Dec 09, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting

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I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS SESSION UP AT 5:34.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

HE'S GOING TO BE GIVING OUR INVOCATION.

WOULD EVERYBODY PLEASE RISE FOR OUR INVOCATION AND ALSO OUR PLEDGES? TURN THE RADIO ON.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE HYMNS IS OH, LORD MY GOD, HOW GREAT THOU ART.

AND IT SAYS, OH, LORD MY GOD, HOW GREAT THOU ART! AS I CONSIDER ALL THE THINGS THAT MY HANDS HAVE CREATED.

SO, FATHER GOD, THIS NIGHT I THANK YOU THAT YOU'VE CREATED BURLESON, TEXAS.

I THANK YOU FOR THIS COUNCIL, THIS TAKING CARE OF US WHO LIVE IN BURLESON, TEXAS.

FATHER GOD, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT THING WITH THE PEOPLES THAT YOU'VE CHOSEN TO BE ON THIS, THIS COUNCIL.

IN JESUS NAME.

I BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM, AND I THANK YOU THAT THEY'RE GIFTED, THEY'RE TALENTED.

THEY'RE SKILLED IN EVERY PARTICULAR WAY THAT THIS CITY NEEDS TO GO FORTH DOING YOUR BUSINESS.

FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLESON.

I THANK YOU FOR THIS CITY, AND I THANK YOU THAT YOU'VE ALLOWED ME AND MY FAMILY TO LIVE HERE.

LORD BLESS US IN THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON.

BLESS US EACH AND EVERY ONE.

AND I THANK YOU IN MY LORD AND SAVIOR'S NAME, JESUS THE CHRIST.

AMEN.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION TWO PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PROCLAMATIONS OR PRESENTATIONS, SO THAT WILL MOVE US ON TO ITEM TWO

[2.C. Community Interest Items]

LOOKING FORWARD TO 2025 IS GOING TO BE A GREAT YEAR.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR SANTA CLAUS BREAKFAST WITH SANTA CLAUS.

IT WAS A BIG SUCCESS.

I FOUND OUT I DO NOT WANT TO BE A BUSBOY.

THAT WAS HARD WORK AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN, BUT IT WAS WELL ATTENDED AND BOY, THOSE PEOPLE WORKED.

THE VOLUNTEERS, THEY DID A GREAT JOB, SO THANKS TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

GREAT JOB TO THE LIBRARY AND ALL THE WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS AND THE AUTHORS THAT CAME.

IT WAS SUCH A FUN EVENT.

MY SON DID MORE CRAFTS.

WE COULD ESSENTIALLY DECORATE A WHOLE NEW TREE WITH EVERYTHING HE CREATED THAT MORNING.

IT WAS A BLAST. IT WAS SO FUN.

AND THANK YOU TO POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS, ALL THE AMAZING VOLUNTEERS THAT TOOK AND ALL THE THOSE THAT CAME OUT, THE SPECTATORS FOR COMING OUT FOR THE PARADE. IT WAS IT WAS COLD AND IT WAS WET.

BUT WE STILL HAD FUN AND APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT ON THAT.

AS A REMINDER, WE MOVED THE TREE LIGHTING AND DRONE SHOW TO TOMORROW NIGHT AND IT STARTS AT 6 P.M.

RIGHT OUT HERE ON THE PLAZA.

SO COME ENJOY SOME ENTERTAINMENT AND SEE THE LIGHTS.

COME ON. I WANT TO SAY ABOUT SATURDAY.

OKAY. WHEN A TOWN, EVERYTHING'S GOING SMOOTH.

NOBODY RECOGNIZES IT.

IT'S WHEN EVERYTHING GOES SOUTH AND IT STARTS RAINING AND IT'S COLD AND IT HAS TO BE DEALT WITH.

WE DEALT WITH IT, AND I'M SO PROUD OF OUR STAFF AND HOW EVERYTHING WENT.

I WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE TO BE ON THE FLOAT WHEN IT'S COLD AND RAINING, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT WAS REALLY A LOT OF FUN.

I WAS AMAZED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP FOR THE PARADE WHEN IT WAS NOT THE MOST PLEASANT ATMOSPHERE IN THE WORLD.

IT WAS STILL FUN. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION THREE CHANGES TO THE POSTED AGENDA.

[3. CHANGES TO POSTED AGENDA]

MADAM SECRETARY, WE'VE RECEIVED A REQUEST FOR ITEM EIGHT A TO BE WITHDRAWN AND I'VE RECEIVED A COUNCIL REQUEST TO PLACE ITEM NINE A, NINE B AND NINE D ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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OKAY. OKAY.

THAT'LL MOVE US 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.

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, SHALL SPEAK WHEN THE ITEM IS CALLED FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING.

I DO HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKER CARDS.

PATTY PACE.

HELLO. AND I'M TOO, MY HUSBAND IS FRANK.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND FOR ALL THOSE WHO WORK IN THE CITY.

SOME OF YOU I'VE WORKED WITH ON WILL GRAHAM OR WINGS OF HOPE OR NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, BUT I'M HERE ON ANOTHER ITEM WHICH MY HUSBAND IS PASSING OUT RIGHT NOW.

SO SEVERAL OF US ARE HERE TONIGHT TO BRING AWARENESS TO SOME MAJOR ROAD CHANGES IN THE WORKS THAT SERIOUSLY AFFECT THE LIVES OF SOME OF US WHO LIVE ON COUNTY ROAD 1020.

THAT'S TO BE CONNECTED TO ALSBURY.

CURRENTLY, THIS ROAD IS SLATED TO EVENTUALLY CONNECT TO FARM ROAD 1902, NOT CHISHOLM TRAIL PARKWAY.

PARALLEL COUNTY ROAD 1016 WILL CONNECT WITH CHISHOLM TRAIL PARKWAY AT A TOLL ROAD ENTRANCE.

WE REALIZE THE CITY IS GROWING HUGELY, MAYOR CHRIS HAS TOLD US YOU EXPECT WE EXPECT A MILLION IN WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

WE WE'RE AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE TRADE SCHOOL AND COLLEGES.

AND, YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO VICTORIA THIS MORNING ABOUT ALL THAT THAT'S HAPPENING.

SO WE HEAR THAT.

BUT MOST OF US ON COUNTY ROAD 1020 LIVE IN A RURAL AGRICULTURAL SETTING.

MY FAMILY HAS BEEN HERE FOR OVER 53 YEARS.

AND THIS COMMUNITY, IT MEANS A LOT TO US.

WE'RE REQUESTING THAT THE CITY REDUCE THE PLANNED WIDTH OF COUNTY ROAD 1020.

FROM 120FT TO 90FT.

PLEASE GIVE US A SMALLER LAY DOWN MEDIAN SO THAT OUR LARGE FARM TRUCKS AND TRAILERS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS AND LEAVE OUR DRIVEWAYS SAFELY.

HERE'S A SPREADSHEET THAT I THINK HAS BEEN PASSED OUT.

TOMMY, DID THEY GET.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU MUCH.

DETAILING THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH THE ORIGINALLY PLANNED 75 FOOT ROAD AND THE PROPOSED 120 FOOT ROAD.

ORIGINALLY WE BUILT FENCES AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, WITH THE 75 FOOT ROAD THAT WAS PLANNED BEFORE THE CITY HAD ITS HUGE GROWTH SPURT. SO A 90 FOOT ROAD WOULD CAUSE SLIGHTLY MORE DISRUPTION AND EXPENSE THAN THE 75 FOOT PLAN, BUT IT WOULD BE FAR LESS INTRUSIVE AND COSTLY THAN THE 120 FOOT DESIGN YOU CAN SEE THERE, JUST FROM OUR PROPERTY ALONE, THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT OVER A MILLION IN LOST REVENUE IN BUSINESS, IN ALL SORTS OF THINGS FOR JUST OUR PROPERTY AS OPPOSED TO 90 FOOT, IS WHAT, 150,000? THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE.

SO THE 120 FOOT ROAD WAS RESULT IN MASSIVE DISRUPTION TO FOUR PROPERTIES, AS SHOWN ON THIS MAP.

IT WOULD LIKELY MEAN CONDEMNING THREE HOMES, REMOVING FENCES, GATES, WELLS, SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND VALUABLE TREES.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS PLAN WOULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT REVENUE LOSSES FOR AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES IN THE AREA.

FURTHERMORE, SECTION TWO B OF THE CONDITIONAL IMMUNITY FROM ANNEXATION SAYS IN NO CASE WILL THE CITY'S ENFORCEMENT OF ANY REGULATIONS AND PLANNING AUTHORITY MATERIALLY INTERFERE WITH THE USE OF THE PROPERTY FOR AGRICULTURE, WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, OR TIMBER USES.

PATTY. PATTY, YOU HAVE THREE MORE MINUTES.

CAN I GIVE YOU 30 MORE SECONDS? YES. THAT'S FINE. I'LL BE DONE.

WE MUST ALSO CONSIDER THE SERIOUS DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT THIS PROJECT WILL CREATE.

FOR EXAMPLE, PROPERTY 38 ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF COUNTY ROAD 1020, INCLUDES A SMALL LAKE THAT WAS NOT DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE ADDITIONAL WATER CHANNELED BENEATH 120 FOOT ROAD.

THIS POSES NOT ONLY A FLOODING RISK, BUT ALSO ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS REGARDING THE FISH AND ECOSYSTEM IN THAT LAKE.

BY REDUCING THE ROAD WIDTH TO 90FT, THE CITY CAN STILL ACCOMMODATE FOUR LANES UP TO AN 18 FOOT MEDIAN AND SIDEWALKS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT FOR THE AREA, AS CONFIRMED BY OUR LOCAL DEVELOPER, ROCKY BRANSON.

HE SAID I COULD THROW HIS NAME OUT THERE.

WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THE CITY TO REEVALUATE THIS PROCESS AND CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE ROAD'S WIDTH, ITS CURVED DESIGN AND DRAINAGE IMPACT, ESPECIALLY AS IT PERTAINS TO OUR FOUR PROPERTIES.

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DID I MAKE IT? YEAH YOU DID.

MAN, YOU CAN TALK FAST.

REBECCA FISHER.

WELL, PATTY COVERED JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.

I'VE MADE MY HOME HERE IN BURLESON FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS.

GREAT PEOPLE.

I APPRECIATE Y'ALL AND THE WORK Y'ALL DO, BECAUSE I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE IN YOUR SEATS.

I MEAN, BECAUSE WHEN EVERYTHING'S GOOD, YOU'RE GREAT PEOPLE.

BUT WHEN THINGS, EVERYBODY GETS MAD AT YOU, YOU'RE AWFUL.

RIGHT? BUT, YOU KNOW, AND MY CONCERN IS EVEN TO ADD TO A LAY DOWN MEDIAN, BECAUSE I HAVE 30 FOOT TRAILERS COMING IN AND OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY HAULING HORSES AND COWS AND SUCH AS THAT.

AND MY KIDS HAVE LIVESTOCK TRAILERS AND MY SON IN LAW HAS A BUSINESS THAT HE PULLS HIS TRAILER IN AND OUT AT NIGHT WITH HIS EQUIPMENT ON IT, AND WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY.

AND SOMEBODY MADE THE REMARK.

ONE OF THE ENGINEERS SAID THAT WE COULD JUST GO DOWN AND TURN AROUND.

YOU CAN'T JUST GO DOWN AND TURN AROUND UNLESS YOU TAKE OUT THE MEDIAN AND PART OF THE THE RIGHT OF WAY ALSO.

AND I MEAN, I'M NOT ADVERSE TO GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, BUT WHEN WE REBUILT OUR FENCE IN 2011, WE CAME TO THE CITY AND MY HUSBAND ACCOMMODATED FOR THAT.

AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO 120FT, AND WE'RE NOT COMING FROM THE CENTER OF THE ROAD FOR EVERYBODY.

AND THAT'S MY DEAL.

WHY CAN'T EVERYBODY GIVE UP PART OF THEIR PROPERTY? I KNOW IT'S EXPENSIVE, BUT IT'S EXPENSIVE FOR ME, AND I'M GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE RIGHT IN MY FRONT DOOR ON THE ROAD.

AND WHEN THEY COME DOWN THAT ROAD AND THEY COME OFF THE HILL, HEADED BACK TOWARDS BURLESON ON 1020, THEY'RE RUNNING BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MILES AN HOUR.

I'VE CLOCKED THEM.

SO I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO HAVE GRACE ON US.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CASSIDY. CHAPMAN.

GOOD EVENING. HOW ARE Y'ALL? GOOD. AGAIN, WHAT PATTI PACE SPOKE ON IS ALSO THE REASON THAT I'M HERE TODAY.

I GREW UP HERE. I'VE LIVED HERE MY WHOLE LIFE.

MY GRANDMOTHER, WHO ALSO LIVES IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD AS ME, IS 93 YEARS OLD.

SHE'S BEEN AT THE SAME RESIDENCE ON COUNTY ROAD 1020 FOR 71 YEARS.

PATTI PRETTY MUCH COVERED IT.

ALL WE'RE ASKING IS THAT YOU TAKE US INTO CONSIDERATION.

I KNOW THAT GROWTH IS COMING.

I RESPECT THE GROWTH. I RESPECT WHAT YOU ALL DO, AND WE APPRECIATE IT.

BUT IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN 120 FOOT, THAT WOULD HELP US.

IT WOULD ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR AS MUCH OFF THE FRONT OF MY PROPERTY.

WE BUILT A NEW HOUSE IN 2022.

I HAD TO COME TO THE CITY TO GET A PLAT EXEMPTION PERMIT AND EVERYTHING TO BUILD MY HOUSE.

OF COURSE WE'RE IN THE COUNTY, BUT WHENEVER I DID THAT, NOBODY MADE MENTION THAT THIS WAS COMING DOWN THE PIPE.

OTHERWISE, I MAY NOT HAVE BUILT MY HOUSE THERE.

BUT WE DID AND NOW WE'RE IN THIS SITUATION.

ALL I ASK IS THAT Y'ALL DO TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION ON THIS MATTER AND THAT OUR LIVES WILL BE AFFECTED, BUT MAYBE NOT QUITE AS MUCH.

WE DO RAISE BEEF CATTLE, GOATS FOR OUR FAMILY, AND LOSING THE VALUABLE GRAZING SPACE AND STUFF FROM THIS ROADWAY WILL IMPACT US.

BUT AGAIN, WE'RE WILLING TO LET IT HAPPEN.

IT'S JUST TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND HAVE GRACE AND MERCY ON US.

THANK YOU ALL. FRANK PACE.

THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

OBVIOUSLY SPEAKING ABOUT 1021.

FIRST THING I WANT TO ADDRESS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED DURING THE COVID YEARS.

THE CITY PUT OUT A SURVEY IN THE MIDST OF COVID.

IT WAS PUT ONLINE AND EVIDENTLY A BUNCH OF CITIZENS DIDN'T RECOGNIZE OR REALIZE THAT WAS HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THE 30,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN BURLESON, LESS THAN ONE HALF OF 1% OF THE PEOPLE RESPONDED.

SO THE GROUP THAT'S PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER, THE BURLESON MOBILITY PLAN, TOOK THE ADVICE OF 279 PEOPLE, WHICH, LIKE I SAY, IS LESS THAN THE ONE HALF OF 1% OF THE POPULATION OF BURLESON, NOT COUNTING THE ETJ OR OUR TRADE AREA AND PUT THIS PLAN TOGETHER BASED ON WHAT THAT SMALL SAMPLING SAID.

I REALLY QUESTIONED THE WORTH OF THAT.

WE WENT TO THE MEETING IN NOVEMBER, AND WE SAW THIS GREAT LONG SCHEMATIC OF WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN TO 1020.

AND YOU LOOK AT IT AND YOU SAY, OKAY, THESE FOUR FAMILIES ARE REALLY GOING TO BE NEGATIVELY IMPAIRED OR IMPACTED.

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REBECCA'S WILL BE ABOUT THAT.

CASSIDY'S WILL BE ABOUT THAT FAR.

CASSIDY WILL LOSE POSSIBLY ENOUGH ACREAGE THAT HE WON'T BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN HIS AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTION.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE AWAY A BUNCH OF OUR VERY BEST HORSE PASTURES.

THESE FAMILIES ARE THE ONLY ONES ON THIS ROAD, EXCEPT FOR ONE HOUSE AT THE VERY END OF IT ALL.

THE SHAFT STALL 920 HULEN END OF IT THAT WILL BE COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED, THERE'S NO WAY AROUND IT.

I DON'T CARE HOW YOU MOVE THAT ROAD, IT'S GOING TO DISAPPEAR.

ALL THE REST OF THEM ARE SET BACK FAR ENOUGH ARE THERE PASTURE LANDS AND WON'T BE AFFECTED LIKE OURS WILL IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

I'VE PASSED OUT TO YOU.

ON ONE SIDE IT SAYS MAJOR ARTERIAL CROSS SECTION 120 AND A MINOR ARTERIAL.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN THOSE IS 20FT.

THEY CARRY EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC.

ONE OF THEM HAS MORE GREEN SPACE THAN THE OTHER IS BASICALLY THE DIFFERENCE ON THE BACK SIDE OF IT, AND A VERY POOR COPY, BECAUSE THAT'S THE BEST I COULD GET OFF OF THE THINGS WE WERE SENT FROM THE CITY SHOWS THE NEW PROPOSAL FROM NOVEMBER, WITH A 39 FOOT MEDIAN, WHOA AND ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC.

THE TWO EXAMPLES ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE SHOW TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC.

THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT VERY SERIOUSLY.

THIS IS A MAJOR UNDERTAKING THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT FOUR ALL TIME FAMILIES IN THIS TOWN AND NOBODY ELSE.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON AN ITEM NOT POSTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA? OKAY. THAT MOVES US ON TO SECTION FIVE, THE 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 FIVE A TO FIVE R AND ITEMS NINE A, NINE B AND NINE D. IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY LARRY.

A SECOND BY ADAM. PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AT THIS TIME, WE DO HAVE A NEED TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[6. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION]

THERE IS A NEED TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? SO MOVED.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICTORIA.

A SECOND BY DAN.

PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 5:52.

IS THERE A MOTION TO GO BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? ARE WE GOING TO STAY HERE? I HAVE A MOTION BY DAN AND A SECOND BY VICTORIA.

PLEASE VOTE.

WE'VE GOT A TRAIN, Y'ALL.

EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND.

MOTION PASSES.

UNANIMOUS. WE'RE BACK IN SESSION AT 635.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION SEVEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT.

[7.A. Hold a public hearing and consider approval of an ordinance designating an approximately 7-acre tract of land (the property is generally described as near the northeast corner of the Vantage Dr. and Conveyor Dr. (FM 917) intersection located in Highpoint Business Park, City of Burleson, Johnson County, Texas) as “Tax Abatement Reinvestment Zone Number 010, City of Burleson” under Chapter 312 of the Texas Tax Code. (First Reading) (Staff Contact: Alex Philips, Director of Economic Development) ]

THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY DESCRIBED AS NEAR THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF VANTAGE DRIVE AND CONVEYOR DRIVE.

FM 917 INTERSECTION LOCATED IN HIGH POINT BUSINESS PARK, CITY OF BURLESON, JOHNSON COUNTY AS A TAX ABATEMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER

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THIS IS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON FIRST READING.

THE STAFF PRESENTED THIS EVENING IS ALEX PHILLIPS, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THANK YOU, MR. CAMPOS.

HERE TO PRESENT ITEM SEVEN A IT'S THE TAX ABATEMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.

THE FIRST READING AND PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM.

LOCATION IS APPROXIMATELY A SEVEN ACRE SITE LOCATED ON VANTAGE DRIVE JUST NORTH OF 917.

YOU CAN SEE IT OUTLINED THERE IN TEAL.

THE REQUEST IS TO ESTABLISH THE TAX ABATEMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE FOR THE PURPOSE OF AN UPCOMING TAX ABATEMENT FOR PARIS BAGUETTE, USA INCORPORATED.

THERE WILL BE FUTURE ACTION THAT WILL BE A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE SPECIFIC INCENTIVES THAT WILL BE PRESENTED AT A LATER DATE FOR THIS TAX ABATEMENT ZONE.

IT IS AN INTERNATIONAL PROJECT CONSIDERING CONSTRUCTION OF AT LEAST 260,000FT² OF OFFICE, MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITY.

CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF APPROXIMATELY AT LEAST 165 MILLION.

CREATION OF 450 JOBS ON SIMILAR MANUFACTURING THAT CURRENTLY RESIDES IN HIGH POINT BUSINESS PARK.

PART OF THE SECTION 312 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE GUIDES THAT PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING THE ZONE OF THIS SEVEN ACRES.

WE PROVIDED NEWSPAPER NOTICE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER 1ST EARLIER THIS MONTH.

WE PROVIDED THE NOTICE TO THE TAX AND ENTITIES.

THE BUSD AND THE COUNTY IN NOVEMBER 27TH.

TONIGHT IS THE FIRST READING AND PUBLIC HEARING.

AND THEN THE FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE WILL BE JANUARY 6TH.

SO TONIGHT, ACTION FOR TONIGHT.

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN APPROVE OR DENY THE ORDINANCE FOR THE DESIGNATION OF TAX ABATEMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TEN HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:38.

IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS OR ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 639.

DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS? IS THERE A SECOND? HAVE A MOTION BY VICTORIA.

SECOND BY ADAM. PLEASE VOTE.

YEE HAW! PASSES UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO SEVEN B TONIGHT.

SEVEN B AND SEVEN C WILL BE CALLED FORWARD AT THE SAME TIME.

[7.B. Consider approval of a Tax Abatement Agreement between the City of Burleson and Paris Baguette U.S.A., Inc., for a food manufacturing facility located in Highpoint Business Park in Tax Abatement Reinvestment Zone Number 009, City of Burleson. (Staff Contact: Alex Philips, Director of Economic Development)]

[7.C. Consider approval of a minute order ratifying the 4A Economic Development Corporations Board’s actions taken on the approval of a Performance Agreement between the Burleson 4A Economic Development Corporation and Paris Baguette U.S.A., Inc. for a 267,000 square foot food manufacturing facility located on Vantage Drive in Highpoint Business Park in Burleson, Texas. (Staff Contact: Alex Philips, Economic Development Director)]

BUT ONE PRESENTATION SEVEN B CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BURLESON AND PARIS BAGUETTE USA, INCORPORATED FOR A FOOD MANUFACTURING FACILITY LOCATED IN HIGH POINT BUSINESS PARK IN TAX ABATEMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER NINE, CITY OF BURLESON SEVEN C IS. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A MINUTE ORDER RATIFYING THE FOURIER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD'S ACTION, TAKEN ON THE APPROVAL OF A PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BURLESON FOURIER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND PARIS BAGUETTE USA, INCORPORATED FOR A 267,000 SQUARE FOOT FOOD MANUFACTURING FACILITY LOCATED ON VANTAGE DRIVE IN HIGH POINT BUSINESS PARK IN BURLESON, AUSTIN, TEXAS.

THIS PRESENTER TONIGHT IS ALEX PHILLIPS, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

MR. PHILLIPS, YOU'RE ON ONCE AGAIN.

THANK YOU, MISS CAMPOS.

HERE TO SHOWCASE THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT SHOWN TO FOUR A EARLIER TONIGHT AND THE TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT.

IT WAS PROJECT DOE WAS THE CODE NAME.

BUT IT IS PARIS BAGUETTE.

THEY ARE LARGE BAKED GOODS MANUFACTURER UNDER CONTRACT TO PURCHASE 30 ACRES OUT IN HIGH POINT BUSINESS PARK.

THIS IS THE FIRST NORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURING PLANT FOR THEM.

CREATION OF 450 NEW FULL TIME JOBS 165 MILLION.

MINIMUM TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT.

PARENT COMPANY IS LOCATED IN SOUTH KOREA IN THE US.

HEADQUARTERS IS IN NEW JERSEY.

OVERALL, THEY HAVE 4000 RETAIL STORES WORLDWIDE.

BUT I WAS CORRECTED BETWEEN THE MEETINGS.

THEY HAVE OVER 200 LOCATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA.

NOW GOAL TO HAVE 1000 LOCATIONS BY 2030.

THEY'RE MOVING PRETTY QUICK ON THE NEW LOCATIONS.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THESE GUYS SINCE NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.

THE TAX ABATEMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE ON THE 30 ACRES AGAIN, NOTICE WAS PROVIDED IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING IN OCTOBER OF 24.

WE PROVIDED THE TAXING ENTITIES NOTICE OCTOBER 11TH.

BUSD IN THE COUNTY.

THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 30 ACRE TAX ABATEMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE WAS OCTOBER 21ST.

THE FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE APPROVING TAX ABATEMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER NINE WAS FINALIZED ON NOVEMBER 4TH.

AND THAT'S THE SITE.

THEY'RE OUTLINED IN YELLOW.

THE 30 ACRES JUST NORTH OF 917 ON VANTAGE DRIVE.

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PARIS BAGUETTE WOULD RECEIVE 50% REBATE OF CITY PROPERTY TAXES FOR A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS.

THE TERM OF THE ABATEMENT WOULD BEGIN ON JANUARY 1ST OF THE CALENDAR YEAR FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF THE FACILITY.

THE VALUE OF THAT ABATEMENT IS ABOUT APPROXIMATELY ALMOST $3.6 MILLION.

IF THE COMPANY CONSTRUCTS BOTH PHASES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OUTLINED IN THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT.

PARIS BAGUETTE WOULD ADDITIONALLY QUALIFY FOR TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY.

VALUE OF THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION, AND THAT ABATEMENT IS SCHEDULED TO GO TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AT THE END OF JANUARY.

THE OBLIGATIONS FOR PARIS BAGUETTE CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY BY THE END OF JANUARY NEXT YEAR.

SUBMIT THE BUILDING PLANS OF PHASE ONE, THESE NEXT TWO BULLET POINTS.

A COUPLE OF THE DATES HAVE MOVED AROUND JUST TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.

THAT GOES FROM APRIL TO JUNE FOR SUBMITTING THE BUILDING PLANS COMMENCING CONSTRUCTION GOES FROM JUNE TO AUGUST.

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW PARIS BAGUETTE TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF AT LEAST 150,000FT² MANUFACTURING FACILITY WITH AN INVESTMENT OF AT LEAST $110 MILLION BY THE END OF DECEMBER 27TH.

SUBMIT THE BUILDING PLANS FOR PHASE TWO BY MARCH OF 28.

COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION ABOUT PHASE TWO.

BY JANUARY 1ST, 29, COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION OF AT LEAST ANOTHER 117,000FT² WITH CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF 55 MILLION.

BY THE END OF 29.

PARIS BAGUETTE TO EMPLOY 125 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES.

BY THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY DATE OF THE OPENING DATE, 250 EMPLOYEES BY THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY AND 450 BY THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY.

OBLIGATIONS OF THE 4A THAT WERE APPROVED EARLIER TONIGHT.

AND THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT UPON CLOSING ON THE ACQUISITION OF THE LAND, SUBMITTING BUILDING PLANS, ENGINEERING PLANS CASH GRANT OF 300,000, GETTING THE BUILDING PERMIT FOR PHASE ONE WOULD BE 180,000.

APPROVAL OF THE FOUNDATION FOR PHASE ONE WOULD BE 360,000.

GETTING THE CO 4 PHASE ONE OF THE FACILITY WOULD BE A CASH GRANT OF 360,000.

UPON CLOSING ON THE ACQUISITION OF THE SEVEN ACRE PARCEL, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE SITE, THE EDC IS UNDER CONTRACT ON TEN ACRES ADJACENT TO IT.

THE SEVEN ACRES IS PART OF A FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL.

WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THEY WOULD MOVE FORWARD MORE QUICKLY TO PURCHASE THE SEVEN ACRE SITE.

SO THERE IS AN INCENTIVE TIED TO CLOSING ON THAT OF 100,000 RECEIVING THE BUILDING PERMIT FOR PHASE TWO OF THE FACILITY BE A CASH GRANT OF 580.

WE WOULD REIMBURSE ALL THE FEES, EXCLUDING WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES, UP TO $150,000.

COMPLETION OF THE GAS LINE.

ONCE IT'S EXTENDED, WE WOULD REIMBURSE THE COST OF EXTENDING THAT GAS LINE TO THEIR PROPERTY OF UP TO 300,000.

ONCE THEY GET THEIR CO FOR PHASE TWO WOULD BE 500,000.

AND THEN THE HIRING, ONCE THEY HIRE 125 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, WOULD BE 500,000.

HIRING OF 250 EMPLOYEES WOULD BE ANOTHER 250.

ONCE THEY HIRED THE FULL 450 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES WOULD BE ANOTHER 250,000.

AND THEN UPON THEIR FIRST ANNIVERSARY, THE COMPANY IN RECEIPT OF ALL THE CO FOR PHASE TWO FACILITY, THE LAST CASH GRANT THERE OF 320,000.

THERE IS CLAWBACKS IN THIS AGREEMENT.

IF THE COMPANY DOES NOT MEET THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, COMMENCING CONSTRUCTION BY THAT JUNE DATE IS NOW AUGUST.

AND OBTAINING THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR PHASE ONE BY THE END OF 27.

BASICALLY, THE COMPANY WOULD PAY BACK ANY INCENTIVES THAT THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN PAID UP TO THAT POINT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET SOME THE VALUE ON THE PROPERTY BUILT.

SO BY THAT TIME, IT'LL BE ABOUT $1.2 MILLION HAVE BEEN PAID OUT.

SO THEY WOULD REIMBURSE US IF THEY DON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT FOR SOME REASON.

AGAIN, THE FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL IS ON THE SEVEN ACRES ATTACHED.

THE TERM OF THAT IS FOR TEN YEARS ON THE SEVEN ACRES.

IF WE GET A CONTRACT ON THAT SEVEN ACRE SITE OR THE TEN ACRE SITE ADJACENT TO IT WE WOULD ASK THEM IF THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD IN CLOSING ON THE PROPERTY OR PUTTING A CONTRACT ON THAT SEVEN ACRES, OR MOVE ALONG TO MOVING WITH A DIFFERENT COMPANY TO GO ON THAT SEVEN ACRES, THIS IS THE INCENTIVE PAYOUT.

JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN READING THROUGH ALL THE DOCUMENTATION, THE EDC, THE 4A INCENTIVES IS $4.15 MILLION.

SO INCENTIVE SUMMARY 4.15 OVER TEN YEARS OUT OF THE 4A OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, THE 50% ABATEMENT FOR TEN YEARS.

THE GENERAL FUND INCENTIVE TOTAL IS ALMOST 3.6 MILLION.

AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THEY WOULD QUALIFY FOR JOHNSON COUNTY INCENTIVES 50% FOR TEN YEARS.

THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OVER ANOTHER $2 MILLION.

SO TOTAL INCENTIVE PACKAGE THAT PARIS BAGUETTE WOULD, WOULD RECEIVE UPON IF EVERYTHING'S APPROVED, TONIGHT WOULD BE NINE POINT ALMOST $9.8 MILLION.

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HERE'S THE PROFORMA PERFORMANCE SHOWING THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND THE REQUESTED ACTION TONIGHT.

AGAIN, LIKE MRS. CAMPOS SAID, THERE'D BE TWO ACTION ITEMS TONIGHT.

APPROVE THE RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE 4A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD ACTIONS OR DENYING THOSE AND THEN APPROVE OF THE TAX ABATEMENT OR DENY THE TAX ABATEMENT.

I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ANYBODY? PRETTY EXCITING.

IS THERE A MOTION ON 37 B? I HAVE A MOTION BY VICTORIA.

A SECOND BY PHIL. PLEASE VOTE.

PASSES UNANIMOUS.

IS THERE A MOTION ON SEVEN C? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SEVEN C.

SECOND.

GOT A MOTION BY LARRY AND A SECOND BY ADAM.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES UNANIMOUS.

WAY TO GO. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE TO THANK CITY ATTORNEY MATT RIBITZKI OF ALL HIS HARD WORK ON THIS, ON THESE AGREEMENTS.

CITY STAFF, INCLUDING MY TEAM, CMOS AND THE 4A BOARD AND THE COUNCIL TO GET THIS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

IT DOESN'T GO IT'S NOT A ONE MAN SHOW UP HERE FOR SURE.

I WOULD ALSO SAY I WANT TO THANK FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH BECAUSE IF PASTOR FOR PASTOR CHRISTOPHER CASS WASN'T AVAILABLE TO DRIVE THE CHURCH VAN WHEN WE BOOKED THE OTHER SITE SELECTION TO GO ON THE SITE VISIT WE BOOKED IT FOR A WRONG DATE.

SO WE CALLED IN A MULLIGAN.

AND THEN WE HAD THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH VAN AND ONE OF THE PASTORS DRIVING US AROUND TO SHOW THESE GUYS THESE SITES.

SO IT WORKED OUT PERFECT.

SO, THANK YOU, ALEX. A GREAT JOB, BUNCH.

OKEY DOKE. MAYOR PRO TEM, PRESIDENT OF 4A WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME DOWN FRONT WITH THE REST OF THE COUNCIL? WOULD Y'ALL COME DOWN WITH ME? THERE WE GO. JOSH.

AND JUST YOU TWO.

JOSH AND JIMMY OR JUST YOU JIMMY.

JUST YOU.

ARE YOU READY?

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WHEN YOU GET THROUGH LAUGHING, WE'RE READY TO GO, RIGHT? THANK YOU, MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION EIGHT DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS.

EIGHT A PREVIOUSLY HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM THE AGENDA AS REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT.

SO THAT MOVES US ON TO.

OH I'M SORRY, 8A WITHDRAWN.

CORRECT. YES.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

EIGHT B, 2420 COUNTY ROAD 913.

[8.B. 2420 County Road 913 (Case 24-316): Hold a public hearing and consider approval for an ordinance for a zoning change request from “A” Agriculture to “SFE” Single-family estate district. (First & Final Reading) (Staff Contact: Tony McIlwain, Development Services Director) (Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval 8-0) ]

TONIGHT IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FROM A AGRICULTURAL TO SFA SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE DISTRICT. THIS IS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.

THE STAFF PRESENTER THIS EVENING IS TONY MCILWAIN, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, MR. MCELWAIN. YES.

THANK YOU, MISS COMPOST.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL.

THIS ITEM IS A ZONING REQUEST SUBMITTED BY MISTY KRAJCIK, AMANDA HUTTO, RACHEL GALVIN AND MEGAN HUTTO.

THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS ON THE SCREEN.

WE'VE GOT A HIGHLIGHTED IN THAT POLYGON THERE.

LOOKING TO HAVE A PRETTY SIMPLE ZONING CHANGE TONIGHT TO ZONE THE PROPERTY FROM AGRICULTURAL TO SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE.

THIS IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SECTION OF THE CITY.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU, THE AREA SURROUNDING THIS PARCEL IS ALL STILL AGRICULTURALLY ZONED.

THAT GREEN IS BASICALLY ZONING DESIGNATION FOR AGRICULTURAL ZONING DISTRICT.

WE NOTIFIED THOSE PARCELS HIGHLIGHTED ON THE SCREEN A TOTAL OF NINE DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS, ALL WITHIN 300FT OF THE SITE, AND POSTED A NOTIFICATION IN THE NEWSPAPER, AND A SIGN ON THE PROPERTY RECEIVED NO FORMAL OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.

UPON REVIEW BY THE P AND Z, THEY SUBMITTED A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO YOU, THE COUNCIL.

THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION.

THE APPLICANT WAS PRESENT, BUT THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS POSED TO THEM.

STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.

IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO IS ULTIMATELY CONSTRUCT A HOME ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING LAND USE.

I'D LIKE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

BEFORE YOU OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYBODY? THEN I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:54.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? I SEE NO ONE. SO I WILL OPEN AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 655.

IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.

HAVE A MOTION BY ADAM AND A SECOND BY VICTORIA.

PLEASE VOTE. PASSES.

UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 8C2152 SOUTHWEST WILTSHIRE KS 23 370.

[8.C. 2152 SW Wilshire (Case 23-370): Hold a public hearing and consider disapproval of an ordinance for a zoning change request from “A”, Agriculture to “PD" Planned Development for Wilshire Urban Village; a townhome and retail development. (First & Final Reading) (Staff Contact: Tony McIlwain, Development Services Director) (The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended disapproval 5 to 3)]

PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR WILTSHIRE URBAN VILLAGE, A TOWNHOME AND RETAIL DEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.

THE STAFF PRESENTER IS ONCE AGAIN TONY MCILWAIN, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

MAYOR. COUNCIL.

I HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE BY THE APPLICANTS IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.

MR. ROB OR AND THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM THAT FOLLOWING YOUR OPENING OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOUR CONSIDERATION AND HAVING THIS ITEM POSTPONED TO YOUR MEETING OF JANUARY THE 21ST.

THAT WOULD BE YOUR SECOND, YOUR SECOND MEETING FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY NEXT YEAR.

SO I YIELD BACK TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AS TO YOUR DIRECTION.

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AND SINCE WE'RE GOING TO POSTPONE THIS TILL THE 21ST, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THAT OPEN.

OKAY. YOU'RE GOING TO CAN YOU CAN WE'LL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

TO JANUARY 21ST, 2025 OF 2025.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE HAD TO DO THAT.

DID GREAT. THAT MOVES US ON TO SECTION NINE.

GENERAL, NINE A AND NINE B WERE REMOVED AND ON AND ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO THAT MOVES US ON TO NINE C.

[9.C. Consider approval of a minute order authorizing $886,906.80 in funding to renew Stealth Partner Group, managing general underwriter, and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance for the city’s stop-loss insurance providers for plan year 2025. (Staff Contact: Cheryl Marthiljohni, Director of Human Resources)]

THE STAFF PRESENTER THIS EVENING IS CHERYL MARTHA JOHNNY, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

THANK YOU, MISS CAMPOS.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

I COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT STOP LOSS FOR PLAN YEAR 2025.

SO BEFORE I BEGIN, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF GUESTS IN THE AUDIENCE, ONE BEING ANDREW WEAGER.

ANDREW IS OUR HUB SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, SO HE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AS WELL.

I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE WANDA BULLARD, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, IS HERE AS WELL TO HELP US.

IF ANY QUESTIONS COME UP, I CANNOT ANSWER.

SO. SO JUST TO AS A REMINDER AND TO DEFINE STOP LOSS.

SO STOP LOSS IS THAT INSURANCE THAT PROTECTS THE CITY WITH REGARDS TO PLAN LIABILITY.

WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT PROTECTIONS UNDER STOP LOSS.

ONE IS AN INDIVIDUAL STOP LOSS PROTECTION OF UP TO 125,000 AS A DEDUCTIBLE LEVEL.

THIS WILL PROTECT THE SELF-FUNDED PLAN IN THE EVENT ONE CLAIM OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S RISES TO THAT LEVEL.

WE ALSO HAVE AN AGGREGATE STOP LOSS THAT PROTECTS THE CITY'S SELF-FUNDED PLAN.

THAT IS A TOTAL EXPENDITURE OF MEDICAL AND OUR CLAIMS THAT ARE ACCURATELY AT THAT 120% OF ALL PLANNED CLAIMS TOGETHER. SO THE GENERAL UNDERWRITER IS DEATH PARTNER GROUP.

SO THEY PERFORM THE COST TRACKING AND THE STOP LOSS CLAIM PROCESSING.

WITH REGARDS TO OUR STOP LOSS CARRIER.

HUB DOES DO MARKETING IN THIS AREA FOR US EVERY YEAR.

SO THEY'LL GO OUT TO THE MARKET AND THEY WILL SHOP STOP LOSS.

THERE WAS THREE CARRIERS THAT CAME BACK WITH QUOTES FOR US THIS YEAR TO LOOK AT THE RENEWAL WITH BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY IS THE ONE WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO GO WITH TONIGHT.

BUT THERE WAS ALSO PAN AMERICAN LIFE AND HCC.

SO YOU CAN SEE THEIR ANNUAL COST QUOTES THERE IN FRONT OF YOU.

ALL THREE HAD THE SAME CONTRACT TERMS OF 2412.

AND THEN THERE'S A DESCRIPTION OF HOW THAT 2412 CONTRACT TERM IMPACTS US.

SO IT IS CLAIMS THAT ARE INCURRED FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD.

BUT THE ACTUAL PAID TIME FRAME IS 12 MONTHS.

SO AGAIN, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT RENEWAL WITH BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY.

THIS ALSO PROVIDES YOU WITH A PLAN YEAR COST.

WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING A REDUCTION FROM WHAT OUR AMENDED 2024 COST LOOK LIKE GOING INTO 2025.

SO THAT IS A GOOD MESSAGE.

WE DO SEE TWO DATA POINTS FOR 2024 UP ON YOUR SCREEN.

WE HAVE THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL COST.

AND THEN IF YOU REMEMBER, WE DID AMEND THE 20 STOP LOSS CONTRACT TO INCLUDE THAT TERMINAL LIABILITY.

IF WE WERE GOING TO GO FULLY INSURED, THAT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE DO THAT.

SO WE ADDED THAT INTO OUR BUDGET.

BUT SINCE WE ARE STAYING SELF-FUNDED, THAT COMES OFF AND IT ACTUALLY RESULTS IN A REDUCTION FOR US GOING FORWARD.

TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, SORT OF WHERE WE'RE AT IN OUR EXPERIENCE AROUND STOP LOSS CLAIMS, THIS IS DATA FROM JANUARY 1ST OF 2024 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2024.

SO CITY NOW WE HAVE 13 LARGE CLAIMS THAT HIT OVER 50,000.

WE HAVE TWO SPECIFIC CLAIMS THAT HAVE HIT THAT 125,000 SPECIFIC DEDUCTIBLE AMOUNT.

AND SO THE LIABILITY FROM A STANDPOINT OF IS ANYTHING ABOVE THAT COST OF 125,000 THAT WE WOULD LOOK TO AS ADDITIONAL LIABILITY FOR THE CITY

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AND THAT AMOUNT IS $392,498.

IN COMPARISON TO 2023, WHICH YOU ALL KNOW HAS BEEN A BAD CLAIM YEAR FOR US, WE ACTUALLY HAD 19 LARGE CLAIMS THAT HIT OVER 50,000, BUT WE HAD SIX CLAIMS THAT HIT THAT 125,000 MARK.

AND SO THAT ADDITIONAL LIABILITY FOR THE CITY SELF-FUNDED PLAN WAS 449,000 COMPARED TO WHERE WE SIT THIS YEAR.

SO OUR STOP LOSS INSURANCE RENEWAL, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE COST OF 886,906 AND $0.80.

THIS RENEWAL INCLUDES NO LASERS, WHICH MEANS BERKSHIRE CANNOT EXCLUDE CERTAIN HIGH CLAIM PLAN MEMBERS FROM.

BLESS YOU FROM ANY PLAN STOP LOSS COVERAGE.

OUR RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR RENEWAL WITH BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY AND PARTNER GROUP IN REGARDS TO OUR SELF-FUNDED STOP LOSS INSURANCE FOR PLAN YEAR 2025, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

ANYBODY? HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THEN I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY DAN, A SECOND BY ADAM.

PLEASE VOTE.

IT PASSES UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EACH OF YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION TEN, LEGISLATIVE REPORTS AND RELATED ACTION ITEMS.

[10.A. Receive an update and hold a discussion regarding the 89th legislative session. (Presenter: Brandon Aghamalian, Focused Advocacy) (Staff Contact: Janalea Hembree, Assistant to the City Manager)]

THE PRESENTER THIS EVENING IS BRANDON AGHAMALIAN.

FOCUS ADVOCACY.

ADVOCACY. SORRY, I'M HAVING DIFFICULTIES WITH MY ALLERGIES TODAY.

MAYOR, COUNCIL.

BRANDON AGHAMALIAN FOCUSED ADVOCACY.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AGAIN.

I THINK I'M THE ONLY THING STANDING BETWEEN Y'ALL AND ADJOURNMENT, SO I'LL GO AS QUICKLY AS YOU WANT.

BUT CERTAINLY, AS ALWAYS, ASK QUESTIONS.

THIS IS MEANT TO BE AN INTERACTIVE AND SOMEWHAT INFORMAL AS ALWAYS AS WE APPROACH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

REMIND YOU I'M FOND OF SAYING ALL ROADS GO THROUGH ROME.

AND THIS IS ROME FOR YOU.

YOUR SENATOR PHIL KING AND YOUR TWO HOUSE MEMBERS NEWLY ELECTED OR SOON TO BE SWORN IN STATE REPRESENTATIVE HELEN KERWIN AND REPRESENTATIVE DAVID COOK, WHO, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR THE SPEAKER'S POST AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT ON THAT LATELY. SO REPRESENTATIVE COOK'S BEEN IN THE NEWS A LOT.

WE WENT OVER THIS LAST TIME.

BUT JUST BY WAY OF REMINDER, THIS IS REPRESENTATIVE CAROLYN'S DISTRICT.

YOU CAN SEE BURLESON UP THERE AT THE TOP OF THE MAP.

YOU ALL KNOW WHERE IT IS.

SO SHE REPRESENTS THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICT THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE COOK'S DISTRICT, AND HE HAS THAT PORTION OF BURLESON THAT IS IN TARRANT COUNTY. THEY'RE KIND OF IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER.

AND THEN SENATOR KING'S DISTRICT, AND MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW, BY WAY OF REMINDER, SENATOR KING SERVED IN THE HOUSE FOR A LONG TIME FROM WEATHERFORD, BUT HE HAS A REALLY EXPANSIVE DISTRICT THAT IS A REALLY INTERESTING MIX OF URBAN AND RURAL. HE HAS A, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT PART THERE OF SOUTH FORT WORTH AND ARLINGTON, SOUTHERN TARRANT COUNTY IN GENERAL.

ALL OF BURLESON, ALL OF JOHNSON.

AND THEN HE SWINGS WEST AND THEN EVEN DOWN SOUTH AND PICKS UP, YOU KNOW, BROWNWOOD THERE IN THE SOUTHERNMOST PART OF HIS DISTRICT.

SO I SHARE ALL THAT WITH YOU TO JUST SIMPLY REMIND YOU THAT HE REPRESENTS A REALLY DIVERSE YOU KNOW, GEOGRAPHY OF TEXAS PIVOTING TO WHERE WE ARE.

THIS WAS AS OF BILL FILING DAY.

SO THE LIGHT THE LIGHT BLUE IS BILLS PRE FILED ON THE FIRST DAY AND THEN THE DARK BLUE IS THE REMAINDER OF WHAT WE CALL THE PRE-FILING PRE FILING STARTED MONDAY AFTER THE ELECTION STARTED MONDAY.

WHATEVER. THAT WAS NOVEMBER 10TH I BELIEVE IT WAS.

YOU CAN SEE WE FILED OR THEY FILED 1500 PLUS BILLS ON THE FIRST DAY, WHICH SHATTERED THE RECORD FROM LAST SESSION IN 2003 WHEN THEY FILED 920, WHICH SHATTERED THE RECORD.

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YOU KNOW, WE GOT UP TO 8000 PLUS BILLS, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN PREVIOUS SESSIONS.

AND I PERSONALLY CONTEND, YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONALLY CONTEND THE SYSTEM ISN'T DESIGNED FOR THAT.

WE DON'T HAVE REALLY ENOUGH TIME TO SIFT THROUGH 8000 PIECES OF LEGISLATION.

SO WE'RE ON TRACK RIGHT NOW TO AT LEAST SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF POTENTIALLY SEE THAT KIND OF VOLUME AGAIN AND PERHAPS EVEN MORE IF THIS FIRST DAY OF FILING WAS ANY RECOLLECTION.

SO I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PRIMARILY TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT SORT OF YOUR ACTIVITY, YOUR ADVOCACY PLAN FOR GOING DOWN TO AUSTIN, HELPING WITH ADVOCATING AND REPRESENTING YOUR COMMUNITY.

SO SESSION STARTS TUESDAY, JANUARY 14TH.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT DAY.

IT'S POTENTIALLY A GOOD DAY FOR THE COUNCIL TO BE THERE.

THAT'S CONSIDERED SWEARING IN DAY, NOT SWEARING THAT DAY.

HAHAHA. SWEARING IN DAY.

IS IT VERY MUCH A DAY OF CELEBRATION? IT'S A DAY OF CEREMONY.

I'M GOING A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER.

THEY ARE GOING IN THE HOUSE.

THEY ELECT THE SPEAKER OF THAT DAY.

AND SINCE THIS RACE IS SOMEWHAT CONTESTED OR AT LEAST HAS CERTAINLY BEEN CONTESTED UP UNTIL THIS POINT, THAT COULD BE A REALLY CONTENTIOUS DAY. IT'LL BE INTERESTING.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE PRESIDES OVER THE HOUSE UNTIL A SPEAKER IS ELECTED.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BY DESIGN, BY LAW.

IT'S REALLY KIND OF A FASCINATING DAY THAT A LOT OF LOT OF FAMILY IN TOWN.

AND IT'S A GREAT DAY TO GO DOWN AND, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, PAY RESPECT AND SHOW A SIGN OF RESPECT TO YOUR STATE REP AND YOUR STATE SENATOR AS THEY'RE SWORN INTO OFFICE.

IF SOME CONTINGENCY OF YOUR OF THIS COUNCIL WANTS TO GO DOWN, I WOULD RECOMMEND CONTACTING THOSE OFFICES AHEAD OF TIME AND JUST LET THEM KNOW, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE.

THEY'RE USUALLY KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE THEIR LITTLE RECEPTIONS IN THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL OFFICES AFTER THEY GET OFF THE FLOOR.

HOTELS ARE SCARCE THAT DAY.

SO MAKE PLANS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND THEN THERE'LL BE SOME EVENING EVENTS.

AND AGAIN, YOU WANT TO INQUIRE ABOUT THAT.

BUT I THINK IT'S I WOULD RECOMMEND WE RECOMMEND IN OUR FIRM TO OUR, THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF REPRESENTING TO ATTEND TO ATTEND SWEARING IN DAY.

IT'S MEANINGFUL TO THEM.

IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S A FUN IT'S A NEAT DAY.

AND THEN AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY GET DOWN TO BUSINESS AFTER THAT.

AND SO BUT IT'S USUALLY PRETTY CORDIAL THAT DAY.

SPEAKER'S ELECTION, YOU KNOW, COULD CHANGE SOME OF THAT.

WE'LL SEE. USUALLY THE NEXT DAY OR THE DAY AFTER IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, BOTH THEY ADOPT RULES.

SOMETIMES THEY PUSH THAT OUT FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.

SO JUST KNOW THAT THAT'S SORT OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, IS GOING ON.

AND THEN AS IS SORT OF THE CASE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, YOU KNOW, THAT GIVES YOU A TUESDAY, A WEDNESDAY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN TOWN ABOUT HALF THE DAY ON THURSDAY AND THEN THEY LEAVE.

YOU KNOW, THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE IS YOU KNOW, BY DESIGN AND BY DESCRIPTION.

BOTH. IT IS A PART TIME CITIZEN LEGISLATURE, YOU KNOW, SO THESE FOLKS HAVE JOBS, THEY HAVE FAMILIES.

THEY'VE GOT COMMUNITIES TO GET BACK TO.

SO THAT IS WE WILL SORT OF TALK ABOUT HERE IN A MINUTE.

THAT TUESDAY TO THURSDAY SCHEDULE IS SORT OF THE NAME OF THE GAME FOR A WHILE.

COMMITTEES ARE SUPPOSEDLY GOING TO BE NAMED A LITTLE FASTER THAN NORMAL. THAT USUALLY DOESN'T HAPPEN UNTIL ABOUT EARLY FEBRUARY, AND THERE'S SOME PUSH IN THE HOUSE FOR THAT TO SPEED UP TO, YOU KNOW, QUOTE, GET TO WORK FASTER.

AND SO THE SPEAKER'S RACE IS YOU KNOW, SORT OF PUT SOME PRESSURE ON.

LET'S GET GOING FASTER.

TALKING ABOUT COMMITTEES FOR A MINUTE AND THE COMMITTEES THAT WE NEED TO CARE ABOUT.

YOUR NUMBER ONE ISSUE.

THE HOTEL BILL WILL GO TO OR SHOULD GO TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, WHICH IS THE QUOTE UNQUOTE, TAX COMMITTEE IN THE HOUSE.

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AND, YOU KNOW, WE STILL DON'T OFFICIALLY KNOW WHO THE SPEAKER IS.

EVEN THOUGH CHAIRMAN BURROUGHS HAS NOW SAID HE HAS 76 VOTES.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S STILL NOT 100% OFFICIAL.

SO WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGE THERE IN TERMS OF HOW TO UTILIZE YOU GOING DOWN TO AUSTIN ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE OR REALLY ANY ISSUE, BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T KNOW THE COMMITTEES YET IN THE SENATE THERE'S A LITTLE MORE CERTAINTY.

WAY SMALLER BODY.

RIGHT. AND NOT AS MUCH TURNOVER.

ONLY THREE NEW SENATORS ELECTED THIS TIME.

AND SO, MORE LIKELY THAN NOT, THAT SENATOR BRIAN BIRDWELL, WHO IS A REPUBLICAN FROM WACO, CONTINUES TO BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THAT COMMITTEE.

AND PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, GOOD IDEA OF UNDERSTANDING WHO'S GOING TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE SO YOU CAN COME DOWN AND START TO, YOU KNOW, DO SOME WORK IF YOU WANT TO, HELPING ON THE SENATE SIDE OF, OF THE, OF THE AISLE.

BUT AGAIN, WE'LL KNOW WITH A LOT MORE CERTAINTY PROBABLY BY THE END OF JANUARY WHO'S HOLDING THE GAVEL AND WHO SORT OF HOLDS OUR FATE.

SO BACK TO THAT TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY DESCRIPTION THAT I WAS SHARING WITH YOU A MOMENT AGO.

THAT'S REALLY WHEN THE MEMBERS ARE IN AUSTIN, YOU KNOW, MEANING IF YOU COME DOWN ON A MONDAY OR FRIDAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH TO FIND A MEMBER.

THEY'VE USUALLY GONE BACK HOME.

AND THAT'S ALSO WHEN THEY GENERALLY MEET THE COMMITTEES MEET, THEY SOME COMMITTEES MEET ON MONDAY.

ALMOST NONE OF THEM MEET ON FRIDAY.

YOU KNOW, THEY'LL MEET LATER IN THE DAY ON MONDAY.

BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, COMMITTEE WORK GETS PACKED IN THAT TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THAT TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCHEDULE STARTS TO CHANGE, ESPECIALLY IN MAY.

BUT EVEN IN APRIL, WHERE THEY START WORKING CLOSER TO FIVE AND THEN INCREASINGLY TOWARDS ACTUALLY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

AND WE JUST GO KIND OF ROUND THE CLOCK AS, THE SESSION WANES ON.

SO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU ALSO CONTEMPLATE, HEY, WE WANT TO COME TO AUSTIN.

WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED. WE WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE THAT THAT TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY TRADITION, IF YOU WILL.

AND BY THE WAY, LET ME JUST GO OFF SCRIPT HERE AND TELL YOU THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE GET, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION ESPECIALLY IN THE HOUSE ABOUT THEIR UPCOMING WORK SCHEDULE.

SO THE SPEAKER'S OFFICE WILL ANNOUNCE, LIKE, ON FRIDAY.

HEY, GUYS.

OUR INTENTION IS TO WORK, YOU KNOW, TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. OR, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY START SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON FRIDAY.

WE NEED Y'ALL YOU KNOW, THEY'LL MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT AND WE CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU.

SO THERE'S A LITTLE ADVANCE NOTICE OF THIS.

I'LL NOTE THAT ON THAT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BACK HERE.

YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS HAVE RETURNED HOME TYPICALLY.

AND YOU CAN MEET WITH THEM HERE SOMETIMES JUST AS EASY IF NOT EASIER THAN GOING TO AUSTIN.

SO, YOU KNOW, BACK TO WHERE I STARTED.

ALL ROADS GO THROUGH ROME TALKING TO REPRESENTATIVE KERWIN, REPRESENTATIVE COOK, SENATOR KING, REAL, REAL IMPORTANT.

AND SO MEET THEM BACK HERE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO AUSTIN WITH THE ONE YOU KNOW NOTE OF AGAIN WHEN THEY'RE COMING BACK HERE, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND THEY'RE SOMETIMES TRYING TO PLAY CATCH UP ON BOTH WORK AND OR PERSONAL LIFE BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN DOWN IN AUSTIN DIGGING FURTHER INTO THE WEEDS.

UNDERSTAND, THE HOUSE GENERALLY CONVENES AT 10:00, SOMETIMES 11.

SENATE USUALLY DOES CONVENE AT 11.

SO IF YOU WANT TO COME DOWN, YOU KNOW, ON A TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY KIND OF DEAL, YOU KNOW, THAT 9 TO 930 WINDOW IS GENERALLY WHEN THEY'RE STARTING TO, TO COME BACK INTO THE CAPITOL UNLESS THEY MAYBE HAD A MORNING COMMITTEE HEARING OR SOMETHING.

COMMITTEES START UP AT 8 A.M..

THIS IS WORTH NOTING FOR Y'ALL.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ACTUALLY GET INTO COMING AND TESTIFYING IN FRONT OF THE COMMITTEES, YOU'LL HAVE COMMITTEES THAT START AT EIGHT AND THEY'LL DO AS MANY BILLS AS THEY CAN, AND THEN THEY STOP AND THEY'VE GOT TO GO TO THE FLOOR AT 10 A.M..

AND SO THE COMMITTEE WILL GO INTO RECESS.

THEY'LL GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR THERE ON THE FLOOR FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO GET THROUGH THEIR CALENDAR ON THE FLOOR, AND THEN THEY'LL COME BACK AND GO TO COMMITTEE.

THAT COULD BE IT.

03:00, 4:00, 8:00, 10:00.

IT DEPENDS ON HOW LATE THEY STAY ON THE FLOOR.

AND THAT SECOND TO LAST BULLET POINT, YOU KNOW, TRIES TO SHARE SOME OF THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT TIME ON THE FLOOR, SO TO SPEAK, GETS LONGER AND

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THEIR DAILY AGENDA MORE AND MORE BILLS BEING ADDED TO THE CALENDAR.

AND SO SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THEY WORK TILL 10 OR 11, EVEN MIDNIGHT AND THEN GO BACK TO COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, SO IT CAN BE A LONG DAY.

AND MY BUSINESS PARTNER SNAPPER IS FOND OF SAYING WE CAN WE CAN TRY TO CONTROL A LOT OF THINGS DOWN THERE AS YOUR ADVOCATE. BUT THAT'S ONE THING WE CANNOT CONTROL.

WE CANNOT CONTROL THAT CLOCK AND THAT TIME.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG SOMETIMES IT'S A BIG COMMITMENT TO COME DOWN TO AUSTIN TO GO TESTIFY.

WE DO OUR BEST TO SORT OF GUESS AND, YOU KNOW, FIND OUT.

BUT YOU CAN HAVE A LONG, LONG, LONG DAYS DOWN THERE.

AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE WHOLE THING IS, IS SORT OF VERY CATCH AS CATCH CAN.

IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING ON A MEMBERS CALENDAR.

SO SEVERAL DIFFERENT AUDIENCES FOR Y'ALL TO CONSIDER.

YOU KNOW, IT, AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, YOUR DELEGATION, OF COURSE, IS, NUMBER ONE, YOUR DELEGATION STAFF, VERY CRITICAL AS WELL FOR Y'ALL TO KNOW AND HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMITTEES.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT CHAMBERS, HOUSE AND SENATE.

THE COMMITTEE STAFF IS IMPORTANT TOO.

LIKE IF Y'ALL WANTED TO COME DOWN ON SWEARING-IN DAY, I'D SAY, HEY, LET'S GO OVER AND TALK TO THE COMMITTEE STAFF ON SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES BRIAN BIRDWELL'S COMMITTEE, WHERE THE HOTEL BILL IS GOING TO GO.

LET'S GO TALK TO CLINT.

AND, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, SORT OF ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM JUST AS AN EXAMPLE.

AND THEN THERE'S THE CALENDARS COMMITTEE IN THE HOUSE, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT AT A LARGE MEMBERSHIP TO KNOW THAT'S THE THAT'S I WAS EXPLAINING TO THE MAYOR EARLIER TODAY WHEN WE VISITED THAT THERE'S REALLY TWO COMMITTEES YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF EVERY TIME IN THE HOUSE.

YOU GOT TO GET OUT OF THE SUBSTANTIVE COMMITTEE.

AND ONCE YOU GET OUT OF THERE, THEN YOUR BILL GOES TO CALENDARS AND THEN YOU GOT TO GET OUT OF CALENDARS.

SO LOBBYING THE CALENDARS COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, IS ANOTHER STEP IN THIS PROCESS.

AND IT YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL SIDE NOTE TO JUST SPEAKING ABOUT CALENDARS FOR A MOMENT.

IF CHAIRMAN BURROUGHS DOES INDEED BECOME THE SPEAKER, THERE WILL BE A NEW CHAIRMAN OF CALENDARS, BECAUSE CHAIRMAN BURROWS IS THE CHAIRMAN OF CALENDARS.

SO IF HE IF HE BECOMES SPEAKER, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW CALENDARS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN.

AND THAT'S A BIG THAT'S A BIG THING.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S THE LEADERSHIP OFFICES, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND GOVERNOR.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ANY MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE THAT FOR ANY PERSONAL OR PROFESSIONAL REASON THAT YOU ALL HAPPEN TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH OR, YOU KNOW, MET IN COLLEGE OR WHATEVER, ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S COMMON, THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR CLIENTS THAT THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, I KNOW THE STATE REP FROM, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER JUST BECAUSE WE GREW UP TOGETHER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO A LOT OF DIFFERENT AUDIENCES FOR YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF WHO TO GO LOBBY, HERE ARE SOME OF THE KEY COMMITTEES.

AND THIS IS, OF COURSE, NOT ALL THE COMMITTEES.

THERE'S LIKE 35 COMMITTEES IN THE HOUSE AND 17 IN THE SENATE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT THIS IS WHERE MOST OF THE CITY STUFF GOES.

CITY LEGISLATION THAT AFFECTS MUNICIPALITIES AG AND LIVESTOCK B AND I.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, LAND AND RESOURCES A REAL BIG ONE.

THAT WAS THE ONE THAT YOUR NOW FORMER STATE REP USED TO WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF LAST SESSION.

DUANE. NATURAL RESOURCES PENSION, STATE AFFAIRS, TRANSPORTATION, URBAN AFFAIRS, AND WAYS AND MEANS.

WE TALKED ABOUT WAYS AND MEANS EARLIER.

THAT'S WHERE YOUR HOTEL BILL WILL GO.

AND THEN IN THE IN THE SENATE, YOU GOT B AND C FINANCE.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS A HUGE ONE, OBVIOUSLY.

THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF OUR STUFF ENDS UP ON THE, ON THE, IN THE MUNICIPAL WORLD NATURAL RESOURCES IN BOTH OF THOSE CHAMBERS, BY THE WAY, NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE HOUSE AND NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE SENATE.

THAT'S THE WATER COMMITTEE, BASICALLY.

THAT'S WHERE WATER LEGISLATION GOES.

SO IF WE IF WE END UP CARING ABOUT SOME WATER LEGISLATION, THAT'S WHERE THAT GOES.

STATE AFFAIRS, TRANSPORTATION AND THEN AG, WATER AND RURAL AFFAIRS WHERE THEY DON'T REALLY SEND WATER LEGISLATION, ODDLY ENOUGH.

SO I USED THE PHRASE CATCH AS CATCH CAN.

IT IS TRICKY TO SCHEDULE MEETINGS DURING SESSION THERE.

THERE'S A REAL SORT OF SENSITIVITY THERE.

LIKE, LOOK, THE SENATOR OR THE STATE REP IS SORT OF JUST CONSTANTLY IN A MEETING OR CONSTANTLY BUSY.

BUT YOU STILL NEED, YOU KNOW, TO TRY AND WE OBVIOUSLY ARE HERE TO ASSIST WITH THAT, BUT COUNCIL AND STAFF, OUR RECOMMENDATION

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AND, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, IF NOT THE CHIEF OF STAFF.

IT'S GOOD TO GO DOWN THERE ON THAT FIRST DAY.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW THOSE PEOPLE, INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

GET THE CONTACT INFORMATION.

START DEVELOPING THAT RELATIONSHIP.

MOST OF THE TIME YOU WILL END UP MEETING WITH STAFF.

YOU MIGHT GET A LITTLE TIME WITH THE STATE REP OR STATE SENATOR.

AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THAT IS JUST SORT OF CATCHING HIM OR HER IN THE HALLWAY.

BUT IF YOU, YOU KNOW, WALK IN A LOT OF TIMES YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, END UP SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, HEY, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, GOT A STAFFER THAT CAN MEET WITH YOU, AND THAT'S OKAY. IN TERMS OF THE CALENDAR ON FOR COMMITTEES, THOSE POSTINGS, THOSE NOTICES USUALLY HAPPEN 3 TO 5 DAYS IN ADVANCE BY RULE.

THAT INCLUDES THE DAY OF THE HEARINGS AND THE DAY OF THE POSTING ITSELF.

SO IT'S IT'S PRETTY, YOU KNOW, IT MOVES QUICK.

MOST OF THOSE POSTINGS COME OUT ON FRIDAYS AND SOMETIMES VERY LATE ON FRIDAYS.

SO OFTENTIMES YOU WILL HAVE SORT OF MAYBE ALREADY STARTED WHAT YOU CONSIDER TO BE YOUR WEEKEND.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO YOU ALL SAYING, HEY, THE COMMITTEE'S JUST GOT POSTED AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF BILLS UP ON, YOU KNOW, TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY OR WHATEVER.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, WEEKEND INFORMATION, IF YOU WILL, COMING YOUR WAY DURING THIS TIME OF YEAR.

SO FOR THAT WE APOLOGIZE.

BUT IT'S JUST HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.

SO, YOU KNOW, COMING DOWN THERE SORT OF TWO DIFFERENT FLAVORS OF ICE CREAM.

YOU KNOW, A GENERAL I'M HERE JUST TO DROP IN ON OFFICES, LOBBY A COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, ON ISSUES YOU ARE CHOOSING TO LOBBY ON VERSUS AN ACTUAL COMMITTEE HEARING WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN AGENDA, THERE'S SPECIFIC BILLS BEING HEARD, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE PREPARED TO DO BOTH.

AND I HAVE IN THE COMMITTEE HEARING THAT THAT LAST BULLET POINT OF A THREE MINUTE DRILL.

UNDERSTAND THAT IN BOTH CHAMBERS HOUSE AND SENATE, THEY LIMIT TESTIMONY GENERALLY TO SOMEWHERE BETWEEN TWO, 2 TO 4 MINUTES.

SO AGAIN, IT CAN BE A VERY LONG DAY TO GO SPEAK PUBLICLY FOR A COUPLE OF 2 OR 3 MINUTES.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER WORK THAT CAN BE DONE IN NOT JUST THE STANDING AT THE PODIUM AND SPEAKING TO THE COMMITTEE FOR THREE MINUTES, BUT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A BUNCH OF OTHER WORK THAT CAN BE DONE.

SO MOVING TOWARDS WRAPPING UP HERE BETWEEN THE BEGINNING OF SESSION AND THE END OF SESSION.

WELL, I SAY THE BEGINNING OF SESSION, YOU KNOW, COUNT THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY, I SHOULD SAY, WHEN COMMITTEES WILL GET NAMED.

THERE ARE 17 TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY CYCLES.

SO YOU GOT 17 OPPORTUNITIES TO COME DOWN THERE.

IT'S COMPLETELY UP TO YOU AS TO HOW MUCH Y'ALL WANT TO GO DOWN THERE.

I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, OUR FIRM FOCUSED ADVOCACY CAN'T MAKE THAT DECISION FOR YOU.

WE'RE HERE TO ADVISE YOU AND RECOMMEND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU.

I WOULD NOT I DO NOT BELIEVE IT'S NECESSARY FOR, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY FROM BURLESON CITY COUNCIL TO BE DOWN THERE EVERY SINGLE WEEK.

YOU CERTAINLY CAN IF YOU WANT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S REQUIRED ARE GOING TO PAY DIVIDENDS FOR YOU.

I THINK THAT'S TOO MUCH.

I THINK IF YOU MAKE MORE OR LESS A TRIP A MONTH OR EVERY OTHER WEEK, YOU KNOW, A TOTAL OF ABOUT 5 TO 10 TRIPS DOWN THERE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN A PLUS EFFORT, A PLUS EFFORT.

AND THERE'S SOME COMMUNITIES THAT DO THAT.

THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T.

RIGHT NOW.

BACK TO DEPENDS ON THAT.

RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU HAVE WITH YOUR LOCAL DELEGATION.

THE CLOSER YOU ALL ARE TO THEM, BOTH STAFF AND YOU AS HIS ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU CAN GET A LOT OF WORK DONE JUST TALKING TO THEM REGULARLY.

IF YOU'RE TEXTING WITH THEM AND TALKING WITH THEM OR MEETING THEM HERE, SOMETIMES IT BECOMES LESS IMPORTANT TO GO TO AUSTIN AND ASK THEM FOR THEIR ADVICE TO, YOU KNOW, HEY, DO I NEED TO COME DOWN FOR THIS HEARING? WHAT DO YOU THINK? AM I GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? SO ON AND SO FORTH.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND AGAIN, WE'LL BE SHARING INFORMATION WITH YOU.

AS TO TIMES, YOU KNOW, WE THINK YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO BE THERE.

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BUT I THINK THE, YOU KNOW, THAT 5 TO 10 TRIPS IS, IS PERFECTLY FINE.

SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO SHOW Y'ALL HERE, JUST TO HELP YOU FOLLOW THE BOUNCING BALL DURING SESSION.

SO I'M GOING TO PULL UP THE STATE WEBSITE.

SO THIS IS FROM LAST SESSION.

THIS IS HOUSE BILL. THIS IS THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE ONLINE WEBSITE.

GREAT WEBSITE BY THE WAY.

IN GREAT IN TERMS OF INFORMATION HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU GET REAL FAMILIAR WITH TLO.

THIS IS HOUSE BILL 3324.

YOU CAN SEE THIS WAS A HOTEL BILL FROM LAST SESSION.

AND WHOSE WAS THIS? THIS IS SCHWERTNER. SO THIS IS THIS WAS FOR BASTROP LAST SESSION.

SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE AND THE REASON I'M SHARING THIS WITH YOU IS SO, YOU KNOW, THE BILL GOT FILED IN LATE MARCH.

OKAY. YOU KNOW, SO WE STILL GOT PLENTY OF TIME, RIGHT? PLENTY OF TIME. THIS BILL DOESN'T EVEN GET FILED UNTIL LATE MARCH.

AND THEN IT GOT A HEARING.

ITS FIRST HEARING WAS IN APRIL, APRIL 3RD.

SCHEDULED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.

APRIL 3RD.

AND THEN IT WAS HEARD.

WE TOOK TESTIMONY AND IT WAS QUOTE UNQUOTE, LEFT PENDING.

AND THEN THIS WAS A FUNNY DEAL.

SO PAY NO ATTENTION TO ANYTHING YOU READ AFTER THAT, BECAUSE THAT WAS SORT OF A MISTAKE.

THEY TRIED TO SEND THAT BILL TO THE LOCAL CALENDARS COMMITTEE, AND THEY CAN'T BECAUSE THE BILL HAS A FISCAL NOTE.

SO IT JUST IT DIDN'T MATTER BECAUSE OF WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU NEXT.

SO THAT'S HOUSE BILL 3324.

RIGHT. SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BILL JUST LIKE THAT.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE HOUSE BILL, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER BY HOPEFULLY YOU KNOW, HELEN, CAROLYN.

AND THEN HERE'S WHAT WE DID.

WE TOOK ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT HOTEL BILLS AND WE ROLLED IT INTO HOUSE BILL 5012.

SO THIS WAS THE OMNIBUS BILL THAT HAD ALL THE HOTEL PROJECTS IN IT FROM THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT BILL, YOU KNOW, WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS, GOT OVER TO THE SENATE, GOT PASSED, AND FINALLY, YOU KNOW, GOT SENT TO THE TO THE GOVERNOR.

AND THEN THE GOVERNOR DID NOT VETO IT.

THAT WAS WHAT THAT IS TELLING YOU.

SO WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A POCKET SIGNATURE.

NOT A POCKET VETO.

WE HAVE THE OPPOSITE IN TEXAS.

SO YOU SEE, THAT BILL WENT TO WAYS AND MEANS, WENT TO NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECT THIS TIME.

SO THAT'S HOW THIS COULD PLAY OUT.

PROBABLY WILL PLAY OUT.

YOU'LL HAVE A STANDALONE BILL.

IT'LL GET ROLLED INTO AN OMNIBUS BILL.

AND THAT BILL WILL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

THIS IS THE WEBSITE THAT SHOWS ALL THOSE HEARINGS.

AND SO YOU KNOW, THAT THAT DAY AND I THINK I'M ON.

YEAH, I'M ON WAYS AND MEANS.

I'M IN THE HOUSE HERE SO THAT YOU KNOW APRIL 4TH HEARING RIGHT HERE YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THERE 123456, SEVENTH HEARING OF THE SESSION.

SO PRETTY EARLY, BUT STILL MONTHS AND MONTHS AWAY FROM HAPPENING FOR Y'ALL.

OKAY. THIS TAB SHOWS THAT MEMBERSHIP FROM LAST SESSION.

SO CHAIRMAN MEYER CHAIRED THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.

HE'S A REPUBLICAN FROM HIGHLAND PARK.

THIS IS MY POINT.

DON'T KNOW IF MORGAN'S GOING TO BE THE CHAIRMAN AGAIN.

HE COULD GET MOVED AROUND.

HE COULD NOT BE A CHAIRMAN.

I DON'T KNOW. WE'RE NOT IN CONTROL OF THAT.

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW THAT INFORMATION FOR A WHILE.

AND THEN YOU SEE THIS MEMBERSHIP HERE.

AND HERE'S A GOOD EXAMPLE HUGH SHINE, REPRESENTATIVE HUGH SHINE, WHO'S, YOU KNOW, ONE OF NINE 9 MEMBERS ON THIS COMMITTEE.

HUGH, UNFORTUNATELY, WAS DEFEATED.

SO HE'S NOT COMING BACK, RIGHT? SO NOW THERE'S AN OPENING ON THAT COMMITTEE, RIGHT? SO THERE'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST ONE NEW MEMBER OF WAYS AND MEANS.

WELL, AND SEAN AND SEAN WAS DEFEATED TOO.

AND SO THERE'S TWO MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT COMING BACK.

AND THIS IS A PLUM COMMITTEE.

YOU KNOW, THE TAX COMMITTEE IS A REALLY BIG, IMPORTANT COMMITTEE.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO BE ON IT.

SO THEY'LL BE SO JUST AN EXAMPLE OF HOW, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO KEEP CHANGING.

THEN HERE'S THE SENATE COMMITTEE.

AND IT IS IT DOES NOT HAVE ANYBODY THAT WAS DEFEATED IF I'M READING THAT CORRECTLY.

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BUT I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU SOMEBODY WILL GET MOVED OFF OF THIS COMMITTEE.

SOMEBODY WILL GET MOVED OFF.

I CAN ALMOST ALL BUT GUARANTEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL MOVE.

THEY JUST DO THAT EVERY SESSION.

THEY ALMOST HAVE TO.

SO GOOD EXAMPLE.

AND I GUESS A SECOND POINT YOU CAN SEE ON HERE, BY THE WAY IS THAT YOU PHIL KING, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SENATE, YOU KNOW PHIL'S NOT SENATOR KING IS NOT ON THAT COMMITTEE, RIGHT.

SO YOU KNOW, HE IS YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY HAS EVERY ABILITY TO GET THE BILL OUT OF THE COMMITTEE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT A MEMBER OF THAT COMMITTEE.

AND THAT, YOU KNOW, MEANS SOMETHING.

I'M READING THIS CAREFULLY TO SEE YEAH KELLY HANCOCK IS THE ONLY MEMBER OF THAT COMMITTEE FROM DFW.

I THINK I'M SAFE SAYING THAT AS I STARE AT IT.

YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR US.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST THE WAY THIS PROCESS WORKS, SO I'LL PAUSE THERE.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION OR SLIDES FOR YOU.

I MAINLY JUST WANTED TO VISIT WITH YOU AND WAS ASKED TO VISIT WITH YOU ALL ABOUT THAT CALENDAR AND PUTTING YOU ON THE PLACE, HOPEFULLY WHERE YOU CAN MAKE GOOD DECISIONS ABOUT HOW OFTEN Y'ALL WANT TO, Y'ALL WANT TO TREK ON DOWN TO AUSTIN? YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME.

COME ON DOWN.

I REMEMBER WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A WHILE BACK, AND I KNOW ADAM WAS TAKING THE LEAD ON IT A LITTLE BIT.

I WOULD LIKE TO GO THIS IS A WHOLE NEW WORLD TO ME.

BUT THIS IS ABOUT GETTING BURLESON WHAT IT NEEDS.

SO WHATEVER I CAN DO, I'M THERE FOR YOU.

AND I'M SURE I'M SURE SOME OF THE OTHERS.

HAVE YOU BEEN TO AUSTIN ON ONE OF THESE? YOU, DAN, HAVE YOU BEEN TO.

HAVE YOU TAKEN TRIPS TO AUSTIN? WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN IT? OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAS A DESIRE TO DO THAT.

OKAY. SO I THINK EVERYBODY'S RECEPTIVE TO DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES.

OKAY. SO LET US KNOW.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

YOU BET. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU, BRANDON. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 11, CITY COUNCIL REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS.

THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 12 EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE HAVE NO NEED FOR FURTHER EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO THAT BRINGS US TO 13 ADJOURN.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I GOT A MOTION BY ADAM.

SECOND BY VICTORIA. WE'RE OUT OF HERE AT 7:34.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.