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[CALL TO ORDER]

[00:00:07]

AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE ORDER. THE APRIL 11TH 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AT THE WILY MUNICIPAL CENTER. THE TIME IS 602 PM WE DO ASK THAT IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE WITH YOU THIS EVENING THAT YOU WOULD PLEASE SET IT TO VIBRATE OR TURN IT OFF. AND IF YOU DO NEED TO TAKE A CALL, WE DO ASK THAT YOU STEP OUT TO OUR ATRIUM SO AS NOT TO DISTURB PROCEEDINGS. MADAM CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLE THIS TIME? YES, MAYOR MAYOR MATTHEW PORTER. PRESENT COUNCILMAN DAVID ARE DUKE. COUNCILMAN DAVE STRING PRESIDENT PRO TEM GEOFF FORESTER PRESIDENT COUNCILMAN SCOTT WILLIAMS PRESIDENT COUNCILMAN TIMOTHY WALLACE. COUNCILMAN GARRETT MAYES. PRESENT WE HAVE A QUORUM MAYOR. THANK YOU MISS STORM AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION TO BE LED BY OUR MAYOR PRO TEM, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE, LED BY COUNCILMAN STRENGTH. PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. HEAVENLY FATHER.

THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT DAY, FATHER. THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER. THE BREATH IN OUR LUNGS, FATHER AND THE BEAT IN OUR HEARTS. WHETHER WE ASKED THAT AS WE COME TOGETHER THIS EVENING TO DO THE WORK OF THE CITY OF WILDLY THAT YOU BE WITH US, WATCH OVER AND GUIDE US FATHER AND THAT OUR WORKS WOULD BE PLEASING IN YOUR SIGHT. WE ASK THAT YOU WATCH OVER. FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHILE THEY'RE NOT AT HOME, FATHER WATCH OVER OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM, BE WITH THEM AS THEY PROTECT THE FREEDOMS THAT WE SO DEARLY LOVED. WE ASK ALL OF THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON? JESUS CHRIST. AMEN. MY PLEASURE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION. UNDER GOD.

INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PLEASE BE SEATED. SO THE FIRST ITEM. OR

[PRESENTATIONS & RECOGNITIONS]

ITEMS FOR OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING OR UNDER PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. SO I WILL COME DOWN FRONT.

YES WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS ONE THIS EVENING. WE'RE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH OUR MICROPHONE. SO I WOULD ASK THAT EVERYONE WHO IS HERE FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY, TELECOMMUNICATION WEEK WOULD COME FORWARD. MY JOSTLED. WHAT KIND OF WORK THERE. GO AHEAD AND SPLIT. YEAH, COMPARED TO WHERE YOU GUYS TEND TO SIT. IT'S VERY BRIGHT UP HERE. I THINK I WOULD PREFER YOUR WORK ENVIRONMENT FROM THAT STANDPOINT. SO WE ARE VERY BLESSED AND WILY TO HAVE FIRST RATE FIRST RESPONDERS IN ALL OF THE FIELDS AND ARE DISPATCHED GROUP IS NO DIFFERENT, AND THAT IS WHO ARE PUBLIC SAFETY. TELE COMMUNICATORS ARE IN THE PUBLIC SIZE AND IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, THEY ARE ALMOST ALWAYS THE FIRST VOICE THAT SOMEONE HEARS WHEN THEY HAVE AN EMERGENCY. WHEN THEY CALL 911 WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING FOR HELP WHETHER THEY NEED POLICE FIRE OR E M S OR COMBINATION OF ALL THREE. IT IS THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO ANSWERED THE PHONE ENSURE THAT HELP IS DISPATCHED THAT THEY GET THE RELEVANT INFORMATION AND THAT MANY TIMES THAT THEY ARE THERE FOR THAT PERSON UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HONOR THEM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO BECAUSE THEY ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SERVICE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THROUGH ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. I'D LIKE TO ASK EACH OF YOU TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL ME HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN WITH WIDELY DISPATCH. FOR ME. I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA I'M DAVID RAMIREZ. I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY OF WILEY FOR THREE YEARS. BARBIE MORROW AND I'VE BEEN HERE, 13. I'M AMANDA LARMER. I'VE BEEN DISPATCHING FOR EIGHT YEARS AND I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY OF WILEY FOR SIX. I THINK PAGE PAIN. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR TWO YEARS. SARAH'S BURGER. I'VE BEEN HERE NINE TRISTAN PORTER. I'VE BEEN HERE

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14 YEARS. I'M JULIAN ASHMAN. I'VE BEEN TO SEARCHING FOR 11 AND I'VE BEEN HERE. THREE I'M CARSON NIGHT AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SIX YEARS. I'M ROBIN LIVINGSTON. I'VE BEEN HERE GOING ON 13 YEARS. RESTRAINED. I'VE BEEN HERE TWO YEARS. I'M CHRISTIANE A. GOMEZ. I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT SIX MONTHS. I'M GRACE COTTON. I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT THREE MONTHS. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE VERY, VERY DEDICATED TO OUR CITY. UH SOME OF OUR LONGEST TENURED HAVE RECENTLY RETIRED SOME AFTER DECADES OF PROVIDING HELP TO OUR CITIZENS HERE IN WYLIE. UM AND WE JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THAT THEY DO LONG SHIFTS. VERY STRESSFUL SITUATIONS. UH YOU'RE NOT CALLING 911 BECAUSE YOU WANT TO CHAT. OR AT LEAST YOU SHOULDN'T BE. THEY WILL NOT STAY ON THE PHONE WITH YOU JUST TO CHAT, BUT THEY ARE THERE AND THEY TAKE CARE OF ALL OF OUR CITIZENS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HERE IN OUR WITNESS TO OUR VERY DIFFICULT BUT THEY MAKE THAT SACRIFICE ON BEHALF OF OTHERS WHEN WE HAVE IMPLEMENT WEATHER AND DIFFICULT SITUATIONS IN THE CITY, THEY ARE THERE 24 7. OFTEN NOT GOING HOME IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE INUNDATION OF CALLS THAT WE GET. THEY DO SUCH AN AMAZING JOB. I REMEMBER STORIES FROM THE ICE STORM WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE SLEEPING IN THEIR OFFICE AND LITERALLY LIVING AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO COVER THE SHIFT, SO THAT WHEN SOMEONE CALLED THERE WOULD BE SOMEONE TO ANSWER THAT IS THE LEVEL OF DEDICATION AND PROFESSIONALISM THAT THEY BRING TO THE JOB. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADD. OH THEY WOULD LIKE CHIEF TO COME DOWN AND ADD SOMETHING. THANKS MAYOR. I WOULD JUST ADD, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID. WE'VE HAD SOME VERY TENDER EMPLOYEES RETIRE, UH, THIS PAST YEAR, BUT THESE FOLKS HERE HAVEN'T MISSED A BEAT. WE'VE HAD SOME RECENT PROMOTIONS. TRISTAN WAS PROMOTED TO MANAGER AND WHEN I SAY WHEN I SAY TENURED EMPLOYEES BETWEEN TWO EMPLOYEES 70 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, BUT OUR TWO MOST TENURED EMPLOYEES UM JULIA IS A SUPERVISOR AND SARAH WAS JUST RECENTLY RECENTLY PROMOTED TO SUPERVISOR. SO ALTHOUGH WE'VE HAD WE'VE HAD SOME NEW PEOPLE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TURNOVER. THESE HAVE MOSTLY BEEN FROM RETIREMENTS AND PROMOTIONS. THESE NEWER FOLKS DOWN HERE, BUT THEY HAVE ALL STEPPED INTO THESE NEW ROLES AND DONE AN AMAZING JOB AND WITH WITHOUT A BEAT, ANSWERED A LITTLE OVER 101,000 CALLS LAST YEAR. UH THEY DID THAT ON AVERAGE AND 3.8 SECONDS AND ALL CALLS IN THE COMMUNICATION CENTER ARE ANSWERED IN ABOUT 10. SECONDS UM, OR 99.88% OF THE CALLS, AND SO, UM, THEY THEY ARE VERY RESPONSIVE. THEY ARE ALWAYS READY TO GO. AND IN ADDITION TO CALL NOW WE HAVE THE FEATURE.

YOU CAN TEXT 911 AS WELL. SO THAT THAT'S A FEATURE THAT'S STARTING TO GET USED MORE AND MORE THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. SO WE APPRECIATE THEM VERY MUCH AND THANK THEM VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. SO WITH THAT I HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO READ. HELP ME HOLD THAT. WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS ARE THE FIRST AND ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL CONTACTS OUR CITIZENS HAVE WITH WILEY EMERGENCY SERVICES AND WHEREAS WHEN AN EMERGENCY OCCURS, THE SKILL, QUICK ACTION AND EXPERTISE OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS ARE OFTEN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH, WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS ARE THE VITAL LINK BETWEEN THE CITIZEN AND THE PROMPT RESPONSE OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS CRITICAL TO THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND THE PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY, WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPIRIT OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE WELL BEING OF OTHERS IS ON DISPLAY 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A YEAR. THEREFORE, I MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, ON THIS THE 11TH DAY OF APRIL, 2023 CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THE 10TH DAY OF APRIL 2023 THROUGH THE 16TH DAY OF APRIL 2023 AS PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK IN THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN US IN HONORING THE MEN AND WOMEN. WHOSE DILIGENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM KEEP OUR CITY AND CITIZENS SAFE. THANK YOU ALL. HE'S ALWAYS PICTURE TIME. YOU

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HAVE TO. POINT WHERE YOU FORGET AVOID BLACK. BLACK. YEAH. CRAIG GOT TIRED OF DIRECTING US AROUND AND PUT TAPE ON THE GROUND. HOLD ON. HOLD ON. GOT TO GET YOU IN THE BACK. THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. AND NOW I WOULD ASK THAT THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE TURNING POINT COME FORWARD.

AS WELL AS FROM WILEY PD. SO THIS IS ALSO SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH.

WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO REMIND PEOPLE OF AND EDUCATE THEM ABOUT AND WE'RE HONORED TONIGHT TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE TURNING POINT HERE FROM COLLIN COUNTY.

AS WELL AS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM WILEY PD, AND I'D LIKE TO ASK THEM TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MONTH AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU DO. MY NAME IS STEPHEN HOOD. I SERVE AS A DIRECTOR WITH THE TURNING POINT RAPE CRISIS CENTER OF COLLIN COUNTY. AND IT'S OUR MISSION TO FOCUS ON COUNSELING. ADVOCACY EDUCATION AND AWARENESS FOR THOSE WHO ARE IMPACTED WITH SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

THE TURNING POINT ALSO OPERATES COURTNEY SAFE PLACE, WHICH IS ONE OF FOUR SUCH CLINICS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT FOCUS ON TREATING AND SERVING THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ASSAULTED SEXUALLY AND DEALING WITH SEXUAL VIOLENCE. I'D LIKE TO THANK THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THE MAYOR TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THIS PROCLAMATION AND TO HELPING TO RAISE AWARENESS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. IN THIS LAST YEAR. THE TURNING POINT RESPONDED TO WELL OVER 500 CALLS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND VIOLENCE. WE PROVIDED 3900 HOURS OF COUNSELING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED.

AS WELL AS MAINTAINING OUR HOTLINE CRISIS CALL WITH RECEIVING OVER 1700 CALLS WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT I COULD SHARE ITS TO KNOW THAT NUMBER YOU MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY INVOLVED, BUT SOMEBODY YOU KNOW COULD BE IMPACTED. AND SO THAT NUMBER 808 867273. A NUMBER THAT CAN PROVIDE GREAT SERVICE. ONE OF THE OTHER GREAT, UH, SERVICES THAT WE OFFER IS A LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FOR THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS COLLIN COUNTY. AND UM, WE HAVE A FORMER COLLIN COUNTY DEPUTY WHO TURNED INTO A FORENSIC NURSE WHO NOW WORKS WITH US ON LEADING THOSE PROGRAMS ON HOW BEST TO ADDRESS AND TO SERVE THOSE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO PASS THAT RIGHT TO YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO WITH US AND FOR US. THANK YOU. I'M ARTHUR COTTON.

I'M A LIEUTENANT WITH WIDELY POLICE DEPARTMENT CHIEF. HENDERSON HAD ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT, BUT HE ASKED THAT I COME UP AND ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN THIS. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE MONTH. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE STRUGGLES THAT ARE VICTIMS GO THROUGH, AND, UH , GROUPS SUCH AS A TURNING POINT THAT WE PARTNER WITH AND OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE OUT THERE. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE YOU KNOW, KEEP THOSE PARTNERSHIPS STRONG, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE, WE'VE GOTTA ON STAFF VICTIMS ADVOCATE. KEISHA IS VERY INVOLVED WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CRIME VICTIMS, AND SHE HELPS GET THEM TO PLACES WHERE THEY CAN SEEK GUIDANCE AND HELP THE HELP THEM GET THROUGH THOSE DIFFICULT TIMES THAT FOLLOW THAT CRISIS. IT'S NOT JUST THE EVENT THAT OCCURS, BUT IT'S EVERYTHING THAT OCCURS AFTER THAT, AND THEN THE QUICKER THAN WE CAN GET THEM HELP THE BETTER THAT THEY CAN RECOVER. SO BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

WITH THAT. THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING THIS EVENING AND SHARING THAT AND FOR HELPING JOIN WITH US TO RAISE AWARENESS. I LIKE TO READ THE PROCLAMATION THAT WE HAVE THIS EVENING. WHEREAS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH IS INTENDED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT

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SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS WIDESPREAD, DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AND POTENTIALLY IMPACTS EVERY MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH CAMPAIGN IS ASKED FIRST CONSENT, AND WHEREAS WE MUST WORK TOGETHER TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION, SUPPORTING SURVIVORS AND SPEAKING OUT AGAINST HARMFUL ATTITUDES AND ACTIONS, AND WHEREAS WAS STRONG PARTNERSHIPS, DEDICATION AND FOCUS, WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN WORKING TO PREVENT SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND WILEY BY INCREASING EDUCATION, AWARENESS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. AND WHEREAS THE TURNING POINT RAPE CRISIS CENTER OF COLLIN COUNTY PARTNERS WITH THE CITY OF WILEY AND ARE CRIME VICTIMS ADVOCATE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE COUNSELING, EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY FOR THOSE IMPACTED BY SEXUAL VIOLENCE NOW, THEREFORE I MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF WILEY CITY COUNCIL. AND CITIZENS OF WILEY ON THIS THE 11TH DAY OF APRIL, 2023 PROCLAIMED THE MONTH OF APRIL 2023 SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH IN WIDELY TEXAS AND ENCOURAGE ALL WILDLY CITIZENS TO ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN EFFORTS TO PREVENT SEXUAL VIOLENCE THROUGH AWARENESS CONVERSATIONS, APPROPRIATE ACTION AND SUPPORT OF ONE ANOTHER TO CREATE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL. THANK YOU BOTH.

AND OUR THIRD PRESENTATION THIS EVENING IS A BLUE STAR BANNER PRESENTATION. TYPICALLY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD DO. BUT AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE FAMILY AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM, THEY ARE CLOSE FAMILY FRIENDS AND I WOULD LIKE TO LET HIM BE THE ONE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THIS HONOR. SO WITH THAT, SAID MAYOR PRO TEM THANK YOU, MAYOR. I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS EVENING FOR THE DURATION OF THIS WEEK AND HAVE BEEN WONDERING ABOUT BRINGING THE MILLER FAMILY UP. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME, ROBERT TANYA MILLER AND YOUR SON DALTON, PLEASE. COME OVER HERE ON THE LEFT SIDE. PERFECT. THANK YOU. YEAH, MY GOOD SIDE. SO ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, AN ENTIRE CITY OF WHILE WE RECOGNIZE THE PARENTS OF DALTON HOOKER TANYA AND BUBBA MILLER. DALTON WAS RAISED AND WIDELY ATTENDED SCHOOL HERE IN WYLIE FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. HE WENT THROUGH THE WILDLY EAST AIR FORCE JUNIOR ROTC FOR FOUR YEARS. MY GRADUATION, DALTON HAD ADVANCED THROUGH THE RANKS OF THE JUNIOR ROTC AND GRADUATED AS A CASSETTE LIEUTENANT COLONEL, THIRD IN CHARGE. YOU'RE DALTON'S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER, HE MENTORED CADETS THROUGH THE CADETS FOR CRISIS PROGRAM. DALTON JOINED THE AIR FORCE ON OCTOBER 4TH. 2022 GRADUATED BASIC TRAINING IN NOVEMBER, 2022. JUST LAST MONTH, DALTON GRADUATED FROM THE AIR FORCE ENGINEERING APPRENTICE SCHOOL. NOW HIS MILITARY CAREER CAN ACTUALLY START. SO I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS BLUE STAR BANNER TO YOU. TANYA, HIS MOTHER. AND BUBBA, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS COIN. THIS COIN IS A COIN FROM TO HONOR YOU AND SUPPORT OF DALTON WHILE HE SERVES IN THE MILITARY. AND TANYA FUEL. HANG THAT IN YOUR WINDOW IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, WHERE ALL CAN SEE THAT YOU DO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL IN YOUR FAMILY SERVING IN THE MILITARY. THE BLUE STAR BETTER ACTUALLY CAME INTO EXISTENCE IN 2009, AND IT WAS FORMED BY A GROUP OF MILITARY WOMEN WHOSE FAMILIES HAD PEOPLE SERVING IN THE MILITARY, AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OTHERS WOULD WOULD SEE AS THEY DROVE BY AND SEE HOUSES THAT HAD THESE BANNERS HANGING IN FRONT OF THEM SO THAT THEY COULD FEEL A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND THEY COULD GET TOGETHER AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER WHILE THEY'RE KIDS AND LOVED ONES WERE DEPLOYED. SO NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE MILLER FAMILY HERE THIS EVENING, WE ALSO HAVE THE EXTENDED FAMILY. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING. IT'S GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY AND CONGRATULATIONS, DALTON. YOU WANT TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY THROUGH BOOT CAMP AND WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS. HMM. DOESN'T HURT.

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GET FROM EVERYONE. I'M ERIN FOR SAUCE. HOOKER. AND FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS, THEY WERE DEFINITELY EXTRANEOUS. I GOT TO. I GOT THE WONDROUS OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON 1/4 BASE. NOT AN AIR FORCE ONE, SO I HAD A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE FROM EVERYONE. WE WERE A LITTLE DETACHMENT. ABOUT OF 300 OUT OF THE ARMY WHO GRADUATED 25. THOUSANDS EVERY FEW MONTHS. AND THEN THERE WAS THE MARINES AND THE NAVY. UM THROUGH ALL OF THAT . I KEPT THINKING ABOUT MY FAMILY THING ABOUT THE PROMISING FUTURE THAT WANT TO UPHOLD FOR EVERYONE IN THIS TOWN IN THIS BEAUTIFUL STATE OF TEXAS AND IN THIS COUNTRY. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S DROVE ME TO GRADUATE AND TO KEEP ON GOING AND PROBABLY GONNA HAVE A GOOD TIME OVER WHERE I'M HEADING FOR MY CAREER. AWESOME THANK YOU, DALTON . THANK YOU, JEFF. THANK YOU.

WITH THAT THAT COMPLETES. OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS FOR THIS EVENING. SO EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO STAY. BUT IF ANYONE IS WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO STEP OUT. YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO SO NOW WE'LL GIVE EVERYONE JUST A FEW SECONDS. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING FOR THEM? THE SECOND STEP. SURE. WELL, WHY DON'T WE DO THIS? WHY DON'T WE TAKE A BRIEF RECESS FOR JUST A READY, MISS STONE. ALRIGHT WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE TO OUR COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT. WE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE ITEM THAT IS NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE FORM IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. AND WITH STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME, I WILL REMIND ANYONE WHO HAS ANYTHING TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT IT'S NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA THAT, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT THAT COUNCIL CANNOT RESPOND TO THESE ISSUES, BUT WE CAN DIRECT STAFF TO ASSIST MS STORM HAVE WE HAD ANY FORMS TURNED IN NO MAYOR. OKAY? WITH THAT WE WILL THEN MOVE TO

[CONSENT AGENDA]

OUR CONSENT AGENDA. I KNOW WE NEED TO PULL ITEMS B AND C DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT COUNCIL OR STAFF WOULD LIKE COLD? MAYOR PRO TEM THANK YOU. MAYOR EXPORT ADAMI FOR DISCUSSION, PLEASE. OKAY SO WE HAVE B, C AND E ANY OTHERS THAT COUNCIL OR STAFF WOULD LIKE PULL . IF THERE ARE NO OTHERS, I WOULD BE OPEN TO EMOTION ON THE REMAINING ITEMS. MAYOR PROTEIN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS. A THE F AND G. HAS PRESENTED WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS A, D, F AND G S PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? THANK YOU, MARY. I'LL SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION WITH THE SECOND TO APPROVE COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES 70. WITH THAT. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM B. WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT

[B. Consider, and act upon, the approval of a request to remodel and extend the existing patio and relocate the ADA ramp on a restaurant use, located at 302 N. Ballard within the Downtown Historic District.]

UPON THE REPORT FOR APPROVAL OF A REQUEST TO REMODEL AND EXTEND THE EXISTING PATIO AND RELOCATE THE A. D, A RAMP ON A RESTAURANT USED LOCATED AT 302 NORTH BALLARD WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT, MISS ALI. SO IF YOU WOULD JUST GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT IT IS AND WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION WAS FROM HRC JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNCIL WAS AWARE OF THE CHANGE.

AND IF THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT THEY COULD EXPRESS IT, THIS IS, UH, FRANKIE'S RESTAURANT ON BATTLER AND JEFFERSON. SO AS YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE AN OUTDOOR PATIO. AND

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THEN AN 88 RAMP TO THE SOUTH. THEY'RE WANTING TO BASICALLY EXTEND THE PATIO OUT. AS FAR AS THE EXISTING RAMP, IS IT IT WON'T IMPEDE ON THE SIDEWALK. THE RAMP WILL THEN GO FROM THE FRONT GO, UM ALONG THE WEST SIDE. UM HR. WE PRESENTED THIS TO HRC. THE APPLICANT WAS THERE.

BASICALLY SAID ALL THEY'RE DOING IS BASICALLY WHAT YOU SEE. NOW YOU WILL SEE JUST FIVE FT FURTHER OUT, AND HRC DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL. OKAY? SO ANY QUESTIONS? FROM COUNSEL FOR STAFF. OKAY? SIMPLE ENOUGH. ALRIGHT WITH THAT I'D BE OPEN TO EMOTION ON THE ITEM COUNCILMAN STRENGTH THANK YOU, MARY EMOTION TO IMPROVE THE ITEMS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE HIS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? SECOND, IT WE DO HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES 70. WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE

[C. Consider, and act upon, Resolution No. 2023-05(R) supporting a rent-based community to provide economically attainable rental housing for very low to moderate income households, located at 511 W. Brown Street.]

TO ITEM C, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-5 ARE SUPPORTING A RENT BASED COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE ECONOMICALLY ATTAINABLE RENTAL HOUSING FOR VERY LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS LOCATED AT 5, 11, WEST BROWN STREET AND SOLID MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT A RESOURCE . SO THIS IS FOR THE JERICHO VILLAGE PROJECT ON BROWN. THEY ARE APPLYING FOR FEDERAL LOAN AND PART OF THAT PROCESS, AND IT'S A POINT SYSTEM. SO PART OF THAT PROCESS IS TO OIL TO INCREASE. THEIR CHANCES OF GETTING POINTS IS TO GET A RESOLUTION FROM COUNCIL. THIS DOES NOT UM, COMMIT COUNCIL TO ANY FUNDING OR ANYTHING. IT'S JUST BASICALLY SUPPORTING THEM FOR THIS APPLICATION. AND WHAT'S IN YOUR PACKET? UM WAS THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION THAT WE DRAFTED? BUT BETWEEN THE TIME THAT THE PACKET WAS PRINTED, AND TODAY THE GOVERNMENT OR THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK. THEY RELEASE WHAT THEIR CRITERIA WAS , AND A STATEMENT NEEDED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RESOLUTION THAT BASICALLY SAYS WE SUPPORT THEIR APPLICATION PROCESS, SO I DID PUT IT YOUR DIET. THE STATEMENT THAT WE ADDED WAS WHEREAS A COPY RESOURCE AND ASSISTANCE CENTER INCORPORATED. A NONPROFIT CORPORATION HAS OR WILL SUBMIT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM APPLICATION TO THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK FOR JERICHO VILLAGE.

AND THEN IN SECTION ONE. WE JUST ADDED A STATEMENT THAT SAYS THE CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED APPLICATION AND THAT MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR THE LENDER. SO UM, IF THIS ITEM IF IT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION, IF IT IS YOUR, UM RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THEN I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD APPROVE WITH THE AMENDMENT, OKAY? COUNCIL DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS ALI ? OR I KNOW THE APPLICANT IS HERE THIS EVENING? IF THERE ARE NONE, I WOULD BE OPEN TO EMOTION ON THE ITEM. MAYOR PRO TEM THANK YOU. MAYOR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE APPROVED THIS ITEM AS AMENDED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS AMENDED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN MAYES I SECOND THE MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH THE SECOND TO PROVE THE ITEM AS AMENDED COUNCIL CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES 70. WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM E, WHICH IS TO

[E. Consider, and act upon, Ordinance No. 2023-12 for an amendment to the Browngate Pointe Planned Development 2020-43 to allow for a modification of the construction schedule terms of the townhome/commercial development. Property generally located on the northeast corner of Brown Street and Sanden Blvd. (ZC 2023-06).]

CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-12 FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE BROWN GATE POINT PLAN DEVELOPMENT 2020 43 TO ALLOW FOR A MODIFICATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE TERMS OF THE TOWN HOME COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF BROWN STREET AND SAND AND BOULEVARD ZONING CASE. 2023 06, MR HASKINS AND I'LL LET THE MAYOR PRO TEM START OUT SINCE HE ASKED FOR IT TO BE PULLED. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THE REASON I ASKED FOR THIS TO BE POLLS JUST TO ENSURE THAT NUMBER ONE. WE ARE NOT APPROVING A NEW TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS THE SAME DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2020. 2020 2020 AND, UM. BUT THIS IS MERELY A CHANGE TO ENSURE THAT THE LEGAL LANGUAGE COMPLIES WITH THE UM.

COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCES. CITY I APOLOGIZE. YES, SIR. THIS IS NOT A NEW TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT. IT'S JUST IMMEDIATELY CHANGE THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE. GREAT FOR THE TOWN HOMES AND THE COMMERCIAL, UH, DRIVE THE COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE ON THE SIDE. GREAT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME, SIR. OKAY? DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? THERE ARE NO ANIMAL OPEN TO EMOTION ON THE ITEM COUNCILMAN STRENGTH. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM IS PRESENTED MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM HAS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A

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SECOND COUNCILMAN? DUKE? YES. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH THE SECOND TO PROVE HIS PRESENTED. COUNCIL POLICE CAST YOUR VOTE. AND THE MOTION CARRIES 61 WITH COUNCILMAN WALLACE SUPPOSED WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER ONE. WHICH IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC

[1. Hold a Public Hearing, consider, and act upon, a change in zoning from Commercial Corridor (CC) to Commercial Corridor - Special Use Permit (CC-SUP) to allow for a restaurant with drive- thru on 0.7866 acres, property located at 3008 W. FM 544 (ZC 2023-04).]

HEARING CONSIDERING ACT UPON A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR C C TO COMMERCIAL QUARTER SPECIAL USE PERMITS CCS U P TO ALLOW FOR A RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE THRU ON 0.7866 ACRES PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3008 WEST FM, 5 44 SOON IN CASE 2023-4 MR HASKINS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AS MENTIONED , THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH. THIS IS LOCATED, UM AH ON FM 5 44 SPRING WELL, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE WHAT YOU SEE THERE. UM IS THE NEW PROPOSED BUILDING AND THE BUILDING THAT EXISTS JUST TO THE WEST IS WILD FORK FOODS TO HELP GIVE YOU THE LOCATION? UM THE REQUEST DOESN'T INCLUDE ABOUT 3000 SQUARE FOOT STRUCTURE FOR WHAT WILL BE A BOW JANGLES DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT. UM THE. EXHIBIT MEETS THE BUILDING AND THE SITE PLAN REQUIREMENTS. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE PART OF THE ISSUE P REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE THERE S U P CONDITIONS THE APPLICANT IS ASKED FOR IS, UM TO ALLOW FOR THIS SITE FOR THE ISSUE P APPROVAL TO ALSO ACT AS SITE PLAN APPROVAL, AND THEY WENT THROUGH FIRE AND ENGINEERING AND EVERYBODY ELSE'S REVIEW, WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR IN ORDER FOR THAT, TO EVEN BE A CONSIDERATION. UM. THE WE SENT OUT 10 NOTIFICATIONS. WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES EITHER IN FAVOR OR AGAINST AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF 7 TO 0. AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY? THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCIL DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I DON'T KNOW IF THE APPLICANT IS HERE. SO FOR STAFF OR THE APPLICANT. COUNCILMAN MICE. UM. MY QUESTION IS, ARE YOU ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH HOW MANY SIMILAR BUSINESSES THERE ARE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. EVEN A ROUGH ESTIMATE OR SPECIFIC SPECIFIC NUMBER. IF YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS WE'VE GOT KIND OF DRAWN A HALF MILE CIRCLE. JUST KIND OF GIVE COUNSEL A ROUGH IDEA, AND THERE'S THREE FAST FOOD, UM OR DRIVE THROUGH. UM THAT ARE CURRENTLY EXIST WITHIN A HALF MILE RADIUS. HOW MANY OF THEM SELF SIMILAR PRODUCTS. WELL I'M SURE BOJANGLES IS GOING TO TRY IT. NOBODY SAW THE SIMILAR PRODUCT BUT CONSIDERING HIS, UM THEIR MAIN THING IS FRIED CHICKEN. UM THERE'S A CHIP. THERE IS A GOLDEN CHICK. ACROSS THE STREET AND DOWN THE STREET A LITTLE WAYS. YOU'RE WELCOME, SIR. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT TO BE OPEN TO IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. YES, YES, PUBLIC HEARING. SO WITH THAT. I WELCOME THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM . IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TO STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME. MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT NO ONE HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO SPEAK. AND I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. WITH THAT I WOULD BE OPEN TO AN EMOTION ON THIS ITEM. COUNCILMAN STRENGTH MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM IS PRESENTED.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN? DICK? THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I'LL SECOND OKAY , COUNCIL. WE HAVE EMOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 1 WITH COUNCILMAN MY OPPOSED. WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER

[2. Hold a Public Hearing, consider, and act upon, a change in zoning from Manufactured Home (MH) to Commercial Corridor - Special Use Permit (CC-SUP) to allow for a motor vehicle fueling station with convenience store and car wash on 1.793 acres, property located at 1001 S. Highway 78 (ZC 2023-05).]

TWO, WHICH IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDERING ACT UPON THE CHANGE IN ZONING FROM MANUFACTURED HOME, MH TWO COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT C. C S U P TO ALLOW FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE FEELING STATION WITH CONVENIENCE STORE AND CAR WASH AND 1.793 ACRES, PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1001 SOUTH HIGHWAY 78. ZONING CASE, 2023-5 MR HASKINS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. UM, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS A APPLICATION FOR, UM, ESPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR CONVENIENCE STORE GAS STATION AND CAR WASH. ON A PROPERTY THAT IS, UM ON STATE HIGHWAY 78. BASICALLY WHERE WEST GATE COMES OUT. THIS IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STATE HIGHWAY 78. UM IT'S FOR ABOUT 3000 SQUARE FOOT CONVENIENCE STORE. AND A AS MENTIONED A CAR WASH.

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UM BESIDES THE USES THE S U P CONDITIONS ALSO REQUEST THAT THE CAR WASHED VEHICLE BABY ALLOWED TO FACE STATE HIGHWAY 78, WHICH IS NOT A NORMAL ALLOWED, UM, CONFIGURATION. UM. WHEN THE WENT BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. ONE OF THEIR REQUIREMENTS. WAS THAT THE AREA THAT YOU SEE AT THE EXIT TUNNEL OF THE CAR WASH WOULD HAVE TO BE, UM LANDSCAPED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE, UH UM, THE ENTRANCE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE VISIBLE FROM STATE HIGHWAY 78. THE APPLICANT AGREED TO THAT, AND THAT CONDITION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE S U. P CONDITIONS. UM, WITH THAT CONDITION, ADDED THE I'M SORRY. THE PNC COMMISSION DID VOTE 7 TO 0 TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. UM WE DID NOTIFY SIX WE HAD SIX NOTIFICATIONS, AND WE HAD NO RESPONSES IN FAVOR WHERE POST? THE APPLICANT IS HERE THIS EVENING. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR HASKINS. COUNCIL DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR EITHER MR HASKINS OR FOR THE APPLICANT? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MR RUSKIN'S, UM, SO I SEE A SITE PLAN SUBMITTED HAS THAT ALREADY GONE OR HAS THAT GONE THROUGH FIRE AND ENGINEERING OR JUST A PRELIMINARY PRELIMINARY SEARCH AT THIS POINT? IT'S JUST A ZONING EXHIBIT. YES. IF THEY WERE APPROVED, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH THE PLANNING AND SITE PLAN PROCESS. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MYERS. JASON, HOW ARE YOU TODAY? I'M WALSER. GOOD, GOOD. I HEAR YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PROXIMITY OF THIS TO THE TO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA. YES, SIR. IS IT LIKE DIRECTLY AJAY SET AND IF IT IS, WHAT IS THE, UM YOU KNOW AMOUNT OF PROTECTION THAT CAN BE PROVIDED TO THE RESIDENTS IN TERMS OF AH! YOU KNOW, VISUAL AND SOUNDPROOFING OBVIOUSLY CANNOT BE COMPLETELY PREVENTED.

BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU COULD ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THAT AND ALSO HOURS OF OPERATION. SURE, THE. I'M GONNA ASK THE APPLICANT AND TALK ABOUT THE HOURS OF OPERATION. UM WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT P AND Z, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. WHAT EXACTLY WAS DISCUSSED? I APOLOGIZE. UM AS FAR AS THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE TO THE NORTH UM, I GUESS I CALL IT THE NORTHEAST UNTIL THIS PROPERTY, UM THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SCREEN UM, AND THEN THEY WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, UM IT STAYED UNDER THE CITY'S DECIMAL ORDINANCE AT THE PROPERTY LINE. SO THEY WOULD BE PROTECTED UNDER THOSE TWO PARTICULAR UM AH, ORDINANCES THAT WE HAVE. THERE HE IS. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE HOURS OF OPERATION. GOOD EVENING, DEVIN FERRIS ESTACADO INTEREST. 7 15 FT. WORTH AVENUE , DALLAS, TEXAS, HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THE CAR WASH OUR SEVEN DAY PM SEVEN PM SEVEN AM TO EIGHT PM. GREAT. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT, UM WHAT KIND OF SCREENING THAT MR HASKINS MENTIONED IS INCLUDED. COULD YOU DESCRIBE THAT? YES. WE'RE PUTTING A LIVE SCREENING WALL IN ACTUALLY. WE DIDN'T GET OUR SITE PLAN AND IN TIME TO PUT IT IN THE APPLICATION FOR THIS PRESENTATION, BUT WE'RE BASICALLY GOING TO PUT IN A LIVE SCREENING WALL. STARTING ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE WELL, I HAVE A HANDFUL OF THEM I COULD PASS OUT, BUT BASICALLY FROM A LITTLE WEST OF THE EXIT DOOR THERE ON THE CAR WASH ALL THE WAY. TO THE END OF WHAT WOULD BE LIKE THAT LITTLE LANDSCAPE POINT THAT CARRIES EAST THERE OF THE EXIT DOOR, SO WE PUSHED THE BUILDING BACK A LITTLE WAYS. TO WIDEN THAT. WHAT IS THE LANDSCAPE ISLAND THAT SEPARATES THE EXIT DRIVE FROM THE MAIN DRIVE? I'LL AND WE'RE PUTTING IN A SOLID LANDSCAPE SCREEN. THERE. OKAY? OKAY EVERGREEN TYPE SCREEN THAT SHIELDS IT FROM RHODESIA. ALL RIGHT. WELL GREAT. WELL, I APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS. SURE. THANK YOU. HAPPY HAPPY TO DO IT. GOOD MORNING. MAYOR PRO TEM. YES. SO I THINK WHAT AH! OUR STEAM COUNCILMAN AT THE OTHER END OF THE DIOCESE, ASKING IS WHAT PROTECTION DO YOU OFFER THE NEIGHBORS IN THE RESIDENCES TO THE NORTH SIDE. HERE YOU'VE ADEQUATELY EXPLAINED HOW YOU'RE GOING TO SCREEN THE EXIT OF THE CAR WASH. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE NOISE AND THE LIGHT ETCETERA TO THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE JUST TO THE NORTH SIDE OF SO WHERE YOUR

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HEAD IN PARKING ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE FROM THE CAR WASH ALONG. THAT RUNS PARALLEL TO THE EXIT.

LONG PARKING RIGHT DOWN THAT SIDE. TOWARDS THE DUMPSTER. RIGHT THAT THOSE ARE ACTUALLY VACUUM BASE. OH BACK IN BASE. GREAT SO WHAT? WHAT SCREEN MATERIAL UNIT UTILIZE ALONG THAT ENTIRE LINE OF. EMBARKATION INTO THE RESIDENTS FACILITIES TO CUT DOWN ON THE NOISE, THE LIGHT, ETCETERA. REQUIRED BY THE CITY ORDINANCE TO PUT IN A SCREENING WALL ALONG THAT SIDE THAT SEPARATES OUR PROPERTY FROM THE FOR RESIDENTS TO THE NORTH. HOW TALL WILL THAT WALL BE? BEEF.

HOWEVER TOILETS REQUIRED TO BE 60 FT. OKAY THANK YOU. COMPLY WITH THE ORDINANCE. THEY'RE GREAT. THANK YOU. MR HASKINS. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU. YES, SIR. SO IN LOOKING AT THIS, I SEE THERE'S A PROPOSED SHARED EASEMENT WITH THE RESIDENTIAL SO IT WOULD CONNECT THE CAR WASH WITH THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS. YES, SIR. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. OKAY AND THEN I ALSO KNOW THAT THIS IS ONE OF OUR MANY MISALIGNED I CALL MISALIGNED STREETS. WILEY.

WHERE. MARTINEZ DOES NOT HIT THE LIGHT ITSELF. CURRENTLY IT'S ESSENTIALLY A THREE WAY LIGHT.

UNLESS I'M MISTAKEN. IS THAT CORRECT? WHERE WESTGATE WEST GATE EASE INTO IT, BUT THERE'S NO ACTUAL WESTGATE TO LEAVE WESTGATE. YOU GO RIGHT OR LEFT? THERE'S NOT ESSENTIALLY A STRAIGHT ACROSS. THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. OKAY SO THIS HAS AN ENTRANCE. SO IS THE PROPOSAL.

UH TO CHANGE THAT. TRAFFICS AND CHANGE THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT THAT INTERSECTION AND ADD 1/4.

TO MATCH THAT UP, OR IS IT TO HAVE PEOPLE UH, DARTING ACROSS SO TO SPEAK, WITHOUT ANY CHANGE IN THE LIGHT SIGNALS. UM, HE WAS JUST A SECOND. I MEAN, I WAS JUST CITY ENGINEER TO COME UP.

THAT WOULD BE FINE. I JUST HAD NOT SURE WHAT THE PLAN THERE WAS DIRECTLY ACROSS HAVING PEOPLE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE WITH THE GREEN LIGHT. YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A SIGNAL THAT WOULD BE SHOWING TOWARDS THEIR UNLESS IT'S ADDED . CORRECT. MAYOR UM THE SIGNAL DOES DEAD END RIGHT THERE WHERE IT SHOWS THE ENTRANCE DRIVE TO THE SITE. THE NEW ENTRANCE DRIVE. UM AT THE I GUESS, THE SOUTHWEST CORNER AREA. UH WE HAVE INDICATED DEVELOPER THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING ANY IMPROVEMENTS. SO THAT SIGNAL TO MAKE THAT WHOLE AREA WORK. UM, I ENVISION IT'S GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO WHAT'S OVER HERE ON 5 44. UM AT THE Q, T OR RACE TRACK WHERE THAT IS. THERE'S A SIGNAL RIGHT THERE. UM BY THEM, THE ALDI. THAT'S WHAT I WAS ENVISIONING. WHEN I WENT. THEY SHARED THIS SO THAT THAT IS CURRENTLY A DEAD END FOR WEST GATE. OKAY? NOW I ASSUME THAT WOULD CHANGE. TRAFFIC PATTERNS. YOU'D EITHER HAVE TO HAVE A DIVIDED SIGNAL, THEN. I BELIEVE I'M USING THE CORRECT PHRASE. IF I REMEMBER OUR TEXT DOT CONVERSATIONS OR SPLIT SIGNAL SIGNAL AS A POSSIBLE IT PHASE SIGNAL THERE. UM WHICH WOULD LENGTHEN THE TIMES FOR THE LIGHT TO LOCATION SUGGEST THE T I. A THE ARE SOME SOME SORT OF STUDY TO SHOW. WHAT WHAT EFFECT IS THAT? IT'S GOING TO HAVE ON THAT TRAFFIC ON 78. I AM AND I ASSUME THAT THERE'S NOT A TIA CURRENTLY DONE OR THERE IS I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO THAT. I KNOW, ANTICIPATING PUTTING A LIGHT IN THERE. WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED IT WITH TEXT DOT THEY ARE MAKING US DO A T I A. AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE VERY COSTLY AND WE'RE PLANNING TO DO THAT ONCE WE GET THE APPROVAL ON THIS. U P. BUT WE WILL. WE WILL BE PUTTING A LIGHT IN ON OUR SIDE SO THAT IT'S A FOUR WAY SIGNAL. OKAY? COUNCILMAN MAYES. UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I APPRECIATE, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM FOR, UH, DIGGING A LITTLE DEEPER ON SOME OF MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE NEARBY RESIDENTS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF RESIDENTS, BUT THERE ARE A FEW 12345 ROUGHLY. HOMES THAT WOULD BE DIRECTLY ADJACENT AND THEN SOME ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THOSE AS WELL. SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY 10. RESIDENCES AND IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE FACT THAT IT IS A BACK, YOU KNOW THE VACUUM OPERATION. I'VE USED THOSE MYSELF. THEY'RE NOISY. FRANKLY, UM IT'S A BUNCH OF RACKET. HONESTLY I SURE WOULDN'T WANT ONE TO BE NEXT TO MY HOUSE, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT OPENED AT SEVEN AM BECAUSE I RARELY AM OLD . I CAN'T SAY THAT I AM RARELY UP AT THAT TIME, BUT I REALLY WANT TO BE UP AT THAT TIME. I CERTAINLY KNOW THAT INDIVIDUALS

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WHO HAVE YOUNG FAMILIES MIGHT WANT TO LET THEIR KIDS SLEEP IN. MY CONCERN IS THE START TIME AT SEVEN A.M. I THINK THAT THIS COULD BE A GOOD SERVICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. BUT I'M WONDERING IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO CONSIDER LIMITING IT FROM EIGHT AM TO EIGHT PM INSTEAD OF SEVEN A.M.

TO EIGHT P.M. I JUST BELIEVE IT IS TOO EARLY. AS A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO THE RESIDENCES WHO LIVE NEARBY AND WON'T REALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TURN IT OFF. THAT'S MY QUESTION FOR YOU. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'D BE OPEN TO BECAUSE I AM VERY OPEN TO THIS PROPOSAL OTHERWISE. I WOULD HONESTLY HAVE TO CHECK WITH A NATIONAL BRAND OR GOING TO BE LEASING THAT PROPERTY TOO. SO I HAVE TO CHECK WITH THEM. SO I HIGHLY DOUBT THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO ALTER THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION. JUST BECAUSE IT ISN'T CHANGES. TAKE FIVE CAR WASH. YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THEM AROUND ANOTHER MUNICIPALITIES. I WILL SAY THAT WE'RE BUYING THIS PROPERTY FROM THE OWNER. OF THE EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOME PARK. AND I KNOW THAT HE DOES HAVE PLANS TO PUT IN SOME SORT OF PARK. FACILITY THERE BETWEEN US AND THE RESIDENTS. I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR BACK IT'S GOING TO EXTEND. I DON'T THINK HE HAS THE PLANS FINALIZED YET FOR THAT HE'S PUTTING A GREEN SPACE IN THERE. IN BETWEEN US AND THE ADJACENT HELPS. YOU KNOW, WHEN SORT OF TIMELINE OF THAT? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T THINK THAT HE HAS AFFIRMED UP. I SEE MY UNDERSTANDING. IS THAT IN THAT DIRECT AREA THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING THAT THERE ARE CURRENTLY RESIDENTS THERE? AND THAT RIGHT THERE BE VACATING THAT WE'RE TAKING AWAY ABOUT 17. HOME LOTS. IF YOU WILL MANUFACTURER HOME LOTS AS PART OF THIS PROPOSAL, RIGHT? OKAY I APPRECIATE THAT. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THERE IS A THOUGHT PROCESS IN TERMS OF THE FUTURE. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE GREEN SPACE. BUT IT IS ALSO DISAPPOINTING THAT YOU KNOW, FOLKS MAY LOSE THEIR ABILITY TO RESIDE THERE. SO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, MIXED SITUATION, BUT NONETHELESS, THE WHILE THEY ARE LIVING THERE. WHICH THEY CURRENTLY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ISSUE, SO I DO APPRECIATE YOUR OPENNESS TO SPEAKING. YOU KNOW, WITH THE NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT THIS, I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A NATIONAL PROGRAM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S A VERY LOCAL ISSUE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE LIVING THERE EVEN IF IT IS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. THAT'S NOT FOREVER. RIGHT SO THAT IS MY CONCERN. I UNDERSTAND. AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE PURCHASING THIS PROPERTY FROM THE OWNER OF THAT. COMMUNITY RELEASES THOSE LOTS TO THE RESIDENTS, AND HE'S CERTAINLY HAS THEIR BEST INTERESTS IN MIND AS IT RELATES TO THE PORTION THAT'S GOING TO BE LEFT OVER THERE. IT'S NOT GONNA WANNA LOSE REVENUE FROM THOSE FOLKS, SO I KNOW THAT HE'S COMMITTED TO PUTTING MEASURES IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT AS RESIDENTS ARE COMFORTABLE, THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA BE STICKING AROUND AND LIVING ADJACENT TO THIS DEVELOPMENT. AND WE'LL WORK IN ANIMAL WITH HIM ON THAT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. LIKE I SAID, WE'LL BE PUTTING IN A WALL THERE. DO WHAT WE CAN TO KEEP OUR IMPACT DOWN TO THE ADJACENT RESIDENTS. MR PARKER IS THE OFFICE BUILDING STAYING? YOU DIDN'T PURCHASE THE OFFICE. IT'S CURRENTLY THEIR PURCHASING. SO JUST FOR REFERENCE. THE WAY THIS IS LAID OUT. THERE'S A PIECE OF TRIANGLE ON THE CORNER OF MARTINEZ. AND BACKS UP TO HOLLAND HEDGE. AND THEN THERE'S PROBABLY 100, FT OR SO. BETWEEN WHERE THIS WALL IS GOING TO BE IN THE CLOSEST RESIDENT. THERE'S A DRIVEWAY. AND THERE'S AN OFFICE BUILDING AND ANOTHER DRIVEWAY. AND THEN, UM. SO IT'S NOT THE CAR WASHES OR NOT, OR THE VACUUMS ARE NOT BACKED UP. DIRECTLY TO THE RESIDENTS, SUCH WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE OF. SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THIS YELLOW TRIANGLE LIST. THE, UM. RESIDENTS ARE OVER HERE. ON THE FAR RIGHT OF THAT SCREEN. SO THEN IT'S NOT BACK THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS IT'S NOT BACKED UP DIRECTLY. THAT'S THE ONLY POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE. COUNCILMAN MARK THANK YOU FOR THAT. MR PARKER. AND I AGREE WITH YOU THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS ARE FURTHER AWAY. BUT I THINK IN A HIGHER QUALITY IMAGE ON GOOGLE MAPS, IF WE LOOK LIVE, WE CAN SEE AND I MAY BE MISTAKEN. I DEFINITELY ENJOY BEING CORRECTED. BUT I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SOME. RESIDENTS THAT ARE, IT'S JUST, I GUESS WE COULD SAY SOUTHEAST OF THE OFFICE. YEAH I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE ALL AT. I'M JUST MAKING A STATEMENT THAT THE

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BRICK WALL. THE MOBILE HOMES AREN'T BACKED UP DIRECTLY TO THE BRICK WALL. THAT THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THE RESIDENTS AREN'T BACKED UP TO THE BRICK WALL. THAT'S THE ONLY STATE THAT I'M TRYING TO CLARIFY. GOTCHA. I'M NOT TRYING TO DEBATE ANYTHING WITH YOU OR ANYTHING ELSE. I'M JUST MAKING A SIMPLE STATEMENT. SURE, SURE. I HEAR YOU. ALRIGHT COUNCILMAN DUKE. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. YEAH I JUST HAS JUST DONE SOME QUICK LOOKING UP HERE SO UM THERE'S A FEDERAL REGULATION ABOUT NOISE IN CAR WASHES ARE LIMITED. 85 DBS OF NOISE. AND SO YOU ASK. WELL, WHAT CITY FIVE DVDS LIKE WELL.

THE EXAMPLE THAT THE INTERNET RETURNED IS A IT COULD BE A HAIRDRYER OR BLENDER. OR A LAWNMOWER. SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S YOU KNOW TOO LOUD. I DON'T THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A NO CYCLE OF CARS USING A CAR VACUUM CLEANER SEVEN MORNING. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. OKAY? SO.

I'LL JUST MY BIGGEST CONCERN TO THE REQUEST TO PUT IT FACING. THERE'S A REASON THAT WE TRY NOT TO DO THAT. AND IT JUST HAS TO DO WITH THE WAY THAT WE LIKE TO HAVE THINGS LAID OUT THE WAY WE LIKE TO HAVE THEM LOOK. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HELD OTHER CARWASH DEVELOPER OR OTHER CAR WASH PROJECTS TO IN THE PAST, AT LEAST SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL , WHICH I'M SURE THEY WOULD HAVE LOVED TO TURN THEM AND BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE A SMALLER LOT. SO FOR ME, THAT'S A CONCERN, AND I ALSO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE WAY THAT IT WILL IMPACT TRAFFIC AT THAT INTERSECTION. THOSE LIGHTS ALREADY TAKE QUITE A WHILE TO CYCLE AS I OCCASIONALLY FIND MYSELF IN THAT AREA. WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF APARTMENT. DWELLERS WHO LIVE ACROSS FROM THERE AND OFTEN USE WESTGATE AND THAT LIGHT SLOWS. THEIR ONLY OTHER OPTION IS TO ADD TO THE CONGESTION ON 5 44.

SO I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT . SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. THOSE ARE THE TWO BIGGEST CONCERNS. UM ARE THOSE REQUESTS THERE? I DO THINK IT WILL HAVE SOME IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORS. BUT AGAIN. I KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE SCREENING WALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO FOR ME, IT'S THE REQUEST AGAIN. CHANGE THAT ALIGNMENT. IN THE WHICH IS LIKE I SAID, SOMETHING WE DON'T GRANT COMMIT TO A LOT OF THE OTHERS. I CAN'T SAY IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE. UM, BUT THEN THE TRAFFIC AS WELL, JUST HAVING THAT ENTRANCE I'VE SEEN THERE'S A. THERE'S A FUELING STATION UP THE ROAD THAT HAS AN AWKWARD ENTRANCE. AND THAT HAS CAUSED QUITE A FEW ISSUES WHERE 5 44 CROSSES 78 WITH PEOPLE GOING ACROSS WITH TRAFFIC ISSUES STACKING AT THE LIGHT. DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, AND SO THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS, UNDERSTOOD? THAT COUNCILMAN WALLACE. HMM YOU GOING BACK TO THE VACUUM ASPECT IS THAT LOOK, A CENTRAL UNIT THAT IS PLUMBED IN WITH MULTIPLE DROPS. KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE'RE SEEING THESE DAYS, BUT NOT A BUNCH OF INDIVIDUALS VACUUMS. CORRECT OKAY, SO THE MAIN NOISE MAKING ASPECT IS GOING TO BE IN THAT. THE HOUSE THAT HOLDS THE VACUUM SUCTION. IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT POTENTIALLY THAT THAT IS FURTHER SCREENED OR ENCLOSED OR EVEN SETBACK? AND STILL PLUMBED IN, BUT JUST TO FURTHER PROTECT THOSE RESIDENTS AROUND THAT AREA, IT WILL BE INSIDE THE BUILDING. SO IT'S A C IN YOUR BUILDING. THE NOISE FROM THE CAR WASH. AND THE VACUUMS WOULD BE SHIELDED BY THAT. OKAY? SO THERE ALREADY IS SOME SCREENING IN PLACE. AND WHERE WOULD IT BE LOCATED? IS IT THAT LITTLE BOX DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. NO, THAT'S THE DUMPSTER DOWN THERE, BUT IT'S INSIDE IN THE WHERE THAT WASHES ITSELF. RIGHT, OKAY. AS FAR AS THE LIGHT GOES, IT'S GOING TO LINE UP WITH WESTGATE LIKE PUTTING IN ANOTHER LIGHT, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING A TURN LANE IN ON. 78 THEY'RE FEEDING INTO OUR DEVELOPMENT SO THAT WILL HELP THE TRAFFIC FLOW AS WELL. WILL BE. IN ADDITION, THERE'S A MEDIAN THERE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE CARVING UP. WE'VE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH TEXT OUT ABOUT SO I'M NOT GONNA DISAGREE. IT'S GOING TO INCREASE TRAFFIC, BUT WE ARE PLANNING TO PUT IN A LIGHT THAT'S GOING HELPING FOLKS THAT ARE LEAVING THE DEVELOPMENT.

JANE COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM SO I WANT TO SAY, I THINK IT'S A CREATIVE USE OF

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THE SPACE. AND WHAT'S NEEDED. ALONG THAT STRETCH. I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND MAYORS CONCERNS WITH THE LIGHT. I THINK I'M AFRAID THAT ENGINEERING AND. TO START. WE'LL WORK SOMETHING OUT.

THAT'LL BE BENEFICIAL. I THINK AT SOME POINT WHATEVER GOES THERE IS GOING TO CAUSE SOME CHANGE IN TRAFFIC PATTERNS, BUT REGARDS TO THE TUNNEL EXIT. I KNOW WE'VE GOT ANOTHER CAR WASH.

ON. 78 UP. I THINK BY WALMART THAT HAS THE SAME SITUATION WITH JUST LANDSCAPE SCREENING. BUT FOR THAT PARTICULAR LOT OF DEVELOPMENT. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOT MORE VALUE OUT OF IT. AND I DO THINK THAT OUR SOUND DECIBELS AT THAT PROPERTY LINE WILL PROBABLY BE SUFFICIENT FOR THE NEIGHBORS AROUND THERE. I THINK THE HIGHWAY NOISE WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOUND STUDIES PROBABLY PUT OUT MORE. DECIBELS THAN THAT EQUIPMENT IS GOING TO PUT OUT THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. THE OTHER THING I'LL ADD ABOUT THE SCREENING IN THE ORIENTATION OF THE CAR WASHES. I MEAN, THIS IS PERSONAL PREFERENCE, I SUPPOSE. BUT HAVING A SHORTER SIDE OF THE BUILDING THE BUILDING FACING THE STREET VERSUS UH FOR 100 FT. BLANK WALL. WHICH I GUESS YOU CAN ALSO SCREEN. UM MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. I MEAN, WE'RE PUTTING IN A SHIELD THAT'S GOING TO COVER THE FRONT SMART, SHORT PORTION OF THE BUILDING IS GOING TO FACE THE STREET. YEAH. AS I SAID, IT'S PERSONAL PREFERENCE, BUT THAT TO ME LOOKS BETTER THAN HAVING A MORE RIGHT UP AGAINST THE ROAD. SO I THINK WE'VE HAD QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. BUT THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. THEN I WOULD BE OPEN TO EMOTION ON IT. YEP, UM, APOLOGIZE. IT WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING FIRST. WITH THAT I WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT, WOULD LIKE TO STEP FORWARD TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS CASE AND ASKED IT TO DO SO AT THIS TIME. THE STORM. PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT NO ONE HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO WITH THAT I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND NOW IT WOULD BE OPEN TO EMOTION ON THIS ITEM , COUNCILMAN STRENGTH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM IS PRESENTED. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. SECOND IT WE DO HAVE EMOTION WITH THE SECOND COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES 43 WITH COUNCILMAN MAYES COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM FORRESTER AND MYSELF OPPOSED. WHAT'S THAT WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. WHICH

[3. Hold a Public Hearing, consider, and act upon, a change in zoning from Commercial Corridor (CC) to Planned Development - Commercial Corridor (PD-CC) on 10.485 acres generally located on the southeast corner of State Highway 78 and Kreymer Lane.]

IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER AN ACT UPON THE CHANGE IN ZONING FROM COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR. C C TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT. COMMERCIAL QUARTER PDC C ON 10.485 ACRES, GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF STATE HIGHWAY, 78 CRAMER LANE. MR HASKINS AGAIN. THANK YOU. MAYOR. ONE SECOND. UM. SO AS MENTIONED THIS THAT THE REQUEST IS TO GO FROM COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR TO ALLOW FOR A, UH A COMPLETE NINE ACRE. I'M SORRY. NINE LOT DEVELOPMENT ON ABOUT 10.5 ACRES UM. THE ZONING EXHIBIT REQUIRE IS, UH, SHOWING APPROXIMATELY 11,500 SQUARE FEET FOR SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS ABOUT 4000 SQUARE FEET FOR DRIVE THROUGHS AND ABOUT 29,500 FT FOR OFFICE SPACE. THE PD ALSO, UM. HAS A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS A BUNCH. IT HAS PROPERTIES THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING TO BE ALLOWED BY RIGHT. THOSE ARE LISTED IN THE REPORT, AND THEN SOME PROPERTIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM EVER BEING ON THE PROPERTY. AS LONG AS THE PD IS IN FORCE. UM ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE TWO OTHER REQUESTS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS MADE. ONE OF THOSE IS FROM THE SUMMIT, A VARIANCE FROM THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS THAT ALLOW FOR, UM NORMALLY IT'S A 30 FT. OPENING.

UM AND THEY'RE GOING DOWN TO A 24 FT OPENING. I'M SORRY. I'VE GOT COUGH DROPS, AND THEY'RE NOT WORKING EITHER. SO, UM. ANYWAY, UM THEY HAD, SO WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS INSTEAD OF EACH LOT BEING REQUIRED. TO HAVE A 30 FT FRONTAGE TO A PUBLIC ROAD, WHICH IS OUR NORMAL SUBDIVISION REGULATION REQUIREMENTS. THEY'RE ASKING THAT BASICALLY THE 24 FT , UM, ACCESS EASEMENT, WHICH YOU

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SEE IN DARK GRAY RUNNING THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROPERTY WILL BE, UM IN PLACE OF THAT. UM THEY'RE ALSO ASKING FOR VARIANTS TO THE SIGN ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO ALLOW THREE MULTI TENANT SIGNS.

NORMALLY THE MULTI TENANT SIGNS ARE ONLY ALLOWED ON ONE PROPERTY WITHIN A MULTI TENANT SUBDIVISION. THOSE MULTI TENANT SIGNS ARE BASICALLY ONE IS ON THE CURVE THERE ON SPRING THEIR SPRING CREEK. I'M SORRY, AND THE OTHER TWO ARE ON STATE HIGHWAY 78. UM THIS IS IN THE REGIONAL COMMERCIAL SECTOR OF THE COMPREHENSIVE USE LAND USE PLAN. WE DID SEND NOTICES OUT OVER 20 PROPERTY OWNERS, AND WE RECEIVED NO RESPONSES. AND WITH SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT DRAINAGE AND THE DIESEL LANES WHICH WERE RESOLVED. THE COMMISSION PLAN ZONING COMMISSION DID VOTE 70.

TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL, AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. A COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO, JASON. I SEE ON THE PROPOSED I PLANET HAVING VARIOUS DRIVE THROUGHS. WILL THOSE COME BACK THROUGH FOR SEPARATE S U. P. R THEY'RE ASKING FOR WITHIN THE PD CONDITIONS. THAT RESTAURANTS WOULD, UM BE ALLOWED BY RIGHT SO THEY WOULD ONLY GO THROUGH P AND Z AS SITE PLANS, THEY WOULD NOT COME BACK THROUGH A SEPARATE ISSUE P S P D WERE APPROVED. DOES PRESENTED SO IS THERE A WAY TO GIVE THEM WHAT THEY'RE ASKING AND STILL HAVE DRIVE THRU SPECIFICALLY, COME BACK THROUGH. YES, SIR. YOU CAN REMOVE THE DRIVE THROUGHS FROM THE ALLOWED USES BY RIGHT FROM THE PD CONDITIONS. I REALIZED THAT PROBABLY IS GOING TO MAKE IT HARDER ON THE DEVELOPER AS HE MARKETS THE PROPERTIES IS THAT THE WHY THEY NORMALLY WANTED IN ON THE FRONT SIDE. WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE CAVEAT? THERE WAS THE BENEFIT EACH WAY. THE GENERAL IDEA IS THAT I WOULD ASK ON THAT, RATHER THAN STAFF STAFF. WE HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE. LET HIM ANSWER THAT QUESTION AS TO WHY THEY WOULD ASK FOR IT TO BE BI, RIGHT. ON THAT I APOLOGIZE, BUT SINCE SINCE THEY ARE THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY. LET THEM EXPLAIN WHAT THE REQUEST WAS.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL MATT MOORE, CLAYMORE ENGINEERING 301 SOUTH COLEMAN PROSPER, TEXAS.

HERE NOW, ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER. UM WE'VE HEARD SOME CONCERNS. IN THE LAST FEW DAYS ABOUT THE DRIVE THRU COMPONENTS UM WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE TO THE COUNCIL AND THIS EVENING IS TO ALLOW BASICALLY THE FIRST THREE LOTS ALONG 78, STARTING AT THE HARD CORNER OF CRAMER IN 78. THE FIRST THREE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE DRIVE THROUGHS WITHOUT AN S U P AND THEN LOTS FOUR AND FIVE, WHICH ARE ON THE FAR EASTERN SIDE. IF THERE'S ANY DESIRE FOR A DRIVE THROUGH IN THE FUTURE THAT WE WOULD COME BACK FOR AN S U P FOR THOSE SPECIFIC LOTS AT THAT TIME. HAPPENING AS YOU ALLUDED TO IT IS MORE DIFFICULT FROM A MARKETING STANDPOINT. FOR THE DEVELOPMENT BROKERAGE TEAM TO SECURE THESE USERS WITH THAT ADDITIONAL STEP WHICH IS WHY WE WERE ORIGINALLY REQUESTED THE ABILITY TO DO THOSE WITHOUT THE S U P. BUT GIVEN THE CONCERNS WE'VE HEARD LAST FEW DAYS. THE COMPROMISE WE WOULD PROPOSE IS AGAIN FOR THE FIRST THREE LOTS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE BY RIGHT AND IN THE EASTERN TWO LOTS TO REQUIRE AN ISSUE P AND NOTE THAT THE MIDDLE OF THE THREE LOSS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING FOR IS A 13,000 SQUARE FOOT MULTI TENANT RETAIL BUILDING. IT WILL BE A MIXTURE OF USES. IT REALLY WILL BE A DRIVE THRU GONNA END CAP MM. IS WHAT WE ENVISION THERE. BASED ON WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. SO WHAT I WOULD ASK ON THAT IS, UM, LOCKED, TOO. HE WOULD YOU BE AMENABLE TO HAVING A MINIMUM SIZED BUILDING? SO ALLOWING A DRIVE, ALLOWING ONE DRIVE THROUGH BY RIGHT AS LONG AS THE BUILDING IS X SQUARE FEET. YEAH I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S AN AMENABLE SOLUTION. WE COULD AGREE TO. OKAY JUST BECAUSE I KNOW IF IT'S GRANTED BY RIGHT. IT COULD BE SUBDIVIDED INTO MULTIPLE YEAH, I THINK YOU PROBABLY FIT TWO. MAYBE THREE ON THAT. YEAH I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE INTENTION. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN AND SOMETIMES PROPERTIES TRANSITION FROM ONE GROUP TO ANOTHER. AND THEN IF IT'S ALLOWED BY RIGHT AND THERE'S NOT ANY RESTRICTION ON IT, THEN THAT PERSON COULD HAVE A DIFFERENT VISION THAN WHAT YOU ALL DO.

WE'VE OBVIOUSLY SEEN A LOT OF CHANGE IN THE DRIVE THRU CONCEPTS, REALLY, SINCE COVID HIT A FEW YEARS BACK, AND SO WE SEE MORE AND MORE OF THOSE KIOSK TYPE USERS COMING INTO THE MARKET. AND SO WE UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN, SO I DON'T THINK IT'S SQUARE FOOTAGE. MINIMUM IS AN ISSUE AT ALL. OKAY. AND I WOULD ASK THE SAME THING. I'M LOT THREE BECAUSE LOT THREE

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CURRENTLY WAS SLATED AS MEDICAL IF I CAN READ THAT, RIGHT, WHICH MAY HAVE CHANGED AND IN WHAT YOU ALL ARE PROJECTING IS THAT MORE OF A QSR? IS THAT PLAN TO STAY MEDICAL? I JUST I WASN'T SURE IF THE USERS HAVE BEEN PINNED DOWN YET AS WE'RE YOU'RE NAVIGATING THIS ZONING PROCESS, BUT AGAIN IF THERE IS A MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR A DRAFTER USER THERE , I THINK THAT'S ACCEPTABLE AS WELL. OKAY AND I WOULD ASK YOU ALL. OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE RENDERINGS, BUT RENDERINGS CHANGE, SO HAVING HAVING IT TO THAT SPECIFICITY WOULD WITH SOMETHING AROUND. MINIMUM OF 10 OR 11,000 ON LOT TWO BE REASONABLE SINCE YOU'RE PROJECTING UP TO 13. AND THEN WHAT WOULD YOU CONSIDER? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE GOT PIPELINES AND IT MAY AFFECT PARKING IF YOU TAKE IT FROM MEDICAL TO RESTAURANT FOR THE OTHER TO YOU FOR THE OTHER TWO LOTS. I MEAN, I THINK A LOT ONE I KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT ONE IS A VERY SMALL SKINNY LOT. I GET THAT I UNDERSTAND. THAT MAY BE MORE OF A KIOSK. IT'S A LOT THREE THAT WAS LISTED AS ABOUT 4500 MEDICAL . MY THOUGHT IS 1800 SQUARE FEET SOMETHING ALONG THAT I MEAN, A LOT OF THESE KEY OFF TO USERS ARE 800 SQUARE FEET. THE ONES I'VE SEEN, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE AN ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION. IT JUST GIVES US AN IDEA. I'VE GOT SEVERAL COLLEAGUES WHO I THINK WOULD LIKE TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS AS WELL. BUT THAT KIND OF GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU'RE THINKING THERE. MAYOR PRO TEM. YES THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OR SUPPORT OF BY RIGHT ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR DRIVE THROUGHS. UM, I DO LIKE THE AGREEMENT. TO LOOK AT LOTS ONE PORTION OF THE BUILDING TO LOT NUMBER TWO, BUT I THINK LEAVE IT JUST THE WAY YOU'VE GOT IT DRAWN. MAKES MORE SENSE TO ME TO SPLIT IT UP RATHER THAN RUN. DRIVE THROUGH DRIVE THROUGH DRIVE THROUGH. TO SPLIT THEM UP AND PUT THEM ON BOTH ENDS. I LIKE THE SMALL KIOSK IN THE FAR END AND NUMBER FOUR I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. BUT I THINK THAT THAT TAKES AWAY FROM THE GREATER PARTIAL IN RETAIL ACROSS THE FRONT. EXCUSE ME. SECONDARY SPACES IN THE BACK. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO FOR THE HIGHER RENT, RIGHT? YEAH. I MEAN, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE OFFICE PLAYING IN THE BACK HALF. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A OFFICE LISTED ON THE FRONT. I REALIZED THAT'S JUST A PLACEHOLDER FOR THE BUILDING. BUT IF I WERE LOOKING TO PUT RETAIL IN AND THE FOCUS IS ON RETAIL AND FAST FOOD, THEN I WOULD REQUEST A RETAIL IN THAT POSITION BECAUSE IT'S LARGER BUILDING AND LOOK AT THE SMALLER CHAOS INSIDE YOUR POINT EARLIER AFTER COVID HIT MORE KIOSK OR POP IT UP. THEY ARE SQUARE FOOTAGE, PEOPLE PICKING IT OUT THE WINDOW AND RUNNING. YEAH AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE'VE GOT ON LOT THREE SPECIFICALLY AS THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT EASEMENT THAT BISECTS THAT PROPERTY NORTH TO SOUTH THEY LET US CROSS IT. THEY DON'T LET US PAVE ALL OVER IT. SO, UM, WE'VE GOT SOME CONSTRAINTS THERE. UM. I HEAR THE CONCERN, SO I LIKE THE WAY IT LOOKS RIGHT NOW. LIKE THE DRAWING THE WAY YOU'VE GOT IT RIGHT NOW, I JUST WISH MY CRYSTAL BALL WAS ALWAYS CRYSTAL CLEAR, AND THERE WAS NEVER CHANGES. BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN THAT GOOD. UNFORTUNATELY CERTAINLY I AGREE ABOUT THAT. AND I THINK THAT I SEE TO TRY TO AVOID A THREE MONTH TIE UP COMING BACK TO THE SYSTEM FOR S U P. UNDERSTAND THAT I GET IT.

IT SLOWS DOWN PROGRESS, AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA GET THE WAY OF IT AT THE SAME TIME. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GOT SOMETHING THAT FLEW THAT WORKS, AND IT DOESN'T OVERLOAD A PIECE OF PROPERTY WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE PLETHORA OF. FAST FEEDERS RIGHT ALONG THE FRONT ENTRANCE. LET ME CLARIFY. MAYBE YOUR INTENT IS INTENT TO BE 12 AND THEN LET'S CALL IT A LOT FOR WHERE THE KIOSK IS RIGHT . I THINK THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE. THANK YOU. OKAY COUNCILMAN, STRING. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I LIKE MAYOR PRO TEM LIKE THE WAY I SEE THE DRAWING.

NOW I THINK TO DRIVE THROUGHS. THIS IS SUSTAINABLE THREE'S GETTING TRICKY. FOUR OR FIVE, ESPECIALLY ONE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. IT JUST SEEMS REALLY PACKED WITH A LOT OF IN AND OUT TRAFFIC. TO ME. THAT'S MY MAJOR CONCERN WITH THIS, OTHERWISE, I THINK IT WAS PRETTY GOOD. AND I'LL ASK MR HASKINS VERY REAL QUICKLY. SO IS THAT CALLED OUT AS LOT FOR I'M TRYING TO READ THIS. I CAN CLEARLY SEE LOT 123. AND THEN FIVE. I'M ASSUMING THAT IS LOVE FOR THAT SHOWS THE CURRENT DRIVE THROUGH. IS THAT CORRECT? I'M JUST NOT MISSING THE WORDS LOT FOR ON THE VISUAL, BUT YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A LOT FOR HE ASSURED ME I'M NOT CRAZY. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S NOT LABELED SO. OKAY AND THEN, UM, I DID WANT TO ASK YOU ALL ABOUT ONE OF THE OTHER USES IN HERE. UM, AND THAT WAS THE MOTOR VEHICLE FUELING STATION. THAT WAS ASKED FOR BY, RIGHT. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE WILLING TO DISCUSS WITH US? YEAH WE FEEL LIKE WITH FUEL CITY

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THERE. IT'S NOT AS BIG AN ISSUE. UM PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF FUEL CITY. WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE OPTION OF FLEXIBILITY. UM. BECAUSE YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS PROPERTY UM SO. BUT WE HAVE GIVEN UP ON CAR WASHES. IF YOU'RE STRICT CAR WASHES AND AUTOMOTIVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST FROM CAR WASHINGTON AUTOMOTIVE BUT THIS DEVELOPER CARRY IS QUALITY DEVELOPER. HE'S DONE A LOT OF PROJECTS IN THE CITY IN A LOT OF GOOD RESTAURANTS. AND SO, UH, WE'RE WILLING TO GIVE THAT UP. WELL BEFORE WE CONTINUE WITH YOU NEED TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON ASYLUM. SO WITH THAT I WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING. ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT WOULD LIKE TO STEP FORWARD TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM AND ASK THAT YOU DO SO AT THIS TIME. MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT NO ONE HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO SPEAK. SO WITH THAT I WILL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH OKAY, MR HASKINS, UM, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION TO MAKE SURE. UM WE CAN GET THIS CORRECT. UM IF COUNCIL MOVES FORWARD WITH AN APPROVAL, UM WOULD BE BETTER TO STATE THAT A PARTICULAR THOSE USERS ARE ALLOWED ON THESE LOTS ONLY. UM TO ECHO WITH THE MAYOR, PRO TEM SAID, IS ALSO JUST SAYING THE FRONT LODGE WOULD LEAVE OPEN THE POSSIBILITY OF A CHALLENGE FOR THE BACK LOTS. YEAH. SO IT WOULD BE ONE TOO, IF SOMEONE WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT TO APPROVE IT. AS AMENDED. YOU SHOULD SAY AS AMENDED FOR A DRIVE THRU ON LOT ONE WITH A MINIMUM OF 1800 SQUARE FEET. DRIVE ONE DRIVE THROUGH ON LOT TWO WITH A MINIMUM OF 10,000 SQUARE FEET, AND THEY DRIVE THROUGH ON LOT FOR THAT ONE WAS MORE CHAOS SIZE ALREADY, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY SO AS A POET AND AS OPPOSED TO AND SO THAT WOULD THEN BY CALLING IT OUT THAT WOULD REMOVE OR DOES IT ALSO NEED TO STATE AND REMOVED THE USAGE BY RIGHT NO, YOU CAN JUST IF YOU DO THE FIRST ONE. WE'RE CALL IT OUT. IT WOULD BE OK, OKAY. OKAY? I APPRECIATE THAT. CLARIFICATION. UM COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? FOR EITHER STAFF OR FOR THE APPLICANT. AND IF NOT, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. OKAY, WELL, I WILL. THERE THERE WAS NONE. I WILL TURN IT BACK TO THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS.

MAYOR PRO TEM SO BEAR AS WE LOOK AT THIS TO MAKE THE MOTION AND THE AMENDMENT, YOU SPOUTED OUT A BUNCH OF NUMBERS, TWO SIZES OF BUILDINGS, AND OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE GOT PLAN IN YOUR HEAD. BUT I THINK THAT THE WAY THAT THIS IS DRAWN IN THE WAY THAT IT IS DEPICTED ON THE SCREEN. SHOWS THE CORRECT SIZE OF THE BUILDINGS ACCORDING TO THE LAND USAGE OR. WITH THE LAND USAGE. I THINK THE ONLY BUILDING THAT WOULD BE QUESTIONED OR THE QUESTION WOULD REMAIN AS TO HOW MUCH OF THE BUILDING WILL BE UTILIZED FOR RESTAURANTS, CETERA. WOULD BE IN LOT NUMBER TWO SO WE'RE 10,000 SQUARE FEET WOULD REMAIN IN RETAIL. REMAIN DRIVER WOULD BE LIES FOR A DRIVE THROUGH. AND THEN THE DRIVE THRU WOULD ONLY BE ON LOTS 12 AND FOUR AND THEN THE REMOVAL OF THE GAS STATION BY RIGHT IS THAT AND MY. SO I GUESS CORRECTLY RESTATING WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALREADY. THE REASON THAT I JUST THAT YOU KNOW THE REASON THAT I HAD ASKED FOR MINIMUM SIZES IS IF THERE'S A DRIVE THRU ALLOWED ON LOT FOUR, WHICH I DIDN'T SUGGEST ONE THAT COULD BE A KIOSK. IF THERE BUT YOU COULD ALSO END UP WITH A KIOSK ON LOT ONE IS NOT REQUIRED TO TAKE FIVE ACRES AND PUT ONE BUILT IN THE SAME BUILDING SIZES THAT ARE DEPICTED ON THIS DRAWING. BUT THIS IS NOT A PLAN. THIS IS SIMPLY A RENDERING. WE SAID THAT IT WAS DEPICTED UTILIZING THE SAME BUILDING SIZES AND SPECIFICATIONS THAT ARE DEPICTED IN THE DRAWING AND THE ATTACHMENT. WE COULD DO THAT. WE HAVE SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO THAT SIMILAR TO THAT STATEMENT IN THE PD ALREADY THAT SAYS THAT, UM PLAN. UH, UNLESS, YOU KNOW. NO, NO, NO, NO NO DEVELOPMENT. MY INTENT IS NOT TO BE ARGUMENTATIVE, BUT RATHER TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF THE ONLY THING I WOULD CLARIFY. AS FOR INSTANCE, ON LOT ONE, I THINK OUR CONCEPT PLAN ON THE TABLE SHOWS THAT 2800 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. WE GOT A STARBUCKS OR SOMEBODY LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW

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THEY'RE NORMAL BUILDINGS. 1,802,000 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS WHY THROUGHOUT THE 1800 SQUARE FEET DURING MY DISCUSSION. SO WITH A MINIMUM OF 1800 SQUARE EXACTLY. YEAH, TO CLARIFY WAS SUGGESTING AS A MINIMUM. SO THEN, DO YOU HAVE THE SAME SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENT DOWN A LOT NUMBER FOUR. NO. I WOULDN'T. I WOULDN'T THINK SO. BECAUSE 100 SQUARE FEET YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO. ONES I'VE SEEN HAVE BEEN 800 SQUARE FEET OR SO THAT'S FINE.

WELL, NOW THAT I'VE THROWN A CONFUSED EVERYONE OKAY. DID YOU DID YOU HAVE A I'D BE WILLING TO MAKE THE MOTION AS WELL. OKAY THIS TIME I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS. LOT NUMBER ONE. TO BE BY RIGHT FOR A DRIVE THROUGH WITH A MINIMUM BUILDING SIZE OF 1800 SQUARE FEET. LOT TWO WITH THE BY RIGHT OF ONE DRIVE THROUGH. WITH THE MEMORY OF BUILDING SIZE OF AT LEAST 13,000 SQUARE FEET. LOT FOUR WITH THE BY RIGHT DRIVE THROUGH.

WITH A MINIMUM OF 800 SQUARE FEET. IN ADDITION, REMOVED BY RIGHT MOTOR VEHICLE FUELING STATION. AND THAT COMPLETES MY MOTION. OKAY? SO WE HAVE A MOTION. TO APPROVE THE ITEM WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT THERE WOULD BE A DRIVE THRU ALLOWED ON LOT ONE WITH A MINIMUM OF 1800 SQUARE FEET. ONE DRIVE THROUGH ON LOT, TWO MINIMUM OF 13,000 SQUARE FEET AND THEN DRIVE THROUGH ON LOT FOUR WITH THE MINIMUM OF 800 SQUARE FEET TO THE BUILDING AND REMOVING THE FUELING STATION USE. DID I STATE THAT CORRECTLY? MAYOR PRO TEM? YES. OKAY SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION DO WE HAVE GUY AT ONE. ARE YOU WILLING TO HOLD ON MAYOR PRO TEM? WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SET YOUR MOTION ASIDE? HOLD ON. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. CAN I GET YOU TO LET HIM RESPOND? OKAY SO MAYOR PRO TEM SET ASIDE FOR THE MOMENT. OKAY SO THE MOTION HAS BEEN SET TO THE SIDE, SIR. JUST ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THE FUELING STATION PROHIBITED OR BY S U P IN THE FUTURE, IF WE WERE TO BY A FEW PIECES IN THE FUTURE. JUST WANTED, CLAIRE. JUST NOT MY RIGHT, OKAY? OKAY SO THE MUSHROOMS STANDS? YES, MAYOR PRO TEM. WOULD YOU LIKE TO KEEP THE MOTION MOTION STANDARDS STATED A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MARY. I WAS SECOND IT . WE DO HAVE EMOTION WITH A SECOND WITH AMENDMENTS. COUNCIL POLICE CAST YOUR VOTES. MOTION CARRIES 61 WITH COUNCILMAN'S DURING AGAINST. WITH THAT. I'M GOING TO GIVE

[4. Consider, and act upon, Ordinance No. 2023-15 amending Ordinance No. 2022-56, which established the budget for fiscal year 2022-2023; providing for repealing, savings and severability clauses; and providing for an effective date of this ordinance.]

THAT I'LL CALL US BACK TO ORDER OR ON ITEM. FOUR CONSIDERING ACT UPON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-15 AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 22 ONLY TWO DASH 56, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, 2022-2023 PROVIDING FOR REPEALING SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATA. THIS ORDINANCE MISS BROWN. THANK YOU. UM THIS YEAR'S MIDYEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUESTS ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. AND THERE ARE SEVERAL REQUESTS THAT GO ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT FUNDS. REQUESTS ARE SOMETIMES DEFINED AS NEUTRAL, MEANING THAT THERE'S ALSO A MATCHING REVENUE. TO COVER THAT, BUT MOST OF THE EXPENSES WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE FUND BALANCE OF THE RELATIVE FIND THAT THE REQUEST COMES FROM THERE IS A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF EACH OF THEIR REQUEST BEHIND EXHIBIT A. AND THERE ARE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES HERE TONIGHT. ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE? UM I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT A FEW HIGHLIGHTS. FROM THE PACKET IN GENERAL, AND THAT IS THE GENERAL FUND SALARY SAVINGS THIS YEAR OF ALMOST $337,000, WHICH IS DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY FROM LAST YEAR. WHEN WE HAD A MILLION DOLLARS IN SALARY SAVINGS, IT'S TIME. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE ALSO CALCULATED SALARY SAVINGS FOR THE UTILITY FUND, WHICH WAS ABOUT $198,000. AND ALSO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO ON. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FOR ANYONE WHO MAY BE WATCHING OR LISTENING OR LISTENING LATER. THAT THAT IS JUST BECAUSE THE POSITION IS UNFILLED. THAT'S CORRECT. ALSO OF NOTE THE GENERAL FAN PHONE

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BALANCE WILL BE DRAWN DOWN IF ALL OF THESE REQUESTS ARE APPROVED BY ABOUT $6.5 MILLION, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THAT WAS A PLANTER ALL DOWN AT THE $6 MILLION. TRANSFER OF THE RP FUND MONEY INTO THE STONE ROAD CONSTRUCTION FAN THAT WAS CREATED AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF OTHER LARGE ADAM REQUEST FOR THE GENERAL FUND. THE RESERVE AMBULANCES AS WELL AS THE WOODBRIDGE PARKWAY, HENSLEY LANES SIGNAL CONSTRUCTION. UM, TO CLARIFY ON THAT. THE ARE FOR MONEY WAS GOING TO 5 44 SOUTH, NOT STONED, CORRECT. YOU SAID STONE. OR EAST FM 5 44 44 DIFFERENT ROADS, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE. SO THERE IS A BIT OF CONFUSION. BECAUSE IN THE BOND FOR MOST SEVEN THEY CALL THE PEACE BETWEEN STONE ROAD AND WHERE IT SPLITS AT COUNTY LINE, AND VINCENT. AS STONE ROAD. IT IS NOT STONE ROAD. IT IS EAST FM 5 44. WE REFER THE ACTUAL STONE ROAD. AS TOMMY STONE ROAD. TOM IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT AND THEN. THE OTHER PART IS NOT TOMMY STONE ROAD, BUT IT IS ACTUALLY EAST FM 5 44. IT'S THE PIECE THAT RUNS NORTH AND SOUTH.

SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT SHE. FIRING TWO, REFERRING TO THE TO THE ONE THAT RUNS NORTH SOUTH.

CORRECT THE COUNTY LINE, VINCENT . CORRECT CORRECT. MY APOLOGIES . BUT I SAW THAT AND I WAS LIKE, DID WE CHANGE THE STRATEGY ON THAT? OKAY YES. OKAY I THINK I'M THE ONE THAT NAMED IT TOMMY STONE ROAD TO TRY AND HELP ME KEEP IT STRAIGHT, WHICH APPARENTLY DID NOT WORK. HMM. UM ANYWAY, THE OTHER, UM, ON THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT WAS THAT THE FOUR B FUND BALANCE WOULD BE REDUCED BY ABOUT $2.9 MILLION AND A MILLION OF THAT IS FOR THE REQUEST FOR FOUNDER'S PARK. RENOVATIONS 1.2 MILLION IS FOR THE ADDITIONAL COST OF THE SPLASH PADS AND THE DOG PARK AND THERE'S ABOUT $600,000 REQUEST IN THERE FOR RESTROOMS AT COMMUNITY PARK AND BROWN HOUSE, AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU KNOW, I CAN TRY TO ANSWER THEM OR THEIR DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES HERE THAT CAN ALSO ANSWER. OKAY.

WELL, THANK YOU BELIEVE THERE WAS I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE. ABOUT THE FOUNDER'S PARK. RENOVATIONS THAT ARE PLANNED. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A LARGE DOLLAR ITEM. AND THEN WANTED TO POINT OUT AND KIND OF GET A TIME ON. AND NOW PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE LISTED ON HERE, AND I'VE HAD NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT AND ASKED QUESTIONS ALREADY ABOUT THAT. SO I GUESS BOTH QUESTIONS ARE TEED UP FOR PARKS. I KNOW THE MAYOR LIKES PRETTY BALL. THE MAYOR DOES ENJOY PLAYING PICKLEBALL ON OCCASION. WITH MY KNEES AND MY BACK, I'M STILL ABLE TO BE RELATIVELY COMPETITIVE AND IN THAT AS A TEAM SPORT COMPARED TO TENNIS. I WAS QUITE THE TENNIS PLAYER, SO MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS. SO. IF YOU'LL JUST GIVE US A GENERAL IDEA IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHEN YOU EXPECT THAT JUST. ARE YOU READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PICKLE BALL COURTS? DO YOU SEE IT AS SOMETHING BEING DONE THIS YEAR? YES, SIR. SO, MAYOR, I THINK WE CAN PICKLEBALL WILL GO PRETTY QUICK. WE'VE ALREADY GOT A CONCRETE PRICE. WE'VE GOT ALL OF THE SURFACING THE NET. YOU KNOW ALL THOSE PRICES. THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE WAITING RIGHT NOW IS A FENCING, AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY ARE ACTUALLY ALREADY MET WITH SOME CONTRACTORS TRYING TO GET A QUOTE ON FENCING. BUT I DO THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE CLOSE TO THAT NUMBER. AND, UH, AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION PROBABLY PRETTY SOON. UM YOU KNOW CONCRETE HAS TO CURE FOR ABOUT 28 DAYS BEFORE THEY CAN DO THE SURFACING. AND FENCING WILL GO UP AROUND THE SAME TIME, THE CONCRETE AND ALL THAT IS SO IT'S POSSIBLE. MIDSUMMER. OKAY? AND I REALLY EXPECTING TO START FOR THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE DOG PARKS. THE PARK AND SPLASH PADS. SORRY I HEARD WHISPERING NEXT TO ME HERE ABOUT THOSE TWO AS WELL. SO ARE THOSE EXPECTED TO STILL GO UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. YES, SIR. SO WE APPROVAL YES, SIR. SO THEY ACTUALLY DID JUST GET RELEASED FORBID TODAY, OKAY? AND THEN WE ARE LOOKING AT RECEIVING THOSE BIDS ROUGHLY AROUND MAY 3RD OKAY? AND THEN, UM, AND THEN THE FOUNDER'S PARK. FOUNDERS PARK

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RENOVATIONS. THIS IS ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY AND I SHOULD SAY IT'S JUST THREE FOOTBALL FIELDS. SO WE'VE BACK IN 2010. WE HAD THE EAST SIDE OF FOUNDERS PARK RENOVATED. I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 5.5 MILLIONS OF RENOVATE TO SOFTBALL FIELDS AND THEN ADD ABOUT SIX. SOCCER FIELDS. UM THE WEST SIDE OF FOUNDERS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING ON THIS ONE. THAT ONE DID NOT GET ANY ANY RENOVATIONS OTHER THAN JUST TRAIL THAT WAS PUT THROUGH THAT THAT WHOLE PIECE THERE WAS DONE.

I BELIEVE BACK IN 1999. THOSE FIELDS WERE MEANT FOR SHEET DRAINAGE, SO THEY'RE NOT REALLY IDEAL FOR ATHLETIC FIELDS. AND FOR THE ONE MILLION WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS ACTUALLY REBUILDING THREE FOOTBALL FIELDS . SO FOOTBALL IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WE HAVEN'T ONLY USE SPORT.

THAT WE HAVEN'T EITHER BUILT OR RENOVATED A COMPLEX FOR EVEN REDUNDANT FIELDS FOR SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO AT LEAST CROWN THREE FIELDS FOR THEM. SOMETHING THAT WOULD MATCH KIND OF THE EAST SIDE OF FOUNDERS PARK THAT WE HAVE, AND THIS WILL BE CROWNING THE FIELDS. IT'LL BE SOLVING THEM. IT'LL BE DOING NEW IRRIGATION AND HOPEFULLY MOVING SOME OF THE LIGHT POLES OR THE FIELD LIGHTING. OKAY THEN I WOULD ASSUME THOSE OFFICERS GET USED PROBABLY BY OTHER SPORTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THEY WILL BE MULTIPURPOSE WITH SOCCER AS WELL. OKAY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL ON PARKS ITEMS AND THEN I'LL OPEN IT UP IN GENERAL. OKAY DOESN'T APPEAR THAT WE HAVE ANY OTHER. SO DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS? MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. MAYOR ON THE UTILITY BUILDING. AM I METERS? ALL SIZES. I SEE THAT REQUEST DISPERSED THE QUESTION. WHERE ARE WE ON COMPLIANCE WITH FOLKS LOGGING IN AND PAYING THEIR BILLS ONLINE. AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE SEEING? USE THE SYSTEM, ETCETERA. WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THAT I KNOW WHERE HE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT I'M ASSUME THAT WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE AS PEOPLE ADOPT THE TECHNOLOGY. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT PERCENTAGES, ALTHOUGH WE DO PUT IT IN THE WEEKLY REPORT, AND I SEE IT EVERY WEEK, BUT I COULDN'T SAY IT AT THE TOP. IT'S GROWING. STILL IT IS DEFINITELY GROWING, AND WE CAN STILL HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST RESPONSES.

AWESOME. SO IF THEY'RE LISTENING TONIGHT REACH OUT AND GET SIGNED UP ON THE TECHNOLOGY SO THAT NUMBER CONTINUES TO CRAWL UP. YES, SIR. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND IF NOT, I'D BE OPEN TO EMOTION. MAYOR PRO TEM THANK YOU, MAYOR. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS. ADAM AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM IS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN? STRENGTH SECOND? WE DO HAVE A MOTION WITH THE SECOND COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. MOTION CARRIES 70. THANK YOU. THANK YOU APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK AND NOW WE WILL WATCH THE BALCONY CLEAR OUT. OKAY? WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE

[5. Consider, and act upon, the denial of a request to construct a residential structure on an existing lot for a new residential/retail office building, located at 308 N. Ballard within the Downtown Historic District.]

DENIAL. OF A REQUEST TO CONSTRUCT A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE ON AN EXISTING LOT FOR A NEW RESIDENTIAL RETAIL OFFICE BUILDING, LOCATED AT 308 NORTH BALLAD WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT MASALA YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL SO THIS ITEM WENT BEFORE THE HISTORIC BOARD AND THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF TO THAT BOARD TO THE HRC WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO DENIAL.

WHEN WE PRESENTED TO HRC THEY ALSO ARE RECOMMENDED TO YOU FOR DENIAL. THE REASON BEING THAT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, THERE IS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY. NOW IT AS I GO THROUGH THIS KEEP IN MIND. WE'RE WE TALKED BOTH. USE AND STRUCTURE. SO THERE'S RESIDENTIAL USE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE. COMMERCIAL USE ALL ON THE SAME PROBLEM. SO THE CURRENT STRUCTURE THAT IS THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE THAT HAS A COMMERCIAL USE, AND IT'S 1250 SQUARE FEET. HE WAS PROPOSING TO BUILD A 1456 SQUARE FOOT. RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE. WITH A RESIDENTIAL USE. THE ZONING ORDINANCE. FOR THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DOES ALLOW COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL IN THE SAME STRUCTURE. BUT BECAUSE HE WAS WANTING TO DO A RESIDENTIAL USE A SEPARATE STRUCTURE FROM THE COMMERCIAL USE. THAT'S NOT ALLOWED BECAUSE IT'S A SINGLE PLANET LOT. AND A SINGLE. BY DEFINITION SINGLE FAMILY USE. IS A SINGLE FAMILY LOT. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR DENIAL AND ALSO HIS PLANS. WERE IT SHOWED, UM, PARKING IN THE FRONT WITH DIRECT ACCESS, PULLING OUT ONTO BALLOT , WHICH ARE ORDINANCES DO NOT

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ALLOW, WHICH WOULD NOT MEET WITH OUR CURRENT PLAN TO TURN THAT INTO A ONE WAY WITH PARALLEL PARKING. WELL WE CAN'T DENY BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE CURRENT PLAN. BUT I GUESS IT'S BECAUSE IT'S JUST DEPENDING PLAN, CORRECT. OKAY, BUT THE. BUT IT DOESN'T MEET OUR CURRENT STANDARD. CORRECT THE CONSTRUCTION MANUAL. THE ENGINEERING DOESN'T ALLOW DIRECT . MANEUVERING FROM A PARKING STALL ONTO A PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY. UM. THERE WERE SIX THERE ARE SIX SPACES IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY THAT HE SAYS HE IS GOING TO MAINTAIN THEY DID NOT SHOW UP ON THOSE PLANS. SO KIND OF COMBINATION OF ALL OF THAT IS WHY IT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR DENIAL. UM AND THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM HRC. TO YOU THIS EVENING. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE. BUT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY? COUNCILMAN STRING. SO THE APPLICANT IS ALREADY AWARE THAT YOU HAVE HIS DENIALS AND HE IS SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WHETHER WHETHER YOU SHOULD BE ASKING FOR ZONING CHANGE. STUDIES ASKING TO CONSTRUCT THE BUILDING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DENIED BY HRC AND PLANNING. I DON'T THINK HE CAN.

HE COULD. I MEAN, YEAH, TECHNICALLY, YEAH, HE COULD ASK FOR HIS ONLY CHANGE, BUT THAT WOULD COME WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS NATURALLY, NATURALLY, BUT THAT'S NOT, I MEAN, BUT MY POINT IS, IS THAT IN ORDER FOR HIM TO REALLY DO WHAT HE WANTS TO DO? HE REALLY NEEDS A ZONING CHANGE BEFORE YOU CAN DO THIS. HE WANTED TO STICK WITH RESIDENTIAL. BUT IN THE PROCESS IS THAT THE PLAN TO BUILD A HOUSE BEHIND HIS COMMERCIAL TENANT, SO NOW HE IS CONSIDERING JUST DOING ANOTHER STRUCTURE. BUT IT WILL BE A COMMERCIAL USE, WHICH WOULD BE ALLOWED BY THE ORDINANCE. OKAY BUT IN FRONT OF US, IT'S JUST THE STRAIGHT RESIDENTIAL USE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE ADDED CORRECT. SO IF WE MAKE. JUST SO I HAVE THIS STRAIGHT. IF WE APPROVE THIS, THEN WE'RE UPHOLDING THE DENIAL. YES BECAUSE THE RECOMMENDATION TO YOU IS A RECOMMENDATION TO DENIAL. OKAY, SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. AGREE WITH THAT, THEN? YES, THAT THAT MOTION WOULD BE AN APPROVAL. OK? OKAY. THANKS. WELL, I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE THE WRONG THING, SO I DON'T SEE THE REASON TO DRAG THIS OUT. I WILL POINT OUT YOU WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MOTION CONTAINED AS PRESENTED AND NOT JUST THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM.

OTHERWISE IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT IT'S THAT YOU'RE CHANGING THE MEANING OF IT. SO JUST JUST A HEADS UP THERE. FOR WHEN WE GET THERE, MAYOR PROTEIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THERE'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE HIS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN? STRENGTH I WILL. SECOND COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE ON APPROVING THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. MOTION CARRIES 70. AND THE ITEM IS THEREFORE DENIED. THAT WILL MOVE TO ITEM SIX, CONSIDERING THAT UPON RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023 THIS

[6. Consider, and act upon, Resolution No. 2023-06(R), approving a Second Amendment to a Chapter 380 Agreement between the City of Wylie and Creekside Fine Grill, LLC, and authorizing the City Manager to execute any necessary documents.]

YEAR, SIX HOUR APPROVING A SECOND AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER THREE D AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF WILD AND CREEKS, I FIND GORILLA LLC AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. WHO IS PRESENTING THIS ONE, MR PARKER. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. SO, MYRON COUNCIL YOU HAVE IS YOUR WORD LAST APRIL? WELL I GUESS I SHOULD GO BACK A LITTLE BIT. AND APRIL, 21 CITY ENTERED INTO A 3 80 AGREEMENT WITH AT THAT TIME HILLSIDE GRILL. UM LAST APRIL.

UM THE AFRICAN REQUESTED. AN EXTENSION TO THAT 3 80 AGREEMENT DUE TO SOME SITUATIONS OUTSIDE OF HIS CONTROL. SPECIFICALLY, I THINK WITH S B A IN THAT AGREEMENT. IT ALLOWS. FOR A 90 DAY EXTENSION TO BE REQUESTED. UM SO. THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED, UM, WAS REQUESTING A 90 DAY EXTENSION. HE'S HAVING SOME SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES. UM, SENT YOU ALL A VIDEO THAT. I FOUND ON FACEBOOK OF WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR ON THE INTERIOR, SO YOU CAN TELL THAT THAT THE RESTAURANT IS PROGRESSING AND YOU KNOW IT. I THINK IT'S HIS FULL INTENT TO BECOME OPERATIONAL. UM AS JASON GRINER AND I DISCUSSED THIS, MY THOUGHT WAS. TO REMOVE THE INSTEAD OF SEEKING THE 90 DAY EXTENSION WAS JUST TO REMOVE IT. AND JUST ASK FOR AN EXTENSION FOR THE TIME THAT HE NEEDS OR FEELS. TO FULFILL HIS SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES I WOULD HATE FOR

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COUNCIL TO GRANT A 90 DAY EXTENSION. AND HE REALIZES THAT HIS FURNITURE IS GOING TO BE HERE NEXT WEEK INSTEAD OF THIS WEEK, AND HIS 90 DAY EXTENSION RUNS OUT SO UM, TALKING THROUGH THAT AND TALKING THROUGH THAT WITH THE APPLICANT. HE FEELS THAT A SIX MONTH EXTENSION. IS SUFFICIENT AND WE WOULD REMOVE THE 90 DAY EXTENSION FROM THE 3 80 AGREEMENT, AND HE IS AGREEABLE TO THAT. THE AFRICAN IS HERE THIS EVENING IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HIM. UM BUT THAT IS THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION IS JUST TOO UM AWARD HIM SIX MONTHS ADDITIONAL AND IT WOULD EXPIRE ON. OCTOBER 27TH. I BELIEVE IT WAS APRIL. APRIL. YEAH SO OCTOBER 27TH 2023. THERE'S NO MORE EXTENSIONS AND WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP COMING BACK. SO THAT THAT IS THE REQUEST OF STAFF AND THE APPLICANT. OKAY? THANK YOU, MR PARKER. I WOULD ASK THE APPLICANT IF HE'S HERE IF HE WOULD BE WILLING TO ANSWER A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. IF YOUR STATE THE NAME AND YOUR BUSINESS FOR THE RECORD, WHAT'S THAT NAME BUSINESS LYRICALLY. SO MR VALLEY. UM. I KNOW IT GIVES SIX MONTHS IS THAT YOUR ANTICIPATION THAT IT WILL TAKE THAT FULL TIME PERIOD IN ORDER TO BE READY TO OPEN? IT ISN'T BUT THAT YOU APPRECIATE THE SIX MONTH IT'S A IT'S A GENEROUS, UM COMPLIANCE WITH WITH WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. WE THINK WE CAN GET DONE IN JULY AUGUST UM, SO THAT'S VERY FAIR AND RIGHTEOUS FOR YOU TO DO THAT, AND WE CAN GET UP. AND OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY THE RESTAURANT AND YOU'VE SEEN THE PROGRESS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU KNOW WE'RE WORKING HARD ON IT AND DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN. IT'S JUST AT THIS POINT IN GINO AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT IT IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM AND SAID, IT'S A WILL HAVE EVERYTHING IN THAT BUILDING IN JUNE. UM, WE DON'T GET A BOOTH PACKAGE UNTIL JULY. SO. FURNITURE EQUIPMENT, TABLES, CHAIRS ETCETERA WILL BE IN THE BUILDING. WE JUST WON'T GET A BOOTH PACKAGE UNTIL JULY, SO WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S JULY 1ST. FIVE 31ST. SO SO THAT'S THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW. AND REALLY, THAT'S ABOUT IT EVERY EVERYTHING ELSE IS PROGRESSING. AS PLANNED . SO FOR THOSE OF US, NOT AS AS RESTAURANT TEARS SAVVY, DO YOU MEAN BY A BOOTH PACKAGE? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT BOOTHS THAT GO IN CUSTOM MADE BOOTS? I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS THAT OR OR IF IT WAS SLANG FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT MADE AND CUSTOM DESIGNED AND CUSTOM ORDERED THROUGH. YOU KNOW , THE KANSAS CITY BOOTH PEOPLE AND IT'S. THERE ARE 20 WEEK OUT GROUP AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S JUST SO YOU KNOW THE BACKSTORY OF IT IN CASE HE HASN'T TOLD YOU IT'S THEY USED TO OUTSOURCE AT THE CHINA FOUR YEARS AGO. NOW THE CHINA THING IS KIND OF DRAWN DOWN AND EVERYTHING IS MADE IN THE UNITED STATES NOW, THANK GOODNESS RIGHT, BUT IT SLOWS DOWN THE PRODUCTION. OKAY AND THAT THAT HELPS AND JUST WANTED TO JUST HOPEFULLY WOULDN'T TAKE THE FULL SIX MONTHS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KNOW GENERAL. YEAH I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF THE BUILDING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO IT AND HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK AND FEEL. WHEN HE WHEN HE GETS DONE, AND WE'RE NOT SPARING ANY EXPENSE, AND WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY DOING THIS THING AND IT'S A PROJECT THAT'S SUPPOSED TO STAY HERE. 10 20 YEARS SO IT'S A LEGACY PROJECT, SO AND SAY, I HOPE I HOPE THE LEGACY PROJECT LAST LONGER THAN 10 YEARS. 10 TO 20. SO YEAH. GINA'S GINO'S BEHIND YOU LAUGHING SO ALRIGHT. WELL, I APPRECIATE IT, SIR. UM COUNCIL ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT OR STAFF MAYOR PRO TEM? IF, IF NOT, I'D BE OPEN TO EMOTION. YEAH I HAVE NO QUESTIONS HAVE WALKED THROUGH THE PLACE WHILE NETHERLANDS HERE THE OTHER NIGHT COUPLE OF GUYS DOING SOME OVERHEAD WORK TAKING GOOD, GOOD. GOOD AT THIS TIME. MAYOR LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEMS PRESENTED WITH AN EXTENSION OF THE PERFORMANCE DEADLINE FOR SIX ADDITIONAL MONTHS TO EXPIRE ON OCTOBER 27TH 2023. WE HAVE EMOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? SECOND, IT MOTION WITH THE SECOND TO APPROVE HIS PRESENTED WITH THE EXTENSION THEY HAVE BEEN STATED PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES 70. THANK YOU. WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH

[7. Consider and act upon amendments to the Bylaws of the Wylie Economic Development Corporation.]

IS CONSIDERING ACT UPON AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS OF THE WILY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. AH! SO, MR GREINER. ARE YOU KIND OF PRESENTING THIS? WALKING US THROUGH. GOOD EVENING. WE, UH ANOTHER. IT'S ON HERE. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? UM, GET BACK AROUND TWO. THAT. SO

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PERFECT. SO, ESSENTIALLY WHAT? UM THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS WE HAVE BYLAWS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN AMENDED IN A VERY LONG TIME AND STARTING THIS PROCESS ALL THE WAY BACK. UM 15 18 MONTHS AGO, WE STARTED TO GO THROUGH OUR BYLAWS IN THE WORD DOC AND KIND OF GO THROUGH AND CLEAN UP SOME OF THE LANGUAGE. MOST OF THE CHANGES TO OUR BYLAWS ARE JUST MORE PROCEDURAL, REALLY JUST KIND OF CLEANING UP SOME LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN IT. THE MORE NOTABLE ITEMS ARE OUTLINED ON THIS AGREEMENT AND UM THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION. WE DID CREATE A BYLAW SUBCOMMITTEE IN THE PROCESS, AND I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR THEM, AND THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH OUR BOARD AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, WE ARE HERE TONIGHT. WE CANNOT APPROVE OUR BYLAWS WITHOUT COUNCIL APPROVAL . OUR BYLAWS HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN 10 DAY NOTICE TO HAVE THE MEETING IN THE FIRST PLACE. THEN WE HAVE A BYLAW MEETING. WE RECOMMENDED SOME OF THE FOLLOWING CHANGES BUT THEN ALSO EVEN CHANGE SOME OF THESE ITEMS BEFORE THEY CAME BACK TO YOU TODAY, UM, LONG STORY SHORT. THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION FROM PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS WHERE THEY WERE IN INDIVIDUAL BOARD AND COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT OUR COUNCIL HAS RULED ON AND VOTED AND APPROVED TERM LIMITS FOR SOME OF THOSE BIRDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT THAT WAS THE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION THAT WAS IN OUR BYLAWS COMMITTEE AND ALSO WITH A BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS A CONVERSATION THAT AGAIN WE'VE GONE OVER FOR PROBABLY THE LAST NINE OR 12 MONTHS LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF GUIDANCE. THIS IS OUR FIRST VERSION OF THIS TO REALLY COME BEFORE COUNCIL. SO ARE MY INTENT WOULD BE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU TONIGHT AND KNOWING THAT THERE COULD BE SOME CHANGES OR SOME REQUESTS FOR CHANGES WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY POSTED FOR NEXT BYLAW MEETING TO DISCUSS THIS EXACT SAME ITEM. NEXT WEDNESDAY. BECAUSE OF THE 10 DAY NOTICE REQUIREMENT. I DIDN'T WANT TO GET THIS TOO FAR INTO THIS NEXT MONTH. WE'VE ALREADY POSTED THIS SAME AGENDA FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY.

SO ANY CHANGES OR REVISIONS THAT YOU WOULD REQUEST TONIGHT OR IN DISCUSSION WITH OUR BOARD CAN BE CONSIDERED NEXT WEDNESDAY AND THEN TURN RIGHT BACK AROUND FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL IN TWO WEEKS, SO WE WENT THROUGH HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY INDIVIDUAL ITEMS YOU'VE ALL PROBABLY READ THIS. UM I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY INDIVIDUAL ITEMS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS. UM REALLY KIND OF THINKING THROUGH SOME OF THESE. THESE ARE MORE NOTABLE CHANGES, BUT THE DIRECTOR SHOULD BE HIRED BY THE BOARD IN OUR ORIGINAL BYLAW SET WAS JUST THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT HIRES AND FIRES THE DIRECTOR. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS BEING BY A VOTE OF THREE MEMBERS VERSUS FOUR. THE CONSENSUS LANDED ON FOUR THINKING THROUGH MORE OF A SUPERMAJORITY AND, UM, THAT DOES HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION WITH THAT PREVIOUSLY OR BYLAWS DID NOT STATE THAT THAT APPROVAL PROCESS EITHER TO HIRE OR FIRE. THE DIRECTOR HAS TO GO THROUGH COUNCIL. WE DID MAKE SURE TO ADD THAT I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. WE DID AMEND THE ANNUAL REPORT TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR US IS DUE IN APRIL.

AS PART OF THE CONTROLLERS PROCESS. OUR INFORMATION IS ACTUALLY COMING FROM THE ACT FOR YOUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REVIEW FOR THE CITY IS ACTUALLY WHERE WE GET SOME OF OUR FINAL DATA, SO THIS GIVES US JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY. WE DID DISCUSS TERM LIMITS. THERE WERE NO TERM LIMITS IN OUR BYLAWS AGAIN. THAT'S ONE ITEM THAT WE WANT TO BRING BACK TO YOU TONIGHT. I KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED ON ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN THE PAST. WE DID AMEND OUR ANNUAL MEETING. TWO OCTOBER THAT ACTUALLY GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME WHERE BOARD MEMBERS NOT IMMEDIATELY APPOINTED TO OUR BORDER IN VOTING FOR A NEW OFFICER THAT THEY DON'T KNOW THIS GIVES THEM A FEW MORE MONTHS TO WORK THIS OUT AND THOUGHT ALSO BEING WE HAVE AN ANNUAL MEETING IN OCTOBER TO BETTER PLAN FOR OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR THAT WE WILL REPORT BACK TO YOU. PUT TOGETHER A SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE NEXT YEAR. WE DO HAVE JUST CORRECTION OF NUMBERING. THERE WAS SOME REALLY JUST SOME MORE BOARD MEMBER. BOARD MEMBER, TWO BOARD MEMBER. EXPECTATIONS I GUESS REALLY MORE FOR ATTENDANTS THAT WE WANTED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DECREASE THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS THAT YOU COULD MISS AND ANYONE GIVEN YEAR WE DO ADD LANGUAGE IN THEREFORE BOARD MEMBER HANDBOOK. THIS IS MORE CODE OF CONDUCT COMPLIANCE FOR CONFIDENTIALITY AND RESTATING

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SOME OF THE SAME THINGS THAT GO THROUGH IN THERE, POINTING UM I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE IN HERE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT THERE WAS, UM THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT BOARD SEAT ROTATIONS WHERE YOU GET INTO VOTING FOR PRESIDENT. H YEAR. WE CHANGE THE LANGUAGE IN HERE, TOO, WHERE YOU VOTE FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD MEMBER HANDBOOK WILL OUTLINE THIS A LITTLE BIT BETTER WHERE VP SERVES FOR ONE YEAR. BUT AUDIBLE AUTOMATICALLY BECOME THE PRESIDENT THE NEXT YEAR, THE PRESIDENT WOULD ROLL OFF TO A BOARD MEMBER AND THROUGH THE BOARD MEMBER HANDBOOK KIND OF WORK THROUGH AN ADVISORY CAPACITY AND TEACHING THE VICE PRESIDENT WORKING WITH THE PRESIDENT THAT NEXT YEAR, YOU HAVE KIND OF THREE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE WORKED TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS OR TENURE IN LONGEVITY. AND DID RESTATE KIND OF THE MINIMUM OR THE MAXIMUM ALLOWANCE FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TAKE ACTION THAT BOARD APPROVAL THAT STAFF DISCUSSION TREE REMOVAL DEMO EXPENSES. IF WE'VE MENTIONED SOMETHING IN A STAFF MEETING, IT ALLOWS ME TO HAVE TO $25,000 THAT I COULD EXECUTE THE CONTRACT WITHOUT IT BEING IN THE BUDGET OR STAFF APPROVED. BUDGET APPROVAL. I'M SORRY.

SO I'M LOOKING IN HERE JUST BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER OFF HAND. YOU HAVE IT CURRENTLY SET WHERE THE VP WOULD ROLL THE PRESIDENT. WHAT HAPPENS IF YOUR VP ROLLS OFF YOUR BOARD? BP ROLES BECOMING, IS IT IS IT IS IT THEN FALL UNDER THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO SERVE. ADVICE YOU'RE ELECTED NEW VP, BUT THAT VP IMMEDIATELY ROLLS TO PRESIDENT WITHOUT SERVING A YEAR . FIRST VP WOULD BE VOTED ON AT ANY TIME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IF THE NEW VP IS SELECTED IN THE END OF THAT NEXT YEAR'S TERM THAT BP WOULD AUTOMATICALLY ROLL THE PRESIDENT. JUST THE WAY IT'S SET UP IN THERE. UH WE COULD I'M SAYING PRESIDENT FINISHES THEIR TERM. THE PERSON THAT HAD BEEN VOTED VP. FOR WHATEVER REASON IS NOT BACK ON THE BOARD WHO WOULD HAVE BECOME THE PRESIDENT AUTOMATICALLY. DOES THE PRESIDENT HOLD OVER FOR A YEAR? DO YOU ELECTED NEW VP WHO INSTANTLY BECOMES PRESIDENT AND THEN ELECTED VP BEHIND THEM? HOW DOES THAT WORK? OR HOW DO YOU ENVISION THAT WORKING BECAUSE I DON'T THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. WE TRIED TO POKE HOLES IN THIS EVERY WHICH DIRECTION THINKING THROUGH ALMOST OUR CURRENT BOARD SEAT ROTATION. IF OUR BOARD PRESIDENT'S TERM IS UP NEXT YEAR, AND THE BOARD PRESIDENT DOESN'T SEEK REELECTION. MORE ISN'T ABLE TO DO A TERM LIMIT. THEN. VP WOULD BECOME VICE PRESIDENT. OR YOU'D VOTE FOR A NEW VP SVP BECOMES PRESIDENT AND BOARD PRESIDENT WOULD CEASE TO BE ON THE BOARD, WHEREAS YOU RUN INTO THE SAME THING WITH BP. THERE'S LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT YOU COULD VOTE FOR NEW VP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. INBOARD SEAT ROTATION. BOARD MEMBER STEPS DOWN. VP TAKES OVERALL ACTING PRESIDENT ROLE IF WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THEIR CRITIQUE THAT SLIGHTLY THE WHERE THERE'S ANOTHER ASPECT OF IN THE ABSENCE OF VICE PRESIDENT THE PRESIDENT IS RETAINED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM OR FOR ANOTHER 12 MONTHS. I JUST I JUST NOTICED THE WAY THAT MAYOR PROTEIN DISCUSSION. OKAY SO, MR PARKER, WERE YOU TRYING TO ADD TO THIS ONE ORDER SOMETHING DIFFERENT? I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE ADVICE TO JASON THAT IT HAS TWO BOARD MEMBERS HERE, ONE OF THEM BEING ON THE BYLAWS COMMITTEE. I THINK IT IS ONLY FAIR FOR THEM TO SPEAK. TOWARDS THESE BYLAWS BECAUSE IT IS THE BOARD'S BYLAWS . THIS IS NOT JASON'S BYLAWS. DO YOU GUYS IF ONE OF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO POTENTIALLY EXPLAIN TO ME HOW YOU WOULD ENVISION THAT WORKING JUST BECAUSE WHILE I KNOW THAT ISN'T WHAT WE NECESSARILY SEEK. WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE. WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE SEATS OPEN WITHIN A SINGLE YEAR. AND IF YOU HAD SOMEBODY ROLL OFF ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU COULD LOSE YOUR VP AND YOUR PRESIDENT. BOTH WHICH WOULD LEAVE YOU IN THAT POSITION . DOES THE PRO OR YOU LOSE JUST THE VP? DOES THE PRESIDENT HOLD OVER? DOES THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE IT STATES IN HERE THAT THE PRESIDENT SHALL ALWAYS BE FOR ONE PERIOD OF ONE YEAR PROVIDED THAT THEY SERVE UNTIL THE ELECTION OF A NEW VICE PRESIDENT. BUT YOU ELECT A NEW VICE PRESIDENT. DO THEY DO THEY AUTO ROLE? I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SO GINA MILITIA. SO BECAUSE THE WAY THE BOARD IS STRUCTURED CURRENTLY, UH, WE DO HAVE FINANCIAL PEOPLE THAT CANNOT BE TREASURES, SO THE WAY THAT THINGS ROLL OFF. IT'S VERY INTERESTING, AND SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO SKIP POSITIONS TO BE THERE. MY UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT MEMBER ON THE ABC IS THAT THE VP HAS TO SERVE A ONE YEAR TERM AS THE VP PRIOR TO THEM BECOMING THE BOARD CHAIR.

SO IN CASE THE VP ROLLS OFF OR IT'S NOT RENEWED, OR IT'S NO LONGER IMMEDIACY. FOR WHATEVER

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REASON THAT MAYBE THE CURRENT PRESIDENT STAYS THERE FOR AN EXTRA YEAR UNTIL THAT VP THAT WE SELECT OR THE BOARD SELECTS WILL BE THERE FOR ONE YEAR AND SERVES ONE YEAR TERM AS A VP PRIOR TO THEM, BECOMING THE PRESIDENT OF SUPPORT, SO MY SUGGESTION THERE WOULD BE THAT THERE BE SOME SORT OF LANGUAGE, AND WE CAN ADD IT. IT COULD BE A LOOP THAT THAT THERE WOULD BE THE PRESIDENT WOULD BE HELD OVER. IN THAT INSTANCE, BECAUSE IT CURRENTLY SAYS THAT AS SOON AS THEY SERVE UNTIL THE ELECTION OF A NEW VICE PRESIDENT, WHICH IF YOU WENT LETTER TO THE LAW, THAT WOULD MEAN IF WE VOTED A NEW VP. I SAY WE IF THE E D C BOARD VOTED A NEW VICE PRESIDENT THAN THE PRESIDENT WOULD IMMEDIATELY GET BUMPED, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY THEY THEN I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE IT IN A WEIRD SPOT, AND I KNOW THAT ISN'T THE GOAL FOR YOU ALL BUT SOMETIMES THINGS GET INTERESTING , AND IF IT'S NOT SPELLED OUT, THEN PEOPLE CAN MAKE ARGUMENTS MORE THAN ONE DIFFERENT WAY ABOUT THE WAY IT SHOULD BE INTERPRETED. SO I WOULD ASK THAT THERE BE REASON BEING THAT THEY SPEND A YEAR ON VP ROLE MEANINGS THAT THEY'VE BEEN AND E. D. C. FOR ONE YEAR PERIOD. AT LEAST THEY'RE AWARE OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON. WE DON'T HAVE A 23 MONTH PROJECTS. WE HAVE YEARLY PROJECTS THAT ARE EXTENDED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. WITHIN THAT ONE YEAR PERIOD. EVEN IF THERE ARE NO AND THEY'RE JUST JOINING, THEY'LL HAVE ENOUGH EXPERIENCE KNOWING WHAT THE PROJECTS ARE OUTSTANDING, AT LEAST. THE BOARD THIS WAY, AND THE STAFF IS SUPPORTED IN THE SENSE FROM THE BOARD STANDPOINT. NO AND I THINK THAT'S I THINK IT'S A WISE THING TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE HAS SPENT TIME I JUST WOULD ASK THAT THERE BE A LITTLE BIT OF A CLEANUP BECAUSE THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HAVING ONE OR TWO MEMBERS, POTENTIALLY NOT RENEW.

WE'VE HAD PEOPLE MOVE WE'VE HAD PEOPLE HAVE CHANGES IN THEIR WORK LEVELS AND WHAT THEY CAN COMMIT. AND SO I WOULD JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ESPECIALLY AT THAT POINT, IF YOU HAVE FOR INSTANCE, TO PEOPLE WHO ROLL OFF VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. THAT LEAVES YOU WITH THREE PEOPLE UNTIL THEY'RE REAPPOINTED. YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ACTING PRESIDENT AND IF THAT'S YOUR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT HOW DOES IT ALL WORK OR IF IT'S YOUR VP GETS APPOINTED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR? ALL THOSE THINGS, SO JUST A LITTLE MORE. THAT WOULD SPECIFY WHAT HAPPENS WOULD BE MY REQUEST THERE SO THAT THERE'S NOT A QUESTION OR SOMEBODY SAYING NO. YOU CAN'T BE. WELL, WE WANTED YOU TO SERVE A YEAR. WELL I FINISHED THE TERM AND IT SAYS ONCE I GOT APPOINTED AND THAT TYPE OF THING, SO THAT WOULD BE MY QUOTE. THAT WOULD BE MY ASK. WE CAN CLEAN UP THE LANGUAGE FOR SURE. I DIDN'T DRAFT IT. I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY. BUT I'LL SAY THAT THIS WAS PRETTY MUCH BORN. IN TANDEM WITH THE TERM LIMIT CONVERSATION THAT WE REALLY COULDN'T GET TO A CONSENSUS ON WHEN WE REALLY KIND OF LEANED INTO THE DISCUSSION, IT BECAME MORE OF A AN ISSUE NOT SO MUCH THAT WE FELT IT WAS A TERM LIMIT ISSUE, BUT THE CONCERN WAS THE SEAT ROTATIONS.

SO WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO WAS BUILD SOMETHING IN THAT. BASICALLY MADE IT TO OUR ELECT.

OUR ELECTIONS OF OFFICERS WERE NOT JUST A FREE FOR ALL POPULARITY CONTEST THAT BUILT IN ALSO STILL A STRUCTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT 10 YEARS INDIVIDUALS WERE THERE BUT THAT THERE WAS A PROCESS TO ROTATE THAT THROUGH. THAT PEOPLE CAN GET THE EXPERIENCE. AGAIN IF THE LANGUAGE NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP, WE CAN BUT THAT'S REALLY WHERE IT CAME FROM. OKAY? AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY NOW. YES SO I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE PACK AND I LOOKED THROUGH THE ENTIRE BYE LAWS, AND I DIDN'T NOTICE ANYWHERE IN THERE THAT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH ETHICS. AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS AN ETHICS CLAUSE INSIDE YOUR BYLAWS . AND IF THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT CAME FROM THE PUBLIC, THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHERE THEY FELT THAT ONE OF THE OFFICERS OF YOUR OF YOUR BOARD VIOLATED THE ETHICS OF THE CITY OR VIOLATING THE ETHICS OF THE DC WHO DO THEY REPORT TO? WHAT'S THE STRUCTURE OF THAT REPORTING? WHAT KIND OF POWER DOES THE BOARD HOLD TO PUNISH, ETCETERA? WHAT KIND OF PUNITIVE ACTION FROM THE BOARD TAKE ETHICS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. HANDBOOK. WHICH IS ESTABLISHED, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EDIT WAY MORE EASILY AND ADD UM AND EXPAND ON WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS EVERY TIME, SO THAT'S ALL ADDRESSED IN THE HANDBOOK. AND IT SHOULD LINE UP PRETTY CLOSE WITH WHAT THE CITY AND IN THE BOARD MEMBER HANDBOOK. WE WERE ALSO BELINDA ALLUDE TO THE BOARD OF ETHICS. DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE APPROVED JUST RECENTLY. THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS FOR EVERY BOARD AND COMMISSION IN THE CITY . BOTH OF OUR ATTORNEYS BOTH YOURS AND OURS, AGREED THAT THE EASIEST THING TO DO IS TO TIE THAT REFERENCE TOGETHER. AND THAT OUR BOARD AND OUR STAFF BEING CITY EMPLOYEES AND OUR BOARD BEING IMPORTED BY COUNSEL WOULD BE ADHERING TO THE EXACT SAME CODE OF ETHICS OUTLINED SPECIFICALLY IN THE BOARD MEMBER HANDBOOK. TYING THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS TOGETHER. SO THERE NO GRAY AREAS THERE. SO THE SAME EXACT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR OUR COUNCIL, OR CODE OF ETHICS FOR ANY OTHER COMMISSION WOULD BE

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THE SAME FOR OUR BOARD. SO SHOULD THAT BE REFERENCED HERE? SHOULD THAT BE REFERENCED IN BYLAWS CONDUCT DOES EXIST. CAN FOR SURE. I JUST THINK IT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT IS IN A STATE WHERE IT HAS LIQUIDITY, IT CAN BE CHANGED. THROUGH THE HANDBOOK TO RUN CONCORDANT WITH WHAT GOES ON FROM THE CITY'S TOTAL ETHICS POLICY. THAT WAY IT WOULD STATE WITHIN YOUR BIOLOGICAL FOLLOW ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. STRUCTURES, INCLUDING WE COULD HAVE THAT FOR SURE. IT WAS THINK LEGAL OPINION THAT ETHICS COVERS ALL OF US, NOT JUST THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT WERE SET FORTH AND MAYBE SPECIFICALLY OUTLINED IN THAT DOCUMENT THAT ALL OF US SURE WE ALL HAVE TO APPLY TO THAT. I UNDERSTAND THAT. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WOULD THE BYLAWS FOR THIS BOARD THERE'S A LITTLE MORE ANONYMITY ON THIS BOARD THAN THERE IS FROM THE OTHER BOARDS COMMISSIONS WITHIN THE CITY. AND I THINK THAT IT MAKES A GOOD POINT THAT YES, ALTHOUGH IT DOES FALL UNDER THE SAME GUIDELINES OR THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WILL BE A NOTE SOMEWHERE WITHIN YOUR BYLAWS THAT STATE THAT THOSE ARE IN PLACE WITHIN THE CITY AND ALSO WITHIN YOUR HANDBOOK HANDBOOK IS NOT A BINDING OBLIGATION, CORRECT. NOBODY SIGNED YOUR HANDBOOK, OBLIGATIONS TO THE BY LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS. SO I THINK THAT THAT'S THAT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO MAKE A STATEMENT WITHIN THOSE BYLAWS. WHEN I WILL POINT OUT BY LAWS WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL. THE HANDBOOK WOULD NOT IF FUTURE GROUP 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD DECIDED THEY I DIDN'T WANT TO ADHERE TO WHATEVER THE CITY'S ETHICS WERE, THEY COULD STRIKE IT FROM THE HANDBOOK WITHOUT COUNSEL. I MEAN COUNCIL CAN STEP IN AND REMOVE ABOARD. BUT THAT'S A THAT'S A VERY DRASTIC. YEAH THAT'S IT, AND IT WAS IN, SAY, YEAH, THE COMMENT WAS NOT IF WE KNOW DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, AND THAT'S TRUE AS WELL. UNLESS YOU'RE READING. OR PAYING ATTENTION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY SLIPPED THROUGH. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING, BUT THEREFORE ATTEND. QUITE ALRIGHT DID HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION. IN THE FOUR POINT OH 41 H WHERE IT SAYS THE DIRECTOR SHOULD BE HIRED. BY THE BOARD, SUBJECT TO THE COUNCIL APPROVAL AND REMOVED BY A VOTE OF FOUR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SUBJECT COUNCIL APPROVAL. THE DIRECTOR IS THE CITY EMPLOYEES IS CORRECT. SO NO OTHER BOARD COMMISSION. HAS THE AUTHORITY OR THE POWER TO HIRE A FIRE CITY EMPLOYEE. SO WHAT WOULD MAKE THIS BOARD DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER BOARD WITHIN THE CITY? SO THAT THAT WAS MY IDEA OF HAVING AT LEAST A SUPERMAJORITY OF HIRING AND FIRING AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE I THINK BETWEEN THIS BOARD AND OTHER PORTS IS THAT THERE IS NO OTHER COMMISSION THAT HIRES AND THAT HAS AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THAT SERVES TO THEIR TO THAT BOARD. THIS IS THE ONLY BOARD THAT HAS AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE STAFF OUTSIDE OF CITY. THAT IT'S NOT OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. THEY'RE CITY EMPLOYEES. CORRECT. IN SOME SENSE, NO W TWO'S ALL OF THEIR FEDERAL DOCUMENTATION FOR TAXES, W TWO S AND ALL THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THEY FOLLOW. COME FROM THE CITY OF WILDLY JUST LIKE IT WAS JUST POINTED OUT THE BOARDS. COMMISSIONS STILL FOLLOW THOSE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN THE CITY OF WIRELESS. SO MY QUESTION AGAIN IS WHY WOULD IT? WHY WOULD WE APPROVE SOMETHING THAT WOULD GIVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE E D C AUTHORIZATION TO HIRE AND FIRE AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BOARD THAT WOULD BE AKIN TO SOMEONE SAYING THE PARKS AND REC BOARD HAS A PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR WHO THEY ANSWER TO THE BOARD ANSWERS TO PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR THEY GO. THEY WORK TOGETHER TO FORMULATE PROJECT PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS FOR THE CITY. BUT IF AT ANY POINT WOULD WE GIVE THE PARKS AND REC BOARD AUTHORIZATION TO HIRE FIRE OUR PARKS AND RECS MANAGER? OR DIRECTOR SUPPORTED DIRECTOR THAT I THINK THAT PRECEDES ME. AND I THINK THE CURRENT BOARD AND MAYBE SOME, IF NOT ALL THE COUNCIL AS WELL ON HOW THE STRUCTURE WAS SET. IF THE CITY CHARTER SAID THAT THE WIDELY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DIRECTOR SHOULD BECAUSE OF THE CITY EMPLOYEE AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT. ABSOLUTELY, BECAUSE IT'S A CITY EMPLOYEE. IF THE CITY CHARGER IS AND SAYS THAT THAT UH, BUT JASON GRINER AND A CURRENT STAFF REPORTS TO FRIENDS OR WHOMEVER THEY REPORT TO THEN ? ABSOLUTELY THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD PROCEED. I THINK WHAT WE WERE GOING BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE WERE GOING BASED ON IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED TILL TODAY. HOW THAT WAS PERCEIVED UNTIL TODAY. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT IS RIGHT OR WRONG. SO THAT'S WHERE I LEAVE IT LEAVE. THAT IS IF THE CITY CHARTER IS AND SAYS THAT THAT'S THE LETTER OF THE LAW TO FOLLOW THROUGH. I THINK THE BOARD SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR ONE MORE POINT. AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED. BUT PRIOR TO THAT, THE SUPERMAJORITY PORTION FOR ME

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FOR ME PERSONALLY AND WHY I ARGUED THAT POINT WAS THAT WE'RE ONLY FIVE PEOPLE, RIGHT? AND THERE WAS TIMES WHERE WE ARE ONLY THREE OF US. AT THE MEETINGS AND IT TAKES TWO PEOPLE TO REMOVE AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. UM, I WANTED THE OPPORTUNITY THAT EVERYBODY EXPRESSED THEIR OPINION. ABOUT. WHY THAT CITY DIRECTOR SHOULD BE HIRED OR SHOULD BE FIRED. IN THAT SENSE, IF THAT IS AGAIN EXCUSE ME, GOES BACK TO THE CITY CHARTER ALLOWS US TO MAKE THAT DECISION OR NOT.

SO I DIDN'T WANT TO PEOPLE TO MAKE DECISIONS. FIVE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THEIR VOICE AND HAS THEIR OPINION. WHATEVER THAT DECISION AFTERWARDS, THAT IS THAT THAT COULD BE MADE FOR. SO THAT'S WITH YOUR I AGREE WITH YOUR STANCE ON THE SUPERMAJORITY. I THINK THAT IT SHOULD INQUIRE REQUIRE THE ENTIRE UH, BOARD TO VOTE, BUT AND HERE'S THE HERE'S MY POINT BEHIND. MY COMMENT IS IF YOU AS A BOARD DECIDED ONE MORNING THAT JASON WAS NOT THE RIGHT GUY, REGARDLESS OF REASON. AND YOU HELD A VOTE. AND YOU VOTED A SUPERMAJORITY 4 TO 1. IT STILL REQUIRES THE APPROVAL OF COUNCIL. SO BETWEEN THE TIME YOU FINISH YOUR MEETING AND THE TIME COUNCIL MEETS NEXT YOU'RE STUCK IN A QUANDARY. BECAUSE NOW YOU'VE VOTED TO GET RID OF THE GUY WHO IS YOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. WAITING FOR THE COUNCIL TO MEET. AND WHAT IF THE COUNCIL MEETS AND DECIDES THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY? IT'S NOT WORTH GETTING RID OF HIM. HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB. WE JUST FEEL THAT THERE'S SOME PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND THIS IS WHAT IF IT'S NOT A SO THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOUR BETWEEN YOUR BOARD IS BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BECAUSE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NOW SAYS THEY DON'T EVEN WANT ME IN THE BOARD SAYS OH, THEY DON'T WANT US. SO NOW WE'VE GOT THIS HUGE MAELSTROM OF AN ISSUE THAT WE DON'T REALLY THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SET UP TO FALL INTO THE PITFALL, AND I CERTAINLY DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE CASE. BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE US GET INTO A POSITION WHERE THE LEFT HAND DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT HAND'S DOING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S NO TRUST WITHIN THE SYSTEM. THE BBC HAS FOR THE SINCE ITS INCEPTION, WORKED HARD IN THE CITY, WILEY TO ENSURE THAT THEY KEEP THE MISSION STATEMENT OF THE CITY OF WALLY. TRUE TO HEART. AND THEY'VE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB AND YOURSELF AS A BOARD MEMBER AND YOURSELF. MELISSA'S BOARD MEMBER, MISS WHITEHEAD, EXCUSE ME AS A BOARD MEMBER HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB. KEEP THAT GOING. AND I COMMEND YOU ON THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE BYLAWS. I JUST ASKED THAT AS WE LOOK AT THAT, SPECIFICALLY THESE TWO THINGS, UH, THAT AND THE ETHICS THAT WE LOOKED DEEP INTO THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT IF WE AGREED TO SUPPORT THIS THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN THAT YOUR STANDBY IT BECAUSE AS SOON AS YOU SAY, THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT GUY. YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE DECISION. IF WE DECIDE AGAINST YOUR IF WE DECIDE TO GO AGAINST THE GRAIN WITH YOU THE COUNCIL VOTES TO OVERTURN YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO FIRE YOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THEN YOU'RE STUCK IN A POSITION WHERE THE RELATIONSHIP HAS GONE FROM WHATEVER WAS THERE TO NON EXISTENT. SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT TO UNPACK, RIGHT? SURE YOU'RE WORKING TOWARDS SETTING A FOUNDATION. THAT HAS BEEN SAID, BUT NOW OBVIOUSLY NEEDS TO BE RELOOKED AT BECAUSE SOME OF THE LANGUAGE ON THE BYLAWS HAS BEEN THERE SINCE THE INCEPTION OF IT. SO. YOUR POINTS ARE VERY VALID. I DO AGREE WITH YOUR POINTS ON, UH, ETHICS. FOR EXAMPLE, I DID. YOU KNOW, I ASSUME THAT THOSE ARE INCLUDED WITH THE BOARDS OF ETHICS AND WE FALL UNDER THAT IMPRESSION. I DO AGREE THAT THERE IS REALLY NO NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION BETWEEN OR DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE E D. C BOARD ON THE COUNCIL IN A MATTER OF FIRING, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR NOT FIND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. UM THE ONLY THING IS THAT WE AS A BOARD MEMBER, SERVED AT THE LEISURE OF THE COUNCIL COUNCIL MAKES A DECISION WHO SERVES ON THAT BOARD. COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL APPOINTS US TO THAT BOARD. IF WE'RE SOME REASON OR SOME DISAGREEMENT. THE COUNCIL DOES NOT SEE FIT THAT WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OR WORK WITH STANDING BY THE BYLAWS OR WHERE THAT COUNCIL HAS THE RIGHT TO REMOVE US FROM THAT SEAT. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WILL EVER COME TO A POSITION BECAUSE KNOWING FULL WELL THAT WE CAN BE REMOVED AND NEW PEOPLE CAN BE APPOINTED TO BUT TO THAT BOARD TO TAKE OUR SPOT. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT RELIES WITH Y'ALL. AND THE COUNCILS. APPROVAL. I MY. MY ONLY THING IS, I THINK THERE IS A WAY TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON AND I'M NOT SAYING THE CURRENT BOARD AND A CURRENT COUNSEL, I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SET AND MAYBE OTHERS, FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN COUNCIL ON OUR BOARD. TOMORROW THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN AND HAVE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT IDEA AND TOTALLY DIFFERENT THOUGHT ABOUT IT. I THINK FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS OR 15 YEARS OR WHATEVER. THAT THAT'S BEEN SAID THEY WERE LEFT THE WORK THE WAY

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IT'S BEEN FOR 2025 YEARS NOW. HIS LET'S FIND A WAY TO WORK TOGETHER. I DON'T AS FAR AS I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, WHICH IS THIS IS MY SECOND TERM. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A PROJECT THAT WE HAVE NOT AGREED ON ON BOTH SIDES, AND WE'VE HAD THAT LINE OF COMMUNICATION OPEN. I THINK SETTING THE RIGHT EXPECTATIONS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. WOULD YOU WERE POINTING OUT? SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CHARTER SAYS. I DON'T KNOW. SINCE THE INCEPTION OF WHAT HE WAS DISCUSSED. MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK AT. AND IT'S A GREAT POINT. AND LET'S FIGURE THAT OUT AND PUT IT ON THE BYLAWS, SO THE CHARTER DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THE E. D.

C. BECAUSE THE SEC IS A CORPORATION SET UP SEPARATE PROBLEMS. HOWEVER. THE EMPLOYEES ARE ALL CITY EMPLOYEES. AND THAT'S SOMETHING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT NUMBER ONE NUMBER TWO. I THINK THE BIGGEST THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS THE MAELSTROM THAT IT CAUSES. IF YOU'RE BORED, DECIDES TO REMOVE YOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BUT IT HAS TO COME TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. AND THEN GO BACK. THERE'S A THERE'S A DELAY IN TIME PERIOD BETWEEN THOSE TWO UNLESS YOU MEET ON MONDAY NIGHT. SPECIAL CALLED MEETING TO LET GO OF YOUR I WANTED TO TOUCH A MORNING. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU HAD ASKED IS KIND OF WHAT'S SO DIFFERENT ABOUT WHY WE WOULD DO THIS. UM I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OTHER BORDER COMMISSION DOES THEIR PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS FOR YOUR STAFF LIAISON, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE TASKED TO DO EVERY YEAR. UM, WE DO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO INCREASE SALARIES AND GIVE RAISES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IDEALLY IF WE CAN GET THE HANDBOOK AND ALL THAT ROLLING OUT, AND WE GET ALL OF THE PROPER TRAINING THAT'S EXPECTED AND REQUIRED AND EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE. WHAT JASON DOES. HE'S A PRACTITIONER IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOP PRACTITIONERS VERY SPECIFIC AND UNIQUE SET OF SKILLS THAT WE ARE AS PARTICIPANTS IN THAT TRAINING. UM WE KNOW WE'RE KIND OF THE SUBJECT MATTER. EXPERTS ON WHO THE BEST EMPLOYEE WOULD BE NOT SAYING THAT YOU ALL WOULD NOT HAVE ANY SORT OF ROLE IN THAT. BUT WE DO HAVE TWO MEMBERS THAT ARE YOU KNOW, EX OFFICIO MEMBERS ON THAT BOARD SO THAT IN THEORY COULD HAPPEN. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF A REALISTIC YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF MS DISCUSSIONS. IF IT TURNS OUT THAT YOUR ENTIRE VOTING BOARD WANTED TO GET RID OF JASON AND YOU WEREN'T YOU KNOW, KIND OF HAVING THAT DISCUSSION WITH YOUR COUNSEL THE SAME. I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY THE DIFFERENCE FOR ME. OKAY WELL, I APPRECIATE YOUR POINT OF VIEW COMPLETELY. UM THERE'S AGAIN. THIS IS THERE'S STILL THE INCREASE COULD EXIST. AGREE WITH YOUR POINT OF. I THINK IT'S A GREAT AREA THAT IT'S NOT ESTABLISHED BY THE BYLAWS PRIOR BY PRIOR COUNSEL AND PRIOR BOARDS THAT I THINK WE ARE UNCOVERING AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS AS THE COMMITTEE WENT THROUGH THAT, BELIEVE ME, WE HAD A VERY LENGTHY DISCUSSION AND A LOT OF DISAGREEMENTS ON THE BOARD. BETWEEN FIVE OF US ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS AND HOW TO GO ABOUT IT. UM BUT I DO AGREE THAT I THINK MAYBE WE CAN THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE POINTS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED. WITH COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION. WE CAN MAYBE DISCUSS IT WITH THE BOARD AND KIND OF FIND A RESOLUTION, BUT IF, IN FACT OUR STAFF. AND JASON IS UNDER THE CITY AND CITY GUIDELINES AND ALL THE CITY EMPLOYMENT CHARTER. AND ALL THAT. FALLS UNDER THEN I DO BELIEVE THAT MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD FALL WITHIN THE COUNCIL. BUT IF IT'S I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WAS ESTABLISHING WHAT HE WAS MEANT TO BE ESTABLISHED THAT SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE IT IS. DID YOU WANT TO HAVE ADD SOMETHING ON THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE I'LL HAVE TO GET A LEGAL OPINION. BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING IN THE CITY CHARTER. THAT OUTLINES THAT I'M RESPONSIBLE. REALLY NOT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS A CORPORATION OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS THERE. OUTSIDE THE CITIES OF STAFF CITY MANAGER'S AUTHORITY. UM. IT'S IT IS A UNIQUE BOARD. AND THE FACT THAT UM. IT IS FUNDED THROUGH A QUARTER CENT SALES TAX. IT WAS AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY COUNCIL DOES. PLAY A FACTOR IN APPROVING BUDGETS AND PROJECT INCENTIVES AND THINGS IS THAT NATURE BUT AS IT WAS MENTIONED THIS BOARD AND I AGREE. I'M NOT DENYING THAT. THERE ARE ASPECTS UM. OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION THAT ARE PART OF THE CITY. A LOT OF THAT IS SIMPLY BECAUSE UH,

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MONEY SAVINGS. JASON WANTED. TO CREATE AN HR DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT. A UH, WHATEVER ELSE DEPARTMENT TO BE AN INDEPENDENT CORPORATION WITH ALL OF HIS OWN EMPLOYEES. THEN HE'S ABLE TO DO THAT HE USES ARE AND THEY PAY US FOR THAT. THERE'S A BUDGET TRANSFER EVERY YEAR THAT TAKES PLACE THAT THEY PAY US FOR THAT. SO IT IS A STICKY SITUATION OR A GRAY AREA TO SAY THAT YES, JASON IS A CITY EMPLOYEE. THE EMPLOYEE'S OUR CITY EMPLOYEES WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR PAYCHECK AND THEIR BENEFITS. BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, I HAVE NO AUTHORITY. TO WHAT JASON DOES. I DON'T DO HIS VALUATION. I DON'T DO AS EMPLOYEES. VALUATIONS I DON'T RECOMMEND RAISES. I DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. THAT'S THE FIRST POINT OF CLARIFICATION I WANTED TO MAKE. UM THE SECOND POINT OF CLARIFICATION IS THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR LEVEL UM IT IS NOT THE SAME AS THE PARKS BOARD LIBRARY BOARD BEING EASY OR ANY OTHER BOARD THAT WE HAVE. FOR THE FACT THAT STATED EARLIER. NO OTHER BOARD DOES A DIRECTOR'S EVALUATION. NO OTHER BOARD RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF SALARIES , EXPENDITURES, BUDGETS OR ANYTHING ELSE. UM. THAT THAT THAT I MEAN, PINZI HAS DOESN'T HAVE THAT'S PROBABLY THE NEXT MOST COMPLICATED. OR INVOLVED BOARD THAT WE HAVE IS P AND Z. SO YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GETTING INTO BECAUSE YOU THINK IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO GET AN OPINION. BECAUSE SURE, ABSOLUTELY. PARKS BOARD. THE ONE THAT I GO BACK TO IS THE ONE THAT REALLY DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE FOUR B BOARD THAT HAS A SEPARATE SALES TAX ENTITY AND WE DO FUND POSITIONS OUT OF THAT. UM AND JUST TRYING TO DETERMINE EXACTLY EXACTLY WHERE THE BUCK SHOULD STOP FOR THE CDC EMPLOYEES BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE BOTH CORPORATIONS. BUT THEY'RE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CORPORATIONS . OBVIOUSLY, ONE IS FOUR B ONE IS WHAT IS IT? TIME LEARNING? TYPE A. ARE YOU SO YOU'RE A TYPE A. WE HAVE A FOUR B BOARD THAT GETS ANOTHER. HALF CENT SALES TAX QUARTER QUARTER. QUARTER CENT. YES QUARTER CENTER SALES TAX SIMILARLY AND SO I THINK RATHER THAN GOING IN CIRCLES, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO I.

I WAS SAYING TO GET AN OPINION AND POSSIBLY A LIST OF HOW OTHER CITIES. BUT YES, AN OPINION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY ON HOW YOU ALL ARE LOOKED AT. BECAUSE THERE'S ALL SORTS OF YOU GO READ THE SUB CHAPTERS. THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF RULES ABOUT SOVEREIGNTY AND PROVISION OF EXPENSES AND ALL SORTS OF LANGUAGE THAT'S ULTIMATELY EXTREMELY BROAD AND EXTREMELY NARROW. SOMEHOW AT THE SAME TIME, IF YOU READ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION, SO I'D LOVE TO JUST GET AN IDEA OF WHO DO THEY SAY? AND THEN WHERE DOES THE E D C DIRECTOR ANSWER TO IN GENERAL AND IN OTHER LOCATIONS, SO THAT'S A BECAUSE I KNOW IT VARIES AND SO AND THERE'S THERE HAS TO BE A LEGAL PRECEDENT OF SOMETHING TAIPEI'S THEIR TYPE B'S. THERE'S MDGS. AND THEN THERE'S JUST CITY DEPARTMENTS WHERE YOU HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OF THE CENTERS DIRECTLY TO EITHER THE PLANNING OR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR OF THE CITY MANAGER TO ANSWER YOUR ORIGINAL POINT. THIS DOCUMENT WAS THE CREATION DOCUMENT OF THE TAIPEI CORPORATION IN THE VERY BEGINNING. SO THE IDEA THAT THIS BOARD WOULD BE CREATED, YOU OUTLINED OR THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL OUTLINED THE ABILITY VOTED ON BY THE VOTERS TO CREATE THE BOARD TO ELECT THE OFFICERS THAT ARE DIRECTORS OF THE BOARD AND THEN EVENTUALLY HIRED DIRECTOR THE DIRECTOR HAD TO BE HIRED BY FOUR FIRED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BECAUSE IT WAS THE AUTHORITY TO CREATE THAT POSITION IN THE FIRST PLACE. THERE'S NOTHING THAT STOPS YOU FROM AMENDING THESE DOCUMENTS TODAY. AND LIKE A LOT OF OTHER CITIES, YOU SEE EXACTLY THAT THE CREATION DARK. CAN BE AMENDED TO FIT WHATEVER THE NEEDS ARE FOR THE CITY TODAY, SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT SORT OF SIMPLE, SIMPLE SOLUTION. TO THE QUESTION IS NOT TO OVER VERBALIZE THIS IN WRITING, BUT TO REMOVE THE STEP OF SUBJECT TO COUNCIL. WHAT IS WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE BYLAWS OR BYLAWS THEY HIRE AND FIRE THE DIRECTOR, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IF NOT, THEN IT THEN IT GETS MUDDIED BECAUSE IF THEY'RE MAKING RECOMMENDATION TO US FOR OUR APPROVAL IF THE BOARD STANDS SEPARATE ALL WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE PROLONGING. BUT ONCE YOU PULL THE HANDLE YOUR PROLONGING THE DOOR OPENING ON THE GALLAS. BUT I THINK CREATING A NEGATIVE WORK ATMOSPHERE. BETWEEN IT. BUT I THINK THEN IT

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WE'RE CREATING A LOT OF ISSUES AS WE GO DOWN THAT ROAD TO BECAUSE THE COUNCIL IS APPOINTED THE BOARD. THE SAME BOARD THAT IS KIND OF HIRING AND FIRING. I THINK WHAT WOULD BE AND AGAINST WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE ATTORNEY, BUT I THINK WHAT MAYBE IT'S MUCH MORE AMENDABLE TO IF THE COUNCIL AGREES TO, IT WOULD BE A EXECUTIVE SESSION PRIOR TO HIRING OR FIRING COUNCIL, ABC JOINT BOARD EXECUTIVE SESSION DISCUSSING IT JOINT COUNCIL IN A D. C MEETING PRIOR TO HIRING AND FIRING OR PERSONNEL AND THEN KIND OF COME OUT WITH THAT AS ONE AS STANDARD TEAM. I THINK YOU CAN PUT SOME DIFFERENT LANGUAGE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS ALLOWED BECAUSE I'M NOT A LAWYER OR ANY OF THAT, BUT WHAT IS ALLOWED TO PUT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT HEY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN VOTES FROM COUNCIL CERTAIN VOTES FROM BOARD TO KIND OF TAKE THAT NEXT STEP. SO WE DON'T STAY ON THE LIMBO ONE AND THEY DON'T KNOW THAT. THE I DON'T WANT TO SAY THE BLAME. I THINK THAT THE BURDEN DOESN'T FALL IN EITHER SIDE OF WHO MADE THAT DECISION, AND WHY WOULD THAT DECISION MADE IN SENSE OF WAS THE BOARD WAS THE COUNCIL WHO WAS IT? AND WHAT WAS IT? BUT FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES. I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE SOLUTION . I THINK WE SHOULD GO AS WIDELY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WIDELY COUNCIL, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD GET A LEGAL OPINION ON HOW IS THE ABC ESTABLISHED AND HOW IS THE D? C. GET IT ESTABLISHED. I NEED MY CLARIFICATION THAT I WANT IS WHERE DID THE EMPLOYEES FALL? EXACTLY AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL. LEGAL EXPERTS GIVE US THAT DEFINITION PURPOSES ANYWAY. SO I SO I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND THIS PARTICULAR SECTION. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO GET AN UPDATE. ONCE WE HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THE ATTORNEY, WOULD THAT BE FAIR? MAYOR PRO TEM? ABSOLUTELY. DID YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS? OR WOULD YOU BE? COUNCILMAN STRENGTH. OH, UM. A COUPLE OF SIMPLE QUESTIONS JUST DON'T REQUIRE, NOR SHOULD THEY HAVE LONG ANSWERS. BECAUSE I WON'T HEAR YOU AFTER ABOUT 12. WHO DOES THIS EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVE REALLY REPORT TO WHO'S THE BOSS? THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, REPORTS TO THE BOARD AND WHILE IT ISN'T WRITTEN IN THE BYLAWS, THIS IS EXACTLY THE WAY I'VE DONE IT. DIRECTLY TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND DIRECTLY TO COUNSEL, SO I WORKED WITH ALL THOSE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS AND OKAY TOO LONG WITH THE CITY. I'M ALREADY LOST . OKAY I GOT THE ANSWER I WAS LOOKING FOR SO SORRY. UM I WANT TO GET THROUGH THIS. I THINK AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT'S VERY OBVIOUS TO ME. WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THIS TONIGHT. WE DO NEED TO HAVE A LEGAL REVIEW.

I AGREE WITH THAT. I THINK IT JUST LENDS TO HOW THINGS ARE CURRENTLY STRUCTURED. WHY THE STRUCTURE THE WAY IT IS WHY IT'S UNIQUE BOARD. AND WHO IS ULTIMATELY REPORTING TO YOU? BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE LOOK ICE MANAGED PEOPLE BEFORE. IF THEY WEREN'T UNDER MY BUDGET THEY WANTED IN MY LINE OF ITEM. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH MANAGING THEM, AND I WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH MANAGING PEOPLE LIKE THAT. SO JUST WHY I DON'T DO MANAGEMENT ANYMORE. SO THAT WOULD BE MY PERSONAL RECOMMENDATIONS. SO I THINK I SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S POSITION THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY SHOULD GET IT. THE ONLY THING THAT I DISAGREE WITH YOU ON ON THE LAST POINT IS THAT E. D. C IS FUNDED BY TAXPAYER MONEY. IN THAT PICTURE, TAXPAYER MONEY.

OBVIOUSLY YOU ELECTED ARE IN CHARGE OF THAT TAXPAYER MONEY. I PERSONALLY I THINK IT'S LIKE THE BOARD BEING THE FIRST KIND OF YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THE BOARDS LIKE THE VICE PRESIDENT. THE EXECUTIVE REPORTS INTO FOR ONE OF A BETTER WAY OF LOOKING AT THE STRUCTURE. I DON'T CARE WHERE THE C LEVEL PEOPLE THAT MAKE THE FINAL DECISION. THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY I'M SEEING THIS HERE. CORRECT SOUNDS LIKE IT WORKS TO ME AND I'M OPEN TO OTHER IDEAS. BUT LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THIS TONIGHT. I'M ABOUT TO CALL THE QUESTION IF THIS KEEPS GOING AND I THINK YOU'RE GETTING EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ENFORCER WAS GETTING TOO ARE WE? THE FINAL DECISION MAKERS FOR HIS THE BOARD THE FINAL DECISION MAKER, AND I THINK THAT'S STILL UNCLEAR UNLESS WE FIND A SOLUTION TOGETHER ON EVEN I THINK ONCE WE GET A LEGAL OPINION, WE CAN STILL FIND A SOLUTION TOGETHER AND HOW TO MOVE FORWARD AND HOW THIS SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD.

AND I GET THAT BEFORE WE COULD REALLY HELP DECIDE THAT. WE DO NEED SOME OF THAT LEGAL GUIDANCE AS WELL. OURSELVES YEAH. WHICH IS WHY WE AREN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO SOLVE THIS TONIGHT. SO TO ADDRESS YOUR COMMENT AND ALSO THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS. I DID TALK WITH OUR ATTORNEY EARLIER HE'S GOING TO GET WITH PITTMAN WILL DETERMINE IF WE NEED RANDY HEWLETT, CHRIS, BRIAN PITTMAN OR RICHARD EVEN AND EITHER MAKE THEM AVAILABLE FOR A CALL WITH BRENT AND SEE IF WE CAN DO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH LEGAL WE CAN TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE EXACTING ITEMS IN IT MIGHT HAVE MORE OF AN IMPACT FOR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BYLAWS. SO WHAT WOULD A WHAT KIND OF MOTION WILL MAKE THE MOST SENSE HERE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE I WOULD ASK THAT. UNLESS YOU WANT

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TO CALL THE QUESTION WE'VE NOT GIVEN. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS HAS PATIENTLY HELD FOR QUITE A WHILE, IT WILL GIVE HIM AND I OPPORTUNITY RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS BC DISTINCT THANK YOU SO SAD, SO SAD. UM THANK GINO STOLE MY THUNDER. I JUST WAS ALONG THE SAME LINES OF THE THINKING THAT THERE MIGHT NEED TO BE A MECHANISM TO GET IT FROM THE KEYBOARD TO COUNSEL BUT THAT ULTIMATELY SHOULD BE DONE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, EVEN IF THAT NEEDS TO BE IN AN EMERGENCY EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND IN THAT I AM ALL FOR THE LEGAL OPINION AGAIN. I THINK WE SHOULD GET THE LEGAL OPINION, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET THE LEGAL OPINION OF THE BYLAWS HAVE BEEN CREATED 30 YEARS AGO. AND NOT, AND NOT THE BYLAWS THAT CONCURRENTLY OR WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY. SO OR 20 YEARS, I'M GOING TO GET THE LEGAL OPINION OF WHETHER JASON IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY. AND HOW THE E. D. C THE CORPORATION. FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE CITY. ONE OF THE ONLY LEGAL OPINION 100% YOU'RE GETTING THE LEGAL OPINION HOW THIS WAS CREATED 30 YEARS AGO. IF JASON IS RIGHT, BUT IT'S ALL STANDARD UNDER STATE LAW. SO IF THIS IF PLANE OUT UNLESS IT'S BUILT AS A CITY DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT DIFFERENT THAN TYPE A TO THE QUESTION WOULD BE UNDER A TYPE A CORPORATION OR THE EMPLOYEES CITY EMPLOYEES. OR ARE THEY CONSIDERED SEPARATE IF THEY'RE CITY EMPLOYEES THAT CALLS INTO QUESTION WHERE THAT WHO THEY ANSWER TO AND WHERE THEY ANSWER IF THEY'RE PART OF ONLY THE CORPORATION. THEN WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW THINGS ARE CURRENTLY STRUCTURED. I DON'T KNOW IN IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT MORE IN OUR LOCALS, THAT TYPE OF THING, SO I THINK THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO BECAUSE I'LL BE FRANK IF THEY'RE CITY EMPLOYEES. I DON'T THINK OF BOARD SHOULD BE WHERE THE BUCK STOPS. IF THEY ARE EMPLOYEES OF A CORPORATION. THAT WAS CREATED BY THE CITY, AND THEY SAY IT'S A COMPLETELY SEPARATE ENTITY, AND THAT'S WHY THEY DON'T ANSWER TO BRENT. THEN HAVING A BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ETCETERA. MAYBE THAT MAYBE WE'RE COUNCIL WANTS THE BUCK TO STOP. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY I THINK THE CLARIFICATION IS WANTED BY COUNCIL IS SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE AT WHETHER THEY ARE A SUBSET OF THE OF AND THE DEPARTMENT ESSENTIALLY OR IF THEY'RE SEPARATE. WOULD JUST LIMITED POWERS 100% IN AGREEMENT WITH YOUR OPINION. ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH WAY IT'S COMING. IF WE'RE SEPARATE OR NOT, I THINK IT'S JUST GOING TO GIVE US A DEFINITION. AT THE END OF THE DAY. TAXPAYER MONEY IS GOING AND BEING SPENT SO THE CITY CAN BE BUILT AND THINGS CAN COME TO THE CITY. SO THERE'S SYNERGY BETWEEN DC AND COUNCIL NO MATTER WHAT WE HAVE TO FIND THAT MIDDLE GROUND OF ALL OF US BEING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION OR AN OPEN AND I THINK ONCE WE HAVE THAT ANSWER WILL WORK WITH YOU GUYS ON ON THAT SO THAT THERE'S A SYNERGY AND I THINK WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T OVERSTEP. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT IN OUR FROM WHAT I HEAR UNDER STEPPING WITH THAT. I DON'T BELIEVE IT. COUNCILMAN STRANGLE OR DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I JUST HAD A COMMENT, MR MAYOR. OKAY, GO AHEAD, SIR. I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO YOU KNOW, LIKE PUTTING TWO NEW MEMBERS ON THE COUNCIL. AND MAYBE WE SHOULD HOLD OFF ON THIS DECISION UNTIL WE SEE THOSE NEW MEMBERS SO THEY CAN VOTE ON THIS. THAT'S ALL. OKAY? I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN, BUT I MEAN IT JUST WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHERE TIMING IS AND CAN TAKE IT FROM THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMING OF A LEGAL OPINION IS RIGHT NOW BASED ON IT. BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS FIND OUT FROM MR PARKER AND MR GRINER. UM, I BELIEVE. I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER EMOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF THERE BEFORE I COMPLETE MY MOTION. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE AN IDEA OF WHEN YOU THINK THIS COULD BE BROUGHT BACK. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THREE MEETINGS. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE HAVING A MEETING, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A LEGAL OPINION NEEDED. DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION OR VOTE OF THIS ITEM WOULD HAVE TO BE 10 DAY. POST DISCUSSION IN GENERAL WITH NO ACTION CAN BE ADDED TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY. WE TALK THROUGH THESE AND THEN SCHEDULE SOME APPROPRIATE TIMES WITH THE MANAGER AND COME BACK WITH SOME FEEDBACK, UM, TABLED THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS. BRENT DON'T KNOW. TABLE AT MISS STORM IT GOES THREE. ME. IT HAS TO COME BACK WITHIN THE NEXT THREE MEETINGS. IF I TABLE WITHOUT A DATE IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT IN

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THE THIRD MEETING WOULD BE MAY 30TH. OKAY, SO WHAT I BUT IT CAN COME BACK EARLY IF THAT'S BUT IT HAS TO COME BACK BY THEM, FOR AT LEAST TO BE REMOVED FROM TABLE SO I WOULD OFFER A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. DO I HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN STRING SECOND, SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION TO TABLE CARRY 70. WITH THAT. I'M GOING TO GIVE EVERYONE JUST A

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WITH THAT I'LL CONVENE US BACK INTO SESSION. WE'RE IN OUR WORK SESSION WORK SESSION ONE DISCUSSED THE FINDINGS OF THE SELF EVALUATION FACILITIES, PROGRAMS AND EVENTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN 88 TRANSITION PLAN. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEDERALLY MANDATED REQUIREMENT BY TITLE TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, MISS ALI AND COUNCIL SO THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKET. I AM NOT EVEN GOING TO ATTEMPT TO GO THROUGH IT ALL. I HOPE YOU READ IT. IF YOU DID NOT, YOU WILL HAVE PLENTY OF CHANCES. B BETWEEN NOW AND ADOPTION TO READ IT. BUT BEFORE I GET STARTED, I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE LYNN. YOU ALL KNOW LYNN, CZAR RISK ADMINISTRATOR AND JOE T. IT WILL IS R A D A COORDINATOR, UM WHERE WE ARE IN THIS DOCUMENT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THEM. SO I MAY JUST BE UP HERE DOING THE TALKING, BUT TRULY, I COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT THEM. UM JOE IS ALSO OUR CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR AND ENGINEERING. SO IN 2012. HE STARTED HIS CERTIFICATION FOR 88. AND 2021.

WE STARTED UNLESS YOU JUST WANT TO STAND ON THE TOP, UM SO IN 2021. WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS PLAN, WHICH IS A FEDERAL REGULATION. WE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET IN CONFORMANCE. UM, IT'S IT IS A LONG PROCESS. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH WITH JOE'S BACKGROUND AND WHAT HE HAS LEARNED THROUGH HIS TRAINING HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS HELP TO GET TO THIS POINT IN THIS DOCUMENT. UM WE SENT OUT NOTICES WE'VE WORKED WITH WITH EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS DOCUMENT. WHAT YOU HAVE SO WE SENT OUT A SURVEY. EVERYONE LOOKED AT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS IN OUR FACILITIES THAT DO CONFORM TO THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS? WHAT DOES IT NOT? SO WE'VE MADE THAT LIST AS PART OF THIS PACKET. UM IN A NUTSHELL . FROM PAGE ONE TO PAGE 37.

WHATEVER THIS LAST PAGES IN THIS DOCUMENT IS REGULATED BY THE GOVERNMENT IS REGULATED BY THE STATE. WE'VE PULLED SOME INFORMATION FROM WHAT JOE HAS WENT. HE HAS SET IN ON WEBINARS AND ALL THINGS, SEMINARS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE'VE GATHERED INFORMATION FROM OTHER CITIES.

WHAT THIS DOCUMENT WILL DO. WELL GOT US TO THE FUTURE GOT US INTO THE FUTURE THAT OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION BE AT OUR ROADWAYS ARE SIDEWALKS ARE FACILITIES WILL CONFORM TO 88 STANDARDS.

THE DOJ WILL MANDATE THIS THEY WILL STEP IN COME OCTOBER. IF WE DO NOT HAVE A PLAN. I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THOSE FINES WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND WHAT? WHAT WHAT? THEY'RE NOT ASKING US. THEY'RE NOT ASKING US IMPLEMENTING YOUR PLAN AND GET EVERYTHING DONE RIGHT NOW. THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

IT IS. DO YOUR PLAN. FIGURE OUT WHAT IS IT GOING TO COST YOU TO BRING EVERYTHING UP AND START WORKING ON IT? SO THIS IS WHAT THIS PLAN IS IT ALSO IN HERE YOU HAVE WE SPELL OUT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE, UM, PUBLIC NOTICES. UM LET'S SEE. DO YOU HAVE? YEAH SO THE PUBLIC OUTREACH SURVEY UPDATING THE TRANSFER POSITION, PLAN WITH THAT PUBLIC INPUT AND THEN AGAIN, BRINGING IT BACK TO YOU FOR ADOPTION. EVERYTHING. LIKE I SAID, EVERY DEPARTMENT IS REPRESENTED IN THIS IN THIS DOCUMENT. EVERY DEPARTMENT WILL PLAY A PART. WE HAVE A SAFETY COMMITTEE THAT'S REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WILL BE A HEAVILY INVOLVED IN IMPLEMENTING THIS PROCESS. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, UM I COULD TELL YOU. THERE'S ALREADY PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE LOOKED AT THAT THEY'VE GONE BACK AND REDID THE RAMPS. YOU KNOW, DIRECTIONAL RAMPS AS OPPOSED TO ANOTHER TERM. OF WHAT IT WAS BEFORE YOU WENT TO ST NOW YOU HAVE DIRECTION ON RAMPS AND CITIES. TO RECEIVE ANOTHER RANCH. YEAH SO SOME OF THOSE AREAS WE HAVE ALREADY GONE BACK IN AND UPDATED. THERE'S YOU KNOW , HE'S WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPERS THAT COME IN NEW CONSTRUCTIONS. THEY WILL ADHERE TO THOSE STANDARDS NOW. SO REALLY, WHAT WE WANTED TO BRING TO YOU TO JUST GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED AGAIN. IT IS A LONG PROCESS. IT IS A LOT OF WORK,

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BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE AND I THINK WHEN THE FINAL DOCUMENT COMES BACK TO YOU FOR ADOPTION, IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WILL BE PLEASED WITH. AND THEN THAT WILL LEAD US INTO OUR NEXT STEPS OF HOW WE IMPLEMENTED FUNDING WISE. AND AGAIN, SALT MANDATED BY THE STATE AND ONE OF THOSE THAT ITS UNFUNDED MANDATES SO WE WILL WORK ON THAT. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ARE YOU WANT US TO LOOK AT? JUST LET ME KNOW. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. LANDON JOE AS WELL. WELL, THANK YOU, MISS ALI. AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE GETTING THIS TOGETHER, GETTING CERTIFICATIONS. UM TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND. AND THEN I KNOW MAYOR PRO TEM HAS A QUESTION OR COMMENT, UM, THE PLAN THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IN THE PACKET DOES MEET WHAT'S REQUIRED BY OCTOBER. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT? OKAY SO THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE THAT WE HAVE ONE IN PLACE AND THAT WE'RE WORKING TO GO THROUGH THE THROUGH THE THINGS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE NEXT STEPS WITHIN IT. HOLD ME BACK. IT MEETS IT TO A DEGREE. THE NEXT STEP IS TO GET THE PUBLIC INPUT PART OF THIS AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO YOU FOR ADOPTION, WHICH WE PLAN TO HAVE PROBABLY IN THE JUNE OR EARLY JULY. OKAY SO WE HAVE. WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY OUR FINAL DRAFT THAT WE'RE PLANNING. BUT IT'S PENDING PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO US AFTER THAT. OKAY? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THAT AND AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK ON THIS MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO DID I UNDERSTAND THAT NOW JOE WILL BE WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS TO ENSURE THAT THE A D A THAT THEIR IDEA COMPLIANT WHEN THEY HIT THE GROUND. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. MR PARKER. UM, THANKS, MEYER. JUST. RENE SAID HOW MUCH JOE'S DONE ON THIS PROJECT AND LANDESMAN, OUR SAFETY COORDINATOR FOR MANY YEARS. UM BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW KNOW A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS. ONE UM JOE HAS DONE ALL THIS ON HIS OWN. HE TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO DO THIS AND GET CERTIFICATIONS. NOBODY ASKED HIM. WHEN RENEE AND I STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS, WE JUST HAPPENED TO FIND OUT THAT JOE'S GOT ALL THESE CERTIFICATIONS. SO I WANT TO COMMEND JOE FOR TAKING ON THIS ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND GETTING THESE CERTIFICATIONS AND THEN UM, OBVIOUSLY I WANT TO COME IN RENE, BECAUSE, UM. I FIRST STARTED LOOKING AT THIS AND WE HAD TALKED TO SOME CONSULTANTS AND YOU KNOW IS $100,000 OR MORE. FOR CONSULTANT TO COME IN AND DO THIS, SO BETWEEN THE THREE OF THEM. RENEE IS REALLY TAKING THIS ON AND SPEARHEADED ALL THIS TO GET IT DONE, AND I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. RECOGNIZE HER FOR SAVING THE CITY $100,000 TO JUST PUT THIS DRAFT THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET TOGETHER. UM IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE FUN PROJECT. UM SHE SENT IT TO ME AND, UM I DON'T KNOW WHAT TOOK ME ABOUT A MONTH TO READ THROUGH THE WHOLE THING. UM, SO I JUST WANT TO POINT THOSE THINGS OUT THAT YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB, AND, UM, SAY THIS SIDE SERIOUS, SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE PROCESS. APPRECIATE THAT, IN POINTING THAT OUT AGAIN. APPRECIATE ALL THAT. YOU GOTTA HAVE BEEN COUNCILMAN MYERS. UM I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU, RENEE. YOU JOE AND LYNN AS WELL FOR ALL OF YOUR TREMENDOUS WORK ON THIS, UM, WHILE IT IS REQUIRED AS YOU MENTIONED, RENEE , UM YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE JOYFULLY DOING, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE OUR CITY AND THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, SO IT'S GOING TO BE SO MEANINGFUL IN THE FUTURE. UM SO I'M SO GRATEFUL TO WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO HELP US GET TO THIS POINT. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM AND MAYOR. I ALSO WANTED TO, UM, TAKE A MOMENT. UM TO MAKE A SUGGESTION. FOR SOMETHING TO INCLUDE IN THIS. UM AND THAT IS I HAD COINCIDENTALLY BEEN, YOU KNOW, SEEKING THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES, AS SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER TO CONSIDER CREATING A DISABILITY COMMISSION, AN ONGOING GROUP FOR MEMBERS OF THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON AN ONGOING BASIS TO OUR CITY. AND SO I WILL HAVE TO ASK THAT SHE STAY ON THE WORK SESSION BECAUSE THE WORK SESSION DOESN'T INCLUDE THE REQUEST TO TRY TO FORM A COMMISSION SO THAT WOULD BE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE ITEM. I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE POINT OF ORDER ON THAT. THEN THE CHAIR HAS CORRECTED YOU. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE THE POINT YOU'RE WELCOME TO BUT THEY THERE. THIS IS AN 80 A TRANSITION PLAN DISCUSSION AND NOT ABOUT THE

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POTENTIAL CREATION OF A SEPARATE COMMISSION. WHICH WOULD BE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SCOPE AND WOULD NEED TO BE PROPERLY POSTED. UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT. IF I MAY JUST SAY ONE THING TO YOU, MAYOR. I ONLY INTENDED FOR THAT TO TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE DISCUSSION OF THE PLAN. IN OTHER WORDS, FOR IT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE A D. A TRANSITION PLAN IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IF IT WORKED TO DESIRE TO DO SO, TO BE A PART OF WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IN THE FUTURE. UM INCLUDED WITHIN THIS PLAN, NOT NECESSARILY SEPARATE. SO THAT IS WHY I DO BELIEVE THAT IT ISN'T INCLUDED AND RELEVANT TO THIS TOPIC. BUT YOU KNOW I CAN'T. YOU KNOW, OF COURSE. MAKE YOU AGREE, BUT BUT I CERTAINLY BELIEVE THAT IT IS RELEVANT. SO IT WOULD BE RELEVANT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT STATE REQUIRED. IF IT'S NOT STATE REQUIRED, AND IT WAS IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU'D BE REQUESTING TO ADD. BUT IT'S A COMMISSION, WHICH WOULD INVOLVE SETTING UP NEW BYLAWS DRAFTING MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, AND I CONSIDER THAT OUTSIDE THE SCOPE. BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY. IF IT WAS SOMEONE WANTS TO PLACE IT ON THE FUTURE AGENDA. I MEAN, I RESPECT I RESPECT YOUR AUTHORITY IS THE CHAIR MAYOR AND? YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT THE ULTIMATELY THIS , UH, 80 A TRANSITION PLAN. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT. IT ALLOWS US TO AND IT REQUIRES US TO LOOK AT WHAT IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IT LIMITS US JUST TO THAT, BUT ALLOWS US TO ADD ON TO THAT AS WELL. SO THAT IS WHY I THINK IT IS RELEVANT. BUT YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON IT. GENTLEMEN. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO TELL Y'ALL THANK Y'ALL. I'VE BEEN A PRETTY LARGE PROPONENT OF YOU KNOW THOSE WITH DISABILITIES. YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT FAMILY MEMBERS IN THAT ARENA IN. IT JUST TAKES BEING WITH PEOPLE LIKE THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO REALIZE WHAT THEY DEAL WITH ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. AND HOW THOSE OF US THAT DON'T DEAL WITH THAT JUST DON'T REALIZE WHAT THEY DEAL WITH. DOWN TO EVEN THE DIRECTIONAL RAMP. YOU KNOW YOU HELP SOMEONE YOU KNOW DOWN A RAMP THAT SYNONYM AS YOU SAID, IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, AND YOU REALIZE IT'S HARD TO MAKE THAT HARD RIGHT TURN OR THAT HARD LEFT TURN WHEN YOU COME DOWN THAT LITTLE RAMP THAT'S SENDING YOU RIGHT DOWN TO THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING UPON YOURSELF. APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK. ALL THREE Y'ALL THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT ANYTHING I CAN COUNCILMAN WALLACE. AGAIN I'LL ECHO COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, UH, SENTIMENTS THERE. THANKS, JOE. THANKS LENIN. I'M Y'ALL LIKE I SAID, DID A BANG UP JOB AND, OF COURSE, GOING BACK TO BRANDT. I MEAN, YOU DID THIS WITHOUT BEING ASKED. I MEAN, YOU WERE ALREADY EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY HAVE ASKED YOU TO BE ON THIS PARTICULAR SUBSET. YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN THAT AS A NEED AND YOU STEPPED UP AND YOU HAD ALREADY GOTTEN THAT SORT OF OCCASSIONS AND THEN TAKING THAT AUSTRALIANS AND THAT MEANS A LOT FOR US AS A COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WITHIN ALREADY LOOKING OUT FOR THOSE WITHOUT AND SO, UM, ABOUT GOING BACK TO THAT ABOUT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO WE ARE GOING TO AT LEAST HAVE LIKE A AND I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WRONG TERMINOLOGY. FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC. AH ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE MOST AFFECTED, BECAUSE I MEAN, NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY TO SEE SOMETHING THROUGH MY EYES , I DON'T SEE IT THROUGH THEIR EYES AND I DON'T WANT US TO EVER GET SO SIDETRACKED AND LIKE, WELL, THAT'S GOOD FOR THEM. AND IT NOT BE BECAUSE WE HAVE NO CLUE, AND SO I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY IMPERATIVE TO HAVE CONSISTENT, CONSISTENT FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC, UH, IN SOME FASHION OR ANOTHER, WHETHER THESE THINGS GET UPDATED OR HOWEVER, UM, LIKE I SAID, I THINK CONSISTENT FEEDBACK FROM FROM THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO BE NECESSARY TO REALLY MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS WORK. BUT THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. SO COUNCILMAN, MY, UM. I ASKED THE CITY MANAGER IF HE KNEW KIND OF THE SCOPE OF WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO GET TO. I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO SPEAK IF YOU WILL LIMIT IT TO NOT DISCUSSING THE ACTUAL CREATION, BUT KIND OF THE IDEA YOU HAVE FOR A MECHANISM FOR PERMANENT FEEDBACK, SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNCILMAN WALLACE WOULD SAY, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GO OUTSIDE THE SCOPE, UM, VERY CAREFULLY ON THAT. BUT

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IF YOU'D LIKE TO ALLUDE TO IT, AND I BELIEVE IT MAY COME IN THE FUTURE FOR A FULL DISCUSSION, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE OKAY. AS LONG AS YOU WILL KEEP IT THERE FOR ME AND NOT GET INTO THAT AND I'LL ASK THE REST OF COUNSEL TO LET HIM TO NOT GET TAKEN UP INTO A LONG DEBATE. BUT I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. UM YES. SO YOU KNOW, I AFTER REVIEWING THE PLAN, WHICH I THINK IS AN INCREDIBLE DOCUMENT AND AS I MENTIONED WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHAT THE FINAL PRODUCT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS AND INCLUDING AFTER THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK THAT YOU MENTIONED AND THAT COUNCILMAN WALLACE MENTIONED. I THINK THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK COMPONENT IS SO IMPORTANT. AND THAT'S THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN ABOUT THE PLAN AS IT STANDS IS THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE CREATING A UH, YOU KNOW, A VISION FOR HOW WE CAN BECOME COMPLIANT WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AND ON AND ONGOING BASIS, R A. D A COORDINATOR AND THE SAFETY UH, TEAM FROM OUR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WILL BE CONTRIBUTING. HEAVILY TO THAT, LEADING IT AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, SPEARHEADING THAT IN EVERY WAY, BUT IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN, UM, THE OVERALL UM, IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WILL MAKE TO OUR CITY ON AN ON AN ONGOING BASIS, AS COUNCILMAN WALLACE MENTIONED THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WANTED TO SEE AS A POTENTIAL ADDITION. TO THIS PLAN IS THAT WHEN THE FINAL PLAN IS DRAFTED, THAT WE COULD CONSIDER, UM A MECHANISM THROUGH WHICH UH, WE COULD MAYBE LOOK TO CREATE A PERMANENT AND ONGOING FEEDBACK GROUP FROM WHICH WE COULD RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTS WHO ARE THEMSELVES LIVING WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE WHO ARE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO MAY BE PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK IN THE AREA. OF THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE AND LIVE WITH DISABILITIES, SO THAT I THINK COULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHILE WE AS A CITY WHETHER IT BE STAFF MEMBERS, DIRECTORS WHAT HAVE YOU YOU KNOW, WE DO SEE THINGS FROM A CERTAIN LENS. WE EXPERIENCE THINGS FROM ONE PERSPECTIVE, BUT THE AREA OF DISABILITIES THAT ARE COVERED BY THE IDEA IS SO EXPANSIVE SO WIDE AND DEEP THAT I THINK WE COULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM LEARNING ABOUT FROM THE EXPERIENCE AND WISDOM FROM FOLKS WHO ARE IN THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY THEMSELVES , UM, ON AN ONGOING BASIS. I KNOW SOME OTHER CITIES HAVE, YOU KNOW? MECHANISMS LIKE THAT. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CONSIDER, AND THAT WOULD MAKE OUR PLAN EVEN STRONGER AND GIVE IT. AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALMOST YOU KNOW, RENEW ITSELF ON AN ONGOING BASIS. AND IF THERE WERE TO BE SUCH A GROUP LIKE THAT CREATED, I CERTAINLY THINK THAT YOU KNOW THEY WOULD NEED A STAFF LIAISON TO PROVIDE DIRECTION. THE A D, A DIRECTOR WOULD COORDINATOR WOULD WOULD CLEARLY BE AN APPROPRIATE PERSON TO DO THAT, UM AND, YEAH, I JUST THINK IT COULD BE A GREAT WAY FOR US TO PERMANENTLY INCORPORATE. FEEDBACK INTO OUR PLAN. THE PLAN, I THINK WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO STATE THAT INTENTION. AND THAT ULTIMATELY, UM WOULD BE A WAY FOR US TO GIVE VOICE TO THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY AND WIDELY SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEIR VOICES IS VALUED AND HEARD AND WE CAN BE BENEFITED FROM THEY'RE UNIQUE AND DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES ON AN ONGOING BASIS, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE BENEFICIAL. AND I APPRECIATE MAYOR. YOU GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT ABOUT MY IDEAS AND APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE WITH ME AS WELL. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T GO TOO FAR OFF TOPIC, BUT, UM I WAS ABLE TO ASK THIS CITY MANAGER IF HE HAD A LITTLE IDEA AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO WITHOUT DETAILING WHAT YOU DID A GREAT JOB OF TO PRESENT THAT AS PART OF THE DECISION TO FOLLOW IT WITH COUNCIL MAH COUNCILMAN MAYES ALTHOUGH THE STATE MANDATES IT AND DIDN'T FUND IT. BUT THEY DID THE CRITERIA OF IT, I THINK WAS WELL LAID OUT SO PART OF THE PUBLIC SURVEY THAT IS SENT OUT IT IS MANDATED BY THE STATE. IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO YOU ALL OR JUST A STAFF. WE HAVE TO REACH OUT TO THE DISABLED COMMUNITY. UM SO THAT IS PART OF THE PLAN. THAT IS THAT WILL BE PART OF THE INPUT THAT WE GET BACK. AND YOU KNOW I WOULDN'T STAND HERE AND SAY THAT, UM FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THINKING WE NEED TO CREATE A COMMITTEE. BECAUSE I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE THAT. WE HAVE THAT WITH OUR SAFETY COMMITTEE. WE

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HAVE THAT. WHAT ARE 88 COORDINATOR? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT WITH THE PEOPLE THAT RESPOND BACK TO THIS SURVEY BECAUSE I COULD GO TO JOE. I COULD GO TO LAND. I COULD GO TO CARMEN WITH PARKS AND I GUARANTEE YOU THEY CAN POINT ME IN THE DIRECTION OF SOMEONE THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO OR SOMEONE THAT HAS ALREADY REACHED OUT TO THE CITY. THAT IS DISABLED WANTED TO HAVE SERVICES . SO I THINK WE HAVE THAT NETWORK AND I THINK IT WILL BE AN ONGOING NETWORK THROUGH THE DURATION OF THIS PLAN. WHETHER OR NOT WE DO A COMMITTEE OR NOT.

SO LET COUNCIL IN MY EYES BRIEFLY RESPOND AND AGAIN. I KNOW WE STARTED HEADING DOWN DISCUSSION. I DON'T WANT US TO GO TOO FAR, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE CAN BRING THAT BACK.

HOPEFULLY, UM, AS A FULL TOPIC THAT WE CAN DISCUSS. THAT GIVES ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN IT THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND AND GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK AS WELL. BUT I'LL LET YOU RESPOND BEFORE I CLOSE OUT THE WORK SESSION THERE. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND THANK YOU AND A I AGREE WITH YOU THAT ARE UH, DEDICATED STAFF MEMBERS AND DIRECTORS SAFETY COMMITTEE AND ADA COORDINATOR ARE GOING TO DO AN AMAZING JOB. AT BRINGING FORTH IDEAS SOLUTIONS IDENTIFYING AREAS THAT NEED IMPROVEMENT. UM AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SOLICITING THROUGH THE CREATION OF THIS PLAN LEADING UP TO OCTOBER IS GOING TO BE REALLY USEFUL AND INSTRUMENTAL AS WELL. MY ONLY CONCERN, YOU KNOW, AND WHERE I RESPECTFULLY HAVE A SLIGHT DISAGREEMENT WITH YOU. IS THAT. IT IS A POINT IN TIME EFFECTIVELY. IT'S A SNAPSHOT.

THE SURVEY THAT YOU KNOW HIS FIRST SEEN TO BE TAKING PLACE HERE. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO ADDRESS THAT TO CREATE NEW DATA IN THE FUTURE . IT COULD BE THROUGH ADDITIONAL SURVEYS THAT ARE CONDUCTED AND PUSHED OUT TO THE PUBLIC. UM WHICH I THINK COULD BE GREAT. UM BUT I THINK THAT HAVING A, UH. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE IN THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY TO SERVE AS VOLUNTEERS TO THE CITY TO GIVE THEIR VOICE EXPERIENCE AND WISDOM. IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD BENEFIT FROM IN A WAY THAT MIGHT ALLOW US TO CONNECT WITH THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY EVEN DEEPER THAN WE ALREADY WILL THROUGH OUR STAFF, BECAUSE I THINK OUR STAFF IS HAS THE ABSOLUTE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY AT HEART, BUT I THINK IT'S A IT'S A UNIQUE AND SPECIAL COMMUNITY THAT, UH, IS NEEDING OF THAT ADDITIONAL LAYER TO HAVE THEIR VOICE ELEVATED. UM I WILL ALSO SAY, YOU KNOW THEY CAN SERVE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE IN THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY CONSERVATIVES, THE EYES, THE EARS, THE FEET AND THE WHEELS RIGHT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I MEAN THAT WITH GREAT RESPECT TO THOSE WHO MAY BE USING WHEELCHAIRS IN A WAY THAT IF WE ARE NOT EXPERIENCING THOSE DISABILITIES OURSELVES, WE SIMPLY WILL NOT SEE MAYBE THAT ONE CURB THAT GOT PASSED EVERYBODY ELSE'S NOTICE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY MIGHT DEAL WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS. OR THEY MIGHT FIND THAT. THAT ONE UM YOU KNOW, PART OF CITY COMMUNICATIONS IS NOT REACHING A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE. SO THAT'S WHERE MY MAIN CONCERN IS AND WHERE I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY GIVE VOICE TO THIS. TO THIS COMMUNITY ON A MORE PERMANENT AND ONGOING BASIS SO THAT WE CAN ALWAYS CONTINUALLY IMPROVE AS I KNOW, WE ALL WANT TO DO AND I APPRECIATE SO MUCH AGAIN YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS AND YOUR WORK ON THIS BECAUSE WE'RE ALL WORKING FOR THE SAME GOAL, AND I TRULY TRULY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING. OKAY? SO WITH THAT. MY APPRECIATE THE UPDATE. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'LL HAVE A FURTHER POTENTIAL DISCUSSION IN THE FUTURE ON SOME SPECIFICS. UM THAT THAT HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED. AND. WE WILL SEE. I DON'T THINK YOU NEEDED ANY DIRECTION FROM US. JUST AN UPDATE, CORRECT, OKAY? SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING PATIENT AND WAITING WAITING WITH US THIS EVENING. WITH THAT I WILL MOVE US OUT OF OUR WORK SESSION RECONVENED US IN THE REGULAR SESSION. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. CORRECT, MR PARKER. OKAY SO WITH NO EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, WE WILL MOVE STRAIGHT INTO THE READING OF THE

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ORDINANCES. MR HORN. DO WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCES TO READ THIS EVENING? YES MAYOR ORDINANCE SUMMER 2023-12 AND ORDINANCE IN THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS. AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE, THE CITY OF WILEY, AS HERE TO FORE AMENDED SO AS TO CHANGE THE ZONING ON THE HERE AND AFTER DESCRIBED PROPERTIES ONLY CASE NUMBER 2023 DISH. OH, SIX. AMENDING PD 2020-43 TO ALLOW FOR A MODIFICATION. TO THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023-13, NORTHERN'S OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS. AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WILEY, AS HERE TO FORE AMENDED SO AS A CHANGE OF ZONING ON THE HERE AND AFTER DESCRIBED PROPERTY ZONING CASE NUMBER 2023-3 FROM PT 2014-28

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COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR C C TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO ALLOW FOR EXPANSION OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE APPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT. PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE ORDINANCE. 2023-14 IN ORDER TO THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, ADMITTING THE CONFERENCE OF ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WILEY, AS HERE TO FORE AMENDED SO AS TO CHANGES ZONING ON THE HERE AND AFTER DESCRIBED PROPERTY ZONING CASE NUMBER 2023-1 FROM AGRICULTURAL AGI 13 COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR. CCTA LIGHT INDUSTRIAL SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR A CERTAIN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OR DECEMBER 2023-15. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, EMITTING ORGANISMS 2022-56, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 2023 , REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR US SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR IN EFFECT TODAY. THAT IS OUR MAYOR. THANK YOU MISS STORM QUITE A FEW THIS EVENING. WITH THAT THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT . DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? COUNCILMAN STRAIN MOTION TO ADJOURN? WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. SECOND IT MOTION WITH THE SECOND TO ADJOURN COUNCIL. POLICE CAST YOUR VOTE.

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