[2.A. Proclamations - A Proclamation recognizing special needs and disabilities with a "Summer Luau Dance" on August 18th in the City of Burleson. (Recipient: Jessica Martinez, Park and Recreation Department)]

ITEM TWO A IS A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SPECIAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES WITH A SUMMER LUAU DANCE ON AUGUST 18TH IN THE CITY OF BURLESON.

THE RECIPIENT IS JESSICA MARTINEZ, PARKS AND RECREATION.

JEN BASHAM AND I THINK WE HAVE OTHERS.

WE HAVE THE CENTER OF LISA.

SHE'S HERE TO THE PROCLAMATION.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR CHRIS FLETCHER, ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF BURLESON AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 18TH, 2023, AS SUMMER LUAU DANCE EVENT RECOGNIZING SPECIAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES IN THE CITY OF BURLESON AND URGING CITIZENS TO JOIN US ON THE 18TH FROM 6 TO £0.08 PM AT THE CENTER OF ASD.

CENTER FOR ASD. I'M SORRY YOU ALL COME FORWARD AND LET'S HAVE A PICTURE WITH EVERYBODY PLEASE.

JEN. COUNCIL.

Y'ALL WANT TO COME ON DOWN? WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS FOR ITEM TO BE.

THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM TWO C COMMUNITY INTEREST.

[2.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: -Expression 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.]

MAYOR. OKAY.

YOU GOT ANYTHING? SAY.

OKAY. YOU GOT A GRASS SKIRT.

YOU DIDN'T BRING A GRASS SKIRT, DID YOU? RONNIE, YOU GOT ANYTHING FOR YOU? OKAY, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE VICTORIA TO CARRY THE LOAD HERE, SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO SOME OF THIS.

I WANT TO BRING UP THE ISD LUNCHEON FOR NEW HIRES FOR THE NEW TEACHERS.

WE HAD 200 NEW TEACHERS THIS YEAR, AND IT'S A GREAT GROUP, AND I WAS REALLY PROUD OF EVERYBODY.

THE ISDA DID A GREAT JOB.

SUPERINTENDENT GOT UP AND SPOKE, HAD A REAL POSITIVE ATTITUDE ABOUT OUR SCHOOL AND I WAS REALLY PLEASED WITH THAT.

UPCOMING EVENTS. WE'VE GOT THE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH AT THE PLAZA.

THAT'S AUGUST 12TH AT 4 P.M, AND ONE OF THE THING.

AT THAT EVENT, THERE ARE GOING TO BE BRING THE KIDS OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ICE CREAM TRUCKS.

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ONE OF THE TRUCKS WILL BE MOBILE MOVING AROUND.

A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON ON THERE.

I ALSO WANT TO BRING UP THAT LARRY AND I WENT TO THE TEXT PRESENTATION OF THE ROAD GOING BETWEEN 35 AND MANSFIELD, AND GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING FOR BURLESON.

WE'RE GETTING OUR FACE OUT THERE IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AND THEY KNOW WE'RE HERE NOW.

SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT AND I APPRECIATE LARRY HAVING MY BACK ON THAT.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION THREE REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS.

THREE A IS RECEIVE A REPORT.

[3.A. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff feedback regarding the preliminary design of Village Creek Parkway Widening and Reconstruction project. (Staff Presenter: Errick Thompson, Deputy Director of Public Works - Engineering)]

RECEIVE A REPORT. HOLD A DISCUSSION, AND PROVIDE STAFF FEEDBACK REGARDING THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF VILLAGE CREEK PARKWAY WIDENING AND RECONSTRUCTION.

PROJECT STAFF PRESENTER IS ERIC THOMPSON, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING.

ERIC THANK YOU.

SO.

OKAY. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL HAVE A HOPEFULLY A 15 MINUTE OR SO UPDATE ON THE STONE RHODES VILLAGE CREEK PARKWAY DESIGN PROJECT.

SO OVER THE NEXT FEW MINUTES, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU SOME A BRIEF PROJECT BACKGROUND.

UPDATE YOU ON THE DESIGN EFFORTS SO FAR.

SUMMARIZE OUR RECOMMENDED DESIGN ELEMENTS TO MOVE FORWARD TO FULL DESIGN, FULL CONSTRUCTION PLANS, AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, SEEK YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE PROJECT AS IT STANDS TODAY.

SO IN THE WAY OF BACKGROUND, THE CITY OF BURLESON WAS VERY FORTUNATE IN 2021 TO HAVE THIS PROJECT SELECTED AS PART OF THE TARRANT COUNTY BOND PROGRAM, WHICH COUNTY VOTERS VOTED ON AND APPROVED IN NOVEMBER OF 2021.

PER THAT PROGRAM, THE CITY IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE 50% OF ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS TO BE FUNDED BY THE TARRANT COUNTY PROGRAM.

THAT'S UP TO $3.03 MILLION.

THE ORIGINAL PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS IN A THE FOLLOWING SLIDE WAS TO WIDEN AND RECONSTRUCT APPROXIMATELY HALF A MILE OF STONE ROAD OR VILLAGE CREEK PARKWAY FROM JUST NORTH OF MCCAUL STREET UP TO ALSBURY BOULEVARD ON THE NORTH END.

IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT EXHIBIT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A VISUAL IDEA OF WHAT THAT ROADWAY TYPICAL SECTION WOULD LOOK LIKE.

IT WAS BASED ON THIS FIVE LANE, 110 FOOT WIDE RIGHT OF WAY SECTION.

A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE TARRANT COUNTY BOND PROGRAM.

AGAIN, IT WAS VOTED ON IN NOVEMBER OF 2021.

IT ALSO WAS FOLLOWED BY AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.

THAT AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED BY THIS BODY ON JANUARY 9TH OF THIS YEAR, AND I'D LIKE TO ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE PROJECT WAS RANKED NUMBER TWO OUT OF 33 PROJECTS THAT THE COUNTY CONSIDERED.

SO THAT WAS A BIG PLUS FOR THE CITY OF BURLESON.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT COMMISSIONER BROOKS FROM PRECINCT ONE ALSO AGREED TO ALLOCATE AN ADDITIONAL $500,000 FROM HIS DISCRETIONARY FUNDS WITHIN THE TARRANT COUNTY BOND PROGRAM TO HELP FUND THIS PROJECT.

FOLLOWING SLIDE GIVES YOU KIND OF THE BIG PICTURE OF FUNDING.

BASICALLY THE CITY IS IN A POSITION TO BASICALLY DELIVER ABOUT A $6 MILLION PROJECT AT A BURLESON COST OF JUST OVER 3 MILLION.

THE CITY OF BURLESON COMPONENT IS LARGELY FINANCED BY IMPACT FEES, WITH THE BALANCE COMING FROM CASH.

SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE DESIGN.

THE EFFORT BEGAN EARLIER THIS YEAR, IN JANUARY, AS I MENTIONED, WHEN CITY COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED A DESIGN CONTRACT WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS.

SO MOST OF THE ITEMS TO THE LEFT THEY'VE BEGAN WORKING ON IN ORDER TO GET PRELIMINARY DESIGN COMPLETED OR UNDERWAY.

WE RECEIVED SOME IMPORTANT FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL BACK IN JANUARY FOR A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC THINGS THAT COUNCIL WAS INTERESTED IN HAVING US TAKE A LOOK AT.

SO AS PART OF THIS DESIGN PROCESS, SO FAR WE'VE LOOKED AT THE MCCALL INTERSECTION IN PRETTY GOOD

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DETAIL TO ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF MAYBE RECONFIGURING THAT INTERSECTION TO ALLOW LEFT TURNS OUT OF THE SPHINX AIRPORT DRIVEWAY. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A REQUEST THAT WE ATTEMPT TO INCORPORATE CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN ELEMENTS TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE.

SO OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES, WE'LL GO OVER BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS WHILE ALSO UPDATING YOU ON THE DESIGN PROGRESS.

SO STAFF HAS WORKED WITH OUR CONSULTANTS OVER THE PAST ROUGHLY FIVE MONTHS TO DEVELOP TWO ROADWAY TYPICAL SECTIONS IN ADDITION TO THE ROADWAY, TYPICAL SECTION THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE APPLICATION TO TARRANT COUNTY TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BOND PROGRAM.

MOST OF THESE WELL, OTHER THAN THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION VERSION, ALL OF THESE WILL REQUIRE A MINOR AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TARRANT COUNTY.

TARRANT COUNTY STAFF HAS INDICATED THEY'RE SUPPORTIVE OF AN ALTERNATIVE ROADWAY SECTION TO THE EXTENT THAT THE ORIGINAL PROJECT OBJECTIVES ARE MET AND OBVIOUSLY THE COUNTY'S FUNDING OBLIGATION WOULDN'T INCREASE.

SO THE FOLLOWING SLIDE.

THIS SLIDE GIVES YOU THE ORIGINAL ROADWAY SECTION.

THIS WAS PART OF THE APPLICATION BACK IN 2021.

SO IT ANTICIPATED 110 TO 120FT OF RIGHT OF WAY WITH A FIVE LANE DIVIDED SECTION.

SO THAT'S DEPICTED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE HERE, TWO WAY LEFT TURN LANE CONTINUOUSLY FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER, DOWN THE MIDDLE WITH TWO LANES NORTH, TWO LANES SOUTH OFF TO THE RIGHT. WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE CONS AND PROS OF THIS OPTION.

SO WE HAVE 90FT OF EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY.

SO OBVIOUSLY THIS WILL REQUIRE THAT WE ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL 20 TO 30FT.

THERE'S REALLY LIMITED BENEFIT FOR THE TWO WAY LEFT TURN LANE.

SO THIS REALLY TIES INTO ONE OF THE CONTEXT SENSITIVE IDEAS THAT WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT.

ON THE ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, IT DOES CONTINUE THE TEN FOOT SHARED USE PATH THAT THE PHASE ONE PROJECT TO THE SOUTH INCLUDED, AND IT DOES ADD AN ADDITIONAL TRAVEL LANE IN EACH DIRECTION FOR CAPACITY.

MOVING ON TO CONCEPT A SO THIS IS WITHIN THE EXISTING 90 FOOT.

90FT OF RIGHT OF WAY AND IT'S A FOUR LANE DIVIDED OR UNDIVIDED SECTION.

SO YOU STILL HAVE THE TWO WAY CONTINUOUS, THE CONTINUOUS TWO WAY LEFT TURN LANE BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE LANE NORTHBOUND AND TWO LANES SOUTHBOUND. IT COULD EASILY BE THE OTHER WAY AROUND, BUT TWO LANES, ONE DIRECTION, ONE LANE, THE OTHER DIRECTION.

SO THIS DOESN'T ADD AS MUCH CAPACITY AS ANTICIPATED.

AGAIN, IT WOULD BE A DEPARTURE FROM THE APPLICATION.

SO STILL REQUIRE A SLIGHT AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TARRANT COUNTY AND IT WOULD CREATE A FEW OTHER CHALLENGES WITH ALIGNING WITH THE EXISTING INTERSECTIONS ON THE NORTH END OF THE PROJECT AND ON THE SOUTH END.

THE POSITIVES WE WOULDN'T NEED TO ACQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY AND AGAIN, IT WOULD CONTINUE THE TEN FOOT SHARED USE PATH AND WOULD HAVE REDUCED CONSTRUCTION COSTS WOULD BASICALLY BE BUILDING FOUR LANES INSTEAD OF FIVE.

SO THERE WOULD BE SOME.

SOME BENEFIT IN TERMS OF COST OF THE PROJECT.

MOVING ON TO CONCEPT B STILL WITHIN THE EXISTING 90FT OF RIGHT OF WAY.

THIS IS A FOUR LANE DIVIDED SECTION.

SO NOW WE HAVE A RAISED MEDIAN THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SAFETY, BUT ALSO PROVIDE A MEANS TO SOMEWHAT BEAUTIFY THE CORRIDOR WITH SOME LANDSCAPING AND ADDS TWO LANES IN BOTH IN EACH DIRECTION.

IT ALSO ANTICIPATES PLACING THE TEN FOOT SHARED USE PATH WITHIN THE ENCORE EASEMENT, AND AGAIN, THIS IS.

LISTED AS A PRO IN THAT IT MOVES THE TRAIL FURTHER FROM THE TRAVEL LANES.

THIS ALL FITS WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY.

IT'S GOT LESS COST COMPARED TO THE ORIGINAL FIVE LANE SECTION BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A MEDIAN INSTEAD OF THE ROAD.

THE LANE IN THE MIDDLE.

UM, PROVIDES THE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY WITH THE TWO LANES EACH DIRECTION.

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THIS PROBABLY IS THE MOST CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN OF THE OPTIONS PRESENTED BECAUSE IT ELIMINATES THIS TWO LANE, THIS TWO WAY LEFT TURN LANE FROM AYLESBURY DOWN TO MCCAUL STREET, BECAUSE BASICALLY THERE'S THE AIRPORT ON THE EAST SIDE AND THERE WON'T BE A NEED FOR A TURN LANE INTO THE AIRPORT.

IT JUST WON'T BE POSSIBLE.

SO THE TWO WAY LEFT TURN LANE REALLY DIDN'T FIT THE CORRIDOR.

SO AS DEPICTED ON THE VERY BOTTOM, WE PROPOSE TWO LEFT TURN LANES.

NORTHBOUND ONE AT BOONE ROAD AND THE OTHER AT THE ENCORE SUBSTATION DRIVEWAY.

THIS SLIDE GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF A COMPARISON OF THE THREE.

YOU'VE GOT THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION SECTION AT THE TOP, THE FOUR LANE UNDIVIDED IN THE MIDDLE, AND THEN WHAT WE'RE CALLING CONCEPT B, THE FOUR LANE DIVIDED AT THE BOTTOM, AND STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE PROCEED WITH CONCEPT B.

IT'S GOT. THE FOUR LANES WITH THE TRAIL POSITIONED OVER IN THE OVER IN THE ENCORE EASEMENT.

THE NEXT SLIDE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE ENCORE EASEMENT COMPONENT.

SO THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF OR THE INTENT OF CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN, AS YOU'RE ALL PROBABLY AWARE, IS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT KIND OF FIT, FIT THE LOCATION.

SO YOU'VE GOT AN AIRPORT ON THE EAST SIDE, VERY LIMITED OPTIONS OR NEED FOR LEFT TURN LANE SOUTHBOUND TO GET INTO THE AIRPORT. SO THIS OPTION, OBVIOUSLY, OR THE RECOMMENDED OPTION TAKES THE TWO WAY LEFT TURN LANE OUT OF THE PROJECT.

ENCORE HAS BEEN VERY OPEN AND SUPPORTIVE OF HAVING TRAILS WITHIN THEIR EASEMENTS ALL OVER THE REGION.

SO THERE ARE SCORES OF MILES OF SHARED USE PATHS AND SIDEWALKS AND WALKING TRAILS AND ENCORE EASEMENTS AND HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS.

WE WOULD BASICALLY DO THIS THROUGH AN ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT THAT WOULD COME BACK AT A LATER DATE, AND THE POTENTIAL LOCATION OF THAT MEANDERING TRAIL IS KIND OF SHOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE, YOU KNOW, SOUTH OF THE ROADWAY PLAN SOUTH. IT MEANDERS VERY GENTLY.

AT ONE POINT, IT THE TRAIL HUGS THE ROADWAY PRETTY CLOSELY, AND THAT'S FOR SOME ENCORE.

THIS ALIGNMENT IS BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM ENCORE, PRELIMINARY FEEDBACK, AND IT ALLOWS US TO AGAIN SEPARATE THE TRAIL OR THE SHARED USE PATH FROM THE LANES OF TRAFFIC.

IT MAKES IT A LITTLE MORE A LITTLE LESS MONOTONOUS FOR THE BICYCLIST OR THE TRAIL PEDESTRIAN.

SO I MENTIONED WE HAD TWO POINTS OF FEEDBACK WHEN THE DESIGN CONTRACT WAS AWARDED.

THE SECOND ONE WAS TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT MCCALL, THE MCCALL INTERSECTION.

SO THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES WILL ATTEMPT TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE ANALYSIS THAT'S BEEN DONE THERE, BUT I WANTED TO START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTO AT THE TOP RIGHT, MCCALL STREET DIDN'T COMPLETELY CONNECT TO STONE ROAD IN 2013.

THERE WAS DEDICATED RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE REST OF MCCALL STREET, BUT THE ROAD ITSELF DIDN'T EXIST.

SO WITH THE VILLAGE CREEK PARKWAY, STONE ROAD, PHASE ONE PROJECT, WHICH STARTED AT MCCALL AND WENT SOUTH TO THE TOWARDS RENFROE, THAT'S WHEN MCCALL WAS ACTUALLY CONNECTED TO STONE ROAD.

WE IN THE LOWER RIGHT, YOU SEE WHAT THE PROJECT LOOKED LIKE AFTER CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PHASE.

THIS CURRENT DESIGN EFFORT OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS IS KIND OF REVISITED THIS DESIGN TO SEE WHAT OTHER OPTIONS MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS COST CROSS TRAFFIC AT BOTH OR FOR BOTH MCCALL AND BANKS AIRPORT.

SO THIS SLIDE IS STRICTLY THE EXISTING FORMAT.

WE'VE GOT WRITE IN AND WRITE OUT TURNS FOR MCCAUL STREET ITSELF.

THERE'S A HOODED LEFT FOR ENTRY INTO SPINKS AIRPORT SOUTHBOUND, AND THEN THERE'S A SUBSTANDARD BUT 240

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FOOT SOUTHBOUND TURN LANE FOR ABNER LEE.

UM. THIS CONFIGURATION ACTUALLY MEETS THE CITY'S STANDARD FOR MEDIAN OPENING SPACING, WHICH IS SET AT 450FT FOR MAJOR COLLECTORS, WHICH STONE ROAD IS, AND IT ACTUALLY, WHILE IT DOESN'T MEET THE TURN LANE LENGTH STANDARD, IT DOES PROVIDE THE SAFEST OPTION THAT ALSO PROVIDES LEFT TURNS FROM THE. SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION INTO SPINKS AIRPORT.

MOVING ON TO.

ANOTHER OPTION.

IF WE WERE TO OPEN THE INTERSECTION AT MCCALL AND THE SPHINX AIRPORT DRIVE, WE COULD PROVIDE 150 FOOT TURN LANES FOR BOTH NORTHBOUND ONTO MCCALL AND SOUTHBOUND INTO ABNER LEE.

AGAIN, THOSE WOULD BE EVEN MORE SUBSTANDARD CITY STANDARD MINIMUM BEING 300FT, BUT IT WOULD ALLOW BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS OUT OF THE SPHINX AIRPORT DRIVEWAY.

THIS WOULD NOT MEET THE CITY'S MEDIAN OPENING SPACE SPACING AS WELL, WHICH AGAIN SHOULD BE 450FT AND WOULD INTRODUCE ADDITIONAL SAFETY CONCERNS JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE POTENTIAL MOVEMENTS FOR TURNING TRAFFIC TO NAVIGATE.

SO WE LOOKED AT YET ANOTHER OPTION.

OPTION A THREE.

THIS OPTION WOULD AGAIN OPEN THE INTERSECTION FOR MCCALL AND SPINKS DRIVE.

SPINKS AIRPORT, AND IT WOULD PROVIDE A TWO WAY LEFT TURN LANE BETWEEN AVENAL AND MCCALL.

SO AGAIN, WE STILL WOULDN'T MEET THE MINIMUM INTERSECTION SPACE OR MEDIAN OPENING SPACING AND THE HAVING THE TWO WAY LEFT TURN LANE WOULD ACTUALLY INTRODUCE ADDITIONAL SAFETY CONCERNS AS WELL, AND FINALLY, OPTION A FOR.

THIS OPTION.

ADJUST THE INTERSECTION FOR HOODED LEFT TURNS FROM SPHINX AIRPORT.

SO THERE'S ART.

WELL, THERE'S A HOODED LEFT EXISTING TODAY FOR SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC TO TURN LEFT INTO SPHINX.

THIS CONFIGURATION WOULD BASICALLY ALLOW KIND OF A.

I WON'T SAY A HYBRID OR A SLIGHTLY COMPROMISED HOODED LEFT TURN OUT OF SPHINX AIRPORT DRIVE AGAIN, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE AND TYPE OF TRAFFIC OR VEHICLES TRYING TO NAVIGATE THIS LEFT OUT OF THE AIRPORT DRIVE.

THIS WOULDN'T BE YOUR RECOMMENDED THE TURN LANE FOR ABNER LEE AGAIN WOULD HAVE TO BE SHORTENED IN ORDER TO CREATE THIS ADDITIONAL ABILITY TO TURN LEFT OUT OF THE AIRPORT.

SO. TURN LANES ARE STILL NOT STANDARD AND WE'VE GOT ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC SAFETY CONCERNS. SO.

A4 IS ALSO NOT RECOMMENDED.

THIS FOLLOWING SLIDE JUST GIVES YOU A QUICK LOOK AT ALL FOUR IN THE SAME SPACE.

WHILE THE EXISTING CONFIGURATION DOESN'T MEET THE MINIMUM TURN LENGTH STANDARD, IT REPRESENTS REALLY THE SAFEST OPTION FOR THE CORRIDOR.

THAT ALSO ALLOWS FOR LEFT TURNS INTO SPINKS AIRPORT.

UH, WRONG BUTTON AGAIN.

SO AS PART OF THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN PROCESS, WE ALSO LOOKED AT TRAFFIC DATA.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SLIDE, THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED IS ROUGHLY 43 AND 44MPH FOR BOTH SECTIONS OF VILLAGE CREEK FROM.

SOUTH OF ABBERLEY AND THEN NORTH OF BOON ROAD.

OR 43 AND 44 FOR NORTHBOUND AND 4142 FOR SOUTHBOUND.

RELATIVELY CLOSE DESIGN SPEED IS OR THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT IS 40.

FOR THIS ROAD SO, BUT THAT'S STILL AN IMPORTANT DATA POINT THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT DURING THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN PROCESS.

WE ALSO HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS ON CONSTRUCTION PHASING MIGHT BE, AND WE FEEL WITH THE TWO 14 FOOT LANES

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THAT EXIST TODAY, WE'D BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT.

IN TWO PHASES AND MAINTAIN ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC IN EACH DIRECTION DURING THE CONSTRUCTION.

SO OVERALL, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE PROCEED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS, INCLUDING SECTION B, THE FOUR LANE DIVIDED FOR THE ROADWAY, TYPICAL SECTION WITHIN THE EXISTING 90 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY WITH THE TEN FOOT SHARED USE PATH LOCATED WITHIN THE ENCORE EASEMENT , AND THEN WE ALSO WOULD RECOMMEND RETAINING THE EXISTING CONFIGURATION OF MCCAUL STREET THAT PRESENTS THE SAFEST OF THE ALTERNATIVES STUDY , AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WELL, I'M SURE YOU EXPECTED IT, SO HERE IT COMES.

I'M GLAD WE PICKED FREESE AND NICHOLS BECAUSE I KNOW FREESE AND NICHOLS HAS A REPUTATION FOR DESIGNING GOOD, WORKABLE AND OBVIOUSLY SAFE ROADWAYS.

WITH THAT SAID, I WENT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION DESIGN OF OF WHAT WAS THEN CALLED STONE ROAD PHASE ONE, THE SECTION THAT WAS BUILT FIRST BEGINNING BACK IN 2012, AND I GOT A SET OF PLANS THAT FREESE AND NICHOLS SIGNED OFF ON THAT SHOWS THAT MCCALL STREET INTERSECTION AND THE AIRPORT DRIVEWAY BOTH OPEN AND AVAILABLE FOR CROSS TRAFFIC OR FOR LEFT TURNS EITHER DIRECTION EITHER INTO MCCALL OR OUT OF THE AIRPORT OR MCCALL STREET CONNECTION.

SO OBVIOUSLY THEY DIDN'T THINK IT WAS UNSAFE BACK IN 2012 WHEN THEY CAME UP WITH THAT PLAN OR THEY WOULDN'T HAVE PUT THEIR SIGNATURES ON IT AND SENT IT OUT.

I STILL THINK THAT A FAIR CONSIDERATION OF SAFETY.

YOU KNOW, ONE THING I'VE ALWAYS NOTICED ABOUT ENGINEERS, IF THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING, THEY'LL SAY THE E WORD, THEY'LL SAY IT'S EFFICIENT, THEY'LL BUILD A ROUNDABOUT BECAUSE IT'S EFFICIENT AND DO THINGS, BUT WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO DO SOMETHING, THEN THEY USE THE S WORD AND CALL IT SAFETY.

WELL, MOST OF THE TIME THAT ENDS THE DISCUSSION.

MOST ANY GOVERNING BODY IS GOING TO SAY, OH, WELL, IF IT'S SAFETY, THEN FINE.

I WANT TO LOOK A LITTLE DEEPER BECAUSE I DON'T QUITE BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WHAT'S BEING TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IS TO MOVEMENTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE NOW WITH THE CONSTRUCTED INTERSECTION AS IT IS, BECAUSE WHAT YOU HAVE NOW IS WHEN PEOPLE COME OUT OF THE AIRPORT DRIVEWAY WITH THE INTENTION OF GOING SOUTHBOUND ON VILLAGE CREEK ROAD, ALL THEY'RE DOING IS TAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN, THEN DOING A U-TURN AT THE END OF THE MEDIAN AGAINST TRAFFIC TO GO BACK SOUTHBOUND.

I'VE DONE IT MYSELF 150 TIMES SINCE THAT GOT BUILT, AND LIKEWISE, IF YOU'RE COMING IN FROM I-35 ON MCCALL STREET AND YOU WANT TO GO TO THE LEFT AND GO NORTHBOUND ON STONE ROAD OR VILLAGE CREEK, NOW YOU GO TO THE RIGHT, YOU GO DOWN TO THE ABNER LEE INTERSECTION, SWING WAY OVER INTO THE RIGHT HAND LANE, DO A BIG LOOPING U-TURN BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM TO DO A U-TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION.

THEN YOU DO THE U-TURN AND HEAD BACK NORTH, AND I DON'T THINK THESE SO-CALLED SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

THE FACT THAT'S HAPPENING AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN IF THAT CROSSING IS NOT OPENED UP FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.

ONE, BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING NOW, THE TRAFFIC THAT'S DOING THE U-TURN NOW IS JUST GOING ABOUT 50FT TO THE RIGHT, THEN DOING THE U-TURN AT THE END OF THE MEDIAN.

NOW THEY'RE GOING TO GO UP TO THE ENCORE DRIVEWAY, DO THE U-TURN.

THEY'RE AGAINST TRAFFIC BECAUSE THE ALTERNATIVE IS TO GO ALL THE WAY UP TO ALSBURY, TURN LEFT, GO WAIT THROUGH TWO TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT INTERSTATE 35, GET ON INTERSTATE 35, CROSS TWO LANES OF HEAVY TRAFFIC TO GET OVER TO, YOU KNOW, TO GET ACROSS WILTSHIRE, THEN DOWN TO THE LIGHT AT RENFRO, TAKE A LEFT, AND NOW YOU'RE BACK WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.

AND THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT LONG, CIRCUITOUS ROUTE IN ORDER TO GO SOUTHBOUND AND GET BACK DOWN TO RENFRO.

THEY'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP MAKING U-TURNS.

SO I THINK THE ONLY VIABLE OPTION IS TO RESTORE IT BACK TO THE WAY FREESE AND NICHOLS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED IT TO ALLOW THOSE MOVEMENTS, AND, YOU KNOW, AND IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH, THAT PROPERTY ALONG MCCALL STREET, OPPOSITE MCCALL FROM THE HONDA DEALERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED, BUT WHEN IT IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED, THAT DEVELOPER IS GOING TO WANT THAT ACCESS, AND HE'S PROBABLY DEPENDING ON WHAT GOES IN, THEY'RE GOING TO IT'S GOING TO BE A DESIRABLE ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE BOTH A LEFT TURN INTO MCCALL TO ACCESS IT FROM STONE OR A LEFT TURN OUT OF MCCALL TO GO NORTHBOUND.

SO I'M GOING TO PITCH FOR CONTINUING WITH OPTION A TWO, AND YOU KNOW, IF EVERYBODY HAS SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY, I WANT TO CONSIDER ALL ASPECTS OF THE SAFETY, INCLUDING THESE UNEXPECTED U-TURNS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW.

AS FAR AS THE CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN GOES, I THINK IT'S GREAT.

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I'M GLAD TO SEE THE PATH, THE MEANDERING PATH GET IN THERE.

IT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THAT TEN MILE LOOP WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO BUILD FOREVER.

THIS WILL BE ANOTHER NICE SEGMENT TO GET IN THERE AND I LIKE THE DIVIDED MEDIAN.

I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THERE WILL BE THE NEED FOR FUTURE MEDIAN CUTS IF ANY OF THE AVAILABLE DEVELOPABLE PROPERTY.

SO I HOPE IF WE LOOK AT THE ENCORE DRIVEWAY ACCESS, WE LOOK AT THAT WITH AN EYE THAT ACCESS TO ENCORE MIGHT ALSO BE A SHARED USE ACCESS FOR THE PROPERTY NEXT TO IT BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S STILL SOME OPEN PROPERTY THERE THAT COULD DEVELOP INTO SOMETHING.

SO I HOPE WE'RE LOOKING AT IT THAT COULD BE ANOTHER EVENTUALITY DOWN THE LINE.

REALLY QUICKLY, I WOULD ADD THAT FREEZING NICHOLS IS THE SAME CONSULTANT DESIGNING THE CURRENT PHASE.

SO THE COMMENTARY I DID DESIGN THE CURRENT PHASE, BUT WHAT I KNOW BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW IT AND BECAUSE I WAS A CONTRACTOR, I BID THE ORIGINAL JOB, I DIDN'T GET IT. ANOTHER CONTRACTOR BEAT MY LOW BID, BUT THE PHASE ONE DESIGN ORIGINALLY CALLED FOR THAT TO BE OPEN.

NOW, CITY STAFF DECIDED, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY DECIDED TO TURN THAT INTO THE CONFIGURATION THAT THERE IS NOW.

AFTER THE PROJECT WAS BID AND A CONSTRUCTION WAS BID AND A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO JLB CONTRACTING, AND I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT OPENING BEING CUT OFF. IT WASN'T DISCUSSED WITH STAKEHOLDERS.

IT WASN'T DISCUSSED IN ANY PUBLIC MEETINGS, BUT AFTER THE FACT, WHEN THE CONTRACT HAD BEEN LET AND WAS ABOUT TO GO INTO CONSTRUCTION, OUR CITY ENGINEER AT THE TIME, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY HAD CHANGED THE DESIGN AND WHEN I WENT OUT THERE, THE FIRST THING I KNEW OF IT WAS I WENT TO TURN TO GO IN THERE AND THERE WAS A MEDIAN BEING CONSTRUCTED AND WHAT THE HELL IS THIS? AND I CALLED ON THE PHONE AND I WAS TOLD, WELL, IT WAS A DESIGN CHANGE AFTER THE FACT.

OKAY, BUT NOBODY TOLD ANYBODY ABOUT IT, AND SUDDENLY ALL THE TENANTS THERE ON THE SOUTHWEST T-HANGAR, SOME OF THOSE ARE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES.

SOME OF THEM ARE IN AND OUT OF THERE SEVERAL TIMES DAILY.

SUDDENLY THEY'RE CUT OFF WITHOUT ANY NOTICE, WITHOUT ANY WARNING, BUT HERE'S THE ORIGINAL DESIGN PLANS IF YOU WANT THEM.

THEY'VE GOT FREESE AND NICHOLS SEAL AND STAMP ON THEM, AND IT SHOWED THAT BEING AN OPEN INTERSECTION FOR MOVEMENTS BOTH ACROSS FROM MCCAUL TO THE DRIVEWAY AND LEFT TURNS OUT IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, AND A PROTECTED LEFT TURN LANE INTO MCCAUL FROM THE SOUTH.

THAT WAS ALL PART OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN PLANS.

GOT HIM RIGHT HERE. WELL PROTECTED, LEFT INTO INTO THE AIRPORT, BUT NOW THE LEFT END OF THE AIRPORT SURVIVED.

RIGHT, BUT THE LEFT OUT OF THE AIRPORT WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN.

SO HERE'S THE PAVEMENT MARKING PLANS.

IT SHOWS AS FAR AS TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, IT SHOWS STOP SIGNS ON BOTH SIDES, BUT THERE'S NO GUIDANCE IN AND OUT.

NOW, THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF WHAT'S NOW VILLAGE CREEK STONE ROAD PROJECT WAS THE TARRANT COUNTY DESIGN THAT YOU SHOWED.

FIRST IT WAS THE TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION WITH THE CENTER SO CALLED SUICIDE LANE WITH THE STRIPED, AND IT WAS ALL STRIPED.

IT WAS PAVEMENT FROM CURB TO CURB.

THERE WERE NO MEDIANS.

THIS WAS CHANGED AFTER THE FACT, EVEN AFTER THE PROJECT WAS BID AND AWARDED.

SO WHAT THEY WOUND UP BUILDING, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MCCALL STREET INTERSECTION, IS FINE.

IT'S APPEALING, AND THEN WHEN THE NEXT PHASE, THE PHASE THAT MY COMPANY BUILT IN 2014 OR WHENEVER IT WAS, WE BUILT IT AS THAT CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN, IF YOU WILL, FROM THE START WITH THE SHARED USE PATH, WITH THE MEDIANS AND WITH THE DIVIDED, YOU KNOW, WITH WITH A THOROUGHFARE TYPE DESIGN.

SO THAT'S THE CONCEPT THAT WAS CONTINUED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO RENFRO STREET, BUT THE ORIGINAL DESIGN WAS A TWO LANE IN EACH DIRECTION WITH A CENTER TURN LANE CONTINUOUS. WELL, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO BACK AND TALK TO FRIESEN NICHOLS AGAIN, BUT WE HAD EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS TOPIC JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS TO CONFIRM THAT THIS WAS WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY RECOMMENDING.

SO IF THEY'VE CHANGED THEIR MIND FOR SOME REASON, I'D BE INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT ON THAT AS WELL.

OKAY. WELL, I MEAN, I KNOW A WAY TO GET THEIR MINDS CHANGED, AND THAT'S.

TELL THEM, MAYOR PRO TEM, YOUR COMMENTS ARE TAKEN IN STRIDE.

WE'LL REGROUP WITH WITH THE ENGINEER.

I DRIVE THAT ROAD A LOT AND IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S A PROBLEM WITH THE U-TURNS.

THE U-TURNS ARE SERIOUSLY, IF YOU WANT TO CALL THEM, BUT THE SAFETY CONCERN, I THINK A U-TURN UNDER TRAFFIC THAT'S FLOWING IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU CAN GET REAR ENDED FROM THE BACK WAITING TO MAKE YOUR TURN OR YOU CAN NOT SEE SOMEBODY COMING AND HIT THEM HEAD ON.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MAKE THOSE U-TURNS.

THEY WILL NOT GO ALL THE WAY AROUND 35 AND BACK DOWN TO GET SOUTHBOUND.

THEY WILL GO THEY'LL TURN INTO PERHAPS THE ENCORE DRIVEWAY AND THEN BACK OUT INTO THE STREET TO DRIVE, BUT PEOPLE WILL IT'S HUMAN NATURE.

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PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MAKE THOSE MOVEMENTS, AND YEAH, I AGREE WITH THEM.

IT WOULD BE A SAFER DESIGN IF THERE WERE NO LEFT TURNS OUT OF EITHER MCCALL OR THE AIRPORT DRIVEWAY, THEN THAT WOULD BE SAFER.

YES, BUT YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT IT FROM WHAT PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY DO, AND I'VE BEEN WATCHING THEM DO IT EVERY DAY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A TENANT AT THE HANGAR THERE AND SINCE THE AIRPORT WAS BUILT. SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, AND APPARENTLY 40 MILES AN HOUR IS JUST A SUGGESTION ON THAT ROAD TO.

YEAH. ERIC. CITY MANAGER.

I ALSO AGREE WITH A2 OPTION FOR MANY REASONS, AND I ALSO AGREE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IF WE DO GO THAT ROUTE AND IT'S GOING TO BE CHANGED DURING CONSTRUCTION, THAT THE STAKEHOLDERS DO GET NOTIFIED IN ADVANCE.

YES, SIR. ARE WE TOO CLOSE? I'M ASSUMING WE'RE TOO CLOSE TO ABNER LEE TO PUT A LIGHT THERE.

IS THAT WE'RE TOO CLOSE FOR A LIGHTED INTERSECTION, BUT AT THAT INTERSECTION? NO, WE. WE DID TRAFFIC COUNTS THAT OVER A 12 HOUR PERIOD, I THINK MAYBE HAD.

700 TOTAL VEHICLES.

SO I'M FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT IT WOULD NOT WARRANT A SIGNAL RIGHT NOW, EVEN IN THE MOBILITY PLAN IS PROJECTED TO, I THINK, CARRY ABOUT 8000 VEHICLES A DAY, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS OUT.

SO WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH VOLUME FOR A SIGNAL AT THIS POINT.

THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I FIGURED, BUT EVEN JUST THE BLINKING LIGHT, I GUESS, JUST ERIC, I DEFER TO YOU ON A BLINKING THE BLINKING LIGHT AS WELL, JUST TO GET FLASHING RED FOR THE CROSS STREET AND YELLOW GOING DOWN.

WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT EVEN THE PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC IS VERY LIGHT VOLUME, SO EVEN WARRANTING THE BLINKING LIGHT MAY BE A BIT OF A STRETCH, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I DON'T HAVE U-TURNS.

THOSE MOVEMENTS WOULD BE A LOT LESS DANGEROUS.

RIGHT, AND I AGREE WITH MAYOR PRO TEM ABOUT IF THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL DESIGN AND IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO OPEN IT UP TO PREVENT THE U-TURNS, I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT YOU TURNING.

SO IF WE CAN MAKE IT WORK, I'D BE FOR THAT.

ERIC, DOES THE CITY OF FORT WORTH HAVE PLANS TO CONTINUE VILLAGE CREEK PARKWAY NORTH IN THEIR, WHAT WE CALL THOROUGHFARE PLAN? IT'S INCLUDED.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S FUNDING OR A DEFINITE TIMETABLE ON IT AT THIS MOMENT, BUT IT IS CARRIED AS A PROJECT THAT THEY INTEND TO DO.

OKAY. THAT'LL OPEN UP FOR A LOT MORE TRAFFIC ALSO.

ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED.

I THINK THE COUNCIL IS ALL ON BOARD WITH A TWO THAT WE DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE U-TURNS.

IS THAT CORRECT? WE DON'T.

THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM THREE B, RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION, AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION ON THE FISCAL YEAR

[3.B. Receive a report, hold a discussion and give staff direction on the FY2023-2024 (tax year 2023) property tax rate and provide any additional information from City Council regarding the annual budget for fiscal year FY2023-2024. (Staff Presenter: Martin Avila, Director of Finance)]

2023 2024, TAX YEAR 2023 PROPERTY TAX RATE AND PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 2024.

STAFF PRESENTER IS MARTIN AVILA, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.

MARTIN. THANK YOU, MONICA. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS PRESENTATION WILL COVER THE PROPERTY TAX RATE.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS TOWARDS THE END OF JULY.

WE CONTINUE TO PROJECT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, AND SO NOW CERTIFIED ROLLS COME IN THE LAST WEEK OF JULY.

SO IT KIND OF ALLOWS US TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

IN REGARDS TO WHAT IS THAT RECOMMENDED PROPOSED TAX RATE AGAIN KIND OF REFRESHER.

SENATE BILL TWO BACK IN 2020 RENAMED SOME OF THE FOCAL POINTS OF WHAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE IS GOING TO BE DEFINED.

THE FIRST ONE IS THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, AND AGAIN, ALL THAT IS, IS THAT THE TOTAL TAX RATE THAT WOULD GENERATE THE SAME REVENUE AS LAST YEAR.

THAT'S ALL THAT.

WHAT THAT RATE IS IF YOU WANT TO NO MATTER REGARDLESS OF YOUR NEW WORK, LET ME GO BACK.

IT GOES BACK BASED UPON THE BASE OF YOUR VALUES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GENERATE THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE PREVIOUS YEAR GOING INTO THE CURRENT. SO IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE VOTING APPROVAL RATE.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE CAP.

IT'S JUST A DEFINED RATE TO GENERATE THE SAME AMOUNT THAT YOU GENERATED LAST YEAR.

BASED ON, AGAIN, PREVIOUS TAX YEARS.

AGAIN, THE TAX VALUES INCREASE, THE TAX RATE WILL GO DOWN AND HAS AN INVERSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO, AND AGAIN, THE FOCAL POINT

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OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATE IS ONE IS THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, AND SO AGAIN, NO MEANING THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, IT'S THE RATE THAT FUNDS THE GENERAL FUND THAT IN ESSENCE IS THE RATE THAT IS CALCULATED THAT WILL GENERATE THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE AS THE PREVIOUS AS THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

SO THAT'S THE FOCAL POINT.

AGAIN, AS WE WENT THROUGH COUNCIL MEETINGS, WE TALKED ABOUT WE DO 1%, 3%, 3.5%.

AND AGAIN, THE CAP IN REGARDS TO SB TWO IS THAT NO, THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE CANNOT INCREASE.

ABOVE 3.5%, AND IF IT DOES, IT WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE VOTERS.

SO THAT'S IN ESSENCE WHAT IT'S CALLED THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, AND WITH THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS THAT IS THE MAXIMUM RATE YOU CAN DO IN THE PROPOSED COMING FISCAL YEAR.

PREVIOUSLY IT USED TO BE 8%.

SO AGAIN, THE CHALLENGE IS GOING FROM AN 8% DOWN TO A 3.5%.

IT DOES CREATE A A CHALLENGE FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.

AS YOU CONTINUE TO INCREASE YOUR BUDGETS, YOU CONTINUE TO FUND NEW POSITIONS.

YOU CONTINUE TO FUND YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY.

IT DOES CREATE A CHALLENGE OVER TIME.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALWAYS FOCUS ON DO WE CAPTURE THAT 3.5% OR DO WE NOT? BUT ONCE WE MAKE THAT DECISION, IT DOES IMPACT IN THE FUTURE YEARS.

GOING BACK DOING SOME RECAP AGAIN, WE DID ON JULY 24TH WHEN WE DID A PRESENTATION, WE DID ASK COUNSEL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE AS WE PREPARE THE BUDGET, 3.5% INCREASE ABOVE THAT.

NO NEW REVENUE RATE, WHICH IMPACTS THE TAX LEVY, AND THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT CURRENTLY WE WERE GOING TO IN REGARDS TO THE DEBT.

NOW, AGAIN, THE CURRENT TAX RATE IS ON THE NO IS 0.4649 PER $100 VALUE.

THE DEBT RATE IS 0.1923 PER 100 PER $100 VALUE FOR AGAIN, THE TOTAL RATE OF BEING 0.6572.

SO ONE OF THE FOCAL POINTS THAT WE ARE DOING IS THE DEBT RATE AS WE PROPOSE GOING FORWARD WILL REMAIN AT ONE AT 0.1923.

SO AGAIN, THE FOCAL POINT NOW IS BEING WHAT EXACTLY WOULD BE THE NO PROPOSED RATE AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT YEAR, ON JULY 24TH, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS, THE TAX OFFICE, THEY ALSO PROVIDED A CERTIFIED ROLE FROM BOTH TARRANT COUNTY AND JOHNSON COUNTY.

ON JULY 26TH, THE TAX ASSESSOR'S OFFICE FROM JOHNSON COUNTY PREPARED WHAT IS A FORM CALLED THE IT'S THE CALCULATION WORKSHEET 2023 TAX RATE.

IT'S OVERSEEN BY THE STATE, THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.

THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE TO THE REGULATIONS OF THAT, AND SO, AGAIN, THAT WAS RECEIVED ON JULY 26TH, AND WHAT THAT CALCULATION DOES, IT CREATES WHAT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS GOING TO BE, WHAT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, THE DEBT RATE AND THE APPROVAL RATE.

THEY PROVIDE ALL THOSE DIFFERENT NUMBERS IN THAT CALCULATION, BUT AGAIN, IT'S THE DECISION THAT WE MAKE IN REGARDS TO WHAT IS GOING TO BE THAT RATE COMPARED TO WHAT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE FOR THE NO IS GOING TO BE.

IS IT GOING TO BE 2%, 3%, 3.5%? THAT'S IN ESSENCE, THE DECISION WE HAVE TO MAKE, BUT THERE A GAP OF 3.5 BETWEEN THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND THE NO VOTER APPROVAL RATE.

SO THAT THOSE ARE ALL FOCAL POINTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND AGAIN, KIND OF GIVING A RECAP THERE, CURRENT RATE IS 0.6572, BUT IN THE 2024 TAX RATE BASED UPON THE BURLESON, THE JOHNSON COUNTY TAX OFFICE, THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS ACTUALLY CALCULATED AT 0.5936.

SO IN ESSENCE, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE 0.5936 WOULD GENERATE THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE AS WE WOULD HAVE GENERATED THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

SO THAT'S ONE FOCAL POINT.

THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS 0.4254.

SO AGAIN, THAT REPRESENTS WHAT THE NO SIDE FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO GENERATE THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE AS YOU GENERATED THE PREVIOUS YEAR, THE CALCULATION IS CURRENTLY 0.4254.

3.5% OF THAT IS 0.4402 PER $100 VALUE.

SO AGAIN, THAT IS IN ESSENCE WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS THE APPROVAL RATE, AND THAT'S THE RATE THAT WE CURRENTLY ARE PROPOSING AS WE PREPARE OUR BUDGET

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GOING FORWARD IN REGARDS TO THAT.

SO IN ESSENCE, WE ARE GOING FROM A 0.4649.

WE'RE GOING TO 0.4402, AND THAT IS THE PROPOSED RATE FOR THE NO, AND AGAIN, YOU LOOK AT THE DEBT RATE, THE DEBT RATE STAYS AT 0.1923 FOR A TOTAL TAX RATE OF 0.6325.

IF YOU LOOK AT THAT TOTAL TAX RATE, 0.6325, IT IS IN ESSENCE THE SAME RATE AS THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.

IT'S THE SAME NUMBER.

WE'RE NOT GOING ABOVE THAT.

AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART THAT WE'RE CAPTURING THAT 3.5% THAT THE VOTERS ALLOW US PER REGULATIONS.

WE GO ABOVE THAT. WE NEED TO MOVE.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHEN THE ELECTION WILL HAVE TO GO BACK OUT.

SO AGAIN, WHAT THAT DOES IN REGARDS TO THE NO IS THERE IS A DECREASE OF ABOUT.

$0.02. 2.47 0.0247 IS THE DECREASE OF THAT OF THE SIDE, AND SO RIGHT NOW, AS WE PREPARE OUR BUDGET, WE ARE THE COUNCIL DIRECTION IS THAT WE CONTINUE WITH THAT NO TAX RATE OF 0.4402 PER $100 VALUE.

WE COULD ALSO TALK ABOUT THE DEBT RATE.

AGAIN, THAT IS 0.1923, AND SO THAT IS IN ESSENCE WHAT WE ARE ASKING COUNCIL RIGHT NOW FOR DIRECTION AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND AGAIN, THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU NEXT STEPS.

AUGUST 9TH WILL SUBMIT THE BUDGET TO THE CITY SECRETARY AND OFFICIAL AND THE CITY COUNCIL.

AUGUST 15TH WILL HAVE THE SPECIAL SESSION MEETING IN WHICH THE CITY MANAGER WILL TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET, AND THEN AGAIN, SEPTEMBER 5TH, WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE WILL HAVE THE FIRST READING OF THE BUDGET, THE TAX RATE AND ALL THE RELATED ORDINANCES, AND THEN SEPTEMBER 11TH WILL BE THE FINAL READING OF ALL OF THAT AS WELL.

I AM OPEN TO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANYBODY? MARTIN ON THE DEBT RATE.

SO THAT RATE, BASICALLY ALL THE DEBT OUTSTANDING OR THAT WE'RE ISSUING THIS YEAR, THAT WILL CASH FLOW FOR THAT FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, 23-24 AND CONSIDERING THAT THE TOTAL DEBT IS GOING TO BE.

NOT DOUBLING, BUT I KNOW THIS IS JUST ON THE GENERAL SIDE THAT.

DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT GOING UP THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO AS WE TAKE ON THIS EXTRA DEBT? I THINK THE FOCAL POINT IN OUR PROJECTIONS IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT A GROWTH OF THE CITY, AND SO AS THE GROWTH CONTINUES GOING FORWARD, AND AGAIN, WE DO HAVE AA3 PERCENT GROWTH ON THE BASE ACTUALLY, NOW WE'RE DOING 3.5% AND THEN WE HAVE A 2% GROWTH ON NEW GROWTH.

WE FEEL THAT AS IT CONTINUES TO GROW, THAT DEBT RATE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO FUND THE ADDITIONAL DEBT THAT WE'RE DOING OVER TIME.

SO THAT IS THE GOAL AND THAT'S WHAT OUR PROJECTIONS ARE SHOWING CURRENTLY.

OKAY. JUST TO KEEP THIS AS CLOSE AS BECAUSE WE HAD IT ABOUT THE SAME FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS IN A ROW FURTHER DOWN.

OKAY. WELL, I MEAN, IT TAKES IN WE KIND OF FIGURED THAT THE OVERALL RATE WAS GOING TO DECREASE EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GOING WE AGREED ON THE THREE AND A HALF JUST BECAUSE OF THE VALUATIONS, BUT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE. MR. MAYOR, I'VE GOT A STATEMENT I NEED TO READ.

IF EVERYBODY'S TALKED ABOUT THE TAX RATE.

I'VE GOT A STATEMENT CONCERNING THE OVERALL BUDGET, AND I'D LIKE TO READ THIS STATEMENT SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET.

I FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE TIME.

OVER THE LAST FOUR WEEKS, I HAVE INVESTIGATED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.

EACH OF THESE COMPLAINTS LIES WITHIN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

DURING MY INVESTIGATION, SEVERAL MAJOR ISSUES WERE IDENTIFIED THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT OPERATIONAL COST AND CITIZENS QUALITY OF LIFE.

AREAS WHERE THESE ISSUES WERE FOUND WAS BAILEY LAKE.

WE HAD SOME PUMP ISSUES, ELECTRICAL HAZARDS, SHANNON CREEK PARK, LAND MANAGEMENT ISSUES, THE BRICK, SEVERAL OPERATIONAL AND MAINTENANCE ISSUES, VETERANS MEMORIAL.

IT BECAME UNAPPROACHABLE AND UNSAFE FOR VETERANS TO ENJOY THE BURLESON MEMORIAL CEMETERY ADDITION SEVERAL ISSUES THERE.

THE BURLESON MEMORIAL CEMETERY FEES, AS WE KNOW, HAVE BEEN DELAYED.

THERE IS A MAJOR COST EXCUSE ME, TO CORRECTING EACH OF THESE ISSUES, NOT JUST A FINANCIAL COST, BUT THE COST OF FAITH AND TRUST FROM THE CITIZENS OF BURLESON.

SOME OF THE SCARS LEFT BEHIND MAY NEVER HEAL.

I AM CONCERNED THAT THESE ISSUES WERE NOT BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL BY LEADERSHIP UNTIL THE COUNCIL WAS CONTACTED BY BURLESON CITIZENS THAT WERE CONCERNED AND DISTRESSED. THE CITY COUNCIL MAKES DECISIONS CONCERNING THE CITY'S CITIZENS CITIES, RESIDENTS, WELL-BEING, PROSPERITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

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THIS CITY COUNCIL MAKES DECISIONS THAT SHAPE THE CITY'S FUTURE AND ADDRESS THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

HARD DECISIONS OFTEN ARISE WHEN EXPERT ADVICE AND DATA DEMONSTRATE THE NECESSITY FOR CHANGE.

RELYING ON EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES CAN LEAD TO DECISIONS THAT MIGHT NOT ALIGN WITH POPULAR OPINION BUT ARE MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE POSITIVE OUTCOMES IN THE LONG RUN. I AM REQUESTING THE CITY MANAGER THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER PLACING ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION PARKS RECREATION PROJECTS ON HOLD FOR A MORATORIUM PERIOD OF ONE YEAR.

THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY PARKS, SHANNON CREEK PARK TRAILS, ETCETERA.

DURING THIS MORATORIUM PERIOD, THE CITY WILL DEVELOP PREVENTIVE AND PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE PLANS TO ASSURE SUSTAINABILITY AND MINIMIZE CAPITAL LOSS FOR THE FOLLOWING FACILITIES. THE BURLESON MEMORIAL CEMETERY.

THE VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK.

THE BRICK BARTLETT.

SOCCER FIELDS. HIDDEN CREEK.

GOLF COURSE. CHISHOLM HALL.

BASEBALL FIELD.

THE FUTURE COMMUNITY PARK.

THE FUTURE. SHANNON CREEK PARK AND FUTURE TRAILS.

AFTER ONE YEAR, THE CITY MANAGER WILL REVIEW THE IMPLEMENTED AND FUTURE MAINTENANCE PLANS FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE MADE AT THIS TIME IF NEEDED.

OTHER PROJECTS FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION FIVE-YEAR PLAN COULD BE PULLED FORWARD TO OFFSET THE DIFFERENCE IN THE 2024 AND 2025 FUNDING. WE NOW HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO MANAGE GROWTH AND WELL-BEING IN OUR COMMUNITY BETTER BY PROACTIVELY ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPMENT AND ENSURING THE LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR CITY.

WE CAN CREATE A THRIVING AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL RESIDENTS.

LET US WORK TOGETHER TO EMBRACE INNOVATION, FOSTER RESPONSIBLE PLANNING, AND PRIORITIZE THE WELL-BEING OF OUR CITIZENS.

SAFEGUARDING OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE PROSPERITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS, AND I THINK WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT CEMETERY.

I THINK SOME MISSED OPPORTUNITIES, THINGS WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER.

WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT AS IT RELATES TO THE FOUNTAIN LANDSCAPING FEES, AMONG OTHER THINGS.

WE CAN ABSOLUTELY TAKE THIS UNDER CONSIDERATION.

OBVIOUSLY, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH LOOKING TO ADOPT THE CAPITAL PLAN, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT ONE OF THE GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR IS TO BEGIN ADOPTING A FIVE YEAR OPERATING PLAN, WHICH I'VE ALSO SPOKEN TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT.

I THINK AS WE ADD ADDITIONAL ASSETS INTO THE SYSTEM, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE CONSIDER WHAT THOSE OPERATIONAL COSTS ARE, AND TO THE EXTENT THAT WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THEM BASED ON CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS.

SO THAT'S NOT LOST ON ME.

I THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A BETTER JOB AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.

I THINK IT'S A NECESSITY TO DO THAT.

SO ANYTHING THAT WE BRING FORWARD, MOVING FORWARD, THE INTENTION IS FIVE YEAR OPERATING TIED TO THOSE AS WELL.

SO AS ON THE 15TH WHEN I BRING THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET FORWARD, IF THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COUNCIL TO HOLD ON THOSE, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY HOLD ON THOSE PROJECTS AND DISCUSS IT AT THAT TIME IF YOU DEEM THAT APPROPRIATE.

I APPRECIATE THAT. CITY MANAGER THAT'S A VERY GOOD ANSWER, A VERY GOOD RESPONSE AND ANSWERS A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ABSOLUTELY, SIR. EVERYBODY ELSE.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, MARTIN.

THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS ITEM THREE C, RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION, AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING THE

[3.C. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the cemetery irrigation, landscape, and ornamental fountain. (Staff presenter: Jen Basham, Parks and Recreation Director).]

CEMETERY IRRIGATION LANDSCAPE, AND I CAN'T EVEN SAY IT.

ORNAMENTAL FOUNTAIN.

STAFF PRESENTER JEFF GINN BASHAM PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.

SORRY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS MORNING OR THIS MORNING.

THIS EVENING I AM PRESENTING ON SOME CHALLENGES THAT OCCURRED OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS AT THE CEMETERY AND HOW STAFF IS WORKING TO ADDRESS THOSE.

SO FIRST SOME BACKGROUND.

THE CEMETERY EXPANSION OPENED MAY 23RD OF THIS YEAR.

AT THAT TIME, THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM AND THE FOUNTAIN WERE BOTH FUNCTIONING, AND IT IS FED BY A WELL PUMP THAT'S ON THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE CEMETERY.

OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WE'VE NOTICED THAT THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM WAS STARTING TO PULL SILTATION AND PUMP THROUGH THE PUMP AND CLOG AND TRIP THE SYSTEM.

THAT SYSTEM FAILURE BASICALLY CREATED SOME OF OUR NEW PLANTS THAT HADN'T REALLY ROOTED YET.

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THEY THEY DIED, AND SO STAFF NOTICED THOSE PATRONS NOTICED THOSE, AND AS WELL AS AN ODOR COMING FROM THE ORNAMENTAL FOUNTAIN BECAUSE IT IS WELL FED AND IT IS NOT TREATED WATER.

SO THOSE CHALLENGES I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH KIND OF EACH ONE OF THEM CATEGORICALLY AND GO THROUGH BETTER DETAIL.

PLEASE STOP ME AT ANY TIME IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO THAT AREA.

SO THE SYSTEM WAS NOT COMPLETING ALL THE IRRIGATION CYCLES DUE TO THAT PUMP CLOGGING.

SO IT WOULD CREATE FILL SENSOR ISSUES.

AND AS OF COURSE, RAINFALL DECREASED AND TEMPERATURES TRIPLED, WE STARTED TO NOTICE THAT OUR PLANTS WERE IN DISTRESS.

WE IDENTIFIED THE ISSUE IN LATE JULY.

STAFF ADJUSTED THAT IRRIGATION TO RUN DURING DAYTIME HOURS TO MONITOR FOR SHUTDOWNS AND INCREASE IRRIGATION RUN TIMES TO KEEP THE PLANTS ALIVE.

TO ADDRESS THAT, STAFF ALSO ORDERED A NEW POND LINER TO ADDRESS THE SILTATION CLOGGING THE PUMP THAT WAS ORDERED ON THE 28TH OF JULY.

THAT LINER IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, AND IT SHOULD PROVIDE CONSISTENT RUN TIMES TO MEET THOSE LANDSCAPING NEEDS.

HOWEVER, WE ARE ALSO EXPLORING THE USE OF A GROUND RESERVOIR TANK TO SERVE AS ADDITIONAL FILTRATION FOR THE POND IF THE ADDING OF THE LINER DOES NOT PREVENT THE ISSUES MOVING FORWARD FOR THE LANDSCAPE CHALLENGES SINCE THAT IRRIGATION SYSTEM WAS NOT FUNCTIONING ON ALL CYLINDERS.

WE DID ADD SUPPLEMENTAL WATER, BUT THOSE PLANTS, WE DID HAVE PLANT LOSS AND SO WE HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS MOVING FORWARD ON WHAT PLANTS WE BELIEVE ARE IMPORTANT TO REPLACE AS WELL AS SOME PLANTS THAT WE DON'T FEEL ARE GOING TO BE PERTINENT TO THE DESIGN.

THEY WERE AN ESTHETIC FEATURE, BUT THEY WILL ACTUALLY BECOME A MAINTENANCE ISSUE MOVING FORWARD.

SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING REPLACING THE DEAD PLANTS IN THE PLAZA AREA, WHICH IS THE AREA AROUND THE SEMICIRCLE WHERE THE COLUMBARIUM AND THE SHELTER ARE.

WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING REPLACEMENT OF ANY OF THE HOLLIES THAT DIED ALONG THE FENCE LINE.

WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING REPLANTING ANY OF THE HEDGES THAT ARE ALONG PLOTTED SPACES.

THOSE PLOTTED THOSE HEDGES WILL ACTUALLY BE AN ISSUE ONCE WE MAINTAIN THOSE AREAS AND WE INSTALL FLAT MONUMENTS OR UPRIGHT MONUMENTS.

SO UNFORTUNATE THAT THOSE ARE A LOSS.

HOWEVER, WE DON'T SEE THAT AS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED MOVING FORWARD.

THE FOUNTAIN ITSELF IS SUPPLIED BY WELL WATER THAT IS PUMPED FROM THE POND.

THAT CLOGGING ALSO CAUSED THAT MURKY WATER AND THE ODOR.

SO WE ARE ACTUALLY DISCONNECTING THE FOUNTAIN FROM THE WELL AND CONNECTING IT TO POTABLE WATER TO PREVENT THOSE ISSUES FROM OCCURRING.

WE ARE ESTIMATING THAT WATER CONNECTION TO BE COMPLETE, HOPEFULLY BY END OF DAY TOMORROW, IF NOT BY THE END OF THE WEEK, AND THEN A DOUBLE CHECK INSTALLED FOR BLACK BACKFLOW PREVENTION, AND WE'RE HOPING THIS IS ALL COMPLETED BY MID-AUGUST AS WELL.

CEMETERY. FOUNTAIN VAULT UPDATES.

SO THE SILT AND DIRT DISCOVERED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FOUNTAIN VAULT THAT DID CAUSE THAT MUDDY WATER, AND IT WAS JUST KIND OF A FREAK THING.

WE HAVE LOTS OF PUMPS AND LOTS OF WELLS THROUGHOUT OUR SYSTEM, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE REALLY HAD THIS ISSUE WITH CLOGGING, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT TYING THAT DIRECTLY INTO CLEAN, POTABLE WATER WILL RESOLVE THE ISSUE.

SO OUR ESTIMATED TIMELINE, WE'RE HOPING MOST OF THESE ISSUES ARE RESOLVED IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

THE NEW PLANTS WILL BE PLANTED ONCE THE TEMPERATURES COOL A BIT.

WE KNOW THAT THEY WILL THRIVE.

ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK.

ANYBODY. JEN, I'VE NEVER HEARD THE CONTRACTOR'S NAME MENTIONED IN ANY OF THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE DEAD PLANTS.

DID WE HAVE ANY KIND OF WARRANTY PROVISION OR GUARANTEES IN OUR CONTRACT? BECAUSE TYPICALLY WE DO.

ARE WE CLEARLY OF THE UNDERSTANDING THAT NOTHING THAT THE CONTRACTOR WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR WAS A PART OF THIS ISSUE? YES. SO WE DO HAVE MAINTENANCE, BONDS ON THE CONTRACT.

THE CONTRACTOR ON THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY GAVE US THAT COST SAVINGS IN INSTALLING THE LINER.

SO THEY THEY LOOKED AT THE COST OF THOSE DEAD PLANT MATERIALS AND SAID WE CAN THEY ATE IT ON THEIR END SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A DISCOUNT ON THAT LINER, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE CONSIDERED RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING ANY OF THE DEAD VEGETATION.

THEY DID BUILD IT TO DESIGN.

THE ISSUE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT TO BE FORESEEN.

I'M NOT SUGGESTING TRYING TO BE UNFAIR TO THE CONTRACTOR, BUT I KNOW A LOT.

I'VE SIGNED A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS THAT INVOLVED HEAVY LANDSCAPING, AND FREQUENTLY THE REQUIREMENTS ARE THAT YOU JUST YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM.

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS. IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, EVEN THE PROBLEM'S NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.

YOU HAVE TO WORK TOWARDS GETTING A RESOLUTION ACHIEVED THAT ADDRESSES THE ISSUE BECAUSE YOU'RE ON THE HOOK FOR THE PLANTS NO MATTER WHAT, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW STRONG THE WORDING IS. CLEARLY IT'S MADE THAT EITHER IS OR IS NOT THE CONTRACTOR'S BURDEN.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN LOOKED AT.

ABSOLUTELY. WE DO HAVE THOSE MAINTENANCE BONDS.

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THEY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY RESPONSIVE.

IT WAS ACTUALLY THEIR SUGGESTION TO ADD THE LINER TO THE BOND BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE THAT WAS OCCURRING.

THEY WANT TO RESOLVE IT.

THEY'RE ON THE HOOK AS FAR AS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN FUTURE BUSINESS WITH THE CITY IF IT DOESN'T FUNCTION.

SO THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE AND RESPONSIVE AND TRYING TO HELP US FIND SOLUTIONS TO THE ISSUES THAT HAVE ARISEN.

OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? YEAH. ONE COMMENT AND I TALK TO TOMMY ABOUT THIS.

I JUST WANT THIS TO BE THE THING THAT TAKES CARE OF IT.

I DON'T WANT TO COME BACK OR I DON'T WANT Y'ALL TO HAVE TO COME BACK IN 3 OR 4 YEARS AND SAY, GOSH, THIS DIDN'T WORK.

ABSOLUTELY. SO I WANT US TO BE IF WE HAVE TO TAKE EXTRA TIME TO MAKE SURE THIS IS THE THING WE NEED TO DO, PLEASE, LET'S DO IT.

LET'S DON'T DO IT AGAIN.

ABSOLUTELY. SO OUR FIRST STEP IS TO INSTALL THAT LINER AND ADD THE POTABLE WATER TO THE FOUNTAIN.

IF THOSE TWO ISSUES DO NOT RESOLVE IT COMPLETELY, WE'LL ABSOLUTELY ADDRESS IT AND PROVIDE A SOLUTION.

WE WILL NOT BANDAID IT.

ANYBODY KNOW? I DO HAVE A SPEAKER CARD ON THE ITEM.

A SPEAKER CARD IS BILL JANISCH.

BILL JANSCH 117 NORTHEAST CLINTON.

TWO WEEKS AGO, WHEN I COME OUT HERE AND SPOKE, IT WAS JUST ON THE FEES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

FOR SOME REASON, IT WAS DIGGING IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD.

I NEEDED TO GO OUT THERE AND LOOK.

I WENT OUT THERE AND I SAW 14 TREES THAT WERE PRETTY MUCH CRAPPED OUT.

139 LARGER BUSHES ARE DEAD, 458 SMALLER BUSHES.

THERE ARE MAYBE 226 THAT MIGHT SURVIVE.

THAT'S NO SMALL TAKING BUILT TO DESIGN.

WHO DESIGNED THIS? I MEAN, I SEE MANY PROBLEMS OUT THERE, NOT ONLY WITH THE LAYOUTS OF THE GRAVES.

YOU GOT THE OLD PART OF THE CEMETERY LAID OUT EAST WEST, WHICH IS THE TYPICAL WHAT THEY WOULD CALL CHRISTIAN LAYOUT, THE NEW PARTS ALL EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH. THE POND.

THE PONDS MAY BE KNEE DEEP.

MAYBE I WAS IN OVER ANKLE DEEP WATER SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST TEN DAYS WHEN I GUESS THE POND.

SOMEBODY JUST LET IT. THE PUMP RUN AND RUN AND RUN.

I DON'T MEAN A LITTLE BIT OF FLOODING.

I MEANT WAY BIGGER THAN THIS ROOM.

THAT POND WILL NOT WORK.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT. POND LINERS.

THE CATCH ALL TOO.

YOU COULD HAVE HAD A ANY KIND OF WATER TRUCK.

TANKER TRUCK OUT THERE.

WATER TRUCK DOES 2000.

4000 GALLONS OF CAPACITY.

TANKER TRUCK. UP TO ABOUT 11,000.

YOU KNOW ABOUT THE GROUND TANK.

YOU PUT ONE IN THE GROUND.

THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED.

YOU NEED AN INLET SCREEN AND AN OUTLET SCREEN.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE GETTING A LOT OF IRON OUT OF THIS WELL.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE GETTING SILT REGARDLESS WITH ANY KIND OF POND LINER, DEAD ANIMALS, GRASS CLIPPINGS, STUFF LIKE THAT, DIRT.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AN ONGOING ISSUE.

THE LIKE I SAID, IT'S PRETTY PATHETIC THE WAY IT LOOKS RIGHT NOW, AND I WAS HOPING THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER NOW, BUT LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, I SAW IT AS AN UNDESIRABLE THING.

I DON'T THINK IT'S MUCH BETTER.

I'VE HAD A FEW PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME SINCE I SPOKE THE LAST TIME.

TIP ME OFF ON A FEW THINGS THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT I WILL NOT MENTION AT THIS TIME, BUT IT MAKES ME WONDER WHAT'S IN SOMEBODY'S MIND WHEN THEY ALLOW THIS TO BE DESIGNED LIKE THIS. I MEAN, ARE THEY NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE ON THEIR OWN? DO THEY NOT HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OR ARE THEY JUST SAYING, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THIS PERSON BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE GOOD FOR US IN THE PAST.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PREY. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF GOOF UP, REPEAT REPEATED GOOF UPS.

I'D LIKE TO SEE ACCOUNTABILITY, REAL TRANSPARENCY, AND TOMMY, THIS IS AGAIN, ANOTHER TIME FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO SHINE.

I BELIEVE YOU INHERITED SOME STAMPS THAT PROBABLY WERE OVERPAID.

THEY WERE ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH A LOT OF THINGS, MAYBE LACKLUSTER IN THEIR EFFORTS.

MAYBE, WHO KNOWS? NOT EVEN GETTING OUT IN THE FIELD.

THE WAY YOU CALCULATE SUCCESS OF A CITY IS TO DISTANCE YOURSELF FROM THE FAILURES.

AND I THINK I'VE MENTIONED REORGANIZATION BEFORE.

I THINK MAYBE SOME CITIES NEED TO BE STRIPPED, MAYBE SEPARATED.

YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF WITHIN THE PARKS, YOU'VE GOT QUITE A FEW CHIEFS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ENOUGH INDIANS, BUT I DO BELIEVE THE INDIANS.

I THINK FOR A $30,000 INDIAN, I THINK YOU GET A LOT MORE EFFORT IN SOME OF THESE AREAS, AND I'VE MENTIONED IT BEFORE.

I'D LIKE TO DEMAND A CITIZENS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO WHEN THIS STUFF COMES UP.

IT'LL GET, YOU KNOW, ACTION DONE ON IT.

I DON'T KNOW THERE'S ANY REAL WAY OTHER THAN EMAILING SOME STAFF.

I THINK SOME THINGS WOULD GET IGNORED.

I KNOW THINGS I'VE SAID BEFORE.

I'VE SAT BACK AND WATCHED.

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SOME OF THEM DON'T LISTEN.

SOME DIRECTORS HAVEN'T IN THE PAST.

WE'VE LOST SOME GOOD DIRECTORS.

YOU'VE GOT TO WORK WITH THIS TEAM.

TOMMY, BUT I THINK THIS IS.

WHERE YOU NEED TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY HERE AND MAKE SOME CHANGES.

ANYBODY ELSE I KNOW.

COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT AND I MET TOMMY OUT AT THE CEMETERY.

WE DID TALK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDING MAYBE LIKE A 5000 GALLON TANK NEXT TO THE POND TO SERVE AS LIKE A DOUBLE FILTRATION, MAYBE EMERGENCY BACKUP.

IS THAT STILL IN THE WORKS OR.

YEAH, PRELIMINARY.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER RUSSELL NOTHING'S OFF THE TABLE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING WITH JEN AND DAVID, YOU KNOW, THE LINE HAD ALREADY BEEN ORDERED, SO I FELT AN OBLIGATION TO PROCEED WITH THAT, TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS.

BUT NOTHING'S OFF THE TABLE.

TO COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON'S POINT, WE WON'T HALFWAY DO IT.

WE'LL ADDRESS IT AND IT'LL FUNCTION, AND IF THERE'S A NEED FOR ABOVEGROUND TANKS TO DO THAT, WE'LL CERTAINLY EXPLORE THAT AND DO IT, BUT FEEDING DIRECTLY OFF THE WELL, YOU DON'T GET SUFFICIENT PRESSURE TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE SYSTEM.

SO THAT'S WHY IT FEEDS INTO THE IRRIGATION POND, BECAUSE OVER THAT CYCLE, I THINK THERE'S ABOUT 32,000 GALLONS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR ABOUT EIGHT HOURS OF IRRIGATION OUT THERE.

SO IT'S NOT INSIGNIFICANT.

SO WE'LL LOOK TO THAT, BUT CERTAINLY ABOVEGROUND TANKS ARE NOT OUT OF CONSIDERATION AND ALSO POSSIBLY FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET A FLOAT IN THERE, TOO.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO IT'LL SHUT OFF THE PUMP IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE INSTALLED WITH THE LINER.

SO TODAY OUR IRRIGATION STAFF DO MANUALLY TURN THE WELL ON AND OFF.

OUR IRRIGATION STAFF WAS PULLED TO AN EMERGENCY.

SO THE REFERENCE TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE FLOODING WAS IN RELATION TO THAT, AND SO ONCE I BECAME AWARE, WE DID SHUT THAT OFF, BUT WHEN THE LINER IS INSTALLED, THE FLOAT WILL BE INSTALLED AND IT SHOULD ADDRESS THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THAT IT? ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU, JEAN.

THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION FOUR.

CHANGES TO THE POSTED AGENDA.

ITEM FOUR A IS ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN.

ITEM FOUR B IS ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION BY THE CITY COUNCIL STAFF OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE.

[4.B. Items to be withdrawn from the Consent Agenda for separate discussion by the City Council, staff, or members of the public in attendance. Items to be added to the Consent Agenda require an official vote by the City Council.]

ITEMS TO BE ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA REQUIRE AN OFFICIAL VOTE BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

CITY COUNCIL. ANY ITEMS. THERE IS ONE CONSENT ITEM SIX B THAT I'D LIKE TO PULL OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION.

LISA I DON'T REQUIRE A PRESENTATION UNLESS ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER DOES, BUT I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, SO I'LL DO THAT RIGHT NOW.

IT'LL BE AFTER THE VOTE FOR CONSENT.

SO THE NEXT ITEM IS SECTION FIVE CITIZENS APPEARANCE.

EACH PERSON IN ATTENDANCE WHO DESIRES TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AN ITEM NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA SHALL SPEAK DURING THIS SECTION.

A SPEAKER CARD MUST BE TURNED IN TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL.

EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES.

EACH PERSON IN ATTENDANCE WHO DESIRES TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AN ITEM POSTED ON THE AGENDA WILL SPEAK WHEN THAT ITEM IS CALLED FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION.

I DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL? I SEE NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO SECTION SIX CONSENT AGENDA.

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

ALL ITEMS LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED IN ONE MOTION.

THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS. APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT EACH ITEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.

TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS SIX A WE REMOVED SIX B, ITEM SIX C THROUGH SIX G.

MAYOR, IF YOU COULD CALL FOR A MOTION.

IS THERE A MOTION? HELLO.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ.

I HAVE A MOTION BY LARRY A SECOND BY RODNEY.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS.

NEXT ITEM IS ITEM SIX B THAT WAS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[6.B. Consider approval of an interlocal agreement with the City of Fort Worth and a first amendment to the interlocal agreement for participation in the Environmental Collection Center Household Hazardous Waste Program not to exceed $63,500 per fiscal year. (Staff Contact: Lisa Duello, Neighborhood Services Director)]

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF FORT WORTH AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL COLLECTION

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CENTER HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM NOT TO EXCEED $63,500 PER FISCAL YEAR.

STAFF CONTACT IS LISA DUELLO, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DIRECTOR.

LISA. HELLO.

GOOD EVENING. I'VE GOT A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONTRACT.

YES, I HAVE A PRESENTATION IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

OKAY. DOES ANYBODY REQUIRE THE PRESENTATION? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

DO YOU WANT TO GIVE IT? NO, I MEAN, GO AHEAD.

IF YOU HAVE, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.

FOR THE $63,000 WE GET 700 HOUSEHOLDS, CORRECT? APPROXIMATELY, YES, APPROXIMATELY 672, IF YOU ADD IT OUT TO $95.

YES. SO WE HAVE PLANS TO ADVERTISE THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR THE CITIZENS TO KNOW HOW TO GET THERE AND WHERE TO GO.

YES, SIR. SO WE PUT THAT ON FACEBOOK REGULARLY AND WE HAVE FORT WORTH ONLY ALLOWS US ONE EVENT NOW.

SO TO HAVE A DROP OFF EVENT, WE TYPICALLY DO THAT IN THE SPRING TIME.

THE MCU, THE MOBILE COLLECTION UNIT.

YES. SO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION.

LAST YEAR, THE MOBILE COLLECTION UNIT TOOK IN, WHAT, 50 HOUSEHOLDS? AND THEN THEY CAN MAKE A DECISION AFTER THAT IF THEY WANT TO TAKE ANY MORE INTO THE VEHICLE.

THAT'S WHAT THE 2024 CONTRACT SAYS.

IT TOOK MORE THAN 50.

I THINK WE HAD 239 THAT CAME THROUGH IN APRIL.

GREAT. YES, I KNOW.

IT GOT FULL BEFORE WE FINISHED.

IS THAT CORRECT? NO, IT DID NOT.

WE GOT CLOSE. THEY WERE WE WERE WARNING PEOPLE AS THEY CAME THROUGH.

YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THE LINE IS REALLY LONG.

SO WE WERE WARNING PEOPLE THERE MAY NOT BE SPACE, BUT WE JUST IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH THEY HAVE AND HOW MUCH SPACE THEY HAVE.

SO BUT WE TRY TO MAKE EVERY ACCOMMODATION.

WE'VE HARDLY EVER TURNED ANYBODY AWAY FOR THAT MAYBE A HANDFUL THAT I CAN RECALL.

THE CITY OF FORT WORTH HAS THE LOAN OF A RESERVE MOBILE COLLECTION UNIT.

IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THAT IN SIX MONTHS OUT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE FULL.

WE HAVE NOT ACTUALLY LOOKED INTO THAT.

TWO YEARS AGO, WE LOOKED AT OTHER COMPANIES THAT WOULD PROVIDE THE SERVICES AND THEY'RE NOT VERY MANY COMPANIES THAT DO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE, BUT WE CAN LOOK AT LOANING THAT OUT.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'VE LOOKED AT RECENTLY.

OKAY. WELL, IT'S IN THE CONTRACT.

THEY OFFER THAT FOR FREE TO LOAN IT OUT, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT COST TO TAKE IT BACK.

RIGHT. YEAH, AND ALSO, AS FAR AS STAFFING, I'LL HAVE TO SAY THAT GETTING STAFF OUT THERE JUST FOR THAT ONE EVENT CAN SOMETIMES BE CHALLENGING.

CHALLENGING? YES. DO WE DO THE VOUCHER? WELL, IT'S NOT A VOUCHER.

IT'S THE SAME THING. ANYBODY THAT GOES TO THE FACILITY IN FORT WORTH, AS LONG AS THEY SHOW THEIR PROOF OF RESIDENCE, THEY CAN DROP IT OFF.

OKAY. DO THEY SEND US A MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY STATEMENT ON HOW THEY DO? YES. ALL RIGHT. DOES IT INCLUDE WHO OR JUST HOW MANY? NO, IT INCLUDES WHO, AND ALSO WE REVIEW WE REVIEW THOSE ADDRESSES EVERY TIME THE STATEMENT IS, AND THEY'RE TYPICALLY THEY ACCEPT PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT IN THE CITY AND WE MAKE THEM ADJUST THAT BILLING STATEMENT.

SOUNDS GOOD. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SINCE HE OPENED THE DOOR, I JUST WANTED TO ASK JUST GENERAL THE WHEN THEY COME AND PICK UP AND WE HAD ABOUT 202 50.

DOES THAT COUNT AGAINST OUR 700? PARDON ME? DOES THAT COUNT AGAINST THE 700? YES, WE HAVE. OKAY. YES.

OKAY, AND THEN DO WE EVER GET TO THE 700 EVERY YEAR? I THINK THE HIGHEST WE'VE EVER GOT WAS LIKE RIGHT BEFORE COVID, ABOUT 649 OR 39 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YEAH, THAT WAS IT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE SIX B.

I SECOND THE MOTION.

I HAVE A MOTION BY ADAM A SECOND BY LARRY.

PLEASE VOTE. PASS UNANIMOUS.

MAYOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A SMALL RECESS? 20 MINUTES? 5-15. OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK TILL FIVE.

THAT'LL BE 6:05.

NO, IT WON'T. OKAY, IN 20 MINUTES.

LET'S DO THAT. 34.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK AT 5:15.

CALL THE MEETING BACK TO RECESS AT 5:39.

OH. ARE YOU READY?

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5:39. THANK YOU.

YOU GO. THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION SEVEN, GENERAL.

[7.A. Hold a public hearing and consider approval of an ordinance abandoning the public alley in Block 13, Original Town of Burleson, according to the plat recorded in Volume 59, Page 638, Deed Records, Johnson County, Texas, authorizing the City Manager to execute a deed without warranty to an adjacent landowner, and reserving a utility easement and public access easement. (First and Final Reading) (Staff Contact: Errick Thompson, Deputy Public Works Director)]

ITEM SEVEN A IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PUBLIC ALLEY IN BLOCK 13 ORIGINAL TOWN OF BURLESON.

ACCORDING TO THE PLAT RECORDED IN VOLUME 59, PAGE 638 DEED RECORDS JOHNSON COUNTY, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A DEED WITHOUT WARRANTY TO AN ADJACENT LANDOWNER AND RESERVING A UTILITY EASEMENT AND PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT.

THIS IS BEFORE YOU ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.

STAFF PRESENTER IS ERIC THOMPSON, DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

ERIC, THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I HAVE A RELATIVELY SHORT ITEM FOR ABANDONMENT OF THE ALLEY.

AS MENTIONED IN THE IN THE CAPTION A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

ON DECEMBER 8TH, 2020, CITY COUNCIL ENTERED INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THIS AREA.

SITE PLAN WAS SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED ON MARCH 8TH, 2021 AND BT OLD TOWN, THE ENTITY HAS ACQUIRED ADDITIONAL ADJACENT PROPERTIES OR PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO THE ALLEY IN QUESTION.

SINCE THAT TIME IN JANUARY, BT OLD TOWN SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO ABANDON THE SUBJECT ALLEY.

STAFF HAS REVIEWED THAT REQUEST AND DETERMINED THAT THE ALLEY IS NO LONGER NEEDED FOR PUBLIC USE.

BASED ON THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, HOWEVER, WE WOULD STILL RETAIN A PERMANENT PUBLIC ACCESS AND UTILITY EASEMENT.

THIS. ABANDONING THIS ALLEY WOULD ALSO RELEASE THE CITY FROM FUTURE MAINTENANCE EXPENSES.

THIS ITEM WAS HEARD AT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

IN FEBRUARY 2023, AND IT WAS APPROVED WITH THE WITH THE ONE CONDITION BEING THAT A PUBLIC ACCESS AND UTILITY EASEMENT BE PROVIDED IF THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ABANDONING THE ALLEY.

SO THIS SLIDE GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN AERIAL.

IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE PLAZA HERE FROM US.

AGAIN, THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED IN JANUARY OF 2023.

WHILE THERE IS NO CITY OR STATE REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC NOTIFICATION, WE DID ACTUALLY PUBLISH THIS IN THE FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM JULY 28TH AS AN ADDITIONAL MEANS OF NOTIFYING CITIZENS OF THIS PROPOSED ABANDONMENT, AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING THE PUBLIC ALLEY AS PRESENTED.

ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL.

EVERYBODY. YEAH, BUT I WANT TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 542.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR STATEMENTS? I SEE NOBODY.

I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 543.

IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS? SORRY, I PUSHED THE BUTTON TO GET IT.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AND ALSO PRESERVING THE UTILITY AND PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENTS.

IS THERE A SECOND? I GOT A MOTION BY ADAM AND A SECOND BY RONNIE.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU, ERIC. THANK YOU.

NEXT ITEM SEVEN, B, SEVEN, C AND SEVEN D WILL BE PRESENTED TOGETHER, BUT WILL BE VOTED ON SEPARATELY.

[Items 7B - 7D]

ITEM SEVEN B IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY'S FEE SCHEDULE ORDINANCE.

CSO NUMBER 3060 9-09 2022 BY ADDING FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THE BURLESON MEMORIAL CEMETERY.

THIS IS BEFORE YOU ON FIRST READING.

ITEM SEVEN C IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AMENDING CONTRACT CSO NUMBER NINE 3411 2018 WITH BURLESON CEMETERY OPERATORS LLC FOR OPERATIONS OF THE BURLESON MEMORIAL CEMETERY.

ITEM SEVEN D IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE TWO RULES AND REGULATIONS OF CHAPTER 18 CEMETERIES OF THE CITY OF BURLESON CODE OF ORDINANCES. THIS IS BEFORE YOU ON FIRST READING THE STAFF PRESENTER IS JEFF GINN BASHAM PARKS AND RECREATION.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING ALL THREE OF THESE ITEMS TOGETHER, SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THEM IN THE SEQUENTIAL ORDER AND THEN AT THE END WE'LL PRESENT ALL THREE ITEMS FOR VOTE.

SO WE'LL GET STARTED BY TALKING ABOUT THE RECOMMENDED CEMETERY FEES FOR ADOPTION, AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT AMENDMENTS TO THE CEMETERY CONTRACT AND THE AMENDMENTS TO THE

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CEMETERY RULES ORDINANCE.

A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

STARTING IN JANUARY, STAFF BRIEFED THE CEMETERY BOARD ON MONUMENT INSTALLATION POLICY AND RECOMMENDED ORDINANCE UPDATES TO ADDRESS LEANING MONUMENTS.

IT WAS BROUGHT TO STAFF'S ATTENTION THAT PEOPLE WERE NOT PATRONS WERE NOT CONCERNED.

THEY WERE CONCERNED WITH THE DISREPAIR OF THESE MONUMENTS.

THEY WERE OLDER MONUMENTS. THERE WERE NEWER MONUMENTS, BUT THERE WEREN'T ANY REQUIREMENTS FOR ANYBODY DOING AN UPRIGHT MONUMENT IN THE EXISTING PORTION TO PUT PIERS AT THE BASE OF THESE UPRIGHT MONUMENTS.

SO WE MADE SOME REPAIRS AND I'LL GO INTO THOSE IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A PLAN FOR THOSE MOVING FORWARD.

IN MAY, STAFF PRESENTED SOME PROPOSED FEES TO THE CEMETERY BOARD FOR THE NEWLY EXPANDED AREA.

THE GOAL WAS TO GET THOSE FEES BROUGHT FORWARD.

PRIOR TO THE RIBBON CUTTING, THE CEMETERY BOARD HAD SOME QUESTIONS AND WANTED SOME ADDITIONAL FOLLOW UP.

IT WAS A NEW BOARD, SO THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY FULLY COMPREHENDED WHAT THOSE FEES MEANT PRIOR TO MAKING A RECOMMENDATION.

SO WE BROUGHT THOSE FEES BACK TO THE BOARD IN JUNE AND THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED THE FEES THAT I'LL SHOW YOU THIS EVENING, AND THEN WE WORKED WITH OUR CEMETERY OPERATORS, LUCAS AND BLESSING AND OUR LEGAL STAFF TO DRAFT THE CONTRACT AMENDMENTS TO REFLECT THOSE FEES PROPOSED BY THE CEMETERY BOARD, AND THAT'S REALLY BEEN OCCURRING ALONG THE ENTIRE PERIMETER OF THIS BACKGROUND PHASE.

SO THE CURRENT FEES, THIS IS WHAT'S IN EXISTENCE TODAY.

THIS IS FOR THE ORIGINAL SECTION.

A SINGLE GRAVE SPACE IS $4,350 A COMPANION SPACE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A DOUBLE DEPTH.

SINGLE SPACE IS 2350, AND THAT FEE IS REALLY THE 1450 PLUS $900 FOR AN ADDITIONAL INTERNMENT, AND A BABY SPACE IS $245.

SO WE STARTED WORKING WITH LUCAS AND BLESSING.

THEY ARE THE PEOPLE THAT OPERATE THE CEMETERY FOR US, AND SO WE LEANED ON THEIR EXPERTISE TO GIVE US SOME BENCHMARKING TO HELP US SET THE FEES FOR THE AREAS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ESTABLISHED FEES, BUT ALSO TO ENSURE THAT OUR EXISTING FEES WERE MARKET RATE FOR THE CEMETERIES THAT WE REVIEWED WERE BEAR CREEK, WHICH IS IN EULESS LAUREL LAND, WHICH IS IN DALLAS, MANSFIELD CEMETERY.

THAT'S IN MANSFIELD, MOUNT GILEAD, THAT'S IN KELLER SKYVIEW THAT'S ALSO IN MANSFIELD, AND OTHER LOCAL CEMETERIES WERE LOOKED AT, BUT THEY DIDN'T REALLY COMPARE TO THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE PUT IN. SO THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS BENCHMARK REVIEW.

SO FOR THE BENCHMARKING, WE TRIED TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE SPACES AND FEES THAT WE WOULD BE PROPOSING, AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CITY IS IN THAT LEFT COLUMN OR THE CEMETERIES IN THAT LEFT COLUMN, AND THEN THE TYPE OF SPACE OR FEE THAT WE WERE TRYING TO ESTABLISH RUNS ALONG THE TOP.

OUR GOAL IS TO BE WITHIN MARKET, NOT TO BE TOO HIGH, NOT TO BE TOO LOW, AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE FOR FLAT MARKERS, THERE'S A BROAD RANGE FROM NO FEE TO ALMOST $7,000. WE'RE PROPOSING A FEE OF 1450.

THAT'S OUR EXISTING FEE.

SAME THING FOR UPRIGHT FOR CREMATION SPACE.

NOT A LOT OF CEMETERIES HAVE THAT AS AN ESTABLISHED FEE, EXCEPT FOR BEAR CREEK, AND WE'RE PROPOSING OURS AT 995, A CREMATION NICHE WHICH IS IN THE COLUMBARIUM.

THOSE ALSO RANGE WE'RE PROPOSING OURS AT 2200 FOR A BABY SPACE.

OUR EXISTING FEE IS ALREADY THERE, $245.

THE DOUBLE DEPTH, THAT'S WHAT'S ALREADY THERE FOR 2350, AND THEN TWO NEW FEES THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ESTABLISH AS WELL ARE FAMILY PLOTS FOR THREE PLOTS AND FOUR PLOTS.

THOSE ARE AREAS THAT WE CONSIDER TO BE UPGRADED AREAS.

THEY ARE SURROUNDED WITH HEDGES.

THEY'RE IN OUR PLAZA AREA ADJACENT TO THE SHELTER.

SO THOSE ARE WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER A PREMIUM BURIAL SPACE.

OF COURSE, PEOPLE COULD BUY MULTIPLE PLOTS ELSEWHERE IN THE CEMETERY AND STILL ACHIEVE THAT SAME FAMILY ESTATE.

THEY JUST WOULDN'T PAY THAT PREMIUM FOR THE THREE AND FOUR PLOTS WITHIN THAT ONE FOOTPRINT SURROUNDED BY HEDGES FOR THE CEMETERY BOARD FEES RECOMMENDATION.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD WHAT'S LEFT IN THE EXISTING.

SO IN THE EXISTING SPACES RIGHT NOW WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 300 SPACES.

SOME OF THEM ARE UNUSABLE, AND THAT'S JUST DUE TO THE SIZE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT.

THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THE MONUMENTS LEANING IS THAT THOSE SPACES ARE TOO SHORT AND SO YOU'LL HAVE A BURIAL THAT'S RIGHT BELOW THE UPRIGHT MONUMENT, CAUSING THAT TO EVENTUALLY SINK, SETTLE AND LEAN IN CERTAIN DIRECTIONS, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE PROPOSING THAT ALL FUTURE UPRIGHT MONUMENTS HAVE PIERS IN THE NEW AREA.

WE HAVE 320 UPRIGHT MONUMENTS AND 576 FLAT FOR DOUBLE DEPTH.

REALLY ANY FLAT OR UPRIGHT SPACE COULD BE UTILIZED FOR THAT.

IN OUR EXISTING AREA, WE HAVE 16 BABY SPACES IN OUR NEW WE HAVE 190, AND THEN FOR THE REST OF IT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE EXISTING SPACES AVAILABLE AND YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBER OF SPACES THAT WE ARE ADDING IN THE EXPANSION AREA ON THE RIGHT.

THEN THE NEXT COLUMN SHOWS YOU OUR ORIGINAL FEES.

SO LIKE I SAID, WE'VE GOT THOSE THREE FEES ESTABLISHED RIGHT NOW, 1450, WHETHER IT'S UPRIGHT OR FLAT, 900 FOR THAT DOUBLE DEPTH AND 245 FOR BABY.

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SO IN OUR PROPOSED EXPANSION AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FEES THAT DON'T EXIST, THE CEMETERY BOARD RECOMMENDED $2,000 FOR AN UPRIGHT MONUMENT THAT DOES INCLUDE AN EXTRA TWO FEET EASEMENT FOR THE MONUMENT.

IT DOES SHOW SHRUB WALL ON HERE, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING STAFF IS RECOMMENDING, REMOVING THAT SHRUB WALL IN BETWEEN THE ROWS AND THEN STAFF DID ORIGINALLY PROPOSED $2,500 FOR THESE SPACES, BUT CEMETERY BOARD RECOMMENDED THAT $2,000 FEE FOR DOUBLE DEPTH.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING MAINTAINING THE EXISTING FEE AND FOR BABY SPACES.

THE CEMETERY BOARD RECOMMENDED $400 PER SPACE.

ORIGINALLY, STAFF PROPOSED 500, AND THEN FOR A CREMATION SPACE, 995 FOR A CREMATION NICHE 2200, AND THEN THE FAMILY ESTATES AND THE FOR THREE AND FOUR PLOT ARE 11,250 AND 15,000 RESPECTIVELY.

ONE THING OF NOTE IS THAT THERE'S NO DISTINCTION MADE BETWEEN THE FLAT AND UPRIGHT IN THE EXISTING CEMETERY SPACES, SOMETHING THE CEMETERY BOARD RECOMMENDED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS WAS FOR ANY FUTURE SALE IN THE EXISTING AREA THAT BE A FLAT SPACE TO TRY TO MITIGATE THOSE SINKING UPRIGHT MONUMENTS.

AND THEN THE LAST NOTE WAS JUST THAT THOSE RED FEES WERE THE CEMETERY BOARD'S RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO FOR THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTOOD HOW THIS HIT THE BOTTOM LINE AND THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF THE CEMETERY.

SO YOU'LL SEE THE SPACES, YOU'LL SEE THE EXISTING FEES, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE PROPOSED FEES AND THE RIGHT TWO COLUMNS.

THOSE COLUMNS SHOW IF WE KEPT ONLY THE EXISTING FEES AND ESTABLISHED FEES FOR THE AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE FEES CURRENTLY VERSUS WHAT STAFF IS PROPOSING THOSE FEES TO BE, AND THE NET DIFFERENCE IS $227,000 AND THAT 65% REMITTANCE IS THE FEE THAT WE RETAIN FROM LUCAS AND BLESSING AFTER THEY CHARGED THE FEE, AND SO FOR THE AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS UNDERSTOOD.

SO THIS INCLUDES ALL REMAINING SPACES AVAILABLE FOR SALE, INCLUDING THOSE OLD SECTIONS.

IT'S ASSUMED THAT THE EXISTING RATE AND THAT ASSUMES THE ANNUAL LOT SALES AT A CONSTANT RATE.

SO BASICALLY UTILIZING ABOUT HOW MANY LOTS WE SELL CURRENTLY ANNUALLY.

IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ANNUAL COST OR BUDGET FOR LEVELING LEANING MONUMENTS IN THE OLD SECTION WITH FOUNTAINS AND PIERS OR WITH FOUNDATIONS AND PIERS.

THESE ARE NET REVENUES WITH THAT 65% REMITTANCE, AND AS YOU'LL SEE, IF WE MAINTAINED ONLY THE 60 OR THE EXISTING FEES TO UTILIZE THOSE IN THE NEW AREAS, WE WOULD END UP IN THE A DEFICIT.

BUT IF WE ESTABLISH THE NEW FEES, WE WOULD ACTUALLY SUSTAIN OUR NEW SECTION, AND THAT MIDDLE COLUMN SHOWS YOU THAT WE SPEND ABOUT $74,000 ANNUALLY ON MAINTAINING THE CEMETERY.

THE PROPOSED FEES, THAT'S THE ONES THAT CEMETERY BOARD RECOMMENDED.

YES, SIR. ON THAT MATH.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS? WHY NOT CONSIDER ESCALATION OF O&M COSTS? ARE WE LOOKING AT ESCALATION OF FEES TO COVER THE ESCALATION? BECAUSE WE KNOW WE WILL HAVE IT.

SO THE FEES WERE BASED ON MARKET VALUE AND CAN BE REEVALUATED.

ESSENTIALLY, WE ANTICIPATE LOOKING AT THESE EVERY FEW YEARS AND SALES THAT GO ALONG THAT WILL BE ESCALATED WITH WHAT OUR O&M COSTS ARE AT THE TIME.

REASONABLE. THANKS, AND TOMMY, WE'RE GOING TO ADD THESE TO THE FEE SCHEDULE.

YES, SIR. SO THIS WOULD BE FIRST READING AND ASSUMING THAT COUNCIL APPROVES IT AND THEN SECOND READING WOULD BE ON THE 15TH, AND SO, YEAH, BUT MOVING FORWARD, WE WOULD ACCEPT DEPOSITS BEGINNING THIS EVENING, ASSUMING THAT COUNCIL ELECTS TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE QUESTIONS.

OKAY. WE HAVE THREE ITEMS TO VOTE ON.

SO LET'S START WITH, IS THERE A MOTION ON SEVEN B? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE FEES AS PRESENTED.

IS THERE A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION BY ADAM AND A SECOND BY RONNIE.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSAGE UNANIMOUS.

IS THERE A MOTION ON SEVEN? C. I HAVE A MOTION BY DAN A SECOND BY PHIL, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES AND ONE MORE 7D0 MOTION.

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WE GET THE. SECOND.

THERE YOU GO. WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY RONNIE AND A SECOND BY DAN.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU. JEN, YOU GOT OUT OF THE REST OF THAT PRESENTATION, DIDN'T YOU? I DID. I SAW YOU TAKE IT DOWN RIGHT QUICK.

OH, I WAS TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH WHICH WAY WE WERE GOING TO GO.

THAT MOVES US ON TO ITEM SEVEN E CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING ARTICLE TWO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OF CHAPTER

[7.E. Consider approval of an ordinance repealing and replacing Article II “Emergency Medical Services” of Chapter 30 “Emergency Services” of the City of Burleson Code of Ordinances. (First Reading) (Staff Contact: K.T. Freeman, Fire Chief)]

30 EMERGENCY SERVICES OF THE CITY OF BURLESON CODE OF ORDINANCES.

THIS IS BEFORE YOU ON FIRST READING STAFF PRESENTERS.

KATIE FREEMAN, FIRE CHIEF.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

KATIE FREEMAN, FIRE CHIEF.

I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND IT'S VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD, AND I'VE ALSO GOT SOME UPDATES THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT HOW WE'RE TRANSITIONING TO OUR EMS PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE BEING PREPARED FOR AS WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO OCTOBER 1ST.

SO IN ESSENCE, TONIGHT, IT'S VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

AS I SAID, WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE THAT GOES BACK TO WHEN WE RESTATED THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BACK IN 2020 UNDER THE MED STAR SYSTEM, AND AT THAT TIME, OUR ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED TO BASICALLY PROVIDE THE PROVISIONS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDER, AND WHEN WE TRANSITIONED OVER INTO OUR OWN PROVIDING SERVICE, COME OCTOBER 1ST, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPEAL THE CURRENT ORDINANCE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE IT AND WITH OUR OWN ORDINANCE, WHICH IN ESSENCE MAKES US THE MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE SOLE PROVIDER OF ALL THE AMBULANCE AND TRANSPORT SERVICES IN THE CITY.

SO CURRENTLY MEDSTAR HOLDS THAT.

SO PROPRIETY IN A SENSE, AND AS WE TRANSITION OUT OF THAT SYSTEM, WE MUST HAVE AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE POINTS OF CLARIFICATION.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS THE ACTION ITEM THAT WILL BE BEFORE YOU IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE MATT'S ABILITY AND HIS WILLINGNESS.

HE WORKED WITH US TO GET THIS WORKED OUT.

THERE'S OTHER NUMEROUS THINGS THAT WILL BE CONTAINED WITHIN THAT ORDINANCE THAT GIVES US A LOT OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT ARE CLEARLY ENUMERATED, BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL TONIGHT IS THAT SOLE PROPRIETY IN A SENSE THAT WE WILL BECOME THE SOLE PROVIDER EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CONCERNING THAT? ALL RIGHT. I'M VERY EXCITED TO GIVE YOU THIS INFORMATION TONIGHT, AND I THINK I TOUCHED ON IT WHEN I WAS UP HERE THE LAST TIME I PRESENTED, BUT BACK AT THE TOWARDS THE END OF JULY, WE DID MAKE AND WE HAVE MADE OUR OFFICIAL APPLICATION TO THE STATE.

THE TAKE AWAY FROM IS IT'S GOING VERY WELL.

IT'S VERY EXPEDITIOUS.

REALLY WANT TO COMMEND CHIEF DAVIS AND OUR STAFF AND AGAIN, MATT RYBICKI, JUSTIN SCHARNHORST, WHO HAS HELPED US WITH THIS PROCESS.

BUT WE'VE MADE OFFICIAL APPLICATION.

IT'S IN THE QUEUE.

THEY'VE GIVEN US SOME VERY SIMPLE TWEAKS TO DO.

IT'S BASICALLY JUST SOME SOME PAPERWORK AND SOME VERBIAGE.

THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN RESUBMITTED TO THE STATE TODAY AND WE COULD ACTUALLY BE APPROVED IN THE SENSE OF THE NEXT PROCESS OF GOING FORWARD IS THAT WE WILL BE READY FOR AN INSPECTION.

SO WE JUST HAVE SOME HOUSEKEEPING TO DO WITH OUR OFFICIAL APPLICATION, AND AGAIN, I KIND OF HOLD MY BREATH, BUT IT'S I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT IT'S BEEN A VERY GOOD PROCESS AND WE'VE HAD JUST IMPECCABLE COMMUNICATION WITH THE STATE AND TIMELINESS.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS IN PLACE.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR IT WAS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH MEDSTAR.

SO THAT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT NOW HAS BEEN APPROVED, AND AGAIN, IT WILL TAKE PLACE AGAIN.

EVERYTHING WILL BE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST WHEN WE TRANSITION.

WE'VE GOT ANOTHER INTER-LOCAL DRAFT THAT WE JUST RECEIVED THIS AFTERNOON.

WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IT AGAIN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LEGAL TEAM, BUT WITH CAREFUL, CAREFUL.

IT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE KEY PROVIDERS AS WELL AND OUR SYSTEM, AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT, AND AS I HAVE NOTED HERE IN THE PRESENTATION, ALL THINGS GO WELL.

THEN WE WOULD EXPECT TO HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU FOR CONSIDERATION, PROBABLY ON A CONSENT.

CITY MANAGER SHOW US ON THE 21ST.

THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT I MENTIONED THIS IS WE'VE BEEN IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE MAYOR SINCE MARTIN'S OUR REPRESENTATIVES WITH OUR VENDOR LAST TIME REPORTED TO YOU, THEY GAVE US THE TIMELINE THAT WE SHOULD BEGIN TO EXPECT DELIVERY OF THE AMBULANCES BEGINNING THE THIRD WEEK IN AUGUST, WHICH IS IN JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

WE HAVE NO INDICATION THAT'S NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE.

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THEY'RE GOING TO TRICKLE IN ABOUT FIVE DAYS APART, AND SO WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM IN THE MORNING ABOUT AT 10:00 TO CONFIRM TO GET THE LATEST UPDATE. AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO OUR OWN INTERNAL STAFF, THE FOLKS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AT ST MARTIN'S, THE DAYMARE FOLKS, AND THEN A LOCAL GROUP THAT IS GOING TO BE DOING OUR GRAPHICS.

THEY HAVE BEEN COORDINATING AND COMMUNICATING.

WE'VE GOT A COMMITMENT THAT THEY WILL DO OUR GRAPHICS EVEN IF THEY HAVE TO ON A WEEKEND BECAUSE THEY KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ON A TIGHT TIME SCHEDULE, BUT THE TAKEAWAY AGAIN, THE COUNCIL AND OUR COMMUNITY IS THERE IS NO INDICATION WHATSOEVER ON ANY LEVEL THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IN JEOPARDY OF MEETING THAT DEADLINE AND HAVING OUR AMBULANCES READY TO GO BY THE TIME WE MAKE THE ACTUAL LIVE TRANSITION.

WITH REGARDS, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SUPPLIES THAT HAVE COME IN AND THAT WILL COME IN.

THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE NOT RUN INTO ANY KIND OF SUPPLY CHAIN SHORTAGES OR SETBACKS WITH REGARDS TO THE STOCKING THAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED FOR OUR AMBULANCES.

OUR PERSONNEL HAVE RECEIVED EXTENSIVE TRAINING, AND I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF OUR PERSONNEL, ALL THE EFFORTS AND FROM STAFF AS WELL, THE COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION THAT'S BEEN TAKING PLACE.

WE'RE REALLY AT A POINT NOW WHERE DR.

CORDOVA, OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR, IS GOING TO BE IN THE CREDENTIALING PROCESS.

THAT'S, AGAIN, ONE OF THE NEXT KEY INCREMENTAL STEPS TO GETTING CLOSE TO WHEN WE PULL THE TRIGGER, SO TO SPEAK.

SO OUR STAFF WILL BE CREDENTIALED.

THEY'RE ALREADY IN THAT PROCESS, AND THEN ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING THAT I THINK THE COUNCIL WILL BE VERY PROUD OF, IT GOES BACK TO SOME OF THE EARLY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT US HAVING THE ABILITY TO IMMED MEDICAL, MEDICAL, EMERGENCY, MEDICAL DISPATCH.

PAUL BRADLEY AND HIS GROUP HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

THEY'VE BEEN TRAINING THEIR STAFF.

THEY HAD TO WORK WITH US TO DEVELOP PROTOCOLS, A LOT OF QA, A LOT OF TECHNICAL TERMS INVOLVED IN THIS AND A LOT OF CAPABILITY IN THIS EMT SYSTEM, AND IT'S GOING SMOOTHLY.

IT'S GOING UP TO SPEED.

THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER COMPONENT.

THE ACTIVE ASSAILANT WOULD ALSO BE ACTIVE THREAT.

THERE'S AN INDIVIDUAL MODEL THAT IS PART OF THIS EMD PROCESS THAT, AS I'VE NOTED HERE, THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'VE GOT THE SCHEDULE, THE TRAINING SCHEDULE, AND IT WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF AUGUST.

SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO REASSURE THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY, ALL OF THE LEADERSHIP THAT THINGS ARE GOING IN PROGRESSING EXACTLY IN THE PACE AND THE ORDER THAT WE NEED TO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT OCTOBER 1ST DEADLINE.

SO AS I TRANSITION OUT OF THE.

CLOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION.

WE DO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE AN ACTION ITEM FOR YOU TO CONSIDER TONIGHT, AND THAT WOULD BE WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU REPEAL THE CURRENT ORDINANCE AND THEN THAT WE WOULD REPLACE IT WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS INCLUDED, THE NEW ORDINANCE THAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET FOR CONSIDERATION, AND IT WOULD TAKE IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, AND AT THAT POINT IT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE FOR ME.

ANY QUESTIONS? ONE QUESTION I HAVE, CHIEF.

BASED ON THE TELECOMMUNICATION, THE IMD, IF YOU SERVE TO SET UP A COMMAND CENTER FOR FIRE OR FOR MEDICAL, ARE THEY SET UP TO DEDICATE ONE TELECOMMUNICATOR TO THAT COMMAND CENTER? ARE THEY. DO THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY RIGHT NOW? YEAH. ARE THEY ARE THEY SET UP TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW OR WILL THEY BE BY THE TIME IN OCTOBER? COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT I, PAUL BRADLEY'S NOT HERE.

I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DEFER TO HIM AND I CAN GET BACK WITH YOU TOMORROW, JUST TO BE HONEST ON THE SPOT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THE SPECIFIC ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

I DO KNOW THEY'VE ADDED STAFF.

I DO KNOW THEY'RE IN TRAINING.

I DO KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE A DEDICATED DISPATCHER, WHICH WE HAD NEVER HAD THAT IN THE PAST , BUT TO ANSWER THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION, I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU AND BE MORE THAN GLAD TO IN THE MORNING.

OKAY? YEAH. ONCE WE GET INTO FULL ACTION IN OCTOBER, WE'LL HAVE THE FIRE AND THE MEDICAL THERE, AND I'D LIKE TO BE SURE THAT WE HAVE A TELECOMMUNICATOR THAT'S SET UP.

DEDICATED. IF YOU HAD TO PUT UP A COMMAND CENTER.

YES, SIR. YEAH, AND THAT'S PART OF THE NFPA STANDARDS, AND AGAIN, NOT SPEAKING FOR PAUL, BUT I WILL COMMENT ON WHAT I KNOW ABOUT HOW PAUL IS MANAGING AND HIS MANAGEMENT TEAM OVER THERE.

THEY HAVE DONE, I THINK, AN INCREDIBLY GOOD JOB AND THE COUNCIL HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLY GOOD JOB OF FUNDING.

A LOT OF THESE THINGS COST MONEY, IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS, THE CITY MANAGER SUPPORTING, AND SO THIS WHOLE TEAM CONCEPT, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT IT HAS BEEN A WORK IN PROGRESS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

IT'S TAKEN A LOT OF TIME, IT'S TAKEN A LOT OF RESOURCES AND AT TIMES IT'S TAKEN A LOT OF MONEY, AND SO IT SHOWS ME AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY, THE WILLINGNESS AND THE INVESTMENT

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THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE, AND AS I DID PRESENT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THE BENCHMARKS WITH THE RESPONSE TIMES AND WE'RE GETTING THE GOOD BENEFITS, THAT ULTIMATELY TRANSLATES TO IMPROVING THE LIFE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THAT WITH YOU TOMORROW.

COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT, I WOULD ADD TO THAT TOO, I DON'T WANT TO ANSWER FOR MR. BRADLEY, HOWEVER.

MR. BRADLEY IS A DISPATCHER.

OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ASHLEY MANNING IS A DISPATCHER AS WELL AS OUR QA QC INDIVIDUAL, CHAD DANIELS.

SO IN THE EVENT THERE ARE SITUATIONS THAT OCCUR, WE CAN RALLY AND ADDRESS AND HAVE ADDITIONAL DISPATCHERS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO ANSWER FOR PAUL, SO I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT, OKAY, I KNOW SOMETIMES THAT GETS DROPPED THROUGH WHERE YOU HAVE A DEDICATED FOR A COMMAND CENTER AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE A COMMAND CENTER SET UP WHERE YOU NEED 100% SUPPORT FROM TELECOMMUNICATIONS WITHOUT INTERRUPTION AND WE NOT HAVE IT.

THANK YOU. NOT ON THE FIRST TIME.

THE SECOND TIME, I GUARANTEE YOU WE WILL.

YES, SIR.

POINT WELL TAKEN, AND THANK YOU.

ONE OTHER THING, TOO, THAT I DIDN'T HAVE IN MY NOTES.

I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT I THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CELEBRATE OCTOBER 1ST, OCTOBER 1ST, AUGUST 1ST.

IT WAS ON ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL AS THE CITY, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I KNOW CHIEF CORDELL HAD TO LEAVE, BUT WE'RE VERY PROUD AND WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE PROGRAM THAT WE KICKED OFF WITH THE AEDS AND THE PATROL CARS THAT STARTED AUGUST 1ST. AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS AND THE TRAINING.

IT TOOK A LOT OF TRAINING, TOOK A LOT OF COMMITMENT AND PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PD.

IT'S ALSO PART OF THE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP THAT THREE LEGGED STOOL OF PUBLIC SAFETY, AND AS I SAID BEFORE WHEN I PRESENTED IT, IS GOING TO SAVE A LIFE AND LIVES IN THE FUTURE.

NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT, AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT, AND I THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT, BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION THAT RIGHT NOW.

THAT IS A HUGE UPDATE, PROBABLY OUT OF EVERYTHING I MENTIONED TONIGHT.

I THINK PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

OKAY. JUST CURIOUS, IS THAT TRAINING GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE SSI AND THE SROS TRAINING? YEAH. YES, AND WE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE PROCESS.

I DON'T HAVE THE DATES, BUT THEY'RE ONGOING RIGHT NOW AND THEY'RE SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL STAFF IS COMING BACK ON BOARD.

WE ARE TRAINING ALL OF THEM AND CPR STOP THE BLEED.

I JUST DON'T HAVE THE DATES, BUT IT IS ONGOING AND HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE, AND SO, AGAIN, A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR ISD FOLKS.

GREAT JOB, CHIEF. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. A MOTION ON THIS.

MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY ADAM A SECOND BY LARRY.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM SEVEN F,

[7.F. Consider approval of an ordinance amending Ordinance CSO#3069-09-2022 the City’s Fee Schedule by amending fees associated with the engineering review and inspection of private development. (First Reading) (Staff Presenter: Errick Thompson, Deputy Public Works Director)]

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 3060 9-09 2022 THE CITY FEE SCHEDULE BY AMENDING FEES ASSOCIATED WITH ENGINEERING REVIEW AND INSPECTION AND INSPECTION.

A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS BEFORE YOU ON FIRST READING STAFF PRESENTER IS ERIC THOMPSON, DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

AS MENTIONED, WE HAVE ANOTHER AMENDMENT TO THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR'S FEE SCHEDULE.

BEFORE YOU. THIS IS REALLY DRIVEN AND DICTATED BY SOME CHANGES IN STATE LAW THAT HAPPENED THIS PAST SESSION AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

SO I'LL GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT ENGINEERING REVIEW AND INSPECTION FEES OF WELL RELATED TO PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.

BURLESON LIKE MOST CITIES HAS OR CHARGES FEES TO DEVELOPERS TO COVER THE COST OF ENGINEERING REVIEW INSPECTION ACCEPTANCE THE FULL GAMUT OF GETTING A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.

ON THE GROUND. CURRENTLY, THE CITY CHARGES $750 FOR THE INITIAL REVIEW FEE AND THEN $250 FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT RESUBMITTAL, AND IT VARIES, BUT SOMETIMES THERE ARE MULTIPLE RECENT MEDALS BEFORE A PLAN IS ACTUALLY FINALLY ACCEPTED SO THAT CONSTRUCTION CAN BEGIN, AND THEN AFTER THE PLANS ARE ACCEPTED, THERE'S A DEVELOPER'S CONTRACT FEE CURRENTLY THAT'S SET AT 4% OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS CONSTRUCTION VALUE, AND THAT FEE COVERS PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE STAFF EFFORT FROM THE TIME IT STARTS CONSTRUCTION THROUGH FINAL ADMINISTRATION AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS TESTING.

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SO EARLIER I MENTIONED THE LEGISLATURE AND EARLIER THIS YEAR, HOUSE BILL 3492 WAS APPROVED WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF SEPTEMBER 1ST.

SO THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY I'M BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.