May 06, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting

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WE HAVE KEVIN WALKOWIAK.

THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE, ISN'T IT? OKAY.

I APPRECIATE IT. FROM THE BURLESON ADVENTIST CHURCH, YOU CAN SAY OUR INVOCATION.

WOULD EVERYBODY PLEASE STAND FOR OUR INVOCATION AND ALSO OUR PLEDGES? LET'S BOW OUR HEADS.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE TO COME INTO THIS PLACE TONIGHT TO DO BUSINESS.

WE WOULD NOT DARE WISH TO DO IT WITHOUT YOUR PRESENCE.

WE INVITE YOU HERE TO LEAD US, TO GUIDE US.

WE HAVE MUCH TO CELEBRATE AND TO BE THANKFUL FOR IN THIS CITY OF OURS.

AND AS THE DISCUSSIONS TAKE PLACE TONIGHT TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR HOMES, OUR SCHOOLS, OUR FAMILIES, OUR MUNICIPALITIES, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD LEAD AND GUIDE IN THE DISCUSSIONS THAT YOUR WILL WOULD BE DONE.

WE GIVE YOU ALL THE GLORY IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR, THE TEXAS FLAG I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE.

TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

[2.A. Proclamations]

THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 2 PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS.

2A IS PROCLAMATIONS.

WE HAVE THREE PROCLAMATIONS TONIGHT.

THE FIRST PROCLAMATION IS RECOGNIZING MAY 5TH THROUGH 11TH, 2024 AS PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK IN THE CITY OF BURLESON RECIPIENT IS THE CITY OF BURLESON EMPLOYEE EVENTS COMMITTEE.

NOW, THEREFORE. NOW THEREFORE, I, MAYOR CHRIS FLETCHER, ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF BURLESON, THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 5TH THROUGH 11, 2024 AS PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK IN THE CITY OF BURLESON.

DO WE WANT TO TAKE PICTURES NOW OR EVERYBODY MEET OR WHAT? THERE YOU GO. OKAY. GO AHEAD.

FEW WORDS, IF THAT'S OKAY, MAYOR.

AND THEN WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE IF THAT'S OKAY.

SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

CHERYL MARTHA JOHNNY, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

WONDERFUL TO MEET ALL OF YOU.

SECOND MEETING, BY THE WAY.

SO HOPEFULLY I'LL DO IT JUSTICE.

BUT IT IS MY EXTREME PLEASURE TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT AND EXPRESS HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT IN SHOWING GRATITUDE TO OUR EMPLOYEES DURING THIS WEEK PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK.

AS YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION IS A DEDICATED TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE CAN EXPRESS TO OUR EMPLOYEES HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THEM AND SAY THANK YOU.

WE HAVE SOME EVENTS SCHEDULED THIS WEEK TO DO JUST THAT.

AND TONIGHT WE DO HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF WHAT WE CALL OUR EMPLOYEES EVENTS COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US THIS WEEK.

SO I'LL DO SOME SHOUT OUTS REAL QUICK IF THAT'S OKAY.

WE HAVE WANDA BULLARD FROM HR SITTING IN THE BACK, SHELLY NICHOLS FROM HR AS WELL, TERRY LYNCH FROM HR, AND HEATHER HUGHES ALSO FROM HR. WE ALSO HAVE ERIC OSCARSON DEPUTY CITY MANAGER JAN LEE HUMPHREY.

HOPEFULLY I PRONOUNCED THAT CORRECTLY.

ALEX PHILLIPS AND JUSTIN SCHARNHORST, DO THEY DO THAT ONE JUSTICE JUSTIN? OKAY. YOU THINK WITH THE LAST NAME LIKE MARTHA JOHNNY I WOULD NEVER HAVE A PROBLEM, BUT THAT'S NOT TO BE THE CASE.

SO. BUT ANYWAY, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS EVENT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING OUR EMPLOYEES THIS WEEK.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

LET'S GO DOWN AND HAVE A PICTURE TAKEN, IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND.

MIC]

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YES SIR. I APPRECIATE THE PROCLAMATION AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME WE GET A CHANCE TO CELEBRATE, YOU KNOW, OUR GROUP, WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE.

SO THIS WEEK WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT FOOD TRUCKS, LOCAL FOOD TRUCKS THAT WILL BE OUT AT THE HIGH POINT BUSINESS PARK FOR THE INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES.

DOUGHBOY DONUTS, OLD SOUTH AND THE GRUMPS FOOD TRUCK THREE DAYS IN A ROW.

WE ALSO HAVE TOURS OF DIFFERENT FACILITIES THREE DAYS THIS WEEK AND THEN CULMINATING ON FRIDAY WITH A GET TOGETHER ON THE PATIO OF ALL THE JOHNSON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS AS WELL AS JUDGE BAKER WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING ALL WEEK.

ALL OF OUR INDUSTRY AND THEIR EMPLOYEES MAKING BURLESON HOME.

SO THANK YOU.

MAKE US LOOK GOOD.

[INAUDIBLE] IS A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MAY 2024 AS MENTAL HEALTH MONTH WITH MAY 7TH, 2024 AS MENTAL WELLNESS DAY IN THE CITY OF BURLESON.

RECIPIENT IS VERONICA SITES, BURLESON ROTARY CLUB.

NOW I'M RIGHT HERE. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING A WOUND THAT IS INVISIBLE TO MANY.

BUT IT IS ONE THAT AFFECTS THE COMMUNITY TREMENDOUSLY.

MENTAL HEALTH IS SOMETHING THAT REMAINS STIGMATIZED.

SO WE FOCUS ON MENTAL WELLNESS BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO LOSE THE ONE MIND THAT WE HAVE.

SO WE THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE FACT THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE, AS CITIZENS, CAN COME TOGETHER TO DO AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE ABOUT, BECAUSE WHEN IT TOUCHES ONE, IT RATTLES A COMMUNITY.

AND SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS DEFINITELY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN BURLESON AND JOHNSON COUNTY AT LARGE.

SO THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

[2.B. Presentations]

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RECEIVE A REPORT AND RECOGNIZE THE GRADUATING SENIORS ON THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL.

PRESENTER IS MAYCE BALL, MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL CHAIR, AND EMMA KORNEGAY, OUR MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL VICE CHAIR.

HELLO EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS MAYCE BALL AND I HAVE BEEN ON MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL FOR THREE YEARS, SO THIS YEAR I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SERVE AS THE CHAIRMAN.

AND THEN THE PAST TWO YEARS BEFORE THAT, I WAS THE VICE CHAIRMAN.

AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE MY THREE YEARS ON MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL, I'VE JUST LEARNED LIKE HOW THE CITY GOVERNMENT WORKS.

I LEARNED A LOT OF THAT WHENEVER I WENT ON MY FIRST TRIP WITH NYC TO WASHINGTON, D.C.

SO WE LEARNED, LIKE, HOW THE CITY GOVERNMENT WORKS, THE ELECTION PROCESS, WHICH IS DEFINITELY A LOT OF WORK.

SO THAT GAVE ME LIKE A WHOLE NEW RESPECT FOR ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS.

AND THEN DC WAS REALLY COOL BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAD LIKE OUR OWN MOCK CITY ELECTIONS.

SO THAT WAS SOMETHING REALLY FUN WE GOT TO DO.

AND THEN I ALSO GOT TO GO TO ATLANTA THIS PAST YEAR FOR AN NLC EVENT.

AND THAT ONE WAS KIND OF DIFFERENT FROM D.C..

D.C. FOCUSED ON MORE LIKE HOW THE CITY GOVERNMENT IS RUN AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

IN ATLANTA, WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HOW TO GET PEOPLE OUR AGE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT CITIES JUST ALL ACROSS THE NATION ARE KIND OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO BRAINSTORM AND JUST GIVE LIKE WHAT WE THOUGHT, AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER DIFFERENT STATES.

AND THAT WAS SOMETHING REALLY COOL.

WE ACTUALLY MET A FRIEND THERE THAT WE STILL TALKED TO.

SO THAT WAS REALLY FUN.

AND THEN SO ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS THAT I DID IN NYC, BESIDES THE TWO TRIPS IS I GOT TO DRESS UP AS ELSA FOR LIKE, WHAT WAS IT CALLED, THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY? YES, WE GOT TO DRESS UP AS ELSA AND OLAF AND THAT WAS JUST SO MUCH FUN.

WE GOT TO WALK AROUND AND JUST WE GOT TO JUST SEE HOW EXCITED THE KIDS WERE THAT, YOU KNOW, ELSA AND OLAF JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN BURLESON THAT DAY, SO THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

AND I AM DEFINITELY SO THANKFUL FOR MY THREE YEARS ON MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL.

I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH.

HELLO, MY NAME IS EMMA KORNEGAY.

I HAVE SERVED ON THE BURLESON MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL FOR TWO YEARS.

LAST YEAR I SERVED AS THE HISTORIAN FOR THE 20 2022 2023 TERM, AND THIS YEAR I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO AGAIN TO SERVE AS THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE 2023-2024 TERM.

WHILE I MAY NOT HAVE SPENT AS MUCH TIME ON THE COUNCIL AS MY PEERS, I'VE STILL LEARNED QUITE A BIT, SUCH AS HOW A CITY COUNCIL IS SUPPOSED TO BE RAN, AND HOW THE CITY IMPLEMENTS NEW PROJECTS AND HOW IT FUNCTIONS AS A WHOLE.

I'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO ATTEND BOTH NLC CONFERENCES.

THE ONE IN WASHINGTON, DC WHERE WE GOT TO HEAR FROM A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT MAYORS ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TELLING THEIR STORY AND HOW THEY GOT TO WHERE THEY WERE.

AND THEN AGAIN IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, WHERE WE WORKED, WHERE WE GOT TO LISTEN TO MAYORS WHO WORKED CLOSELY WITH STATE REPRESENTATIVES.

ATTENDING BOTH TRIPS HAS GIVEN ME A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW A CITY COUNCIL TRULY WORKS, AND JUST HOW MUCH EFFORT AND HARD WORK GOES INTO YOUR EVERYDAY LIVES.

WHILE BEING ON THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL, WHILE BEING ON THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL, ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS THAT WE DID WAS WE CREATED A PROJECT TO RAISE DONATIONS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

WE SPENT TIME FUNDRAISING AND FUNDRAISING AND PROMOTING RECEIVING SNACKS.

THAT WAY WE COULD GIVE THE SNACKS TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO WERE IN NEED OF THOSE.

OUR PROJECT ENDED UP BEING VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND I WISH MY WISH IS THAT IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT FEW YEARS WITH MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL, I CANNOT THANK I CANNOT THANK THE MAYOR AND MY PEERS ENOUGH FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU. I WANT TO DO A SHOUT OUT FOR THESE GIRLS.

EMMA AND MAYCE HAS BEEN THERE TO ALL THE MEETINGS.

THEY TAKE LEADERSHIP ROLES IN IT.

BUT ALSO I THANK VICTORIA FOR STEPPING UP AND AND DOING WHAT SHE DOES.

SO THE KIDS APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I KNOW AND I KNOW I DO TOO.

SO THANK YOU VICTORIA.

GOOD JOB GIRLS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. YOU BOTH DID FANTASTIC.

AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR YOUR IMPENDING GRADUATIONS.

AND THERE'S, I BELIEVE, 2 OR 3 MORE SENIORS THAT WERE GOING TO ROLL OFF THIS YEAR.

OH THERE'S TRAVIS. TRAVIS IS ONE OF OUR SENIORS AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU THREE FOR WHAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL.

IT'S BEEN SUCH A JOY WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU AND BEST WISHES IN YOUR FUTURE.

SO THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

TRAVIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING TO THE COUNCIL?

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HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN ON THE YOUTH COUNCIL? WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE THING THAT YOU EVER DID ON THE YOUTH COUNCIL? AND YOUR WHAT YOU JUST.

WHAT TRULY STOOD OUT TO YOU? I STARTED DOING THIS MAYBE.

WAS IT NOVEMBER? OCTOBER, MAYBE OF LAST YEAR, OF OCTOBER.

AND I'VE CAME TO MOST OF THE MEETINGS.

I'VE MISSED A FEW DUE TO WORK OR JUST OTHER REASONS, BUT I ENJOYED THE TIME HERE.

GETTING INVOLVED WITH COMMUNITY WAS A SPECIAL HONOR I WAS BLESSED WITH, AND I KNOW IT'S A LOTTERY SYSTEM, SO I REALLY GOT LUCKY BEING HERE.

AND I DO APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE.

I THOUGHT THESE THINGS STARTED AT 6:00, NOT 5:30, SO FORGIVE ME FOR THAT.

SADLY, I COULDN'T DO ANY OF THE VOLUNTEERING, BUT I KNOW WHAT THE STUDENTS AND THE STUDENTS HAVE DONE HERE WAS PRETTY MUCH A BLESSING, AND I'M GLAD TO BE A PART OF THIS. AND SADLY, I CAN'T BE ANY MORE.

AND THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO RECOGNIZE GAVIN AND ALEXA AS THE TWO OTHER MEMBERS THAT WILL BE FALLING OFF THIS YEAR.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT.

OKAY. NEXT IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT AND RECOGNIZE BURLESON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S CHIEF OF POLICE, BILLY CORDELL.

FOR ON 40 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

PRESENTER IS MAYOR FLETCHER.

I'M GOING TO READ THIS.

I WON'T GET IN TROUBLE THAT WAY.

ISN'T THAT RIGHT, CHIEF? TONIGHT WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF HONORING BILLY J.

CORDELL, OUR POLICE CHIEF.

OUR CHIEF OF POLICE.

CORDELL, A BEACON OF DEDICATION IS CELEBRATING HIS 40TH YEAR AS A CERTIFIED POLICE PEACE OFFICER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WE ARE PROUD AND DEEPLY INSPIRED BY HIS WORK OVER HIS CAREER, PARTICULARLY HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR BELOVED BURLESON.

BILLY EMBARKED ON HIS FULL TIME LAW ENFORCEMENT JOURNEY WITH THE CITY OF FORT WORTH IN 1985.

HIS DEDICATION AND HARD WORK PROPELLED HIM THROUGH THE RANKS OF DETECTIVE LIEUTENANT, CAPTAIN, DEPUTY CHIEF WHILE SERVING FORT WORTH.

IN 2014, BILLY WAS CHOSEN AS THE CITY OF BURLESON'S CHIEF OF POLICE, THE 10TH INDIVIDUAL TO HOLD THE ESTEEMED RANK IN THE CITY'S HISTORY.

DURING HIS TEN YEARS HERE AT BURLESON, BILLY HAS BEEN A DRIVING FORCE BETWEEN NUMEROUS STRATEGIC INITIATIVES THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED THE WORKING CONDITIONS FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE BURLESON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ENHANCED THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE CITIZENS OF BURLESON.

WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR HIS FORESIGHT AND DEDICATION.

HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING MOVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM THE OLD CITY ANNEX TO THE CURRENT LOCATION.

IN 2017, UPGRADED THE BEAT ALIGNMENT PLANNING FOR THE CITY'S FUTURE GROWTH, WHICH IS PHENOMENAL, ADDED CAPTAINS LIEUTENANTS TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE RANKS TO BETTER MANAGE THE CITY'S GROWTH NEEDS.

HE HAS BEEN VITAL IN THE 2022 BOND ELECTION, YIELDING A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY.

CHIEF WE'RE PROUD OF YOU.

[INAUDIBLE] EXCUSE ME.

SUCK IT UP.

START OVER. WORK YOU HAVE GIVEN US HERE IN BURLESON, TEXAS.

WE SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO THE SERVICE.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS TOGETHER.

IF THE COUNCIL WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE FRONT FOR A PICTURE WHERE WE'D LIKE TO DO A LITTLE MORE HONORING [INAUDIBLE].

KIM, YOU WANT TO COME UP TOO [APPLAUSE].

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PRESENTER IS RICKY RICK BAILEY, JOHNSON COUNTY COMMISSIONER, PRECINCT ONE.

THEY'RE GOING TO SAY MY MOTHER CALLS ME RICKY.

THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY ONE.

BUT WELL, IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE IN BURLESON.

I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE FOR FOR ALL THE PRESENTATIONS THAT I GOT TO WITNESS RESOLUTIONS AND SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO TO OUR FRIENDS HERE ON THE, ON THE COUNCIL THAT SEEK REELECTION. AND AND RONNIE, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE HERE.

I HEAR THAT YOU'RE GOING TO RETIRE AND GIVE IT UP.

SO, SO SO.

YES, SIR. YEAH. NOT SOON ENOUGH WELL, IT'S A IT'S A IT'S BEEN A IT'S BEEN A GOOD RIDE FOR YOU.

I KNOW IT HAS BURLESON HAS REALLY PROSPERED AS YOUR AS YOUR WORKS.

THANK YOU SIR, VERY MUCH.

YOU KNOW RELATIONSHIPS ARE, ARE BEGINNING AND AND IT'S, AND IT'S A GOOD TIME TO BE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE CITIES IN THIS, IN THIS COUNTY FINALLY.

BURLESON. AND IS CERTAINLY TAKING THE LEAD ON THAT WITH THE CHRIS FLETCHER IS A MAYOR HERE, HIS LEADERSHIP.

AND WE'VE WE FORMED A FRIENDSHIP AND A AND A BOND EARLY ON.

AND I'M AND I'M PROUD OF THAT.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S IT'S TRANSITIONING ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTY.

I'VE BEEN ON THIS COURT FOR 15 YEARS AND I HAVEN'T SEEN THE, THE, THE, THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT WE'RE MAKING NOW TO WHERE WE ALL HAVE THE COMMON GOAL.

AND WITH THE NEW LEADERSHIP, WITH JUDGE BAKER WE'VE INITIATED AND WORKING WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS, A MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN.

I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO GET ON TO REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION.

I'M SECRETARY CHAIR THERE NOW, SO I HAVE A GOOD RAPPORT WITH MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS THERE AND AND WITH MICHAEL MORRIS AND EVERYTHING.

WE CALL HIM MONEY, MIKE.

THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM IS MICHAEL MORRIS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID THERE'S THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS.

I, I JUST BROUGHT A FEW HANDOUTS.

I DIDN'T WANT TO COME UP HERE.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO SET THE MIC FOR THREE MINUTES.

I CAN GET A LITTLE A LITTLE WINDY HERE SOMETIME, BUT I BROUGHT YOU SOME.

IT'S IT'S COMPLETED PROJECTS.

THIS THIS THIS FORMAT THAT I BROUGHT YOU HERE TODAY WAS ACTUALLY FALL OF LAST YEAR.

AND AS AS I WAS PICKING THIS UP OVER AT THE COG LAST WEEK, THEY SAID, WELL, WE'LL HAVE YOU ANOTHER ONE NEXT TUESDAY.

I SAID, WELL, THAT'S GOING TO BE JUST A DAY LATE, BUT THERE'LL BE SOME, THERE'LL BE SOME, SOME AMENDMENTS TO SOME OF THIS AND SOME CHANGES, SOME, SOME, SOME THINGS THAT'LL BE ADDED TO IT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING SOME OF THAT TO LEAVE WITH YOU AND, AND SHARE WITH YOU JUST SOME OF THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING AT THE COG.

SO MANY DOLLARS THAT, THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED TO SEE COME INTO JOHNSON COUNTY IS, IS IS ON THE HORIZON. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT.

WE HAVE SOME MAJOR PROJECTS THAT THAT ARE NOT REALLY LISTED ON THIS, THE CHISHOLM TRAIL PARKWAY.

THAT'S AN NTTA PROJECT.

SO THAT'LL BE THERE.

THERE'S DISCUSSION THAT I BEGAN HAVING LAST WEEK REGARDING TOLL ROAD 360 WHERE IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN AGAIN.

AND SO, SO THE CONVERSATIONS ARE BEGINNING ON THAT THE CHISHOLM TRAIL TOLL ROAD WILL BE WIDENED TO FOUR LANE AND, AND THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE SPIN OFF FOR ALL OF US WITH, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER HAPPENS IN THIS COUNTY, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THIS WHOLE REGION, 14 COUNTIES REPRESENTED 12 THAT ARE PRETTY MUCH IN THE IN THE DAY TO DAY OF WHAT WE DECIDE ON WHERE DOLLARS GO AT THE COG.

WHATEVER HELPS THE REGION HELPS ALL OF US AND WHATEVER HELPS THE CITY OF BURLESON, THE CITY OF CLEBURNE, THE CITY OF JOSHUA, THE CITY OF ALVARADO, VENUS IT ALL

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SO THERE'S NUMEROUS PROJECTS PROPOSED.

EACH OF US COMMISSIONERS HAVE ENTERED OUR OUR THOUGHTS.

AND IN THE PROCESS, WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS ON THIS MASTER THOROUGHFARE FARE PLAN THAT WE'VE GOT PROPOSED WILL BE ON THE 27TH OF THIS MONTH.

WE'LL HAVE OUR NEXT HEARING WITH ALL OF THOSE GUYS TO GIVE US AN IDEA.

AND WHAT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A LITTLE BIT HERE IS, IS IS IS MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLANS AND THE CITY'S MASTER THOROUGHFARE, PLAN CONNECTABILITY.

WITH WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THIS STUDY, I'VE ASKED THE COURT TO TO JUST START CONSIDERING WHAT THOSE DOLLARS LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO THE PUBLIC, PROPERTY TAXES AND ALL OF THOSE ISSUES THAT WE ALL ARE FACING.

THE MINUTE YOU MENTION THE WORD BOND, IT THROWS UP A RED FLAG.

I WANT TO TELL YOU ALL HERE THAT IN THE PROPOSAL FOR TRANSPORTATION BOND.

WHAT WE ALL DECIDE ON, THAT WILL BE A 10% MATCH.

90% OF THOSE DOLLARS, IF WE ARE INDEED AWARDED SOMETHING WILL COME FROM, FROM FROM THE STATE OR FEDERAL DOLLARS.

SO SO THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO ENTER INTO.

WE'RE GOING TO GET WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS ON THE 27TH TO LOOK AT A MASTER PLAN THAT THEY HAVE PROPOSED OUT OF THE, THE, THE WHAT WE PUT INTO IT.

AND THEN THAT WILL HAVE SOME SORT OF A PRICE TAG TO START, YOU KNOW, AND SHOVEL READY PROJECTS ARE WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR TO COUNCIL GOVERNMENTS.

SO SO WHATEVER YOUR THOROUGHFARE PLANS, I'M SURE FREESE AND NICHOLS HAS REACHED OUT WITH WITH WITH YOU FOLKS, JUST AS THEY HAVE THE REST OF THE CITIES TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

OUR ISSUE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA ARE MUD DISTRICTS THE STATE PERMITS THAT.

AND BASICALLY THE COUNTY HAS NO SAY IN IT.

BUT IF WE CAN GET A THOROUGHFARE PLAN IN ORDER TO WHERE WE HAVE A DESIGNATED RIGHT OF WAY FOR FUTURE GROWTH, WE CAN PERHAPS STOP SOME OF THAT.

SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET A LOT OF HELP AT THE STATE ON A LOT OF THESE ISSUES.

OUR, OUR, OUR PERMITTING AUTHORITY IS PRETTY LIMITED.

ALMOST NONE ON A LOT OF ON A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ON.

AND REAL QUICK, THERE'S THERE'S AN AD HERE OR A PUBLICATION HERE.

THE COUNTY PROGRESS MAGAZINE IS A MAGAZINE THAT'S DESIGNED FOR COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, AND IT'S DISTRIBUTED TO ALL LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL REPS ACROSS THE STATE. AND WHAT WE NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT AT THE COG AND THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, WE WE WE COVER MANY THINGS.

YOU THINK ALL TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS GO DIRECTLY TO THE HIGHWAYS? WILL THEY GO TO PARKING GARAGES? THEY GO TO SIGNAGE. THEY GO TO SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.

IT'S A CHANGING WORLD.

AND I'M WATCHING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT GO TOWARDS AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE LANES OR TOWARDS CHARGING STATIONS OR TOWARDS SIGNAGE.

AND IT'S COMING REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU LIKE OR DON'T LIKE ABOUT IT.

THAT IS THAT IS A REALITY.

THE TRANSIT SYSTEM, THE, THE, THE GRANT MONEY THAT'S COMING TOWARD THE TRANSIT SYSTEM, ALL OF THOSE DOLLARS ARE FOR ZERO EMISSION.

SO SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS.

WHAT I'M WHAT I'M PROPOSE TO THE TO MY ESD HERE IN JOHNSON COUNTY AND TO THE BOARD.

AND WE JUST STARTING THE DISCUSSION AND THE FIRE CHIEFS HERE AND EVERYONE THAT'S INVOLVED WITH FIREFIGHTING.

I'M, I'M REALLY LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON WHAT THE COST WILL BE AND WHAT THE NEEDS WILL BE FOR, FOR NOT ONLY OUR CITY FIRE DEPARTMENTS, BUT OUR 70% ACROSS THE STATE OF VOLUNTEER FIREMEN IN REGARDS TO LITHIUM FIRES.

SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE UNDERTAKING.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THOSE DOLLARS LOOK LIKE AND GO TO GO TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR GO TO THE COG TO, TO TRY TO TO TO GET RESOURCES SO THAT WE CAN PROTECT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHATEVER CAPACITY.

WE KNOW THAT THAT THIS IS COMING.

SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE ARE DOING AT THE COG THAT I'M INVOLVED WITH.

I, I'M NOT I DON'T LIKE USING THE WORD I NOBODY GETS ANYTHING DONE BY THEMSELVES, IT TAKES A COMMITTEE JUST LIKE JUST LIKE IT DOES IN HERE.

BUT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ARE ON THE HORIZON, AND A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ARE OF THAT ARE GOING TO BE TOWARDS JOHNSON COUNTY BURLESON.

AND, AND AND THIS CONNECTABILITY IS 35 THIS TOLL ROAD THIS LOOP THAT WE'RE PROPOSING WITH THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN, NOT TO MENTION JUST CONGESTED AREAS ON THIS, ON THIS HANDOUT HERE, THERE'S, THERE'S THERE'S ALREADY SOME THAT'S IN THE WORKS HERE THAT ARE ABOUT COMPLETED SIGNAGE PROJECTS AND SOME OF THAT.

BUT BUT I JUST WANTED TO COME HERE TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE.

I, I TAKE WHAT WE DO AT THE COG VERY SERIOUSLY.

I DO WANT TO SEE SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS FLOW THIS WAY.

THEY'VE BEEN GOING NORTH FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WITH THE VOTING MEMBERS THAT ARE ON THOSE BOARDS THEY CAN CONTROL A LOT OF THOSE DOLLARS.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS PARTNERSHIP, THIS PLAN, THIS MASTER PLAN FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY THAT WE THAT WE GET THOSE DOLLARS THAT THAT COULD BE

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BUT WE NEED TO SEE SOME OF THOSE HERE.

AND I'M GOING TO JUST STOP THERE.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY, ANY THING THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO DISCUSS.

IF I DON'T KNOW, I'LL CERTAINLY TRY TO FIND OUT AN ANSWER FOR YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? THE RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS SHOWING UP ON SOME OF THE MAJOR GROUPS, LIKE THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL.

AND WE'RE DOUBLING UP.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET JUDGE BAKER ON THE COG WITH VICTORIA ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD.

THIS IS HUGE. WE'VE BEEN QUIET FOR SO LONG AND IT'S JUST TIME TO STEP UP.

BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, IN FACT, WITH THE CASE OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR JUDGE BAKER, WE'RE PUTTING PACKETS TOGETHER OF MAYORS, COMMISSIONERS ASKING HIM TO BE ON THAT, THAT COUNCIL.

WE HAVE MAYORS IN FORT WORTH THAT'S SIGNING UP.

PEOPLE IN THE KNOW THAT SIGNING UP.

SO OUR VOICE IS GETTING HEARD.

BUT I GOT TO SAY ONE THING ABOUT COMMISSIONER BAILEY HERE.

HE SPENDS A LOT OF TIME IN AUSTIN BUSTING HEADS WITH THESE GUYS AND HE STANDS UP FOR IT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HELP HIM SOME WAY OR ANOTHER.

WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU.

WILL THE THE THE CENSUS NUMBERS ON THIS IS 2020 SHOWED A 1% EXPECTED GROWTH.

WE'RE FAR EXCEEDING THAT IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THIS COUNTY.

IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE COUNTY HAS APPROVED OVER 26,000 PLATS.

AND THOSE ARE NOT JUST SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

SO THOSE NUMBERS THAT ARE REFLECTED HERE ARE ARE CERTAINLY PROBABLY HALF THE EQUATION BASED ON THE 2045.

THIS IS REFLECTED 2045.

AS I SAID THIS IS FALSE NUMBERS.

THE NEW NUMBERS WILL BE COMING OUT, BUT WE'RE ON A FOUR YEAR SCHEDULE.

SO THE NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE WHAT 2050 LOOKS LIKE AS OPPOSED TO 2045 ON REFLECTION OF NUMBERS.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT.

ANTICIPATION IS 350,000 LIVING IN JOHNSON COUNTY BY 2050.

SO THAT'S THAT'S HUGE.

AND IN IN THE SENSE OF MOBILITY, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT ALL THIS, THIS TRAFFIC, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO.

AND THERE'S ALSO IN THE IN THE PACKET OF PROPOSAL FOR THE TRINITY RAIL IS LOOKING AT PUTTING A RAIL SPUR ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH BURLESON AND ON DOWN TO CLEBURNE AS WELL IN THE FUTURE. SO THERE'S, THERE'S MANY, MANY THINGS AHEAD THAT WE ALL HAVE TO ENGAGE AND BE A PART OF.

AND THOSE MY MY NOMINATION ALSO WENT FOR JUDGE BAKER TO SERVE ON THAT, ON THAT EXECUTIVE BOARD.

AND I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO GOOD THINGS HAPPENING.

AND AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS COURT'S BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL FACILITY.

AND YOU GUYS BEST OF LUCK TO YOU.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU THAT JUST GOT REELECTED.

LET'S GO. LET'S MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

COMMISSIONER, I JUST WANT TO ADD JUST HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR PRESENCE ON THE RTC BOARD.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WE HAVE IN ORDER TO BE A PART OF THESE DISCUSSIONS, WE HAVE TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.

AND SO WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE SITTING THERE FOR US AND REPRESENTING JOHNSON COUNTY AND BEING AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES.

YOU CAN'T JUST BE A SEAT HOLDER NEVER BEEN ACCUSED OF BEING A POTTED PLANT.

NO POTTED PLANTS HERE.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY APPRECIATE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR FOR PUSHING FORWARD ON THIS MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN.

AS YOU'VE MENTIONED, THERE ARE SO MUCH GROWTH HERE.

BUT IF WE DON'T START WORKING TOGETHER AS A COUNTY, ALL OF OUR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS BEING ON THE SAME PAGE BECAUSE WE BUTT UP WHATEVER EFFECTS BURLESON DOESN'T JUST STAY WITHIN THE FOUR WALLS OF BURLESON.

IT AFFECTS JOSHUA, IT AFFECTS KEENE, IT AFFECTS GODLEY.

BUT IF WE'RE ALL THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE COUNTY UNITED AND USING THE SAME DOCUMENTS AND KNOWING WHAT PLANS EACH COMMUNITY HAS, AND THE COUNTY ALSO TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE OUTLETS, THESE FEEDER ROADS, THESE RELIEVER ROADS, THEN WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF MOVING TRAFFIC ALL THROUGHOUT BURLESON.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND GOOD LUCK WITH THE DISCUSSIONS.

IT'S MY INTENTION TO ATTEND THAT THAT COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING.

SO THANKS FOR FOR ALL WELCOME.

YEAH ALL ARE WELCOME. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? ALL IN.

ALL DONE OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOOD JOB. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT [APPLAUSE]. SO THAT WILL BRING US TO ITEM 2C

[2.C. Community Interest Items]

SORRY. I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A LITTLE BIT OF A LIST.

I WANT TO CIRCLE BACK BECAUSE I WAS SICK LAST MEETING, I APOLOGIZE.

BUT THE ECLIPSE, SINCE I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT IT, WAS PRETTY COOL FOR H OPEFULLY EVERYBODY GOT TO SEE IT.

BUT I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE PARKS BURLESON PARKS.

AND EXPLORE BURLESON BURLESON LIBRARY, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND OUR CITIZENS ON PATROL.

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ROUGHLY THERE ABOUT SOME PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN, OUT OF THE COUNTRY, CAME TO BURLESON TO VISIT, TO SEE THIS, SEE THIS THING.

AND AND I LOVE THE DJ DJ TAY, HE ACTUALLY INTERACTED WITH THE KIDS AND JUST HAD A GREAT TIME.

AND THEN, AND THEN WHEN THE EVENT ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE, BECAUSE THE CLOUDS PARTED JUST ENOUGH, IT WAS COMPLETE SILENCE FOR THE THREE MINUTES THAT IT WAS THERE.

JUST PRETTY AMAZING.

SO I JUST WANTED TO DO THAT.

AND THEN A COUPLE OF MONDAYS AGO, I GOT TO GO ON A RIDE OUT WITH THE BURLESON POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT DONE THAT, THIS WAS MY SECOND ONE.

BUT NOT SOON ENOUGH.

BUT I RECOMMEND EVERYBODY GO ON A RIDE OUT WITH THE POLICE.

BECAUSE YOU GET TO EXPERIENCE THINGS FROM THE GROUND.

SO WE WE, I DID 4 P.M.

TO 12 A.M.

AND GOT INTO SOME FUN, FUN THINGS FOR A MONDAY NIGHT.

SO A LITTLE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.

AND IT WAS PRETTY NEAT BECAUSE WHILE TRANSPORTING SOME PEOPLE, I GOT TO RIDE WITH TWO OTHER OFFICERS.

AND IT'S NEAT BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S GOT A DIFFERENT STORY OF WHY THEY BECAME A POLICE OFFICER AND GOT TO SIT IN ON THE SHIFT CHANGE AND JUST WANT TO REALLY GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR PROFESSIONALISM THAT THEY THEY HANDLE WITH EVERYBODY THAT GETS PULLED OVER INVOLVED WITH.

IT'S JUST EXTREMELY PROFESSIONAL.

SO KUDOS TO THEM.

AND THEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, I GOT TO DO A RIDE OUT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND THAT EVERYBODY GET TO DO THAT AS WELL.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND THIS WAS ON A SUNDAY, SO SUNDAYS ARE KIND OF HIT OR MISS.

THEY CAN BE REAL BUSY AND CAN BE NOT BUSY.

AND WE WERE NOT BUSY. WE GOT TO WATCH THE ENTIRE MAVS GAME, BUT THAT'S GOOD FOR THEM.

BUT BUT WHAT WAS GOOD ABOUT IT IS I GOT TO VISIT THE THREE FIRE STATIONS AND INTERACT WITH ALL THE FIREMEN BECAUSE WE WEREN'T THAT BUSY.

AND SO IT WAS GOOD FOR THEM TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAVE TAKE A, HAVE A BREAK BECAUSE I THINK THE NEXT DAY THEY GOT REALLY BUSY.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A TRADE OFF.

BUT I ALSO APPRECIATE THE PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONALISM WITHIN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.

SO KUDOS TO THEM.

AND AGAIN, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT Y'ALL GO ON, DO THE RIDE OUTS AT LEAST ONCE.

I MEAN, IT JUST GIVES YOU A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

AND THEN FINALLY, AND I PROMISE THIS IS THE LONGEST I'VE EVER TALKED ON THIS THING.

BUT THIS LAST FRIDAY WAS THE CHISHOLM TRAIL 100 CLAY SHOOT.

AND FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, BURLESON HAS A 100 CLUB AND IT'S CALLED THE CHISHOLM TRAIL 100 CLUB.

AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT THEY PROVIDE LIFE INSURANCE FOR ALL OF OUR ON DUTY FIRST RESPONDERS WITHIN HOOD COUNTY, SOMERVILLE, JOHNSON AND THE CITY OF MANSFIELD.

AND SO EVERY EVERY OFFICER, FIREMAN, EMS THAT IS WITHIN THOSE COUNTIES IS WILL AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY IF THEY IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN TO THEM WHILE ON DUTY.

AND THERE'S ALSO OFF DUTY COVERAGE FOR ON AND OFF DUTY COVERAGE FOR ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND SERIOUS CAREER ENDING INJURIES.

SO, SO LIKE I SAID, THAT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION TO GET INVOLVED WITH IF YOU WANT TO HELP SUPPORT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

SO IT'S IT'S THE CT 100 CLUB.

THEY'VE BEEN AROUND NOW SINCE 2009.

SO 15 YEARS. BUT I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THEM.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU ALL. NOT THE FIRST TO SAY IT THIS EVENING, BUT I'D LIKE TO ISSUE A CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON AND OUR COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT ALEXA BECKER, WHO WILL JOIN US AT OUR NEXT MEETING AND BE SEATED IN PLACE OF COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, WHO IS SAID GOODBYE TO ALL.

AND I'M SURE HE'S NOT GOING TO GET VERY FAR AWAY.

HE'LL HE'LL STILL BE AROUND AND WE'LL STILL GET TO TALK TO HIM.

AND THAT'S A GREAT THING.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY A THANK YOU TO ALL THE CANDIDATES IN THE RECENT ELECTION FOR TAKING THE HIGH ROAD, FOR MAKING THIS ELECTION ONE THAT WAS CONDUCTED WITH WITH DIGNITY, WITH CIVILITY.

THAT WAS ABOUT THE ISSUES AND NOT ABOUT PERSONAL ATTACKS, AND GENERALLY JUST FOR STAYING ON THE HIGH ROAD AND PROVING THAT THAT THAT CAN STILL HAPPEN IN THE CITY OF BURLESON.

SO ONCE AGAIN, THANKS FOR THOSE THAT TRIED.

IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK AND TRY AGAIN, PLEASE, PLEASE DO.

I'D LIKE TO PUT A BIG THANK YOU OUT THERE TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND ANYBODY THAT WAS CLOSE TO BURLESON OR IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THIS WEEKEND, KNEW WE HAD A LOT OF STORMS THAT CAME THROUGH, A LOT OF LIGHTNING, THUNDER, FLOODING, AND WE WERE ABLE TO STAY AT HOME AND BE SAFE AND DRY WHILE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC WORKS WERE OUTSIDE IN THIS RAIN, IN THIS STORM MANAGING THE SAFETY OF THE CITY, BLOCKING OFF BARRICADING ROADS THAT WERE FLOODING MAKING RESPONSE CALLS TO TO LIGHTNING STRIKES TO FLOODS.

AND I'VE GOT A LOT OF RESPECT FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.

AND I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING OUT THERE FOR US AND PROTECTING OUR CITY.

THANK YOU. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT DID

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I WENT OUT THERE AND I WAS SHOCKED.

WE MUST BE THE DIRTIEST CITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND NOW WE ARE THE CLEANEST CITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THE PEOPLE THAT WERE DOING IT WERE RUNNING FROM CAR TO CAR.

I SAT IN LINE FOR AN HOUR.

THE POLICE WERE DIRECTING TRAFFIC ON THE ON THE HIGHWAY.

IT WAS ABSOLUTELY PACKED.

AND THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

EVERY ONE OF THEM OUGHT TO BE EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH, BECAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY WORK THAT HARD.

I MEAN, THEY PUT IN A FULL WEEK'S WORK IN A IN A HALF A DAY AND THEY WERE SWEATING.

I MEAN, THEY WERE GOING AS FAST AS THEY COULD.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND LET ME GET RID OF A LOT OF STUFF TOO.

BUT EVERYBODY IN TOWN MUST HAVE HAD STUFF BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL THERE.

SO THANKS.

HE MUST HAVE BEAT US BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET TO GET RID OF OUR JUNK.

BY THEN ALL THE CONTAINERS WERE FULL.

AND I'M VERY SORRY I SPILLED WATER, WHICH IS THE HUBBUB UP HERE.

AND SO POOR COACH IS GOING TO BE SOAKING WET LATER.

I APOLOGIZE AND HOPEFULLY I DON'T LIKE COOK OUR COMPUTER SYSTEMS. VERY SORRY. OKAY.

I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.

FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, THE THE ELECTION SEEMED SEAMLESS, AND THE THAT WE HAD AMPLE PARKING, AND IT WAS EASY TO GET IN OUT OF THAT BUILDING. AND I THINK PEOPLE GENERALLY KNEW WHERE TO FIND WHAT THEY NEEDED TO FIND.

AND SO THANK YOU TO THE ELECTION WORKERS.

I THOUGHT ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT I RECEIVED ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE, IT WAS SO QUICK, EASY AND JUST APPRECIATE THE PROFESSIONALISM THAT YOUR OFFICE SHOWS TO THAT.

I KNOW ELECTIONS ARE MISS CAMPOS THING.

SHE LOVES SHE TEACHES ELECTION LAW.

SHE IT'S SHE ENJOYS IT SO MUCH AND THEN IT SHOWS DURING ELECTION TIME.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

WE CELEBRATED THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER ON THE SECOND, AND IT WAS JUST IT IT WAS SO NEAT.

WE HAD EVENTS ON THE PLAZA AT LUNCH AND IN THE EVENING WE WERE INVITED TO THE BURLESON MINISTERIAL ALLIANCES LUNCHEON, AND BEAUTIFUL PRAYERS WERE SAID OVER THIS COMMUNITY, OVER THIS COUNTY, OVER THIS STATE.

AND I JUST WANT TO TO SHARE THAT THERE'S SO MUCH GOOD THAT WAS SPREAD THAT DAY.

AND I GENUINELY APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THOSE EVENTS AND PUT THOSE EVENTS ON.

IT SPEAKS A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CHARACTER.

AND PLUGGING SOME FUTURE EVENTS WE HAVE.

I'M REALLY SORRY, TOMMY.

WE, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, OUR ANIMAL SHELTER HAS BEEN VERY POPULATED AND POPULAR.

SO THERE'S CURRENTLY A SUPPLY DRIVE AND A FUNDRAISER GOING ON, AND THERE WILL BE AN EVENT THIS WEEKEND AT THE SENIOR CENTER FROM 9 TO 2.

AND YOU CAN DONATE.

LOTS OF DIFFERENT PET SUPPLIES.

LAUNDRY DETERGENT, ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING WILL GLADLY BE WELCOMED.

TOYS, FOOD. SNACKS.

ALSO, MONETARY DONATIONS WILL BE APPRECIATED.

WE HAVE A FUN MOTHER'S DAY OUTING HERE ON THE PLAZA FROM 6 TO 8 P.M.

ON SATURDAY.

THERE ARE FUN EVENTS HAPPENING AT RUSSEL FARM IN THE COMING WEEKENDS, SO PLEASE CHECK OUT THEIR FACEBOOK AND THEIR INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

AND SUPER SAFETY SATURDAY WILL TAKE PLACE ON MAY 18TH FROM 9 TO 1 AT THE TEXAS HEALTH HUGULEY DOWN THE ROAD.

AND THEY'LL HAVE FIRE TRUCKS AND CAREFLIGHT AND TEXAS HEALTH BURLESON I APOLOGIZE.

THEY'LL HAVE LOTS OF NEAT HANDS ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES.

AND SO I GENUINELY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO TO THAT BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A FUN FILLED DAY.

I THINK PD GOES OUT THERE.

THERE ARE SO MANY CARS AND TRUCKS AND VEHICLES TO CHECK OUT, AND LOTS OF GOOD INFORMATION FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

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

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

IS THERE ANY NEED TO WITHDRAW AN ITEM FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION? MISS LIAM, I'D ASK THAT WE REMOVE ITEM 5D AND 5O FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION.

THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 4 CITIZEN'S APPEARANCE.

[4. CITIZENS APPEARANCES]

[00:45:07]

EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES.

EACH PERSON IN ATTENDANCE WHO DESIRES TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AN ITEM POSTED ON THE AGENDA WILL SPEAK WHEN THAT ITEM IS CALLED FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION. MAYOR AND COUNCIL I DO HAVE A SPEAKER CARD BILL JANUSCH. BILL JANUSCH 117 NORTHEAST CLINTON.

I GOT IT ON MY PHONE, AND I'M KIND OF HARD FOR ME TO SEE THIS THING, BUT HOPEFULLY I'LL MAKE IT TO IT.

I'M GOING TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT ABOUT A FAMILY AND KIDS.

NOTHING IN LIFE IS GREATER THAN KIDS, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, YOUR OWN CHILDREN JUST BEING AROUND THEM, THE INNOCENCE OF THEM.

WITH ME COMING UP, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE.

WE'RE NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH KIDS WILL BE GRADUATING COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, I MEAN, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

EVEN KINDERGARTEN KIDS THE YEAR UNDER WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING SINGERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS.

A LOT OF THESE KIDS, ESPECIALLY GOING TO COLLEGE BOUND, THEY'LL BE GETTING INTO THE ADULT LIFE.

THEY'LL BE LEARNING ABOUT FAMILIES OF THEIR OWN.

HOPEFULLY NOT TOO SOON, BUT PARENTS TRY TO PROTECT THEIR KIDS.

THEY TRY AND DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN.

LIKE I SAID, THERE'S NOTHING GREATER.

THERE'S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN CHILDREN.

THEY WORRY ABOUT THEM.

THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY GROW UP A LITTLE BIT.

THEIR FIRST HEARTBREAK, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, BULLIES IN SCHOOL MONEY PROBLEMS CAR WRECKS WHEN THEY EVENTUALLY GET MARRIED, SOMETIMES THOSE IN DIVORCE PARENTS WORRY ABOUT THEIR KIDS. THEY TRY AND DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN.

THE JOBS THAT THEIR PARENTS, I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S A ROLL.

IT'S A GOD GIVEN PRIVILEGE TO BE A PARENT.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF ADULTS WHO CAN NEVER BE PARENTS, I MEAN, FOR WHATEVER REASON.

BUT THEY DO LOVE KIDS.

THEY DO WATCH OUT FOR NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND NEIGHBORS.

LIFE IS GREAT.

KIDS ARE GREAT.

UNFORTUNATELY, DEATH IS PART OF LIFE.

THIS WEEKEND, COUNTY ROAD 528 FLOOD WATERS CAME.

TOOK THE LIFE OF A FOUR YEAR OLD BOY.

I'M SURE THAT MOST OF YOU HAVE SEEN IT.

SOME MAY NOT HAVE HEARD THE STORY.

FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE GATES WERE NOT CLOSED ON THE STREET.

THE GATE AS WIDE AS THE ROAD IS 20FT.

THE GATES ARE MAYBE NINE FEET WIDE.

THEY SWING. THE WIND COULD BLOW THEM BACK SHUT.

THEY WEREN'T CLOSED.

I'VE DRIVEN THAT ROAD HUNDREDS OF TIMES OVER THE LAST 47 YEARS.

I'VE SEEN SOME HIGH WATER.

IF YOU'RE GOING DOWN, YOU DO NOT REALIZE THERE'S A GRADUAL LOW SPOT OR ABOUT 450 YARDS.

YOU JUST DON'T REALIZE HOW LOW IT IS ONCE YOU GET IN THAT WATER.

IF IT'S HALFWAY UP YOUR TIRE, IT CAN SWEEP YOU OFF THE ROAD.

AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.

FROM WHAT THE NEWS REPORT SAID, THE TRUCK TOOK ON WATER.

AT SOME POINT YOU GOT TO WORRY ABOUT THE TRUCK FLIPPING OVER UPSIDE DOWN OR SOMETHING.

THEY EXITED. THEY WERE SWEPT AWAY.

A LITTLE OVER TWO HOURS LATER, THEY RESCUED THE PARENTS LITTLE BOY.

THEY DIDN'T FIND HIM FOR A COUPLE MORE HOURS.

SEEING THE LIFELESS BODY OF A BOY.

THERE'S NOTHING ANY PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO SEE.

I KNOW THE PAIN.

STORM WATER RISING.

WATERSHED. IT CAN COME UP IN AN INSTANT.

IT CAN COME UP FIVE, TEN FEET AND YOU WON'T REALIZE IT.

MOST LAND AROUND THESE LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND CREEKS.

THEY'RE FUNNELED ONE DIRECTION.

IN A MATTER OF FIVE MINUTES, THEY CAN COME UP THREE FEET, FIVE FEET, SIX FEET.

I KNOW YOU GUYS HEARD ME SPEAK PROBABLY 20, 25 TIMES ABOUT THIS STUFF.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO TAKE.

WE GOT ONE DEAD BODY.

WHEN'S THE NEXT? I MEAN, IT COULD BE NEXT THIS WEEK.

YOU CAN EXPECT DRIVERS TO DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

YOU CAN'T ALWAYS ANTICIPATE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

I'VE SPOKEN HERE A LOT OF TIMES.

I'VE SPOKEN IN OTHER COMMITTEES.

I'VE SPOKEN DOWN AT COMMISSIONERS COURT.

A COUPLE OF THEM KIND OF CHUCKLED WHEN THE PEOPLE WERE IN THERE TALKING ABOUT THEIR HOUSES FLOODING OUT.

I GUESS THEY GET A KICK OUT OF IT, NOT CUTTING LOOSE THE MONEY.

THEY GOT THE MONEY.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

I'M TALKING ABOUT PUTTING A GATE THAT GOES ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE ROAD.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE MIGHT GO THROUGH THERE THAT HAVE NO IDEA THAT THE ROAD FLOODS.

AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY PLACE I MEANT.

WE'VE GOT THE THINGS HERE, BUT WE AT LEAST GOT PEOPLE THAT GET OUT AND TAKE CARE OF IT OUT THERE.

I'VE SEEN A REPORT WHERE THEY SAID THEY GOT 250 MILES OF ROAD.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? STEP UP.

HIRE MORE PEOPLE. IF YOU CAN'T GET THE JOB DONE, GO HOME, GET SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO IT.

HERE IN BURLESON. I'M AT.

I LOVE IT HERE. I'VE BEEN HERE 57 MY LAST 62 YEARS.

WE'VE GOT LOW WATER CROSSING STUFF.

I CAN'T. THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO THAT IT'S NOT THAT EXPENSIVE.

YOU CAN PUT AUTOMATIC GATES, ROYAL CODES.

[00:50:03]

THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS YOU CAN DO.

SO FAR WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY DEATHS THAT I KNOW OF IN THE CREEKS.

I HAVE SEEN A COUPLE CARS FLIP, YOU KNOW RIGHT OVER HERE OFF TERRANCE STREET, RIGHT BEHIND THE CHURCH.

I REMEMBER A I THINK IT WAS A BIG IMPALA OR BIG CAPRICE THAT FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN, AND IT WAS IN PROBABLY 10 TO 12IN OF WATER.

BILL. YEAH, WE'VE GONE OVER THE THREE MINUTES QUITE A BIT.

SO YOU NEED TO CLOSE UP.

OKAY. OKAY.

I'LL TAKE IT TO SOCIAL MEDIA I APPRECIATE IT.

NEXT IS SECTION 5 CONSENT AGENDA.

[5. CONSENT AGENDA]

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.

TONIGHT THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS 5A THROUGH 5C WITH ITEM 5D REMOVED AND ITEMS 5E THROUGH 5N WITH ITEM 5 O REMOVED.

MAYOR, CAN I GET A MOTION? IS THERE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY ADAM.

A SECOND BY LARRY. PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUS.

NEXT IS ITEM 5D THAT WAS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[5.D. Consider approval of a Cooperative Purchase Customer Agreement for the purchase of vehicle parts, supplies, and equipment with O’Reilly Auto Enterprises, LLC dba O’Reilly Auto Parts, through Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing (Contract# 032521-ORA) for three years in the amount of $225,000. (Staff Contact: Richard Abernethy, Administrative Services Director)]

PURCHASE CUSTOMER AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE PARTS, SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT WITH O'REILLY AUTO PARTS AUTO ENTERPRISES, LLC DOING BUSINESS AS O'REILLY AUTO PARTS THROUGH SOURCEWELL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING CONTRACT NUMBER 032521-ORA FOR THREE YEARS IN THE AMOUNT OF $225,000.

STAFF CONTRACT CONTACT IS RICHARD ABERNATHY, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE DIRECTOR.

YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THE ITEM TONIGHT WE DID RECEIVE SOME QUESTIONS LAST WEEK FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER RUSSEL REALLY ON KIND OF THE RATIONALE AND PROCESS OF DOING PROCURE PURCHASING COOPERATIVES VERSUS GOING OUT FOR COMPETITIVE BID.

THIS SOURCEWELL CONTRACT IS USED.

IT DOES PROVIDE A DISCOUNT ON AUTO PARTS.

IT'S ALSO USED LOCALLY BY NORTH RICHLAND HILLS CEDAR, CEDAR HILL AS WELL AS GRAND PRAIRIE.

SO IT'S IT'S IT'S USED IN THIS AREA.

BUT WHAT REALLY STANDS OUT ABOUT IT IS THIS CONTRACT, WE CAN GET PARTS DELIVERED ON DEMAND, SAME DAY.

NONE OF THE OTHER VENDORS THAT WE HAVE DO THAT.

SO REALLY, IT ALLOWS US NOT ONLY GET THE SAME DAY, BUT IN SOME CASES, WHEN WE ORDER THESE PARTS, WE CAN GET THEM WITHIN 20 MINUTES AFTER DELIVERY.

SO IT REALLY MAXIMIZES OUR INVENTORY, ALLOWS US TO KEEP THOSE CRITICAL PARTS IN STOCK AND READY.

IN ADDITION, THEY DO CARRY THE PURSUIT RATED BRAKES AND ROTORS FOR OUR PD POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO WE'RE ALWAYS HAVING THOSE ON AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GOT THESE QUESTIONS LAST WEEK, WE ALSO LOOKED AT SOME OF THE ONLINE COMPETITORS TO SEE PRICING THERE AS WELL.

AND WHILE THEIR PRICES WERE COMPETITIVE, WHEN YOU FACTORED IN THE COST FOR SHIPPING THE PRICES ARE BEING REALLY SIMILAR.

SO I THINK REALLY IN THIS SPECIFIC SCENARIO, WE THINK THE THE PURCHASING COOPERATIVES, IT WOULD BE THE PREFERRED METHOD VERSUS GOING OUT TO BID JUST FOR THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A SMALLER VOLUME OF PARTS WE'RE BUYING.

AND THAT ALSO KIND OF FACTORS IN WITH OUR, OUR INVENTORY CAPACITY.

AND BUT AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A PRICE AGREEMENT.

IT DOESN'T PRECLUDE US FROM USING OTHER VENDORS.

AND SO YOU KNOW, WE CAN WE CAN USE THIS CONTRACT TO MAXIMIZE OUR INVENTORY AND GET THOSE CRITICAL PARTS.

BUT WE CAN ALSO SEEK OTHER VENDORS WHEN WE SEE A PART THAT MAY BE MORE COMPETITIVE.

I'M AVAILABLE. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

THANKS, RICHARD AND I APPRECIATE YOU DOING EXPLANATION.

I WANTED TO JUST TO KIND OF BRING THIS OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA, JUST TO KIND OF START A CONVERSATION SINCE WE'RE GOING GETTING TO START BUDGET SEASON, I REALLY WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE START LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR PURCHASING AGREEMENTS.

NOW I HAD ALL MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED BECAUSE WE DID LOOK AT OTHER ONLINE RETAILERS AND HAVING THE NEXT DAY DELIVER.

I MEAN, SAME DAY DELIVERY IS GOOD, BUT BUT IT WOULD ALSO BE WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT MAYBE HAVING THE BULK ITEMS THAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE AND MAYBE LOOK AT IT AT OTHER OPTIONS, BUT JUST REALLY JUST TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING THIS YEAR AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK.

SO THAT'S KIND OF REALLY THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO BRING IT IS JUST TO KIND OF PUT IT IN EVERYBODY'S MINDS TO MAYBE START THINKING ABOUT THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT I'M FINE WITH WITH THIS NOW. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER RUSSELL, I WOULD JUST ADD THAT AGAIN, AS RICHARD SAID, THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE AVENUES BY WHICH WE PURCHASE PARTS WILL EXCEED $50,000 IN PURCHASES THIS YEAR WITH THE RALLY, WHICH IS THE THOUGHT BEHIND ASKING FOR THE AUTHORIZATION.

AND WE ANTICIPATE UTILIZING THEM OVER, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT 2 TO 3 YEARS AS WELL.

IT DOESN'T PRECLUDE US FROM USING OTHER ONLINE RETAILERS.

OFTENTIMES WHAT WE SEE IS THAT WHEN WE RELEASE AN RFP OR AN RFP, OFTENTIMES THOSE INDIVIDUALS WON'T PARTICIPATE JUST BECAUSE WE AREN'T BIG

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BUT I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IN.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IN EACH ONE OF THESE, AS WE BRING THEM FORWARD, WE CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT THE CO-OP MAKES SENSE OR WHETHER IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO GO OUT FOR A PROPOSAL OR A REQUEST FOR BID.

CAN I JUST I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF THE ADVANTAGE OF USING A CO-OP, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE MAY NOT SEEM AS ATTRACTIVE.

OUR RFP MAY NOT SEEM BIG ENOUGH TO SOME OF THESE VENDORS, BUT WHEN WE THE CO-OP ALLOWS US TO LEVERAGE SIMILAR SIZE CITIES OR AN EVEN SMALLER SIZE CITIES TO GET THOSE COMPETITIVE TYPE PRICING.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT THEIR COMPETITIVE PROCESS JUST VERY SIMILAR TO HOW IT WOULD BE FOR US.

BUT IT WILL BE BECAUSE IT'S GOING ACROSS THE STATE.

THERE'S GOING TO BE LARGER PURCHASES.

WE ALSO LOOK TO TO LEVERAGE OUR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, WHICH MAY HAVE ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS.

AND, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WE'LL HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE A FIRM MAY SAY, YES, YOU CAN SHARE OUR PRICING, BUT THEN THEY COME BACK AND SAY NO BECAUSE YOU'RE BUYING POWER.

AND SO RICHARD MAY ACTUALLY SPEAK TO THAT LATER WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ADVERTISEMENTS FOR NEWSPAPERS.

SO WE CONSTANTLY LOOK AT THOSE AVENUES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING COMPETITIVE AND SEEKING THE BEST PRICE, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE COOPERATIVES WE UTILIZE, ONE OF THE MANY.

AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T PRECLUDE US FROM USING SOME ONLINE RETAILERS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE LIMITED TO $50,000 IN THAT CAPACITY OR LESS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ARE YOU READY FOR A MOTION? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE 5D.

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY ADAM AND A SECOND BY DAN.

PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUS. THAT BRINGS US TO 5O.

[5.O. Consider approval of a resolution approving the nomination of Johnson County Judge Christopher Boedeker to the Executive Board of the North Central Texas Council of Governments. (Staff Contact: Justin Scharnhorst, Assistant to the City Manager)]

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE NOMINATION OF JOHNSON COUNTY JUDGE CHRISTOPHER BOEDEKER TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.

STAFF CONTACT IS JUSTIN SCHARNHORST, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER.

OKAY, IF I MAY, I PULLED THIS THIS ITEM, AND WE DON'T NEED A PRESENTATION UNLESS SOMEONE FROM THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE A PRESENTATION.

OKAY. THANK YOU JUSTIN.

I'VE GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING TO SAY BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION.

THE NCTCOG IS A VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, SO A CITY COUNCIL'S ENDORSEMENT MIGHT CARRY WEIGHT IN THE SELECTION PROCESS. HOWEVER, THE ENDORSEMENT SHOULD BE BASED ON THE JUDGE'S QUALIFICATIONS AND ALIGNMENT WITH THE NCTCOG GOALS, RATHER THAN PERSONAL OR POLITICAL REASONS. THE NCTCOG FOCUSES ON REGIONAL ISSUES LIKE TRANSPORTATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.

IF THE COUNTY JUDGE.

HAS A TRACK RECORD OF EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION AND LEADERSHIP IN SUCH MATTERS, AND ENDORSEMENT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL COULD BENEFIT REGIONAL COOPERATION.

I HAVE WATCHED MANY OF JOHNSON COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURT MEETINGS.

JUDGE BOEDEKER RAN THESE MEETINGS WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND WITHOUT BIAS.

I HAVE WATCHED JUDGE BOEDEKER START A MOVEMENT TO DEVELOP JOHNSON COUNTY'S FIRST MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN.

I BELIEVE THAT JUDGE BOEDEKER HAS THE BEST INTEREST OF JOHNSON COUNTY AND ITS INCORPORATED CITIES IN MIND WITH EVERY DECISION MADE.

THEREFORE, I APPROVE, WITHOUT BIAS OR RESERVATION, THAT PASSING A RESOLUTION APPROVING JOHNSON COUNTY JUDGE CHRISTOPHER BOEDEKER'S NOMINATION TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS OF BURLESON, JOHNSON COUNTY, AND ALL OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN JOHNSON COUNTY.

AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO AT THIS TIME, BEFORE WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR MAKE A NOMINATION, AS I'D LIKE FOR ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY LIZANDRA LEAL TO READ THE RESOLUTION. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLESON, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE NOMINATION OF JOHNSON COUNTY JUDGE CHRISTOPHER BOEDEKER TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF BURLESON, TEXAS, IS A HOME RULE CITY ACTING UNDER ITS CHARTER ADOPTED BY THE ELECTRIC ELECTORATE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 11, SECTION FIVE OF THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION, AND CHAPTER NINE OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, AND WHEREAS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE 2024 2025 COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS EXECUTIVE BOARD WILL BE ELECTED TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON FRIDAY, JUNE 14TH,

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AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF BURLESON BELIEVES IN ENHANCING OUR REGIONAL APPROACH AND COLLABORATION TO MAKE OUR REGION MORE COMPETITIVE FOR PROJECTS.

AND WHEREAS NOMINATING JOHNSON COUNTY JUDGE CHRISTOPHER BOEDEKER COULD GROW REPRESENTATION FROM OUR REGION WITH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. NOW THERE.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLESON, TEXAS, THAT SECTION ONE, THE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY APPROVES THE NOMINATION OF JOHNSON COUNTY JUDGE CHRISTOPHER BOEDEKER TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.

SECTION TWO. THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE.

IS THERE A VOTE ON A MOTION ON THIS? I'D LIKE TO SAY ONE OTHER THING.

GO AHEAD. THE REASON I PULLED THIS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, IT WAS KIND OF HIDDEN THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND I RESPECT THAT.

AND JUDGE BOEDEKER IS A PRIVATE MAN, BUT I THINK THAT HE NEEDED TO BE NOTICED PUBLICLY.

FOR ALL THE EFFORTS HE HAS MADE SINCE HE'S BEEN IN OFFICE, HE'S GOT A LOT OF MOMENTUM, ALONG WITH OUR MAYOR HAS PULLED THE COUNTY AND THE CITY TOGETHER, AND WITH HIS POSITION IN COG, IF HE'S APPROVED, I THINK THAT WE CAN GO A LONG WAYS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU LARRY.

APPRECIATE IT. IS THERE A MOTION? OH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I HAVE A MOTION BY LARRY AND A SECOND BY VICTORIA.

PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU ALL. THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 6 DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS.

[6.A. Chisholm Summit at 9825 CR 1016, Voluntary Annexation (Case 23-375): Hold a public hearing and consider approval of an ordinance for voluntary annexation of approximately 88.471 acres of land located in the exclusive Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) of the City of Burleson, related to a previously approved development agreement. (First and Final Reading) (Staff Contact: Tony McIlwain, Development Services Director) (No Planning and Zoning Commission action was required for this item)]

CASE 23-375.

HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 88.7471 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED IN THE EXCLUSIVE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF BURLESON, RELATED TO A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

THIS IS BEFORE YOU ON THE FIRST AND FINAL READING.

STAFF, CONTACT TONY MCILWAIN.

YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND CITY COUNCIL.

THESE NEXT TWO ITEMS INVOLVE THE SAME PROPERTY AS MRS. [INAUDIBLE] MENTIONED.

THIS ANNEXATION PETITION IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED 380 AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY HAS BETWEEN THE OWNERSHIP OF CHISHOLM SUMMIT AND THE CITY COUNCIL.

THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS LOCATED OFF OF COUNTY ROUTE 1016.

AND THIS ANNEXATION AFFECTS A LITTLE OVER 88 ACRES OF LAND.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE ON COUNCIL OR THOSE OF YOU THAT REMEMBER THE CITY HAD A PREVIOUS ANNEXATION FOR A PIECE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THAT PREVIOUS CASE PLUS THIS ITEM TONIGHT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL OF 234 ACRES TO DATE.

ONCE THIS ANNEXATION PETITION TAKES ACTION WITH REGARD TO JUST A LOOK AT WHAT IS BEING PLANNED AT CHISHOLM SUMMIT AS FAR AS ANNEXATION SCHEDULE.

WE HAVE THAT ON THE SCREEN.

THIS IS THE SECOND ANNEXATION.

THE REQUEST STARTED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.

AS YOU KNOW, IT TAKES TIME TO GET DUE DILIGENCE AND THINGS CORRECT AND GET THOSE FORWARD TO YOU.

BUT WE'VE GOT A PHASING SCHEME.

WE ARE IN CONSTANT CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPERS SO THAT IF THERE NEEDS TO BE A CHANGE WITH THE ANNEXATION SCHEDULE, WE'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT EFFECTIVELY, EFFECTIVELY TO YOU AS IT IS IMPACTFUL TO THE 380 AGREEMENT WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY.

IT IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SECTION OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AS YOU KNOW CHISHOLM SUMMIT IS A LARGELY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH MULTIPLE TYPES OF HOUSING TYPES AS WELL AS SOME AMENITIES. AND CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, THIS PORTION IS HIGHLIGHTED THAT POLYGON IS RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS.

THE CITY WENT THROUGH ALL THE REQUIRED LEGAL NOTIFICATIONS.

AS IT RELATES TO ANNEXATIONS.

WE NOTIFIED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SENT UTILITY LETTERS REGARDING ANNEXATION TO OUR FRANCHISE UTILITY PROVIDERS.

NO RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED.

I SHOULD SAY NO OBJECTION WAS RECEIVED.

EXCUSE ME. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ANNEXATION OF THIS 88.471 ACRES FOR CHISHOLM SUMMIT.

WE BELIEVE THAT DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE TO FURTHER THE GOALS AND VISION OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, IT IS PART OF A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED 380 AGREEMENT.

THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.

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IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT'S WANTING TO SPEAK? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:36.

IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS? I HAVE A MOTION BY ADAM A SECOND BY RONNY.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS.

THAT MOVES US TO ITEM 6B CHISHOLM SUMMIT AT 9517 CR 1016.

[6.B. Chisholm Summit at 9517 CR 1016 (Case 23-229): Hold a public hearing and consider approval of an ordinance for a zoning change request from defaulted “A”, Agriculture and “PD” Planned Development District to “PD" Planned Development District for the Chisholm Summit master planned community. (First and Final Reading) (Staff Contact: Tony McIlwain, Development Services Director) (The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval unanimously)]

HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A ZONING CHANGE.

REQUEST FROM DEFAULTED A AGRICULTURE TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TWO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR CHISHOLM SUMMIT, MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITY. THIS IS BEFORE YOU ON THE FIRST AND FINAL READING.

STAFF CONTACT ONCE AGAIN TONY MCILWAIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.

THANK YOU LASSANDRA MAYOR AND COUNCIL WITH YOUR PREVIOUS ACTION.

THIS PROPERTY IS NOW EFFECTIVELY PART OF THE CITY LIMITS AND IS DEFAULT AGRICULTURAL ZONING.

AS SUCH, THIS ACTION TONIGHT ALLOWS YOU TO TAKE THIS PORTION OF PROPERTY AND APPLY A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING TO THE PROPERTY.

THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROPERTY IS 322.775 ACRES, WITH THE APPLICANTS BEING ROCKY BRANSOME AND JUSTIN BOND.

SO BACK IN 2022, THE CITY ANNEXED 234 PLUS ACRES FOR THIS PROPERTY, FOR THIS PROJECT.

FOR THIS PARTICULAR ACTION TONIGHT.

THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ARE THE SAME AS THE PREVIOUS ACTION THAT YOU UNDERTOOK WITH ONE CHANGE THAT WE'VE GOT DETAILED.

AND THIS IS ALL RELATING TO THE SFR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 60 FOOT LOTS.

WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THIS MOST RECENT REQUEST IS TO CLARIFY THE MINIMUM FRONT YARD SETBACK FOR THESE SFR 60 LOTS TO BE 20FT WHEN THEY'RE MIXED WITH OTHER DEVELOPMENT TYPES.

THESE WOULD BE ATTACHED HOUSING SMALLER LOTS AT 40FT IN WIDTH AND SOME OF YOUR 56 WIDE, 56 FOOT WIDE LOTS.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NO AMBIGUITY WITH REGARD TO THE SETBACK STANDARDS.

SO YOU HAVE A UNIFORM APPEARANCE AS YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES FROM THE STREET, WHEN THE 60 FOOT WIDE LOTS ARE MIXED WITH LARGER LOT SIZES, THE INCREASED SETBACK IS FIVE FEET.

SO BASICALLY YOU GO FROM 20 TO 25FT.

AGAIN, THE SAME INTENT TO LOOK FOR SETBACK CONSISTENCY WHEN YOU HAVE THE RESIDENTIAL TYPE.

SO THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE THAT IS BEING PROPOSED WITH THIS MOST RECENT REQUEST.

AGAIN THIS IS THE ANNEXATION SCHEDULE THAT WAS SHOWN TO YOU JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO.

AGAIN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ZONING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS PULLING IN THE AGRICULTURAL ZONING OF THE SITE AND THEN CHANGING THE ENTIRETY OF THE SITE TO THE MOST RECENT PD MIXTURE WITH THE SF SIX SFR 60 LOTS BEING THE FOCAL POINT.

WE PUT THIS TABLE TOGETHER JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF WHAT THE UNDERLYING STANDARDS ARE.

I WON'T GO THROUGH THESE, BUT IT GIVES YOU SOME CONTEXT AS FAR AS WHAT THE MINIMUM LOT FURNISHINGS ARE FOR THESE DIFFERENT LOT TYPES, LOT SIZES MINIMUM HOME SIZES.

AND ALL OF THIS WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE DEVELOPER YEARS AGO WHEN THE CITY WAS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE 380.

SO NONE OF THOSE CHANGES ARE BEING TOUCHED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SETBACKS.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT OF WHAT DETAIL WE HAVE IN THE CURRENT PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, AND THIS IS A LAYOUT OF THE SITE, I WILL TELL YOU THAT, AS YOU KNOW, THE MARKET IS DOING SOME INTERESTING THINGS.

SO TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS REMAINS THE SAME WILL PROCEED IF THERE ARE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES, WE'LL CERTAINLY ALERT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. AS YOU KNOW, MR. LUDWIG IS FUNCTIONING AS THE PROJECT LEAD FOR THE SITE AND WILL CERTAINLY MAKE THE COUNCIL AWARE OF, IF ANYTHING, THAT TRIGGERS ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO THE 380 AGREEMENT. LOOK HERE YOUR COMMUNITY AMENITIES TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.

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SO WE'VE BEEN IN QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSIONS OVER THE LAST YEAR PLUS REGARDING BEAUTIFICATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SOME LANDSCAPING. WE HAVE AN ANTI MONOTONY STANDARD THAT STILL APPLIES UNDER THE CURRENT PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

AND THAT'S TO KEEP SOME ASSURANCES IN PLACE THAT WE WON'T HAVE A COOKIE CUTTER TYPE APPEARANCE FROM THE ROADWAY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME AUTHENTICITY AND DISTINGUISHING FEATURES BETWEEN HOUSING TYPES.

WE NOTIFIED THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300FT AND DID OUR PERFUNCTORY NOTIFICATIONS IN THE NEWSPAPER RECEIVED NO OBJECTIONS.

PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE.

THERE WERE NO SPEAKERS AND NO ONE WAS PRESENT WITH REGARD TO ANY OBJECTIONS WITH THAT OUR ANY ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE PRIOR TO YOU OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND AGAIN, MR. BOND IS IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL.

ANY QUESTIONS? I APPRECIATE THE LANDSCAPE THEME.

YES, SIR. STICKING WITH SOMETHING THAT IS WATER CONSERVATIONIST.

YES, SIR. I THINK THAT WILL GO A LONG WAY IN THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY WITH OUR WATER SOURCES.

AGREED. IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS.

MAYOR WE NEED A PUBLIC HEARING.

OKAY. I GOT AHEAD OF MY OWN SCREEN.

I WANT TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:41.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:42.

IS THERE A MOTION? PLEASE VOTE. MAYOR WAS THAT A MOTION TO APPROVE? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT IS SECTION 7, GENERAL ITEM 7A CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN AWARD OF BID ITB 202

[7.A. Consider approval of an award of bid ITB 2024-010 to 2L Construction, LLC for the Service Center Drainage Improvements project in the amount of $1,021,780 with a project contingency of $100,000 for a total amount of $1,121,780. (Staff Contact: Tiana Jackson, Engineering Manager - Capital)]

THANK YOU, MISS LEAL.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT A CONSTRUCTION BID AWARD FOR SOME DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS OUT AT OUR SERVICE CENTER.

SO SOME OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN HERE A WHILE, YOU KIND OF KNOW WE HAVE SOME WATER INFILTRATION ISSUES IN OUR STAGING BUILDING THAT'S KIND OF CIRCLED IN THERE IN THE MIDDLE, KIND OF ON THE WEST SIDE.

SO OUR SOLUTION TO THAT IS REPLACING SOME PAVEMENT AROUND THE BUILDING AND ALSO INSTALLING A UNDERGROUND STORM SYSTEM IN FRONT OF THAT ON THAT SIDE OF THE BUILDING TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME INFLOW THAT'S COMING INTO THE BUILDING AND SOME HEAVY RAIN EVENTS.

AND ALSO TWOFOLD, WE'RE CURRENTLY NOT COMPLIANT WITH OUR CURRENT DESIGN STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO DETENTION AT THE SERVICE CENTER.

SO WE WANT TO GET THAT SITE NOT ONLY INTO COMPLIANCE, BUT ALSO GIVE THAT SITE THE ABILITY TO GROW IN THE FUTURE.

SO ADDING THIS DETENTION POND TO THE FULL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE FULL SITE TO BE IMPERVIOUS GIVES US A ROOM FOR ABOUT 8 TO 12 ACRES OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF WHATEVER THE CITY SEES FIT.

SO SOME OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THIS PROJECT WERE REPLACING SOME OF THE EXISTING CULVERTS, CULVERTS THAT ARE UNDER THE DRIVEWAY.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE GOING TO BE USING THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND SOME WATER LINES, RELOCATE A FIRE HYDRANT, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF WITHOUT DISTURBING IT ONCE.

WE MIGHT AS WELL DO ALL THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO RIGHT THEN AND THERE.

OTHER MAIN COMPONENTS. THE MAIN COMPONENT IS TO REMOVE SOME EXISTING PAVEMENT AROUND THE BUILDING, AND ALSO A LITTLE BIT IN THE PARKING LOT TO ALLEVIATE SOME PONDING WE'VE GOT THERE. HAVE MORE OF A DISTINCT SLOPE AWAY FROM THE BUILDING THAT CURRENTLY IS NOW, AND THAT WAS DESIGNED BACK IN 01-02.

INSTALL THAT TRENCH DRAIN.

I WAS KIND OF SPEAKING ABOUT EARLIER, AS WELL AS SOME UNDERGROUND PIPING TOWARDS THE NEW DETENTION POND.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO INSTALL 16 ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES OUT THERE AT THE SITE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING ON THE DRIVEWAY.

IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THESE SPACES ARE A LITTLE BIT WIDER IN SIZE TO HELP ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THE CITY LARGER WORK VEHICLES WE'VE GOT.

THE OTHER BIG COMPONENT IS THE DETENTION POND ITSELF.

OVERALL, THE DESIGN WAS.

THE DESIGN OF THE POND WAS DESIGNED TO BE BALANCED.

SO OUR CUT FILL MATCHES.

WE'RE USING EXISTING DIRT THAT'S THERE ON THE SITE NOW TO ACTUALLY BUILD UP THE EMBANKMENT TO BUILD THE POND, IT'S GOING TO HAVE A SINGLE OUTLET PIPE AND THEN AN OVERALL 30 FOOT

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IF IT NEEDS TO DISCHARGE AT THE BOTTOM AS WELL.

THERE'LL BE A TWO FOOT WIDE CONCRETE FLUME TO KIND OF HELP ALLEVIATE ANY LIKE LOW FLOW ISSUES WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ANY PONDING OR ANY MOSQUITO ISSUES OUT IN THE SERVICE CENTER.

OVERALL OUR CONSTRUCTION PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

WE ISSUED ADVERTISEMENTS TO BID KIND OF EARLY MID-MARCH, AND BIDS WERE OPENED EARLY APRIL, ABOUT FOUR WEEKS OUT ON THE STREET FOR ADVERTISEMENTS.

WE HAD TWO VENDORS ACTUALLY ATTEND OUR MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING.

OF THE TWO VENDORS, ONE OF THEM ACTUALLY SUBMITTED A BID.

WE DID HAVE AN ALTERNATE IN THIS BID FOR THAT 16 SPACE PARKING AREA ON THE SOUTH SIDE THAT COULD HAVE EITHER BID IT AS SIX INCHES OF CONCRETE OR FIVE INCHES OF CRUSHED ASPHALT.

JUST TRYING TO GET MAYBE A MORE COST EFFECTIVE OPTION FOR THE ADDITIONAL PARKING WE WANT TO HAVE.

IN TOTAL, YOU CAN SEE THE DELTA'S A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN 12 GRAND.

SO FOR THE BANG FOR THE BUCK, AS FAR AS THE LONGEVITY OF THE PAVEMENT, WE'RE SUGGESTING WE GO WITH CONCRETE.

WITH SINCE THERE WAS ONLY A SINGLE BID, WE STILL RECOMMEND AWARDING THIS BID TO THE CONTRACTOR.

IT'S WITHIN OUR [INAUDIBLE] FOR OUR ESTIMATING PURPOSES, AND IT'S ALSO A CONTRACTOR WE'VE HAD FAVORABLE FAVORABLE EXPERIENCE WITH LATELY WITH OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GOT.

PROJECT TIMELINE.

OVERALL, IF WE ARE AWARDED TONIGHT, WE'RE HOPING TO GET NOTICE RECEIPT OUT IN MID-MAY, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT 120 DAY CALENDAR CALENDAR DAY, CONTRACT TIME WEATHER DEPENDENT ALWAYS. I'LL SAY THAT NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE RAIN WE'VE BEEN GETTING LATELY, WHICH WOULD PUT US AT A CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION DATE OF AUGUST.

SO TONIGHT I WOULD ASK THAT YOU APPROVE A BID AWARD WITH 2L CONSTRUCTION LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,021,780, WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY OF $100,000, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,121,780.

AND I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

FIRST QUESTION.

SURE. WHAT FUND IS THE FUNDING COMING OUT OF FOR THIS? THIS WILL BE OUR WATER SEWER BOND FUND.

WATER SEWER BOND. YES, SIR.

OKAY. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT ON THAT.

OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE.

I THINK THAT'S A PROBLEM THAT YOU FOLKS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH LATER ON DOWN THE LINE.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO NEED ATTENTION AND DO NEED ATTENTION, RIGHT.

AS BILL WAS SAYING, I THINK HE'S I THINK THAT'S COUNTY DEAL.

BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO START LOOKING INTO THAT AND AND GIVING SERIOUS ATTENTION AS TO WHAT WE CAN.

I KNOW WE CAN'T DO IT ALL AT ONE TIME, BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN DO SOME EACH YEAR TO TRY TO HELP OUR PROBLEM ON THIS, BECAUSE IT CERTAINLY HAS BECOME A PROBLEM.

IT'S LIKE AN APPLE, ONE BITE AT A TIME.

ANYBODY ELSE? IS THERE A MOTION? [INAUDIBLE] I'LL SECOND.

A MOTION BY DAN. A SECOND BY ADAM.

PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.

THAT BRINGS US TO REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS SECTION 8.

[8.A. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff direction on the City’s Newspaper Services for public and legal notices. (Staff Contact: Richard Abernethy, Administrative Services Director)]

STAFF CONTACT IS RICHARD ABERNATHY, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE DIRECTOR.

APOLOGIZE FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY THERE.

YES. THE THE PRESENTATION FOR TONIGHT IS THE EVALUATION OF NEWSPAPER SERVICES THAT WE USE FOR POSTING LEGAL AND PUBLIC NOTICES AND J UST TO GIVE A QUICK BACKGROUND ON THIS, IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THE CITY HAS EXCEEDED THE $50,000 THRESHOLD THAT WOULD NECESSITATE COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR THIS SERVICE WITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND CITY COUNCIL POLICY 36.

AND WE'VE BEEN USING THE FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM.

AND IN 2021, THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN RENEGOTIATING THAT CONTRACT, WHICH DID RESULT IN AN OVERALL DECREASE IN OUR EXPENDITURES.

BUT HOWEVER, WE STILL CONTINUE TO HOVER AROUND THAT $50,000 THRESHOLD.

SO THIS THIS GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, COMPLIANCE WITH COMPETING COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SERVICE AND ALSO POTENTIALLY IDENTIFY

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SO JUST A REAL QUICK OVERVIEW, THE PRESENTATION WILL COVER THE NOTABLE CHALLENGES WE JUST MENTIONED A SECOND AGO.

WE'LL LOOK AT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR NEWSPAPERS, AS WELL AS THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS WE FALL UNDER.

AND THEN JUST FOR HISTORICAL COST OF OUR OF THIS SERVICE, AND THEN JUST OUR PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH OF LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY PURCHASING THIS THROUGH AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND THEN LOOKING AT SOME COST COMPARISONS, WHETHER STAYING WITH THE FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM OR MAYBE LOOKING AT ANOTHER SMALLER PUBLICATION LIKE THE CLEBURNE TIMES REVIEW, WHICH DOES MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.

AND THEN WE JUST WANT TO SHOW JUST A KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE OTHER WAYS WE COMMUNICATE INFORMATION TO CITIZENS AND THEN NEXT STEPS, RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND SO, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE TWO NOTABLE CHALLENGES COST AND BIDDING PROCUREMENT.

AND REGARDLESS OF HOW WE COMMUNICATE INFORMATION TO CITIZENS, WE ARE REQUIRED TO TO PUBLISH NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT ITEMS, INCLUDING COMPETITIVE BIDS, ELECTION NOTICES, ITEMS, RELATED DEVELOPMENT, ZONING CASES, MEETING NOTICES, AND ALSO PUBLIC HEARINGS RELATED TO THE BUDGET AND IN TURN, THE NEWSPAPER WE CHOOSE TO ADVERTISE THESE NOTICES WITH HAVE TO MEET SOME CONDITIONS AS WELL.

THEY HAVE TO DEVOTE NOT LESS THAN 25% OF THEIR THEIR TOTAL COLUMN LINEAGE TO GENERAL INTEREST ITEMS. THEY HAVE TO BE PUBLISHED AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK, AND NOT ONLY BE A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER THAT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED REGULARLY AND CONTINUOUSLY.

IT'S TECHNICALLY WHEN WE POST THAT AD, THEY HAD TO HAVE BEEN A PUBLISHED REGULARLY AND CONTINUOUSLY FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS, MEANING THEY REALLY NEED TO BE AN ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER. AND CURRENTLY, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE USE THE FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM, WHICH IS OWNED BY THEIR PARENT COMPANY, MCCLATCHY ADVERTISING.

AND EVEN THOUGH WE ARE REQUIRED TO USE THE NEWSPAPERS FOR THESE PUBLIC NOTICES, IT DOESN'T EXCLUDE US OR EXEMPT US FROM THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. SO IF WE DO HIT THAT $50,000 THRESHOLD, WE EITHER HAVE TO DO A COMPETITIVE BID, IDENTIFY AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT OR PURCHASING COOPERATIVE OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF METHOD THAT MAY BE PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

REAL QUICK, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF THE HISTORICAL COST FOR THIS SERVICE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE WENT BACK THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT FY 2019-20 AND FY 2021, WE DID THE COST WERE A LOT HIGHER.

THIS IS REALLY ATTRIBUTED TO TWO FACTORS.

ONE, WE DID HAVE THE PANDEMIC AND WE HAD TO CANCEL ELECTION AND RESCHEDULE IT.

AND THERE WAS SOME SUBSTANTIAL COSTS WITH DOING NOTICES FOR THAT.

AND THEN ALSO WE WERE OPERATING UNDER A HIGHER PRICE RATE.

AND YOU CAN SEE IN FY 21-22, AFTER THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE SUCCESSFULLY RENEGOTIATED THAT RATE, OUR COST DID GO DOWN.

LAST YEAR, WE ENDED THE YEAR AT $43,000 WITH AN AVERAGE COST PER TRANSACTION OF $527.

AND IT'S STILL EARLY THIS YEAR.

WE'RE AT ABOUT $12,400.

BUT WE SUSPECT BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE'LL WILL BE AT THAT $43,000 OR HIGHER.

AND THIS AGAIN, JUST KIND OF BREAKS IT DOWN BY THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.

AND PURCHASING REALLY ARE OUR HIGHEST VOLUME USERS ELECTION NOTICES, ORDINANCE NOTICES, PUBLISHING NOTICES FOR PUBLIC FOR, FOR FOR THE BUDGET.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IN PURCHASING DOING THE PROCUREMENTS AND THE COMPETITIVE BID ADVERTISES THAT ARE REQUIRED.

AND SO WITH THAT SAID, WE DID POLL ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT NEWSPAPER WOULD THEY PREFER TO USE THAT THAT WILL HELP EFFECTIVELY MANAGE THEIR OPERATIONS.

AND AND OVERALL, MOST DEPARTMENTS WERE REALLY OPEN TO USING WHETHER IT BE A CLEBURNE TIMES REVIEW OR FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM.

BUT OUR CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT REALLY PREFERRED TO USE THE FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM, MAINLY FOR THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THEIR POSTINGS ARE VERY HIGH PROFILE.

YOU'VE GOT ELECTION NOTICES AND ZONING CASES, AND WITH THAT HIGHER CIRCULATION THAT THE FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM HAS, THAT WOULD JUST BE THEIR PREFERRED METHOD.

SO WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND SEE IF THERE WAS ANY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH SOME OF OUR AREA CITIES THAT USE THE STAR TELEGRAM AND SEE IF WE COULD YOU KNOW, PIGGYBACK OFF A CONTRACT. AND WE DID FIND TWO CITIES THAT HAVE CONTRACTS WITH THE STAR TELEGRAM THAT WOULD ALLOW OTHER CITIES TO PARTICIPATE, AND THAT'S FORT WORTH AND GRAND PRAIRIE.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THEIR COSTS, WE'RE CURRENTLY PAYING $6.06 PER LINE.

THE CITY OF FORT WORTH IS AT $0.44 PER LINE.

AGAIN, THERE'S NO SURPRISE THERE.

THEY HAVE A MUCH HIGHER VOLUME THAN WE DO.

SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING TO BE THAT LOW.

AND THEN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE HAD A PRETTY COMPETITIVE RATE AT $1.90 PER LINE.

SO WE DID APPROACH MCCLATCHY AND ASKED IF WE COULD PARTICIPATE OFF THESE, THESE CONTRACTS AND AND GET THOSE PRICES.

AND EVEN THOUGH THEY DID CHECK THAT BOX WITH THOSE CITIES SAYING THEY'D LET US PARTICIPATE, THEY THEY DECLINED TO OFFER US THOSE PRICES MAINLY FOR THE FACT THEY SAID OUR VOLUME WAS MUCH LOWER.

WE AVERAGE ABOUT FIVE ADS A MONTH, SO THEY WOULDN'T HONOR THOSE PRICES, BUT THEY'D HAPPY TO RE-UP OUR CONTRACT AT OUR CURRENT RATE.

SO WE DRILLED DOWN A LITTLE FURTHER TO REALLY SEE IF WE WENT WITH A SMALLER PUBLICATION.

AND THIS IS JUST A TYPICAL AD EXAMPLE HERE.

YOU KNOW, ADS ARE GOING TO VARY, BUT ON A TYPICAL AD WITH OUR CURRENT RATE WITH THE FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM, WE'D BE AT ABOUT $555 FOR AN AD WITH THE CLEBURNE TIMES REVIEW, WHICH ACTUALLY CHARGES BY $20 PER COLUMN INCH A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

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AND JUST REAL QUICK, BEFORE WE GO FURTHER, I JUST WANT TO SHOW THAT IN ADDITION TO PUBLISHING NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER, WE ALSO NOTIFY CITIZENS THROUGH THE WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA BONFIRE.

THAT'S OUR ONLINE BIDS AND PROPOSAL NOTIFICATION SOFTWARE.

WE HAVE ABOUT 2400 VENDORS THAT USE THAT.

LETTERS AND POSTCARDS AND EVEN EVERBRIDGE AND CONSTANT CONTACT IS ANOTHER ANOTHER METHOD WE USE.

AND SO OVERALL YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT, THERE WAS REALLY ABOUT THREE OPTIONS.

WE BELIEVE WE COULD WE COULD PURSUE.

WE COULD OPTION ONE WOULD BE JUST A COMPETITIVELY BID, THIS SERVICE AND EVEN CONSIDER HAVING A PRIMARY AND SECONDARY NEWSPAPER.

YOU CAN HAVE THE FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM FOR YOUR MORE HIGH PROFILE POSTINGS.

AND THEN THE CLEVELAND TIMES REVIEW ANOTHER PUBLICATION FOR SOME OF YOUR LOW PROFILE STUFF.

THIS ACTUALLY WOULD ENSURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANT FROM A PARENT STANDPOINT.

WE'D REALLY GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT THOSE RATES LOOK LIKE ON A COMPETITIVE MARKET.

BUT THE RISK WITH ANY KIND OF COMPETITIVE BID IS YOU MAY NOT GET THE RESPONSE YOU WANT AND YOU MAY NOT NECESSARILY GET A LOWER PRICE.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT JUST GOES WITH THE TERRITORY ANY TIME YOU COMPETITIVELY BID THINGS.

OPTION TWO WE COULD JUST RE-UP OUR CONTRACT WITH MCCLATCHY AND JUST KEEP TRACKING OUR SPENDING.

MAKE SURE WE DON'T HIT THAT $50,000 THRESHOLD.

IT WOULD BE BUSINESS AS USUAL.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME TIME, WE REALLY WOULDN'T SEE A LOWER COST.

AND AGAIN, THAT PROCUREMENT ISSUE STILL COMES INTO PLAY.

AND THEN THE THIRD OPTION REALLY WOULD BE TO JUST CONTINUE THE FOUR STAR TELEGRAM AND THEN DO A SEPARATE CONTRACT WITH THE CLEBURNE TIMES REVIEW NOT TO EXCEED $50,000.

AGAIN, YOU BE ABLE TO USE BOTH NEWSPAPERS, BUT AGAIN, YOU'RE BACK IN THAT ISSUE WITH THE PROCUREMENT COMPLIANCE AND THAT YOU MAY NOT SAVE MONEY.

I THINK OVERALL, WE LOOKED AT IT, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO GO WITH ITEM ONE, THE OPTION ONE.

WE THINK THAT'S THE MOST CLEANEST AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO DO IT.

WE DID PRESENT THIS ITEM TO THE CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE ON APRIL 17TH.

THEIR CONSENSUS WAS TO ALSO GO WITH OPTION ONE AND COMPETITIVELY BID.

AND THAT WOULD BE OUR RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS? YOU HAD SOME OF THOSE OTHER CITIES BACK UP A COUPLE OF SLIDES THAT DON'T HAVE ANY.

I SAW HEARST AND SOME OF THOSE.

OTHERS DON'T HAVE ANY.

WHAT DO THEY DO? SO THEY JUST DON'T HAVE ANY FORMAL CONTRACT IN PLACE.

YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS HOW THEY TRACK THAT SPEND, I'M NOT REALLY SURE, BUT THEY THEY DON'T HAVE AN ACTUAL FORMAL CONTRACT WITH THE STAR TELEGRAM.

THEY USE THEM. BUT ACCORDING TO OUR RECORDS, THEY DO NOT THEY DO NOT HAVE AN ACTUAL CONTRACT.

ANYBODY ELSE? I ASKED THIS QUESTION IN COMMITTEE, BUT DID WE CONTACT THE COMMERCIAL RECORDER? WE DID. THEY THEY WE LOOKED AT THEM AND THEY DO.

THEY DO A LOT OF POSTINGS FOR SOME OF THE COUNTY PROCUREMENT AND SOME OTHER NOTICES.

WE'RE NOT 100% SURE IF THEY DO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.

THE CITY OF FORT WORTH DOESN'T USE THEM.

BUT IF WE DID A COMPETITIVE BID, WE COULD REACH OUT TO THEM.

AND IF THEY IF THEY DID SUBMIT A PROPOSAL, MET THE REQUIREMENTS.

IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD CONSIDER.

BUT, YEAH, WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE UNTIL WE WOULD ACTUALLY FORMALLY BID IT.

BUT WE ARE AWARE OF THEM AND HAVE LOOKED AT THEM.

WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN ANY LOCAL CITY PROCUREMENTS LATELY THERE, BUT I THINK THE LAST NOTICE I SAW WAS A COUPLE OF ELECTION NOTICES FOR SOME SMALLER COMMUNITIES, BUT THEY'RE MAINLY IN TARRANT COUNTY IN FORT WORTH.

UNDERSTOOD THAT. I'M FOR JUST DOING THIS LAST SLIDE FOR YOU GUYS.

CONTINUE WITH USING EITHER CLEBURNE OR FORT WORTH STAR, TELEGRAM, WHATEVER SEEMS TO BE THE BEST DEAL FOR THE DAY.

AND I'M A LITTLE BAFFLED BY A PRICING RANGE THAT CAN TAKE YOU FROM $0.44 A LINE TO $6.06 A LINE.

I, I YEAH, IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME, BUT I, I'M NOT RUNNING A NEWSPAPER.

SO. YEAH, I JUST THINK IT REALLY IS.

IT'S THE SHEER VOLUME OF ADS THEY HAVE TO POST VERSUS US.

I MEAN THAT THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S DEFINITELY A DRASTIC DROP.

THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

YEAH. AGREED.

KIND OF REMINDS ME OF THE AGGIE JOKE ABOUT THE AGGIES THAT WERE BUYING EGGS FOR A NICKEL AND SELLING THEM FOR $0.03, AND REALIZED THEY COULDN'T MAKE MONEY, SO THEY NEEDED TO GET A BIGGER TRUCK. SO I DON'T I GET ANY AGGIES UP HERE.

I'M SORRY. GOT TO HAVE A BIGGER TRUCK TO HAUL MORE.

I DON'T KNOW, MAKES NO SENSE TO ME, BUT I THINK THE WAY YOU GUYS ARE DOING IT IS FINE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO GO OUT.

IT'S NOT A BIG ENOUGH EXPENSE SO.

MAYOR. MAYOR, I HAVE A SPEAKER CARD.

CODY O'BRIEN.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IS IT ON? YEAH. OKAY.

MOST OF YOU GUYS KNOW ME.

I RUN THE BURLESON BUZZ ONLINE NEWSLETTER, AND THIS AGENDA ITEM CAUGHT MY ATTENTION BECAUSE I AM A PUBLISHER OF

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AND ALTHOUGH I DON'T PUBLISH A PHYSICAL PAPER THAT IS SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE.

IT'S JUST ANOTHER EXPENSE THAT I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR.

AND SO, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY MAKE THE BURLESON BUZZ AVAILABLE FOR THIS SERVICE.

I KNOW MY READERS ARE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU KNOW, BEING UP TO DATE ON THINGS LIKE THIS.

AND EVERY TIME I COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND I SEE THAT SOMETHING IS PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER I KNOW THAT I NEVER SEE IT.

AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS ME, BUT IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS THE READERS OF THE BURLESON BUZZ.

AND SO I WOULD JUST LOVE TO HELP OUT IN ANY WAY.

AND I THINK IT WOULD HELP MY READERS WHO ARE VERY ENGAGED CITIZENS.

SO. YEAH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WELL, AS I THINK I AGREE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE AND WITH STAFF OF GOING OUT FOR COMPETITIVE BID.

THAT WAY WE CAN SEE WORST CASE, WE DON'T GET THE RESPONSES THAT WE'RE HOPING FOR, BUT BEST CASE WE DO AND WE CAN COMPARE THOSE AND SEE WHAT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE.

MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT THINKING OF.

BECAUSE IT WE JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO WEIGH ALL EVERY EXPENSES.

COUNCIL MEMBER RUSSELL SAID EARLIER EVERYTHING WE REALLY NEED TO COMB THROUGH AND SEE WHERE WE'RE COMMITTING OUR DOLLARS TO BECAUSE EVERY DOLLAR MATTERS AND JUST KIND OF WEIGH WHAT OPTIONS WE GET PRESENTED BACK AND GO FROM THERE.

MAYBE, IN MY OPINION, IT MIGHT END UP BEING SOME KIND OF BLEND OF HIGH PROFILE ADS GO HERE LOW AND JUST MIXTURE SO THAT WE'RE REACHING.

I THINK THE BIGGEST PIECE IS HOW DO WE REACH THE AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT NEED TO BE REACHED FOR WHATEVER PARTICULAR AD IT MIGHT BE.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE NEED HERE IS JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE IN THE PAST EXCEEDED THE PURCHASING THRESHOLD TO LOOK FOR A WAY TO TRY TO ENTER INTO A FORMAL AGREEMENT, BECAUSE IT'S VERY LIKELY AT SOME POINT WE WILL EXCEED $50,000 AGAIN IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER IT BE THIS YEAR OR ANOTHER.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, TO YOUR POINT, I THINK FROM A, YOU KNOW, AND COUNCIL MEMBER RUSSEL TO YOURS, JUST TALKING ABOUT US BEING MINDFUL OF WHAT WE'RE SPENDING AND WHERE.

THAT THAT'S THIS EFFORT HERE.

I THINK THERE VERY WELL MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES, DEPENDING ON ASSUMED RESPONSES OF AWARDING THE MULTIPLE VENDORS, WHICH IS AN OPTION.

AND SO FOR THOSE THINGS THAT MAY BE BUDGET RELATED OR ZONING RELATED, YOU MAY WANT A LARGER PUBLICATION TO DO THAT.

AND THEN FOR THOSE THINGS THAT MAY NOT HAVE NOT UNDERPLAYING, ANYTHING'S IMPORTANT, BUT MAYBE NOT RISE TO THAT LEVEL MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO ADVERTISE SOMEWHERE ELSE. WE DO A LOT OF OTHER RESEARCH, PARTICULARLY MAYBE THROUGH BONFIRE WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR BIDDING AND OUR PROPOSALS.

SO I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION AND IF YOU GUYS ARE COMFORTABLE, WE'LL PROCEED WITH ADVERTISING.

WE SEE WHAT WE GET BACK.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE CITY SECRETARY, BUT I THINK THAT AT LEAST HER RECOMMENDATION AT THE COMMITTEE WAS TO ALWAYS AT LEAST CONSIDER USING THE LARGER CIRCULATION PAPERS FOR THOSE MORE PROMINENT ISSUES.

SO BARRING ANY CONCERN WITH THAT APPROACH, THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND.

EVERYBODY AGREE? RICHARD, COULD YOU OR IF YOU HAVE IT WITH YOU, READ THE REQUIREMENTS BY LAW THAT THE CITY HAS TO ADHERE TO FOR PUBLISHING, FOR A NEWSPAPER, HOW LARGE IT HAS TO BE, HOW MANY PUBLICATIONS, HOW MANY YEARS? YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, IT'S AS FAR AS THE REQUIREMENTS GO.

IT SAID THEY JUST HAVE TO BE WHEN WE POST, THEY HAVE TO HAVE BEEN REGULARLY AND CONTINUOUSLY PUBLISHED FOR AT LEAST 12 MONTHS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY POST THAT AD.

AND THEY HAVE TO BE A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED REGULARLY AND CONTINUOUSLY IS WHAT IT SAYS.

AND THEN AGAIN, THEY HAVE TO DEVOTE NOT LESS THAN 25% OF TOTAL COLUMN LINEAGE TO GENERAL INTEREST ITEMS AND ALSO BE ENTERS A SECOND CLASS POSTAL MATTER IN THE COUNTY WHERE PUBLISHED. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

I DON'T HAVE THE FULL REGULATION IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THOSE ARE THOSE THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THE KEY POINTS OF WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE THAT NEWSPAPER. OKAY.

THANK YOU RICHARD. ANYBODY ELSE? MAYOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CALL A RECESS? YEAH. JUST FOR JUST A SECOND.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO BAIL OUT HERE.

OKAY? AND I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO A VERY CAPABLE HANDS OF DAN MCCLENDON, MAYOR PRO TEM.

THANK YOU. CHRIS, BY EXPLANATION OUR MAYOR HAD JUST HAD KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY AND IS BRAVELY HERE FIVE DAYS AFTERWARDS ATTEMPTING TO CARRY FORWARD.

I'VE DONE THAT TWICE.

I UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS.

AND I THINK RIGHT NOW HE NEEDS TO BE SOMEPLACE HORIZONTAL WITH THE KNEE HIGHER THAN HIS BODY AND TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF.

SO THANK YOU, CHRIS, FOR THE FOR THE EFFORT.

UNLESS COUNCIL MEMBERS NEED IT, I DO YOU WANT TO CALL A RECESS? I'M GOOD WITH CONTINUING ON WITH THE MEETING.

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THAT BE THE CASE I BELIEVE WE'RE UP TO ITEM 8B TO RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION, AND PROVIDE STAFF FEEDBACK REGARDING

[8.B. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff feedback regarding Public Improvement Districts (PIDs) and Municipal Utility Districts (MUDs). (Staff Contact: Tony D. McIlwain, AICP, CFM, Development Services Director)]

THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY TONY MCILWAIN, OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.

TONY, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM MCCLENDON.

COUNCIL THE PURPOSE OF THIS BRIEFING IS JUST TO GIVE YOU A BROAD OVERVIEW AS INFORMATIONAL ONLY, WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS AND MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS.

SO THE ACRONYMS MAY SOUND A LITTLE SIMPLISTIC, BUT THE EFFECT OF THESE TWO DEVELOPMENT TOOLS ARE FAR REACHING, AND I WANTED TO JUST DELVE INTO THAT TOPIC A LITTLE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS VARIOUS MEMBERS OF CITY STAFF HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH DEVELOPMENT INTERESTS REGARDING UTILIZATION OF PIDS AND MUDS FOR DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS HERE IN AND AROUND THE CITY.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO REVIEW OUR CURRENT PID POLICY AND TO RECEIVE YOUR FEEDBACK REGARDING EITHER REVISING OR ELIMINATING THE POLICY, OR LEAVING AS IS, AND THEN PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF MUDS AND RECEIVE GENERAL FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL.

YOU'RE NOT UNDER THE GUN TONIGHT TO MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON ANYTHING, BUT JUST WANT TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS AS FAR AS ANY NEXT STEPS THAT YOU MAY DEEM WORTHWHILE.

SO WHAT ARE PIDS AND MUDS? A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BASICALLY IS A DEFINED GEOGRAPHIC AREA.

AND THE INTENT OF THAT IS TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC TYPES OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE FINANCED BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTIES.

AND THIS IS AFFECTED BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

AND THIS AUTHORIZATION TO ALLOW THIS IS UNDER CHAPTER 372 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

MUDS, ON THE OTHER HAND, ARE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE CREATED UNDER CHAPTER 54 OF THE TEXAS WATER CODE.

THEY FUNCTION AS INDEPENDENT, LIMITED GOVERNMENTS.

SO BASICALLY, A MUD ALLOWS A DEVELOPER TO COME IN AND FIND AN ALTERNATE WAY OF FINANCING WATER, SEWER AND DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE LARGELY THROUGH THE SALE OF MUNICIPAL BONDS OF BONDS.

EXCUSE ME. BOTH PIDS AND MUDS ENABLE DEVELOPERS UNIQUE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP PROPERTIES THAT MAY OTHERWISE PROVE DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING WITH REGARD TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.

SO YOUR PID ASSESSMENTS AND PID TAXES MAYBE SPREAD OUT OVER A PERIOD OF 20 PLUS YEARS ENDING ONCE THE FEES LEVIED AGAINST THE PROPERTY OR PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN PAID IN FULL.

MUD TAXES MAY BE ELIMINATED ONCE THE ASSOCIATED BOND DEBT HAS BEEN PAID OFF, WHICH CAN TAKE UP TO 30 YEARS AS WELL.

SO BOTH OF THESE ENTITIES ALLOW THE DEVELOPER TO LEVERAGE DEBT HOWEVER, IT CAN LEVERAGE DEBT THROUGH LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, WHICH WOULD BE YOU FOLKS, AS THE COUNCIL AND MOST CAN LEVERAGE IT INDEPENDENTLY.

AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AT ANY POINT IN TIME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE SLIDES.

SO BOTH ENTITIES HAVE LOCAL TAXING AUTHORITY UNDER THE TEXAS TAX CODE.

BUT THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO ENTITIES LIES IN THE INTENDED USE OF ANY COLLECTED TAXES.

SO I WANT TO DRAW A DISTINCTION HERE.

THE TWO BULLET POINTS WITH MUDS BEING CREATED, UTILIZED TO CREATE TO FINANCE, BUILD AND MAINTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES RELATED TO WATER, SEWER AND DRAINAGE AND AREAS THAT ARE OTHERWISE UNDER MANAGED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

TAXES ARE GENERALLY EARMARKED FOR WATER AND SEWER.

PID REVENUE.

OUR ASSESSMENTS CAN BE USED FOR A VARIETY OF PUBLIC COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS.

THESE CAN BE PARKS, FOUNTAINS, LANDSCAPING, AND OTHER NON UTILITY ENHANCEMENTS.

SO WHAT TYPES OF PIDS ARE OUT THERE? YOU HAVE TWO BASIC TYPES OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS A CAPITAL PID WHICH ARE SUBGROUPED UNDER REIMBURSEMENTS AND BONDED PIDS, AND THEN YOUR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PIDS.

AND YOU CAN HAVE PROJECTS THAT ALLOW BOTH TYPE OF PID ELEMENTS WITH REGARD TO DEVELOPMENT.

SO THOSE OF YOU ON COUNCIL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE THE PIDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY NOW AND WE HAVE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE PIDS, AS WELL AS SOME CAPITAL PIDS REGARDING THOSE PROJECTS.

SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS DISTRICTS CAN BE USED FOR.

THIS IS ARTICULATED IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

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I DON'T HAVE THAT ON THE LIST, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALLOWABLE USE.

SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BULLET POINT.

PIDS MAY ONLY BE USED TO FUND IMPROVEMENTS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT.

SO IF YOU HAVE A PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP OR CITY OVERSIZING AGREEMENT, YOU CANNOT USE A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT TO OVERSIZE INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE THE INTENDED PURPOSE OF THE OVERSIZING IS FOR A REGIONAL BENEFIT THAT GOES BEYOND THE ASSESSMENT THAT THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE PAYING.

SO THAT'S A CRITICAL PIECE.

THE PEOPLE THAT BUY INTO PIDS ARE LEVERAGED, ARE ASSESSED FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITY, NOT BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO WHO'S INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PID? AS YOU ALL KNOW IT INCLUDES YOU AS THE COUNCIL.

CITY STAFF THE DEVELOPER IN THE CASE OF BURLESON SAW PID ADMINISTRATOR MUNI CAPP.

AND THEN YOUR CAPITAL PIDS WE HAVE INVOLVEMENT REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS, BOND COUNCIL AND INDIVIDUALS INVOLVING UNDERWRITING.

THE LAST ADOPTED PID POLICY OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 12TH OF 2018, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS THAT WE UTILIZE TODAY. SO PART OF THE POLICY OBJECTIVES THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED BACK THEN WERE THESE BULLET POINTS HERE.

THERE WAS PARTICULAR ATTENTION AND FOCUS ON THE CITY'S MASTER PLAN EFFORTS, THOROUGHFARE PLAN, CITY TRAILS AND PARKS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT EXCEEDING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DESIGN, BUILDING STANDARDS, AMENITIES AND LANDSCAPING THAT WE SEE IN OUR PROJECTS.

AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR THESE TO BE MASTER PLANNED RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.

SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A HAPHAZARD APPROACH.

WE WANT A MORE MEASURED, THOUGHTFUL APPROACH WHERE YOU, THE COUNCIL, HAVE A FULL GRASP OF WHAT'S TO BE EXPECTED IN THESE COMMUNITIES AND ALSO WHERE THESE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE.

SO THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS WITH OUR CURRENT PID POLICY.

WE HAVE A TAX CAP, AND WE REQUIRE MAINTENANCE PID.

SO THE TAX CAP I'VE GOT THAT LANGUAGE ITALICIZED.

WE HAVE A MAXIMUM ASSESSMENT OF PER $100 VALUATION.

WHEN ADDED TO THE TOTAL TAX RATE, MAY NOT EXCEED THE HIGHEST TOTAL TAX RATE IN EFFECT FOR ANY PROPERTY IN THE CITY.

SO THAT'S BASICALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT SPORTS AS A SALARY CAP, BASICALLY, IF I LOOK AT THE PIDS AS FAR AS IT'S A LIMITING FACTOR, AS FAR AS WHAT YOU CAN DO IN TERMS OF ASSESSMENT REVENUE.

AS YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE PID DOES NOT FUND CAPITAL COSTS FOR NEW PROJECTS.

AND ONCE THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT IS COMPLETE, WE WOULD HAVE TO DETERMINE HOW TO FUND ONGOING MAINTENANCE COSTS.

JUST BECAUSE THE PID ASSESSMENT HAS RUN ITS COURSE, THOSE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PIECES DON'T GO AWAY.

IT THEN FALLS UPON THE PURVIEW OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO FUND IT CITYWIDE OR GO THROUGH SOME OTHER MEANS, SUCH AS A HOMEOWNERS OR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.

THESE WERE FACTORS THAT WE DISCUSSED WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND GAVE US SOME SOME QUESTIONS IN OUR MIND REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO CONSIDER PIDS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS TO BETTER GAUGE THE IMPROVEMENTS AS OPPOSED TO GROUPING THEM ON OUR BROAD POLICY.

ALL DEVELOPMENT IS NOT THE SAME, AND THE IMPACTS OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS DIFFER OVER TIME.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS WE WANT TO KIND OF PUT IN YOUR MIND THIS EVENING.

SO THESE ARE TWO PROJECTS YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH, THE PARKS AT PANTRY FARMS. THEY'VE GONE THROUGH TWO PHASES OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

MUNI CAPP IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH MR. PANTRY ON PHASE THREE, AND WE'RE AWAITING RECEIVING THOSE MATERIALS.

AND THEN CHISHOLM SUMMIT, WHICH WE'VE DISCUSSED EARLIER TONIGHT.

WHICH DEALS WITH PARKLAND DEDICATION AND THEN WITH AN EYE ON CAPITAL AND MAINTENANCE PID TO FUND THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

AND THESE ARE AMENITIES THAT WE WANT TO HAVE IN PLACE WITH THESE MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITIES.

NOW, IN THE EVENT THAT THERE'S A PIVOT OR A SHIFT IN ANY PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE PIDS, YOU'RE ALWAYS IN A DRIVER'S SEAT WITH PIDS AS OPPOSED TO MUD WHERE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WOULD COME THROUGH YOU.

SO WHAT ARE SOME PROS AND CONS OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS? THERE ARE A LOT. I DIDN'T GET DOWN INTO THE WEEDS WITH REGARD TO SOME OF THE SPECIFICS WITH REGARD TO FINANCING.

BUT A QUICK SNAPSHOT ARE THEIR USEFUL MECHANISMS FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE? SO IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THOSE REALLY ATTRACTIVE COMMUNITY FEATURES AND PARKS, IF YOU EVEN WANT TO HAVE IMPROVED SIDEWALK STANDARDS, A PID IS A WAY TO GO

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SOME OF THE CONS ARE AS A RESIDENT, YOU WILL PAY A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR THESE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.

THAT'S BEYOND THE OTHER ASSESSMENTS THAT YOUR NEIGHBOR OUTSIDE OF THE PID COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE TO PAY.

AND THE WAY THOSE ASSESSMENTS WORK IS THAT IT COULD INCREASE THE PRICE OF PROPERTIES WITHIN THE PID AS THE DEVELOPER ROLLS THE COST ON TO THE BUILDERS WHO WROTE IT ON TO US AS THE ULTIMATE PROPERTY OWNER.

AND SO I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NECESSARILY A CON, BUT IT COULD BE VIEWED AS A CON DEPENDING ON WHAT LENS YOU LOOK THROUGH IS YOU HAVE AN ONGOING PRIVATE, PUBLIC, ONGOING PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEVELOPER DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.

SO DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU THINK CITIES SHOULD BE IN THAT TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP, IT COULD BE VIEWED AS A CON FOR SOME CONSTITUENTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OUT THERE.

I'M GOING TO MIGRATE NOW TO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS AND MR. CITY MANAGER, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED ANY COMMENTS, INTERJECT ANY COMMENTS BEFORE I MOVE ON.

I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT ONE THING.

OBVIOUSLY TONY'S TALKED ABOUT EXISTING PIDS HAVING BOTH A CAPITAL AND MAINTENANCE COMPONENT TO IT.

PID POLICY REALLY IN MY MIND FOCUSES IN ON PROBABLY PREFERRING MAINTENANCE RELATED PIDS.

IT DOES ALLOW FOR CAPITAL PIDS, BUT WE TALK ABOUT THOSE ELEMENTS THAT WOULD BE MOST APPROPRIATE.

IT ULTIMATELY INCORPORATES A LOT OF MAINTENANCE RELATED FUNCTIONS.

SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT I THINK THE SLIDE SAID IT REQUIRES A MAINTENANCE PID OR STOP SHORT OF SAYING IT REQUIRES, BUT IT PROBABLY PREFERS A MAINTENANCE PID SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT ONE POINT.

I DON'T THINK I REALIZED THAT THE MAINTENANCE PIDS HAD AN EXPIRATION LIKE THEY, THAT THERE WAS AN END TO THEIR PAYMENTS BECAUSE SOME OF THESE FEATURES GO ON IN PERPETUITY.

WATER FEATURES, PLAYGROUNDS THERE'S EVERYTHING'S GOING TO NEED A REPLACEMENT AT SOME POINT SO THEN WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY DOES IT ROLL OVER TO WHEN THE PID IS PAID IN FULL? THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY QUESTIONS.

AND I'LL STOP SHORT OF SAYING A CONCERN, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING IN EYES WIDE OPEN.

RIGHT. BECAUSE ONCE THE PID ASSESSMENT IS PAID OFF, YEAH, EITHER THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE IT OVER AND HOA WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT OVER, OR THE PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD HAVE TO BE REASSESSED. AND THEN I'M PUTTING THIS IN THIS AGREEMENT, LIKE I'M THINKING ABOUT THE I GUESS IT'S PAN SHARP FARMS. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THAT WAS ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS I STOPPED BY FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT THERE.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH LIGHTING.

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT THEIR PID WAS INTENDING TO ADDRESS BUT HADN'T YET LIKE THE SWIMMING POOL, LIKE, COULD I MEAN, WHEN WE'RE FORMULATING THESE AGREEMENTS, ARE WE SPECIFYING WHO'S THAT, WHO'S RESPONSIBILITY THOSE WILL TURN OVER WHEN THE PID EXPIRES? IT'S PROBABLY OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT ON PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS WHAT I WOULD SAY.

SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO BRING TO THE COUNCIL'S MIND AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS, BECAUSE I JUST DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE SURPRISED 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SOME PARK THAT WE THAT DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T INTEND TO BECOME OUR RESPONSIBILITY DOES BECOME OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

AND OH, GUESS WHAT? IT'S ALSO TIME FOR ALL OF ITS EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT.

EXACTLY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY PERSPECTIVE ON A PID OF COURSE, YOU GUYS ARE ALL THE POLICY MAKERS, BUT MY THOUGHT IS, IS THAT NOT ALL CAPITAL PIDS ARE ARE BAD.

IF A CAPITAL PID CAN FREE UP ADDITIONAL CAPITAL FOR A DEVELOPER TO MAKE AN ENHANCED COMMUNITY, THEN THAT VERY WELL MAY BE WELL AND GOOD. WHICH IS WHY I THINK FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE WOULD LOOK AT SAYING IT MIGHT BE A BETTER APPROACH FOR COUNCIL TO LOOK AT PIDS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO VARY BY DEVELOPMENT AND BY AMENITY NEEDS, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO, THE AMENITIES THAT THEY'RE INTENDING TO ADD THROUGH THESE PIDS.

CORRECT. ON THE COG BOARD I SERVE WITH, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES IS A COUNCIL MEMBER FROM ARLINGTON.

AND THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE THAT ARE GETTING OLDER THAT HAVE WATER FEATURES THAT WERE INSTALLED BY THE DEVELOPER. AND SO HE SAID, IF I CAN GIVE YOU ANY ADVICE, IT IS TO BE, YOU KNOW, AWARE.

AND THIS IS IT'S RINGING TRUE HERE OF THIS PID, FOR INSTANCE, FUNDS AND PUT SOMETHING IN AND THEN 50, 60 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD THAT DEVELOPER HAS MOVED ON OR THEY'RE NO LONGER IN CHARGE OF THAT.

HOA AND I LIVE IN AN HOA.

I LIVE IN A DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS AN HOA THAT'S CHANGED HANDS THREE TIMES.

AND SO I MEAN THE CONTINUATION OF SOME OF THIS STUFF.

AND I THINK SOME THINGS JUST FALL OFF, MAYBE UNINTENTIONAL, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT BECOMES

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YES. AGREED.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT. IF I DID, I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMEBODY.

I THINK ONE VERY IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE, TOO, IS ANY IMPROVEMENT MADE THROUGH A PID IS A PUBLIC AMENITY.

AND SO YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT ALL AMENITIES NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE PUBLIC IN NATURE IF THEY'RE SERVING THE RESIDENTS FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA. SO IN SOME CASES, IT MAY BE VERY APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A PUBLIC PARK, AND OTHERS IT MAY BE OKAY TO HAVE A PRIVATE HOA MAINTAINED PARK.

BUT THESE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS I THINK WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING UP FRONT.

WE JUST WANT TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION UP FRONT SO THAT THE THINGS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE TO STAY WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD, IT IT'S IN THE AGREEMENT, AND WE KNOW BEFOREHAND WHO'S GOING TO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS UPKEEP FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER.

ONE THING ABOUT THE HOA WE KEEP THROWING OUT THE HOA IN THE COUNTY WHEN A PLAT IS APPROVED AND A DEVELOPMENT IS COMPLETED, THE DEVELOPER CAN GO TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND REQUEST THAT THOSE ROADS BE BROUGHT INTO THE COUNTY FOR MAINTENANCE.

THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER BRINGS IT TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AND ASKS THE COMMISSIONER COURT TO APPROVE IT.

A LOT OF TIMES IT DOESN'T GET APPROVED BECAUSE THE ROADS WERE TORE UP DURING CONSTRUCTION.

BEYOND THE STANDARD OF WHAT THE COUNTY HAS.

AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY REFER THEM TO THEIR HOA AND SAY THEIR HOA CAN MAINTAIN THOSE ROADS.

THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AND THAT'S JUST ROADS.

IF WE DON'T MAINTAIN CONTROL AS A CITY OF THE PID, WHEN IT DOES COME BACK TO US, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TELL THEM TO GO TO AN HOA BECAUSE AN HOA CAN'T EVEN MAINTAIN THE ROADS, MUCH LESS THE WATER WORKS AND THE ALL OTHER STRUCTURES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH THE PIDS.

SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE'RE DETERMINING HOW MUCH CONTROL WE WANT, HOW MUCH WE DON'T WANT.

YES, SIR. I RECALL THE DISCUSSION ON THE PID FOR THE PARKS AT FARMS AND THE THE KEY ISSUE TO ME BACK THERE WAS THE WORD PUBLIC, WHICH IS THE P OF PID IS THIS INDEED A PUBLIC FEATURE? IN OTHER WORDS, IF I LIVE IN SHANNON CREEK, AM I GOING TO FEEL ENTIRELY COMFORTABLE GOING OVER TO [INAUDIBLE] FARMS IN ORDER TO ENJOY THE PARKS? AND MY TENDENCY IS TO THINK, PROBABLY NOT.

BUT WE I WAS CLEAR TO POINT OUT OR TRIED MY BEST TO POINT OUT THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AS A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT IS GOING TO BE A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FOR THE USE OF PEOPLE ALL OVER BURLESON THE QUESTION REALLY IS HOW MUCH OF THAT REALLY DOES HAPPEN, HOW MUCH OF THIS IS JUST THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION TO JUST MAKING AN EXTRA NICE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN AND WILL IT REALLY BE A BENEFIT TO PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? AND IF THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ARE PAYING PART OF THE COST, THEN THAT SEEMS LIKE A LITTLE BIT UNFAIR.

SO I LIKE THE CONCEPT OF LOOKING AT THESE THINGS CASE BY CASE BASIS, AND SEEING WHETHER WE THINK THAT PARTICULAR IMPROVEMENT IS GOING TO ENJOY USAGE BY PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD.

OR ARE WE JUST FUNCTIONING AS A FAUX HOA WITH DEEP POCKETS AND BUILDING SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY ONLY GOING TO TO BE ENJOYED BY THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? I THINK THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF TRANSPARENCY TO THOSE THAT ARE INTENDING TO LIVE THERE TOO, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THEY CONSIDER PUBLIC AND WILL OR, YOU KNOW.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO WEIGH VERSUS LIKE OUR HOA, PUT IN A PLAYGROUND AND WE MAINTAIN IT.

BUT AND IT HAS SIGNAGE THAT SAYS THAT.

BUT PEOPLE STILL USE IT THAT DON'T LIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO IT'S A IT CAN SOMETIMES CAUSE TENSION, BUT IT'S JUST THE UNDERSTANDING AND BEING VERY, VERY UPFRONT WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PURCHASING THOSE HOMES OR PURCHASING, DOING THINGS IN THOSE DEVELOPMENTS THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING TO AND HOW IT WILL, HOW IT WILL BE MAINTAINED AND GOING FORWARD AND ALL OF THAT.

YES. WE'RE GOING TO PIVOT TO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS.

EARLIER TONIGHT COMMISSIONER BAILEY MENTIONED MUDS AND HOW T HEY ARE THINGS TO BE CONSIDERED WITH REGARD TO THOROUGHFARE PLANNING IN JOHNSON COUNTY.

AND I THOUGHT THE TIMING OF THAT CONVERSATION, THAT COMMENT WAS, WAS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS ITEM TONIGHT TO TALK JUST ABOUT THIS TOPIC.

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AND SO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO LEVY TAXES TO PROVIDE WATER, WASTEWATER, DRAINAGE AND OTHER SERVICES TO FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT.

SO YOU MAY ASK, WELL, WHY WOULD YOU NEED THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A PID? AND TYPICALLY MOST OF THE PIDS THAT WE SEE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AMENITIES RELATED BENEFIT AND MUDS ARE ESSENTIALLY DEVELOPMENTS THAT WANT TO OCCUR JUST BEYOND THE REACH OF AVAILABLE INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THIS WATER CODE PROVISION ALLOWS THEM TO COME IN AND ESSENTIALLY SET UP SHOP TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES VIA THE CONSTRUCT THAT THE STATE PROVIDES.

SO WHEN YOU MOVE INTO A MUD AND YOU PAY TAXES I GUESS LET ME TAKE A STEP BACK BEFORE I GO THAT FAR.

THE FUNDS USED TO CONSTRUCT A MUDS.

FACILITIES ARE OBTAINED THROUGH THE PUBLIC SALE OF TAX EXEMPT MUNICIPAL BONDS.

SO THE MUD PROVIDES FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THE BOND BONDS THROUGH ITS POWER TO LEVY AND COLLECT AD VALOREM TAXES ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE MUD.

SO THE TAXES ARE PAID BY THE HOMEOWNERS AND LANDOWNERS IN THE MUD.

AND ADDITIONALLY, THESE INDIVIDUALS MAY PAY MONTHLY WILL PAY NOT MAY WILL PAY MONTHLY WATER AND SEWER FEES TO PAY FOR THE COST OF OPERATING AND MAINTAINING THE SYSTEM THAT'S SET UP WITHIN A MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT.

SO WHAT TYPES OF MUDS ARE THERE? THE LAW ALLOWS FOR GENERAL LAW MUDS AND SPECIAL ALL MUDS.

AND I'VE GOT A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS MEAN.

TYPICALLY MOST OF THE TIME AVERAGE CITY IS GOING TO SEE WHAT WE CALL A GENERAL LAW MUD, WHERE A DEVELOPER HAS AN IDEA AND THEY WANT TO COME IN AND PUT A PROJECT IN.

YOUR SPECIAL LAW MUDS ARE DIFFERENT IN THAT THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, AS OPPOSED TO THE TCEQ, WILL PASS A BILL TO CREATE THIS MMUD.

THINK OF A WATER DISTRICT IN HARRIS COUNTY WHERE THERE IS A PUBLIC BENEFIT, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS HANDLED THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE, AS OPPOSED TO A DEVELOPER COMING IN WITH A PROJECT THROUGH THE TCEQ.

SO WHO GOVERNS MUDS? AND THE EASY ANSWER IS IT IS NOT THE CITY COUNCIL.

ONCE THE MUD IS ESTABLISHED TCEQ GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS OF APPOINTING ITS FIRST FIVE MEMBER BOARD TO GOVERN THE MUD.

AND THEN LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD, RESIDENTS OF THAT DISTRICT CAN VOTE IN ELECTIONS TO VOTE FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE WITHIN THE MUD TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY.

SO THE BOARD ESSENTIALLY SERVES THE FUNCTION AS YOU ALL, IN THE SENSE THAT THEY MAKE DECISIONS ON MATTERS RELATING TO OWNING, OPERATING AND MAINTAINING THE INFRASTRUCTURE, PROVIDING SERVICES, AND COMPLYING WITH STATE LAWS.

SO IF YOU TAKE THE ASSUMPTION THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS PROBABLY ARE NOT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN THIS FIELD.

A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL SEE THAT EFFORT OUTSOURCE TO A CONSULTANT TO HIRE THAT IS HIRED TO ASSIST WITH THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT.

SO THE QUESTION THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK IS CAN A MUD BE ANNEXED? YES, A MUD CAN BE ANNEXED THROUGH A MUTUAL AGREEMENT VIA STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP.

SO INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, ANNEXATION CANNOT BE A POINT OF APPROVAL FOR A MUD.

SO IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU GET APPROACHED OR WE BRING TO YOU A PETITION FOR A MUD, A NNEXATION CANNOT BE A CONDITION OF APPROVAL. NOW, IN YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS, IF YOU WANT TO CONSIDER THAT, THEN THE ROUTE YOU WOULD GO IS THROUGH A MUTUAL AGREEMENT VIA THE STRATEGIC STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP.

EXCUSE ME. SO IF YOU TAKE IN A MUD FOR ANNEXATION, YOU HAVE TO TAKE IN THE MUD IN ITS ENTIRETY, YOU CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT PHASES THAT YOU MAY WANT TO LEAVE OUT.

AND THEN AS YOU DRILL DOWN INTO THE LEVELS OF ANNEXATION YOU CAN HAVE A FULL PURPOSE ANNEXATION OR A LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION WHEN IT RELATES TO MUDS.

AND THE ANNEXATION PROCESS, OF COURSE, IS LAID OUT IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

SO A NUMBER OF US ON STAFF HAVE HAD SOME EXPERIENCES.

I KNOW OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, ERIC OSCARSON, HAS HAD QUITE A BIT OF EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH MUDS DOWN IN THE SUGAR LAND AREA.

BUT YOUR SPA, AS WE CALL IT IS BASICALLY ENABLED THROUGH LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHAPTER 43, AND IT'S BASICALLY A WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY

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SO IT ALLOWS FOR THOSE PROVISIONS FOR ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY, IF THAT IS THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF THE COUNCIL.

SO IN AN ANNEXATION, IF THERE IS OUTSTANDING DEBT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO ASSUME THAT DEBT AND PAY THE DEBT BACK TO THE BOND INVESTORS.

SO 99.999% OF THE TIME, STAFF WILL TELL YOU NOT TO AGREE TO ANY ANNEXATION IN THE EVENT ON A TIMETABLE THAT DOESN'T ALLOW A MUD TO PAY OFF ITS DEBT, BECAUSE YOU THEN HAVE THE DOUBLE EDGED SWORD OF HAVING TO DEAL WITH THAT DEBT IN ADDITION TO THE SERVICE REQUIREMENTS OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S IN PLACE. SO WITH REGARD TO SOME OF THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS, I'VE GOT THAT IN THE LAST BULLET POINT AT LEAST TWO JOINT PUBLIC HEARINGS PRIOR TO ENTERING AN SPA AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE AN AGREEMENT THAT MAY BE EXTENDED FOR ONE 10 YEAR PERIOD.

A LOT OF THIS IS ARTICULATED IN THE WATER CODE THAT YOU CAN READ, IF THAT'S YOUR TYPE OF THING.

BUT IT'S DRY READING, NO PUN INTENDED, SINCE IT'S IN THE WATER CODE.

BUT SO WITH REGARD TO FULL PURPOSE ANNEXATION YOU BRING THE ENTIRETY OF THE TERRITORY IN AND YOU PROVIDE FULL MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO INCLUDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE OF ROADWAYS AND STORMWATER DRAINAGE.

SO THE CITY THEN HAS THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE ALL ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS, AND THEN RESIDENTS MAY VOTE IN ALL CITY ELECTIONS AND HOLD OFFICE.

SO WHEN YOU DO A FULL PURPOSE ANNEXATION, ESSENTIALLY THE MUD IS DISSOLVED AND IT ELIMINATES THE NEED TO HAVE THE MUD AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

AS AGAIN, AS I SAID EARLIER, THIS TYPICALLY DOES NOT HAPPEN UNTIL THE DEBT IS COMPLETELY PAID THROUGH THE PROPERTY OWNER TAXES OR ASSESSMENTS.

SO YOUR LIMITED PURPOSE, ANNEXATION YOU DO HAVE INSTANCES WHERE THE CITY CAN EXTEND ITS PLANNING, ZONING AND HEALTH SAFETY REGULATIONS INTO THE TERRITORY. BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THOSE INDIVIDUALS DO NOT PAY CITY PROPERTY TAXES.

THEY DO NOT RECEIVE MUNICIPAL SERVICES.

THEY CAN VOTE IN COUNCIL ELECTIONS AND CHARTER ELECTIONS, BUT NOT BOND ELECTIONS AND THEY CANNOT RUN FOR OFFICE.

SO THE MUD CONTINUES TO EXIST WITHIN THE CITY LIMIT, CITY LIMITS, AND AN SP AGREEMENT FOR THIS TYPE OF ANNEXATION MUST INCLUDE THE DISTRICT'S BOUNDARIES, FUNCTION'S NAME IF IT WILL BECOME LATER ON, A FULL PURPOSE ANNEXATION.

EXCUSE ME. WITH THE LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION, A MUNICIPALITY MAY ALSO IMPOSE SALES AND USE TAXES WITHIN THE DISTRICT'S BOUNDARIES.

SO PROS AND CONS OF MUDS.

IF YOU ARE A DEVELOPER, IT'S A GREAT TOOL AND THAT ALLOWS YOU TO USE A DIFFERENT FINANCING SCHEME TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL ONE DAY LIVE IN YOUR DISTRICT, AND THEY CAN PROVIDE A CERTAIN PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES THAT CAN ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND THEY MAY, FROM THE DEVELOPER STANDPOINT, LOWER THE COST OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CONS AS YOU PASS THOSE COSTS ON TO THE ULTIMATE HOMEOWNER, MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE.

LIVING IN THE MUD THAN A MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY WITH A SIMILAR LEVEL OF SERVICE, AND YOU TYPICALLY SEE INSTANCES WHERE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE MUD WILL PAY HIGHER TAXES AND FEES TO FUND THE OPERATIONS OF THE DISTRICT, AND THEY ALSO MAY BE REQUIRED TO PAY SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS.

AND A CON FOR THE CITY OR ANY MUNICIPALITY IS THAT IF YOU ANNEX IT, YOU WOULD ASSUME THE DEBT IF THAT'S NOT PAID OFF, BACK TO THE BOND INVESTORS PRIOR TO THAT.

BEFORE I GO TO RECOMMENDATION, I'LL ONCE AGAIN CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.

AND AGAIN FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S PERSPECTIVE, SIR, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU WANT TO MAKE TO THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION SLIDE.

WE'RE NOT PUTTING YOU UNDER THE GUN TONIGHT TO ACTUALLY HAVE A RECOMMENDATION.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS WAS TO BE INFORMATIVE.

BUT WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS WITH REGARD TO DISCUSSIONS, FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT, OR IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT POLICY CHANGE REVISED/REMOVED.

WE CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN YOUR THOUGHTS AND RECOMMEND THAT IT HAVE A MORE ROBUST DISCUSSION IF IT'S YOUR INTENT WITH THE POLICY AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE, IF THAT'S THE COUNCIL'S INTENT, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL I'LL DEFER TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR HIS COMMENTS.

I THINK THE ONE THING THAT I WANT TO BRING FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL IS GENERALLY THIS MIGHT BE A CONVERSATION WE ACTUALLY START A COMMITTEE.

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SO YOU HAD A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING, AND AT LEAST WHERE STAFFS THOUGHT WE SHOULD GO IN TERMS OF POLICY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

TONY IN THE CASE OF A MUD BEING STARTED, LET'S SAY SOMEWHERE OUT IN WHAT USED TO BE KNOWN AS OUR ETJ.

YES, SIR. ARE THEY UNDER ANY KIND OF CONSTRAINT OF WHAT KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE THEY BUILD, WHAT STANDARDS THEY HAVE TO MEET? I MEAN, IT CROSSES MY MIND IF WE DID SEE A MUD COME UP OUTSIDE OUR AREA THAT WE THOUGHT MIGHT EVENTUALLY WANT TO DO A LIMITED PURPOSE OR A FULL ANNEXATION, THAT WE'D HAVE A VITAL INTEREST IN KNOWING WHETHER WE WERE GOING TO GET A SYSTEM THAT WAS UNDERSIZED FOR WATER PURPOSES OR BUILT OUT OF SOME INSUFFICIENT MATERIALS FOR ROADWAYS OR WHATEVER.

SURE. ARE THEY FREE TO WRITE THEIR OWN STANDARDS, OR DO THEY HAVE TO ADHERE TO STANDARDS IN THE AREA OR COUNTY STANDARDS OR WHAT? WELL, I WILL TELL YOU, AND I'LL, I'LL ALSO DEFER TO OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, ERIC OSCARSON.

IT IS MY OPINION THAT MUDS ARE BEST YIELD THE BEST RESULTS WHEN THERE IS A DIALOG WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND THEN IF YOU ENTER INTO A SPA, THE DISCUSSIONS REGARDING ANNEXATION SHOULD LEND THEMSELVES TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS BEING PLACED OUT THERE.

BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE A RED HERRING WHERE YOU'RE ON THE HOOK FOR ANNEXING THIS THING AT A CERTAIN DATE AND TIME, AND IT'S UNDERSIZED.

SO I WOULD SAY IS THERE AN OBLIGATION? IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THE MUD.

I THINK IF THE MUD IS THAT WE MAY HAVE IN THE COUNTY THAT ARE ALREADY MAYBE OUTSIDE OF THIS OBVIOUSLY OUTSIDE THE CITY'S SERVICE AREA, MAYBE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

BUT IF WE ARE APPROACHED BY A DEVELOPER, ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE QUALITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S PLACED OUT THERE AND A CARRYING CAPACITY FOR DEVELOPMENT.

ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE, YOU SAID THAT THE RULES ARE THAT THE ANNEXATION CAN'T BE A CONDITION OF APPROVAL OF A MUD.

SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT IF SOMEONE COMES TO US THAT WANTS TO DO THIS, THAT WE CAN'T MAKE THAT A CONSIDERATION, THAT LATER ON DOWN THE LINE WE WOULD AGREE TO TAKE IT OVER? CORRECT. SO IF YOU AGREE TO A MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT WHAT YOU CAN'T SAY IS WE'LL AGREE TO IT, BUT YOU HAVE TO AGREE TO US ANNEXING YOU.

MOST OF THE TIME, THE DEVELOPMENT INTEREST WILL COME IN AND ABSOLUTELY WANT YOU TO ANNEX THEM AT SOME POINT IN TIME.

SO WHAT THE LEGISLATURE IS TRYING TO SAY IS THAT IT CAN'T BE A, I FORGET THE LEGAL TERM.

WELL, YES.

YES. THANK YOU.

QUID PRO QUO.

SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE BECAUSE IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND YOU'RE GOING TO GO WE'RE GOING TO ANNEX YOU.

YOU CANNOT DO THAT.

YOU CAN GENTLY ENTER INTO THE DISCUSSION IF IT LENDS ITSELF TO AN SPA AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF THE DEVELOPER INTERESTED PARTY, CERTAINLY.

BUT IF YOU SIT AT THE DAIS, YOU CAN'T APPROVE IT AND THEN SAY, WELL, I ONLY DID IT BECAUSE I WANT TO ANNEX YOU.

THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THE LEGISLATURE DOESN'T ALLOW.

OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER WANT TO GET IN THE WEEDS JUST A LITTLE BIT.

HOW DOES IT WORK IF THE MUD IS OUTSIDE OF OUR CCN, WILL WE? IF WE CHOOSE TO ANNEX IT, DO WE HAVE TO DO WE THEN MODIFY THE CCN? NO. SO THAT'S OKAY. AND THEN SECOND QUESTION ANNEXATION NOW IS VOLUNTARY BY ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

BUT IF THE MUD IS THERE ANNEXATION IT'S BY THEIR BOARD.

OR DO ALL THEIR PROPERTY OWNERS STILL HAVE TO APPROVE IT? SO I GUESS I'LL ACTUALLY PASS ON THE FIRST QUESTION REGARDING CCN JUST OUTSIDE OF MY.

YEAH, I'M LOOKING AT IT.

SO REGARDING THE CCN, OBVIOUSLY IF A DEVELOPMENT COMES IN THAT IS IN OUTSIDE OF OUR CCN OR IS IT ANOTHER LIKE IS IN BETHESDA, CCN THEY WOULD PROVIDE WATER SERVICES.

THERE, WATER WOULD HAVE TO BE PROVIDED TO THEM THE MUD WOULD BE USED TO PAY TO PROVIDE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND SO THE MUD WOULD BUILD ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

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IF THEY'RE OUTSIDE OUR CCN, IT COULD BE SOMETHING WHERE THEY CREATE A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, AND THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WOULD TAKE OVER IN THE LONG TERM IF WE ANNEX THEM.

IF NOT, THEY WOULD RUN THAT, THAT THAT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IN PERPETUITY.

IF IT'S IN NO MAN'S LAND, CCN IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO TALK ABOUT.

IS THAT SOMETHING WE'D WANT TO TAKE ON? WITH REGARDS TO WHAT WAS THE SECOND QUESTION.

THE ANNEXATION, IF IT'S BY IF THE BOARD CAN DO ITINTENTION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO ANNEX THEM BUT THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT CAN BE EXECUTED BY BOTH PARTIES AHEAD OF TIME.

AND SO THAT WILL SET THE DATE.

SO IF THERE'S A SET DATE WHERE IT SAYS WE'RE GOING TO ANNEX AND THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT SAYS THIS MUD ITSELF IS GOING TO ANNEX AT THIS TIME.

AND SO IT DOESN'T NEED A VOTE OF ALL THE MEMBERS.

IT WAS THE AGREEMENT AT THE BEGINNING THAT SAYS WE ARE GOING TO ANNEX AT THIS DATE.

AND THAT'S WHEN YOU SET A TERM.

USUALLY IT'S 20 YEARS WITH THE BONDING.

IN SOME CASES, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU CAN EXTEND IT ONE 10 YEAR PERIOD AND MAKE IT 30 YEARS.

BUT THAT'S DEPENDENT UPON THE BOARD.

AND THAT, AGAIN, MUDS ARE ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE LONG TERM BENEFIT.

AND SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT MANAGED BY THE THE COUNCIL, THAT BOARD IS WORKING WITH THE CITY KNOWING THAT THERE'S A LONG TERM BENEFIT TO EVENTUALLY COME INTO THE CITY.

IF YOU HAVE AN OUTCRY OF MUD RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO INVOKE SENATE BILL SIX, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT STANDS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN SPA, WHICH IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN A CITY UNILATERALLY MAKING A DECISION TO GO AND DO AN INVOLUNTARY ANNEXATION WHICH, AS WE KNOW, YOU CAN'T DO UNDER MOST BROAD CIRCUMSTANCES.

SO I HOPE THAT KIND OF ANSWERS THE QUESTION.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? I GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THE GENERAL LAW MUD SINCE THEY GO THROUGH THE TCEQ.

YES, SIR. THEY'RE ALLOWED TO GO INTO THE WATER AND WASTEWATER BUSINESS.

YES, ACTUALLY CREATE THEIR OWN BUSINESS.

YES, BUT THE SPECIAL LAW DOESN'T USE TECQ, IT'S LEGISLATED.

ARE THEY STILL ALLOWED TO DO THAT? OKAY. EITHER WAY.

YEAH. EITHER WAY, IT'S THE HOW THEY'RE CREATED IS THE GENERAL LAW VERSUS THE LEGISLATION.

BUT THERE'S STILL MANAGED BY TECQ, STILL GOVERNS IT AND GIVES THEM THE AUTHORITY TO EXIST.

OKAY, OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? YOU'RE ASKING OUR OPINION ABOUT TAKING THIS TO THE COUNCIL POLICY AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE? I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

I'D LIKE TO GET INTO THAT A LITTLE DEEPER.

ANYONE HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENT ON? I GUESS THAT'S THE THREE OF US.

I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH THAT WE NEED TO TAKE IT TO THE POLICY AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE, AND IT NEEDS TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION.

ALSO, THIS THIS NEEDS TO BE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL TIMES.

YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY.

I APPRECIATE THE THREE OF YOU REVIEWING IT, BECAUSE IT ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE COMBED OVER A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES AND THEN BRINGING IT TO THE FULL COUNCIL, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE DON'T. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD THIS HAS COME UP JUST A COUPLE TIMES IN THE THREE YEARS I'VE SERVED, AND STILL THERE'S NUANCES THAT I DIDN'T CATCH.

AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO DIVE INTO THE DETAILS AND GET TO COME OVER TO A COUPLE OF TIMES.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

GO. DO YOU NEED TONY I DO SIR THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT THAT LEADS US TO ITEM EIGHT C TO RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PROVIDE STAFF FEEDBACK REGARDING THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES

[8.C. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff feedback regarding the city’s legislative initiatives in preparation for the upcoming 89th session of the Texas Legislature. (Presenter: Snapper Carr, Focused Advocacy)]

AND THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY SNAPPER CARR WITH FOCUSED ADVOCACY, MAYOR PRO TEM MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO FOCUS, JUST WANTED TO TAKE A BRIEF TRIP BACK IN TIME FOR YOUR CALL.

IN FEBRUARY, WE MADE AMENDMENTS TO THE FAA CONTRACT COUNCIL AND INDICATED THAT WE WANTED TO TAKE A MUCH BROADER STANCE ON OUR LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES AND PREPARATION FOR THE 89TH SESSION COMING UP IN JANUARY.

AND SO TO THAT END, I THINK OUR HOPE IS THAT THIS IS ONE OF MANY WORK SESSIONS TO BEGIN KIND OF HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCIL, SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO HELP DEVELOP OUR LEGISLATIVE POLICY THAT WE WOULD LOOK TO ADOPT SOMETIME IN THE FALL RATHER THAN THE WINTER, TO KIND OF GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO GET IN FRONT OF THAT.

AND SO OUR HOPE IS TO GET A GUIDED DISCUSSION FROM YOU GUYS TODAY ON WHAT THOSE NEXT STEPS LOOK LIKE, WHAT SPECIFIC THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE US TO BEGIN PUTTING IN PLACE SO THAT IN. MISS JUSTIN.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL.

THANKS FOR HAVING US. I'M LINDSAY HURD WITH FOCUS ADVOCACY AND I'M HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUE BRANDON AGHAMALIAN.

GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED HERE.

SO BRIEF OVERVIEW, OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT PREPARING FOR THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL A TIMELINE TALK ABOUT THE AGENDA FORMATION AND THEN TALK ABOUT HOW TO EFFECTIVELY ADVOCATE AT THE LEGISLATURE.

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SO THIS IS A BRIEF SLIDE TO GIVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS. AND TALKING ABOUT OUR PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING SESSION.

CLEARLY THE TIME TO START ADVOCATING IS NOW, Y'ALL, Y'ALL WILL KNOW THAT INTERIM CHARGES HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

THE SPEAKER HASN'T ISSUED HIS YET.

HE'S IN A CONTESTED PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION.

CURRENTLY. WE'RE EXPECTING THE HOUSE INTERIM CHARGES TO COME AFTER THAT'S CONCLUDED MAY 28TH.

SO THE INTERIM CHARGES ARE ESSENTIALLY ITEMS THAT THE LEGISLATURE WILL STUDY PRIOR TO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

THEY LOOK ALMOST LIKE PRIORITIES THAT ARE ISSUED FROM BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE.

AND THEY USUALLY EVOLVE INTO ITEMS THAT COME UP AS BILLS WHEN THE SESSION BEGINS.

NEXT UP, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT DEVELOPING THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND A PLAN TO ADOPT BY OCTOBER, WHICH, YOU KNOW, AS JUSTIN INDICATED, USUALLY Y'ALL HAVE DONE IT IN WINTER. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF THAT THIS TIME AROUND AND REALLY BE PREPARED.

WHEN THEY CONVENE IN JANUARY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT PREPARING THE ADVOCACY PLAN.

AND THEN LAST ITEM HERE IS, AS YOU ALL VERY WELL KNOW, AND YOU ALL ALREADY DO, IS TO STAY IN VERY CLOSE CONTACT WITH YOUR DELEGATION, WITH SENATOR KING AND REPRESENTATIVES BURNS AND COOK.

SO HERE'S THE TIMELINE.

IT'S KIND OF TIMELY THAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT, ALMOST A YEAR BEFORE THE LAST ITEM ON THERE, JUNE 2ND, WHEN THE NEXT SESSION WILL BE OVER WITH.

SO AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, APRIL 11TH, THE SENATE INTERIM CHARGES CAME OUT.

PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION, MAY 28TH.

THEN WE'VE GOT THE NOVEMBER 5TH GENERAL ELECTION.

WE LIKE TO SAY SESSION STARTS REALLY WHEN BILL PRE FILING BEGINS NOVEMBER 11TH.

THOSE ARE WHEN THERE ARE REAL BILLS WITH BILL NUMBERS THAT CAN BECOME CAN AND DO BECOME LAW.

JANUARY 14TH THE SESSION CONVENES.

THE SPEAKER IS ELECTED AS ONE OF THE FIRST ORDERS OF BUSINESS.

AND THEN BY LATE JANUARY EARLY FEBRUARY, THE COMMITTEE START MEETING.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHEN THE SESSION BEGINS IN EARNEST AND EVERYTHING KIND OF BECOMES CHAOTIC.

SO THEN BY MARCH 14TH, THE BILL FILING DEADLINE ARRIVES AND WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, BUT THAT IS THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST HECTIC TIME DURING THE SESSION WHEN COMMITTEES ARE MEETING AND YOU GET A FIVE DAY NOTICE, THE POSTING COMES OUT FOR THE COMMITTEE THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND YOU KNOW WHAT? BILLS WILL BE UP.

AND THEN JUNE 2ND WE'VE GOT ADJOURNMENT.

SO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CITIES AND THE STATE AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW, UNDER TEXAS LAW, CITIES ARE CONSIDERED CREATURES OF THE STATE, AND LEGISLATORS WILL OFTEN REMIND US OF THIS THROUGH THE SESSION.

THEY'LL SAY, WELL, WHAT WE GIVETH, WE CAN TAKE IT AWAY.

SO GENERAL LAW CITIES CAN LEGISLATE WHAT STATE ALLOWS THEM TO HOME RULE CITIES LIKE BURLESON? Y'ALL CAN LEGISLATE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF YOUR CHARTER AND THEN WHAT STATE LAW PROHIBITS.

SO THIS IS WHERE PREEMPTION COMES INTO PLAY.

AND THIS IS WHY WE WORRY ABOUT IT, BECAUSE IT REALLY IMPACTS WHAT Y'ALL ARE ABLE TO DO ON A LOCAL LEVEL TO SOLVE PROBLEMS HERE LOCALLY.

MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT DECISIONS IMPACTING CITIES ARE MADE BY THE LEGISLATURE, UNFORTUNATELY NOT BY YOU ALL.

WE HAVE TO LOBBY THE LEGISLATURE.

AND AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT TO LOBBY THE LEGISLATURE AND GET COMFORTABLE DOING IT.

THIS SLIDE REALLY GIVES A PICTURE.

AND THIS IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE, OF COURSE, BUT THIS IS SOME OF THE, THE, THE MAJOR ISSUES THAT WE DEAL WITH THAT THE LEGISLATURE REGULATES IN.

SO ANYTHING FROM PROPERTY TAXES TO LAND USE.

OIL AND GAS REGULATIONS, RIGHT OF WAY, TRANSPORTATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

REALLY ANY AND EVERYTHING.

THESE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SENATE INTERIM CHARGES, THESE SENATE HEARINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY DEALING WITH THESE CHARGES.

SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE BEEN SET AND CONTINUE TO BE SET.

NUMBER ONE IS A BIG ONE.

IT'S REVIEWING THE ENTIRE PROPERTY TAX SYSTEM WITH AN EYE ON ELIMINATING ALL PROPERTY TAXES.

SO BOTH SENATE FINANCE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAVE THAT CHARGE AND WILL BE DISCUSSING THAT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.

REVIEW ISSUES ARISING FROM SENATE BILL 2038, THE RELEASE BILL, I THINK THE BILL AUTHOR, WHO WAS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, HAS HEARD A LOT FROM CITIES AND FROM OTHER LEGISLATORS WHO'VE HEARD FROM THEIR CITIES WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS.

AND A LOT OF CITIES HAVE RECEIVED PETITIONS TO BE RELEASED FROM THE ETJ.

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SO WE REALLY DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO TELL OUR STORY AND TALK ABOUT HOW THAT'S IMPACTING US, AND HOW MAYBE WE COULD APPRECIATE A CHANGE IN THE UPCOMING SESSION.

HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IS A BIG ONE.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGAIN WILL LOOK INTO THAT.

AND OFTEN THEY LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS TO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY THROUGH LAND USE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO BELIEVE THAT IF WE JUST GET RID OF MINIMUM LOT SIZE AND WE GET RID OF YOU KNOW, WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO HAVE ADUS BY RIGHT, THEN THAT WILL SOLVE THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY ISSUE.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO AND MAKE OUR VOICE HEARD ON REVIEW OF THE LOCAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AND ITS AUTHORIZED USES. I THINK BRANDON SAID BEFORE, THIS IS A CHARGE THAT'S IDENTICAL TO ONE THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN 2018.

SO THEY'LL PROBABLY JUST HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.

I'M NOT SURE. YOU KNOW, BRIANNA CAN PROBABLY SPEAK TO MORE.

WHAT ANY IF ANY LEGISLATION WILL COME OUT OF THAT IMPACTING THAT EXAMINE THE IMPACTS OF PERMANENT CEMENT PRODUCTION PLANTS ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO SENT A LETTER TO TC ASKING FOR A MORATORIUM ON ANY NEW PERMITTING FOR CEMENT PRODUCTION PLANTS.

SO ANOTHER KIND OF LAND USE RELATED ISSUE ABOUT COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOODS AND THINGS LIKE CEMENT PRODUCTION PLANTS, ONGOING REVIEW OF TRANSPORTATION FUNDING.

THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW THAT AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SAFETY.

SOME CITIES HAVE ORDINANCES ON ON THIS ALREADY WATER SYSTEM RELIABILITY THAT THAT HEARING IS ACTUALLY NEXT WEEK SENATE AG AND WATER REVIEW OF STATE FUNDS CREATED TO PROVIDE WATER SYSTEM AND PARKS FUNDING.

SO THIS IS SOME LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED LAST SESSION THAT THEY'LL MONITOR AND MAKE SURE IS IS DOING WHAT IT WHAT THEY INTENDED TO DO.

REVIEW OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING DIRECTLY OF DIRECTLY DISTRIBUTED FEDERAL FUNDS.

AND THAT WAS JUST A LIST OF HIGHLIGHTS.

THE INTERIM CHARGES ARE 15 PAGES LONG, SO THERE'S A LOT MORE IF Y'ALL WANT TO PERUSE.

IT'S INCLUDED IN THE POWERPOINT.

ANOTHER THING IS, UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN A BILL DIES, WHEN A BILL THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PLAYING DEFENSE AGAINST DIES, IT CAN ALWAYS COME UP AGAIN.

AND MANY TIMES IT DOES.

SO THIS IS A LIST OF BILLS AND AGAIN, NOT EXHAUSTIVE, BUT A LIST OF BILLS THAT FOLKS AT MUNICIPALITIES WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT WE THINK WILL PROBABLY RETURN.

SO NUMBER ONE IS PROHIBITING CITIES FROM ENGAGING IN COMMUNITY ADVOCACY.

SO HIRING, YOU KNOW, FOLKS LIKE US TO HELP YOU GUYS IN AUSTIN.

THAT DIDN'T PASS. THAT'S BEEN INTRODUCED SEVERAL SESSIONS.

WE'LL EXPECT TO SEE THAT AGAIN.

A BILL PROVIDING FOR AUTOMATIC ANNEXATION OF AN AREA, NOT RECEIVING FULL MUNICIPAL SERVICES.

LIKELY TO SEE THAT ONE AGAIN.

SHORT TERM RENTALS.

THAT'S ALWAYS A POPULAR ISSUE.

THERE'S USUALLY SEVERAL BILLS ON THAT.

AND THEN THIS BIG LAND USE BULLET HERE.

STATEWIDE NEIGHBORHOOD DENSITY STANDARDS.

THAT'S SURE TO COME BACK.

THAT BILL GOT VERY CLOSE TO PASSING LAST SESSION.

PREVENTING CITY REGULATION OF SMALL LOTS AUTHORIZING MANUFACTURED HOMES.

ALL OF THESE BILLS AT LEAST RECEIVED HEARINGS.

MANY OF THEM GOT FURTHER ALONG IN THE PROCESS, DESPITE LOTS OF OPPOSITION BY CITIES AND OTHER OTHER ENTITIES.

BILLS THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THE USE OF CERTAIN DEBT INSTRUMENTS BY A CITY, INCLUDING CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

THERE WAS A BILL ON THIS THAT ACTUALLY PASSED AND THE GOVERNOR VETOED.

THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT THAT COMPLETELY DELETED CODES FROM THE CODE THAT THAT BILL DIDN'T GET AS FAR.

BUT, I MEAN, THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE REAL SERIOUS THREATS TO HOW YOU GUYS DO BUSINESS HERE.

SO YEAH, THE FIRETRUCK PROVISION THAT IMPACTS CITIES WITH THE POPULATION LOWER THAN 30,000.

SO THAT WON'T IMPACT YOU ALL.

SALES TAX SOURCING, ANOTHER ITEM, ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WILL PROBABLY COME BACK TO LIFE.

THIS PART I'M GOING TO TURN OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE BRANDON.

THANK YOU. LINDLEY.

MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

I'M BRANDON AGHAMALIAN.

JUST BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, BECAUSE I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU ARE RELATIVELY NEW TO COUNCIL OR CAME ON IN THE LAST, OUR FIRM HAS HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH CITY NOW FOR SEVERAL YEARS, OFF AND ON.

AND BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, I'M FROM THE AREA ORIGINALLY GREW UP IN ARLINGTON, FORT WORTH, AND ABOUT 100 YEARS AGO I WAS AN ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS, LEFT THE CITY AND WENT INTO PRIVATE PRACTICE WITH SNAPPER, MY BUSINESS PARTNER, WITH THE EXPRESS GOAL OF REPRESENTING CITIES.

SO THAT'S WHAT OUR FIRM DOES.

I'VE BEEN REPRESENTING CITIES NOW IN PRIVATE PRACTICE FOR 20 PLUS YEARS.

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WE WERE ASKED TO COME HERE TODAY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW TO HOW TO GET YOU, AS A COUNCIL, MORE ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS AND TO INCREASE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROCESS.

AND SO IT'S A IT'S A SUBJECT THAT I ENJOY TALKING ABOUT A LOT.

I WANT TO START BY BEING REAL CLEAR, BOTH FOR YOU AND FOR THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETIMES THIS IS RELATED A LOT TO THE ISSUE LINDLEY TOUCHED ON A MOMENT AGO, WHICH IS THE THE LEGISLATIVE DEBATE ABOUT PROHIBITING YOU OR PROHIBITING THE WAYS THAT YOU EVEN PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS.

AND SO, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE TAKE OUR DIRECTION AS YOUR CONSULTANTS AND YOUR ADVISORS.

WE TAKE OUR DIRECTION FROM YOU.

THERE'S NO FREE LANCING ON THIS.

COUNCIL MUST AUTHORIZE A POSITION ON EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF LEGISLATION OR GIVE US AT LEAST SOME KIND OF BROADER BLANKET AUTHORITY TO TAKE POSITIONS.

AND AS I MENTIONED, WE ONLY TAKE OUR DIRECTION FROM FROM CITY MANAGEMENT AND THE COUNCIL'S ADOPTED OPINION ADOPTED POSITIONS.

EXCUSE ME.

AND OUR OUR WORKFLOW AND OUR DIRECTION COMES FROM FROM NOWHERE ELSE.

AS A SORT OF A STEPPING STONE TO YOU BEGINNING TO TO ADOPT SOME OF THOSE PRINCIPLES AND, AND POSITIONS WE SHARE WITH YOU HERE THE HTML LEGISLATIVE PHILOSOPHY.

AND YOU SEE THOSE, THOSE THREE BULLET POINTS THERE THAT THE LEAGUE WILL VIGOROUSLY OPPOSE LEGISLATION THAT ERODES LOCAL AUTHORITY THE CITY'S REPRESENTATION OF THE, YOU KNOW, IS THE PEOPLE, THE GOVERNMENT CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE AND THAT YOU, AS THE CITY BEAR THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS STATE FOR CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR ENSURING CITIZENS HEALTH AND SAFETY.

AND AS SUCH, YOU NEED A PREDICTABLE LEVEL OF REVENUE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.

AND LASTLY, THE LEAGUE WILL OPPOSE ANY STATE MANDATES THAT DO NOT PROVIDE FOR SOME KIND OF OF COMPENSATION FROM THE STATE.

SO DEVELOPING AN AGENDA IS SOMETHING THAT A CITY AGENDA, SOMETHING THAT, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I'VE BEEN DOING NOW FOR A LONG TIME I'M VERY EMPHATIC ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT YOUR LEGISLATOR AND TRYING TO HELP YOU DEVELOP A LEGISLATIVE POSITION THAT REALLY COORDINATES WITH WHAT YOUR ACTUAL PRIORITIES ARE ON COUNCIL, WHATEVER YOU'RE WORKING ON.

AND THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT I'VE BEEN SITTING THROUGH TONIGHT WITH YOU IS SO TRADITIONAL AND SO INDICATIVE BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE SUBJECT THAT YOU ALL HAVE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT STEMS FROM STATE LAW, THE MUD AND THE PID PRESENTATION.

THAT'S ALL STATE LAW.

THE MUDS AND PIDS ARE SOMETHING THAT WE DEAL WITH EXTENSIVELY DOWN IN AUSTIN.

SO THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE.

OF OF THE WAY THAT STATE LAW AND THE LEGISLATURE AND WHAT YOU ALL ARE WORKING ON WEEK AFTER WEEK ON AT THIS DAIS, COME TOGETHER WE KNOW THAT YOUR CITY HAS YOUR, YOU KNOW, STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.

YOU HAVE YOUR PRIORITIES, YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND I CAN ASSURE YOU, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WITH EACH OF YOUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, WITH EACH OF YOUR INDIVIDUAL PRIORITIES, THERE IS A LEGISLATIVE OVERLAP.

WHEN I WORKED FOR THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, I USED TO DO THIS ROUTINELY WITH OUR WITH OUR COUNCIL AND WALK THROUGH WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO WORK ON? WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL? WHAT ARE YOU ALL TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AS A BODY? AND HOW CAN WE FIGURE OUT THE STATE ANGLE ON THAT AS THE STATE GETTING IN THE WAY, OR CAN THE STATE HELP YOU WITH THAT? AND LET'S FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT INTERSECTION IS AND WHAT WE NEED TO GO DO ABOUT IT.

CAN'T DO IT ALL. CAN'T GET IT ALL DONE.

USUALLY IN ONE SESSION.

IT'S IT'S A LONG GAME, NOT A SHORT GAME, BUT CERTAINLY THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.

THE POINT THAT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT IT SHOULD REALLY DOVETAIL INTO THE VERY TOP PRIORITIES THAT YOU HAVE AS A CITY AND AS INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL.

IF YOU'RE IF.

YOUR CITY AGENDA IS NOT DOING THAT, THEN I WOULD BE BLUNT, BUT BUT CONFIDENT IN TELLING YOU YOU'LL BE DISINTERESTED IN YOUR, YOUR YOUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'LL BE SAYING, WELL, WE'RE REALLY WORKING ON IMPORTANT THINGS OVER HERE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS A CITY.

AND OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IS SORT OF A SECOND HAND THING.

AND THAT'S THAT'S A FAILURE ON OUR PART AND US AS A TEAM, IF WE'RE NOT MORE ALIGNED LIKE THAT.

IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS THEN, AND WHERE YOU CAN PARTICIPATE MORE AFTER THAT AGENDA IS DEVELOPED AND ADOPTED AND, YOU KNOW, SUBMITTED TO US AND SHARED WITH YOUR LEGISLATURE, YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, 5 OR 6 DIFFERENT KEY AREAS BETWEEN BILL FILING, WHICH IS A

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AND IT IS OFTEN THE MOST OVERLOOKED BILL.

AND CITIES SOMETIMES WAIT WAY TOO LONG TO BEGIN TO PROVIDE COMMENTS.

WE NEED TO PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK VERY IMMEDIATELY.

AS A CITY ONCE THE BILL HAS BEEN SET FOR A HEARING, YOU USUALLY HAVE ANOTHER SHORT WINDOW THERE WHERE YOU CAN WEIGH IN.

AND I COULD SHARE WITH YOU LOTS OF EXPERIENCES WHERE A LEGISLATOR SAYS, WHY DID YOU ONLY SHOW UP AT THE HEARING TO CRITICIZE MY BILL OR PROVIDE YOUR FEEDBACK? YOU KNOW, WE POSTED THIS.

I FILED THIS BILL MONTHS AGO A B WE POSTED THIS FOR HEARING FIVE DAYS AGO, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM YOU.

AND NOW YOU SHOW UP AT STEP THREE, WHICH IS THE ACTUAL HEARING, AND YOU GET YOUR TWO MINUTES TO SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE THERE FOR STEP THREE, BUT YOU CAN SOMETIMES PUT YOURSELF IN A LITTLE BIT OF A HOLE NOT DOING STEP 1 OR 2 AHEAD OF THAT.

ONCE THE BILL IS OUT OF OUT OF THE HEARING, THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IN WHAT IS CALLED THE CALENDARS PROCESS.

IN THE IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, THERE'S SORT OF A DIFFERENTIATION OF HOW THEY DO IT, BUT NONETHELESS, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO WEIGH IN.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, ONCE IT GOES TO THE FULL FLOOR AND THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITY THEN, ALTHOUGH THAT IS WHERE YOU SOMETIMES HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF LEVERAGE AS AN INDIVIDUAL CITY. AND SO THUS THE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST FOUR STEPS BEING A LOT MORE IMPORTANT.

AND THEN FINALLY, IF IT GOES ON TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, WE HAVE YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.

AND SO A CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN EACH ONE OF THOSE STEPS IS, IS VERY CRITICAL.

AND WE WANT TO BE HERE TO ASSIST YOU AND ADVISE YOU THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS.

THE COMMITTEES ARE LITERALLY, YOU KNOW, THE BACKBONE OF THE PROCESS.

THAT'S WHERE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE WORK OCCURS.

IT IS CRITICAL THAT YOU, AS A COUNCIL AND YOUR STAFF ARE VERY, VERY TUNED IN TO THAT PROCESS. AND IT IS OVERWHELMING.

THERE'S A SLIDE WE COULD HAVE PUT IN HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 8000, 9000 PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT ARE BEING FUNNELED THROUGH IN A MATTER OF ABOUT 90 DAYS.

SO THESE COMMITTEES ARE MEETING 4 OR 5 DAYS A WEEK.

1015 COMMITTEES A DAY.

IT MAY BE A LITTLE MUCH EIGHT, EIGHT TO 8 TO 12 COMMITTEES A DAY, AND REAL LONG AGENDAS, REAL LONG AGENDAS.

BUT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T LET THAT VOLUME JUST FORCE YOU TO TUNE OUT OR OTHER WORDS.

YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK UP AND SAY, GEE, WHY? WHY? WHAT'S GOING ON IN LEGISLATURE? HAD ALL THESE BILLS GET SO FAR DOWN THE ROAD, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS, THAT, THAT POSTING THAT I REFERRED TO EARLIER IS SOMETHING THAT THEY, THEY CAN SUSPEND.

THEY DO SUSPEND.

IT CAN HAPPEN QUICKLY.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN'T CONTROL.

IT'S JUST PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH.

SO SOMETIMES YOUR NOTICE ON THESE THINGS IS IS VERY SHORT.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE CITY STAFF AND YOUR COMMITMENT OF RESOURCES TO THIS PROCESS REALLY MATTER.

BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE STAFF THAT CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS ON A MOMENT'S NOTICE, THEN YOU WILL BE SORT OF LEFT BEHIND AT THE STATION.

IS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THEN ACTUALLY GETTING INTO THAT PROCESS.

IT'S IT'S CRITICAL THAT NOT ONLY YOU COME TELL YOUR STORY AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS FROM A MUNICIPAL PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO TO HAVE DEVELOPED THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUR CITIZENS, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, YOUR BUSINESSES, YOUR BUSINESS LEADERS HERE, THAT THEY UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS IMPACTING THEM AND WHY YOU'RE TAKING THE POSITION YOU TAKE.

I'M VERY I'M A BIG ADVOCATE FOR CITIES HELPING PUT OTHER FACES ON THE DEBATE. AND IT DOESN'T ALWAYS JUST HAVE TO BE THE MAYOR OR THE CITY MANAGER OR THE DEPARTMENT HEAD COMING DOWN TO TESTIFY.

LET'S HELP YOU BUILD THESE OTHER FACES.

AS I REFERRED TO THEM, THESE CITIZENS AND BUSINESS LEADERS, TO HELP COME DOWN AND ALSO TELL THE STORY ABOUT HOW THIS LEGISLATION IS, IS IMPACTING THEM.

LINDLEY TOUCHED ON YOUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION.

YOU CAN'T COMMUNICATE WITH THEM ENOUGH.

YOU JUST REALLY CAN'T IF YOU'RE NOT HAVING REGULAR CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR HOUSE MEMBERS AND YOUR SENATE MEMBERS.

AND LINDLEY DETAILED THEM WITH SENATOR KING AND REPRESENTATIVES COOK AND BURNS AND OF COURSE, HE'S IN A RUNOFF RIGHT NOW.

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BUT IT'S VERY CRITICAL THAT YOU STAY IN REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH THEM.

AND THEN THAT LAST BULLET POINT ABOUT RESPONDING VERY QUICKLY IS, IS CRITICAL, TOO, ESPECIALLY TOWARDS THE END OF THE PROCESS.

WE HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME AND WE'VE GOT TO BE READY TO, TO REALLY ENGAGE.

SO WRAPPING UP AND TALKING ABOUT OUR ROLE WITH YOU WE HAVE SAID AND BY THAT MEANING ME AND SNAPPER PRIMARILY, BUT OUR BUSINESS PARTNER, KURT SEIDLITZ AND LINDLEY NOW IS PART OF OUR TEAM.

WE ARE AN EXTENSION OF YOUR CITY STAFF.

THAT'S REALLY OUR ROLE DOWN IN AUSTIN FOR YOU IS TO ACT AS AN EXTENSION OF YOUR STAFF.

WE'VE AS I'VE TOUCHED ON EARLIER, WE'VE GOT A VERY LONG TRACK RECORD OF REPRESENTING CITIES.

THAT THIRD ITEM THERE IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, AN ITEM WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN.

WE WE WORK TO PASS A LOT OF LEGISLATION ON BEHALF OF CITIES.

SO A VERY SPECIFIC REQUEST ON YOUR BEHALF OF, HEY, WE WANT TO GO CHANGE SOMETHING LIKE I'LL GO BACK TO THE MUD OR THE PID EXAMPLE.

IF THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE MUD OR THE PID STATUTE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE CHANGED, THEN LET'S DRILL INTO THAT.

LET'S FIGURE THAT OUT AND THEN LET'S GO.

ACTUALLY WHAT WE WHAT WE USUALLY CALL PROACTIVELY FILE A BILL AND GO GET IT DONE ON YOUR BEHALF.

IN ADDITION TO THOSE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, HIGH LEVEL SERVICES, WE HAVE EVERY OTHER WEEK A CLEARINGHOUSE CALL WITH ALL OF OUR MUNICIPAL CLIENTS. HOPE THAT THAT THE CITY WILL PARTICIPATE IN THAT REGULARLY.

AND THEN WE HAVE A NEWSLETTER AND ALERTS AND OUR BILL TRACKINGS THAT GO OUT.

WE SEND THOSE TO STAFF.

IF STAFF WANTS US TO SEND THOSE DIRECTLY TO YOU, THAT'S A DISCUSSION FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE.

THAT'S A CITY MANAGEMENT DECISION.

BUT DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A FAIRLY ROBUST AMOUNT OF OF COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE DO WITH OUR CLIENTS.

AND THOSE CLEARINGHOUSE CALLS ARE REALLY AWESOME OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION AND FOR YOU ALL TO TALK TO OTHER CITIES AS WELL. SO WE HAVE A FEW MORE SLIDES HERE, AND I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS, BUT THIS IS SORT OF OUR, YOU KNOW, SUITE OF SERVICES BETWEEN HELPING OUR DEVELOP TESTIMONY.

MONITORING THE RULES THAT ARE COMING OUT FROM THE AGENCIES.

BILL DRAFTING, AMENDMENT DRAFTING.

WE WORK VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH HTML.

WHERE WE ARE.

HTML IS A CLIENT OF OURS.

MY BUSINESS PARTNER, SNAPPER, WAS THE FORMER GENERAL COUNSEL AT HTML.

SO WE STAY IN VERY CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THEM.

JUST HAD A MEETING WITH THEM TODAY.

WE WORK IN HELPING YOU BUILD YOUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE STAFF DOWN THERE.

COME DO BRIEFINGS LIKE THIS HELP YOU IDENTIFY THE ISSUES DURING THE INTERIM, ESPECIALLY AS THESE INTERIM STUDIES ARE COMING OUT? OBVIOUSLY REPRESENTS YOU DURING THE THE SESSION, HELP YOU FORMULATE YOUR PROGRAM AND COMMUNICATE WITH BOTH YOUR DELEGATION AND YOUR LEGISLATION, YOUR THE LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE.

SO IN TERMS OF THEN WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND DOING NEXT, WE NEED TO GET DOWN TO THE BUSINESS OF IDENTIFYING THOSE PRIORITIES THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

AND WHAT IS IT THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO GO ACCOMPLISH IN THE IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION? WE'RE HERE TO HELP WITH THAT.

BUT BUT THIS DOES FALL LARGELY ON Y'ALL.

WE CAN'T BACK TO YOU.

WE DON'T MAKE UP THE ISSUES FOR YOU.

WE DON'T TELL YOU WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE.

SO STARTING THAT PROCESS AND WORKING WITH STAFF.

AND WE CAN DO THAT AT ANY NUMBER OF WAYS.

WITH A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS. WE COME UP HERE, WE COME TO THEIR TO CITY HALL, AND WE'LL DO LIKE AN ALL DAY WORK SESSION WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT HEADS TO BEGIN TO IDENTIFY ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE.

BUT THERE'S A AND VISIT WITH YOU ALL INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES.

SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF WAYS WE CAN BEGIN TO DO THAT.

BUT THAT PROCESS NEEDS TO START SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

ONCE THOSE ISSUES ARE IDENTIFIED, YOU GIVE US SOME TIME TO DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE, DO SOME RESEARCH ON IT.

START TO TALK TO STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO DO, BECAUSE THERE ARE ALMOST INEVITABLY A STAKEHOLDER, WHETHER THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER CITY, THE COUNTY, A SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP, A STATE AGENCY, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

AND THEN ONCE WE'VE SORT OF RUN THAT GAMUT, THEN THAT'S WHEN WE REALLY CAN START GETTING DOWN TO, OKAY, NOW HOW DO WE GO GET THIS DONE? AND STARTING TO FORMULATE THE REAL GRANULAR PLAN OF, OKAY, WHO'S GOING TO CARRY THIS? WHAT'S OUR PLAN OF EXECUTION HERE? AND, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, GAME PLAN, GETTING IT FROM THIS IDEA TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK.

THAT WRAPS UP THE PRESENTATION.

I KNOW I'M THE PERSON STANDING BETWEEN YOU AND ADJOURNMENT, AND SO I HOPE WE DIDN'T GO ON FOR TOO LONG, BUT WE SURE DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT

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AND AS MUCH AS IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE CONTINUAL CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CITIZENS, IT'S ALSO, AS YOU MENTIONED, IMPORTANT TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES, BECAUSE STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS, BECAUSE SO MUCH OF WHAT THEY'RE DECIDING AFFECTS HOW WE'RE ABLE TO THE POLICY DECISIONS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE HERE ON THE GROUND.

AND IF WE'RE NOT HAVING THESE CONTINUAL CONVERSATIONS, DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE.

AND THEN WE LOOK AT OUR CITIZENS AND WE SAY, I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT THAT.

AND THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT.

THEY WANT ANSWERS AND THEY EXPECT US TO EQUALLY BE ABLE TO.

THAT'S WORKING ON THEIR BEHALF IN AUSTIN JUST AS MUCH AS IT IS HERE IN THESE IN THESE MEETINGS, WHEN WE'RE MEETING TWICE A MONTH OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

SO I'M GENUINELY EXCITED AND I I'M GLAD WE, AS A COUNCIL, HAVE PUT FORTH THE EFFORT TO TAKE ANOTHER STEP AND REALLY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST.

PREVIOUSLY IT WAS LIKE, HERE'S AN UPDATE.

THIS IS WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.

AND LIKE YOU'VE MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES, IT WAS KIND OF ON THE BACK END OF SOMETHING WHEN WE REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE SAY, WE CAN MAKE CALLS AND WE CAN SAY, HEY, THIS IS HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT US. AND THE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN AUSTIN ARE EQUALLY WONDERING, HOW DID IF YOU KNEW ABOUT THIS THE WHOLE TIME, HOW AM I JUST NOW HEARING ABOUT IT? AND SO WE JUST IT'S BETTER TO BE ON THE FRONT END.

I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE MOVING THIS UP BECAUSE AS YOU MENTIONED, WE PASSED THIS IN WINTER.

WELL, BY THAT POINT, THEY'VE KIND OF ALREADY HAVE THEIR BIG PLANS IN PLACE ON WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PURSUE, HOW IT'S GOING TO BE.

THEY'VE ALREADY GOT THEIR GAME PLANS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO COME IN ON THE BACK END AND BE LIKE, BUT WAIT, WHAT ABOUT US? AND SO WE NEED TO BE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS ALL ALONG THE WAY.

AND GETTING STARTED IN THESE DISCUSSIONS.

NOW, I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING I MEAN, I THINK CITY MANAGEMENT HAS TO DETERMINE THE BEST WAY TO ACCOMPLISH, LIKE IF IT'S THOSE WORK SESSIONS OR HOWEVER, BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO BE SUPPORT IN THOSE.

I KNOW I VOLUNTEERED AS TRIBUTE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BUT SIMILARLY, I DON'T WANT TO GO ROGUE ON MY COLLEAGUES.

WE ALL NEED TO BE WORKING FROM THE SAME MISSION, THE SAME DOCUMENT, THE SAME TALKING POINTS SO THAT WE'RE MUCH MORE POWERFUL WHEN WE HAVE THIS IS WHAT WE, AS A COUNCIL, HAVE APPROVED AS AN AGENDA FOR THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

WE'RE ALL WE'VE PASSED THIS.

WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT.

AND NOW LET'S GO OUT, WHETHER IT'S US AS REPRESENTATIVES OR RECRUITING THOSE BUSINESS LEADERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TO TO JOIN US IN AUSTIN AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. SO JUST AND I KNOW I NOW HAVE A COLLEAGUE WHO EQUALLY HAS INTEREST IN THESE THINGS.

SO ADAM TWO WANTS TO BE MORE VISIBLE AND INVOLVED ALONG THE WAY.

I KNOW PERSONALLY BIG ITEMS WOULD BE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING AND IN GENERAL, NOT JUST I.

I NOTICED IT SAID FOCUS ON NON DEDICATED FUNDING, BUT ALSO BEING A PART OF THE CONVERSATION, LIKE THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS DETERMINING HOW MUCH FUNDING THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE TXDOT. AND IT'S LIMITED.

AND SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF FUNDING CONVERSATIONS THAT CAN TAKE PLACE.

AND I PERSONALLY AM WANTING TO BE A PART OF THAT AND HELP IN ANY WAY THAT I CAN, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT.

WE'VE GOT SOMETHING LIKE 2 OR 300,000 PEOPLE COMING TO JOHNSON COUNTY, AND IF WE DON'T START BEING MORE VOCAL ABOUT HOW WE HAVE TO MOVE THAT GROWTH, THAT GROWTH IS COMING AND WE HAVE TO GET THEM IN AND OUT AND AROUND US.

AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY ACCOMPLISH SO MUCH.

WE HAVE FINITE AMOUNT OF FUNDS LOCALLY.

BUT IF WE CAN LEVERAGE TOGETHER AND PULL FUNDING AND MATCH IT WITH STATE OR FEDERAL, THEN WE CAN FURTHER THOSE PROJECTS AND GET THEM DONE FASTER AND MOVE THAT TRAFFIC.

TJ'S THIS LAST TIME.

THAT'S A BIG EXAMPLE OF WE CAN'T I DON'T THINK WE REALIZED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HOW FAR THOSE BILLS HAD MOVED UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE FACING.

ALMOST EVERY AGENDA WE HAVE REQUESTS FOR TO TO BE REMOVED FROM OUR ETJ AND IS IS LANGLEY MENTIONED THAT THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME APPETITE TO ACTUALLY REVISIT THAT.

I THINK THAT EVEN THE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING WE SEE FAIRLY REGULARLY WHERE THEY, THEY, THEY ACTUALLY SAY WE MIGHT HAVE GONE A LITTLE TOO FAR, DIDN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND MAYBE WHAT WHAT WE WERE DOING, AND WE MIGHT NEED TO REVISIT THIS A LITTLE BIT.

AND SO I ACTUALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GROWTH LIKE THAT, IT REALLY PIGEONHOLES US AS FAR AS PLANNING FOR HOW WE DEVELOP INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO THAT'S IMPORTANT.

YOU KNOW, WHILE SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT UNTIL IT HITS YOU, UNTIL SOMEBODY IS TRYING TO DEVELOP THE LAND NEXT TO YOU AND YOU'RE LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, WHY ISN'T

[02:45:09]

SO I THINK I KNOW THAT THERE'S A FEW OTHER.

ITEMS THAT WE CAN ALL LIKE, VET THROUGH AND DETERMINE WHAT'S OF IMPORTANCE.

BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND THE INTEREST TO TO WORK MORE WITH US SO THAT WE CAN WE CAN HAVE A VOICE FOR OUR CITIZENS.

I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T GOING BACK TO TALKING TO YOUR DELEGATION, IF I DIDN'T STRESS TO YOU THAT YOU HAVE AN EXCELLENT DELEGATION AND THEY ALL HAVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BACKGROUND. I MEAN, DAVID COOK WAS, YOU KNOW, MAYOR OF MANSFIELD FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

AND REPRESENTATIVE BURNS WAS EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATOR KING, ONE HAS BEEN IN THE LEGISLATURE NOW FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND IS JUST A SAVVY VETERAN LEGISLATOR.

BUT HE WAS ON THE FORT WORTH POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR A VERY LONG TIME, EARLY IN HIS CAREER, AND I THINK WAS A JP BEFORE THAT.

AND SO YOU HAVE THREE MEMBERS REPRESENTING YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE DEEP ROOTS HERE, DEEP ROOTS IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ARE REALLY EXCELLENT MEMBERS.

AND EVEN WHEN WE DON'T AGREE WITH THEM AND EVEN WHEN WE CAN'T FIND COMMON GROUND, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE ANOTHER ISSUE.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, PLEASE, PLEASE, IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR LOCAL DELEGATION OR DON'T TALK TO THEM ENOUGH, PLEASE GET TO KNOW THEM BECAUSE THEY THEY ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND LOCAL GOVERNMENT VERY WELL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M I'M KNOWING THAT THIS CUTS BOTH WAYS.

WHEN YOU SAY YOU TAKE DIRECTION FROM US, WE ALSO TAKE DIRECTION FROM YOU.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE PLEDGED TO KEEP US APPRIZED OF THINGS AS THEY'RE HAPPENING.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON TAKING UP THE SUBJECT.

I MAY BE LEANING PRETTY HEAVILY ON HER TO HELP US GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING THESE PRIORITIES THAT WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO GIVE YOU GUYS THE DIRECTION THAT THE COUNCIL WANTS YOU TO GO.

AND I'LL BE GLAD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS WITH YOU AND ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO.

OH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AS A COUNCIL.

I REALLY YOU I DON'T KNOW WHY I HAD THIS, I DIDN'T HAVE THE CONNECT BUT I DO NOW OF WE NEED TO LOOK AND SEE THOSE PRIORITIES, MAJOR PRIORITY AREAS.

LOOK OVERALL YOU KNOW, WHAT BUCKETS DO THESE FALL INTO STATE LEGISLATIVE WISE? AND ARE THERE THINGS THAT ARE THERE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE IN THE PAST GONE AROUND THEM OR MIGHT POTENTIALLY COME UP IN THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND THEN GO FROM THERE BECAUSE THERE'S LIKE YOU SAID, PRETTY MUCH EVERY DECISION WE MAKE IS IN SOME WAY THERE'S AN OVERLAP OF WE'RE WORKING IN THE CONFINES OR GOING AROUND OR WAITING FOR THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO ADDRESS.

MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL.

ANOTHER THING THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR, FOR ME, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH TRYING TO THINK ABOUT AND DEVELOP WHAT YOUR AGENDA MAY BE, WHETHER THESE CONVERSATIONS YOU WANT TO HAVE AT THE FULL COUNCIL LEVEL, OR IF YOU PREFER TO BEGIN THOSE DISCUSSION AT A COMMITTEE AND WORK THEIR WAY.

I THINK IT'S VERY MUCH SOMETHING THAT SHOULD ORIGINATE IN THE COMMITTEE.

SO MAYBE AT LEAST ESTABLISH A LEGISLATIVE.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING EARLIER.

MAYBE WE NEED A LEGISLATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE.

YES. SIMILAR TO OUR CONVERSATION EARLIER OF, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DIG DEEPER IN.

AND THEN WE COME WITH RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE CAN ALL DISCUSS AS A FULL COUNCIL, BUT IT HELPS TO HAVE SOME.

IT HELPS WHEN WE'RE IN A SMALLER SETTING AND WE CAN DIG DEEPER.

AND THOSE OF US THAT GENUINELY HAVE AN INTEREST AND, AND FINE TOOTH COMBING SOME OF THIS STUFF AND THEN BRINGING IT AND BEING HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND GIVE SOME BACKGROUND AS TO WHY WE FEEL SOMETHING MIGHT BE IMPORTANT, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO SERVE ON THAT.

I THINK ADAM WOULD TOO.

BUT YEAH, JUST HOWEVER, ADAM, YOU JUST GOT VOLUNTOLD.

YEAH. HOWEVER, WE IT'S ABOUT HELPING OUR OUR CITIZENS AND ENSURING THAT THEY COLLECTIVELY HAVE A VOICE IN AUSTIN, TOO, BECAUSE THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE MAKING THE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THEIR DAILY LIVES.

BUT IN SOME CASES, WE HAVE OUR HANDS TIED.

AND SO JUST AS MUCH AS IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REPRESENT THEM HERE, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HELP THEM RECOGNIZE WHERE THEIR VOICE NEEDS TO BE HEARD IN AUSTIN, TOO.

[02:50:03]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BRANDON. THANK YOU LILY.

APPRECIATE THAT. AND I'M GLAD.

I'M GRATIFIED THAT WE MADE THE DECISION THIS TIME AROUND TO UP OUR GAME AND AND CONFRONT THIS MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT FOR US.

THANKS. ALL RIGHT.

IF THAT'S NO MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT, WE'RE UP TO ITEM NINE ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT, WHICH IS CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS THAT WE. ALL RIGHT, I SEE NONE.

SO WE'LL GO INTO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TEN, WHICH IS TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[10. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION]

SO AT THIS POINT WE WILL TAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551 .071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION.

SECOND HAVE A MOTION BY SCOTT, SECOND BY ADAM TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

PLEASE VOTE. ALL RIGHT.

UNANIMOUS VOTE. WE WILL. WE'RE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8:21 P.M..

RONNIE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PLEASE VOTE. I CAN DO IT WITH A HANDS UP.

LOOKS LIKE WE'RE NOT. OKAY, THAT'S UNANIMOUS TO RECONVENE.

SO WE RECONVENED INTO OPEN SESSION AT 8:28 P.M..

BEFORE WE TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, WE HAVE NO ITEMS TO VOTE ON OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

BUT I HAD A REQUEST TO GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER NINE.

SORRY. SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY. OKAY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT JUST HAPPENED. I MISSED IT.

IT WAS JUST RETURNING, I THINK.

YOU'RE GOOD TO PROCEED.

OKAY, BACK TO ITEM NINE.

BACK TO ITEM NINE.

I BELIEVE WE HAD A REQUEST.

YES. JUST SINCE OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION GETTING READY TO KICK OFF, I THINK WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BRING FORWARD A FORM.

AND THAT WAS IT. LEGISLATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE AND APPOINTING PEOPLE TO THAT THREE.

WE'LL DO THAT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER REQUESTS.

ALL RIGHT. WITH NONE WE'VE ALREADY DISPENSED WITH EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO I'M READY FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN.

SO MOVED. ALREADY DO IT.

COME ON. RONNIE, GOT TO BE.

YOU DID GET YOUR LAST SECOND IN HERE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ENDED THE LAST MEETING.

WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 829.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.