[1. Hold a Public Hearing, to consider, and act upon, the writing of an ordinance for a change in zoning from Neighborhood Services (NS) to Townhouse District (TH) on 1.84 acres to allow for single-family attached development. Property located at 701 West Brown Street (ZC 2024-07).]

FOR THE EVENING. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE

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WRITING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES TO TOWNHOUSE DISTRICT ON 1.84 ACRES TO ALLOW FOR SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 701 WEST BROWN STREET. ZONING CASE 2020 4-07. MR. HASKINS. THANK YOU. MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, AS MENTIONED, THIS ITEM IS A REQUEST TO REZONE A PIECE OF PROPERTY ON BROWN STREET FROM NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES TO TOWNHOME ZONING. THAT TOWNHOME ZONING WOULD BE A WITH STRAIGHT ZONING. IN OTHER WORDS, THE APPLICANT IS NOT ASKING FOR ANY PARTICULAR VARIANCES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WOULD THAT WOULD REQUIRE A PD. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS PLAN HAS CHANGED SLIGHTLY. WHAT YOU SEE UP ON THE SCREEN FROM WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO PLANNING AND ZONING, AND THAT WAS BASED ON THE COMMENTS FROM THE CITIZENS AND THE COMMISSIONERS AT THAT TIME. THE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ON THE SOUTH END OF THE PROPERTY. IT IS NOW A HAMMERHEAD, AS OPPOSED TO A CONNECTION TO RUSTIC CIRCLE THAT WOULD ONLY HAVE ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES. ONLY ONE OF THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMISSIONERS WAS THAT THE APPLICANT WASN'T REQUESTING, WASN'T GOING TO WASN'T GOING TO HAVE AN HOA, AND THAT THE CITY WOULD ULTIMATELY END UP BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT GATE. SO THEY WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD ON THAT PARTICULAR PART AND GOT RID OF THAT AND FOUND A WAY TO WORK WITH ENGINEERING IN ORDER TO PRESENT A WAY FOR GARBAGE TRUCKS AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND THAT SORT TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE PROPERTY. THE PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH AND WEST ARE SINGLE FAMILY. THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST IS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT IS CURRENTLY USED AS A HOUSE OF WORSHIP. THE. THE LAND USE PLAN HAS THIS AREA AS LOCAL, COMMERCIAL AND FOR THAT REASON, WHEN THIS WENT TO THE PNC COMMISSION STAFF HAD RECOMMENDED A MOTION OF DENIAL TO COUNCIL. ULTIMATELY, THE PNC COMMISSION, AFTER HEARING SOME CONCERNS ABOUT TRASH PICKUP THROUGH AND SAY AUTO TRAFFIC AND FOOT TRAFFIC FOR THE STUDENTS TO GO TO BIRMINGHAM. DID ULTIMATELY TAKE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, AND THEY RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL RECOMMEND RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL ALSO. AND THAT VOTE WAS SIX ZERO. ONE LAST THING IS THAT THE APPLICANT I'M SORRY STAFF SENT OUT NOTICES AS WE WERE REQUIRED TO DO BY STATE LAW. THERE WAS 24 NOTICES SENT OUT. EIGHT RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION AND THREE WERE IN FAVOR OF THAT REQUEST. MAYOR, THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION THEY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU. TALK ABOUT THIS. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. OKAY. SO AS WE LOOKED IN THROUGH ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED, WE WANTED TO TAKE EVERY EVERYONE AND TRULY DIVE INTO, LET'S SAY, COMPLAINTS, RIGHT. SOME OF IT WAS TRAFFIC IN THE AREA RIGHT. WE FEEL THAT WITH THIS PROPERTY GOING TO A SMALL KNIT 12 UNIT TOWNHOME COMMUNITY, THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT MUCH TRAFFIC.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE TRAFFIC THAT WOULD BRING INTO A COMMERCIAL STYLE, WHETHER IT'S A DOCTOR'S OFFICE, WHETHER IT'S A HOME OF WORSHIP THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ADJOINING THE PROPERTY, BROWN STREET CURRENTLY HAS 8000 CARS A DAY THAT RUNS THROUGH IT. 544 FOR AN EXAMPLE, HAS 20,000 VEHICLES A DAY, NOT TO MENTION 78 WITH 26,000 VEHICLES A DAY OVER THE LAST 20 PLUS YEARS.

THIS PROPERTY HAS GONE THROUGH THREE DIFFERENT OWNERSHIPS. WITH IT BEING VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO FIND A NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE TO BE DEVELOPED ON IT, IT'S VERY SHALLOW WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE BUILDING STRUCTURE AND THEN ENOUGH PARKING TO SUSTAIN THE BUILDING PROPERLY. DESPITE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE SIZE OF THE CONFIGURATION HAS DEFINITELY HINDERED ANY SORT OF REALISTIC FORM OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. WE FEEL THAT WITH THE DEMONSTRATION AND THE

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ILLUSTRATION SHOWN. THAT WE WILL NOT OPEN UP THE CUL DE SAC AT ALL. RESPECT THE CURRENT HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE THERE, BUT TRULY JOIN INTO THE COMMUNITY ITSELF RIGHT? WITH LOYAL HOMEOWNERS THAT CAN COME IN AT A FAIR MARKET PRICE. THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT EASEMENT AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. IT'S GOING TO OFFER A NICE GREEN SPACE THAT WILL BE A BUFFER BETWEEN THE 12 LAND SPOTS OF THE TOWNHOMES. THAT WOULD BE JUST IN BETWEEN AND ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTIES ON THE WEST SIDE. WE FEEL THAT WITH A HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT THAT REPRESENTS ITSELF WELL. WE CAN ACTUALLY UTILIZE THIS PROPERTY THAT'S FRANKLY BEEN UNDEVELOPED FOR MANY YEARS.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. AND ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS TO BE GREATLY ANSWERED. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. SO THIS EVENING, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I APOLOGIZE SIR, WOULD YOU MIND STEPPING BACK FOR JUST A SECOND TO LET US GET YOUR NAME ON THE RECORD? CHAD, LOWER. THANK YOU. SIR, I APOLOGIZE I DIDN'T ASK YOU TO DO THAT AT THE BEGINNING. SO THIS EVENING, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO WITH THAT BEING SAI, I'D LIKE TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO SPEAK, WE'D ASK THAT YOU STEP FORWARD TO DO SO.

AT THIS TIME. AND IF YOU WOULD FOR US, SIR, IF YOU WILL START WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR OUR RECORD, THEN YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES IN WHICH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.

I'M MARK DISKEY. I LIVE AT 507 RUSTIC CIRCLE. I LIVE IN ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THAT BLOCK WHERE THEY'RE WANTING TO BUILD THIS STUFF. I STILL HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS. I LIVED THERE SINCE 89. MY KIDS ALL WALKED ACROSS THAT FIELD GOING TO SCHOOL. I KNOW, HE SAYS. HOW MANY CARS DRIVE DOWN THERE, BUT IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THERE WHEN SCHOOL LETS OUT, YOU CAN'T GO NOWHERE. SO YOU'RE ADDING YOU'RE ADDING HOUSES RIGHT THERE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO DUMP RIGHT INTO THE DRIVEWAY TO THE SCHOOL. AND I'M SORRY, BUT PEOPLE COME AND GO OUT OF YOUR HOUSE, WHICH IS YOUR RIGHT TO COME AND GO OUT OF YOUR HOUSE. YOU LIVE THERE. BUT I'M WANTING TO KNOW WHERE ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE PARKING AT, BECAUSE THAT FIELD AIN'T VERY BIG. SO IF EACH PERSON HAS TWO CARS, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO BE PARKING AT? YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT IT. GRANTED, I'M NOT AN ENGINEER OR NOTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I'VE BUILT STUFF BEFORE. I HAVE FARM GROUND. YOU CAN ONLY PUT SO MUCH STUFF IN A SMALL AREA BEFORE IT OVERFLOWS. WHAT'S GOING TO KEEP THE OVERFLOW FROM BEING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, IN OUR STREET? WE ALREADY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH SCHOOL BUSSES GETTING DOWN OUR STREET BECAUSE THE STREETS AIN'T WIDE ENOUGH. THEY GOT TO COME DOWN, TURN AROUND IN THAT CUL DE SAC. SO IF WE END UP WITH EXTRA CARS PARKED ON OUR STREET THAT DON'T BELONG THERE IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE, WHERE DO WE PARK? AND WE'VE HAD THAT ISSUE BEFORE ON OUR STREET AND THE POLICE WILL COME AND TELL YOU YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PARKING. WELL, IF YOU DON'T LIVE THERE, YOU SHOULDN'T BE PARKING THERE. AND THAT'S MY MAJOR CONCERN. I SEE THAT THEY CHANGED A LITTLE BIT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE TRASH THAT WAS ONE OF MY CONCERNS ON THE FIRST MEETING WE HAD, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NO WAY FOR THE TRASH TRUCKS TO GET IN AND OUT.

YOU LOOK AT OUR ALLEY AND OUR STREET. THE TRASH TRUCKS HAVE TRASHED BOTH OF THOSE BECAUSE THE TRUCKS ARE SO BIG. I UNDERSTAND WHY WE GOT BIG TRUCKS. KEEP THE COST DOWN, I GET IT. BUT THE STREETS WEREN'T BUILT FOR THAT STUFF WHEN ALL THIS WAS BUILT IN THE 80S. SO YOU'RE ADDING MORE. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE BIG TRUCKS GOING IN AND OUT. THAT'S JUST MORE TRAFFIC. I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S A WISE THING TO BE PUTTING ON THAT LOT. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO I SAW THIS HAND FIRST. WE'LL GET TO EVERYBODY IN TURN. YES,

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MA'AM. SO AGAIN, IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD FOR US, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES IN WHICH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. JACKIE TOBER, 635 LEGEND TRAIL. Y'ALL DON'T GET MY REAL NAME ANYMORE. I WAS LOOKING AT THIS SPACE WHEN Y'ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT IT. JUST A SECOND AGO. 701 WEST BROWN. AND IT'S THE IT'S THE SPACE. THE FIELD, THE EMPTY FIELD THAT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM BIRMINGHAM ELEMENTARY. AND WHILE I AGREE WITH WHAT THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME JUST SAID, I THINK THAT I THINK IT'S A GREAT USE OF THE SPACE. I MEAN, BRINGING IN MORE PEOPLE THAT MAYBE HAVE CHILDREN OR ARE PREGNANT AND THEN THEY HAVE THAT GROWTH RIGHT THERE.

AND I JUST KNOW THAT WHEN YOU COME INTO A CITY, THE FIRST THING YOU LOOK FOR IS THE SCHOOLS. AND I'VE HEARD GREAT THINGS ABOUT BIRMINGHAM. IF THE LINES DON'T CHANGE, MY SON WILL BE GOING TO BIRMINGHAM NEXT YEAR. I'LL BE ABLE TO FIND OUT FIRSTHAND ABOUT THIS AMAZING SCHOOL. I LOVE WYLIE ISD, SO YOU KNOW ALL THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT THE CITY. I THINK IT'S GREAT USE OF THE SPACE. I UNDERSTAND THE OTHER GENTLEMAN'S CONCERNS ABOUT THE PARKING, BUT IT'S JUST WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I MEAN, IT'S PUBLIC STREETS. I MY ONLY CONCERN, LIKE HE SAID, I MEAN, IF THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PARTIES, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PARKING IN THAT BIRMINGHAM. I MEAN, I WOULD SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD THAT WOULD NEED TO BE REVIEWED AND ADDRESSED. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK THAT IT'S A GREAT USE OF THE SPACE. TOWNHOMES ARE AWESOME. I DO. THE OTHER CONCERN I HAVE IS THE HEIGHT. ARE THEY GOING TO BE TWO STORY OR THREE STORY TOWNHOMES? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO CONSIDER BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE AWAY FROM THE EFFECT OF THE OF THE CITY, THE CITYSCAPE, IF YOU WILL. SO THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK IT'S AN AMAZING IDEA, AND I THINK THAT IT SHOULD DEFINITELY GO INTO CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. I BELIEVE WE HAD YES, MA'AM. YOU'RE UP. AGAIN, IF YOU'LL START WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD FOR US. OKAY. WHICH BUTTON DO I HIT YOU GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY, SO I AM KELLY DUSKY. THAT'S MY HUSBAND, MARK. WE LIVE AT 507 RUSTIC CIRCLE. WE MOVED TO WYLIE IN 1989. WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE THERE WHEN WE CAME TO THE ZONING COMMITTEE MEETING, WE HAD EIGHT DIFFERENT NEIGHBORS. THAT ALL CAME AT THE SAME TIME. THEY ALL PRESENTED THEIR DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW. WE ALL HAD SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT, BUT THE BULK OF OUR CONCERNS RELATED TO THIS, TO THE CUL DE SAC. AND THIS GENTLEMAN HERE CAME AND TALKED ABOUT TRAFFIC ON BROWN AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, COMPARED IT TO 544 AND 78. YES, IT IS A FARM TO MARKET ROAD, BUT BROWN IS NOT MY CONCERN. MY CONCERN IS RUSTIC CIRCLE. WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE IN 1989 BECAUSE IT WAS ON A CUL DE SAC. WE HAVE VERY LIMITED ACCESS. IT'S NOT LIKE WESTGATE OR WINDING OAK OR ANY OF THOSE STREETS THAT ARE WIDE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE CARS PARKED ON BOTH SIDES AND TWO VEHICLES GETTING PAST AT THE SAME TIME. YOU CAN BARELY GET ONE CAR THROUGH WHEN YOU HAVE VEHICLES PARKED ON BOTH SIDES. MY SECOND CONCERN FOR THE CITY, AND I REALLY WANT YOU GUYS TO THINK ABOUT THIS. IF YOU APPROVE THIS, WE DON'T HAVE AN HOA. YOU WILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN THOSE GATES. AND I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT WHAT WILL HAPPEN, SINCE IT'S ONLY FOR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT USE, PEOPLE WILL BREAK THOSE GATES, PROP THEM OPEN, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET 101 TELEPHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CALLING AND SAYING, THE GATES ARE BROKEN. THE GATES ARE BROKEN. WE HAVE ALL THIS TRAFFIC. ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE COMING THROUGH, AND OUR CUL DE SAC HAS ESSENTIALLY BECOME A THROUGH STREET FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO GET AROUND TRAFFIC AT BIRMINGHAM, TRYING TO GET AROUND TRAFFIC FROM THE MOSQUE, TRYING TO GET AROUND TRAFFIC FROM ALL THE DAYCARES. SO IF YOU HAVE A MOMENT, I ASK YOU TO PLEASE GO TO BROWN AND RUSTIC TRAIL WHEN SCHOOL GETS OUT, OR ON FRIDAY AFTERNOONS WHEN THEIR SERVICES GET OUT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO TRAFFIC. AND THEN MAYBE WE DON'T NEED A TRAFFIC STUDY. MAYBE WE JUST NEED SOME COMMON SENSE. SO I REALLY HOPE YOU'LL THINK ABOUT WHO LIVES IN WILEY, WHO'S INVESTED IN WILEY, WHO'S DEDICATED TO WILEY. ALL OF THE FAMILIES THAT WERE THERE AT THAT MEETING WERE VERY DEDICATED AND VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE IN WILEY. WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO TOWNHOMES, WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO PROGRESS.

WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO MULTIFAMILY. WE JUST NEED TO HAVE CONSCIOUS AND CONTROLLED GROWTH WITH INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL CARRY AND SUPPORT EVERYBODY WHO LIVES THERE, BECAUSE NOT

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ONLY WILL WE BE UPSET OR FRUSTRATED, ALL OF THOSE 12 FAMILIES WHO MOVE INTO THOSE TOWNHOMES WILL BE EQUALLY FRUSTRATED. AND IT'S JUST GOING TO LEAD TO CONFLICT THAT NONE OF US REALLY NEED. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT AGAIN. IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. ALL RIGHT, SO, MISS STORM, LET THE RECORD REFLECT. NO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE PRESENT WISHING TO SPEAK. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND NOW COUNCIL, I WANT TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. EITHER FOR THE APPLICANT OR FOR MR. HASKINS. OKAY. DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. IS THAT CORRECT? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT. MY CONCERNS ON THE PROJECT, I THINK FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, IT IS THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION ARE NOT HAVING ONE, WHICH MR. HASKINS DOESN'T THAT MEAN THAT THE CITY WOULD AUTOMATICALLY GET MAINTENANCE OF THE STREET AS WELL? YES, SIR.

IT'S A PUBLIC STREET. SO WHICH ALSO INCLUDES ALL THE SANITARY AND ALL THE STORMWATER, BECAUSE THERE'S NO STORMWATER RETENTION THERE. SO ALL THE STORMWATER DRAINS AND THAT DRAINAGE SYSTEM IS ALSO PART OF WHAT THE CITY WOULD END UP TAKING ON THE. YEAH. BUT TO BE FAIR, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S NORMAL FOR ANY SUBDIVISION EVEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FEW SUBDIVISIONS IN TOWN THAT HAVE PRIVATE STREETS THAT ARE GATED COMMUNITIES, BUT THEY HAVE HOA'S, DON'T THEY? THEY HAVE HOA'S ALSO. BUT EVEN IN EVEN IN A HOME THAT HAS AN HO OR EVEN IN A SUBDIVISION THAT HAS AN HOA, THE CITY IS STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STREETS AND THE STORMWATER AND ALL THAT.

OKAY, OKAY. MY LARGEST CONCERN, ASIDE FROM JUST THE LOCATION AND THE SCHOOL AND WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND IN THE CUL DE SAC, IS THE FACT THAT IT'S ALREADY BEEN ZONED. THAT'S MY BIGGEST THING.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT TAKING SOMETHING FROM AG THAT HAS A GOOD DIFFERENT USE THAT WE WANT TO TALK AND DISCUSS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ZONED NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, WHICH MEANS TO THESE PEOPLE'S POINT, THEY BOUGHT AND IT WAS ZONED OR IT GOT ZONED AND THEY WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THEIR VOICE. AND THEN IT GOT ZONED, REZONED TO NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. SO PEOPLE THAT HAVE MOVED IN SINCE IT WAS ZONED NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES WERE MADE A COMMITMENT BY THE CITY TO KEEP IT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, UNLESS IT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF EVERYONE TO CHANGE IT. THAT'S MY THAT'S MY STANDING ON THAT KIND OF REZONING CASE.

SO WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS. YES, SIR. HEY, MAYOR, IF I CAN REAL QUICK THOUGH, I SAW YOU IN THE CITY MANAGER, TALK TO ME BECAUSE P AND Z, JUST A REMINDER THAT BECAUSE P AND Z MADE A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL, THIS WOULD BE A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE. I WAS CLARIFYING IS THAT 75%? YES, SIR. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD. OKAY.

AND I JUST WANT TO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I NEW MEMBERS OR TOTAL MEMBERS, NOT MEMBERS PRESENT. OH OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I JUST THAT WAS WHAT I WAS CHECKING ON. JUST SO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE TIME FOR A MOTION THAT I KNOW WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE, THEIR PARLIAMENTARY MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION AT THIS TIME TO DENY THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED. OKAY. WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO DENY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN STRANG, I PREFERRED IF HE ADDED PREJUDICE, BUT I WILL GO AHEAD AND SECOND, AS IS.

OKAY. WE DO HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO DENY COUNSEL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. SO THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. THE APPLICATION IS DENIED. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM

[2. Hold a Public Hearing, to consider, and act upon, the removal of a board member, and the appointment of a new board member to the City of Wylie Zoning Board of Adjustment to fill a term from November 12, 2024 to June 30, 2025.]

NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE REMOVAL OF A BOARD MEMBER AND THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW BOARD MEMBER TO THE CITY OF WYLIE. ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO FILL A TERM FROM NOVEMBER 12TH, 2024 TO JUNE 30TH, 2025. MISS STORM YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HAS VERY STRICT REQUIREMENTS TO REMOVE A BOARD MEMBER. WE DO HAVE TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AT AN OPEN MEETING. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS ITEM IS FOR. THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HAS HAD QUITE A FEW MEETINGS WHERE THEY COULD NOT MEET QUORUM OR GET IN CONTACT WITH SOME BOARD MEMBERS.

SO BEFORE YOU ARE SOME APPLICANTS WHO DID APPLY, AND WE DID HEAR BACK FROM TWO OF THE SIX THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THIS BOARD TO FILL THE REMAINING TERM. THANK YOU, MISS STORM. SO OBVIOUSLY ATTENDANCE SO THAT THE QUORUM CAN BE MET AT THESE IS DEFINITELY IMPORTANT. SO MAYOR PRO TEM, I KNOW THAT YOU LED OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSION

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INTERVIEWS. MR. ENNIS AND MR. CAFFREY DID RESPOND, WHICH I THINK IS A POSITIVE SIGN THAT THEY WOULD RESPOND. DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION? POTENTIALLY. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO LET ME GET A RECOMMENDATION, BUT NOT A MOTION FROM YOU. IF I COULD, OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE JOHN ENNIS TO FULFILL THE REMAINING PORTION OF THIS TERM. OKAY. SO WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING. SO IF THERE I WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THAT MISS STORM. IF ANYONE IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, WE'D ASK THAT YOU STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME. MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT NO ONE STEPPED FORWARD TO SPEAK DURING THIS TIME. SO WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. NOW, WE DO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR MR. ENNIS, AND I WILL POINT OUT THAT I WILL OPEN IT TO A MOTION, BUT IT WILL HAVE TO BE A MOTION AS WRITTEN. SO WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE ITEM? MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE MICHAEL INNELLA AND TO APPOINT JOHN ENNIS TO THE CITY OF WYLIE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO FILL THE TERM OF NOVEMBER 12TH, 2024, TO JUNE 30TH, 2025. THAT IS MY MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? I'LL SECOND IT. MOTION WITH A SECOND. AS STATED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. MR. ENNIS IS APPOINTED. MR. INNELLA IS REMOVED. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH

[3. Consider, and act upon, naming the Storytime Room at the Smith Public Library after Mayor Eric Hogue.]

IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON NAMING THE STORY TIME ROOM AT THE SMITH PUBLIC LIBRARY AFTER MAYOR ERIC HOGUE. SO I KNOW WE HAVE SOME BACKGROUND THAT'S IN HERE THIS EVENING, BUT JUST FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE PRESENT, MAYOR HOGUE SERVED THE CITY OF WYLIE FOR SEVEN YEARS AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, 12 YEARS AS MAYOR, ALSO SERVED CONSTRUCTION CODE BOARD AND PLANNING AND ZONING, SO HE SPENT OVER 20 YEARS GIVING BACK TO THE CITY. I CAN TELL YOU, AS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO FOLLOWED HIM IN THIS SEAT, THE YEARS SPENT AS MAYOR, THAT IS HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF TIME, THAT IS DEDICATED TO GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, BEING AN AMBASSADOR, PROVIDING SUPPORT THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, TAKE TIME AWAY FROM OTHERS THAT KIND OF SACRIFICE AND DEDICATION. I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE HONORED AND REMEMBERED AND SO WITH THAT, I KNOW THAT THE MAYO, MAYOR HOGUE, SPENT TIME AUTHORING A CHILDREN'S BOOK. HE DOES MAGIC SHOWS FOR THE CHILDREN, WHICH HAVE CONTINUED AND SPENDS A LOT OF TIME OVER THERE. I EVEN SAW HIM EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR HARRY POTTER'S BIRTHDAY OUT THERE TO HELP JUDGE AND HELP ENCOURAGE THE PARTICIPATION THERE. SO I KNOW THAT THE LIBRARY HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR HIM AND IN HIS HEART.

WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD, SIR? GO AND SAY, THAT'S DANGEROUS. I'M JUST GOING TO ASK YOU. IT IS OFF IF YOU'LL IF YOU'LL TURN IT ON FOR US, THOUGH. YEAH. THREE MINUTES.

OKAY, OKAY. I JUST WANT TO. THIS IS SUCH AN HONOR. IT REALLY IS MORE THAN YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE. FOR ME, THE LIBRARY IS VERY, VERY SPECIAL TO ME. AND TO BE A PART OF THAT AND TO THINK ABOUT. I KNOW, I'M SURE IT STILL IS, BECAUSE WE HAVE A PHENOMENAL LIBRARY DIRECTOR WHO LEARNED FROM A PHENOMENAL LIBRARY DIRECTOR, ONE OF THE TOP TEN LIBRARIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND AT LEAST I KNOW FOUR YEARS AGO WE AVERAGED ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILLION VISITORS EVERY YEAR WITH THE LIBRARY. AND IT'S JUST SUCH A IT'S A SPECIAL PLACE. IT REALLY IS. AND IT'S REALLY AN HONOR. I ALMOST FEEL LIKE I'M AT THE OSCARS. IT'S JUST AN HONOR TO BE NOMINATED. YOU KNOW? BUT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SIR, THANK YOU. MISS OPHELI. WOULD JUST LIKE TO I KNOW, I KNOW, IT'S ALREADY ON THE RECORD, SO TO SPEAK, IN AN EMAIL, BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE LIBRARY WOULD WELCOME? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. COUNCIL. MR. HOGUE HAS BEEN PART OF THE LIBRARY AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN THERE. WHETHER IT WAS IN THE OLD BUILDING AND HE'D ELBOW HIS WAY BEHIND THE DESK AND CHECK PEOPLE OUT AND GIVE PEOPLE WRONG INFORMATION. BUT IT WAS STILL FUN, AND WE LET HIM DO IT ANYWAY TO LIKE THE MAYOR SAI.

CURRENT MAYOR SAID, YOU KNOW, HE'S THERE EVERY YEAR AS THE MINISTER OF MAGIC FOR THE HARRY POTTER PARTY. HE COMES TO OUR BOOK CLUBS TO TALK ABOUT HIS BOOK. HE'S JUST BEEN A SUPPORT FOR THE LIBRARY AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER. AND EVEN DURING COVID, WE DID. YOU KNOW, MR. MAYOR'S

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NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE FILMED THOSE AT THE LIBRARY. SO THOSE WERE A LOT OF FUN, TOO. YEAH. SO I WOULD I WOULD BE HONORED TO HAVE HIS NAME ON OUR STORYTIME ROOM. OKAY. THANK YOU. MA'AM. SO WITH THAT, IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS, I'D OPEN IT. OTHERWISE I'D ALSO BE OPEN TO A MOTION.

MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS IT'S PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND, COUNCILMAN MALIKAI? I'LL SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. SO CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR HOGUE. AND.

AND I'LL SAY STAY TUNED. WE'LL HAVE AN OFFICIAL UNVEILING OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE. ONCE THAT ALL GETS WORKED OUT. SO WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR THIS EVENING, WHICH

[4. Consider, and act upon, Ordinance No. 2024-41 authorizing the City Secretary, pursuant to state campaign finance law, to terminate the campaign treasurer appointments of inactive candidates or inactive political committees.]

IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024. DASH 41, AUTHORIZING THE CITY SECRETARY PURSUANT TO STATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW, TO TERMINATE THE CAMPAIGN TREASURER APPOINTMENTS OF INACTIVE CANDIDATES OR INACTIVE POLITICAL COMMITTEES. MISS. STORM. YES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS ITEM IS ACTUALLY ADOPTING THE PROCESS. AND THEN WE WILL BY STATE LAW, WE HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU LISTING THE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE TERMINATED AFTER WE'VE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO THEM. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A CAMPAIGN TREASURER APPOINTMENTS GOING BACK TO 1998.

WE HAVE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO INDIVIDUALS OVER THE YEARS, AND EITHER THEY'VE MOVED AND WE DON'T HAVE GOOD CONTACT INFORMATION, BUT THAT WE HAVE TO RETAIN THOSE UNTIL WE HAVE A FINAL REPORT. AND REALLY, PER THE ELECTION CODE, IF AS LONG AS THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORT OR TREASURER'S REPORT IS OPEN, THEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FILING SEMIANNUAL REPORTS IN JANUARY AND JULY. SO THIS HELPS US PUT A PROCESS IN PLACE WHERE WE CAN REACH OUT TO EVERYONE THAT IS OUTSTANDING. AND IF WE DON'T HEAR BACK FROM THEM WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, WE CAN BRING THOSE NAMES BEFORE YOU, PROBABLY IN A RESOLUTION, MAYBE, OR JUST IN A MOTION TO TERMINATE THEM. AND THEN WE CAN PUT THOSE ON A RETENTION AND DESTROY THOSE. OKAY. AND AGAIN, JUST REITERATING WHAT MISS STORM SAI, THIS IS FOR THOSE WHO ARE INACTIVE CANDIDATES WHO HAVE NOT FILED FOR PLACES ON THE BALLOT AND ARE NOT FILING, MAINTAINING AND FILING CAMPAIGN FINANCE FORMS. AND FRANKLY, FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE AN INACTIVE FORM OR WHO MAY HAVE A FORM THAT HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED TECHNICALLY UNDER STATE LAW, THEY COULD POTENTIALLY FACE PENALTIES AND FINES FOR EACH MISSED REPORT THAT THEY'VE MISSED SINCE THEN. SO IT ALSO WILL PROVIDE A SERVICE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS IF THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE THEY'RE NOT COMING IN. BUT THIS IS NOT EVER ABOUT REMOVING ANYONE WHO IS ACTIVELY PURSUING A POSITION, AND EVERYONE WILL BE GIVEN AMPLE NOTICE. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT, THAT THAT IS WHAT IS BEING DONE HERE, THAT I STATE THAT CORRECTLY OR RESTATE THAT CORRECTLY, MISS STORM. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION. COUNCILMAN STRANG THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO EXCUSE ME, APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? I'LL SECOND IT. MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE. AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX

[5. Consider, and act upon, Resolution No. 2024-29(R) casting a vote for a candidate(s) to the Board of Directors of the Collin Central Appraisal District for a one-year term beginning January 1, 2025.]

ZERO. MOVING US TO ITEM FIVE. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024. DASH 29 ARE CASTING A VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COLLIN CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT FOR A ONE YEAR TERM BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2025. SO, COUNCIL, I KNOW WE'VE HAD THESE COME THROUGH BEFORE AND WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS THAT REACHED OUT TO ME FROM DALLAS. HOWEVER, UNDER THE CHANGES IN STATE LAW, WE DO NOT HAVE A VOTE IN DALLAS TO PROCEED WITH. AND THIS IS FOR COLLIN COUNTY. SO OBVIOUSLY YOU ALL HAVE THE LIST OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE SUBMITTED. DO WE HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, I SAW YOUR LIGHT ON.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. YES, I THINK WE ALL RECEIVED PROBABLY THE SAME CORRESPONDENCE FROM MR. GRADY, RICHARD GRADY. AND IN SPEAKING WITH SOME OF THOSE THAT RUN IN HIS SPHERE OF INFLUENCE AND ARE TIED WITHIN COLLIN COUNTY, IT SOUNDS LIKE HE IS WHO HE SAYS HE IS, AND HE'S DONE

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WHAT HE HAS SAID HE'S DONE. AND I'D LIKE TO PUT FORWARD HIS NAME FOR THAT POSITION. AND I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION WHEN YOU'RE READY FOR IT. OKAY, SO, COUNSELOR, MAY I ASK WHEN YOU MAKE THE MOTION? BECAUSE THE CITY DOES GET 53 VOTES AND YOU CAN SPLIT THOSE VOTES AMONGST DIFFERENT MEMBERS, OR YOU CAN DESIGNATE ALL 53 FOR ONE MEMBER. SO WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR MOTION, IF YOU COULD JUST STATE THAT. THANK YOU. MR. I'M GOING TO ASK THE OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS. I'M NOT SEEING THAT ANYONE IS REACHING COUNCILMAN DUKE, DID YOU HAVE ONE? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. NO, I'LL JUST PUT MY NAME IN THE HAT FOR MR. GRADY. I DID I DID CORRESPOND WITH HIM, AND I DIDN'T EXACTLY APPROVE OF EVERYTHING HE SAID. BUT, YOU KNOW, HE HAD THE COURAGE TO EMAIL AND REACH OUT, AND HE GETS MY VOTE FOR THAT. OKAY. I THINK IT'S THE FIRST YEAR WE'VE HAD ANYONE REACH OUT FROM COLLIN COUNTY AND PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THEMSELVES. I COULD BE WRONG. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ONE PRIOR, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE THE SAME PERSON THAT'S BEEN NOMINATED TWICE. AS STATED, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER MAKES A MOTION READS IT INDICATING THE NUMBER OF VOTES. WITH THAT, I'LL BE OPEN TO A MOTION. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, THANK YOU, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024. DASH 29 R, CASTING ALL 53 VOTES FOR MR. RICHARD GRADY AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE COLLIN CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT FOR A ONE YEAR TERM BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2025.

THAT IS MY MOTION. THANK YOU. SIR, WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN STRING? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND. AS STATED.

COUNSEL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM

[6. Consider, and act upon, Resolution No. 2024-30(R) casting a vote for a candidate(s) to the Board of Directors of the Rockwall Central Appraisal District for a one or three-year term beginning January 1, 2025.]

SIX, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024. DASH 30 ARE CASTING A VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ROCKWALL CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT FOR A ONE YEAR OR THREE YEAR TERM BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST, 2025. I WILL ASK AGAIN, COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT YOU HAVE CORRESPONDED WITH OR ARE FAMILIAR WITH IN THIS INSTANCE? OKAY, I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT AS A NO. I BELIEVE WE HAVE TEN VOTES IN THIS. OKAY.

COUNCILMAN MALIK, ARE YOU READY FOR A MOTION? MAYOR? I'M READY TO MAKE ONE. DID YOU HAVE SOMEONE YOU WANTED TO NOMINATE? NO. I THINK WE SHOULD JUST SPLIT THE VOTES AMONGST ALL THE CANDIDATES SINCE THERE'S FIVE. YEAH, SO WE HAVE TEN VOTES. MR. OKAY, SO I WILL OPEN IT TO A MOTION IF YOU WILL MAKE SURE TO READ THE MOTION AS PRESENTED AND INDICATE THE VOTES. MISS STORM, DO YOU NEED HIM TO LIST OUT EACH PERSON AS TWO VOTES OR JUST TO DIVIDE TWO VOTES TO EACH OF THE FIVE CANDIDATES? OKAY, SO IF THAT IS THE MOTION YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE, I'LL OPEN IT THOUGH FOR THE MOTION YOU WISH. MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024 DASH 30 R CASTING TWO VOTES FOR EACH CANDIDATE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ROCKWALL ROCKWELL CENTER APPRAISAL DISTRICT FOR A ONE OR A THREE YEAR TERM BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2025. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN STRING? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED WITH A SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR REGULAR ITEM AGENDAS THIS EVENING. WE DO HAVE A WORK SESSION SCHEDULED. WE WILL THEN MOVE INTO WORK SESSION NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS TO DISCUSS PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION. HOWEVER, I AM GOING TO GIVE US JUST AFTER THAT, I WILL RECONVENE US

[WS1. Discuss Priorities for the Upcoming Legislative Session.]

BACK INTO SESSION. WE ARE IN OUR WORK SESSION. NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS TO DISCUSS PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AS STATED, I DID REQUEST THIS ITEM TO BE PLACED. I'VE HAD SOME COMMUNICATION FROM BOTH THE RTC, WHICH YOU ALL APPOINTED ME TO REPRESENT US AND OTHER CITIES, AS WELL AS COMMUNICATION FROM DIFFERENT COUNTY JUDGES AND OTHER MAYORS THROUGHOUT THE AREA. I'D LIKE TO JUST SIMPLY WALK THROUGH THE WHAT'S LISTED HERE. AGAIN, THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE GERMANE TO THE CITY AND NONPARTISAN IN NATURE. THE FIRST IS OPPOSING

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PREEMPTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT DECISION MAKING, ESSENTIALLY, ESPECIALLY AROUND ZONING AUTHORITY. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS FROM SOME QUARTERS AT THE STATE LEVEL TO MOVE TOWARDS A HOUSTON MODEL WHERE THERE IS NO ZONING ANYWHERE AND WHATEVER ANYONE WANTS TO BUILD, THEY CAN BUILD AS LONG AS THEY OWN THE LAND. THIS WOULD JUST BE TO OPPOSE THAT AND TO KEEP THE AUTHORITY OVER ZONING WITHIN THE CITIES, REDUCTION OR ELIMINATION OF ETJ ETJ JURISDICTIONS. IF THERE'S NO ZONING AUTHORITY. I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AS A BODY IN THE PAST. IF ALL ETJ GOVERNANCE IS STRIPPED FROM US BY THE STATE, THEN NOT KEEPING THOSE ETJ AREAS WITHIN THE CITIES AND INSTEAD TURNING THEM TO THE COUNTIES, WHICH YOU WILL SEE WHY. IF I'LL SKIP DOWN A COUPLE TO INSTEAD ENACT COUNTY WIDE ZONING AUTHORITY IN AREAS OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS. SO IF WE CAN'T HAVE ANY SAY, TURNING THAT OVER TO THE COUNTY, SINCE IT'S COUNTY LAND THAT ALSO LISTS MUNICIPAL, UTILITY DISTRICT OR MUD REFORM. SO AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT ATTEMPTING TO ENSURE THAT WHEN MUD DEVELOPMENTS GO IN THAT THEY HAVE FIRE, THEY HAVE POLICE, THEY HAVE TRASH SERVICE, THEY HAVE ROADWAY CONNECTIONS THAT ARE SUFFICIENT FOR THE NUMBER OF NEW HOMES BEING BUILT. THERE'S INFORMATION, I BELIEVE IN, THERE'S FURTHER INFORMATION THAT CAN BE PROVIDED. BUT THIS IS JUST TO ENSURE THAT WHEN THOSE ARE PUT IN, THE CITY DOES NOT GET LEFT TRYING TO ALWAYS DETERMINE HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHERE THOSE THINGS ARE WORKED OUT IN ADVANCE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT PUTS A STRAIN ON CITY RESOURCES. IF WE HAVE VEHICLES AND PERSONNEL OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS AIDING ALSO IT HAS HERE RETAINING THE RIGHT TO CHARGE CITY IMPACT FEES. AGAIN, THIS IS DRIVEN BY THE DEVELOPER LOBBY WHO WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ALL DEVELOPMENT FEES OR CITY IMPACT FEES, WHICH AGAIN, THOSE ARE FEES THAT WE USE TOWARDS ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION, PARKLAND DEDICATION AND IMPROVEMENTS. I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME THAT GOES TO THE FIRE. IS THAT CORRECT AS WELL? IN CERTAIN? OKAY. NOT FIRE I KNOW THERE'S DIFFERENT IMPACT FEES, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THEM. AND IT'S JUST AGAIN, ABOUT RETAINING THE RIGHT FOR THE CITY TO OVERSEE THAT. NOT IN THE COUNTY. YES. YEAH. AND THE GREAT POINT THIS IS NOT ABOUT CHARGING IMPACT FEES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.

THIS IS JUST FOR DEVELOPMENTS AGAIN WITHIN THE CITY LEAVING LOCAL CONTROL IN PLACE. AND THEN FOR THE LAST ONE HERE OR THERE WAS ALSO ADDRESSING TEXAS WATER CHALLENGES. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE MASSIVE POPULATION INFLUXES INTO THE STATE. I THINK WE ALL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT TAKES IN ORDER TO GET CLEAN WATER SOLUTIONS IN PLACE, THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE STATE IS PLANNING FOR. AS COLLIN COUNTY CONTINUES TO GROW IN SIZE.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE HOME TO THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT. THIS IS ON THEIR PLATE. I CAN TELL EVERYONE THAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF IMPACT FEES BEING DIRECTLY MENTIONED, ALL OF THESE HAVE ARE GAINED UNANIMOUS SUPPORT AT THE RTC, WHICH IS THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL, MADE UP OF 45 INDIVIDUALS FROM ACROSS A 12 COUNTY AREA. SO THESE THESE ARE SEEN FROM PEOPLE, I'LL PUT IT AS BLUE AND RED LOCATIONS. SEE THESE THINGS AS IMPORTANT TO BE FOCUSED ON IN THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION. MAYOR PRO TEM, I'D LIKE TO LET YOU SPEAK ABOUT THE LAST PRIORITY, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO YOU, AND THAT MULTIPLE PEOPLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE EXPERIENCED. SURE. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR.

IMPROVING THE PROTECTION FOR ELDERLY WITH RESPECT TO CARETAKER RELATIONSHIPS AND THEIR ATTEMPTS TO ABSCOND WITH FINANCIAL ASSETS. ET CETERA. OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE SEEN AN UPTICK IN FINANCIAL CRIMES AGAINST ELDERLY, MENTALLY HANDICAPPED OR YOUTH WHO HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THEIR HOMES AND PLACED INTO STATE SERVICES OR STATE SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.

AND SO I HAVE BEEN WORKING ALREADY WITH SOME OF OUR LEGISLATORS, BOTH IN AUSTIN AND AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL, TO IMPROVE THOSE LAWS AND STRENGTHEN THOSE LAWS, TO ENSURE THAT AS OUR AGING COMMUNITY DOES BEGIN TO CREEP UP, TO BE THE LARGEST SECTOR OF OUR COMMUNITY, THAT THERE ARE LAWS IN PLACE TO PROTECT THEIR ASSETS ON BEHALF OF THEIR FAMILIES AND TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE NOT PREYED UPON BY CARETAKERS WHO ARE ACTUALLY PREDATORS. SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT STRENGTHENING THE ELDER. FINANCIAL ABUSE LAWS TO ENSURE

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THAT WHEN NON CARETAKERS COME IN AND BEGIN TO SCAM ELDERLY FOLKS OUT OF MONEY, THAT WE STRENGTHEN THE LAWS TO A POINT WHERE IT DISSUADES THEM FROM TAKING ACTIONS LIKE THAT, OR ONCE THEY'RE CAUGHT, IT'S NOT A SLAP ON THE WRIST AND GO DOWN THE ROAD. IT BECOMES MORE FELONIOUS THAN, YOU KNOW, LOW LEVEL MISDEMEANOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. I FIGURED YOU COULD ELABORATE A LITTLE MORE ON THAT THAN I COULD. SO COUNCIL THE WHAT'S UP THIS EVENING IS JUST A IT'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. IF ANYONE IS HAS STRONG OPINIONS WOULD LIKE ANYTHING REMOVED OR OR PUT UNDER FURTHER DISCUSSION. BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS JUST IF THESE ARE APPROVED AS PRIORITIES, THEN IT WOULD ENABLE MYSELF, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF TO POTENTIALLY SIGN LETTERS THAT ARE STRICTLY ADHERING TO THESE, TO THESE GOALS, AS WELL AS TO POTENTIALLY SPEAKING OR TESTIFYING DOWN IN AUSTIN IN THE FUTURE. IF THERE WAS A BILL IN PLACE, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE THAT ANYONE DO SO. MR. PARKER. YES, MAYOR, I'D JUST ADD THAT I THINK OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WE COULD IF COUNCIL DIRECTS US, STAFF COULD BRING BACK A RESOLUTION, YOU KNOW, SOLIDIFYING THESE ITEMS AS WELL AS I KNOW SOME OF YOU ALL ATTEND LEGISLATIVE DAYS DOWN IN AUSTIN DURING THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND WE COULD PUT TOGETHER A PAMPHLET WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST, BUT WE COULD POTENTIALLY WALK THE HALLS OF THE CAPITOL AND SPEAK TO EITHER THE ELECTED OFFICIALS DOWN THERE OR OR STAFFERS. THIS WOULD GIVE Y'ALL INFORMATION TO KIND OF SOME TALKING POINTS, AS WELL AS JUST BEING ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE SOME WRITTEN LITERATURE FOR THESE ITEMS HERE. SO I JUST I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT. THANK YOU, SIR. I APPRECIATE THAT, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO ADD, IF POSSIBLE TO THAT PRESENTED AGENDA, SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF PROPERTY INSURANCE CLAIM REFORM SPECIFICALLY THE APPRAISAL PROCESS. THERE'S OTHER OUTLIERS IN THERE. BUT IF I WAS GOING TO TARGET SOMETHING WITH A SPEARHEAD, IT WOULD BE THE APPRAISAL PROCESS OR LACK THEREOF WITHIN THE INSURANCE CODE. OKAY, MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU. MAYOR. I AGREE WITH THE ADDITION. I SUPPORT THIS LIST FULLY, AND I THINK THAT THE ADDITION OF A PRINTED PIECE OF MATERIAL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IN OUR HAND WITH TALKING POINTS AND TO LEAVE WITH STAFFERS OR TO HAND TO LEGISLATORS MAKES GREAT SENSE AND WOULD ALLOW US TO NOT ONLY COMMUNICATE CLEARLY, BUT COMMUNICATE. EXCUSE ME, COMMUNICATE SUCCINCTLY AS WE ENGAGE THE COLLECTIVE MESSAGE WOULD BE THE SAME INSTEAD OF OFF THE CUFF SPEECH TO INDIVIDUALS. SO I AGREE. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO I'LL GO SECOND HERE. I AGREE COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS WITH ADDING THAT I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.

WE IN NORTH TEXAS HAVE PLENTY OF CLAIMS THAT GO THROUGH AND I KNOW ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO IMPROVE THE PROCESSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE WOULD BE GREAT. AND I WOULD LET YOU SPEAK WITH MR. PARKER, A LITTLE BIT MORE, BECAUSE THAT'S MUCH MORE IN YOUR WHEELHOUSE THAN MINE. TO GIVE DETAILS. BUT I WOULD AGREE WITH THE LIST AND WITH YOUR ADDITION, I'LL ASK EVERYONE ELSE AS WELL. SO I'LL GO AHEAD. COUNCILMAN MALIK, I'M GOOD WITH THE LIST. I AGREE WITH THE SUGGESTIONS AND THE ADDITIONS AS WELL. YES, SIR. OKAY, COUNCILMAN STRANG, I AGREE WITH THE LIST AND THE EXCUSE. EXCUSE ME. THE ADDITIONS AS WELL. YEAH, I THINK PARTICULARLY THE PROTECTIONS FOR THE ELDERLY AND ALSO I DON'T WANT TO SEE WHY THEY TURN TO SOMETHING THAT'S FOLLOWING A HOUSTON MODEL. SO THERE YOU GO. COUNCILMAN DUKE. THANK YOU. I AGREE WITH THE LIST AND THE ADDITIONS AS WELL. OKAY. SO MR. PARKER WILL ASK STAFF TO THEN WORK ON RESOLUTION AS WELL AS THE WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU HAD SUGGESTED, AND FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ANY OF US THAT YOU NEED TO FOR ANY WORDING OR QUESTIONS. BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS PUTTING THAT WORK IN TO GET THAT TOGETHER. SO WE CAN PRESENT A CONCISE AND UNITED FRONT. WITH THAT, I WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE

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OUR WORK SESSION, MOVE US IN, MOVING US INTO OUR REGULAR SESSION, BUT THEN WE WILL BE

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

MOVING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER SECTION 551.07 FOR PERSONNEL MATTERS CLOSED MEETING. WE WILL BE CONDUCTING THE CITY MANAGER'S ANNUAL EVALUATION.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

CALL TO ORDER

COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS

CONSENT AGENDA

1. Hold a Public Hearing, to consider, and act upon, the writing of an ordinance for a change in zoning from Neighborhood Services (NS) to Townhouse District (TH) on 1.84 acres to allow for single-family attached development. Property located at 701 West Brown Street (ZC 2024-07).

2. Hold a Public Hearing, to consider, and act upon, the removal of a board member, and the appointment of a new board member to the City of Wylie Zoning Board of Adjustment to fill a term from November 12, 2024 to June 30, 2025.

3. Consider, and act upon, naming the Storytime Room at the Smith Public Library after Mayor Eric Hogue.

4. Consider, and act upon, Ordinance No. 2024-41 authorizing the City Secretary, pursuant to state campaign finance law, to terminate the campaign treasurer appointments of inactive candidates or inactive political committees.

5. Consider, and act upon, Resolution No. 2024-29(R) casting a vote for a candidate(s) to the Board of Directors of the Collin Central Appraisal District for a one-year term beginning January 1, 2025.

6. Consider, and act upon, Resolution No. 2024-30(R) casting a vote for a candidate(s) to the Board of Directors of the Rockwall Central Appraisal District for a one or three-year term beginning January 1, 2025.

RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION

EXECUTIVE SESSION

RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION

READING OF ORDINANCES

Nov 12, 2024 City Council & Work Session