Aug 05, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting

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I WANT TO OPEN THE SESSION UP AT 5:32.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

WE THANK YOU FOR THE COUNTRY THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE THIS FREEDOM, AND HOW WE CAN VOICE OUR OPINIONS, AND HOW WE COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS AS A GROUP AND NOT AS INDIVIDUALS.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS TIME.

WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE DURING THIS COUNCIL MEETING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE LOVE YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SON.

IN CHRIST'S NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION TWO, PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS.

[2.A.Proclamations]

JEN BASHAM, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, WILL BE ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION.

FINE LOOKING GROUP.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR CHRIS FLETCHER, ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF BURLESON, THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 16TH, 2024, AS FRIENDLY FEST CARNIVAL DANCE EVENT RECOGNIZING SPECIAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES IN THE CITY OF BURLESON AND URGE CITIZENS TO JOIN US FROM 6 P.M.

TO 8 P.M.

AT THE CENTER FOR ASD.

THANK YOU ALL.

I KNOW. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WE HAVE NO OTHER PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING THAT MOVES US ON TO ITEM TWO.

[2.C.Community Interest Items]

LARRY. ALEXA.

CONGRATULATIONS. CONNOR PRINCE.

HE IS A SILVER MEDALIST.

WHAT A PHENOMENAL EXPERIENCE.

WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING HIM A FEW MEETINGS BACK AND HIS FAMILY.

I WAS ROOTING FOR HIM, AND I COULD FEEL ALL OF BURLESON WAS TOO.

THAT WAS JUST ONE OF THE COOLEST EVENTS THAT I'VE SEEN, AND I'VE WATCHED A LOT OF OLYMPICS SINCE IT STARTED, BUT WAY TO GO ON THAT SILVER MEDAL.

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UPCOMING EVENTS. THIS FRIDAY FROM 11 TO 1, WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR CANINE SONIC TURNING FIVE AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER.

THEY'LL BE COLLECTING DONATIONS FOR THE ANIMAL SERVICES, BUT IT'S JUST A FUN EVENT.

EVERYONE SWING BY AND SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR CANINE! WE HAVE A BACK-TO-SCHOOL BASH HAPPENING RIGHT HERE ON THE PLAZA ON AUGUST 10TH AT 4 P.M.

IT'S A FREE EVENT.

LET'S WRAP UP SUMMER WITH A BIG TO DO AND GET READY.

GET THOSE KIDS READY FOR SCHOOL.

AND I MENTIONED THIS LAST MEETING AND I'LL PLUG IT AGAIN.

THE ANIMAL SHELTER NIGHT AT THE CLEBURNE RAILROADERS WILL BE AUGUST 21ST AT 6 P.M.

$5 OF EVERY TICKET SOLD GOES TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER.

SO IT'S AN AWESOME FUNDRAISING AND AWARENESS OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR FANTASTIC ANIMAL SHELTER.

AND I HOPE WE WILL HAVE A GOOD SHOWING THAT NIGHT.

AND LASTLY, OUR ANNUAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FAIR IS SEPTEMBER 7TH FROM 9 TO 1.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GREAT VENDORS.

SO MUCH GOOD INFORMATION.

I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO SHOW UP AND THIS YEAR IT WILL BE HELD AT THE BRICK.

AND I'LL FINISH UP BY TALKING ABOUT THE NEW TEACHERS LUNCHEON THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK.

TEACHING IS A ROUGH SPOT NOW, AND WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT DO STILL WANT TO BECOME TEACHERS.

SO LET'S KEEP ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ALL THE TEACHERS, EVERYBODY, THE STAFF AND ALL THE STUDENTS IN YOUR PRAYERS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

[3.CHANGES TO POSTED AGENDA]

THREE A IS ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN AND THREE B IS ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION BY THE CITY COUNCIL STAFF OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE, OR ITEMS TO BE ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE SECTION SIX, B AND C TO CONSENT AGENDA.

MADAM SECRETARY, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMOVE CONSENT ITEM B FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION.

WITH THE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE THE TWO ITEMS FROM GENERAL TO CONSENT.

WHOEVER MAKES THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THOSE TWO ITEMS WILL JUST NEED TO BE MADE WITH A MOTION FOR THAT.

THEY'RE SUBJECT TO CITY ATTORNEY REVIEW AND APPROVAL FOR B AND C.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MOVE SIX A TO THE CONSENT.

OKAY. WHAT I HAVE NOTED IS REMOVAL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA OF FIVE.

BE. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ADOPTION OF THE JOHNSON COUNTY HAZARD THAT'S ONE.

OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER REMOVALS FROM CONSENT? NO. OKAY. AND THEN ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE ITEMS SIX A, B AND C WITH THE MOTION FOR B AND C TO REQUIRE.

THAT'S APPROVAL OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.

CORRECT. OKAY.

CAN WE DO THIS AS ONE MOTION? YES, SIR. BUT WE'LL DO CITIZEN'S APPEARANCE FIRST.

SO I'M JUST REPEATING FOR MY FOR MY CLARIFICATION AND FOR MONICA'S CLARIFICATION ON THE MINUTES.

SO WE GET THAT STRAIGHT.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN ITEM REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO SECTION FOUR CITIZEN'S APPEARANCE.

[4.CITIZENS APPEARANCES]

A SPEAKER CARD MUST BE FILLED OUT AND TURNED INTO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL, AND EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MAY NOT TAKE ANY ACTION ON POST-IT ON THE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA.

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

AT THIS TIME, I DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD, MISS SHERLOCK.

IT. IF YOU COULD REMOVE THE CITY SEAL FROM UP THERE SO WE CAN DISPLAY THE TIME. OKAY.

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HI, I'M CHARMAINE SHERLOCK AND I LIVE ON SHADY OAKS DRIVE.

WE HAVE THE CATTLE EGRET INVASION ON OUR STREET, AND THE CITY MANAGER CAME BY TODAY TO LOOK AND I SINCERELY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I DO ENCOURAGE ALL OF Y'ALL TO DROP BY AND JUST SEE IT FOR YOUR OWN EYES.

HOW TERRIBLE IT IS.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS, PERSONALLY FOR ME IS MY THREE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER HAS REACTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE FROM CONTRACTING RSV DURING COVID TIMES.

SHE WAS BORN 2021.

COVID CAUSED ALL OF THOSE VIRUSES TO STOP, BUT THEN PICK BACK UP IN THAT SUMMER.

AND SHE WAS IN COOK'S PICU FOR TWO WEEKS AND WE ALMOST LOST HER.

SO BECAUSE OF THAT, SHE HAS PERMANENT LUNG DAMAGE, REACTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES PERSONALLY FOR ME IS WHILE I DO APPRECIATE SO MUCH THE STREET SWEEPING IT IS KNOWN TO CAUSE HISTOPLASMOSIS, WHICH IS A FUNGAL FROM A FUNGAL SPORE FROM THE BIRD DROPPINGS. AND WHEN YOU SWEEP THE STREET WITHOUT WETNESS ON IT FIRST, I GUESS ALL OF THE SPORES RISE UP INTO THE AIR, GOING INTO AIR DUCTS, AND CAN CAUSE THIS REALLY TERRIBLE FUNGAL INFECTION.

THAT AND SHE'S ALREADY SO PRONE TO ANYTHING SO EASILY.

EASILY. THIS MORNING THE CITY CAME OUT AND THEY DID A CLEANING ON OUR STREET.

AND THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB THIS MORNING.

IT WAS I DON'T KNOW THE TECHNICAL TERMS, BUT IT IS.

THEY BROUGHT A WATER TRUCK IN FIRST, SPRAYED EVERYTHING DOWN AND THEN THE SWEEPER CAME BY AND IT SUCKED UP ALL THE WATER AND ALL OF THAT. AND WE WOULD REALLY LOVE THAT TO SAVE THE AIR QUALITY, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT IT IS.

ALSO, WE'VE CREATED A FACEBOOK GROUP JUST FOR ALL OF US TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE FOR WHEN PEOPLE COME OUT.

THERE'S BEEN TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE AND ANIMAL SERVICES AND THE CITY MANAGER, AND THAT WAY EVERYONE CAN JUST KNOW INFORMATION.

BUT ALSO TO EDUCATE.

AND I WOULD LOVE IT IF WE COULD TEAM UP TOGETHER.

BECAUSE WE DON'T THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED.

NONE OF US WERE PREPARED FOR THIS.

NO ONE KNEW ABOUT THIS.

BUT YOU GUYS HAVE RESOURCES THAT WE DON'T HAVE.

WE DON'T HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING.

AND WE COULD REALLY, REALLY USE YOUR HELP.

AND AGAIN, I REALLY ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO STOP BY TO SMELL THE AREA AND TO SEE THE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF FLIES, THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS.

AND TO LOOK AT THE PROPERTY DAMAGE IT'S ALSO.

OH, I'M OUT OF TIME. I'M SORRY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MA'AM.

MISS SHERLOCK, I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU A WORD OR TWO.

BASICALLY. I'VE SEEN YOUR SITE.

I'VE SEEN PREVIOUS YEARS WHERE OTHER HOMES WERE IMPACTED, AND IT'S A IT'S A HIDEOUS MESS.

AND I KNOW YOU'VE ALREADY HAD EXPLAINED TO YOU THE, THE, THE FEDERAL LAW OF THE MIGRATORY BIRDS AND ALL THAT.

AND TO ME, THIS THIS REEKS OF NOT TO BE A PUN BY ANY MEANS, BUT THIS IS A THIS IS A SITUATION THAT INVOLVES A LAW, IN MY OPINION, THAT HAS BECOME COMPLETELY OUTDATED AND COMPLETELY OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL NEED THAT WE HAVE NOWADAYS.

I DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY BEHIND THE LAW, BUT CATTLE EGRETS ARE ALL OVER THE WORLD AND THERE IS NOT AN ENDANGERED SPECIES WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT.

IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED TO THE COUNCIL.

WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH A GROUP THAT IS REPRESENTING US IN AUSTIN IN CONNECTION WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE, AND IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED THAT WE BRING THIS UP WITH THIS GROUP CALLED FOCUSED ADVOCACY, WHICH BASICALLY ADVOCATES FOR CITIES IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

THE STATE PROBABLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT WE'VE GOT TO START WITHIN THE GRASP, WITHIN THE REACH THAT WE HAVE.

AND I HAVE PERSONALLY, I THINK THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS PROBABLY WILL AGREE EVERY, EVERY INTENTION OF BRINGING THIS ISSUE TO THEM TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME WAY WE CAN START SOME MOMENTUM GOING TOWARDS A REVISION OF THE OF THE LAW THAT BASICALLY HANDCUFFS US AS A CITY IN DEALING WITH WHAT'S BECOME NOT A MIGRATORY BIRD PROBLEM, BUT SIMPLY A HIDEOUS HEALTH HAZARD AN ENDANGERMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.

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YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DISASTER MITIGATION ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT AND VOTE TONIGHT FOR IT.

DIDN'T SAY ONE WORD ABOUT ACREAGE, BUT IT SHOULD HAVE YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEFEND OURSELVES.

SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO TRY TO HELP YOU.

AND I'M DEEPLY SORRY THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT, BUT WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN.

WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE FACEBOOK PAGE? I THINK IT'S JUST SHADY DRIVE.

YOU WANT TO SEND IT TO ME? MAIER@BURLESON.COM, AND WE'LL PASS IT ON TO EVERYBODY ELSE.

THANK YOU. MA'AM.

HOPE YOUR DAUGHTER'S OKAY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION FIVE CONSENT AGENDA.

[5.CONSENT AGENDA]

THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THE ITEMS AND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT EACH ITEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.

THIS EVENING, THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS 5.A, 5.C THROUGH 5.G, 6.A, 6.B, AND 6.C.

WITH 6.B AND 6.C HAVING THE CONDITION OF CITY ATTORNEY APPROVAL UPON APPROVAL.

MAYOR, IS THERE A MOTION TO WITH MODIFICATIONS? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE WITH THE MODIFICATIONS.

I SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

HOLD ON.

WE DON'T HAVE THE SECOND LOCKED IN THERE YET FOR THE VOTE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

PASSES. UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO CONSENT.

ITEM 5.B THAT HAS NOW BEEN REMOVED.

[5.B.Consider approval of a resolution authorizing the adoption of the Johnson County Hazard Mitigation Plan. (Staff Contact: Joe Laster, Emergency Operations Manager) ]

THE STAFF PRESENTED THIS EVENING IS JOE LASSITER, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS MANAGER.

MR. LASSITER, THANK YOU, MRS. CAMPOS. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, MAYOR.

OH, YOU'RE SWITCHING IT.

THANK YOU. LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY.

JUST GO.

RIGHT THERE. GOT IT.

SO I COME TO ALL Y'ALL TODAY TO KIND OF BRING BRING FORTH THE WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A FEW YEARS WITH THE JOHNSON COUNTY HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. JUST REALLY WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL A BRIEF LITTLE SUMMARY ON WHAT IT IS, AND THEN I'LL GET INTO THE PRESENTATION.

SO THIS PLAN, IDENTIFIED AS NATURAL HAZARDS THAT COULD THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY IN COMMUNITIES.

THE SCOPE OF THE PLAN INCLUDES BOTH SHORT AND LONG TERM MITIGATION STRATEGIES, IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES, AND POSSIBLE SOURCES OF PROJECT FUNDING TO MITIGATE IDENTIFIED HAZARDS.

THE JOHNSON COUNTY MITIGATION PLAN.

IT WAS PREVIOUSLY REFERRED TO AS THE HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN THAT DOES FULFILL ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DISASTER MITIGATION ACT OF 2000.

THIS IS ADMINISTERED BY FEMA, THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

THE DISASTER MITIGATION ACT PROVIDES FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ENTITIES TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF DISASTERS.

THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN ALSO ENCOURAGES COOPERATION AMONG COOPERATION AMONG VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.

THIS HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN WAS FIRST APPROVED IN 2015.

THEY'RE ONLY GOOD FOR FIVE YEARS, SO IT EXPIRED IN 2020, SO WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.

THIS HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN IS THE RESULT OF A TWO YEAR STUDY, DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.

FEMA DOES REQUIRE THAT GOVERNMENTS HAVE TO HAVE TO APPROVE AND ADOPT THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF NON-EMERGENCY DISASTER ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING FUNDING FOR MITIGATION PROJECTS.

AGAIN, JURISDICTIONS MUST UPDATE THEIR HAZARD MITIGATION PLANS AND RESUBMIT THEM EVERY FIVE YEARS.

SO AGAIN, THE PURPOSE OF OUR HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, IT'S INTENDED TO REDUCE THE RISK OF OF HAZARDS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN, IMPROVE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR INDIVIDUAL PREPAREDNESS, AND BUILD A SAFER, MORE DISASTER RESILIENT COMMUNITY.

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THEN AGAIN, THIS IS UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS.

SO THE LEGAL AUTHORITY OVER THIS IS THE ROBERT STAFFORD DISASTER RELIEF AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE ACT.

IT WAS AMENDED IN 2020 TO DISASTER MITIGATION ACT OF 2-- OR I'M SORRY 2000.

DISASTER MITIGATION ACT OF 2000 PROVIDES THE LEGAL BASIS TO UNDERTAKE RISK BASED APPROACHES TO REDUCE NATURAL HAZARDS RISKS THROUGH MITIGATION PLANNING.

AGREEING TO THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.

IT'S NOT A LEGALLY BINDING DOCUMENT.

MITIGATION ACTIONS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED ONCE WE HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE.

JUST THINK OF THIS AS ANOTHER TOOL ON OUR ON OUR TOOL BELT.

SO SOME OF THE MITIGATION GRANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT I LOOK AT FAIRLY OFTEN ARE THE HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM, THE PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM, OR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM, FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM, AND BUILDING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURES AND COMMUNITIES, OR THE BRIC GRANT.

SO CURRENTLY THESE ARE THE PARTICIPATING JURISDICTIONS WITH THE PLAN.

ALVARADO. US HOPEFULLY AFTER TONIGHT.

CLEBURNE, GODLEY, JOSHUA KEEN AND JOHNSON COUNTY UNINCORPORATED.

SO THE MITIGATION ACTION ITEMS THEY WANT YOU ALL, US TO IDENTIFY ACTION ITEMS WE CAN TAKE.

SO A LOT OF THESE WERE TAKEN FROM 2015 THAT WE DID NOT ACCOMPLISH.

AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE RECYCLED AND KIND OF TUNED UP THE LANGUAGE A LITTLE BIT.

SO WITH EACH ONE, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THIS RIGHT NOW.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND BEFORE I GET INTO THIS, THESE ARE VERY BROAD AND VERY GENERAL.

SO THERE'S NO IT'S NOT REALLY BLACK AND WHITE.

WE LEFT THEM BROAD FOR A REASON.

THAT WAY THEY CAN APPLY TO WHATEVER TYPE OF GRANT WE'RE TRYING TO GET.

PURCHASE AND INSTALL OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS TO ENCOMPASS NEW DEVELOPMENT AND POPULATIONS, ENHANCE THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM TO NATURAL HAZARDS, TO INCORPORATE EDUCATION ABOUT VARIOUS MITIGATION TECHNIQUES.

PURCHASE AND INSTALL GENERATORS IN EXISTING AND FUTURE CITY OWNED OR OPERATED FACILITIES, AND SAW QUICKCONNECT EMERGENCY GENERATOR HOOKUPS FOR CRITICAL FACILITIES.

ENSURE NEW AND EXISTING UTILITIES ARE STRENGTHENED AND REINFORCED WITH INSULATION AND FLEX PIPING TO PREVENT DISRUPTION IN SERVICES.

INCORPORATE TORNADO SHELTERS TO EXIST IN FUTURE.

GOVERNMENT OWNED FACILITIES TO WITHSTAND SEVERE HAZARDS OR PURCHASE KNOW WEATHER RADIOS FOR BASIC EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS KITS FOR DISTRIBUTIONS TO RESIDENTS AT PUBLIC EVENTS.

SO THE THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE PLAN, THESE TWO ARE NOT IN THE PLAN.

SPOKE TO THE STATE MITIGATION COORDINATOR MULTIPLE TIMES ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET THOSE IN THE PLAN AFTER ADOPTION.

THEY SUGGESTED WE GO AHEAD AND ADOPT THE PLAN AND ADOPT THE PLAN AND THEN AMEND THE PLAN TO REFLECT THESE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.

I MET WITH THE ENGINEERS ON THIS ONE TO CONDUCT A WATERSHED STUDY TO IDENTIFY FLOODING RISK AND POTENTIAL FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECTS, AND THEN SAFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO FLOOD ROADWAYS SUCH AS THE FLASHERS, STAFF GAUGES, GATES, ETC.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING, ONCE APPROVED, WE CAN GO BACK ON THE BACK END AND PUT IN NO PROBLEM.

SO THE NEXT STEPS ADOPT THE JOHNSON COUNTY HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.

JOHNSON COUNTY WILL SEND THE RESOLUTION TO THEM.

THEY WOULD APPROVE IT, AND THEN WE WOULD START THE AMENDMENT PROCESS ONCE WE GET THE GREEN LIGHT FROM FEMA.

UPON ADOPTION OF THE JOHNSON HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, ELIGIBLE ENTITIES CAN BEGIN APPLYING FOR RELEVANT GRANTS IMMEDIATELY.

SO WHEN I SAY FEMA HAS ALREADY GIVEN US THE GREEN LIGHT THAT, HEY, THIS LOOKS GOOD, WE JUST NEED Y'ALL'S CITIES TO AGREE TO IT.

AND SO FEMA LIKES THE PLAN ALREADY.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF US SENDING UP RESOLUTIONS TO THEM TO BE LIKE, OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD.

HERE ARE YOUR OPTIONS.

APPROVE OR DENY? WE RECOMMEND APPROVE.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

ANYBODY? I'LL GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT THIS.

THANK YOU, JOE, FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.

THIS IF APPROVED, WHICH I'M PRETTY SURE IT WILL BE, WILL BE OUR SECOND CRITICAL DOCUMENT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY.

THE FIRST DOCUMENT WILL BE PROACTIVE, WHICH WILL BE THIS DOCUMENT HERE, THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.

THE SECOND DOCUMENT THAT WE HAVE WILL BE REACTIVE.

AND THAT'S OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN.

AND YOU'LL BE IN CHARGE OF BOTH THOSE DOCUMENTS.

YES, SIR. AND THAT'S THAT'S A HIGH ORDER AND APPRECIATE YOU TAKING CARE OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY.

SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE IS AND SOME OF THEM ARE STATEMENTS, AND THIS PLAN IS REQUIRED TO RECEIVE CERTAIN TYPES OF FEMA ASSISTANCE AND GRANTS.

CORRECT? YES, SIR.

OKAY. AND YOU'RE GOING TO FILE THIS WITH THE COUNTY, AND THEN THE COUNTY WILL WORK IT THROUGH FEMA.

YES, SIR. THEY COUNTY FILES IT THROUGH THE STATE.

STATE SENDS IT UP TO FEMA.

STATE GIVES THE GREEN LIGHT. STATE SENDS IT TO FEMA.

WHAT I'VE IDENTIFIED IS WASHINGTON SET ASIDE MORE THAN $2 BILLION IN FUNDING PREPAREDNESS GRANT PROGRAMS FOR 2024.

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EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER GRANT 104 MILLION.

NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE HAZARD REDUCTION PROGRAM.

STATE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 2.1 MILLION.

REGIONAL CATASTROPHIC PREPAREDNESS GRANT 10.8 MILLION.

AND STATE AND LOCAL CYBERSECURITY GRANT.

FIVE OF THESE WOULD FIT INTO THAT PLAN.

THE CYBERSECURITY GRANT WOULDN'T, BUT IT'S AN OPTION.

NOW, THE ITEMS BURLESON MITIGATION ACTION ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE ON HERE.

MY QUESTION ABOUT THESE, AND I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY ANSWERED IT.

IF WE APPROVE THIS, WE'RE NOT MAKING A COMMITMENT ON THIS $2.9 MILLION.

NO, SIR. OKAY.

SO THIS WILL BE SHOWING FEMA THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING THESE.

AND MAYBE IF A GRANT CAME THROUGH THIS OR ITEMS THAT WE COULD FOLLOW THROUGH ON.

YES, SIR. THEY LOOK AT WHAT OUR CAPACITY IS.

THAT'S WHAT. IT'S WHAT OUR CAPACITY CAN HOLD.

OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE APPROVE THIS, WE'RE NOT MAKING A DIRECTIVE OR A COMMITMENT TO THIS MONEY.

UNDERSTOOD? YES, SIR.

OKAY. AND YOU WENT THROUGH MOST OF THE MITIGATION ACTION ITEMS FOR THE HAZARD, WHICH I APPRECIATE.

IT SAVES ME A LOT OF TIME.

WHEN WE APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS, WILL YOU BE DOING THAT? YES, SIR. YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH SOMEONE ELSE.

MAYBE A GRANT WRITER OR SOMEBODY WITH THE STATE OR COUNTY? YES, SIR. I HAVE COLLEAGUES OUT IN THE FIELD THAT WOULD HELP US ACCOMPLISH APPLYING FOR THESE GRANTS.

OKAY. SOME OF THESE WE'VE ALREADY DONE.

A QUESTION I HAVE IS, WHO IS OUR LOCAL PLANNING TEAM LEADER? OUR LPT. SO THE IN THE PLAN, IT REFLECTS WHOEVER WAS ON THE TEAM IN 2020 AND THE WHATEVER WE'RE WORKING ON.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO TAKE LEAD ON THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN IN THE FUTURE AND TO INVOLVE I NOTICED CITY MANAGER, POLICE, FIRE WERE NOT INVOLVED AT ALL IN THE PLAN, AND WE WOULD FIX THAT AS THE NEW THE NEW CYCLE IS GOING TO START AS SOON AS WE APPROVE THIS ONE.

SO IT SHOWS THAT THE MAYOR WAS THE LEAD ON IT BEFORE.

YES, SIR. AND THEN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WASN'T EVEN INVOLVED? NO, SIR. IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE MAYOR, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO KEEP THE MAYOR IN THE LOOP ON THIS.

YES, SIR. WITH THE COUNTY? ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THEY HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP, AND THAT WOULD HELP TREMENDOUSLY ON GETTING THIS COMPLETED.

SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS.

WAS THIS PLAN EVER PRESENTED TO THE CITIZEN BURLESON FOR AN INPUT? WE DID DO A PUBLIC SURVEY FOR THROUGH SURVEY MONKEY.

THE COG PROVIDED IT SAID POSTED ON YOUR FACEBOOK THAT SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENT.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE RESPONSES WERE, BUT THEY SAID THEY HAD ENOUGH DATA TO ADJUST THE PLAN AS NEEDED.

OKAY, WELL, SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE NOTICED IN THIS PLAN, AND IT'S QUITE AN EXTENSIVE PLAN.

YES, SIR. IT HAS A LOT OF TABLES IN THERE THAT LOOK LIKE THEY'RE FROM 2013-2014.

CHECKED FOR ACCURACY.

YES, SIR. I MEAN, IT SHOWS.

STILL SHOWING THE POLICE STATION AND THE FIRE MARSHAL IS STILL SHOWING THEM ON RENFROE, AND IT'S STILL SHOWING THE DAM AT MOUNTAIN VALLEY, STILL IN SERVICE FOR INSPECTION AND SEVERAL OTHER THINGS.

THERE'S ABOUT 12 ITEMS IN THESE TABLES THAT NEED TO BE CORRECTED.

AND YOU'LL TAKE CARE OF GETTING THAT CORRECTED AND AMENDED.

ABSOLUTELY. AND AFTER ALL THAT'S DONE, YOU'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

OKAY. YES, SIR.

SO IS THERE ANY URGENCY TO APPROVE THIS PLAN? SO IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS PLAN TONIGHT, IT KIND OF HOLDS UP ALL THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE WAITING FOR US ESSENTIALLY TO APPROVE IT.

I GOT THIS IN LATE MAY AND THE EARLIEST COUNCIL MEETING I COULD GET IT ON WAS THIS ONE, BECAUSE I WAS OUT OF TOWN ON THE 22ND.

BUT MY UNDERSTANDING ALL THE OTHER CITIES HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED THEIR RESOLUTIONS.

OKAY, I'VE GOT ONE OTHER QUESTION.

IT SAYS IN HERE THE OH, TWO QUESTIONS.

ONE, IT TALKS ABOUT THE SGCN, WHICH IS A SPECIES OF GREATEST CONSERVATION NEED, IS LISTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AND THEY'VE GOT 20 BIRDS LISTED HERE.

CAN YOU SEE IF WE CAN GET THE COWIE GROUP PUT ON THERE.

YES, SIR. I CAN.

I KNOW THAT'S ON THEIR LIST.

IT JUST GOT LEFT OFF OF HERE.

YES SIR. I CAN LOOK INTO THAT.

ABSOLUTELY. AND THE OTHER QUESTION IS IT DESIGNATES A FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR.

IS THAT GOING TO BE YOU.

THAT'S MICHELE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE MICHELE. SHE KNOWS ABOUT THAT.

YES SIR. OKAY. SHE KNOWS ABOUT THAT.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

OKAY. WELL THIS IS A GREAT DOCUMENT THAT YOU ALL PUT TOGETHER COG COUNTY STATE AND YOUR PERFORMANCE IN THIS.

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YOU'LL GET IT ALL CORRECTED.

GO THROUGH THE DATA TABLES AND BRING THEM UP TO 2024.

YES, SIR. AND I'D BE PROUD TO APPROVE THIS TODAY.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANY MODIFICATIONS ON THE.

IS THERE ANY MODIFICATIONS WE NEED TO HAVE ON THE ON THE VOTE? HE HAS THE LIST THAT I MADE MODIFICATIONS.

I'VE ALREADY SENT IT TO HIM.

OKAY. AND HE'LL MAKE THOSE MODIFICATIONS LIKE HE JUST ADMITTED HE WOULD.

AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

YES, SIR. OKAY. OF THE MODIFICATIONS, I NEED TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS, IF WE CAN, TO GET IT GOING WITH THIS.

SO, JOE, TO THAT END COUNCIL TAKES ACTION TONIGHT, MOVES IT FORWARD.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF AREAS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED HERE IS KIND OF AN OLDER VERSION THAT NEEDS TO BE KIND OF BROUGHT FORWARD.

SO THEY'LL TAKE A LITTLE TIME.

BUT BEFORE THOSE CHANGES ARE ADOPTED, WE WON'T DO THAT ADMINISTRATIVELY.

WE'LL CARRY THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU TOMMY.

I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER COMMENT TO MAKE, AND IT'S NOT FOR ANY CONSTRUCTIVE PURPOSE, BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT TABLE 48, IN THE MITIGATION DOCUMENT, LISTS THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ALL THE CITIES AND JURISDICTIONS INVOLVED IN THE 2015 MITIGATION PLAN.

BURLESON HAD 11 ITEMS AND EITHER HAS COMPLETED OR ARE IN PROGRESS.

I BELIEVE NINE OF THEM, WITH THE OTHER TWO NOT.

NO OTHER JURISDICTION AS A PART OF THIS 2015 PLAN HAS ACCOMPLISHED ANYTHING.

ALL OF THEIR ACTIONS ARE EITHER DEFERRED OR DELETED.

SO I HATE IT THAT WE HAVE TO CARRY THIS BURDEN OFF BY OURSELVES, AND I'M.

I'M TOTALLY IN SUPPORT OF IT, OF COURSE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A WORTHWHILE CAUSE.

BUT I WISH WE COULD GET MORE OUT OF OUR PARTNERS IN THIS SITUATION, BECAUSE I THINK IF WE DID, WE'D PROBABLY GET A BETTER LIKELIHOOD OF SOME GRANT. ACCESS.

YES, SIR. HOW COULD WE DO THAT? I AGREE THESE OTHER PEOPLE NEED TO BE AWARE.

THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT EVEN AWARE OF THIS GOING ON AT OTHER JURISDICTIONS.

WORKING WITH THE COUNTY, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A NEW TUNE TO WHERE THEY WANT THIS TO BE A SUCCESSFUL DOCUMENT, MAYOR.

AND THEY'VE BEEN HEAVILY ON US ALL YEAR TO GET THIS STUFF TURNED IN AND EVERYTHING.

NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, BURLESON, YOU KNOW, ALVARADO AND EVERYONE I LISTED, THEY'VE BEEN RESPONDING BACK AND FORTH.

IT'S BEEN A TEAM EFFORT GETTING THIS GOING.

SO IS THERE WITH YOU SPEAKING TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT? WOULD THAT HELP? I'M JUST ASKING.

PROBABLY THAT WOULD BE MORE JAMIE MOORE'S ROLE, BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY GO FOR SUPPORT.

ABSOLUTELY. LET ME KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO ON THAT.

YES, SIR. OKAY.

IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE FIVE B.

I'LL SECOND THAT. I HAVE A MOTION BY LARRY AND A SECOND BY DAN.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM.

THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION SIX, GENERAL ITEM SIX.

[6.D.Hold a public hearing and consider approval of an ordinance approving the 2024-25 annual Service and Assessment Plan (SAP) update for the Parks at Panchasarp Farms Public Improvement District No. JC-1; making a finding of special benefit to the property in phase #3 of the district; levying special assessments against the property within phase #3 of the district and establishing a lien on the property; providing for payment of the assessments in accordance with Chapter 372, Texas Local Government Code, as amended; providing for the method of assessment and the payment of assessments; providing for penalties and interest on delinquent assessments; providing for severability; and providing an effective date. (First Reading) (Staff Contact: Tony McIlwain, Development Services Director)]

THIS IS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL WITH THE FIRST READING.

THE STAFF PRESENTER IS TONY MCELWAIN, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

THANK YOU, MISS CAMPOS.

AS THE CITY SECRETARY MENTIONED, MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEM AND COUNCIL.

THIS ITEM IS UP BEFORE YOU FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OF TWO THAT WE'LL CONDUCT REGARDING PENCIL SHARP FARMS. FOR THOSE OF YOU IN ATTENDANCE AT THE LAST REGULAR SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING, YOU'LL FIND A LOT OF THE MATERIAL IS EXACTLY THE SAME.

THAT WAS FOR THE RESOLUTION.

MAYOR PRO TEM, I KNOW THAT YOU WERE OUT.

I'LL GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION FOR YOUR BENEFIT.

AND YOU ALL PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I ALSO HAVE AN ATTENDANCE DOCTOR, JENNIFER SLOAN.

SHE'S WITH UNICAP, OUR ADMINISTRATOR.

IF YOU HAVE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS OF HER, SHE'S AN AUDIENCE.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS ARE ESTABLISHED UNDER THE ENABLING LEGISLATION OF CHAPTER 372 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

AND THEY INCLUDE THOSE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE BULLETED AS FAR AS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT CITIES CAN CONSIDER.

THE PURPOSE OF THE ITEM FOR YOU TONIGHT IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, THE FIRST OF TWO CONSIDERING THE ORDINANCE FOR THE 2425 SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT

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JUST BY WAY OF A REFRESHER, THIS LAYOUT SHOWS PENCIL SHARP FARMS. THE DEVELOPER HAS OVER 220 ACRES UNDER CONTROL, INCLUDING 659 LOTS MULTIFAMILY UNITS UNDER CONSIDERATION, COMMERCIAL SITE, SCHOOL SITE, PARKLAND AND THIS WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL PER RESOLUTION BACK ON FEBRUARY THE 4TH OF 2019.

FOLLOWING THAT ACTION, ON FEBRUARY 3RD OF 2020, A SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN WAS PREPARED AT THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT TIME, THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE PASSED A HOUSE BILL AS AMENDMENT TO THE PIT ACT REQUIRING SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN UPDATES BE APPROVED THROUGH CITY ORDINANCE OR ORDER BE FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF EACH COUNTY IN WHICH ALL OR PART OF A PIT IS LOCATED.

WE'VE GOT A SEVEN DAY WINDOW, BASICALLY AFTER YOUR FINAL ACTION TO GET THIS RECORDED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK.

THIS IS JUST A HISTORY OF ALL THE ACTION THAT YOU ALL HAVE TAKEN AS A COUNCIL SINCE THAT SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2020 DATE.

I WON'T READ THOSE, BUT IT JUST GIVES YOU THE IDEA OF THE ROTATING ASPECT OF COMING IN WITH SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLANS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL. THE TWO TABLES ON THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU ARE WHAT IS WHAT'S CURRENTLY DEVELOPED IN PHASES ONE AND TWO OF THE PROJECT 130 LOTS, WITH THIS MOST RECENT PHASE IN PHASE TWO AND PRIOR TO THAT, 8098 LOTS IN PHASE ONE. AND WE'VE GOT A LOT BREAKDOWN BASED ON THE WIDTH OF THE LOTS, RANGING FROM 55 TO 70FT IN WIDTH.

YOU'LL SEE THAT RIGHT NOW, THE PREPONDERANCE OF THE LOTS ARE IN THE 55 TO 60 FOOT WIDE RANGE.

FOR PHASES ONE AND TWO.

PHASE THREE HAS YOUR INTRODUCTION TO SOME OF THE LARGER LOTS 70FT WIDE LOTS, AND THEN STAIR STEPPING DOWN A 55 FOOT LOTS, 152 TOTAL IN TERMS OF QUANTITY FOR PHASE THREE.

WHAT UNICAP DOES IS ATTACH AN EQUIVALENCY UNIT TO EACH LOT WHERE THE LARGEST LOT, 70FT GETS ATTACHED WITH A 1.0 UNIT FACTOR.

AND THEN AS WE STAIR STEP DOWN, THAT 1.0 IS REDUCED UNTIL YOU GET TO THE 55 FOOT WIDE LOTS.

AND THAT THAT'S THE CALCULUS BEHIND THE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY THAT'S EMPLOYED FOR MUNI, FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] FARMS. EXCUSE ME. SO THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHEN WE APPLY THE EQUIVALENT UNIT CALCULATION AND YOUR TYPE FOUR LOT, WHICH IS YOUR 55 FOOT WIDE LOT IS AT A 0.79 FACTOR.

AND THEN YOU GO UP TO A 1.0 FACTOR.

AND THEN WE TAKE IN A SIMPLE MATH, TAKE THAT AMOUNT.

AND THEN YOU DO SIMPLE MULTIPLICATION AND YOU GET EQUIVALENCY UNIT THAT THEY PROVIDED IN THE OVERALL DOCUMENT.

SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE PURPOSE OF PIDS IS TO PROVIDE A VEHICLE WHERE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS ARE DONE TO BENEFIT ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE PID.

AND THESE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR USE FOR ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC.

THEY'RE NOT PRIVATIZED.

WHAT [INAUDIBLE] HAS DONE IS THEY'VE ALLOCATED A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS PER EACH PHASE WITH THIS MOST RECENT PHASE ACCOUNTING FOR 20.58% OF THE BUDGETED COST ANTICIPATED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.

THIS TABLE IS A LITTLE SMALL, A LOT, A LOT OF TEXT.

BUT ESSENTIALLY THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS IN PHASES ONE AND TWO.

AND THE TOTAL COST SHARE.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT A $2.9 MILLION TOTAL COST, AND THE ALLOCATION OF EACH IMPROVEMENT IS CALCULATED.

AND THEN YOU GET A COST SHARE OF WHAT WAS ALLOTTED FOR IN PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO OUT OF THAT 2.9 MILLION COST. WITH THIS MOST RECENT PHASE, UNDER YOUR PROPOSAL, UNDER YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.

EXCUSE ME. YOU'RE LOOKING AT $603,317 AS FAR AS THE TOTAL COST.

THE ALLOCATION HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE PERCENTAGE OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE IN PHASE THREE, WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE A MARKED INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT BEING

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THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL. WE EXPECT THAT TO BE TYPICAL OF WHAT HAPPENS IN DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN YOUR PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS ARE BROKEN OUT ON A ITEMIZED BASIS THAT'S EVALUATED BY CITY STAFF, WHICH INCLUDES PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF.

AND THEN UNICAP IS OUR ADMINISTRATOR WILL GO IN AND LOOK AND TRUTH.

THOSE COSTS UP WITH THE DEVELOPER.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE A PID POLICY.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT BASED ON THE MOST RECENT ASSESSMENT RATES THAT WE SEE IN JOHNSON AND TARRANT COUNTY THE PID ASSESSMENT RATE OF 0.227, IT WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

IT'S STILL IN LINE WITH THE OVERALL POLICY.

SO WE DON'T HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THE PID POLICY AND THE HIGHEST AND THE ASSESSMENT RATE ARE GREATER THAN THE HIGHEST TAX RATE IN THE CITY.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S UNDERNEATH THAT AMOUNT.

OTHERWISE WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND REEVALUATE THE ASSESSMENT RATE THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO THIS, OF COURSE, IS THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS.

NO ACTION IS REQUIRED OF YOU TONIGHT OTHER THAN OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING AND RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

AND, OF COURSE, DR.

JENNIFER SLOAN IS IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER.

ANYBODY? I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 614.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? THAT'S QUICK. THEN I WILL CLOSE IT AGAIN AT SIX, 14.5.

THERE YOU GO. THERE'S NO ACTION ON THIS, RIGHT? THERE HE IS. THERE IS.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE? CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE.

IS THERE A MOTION ON THAT? A MOVE FOR.

YEAH, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

I MOVED TO APPROVE THIS ONE.

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

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES.

UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, MISS CAMPOS.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION SEVEN REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS.

[7.A.Receive a report, hold a discussion, provide staff direction on the FY 2024-2025 (tax year 2024) property tax rates, and provide any additional information from the City Council regarding the annual budget for FY 2024-2025. (Staff Contact: Harlan Jefferson, Deputy City Manager)]

MR. JEFFERSON, THANK YOU, MISS CAMPOS.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

MAYOR PRO TEM.

ALOHA. CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE WEATHER.

BUT I COULD GREET YOU LIKE YOU IN THE PACIFIC.

SO, MAYOR, COUNCIL THIS ITEM IS DESIGNED TO WALK YOU THROUGH, REALLY, TO THE DIFFERENT TAX RATES THAT GO WITH THE TAX RATE WORKSHEET WE RECEIVED FROM JOHNSON COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR.

WE STARTED THE, I GUESS, OFFICIAL ACTION REGARDING THE TAX RATE BACK ON JUNE 17TH.

EXCUSE ME. THAT'S WHEN THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO PREPARE A BUDGET CALENDAR AS WELL AS THE TAX RATE, ASSUMING THAT WE WOULDN'T APPROVE A TAX RATE OVER THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.

SO, THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE WOULD REQUIRE EXPEDITED APPROVAL SCHEDULE.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT WAS IMPORTANT.

THE CURRENT TAX RATE IS 0.632 $0.05 PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUATION.

ON JULY THE 25TH, WE RECEIVED THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL AS WELL AS JOHNSON COUNTY TAX OFFICE.

ON JULY 29TH, WE RECEIVED THE FROM JOHNSON COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR THE 2024 TAX RATE CALCULATION WORKSHEET.

THE CALCULATION WORKSHEET ACTUALLY HAS NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE NUMBERS IN AT THE MO MAINTENANCE OPERATION, NO NEW REVENUE, THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE, AS WELL AS THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE NUMBERS.

THAT WORKSHEET WAS A PART OF THE AGENDA ITEM IS EXHIBIT THREE.

SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE DETAILED NUMBERS, THAT WAS THAT WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC BACK IN 2019, THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION,

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AND THAT CHANGED THE TAX CODE IN TERMS OF HOW WE CALCULATE THE VARIOUS TAX NUMBERS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TO YOU TONIGHT.

IT CHANGED WHAT WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE VOTER APPROVAL.

EXCUSE ME? EFFECTIVE TAX RATE TO WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE NUMBER.

AND THAT'S THE REVENUE OR TAX RATE THAT GENERATES THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE, CONSIDERING THE SAME TAXES THAT WAS ON BOTH TAXES OR THE TAXES FROM LAST YEAR, TAX ROLLS FROM LAST YEAR, AS WELL AS THIS YEAR.

SO THE VALUE WENT UP.

IN THEORY THEN THE TAX RATE WOULD GO DOWN AS A RESULT.

IF THE TOTAL VALUE WENT DOWN, THEN IN THEORY THE TAX RATE WOULD GO UP TO COMPENSATE AND PRODUCE THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE.

THE OTHER NUMBER, IN TERMS OF DEFINITION THAT YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF IS THE MAINTENANCE OPERATING NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE CALCULATION AS WELL.

SO THIS IS THE REVENUE THAT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

SO THE CALCULATION TAKES THAT NUMBER IN TERMS OF THAT PORTION OF THE NO NEW REVENUE NUMBER.

AND IT ALLOWS A CAP FOR IT TO INCREASE THE NEXT YEAR OF 3.5% WITHOUT ASKING FOR VOTER APPROVAL.

PREVIOUSLY THAT CAP WAS 8% OF BACK PRIOR TO 2020.

SO ANYTHING ABOVE THE ADDITIONAL 3.5% REQUIRES VOTER APPROVAL NOW.

ANOTHER TERM THAT WAS INTRODUCED IN 2020 FOR THE FIRST TIME WAS THE UNUSED INCREMENT.

AND THE WAY IT WORKS IS IF YOU IN YEARS IN WHICH YOU APPROVE A TAX RATE THAT IS BELOW THE ADDITIONAL 3.5 OR THE VOTER APPROVAL CAP, THEN THAT AMOUNT OVER THREE YEAR PERIOD CAN BE AVERAGED AS LONG AS THE AVERAGE DOESN'T INCREASE ABOVE 3.5, AND YOU CAN USE IT IN ANY PARTICULAR YEAR AND IT ROLLS OFF.

SO IT'S ALWAYS A CONSTANT THREE YEAR PERIOD.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR WHEN YOU APPROVED THE TAX RATE, THE NUMBER WAS TOTAL 3.99. SO ALMOST $0.04 TODAY.

WHEN YOU ADD THOSE UP IT'S 1.6.

SO ONE PENNY 1.6.

SO ONE PENNY AND A LITTLE BIT OVER A HALF.

SO LAST YEAR'S INCREMENT IN 23 YOU DIDN'T GENERATE ANY BECAUSE YOU APPROVED THE TAX RATE RIGHT AT THE LIMIT THE YEAR BEFORE THAT.

YOU'RE YOU THE UNUSED INCREMENT WAS LESS THAN A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN A HALF OF A PENNY.

AND THEN IN 2021, THE UNUSED INCREMENT WAS A LITTLE BIT OVER A PENNY, SO IT WAS 1.1 $0.02.

SO IT TOTALS THE ONE AND 1.6 IS THE TOTAL NUMBER THAT THAT AVERAGE IS UP TO.

NOW THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE, WHICH WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE ROLLBACK TAX RATE, THAT'S THE MAINTENANCE OPERATING PORTION OF THE NO NEW REVENUE PLUS THE ADDITIONAL THREE AND A HALF CENTS OR PERCENT ADDED TO IT, PLUS THE DEBT SERVICE NUMBER.

HOW YOU COME UP WITH THE TOTAL MAXIMUM NUMBER.

AND IF YOU GO OVER THAT NUMBER, THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE DEFAULTING WOULD REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL ELECTION THAT WOULD OCCUR IN NOVEMBER.

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL, HAD PREVIOUSLY DIRECTED THE STAFF TO CONSIDER STRATEGIES TO MAINTAINING THE TAX RATE AT ITS CURRENT LEVEL SO WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE MAINTENANCE OPERATING REVENUE.

NOW HERE'S THE SPECIFIC CALCULATIONS.

THE CURRENT TAX RATE, AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, IS THE 0.632 $0.05 PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUATION.

THE 2025 FISCAL YEAR RATES, THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS 0.6239, SO IT'S SLIGHTLY BELOW THE CURRENT TAX RATE.

THE CURRENT M&O, NO NEW REVENUE IS THE 0.4391 CENTS.

NOW, IF YOU ADD THE ADDITIONAL 3.5 CENTS INCREASE TO THAT, YOU COME OUT TO 0.4544.

SO IT'S ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE NO VOTER APPROVAL RATE.

THEN YOU WOULD ADD THE CURRENT TAX, THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE, WHICH IS THE 0.19 $0.03 PER $100 OF VALUATION.

AND THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT COUNCIL HAS SAID IN THE PAST AND DIRECTED STAFF TO MAINTAIN.

SO IF YOU ADD THE ACTUAL THE NO, NO NEW REVENUE NUMBER, THE 0.4544 PLUS THE NEW DEBTS OR THE CURRENT DEBT RATE.

THEN YOU COME UP WITH THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE OF 0.646 $0.06 PER $100 VALUATION.

AND THAT'S THE NUMBER BEFORE YOU GET THE UNUSED INCREMENT SO THAT YOU COULD GO UP TO WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL.

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I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD STOP AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

I APOLOGIZE FOR ALL THE ALL THE NUMBERS.

SO I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE TAX FACTS HERE.

AND THIS SHOWS HISTORICALLY WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS DONE IN TAX RATES.

SO THE DARK NUMBER THERE IS THE GENERAL FUND PORTION OF THE TAX RATE, THE M&O.

THE OTHER LIGHTER COLOR IS THE DEBT SERVICE NUMBER.

SO YOU CAN SEE IN FISCAL YEAR 2015 I WAS TAX RATE WAS AT $0.74.

AND IT'S DROPPED OVER $0.10 DOWN TO THE CURRENT LEVEL OF 6325.

SO WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S DROPPED OVER $0.10.

OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD, IT'S REALLY SINCE IT'S THE LAST FIVE YEARS WHERE IT STARTED DROPPING SUBSTANTIALLY.

AND THAT'S ABOUT THE TIME THAT THE TAX CODE WAS CHANGED SO AND WENT INTO EFFECT IN 2020.

WE RECEIVED A REQUEST TO LOOK FURTHER BACK, GOING BACK 20 YEARS ON OUR EXPERIENCE.

SO YOU CAN SEE PRETTY MUCH IN THE MIDDLE 2015.

THAT'S WHERE WE LEFT OFF WITH THE $0.74 ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE AND ON THE FAR LEFT, WE GO BACK TO 2005, WHERE THE TAX RATE WAS AT 59, 84.

SO AND IT PROGRESSED TO A PEAK IN FISCAL YEAR OF 2011 TO $0.71 BEFORE IT DROPPED OFF AGAIN AND FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS AND WENT UP AGAIN.

NEXT WE WANT TO COMPARE OURSELVES TO THE CITIES WE TYPICALLY LOOK AT WHEN WE SURVEY THE OTHER COMMUNITIES TO SEE HOW WE STACK UP.

AND YOU CAN SEE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT HALF ON THE UPPER END OF THE MEDIAN OR THE MIDPOINT.

SO WE HAVE FOUR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HIGHER THAN US WITH FORT WORTH LEADING THE WAY.

MANSFIELD AS WELL.

AND WE HAVE KELLER ON THE FAR RIGHT ON THE LOWER END AND GRAND PRAIRIE.

AND THEN I WANT TO COMPARE THE REVENUE FOR THE.

IN TERMS OF TAX RATE OPTIONS.

WHAT'S THE EFFECT OF THOSE REVENUES.

SO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE WHICH IS SLIGHTLY BELOW THE CURRENT TAX RATE.

SO THAT'S OUR BASELINE.

IT WOULD BRING IN $34 MILLION.

THE CURRENT TAX RATE WOULD BRING IN $34.4 MILLION IF THAT WAS CONSIDERED.

AND THROUGH THE SPRING WE HAD A QUITE A BIT OF DEBATE ON THE ON THE PROJECTED INCREASE IN TAXABLE VALUE.

SO THE CITY TRADITIONALLY USED A 3% INCREASE.

WE'RE VERY CONSERVATIVE.

SO, BY THE TIME WE GOT TO THE SPRING WE THOUGHT, WHERE ARE WE GETTING READY TO GET THE CERTIFIED? WE PROBABLY NEED TO FRESHEN THAT NUMBER UP.

SO WE STARTED AS HIGH AS 7% AND IN DISCUSSION WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND THEN WE MOVED THE NUMBER DOWN TO 6%.

SO, SO THAT THE, THE, THE REVENUE NUMBER YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS $123,000 HIGHER THAN WHAT WE WERE FORECASTING.

SO THE 6% NUMBER ENDED UP BEING A REALLY GOOD NUMBER.

AS WE GO FORWARD, WE'RE FORECASTING A 5.5% GROWTH IN OUR FIVE YEAR FORECAST.

THE VOTER APPROVAL WITHOUT THE INCREMENT WOULD BRING IN $35.2 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE.

AND THEN THE VOTER APPROVAL WITH THE INCREMENT WOULD BRING IN $36.1 MILLION.

SO SORRY ABOUT THE MOVEMENT IN THE SLIDE.

SO WE HAVE THE DIFFERENCE IN REVENUE FOR EACH NUMBER OF 468,000 FOR THE CURRENT TAX RATE, 768 FOR THE VOTER APPROVAL AND CUMULATIVE NUMBER GOING UP TO 1.2 MILLION AND THEN 877 ADDITIONAL IF THE IF THE VOTER APPROVAL WITH THE INCREMENT WAS APPROVED, BRINGING THE CUMULATIVE UP TO $2.1 MILLION.

AND THEN THIS LAB BEGAN TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT DEEPER IN TERMS OF THE IMPACT ON RESIDENTS.

SO, NO NEW REVENUE NUMBER WOULD BRING IN 1000.

WOULD THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER HOME IN BURLESON I SHOULD MENTION IN JOHNSON COUNTY IS $299,889.

SO IF YOU APPLY THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE TO THAT NUMBER, THAT'S ADDITIONAL $1,871 OR NOT ADDITIONAL.

BUT THAT'S THE THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD PAY.

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SO THAT ON A MONTHLY BASIS, THAT'S ADDITIONAL $2.15 ANNUAL AS $25.79.

THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE WOULD PRODUCE A TAX LEVY OF $1,939.08.

AVERAGE MONTHLY IS $3.52, AND ANNUAL IS $42.25, AND WITH THE VOTER APPROVAL WITH THE INCREMENT, PRODUCE A REVENUE OR TAX LEVY OF $1,987.36.

THAT'S $4.02 MONTHLY AND $48.28 ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WOULD BE THE IMPACT. OF THE COUNCIL THAT COVERS THE FEE PORTION OF THE TAX RATE, THE VARIOUS RATES AND SO FORTH.

BUT WE DID WANT TO SHOW YOU MORE CUMULATIVE IMPACT ON OUR RESIDENTS BY WALKING THROUGH THE FEES THAT WE TALKED TO AS WELL.

SO, WE WOULDN'T JUST PRETTY MUCH SHOW ONE SIDE OF THE DISCUSSION, STARTING WITH THE WATER AND SEWER RATES.

SO AS YOU RECALL, WE REALLY TALKED ABOUT RATE INCREASES RANGING FROM $0.59, EXCUSE ME, 5.9%, UP TO 6.6% BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF WATER USAGE.

SO IT'S A 5.9% INCREASE FOR RESIDENTS THAT USE OVER 5000 GALLONS.

IF IT'S OVER 10,000, IT'S 6.2%.

IF IT'S OVER 30,000, IT'S 6.6%.

SO THE IMPACT ON RESIDENTS AT USE OVER 5000 IS $5.19 A MONTH AND $0.62 AND $62 AND 80 OR $0.28 ANNUALLY OVER 10,000 IS ADDITIONAL $6.91 A MONTH AND $0.82 ALMOST 83.

EXCUSE ME, $82.

ALMOST $83 ANNUALLY AND THEN OVER 31,000 GALLONS IS $15.65 A MONTH AND $187.80 ANNUALLY.

AND THESE ARE THE NUMBERS FOR THE SOLID WASTE USERS AS WELL.

SO $0.33.

$33.20 RATHER MONTHLY AND $298 ANNUALLY.

THEN WE PREVIOUSLY SHOWED THE COUNCIL HOW WE COMPARE OUR RATES.

SO YOU SEE THE DARK SLIDE OR THE BLACK ONE IN THE MIDDLE.

THAT'S THE STATE AVERAGE.

SO WE'RE CURRENTLY AT $112.16 AT THIS USAGE LEVEL.

SO WE BEAT THE STATE AVERAGE.

SO WE ARE WE COMPARE VERY WELL TO THESE NUMBERS.

AND OF COURSE, THE DARK BLUE NUMBERS ARE THE, THOSE CITIES THAT HAVE THE SAME WHOLESALE WATER USERS THAT WE HAVE.

AND THESE ARE ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE COMPARE TO, THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME WHOLESALE WATER PROVIDER AND THAT BEING THE CITY OF FORT WORTH.

SO WE COMPARE VERY WELL TO THOSE COMMUNITIES AS WELL.

THEN ON SOLID WASTE FEES WE PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL THESE NUMBERS.

THIS WAS ON JULY 22ND.

SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING OR CONTRACTUALLY BOUND TO A 4% RATE INCREASE.

4.06%. AND THIS IS THE IMPACT ON THE RATES.

THEY MAY IF YOU CALCULATE THOSE, THEY COULD COME UP A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 4% BECAUSE WE WERE ACTUALLY ABSORBING SOME OF THOSE RATES PREVIOUSLY.

BUT THAT'S THE IMPACT WITH RESIDENTS PICKING UP THE FOUR COSTS OF US PASSING ON THE FULL COST FROM A FROM WASTE CONNECTION.

SO TOTAL.

THE RATES WOULD INCREASE FROM $21.84 TO $24.23.

AND I WOULD NOTE THAT ONE OF THE CHANGES WE MADE WAS WE'VE TRANSITIONED OVER THE LITTER ABATEMENT PROGRAM.

SO THAT ACCOUNTS FOR $1 INCREASE ON THE RATES AS WELL.

THESE ARE THE NUMBERS FOR THE SMALL COLLECTIONS THE NONRESIDENTIAL COLLECTIONS.

SO IT MOVES FROM $26.40 TO $31.50.

AND IN LARGE COLLECTIONS FROM $39.31 TO $46.73.

THIS IS THE COMPARISON TO THE SURVEY CITIES.

AND WHEN WE PRESENTED BACK IN JULY, WE MENTIONED WE HAVE THE SECOND HIGHEST RATES OUT OF THE SOLID WASTE CHARGES FROM THESE SURVEY CITIES.

THEREFORE, WE TALKED ABOUT STRATEGIES TO OFFSET THESE RATES AND REDUCE THEM OVER TIME, WHICH I'LL MENTION IN A FEW MORE SLIDES.

SO CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF THOSE CHARGES, THIS SLIDE INDICATES IF IT'S A NO NEW REVENUE WHERE, WHERE THE NUMBERS STACK OUT

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WE SHOW A DECREASE ON THAT.

SO WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 3%.

SO THAT'S A MONTHLY AVERAGE DECREASE OF $4.68.

THEN WE SHOWED THE SOLID WASTE CHARGE.

$2.39, AND THEN THE AVERAGE WATER CHARGE, AS WELL AS $6.91.

SO OVERALL MONTHLY INCREASE WOULD BE $4.62 ANNUAL $55.44.

IF YOU STATED THAT THE CURRENT RATE OF THAT'S WHEN FOR THE MONTHLY, YOU SEE THE MONTHLY AVERAGE INCREASE OF $2.15.

THEN WE GO THROUGH THE SAME DECREASE BASED ON THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AS WELL AS THE MONTHLY SOLID WASTE WOULD BE THE SAME NUMBER AS WELL AS WASTEWATER.

SO THE MONTHLY INCREASE WOULD BE $6.71 THE VOTER APPROVAL WITHOUT THE ADDITIONAL INCREMENT.

WE GO THROUGH THOSE CALCULATIONS AND THE ADDITIONAL MONTHLY CHARGE WOULD BE $7.97 ANNUALLY, $97 AND 64, AND THEN VOTER APPROVAL WITH THE INCREMENT, THE ADDITIONAL MONTHLY CHARGES $8.38 AND $100 AND 57, EXCUSE ME, $8.38 AND $100.50.

$0.56 FOR THE ANNUAL INCREASE.

HARLAN. ON THE HOMESTEAD.

THAT'S JUST THE DIFFERENCE FROM GOING FROM THE TWO TO THE THREE.

OH, THIS IS THE TOTAL THREE TOTAL 3%.

THIS IS TOTAL THREE. OKAY.

AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE COUNCIL IS ON A PATH TO INCREASE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION $0.01 PER YEAR.

SO WE'RE SCHEDULED TO PRESENT AN ORDINANCE TO YOU THIS COMING SEPTEMBER FOR ADDITIONAL $0.01 WHICH WOULD TAKE IT FROM THE THREE CENT UP TO FOUR CENT.

BUT THAT WON'T BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL THE NEXT YEAR.

SO WE'RE ONLY COMPARING THE TOTAL $0.03 THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE APPROVED.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE RESIDENTS WILL SEE THIS COMING TAX YEAR.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THEN THE STREET MAINTENANCE FEE YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ADOPTING A STREET MAINTENANCE FEE, AND THE PLAN WAS TO REALLY AUGMENT THE CURRENT MAINTENANCE FUNDING THAT YOU HAVE IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

SO WE WANTED TO COME UP WITH WAYS OF REALLY OFFSETTING THOSE FEES BY LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, REDUCTIONS IN SOLID WASTE AGREEMENT EITHER BY WEEKLY POLYCARP COLLECTION OR FRANCHISING THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLECTION AND GETTING THE DISCOUNT THERE AND USING THOSE SAVINGS TO REDUCE THE OVERALL SOLID WASTE CHARGES.

SO WE'VE REALLY TOOK SOME TIME TO ENGAGE LEGAL AND THIRD PARTY CONSULTANTS TO EXPLORE THE OPTIONS TO REDUCE OUR COSTS. SO WE THINK WE HAVE SOME RESTRICTIONS IN OUR ABILITY TO TERMINATE THE CURRENT CONTRACT AND GO OUT FOR A FULL RFP.

SO WE ARE IN NEGOTIATION WITH SOME CONSULTANTS SO WE CAN GO OUT AND REALLY EXPLORE COMING UP WITH DIFFERENT CALCULATIONS FOR STREET MAINTENANCE FEE AND THE IMPACT.

SO WE'VE SOLICITED PROPOSALS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO HELP US WITH THE STREET MAINTENANCE FEE, AS WELL AS THE STORMWATER FEE ANALYSIS.

AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE'LL USE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ESTABLISH A RECOMMENDED FEE.

AND WE HAVE TO TAKE IN ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY INTO CALCULATIONS WHEN WE DO THAT.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS SOME OF THE CURRENT FEES THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES CURRENTLY CHARGE, AND THE AVERAGE OF THESE FEES IS $8.36.

AND THE MEDIAN IS ACTUALLY $8.38.

SO IT'S A TIGHT BAND OF KIND OF PRETTY MUCH RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, CLOSE TO WHERE TAYLOR IS IN OVERALL FEES.

CURRENTLY WE SPEND $1.1 MILLION ON FEES, AND THAT'S FOR US.

CONTRACT. EXCUSE ME, $1.1 MILLION ON STREET MAINTENANCE.

AND THAT'S FOR US CONTRACTING THE SERVICE OUT ON ONE HAND, AS WELL AS BUYING MATERIAL FOR OUR STAFF TO DO REPAIRS AS WELL.

ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU SEE THE TABLE SHOWING THE DIFFERENT AMOUNT OF REVENUE THE FEES WOULD BRING IN.

SO $1.50 WOULD BRING IN ALMOST $24,000 A MONTH ANNUALLY,

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AND THEN ALL THE WAY AT THE TOP WOULD BE THE $10 159,000, ALMOST 160,000 A MONTH AND $1.9 MILLION ANNUALLY. BUT THE $8 RANGE BRINGS IN 127,000 A MONTH, $1.5 MILLION ANNUALLY TO COMPARE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

WE THINK, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT A COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL FOR A WASTE COLLECTION, THE FEE REDUCTION TO OFFSET A POSSIBLE STREET MAINTENANCE FEE MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE THIS YEAR.

WE DO HAVE SOME GOOD STRATEGIES, BUT IT'S NOT AS CLEAN CUT AND AS HOPEFUL AS WE THOUGHT.

WHILE AUTHORIZED TODAY FUTURE LEGISLATURE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, THIS FEE MAY BE PROHIBITED, SO IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT COULD GO AWAY.

THE ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY OF STREET MAINTENANCE FEE COULD BE A CHALLENGE AS WELL.

AND WE KNOW THAT SOME NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES HAVE TROUBLE IMPLEMENTING A STREET MAINTENANCE FEE RECENTLY, SO THAT COULD IMPACT OUR SUCCESS WITH THIS AS WELL.

AS WELL AS WHILE THE STREET MAINTENANCE FEE IS STILL A VIABLE OPTION TODAY, THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE EXCEEDING THE NO NEW REVENUE COULD BE UTILIZED AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PURSUING THE STREET MAINTENANCE FEE AND CONSIDERING THE RISK WE HAVE BEFORE US AS WELL.

THE NEXT STEPS ON THE TAX RATE IS REALLY TODAY THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED HIS PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2425 TO THE CITY SECRETARY.

AND THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED IT AS WELL AND HAD GO ON OUR WEBSITE ON AUGUST THE 7TH, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS GOING TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER ON THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET AS WELL.

AND WE HAVE THE TAX RATE PRESENTATION SCHEDULED AS SAME PRESENTATION.

SO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE CAN HAVE MORE DISCUSSIONS ON THAT.

ON AUGUST 12TH, A SPECIAL MEETING.

THE CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO PRESENT THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

I HAVE A PROPOSED BUDGET PRESENTATION ALSO ON AUGUST 12TH.

I WAS NOT LISTED.

THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER GOING FORWARD, AND WE'LL USE THAT THAT RECORD VOTE TO PRODUCE NOTICES THAT WERE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE GOING FORWARD ON SEPTEMBER THIRD.

YOU WILL CONSIDER A OR YOU HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE IN THE FIRST READING ON AN ORDINANCE FOR THE TAX RATE AND BUDGET.

AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER THE 9TH, YOU CONSIDER THE FINAL READING ON THE TAX RATE AND BUDGET AND OTHER ORDINANCES RELATED TO FEES AND AS WELL AS THE HOME HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

SO WHAT WE EVENTUALLY LOOK FOR IS A DIRECTION ON THE MAINTENANCE OPERATING TAX RATE, AS WELL AS DIRECTION REGARDING THE INS OF OR INTEREST IN SINKING A DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE FROM THE TOWN COUNCIL.

AND I'D BE HAPPY TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

ANYBODY? SO, HARLAN.

THIS WAS BROUGHT UP TO ME BY ADAM EARLIER, AND I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE IT.

AND HE DID. IF WE GO WITH THE VOTER APPROVED RATE AND THAT INCLUDES THE UNUSED INCREMENT AT 0.6672, WILL THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY NOT TO HAVE TO GO? WITH THE STREET MAINTENANCE FEE, JUST IN CASE THE LEGISLATION BRINGS IT, TAKES IT AWAY FROM US.

COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT I'LL BE HAPPY TO RESPOND TO THAT.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE OUR RECOMMENDATION SHOULD THE COUNCIL GO TO THAT EXTENT.

I CERTAINLY THINK STREET MAINTENANCE FEE IS A VIABLE OPTION, BUT IT IS NOT WITHOUT ITS POTENTIAL CHALLENGES OR DIFFICULTIES, PARTICULARLY WITH POTENTIAL TARGETING FROM FUTURE LEGISLATURES.

SO IT'S AN OPTION, AND THAT AMOUNT OF REVENUE IS WITHIN LINE OF WHAT AT LEAST THE INITIAL DISCUSSION WAS IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH REVENUE WE WOULD ATTEMPT TO TRY TO COLLECT.

THE STREET MAINTENANCE FEE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, THAT SHOULD DEFINITELY PLAY INTO OUR DECISION.

AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT THIS SAME THING POSTED FOR THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON WEDNESDAY, BUT SINCE WE'RE ALL TOGETHER, RATHER THAN GO INTO FINANCE AND COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL, I'D

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AND THEN THERE IS A THERE IS ONE ITEM I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, BUT IT WOULDN'T AFFECT OUR DECISION ON THE TAX RATE ITSELF.

BUT THAT'S WHAT WOULD BE WHY I WOULD HOPE FOR.

I MEAN, I'VE HAD THE SAME THOUGHTS THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE ADAM SHARED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT OF IF WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS AND ENTERTAINING THE THOUGHT OF IMPLEMENTING POTENTIALLY A STREET MAINTENANCE FEE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S WE NEED TO DEDICATE MORE FUNDS THERE.

WE BUDGET ONE POINT SOMETHING MILLION A YEAR AND WE SHOULD BE BUDGETING SOMETHING LIKE FIVE.

AND SO WE STILL CAN'T MAKE UP THAT TOTAL GAP.

IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE IDEA OF A FEE, IT'S THIS BUDGET OR THIS YEAR WE'RE WE WOULD GO OUT FOR CONSULTANTS AND IT WOULD BE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET BEFORE WE COULD POTENTIALLY EVEN IMPLEMENT SOMETHING.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE YEARS OUT BEFORE WE COULD ACTUALLY SPEND THOSE FUNDS.

AND THAT'S DEPENDENT ON SO MANY VARIABLES THAT COULD BE OUT OF OUR HANDS.

JUST I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SO MUCH AT STAKE THERE.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE THAT WE'RE JUST BEING RESPONSIBLE WITH THE DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE.

AND I AM CURIOUS, CAN WE DEDICATE AND SAY THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT ARE I DON'T KNOW, THE RIGHT WORD TO RIGHT TERMINOLOGY, BUT THE ADDITIONAL CAPTURED FUNDS, COULD WE DEDICATE THOSE STRICTLY TO STREET MAINTENANCE, FOR EXAMPLE? OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON, THE ANSWER IS YES.

YOU KNOW, CURRENT COUNCILS CAN'T BIND FUTURE COUNCILS.

YOU CAN CERTAINLY GIVE US DIRECTION IN TERMS OF HOW TO BUDGET THAT MONEY FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, RIGHT THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR, TO SAY, OKAY, IF WE CAPTURE ADDITIONAL FUNDS, IT COULD I MEAN, YOU'VE SHOWN US EXAMPLES OF WHAT EACH OF THOSE TAX RATES COULD CUMULATIVELY PRODUCE, AND THOSE COULD MAKE SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR, TO OUR NECESSARY STREET MAINTENANCE NEEDS.

SO, I MEAN, I JUST THINK, LIKE I SAID IN THE BEGINNING, IF WE WERE CONSIDERING ONE OPTION THERE, SO THAT'S AT BEST THREE YEARS OUT.

SO I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WE SHOULD CONSIDER.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT IF YOU ARE, IF YOU WANTED TO DEDICATE IT TO ONE SPECIFIC USE, SUCH AS STREET MAINTENANCE, WE COULD CREATE A SEPARATE FUND FOR THAT, SIMILAR TO THE MEDICAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORT.

SO YOU CAN ANNUALLY TRACK WHERE THE REVENUE GOES AND THE EXPENDITURE.

SO YOU COULD GET A REGULAR MONTHLY REPORT TO TRACK THAT ACTIVITY.

IF YOU WANTED TO TRACK IT.

WHILE WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE PRESENTATION THAT CAME OUT ON OUR ONEDRIVE, AND THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE THERE.

AND I WOULD LIKE SOMEBODY TO HELP MY MEMORY A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE ON THE PAGE IN THE PRESENTATION THAT JUST WENT OUT TO NOW ON THE SCREEN HERE, IT INDICATED THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE COUNCIL HAD PREVIOUSLY DIRECTED STAFF TO PREPARE A BUDGET THAT KEPT THE TAX RATE WHERE IT IS.

THE PRESENTATION THAT I HAVE IN MY COMPUTER FROM THE ONEDRIVE SAYS THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO PREPARE A BUDGET THAT CAPTURED THE FULL 3.5% INCREASE ALLOWED BY LAW.

THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION.

HOW DID WE GET THIS? I'M. I CAN SPEAK TO THAT.

I THINK THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF MISCOMMUNICATION ON PART.

I THINK WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TAX RATE IS GOING TO BE.

I THINK THE CONVERSATION HAD BEEN THAT WE WANTED TO APPLY THE FULL 3.5%, BUT I THINK WE WERE ALSO ASSUMING THAT IT POTENTIALLY COULD STILL DROP THE TAX RATE IN THIS SCENARIO.

3.5% PUTS US OVER THE CURRENT TAX RATE.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE FELT OUR DIRECTION WAS TO MAXIMIZE UP TO THE POINT OF THE CURRENT TAX RATE.

SO MY APOLOGIES FOR ANY CONFUSION THERE, BUT THAT THAT WAS THE DIRECTION WE THOUGHT THAT WE HEARD WAS MAXIMIZE IT TO THE EXTENT THAT IT GOES TO THE CURRENT TAX RATE.

AND, AND I ORIGINALLY HAD POSTED THE PRESENTATION YOU REFERENCED, AND WE KEPT THE DISCUSSION GOING IN HOUSE AND FINE TUNING THE PRESENTATION TO TRY NOT TO OVER OVERSTATE WHAT WE HEARD.

SO, WE TOOK THE LESSER ROUTE.

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THAT IS AN ACCURATE STATEMENT.

AND THOSE ARE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD.

BUT I THINK AT LEAST FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE THOUGHT THOSE CONVERSATIONS WERE PREDICATED ON NOT INCREASING THE TAX RATE AS WELL.

SO IF WE'VE MISHEARD THAT, THEN I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.

OKAY. ARE WE PRETTY MUCH ON THE CUSP OF HAVING OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN DEVELOPED TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN START TO MAKE SOLID FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS TO GETTING OUR MAINTENANCE OF OUR ROAD AND STREET INFRASTRUCTURE TO A STABILIZED POINT, OR WE OR I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ALONG THAT LINE.

YEAH. SO ON AUGUST 21ST, WE'RE GOING TO BRIEF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND DESIGN COMMITTEE, AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT VERY THING.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH MODELS IDENTIFYING IF WE CONTINUE TO FUND STREET MAINTENANCE AT CURRENT LEVEL OF 1.1 MILLION AND BASED ON OUR CURRENT CIP, WHAT OUR AGGREGATE SCORE IS, A CITY WILL GO TO.

WE'LL ALSO BASED ON DIRECTION TONIGHT OR BASED ON THESE SCENARIOS.

OUR INTENTION WAS TO BRING FORWARD VARYING OPTIONS OF WHAT STREET MAINTENANCE WOULD DO, AND AN AGGREGATE SCORE WOULD DO BASED ON THE VARIOUS OPTIONS PRESENTED HERE.

SO THE DIRECTION I'M TAKING, THAT PART OF THE DISCUSSION IS THAT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE IDEA OF A STREET MAINTENANCE FEE OFF THE TABLE UNTIL WE PRETTY MUCH KNOW WHAT THAT COMMITMENT OF ANNUAL EXPENDITURE IS GOING TO BE.

THAT'S GOING TO KEEP THAT AVERAGE STREET RATING FROM DECLINING OR PERHAPS IMPROVE.

BUT TO WHAT EXTENT WE NEED TO DO THAT? SO I'M FINE WITH POSTPONING ACTION ON STREET MAINTENANCE FEE, BUT STILL WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TAX RATE TO THE EXTENT THAT WE GENERATE THE FUNDS TO MAINTAIN THE LEVELS THAT WE CONTEMPLATED GETTING TO WITH THE STREET MAINTENANCE FEE.

IF I'M NOT BEING TOO COMPLICATED HERE IN MY TALK.

YES, I LIKE THE IDEA, LIKE VICTORIA WAS SAYING OF OF OUR ALEXA, I'M SURE WHOEVER WAS WAS SAYING TO, TO GET THIS MONEY SET ASIDE FOR STREET MAINTENANCE, BUT NOT TO RULE OUT THE IDEA THAT WE MAY NEED TO BOOST THAT COMMITMENT UP SOMEWHAT ONCE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE WE STAND.

AND I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT THE ONE NUMBER THAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO SPEND, YOU KNOW, APPROXIMATELY $5 MILLION ANNUALLY IN RECONSTRUCTION OF FELLED STREETS, WHILE CURRENT CIP IS NOT CURRENTLY PUTTING THAT AMOUNT ANNUALLY FOR, FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF FELLED STREETS. RIGHT.

BUT THIS IS NOT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THIS IS MAINTENANCE. CORRECT.

ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE OVERALL SCORE.

YES. OKAY.

THANK YOU. AND WE'RE ALREADY MOVING FORWARD WITH A STUDY FOR THE STORM WATER AND THE STREET MAINTENANCE WHICH WE'RE SOLICITING PROPOSALS.

SO WE HAVE NOT I'VE NOT EXECUTED A CONTRACT FOR THAT.

WE'RE STILL IN THAT PROCESS.

I MEAN, I WOULD BE FINE STILL EXPLORING.

AT LEAST YOU'VE GOT THE KNOWLEDGE AND EVERYTHING AND THEN SEE HOW THINGS PLAY OUT.

BUT AND FOR SURE WANT TO KEEP THE STORM WATER STUDY GOING.

AND RIGHT NOW WE'LL STILL BE IN TALKS WITH OUR CURRENT VENDOR IN TERMS OF WHAT WE COULD DO TO POTENTIALLY REDUCE SANITATION RATE, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. I KNOW HARLAN ALLUDED TO SOME OF THE CONTRACTUAL CHALLENGES WE MIGHT HAVE WITH GOING OUT FOR A FULL BLOWN RFP, SO I DON'T WANT TO OVERSTATE OUR ABILITY ON THE SAVINGS THAT I THINK THAT WE COULD OR COULD NOT BRING.

LET ME BE VERY HONEST WITH THAT.

BUT WE WON'T.

WE DON'T HAVE TO STOP THOSE CONVERSATIONS BASED ON DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL.

I THINK WHICHEVER WE EXPLORE, CITIZENS JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING WE'RE HEARING THEM, AND THEN WE'RE DOING WHAT WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO.

NOW WE'RE HEARING ABOUT POTHOLES AND ROADS AND WE NEED WE HAVE GREAT NEEDS ACROSS THE CITY.

AND I THINK AS LONG AS WE ARE TRANSPARENT AND WE'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE THAT, WE ARE ADEQUATELY APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT CITIZENS WANT TO HEAR.

THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT WE'RE BEING RESPONSIBLE AND THE MONEY THAT WE'RE GIVEN, WE PUT IT TO WORK.

YOU GOT WHAT YOU NEED. HARLAN.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

BUDDY. HANG ON, I DON'T.

SO I THINK JUST SPECIFIC DIRECTION ON IF YOU GUYS WANT TO.

SO THE BUDGET THAT FILED WITH THE CITY SECRETARY TODAY, THAT I WILL EMAIL TO YOU AS SOON AS I FINISH THE MEETING THIS EVENING.

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SO JUST NEED DIRECTION ON IF YOU WANT TO STAY AT WHERE YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NO NEW REVENUE, WHERE DO YOU WANT TO STAY AT THE CURRENT RATE, WHETHER YOU WANT TO TAKE THE FULL 3.5% OR THE 3.5% WITH THE INCREMENT? I FEEL LIKE I DON'T THAT WE DON'T NEED TO LOSE THAT INCREMENT.

AND SO AND FOR SURE WHEN AT LEAST KEEP THE RATE THE SAME.

SO IF YOU PUT THOSE TWO TOGETHER I THINK IT'S A 0.6 486I THINK IS WHAT THOSE TWO TOGETHER ARE.

IF YOU JUST TAKE THE CURRENT RATE AND ADDED THE INCREMENT.

Y'ALL CAN VERIFY THAT.

BUT I WOULD SAY AT A MINIMUM AND THEN IF WE WERE TO GO TO THE MAXIMUM THAT ONE THAT THE 6627.

ABSOLUTELY. AT LEAST FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, EARMARK IT INTO STREET MAINTENANCE BECAUSE WE CAN'T BIND FUTURE COUNCILS, BUT WE CAN BIND OURSELVES NEXT YEAR AND THEN AND THEN AS FAR AS FOR THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT IS, YOU KNOW, WE PROMISED THE VOTERS WE WANTED.

WE WERE GOING TO INCREMENT INTO A 5% HOMESTEAD NEXT YEAR OR FOR THIS BUDGET, I GUESS WOULD BE FOR 25 PAYABLE AND 26 WE'RE GOING TO GO TO FOUR.

I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT TO GO AHEAD AND GO TO FIVE FROM 3 TO 5, I DON'T I THINK IT'S STILL GOING TO BE A MINIMAL IMPACT TO AS FAR AS THE REVENUE FOR THE CITY, BUT IT'LL BE MORE BENEFICIAL TO THE HOMEOWNERS.

SO WHEREAS IF WE DID EXPLORE GOING TO THE 6627 NOW INSTEAD OF GOING TO A 4% HOMESTEAD, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A 5%.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MAX IT OUT.

SO AT LEAST THAT THAT PORTION WE CAN I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN FINANCE COMMITTEE.

BUT IF WE COULD KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE RATE TONIGHT OR AT LEAST GET SOME GUIDANCE.

OR DO YOU WANT TO BE ADAM? GIVE ME A NUMBER.

I'D SAY AT LEAST THE KEEP IT THE SAME AS WHAT IT'S BEEN AND THEN ADD THE INCREMENT TO IT.

I AGREE, IT'S CLOSE TO LIKE $0.65.

IT'S SIX, FOUR, EIGHT, SIX IS WHAT IT IS.

EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT? I'M GOOD WITH THE VOTER APPROVED RATE WITH THE UNUSED INCREMENT RATE ADDED TO IT.

AND I'M ALSO IN FAVOR OF CREATING THE FUND FOR STREET MAINTENANCE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT TRANSPARENT.

OH, OKAY. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING I'LL AGREE WITH LARRY.

WE CAN GO ALL THE WAY.

YEAH. DAN. SAME.

EVERYBODY ON BOARD. EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD WITH THAT.

HARLAN. THAT'S THE 6627.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

HAVE WHAT I NEED. THANK YOU. MAYOR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION EIGHT.

THE CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS.

I'M SORRY. WHERE ARE WE AT AGAIN? SECTION EIGHT CITY COUNCIL REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS.

[8.CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS]

ANYBODY. WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION NINE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[9.RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION]

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE.

WE'LL RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION TO TAKE ANY ACTION.

TONIGHT, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071, 551.072, 551.074 AND 551.087.

SURE. A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SECOND. A MOTION BY ADAM AND A SECOND BY ALEXA.

PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUS.

WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 656.

MOTION TO RECONVENE.

YES. GOT A MOTION BY ADAM.

A SECOND BY DAN.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? ONE, TWO. ONE MORE ITEM.

WE'RE OUT OF HERE AT 8:34.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.