>> I'M GOING TO OPEN THE SESSION UP AT 05:30.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ICON COME UP AND GIVE OUR INVOCATION TODAY, STACEY SINGLETON.AND IF EVERYBODY WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND ALSO THE PLEDGES.
>> SHALL WE PRAY. OUR MOST GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER WE COME TO YOU TODAY TO TELL YOU, FIRST OF ALL, WE LOVE YOU.
WE LOVE YOU AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS YOU'VE GIVEN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED FOR THE CITY OF BURLESON.
FATHER, I WANT TO PRAY TONIGHT FOR OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS THEY ALWAYS HAVE TOUGH DECISIONS TO MAKE AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE AREN'T HAPPY AND WITH THE DECISIONS THEY MAKE BUT FATHER, WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE MAKING THE DECISIONS THAT'S BEST FOR ALL OF US.
FATHER I ASK THAT YOU BE WITH EACH ONE OF THEM.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LETTING THEIR FAMILIES SHARE THEM WITH US AND FOR THEM BEING WILLING TO SIT ON THIS COUNCIL AND SERVE OUR CITIZENS.
FATHER BE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAS PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT AND LET THEIR PRESENTATIONS GO WELL AND BE WITH ALL OUR CITY EMPLOYEES AS THEY DO WONDERFUL THINGS FOR OUR CITIZENS.
FATHER, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF BURLESON.
CITY OF BURLESON IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I ASK THAT YOU BE WITH OUR STATE GOVERNMENT AND OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND LET THEM MAKE GOOD DECISIONS AND LET THEM CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK THEY NEED TO DO.
FATHER, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO IN JESUS NAME.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
[2.A. Proclamations -A Proclamation recognizing September 17 - September 23, 2023 as "Constitution Week" in the City of Burleson. (Recipient: Nathaniel Winston Chapter, National Society Daughers of the American Revolution)]
THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 2, PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS.[NOISE] 2A IS PROCLAMATIONS, AND WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING, A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2023 AS CONSTITUTION WEEK IN THE CITY OF BURLESON.
TONIGHT WE HAVE A RECIPIENT HERE FROM THE NATHANIEL WINSTON CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, MAYOR.
>> NOW THEREFORE, I MAYOR, CHRIS FLETCHER ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF BURLESON THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 23RD OF 2023 AS CONSTITUTION WEEK, [NOISE] AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO STUDY THE CONSTITUTION AND REFLECT ON THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING AN AMERICAN WITH ALL THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES WHICH THAT PRIVILEGE INVOLVES.
COUNCIL, WOULD YOU MAKE ME UPFRONT? [BACKGROUND] [NOISE].
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>> MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 2B, WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING.
SO THAT MOVES US ON TO ITEM 2C,
[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.]
COMMUNITY INTERESTS ITEMS. [LAUGHTER]>> OKAY. DO YOU HAD A PROCLAMATION OVER THERE?
>> WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE PROCLAMATION, NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM 2C, COMMUNITY INTERESTS ITEMS.
>> WITH THE RAIN, THE GOLF COURSE IS LOOKING GOOD AND ALL THE GOLF CART PATHS HAVE BEEN REPLACED EXCEPT FOR I THINK ONE AND THEY'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION SO FINALLY GETTING THAT DONE, SO GET OUT AND GO PLAY BECAUSE THE WEATHER'S NICE AND COOL.
>> SATURDAY WAS TO BE HEALTHY, 5K, 10K AND ONE MILE FUN RUN.
WELL ATTENDED EVENT, BEAUTIFUL EVENT AND WONDERFUL COURSE, GOOD PARTICIPATION AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS OF ENJOYING THAT.
>> THE BE HEALTHY RUN WAS SO MUCH FUN.
SO I ENCOURAGE ANYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO COME OUT FOR NEXT YEAR'S EVENT.
THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL AND PERFECT FOR IT AND THE TURN OUT WAS JUST GREAT.
THIS FRIDAY, WE HAVE AN OLD TOWN PICTURE SHOW ON THE 23RD, I THINK THAT'S FRIDAY, MIGHT BE SATURDAY.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW SUPER MARIO BROTHERS HERE ON THE PLAZA AT 07:00 P.M. THE 23RD.
ON THE 29TH, IT IS LATIN FOOD TRUCK NIGHT.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A MARIACHI BAND, SEVERAL FOOD TRUCKS, LOTS OF GREAT PEOPLE OUT.
SO COME AND ENJOY THAT, FRIDAY NIGHT.
IT'S AT THE BRICK PARKING LOT OFF OF SUMMER CREST.
ENTRY IS FREE, BUT FOOD IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.
ON OCTOBER 3RD, IT'S NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
SO I KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY RESOURCE OFFICERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN TOUCH WITH A NUMBER OF LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
BUT IF YOU HAVE A GROUP, IF YOUR BLOCK IS DOING SOMETHING, CONNECT WITH OFFICER BYRON OR OFFICER DAVIS WITH OUR COMMUNITY RESOURCE OFFICE AND WE'D LIKE TO DO OUR BEST TO MAKE A STOP BY.
I KNOW SEVERAL OF US WILL BE PARTICIPATING THAT NIGHT AND IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT TO JUST CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND CONNECT WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS.
[NOISE] FOUNDERS DAY IS OCTOBER 14TH, AND THAT EVENT WILL BE HERE IN THE PLAZA FROM 10-4.
IT KICKS OFF AT 10:00 AM WITH A PARADE OF TIME PERIOD CLOTHING.
IT'S SUPER FUN FOR BACK WHEN BURLESON WAS FOUNDED, AND THERE WILL BE PERFORMANCES ON THIS STAGE, LIVE MUSIC, THERE'S VENDORS, FOOD.
SO COME OUT AND IF YOU ARE A GROUP, A DANCE GROUP OR CHOIR GROUP, IF YOU HAVE A PART OF SOMETHING IN TOWN THAT WOULD LIKE TO PERFORM, CONNECT WITH NEAL JONES BECAUSE HE IS LOOKING TO PLUG IN ENTERTAINMENT.
HE HAS THE TIME SLOTS BETWEEN 10:00 AND 4:00 SO HE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
>> COOL SOUNDS OF FALL AND ALSO THE HEALTHY RUN ON SATURDAY, HATS OFF TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
I NOTICED ALSO WITH OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE PLACE WAS MAINLY FOR THESE KIDS AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALONG WAY FOR THOSE KIDS SO GREAT JOB GUYS, PROUD OF YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
CHANGES TO THE POSTED AGENDA ITEM, SPEAK CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN OR ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION BY THE CITY COUNCIL STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND ATTENDANCE, OR ITEMS TO BE ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH REQUIRES AN OFFICIAL VOTE BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
>> OKAY. THAT'LL MOVE US ON TO SECTION 4, CITIZENS APPEARANCE.
[4. CITIZENS APPEARANCES]
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.SPEAKER CARD WILL BE FILLED OUT AND TURNED INTO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MAY ONLY TAKE ACTIONS ON ITEM POSTED ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.
I DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD, LISA.
>> GOOD EVENING. I'M LISA DEES
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[NOISE] WITH MEALS ON WHEELS, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.I CAME TODAY TO GIVE YOU ALL A QUICK UPDATE ABOUT MEALS ON WHEELS AND WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IN BURLESON.
SHE CAME OUT TO OUR NEW ADMINISTRATION DISTRIBUTION FACILITY IN CLEBURNE AND DID A TOUR.
DEFINITELY I WANT TO EXTEND AN INVITATION TO ALL OF YOU, ALL ARE WELCOME.
WE HAVE HAD A STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY OF BURLESON FOR MANY YEARS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'M NOT SURE IF ALL OF YOU ALL ARE AWARE, BUT CHIEF FREEMAN HAS BEEN A STRONG PARTNER OF OURS.
OUR PICKUP LOCATION WAS AT THE FIRE STATION IN BURLESON, AMONG ALL IT'S BEARING.
THEN WHEN YOU ALL WERE PLANNING ON BUILDING THE HIDDEN CREEK, HE CAME UP TO ME, AND HE SAID, LISA THIS WILL MAKE MORE SENSE, AND SO WE DID CHANGE OUR PICKUP LOCATION THERE.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE UNDER SERVING BURLESON BY DRASTIC NUMBERS.
LAST TIME I LOOKED, WE WERE SERVING LIKE 47, WHICH PRE-COVID WE WERE SERVING OVER 100.
A LOT OF OUR SENIORS DO PASS AWAY OR MOVE ON TO ASSISTED LIVING.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ON IS THE RESOURCE THAT WE ARE HERE TO SERVE.
WE HAVE STRONG CORPORATE PARTNERS, INDIVIDUAL DONORS, AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS HUGELY TOOK THE LAST OPEN ROUTE, WHICH WAS LAST WEEK, AND SO WE HAVE GREAT COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AND I REALLY WANT TO INVITE ALL OF YOU ALL TOO, IF YOU'VE NEVER DELIVERED A ROUTE TO JOIN US ONE DAY, PLEASE, AND SO YOU'LL KNOW ABOUT THE SERVICE THAT WE OFFER HERE IN BURLESON. THANK YOU.
>> IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON AN ITEM NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA? I HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKER CARDS.
SO MAYOR THAT'LL MOVE US ON TO SECTION 5, CONSENT AGENDA.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE AN ACTIVE 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.
THIS EVENING, THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS 5A THROUGH 5K.
>> IS THERE A MOTION. IS THIS A WORKING DAY?
>> IF YOU'LL HOLD ON JUST ONE MOMENT.
>> ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION?
>> I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN.
>> NEVER MOTION BY DAN AND SECONDED BY RONNIE, PLEASE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 6, THE GENERAL SECTION.
[6.A. - 6.C]
THERE WILL BE ONE PRESENTATION FOR ITEMS 6A, 6B, AND 6C.HOWEVER WE WILL TAKE EACH ONE DIFFERENT MOTION.
SO THIS TIME, I WILL CALL FORWARD.
ITEM 6A IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE, AMENDING ARTICLE 8, [NOISE] INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE OF CHAPTER 10 BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS OF THE CITY OF BURLESON CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADOPTING THE 2021 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE AND PROVIDING FOR MODIFICATIONS OF THE CODE TO INCORPORATE LOCAL AMENDMENTS.
THIS IS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL ON FIRST READING THE STACK PRESENTER THIS EVENING FOR THIS SECTION IS GOING TO BE LISA DUELLO, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DIRECTOR.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL LISA DUELLO, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DIRECTOR.
I'M GOING TO DO A BRIEF INTRODUCTION.
LIKE AMANDA HAD SAID, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE REVIEWING THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, THE BUILDING CODES AND THE FIRE CODE.
FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND AWHILE, WE PERIODICALLY AND ROUTINELY EVALUATE THESE DIFFERENT CODES.
AS PART OF THE REVIEW PROCESS, CITY STAFF PROVIDED CODE UPDATES TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS VARIOUS PROPERTY MAINTENANCE GROUPS.
WE CONDUCTED A STAKEHOLDERS MEETING ON AUGUST 17TH TO DISCUSS THE UPDATES AND TO THE DEVELOPERS, BUILDERS, CONTRACTORS, AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE COMPANIES TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK.
I THINK SOME OF YOU ALL ATTENDED THAT MEETING AND WE DID NOT HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT FEEDBACK OR CHANGES AT THAT MEETING.
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WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO DISCUSS THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, WHICH IS ENFORCED BY THE CODE OF COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT AND THAT THINK WHITEHEAD'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BUILDING CODES AND I THINK ROB MORRIS IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRE CODES.JUST SOME BACKGROUND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE.
THIS CODE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT DYLAN AND THE FIRE CODE ARE DEALING WITH BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH EXISTING FACILITIES AND BUILDINGS AND ITS MINIMUM MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY, EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCES WITHIN A HOME, LIGHTING, VENTILATION, HEATING, PLUMBING, SANITATION, FIRE SAFETY, AND OCCUPANCY.
BASICALLY, IT PROVIDES COMMON SENSE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR A SAFE AND HEALTHY HOME.
REQUIRES WORKING, PLUMBING, NO LEAKS STRUCTURE MEMBERS OF BUILDINGS MUST BE FREE OF DETERIORATION, NO PEELING OR ROTTING WOOD.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE VIOLATION THAT WE DEAL WITH.
UNLESS WE GET A CALL FROM A RENTAL PROPERTY AND WE GO INSIDE AND A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S WATER LEAKS AS SUCH AND SO WE DEAL WITH THOSE.
NO BROKEN WINDOWS, NO ROOF LEAKS.
DOORS PROPERLY CLOSE AND LOCK AND HANDRAILS AND STAIRS ARE STABLE.
INSTEAD OF WRITING WOOD THIS WAS A GARAGE DOOR THAT WASN'T OPERATING AND WAS IN DISREPAIR SO THE CODE DOES ADDRESS EXAMPLE SUCH AS THAT.
JUST A LITTLE BIT BRIEF HISTORY.
IN '17 WERE ADOPTED THE '15 AND NOW HERE WE ARE IN '23, LOOKING AT ADOPTING THE '21.
I THINK IN DYLAN'S PRESENTATION, HE CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
A LOT OF TIMES THE NORTH TEXAS CENTRAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LOCAL AMENDMENTS AND BECAUSE THE IPMC IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH, THEY DID NOT MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A LOCAL AMENDMENTS FOR THE IPMC.
DID A LITTLE RESEARCH ON WHAT SOME OTHER CITIES, WHERE THEY ARE AND I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT IF YOU SEE WHERE IT SAYS NO ICC, IPMC, THEY USE A CITY CODE.
I THINK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE CITIES THAT HAVE THEIR OWN CODE, THEY MIRRORED SOME OF THE LANGUAGE FROM THE IPC, BUT THEY HAVE A RENTAL PROPERTY REGISTRATION PROGRAM THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE CODES.
THERE'S SOME VERY BRIEF CHANGES THAT WERE MADE TO THE 21 CODE AND THEY ADDED A NEW DEFINITION FOR EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE OPENING UNDER THE FIRE SECTION OF THE CODE INOPERABLE EXTERIOR WINDOW DOOR, OTHER SIMILAR DEVICES TO PROVIDE A MEANS OF ESCAPE AND EXCESS RESCUE IN THE EVENT OF EMERGENCY.
THAT WAS NOT CLEARLY DEFINED IN THE PREVIOUS ONE SO THEY JUST CLARIFY THAT WE HAVE GONE INTO SOME RENTAL PROPERTIES WHERE THE WINDOWS ARE NOT OPERATING AND THAT'S SOME SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH, DEFINITELY HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES.
THE CODE ALSO REQUIRES THAT RENTAL PROPERTIES AND SPECIFIC OR HOMES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE KEPT AT 68 DEGREES AND THE CODE SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT YOU CANNOT OBTAIN THIS TEMPERATURE BY USING A PORTABLE SPACE HEATER.
THEN ONE OF THE BIG CHANGES IN THEIR CODE, BUT WE ALREADY HAD IT IN OURS IS PROVIDE A MEANS FOR AN APPEAL.
WE ALREADY HAD A SECTION IN OUR CODE THAT HAD THAT.
IF WE ARE ENFORCING SOMETHING AND A PROPERTY OWNER IS NOT AGREEING WITH US, THERE IS A MEANS FOR APPEAL.
THEN SOME CHANGES THAT WE DID FOR THE LOCAL ORDINANCE WHICH WE'VE HAD IN THERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS WITH ONE MINOR CHANGE, IS THAT WE DELETED DEFINITION OF INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLE AND BECAUSE IT CONFLICTS WITH OUR CODE, AND I'LL SHOW YOU ON THE NEXT SLIDES OF HOW IT CONFLICTS.
THEN THIS SECTION ON MOTOR VEHICLE, IT CONFLICTS WITH HOW WE ALLOW FOR INOPERABLE VEHICLES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WITH THE EXCEPTION THEY ADDED LANGUAGE IN REGARDS TO PAINTING A VEHICLE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO DELETE THE SECTION ON SWIMMING POOLS AND CODES BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THAT SECTION IN CHAPTER 10.
SPECIFICALLY, THIS IS JUST A COMPARISON OF HOW THE CHANGES IS, AND THESE ARE THE DELETIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST COUPLE OF VERSIONS OF OUR ORDINANCE.
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THE IPMC SPECIFIC DIFFERENCE IS THEY SAY THAT A INOPERABLE VEHICLE IS A VEHICLE THAT IS UNLICENSED.I DON'T KNOW ABOUT SOME OF YOU, BUT MY DAUGHTERS, THEY DON'T ALWAYS GET THEIR VEHICLES UP-TO-DATE AND EVERYTHING SO OUR CODE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE FORGIVING AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT SOMETIMES NEIGHBORS WILL USE THIS AGAINST THEIR NEIGHBORS AS A TOOL.
OUR CODE DOESN'T REQUIRE THAT IT BE INOPERABLE.
THEN IN REGARDS TO THE MOTOR VEHICLES SECTION, OUR CODE IS A LITTLE MORE FORGIVING ALSO IN THAT.
THEY SAID THAT AN INOPERABLE VEHICLE CANNOT BE STORED ON SITE.
WE SAY THAT IN THE CITY OF BURLESON, AND THIS HAS BEEN LIKE THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND WE'VE REVIEWED THIS AND I THINK PROBABLY COUNCIL MEMBER [INAUDIBLE] MEMBERS WHEN WE DISCUSSED ALL THIS IS THAT WE ALLOW ONE INOPERABLE VEHICLE ON A PROPERTY THAT IS SCREENED FROM PUBLIC VIEW.
HOWEVER, WE DO ALLOW FOR 15 DAYS IF SOMEONE'S WORKING ON THEIR CAR, THEY'VE GOT TO DO SOME WORK ON THEIR PROPERTY.
SO OURS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE FORGIVING.
THE LANGUAGE THAT WE DID WANT TO KEEP IN THERE, WHICH WE'VE HAD SOME COMPLAINTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE PAINTING THEIR VEHICLES OUT IN THEIR DRIVEWAY AND SO WE WANTED TO KEEP THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY HAD IN THE IPMC.
WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.
>> I'M SORRY, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
THAT RENTAL PROPERTY REGISTRATION, YOU MENTIONED THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAD THAT CITY CODE.
YOU SAID THAT THEY HAVE THAT, DO WE ALSO HAVE A RENTAL REGISTRATION? WE DON'T.
>> WE HAVE SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGISTRATION, BUT NOT ALL RENTAL.
SOME CITIES REQUIRE EVERY SINGLE RENTAL PROPERTY BE REGISTERED AND INSPECTED.
>> SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'VE ONLY RECENTLY ADDED THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGISTRATION.
I REMEMBER WHEN WE'RE HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS, DID IT INCLUDE THAT WE WOULD GO TO THE SITE AND ARE WE GOING TO CHECK AGAINST THESE BEFORE IT CAN GET RENTED OUT? OR WE'RE JUST SAYING THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE UP TO CODE?
>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS?
>> LISA, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THE BEDDING REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT?
>> THAT'S SPECIFICALLY INSPECTED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IF THEY ARE REGISTERED WITH THE CITY FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY NOT THE WHOLE IPMC.
>> IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER?
>> I WILL SAY THAT IF THEY'VE RECEIVED A TWO CITATIONS, WHAT IS IT WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR SOMETHING REGARDING CODE VIOLATIONS FOR THE IPMC, THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SHORT-TERM RENTAL PERMIT.
>> ANOTHER RENTAL PROPERTY THAT MAYBE RENTS NOT SHORT-TERM?
>> IF THEY GET, DOES THE SAME RULE APPLY IF THEY RECEIVED VIOLATIONS?
>> OKAY. BECAUSE I KNOW IF SOME RENTAL PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION BEFORE THAT JUST ISSUE AFTER ISSUE, WHETHER IT'S GRASS, TREES OR THINGS NOT BEING TRIMMED BACK, OBSTRUCTING VIEW WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO TURN.
I'VE SEEN GARAGES SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE POSTED IN HERE SO POSE THIS TO MY COLLEAGUES ON WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD VISIT BECAUSE I KNOW MAYBE A MONTH OR TWO AGO WE RECEIVED AN E-MAIL AND GRANTED, IT WAS ABOUT A SHORT-TERM RENTAL, BUT A NEIGHBOR IN A VALLEY WAS UPSET ABOUT A HOME NOT BEING KEPT UP AND SHE KNOWS IT'S RENTED OUT OR SHE BELIEVES IT WAS RENTED OUT AND SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THAT I WOULD KICK TO YOU ALL THAT I DON'T KNOW IF I DELINEATE BETWEEN, IF ANY HOME IS BEING RENTED I THINK WE OWE IT TO SOMEONE WHO'S LIVING HERE THAT IT'S BEING MAINTAINED TO A LEVEL THAT IS HABITABLE AND THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED TO BE FIXED OR FIXED TIMELY AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS BECAUSE IF SOMEONE'S NOT LOOKING OUT FOR THOSE, INDIVIDUALS, CAN THEY GET TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF? JUST I KNOW THERE'S A BIG MARKET FOR RENTALS AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING REPUTATION FOR THE HOMES THAT ARE HERE, WHETHER THEY'RE OWNED OR RENTED.
THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME TO LIVE IN BURLESON, I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE'S LOOKING OUT FOR THEM TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE AND THINGS ARE FIXED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT SOME OF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT,
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BUT IF WE HAVE IT FOR SHORT-TERM [OVERLAPPING].>> I THINK THE LAST INVENTORY I TOOK A RENTALS, WE HAVE OVER 6,000 RENTAL PROPERTIES, THAT INCLUDES MULTIFAMILY.
>> OKAY. YEAH. IT INCLUDES MULTIFAMILY
>> I'VE GOT A BREAKDOWN OF ALL THAT INFORMATION.
>> WOW. MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THAT.
>> YEAH, LISA AND I ACTUALLY WORKED LAST YEAR PREPARING WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THAT WITH JUST SOME GENERAL INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO AND NOT JUST SHORT-TERM RENTALS, BUT JUST RENTAL REGISTRATION IN GENERAL.
WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING A PRESENTATION BACK TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE THINK RESOURCE SUPPLIES THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THE PROS AND CONS [OVERLAPPING].
>> WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING BACK AN INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION AND WE'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO GO OFF OF.
>> APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. SORRY TO DERAIL.
MY OTHER QUESTION WAS GOING BACK TO THE CAR REGISTRATION.
>> YES, THE INOPERABLE VEHICLE.
I REMEMBER THAT THIS WAS VISITED, THAT IT WAS MORE ABOUT CAN IT BE PROPELLED ON ITS OWN? BUT BECAUSE I'VE RECENTLY DONE A POLICE RIDE-ALONG, AND IF WE PULLED SOMEBODY OVER AND THEIR REGISTRATION WAS OUT, IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE PERSON DRIVING.
IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE DRIVING ON THE ROAD WITH.
DID WE EVER HAVE THE REGISTRATION AS PART OF THAT? I HEARD YOU ON BEING USED AGAINST NEIGHBORS, BUT JUST WITHIN MAYBE HAVING A TIME FRAME OF SAYING IF IT'S PAST REGISTRATION WITHIN A CERTAIN WINDOW LIKE A YEAR.
>> I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. YEAH, NOT SINCE I'VE WORKED HERE.
THE REGULATIONS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE WAY WE HAVE IT NOW.
IT WAS DISCUSSED, I THINK IN 2016, WHEN WE WERE REDOING THIS.
>> LIKE THE RIDE-ALONG, I WENT ON.
I HAD A GREAT OFFICER THAT I WAS PAIRED WITH, AND HE TALKED ME THROUGH SO MANY THINGS, BUT HE MADE A LOT OF SENSE WHEN HE SAID THERE'S TWO THINGS.
IF YOUR LICENSE IS OUT AND YOU DON'T HAVE INSURANCE.
YOU SHOULDN'T BE ON THE ROAD IF THOSE ARE, AND I'M JUST WONDERING, ARE WE ENABLING THAT BY SAYING IT'S OKAY AS LONG AS YOUR CAR CAN RUN? BUT IF IT'S NOT REGISTERED.
>> I THINK THE PURPOSE OF THE CODE REALLY IS A NUISANCE AND SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THEIR CARS REGISTERED OR INSPECTED, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY A NUISANCE.
>> [OVERLAPPING] OH, IT JUST EXPIRED LAST MONTH.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, THOSE ARE ADDRESSED IN THE VEHICLE CODES OF THE STATE.
OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE GOING TO CITE THEM.
IF THE VEHICLE IS NOT REGISTERED UNDER THE TRAFFIC CODE, WE'RE GOING TO CITE THEM IF THEY DON'T HAVE INSURANCE THAT FALLS UNDER A STATE REQUIREMENT FOR VEHICLE OPERATION.
THIS IS OUR LOCAL REGULATION ABOUT HOW PROPERTIES ARE USED AND IT KEEPS US OUT OF THE VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT END, SAY LIKE A ZONING ISSUE.
WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH GETTING RID OF THE VEHICLES THAT ARE DERELICT AND ARE DETRIMENTAL TO ADJOINING PROPERTIES.
>> YES. I HAD A CONVERSATION TODAY WITH A CITIZEN WHO WAS SAYING THAT THERE WERE CARS IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT STAYED THERE FOR LENGTHS OF TIME THAT WERE NOT REGISTERED.
I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND MY CAR.
I CARRIED AROUND THE STICKER FOR TWO MONTHS BEFORE I PUT IT ON MY CAR.
BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE'RE FURTHERING ALLOWING CARS SITTING AND THEY'RE DOING THIS WHOLE I MOVED IT 10 INCHES SO IT'S SAFE, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN REGISTERED IN TWO YEARS.
>> I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR CHIEF QUARTILE. WE ACTUALLY TALK.
HE SAID, HEY, WE GOT NOTHING ON THE AGENDA. YOU SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO.
[OVERLAPPING] IT'S OKAY, BUT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST.
I THINK IT JUST BECOMES A RESOURCE ISSUE FOR THE PD AND WHAT HE'S EXPRESSED TO ME IS SIMPLY, WE COULD DO IT, BUT IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO BE; THERE'LL BE OTHER PRIORITIES, AND THEY GET A LOT OF CALLS RELATED TO THAT.
SO LIKELY BE SOMETHING THERE TO HIT OR TAKE CARE OF WHEN THEY'RE IN THE AREA.
SO HIS GENERAL FEEDBACK, AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR HIM, BUT IT'S JUST IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AT THE TOP OF THEIR PRIORITY LIST.
>> DON'T WANT TO FURTHER THE ISSUE OF CARS PILING UP.
>> AS CITY ATTORNEY MENTIONED, IT'S MORE ABOUT THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, AND A LOT OF THE CALLS ARE WE'RE GOING TO GET A CALL LIKE THAT.
>> BECAUSE THAT'S MORE NOTICEABLE.
>> THAT'S REALLY THE OBJECTIVE OF THE CODE: IS THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE.
IF WE DO GET A CALL AND IT'S QUESTIONABLE, WE WILL TRY TO MEET WITH THE HOMEOWNER AND TALK TO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE VEHICLE, AND WE'LL ASK THEM TO START IT UP AND MOVE IT FOR US.
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THAT'S BEEN THE OBJECTIVE.WE DON'T ENFORCE IN THE STREET WERE NOT ALLOWED TO IT'S TEXAS MOTOR VEHICLE CODE, SO WE DO PRIVATE PROPERTY.
>> OKAY. THIS TIME, WE WILL BRING FORWARD ITEM 6B.
I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ALL THREE ITEMS AT ONE TIME AT THE END OF ALL THIS SO THAT IT'S ALL RELATED TO EACH OTHER. THANK YOU.
SO 6B IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2021 ADDITIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE, THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE, THE INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL CODE, THE INTERNATIONAL FUELED GAS CODE, THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE, THE INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING POOL AND SPA CODE, THE INTERNATIONAL EXISTING BILLING CODE, AND LOCAL AMENDMENTS THERE TO ADOPTING THE 2020S ADDITIONS OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE AND LOCAL AMENDMENTS.
THIS IS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.
ON FIRST READING THE STACK PRESENTER YOU CAN SEE IS NOT TONY MCOIN, BUT DYLAN WHITEHEAD. DYLAN?
MAYOR. WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE 2021 BUILDING CODES THAT WE NEED TO GET ADOPTED.
JUST A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON THIS.
THE CITY OF BURLESON HAVE ADOPTED THE MODEL CODES FROM INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL SINCE THE 2000 EDITION BACK IN 2001.
THESE CODES ARE REVIEWED, UPDATED EVERY THREE YEARS, OR THEY'RE ON A THREE-YEAR CYCLE.
SO EVERY TIME THEY PUBLISH A NEW EDITION OF THE CODES, THERE'S A WHOLE GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS, FROM CODE OFFICIALS TO MANUFACTURERS TO CONTRACTORS,WHO ALL REVIEW THEM IF THEY HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR CODE UPDATES.
THERE'S AN ANNUAL HEARING THAT THEY ALL MEET AND THEY GO OVER IT.
THEN THEY DECIDE ON WHAT'S GOING TO BE PUT IN THE CODE AND WHAT'S NOT GOING TO BE PUT IN THE CODE, AND THEN THEY'LL PUBLISH THE NEW CODE-BOOKS.
THE CONSTRUCTION CODES CHANGE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES, CONSTRUCTION METHODS, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
THE ADOPTION OF THE UPDATED BUILDING CODES ARE IMPORTANT TO US AS IT AFFECTS OUR ISO RATINGS FOR THE BUILDING CODE SIDE, SIMILAR TO WHAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ON THEIR ISO RATING.
THERE'S ALSO AN ISO RATING THAT IS DETERMINED BASED ON YOUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
WEIGHED HEAVILY ON WHAT CODE YOU ADOPT, HOW THEY'RE ENFORCED, WHAT CERTIFICATIONS WE HAVE, AND SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER TOOL FOR YOUR CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES TO POTENTIALLY GET A DISCOUNT ON THEIR INSURANCE PREMIUMS. AS LISA SAID, THE LAST TIME WE ADOPTED OUR CODES WAS IN 2019, WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDER THE 2015 ADDITION, TRYING TO GO TO THE 2021S WITH THE 24 CODES NOW ALREADY BEING PUBLISHED.
SO WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BEHIND THE EIGHT-BALL.
BACK IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, WE SENT OUT A DRAFT COPY OF THE ORDINANCE OF ALL THE PROPOSED CODES TO PRETTY MUCH ALL OF OUR CONSTRUCTION STAKEHOLDERS IN THE CITY.
JUST TO GIVE THEM A HEADS UP ON WHAT WE'RE DOING WHERE WE'RE GOING.
SO WE CAN BEGIN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
WE ALSO SEND IT OUT TO THE BUILDING CODES AND STANDARDS BOARD, WHICH HAD TO HOLD A QUORUM OR A MEETING TO DISCUSS IT WITH THEM AND GO OVER THAT, SEE IF THEY HAD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO HOLD A QUORUM, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT MEETING.
I DID MEET WITH A FEW OF THOSE NUMBERS INDIVIDUALLY TO SEE IF THEY HAD ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT, HAD SOME GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM WITH SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE PUT INTO THE ORDINANCE, BUT BEYOND THAT, THERE'S BEEN NO FEEDBACK ON THIS.
WE SENT OUT ANOTHER NOTICE AT THE END OF JULY, AND THEN, AS LISA MENTIONED, WE HAD OUR STAKEHOLDER MEETING ON AUGUST 17TH, SENT OUT INVITATIONS TO OVER 85 PEOPLE.
WE RECEIVED NOTICE FROM 15 OF THOSE SAYING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO ATTEND, WITH EIGHT OF THEM MAKING THE MEETING.
DIDN'T REALLY GET A WHOLE LOT OF FEEDBACK ON THAT.
DURING THE MEETING, WE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE NEW CODES AND THE CHANGES RELATED TO THE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION.
AGAIN, THE ATTENDEES WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK, WHICH WE'VE RECEIVED NONE.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THE ISO AND HOW OUR BUILDING CODES ARE AFFECTING OUR ISO RATING.
CURRENTLY, THE CITY HAS A RATING OF A FIVE FOR
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ONE OR TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS AND A FOUR FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.THE STATE AVERAGE FOR TEXAS, I THINK, IT'S SIX ON BOTH OF THOSE, SO WE'RE A LITTLE ABOVE AVERAGE.
WE HAVE OUR ISO EVALUATION ROUGHLY EVERY FIVE YEARS.
WE JUST RECENTLY HAD OURS AGAIN THIS YEAR ON JULY 26TH AND BECAUSE WE'RE UNDER THE 2015, OUR RATINGS ARE GOING TO DROP TO NINE.
NINE BEING THE LOWEST WE CAN GET.
THAT'S HOW HEAVILY ARE BUILDING CODES AFFECT OUR ISO RATING.
THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE UP-TO-DATE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO ADOPT THE LATEST AND GREATEST.
WE CAN LET THE OTHER CITIES GO THROUGH THOSE HEADACHES AND GET THE LEARNING CURVE AND WE VISIT WITH THEM AND FIND OUT WHAT ISSUES THEY HAD WITH THEM AND WHAT THEY FOUND, AND TRY NOT TO REINVENT THE WHEEL.
WE'D LIKE TO STAY CURRENT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE LATEST AND GREATEST.
HERE'S JUST A COMPARISON OF ALL THE OTHER CITIES ON WHAT CODES THEY'RE UNDER.
THE MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE ALREADY GONE TO THE 21 CODES.
SOME OF THEM ALREADY LOOKING TO GO TO THE 24 SINCE THEY'RE PUBLISHED.
A BUNCH OF THEM ARE ON THE 18.
EXCUSE ME, WE WERE TRYING TO ADOPT THE 2018 CODES TWO YEARS AGO, BUT COVID HIT AND PUT A DELAY ON ALL THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO SKIP THE 18S AND GOES STRAIGHT TO THE 21S.
NOW, SKIPPING THE 2018 CODES GOING TO THE 21S SURPRISINGLY, THERE WERE NOT A WHOLE LOT OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THAT WE FOUND.
A LOT OF IT WAS CLARIFICATIONS, TECHNICAL CHANGES, EDIT DEFINITIONS, LIKE THEY DID IN LEASE'S CODE.
ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT ONES FOR THE ELECTRICAL CODE.
WHICH A LOT OF OUR ENERGY PROVIDERS ALREADY REQUIRED THIS REGARDLESS ANYWAY.
THERE ARE NOW REQUIRED TO HAVE A MAIN SHUT-OFF DISCONNECT AT THE METER BASE BEFORE IT GOES INTO THE HOUSE TO HELP WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS.
WHENEVER THERE'S EMERGENCIES AT THE HOUSE, THEY JUST GO TO ONE LOCATION.
THEY CAN KILL THE POWER TO THE HOME, AND NOT WORRY ABOUT IT.
THEY ARE NOW REQUIRED TO HAVE A HOME SURGE PROTECTOR.
YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE TO HAVE SURGE PROTECTORS FOR ALL YOUR OTHER DEVICES AND EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT.
YOU'LL HAVE ONE THAT'S PROTECTING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
THE ENERGY CODE IS ALWAYS EVOLVING.
WITH THE 21 CODES WE'RE ACTUALLY BEING PLACED INTO A DIFFERENT CLIMATE ZONE.
WHICH REVERTS US BACK TO WHERE WE WERE IN THE 2009 CODES.
THE HOME BUILDERS ARE ENJOYING THAT.
BUT IT DOES INCREASE OUR VALUES BY STATE MANDATE.
THE HOMES BEING BUILT AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THEY ARE STILL GOING TO BE MORE EFFICIENT THAN WHAT THEY WERE FIVE YEARS AGO.
WITH THAT, THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
>> DOES THE EMERGENCY BOX GOT A LOCK OUT ON IT?
>> NO, SIR. THEY CAN PUT ONE, BUT IT'S NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE ONE.
>> SINCE THE EMERGENCY DISCONNECT BOX IS CONNECTED TO THE METER BOX.
IS THAT ALL MANAGED BY THE ENERGY PROVIDER? >. NO, SIR. ONCE THE CABLES LEAVE THE METER BASE, EVERYTHING GOING INTO IT THEY MANAGE, BUT ONCE IT'S OUTSIDE OF THAT EVEN IF IT'S DIRECTLY CONNECTED LIKE THAT, THEY DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER IT.
>> THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS JISD JOSHUA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WHEN YOU SENT OUT ALL THE NOTICES FOR THE MEETING, DID YOU INCLUDE JISD? I DID NOT. I SLIPPED ON THAT ONE.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE GFC FOR THE WHOLE HOUSE INSTEAD OF INDEPENDENT CIRCUITS.
THANK YOU FOR THE NOTIFICATION.
I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED LIKE YOU WERE THAT WE GOT LOW ATTENDANCE.
BUT THE POINT IS, THE WORD WAS OUT THERE.
PEOPLE WERE MADE AWARE THAT WE WERE GOING TO MAKE CHANGES.
PERHAPS THEY DIDN'T THINK THOSE CHANGES WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO AFFECT WHAT THEY DO. LET IT HAPPEN.
BUT DON'T SLOW DOWN ON OUR EFFORTS TO TRY TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY WITH ANY PROPOSED CHANGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE AND GIVE EVERYONE WHATEVER OPPORTUNITY WE CAN TO WEIGH IN.
>> I'LL BE SURE TO REACH OUT TO JOSHUA ISD AS WELL AND GIVE THEM AN UPDATE.
>> I AGREE WITH DAN. IT WASN'T A GREAT TURNOUT, BUT IT WAS A TURNOUT.
ONCE WORD GETS OUT THERE WE'LL GET BETTER ATTENDANCE.
>> I MEAN, WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR BUILDING COMMUNITY.
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THE 12 YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE, THEY UNDERSTAND AND THEY KNOW IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THEY CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO US AND WE'LL HELP THEM UNDERSTAND IT OR COME TO AN AGREEMENT AND FIGURE IT OUT.>> WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SET OF CODES HERE.
6C, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE.
AMENDING ARTICLE FIVE, INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE OF CHAPTER 38.
FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION OF THE CITY OF BURLESON CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADOPTING THE 2021 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE AND PROVIDING FOR MODIFICATIONS OF THE CODE TO INCORPORATE LOCAL AMENDMENTS.
THIS IS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON FIRST READING, THE STAFF PRESENTER IS ROB MORE, BATTALION CHIEF.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ENTERTAINING ME HERE.
LETTING ME COME IN AND SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT.
I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRE CODE UPDATES AND JUST TO KIND OF GO BACK OVER WHAT LISA AND DYLAN WERE TALKING ABOUT, TRYING TO GET ALL THESE UPDATES DONE AT THE SAME TIME.
AND WE ARE LOOKING AT GOING INTO THE 2021 FIRE CODE.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE 2015 FIRE CODES.
WE STARTED THIS PROCESS A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO.
TRYING TO GATHER INFORMATION ON WHERE WE SIT WITH THE CURRENT FIRE CODE AND WHERE WE ARE GOING TO THE NEW FIRE CODE.
WE REACHED OUT OVER THE LAST YEAR TO ALL OF OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND HELD A TOWN HALL MEETING ON AUGUST 18TH.
WE HAD SOME FEEDBACK FROM THAT TOWN HALL.
A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED IN THAT TOWN HALL, WE WERE ABLE TO COME BACK AND DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
WE'LL GET INTO THOSE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
BUT JUST TO FOLLOW BACK UP ON WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID AS FAR AS TRANSITIONING TO THE NEXT FIRE CODE IS WE HAVE AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
IF WE DON'T HAVE IT ALL HERE IN THIS PRESENTATION.
BUT WE DID MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE.
I'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.
WE HAD OUR TOWN HALL MEETING ON THE 17TH.
WE INVITED THE DEVELOPMENTAL COMMUNITY.
IT WAS THE SAME PRESENTATION WITH DYLAN AND HIS CREW.
WE WERE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT SOME IMPORTANT THINGS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT INSIDE THAT MEETING THAT WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE JUST A LITTLE BIT IS WE ARE LOOKING AT ADOPTING THE COG AMENDMENTS OR THE COG FIRE CODE JUST LIKE THE BUILDING COMMUNITY.
ONE SMALL THING THAT WE DID WANT TO CHANGE ON THERE IS IN REGARD TO SOMETHING CALLED THE FARS SYSTEM.
NOW FARS STANDS FOR FIREFIGHTER AIR REPLENISHMENT SYSTEM.
WHEN WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT PREVIOUSLY AT THE TOWN HALL, WE SAID THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT MAKING THAT MANDATORY GOING FORWARD.
BUT ONCE WE WENT BACK AND STARTED REALLY DIGGING DEEPER INTO IT, LOOKING AT ALL THE PARTICULARS ABOUT IT WE FELT LIKE THERE WAS MORE RESEARCH NEEDED.
WE REACHED OUT TO LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED THE SYSTEM.
THE IMPRESSION THAT I GOT WAS WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN AND TAKE OUR TIME WITH THIS.
ONE THING TO NOTE ABOUT THAT SYSTEM IS IT'S ALREADY IN THE 2015 AMENDMENTS.
IT'S ALREADY IN OUR AMENDMENTS.
THE 2021 WAS GOING TO MAKE IT MANDATORY.
IT'S ONLY FOR CERTAIN BUILDINGS OF A CERTAIN SIZE THAT ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO CREATE A SPECIFIC HAZARD.
IT WAS JUST GOING TO BE CHANGED TO MANDATORY.
WE STARTED LOOKING INTO IT AND STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE RESOURCES NEEDED FROM THE BUILDING COMMUNITY AND FROM WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE.
WE WANTED TO LEAVE THAT AS OPTIONAL.
WE CHANGED THE SHELL TO A MAY INSIDE OF OUR MID-MONTHS.
NOW, THAT GIVES US TIME TO REALLY LOOK DEEPER INTO WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FROM THE BUILDING COMMUNITY AND FROM US.
THEN IF WE DO COME UP WITH ANOTHER PROJECT WHERE THIS WOULD BE A GOOD FIT, THEN WE CAN TAKE OUR TIME AND REALLY WALK THROUGH THAT PROCESS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO RUSH IT AND GET EVERYBODY SIGNED OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT.
WE WANTED TO CHANGE THAT LANGUAGE FROM SHELL TO MAY FOR THE FARS SYSTEM.
AS FAR AS THE ENTIRE LIST OF FIRE CODE CHANGES, WE'VE LISTED THAT ON OUR PUBLIC WEBSITE.
ANYBODY COULD GO AND REFERENCE THAT.
SOME OF THESE, IF NOT MOST OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE VERY MINOR CHANGES.
THAT CHANGES EITHER A DEFINITION OR CLARIFIES A DEFINITION.
IT DEFINES WHAT A 3D PRINTER IS.
BACK IN 2015 WHEN THEY CREATED THOSE FIRE CODES, THE 3D PRINTING WASN'T THAT BIG OF A THING.
THEY CAME BACK IN ONE OF THESE ORDINANCES AND SPECIFIED EXACTLY WHAT A 3D PRINTER IS.
WE LOOKED AT IS WHAT WAS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST ISSUE WITH OUR BUILDING COMMUNITY.
WE IDENTIFIED THE FARS SYSTEM.
WE ALSO IDENTIFIED THE FIRE WATCH SYSTEM.
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AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A CALL FOR FIRE WATCH IN THE CURRENT FIRE CODE.BUT IT'S NOT MANDATORY UNLESS IT MEETS CERTAIN SPECIFICATIONS.
THE FIRE SERVICE COMMUNITY HAS REALIZED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS IS WHEN A LARGE BUILDING IS BEING CONSTRUCTED OR REMODELED, IT'S REALLY AT RISK, IT'S VULNERABLE.
WHAT THEY REALIZED IS, WE REQUIRE A FIRE WATCH LOCALLY HERE IN BURLESON IF A LARGE BUSINESS OR ANY BUSINESS THAT WE REQUIRE TO HAVE THESE LIFE-SAVING INTERVENTIONS.
IF IT GOES OUT OF SERVICE, WE REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE A FIRE WATCH TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS KEPT SAFE.
WHAT THE FIRE CODE DID IS THEY REALIZED AS A NATION WHEN WE HAVE THESE LARGE STRUCTURES GOING UP THAT WE REQUIRED LIFE-SAVING INTERVENTIONS LIKE SPRINKLERS AND FIRE ALARMS. THEY'RE VULNERABLE UNTIL THOSE FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS ARE IN SERVICE.
IF WE HAVE A SEVEN-STORY BUILDING GO UP AND UNTIL THEY MAKE THE FIRE SPRINKLERS SERVICEABLE, THAT'S AT RISK.
WHAT THE CODE DID IS THEY CAME BACK AND THEY CHANGED IT TO MAKE IT MANDATORY UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
BUT THEY MADE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR AS FAR AS WHEN YOU CAN OR WHEN YOU SHALL HAVE A FIRE WATCH.
WHAT IT DID IS IT DEFINED WHAT A SITE SAFETY PERSON WOULD BE ON THESE DEVELOPMENTAL SITES.
WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS FROM MY DEALINGS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY JUST IN THE LAST YEAR.
THEY'RE DOING THIS ALREADY BECAUSE THEY'RE PROTECTING THEIR INVESTMENTS.
THEY HAVE THEIR SECURITY OFFICERS OR OTHER PERSONNEL THAT ARE WORKING OVERNIGHT IN THESE BUILDINGS.
THE FIRE CODE SAYS, YES, THAT QUALIFIES THAT PERSON CAN BE THAT FIRE WATCH.
THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AT LEAST IN MY EXPERIENCE IS ALREADY DOING THIS.
THIS JUST MAKES IT MORE STANDARDIZED AND GIVES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE AUTHORITY TO IT.
THEN, OF COURSE, WE JUST HAVE SOME OF THE BASIC PARAMETERS FOR WHEN IT WOULD KICK IN IF A BUILDING WAS 40 FEET IN HEIGHT ABOVE THE LOWEST ADJACENT GRADE.
ANY MULTISTORIED CONSTRUCTION WITH AN AGGREGATE AREA EXCEEDING 50,000 SQUARE FEET PER STORY OR AS REQUIRED BY LOCAL FIRE CODE.
THE BUILDING COMMUNITY HERE IN BOSTON HAS BEEN MORE OR LESS DOING THIS ANYWAY.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER FOR YOU?
>> I'M CURIOUS, THE REPLENISHING SYSTEM, IS THAT A SINGLE VENDOR OR IS THAT AVAILABLE?
>> FROM MY RESEARCH SO FAR, THERE'S DIFFERENT VENDORS AVAILABLE NOW.
I HAVEN'T FOUND ANY LOCAL SERVICES, IT'S MORE OF A NATIONWIDE SERVICES THAT I'VE SEEN THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
BUT WE WERE SCHEDULED TO GO OUT AND MEET WITH SOME FIRE DEPARTMENTS THAT CURRENTLY HAVE THIS SYSTEM AND ARE USING IT TO GET MORE RESEARCH SO WE CAN FIND OUT SPECIFICALLY.
BUT AS FAR AS WHAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO TELL, IT'S NOT A SINGLE VENDOR SYSTEM.
>> OKAY. MAYOR, AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES, THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODES, AND THE FIRE CODES, PLEASE.
>> I'M GOING TO OPEN THAT UP AT 6:18.
>> IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THESE THREE CODES FOR THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED? I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARD, MAYOR, SO IF YOU COULD CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.
>> I'LL CLOSE IT AT 6:19. SORRY.
>> SO WE'LL HAVE 6A NOW FOR ACTION.
MAYOR, IF YOU COULD CALL FOR A MOTION ON 6A, THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES.
>>> I HAVE A MOTION BY ADAM AND A SECOND BY RONNIE.
PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
NOW, IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO 6B, THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE.
>> IS THERE A MOTION ON 6B? I'VE GOT A MOTION BY RONNIE AND SECOND BY LARRY, PLEASE VOTE.
BRING THE SCREEN UP, THERE YOU GO.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 6C.
A SECOND, BUT DAN, PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS.
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>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
[6.D. Hold a public hearing and consider approval of an ordinance abandoning and vacating a certain portion of a thirty (30) foot right-of-way and drainage easement located northeast of N Wilson St in the City of Burleson, Johnson County, Texas. (Staff Presenter: Errick Thompson, Deputy Public Works Director]
6D IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING AND VACATING A CERTAIN PORTION OF A 30-FOOT RIGHT AWAY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED NORTHEAST OF NORTH WILSON STREET IN THE CITY OF BURLESON, JOHNSON COUNTY, TEXAS.THIS IS FREE FOR CITY COUNCIL ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.
THE STAFF PRESENTER IS ERIC THOMPSON, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, HARRIS.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE HAVE BEFORE YOU THREE ATOMS THAT ARE RELATIVELY SIMILAR.
THE FIRST ONE IS THIS EASEMENT THAT'S CONNECTED TO THE DEPOT AND MAIN DEVELOPMENT APPROXIMATELY TWO BLOCKS NORTH OF CITY HALL HERE.
A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, THE INITIAL DESIGN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT REQUIRED THAT AN EASEMENT BE ACQUIRED BY THE DEVELOPER FROM THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER.
THAT PROPERTY OWNER DENIED THE REQUEST FOR GRANTING AN EASEMENT, WHICH REQUIRED THE DEVELOPER TO THEN REDESIGN THE PROJECT SLIGHTLY.
WHEN WE NOW HAVE THIS NEW DESIGN THAT REQUIRES A DIFFERENT DRAINAGE EASEMENT TO BE DEDICATED FOR OUR PLAT.
YOU CAN SEE TO THE RIGHT HERE, THERE'S A PINK OR PURPLE SHADED AREA THAT DENOTES THE NEW DRAINAGE EASEMENT, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE ORIGINAL OR THE OLDER EASEMENT RIGHT-OF-WAY IN BLUE.
YOU SEE THAT WE'RE BASICALLY CREATING A SLIGHTLY LARGER EASEMENT.
WE'RE ABANDONING ONE AREA AND THEN REPLACING IT WITH A REPLY THAT'LL BE FILED, ASSUMING THAT THIS ITEM PASSES TONIGHT, THAT ENCOMPASSES THE ORIGINAL AREA PLUS A LITTLE BIT MORE TO COORDINATE WITH THE NEW REVISED DESIGN.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STAFF REVIEW.
WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT THE MODIFIED DRAINAGE CHANNEL DESIGN, THE PICTURE IN THE UPPER RIGHT SHOWS YOU WHAT THAT CHANNEL LOOK LIKE SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS AGO, AND THEN THE PICTURE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN ON THE RIGHT SHOWS YOU WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE PROBABLY TWO WEEKS AGO.
IT'S ENHANCED DESIGN. AGAIN, IT REQUIRES THAT THE ORIGINAL 30-FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENT THAT WAS REALLY THE RESULT OF A LEGAL DISPUTE BETWEEN PROPERTY OWNERS SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
WE DID CONSULT WITH LEGAL AND LEGAL RECOMMENDED THAT WE UTILIZE AN ORDINANCE FOR THIS ABANDONMENT IN LIEU OF THE TYPICAL EASEMENT ABANDONMENT PROCESS.
AGAIN, THIS NEW DESIGN HAS NO IMPACT TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS.
WE DID PUBLISH A NOTICE FOR THIS POSSIBLE ABANDONMENT AND THE STAR TELEGRAM ON SEPTEMBER 8TH.
THIS SLIDE JUST GIVES YOU A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S STILL UNDERWAY, SOME OF IT'S FINISHED, BUT THE FULL PROJECT IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SO OUR OPTIONS FOR YOU TONIGHT ARE TO EITHER APPROVE OR DENY ABANDONMENT OF THIS EASEMENT.
AGAIN, IF THE ORIGINAL EASEMENT IS ABANDONED, IT ALLOWS US TO PROCEED WITH THE RE-PLAT THAT WOULD INCLUDE PROVIDING A NEW EASEMENT FOR THE NEW AREA.
>> WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE GOING FORWARD FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE RETAINING WALLS ON THE SIDE OF THIS?
>> THE WALL ITSELF IS PART OF THE PUBLIC EASEMENT SO THE CITY WOULD MAINTAIN THE WALLS.
>> DID WE APPROVE THE DESIGN HERE?
>> YES. IT'S ANTICIPATED TO BE LESS MAINTENANCE INTENSIVE THAN WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE.
IT'S A LOT OF VEGETATION IN THE NATURAL CHANNEL THAT GOES ON.
I UNDERSTAND. I'VE JUST NEVER SEEN A MILL SAP STONEWALL BE USED AS A SIDE SLOPE RIP RAP ON A CHANNEL.
IT CONCERNS ME A LITTLE BIT THAT THERE'S NOT ANY A FOUNDATION UNDER THESE WALLS.
IF THE WATER FLOW GETS TO BE SUCH THAT IT SCOURS UNDERNEATH THE WALL, IT'S JUST SOMETHING I HADN'T SEEN BEFORE.
I'M SURE YOUR ENGINEERS, LOOKED AT IT AND DECIDED IT WAS GOOD.
ANDY, YOU WANT TO SEE IT? DO YOU WANT TO SEE THE DRAWINGS, WELL IT HELP?
>> ENGINEER'S SIGN OFF OR DOES GOOD.
>> I WANT OPENNESS TO HEARING UP AT 6:25.
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>> IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO CITY COUNCIL DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ABANDONING OF VACATING.
I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS, MAYOR, AND I SEE NO ONE.
>> I WANT TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:25.
>> I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 6D.
>> THERE WAS A MOTION BY LARRY AND SECOND BY RONNIE.
PLEASE VOTE. YES IS UNANIMOUS.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
[6.E. Hold a public hearing and consider approval of an ordinance abandoning the public alley in Block 33, 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 the adjacent landowners. ( First and Final Reading) (Staff Presenter: Errick Thompson, Deputy Public Works Director]
THAT BRINGS US TO 6E, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE, ABANDON THE PUBLIC ALLEY IN BLOCK 33, ORIGINAL TOWN OF BURLESON, ACCORDING TO THE FLAT VOLUME, THE PLOT RECORDED IN VOLUME 59, PAGE 638, DEED RECORDS JOHNSON COUNTY, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A DEED WITHOUT WARRANTY TO THE ADJACENT LANDOWNERS.THIS IS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.
THE STAFF PRESENTER IS ONCE AGAIN ERIC THOMPSON, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. ERIC.
>>THANK YOU. A COUPLE OF BLOCKS IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION FROM CITY HALL HERE IN OLD TOWN, AS SHOWN ON THE COVER PHOTO HERE, BOUND BY A COMMERCE, BUFORD, DOBSON, AND ELDRED.
RHYTHM VENTURES, LLC, IS PROPOSING A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT 200 SOUTH DOBSON.
ZONING WAS APPROVED BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 22.
SITE PLAN HASN'T BEEN FORMALLY SUBMITTED YET.
THE CONCEPT THAT YOU SEE TO THE RIGHT, IS PRELIMINARY BASICALLY, FOR RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
THEIR INITIAL PLAN INCLUDED PAVING PART OF A 20-FOOT-WIDE ALLEY FROM ELDRED TO THE LIMITS OF THE PROPERTY, AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE USED TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
THAT PAVING WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY TO MAINTAIN.
CITY STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE PLANS AND LOOK FOR ANY OTHER POTENTIALLY CONTRADICTORY USES FOR THAT ALLEY.
THE CONNECTION THAT DOESN'T SERVE A PURPOSE FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
WE DON'T SEE A TRAIL OR ANY OTHER MASTER PLAN ITEMS THAT WOULD USE THIS THIS ALLEY AREA.
IF WE ABANDON THE ALLEY, IT WOULD REDUCE FUTURE MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY.
BY PROCESS, WE CONTACTED THE FIVE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS SINCE THEY WOULD BASICALLY HAVE FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL TO THEIR HALF OF THE 20 FOOT WIDE ALLEY.
SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDE TO APPROVE THE ABANDONMENT, ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS WERE INTERESTED IN RECEIVING THEIR PORTION OF THE ALLEY AND NON HAD ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE ABANDONMENT.
THE 20-FOOT-WIDE ALLEY OR UTILITY EASEMENT THAT YOU SEE RUNNING NORTH-SOUTH ON THE SHEET HERE IN A PURPLE COLOR THAT WOULD BE RETAINED FROM BUFORD TO ELDRED.
THEN RUNNING LEFT TO RIGHT INTO MORE OF A RED SHADE AS A 10-FOOT-WIDE UTILITY EASEMENT THAT WOULD ALSO BE RETAINED FOR APPROXIMATELY 115 FEET.
ALL THE FRANCHISE UTILITY COMPANIES HAVE REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND SIGNED OFF ON THE ABANDONMENT.
WE PUBLISHED THE PUBLIC NOTICE, STAR TELEGRAM ON SEPTEMBER 8TH FOR THIS POTENTIAL ABANDONMENT AS WELL.
OUR OPTIONS FOR YOU TONIGHT TO APPROVE OR DENY THE ABANDONMENT.
>> THESE BUILDINGS ORIGINALLY WERE GOING TO BE SERVED FROM THE ALLEY, BUT THEY'RE NOT NOW OR WHAT? I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE DON'T HAVE DRIVEWAYS TO THE STREET IN FRONT.
ARE THEY BEING SERVED FROM THE REAR, OR HOW DOES THIS WORK?
>> CORRECT. THE ORIGINAL PLAN AND THIS IS STILL ALL CONCEPTUAL.
NONE OF THIS IS OFFICIAL, FINAL SUBMITTALS HAVEN'T HAPPENED YET.
DEVELOPER IS LOOKING TO SEE IF THE ALLEY ABANDONMENT GOES THROUGH BECAUSE THAT DICTATES HOW THEY FINALIZE THE PLAN.
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>> [OVERLAPPING] MAINTAIN IT THEMSELVES?
>> THE CITY WILL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ALLEY IF WE ABANDON THE
>> CORRECT. TODAY, WE HAVE RESPONSIBILITY.
BUT IF WE HAND OVER, WE WON'T WANT.
>> YOU RIGHT NOW, I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE AN ALLEY.
I DON'T SEE UNPAVED ALLEY ON THIS PLAN THAT YOU'VE GOT.
>> I REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
BEFORE, WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING IT, BUT THAT WAS THE FRONT ENTRANCE INITIALLY OF THE CONCEPTUAL THAT WE SAW BACK IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THIS WAS APPROVED.
BECAUSE NOW, WHILE I'M DON'T WANT THE CITY TO HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING IT.
NOW I'M ASSUMING THAT CONCEPTUAL IS THAT WE WILL NOW RECEIVE WE'LL UTILIZE THOSE PARKING SPOTS WHICH WE PUT IN AS PARKING SPOTS FOR THOSE HOMES.
AM I CORRECT? BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE THEY WOULD PARK.
THAT UP-AND-DOWN GREEN SECTION IS ON PAPER, AND THEN COUNTY RECORDS, THAT'S AN ALLEY TODAY.
THE CITY HAS MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.
THE REQUEST IS FOR US TO ABANDON IT, 10 FEET OF THAT WOULD GO TO THE THREE PROPERTIES TO THE LEFT, CLOSER TO COMMERCE.
THEN THE OTHER 10 FEET WOULD GO TO [OVERLAPPING] ONCE WE'VE ABANDONED THAT, IT COULD ALLOW THEM TO STILL HAVE REAR ACCESS TO THOSE FOUR UNITS.
IF THAT'S WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO STAY WITH.
OR THEY MIGHT DO SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
>>THEY CAN STILL, WITH ONLY 10 FEET, THEY COULD STILL-
>> WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH TO GIVE THEM ACCESS.
BUT THE POINT IS THAT THE PLAN IS NOT FINALIZED YET.
THEY STILL HAVE TO SUBMIT THEIR FINAL DEVELOPMENT TO GO THROUGH THAT FULL PROCESS.
>> I JUST KNOW THOSE PARKING SPOTS ARE VERY MUCH UTILIZED.
>> THE PARKING SPOTS ON DOBSON THERE IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY, SO THEY'RE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
>> TO THE PUBLIC. DEPENDING ON WHATEVER THIS CONCEPTUAL LOOKS LIKE, WE NEED MORE PARKING IN OLD TOWN.
WE DON'T WANT TO LESSEN THE PARKING AVAILABILITY, AND SOME WILL JUST HAVE TO SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT AND WHAT THEY COME FORWARD WITH.
>> FOR CLARITY, THIS IS ZONED, SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED.
WHEN THE RENDERING WAS SIMPLY A RENDERING OF REAR ACCESS, THEY WERE NOT REQUIRED BY ZONING.
THEY'RE ALLOWED FOR EITHER REAR ENTRY OR FRONT ENTRY, MISSOURI, CORRECT STATEMENT.
>> WHAT TYPICALLY IS IN PLACE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PAVED ALLEY IF IT'S BUILT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND IT SERVES MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALLY OWNED RESIDENCES.
I MEAN CAN I CAN SEE DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THIS ALLEY IS BUILT AND CAVES IN AND IT BREAKS AND IT HOLDS WATER IN THE MIDDLE OF IT AND IT'S A PROBLEM TO THE RESIDENTS WHO THEY GO ON A CALL.
I DON'T CALL US OR WOULD THEY HAVE SOMETHING SET UP? WHERE CAN WE LOOK AT THAT? I GUESS WHEN THEY BRING THE PLANT FORWARD FOR APPROVAL BUT WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
>> I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO WISHED TO RETAIN THEIR PATH OF THE ALLEY, IF THEY HAVE FENCES, THEY MIGHT EVEN MOVE THOSE FENCES BACK TO THE NEW PROPERTY LINE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO NOW PAY TAXES ON THAT AND THE CITY WON'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING IT.
IF THIS WERE TO BECOME A PUBLIC ALLEY THEN OUR PRIVATE ALLEY, THEN I GUESS THAT OTHER PROPERTY OWNER CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A HOA OR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO TAKE CARE OF MAINTENANCE.
BUT IF WE ABANDON THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE.
>> THAT'S THE POINT. MAYBE I'M ASKING A QUESTION YOU CAN ANSWER, DON'T WANT TO ANSWER, BUT I JUST WANT TO SEE THAT WE'RE NOT HANDED A SITUATION WHERE THEY ASK US TO TAKE THE ALLEY BACK OVER BECAUSE IT'S UNDRIVABLE.
THEY CAN'T FIND ANYBODY TO FIX IT IN THE HOMEOWNERS THEMSELVES WON'T FIX IT.
>> I REMEMBER TALKING [OVERLAPPING].
I REMEMBER ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT WAS THE POTENTIAL TO SELL THESE AS WELL.
LIKE NOT ALWAYS RENT THEM OUT AS SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE KICKING AROUND.
IN THAT CASE, THEN, IF IT PERSON OWNS THAT PROPERTY, DOES IT THEN FALL TO THE OWNER I PRESUME? IF IT'S NOT A RENTAL COMPANY ANYMORE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT WOULD BE LIKE THE RENTAL COMPANY OR THE COMPANY THAT BUILDS THE FOUR UNITS.
BUT THEN THERE WAS A POTENTIALLY TALK AND I'M SURE ALL OF THIS IS CONCEPTUAL, BUT IF THEY THEN SOLD THEM INDIVIDUALLY, LIKE YOU SAID, I GUESS THAT'S WHERE AN HOA MIGHT COME IN HANDY [OVERLAPPING]
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HELPING THEM BAND TOGETHER IF IT DIDN'T WORK.>> IT ABSOLUTELY COULD, BUT THAT'S PART OF THE CHALLENGE.
IT'S ALL CONCEPTUAL AT THIS POINT.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A DECISION ABOUT THE ABANDONMENT TO SEE IF THEY HAVE THAT OTHER 10 FEET TO WORK WITH OR NOT.
THEN I WOULD PRESUME THAT PLAYS INTO THEIR FINAL DECISION-MAKING.
>> BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THE HOA WHERE WE DON'T MAINTAIN THE ROADS.
>> FOR HOUSES DON'T MAKE AN HOA.
I MEAN, THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT SITUATION.
I MEAN, I'M PUZZLED WHY THEY WANT TO GIVE THE ALLEY UP IF THEY CAN SPEND THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR AND THE PAVING AND HAVE THE CITY TAKE OVER THE MAINTENANCE FOREVER AND EVER WHY THEY WEREN'T THE LAND.
THERE'S GOT TO BE A REASON AND IT JUST WHEN THINGS DON'T MAKE SENSE TO ME, I JUST NATURALLY ASK QUESTIONS SO I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THEY'D WANT THE STRIP THAT GOES FROM THE ALLEY OUT TO DOBSON BECAUSE THAT'S USELESS.
THEY CAN ACCESS IT FROM EITHER BUFORD, OR ALGORITHM IF THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE REAR ENTRY GARAGES AND I'M ASSUMING THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET THEM OFF.
I JUST BUILT IT, LET IT BE A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT.
BUT TO SAY TO YOU BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING IT FOR NOW AND NOT WORRY ABOUT IT.
>> SOMETIMES WHEN WE RECEIVE A REQUIREMENT LIKE THIS OR A REQUESTS LIKE THIS TRAUMA AND APPLICANT, IT'S BASED UPON THEIR FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS AND STRUCTURING THEIR LENDING AND THEIR ABILITY TO FINANCE THE PROJECT.
IF THEY RETAIN CONTROL OF THAT ACCESS WAY, THEIR POTENTIAL INVESTMENT LENDER IS GOING TO BE HAPPIER WITH THEIR PROPOSAL BECAUSE THEY ARE IN CONTROL OF THEIR DESTINY.
IF IT REMAINS A PUBLIC ALLEY AT THE CITY IMPOSED SOME PUBLIC ACCESS REQUIREMENT.
IT COULD AFFECT THE VIABILITY OF THE APARTMENTS AND THEY MAY HAVE RESISTANCE TO THEIR INVESTMENT IN.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS.
BUT WE SEE THIS IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THEY COME IN AND SAY, WE NEED CONTROL OF THE ACCESS IN ORDER TO HAVE OUR INVESTORS WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE THE MONEY, TO COMMIT TO THE MONEY FOR US TO UNDERTAKE THE DEVELOPMENT.
THAT IS A POSSIBILITY BECAUSE I'VE SEEN SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> WILL THIS ALLEY BE TITLED OVER TO THEM?
>> WILL THIS BE TITLED OVER TO THE NEW OWNERS?
>> YES. IF WE ABANDON, WE'RE JUST SEEKING TO RETAIN [OVERLAPPING].
>> IT WANTS ITS TOP [INAUDIBLE] IS THE RESPONSIBILITY CORRECT?
>> GOOD QUESTION, DEREK. FIRST OF ALL, DO YOU KNOW IF THIS IS A UTILITY EASEMENT THROUGH THEIR?
>> NORTH-SOUTH IS UTILITY AND THE EAST-WEST IS ALSO A UTILITY.
>> WILL THEY'D BE ABLE TO PAVE OVER THAT UTILITY? IS THAT WHILE WE DIDN'T SAVE IT.
>> WELL, THAT'S PART OF WHY IN OUR PROCESS THAT WE REACH OUT TO ALL THE UTILITY COMPANIES TO LET THEM KNOW THAT A REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE AND THEY'VE ALL SAID THAT RESPONDED THAT THEY HAD NO ISSUE WITH THE ABANDONMENT, OF THE PORTIONS BEING ABANDONED.
>> SECOND QUESTION IS TO CLARIFY HIS STAFF APPROVING OR DENYING THIS THEIR RECOMMENDATION? IT DOESN'T SAY ON HERE.
>> THE STAFF IT DOESN'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT.
>> IT SOUNDED LIKE THAT [OVERLAPPING] LOGO WAS PROBABLY LEFT OFF.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF I CAN INTERJECT SOMETHING REAL QUICK, SORRY.
THE MOTION WILL HAVE TO BE MADE SUBJECT TO RECEIVING THE SIGNATURE FROM ENCORE AND OR APPLICATION OR APPROVAL OF THIS.
AS ERIC STATED, ALL THE UTILITIES HAVE AGREED TO THIS, WE CONTACT THEM.
THEY ACTUALLY SIGN UP PAGE ENCORE, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING HAS AGREED TO THIS AND WRITING AND VERBALLY TOLD US THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE OKAY.
WE HAVE NOT ACTUALLY RECEIVE THEIR SIGNATURE ON OUR APPLICATION TO THAT END.
I WOULD ASK THAT ANY MOTION TO APPROVE, BE SUBJECT TO RECEIVING THE SIGNATURE FROM ENCORE ON HER APPLICATION.
>> WE CAN OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE.
>> I WENT OVER WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 06:39.
>> IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM ABOUT ABANDONING THE PUBLIC ALLEY? I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS MAYOR IF YOU COULD CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE.
>> CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 06:40.
IS THERE A MOTION WITH EXCEPTION I'LL NOW?
>> MOVE TO APPROVE THE ABANDONMENT SUBJECT TO ONCOURSE SIGNATURE ON IMPROVING AS WELL.
>> MOTION BY ADAM AND SECONDLY, VICTORIA, PLEASE VOTE. HAS A UNANIMOUS.
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>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THAT BRINGS US TO 6F TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE,
[6.F. Hold a public hearing and consider approval of an ordinance abandoning the public right-of-way known as Pearl Street in the 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 the adjacent landowners. (First and Final Reading) (Staff Presenter: Errick Thompson, Deputy Public Works Director)]
ABANDON THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY KNOWN AS PEARL STREET IN THE ORIGINAL TOWN OF BURLINGTON.ACCORDING TO THE PLOT RECORDED AND VOLUME 59, PAGE 638, DEED RECORDS, JOHNSON COUNTY TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A DEED WITHOUT WARRANTY TO THE ADJACENT LANDOWNERS.
THIS IS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.
ONCE AGAIN, ERIC THOMPSON JUST LOVES TO STAND IN FRONT OF US.
>> THANK YOU. LAST TIME THIS EVENING.
THIS TIME IT'S A COUPLE OF BLOCKS SOUTH BEFORE WE JUST WERE FURTHER DOWN DOBSON, BETWEEN THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND DOBSON, LITTLE SOUTH OF THE OPEN-DOOR CHURCH, MOVE FURTHER SOUTH AND NORTH DUNN SCHOOL.
WE'VE GOT A REQUEST TO ABANDON SOME RIGHT-OF-WAY.
THE PROPERTY AT 03:36 SOUTH APPS AND CHANGE THE OWNERSHIP AND BY LAST SUMMER, THE NEW OWNER REQUESTED THAT THE CITY, MODAL AND CLEAR, THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY CITY IS CURRENTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THIS AREA.
IT'S NEW PROPERTY OWNER ALSO ASKED IF THE UNIMPROVED RIGHT-OF-WAY, BECAUSE NONE OF THIS IS PAVED, COULD BE ABANDONED SINCE THEY DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE A CITY USE FOR IT.
LOOK FOR ANY CONSTRUCTION PLANS OR TRAIL PLANS, DIDN'T FIND ANY.
THIRTY FEET OF THE ORIGINAL THIS WAS ORIGINALLY AN EIGHT-FOOT WIDE RIGHT-OF-WAY, BUT 30 FEET OF THAT WAS ABANDONED BACK IN 1974.
AGAIN, FOLLOWING THE ABANDONMENT PROCESS, WE WOULD BASICALLY DIVIDE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY INTO EQUAL PARTS TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS.
IN THIS CASE, EACH PROPERTY OWNER WOULD RECEIVE ABOUT 20 OR 25 FEET OF THE REMAINING 50 FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY ADJACENT TO THEIR PROPERTY.
THE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS TO THE SOUTH ARE INTERESTED IN RETAINING THEIR SHARE OR THEIR PORTION AND HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO THE ABANDONMENT.
WE ALSO PUBLISH NOTICE OF THIS POTENTIAL ABANDONMENT AND THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND THE STAR TELEGRAM, SEPTEMBER 8TH.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] GO PUBLIC HEARING AT 06:43.
>> IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE ABANDONED AND THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY KNOWN AS PEARL STREET.
I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM.
>> JUST LIKE THE LAST ITEM, THIS ITEM ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE WILL NEED TO BE MADE WITH A STIPULATION THAT WE RECEIVED A SIGNED PAGE BY ENCORE APPLICATION PAGE FROM ENCORE STAFF HAS BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH ENCORE.
THEY HAVE THEIR FINAL WITH IT.
THEY HAVE SAID IN WRITING AND VERBALLY THAT THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT, BUT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED OUR SIGNED APPLICATION PAGE.
>> I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 06:44.
IS THERE A MOTION WITH EXCEPTION?
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ABANDONMENT OF THIS PEARL STREET SUBJECT TO ENCORE SIGNATURE AND APPROVAL.
>> I HAVE MOTION BY RUSSEL AND A SECOND BY ANDERSON, PLEASE VOTE. THAT'S UNANIMOUS.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM G. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CITY EMPLOYEES PAID
[6.G. Consider a Resolution adopting the City employee pay plans, benefit programs and updates to the employee handbook for Fiscal Year 2023-24. (Staff Presenter: Rick DeOrdio, Director of Human Resources)]
PLAN BENEFITS PROGRAM UPDATES TO THE EMPLOYEE'S HANDBOOK FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024.THE STACK PRESENTER TONIGHT IS RICK DEORDIO.
DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES. RICK.
>> THANKS. AMANDA. EVENING COUNCIL.
GOOD EVENING. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND DO IS MAKE THIS ONE SHORT AND SWEET.
WE WANT TO GO OVER THE CHANGES FOR THIS YEAR THAT WE HAVE PUT INTO THE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK
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AND JUST DO A QUICK OVERVIEW AND REVIEW OF THE PAY PLAN AND BENEFITS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.EVERY YEAR, WE ROUTINELY EVALUATE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PLANS AND THE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK FOR ANY UPDATES AS APPLICABLE FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF QUALIFIED STAFF, REGULATORY OR COMPLIANCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPETITIVE WITH OUR MARKET CITIES ARE PEER CITIES, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLIANT WITH ALL THE NEW LAW AND REGULATION CHANGES FOR OUR HANDBOOK FOR EMPLOYEES TO FOLLOW.
THE BENEFIT PROGRAM THIS YEAR, ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS RENEWED WE WILL BE LOOKING AT SOME CHANGES THIS COMING YEAR POSSIBLY.
WE DID INCREASE SOME BENEFITS THIS YEAR FOR OUR DENTAL PLAN AND IDENTITY BY UP OPTION, AS WELL AS IMPROVING OUR DEPENDENT LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS AND ADDING SOME BENEFITS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL.
MEDICAL PREMIUMS THIS YEAR, WE'RE NOT BEING INCREASED FOR THE EMPLOYEES, BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A FULL CLAIMS ANALYSIS AND FUND REVIEW TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FUND IS STEADY AND SOLID AND THAT WE ARE PREPARED FOR FUTURE YEARS SHOULD WE HAVE ANOTHER BAD YEAR.
WHEN WE DID THE ANALYSIS OF ALL A SALARY POSITIONS, WE LOOKED AT ALL THE PAY GRADES TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH OUR PEER CITIES AND WITHIN OUR MARKET WHERE OUR GOAL IS TO REMAIN IN THE TOP QUARTILE AND WE'VE MADE THOSE PAY GRADE ADJUSTMENTS WHICH DID NOT IN ITSELF HAVE ANY SALARY IMPLICATIONS.
IT'S JUST PUTTING EACH POSITION IN THE PAY GRADE TO BE COMPETITIVE FOR FUTURE USE FOR MARKETING PURPOSES.
HEALTH INSURANCE, WE'RE DOING INTO FULL ANALYSIS.
IT HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO LOOK AT ALL OF OUR CLAIMS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
THIS YEAR HAS NOT BEEN AS WELL.
THAT'S TYPICAL FOR SELF-FUNDED PLANS, OR MOST INSURANCE PLANS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO OR THREE REALLY GOOD YEARS AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE THAT THE WHEELS COME OFF THE TRAIN.
IT'S NOT BEEN THAT BAD THIS YEAR, BUT IT HAS BEEN OUR LEAST YEAR IN THE LAST FOUR AND TO MAINTAIN A GOOD SOLID FUND BALANCE AND A GOOD PLAN WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE CLAIMS, AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE PLAN DESIGN.
WE HAVE A VERY COMPETITIVE, VERY RICH PLAN DESIGN RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE LOOKING AT OPTIONS TO SEE WHETHER, OR NOT THIS PLAN DESIGNED COULD AND SHOULD BE MAINTAINED, OR IF WE NEED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT DOING AN RFP IN THE SPRING TO LOOK AT ANOTHER OPTION IF WE WANTED TO CONSIDER GOING TO A FULLY INSURED PLAN, THOSE ARE VERY PROBLEMATIC, IS YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER ANYTHING.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY RATE GUARANTEES FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.
BUT THE INSURANCE CARRIER TAKES ALL THE LIABILITY.
IN THE BAD YEARS, THEY TAKE THE HIT ON ANY OF THE COSTS.
UNFORTUNATELY, ON THE GOOD YEARS, THE LEAN YEARS WHERE WE'VE HAD LIKE THREE IN A ROW, WHERE WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO REAP THE BENEFIT FROM THAT AND BUILD OUR INSURANCE FUND UP THAT WOULD BE PROFIT FOR THE INSURANCE CARRIERS.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT BOTH SIDES AND SEE WHICH ONE IS GOING TO BE BETTER SUITED FOR US.
WE'RE ALSO CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING OUR STOP-LOSS RENEWAL OPTIONS.
OUR BROKER HAS GOT INFORMATION GOING OUT TO 21 DIFFERENT VENDORS WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET ANOTHER GOOD RATE FOR OUR STOP-LOSS INSURANCE AND THAT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR.
STOP-LOSS, THEY ONLY DO ONE YEAR AT A TIME BASED ON YOUR CURRENT YEAR'S CLAIMS, AND THEN THEY LOOK AT THE PRIOR YEAR AS WELL.
THEY WAIT UNTIL AT LEAST THE CLAIMS FOR SEPTEMBER HAVE COME IN, SO THAT WON'T BE UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER.
WE'RE LOOKING AT NOVEMBER AT THE EARLIEST TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU ALL A STOP-LOSS BENEFIT PROPOSAL.
WE ALWAYS TRY AND STAY COMPETITIVE WITH OUR MARKET CITIES.
THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE OUT THERE LOOKING FOR JOBS IN OUR CITY AND OTHERS THEY'RE NOT ONLY GOING TO LOOK FOR PAY, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT BENEFITS.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REAP THE REWARD OF THIS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND WE'VE GOTTEN SOME STELLAR EMPLOYEES HERE BECAUSE OF OUR BENEFITS AND OUR PAY.
WE HAVE TO TRY AND STAY COMPETITIVE, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP IT WITHIN BUDGET AS BEST WE CAN.
THIS YEAR'S BENEFIT CHANGES WE IMPLEMENTED A CITY PAID BASIC DEPENDENT LIVE COVERAGE, WHICH WE'VE NOT HAD IN THE PAST.
IT WAS MINIMAL IN COST AND GREATLY BENEFICIAL TO THE EMPLOYEE'S GOING FORWARD.
WE ENDED A FIRST RESPONDER BENEFIT TO THE LIFE INSURANCE WHICH PAYS THE FIRST RESPONDERS SHOULD THEY GET INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY THEY BENEFIT AND THEN WE ADDED A AGAIN, A DENTAL OPTION WITH A HIGHER BENEFIT FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER BENEFIT FOR THE FROM YEAR-TO-YEAR.
ANNUALLY WE LOOK AT THE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK, THERE'S LOT OF CHANGES THAT HAPPENED A LOT OF THINGS OCCUR OVER TIME.
MAYBE WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN OR REWARD
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SOME THINGS SO THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR FOR STAFF.WE HAVE NEW LAWS AND REGULATIONS THAT COME INTO PLACE, BOTH IN INSURANCE AS WELL AS THE STATE.
WE'VE MADE A NUMBER OF CHANGES THIS TIME.
WE HAVE SOME MORE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU ALL LATER ON IN THE YEAR, PROBABLY RIGHT AROUND THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, BASED ON SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE MORE EMPLOYEE BUY-IN, MORE ASSOCIATION BUY-IN AND WORK IT SO THAT IT'S AGREEABLE BY EVERYBODY WHO KEEPS US IN COMPLIANCE, THINGS LIKE THE PROFESSIONAL APPEARANCE POLICY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT THIS TIME, SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THAT WE DID WAS A PUBLIC SAFETY HOLIDAY POLICY.
WE ARE CHANGING THE WAY THAT THE HOLIDAYS ARE DEALT WITH FOR PUBLIC SAFETY SHIFT PERSONNEL.
THE FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE SHIFTS 8 HOURS, 12 HOURS, AND HAVE TO WORK A HOLIDAY CURRENTLY POLICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS GET PAID ON THAT HOLIDAY, WHETHER THEY WANTED TO OR NOT.
WELL, THAT'S NOT FAIR TO THE EMPLOYEE BECAUSE THEY MAY WANT TO HAVE THEIR HOLIDAY A LATER DAY, OR TWO LATER ON SPENDING WITH THEIR FAMILY.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TAILORING THE POLICY TO BE JUST LIKE FIRE IS RIGHT NOW.
YOU GET A BANK OF HOLIDAYS, WHATEVER YOUR HOLIDAYS ARE GOING TO BE FOR THE YEAR AND IF YOU HAVE TO WORK ON THAT HOLIDAY, YOU WOULD HAVE THE CHOICE OF EITHER GETTING PAID THAT DAY OR USING THAT DAY LATER ON TO USE THE TIME OFF TO SPEND WITH YOUR FAMILY OR HOWEVER YOU SEE FIT.
THAT'S THE SAME WAY THE FIRE IS DOING IT NOW.
POLICE, THE ASSOCIATIONS, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS WERE ALL LOVING THE IDEA OF THAT SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR TIME OFF INSTEAD OF GETTING FORCED TO WORK THE HOLIDAY AND GET PAID FOR IT AT THE SAME TIME.
THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT WE'VE INSTITUTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND WE'RE PUTTING IT INTO THE HANDBOOK IS AN ONGOING PROGRAM TO TRY AND GROW OUR STAFF FROM WITHIN.
A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THIS, GOTTEN SOME PEOPLE IN, GOTTEN SOME REALLY GOOD WORK FROM THESE INTERNS AND I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF THESE INTERNS INTERESTED IN COMING ONBOARD IN THE FUTURE AS A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE.
THE TRAVEL POLICY, WE'RE CHANGING THE PER DIEM ASPECT OF THE TRAVEL POLICY.
CURRENTLY YOU'RE GOING TO GET A PORTION OF YOUR DAILY PER DIEM DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH OF THE DAY YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE TRAVELING. WE'RE SIMPLIFYING IT.
WE'RE SAYING THE TWO DAYS YOU TRAVEL OUT AND BACK FROM WHATEVER CONFERENCES YOU ARE GOING TO, YOUR PREMIUM IS GOING TO BE A FLAT 75% OF THE DAILY AMOUNT AND NO MORE OF THE LITTLE CALCULATION THINGS.
IT MAKES IT SIMPLER FOR FINANCE AND PURCHASING.
THE COMPENSATION FOR INJURED FIRST RESPONDERS.
MENTAL HEALTH LEAVE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
THAT IS AGAIN, ADDRESSING A NEW LAW.
WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THE POLICY IS IN THERE AND A LOT OF THE OTHER ONES WERE JUST ADDRESSING DIFFERENT LANGUAGE AND JUST CLEANING UP SOME OF THE TEXTS AND STUFF THAT WAS IN THERE.
WITH THAT SAID, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER?
>> THANK YOU FOR DETAILING THE CHANGES IN YOUR PRESENTATION AND I'D LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU HOLD THE RECORD AS FAR AS THIS EVENING IS CONCERNED WITH THE LONGEST PRESENTATION, 324 PAGES.
>> INCLUDING THE 158 PAGE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK, WHICH WE DIGESTED EVERY WORD OF.
>> I TRIED NOT TO DO THAT, BUT WITH FULL TRANSPARENCY, WE HAVE TO GIVE IT TO YOU SO YOU CAN SEE THE BEFORE AND THE AFTER.
>> THE BUILDING CODE STUFF ONLY RAN TO 196 PAGES, SPREAD OUT OVER THREE ITEMS.
>> YOU HAVE ACHIEVED SOMETHING TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND I MEANT WHAT I SAID WHEN I SAID THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THE CHANGES THAT YOU'RE MAKING, THAT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER FOR US TO STUDY.
>> ANYBODY ELSE? IS THERE A MOTION?
>> MOTION BY DAN AND SECOND BY ADAM.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT BRINGS US TO H. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION
[6.H. Consider approval of a resolution authorizing a five-year contract with Bureau Veritas as the primary contractor and Instant Inspections as the secondary contractor for third-party inspection services related to Environmental Services, Residential and Commercial Inspections and Fire Services Inspections pursuant to all applicable codes outlined in RFP 2023-011. (Staff Presenter: Justin Scharnhorst, Assistant to the City Manager)]
AUTHORIZING A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE BUREAU VERITAS AS THE PRIMARY CONTRACTOR AND INSTANT INSPECTOR AS THE SECONDARY CONTRACTOR FOR THIRD-PARTY INSPECTION SERVICES RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL INSPECTION AND FIRE SERVICE INSPECTIONS PURSUANT TO ALL APPLICABLE CODES OUTLINED IN RFP 2023-011.THE STAFF PRESENTED THIS EVENING IS JUSTIN SHARDHORSE, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER. JUSTIN.
>> THANK YOU, AMANDA, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING.
ITEM 6H BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO BRIEFLY DISCUSS THIRD-PARTY INSPECTIONS.
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THIRD-PARTY INSPECTIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION, GOES OVER THREE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AS WELL AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SITS.ROB WARD, IT'S SUCH A GREAT JOB ON HIS FIRE CODE UPDATE.
HE'S GOING TO JOIN ME FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE PRESENTATION, DISCUSS THE ENHANCEMENTS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS PROCESS.
I'LL DIVE INTO THE RFP PROCESS AND THEN THE ENHANCEMENTS AS A RESULT OF THAT.
SO STAFF ISSUED AN RFP BACK IN APRIL, THERE ARE TWO VENDORS HAVE RESPONDED BUREAU VERITAS AND IT'S INSPECTOR SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO OUTLINE THE INSTANT INSPECTOR ONLY RESPONDED TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH INSPECTIONS.
WHEN WE SET THE PROPOSALS OUT, WE SENT OUT ON APRIL 7TH, CLOSE A SOLICITATIONS ON APRIL 24TH.
AS I MENTIONED A SECOND AGO, WE RECEIVED TWO RESPONSES, BUREAU VERITAS AND THE INSTANT INSPECTOR.
PART OF THE RFP PROCESS, WE HAVE AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF STAFF THAT GOES THROUGH EACH SOME MIDDLE AND RATES THEM BASED ON THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE THAT STIPULATED IN THE RFP.
EVALUATORS FROM EACH DEPARTMENT USED TO MAKE THE SELECTION BASED ON SERVICE METHODOLOGY RATES, FEES, IN ADDITION TO REFERENCES FOR EACH ONE OF THE TWO VENDORS FOR THIS SELECTION.
AS A RESULT, THE COMMITTEE REFLECTED THAT BUREAU VERITAS IS THE HIGHEST RANKING RESPONDENT AND INSTANT INSPECTOR IS THE SECOND, AND BASED ON THEIR SUBMITTALS.
FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, THESE SERVICES ARE GOING TO CANVAS HEALTH AND HEALTH PERMITTING INSPECTIONS, FOOD ENFORCEMENT, AS WELL AS PUBLIC POOLS.
LAST YEAR IN THE CALENDAR YEAR, THEY PROCESSED OVER 500 HEALTH PERMITS.
SPECIFICALLY THE TWO REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE SERVICES, THEY HAVE TO BE REGISTERED, SANITARIAN AND CERTIFIED POOL OPERATOR.
THESE SERVICES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WOULD ONLY BE RENDERED IN THE EVENT THAT THEY'RE STAFFING SHORTAGES AT THIS TIME, THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE NEED FOR THE SERVICES.
THIS CONTRACT WOULD BASICALLY BE ON A RETAINER IN THE EVENT THAT THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS NEEDED THESE SERVICES.
CONTRACTUALLY, WE NEED THESE SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MEETING FREQUENCY IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE STAFFING SHORTAGES.
PART OF THIS CONTRACT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES WOULD INCLUDE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS AND RULES IS RELATED AND THEY WOULD MAKE SURE OBVIOUSLY THAT THEIR LICENSE FOR TEXAS REGISTER SEDENTARY AS WELL, IS A CERTIFIED POOL OPERATOR.
THEY WOULD HELP US CREATE AND UPDATE REQUIRED HEALTH FORMS PERMITS, PROVIDE WRITTEN DEFICIENCIES IN THE EVENT THAT THEY SURFACE AND HELP THE CITY STAFF INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS RELATED TO PERMITIVE PROCESS.
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SIMILAR TO ENVIRONMENTAL SURFACES I MENTIONED WOULD ONLY BE USED ON A RETAINER PURPOSE.
THERE'S NO IMMEDIATE NEED FOR THESE SERVICES.
THE CONTRACT WOULD BE FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PLAN REVIEW PROCESS.
ANY ADMIT THAT THERE ARE STAFFING SHORTAGES PRIMARILY WOULD PROMOTE THE GENERAL HEALTH SAFETY AND OVERALL QUALITY OF THE BUILDING ENVIRONMENT IN THE CITY OF BURLESON.
LAST YEAR, THERE WERE OVER 700 APPLICATIONS AND THERE WERE OVER 8,900 INSPECTIONS THAT WERE PERFORMED.
CERTIFICATIONS SPECIFIC TO THIS PROCESS IS THE PLUMBING INSPECTOR LICENSES IT'S ISSUED BY THE STATE BOARD OF PLUMBING EXAMINERS AND CERTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ENERGY INSPECTOR ISSUED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL.
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THOSE ARE GENERALLY THE TWO AREAS THAT THIS CONTRACT WITH CANVAS.
NOW, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ROBMORE TO TALK ABOUT FIVE-PRIME.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I SAW WHENEVER WE STARTED REVAMPING THE FIRE MARSHAL OFFICE JUST ABOUT A YEAR AGO WAS JUST THE THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION COMING THROUGH THE OFFICE AND PART OF THAT IS OUR BUILDING COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THE SUCCESSES OF BURLESON IS THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BUILD HERE INSIDE THE CITY, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
THE CHALLENGE THAT I'M SEEING WITH THAT THOUGH IS ALL THE DIFFERENT SUBMITTALS AND PLANS AND PLANS REVIEW THAT WERE HAVING COMING IN AND THE CURRENT PROCESS, WE HAVE THAT SENT OUT TO THIRD PARTIES.
WHAT I BELIEVE IS SO MUCH A BETTER WAY THAT WE CAN GIVE A CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE TO OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HAVE DUE DILIGENCE ON OUR PART OF THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THESE PLANS ARE GETTING THE RIGHT REVIEW AND THEY'RE MATCHING UP WITH OUR CITY ORDINANCES.
THE CURRENT PLAN REVIEW PROCESS, AS THE DEVELOPER HIRED IS ONE OF THE CITY'S APPROVED THIRD-PARTY VENDORS FOR OUR PLAN REVIEW AND SENDS IT OUT THERE FOR A SET OF PLANS.
THIRD-PARTY REVIEWS, THE PLANS FOR GENERAL FIRE CODE, SPRINKLER AND ALARM COMPLIANCE.
THE FIRM SENDS THE PLANS AND THIRD-PARTY LETTER OF APPROVAL RECOMMENDATION TO THE FIRE MARSHAL OFFICE FOR REVIEW.
FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE REVIEW THE LETTER AND EITHER APPROVE THE PLAN, JUST SEND THEM BACK FOR REVISION.
THIS GOES BACK TO THE FIRM, NOT THE THIRD-PARTY REVIEWER.
WE SEND EVERYTHING BACK TO THE DEVELOPER, THEN THEY HAVE TO REACH BACK OUT TO WHOMEVER THEY HIRED FOR THEIR THIRD PARTY.
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THE THIRD PARTY FOR THE REVISIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE FIRE MARSHAL OFFICE, AND THE PROCESS REPEATS UNTIL FINAL SET OF PLANS IS AGREED UPON.THE PROPOSED CHANGES, WE WANT TO MAKE A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
WE WANT THE BELLMAN COMMUNITY BE ABLE TO COME TO US DURING THE DECK PROCESS WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING WITH THEM ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AND THEY CAN HAND US THEIR PLANS AND WE CAN TAKE THEIR PLANS AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK-AND-FORTH AND FIND THE DIFFERENT VENDORS AND GO BACK-AND-FORTH AND WE WANT TO TAKE SOME STEPS OUT OF THE PROCESS.
WE WANT TO CREATE IT MORE STREAMLINED, EASIER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND IT ALSO GIVES US THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FIRE CODE AND CITY ORDINANCE AND CITY MANUALS BEING FOLLOWED.
WE WANT TO CREATE A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR THE DEVELOPERS.
DEVELOPER OR THERE DESIGNATED FIRM WOULD SUBMIT A SET OF PLANS TO THE FIRE MARSHAL OFFICE.
THE FIRE MARSHAL OFFICE COORDINATES THE PROCESS, IS SETTING THE PLANS TO BEER, VIA TOSS FOR REVIEW FOR GENERAL FIRE CODE SPRINKLER AND ALARM COMPLIANCE.
THIS CREATES A STREAMLINED REVIEW PROCESS FOR THE CUSTOMER, PRODUCING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF TIME FOR REVISIONS NEEDED.
IT'S BEEN SEVERAL PHONE CALLS THAT I'VE HAD WHERE THEY'D BEEN KNEE DEEP IN THE PROCESS AND BECAUSE OF DELAYS AND BECAUSE OF OTHER ISSUES THAT MAY HAVE CAME UP, THEY MISS THE PART OR SKIP THE PART OF FORGOT OR SOMETHING HAPPENED, THEY DIDN'T GET THIRD-PARTY REVIEW.
NOW THEY'VE GOT A SET OF PLANS AND THEY'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD AND I THINK EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS HOW TIME-SENSITIVE SOME OF THIS CONSTRUCTION CAN BE.
NOW THEY'RE HAVING TO STOP, GO FIND A THIRD-PARTY REVIEWER, HIRED THEM, GET THEM TO DO THAT, GET ON THEIR SCHEDULE AND IT JUST CREATES UNNECESSARY DELAY.
WHERE I SEE WHERE WE CAN MAKE THAT A BETTER EXPERIENCE AND WE CAN MAKE IT A LOT FASTER STREAMLINE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND AT THE SAME TIME, MAKE SURE THE ORDINANCES ARE STILL BEING FOLLOWED CORRECTLY.
AS PART OF THIS CONTRACT, BUREAU VERITAS IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR CONSULTATION ON ANY INSPECTION OR ISSUES THAT MAY BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT OR COMPLEX.
THIS CONTRACT WOULD GIVE US THE ABILITY TO HAVE THEM TO CONSULT ON SPECIALTY INSPECTIONS AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
WE HAVE SOME OF OUR DEEP FREEZE DEVELOPMENTS WELL DOWN SOUTH UP HERE THAT HAS CERTAIN SYSTEMS IN THE GROUND INVOLVED IN NITROGEN AND IT'S VERY COMPLEX.
THEY HAVE SPECIALTY INSPECTORS THAT CAN COME IN TO ASSIST US AND AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR PART TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS SAFE AND EVERYTHING IS ON THE UP AND UP AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR PART TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS GOOD.
WITH THIS CONTRACT, YOUR BUREAU VERITAS WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE US ONE OF THEIR INSPECTORS TO COME OUT AND GIVE US THAT KNOWLEDGE.
THIS WOULD HELP US TO LEARN TO DO THIS BETTER AND PROCEED AS WE GO FORWARD.
IF APPROVED THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BUREAU VERITAS WOULD BE REPRESENTING THE CITY'S BEST INTERESTS DURING THE PLAN REVIEW.
THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROCESS CHANGE OR PASS THROUGH.
THE FORM AGREEMENT IS TO INTEND TO FUNCTION AS A MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT AND DOES NOT OBLIGATE EXPENDITURES ARE APPROPRIATIONS.
PROPOSED, ESTIMATES ARE PAID FOR BY THE DEVELOPER, NOT THE CITY.
BUREAU VERITAS SAYS THEIR FEE SCHEDULE AND THAT'S WHAT THEY CHARGED THE DEVELOPER THAT PASSES THROUGH THE CITY.
CURRENT PROCESS. AGAIN, THIRD-PARTY.
THEY HAVE TO CONSULT FOR THIRD PARTY.
THEY REACH OUT TO THEM, THEY SAY THEY WANT TO BUILD.
THEY GO BACK AND FORTH TO THEM AND THEN THEY SEND THE PLANS OVER TO US.
AGAIN, ALL THIS IS TIMES THREE, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE GENERAL FIRE CODE, THEN WE HAVE THE SPRINKLER SUBMITTAL AND THEN THE FIRE ALARM.
EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE SEEING IS TIMES THREE, AND THEN GO BACK AND FORTH WITH THESE VENDORS UNTIL THEY GET A RESOLUTION.
AND THE PROCESS AGAIN THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS JUST A ONE-STOP SHOP.
THEY COME TO US, THEY REACH OUT TO US, THEY GIVE US THE PLANS, WE TAKE THEM TO BUREAU VERITAS, AND START THE PROCESS OVER.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE VERY LAST GREEN PORTION OF THIS DIAGRAM.
THE FIRE MARSHAL OFFICE COORDINATES THE BUREAU VERITAS, AND THE FARM FOR COMPLIANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THE DEVELOPER, THEY STILL HAVE FULL CONTROL, THEY ARE AT THE WHEEL.
ALL WE'RE DOING IS MAKING SURE THAT THE FIRE CODE BOX IS CHECKED.
WE'RE NOT TELLING THEM THAT THEY HAVE TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE WHEN THEY WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT IS MORE COST-EFFECTIVE.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCESS IS FOLLOWED AND A BOX IS CHECKED FOR FIRE CODE.
IF IT MEETS FIRE CODE, GREAT. THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.
IF THERE'S AN ISSUE THAT COMES UP AND IT DOESN'T MEET FIRE CODE, WE'RE NOT THERE TO REDESIGN OR TELL THEM THAT THEY HAVE TO GO WITH THE MOST EXPENSIVE OPTION, THAT THE FIRM IS STILL COMPLETELY IN CONTROL.
THEY DESIGN IT HOW THEY SEE FIT.
WE'RE JUST THERE TO MAKE SURE THE FIRE CODE IS FOLLOWED.
AGAIN, AN ADDITIONAL BENEFIT IS THE BUREAU VERITAS TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US SPECIALTY CONSULTATION SERVICES INCLUDING.
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>> THANK YOU, ROB. LAST SIDE OF THIS COUNCIL IS JUST TO ESTIMATE A PASS-THROUGH COST.
THESE ARE CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES THAT CANVAS OVER FIVE YEARS.
AGAIN, THESE ARE PASS-THROUGH COST PROJECTED THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND CHIEFLY THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE OF YOUR TERM.
ANY OF IT THAT THIS IS APPROVED, IT WOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE [NOISE] OCTOBER 1ST AND THE GRAPH BELOW YOU IS OUR FIVE YEAR ESTIMATE, CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE.
>> JUST IN ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE PASS-THROUGH COST.
THESE ARE PASS-THROUGH COST FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND FOR BUILDING INSPECTION.
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES BUDGET IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT ANNUALLY IN THE EVENT THAT THEY HAVE SOMEONE OUT, THOSE ARE NOT PASSED.
THAT'S NOT A PASS-THROUGH COST FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
INTENTION WOULD BE TO EITHER FUND THAT FROM SALARY SAVINGS FROM VACANT POSITIONS BECAUSE THAT'S GENERALLY WHEN YOU WOULD BE USING THAT.
JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION THERE.
>> THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
THE COUNCIL ACTION TONIGHT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT REVEALED VERITAS, BUT THIRD-PARTY INSPECTIONS, AS WELL AS AUTHORIZING CONTRACT WITH THIS INSPECTOR FOR SECONDARY SERVICES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES ONLY.
>> JUSTIN, WERE THERE ANY CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO ALLOWING THE FIRM THAT WANTS TO BUILD A PROJECT TO CHOOSE THE PATH THAT THEY TAKE, EITHER THROUGH THE BUREAU VERITAS PATH OR ABOUT PROVIDING THEIR OWN SYSTEM AS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST.
BECAUSE IT OCCURS TO ME THAT DEVELOPERS TEND TO SAY TWO THINGS.
THEY SAY THEY'D LIKE TO HAVE CONTROL OF THEIR PROJECT.
BUREAU VERITAS DOESN'T HAVE A DOG IN THE HUNT.
IF THEY FIND A WAY TO MEET A CERTAIN CODE, THERE MAY BE MULTIPLE WAYS TO MEET THAT CERTAIN CODE, BUT BUREAU VERITAS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER UNDER THIS FRAMEWORK.
BUT I'VE ALSO HEARD DEVELOPERS SAY THAT TIME IS MONEY, THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH BORROWED FUNDS, THE INTERIM FINANCING, ESPECIALLY IN THIS DAY AND TIME WITH RATES GETTING HIGHER AND HIGHER.
WE THINK ABOUT GIVING THEM A POSSIBLE CHOICE.
THEY WANT TO DO IT THE OLD WAY, WE DO IT THE NEW WAY. WAS THAT EVER CONSIDERED?
>> WELL, TO ANSWER THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION, THE BUREAU VERITAS ISN'T GOING TO TELL THEM THEY HAVE TO BUILD IT IN ANY WAY.
LIKE I SAID, THE FIRM IS STILL FULLY IN THE CONTROL.
THEY WOULD DESIGN IT AS THEY SEE FIT.
IF IT MEETS THE FIRE CODE, IT'S JUST A CHECKBOX.
BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT COMES UP TO WHERE A SPRINKLER NEEDS TO BE MOVED OR THOSE EXIT ACCESS DOESN'T QUITE FIT.
THEY'RE NOT GIVEN THEM RECOMMENDATION YOU HAVE TO MOVE THIS WALL, OR YOU HAVE TO DESIGN IT THIS WAY.
IT'S UP TO THE FIRE ARM TO GO BACK AND THINK, WELL, MAYBE WE CAN MAKE IT FIT THIS WAY, BUT THEY'RE NOT DRIVING THE DEVELOPMENT OR THEY'RE NOT DRIVING THE CONSTRUCTION TYPE.
>> THEY'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE PLANS, THEY'RE NOT DEVELOPING THE PLANS.
>> THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT FOR FIRE CODE COMPLIANCE.
>> WELL, I'M ASSUMING THAT THE FIRE CODE IS VERY SIMPLE THEN JUST BE A SIMPLE MATTER.
BUT IT CHECKS THIS, CHECKS THAT, YOU'RE GOOD AND EVERYBODY COMES UP WITH THE SAME ANSWER.
BUT YOU HAD EIGHT DIFFERENT PEOPLE PROVIDING THIS SERVICE THAN THE PAST, AND I'M SURE EACH DEVELOPER HAD A FAVORITE BECAUSE OF WORKABILITY, BECAUSE THEY GAVE THEM PRIORITY AND SCHEDULING BECAUSE OF WHATEVER REASONS.
I DON'T KNOW. THE QUESTION I ASKED WAS PRETTY SIMPLE.
DID WE CONSIDER A DUAL PATH METHOD OR IS THAT GOING TO BE UNWIELDY TO TRY TO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT WAYS OF GETTING THERE?
>> FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE PATH GOING FORWARD ISN'T GOING TO BE ANY PROJECTS, SO THEY'RE STILL CURRENTLY UNDER THE OLD SYSTEM OF USING MULTIPLE VENDORS, WILL CONTINUE TO GO AS IF THEY WERE ALREADY GONE THROUGH PERMITTING PROCESS UP UNTIL NOW.
AFTER THIS, ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT COMING IN THROUGH THE DAC PROCESS WILL BE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THE FIRE MARSHAL OFFICE, THEIR BUREAU VERITAS.
>> ROB, JUST FOR POINT OF CLARIFICATION, WHEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CONSIDERING THESE CHANGES, THE INTENTION WAS TO AN ALL OR NOTHING TRANSITION TO NOT DO A DUAL?
>> CORRECT. IT WAS TRYING TO MAKE EVERYTHING SIMPLE TO WHERE IT WAS A ONE-STOP-SHOP, ONE FLOW OF INFORMATION, INSTEAD OF GETTING EIGHT DIFFERENT VERSIONS OR EIGHT DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS TIMES THREE PER DEVELOPMENT WAS TRYING TO KEEP EVERYTHING FOCUSED AND CLEAN.
>> I KNOW THE POINT OF CLARIFICATION, I THINK LONG-TERM PLAN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFFING MODEL IS TO ONE DAY BRING IN-HOUSE STAFF TO PERFORM THESE REVIEW FUNCTIONS.
I THINK STAFF VIEWED THIS MORE AS A FIRST STEP TOWARD THAT END.
[INAUDIBLE], WITH ULTIMATELY BRINGING THAT SERVICE FULLY IN-HOUSE, NOT RELYING ON A THIRD PARTY.
I THINK THAT WAS THE INTENTION, AT LEAST WHEN I REVIEWED IT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THINKING ABOUT YOUR POINT THERE WAS WHY IT MADE SENSE TO ME TO TRANSITION TO AN ALL APPROACH RATHER THAN ALLOWING ANYONE TO CHOOSE THE PATH?
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>> CORRECT. SUCH [INAUDIBLE] FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY DO ALL THEIR PLANS REVIEW IN-HOUSE BY THEIR FIRE SERVICE PERSONNEL.
>> I'VE SPOKEN TO A DEVELOPER THAT DIDN'T THINK THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA, BUT DIDN'T ALSO ATTEND THE MEETING THAT HE WAS INVITED TO WEIGH IN.
WE DID HAVE ANOTHER DEVELOPER WHO ACTUALLY DID IT IN THE MEETING AND ONE OF THE BETTER KNOWN DEVELOPERS IN TOWN AND RAISED NO OBJECTION TO THIS PROCESS.
I'M ASSUMING IT'S MIXED REVIEWS, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE THE WHEELS OFF THE TRAIN HERE.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH WITH THIS AND SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT.
BUT IF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DOES ENCOUNTER A GREAT DEAL OF CONFIRMATION AND TRYING TO MAKE THIS WORK FOR THEM, I'M GOING TO KEEP OUR AVENUES OPEN.
>> LIKE EVERY PROCESS THAT WE HAVE, IF WE FIND THAT IT DOESN'T WORK, WE CAN ALWAYS REVISE IT AND CHANGE IT, SO NO OBJECTION THERE.
>> IS THERE ANY APPEALS PROCESS OR ANYTHING IF WE GO WITH JUST ONE PARTICULAR ONE BUT SOMEBODY ELSE THINKS THEY CAN DO IT A DIFFERENT WAY AND IT STILL MEETS THE CODE TO ALLOW SOME FLEXIBILITY OR IS IT-.
>> BUREAU VERITAS IS SIMPLY GOING TO LOOK AT IT FROM DOESN'T MEET THE CODE PERSPECTIVE.
AGAIN, WHEN YOU HAVE A PLAN REVIEW, THE FEAR MAY BE THAT THEY'RE GONNA MAKE COMMENTS AND DIRECT YOU TOWARD HOW YOU NEED TO DESIGN YOUR PLANS.
OUR INTENTION IS NOT TO LET BUREAU VERITAS DESIGN FOR THEM, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT IS AN ALTERNATE METHOD THEN A COMMENT WAS SUGGESTED, WILL ALWAYS BE OPEN TO IT.
BUT THERE'S NOT REALLY AN APPEAL PROCESS BECAUSE JUST WHETHER IT MEETS THE CODE OR NOT.
BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY TOO IS THAT ROB, KATY, JOSH, THEY'RE GONNA BE INTRICATELY INVOLVED IN THIS AND WE WANT TO BE DEVELOPER FRIENDLY, BUT ALSO MEET THE CODE.
SO WE WILL ALWAYS LOOK AT ANYTHING THAT WOULD MEET THE CODE.
>> I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS, DO WE HAVE IN THIS AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE GOING WITH BUREAU VERITAS, DO THEY HAVE A TIMELINE OF PERFORMANCE THAT THEY'VE GOT TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE.
IT CROSSES MY MIND THAT IF A DEVELOPER HAS MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT HE CAN CONTACT AND THE FIRST COUPLE OF THEM TELL THEM, OH YEAH, I CAN GET TO IT ABOUT TWO MONTHS, AND THEY WANT TO GO FORWARD RIGHT NOW.
DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE BUILT INTO OUR AGREEMENT WITH BUREAU VERITAS OR ARE WE'RE GOING TO RUN A SITUATION WHERE BUREAU VERITAS GETS BUSY AND CAN'T GET TO OUR DEVELOPER'S PLANS AND NOW HE'S ON HOLD BECAUSE OF THEIR STAFF AVAILABILITY, WHICH IS GETTING TO BE MORE AND MORE OF AN ENDEMIC PROBLEM IN CONSTRUCTION AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NOWADAYS, IT'S JUST GETTING PEOPLE AVAILABLE TO PERFORM A PARTICULAR FUNCTION.
>> I DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC ANSWERS IN REGARD TO A TIMELINE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE SET ONE JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
CERTAIN PLANS COME IN ARE MASSIVE AND WILL TAKE QUITE A LONG TIME.
I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT ANSWER FOR THAT ONE, SIR.
>> MAYOR [INAUDIBLE], TO THAT END, WE WILL CONSTANTLY MONITOR IT AND I CAN SHOW YOU THIS, OUR FRIENDS ON THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WILL LET US KNOW.
>> [LAUGHTER] THEY'LL LET ME KNOW?
THAT GOES BACK TO MY COMMENT BEFORE JUST ABOUT FLEXIBILITY.
IF WE LOOK AND SAY THAT THINGS ARE NOT WORKING, OR IF WE NEED TO REVISE THE SCOPE OR RE ADVERTISE TO HAVE MORE SPECIFIC TIMEFRAMES IN OR IF WE NEED TO REEVALUATE TO YOUR POINT, THAT DUAL METHOD, NOTHING'S OFF OF THE TABLE.
>> I'M WILLING TO GIVE IT A TRY. WE SENT OUT 85 LETTERS ABOUT THIS.
WE GOT ONE VERSION HERE THAT WAS HERE INTERESTED IN THAT PARTICULAR ITEM, AND HE DIDN'T OBJECT TO IT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND [INAUDIBLE] THEM OUT.
>> I FAILED TO MENTION THAT A REPRESENTATIVE OF BUREAU VERITAS IS HERE AND HE SAID FROM THE TIME THAT IT'S SUBMITTED FIRST COMMENTS, BE BACK TO THE CITY BY 10 DAYS.
>> BY 10 DAYS FROM THE TIME IT'S SUBMITTED.
>> I'M FINE. YOU NEED A MOTION?
>> YEAH, LET'S GO AHEAD GET A MOTION.
>> HAVE A MOTION BY DIANA SECONDED BY VICTORIA, PLEASE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
[6.I. Consider approval of a resolution authorizing a five-year professional services contract with Independent Financial for depository services for the City of Burleson. (Staff Presenter: John Butkus, Assistant Finance Director)]
THAT BRINGS US TO SIX AYE, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A FIVE YEAR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL FOR DEPOSITORY SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF BURLESON.THE STAFF PRESENTED TONIGHT IS JOHN BUPKIS, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR. MR. BUPKIS?
>> THANK YOU, AMANDA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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>> AGAIN, WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR DEPOSITORY SERVICES.
AGAIN, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE OVERVIEW, CHAPTER 105, THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE REQUIRES THAT WE COMPETITIVELY AS SOLICIT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS, AND UPON THAT NOW OUR CURRENT AGREEMENT EXPIRES OCTOBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR.
OUR CURRENT PROVIDERS, AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK, AGAIN, MY MANAGERS IS SHORT-TERM MONEY MARKET WORKING ACCOUNTS THAT WE HAVE.
AGAIN, WE STARTED THE CONTRACT AUGUST OF 18, AND IT IS SET TO EXPIRE THE 31ST OF THIS YEAR, OCTOBER.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, BACK IN AUGUST, WE WENT AHEAD AND CONTRACTED VALLEY VIEW CONSULTING TO HELP US WITH THIS AND SOME ADDITIONAL BANKING NEEDS.
I'VE GOT A REPRESENTATIVE HERE THAT WILL TALK TO YOU HERE SHORTLY.
BUT AGAIN, WE WENT THROUGH A SOLICITATION PROCESS WHERE THEY WENT AHEAD AND REVIEWED THE BANKING ARRANGEMENTS, CONSIDERED OUR ACCOUNT STRUCTURES AND NEEDS TO ANALYZE THE SERVICE PROPOSALS SYSTEM WITH THE SELECTION AND MONITORED THE REPORTING THAN INVESTMENT HOLDINGS AND AGAIN, SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT VALLEY VIEW IS PROVIDING.
HERE AGAIN, THE OBJECTIVE OVERALL IS TO COMPLY WITH OUR STATE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS OUR CITY PURCHASING POLICIES, AND TO SELECT THE PRIMARY DEPOSITORY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.
THIS AGREEMENT WOULD BE FOR THREE YEARS, BEGINNING NOVEMBER 1ST OF 23 THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST OF 26 AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE AN OPTION AND EXTEND TWO ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR PERIODS BEGINNING OR THAT WOULD TAKE US THROUGH TILL OCTOBER 31ST OF 28.
THIS WOULD COVER THE GOVERNING CODES FOR MUNICIPAL DEPOSITORY ACT, CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT, PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT, AND PUBLIC FUNDS COLLATERAL ACT.
FOR GOOD FORWARD PROJECT STEPS.
AGAIN, WE'RE ANALYZING THE HISTORICAL BANK SERVICE USAGES, OUR BALANCES, REVIEWED THE REQUIRED BANKING SERVICES, POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT WE MAY HAVE.
A LIST OF ELIGIBLE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS WERE PUT TOGETHER AND AGAIN, THEY NEED TO BE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
THEN REPRESENTATIVES WERE CONTACTED FOR EACH INSTITUTION AND A DRAFT THE RFA WAS COMPLETED FOR THE CITY.
AGAIN, THESE ARE ITEMS THAT VALLEY VIEW PROVIDED FOR US.
THEY DID THE ADVERTISING, WE POSTED THE RFA, THE APPLICABLE AREAS, AND THEN THEY DID HOLD A NON-MANDATORY PRE-APPLICATION VIDEO CONFERENCE.
AGAIN, JUST TO SATURATE THE INFORMATION WITH THE PARTICIPANTS.
WE RECEIVED THREE PROPOSALS, ONE FROM AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF TEXAS ARE INCUMBENT, FIRST FINANCIAL BANK AND INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL BANK.
AN EVALUATION CRITERIA USED AGAIN WAS THE ABILITY TO PERFORM PROVIDER-REQUIRED SERVICES.
REFERENCES WERE REVIEWED, COST OF SERVICES, TRANSITION COSTS, RETENTION, TRANSITION OFFERS AND INCENTIVES, INTEREST PAID ON THE ACCOUNTS AND DEPOSITS.
THE PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CITY, COMPLETENESS OF THE APPLICATIONS AND THE OUTLINING RFA, THE QUALIFYING LOCATION OF THE APPLICANT.
AGAIN, IN THE LOCALE OF BURLESON, AND A FINANCIAL STRENGTH AND STABILITY OF THE INSTITUTION.
I'M GOING TO LET MR. PINION FROM VALLEY VIEW WALK THROUGH A COUPLE OF THE MATRIXES THAT WERE PUT TOGETHER FOR THE COST ANALYSIS. TIM.
>> THANK YOU, JOHN. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS IS THE FINANCIAL PIECE OF THE ANALYSIS.
THESE ARE A COUPLE OF THE KEY DATA POINTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND PUTTING THE ANALYSIS TOGETHER.
ONE THING, OF COURSE, IS THE MONTHLY FEE THAT THE BANKS ARE CHARGING.
AMERICAN NATIONAL YOU'LL SEE THAT THE FEES ARE WAIVED, BUT THERE'S A CONDITION ON THAT THAT THE CITY MAINTAINED THREE MILLION DOLLARS IN NON-INTEREST-BEARING ACCOUNTS.
WITH WHERE THE RIGHTS ARE RIGHT NOW THAT'S FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL
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THAT PUT THEM SOMEWHAT AT A DISADVANTAGE WHEN YOU DID THE ANALYSIS.THEN WE LOOKED AT THE EARNINGS CREDIT RATE THAT WAS OFFERED BY THE OTHER TWO BANKS, AND THEN THE INTEREST RATES THAT WERE OFFERED.
THE NICE THING THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT WAS OFFERED BY INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL AND FIRST FINANCIAL IS AN INDEX RATE.
A LOT OF TIMES WHAT THE BANKS WILL WANT TO DO IS THEY OFFER A BANK MANAGER RATE WHICH MEANS THE RATE OF THEIR DISCRETION.
THEY CAN SET IT WHEREVER THEY WANT TO, WHEN IT'S INDEX, THEY'VE GOT TO PAY THE CITY, WHATEVER THAT INDEX SAYS THEY HAVE TO PAY.
IT'S MUCH MORE FAVORABLE TO THE CITY THAN A BANK-MANAGED RATE.
BOTH INDEPENDENT AND FIRST FINANCIAL DID OFFER INDEXED RATES.
THE INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL IS PEGGED TO THE FED FUNDS RATE WINDOW, UPPER END, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS 5.5% AND THEN FIRST FINANCIAL IS PEGGED TO THE 91-DAY T-BILL LESS 15 BASIS POINTS.
THAT CREATES SOME SEPARATION THERE BETWEEN INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL.
FIRST FINANCIAL, THEIR FEES ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR BETWEEN THOSE TWO.
I SHOULD TALK ABOUT THE RIGHT TWO COLUMNS, BUT I'LL JUST MAKE SURE THERE ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING SO FAR.
THE COLUMN ON THE RIGHT, THE THREE-YEAR INCOME AND THE FIVE-YEAR INCOME IS TAKING THAT MONTHLY FEE AND THEN THE INTEREST EARNED, AND THEN WHAT IS THE NET BENEFIT.
WITH THE INTEREST RATES AS HIGH AS THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.
BUT THE BALANCE IS THE CITY MAINTAINS, WHICH ARE FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL AT THE DEPOSITORY.
THE GOOD THING IS THE CITY WORKS WITH NET INCOME FROM THOSE DEPOSITS.
VERY DIFFERENT SCENARIO THAN WE HAD 18 MONTHS AGO WITH INTEREST RATES WHERE THEY ARE NOW.
JOHN MENTIONED THAT AND IT WAS REALLY A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
OR WITH INTEREST RATES AS HIGH AS THEY ARE, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO STAY THIS HIGH OVER THE LONG TERM AND OVER THIS THREE AND FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.
THE QUESTION WAS, WELL, WHAT HAPPENS IF RATES DO DROP? IS IT STILL A FAVORABLE OUTCOME? IT'S A LITTLE BIT TRICKY TO DO AN APPLES-TO-APPLES COMPARISON, BUT WE DID OUR BEST IS PROBABLY MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO AMERICAN NATIONAL THAN THE INDEPENDENT AND FIRST FINANCIAL, WHICH IS WHAT YOU WANT IF YOU'RE STRESS TESTING IT TO SEE, WHAT'S YOUR WORST-CASE SCENARIO? BECAUSE WITH THE AMERICAN NATIONAL, THEY'VE GOT THAT THREE MILLION NON-INTEREST-BEARING PEG BALANCE.
AND WHAT THAT DID WAS FOR FIRST FINANCIAL, INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL AID REQUIRED MORE BALANCES TO OFFSET THOSE FEES.
IT DID BRING THE DIFFERENCES DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
BUT AS YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS, ASSUMING AN INTEREST RATE DROPS TO 3%, INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL STILL PROVIDES THE HIGHEST RETURN TO THE CITY.
AGAIN, EVEN WITH THE LOWER RATES FIRST FINANCIAL IS STILL MORE FAVORABLE THAN THE OTHER OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
THEN WE TOOK IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 0% WHICH UNFORTUNATELY WE DID SEE NOT SO LONG AGO.
WHERE INDEPENDENT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY PUT INTO THEIR PROPOSAL, WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL FOR THE CITIES.
THEY PUT A FLOW RATE DOWN SO THAT THE OTHER BANKS DID NOT OFFER A FLOOR, INDEPENDENT SAID THE LOWEST RATE THEY WOULD GO TO IS 0.25%.
THAT REALLY GAVE THE CITY SOME CUSHION.
SO UNDER ALL THREE SCENARIOS OF LOWER RATES, INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL CONTINUED TO PROVIDE THE BEST RETURN TO THIS CITY OVERALL.
>> IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.
>> JUST FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND THE THING THAT SOLD IT FOR US WAS THE FLOOR ON INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL BECAUSE THREE YEARS AGO WE WERE AT ZERO AND WE WERE AT ZERO FOR EIGHT YEARS BEFORE THAT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A COST TO US FOR THE OTHER OPTION FOR FIRST FINANCIAL AND AMERICAN NATIONAL WOULDN'T BE A COST BECAUSE THEY WAIVED THE FEES, BUT THAT'S WHAT SOLD US ON INDEPENDENT. THANK YOU.
>> IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY ADAM AND SECOND BY RONNIE, PLEASE VOTE. YES IS UNANIMOUS.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL,
[7.A. Receive a report, hold a discussion and provide staff direction regarding realignment of the Parks and Recreation Capital Improvement Plan. (Staff Presenter: Jen Basham, Director of Parks and Recreation)]
THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 7, REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS, 7A IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION, AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING REALIGNMENT OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.STAFF PRESENTED THIS EVENING IS JEN BASHAM, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. JEN.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
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THIS EVENING I'M BRINGING TO YOU, THE COUNCIL, A UPDATE TO OUR CIP THAT WAS FORMERLY BROUGHT FORWARD BACK IN LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER.ON AUGUST 7TH, THERE WAS DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL THAT PLACED THE CURRENT CIP ON HOLD UNTIL THE PROJECTS AND THEIR PRIORITIZATION COULD BE RE-EVALUATED.
ON AUGUST 15TH, DURING THE COUNCIL MEETING THAT REVIEWED THE BUDGET, COUNCIL DELIBERATED ON WHAT THOSE CHANGES SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND PROVIDED US WITH DIRECTION REGARDING WHAT MAINTENANCE PROJECT SHOULD MOVE FORWARD IN THE 2024 YEAR.
AT THE END OF AUGUST, STAFF PRESENTED THOSE REVISIONS TO THE PARK BOARD AND IN ADDITION TO THOSE REQUESTS, THE PARK BOARD DID REQUEST THAT THE INDOOR POOL RE-PLASTER AND A PERMANENT RESTROOM AT OAK VALLEY PARK BE CONSIDERED FOR ADDITION TO THE 2024 PROJECTS.
IN ORDER FOR THIS REALIGNMENT TO OCCUR, THERE WILL BE PROJECTS THAT HAVE TO MOVE OUT INTO FUTURE YEARS AND SOME THAT WILL BE REALIGNED BASED OFF OF HOW THE NUMBERS CAME IN.
SO THIS PRESENTATION SHOULD BREAK ALL OF THAT DOWN.
SO THIS IS THE ORIGINAL SCHEDULE FOR JUST 2024.
SO YOU'VE GOT THE SECOND YEAR OF PARK MONUMENT SIGNS, REFURBISHMENT OF MEADOWCREST PARK, CEDAR RIDGE, CHISENHALL FIELD RENOVATION, WHICH WOULD JUST BE ONE FIELD.
THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FOR HIDDEN CREEK SOFTBALL RELOCATION, SHANNON CREEK PARK CONSTRUCTION, VILLAGE CREEK TRAIL CONSTRUCTION, OAK VALLEY-SCOTT STREET TRAILHEAD CONSTRUCTION, THE SOUTH TRAIL CONNECTION FOR OAK VALLEY CONSTRUCTION, GATEWAY SIGNAGE, REMODEL OF THE BRICK LOBBY, REPLACEMENT OF THE INDOOR POOL SAND FILTER, NOT THE RE-PLASTERING AND THEN UPDATING OUR MASTER PLAN.
THIS IS HOPEFULLY A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO DIGEST.
ON THE LEFT COLUMN, YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WOULD REMAIN THE SAME WITH THIS PROPOSED REALIGNMENT.
IN COLUMN 2, YOU WILL SEE THE REQUESTS THAT WERE MADE TO BE MOVED UP OR ESCALATED, SO CHISENHALL IN LIEU OF DOING ONE FIELD, THE PROPOSAL IS TO DO FOUR FIELDS IN ONE YEAR TO REPLACE THE HVAC SYSTEM AT THE BRICK AS WELL AS THE DESERT AIR SYSTEM AND THEN APPARENTLY DO THE HVAC AGAIN AND THEN RE-PLASTER THE INDOOR POOL.
PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE MOVED TO FURTHER YEARS WOULD BE THE VILLAGE CREEK TRAIL.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WAITING ON TXDOT APPROVAL OF THIS AND THE INFORMATION REGARDING A GRANT THAT WAS SUBMITTED, SO STAFF DOESN'T FORESEE THIS ONE OCCURRING THIS FISCAL YEAR ANYWAYS, AND IT'S NOT AN ISSUE TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.
GATEWAY SIGNAGE WAS MOVED TO AN OUT YEAR.
YOU WILL NOT SEE IT IN THE PROPOSED CIP THIS EVENING.
SHANNON CREEK, THE DESIGN WOULD BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR AND CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN MOVED OUT A YEAR.
HIDDEN CREEK SOFTBALL HAS BEEN MOVED TO A LATER YEAR TO COMBINE THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY PARK.
THEN THE COMMUNITY PARK DESIGN HAS BEEN MOVED OUT ONE YEAR.
NEW PROJECTS THAT WERE ADDED TO THIS WOULD BE THE DREDGING OF BAILEY LAKE AND A RESTROOM AT OAK VALLEY, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS FOR RESTROOMS AT ADDITIONAL PARKS.
SO I'M GOING TO BREAK DOWN EACH ONE OF THESE.
WE'LL START WITH BAILEY LAKE DREDGING.
AFTER STAFF MET WITH THE CONTRACTOR THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THIS SERVICE FOR US.
THEY REALLY FELT LIKE THEY COULD FOCUS ON THE INTAKE AREA PRIMARILY, WE HAVE ONLY ABOUT A FOOT OF SILT ACROSS THE ENTIRE POND SO THEY REALLY JUST FELT LIKE IF WE FOCUS ON THE INTAKE AREA, IT WOULD SERVE OUR NEED AND THEN WE COULD FOCUS ON FUTURE DREDGING THAT WOULD DO THE WHOLE AREA BUT THIS WOULD SAVE US SOME OF OUR INTAKE ISSUES THAT OCCURRED THIS YEAR AS WELL AS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING ENOUGH WATER IN THERE WHEN WE GET RAIN.
THE CEDAR RIDGE PARK, THIS IS A VERY SMALL PARK.
WE'RE LOOKING AT REFURBISHING THIS EXISTING PLAYGROUND AND ADDING A SMALLER TODDLER FENCE TO PLAY AREA.
IT SHOULD BE FENCED BASED ON ITS LOCATION AND WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE REQUESTS FOR A TODDLER SPECIFIC PLAY AREA SO THIS IS ONE THAT WE FEEL LIKE WOULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR THAT.
MEADOWCREST PARK, IT WOULD BE THE INCLUSION OF REPLACING THE PLAYGROUND AND THE SURFACING, AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY ADDING A SPORTS COURT TO THIS SITE.
IT HAS AN EXISTING SEMICIRCLE AT THE END OF THE EXISTING PARKING LOT, AS WELL AS PLENTY OF GRADED OPEN SPACE WHERE WE COULD ADD AN OPEN COURT, WHETHER THAT BE BASKETBALL, PICKLEBALL, TENNIS, THAT COURT HAS NOT BEEN DECIDED.
THAT WOULD BE DECIDED DURING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
THE ADDITION OF A PERMANENT RESTROOM AT OAK VALLEY PARK.
THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY CITIZENS.
IN THE PAST. WE'VE RECEIVED MIXED FEEDBACK ON WHETHER WE LIKE RESTROOMS, WHETHER WE DON'T LIKE RESTROOMS. SO WE'RE BRINGING THIS BACK FOR COUNCIL TO DECIDE WHICH DIRECTION THEY'D LIKE TO GO.
IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED BY PARK BOARD THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE RESTROOMS IN THE PARKS IF IT MADE SENSE WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF THAT PARK SO FOR US, THAT'S IF IT'S AT THE END OF THE TRAIL HEAD,
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IF IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR HOMES RATHER QUICKLY, IT MAKES SENSE TO ADD A RESTROOM TO THAT PARK.THE TURFING OF FIELDS AT CHISENHALL ORIGINALLY IT WAS REQUESTED TO DO FIVE FIELDS.
WE HAVE FOUR FIELDS IN THIS MODEL FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
ONE IS WE'RE A LITTLE CONCERNED IN BEING ABLE TO COMPLETE FIVE FIELDS IN THAT MAINTENANCE WINDOW AND WITH ONE CONTRACTOR AND TWO, IT PUT US IN A BIT OF A BUDGETARY BINDS SO WE THOUGHT IF WE CAN GET FOUR THIS YEAR THAT GETS US TO MORE BASEBALL, GETS US SOME SOFTBALL FIELDS, AND THEN WE CAN ROLL ADDITIONAL FIELDS INTO A FUTURE YEAR, BUT THAT GIVES US A REALLY HEALTHY CHUNK OF OUR FIELDS.
THE RANGE SIDE PROJECT ON WHOLE 9 AT THE GOLF COURSE WAS AN EXISTING PROJECT AND SO WAS THE MASTER PLAN.
OAK VALLEY TRAIL, SCOTT STREET TRAILHEAD, THAT WAS AN ORIGINAL PROJECT.
THAT PROJECT CONSISTS OF PAVING THE PARKING LOT AS WELL AS A POTENTIAL RESTROOM, WATER FOUNTAIN, AND BIKE REPAIR STATION.
PARK MONUMENT SIGNS, THAT IS AN EXISTING PROJECT.
REMODEL OF THE BRICK LOBBY IS ALSO AN EXISTING PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE POOL SAND FILTER, THE REPLACEMENT OF THE DESERT AIR SYSTEM, SO THE NUMBER THAT YOU SEE HERE IT STILL HAS SOME SWAG IN IT SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE RIGHT NOW IS WE'VE BEEN GIVEN AN OPTION TO POTENTIALLY NOT REMOVE OUR ROOF, BUT TO GO IN THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO ADD ADDITIONAL VENTILATION THAT WE COULD OPEN AND SHUT, BUT ALSO NOT MAKE US REPLACE THE ROOF WHEN WE STILL HAVE SEVEN YEARS OF USEFUL LIFE ON IT.
THAT BEING SAID THEY'RE STILL FINE TUNING THAT AND SO WE MAY BRING THAT BACK TO YOU AND SAY, WE HAVE TO CUT THIS CHUNK OF ROOF OUT AT A FUTURE YEAR.
THEN WE DID ADD IN THE ADDITION OF RE-PLASTERING THE INDOOR POOL AT THE SAME TIME WE DID THAT DESERT AIR SYSTEM.
IT MAKES SENSE IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CLOSE THAT AREA DOWN TO GET BOTH OF THOSE DONE AT ONCE.
THEN THE HVAC SYSTEM IS ALMOST $3 MILLION.
FOR THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A BIG SWAG IN THE TIMELINE.
SO SOME OF THOSE PIECES WE CAN GET IN 18 WEEKS, SOME OF THOSE UNITS WE CAN'T GET FOR 40 - 45 BUT THE WAY WE CAN PHASE IT IS WE'LL BRING IN THOSE PIECES AS THEY COME IN AND ESSENTIALLY OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR THAT SYSTEM WILL BE REPLACED, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE ZERO DOWNTIME IN THE FACILITY.
THEN THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE SHIFTED THEM IN THE CIP, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK THIS EVENING.
FOR SHANNON CREEK PARK, WE HAVE THE BUDGETS ALREADY AUTHORIZED.
THE DESIGN CONTRACT WAS APPROVED IN A FORMER YEAR, BUT THE DESIGN CAN SHIFT TO A MORE CONSERVATIVE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT OTHER PROJECTS.
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WOULD BE A SCALED DOWN OF JUST INCLUDING THE NATURE TRAILS, THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, THE POND, AND THAT COMES INTO RIGHT AROUND 1.8 MILLION, WHICH CUTS ABOUT $1.5 MILLION OFF OF THE EXISTING BUDGET, THAT COULD BE REALLOCATED TO ANY PROJECT THAT YOU SEE UP HERE, WHETHER THAT'S THE COMMUNITY PARK AND HIDDEN CREEK SOFTBALL RELOCATION, ETC.
WE'VE GOT THAT STILL CONSTRUCTED IN '25 BASED ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE HOLD UPS WITH TEXT DOT, THAT COULD EVEN POTENTIALLY BE '26.
WE'RE PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH THIS MOVING OUT TO '25.
IT ALSO FALLS BETTER IN LINE WITH THE 174 CONSTRUCTION, AND HOW THAT TIES INTO OUR PROJECTS.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S HOLDING US UP, IS GETTING UNDER 174.
THEY'RE GONNA BE REDOING THAT BRIDGE ANYWAYS.
OUR BACKUP PLAN WAS TO STOP AT THE BRIDGE ON BOTH SIDES AND DO A LOOP, BUT IF WE CAN DO IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BRIDGE, WE CAN JUST MAKE IT ALL GET DONE AT ONE TIME.
THE COMMUNITY PARK RIGHT NOW WE'VE MOVED THE DESIGN OF THAT PROJECT INTO FISCAL YEAR '25 WITH THE CONSTRUCTION TO START IN FISCAL YEAR '28.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE US QUITE A WHILE TO GET THIS THROUGH THE FINISH LINE TO STARTING CONSTRUCTION ANYWAYS, ONCE WE START PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND REALLY START NAILING DOWN WHAT THE COMPONENTS AND AMENITIES OF THAT SITE INCLUDE, BUT IT HAS BEEN PUSHED TWO YEARS.
SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING COUNCIL WANTS TO SAY, NO, WE WANT TO START THAT DESIGN RIGHT NOW, OR ARE WE AT LEAST WANT TO MASTER PLAN THE SITE, WE CAN MOVE THAT AROUND AS A PRIORITY, WHICH GOES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SOFTBALL RELOCATION.
WE HAVE DESIGNED FUNDS IN LAST YEAR'S CIP.
THEY WERE PUT ON HOLD BECAUSE WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THE DIRECTION ON WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO WITH THE SOFTBALL FIELDS.
ONCE WE HAVE THAT DIRECTION OR THAT GREEN LIGHT, WE CAN USE THOSE FUNDS TO POTENTIALLY MASTER PLAN THE SOFTBALL FIELD RELOCATION AND THE SITE FOR THE COMMUNITY PARK AT THE SAME TIME.
THE BRICK ROOF, COUNCIL ORIGINALLY REQUESTED THAT, IF WE'RE GOING TO PULL UP THE HVAC SYSTEM AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THE DESERT AIR AND WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL THAT, LET'S JUST GET THE ROOF DONE.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAD THE ROOF REVIEWED.
RIGHT NOW, IF WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE'D LIKE TO KEEP THAT AS AN OUT YEAR PROJECT.
THEN OF COURSE, THE LAST ONE WAS THE ADDITION OF RESTROOMS TO EXISTING PARKS.
DO YOU WANT TO START NOW WITH THE CONVERSATION OR YOU WANT TO
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SEE THE NEXT FEW SLIDES? TOM?>> JEN, I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL TO GET TO THIS SLIDE WHERE YOU SHOW THE FIVE-YEAR CIP BECAUSE IN THIS SCENARIO I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO REDUCE WAS SHANNON CREEK.
WE'LL SEE A REDUCED PRICE THERE.
I WANT YOU TO SEE THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE IN ORDER TO ESCALATE SOME OF THESE THINGS BECAUSE OUR EXERCISE WAS TO STAY AS CLOSELY AS WE COULD TO THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN JUST FROM A 4B FUND BALANCE PERSPECTIVE.
>> PERFECT. I BROKE ALL OF THESE DOWN.
THIS WOULD BE THE REDUCTION THAT WE WOULD PROPOSE FOR SHANNON CREEK.
YOU'LL SEE THE REDUCTION WOULD BE REDUCED.
WE WOULD NOT INCLUDE RESTROOMS, DOG PARK, THE NATURAL PLAY AREA, OR PARKING IN THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECT, BUT WE WOULD DO THE POND WITH PEER TRAILS, GRADING AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, NATIVE AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTINGS, AND THE MONUMENT SIGN.
THIS COMES IN RIGHT UNDER $2 MILLION NOW.
FOR HIDDEN CREEK SOFTBALL, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THIS IN FISCAL YEAR '26 FOR CONSTRUCTION, WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY WORK IF WE DID CONSTRUCTION FOR THE FULL COMMUNITY PARK IN '28, BUT WE KNOW THE MASTER PLAN AND WHERE THIS WOULD FIT WITHIN THAT FOOTPRINT, WE COULD GET STARTED ON THIS ONE EARLIER THAN THE REST OF THE PARK.
ESSENTIALLY, IT WOULD BE PHASE ONE.
FOR THE COMMUNITY PARK, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE $250,000 BUDGETED FOR THE RELOCATION OF THAT IN LAST FISCAL YEAR OR THIS EXISTING FISCAL YEAR THAT WE CAN USE TO DO BOTH SITES.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT PART CONSTRUCTION IN '28 OR '29, BUT THAT ALSO WE CAN ESCALATE THAT.
THEN JUST TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT, WE DO NOT HAVE A REAL NUMBER ON THE COMMUNITY PARK BECAUSE WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS IN IT.
IT COULD INCLUDE THINGS FROM SKATE PARKS TO SPLASH PADS TO MASSIVE INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS.
UNTIL WE REALLY KNOW IF WE WANT TO BACK INTO A BUDGET NUMBER OR WE WANT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO GUIDE THAT BUDGET, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A SOLID NUMBER ON THAT, BUT WE ARE PREPARED TO MOVE INTO FISCAL YEAR '26 IF THAT'S COUNCILS REQUESTED ESCALATION.
WHAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON IS FISCAL YEAR '24.
OF COURSE, WHEN WE BRING THIS BACK IN THE SPRING FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, WE WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE OUR OUTER EAR SHIFTED AGAIN BASED OFF OF JUST WHAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR.
THE FIRST THING WOULD BE THAT FIRST COLUMN, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE SECOND COLUMN IS CENTENNIAL PLAYGROUND WILL HAPPEN NEXT YEAR.
YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE HOPING TO GET THE VILLAGE CREEK DONE.
WE'LL START WRAPPING UP THOSE MONUMENTS SIGNS.
YOU'LL SEE THE REDUCED NUMBER FOR THE COMMUNITY PARK, AND THEN YOU WON'T SEE THOSE BIGGER PROJECTS REALLY START TO TAKE SHAPE UNTIL '26, WHICH WOULD BE THE HIDDEN CREEK SOFTBALL FIELDS AND THE COMMUNITY PARK DESIGN FOR THE BIGGER PARK.
THEN WE PLAN FOR 10 YEARS, YOU GUYS ONLY SEE THE FIVE RIGHT HERE, BUT YOU'LL SEE THE ADDITION OF A PLAYGROUND TO BAILEY LAKE IN '27, MISTLETOE HILL, AND THEN YOU'LL REALLY SEE THE OTHER PROJECT START IN '28.
THIS IS JUST THE PARKS COMPONENT.
I'LL HIT RECREATION AND GOLF ON THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS WOULD BE THE BRICK.
YOU'LL SEE MOST OF THOSE MAJOR PROJECTS WILL HAPPEN IN '24.
WE HAVE THE ADDITION OF A DRY SAUNA IN '26 AND THE ROOF SCHEDULED FOR '27 AND THEN THE ENTRY MONUMENT AS WELL IN '27.
FOR GOLF, YOU WON'T SEE MUCH HERE BECAUSE WE'VE DONE A LOT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT T AND WAY-FINDING SIGNAGE.
YOU'LL SEE THE RANGE SIDE FOR HOLE 9, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THE GREEN SCHEDULED FOR '27.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE THE POND RENOVATION IN '26 AND WHERE WE WOULD GET THE FLOATING INTAKE FOR '24 AS WELL.
WHAT YOU WILL SEE I'LL SHOW YOU ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS THIS BREAKDOWN AND AVAILABLE FUNDING AND OUR TOTAL AND TRYING TO STAY AS CLOSE TO THAT AS WE COULD POSSIBLY GET.
THE BOTTOM LINE WILL SHOW YOU THE CHANGE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR '24 BASED OFF OF THE REALIGNMENT, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SAVING SOME MONEY.
BUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE ARE NETTING 1.2 MILLION ABOVE WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY PROPOSED.
>> COUNCIL I WOULD ADD, AND I WORKED CLOSELY WITH JEN AND JOHN.
JOHN'S CONFIRM THAT FROM A FUNDING PERSPECTIVE IN FIVE YEARS WILL STILL REMAIN OVER THE 20% FUND BALANCE MINIMUM, SO WE WOULDN'T PRESENT SOMETHING TO YOU THAT DIDN'T PENCIL.
AGAIN, THE EXERCISE HERE WAS FOR US TO TRY TO KEEP IT AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE WHILE SHIFTING THINGS BASED ON THE COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK.
BUT WE'RE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS.
WE HAVE MADE SOME SHIFTS THAT WE'VE HAD TO MAKE.
NOTABLY, SHANNON CREEK WAS REDUCED, I BELIEVE WARREN PARK WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT FELL OUT OF THIS FIVE-YEAR WINDOW AS WELL, [OVERLAPPING]
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THESE WOULD BE THE PROJECTS WE NEED DIRECTION ON.>> I THINK ONE THING THAT I WOULD ALSO ADD TO, IS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO LOOK FOR LEVERAGING WHATEVER FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE COULD, REGARDLESS OF HOW LARGE OR SMALL PROJECTS WERE.
ONE THAT I WOULD SPEAK TO IS THE MASTER PLAN.
I DID SPEAK WITH MY FRIENDS IN THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THINKING THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY LEVERAGE FUNDING FROM OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES. I WAS CORRECTED.
[NOISE] MR. TAYLOR. WE'LL CONTINUE.
LOOK, BIG OR SMALL WE DO HAVE A ROYALTY FEES, GAS ROYALTY FEES.
WE NEED CHECK BALANCES AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT WE COULD DO TO TRY TO OFFSET SOME OF THESE THINGS.
BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN AS OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION AND OUR PARK MAINTENANCE FEES INCREASE OVER TIME, THERE WILL BE BUDGETS THAT WE CAN LOOK TO POTENTIALLY HELP LEVERAGE WITH SOME OF THESE THINGS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT NOTE.
>> I'VE GOT A FEW QUESTIONS OR STATEMENT.
THANK YOU, JEN, FOR BRINGING THIS BACK TO US.
IT'S VERY COMPLETE AND VERY ACCURATE WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.
I KNOW IT TOOK A LOT MORE TIME, BUT I AGREE WITH THE POSITION AND THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING RIGHT NOW.
DAILY LIKE DREDGING THE ONE END, BRINGING IT BACK DOWN TO $100,000 IS A VERY GOOD PLAN.
I AGREE WITH THAT. RESTROOMS AT, WHAT WAS THAT? NORTH VALLEY?
>> I AGREE WITH THAT. YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT RESTROOMS AND MAINTENANCE OWNED RESTAURANTS.
AFTER READING THE MASTER PLAN FROM 2019, 2020, IT DOES STATE IN THERE THAT THE CITY SHOULD CONSIDER WHAT TYPE OF AMENITIES WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AT TRAILHEAD LOCATION? THAT IS A TRAIL HEAD.
AT MINIMUM, IT SHOULD INCLUDE RESTROOMS, DRINKING FOUNTAIN SIGNAGE, PARKING AND SEATING, AND IT GOES ON TO MENTION, OH, VALLEY NORTH.
AFTER READING THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, I AGREE WITH PUTTING A RESTROOM AT THAT LOCATION.
I KNOW BEFORE I WAS AGAINST RESTROOMS, I STILL AM AS FAR AS THE MAINTENANCE.
IS THERE ANY WAY MAYBE AN ISSA CERTIFIED COMPANY COULD CONTRACT TO DO SOME OF THE OUTLYING LOCATIONS, KEEPING THE REVENUE LOCATIONS UNDER OUR CONTROL.
THE LOCATIONS, THE BALL FIELDS THAT WE MAKE MONEY ALL WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONTROL THEM, BUT SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET OR LATER THIS YEAR.
IS THAT WE COULD BRING IN MAYBE AN ISSA CERTIFIED COMPANY TO DO SOME OF THE OUTLYING LOCATIONS AND THAT WOULD FREE UP SOME OF YOUR EMPLOYEES TO DO OTHER MAINTENANCE ITEMS?
>> WE CAN ABSOLUTELY LOOK INTO THAT.
>> A FEW OTHER THINGS IS HIDDEN CREEK SPORTS COMPLEX?
>> I KNOW IN 2017 THERE WAS A LETTER WRITTEN THAT CLOSE THE COMPLEX BY THE CITY.
I HAVE A COPY OF THE LETTER AND THEN THAT'S NEXT MONTH.
THE CITY COUNCIL MET AND DECIDED NOT TO CLOSE IT, TO LEAVE IT OPEN SO THAT THE COUNCIL COULD RE-EVALUATE THE SITUATION.
AT THAT TIME, I THINK DAN AND RONNIE WERE INVOLVED IN THIS, SO THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
THEY WERE NEEDING $5 MILLION TO RENOVATE [NOISE] FIELDS.
THE QUESTION WAS BROUGHT UP BECAUSE WE RENOVATE ONE INSTEAD OF ALL OF THEM, BUT EVERYTHING THERE NEEDS TO BE RENOVATED, THE RESTROOMS, THE PARKING LOT, AND IT'S STILL IN BAD SHAPE.
HAVE WE MAKE AN ANY REVENUE OFF OF THAT BALL FIELD NOW?
>> NOT CURRENTLY. WE HAVE MOVED ANY OFFICIAL LEAGUE PLAY TO CHOOSEN HALL, SO THAT IS JUST A PRACTICE OR PICKUP GAME SPACE BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SITE.
>> NOT TO HOLD YOU TO A NUMBER, BUT WHAT IS IT COSTING US EVERY YEAR TO MAINTAIN THAT LOCATION?
>> I WOULD NEED TO PULL THAT OUT OF THE CHOSEN HALL TOTAL BECAUSE ALL OF OUR ATHLETICS OR IN ONE BUDGET, SO I WOULD NEED TO PULL THAT PERCENTAGE OUT.
>> FOR THAT REASON, I'D LIKE TO ESCALATE THE HIDDEN CREEK TO 2025 AT LEAST.
I KNOW 2024 WOULD BE KIND OF RIDICULOUS AS FAR AS THE BUDGET TO PULL IT IN THAT WAY.
BUT 2025 TO REEVALUATE IT NEXT YEAR AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY PARK.
I'D LIKE TO PULL THAT INTO 2025 ALSO, IF WE COULD.
I THINK WE'RE GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND MAINTENANCE NOW.
I THINK WE'RE GETTING THAT TAKEN CARE OF.
I THINK IT'S TIME TO, IN THE FUTURE, START LOOKING INTO SOME NEW PARTS LIKE THE COMMUNITY BAR.
>> WITH THAT, WE COULD USE THE EXISTING FUNDS FOR THE DESIGN OF HIDDEN CREEK TO START THAT MASTER PLANNING CONVERSATION THIS YEAR FOR BOTH OF THOSE SITES WHICH WOULD MOVE THE FULL DESIGN NEXT YEAR AND CONSTRUCTION POTENTIALLY IN '26 OR '27,
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IF THAT'S COUNCIL'S DIRECTION.AS FAR AS THE $100,000 FOR THE NEW FIVE-YEAR PARKS MASTER PLAN.
I KNOW WE NEED THAT FOR ACCREDITATION.
ARE WE BEEN ACCREDITED WITH CAPRA?
>> THEY HAVE 37 FUNDAMENTALS AND 114 NON-FUNDAMENTAL.
>> HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR TOTAL, AND YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE 85% OF THE 114. WHERE ARE WE AT?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WE JUST STARTED THIS EXERCISE INTERNALLY, WHICH WAS WHAT MADE US ENSURE THAT WE STARTED DATING OUR ADA TRANSITION PLAN. THANK YOU, MATT.
OUR MARKETING PLAN, OUR RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN, EVERYTHING SO THE OF THOSE 151 STANDARDS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF BEST PRACTICES THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING OFFICIAL POLICIES TO YOU OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
WHICH IS REALLY HOW THAT MASTER PLAN IS A CATALYST FOR ALL OF THAT BECAUSE IT OUTLINES ALL OF THOSE ORDINANCES THAT WE NEED TO UPDATE, ALL OF THOSE BEST PRACTICES THAT REALLY NEED TO BECOME POLICY, ALL OF THOSE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, ANY GAPS IN INTERNAL SURFACES SO WHEN WE WORK WITH PDE ON SEP TED PROJECTS, WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT ALL FORMALIZED.
WHILE WE WORK REALLY GREAT RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT ON PAPER AND THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO START WITH THAT MASTER PLAN TO REALLY FULLY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
>> IN THE FUTURE GOING FORWARD, ONCE WE GET THE NEW MASTER PLAN, IF THAT'S THE COUNCIL'S DESIRE OR IF WE CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE OLD ONE, COULD WE BE PRESENTED WHERE WE'RE AT?
>> AS BEING CERTIFIED? THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE NEED TO GO WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO OUR DECISIONS. [OVERLAPPING]
>> YOU CAN PIGGYBACK ON COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT, BECAUSE I TOO AGREE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE SOFTBALL FIELDS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF HOW LONG WE'VE KICKED THAT CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND ALLOWING IT TO BE IN COMPLETE DISREPAIR, BUT PEOPLE ARE ON IT AND IT'S UTILIZED FOR PRACTICE FOR PICKUP GAMES BECAUSE THE SPORT IS POPULAR IN THIS COMMUNITY AND IT HAS QUITE THE FOLLOWING.
I THINK WE OWE IT TO THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S OVERWHELMING POPULATION THAT SUPPORTS IT TO FIND SOME SOLUTIONS TO THAT.
I THINK BECAUSE OF IT BUTTING UP AGAINST WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THE COMMUNITY PART POTENTIALLY, I THINK THAT THEY KIND OF GO.
IT WOULD DO WELL TO DO THEM SIMULTANEOUSLY BECAUSE ONE COULD HELP THE OTHER.
DEPENDING ON WHAT I REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT THINGS ARE WE, ARE THEY WANTING TO SEE? BECAUSE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WE HAVEN'T BUILT A NEW PARK IN A REALLY LONG TIME AND SO WE CAN WE CAN ADDRESS THE AREAS THAT ARE POPULAR, THAT AREAS THAT WERE LACKING.
I REMEMBER MAYBE A YEAR OR SO AGO WE TALKED ABOUT AN INVENTORY NOT JUST OF WHAT WE HAVE, BUT SURROUNDING LIKE SO MANY WITHIN SO MANY MILES THAT THIS EXIST OR THAT EXIST AND I'M SURE THAT WILL BE A PART OF THIS, OF WHAT CAN DO WELL HERE.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT DO OUR CITIZENS ENJOY AND WHAT WOULD THEY LIKE TO SEE AND I THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THAT.
I TO WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT MOVED UP.
I KNOW 24 WOULD BE LOFTY, BUT KNOWING THAT IT'S COMING UP WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR JUST BECAUSE THERE'S CRACKS OUT AT HIDDEN CREEK THAT YOU CAN BASICALLY SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EARTH AND TEAR.
IT'S A DICE OR IT'S NOT A SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS TO LEAVE IT IN THE STATE THAT IT'S IN.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT MOVED UP AND AS WELL, I HOPE OUR COLLEAGUES WOULD BE AMENABLE TO THAT.
I HAVE HEARTBURN ABOUT PARTIES, BUT I HAVE LITTLE CHILDREN AND WE USE THEM AND I WANT THEM TO BE AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR THEM, AS YOU SAID, ESPECIALLY AT A TRAIL HEAD.
I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT BROUGHT IN THAT AS PART OF THAT MASTER PLANKS.
CONSIDERING TRAIL HEADS WHEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ON THE BIKES, THEY HAVE A PIT STOP.
THEY IT'D BE GREAT TO BE PAIRED WITH A BIKE REPAIR STATION AND THOSE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE THAT ARE UTILIZING THOSE TRIALS, THEY CAN'T NECESSARILY JOT THAT COMB.
WHILE THAT'S MY NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S EVERYBODY'S NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AND SO I RECOGNIZE THAT THAT'S AN ASSET, BUT I TRULY APPRECIATE THE IDEA OF ENTERTAINING KNOW WHAT OPTIONS MAY BE AVAILABLE, SO THAT WE'RE FOCUSING OUR RESOURCES WHERE THEY CAN BEST BE USED AS FAR AS STAFF TIME AND MONEY,
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AND THEN POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT OUTSOURCING SOME OF THOSE OUTLYING ONES.I APPRECIATE THAT AND I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF THE RESTROOMS. AS PART OF THAT, LOOKING AT OTHER PARKS THAT LIKE YOU SAID, IF IT'S PART OF OUR TRAIL SYSTEM, WHAT'S AVAILABLE, WHAT'S AROUND, AND DETERMINING WHAT PARKS.
IF THE REAL ESTATE IS THERE ARE APPROPRIATE FOR ADDITIONAL RESTROOM ADDITIONS, EVEN THOUGH I JUST HATE THAT THEY DON'T GET TAKEN CARE OF AND THAT THEY END UP BEING THINGS THAT THEY WERE NEVER MEANT TO LIKE GOING TO THEY THEN THE SINKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT WHEN I HAVE A LITTLE ONE THAT REALLY WANTS TO GO AND YOU STEP INSIDE YOUR LIKE NEVER MIND, I DON'T WANT MY LITTLE ONE TO GO THERE.
I WOULD RATHER YOU ALMOST HAVE AN ACCIDENT TRYING TO GET HOME THEN UTILIZE THAT.
I JUST I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT OTHER THAN HOPE THAT PEOPLE TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER TO THE COMMUNITY AND TAKE CARE OF IT.
I THINK A MASTER PLAN IS IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE ONE, BUT THIS COMMUNITY HAS CHANGED A LOT AND RATHER THAN JUST FLYING BY THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS AND SAYING, THIS SOUNDS GOOD TO ME RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WE NEED A PLAN AND THAT HELPS US INCORPORATE ALL THINGS THAT ARE.
LET'S LOOK AT A WISH-LIST AND NARROW IT DOWN, AND WHAT MAKES SENSE AND WHAT BOXES ARE WE NOT CHECKING AND WHAT CAN WE CHECK IF WE LONG-TERM PLAN APPROPRIATELY AND IT ENSURES THAT OUR FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT WISELY AND WE HAVE A DOCUMENT TO FALL BACK ON TO SAY, YES, WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THIS OR MAYBE THIS DOESN'T FIT IN THE PLAN, BUT I THINK IT'S TIME TO REEVALUATE.
WE'VE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF REFURBISHING PARKS AND BRINGING, CLEANING UP THE THINGS THAT WE DO HAVE.
I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT'S REMAINING OUT THERE, WHAT POSSIBILITIES ARE THERE AND I THINK A MASTER PLAN WOULD HELP US ACCOMPLISH THAT.
>> SINCE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME SIDE, I GUESS, ABOUT THE RESTROOMS, IF WE CAN LET THE THE TRAILHEAD AT OAK VALLEY JUST BE LIKE THE TESTER, BUILD IT AND SEE HOW THAT SEE IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, BUILDING ADDITIONAL RESTROOMS AND THEN GO FROM THERE AND I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD IDEA.
THEN AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY PARK AND THE SOFTBALL RELOCATION, IF WE COULD UTILIZE OR LOOK AT ADDITIONAL ARE ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF FUNDING ON THAT DEPENDING ON THE USE OF THAT PROJECT, MAYBE THERE'S SOME FOR $1 OR SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT FOR THE OVERALL DESIGN OF THE WHOLE THING.
WHO KNOWS SO LET'S LOOK AT THAT. FOR DAN.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO COMMENT ON FOR $8.
[LAUGHTER] I AGREE WITH THE MASTER PLAN AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE COMMUNITY PART I AGREE WITH LARRY, THAT DOES NOT NEED TO BE PUSHED BACK, IT NEEDS TO BE PULLED FORWARD.
I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE EFFORT OF TRYING TO SOLVE THE LONGSTANDING SOFTBALL FIELD DILEMMA THAT WE'VE HAD.
ON THE GRAND SCALE, I'M AGREEING WITH LARRY ABOUT THAT THAT THOSE PROJECTS NEED TO STAY ON THE FRONT BURNER IF WE POSSIBLY CAN.
I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR YEARS TO GET PAVING FOR THE SCOTT STREET TRAIL HEAD.
I DON'T WANT TO BACK-OFF THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
IT'S GETTING USED FOR PARKING LOT ANYWAY, EXCEPT IT'S BEING TRACKED OUT MUD ALL UP AND DOWN THE STREETS.
BUT THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS THERE THAT MAY BE A DIFFICULT BILL FOR A RESTROOM BECAUSE IT'S ALL IN THE FLOODPLAIN AND I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK.
I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE PROSPECT OF GETTING A PARKING LOT BUILT BECAUSE WE BUILT PARKING LOT AND FLOODPLAIN, BUT WE CAN'T REALLY BUILD A RESTAURANT AND THE FLOODPLAIN.
SECONDARILY, IF THE OAK VALLEY PARK WINDS UP GETTING A RESTROOM FACILITY BUILT, THEN YOU SORT OF ANSWERED THE NEED FOR HAVING RESTAURANT SERVICES ON THE TRAIL SECTION, PEOPLE WALKING OR BIKING.
IT'S NOT THAT LONG A TRAIL, IT'S THREE MILES. YOU CAN HOLD IT.
I DON'T WANT TO BE GRAPHIC HERE, BUT BASICALLY I THINK THAT WOULD BE OVERKILLING.
PLUS I THINK IT WOULD GET USED A LOT BY THE SPORTS TEAMS THAT CONTINUALLY PRACTICE ON THE FIELDS THERE THAT I BELIEVE ARE OWNED BY OPEN-DOOR CHURCH, I GUESS.
>> I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING A SERVICE FOR SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE PROVIDING A SERVICE FOR, FOR PRIVATE USE OF ANOTHER GROUP, NOT NECESSARILY FOR OUR OWN CITIZENS.
GIVEN THE FACT THAT THAT AREA IS KIND OF RIGHT BY THE HIGHWAY AND
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SUBJECT TO INHABITANTS BY PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO INHABIT, I FEEL LIKE THE RESTAURANTS CAN BE A TOUGH IDEA FOR RIGHT THERE.I DON'T WANT TO HOLD OFF BUILDING THE PARKING LOT, BUT THERE'S ONE PLACE WHERE I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TRY TO CONSTRUCT A RESTROOM.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO STILL SEE WATER FOUNTAIN AND BIKE REPAIR THERE?
>> WATER FOUNTAIN AND BIKE REPAIR STATION?
>> THE BIKE REPAIR STATIONS ARE COOL.
I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY USE ONE.
IT'S A NEAT LITTLE FACILITY, I KNOW IT.
IT'S GOING TO BE REAL POPULAR.
I'M GLAD TO SAY EFFECT. I GOT SOME CITIZEN COMMENTS ON THAT TOO.
I JUST HAPPEN TO BE A BACKUP THEIR OWN IT SO I COULD ADJUST AN IRREGULAR ON THE BACK OF MY BIKE AND SOMEBODY SAID, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S FOR.
A WEEK PROBABLY YOU'D KNOW THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR AND IT WORKS REALLY, REALLY WELL.
>> COMMENT ON WATER FOUND THIS SUMMER.
I COULD COOK BEANS IN THE WATER THAT CAME OUT OF THE FOUNTAIN THAT'S RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF MY SHOP THERE.
THE ONE THAT WE BUILT A WHILE BACK AND IT HAD A FOUNTAIN THERE, BUT THE WATER IS SIMPLY UNDRINKABLE.
IT'S TURNED OFF IN THE WINTERTIME FOR FREEZING.
WHEN IT'S 100 DEGREE DAYS, THE WATER IS NOT USABLE.
I HAD HOPED SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE THAT WE COULD HAVE WATER FACILITIES FOR OUR PARKS, BUT MORE ON THE ORDER OF THE BOTTLE FILLER THINGS THAT YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE.
A LOT OF PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUST HOLD THEIR WATER BOTTLE UP AND GET IT FILLED BACKUP.
IT'S MUCH HANDIER THAN JUST A BEND OVER DRINKING FOUNTAIN LIKE YOU HAVE ON A KID'S PLAYGROUND.
WHEN YOU'RE ON A TRAIL, YOU'RE NOT REALLY EXPECTING TO FIND [OVERLAPPING].
>> WE CAN ABSOLUTELY EXPLORE THAT CHITIN THEY HAVE THE DUAL PURPOSE.
>> PROBLEM IS I THINK IT WOULD REQUIRE REFRIGERATION, WHICH REQUIRES ELECTRICITY, WHICH REQUIRES WATER FILTRATION AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE COMPLICATED, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A VERY, VERY NICE AMENITY WHEN CONNECTED WITH THE TRAIL SYSTEMS.
>> JUST MY COMMENTS ON THE TRAIL.
I AM A MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK USER OF ALL OF OUR TRIALS.
>> ANOTHER SALES POINT FOR THE RESTAURANT AND SOMETHING I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT.
WORKING IN THE RAILROAD INDUSTRY WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS PRIVILEGE.
BUT BEING A CITY EMPLOYEE, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS DEPARTMENT WITH RESTROOMS SHOTGUN DOWN AROUND THE CITY.
IT SAVES A LOT OF TIME AND THEN HAVING TO RUN ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE SHOP AND THEN BACK TO THE WORK ZONE.
IT'S GOING TO FIT THE DEPARTMENTS TOO.
>> I'LL PLUG FOR GRANDPARENTS.
WHEN WE HAVE THE GRANDCHILDREN OVER HERE, WE ONLY GO TO THE PARKS THAT HAVE RESTROOMS. I GUARANTEE YOU I'LL MAKE SURE THAT PARKS THAT WE GO TO HAVE A RESTROOM AND THEY'RE USED.
>> I'M ON BOARD WITH THE DIRECTION WE'RE HEADED.
I'M GLAD WE MENTIONED THE FACT THAT THE OLD SAW BULK BILL IS A MONEY PIT.
IF WE WERE TRYING TO GO IN AND REDO THAT, WE FOUND THAT OUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT [INAUDIBLE] I HAVE NOT SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS, BUT OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.
WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU REDO IT? NOT MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT.
HAVE A NICE ONE OUT THERE WHERE PEOPLE WILL ENJOY COMING NO MATTER WHERE THAT MIGHT END UP BEING LOCATED, BUT NOT THE THING WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
>> I THINK YOU'VE CREATED THIS PROBLEM, JEN.
EVERY TIME YOU GO FIX UP A PARK, IT STARTS GETTING USED MORE.
YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB ON THIS STEP.
THE WANTED OAK VALLEY, IT CONSTANTLY HAS PEOPLE OUT THERE NOW OR BEFORE THE RENOVATION YOU DID ON IT.
I'M ON BOARD WITH EVERYBODY ELSE ON THIS.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU KUDOS ON WHAT YOU DO.
YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THE ONLY THING I HAVEN'T HEARD OF SHANNON CREEK SCOPE.
>> I FELT IT. I WAS GOING TO PUSH THAT BUTTON AND SAY I FAILED TO ADDRESS THAT ONE.
BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S A VERY APPROPRIATE PHASE 1.
ADDRESSING DRAINAGE IS ULTIMATE.
WE HAVE TO DO THAT AND WITH THAT THAN THE POND KIND OF COMES.
I THINK THAT THOSE ARE THE ELEMENTS THAT THAT NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY WILL BACK AND APPRECIATE.
IT CAN BE A PHASED APPROACH WHERE WHEN AND IF THE RESIDENTS THAT SURROUNDED AND THOSE THAT UTILIZE THAT PARK WANT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES,
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THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN REVISIT.BUT I THINK THE WAY YOU ALL HAVE LOOKED AT THIS INITIAL SCOPE, I THINK IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE AND WOULD BE APPRECIATED AND WELCOMED.
>> I GOT ONE MORE THING ABOUT SHANNON CREEK.
I LET YOU KNOW THAT ARE READ ALL 411 PAGES OF THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, THE ORIGINAL ONE.
IT SAYS IN THERE THAT SHANNON CREEK NATURE PRESERVE NOT PARK, WAS CLASSIFIED AS A SPECIAL USE, NOT A NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING PRESERVE.
WHAT YOU'VE SCALED IT DOWN TO AS EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS IN HERE, IT SHOULD BE.
>> ANYBODY ELSE? YOU GOT WHAT YOU NEED?
>> THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
[8. CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS]
THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 8, CITY COUNCIL REQUEST FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS.>> I DO HAVE ONE. LAST WEEK'S ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR MODIFICATIONS TO A STRUCTURE IN OLD TOWN LED ME TO WONDER WHAT ROLE ARE WE REALLY AWARE OF? WHAT ROLE THAT THE OLD TOWN STANDARD REVIEW COMMITTEE IS PLAYING IN THESE THINGS.
I WOULD LIKE TO BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL FOR A BRIEFING ON JUST WHAT THE PRESENT ROLE IS OF THE OLD TOWN STANDARDS REVIEW COMMITTEE AND LET THE COUNCIL CONSIDER AND DISCUSS AN EXPANDED ROLE WHERE MY SUGGESTION MIGHT BE THAT ANY STRUCTURE TO BE ERECTED IN THE OLD TOWN OVERLAY AREA WOULD NEED TO PASS THE HURDLE OF HAVING GONE THROUGH THE OLD TOWN STANDARDS REVIEW COMMITTEE WITH THE PARTICULAR EYE ON ARCHITECTURAL CONFORMANCE AND BLENDING OF THE STRUCTURE.
WE BASICALLY HAD NOTHING TO DRAW FROM IN THAT REGARD WHEN WE HAD THE ITEM PRESENTED TO US LAST MEETING.
WHICH LEFT US KIND OF FLOUNDERING WONDERING, WILL JUST WHAT REALLY IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE BUILT HERE.
I'D LIKE FOR THE COUNCIL TO GET THROUGH TO MAKE A KIND OF A POLICY REVIEW OF WHERE THAT COMMITTEE AND UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES IT'S BROUGHT IN AND SO FORTH.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
[9. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 9 EXECUTIVE SESSION.WE DO HAVE A NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 551 IS THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RECONVENIENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL WORKROOM IN CITY HALL TO CONDUCT A CLOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS ANY ITEMS LISTED ON THE AGENDA, AS WELL AS PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071, 551.072 AND 551.087.
>> IS THERE A MOTION TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION?
>> [INAUDIBLE] SECOND BY VICTORIA, PLEASE VOTE.
AS UNANIMOUS WE'RE CONVENING AT 08:03.
IS THERE A MOTION TO RECONVENE? I GOT A MOTION BY DAN SECOND, BUT IRONICALLY VOTE.
IS UNANIMOUS AND WE'RE BACK IN SESSION AT 09:03.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE HAVE NO FURTHER ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.
IF I CAN HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO ADJOURN.
>> I GOT A MOTION FOR DAN, SECONDED BY ADAM, WE'RE OUT OF HERE 9:04
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