KEY OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS TO FOCUS MORE ON THAT WELLNESS, LIKE HOW DO WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY WELL? AND THEN IN THE EVENT SOMETHING COMES FORWARD, WE KNOW HOW TO RESPOND TO THAT, GET INFORMATION TO OUR SCHOOLS, TO OUR DAYCARES, TO BUSINESSES AND TOWN, TO LARGE EMPLOYERS SO THAT THEY KNOW THEY HAVE GUIDANCE AND CAN FEEL THAT SOMEBODY IN THAT PROFESSION IS GIVING THEM APPROPRIATE INFORMATION INSTEAD OF TAKING GUESSES. SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO COMMEND OUR DEPARTMENT AND THANK YOU THANK ALL THE STAFF AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF VOLUNTEERING NEXT TO A NUMBER OF THEM.
GOT TO SEE THE DAYS WHERE WE SAW TEN PEOPLE, IN THE DAYS WHEN WE SAW OVER 2000 PEOPLE.
AND SO WE'VE DONE GREAT, GREAT WORK AND I'M VERY PROUD OF IT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE COMMENT I HAVE IS I'M GLAD YOU'RE KEEPING DR.
IS THAT IT? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
WHAT ARE YOU WHAT WILL WE DO WITH THE REMAINING SUPPLIES THAT WE HAVE? IT'S A GOOD, GOOD VERY GOOD QUESTION.
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON, WE TIMED THIS.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS, I BELIEVE, OCTOBER 28TH.
WE'VE TIMED THIS RECOMMENDATION AROUND OUR ANTICIPATED PROJECTION OF WHEN WE WILL RUN OUT OF TEST AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO IF WE GO FURTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ORDER MORE TESTS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING.
SO THE TEST ARE THE ONES I MEAN, ALL OF THEM HAVE AN EXPIRATION DATE, BUT THE TESTS ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE IN THE SITUATION THAT IF WE GO PAST THE 28TH BASED ON OUR CURRENT BURN RATE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ORDER MORE.
AND THEY COME IN QUANTITIES OF 1,000-5,000.
SO AGAIN, WE JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S PRUDENT TO HAVE THAT CUT OFF.
SO AT THIS TIME, SINCE THERE IS TIME REMAINING, WE WILL CALL UP ITEM.
GENERAL, CAN WE TAKE A SMALL BREAK? 5 MINUTES. I'M SORRY.
LET'S TRY TO GET BACK PRETTY QUICK.
WE'LL GET THIS DONE. THANK YOU.
AS I SAID BEFORE, WE ARE DONE WITH SECTION TWO REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS.
I HAD CALLED UP 9B, BUT WE COULD DO THE CONSENT AGENDA FIRST IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO.
MAYOR, YOU CAN DISPENSE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AT THIS TIME.
AT THIS TIME, THAT'LL BRING US TO SECTION SIX CONSENT AGENDA.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
SO ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA 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. APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT EACH ITEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEMS 6A THROUGH 6P.
MAYOR IF YOU COULD CALL FOR A MOTION AND IF YOU'LL GIVE ME JUST A MINUTE HERE, LET ME.
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ALL RIGHT, MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION ON CONSENT AGENDA? MOVE TO APPROVE. PLEASE USE THE VOTING SYSTEM IF YOU CAN.CAN WE TO GO BY HANDS? I HAVE A MOTION BY RONNIE AND A SECOND BY JIMMY.
WHO WAS IT? I'M SORRY. I WASN'T LOOKING.
ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.
THAT'LL BRING US DOWN TO ITEM.
LET'S SEE. SECTION NINE, GENERAL.
[9B. Consider approval of a minute order electing a councilmember to serve as Mayor Pro Tem. (Staff Presenter: Amanda Campos, City Secretary)]
ITEM 9B.WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF THAT WORKS NOW.
9B IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A MINUTE ORDER ELECTING A COUNCIL MEMBER TO SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM.
COUNCIL PLACE FIVE DAN MCCLENDON IS CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE CAPACITY OF MAYOR PRO TEM.
MAYOR PRO TEM SHALL ACT AS MAYOR IN THE ABSENCE OR DISABILITY OF THE MAYOR.
AND IF A VACANCY OCCURS IN THE MAYOR'S PLACE, HE SHALL BECOME MAYOR UNTIL THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION.
DON'T LOOK SURPRISED. THAT'S YOU.
I WAS LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, I DO.
THERE IS A NOMINATING PROCESS.
THIS COUNCIL HAS GONE THROUGH THAT NOMINATING PROCESS.
THERE WAS ONE VOLUNTEER, DAN MCCLENDON, PLACED FIVE WHO SAID HE WOULD SERVE GLADLY SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM AND THERE WERE THREE THAT SAID THEY WANTED TO NOMINATE DAN [LAUGHTER].
IF THERE ARE OTHER NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR, NOW IS THE TIME.
IF NOT, MAYOR, IF YOU COULD ASK FOR A MOTION ON THIS OR IF DAN WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SPEECH.
AND IT'S AN HONOR TO HOLD THE POSITION AND AN HONOR TO SERVE IT.
I NEED A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION, I BELIEVE A MOTION BY VICTORIA, SECOND BY JIMMY.
PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.
THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, MAYOR AND COUNCIL WE WILL WE DO HAVE A NEED TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
[11. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS.IS THERE A MOTION TO CONVENE? MAKE A MOTION. OH, I'LL SECOND IT.
I GOT. I GOT A MOTION FOR RONNIE AND THE SECOND, BUT IT'LL WORK.
RUN IT BEHIND THE BUCKET ON THAT ONE.
[INAUDIBLE] WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR ONE.
[INAUDIBLE] THE MOTION TO CONVENE PASSES UNANIMOUS WERE CONVENING AT 3:22.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 3C COMMUNITY INTEREST ITEMS. ANYBODY. ANYBODY.
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SO I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL HAVE THAT IN THEIR MEMORY SO.ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, AN OLD TOWN.
WE'RE HAVING A PICTURE SHOW AND THE MOVIE WILL BE SEEING.
SO BRING OUT CHAIRS AND ENJOY A FREE MOVIE OUT ON THE PLAZA.
IT LOOKED LIKE WE HAD GOOD ATTENDANCE.
SO LOOK OUT FOR THOSE UPCOMING CONCERTS.
SATURDAYS. ANYBODY ELSE? THAT'S IT.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 4.
SO 4A IS ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN.
AND SO CITY MANAGER LANGLEY, I BELIEVE, HAS SOMETHING.
YES, MA'AM. SO WE HAVE ITEMS 9C AND 9D.
WE'RE GOING TO REQUEST THAT YOU PULL THOSE ITEMS FROM CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING.
THE CONTRACT FOR THAT PROPERTY IS NOT READY AT THIS TIME.
SO WE'LL TRY TO PUT THAT ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
SO THAT WILL MOVE US ON TO SECTION FIVE CITIZENS APPEARANCE.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED 3 MINUTES.
[3B. Presentations]
AT THIS TIME, I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS.IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON AN ITEM NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT? THERE IS NONE. SO WE WILL MOVE ON.
AS I SAID, THE NEXT ITEM, NEXT SECTION IS SIX, WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY DISPENSED OF EARLIER TODAY.
SO THAT MOVES US ON TO SECTION SEVEN DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS 7A I WILL NOTE, I WILL READ THE THE ITEM BEFORE THE COUNCIL, BUT I WILL NOTE THAT THE APPLICANT REQUESTED THAT THIS ITEM BE WITHDRAWN FOR CONSIDERATION SO WE WILL NOT HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING NOR TAKE UP ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
SO 7A IS 2301 COUNTY ROAD 805 EAST ITS CASE 22-096 THIS WAS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A WAIVER TO SECTION 5.1 STREETS AND RIGHT AWAY BASIC POLICIES OF THE DESIGN STANDARD MANUAL FOR THE DESIGN CRITERIA FOR THE STREETS WITHIN THE GOOD FARM SUBDIVISION.
THAT MOVES US ON TO SECTION EIGHT.
THE BUDGET 8A IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 2023 PROPOSED ANNUAL BUDGET.
THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE TOTAL PROPERTY TAX THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY AN AMOUNT OF $1,749,741, A 7.78% INCREASE.
THE STAFF PRESENTER IS MARTIN AVILA, FINANCE DIRECTOR.
MY PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE ONE PRESENTATION THAT'S GOING TO COVER ALL ALL OF THESE ITEMS. AND SO AS IT PERTAINS TO THE FIRST ITEM IN REGARDS TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, I WANT TO JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A RECAP IN REGARDS TO HOW WE GOT HERE.
EVERYTHING WE STARTED BACK IN MARCH.
THE CITY MANAGER IS PART OF THAT.
SO GOING BACK AND TALKING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'VE DONE SINCE SINCE MARCH, WE HAD FINANCIAL OVERVIEWS, WE'VE HAD DEPARTMENT OPERATIONAL UPDATES, WE'VE HAD STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATES, COMPENSATION AND BENEFIT UPDATES ALONG WITH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
SO ALL OF THAT KIND OF GETS COMBINED WITHIN THERE.
AND SO WITH THAT, I WILL I WILL LEAVE IT OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE THE AUGUST 4TH. IT WAS ALSO A FOLLOW UP ON AUGUST 15TH THAT PROVIDED ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL.
AND SO HERE WE ARE AND I AM HONORED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR BUDGET.
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AT THIS TIME. MAYOR, IF YOU WILL, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE, AND STATE THE TIME.IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS BUDGET, ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING SECTION? AND I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS.
SO, MAYOR, IF YOU CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE, I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:43.
THANK YOU. THAT MOVES US ON TO 8B.
[3C. Community Interest Items]
0.6572 PER $100 VALUATION.THE PROPOSED TAX RATE EXCEEDS THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.
THE PRESENTER AGAIN IS MARTIN AVILA, FINANCE DIRECTOR.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL AS A CONTINUATION OF MY BUDGET PRESENTATION A LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN REGARDS TO THIS, AGAIN, IT'S PART OF OUR PROPOSED BUDGET. WE HAVE PROPOSED A TAX RATE OF 0.6572 PER $100 VALUE.
IT IS IT IS BROKEN UP BETWEEN 2.4649 FOR THE MANAGEMENT FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ALONG WITH 0.1923 $400 VALUE FOR THE DEBT RATE SIDE.
AND AGAIN, I WILL I WILL LEAVE THAT FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND OPEN IT UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MAYOR, IF YOU COULD OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE, AND PLEASE STATE THE TIME.
I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:43.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING IN THE PUBLIC HEARING? THERE'S NOBODY. AND I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS.
MAYOR, IF YOU WOULD CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND STATE THE TIME, PLEASE.
I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:44.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL READ THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT TO GO WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT ADOPT THE PROPOSED TAX RATE TONIGHT FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE TAX RATE WILL BE AT CITY HALL SORRY CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2022, AT 5:30 HERE AT CITY HALL.
141 WEST RENFRO STREET, BURLESON, TEXAS 76028.
HOWEVER, I WILL CALL INTO THE RECORD 8C THROUGH 8H ALL AT ONE TIME FOR ONE PRESENTATION.
8C WANT TO SIT DOWN FOR A LITTLE BIT.
SIT DOWN. MARTIN. IT'S GOING TO BE A WHILE.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 2023.
BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2022, AND TERMINATING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023 AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR EACH FUND, REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, AND FINDING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
8D CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE LEVYING THE AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX OF THE CITY OF BURLESON FOR TAX YEAR 2022 ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY ON JANUARY 1, 2022 AND ADOPTING A TAX RATE OF 0.6572 PER $100 VALUATION FOR PROPERTY FOR
[7A. 2301 CR 805E. (Case 22-096): Hold a public hearing and consider a waiver to Section 5.1.a “Street and right-of-way basic policies” of the Design Standards Manual for the design criteria for streets within the Good Farms Subdivision. (Staff Presenter: Michelle McCullough, Public Works Assistant Director) (Planning and Zoning Commission recommended denial by a vote of 3-1.)]
TAX YEAR 2022.AND FINDING THAT THAT THE AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
8E. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE 2022 TAX ROLLS AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS IS ALSO BEFORE COUNCIL ON FIRST READING.
[8A. Hold a public hearing on the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 proposed annual budget. This budget will raise more total property taxes than last year’s budget by an amount of $1,749,741, a 7.78 percent increase, and of that amount $944,179 is tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year. (Staff Presenter: Martin Avila, Finance Director)]
AT WHICH FINDING THAT THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.THIS ALSO IS BEFORE YOU ON FIRST READING.
8G CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING FISCAL YEAR 2022 2023 RATES FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICE, REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE, DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FINDING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, FIRST READING.
8H CONSIDER OR APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING FISCAL YEAR 2022 2023 RATES FOR COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF RESIDENTIAL AND NON RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE, RECYCLABLES AND TRASH, AND FINDING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
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THIS IS ALSO BEFORE YOU ON FIRST READING.HAVING SAID ALL THAT, MARTIN AVILA, FINANCE DIRECTOR, WILL NOW PRESENT ALL OF THESE ITEMS TOGETHER.
SO THE CORRECTION ON THE TAX RATE IS SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2022 AT 9 A.M..
YES, LOCATION IS STILL THE SAME.
[INAUDIBLE] MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
TO START OFF AGAIN, THE TOTAL BUDGET THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED IS ABOUT [INAUDIBLE].
WE HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
AGAIN, YOU ALSO HAVE THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS THE LARGEST.
WITHIN THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, YOU ALSO HAVE PROPRIETARY FUNDS.
SO IT'S BROKEN OUT THE DIFFERENT ACCOUNTING TREATMENTS.
[8B. Hold a public hearing on a proposal to adopt a Tax Year 2022 ad valorem property tax rate of $0.6572 per $100 valuation. The proposed tax rate exceeds the no-new-revenue tax rate. (Staff Presenter: Martin Avila, Finance Director)]
SOME OF THE ASSUMPTIONS, AGAIN, THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED AS PART OF THE GENERAL FUND.AGAIN, FOR 25 TO 27, WE DO ASSUME A 3% GROWTH OF EXISTING PROPERTIES AND 2% GROWTH THEREAFTER.
AND GOING FORWARD, WE ALSO ASSUME AN ADDITIONAL 1% BEING ADDED ON TO OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
SO WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT.
AND AGAIN, THE THE DEBT RATE, THE TAX RATE IS INCREASING BY ABOUT 0.0038 TO 0.1923 PER $100 VALUE.
AND THE GENERAL FUND TAX RATE DECREASES BY 0.0325 PER $100 VALUE.
SO THE OVERALL NET IMPACT OF OUR TAX RATE IS A DECREASE OF ABOUT 2.87 ON ON THE RATE ITSELF.
SALES TAX AGAIN CONTINUES TO BE STRONG.
WE CONTINUE TO BE CONSERVATIVE IN REGARDS TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN AND THE SALES TAX.
SO AGAIN, WE PROBABLY ARE ESTIMATING ABOUT 12% FOR FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR, BUT 3% GOING FORWARD.
AND WE WILL ALWAYS MONITOR THAT ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT RECESSIONS HERE AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND AGAIN, KIND OF GIVES YOU A RECAP OF OUR OF OUR TAX RATE HISTORY.
AGAIN, THERE IS THE BREAKOUT BETWEEN THE 4649 $400 VALUE AND THE DEBT RATE OF 1923 PER $100 VALUE FOR A TOTAL OF 0.6572 PER $100 VALUE.
[Items 8C - 8I]
WE CONTINUE TO ADD ON TO THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AGAIN IN FISCAL YEAR 23 IT'LL BE THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE 1% WILL BE ADDED ON.WE ARE INCLUDING ANOTHER 1% GOING IN.
THAT WILL BE ALSO BE WILL BE EFFECTIVE THE FOLLOWING.
IT CONTINUES TO GROW EACH YEAR GOING FORWARD.
CURRENTLY IT'S AT 3.5% AND WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT FOR OUR STAFF AND OUR EMPLOYEES.
TAX RATE, AGAIN, NOT KNOWING WHERE THAT TAX RATE IS GOING TO BE INTO THE FUTURE.
MARTIN, ON THIS SLIDE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME THE 28% REDUCTION IN NEW CONSTRUCTION? WHAT IT IS COUNCIL MEMBER STANFORD IT IS IT IS NOT NECESSARILY A REDUCTION.
IT IS A CONSERVATIVE VIEW OF NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO BE.
SO WE ALWAYS START LAST YEAR WE ALSO HAD 4185 MILLION.
AND SO WE TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT GROWTH IS GOING TO BE.
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BUT THE AVERAGE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME FOR LIKE THE LAST FIVE, SIX YEARS IS ABOUT $120-125 MILLION.WE'RE NOT SAYING WE'RE GOING TO THE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO GO DOWN.
WE HAVE A CONSERVATIVE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF WHAT WE THINK IS OUR PLACEHOLDER.
AND WE GO FROM THERE AND WE CAPTURE ANYTHING BEYOND THAT.
WE CAPTURE IT ANYTHING BELOW THAT.
THEN WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO ADJUST FOR THAT AS WELL.
BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS YEARS WE DID A LOT BETTER THAN THAT NUMBER GOING BACK TO THE PAST BUDGETS AND I KNOW WE WE ADJUSTED 2020, WE WERE DOING A 2.8% A YEAR FOR GROWTH AND WE ADJUSTED THAT BACK TO A 2% GROWTH TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ANY KIND OF ANY KIND OF DOWNFALL.
DEFINITELY LEAVE SOME MONEY ON THE TABLE WHEN WE GET TO THE END OF IT, IF THAT'S THE CASE.
I THINK I THINK THE PREVIOUS YEAR WAS ABOUT $170 MILLION LAST YEAR.
AND AGAIN, IF WE WOULD HAVE GONE FORWARD WITH THAT GROWTH, WE WOULD HAVE LOST AT $149.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS CONSERVATIVE TO MAKE SURE WHAT THAT MARKET'S GOING TO BE IN REGARDS TO THAT.
TAX SUPPORTED OR OUTSTANDING DEBT.
WE ARE BEGINNING TO ISSUE AS PART OF OUR GO BOND PROGRAM.
AND AGAIN, THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU A FOCAL POINT OF WHERE WERE AT AS IT RELATES TO THE DEBT.
WE HAVEN'T ISSUED DEBT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, SO THERE HAS BEEN A REDUCTION OVER TIME.
BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO START PICKING UP AND START INVESTING IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE GOING FORWARD.
WATER AND WASTEWATER ONE OF THE THINGS, TOO, IS WE TALK ABOUT THE THE ORDINANCE OF THE RATES.
WE'RE NOT PROPOSING ANY RATE INCREASES FOR THIS FOR THIS UPCOMING BUDGET.
AND AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO BE PROPOSING RATE INCREASES IN IN FUTURE YEARS AS AS WE BEGAN TO INVEST IN OUR WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE, AS PERTAINING TO THAT FIVE YEAR CIP PLAN THAT WAS PROVIDED BY PUBLIC WORKS.
AGAIN, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON FUNDING THE FORT WORTH RELIEF LINE.
I THINK WE'RE TWO MONTHS OUT, HOPEFULLY THAT WE COULD PROVIDE THE FINAL BILL SO WE COULD BEGIN TO FUND THAT AND MOVE FORWARD.
SO WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO WRAP THIS UP AND FINALIZE IT AND MOVE FORWARD IN REGARDS TO USING THAT PARTICULAR RELIEF LINE.
SOLID WASTE FUND AGAIN, NO, NO PROJECTED FEES BEING INCREASED PROPOSED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023.
WE ARE PROJECTING SOME INCREASES GOING FORWARD.
THERE IS, I THINK ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS THAT WAS IN THE IN THE PRESENTATION IS REGARDING THE INCREASE FROM OUR SOLID WASTE COMPANY AS IT RELATES TO THE INCREASE OF INFLATION.
AND THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING ABSORBED WITHIN OUR CURRENT BUDGET.
BUT EVENTUALLY WE WILL AS THE CONTRACT EXPIRES IN 2024, WE WILL IN ESSENCE EVALUATE WHERE OUR WHERE OUR SERVICES ARE GOING TO BE AND WHAT THE COSTS ARE GOING TO BE AND WHAT EXACTLY DO WE NEED TO INCREASE THE RATES TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT DEBT SERVICE? KIND OF KIND OF GOING BACK IN REGARDS TO OVERALL THE EXPENDITURES, IT KIND OF GIVES YOU A A RECAP BETWEEN WHAT WE PROPOSED LAST YEAR VERSUS THE, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR COMING UP. AND IT KIND OF GIVES YOU A A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHERE WE'RE AT AS IT RELATES TO OUR BUDGETARY PROPOSED BUDGET.
AND AGAIN, FOR TODAY'S MEETING, WE'VE HAD OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
WE HAVE SEVERAL ORDINANCES IN THE FIRST READING.
WE HAVE OUR 23 BUDGET THAT GOES FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 22 TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.
WE ALSO HAVE APPROVING THE TAX [INAUDIBLE] FOR 2022.
WE ALSO HAVE THE APPROVING THE SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR 23.
IT WAS THE WAY THE THE INFORMATION WAS INVERTED.
SO THAT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.
WE MADE THAT CORRECTION. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ATTACHED AS IT PERTAINS TO PARKS.
AND AGAIN, THE FEES WERE THERE.
IT'S JUST THE WAY THE DESCRIPTION WAS.
IT WAS INVERTED. SO WE TOOK CARE OF THAT.
THERE WASN'T ANY CHANGES IN REGARDS TO THE VALUE OR THE CHANGE OF THE ACTUAL DOLLAR AMOUNT.
IT WAS JUST A DESCRIPTION THAT WAS THERE AGAIN.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR 23 RATES FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER.
WE ALSO HAVE THE RATES FOR THE SOLID WASTE SERVICES.
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AND AGAIN, WE ALSO INCLUDE APPROVING A 2% RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT WILL BE EFFECTIVE FOR TAX YEAR 2023, WHICH IS FISCAL YEAR 2024. AND THE NEXT STEP AFTER THAT IS FOR SEPTEMBER 12TH SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING THAT WE WILL HAVE THE FINAL READING OF OUR ORDINANCES TO APPROVE THE BUDGET, THE TAX RATE AND RELIGION ORDINANCES.AND WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'LL MAKE ONE ONE QUICK COMMENT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK, MARTIN.
I KNOW YOU GUYS PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO THIS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW, MY KIND OF MY MY STANCE IS I'D LIKE TO SEE THE THE RATE BE LOWER.
I DO LOOK AT SOME OF THE SOME OF THE THINGS ON HERE, FOR EXAMPLE, WICKER HILL, YOU KNOW, ABOUT $6 MILLION FOR THAT PROJECT AND THERE'S NOTHING ON THERE INDICATES IT'LL REDUCE TRAFFIC. I'VE TALKED TO THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ON WICKER HILL.
I CAN'T FIND THAT IT SUPPORTS IT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SPEND $6 MILLION FOR SOMETHING THAT I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY WANTS.
SO AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY PROJECT ON THERE.
BUT BUT THAT'S JUST MY TWO CENTS.
SO I'LL REREAD THAT WHEN WE DO THE VOTING.
SO WE WILL NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 8C, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 2023. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION BY RICK AND A SECOND BY DAN OK.
PLEASE VOTE. Y'ALL WAS MESSING WITH ME.
WE HAVE FIVE YES AND ONE NO, PASSES.
LOOK FOR A MOTION. MAYOR AS IT'S MY TRADITION, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN WORDING THAT SECTION 26.5 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE REQUIRES THAT WE USE WHEN SETTING A TAX RATE.
I'M SORRY, DID I GET THAT WRONG? POINT [INAUDIBLE] PER $100 [INAUDIBLE].
THE TAX RATE THAT WE ARE VOTING TO APPROVE WITH THIS MOTION I'M GOING TO MAKE IS 65.72 PER $100.
HOWEVER, THE WORDING OF WHAT I'M ABOUT TO READ IS GOING TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO RAISE THE TAX RATE.
SO LEST I CAUSE ANY CONFUSION IN THE COMMUNITY OVER WHAT THIS COUNCIL IS VOTING ON, THIS COUNCIL IS VOTING ON A LOWER TAX RATE THAN THE RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2122.
BUT THE MOTION THAT I'M TO MAKE READS LIKE THIS I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 65.72 PER $100 VALUATION, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 5.69% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.
THAT IS THE END OF THE STATE'S REQUIRED WORDING AND THAT IS MY MOTION.
I HAVE A MOTION BY DAN, I'LL SECOND.
MOTION PASSES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT MOVES US ON TO 8E CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE 2022 TAX ROLLS.
IS THERE A MOTION. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY DAN AND A SECOND BY RONNIE.
PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.
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MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 8F CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING A FISCAL YEAR 2022 2023 SCHEDULE OF FEES. IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FEES WITH THE CHANGE SINCE I WAS THE ONE WHO SPOTTED IT.THEY ARE CORRECT. THEY'RE JUST INVERTED.
I'M SORRY. A MOTION BY VICTORIA AND SECOND BY RONNIE.
PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.
PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING FISCAL YEAR 2022 2023 RATES FOR COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF RESIDENTIAL AND NON RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE RECYCLABLES AND TRASH.
IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND I WILL READ IN 8I CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER CSO 1857-09 -2021 BY PROVIDING FOR A RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM THE AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX FOR TAX YEAR 2023 AND ALL FUTURE YEARS UNLESS REVISED UNLESS REVISED OF AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO 2% OF THE APPRAISED VALUE.
IS THERE A MOTION. THIS IS BEFORE YOU ON FIRST READING SORRY, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY DAN AND A SECOND BY VICTORIA.
PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.
THAT'S ALL WE HAVE UNDER BUDGET.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO SECTION 9, GENERAL.
9A, THE ONE WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR, ALL THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING CURFEW HOURS FOR MINORS UNDER ARTICLE.
THIS IS BEFORE US ON FIRST READING.
OUR STAFF PRESENTER TONIGHT IS TIM MABRY.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS SERGEANT AND PRESENTER SUPERSTAR.
COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
IT'S HARD TO GO AFTER THE BUDGET, SO I'M GLAD WE'RE WE'RE ROCK AND ROLL.
AND I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW ON THE CURFEW AND BRING IT FORWARD FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
WE FIRST PASSED THE CURFEW IN 2001.
THE CURFEW, AS IT STANDS, IT'S APPLICABLE TO MINORS UNDER THE AGE OF 17.
THE HOURS ARE OUTLINED ON THE SCREEN.
SO DURING MID-WEEK SCHOOL NIGHTS, IF YOU WILL, IT'S UNTIL 11:00 PM TO 6 A.M..
THEN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WE GET AN EXTRA HOUR WITHIN THAT.
ALL RIGHT. THESE ARE ALL THE CITATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED SINCE 2001.
IF YOU'LL NOTE, 2022, THAT IS THROUGH JULY 31ST OF THIS YEAR PRIOR TO COMING TO YOU ALL.
IT'S ABOUT THE ORDINANCE. IF IT'S EFFECTIVE, IF IT'S BENEFICIAL, THEY'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
LAST MONDAY, WE WERE HERE PRESENTING TO THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL.
THEY ALL VOTED ON IT AND THEY THEY LIKED IT AS WELL.
MINORS ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO CRIMINALITY AND ALSO BECOMING VICTIMS. AND SO IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY, IF THEY'RE OUT, PASS THOSE TIMES AND THEY'RE UNSUPERVISED FOR US TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THEM, SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
THERE ARE SOME EXEMPTIONS WITHIN THAT.
SO SAY THE WORK AT THE MOVIE THEATER.
THEY GET OFF AT 1:00 AND THEY'RE GONE STRAIGHT HOME.
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YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT APPLICABLE TO THEM.WE STILL MAKE CONTACT WITH THEM, BUT WE WON'T ISSUE A CITATION FOR THAT.
SO A FEW OPTIONS WE CAN APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN, WE CAN AMEND IT OR DENY IT.
WE SUPPORT THAT IT BE ADOPTED.
I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE THIS TO OUR YOUTH? I REMEMBER HEARING I WAS AT THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL MEETING AND YOU'RE RIGHT, ALL THE STUDENTS THERE WERE IN SUPPORTIVE AND MANY SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT PAST 11 P.M.? WHICH I CAN TOTALLY RESPECT BECAUSE MY BEDTIME IS 9.
SO SO I'M JUST WONDERING, HAD THEY SAID IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR TO IT CLEARLY COMMUNICATED TO THEM.
BUT I'M WONDERING HOW HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE? I REMEMBER BEING IN HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS IN THAT 2002 RANGE AND I GOT PULLED OVER ONE TIME BECAUSE I WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK AND I WAS SCARED OUT OF MY MIND BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, I PROMISE I'M NOT BREAKING ANY RULES.
RIGHT? BUT HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE IT TO THEM.
SO FORMALLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY FORM OF COMMUNICATION OUTSIDE THIS MEETING, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE, PUSHING STUFF OUT IN SOCIAL MEDIA OR WITHIN THE SCHOOLS THEMSELVES, AND ESPECIALLY JUST LETTING THEM KNOW LIKE THAT THERE ARE IT IS OKAY TO GO HOME FROM A GAME OR FROM WORK OR THEIR SAFE ZONES THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING TO GET PULLED OVER JUST TO GET PULLED OVER, BUT IT'S BECAUSE WE WANT TO PROTECT THEM AND ENSURE THEIR SAFETY, CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, ANYBODY? MAYOR, IF YOU COULD OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING PLACE AND STATE THE TIME.
OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:08.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING? I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM EITHER, MAYOR.
SO IF YOU COULD CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND STATE THE TIME.
I CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:09.
IS THERE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY JIMMY AND SECOND BY RONNIE.
[INAUDIBLE] MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
AND AS I STATED BEFORE, ITEMS 9B AND C HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM THE AGENDA.
SO THAT MOVES US ON TO SECTION 10 CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS.
[INAUDIBLE] I WOULD LIKE TO, AS BRIAN AND I DISCUSSED OUR [INAUDIBLE] THE OTHER DAY.
GO BACK TO THE ISSUE OF PUBLIC ART.
I THINK WE'VE GOT OFF TO A REALLY GOOD START WITH THE MURAL THAT WE PAINTED ON THE BAILEY LAKE EMBANKMENT AND WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED AND I THOUGHT WE HAD SOME MOTION GOING, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE BEFORE WE GET THAT INTO THE DOLDRUMS, I WANT TO GET IT PUSHED BACK OUT AND BECOME A MATTER OF PUBLIC DISCUSSION AGAIN AND TRY TO GET THAT GOING.
SO HOPEFULLY STAFF WILL BRING US SOMETHING IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
[9A. Hold a public hearing and consider approval of an ordinance establishing curfew hours for minors under Article IV. Chapter 54 “Curfew”. (First Reading) (Staff Presenter: Tim Mabry, Criminal Investigations Sergeant)]
AND WE DON'T RUN INTO WE DON'T RUN INTO OBSTACLES MOVING FORWARD.RICK. AT THIS TIME, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE HAVE NO OTHER ITEMS ON THE ON THE AGENDA TO CONSIDER.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SECOND, I GOT A MOTION BY RONNIE A SECOND BY JIMMY.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.