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AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE JANUARY 14TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS AT THE WYLIE MUNICIPAL CENTER. THE TIME IS 6:04 P.M. WE DO ASK IF YOU HAVE YOUR CELL PHONE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. IF YOU WILL PLEASE SET IT TO VIBRATE OR TURN IT OFF SO AS NOT TO DISTURB PROCEEDINGS. IF YOU DO GET A CALL THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE, WE ASK THAT YOU STEP OUT TO OUR ATRIUM. MADAM CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLL AT THIS TIME? YES, MAYOR. MAYOR. MATTHEW PORTER. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN. DAVID. DUKE.
PRESENT. COUNCILMAN DAVE STRANG. MAYOR PRO TEM JEFF FORRESTER. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN SCOTT WILLIAMS. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN SID HOOVER. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN GINA MALIKI. PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS STORM. I'LL NOTE THE COUNCILMAN STRING MESSAGED AND LET US KNOW HE WAS RUNNING A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION TO BE LED BY OUR MAYOR PRO TEM JEFF FORSTER, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE BY COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER IN THE FREEDOMS OF THIS COUNTRY, OF THIS STATE, AND OF THIS CITY. FATHER, FATHER, WE GATHER HERE TODAY AND WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD WATCH OVER THOSE IN CALIFORNIA WHO ARE SUFFERING AT THE HANDS OF THE WILDFIRES, FATHER. BE WITH THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS AND THOSE WHO ARE LEAVING FROM OUR STATE TO GO AND WORK THERE TO HELP THOSE FAMILIES IN NEED. FATHER, I ASK THAT YOU WOULD WATCH OVER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHILE THEY ARE SEPARATED, FATHER. BE WITH THEM UNTIL THEY RETURN. FATHER, BE WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM WHO PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS AND ALLOW US TO MEET IN CHAMBERS SUCH AS THIS. IT'S IN THE NAME OF MY SON. YOUR SON, JESUS CHRIST, I PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PLEASE BE SEATED. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR FIRST ITEMS THIS EVENING,
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WHICH ARE PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO START WITH OUR SECOND BECAUSE IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT QUICKER BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS WE'D LIKE TO HONOR THIS EVENING. AND OUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM HINDUS OF DFW HAVE AN EVENT THAT THEY NEED TO GET TO. SO IF I COULD ASK THOSE WHO ARE HERE FROM THAT ORGANIZATION TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE. STAND UP HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HOSTING US. OF COURSE. ONE MORE WOULD BALANCES. SO, AS WE CAN SEE, JUST BY LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM THIS EVENING, WILEY AND THE DFW METROPLEX ARE A GREAT REPRESENTATION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE BLENDING OF CULTURES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THIS COUNTRY, WITHIN THIS CITY AS WELL. AND IT WAS MY PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO WELCOME OUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM HINDUS OF DFW. THEY RECENTLY, IN NOVEMBER 14TH, HAD HAD THEIR DIWALI CELEBRATION. AND UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO SOMETHING I HAD GOING WITH MY BABY DAUGHTER WHO WAS ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AT THE TIME, I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND, BUT THEY STILL WANTED TO COME AND SPEAK WITH ME THIS EVENING TO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NOT JUST DIWALI AND THE CEREMONY THEY HAD, BUT THEIR LOCAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, SUPPORTING LOCAL FOOD BANKS THROUGHOUT THE AREA, AS WELL AS OTHER SERVICE PROJECTS. AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE INVOLVEMENT OF ALL OF OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THEY ARE REALLY THE ONES WHO HELP US TO BE ABLE TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO AGAIN, WE THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING. THEY PRESENTED ME WITH A VERY BEAUTIFUL SMALL STATUE WHICH HAD THE AMERICAN BALD EAGLE, OF COURSE, THE BIRD OF THE NATIONAL BIRD OF THE UNITED STATES, AS WELL AS THE PEACOCK WITH IT, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL BIRD OF INDIA, AS A MEMENTO OF OUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND THE CULTURAL EXCHANGE THAT EXISTS. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS? THANK YOU
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VERY MUCH. ONE OF THE IT'S VERY KIND OF THE MAYOR, HONORABLE MAYOR TO END THE CITY COUNCIL, ALSO TO INCLUDE US IN THIS TODAY AND VERY GRATEFUL FOR BEING A PART OF THE COMMUNITY TODAY. AND ONE OF THE ONE FACTOR THAT I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH IS HINDUS ARE MOSTLY SEEN AS IDOL WORSHIPERS. WE DO NOT WORSHIP IDOLS. WE WORSHIP THE IDEAL. THE IDOL REPRESENTS. AND SO IF THE PICTURE OF GOD, WE SEE THE GODLINESS IN THAT PICTURE. AND SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO IDENTIFY, THAT WE DO NOT WORSHIP IDOLS AT ALL. IT DOESN'T MATTER. IT'S CLAY OR A COPPER OR GOLD OR ANYTHING ELSE. IT'S IT, BUT IT REPRESENTS THE VALUES AND THE, THE, THE SYSTEM OF RIGHT ACTION AND HOW TO DO THAT. WELL. AND SO THE RULE OF INDIA IS ONE WORD. THE HINDUS IS ONE WORD, ONE FAMILY, ONE FUTURE. SO WE ARE ALL THE SAME. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US TALK. THANK YOU. SO THIS EVENING I HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION. OH, YEAH. SO THAT WE WILL BE PRESENTING TO THE HINDUS OF DFW IN RECOGNITION OF THE OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX AND THE CITY OF WILEY. AND THE ANNUAL GRAND DIWALI FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS CELEBRATION THAT BRINGS THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER IN JOY, UNITY AND GOODWILL. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.[PR1. Wylie Way Students (K-12).]
ALL RIGHT. AND NOW WE WILL DO OUR SHINING THE WAY AWARDS. SO I KNOW DOCTOR VINCENT IS HERE. AND DOCTOR DE, IF YOU GUYS WILL JOIN US DOWN FRONT. AND SO WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL CALL EVERYONE ONE AT A TIME. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU WILL COME DOWN FRONT FOR US, WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE SCHOOL YOU'RE FROM, THE GRADE. AND WHO NOMINATED YOU FOR THIS? I'LL THEN READ WHAT YOUR NOMINATOR HAD TO SAY. NOW, I REMIND EVERYONE I AM A VERY HUMAN INDIVIDUAL. SO IF I MAKE ANY MISTAKE IN THE ENUNCIATION OF YOUR NAME, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME WHEN YOU COME UP SO THAT I CAN GET THAT RIGHT FOR YOU. BUT I DO MY ABSOLUTE BEST ON THAT. AND THEN AFTER WE GIVE YOU OUR YOUR MEDAL, I KNOW A COUPLE OF THOSE MAY HAVE HAD SOME MISSPELLINGS. IF IT DID, PLEASE TAKE IT TO MISS STORM. AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH ALL OF THE STUDENTS, WE'LL GET THAT CORRECTED AND MAKE SURE THAT GETS BACK TO YOU. AND WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE GETS A CHANCE TO COME FORWARD THIS EVENING AND BE HONORED. AND YOU'LL ALSO GET A CHALLENGE COIN FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR. WE WILL TAKE A PICTURE. PARENTS, WE TRY TO GET THOSE UP THE SAME EVENING, BUT TONIGHT, ONE OF OUR INDIVIDUALS IS GONE. CRAIG KELLY. IF YOU KNOW WHO HE IS, CHRISTINA WILL BE GETTING ALL THE PICTURES, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY'LL BE UP ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE UNTIL TOMORROW. SO. BUT IT WILL HAVE A CAPTION WITH WHAT IT IS THAT WAS SAID ABOUT YOUR STUDENT, AS WELL AS A PICTURE WITH YOUR STUDENT AND THE THREE OF US. SO I KNOW A LOT OF INSTRUCTIONS THIS EVENING ON THIS ONE. I TRIED. THEY KEEP THEY KEEP ME, THEY KEEP ME WELL INFORMED. SO WITH THAT, WE WILL START. OUR FIRST IS SAWYER MUNGER. FROM AIKEN ELEMENTARY, A THIRD GRADER, AND THIS IS FROM MRS. MARKHAM. SAWYER HAS[00:10:11]
REPEATEDLY DEMONSTRATED CARING AND GIVING THROUGH ACTIONS THAT BRIGHTEN THE LIVES OF THOSE AROUND HER. WITHOUT ANY PROMPTING, SHE TOOK IT UPON HERSELF TO BRING GLOVES AND A BAGGIE, AND RECRUITED A FRIEND TO PICK UP TRASH ON THE PLAYGROUND. DURING HER RECESS TIME. SAWYER'S ACTIONS GO FAR BEYOND WHAT IS EXPECTED OF A THIRD GRADER, EMBODYING THE TRUE SPIRIT OF CARING AND GIVING. SHE IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF HOW SMALL ACTS OF KINDNESS CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. CONGRATULATIONS. TO. HER. AND I SHOULD HAVE SAID THE SELFIES WILL BE ON HIS FACEBOOK, RIGHT? YEP. NEXT WE HAVE TRISHA HASSAN. AT BIRMINGHAM ELEMENTARY. A FOURTH GRADER AND THIS IS FROM MRS. DILL. SHE HAS A CARING NATURE AND GIVING SPIRIT THAT SHINES EVERY DAY, WHERE AISHA GOES OUT OF HER WAY TO HELP OTHERS. WHETHER IT IS ENCOURAGING ANOTHER CLASSMATE, EXPLAINING A TOPIC TO ANOTHER STUDENT, OR HELPING THE TEACHER WITH TASKS. HER ACTIONS ALWAYS CREATE A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE AISHA'S KINDNESS MAKES OTHERS FEEL VALUED AND INCLUDED. WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE MARISHA AS A BIRMINGHAM BEAR.CONGRATULATIONS! MOMMY! YOU ARE. IT CAN BE. YOU LOOK AT ME.
NEXT. THIS EVENING, JUAN MODESTO PEREZ. COMING FROM BUSH ELEMENTARY, SECOND GRADE. AND THIS IS FROM MRS. JENKINS AND MISS CALZADA. JUAN IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A STUDENT WHO EXEMPLIFIES CARING AND GIVING ATTRIBUTES. AND THAT IS WHY HE'S BEEN CHOSEN FOR CHOSEN FOR THE SHINING, THE WILEY AWARD. HE DEMONSTRATES COMPASSION AND KINDNESS DAILY TO HIS FRIENDS AND TEACHERS. HIS THOUGHTFUL ACTIONS MAKE HIM A GREAT FRIEND. EVERYONE LOVES HAVING HIM AROUND BECAUSE HE'S ALWAYS READY TO LEND A HAND AND MAKE OTHERS FEEL SPECIAL. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU, JUAN. CONGRATULATIONS. THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS. I HOPE HE'S READY TO GET OUT OF HERE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT IS JACKSON CATCHINGS. COMING TO US FROM COX ELEMENTARY, FOURTH GRADE. AND THIS IS FROM BETH TAYLOR, CHRISTA ROBINS AND KATE WALKER. JACKSON HAS A HEART OF GOLD. HE IS ALWAYS THE FIRST TO LEND A HAND IN CLASS. WHETHER HELPING A FRIEND WITH A TRICKY PROBLEM OR OFFERING A KIND WORD. HIS CARING NATURE MAKES THE CLASSROOM A BETTER PLACE FOR EVERYONE.
CONGRATULATIONS. HERE WE GO. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE CAMILA MATA. CAMILA. IS IT
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CAMILA? FROM DODD ELEMENTARY? SECOND GRADE. AND THIS IS FROM MISS GRIGGS. CAMILA IS INCREDIBLY KIND AND THOUGHTFUL TO EVERYONE SHE MEETS. SHE ALWAYS FINDS WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO GIVE HER CLASSMATES WHEN THEY NEED THEM THE MOST. WE CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON HER TO BE HELPFUL AND SHOW EMPATHY TOWARDS OTHERS. SHE TREATS PEOPLE IN THE MOST LOVING WAY AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR HER SWEET AND CARING SPIRIT. CONGRATULATIONS! THANK YOU.YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. YOU GIRLS KNOW HOW TO SMILE. AND. KNOW THAT. THANK YOU. NEXT. SIDRA.
ALI. CAN I ASK HER IF I GOT THAT RIGHT? COMING FROM GROVES ELEMENTARY IN THIRD GRADE. THIS IS FROM MRS. MACKEY AND MRS. HOPF. SIDRA IS A WONDERFULLY CARING AND GIVING STUDENT WHO TRULY LIGHTS UP OUR CLASSROOM. SHE CONSTANTLY LOOKS OUT FOR HER CLASSMATES, OFFERING HELP SHARING OR SHOWING KINDNESS WHENEVER SOMEONE NEEDS IT. HER THOUGHTFULNESS AND GENERAL GENEROUS SPIRIT MAKE HER A FRIEND TO EVERYONE, AND A BRIGHT EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO CARE FOR OTHERS. SIDRA IS TRULY SHINING THE WAY FOR OTHERS WITH HER CARING AND GIVING NATURE.
CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT IS HALEY NORRIS. COMING FROM HARTMAN ELEMENTARY, FIRST GRADE. AND THIS IS FROM MRS. COPELAND. HALEY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR OTHERS IN OUR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY. SHE SHOWS A CARING HEART BY DONATING TO THOSE IN NEED, HELPING FRIENDS AND INCLUDING EVERYONE ON THE PLAYGROUND. SHE HAS A HEART OF GOLD AND TRULY DESERVES TO BE RECOGNIZED. CONGRATULATIONS! 16 YEAR OLD.
EMILY. AND NEXT WE HAVE NEVAEH REDMOND. COMING FROM SMITH ELEMENTARY. IN THIRD GRADE. THIS IS FROM MRS. KNAPP AND MRS. SWEENEY. IT IS HARD TO PUT HOW WONDERFUL NEVAEH IS INTO WORDS. SHE COMES INTO SCHOOL EVERY MORNING WITH THE SWEETEST SMILE ON HER FACE, AND SHE IS ALWAYS READY TO GIVE A HUG TO THOSE AROUND HER. SHE IS A FRIEND TO EVERYONE SHE MEETS AND ALWAYS HAS KIND WORDS TO SAY. NEVAEH IS EXTREMELY THOUGHTFUL AND SHE HAS THE GENTLEST SPIRIT. HER ATTITUDE OF CARING AND WAY OF THINKING ABOUT THOSE AROUND HER IS ALMOST CONTAGIOUS. WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR HER BECAUSE SHE IS TRULY A RAY OF SUNSHINE THAT BRIGHTENS OUR DAYS. CONGRATULATIONS! TO. NATHAN! NEXT WE HAVE JOHANNA SOLOMON.
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FROM TIBBALS ELEMENTARY. IN THIRD GRADE. AND THIS IS FROM MRS. GAUNT AND MRS. BARB. DID I GET THOSE RIGHT? I DID. THE NIGHT'S YOUNG. RECOGNIZING JOHANNA AS A STUDENT WHO EXEMPLIFIES CARING AND GIVING CHARACTER WAS AN EASY CHOICE BECAUSE THIS IS JUST THE KIND OF PERSON SHE IS TO ALL. YOU CAN FIND HER BEING KIND AND HELPFUL WHEN IT IS MOST NEEDED, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE BACKGROUND WHEN SHE THINKS NO ONE IS WATCHING. THE WAY SHE CHOOSES TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND GO ABOVE AND BEYOND IN ANYTHING SHE DOES, IS AN EXAMPLE TO HER CLASSMATES, AS WELL AS TEACHERS WHO WATCH HER HEART SHINE EVERY DAY. CONGRATULATIONS.TO. THE. NEXT WE HAVE MICHAELA TORRES. FROM WATKINS ELEMENTARY IN THIRD GRADE. AND THIS IS WHAT MRS. FRAUGHTON AND HEATHER WARREN HAD TO SAY. MICHAELA IS THE EPITOME OF CARING, ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP ANYONE IN NEED, WHETHER IT'S OFFERING ASSISTANCE TO A CLASSMATE WITH A TOUGH ASSIGNMENT OR MAKING SURE SOMEONE FEELS INCLUDED DURING GROUP ACTIVITIES. SHE CONSISTENTLY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND. WHAT SETS HER APART IS THAT SHE DOESN'T SEEK ATTENTION FOR HER GOOD DEEDS. SHE HELPS QUIETLY, WHETHER IN CLASS, AT RECESS, OR EVEN WHEN I NEED SUPPORT. MICHAELA IS A TRUE ROLE MODEL FOR CARING AND GIVING. CONGRATULATIONS.
NEXT WE HAVE ASHER KEARNEY. COMING FROM WHITT ELEMENTARY, SECOND GRADE. AND THIS IS FROM MRS. PATSY. ASHER IS A KIND AND THOUGHTFUL STUDENT IN CLASS AND THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL. HE HELPS OUT ANYONE IN NEED AND HAS ENCOURAGING WORDS FOR EVERYONE. HIS ATTITUDE IS CONTAGIOUS AND HIS FRIENDS LOVE BEING AROUND HIM. HE WANTS TO DO HIS BEST, BUT ALSO WANTS THE BEST FOR OTHERS IN HIS CLASS. ASHER IS A GREAT ROLE MODEL. CONGRATULATIONS.
GREAT JOB! NEXT WE HAVE GRAYSON ALBERTI. COMING FROM DAVIS INTERMEDIATE FIFTH GRADE, AND THIS IS FROM MRS. GRAY. GRAYSON HAS THE SPECIAL ABILITY OF IDENTIFYING A NEED IN OTHERS AND MEETING THAT NEED INSTANTLY. HE CARES ABOUT PEOPLE. HE DOES THINGS FOR OTHERS PURELY OUT OF THE KINDNESS OF HIS OWN HEART, AND NOT FOR RECOGNITION. I AM EXTREMELY HONORED TO BE HIS
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TEACHER AND BLESSED TO WATCH AS HE CARES FOR OTHERS AND HIMSELF. CONGRATULATIONS! NEXT WE HAVE ANGEL ARMENDARIZ. I'LL DOUBLE CHECK. DID ANGEL MAKE IT IN THIS EVENING? ALRIGHT, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT OVER TO HIM. SO WE'LL MOVE TO JULIA. SAMPLE.FROM HARRISON INTERMEDIATE, FIFTH GRADE. AND THIS IS MISS RACISM. HARRISON. JULIA IS ALWAYS GOING OUT OF HER WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT HER CLASSMATES ARE OKAY. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL TIMES WHERE I NOTICE THAT JULIA IS OFFERING HER SUPPLIES FOR OTHER STUDENTS TO USE. WITH NO HESITATION. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A DAY IN CLASS WHERE I HAVE NOT SEEN JULIA HELPING A FRIEND. WHETHER IT'S WITH AN ASSIGNMENT OR EVEN HELPING A FRIEND WHO MIGHT BE FEELING DOWN. JULIA'S CLASSMATES KNOW THAT THEY CAN COUNT ON HER. ALWAYS. CONGRATULATIONS.
CLASS. COLT. LACEY. COMING FROM BURNET JUNIOR HIGH, SEVENTH GRADE WITH MRS. HARDIN. COLT IS AN EXTREMELY CARING YOUNG MAN. HE EXEMPLIFIES THE QUALITIES OF CARING AND GIVING IN MY CLASSROOM. HE CARES ABOUT THE WAY OTHERS FEEL AND ACT, AND HE ALSO CARES ABOUT HIS WORK ETHIC.
HE IS A GENTLE SOUL AND IS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP WITH WHATEVER I OR OTHER STUDENTS NEED. CONGRATULATIONS.
NEXT WE HAVE GEORGE CURTIS. HE MADE A REQUEST FOR IT TO BE GEORGE. COMING TO US FROM COOPER JUNIOR HIGH. IN EIGHTH GRADE. AND THIS IS FROM MR. POE. GEORGE SHOWS THAT HE CARES ABOUT OTHERS BY ALWAYS BRINGING PATIENCE, EMPATHY, AND A SENSE OF HUMOR TO ANY GROUP HE IS A PART OF. THE BEST SUMMARY I CAN GIVE IS THIS I HAVE NEVER SEEN HIM MAKE SOMEONE'S DAY WORSE, BUT I AM CONSTANTLY SEEING HIM MAKE SOMEONE'S DAY BETTER. I AM BEYOND PROUD OF HIM FOR THAT, AND I AM SO LUCKY TO HAVE HIM IN MY CLASS. CONGRATULATIONS.
NEXT WE HAVE SADIE WOODSON. FROM MCMILLAN JUNIOR HIGH IN SEVENTH GRADE, AND THIS IS FROM MRS. LUTHERAN. GERMAN, GERMAN, GERMAN GERMAN WAS MY COLLEGE CLASSES THAT I HAD TO TAKE.
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SADIE IS A STUDENT THAT SHOWS CARING AND GIVING. EACH AND EVERY DAY. HERE AT MCMILLAN JUNIOR HIGH. SHE IS ALWAYS FIRST TO HELP, APPEAR IN NEED AND WELCOMES NEW STUDENTS WITH A SMILE AND RADIATES POSITIVITY. SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE CANNED FOOD DRIVE EVERY DAY AND ENCOURAGED HER PEERS TO DO SO AS WELL. SHE IS A RAY OF SUNSHINE IN CLASS AND I CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON HER TO HELP OTHERS AROUND HER. CONGRATULATIONS. YEAH. YOU DON'T. HAVE. TO. NEXT. KENNEDY.NOLTE. SHE BROUGHT HER OWN CHEERING SECTION. I ALWAYS LAUGH. YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON YOUR PARENTS TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A SMILE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. EVEN IF YOU'RE A LITTLE EMBARRASSED. SHE'S COMING FROM WYLIE EAST HIGH SCHOOL. SHE'S A SOPHOMORE. AND THIS IS FROM MRS. REAGAN FEUERBACHER. KENNEDY EXEMPLIFIES THE CORE VALUES OF CARING AND GIVING BY ALWAYS BEING WILLING TO HELP HER. TABLE BUDDIES WITH A WORKSHEET, OR EVEN BRING HER TEACHER A COFFEE, WHICH WAS A TOTAL SURPRISE. SHE CARES ABOUT THOSE AROUND HER AND IT IS EVIDENT IN EVERYTHING SHE DOES. KENNEDY TRULY WANTS WHAT IS BEST FOR OTHERS. CONGRATULATIONS.
NEXT IS JOHN PERRY. COMING FROM WYLIE EAST HIGH SCHOOL. A SENIOR DON'T GET SENIORITIS. YOU'VE GOT ONE HALF OF A HALF A YEAR LEFT. AND THIS IS FROM MRS. DEMI MCNULTY. JOHN ALWAYS COMES TO CLASS WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND READY TO LEARN. HE IS INCLUSIVE TO OTHERS AND WORKS WELL WITH THOSE AROUND HIM. LAST WEEK, A STUDENT'S AIRPODS WENT MISSING AND JOHN WAS VERY KIND TOWARDS THIS STUDENT AND ATTEMPTED TO HELP THE STUDENT SINCE HIS DESK WAS NEARBY. THE INCIDENT. JOHN IS ALWAYS RESPECTFUL TO THOSE AROUND HIM AND IS A GREAT ROLE MODEL TO HIS PEERS. CONGRATULATIONS. THERE'S NOTHING THAT THIS.
NEXT WE HAVE MACKENZIE WELLS. COMING FROM WILEY HIGH SCHOOL. ANOTHER SENIOR. SAME THING. KEEP IT UP THROUGH THE END. ALMOST THROUGH. AND THIS IS FROM KIM HARRIS. MACKENZIE IS A SWEETHEART IN MY CLASS. SHE SITS BESIDE A STUDENT THAT IS LEARNING ENGLISH. HE STRUGGLES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE DOING, SO SHE USES GOOGLE TRANSLATE TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE ASSIGNMENT IS FOR THE DAY. HE IS DOING MUCH BETTER BECAUSE SHE TAKES THE TIME TO HELP HIM. HE IS ALSO MUCH HAPPIER IN CLASS BECAUSE OF THIS. CONGRATULATIONS.
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NEXT IS CHARLES MCDONALD. FROM WILEY HIGH SCHOOL. A SOPHOMORE AND THIS IS FROM MR. ROSS. I HAVE CHARLES FOR TWO CLASSES THIS SEMESTER. HE ALWAYS COMES IN WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE. HE LOVES HELPING OTHERS AND ALWAYS GOES OUT OF HIS WAY TO MAKE SURE OTHERS QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED.HE OFTEN WALKS AROUND THE ROOM TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS ARE CAUGHT UP IN PHOTOSHOP, WHICH HELPS ME OUT A LOT AS WELL. CHARLES CONSISTENTLY EXEMPLIFIES CARING AND GIVING QUALITIES WITH GENUINE KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY. CONGRATULATIONS.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS JACK KEMPER. COMING TO US FROM ACHIEVE ACADEMY. A SOPHOMORE AND THIS IS FROM MRS. DESPAIN. I HAVE WATCHED JACK STEP FORWARD IN MY CLASS TO HELP A STUDENT WITH THEIR WORK WHEN THEY WERE STRUGGLING. HE DOESN'T JUST GIVE THEM ANSWERS, BUT TAKES THE TIME TO EXPLAIN WHERE THEY WENT WRONG AND LEAD THEM TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. HE IS A GREAT TEACHER. HE IS PATIENT AND KIND TO THOSE AROUND HIM, AND HE DOES THIS AND STILL KEEPS UP WITH HIS OWN WORK AND THEN SOME. CONGRATULATIONS.
ON. ALL RIGHT. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO CAME TO SUPPORT THEM. I LOVE THESE AWARDS THAT WE GET TO GIVE OUT, BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT RECOGNIZING THE CHARACTER TRAITS THAT WE WANT OUR YOUTH TO HAVE. THEY ARE THE NEXT GENERATION THAT'S COMING UP. THERE'S MORE TO LIFE THAN JUST HOW YOU SCORE IN SCHOOL, HOW ATHLETIC YOU ARE, THE CHARACTER TRAITS THAT YOU DEVELOP DURING THESE YEARS ARE THE ONES THAT WILL HELP MAKE YOU INTO THE ADULT THAT YOU BECOME ONCE YOU'RE OUT ON YOUR OWN. SO PARENTS, THANK YOU FOR THE JOBS YOU'RE DOING AND FAMILY MEMBERS. IF ANYONE HAD A MISSPELLED MEDALLION, IF YOU WILL BRING THAT UP TO MISS STORM, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE EVERYONE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO LEAVE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO. WE'LL TAKE A QUICK RECESS. OUR MEETINGS ARE 100% OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE, BUT WE WANT TO GIVE THOSE WHO NEED TO LEAVE A CHANCE TO DO SO, OR AS WELL AS THOSE WHO NEED TO GET THEIR MEDALLION CORRECTED. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. WAIT TILL THAT LADY BACK THERE ON HER WAY OUT. HE'S ALREADY SAID IT, SO HE'S PRETTY PLEASED SHE'S DOING. THIS. WITH THAT, I WILL RECONVENE US BACK INTO SESSION. WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR SECTION FOR OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. WE'LL MOVE TO OUR COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL REGARDING AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE ASK THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COMPLETE A FORM PRIOR TO THE MEETING IN ORDER TO SPEAK. COUNCIL DOES ASK THAT THOSE COMMENTS BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL. SIX IF REPRESENTING A GROUP. WE REMIND EVERYONE FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS, COUNCIL IS NOT ALLOWED TO CONVERSE, DELIBERATE OR TAKE ACTION ON ANY MATTER PRESENTED DURING THAT CITIZEN PARTICIPATION UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. MISS STORM, HAVE WE HAD ANY FORMS TURNED IN TO US THIS EVENING? NO, MAYOR.
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OKAY. WITH NO FORMS TURNED IN, WE'LL MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE EVENING. COUNCIL AND STAFF, DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS, CONSIDERATIONS OR COMMENTS? AND IF THERE ARE NONE, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN DUKE.THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. COUNCIL, WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. WITH COUNCILMAN STRANG ABSENT. WITH
[WS1. Discuss potential changes to the City Charter for a future Charter Amendment Election.]
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THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR FIRST WORK SESSION THIS EVENING. WE'RE ACTUALLY CONDUCTING WORK SESSION ONE FIRST, SO WE WILL MOVE TO THAT. AND MISS STORM. ARE YOU PRESENTING THIS TO US THEN? YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL A SOME DOCUMENTS WERE SENT TO YOU FOR REVIEW. WE SENT A CHARTER WITH ALL OF THE POTENTIAL PROPOSITIONS, WHICH RESULTED IN ROUGHLY 51. AND THEN WE ALSO PAIR THAT DOWN TO A TOP 25 BASED ON STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. TO BE CONSIDERED AND DISCUSSED, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, RYAN PITTMAN, IS HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR GUIDANCE TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF THESE. I IF YOU HAVE ANY THAT ARE NOT ON THE TOP 25, I GUESS WE COULD START THERE. OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, IF NOT, IF WE COULD TRY TO FOCUS ON THE TOP, TRYING TO PARE IT DOWN TO A AROUND 20 PROPOSITIONS IF POSSIBLE. OKAY, SO I WILL I WILL FOLLOW THOSE THAT GUIDANCE AND ASK COUNSEL. OBVIOUSLY YOU ALL HAVE THE LIST THAT WAS SENT OUT. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TOP 25 THAT YOU WANTED TO PUT FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION? AND IF I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE THAT HAS ONE AND I JUST I JUST WANT TO FURTHER ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT FROM MISS STORM THERE. THE REASON IS THAT WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT VOTERS DON'T END UP WITH WHAT THEY CALL VOTER FATIGUE. OFTEN, IF YOU HAVE TOO MANY ITEMS ON A BALLOT, THE LAST FEW GET VERY FEW VOTES AS PEOPLE ARE NOT PREPARED, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAD 51 ITEMS ON A BALLOT TO GO THROUGH THAT ENTIRE SECTION. SO TRYING TO PARE IT DOWN TO THE MOST IMPORTANT ITEMS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GET UPDATED IN THE CHARTER IS SEEN AS THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. AND THEN I BELIEVE IT'S TWO YEARS. IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, WE COULD TAKE UP THE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE CONSIDERED LESS URGENT. SO WITH THAT MISS STORM, DID YOU WANT TO WALK THROUGH THE 25? YES, SIR. I CAN GO DOWN THE LIST. SO THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE CHANGING THE VERBIAGE THROUGHOUT FOR. SORRY, I HAD THAT AT THE BEGINNING, BUT I MOVE IT TO THE END FOR GENDER NEUTRAL TERMS. SO COUNCIL MEMBER, WHATEVER PRONOUN WE COME UP WITH TO PUT IN THROUGHOUT THE. THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THEM.ANOTHER WOULD BE TO CHANGE THE VERBIAGE IN ARTICLE THREE, SECTION FIVE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A MAYOR FOR MAYOR PRO TEM DUTIES. AND THEN THREE WOULD BE AMEND VERBIAGE ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER MISSING MEETINGS. ARTICLE AND ARTICLE THREE, SECTION SIX BE FOR. AND THAT'S JUST TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE OUR CURRENT LANGUAGE IS A LITTLE VAGUE ABOUT MISSING MEETINGS. SO THAT'S TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION IN THERE. AMEND VERBIAGE. CURRENTLY, THE CHARTER STATES FEEL HE HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, WHICH IS A LITTLE VAGUE. SO MAYBE BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC. AND RYAN CAN SPEAK TO THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE SO THAT IT'S NOT SO SUBJECTIVE.
AND THAT'S AN ARTICLE THREE, SECTION 11 A. THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE TO ADD VERBIAGE REGARDING OR BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY BE ALLOWED BY STATE LAW THROUGHOUT THE CHARTER WHEN REFERRING TO THE NEWSPAPER. AND THAT'S IF STATE LAW EVER CHANGES. AND IT'S NOT REQUIRED THAT WE PUBLISH AN A NEWSPAPER. AND THAT'S IN VARIOUS THREE ARTICLES IN THE CHARTER, I BELIEVE 3 OR 4 AMEND THE RECODIFICATION NUMBER OF YEARS REQUIREMENT IN ARTICLE THREE, SECTION 14 A CURRENTLY IT SAYS FIVE YEARS AND A RECODIFICATION TAKES ALMOST TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE. AND IT LAST TIME WE DID IT, IT WAS ALMOST $28,000. AND TALKING TO OUR CODIFIER, A MORE REASONABLE TIME FRAME WOULD BE EVERY 15 TO 20 YEARS TO RE CODIFY AND NOT EVERY FIVE YEARS. SO CHANGING THAT TO A MORE REASONABLE NUMBER, AMENDING THE DISASTER CLAUSE VERBIAGE IN ARTICLE THREE, SECTION 15. IT'S A LITTLE OUTDATED AND MAYBE ADDING SOME MORE SPECIFICS TO THE MEMBERS.
THAT WOULD BE APPOINTED AT THAT POINT. ADD LANGUAGE ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT OF ADDITIONAL JUDGES AND ARTICLE. AND THAT'S JUST TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH OUR REGULAR JUDGES FOR ASSOCIATES, REMOVE THE CITY ENGINEER SECTION AS TO MAKE THAT POSITION UNDER THE CITY MANAGER DISCRETION. ADD VERBIAGE REGARDING A MAY ELECTION. SO CURRENTLY OUR CHARTER IS NOT SPECIFIC TO HAVING A MAY ELECTION, BUT WE DO HOLD MAY ELECTIONS. SO ADDING THAT IN THERE REMOVING DELINQUENCY AND ARREARS VERBIAGE. I KNOW WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION LAST TIME. AND SO
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AGAIN, MR. PITTMAN IS HERE IF WE WANT TO DISCUSS THAT. AS THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS SHOWN IN CASE LAW AND THAT HASN'T I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK. SO FOR MR. PITTMAN, BUT WE CAN I'LL ASK HIM TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THAT ONCE YOU'RE DONE. OKAY. AND THEN AMEND VERBIAGE AND INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL. THERE'S QUITE A FEW THINGS TO AMEND THERE IN THAT SECTION. AMEND PERCENTAGE UNDER PETITIONERS COMMITTEE. THERE ARE SOME ITEMS IN THERE THAT MR. PITTMAN HAD MADE NOTE OF. SO MAKING SOME CHANGES IN THERE. CHANGE AMOUNT OF DAYS TO VERIFY PETITION, ADD AND AMEND. AMENDING VERBIAGE. BY LAW WE CANNOT ADD A PETITION. CANNOT BE AMENDED AFTER IT'S SUBMITTED. AND SO OUR CHARTER DOESN'T READ THAT WAY. SO AMENDING THAT AND ALSO THE AMOUNT OF DAYS TO GIVE US TO VERIFY A PETITION IS NOT REASONABLE. WITH THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY NOW. SO IT WOULD BE INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF DAYS TO GIVE STAFF TO VERIFY A PETITION IF RECEIVED. AMEND SUBMISSION DATE OF THE BUDGET. CURRENTLY, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SOMETIMES SOMETIMES HAVE TO EXTEND AND THAT HAS TO GO BEFORE COUNCIL DUE TO WHEN THE FINANCE GETS THE NUMBERS FROM THE COUNTIES. SO PUSHING THAT DATE OUT A LITTLE BIT. AMEND VERBIAGE REGARDING AWARDING CONTRACTS. AND THAT CAME FROM OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF CONTRACT BEING AWARDED, IT'S NOT ALWAYS LOW BIDDER. IT'S THERE'S DIFFERENT CRITERIA. SO AMENDING THAT VERBIAGE TO WHAT WE HOW WE CURRENTLY RUN, AMENDING THE DATE OF THE FINANCIAL REPORT. AGAIN, THAT'S SIMILAR TO THE BUDGET DUE TO THE WHEN THE NUMBERS COME IN, THE DATE THAT'S IN THE CHARTER IS NOT REASONABLE FOR STAFF TO BRING THOSE BEFORE COUNCIL. AMEND VERBIAGE REGARDING THE AUDIT RESULTS. THAT'S OUTDATED VERBIAGE. IT TALKS ABOUT HAVING TO PUBLISH THE AUDIT RESULTS IN THE NEWSPAPER WITHIN SOME SO MUCH TIME. SO THAT'S JUST BRINGING INTO HOW OUR CURRENT PROCESS IS AMENDING VERBIAGE REGARDING BOARD AND COMMISSION REQUIREMENTS. THERE'S QUITE A FEW POTENTIAL PROPOSED CHANGES THERE, AND A LOT OF THAT IS SPECIFIC TO APPOINTING A CHAIRMAN IN JULY. AND JUST BECAUSE THAT SPECIFIC VERBIAGE, THE MONTH OF JULY IS NOTATED IN THERE, WE CAN'T CHANGE OUR BOARD. BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENT DATE. AND A FEW YEARS AGO, WE THOUGHT ABOUT MOVING IT FROM MAY TO NOVEMBER WHEN IT'S LESS BUSY WITH ELECTIONS. BUT BECAUSE IN OUR CHARTER IT SAYS THE WAY THAT IT'S WORDED, WE HAVE TO KEEP IT IN MAY. SO THIS WOULD GIVE US FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS TO A LESS BUSY TIME OF YEAR. AND SOME OF THE STUFF IN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IS MORE SHOULD BE MORE ADDRESSED IN AN ORDINANCE, AND MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY IN THE CHARTER. FOR SPECIFICS FOR BECAUSE THE ONLY SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. LET'S SEE REMOVING VERBIAGE FOR BOARDS TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN MONTHLY REPORT TO COUNCIL. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY USED TO TAKE. EVERY BOARD USED TO TAKE ALL THEIR BOARD MINUTES TO COUNCIL. AND IT WOULD BE ON EVERY AGENDA. OUR ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD DOES DO THIS, BUT IT REALLY HAS KIND OF FAILED. SO MAYBE REMOVING THAT VERBIAGE AND AMENDING THE VERBIAGE REGARDING APPOINTING P AND Z MEMBERS WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE ADOPTION OF THE CHARTER. AND THEN CHAIR APPOINTMENTS AND MEETINGS. SO THAT'S SIMILAR TO THE BOARD AND COMMISSION ONE ABOVE. IT'S JUST STATED IN TWO DIFFERENT AREAS.AMENDING THE NEWSPAPER VERBIAGE. AGAIN, THAT GOES BACK TO THE VERBIAGE EARLIER ABOUT MAKING ADDING THE STATE LAW VERBIAGE IN THERE, AMENDING THE NUMBER OF DAYS A CLAIM CAN BE FILED. SO CURRENTLY OUR CHARTER SAYS A CLAIM, A NOTICE OF INJURY CLAIM HAS TO BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 90 DAYS. STATE LAW IS 180 DAYS. I WOULD SAY ABOUT 7 OR 8 YEARS AGO WE WERE TOLD, WE FOUND OUT THAT STATE LAW WAS LONGER THAN WHAT THE CITY CHARTER SAID. SO WE AMENDED ALL OF OUR FORMS TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING WITH MR. PITTMAN, WE CAN STILL DO THE 90 DAYS SINCE WE'RE A HOME RULE CITY IF WE WANT. I MEAN, FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE AND RECEIVING THE CLAIMS, SOMETIMES WE DO GET THEM OVER 90 DAYS. SO I THINK 180 BEING IN LINE WITH STATE LAW AND THERE'S NO CONFUSION THERE. SO THAT'S JUST BRINGING CHANGING THE 90 TO 180 AND THEN ADDING DALLAS AND ROCKWALL COUNTIES UNDER THE CITY, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT SAYS THE CITIES IN COLLIN COUNTY AMENDING THE GENDER ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER AND THEN AMENDING THE WORDING AND THE NON NON-SUBSTANTIVE SUBSTANTIVE REVISIONS IN THE BACK. SO LIKE IF THERE'S LITTLE CORRECTIONS HERE AND THERE THAT NEEDED LIKE SPELLING, GRAMMAR, SPELLING, TYPOS AND TYPOS. YEAH OKAY. VERY SPECIFIC. OTHERWISE IT HAS TO GO TO THE VOTERS FOR ANY REVISIONS. SO THAT IS THE
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TOP 25 ISH I WOULD SAY. OKAY. SO BEFORE WE GO FURTHER, MR. PITTMAN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF YOU WILL HELP US ON NUMBER 16, WHICH WAS REMOVING DELINQUENCY AND ARREARS VERBIAGE. IF YOU'LL TURN IT ON FOR US. I'M SORRY. YES. YES, SIR. RYAN PITTMAN, CITY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. PLEASED TO BE WITH YOU ALL THIS EVENING. HAPPY TO WALK THROUGH ANY OF THESE THAT YOU'D LIKE THAT THAT PROVISION SPECIFICALLY WOULD RENDER AS SOMEONE INELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE AND ALSO POTENTIALLY CAUSE A PERSON TO BE INELIGIBLE TO CONTINUE SERVING IN OFFICE IF HE OR SHE WERE IN ARREARS IN ANY PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS TO THE CITY. THAT TYPE OF PROVISION HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF LITIGATION IN TEXAS AND ELSEWHERE. WE DO NOT HAVE A MERITS BASED DECISION FROM A COURT THAT TELLS US THAT THAT PROVISION IS UNLAWFUL, BUT IT DOES PROVIDE FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE TO CHALLENGE THE CITY. AND IN THOSE CASES THAT IN THOSE COURTS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THOSE LAWSUITS, THE BULK OF THE DECISIONS, AGAIN, NOT A MERITS BASED DECISION THAT'S BINDING ON ON THE CITY OF WYLIE. BUT IN THOSE THAT HAVE HEARD THIS, THEY HAVE TENDED TO FAVOR A RESULT THAT IS ADVERSE TO THE CITY. AND I HAVE PROVIDED SOME EXAMPLES OF THOSE TYPES OF CASES TO CITY SECRETARY. HAPPY TO GET THOSE CIRCULATED TO YOU ALL, BUT JUST FLAGGING IT AS A POTENTIAL RISK TO THE CITY. AND IN LARGE PART, THE PRIMARY GROUNDS FOR THOSE COURTS TO DETERMINE THAT THE CITY'S SHOULD RECEIVE AN UNFAVORABLE RESULT IS THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE OF THE US CONSTITUTION. HAPPY TO WALK THROUGH THAT IN MORE DETAIL, IF YOU LIKE. SO I KNOW MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU HAD HAD SOME OPINIONS ON IT, AS DID WE ALL. DID YOU HAVE ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK ON THIS? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS. I APPRECIATE YOUR POINT OF VIEW AND THE POINT OF VIEW THAT YOU'RE BRINGING. AS FAR AS THE NON MERIT BASED CASES FINDING ON BEHALF OF THE PLAINTIFF IN THESE CASES AND WOULD PUT THE CITY POSSIBLY IN A LITIGIOUS SITUATION. AND SO I WOULD WITHDRAW MY COMMENTS FROM PRIOR MEETINGS AND WOULD FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY. YEAH. OKAY. JUST TO BE CLEAR, I THE RECOMMENDATION IS NOT TO REMOVE THE LANGUAGE PER SE. IT'S JUST TO FRAME THIS AS A POTENTIAL RISK AREA FOR YOU ALL. BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT FURTHER. YOU KNOW, AND WE UNDERSTAND YOUR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. FOR US THAT IS WHAT'S BEING CONSIDERED HERE IS REMOVING IT FROM. SO THAT'S WHY WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHY THAT'S POTENTIALLY BEING CONSIDERED. SO OBVIOUSLY THAT PUTS US AT 25.COUNCILMAN MALIKI, I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT. SOMEONE IS RUNNING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE AND SOMEONE DOES A PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST TO GET TO GET INFORMATION BASED ON DELINQUENCIES OR BACK TAXES OR WHATNOT. IS THAT DOABLE? ONE, TWO. WHAT'S THE I GUESS, THE PROSPECT FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT, AND DO THEY HAVE TO RELEASE THAT INFORMATION OR SOME OF THAT IS REDACTED BASED ON PERSONAL INFORMATION? YEAH, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE SPECIFIC ACCOUNT OR PAYMENT OBLIGATION MIGHT BE FOR A UTILITY BILLING MATTER. STATE LAW PROTECTS AS CONFIDENTIAL ANY UTILITY BILLING INFORMATION PERTAINING TO SPECIFIC CUSTOMERS. AS ONE EXAMPLE, FOR LIKE LIBRARY FINES AND EVEN PROPERTY TAX OBLIGATIONS, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY CONFIDENTIALITY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT THE CITY HAS RECORDS THAT REFLECT, YOU KNOW, A POTENTIAL CANDIDATE OR SITTING COUNCIL MEMBER AS AS BEING DELINQUENT, YOU KNOW, THOSE IF THEY'RE NOT OTHERWISE ACCEPTED, ACCEPTED UNDER PUBLIC DISCLOSURE LAWS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE DISCLOSED. OKAY. SO COUNCIL BEFORE I BEFORE I MOVE ON, I WANT TO MAKE SURE. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. PITTMAN REGARDING THIS ITEM OR ANY OF THE OTHERS THAT WERE LISTED THERE? OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. PITTMAN MIGHT MIGHT CALL YOU BACK UP IF WE HAVE ONE COME UP. I KNOW STAFF HAS ALREADY CUT THIS. TECHNICALLY, A LITTLE MORE THAN IN HALF. DO WE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON REMOVING OTHERS, OR DO WE WANT TO TRY TO LEAVE IT AT
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25 OR MR. DO YOU DO YOU FEEL THAT THAT IS STILL TOO MANY? AND MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE 25? WE WERE TRYING TO NARROW DOWN THE LIST SO MR. PITTMAN CAN PUT SOME LANGUAGE TOGETHER. WE MAY BE ABLE TO COMBINE A FEW, BUT IT HAS TO BE SPECIFIC TO THE PROPOSITION SO THE VOTERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE REMOVING OR LIKE THE CHANGES WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUT ONE PROPOSITION, LIKE THE AMENDING NEWSPAPER LANGUAGE. YES. CHAPTER NINE OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE GOVERNS CHARTER CREATION AND AMENDMENT. AND IT HAS A PROVISION THAT SAYS ANY SINGLE BALLOT PROPOSITION MUST PERTAIN TO A SINGLE SUBJECT MATTER. AND SO WE DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE GUIDANCE THAN THAT.AND SO, YES, I THINK IN THE EXAMPLE YOU GAVE WHERE, WHERE WE'RE REFERRING TO THOSE CHANGES THAT WOULD REMOVE REFERENCES TO THE NEWSPAPER AND REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLICATION NEWSPAPER, ALL THOSE COULD LIKELY BE GROUPED TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY DEAL WITH THE SAME SUBJECT MATTER. BUT IT MIGHT BE A CHALLENGE TO COMBINE A WHOLE LOT OF THE 25 OR HOWEVER MANY THE BOARDS AS WELL, TO TRY POSSIBLY A COUPLE POTENTIALLY. YEAH. IF WE I THINK WE KIND OF HAVE TO STAND BACK AND LOOK AND SAY, OKAY, DOES THIS MAKE SENSE TO GROUP? THE CHALLENGE IS IF SOMEONE DOESN'T LIKE ONE OF THE PROPOSITIONS, THEY'VE BEEN GROUPED TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT MUCH GUIDANCE ON WHAT IS A SINGLE SUBJECT MATTER AND WHAT IS NOT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE CONCERN. AND SO WE LIKE TO BE VERY CONSERVATIVE ABOUT THAT. JUST IN MY EXPERIENCE WITH CHARTER AMENDMENTS, JUST TO ECHO YOUR COMMENTS EARLIER, I THINK, YOU KNOW, ANY ANYTHING MORE THAN SAY, IN THE 15 TO 2025 RANGE IN TERMS OF BALLOT QUESTIONS OR MEASURES IS LIKELY GOING TO LEAD TO A LOT OF VOTER FATIGUE. AND MANY COUNCILS ARE RELUCTANT TO PUT FORTH THAT MANY. CHARTER AMENDMENT PROPOSITIONS. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE, IF YOU IF YOU REMEMBER FROM THE LAST CHARTER AMENDMENT PROCESS, WHAT THE VOTERS ACTUALLY SEE IS NOT THE RED LINE THAT YOU ALL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, IT IS A IT IS IN THE FORM, PER STATE ELECTION LAW OF A QUESTION, AND THAT'S IT. AND IT'S EITHER ADOPT THE MEASURE OR AGAINST THE MEASURE FOR THE MEASURE AND AGAINST THE MEASURE.
AND SO YOU HAVE WE HAVE TO WORK ON LANGUAGE THAT THAT INDICATES WHAT THE CHANGE IS WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO SHOW IN CONTEXT WITH A RED LINE LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, FOR THE VOTERS TO HAVE GREAT UNDERSTANDING. SO THERE'S A LOT OF VOTER EDUCATION THAT'S INVOLVED THERE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE CITY ITSELF CAN'T BE THE ONE TO EDUCATE THE VOTERS, OR AT LEAST ADVOCATE FOR OR AGAINST ANY OF THE MEASURES BASED ON ELECTIONEERING LAWS. BUT ANYWAY, SO JUST TO ADDRESS THIS, MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I THINK THAT THE LIST THAT YOU'VE COME UP WITH IS PRETTY CLEAR AND CONCISE, AND I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT LIST. I DON'T THINK THERE ARE ANY IN THERE THAT I WOULD SAY ARE GOING TO RAISE TOO MANY EYEBROWS WHEN IT COMES TO THE CHANGES. I THINK THE CHANGES ARE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. THE ONE THAT THAT I HAD THE MOST QUESTIONS ABOUT, WE'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED THIS EVENING AND THAT WAS THE ITEM IN REGARDS TO ANY TAXATION AND ARREARS AND SOMEBODY'S STATUS AND BEING ABLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE. SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF PROCEEDING WITH THE LIST THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED BY THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE. AND IF I MAY ADD, I THINK LAST TIME, MR. PITTMAN, IF WE REQUESTED WITH THE COUNTY IF WE COULD DO STRIKETHROUGHS ON THE BALLOT AND THEY SAID NO, BUT WE COULD SEND THEM A DOCUMENT WITH THE STRIKETHROUGHS AND WE COULD THEY WOULD PRINT THEM AND HAVE THEM AT THE POLLING LOCATION FOR A VOTER TO. OR WE COULD PROVIDE THEM AT THE POLLING LOCATION. SO I CAN REQUEST WE CAN REQUEST THAT AGAIN WITH THE COUNTIES, IF THEY WOULD BE OKAY WITH THE DOCUMENT LIKE THAT. OKAY. CAMPBELL, COUNCILMAN, CAN WE POST SOMETHING ONLINE AFTER WE MAKE THE PUSHING THAT, HEY, HERE'S THE GET TO KNOW WE CAN'T WE CAN'T ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR IT. BUT I THINK WE CAN POST THAT. HERE ARE THE MEASURES. AND HERE IS THE STRIKETHROUGH. AND THAT WOULD NOT VIOLATE ELECTIONEERING AM I CORRECT? CORRECT. SO THE I GUESS THE ANSWER WOULD BE YES. AS LONG AS WE MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW ELECTIONEERING GUIDELINES ON IT.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAD IT AS A PART OF AN EXHIBIT TO OUR ORDER LAST TIME OF THE ELECTION. SO IT'S PART OF THE ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL. WE'RE PLANNING ON TRYING ON ORDERING THE ELECTION AT THE FIRST MEETING IN FEBRUARY. SO THAT WOULD BE IN THE PACKET.
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OKAY. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE IF I CAN GO AHEAD. LET ME PULL THIS UP. SORRY. 47 IS AMEND GENDER WORDING SECTION ON THROUGH COUNCIL MEMBER. HE OR SHE THEY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST HE OR SHE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL WOMAN OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT ADDING A DIFFERENT OBJECTIVE AS WELL. SO IT WOULD BE CURRENTLY IT SAYS COUNCIL MAN, I BELIEVE. SO IT WOULD BE CHANGED TO COUNCIL MEMBER THROUGHOUT. AND THEN THERE ARE A FEW REFERENCES ALLUDING TO HE THROUGHOUT. SO WE WOULD DETERMINE WHETHER TO EITHER HE OR SHE OR THEY WE. THAT HASN'T BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME, BUT IT AS WE LOOKED AT SOME OTHER CITIES CHARTERS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOME OF THAT VERBIAGE. YEAH, I WOULD LOOK INTO THAT. BUT MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE WE KEEP IT AT HERE AND SHEET. AND THEN THAT'S MY $0.02 ON THAT PLATFORM. MAYOR PRO TEM THANK YOU MAYOR. SO, MADAM CITY SECRETARY, I LIKE THE IDEA OF PRINTING THIS IN THE ORDINANCE WITH THE STRIKEOUTS TO SHOW WHAT'S BEING VOTED ON, TO HELP EDUCATE THE VOTER ON THESE THINGS SO THAT IT'S FULLY OPEN AND TRANSPARENT AS IT CAN BE. THAT WAY. THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT MULTIPLE SOURCES. SO NOT ONLY WITHIN THE ORDINANCE WHEN WE APPROVE OR VOTE ON THIS ORDINANCE, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE COMBINATION OF THAT, ALONG WITH WORKING WITH THE COUNTIES INVOLVED, ALL THREE COUNTIES INVOLVED, TO HAVE THIS DOCUMENT PRINTED AND AVAILABLE FOR VOTERS WHEN THEY APPROACH THE POLLS. THAT WAY, THERE'S NO QUESTION IN ANYBODY'S MIND AS TO WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT AND THE REASON FOR THE REQUESTS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO ASK MAYOR PRO TEM, ARE YOU IN CONCURRENCE ON WHAT COUNCILMAN MALIKI WAS ASKING FOR ON 47? YES. OKAY. SO I'M JUST GOING TO ASK EVERYONE, COUNCILMAN DUKE. YES. OKAY. AND ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF THE 25 WITH WHATEVER CONDENSING THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO? YES. OKAY. I'LL GO TO COUNCILMAN HOOVER. YES. ON BOTH. YES. OKAY. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, I CONCUR ON BOTH.OKAY. AND I'M GOOD WITH THAT AS WELL. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN PAIR A COUPLE OF THEM DOWN AS APPROPRIATE. BUT I THINK GOING FROM 51 TO 25 HAS ALREADY MADE GOOD PROGRESS. AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE GET THE DOCUMENT AS UPDATED AS WE CAN, SINCE NOTHING ELSE CAN BE DONE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. OKAY. AND SO WITH THIS BEING A WORK SESSION THAT WILL, WAS THERE SOMETHING YOU WANTED? YES, SIR. I STEPHANIE, MISS STORM, YOU CAN CORRECT ME, BUT I THINK THERE THERE IS SOME MORE DIRECTION NEEDED FROM THE COUNCIL ON A FEW OF THESE QUESTIONS. OKAY. AND IN PARTICULAR, FIRST ONE I'VE GOT ON MY LIST HERE IS. ARTICLE. LET'S SEE ARTICLE THREE, SECTION 11 ON PAGE FIVE OF 33. THE VERSION I'M LOOKING AT. AND IF THIS IS NOT THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO GO INTO THESE, I DO KNOW THAT WE'RE KIND OF RUNNING CLOSE TO THE TIME WHEN WE NEED TO CALL THE ELECTION, AND SO WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT. SO YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, CORRECT? OKAY. YEAH. SO THAT HAD BEEN FLAGGED AS A JUST A POINT OF QUESTION. THE LANGUAGE CURRENTLY IS SHOULD ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL FEEL HE HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH AN AGENDA ITEM, THEN BEFORE THE COUNCIL, HE SHOULD OPENLY DECLARE THE SAME BEFORE DISCUSSION PROCEEDS AND GOES ON FROM THERE. IT'S THAT LANGUAGE FEEL HE HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT IS RATHER UNUSUAL IN MY EXPERIENCE. STATE LAW DEFINES WHAT IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. FOR PURPOSES OF CHAPTER 171 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, AND IT'S MUCH MORE OBJECTIVE, NOT NECESSARILY A SUBJECTIVE TEST. AND, AND SO THAT HAS SOME IMPLICATIONS ON WHEN A COUNCIL MEMBER IS QUALIFIED TO VOTE ON A PARTICULAR MATTER, AND WHEN THAT COUNCIL MEMBER IS NOT QUALIFIED TO VOTE, THE RESULT OF THAT IS COULD CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF A VOTE. IF IT'S A 5 TO 4 OR, SORRY, 4 TO 3 VOTE, FOR EXAMPLE. AND IN ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD A CONFLICT. IF THAT WASN'T AN ACTUAL LEGITIMATE OBJECTIVE CONFLICT. AND YET THAT COUNCIL MEMBER FELT THEY HAD A CONFLICT AND THEREFORE DIDN'T VOTE. AT LEAST THE RESULT UNDER STATE LAW WOULD BE IT COULD CHANGE THE RESULT OF THE OUTCOME OR CHANGE THE CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTE. AND SO IT'S JUST I'M I'M RAISING THAT AS AN UNUSUAL ISSUE WITH THE LANGUAGE
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THERE. AND IF SO, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE FLIP SIDE OF THE COIN IS IF YOU FEEL YOU HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, YOU COULD VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT UNDER STATE LAW YOU DO. AND I THINK OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO MAKE IT SO THAT IT'S NOT SUBJECTIVE, SO THAT WE ARE VOTING. I ASSUME WE COULD GET WITH MISS STORM IF WE BELIEVE WE HAVE A CONFLICT AND COMPARE IT AGAINST STATE LAW AND BE INFORMED IF IT DOES OR DOES NOT MEET THAT LEVEL, WOULD THAT BE? YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND CLEARLY THERE ARE TWO LAYERS HERE. ONE IS WHAT STATE LAW SAYS AND WHAT ONE IS WHAT OUR CHARTER SAYS. AND ANYTIME THERE'S A POTENTIAL GAP THERE OR A DISCONNECT, IT CAN LEAD TO QUESTIONS. AND SO WE CAN'T CHANGE THE OUTCOME. UNDER STATE LAW, WE'VE GOT TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW AS IT RELATES TO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. I GUESS IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A RECOMMENDATION FROM US, IT WOULD BE TO CONSIDER DEFINING WHETHER A COUNCIL MEMBER HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BY WHETHER THAT COUNCIL MEMBER IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST UNDER STATE LAW, UNDER THE OBJECTIVE TEST OF STATE LAW. SO YOU COULD REFRAME THIS TO SAY, SHOULD ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS DEFINED OR DETERMINED UNDER STATE LAW, THEN THE REST OF THE LANGUAGE COULD REMAIN. THAT WOULD BE ONE POTENTIAL WAY TO CHANGE THAT LANGUAGE. IF YOU IF YOU WANTED TO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO. SO, RYAN, IF WE DO MAKE THAT CHANGE, WHO WOULD POLICE THAT? QUESTION. YEAH. WHO WOULD BE THE INDIVIDUAL POLICE? THAT QUESTION? WOULD IT BE UP TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE IF WE FELT THAT WE MIGHT HAVE RIGHT NOW, CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR NO, ULTIMATELY IT'D BE I DON'T THINK THERE'D BE A CHANGE IN THAT IF THIS LANGUAGE WERE CHANGED IN THAT MANNER. I THINK THE FIRST PERSON TO POLICE IT IS EACH OF YOU, RIGHT? YOU'RE RIGHT, RESPONSIBLE, AND IT'S YOUR AFFIRMATIVE OBLIGATION TO DECLARE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, EITHER UNDER THIS CHARTER PROVISION OR UNDER UNDER STATE LAW. AND YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES IF YOU DON'T. ULTIMATELY, I THINK THE MATTER COULD BE REFERRED TO THE BOARD OF ETHICS AS WELL. I DON'T THINK THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE OR EVEN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS A ROLE TO POLICE THAT WE'RE CERTAINLY HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND HELP YOU MAKE A DETERMINATION WHETHER YOU YOU WOULD HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN A GIVEN CASE. BUT THE YOU KNOW, THAT THAT CHANGE WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T RESULT IN A DIFFERENCE UNDER THE CURRENT STATUS. SO I THINK THAT FROM MY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME HERE, THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS TRIED TO MATCH THE STATE LAW, WHERE THERE WAS A CONFLICT BETWEEN OUR OUR CHARTER AND STATE LAW TO ENSURE THAT AT THE LOWEST LEVEL, THAT WE'RE TAKING STATE LAW INTO ACCOUNT AND NEVER TRYING TO CIRCUMVENT STATE LAW WITH LOCAL AGREEMENT OR LOCAL CHARTER AGREEMENTS OR ORDINANCES. SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF CHANGING THE LANGUAGE TO LANGUAGE THAT WOULD NOT CONFLICT WITH THE STATE LAW, BUT WOULD WOULD HOLD US INDIVIDUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR OUR CONFLICT OF INTEREST. SHOULD THERE SHOULD ONE ARISE DURING THE CONTEMPLATION OF AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA? OKAY, I WOULD CONCUR WITH THAT. COUNCIL MEMBERS. WHAT I'LL WHAT I'LL RATHER THAN CALLING ON EVERYONE INDIVIDUALLY. DOES ANYONE HAVE A DIFFERING OPINION ON THIS MIGHT BE THE EASIER WAY. OKAY, SO YES, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE WRITE THAT INTO A WAY THAT IT'S COMPLIANT WITH STATE LAW. OKAY. AND JUST. YES, SIR. VERY QUICKLY, THE VERY NEXT SECTION THAT TALKS ABOUT THE EFFECT OF AN ABSTENTION BEING AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, THAT IS NOT THE RESULT THAT YOU FIND UNDER STATE LAW. IT'S A NEGATIVE VOTE ON A MATTER. AND, AND I THINK THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS RAISED ABOUT WHY IT'S AFFIRMATIVE AND NOT A NEGATIVE IN THE PAST. AND SO IF, IF THE GOAL HERE WOULD BE TO ALIGN MORE CLOSER TO STATE LAW IN THIS AREA, I WOULD SUGGEST CONSIDERING THAT AS A CHANGE AS WELL. MAYOR, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT. I THINK THAT THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A QUESTION IS WHY AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, WHEN YOUR ABSTENTION AND ABSTENTION SHOULD BE A NEGATIVE VOTE? SO I WOULD I WOULD AGREE THAT THAT NEEDS TO FOLLOW IN LINE AGAIN WITH STATE LAW PRECEDENT. OKAY. JUST COUNCILMAN MALIKI. SO I HAVE IT CLEAR CURRENTLY, IF ANY OF US ABSTAINS FROM SOMETHING, IS A POSITIVE VOTE MOVING FORWARD BASED ON THE CHARTER AMENDMENT, IT WILL BE A NEGATIVE VOTE. YES, IF YOU ALL APPROVE THAT. AND THEN IT GOES ON TO THE VOTERS. IF IT GOES TO THE VOTERS AND VOTERS PASS. YES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S.[01:10:05]
YES. OKAY. NOW, AGAIN, TO TRY TO MATCH WITH STATE STANDARDS THERE. OKAY. SO I KNOW THAT ONE IS NOT CURRENTLY LISTED AS ONE OF THE TOP 25, BUT POTENTIALLY THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PUT IN THERE THAT ADJUSTS WITH THAT. SINCE IT'S DEALING WITH THE SAME SUBJECT MATTER, THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, BECAUSE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS LISTED. THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE ONE WASN'T. BUT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER. AND IF WE NEED TO REMOVE SOMETHING ELSE FROM THIS LIST, WE'LL BRING IT BACK BEFORE YOU, BECAUSE THAT MAKES SENSE. IF WE'RE GOING TO UPDATE THAT GENERAL SECTION. I MEAN, THEY'RE IN THE THEY'RE BOTH IN ARTICLE THREE AND THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER. THEY'RE BOTH. YEAH IT'S A AND B. SO THE SAME SECTION. SO YEAH I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO BRING THAT IN LINE. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR IN DISAGREEMENT ON THAT MATTER THAT WAS BROUGHT UP MISS STORM. NO, I THINK THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE NEEDED DIRECTION ON WAS THE DISASTER CLAUSE AND HOW WE WANT THAT DESIGN. JUST AS A REFERENCE POINT, THE CITY OF FRISCO, THEIR CURRENT CHARTER, SAYS TO APPOINT A COMMISSION WITH THE MEMBERSHIP EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF PERSONS NECESSARY TO MAKE A QUORUM COMPOSED OF THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, IF ANY, AND THE MOST RECENT FORMERLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYORS OF FRISCO WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF FRISCO. THE HIGHEST RANKING ELECTED MEMBER OF THE FRISCO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHO IS A RESIDENT OF FRISCO AND THE HIGHEST RANKING MEMBERS OF THE FRISCO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE FRISCO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND THE FRISCO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, ALL IN THAT ORDER. SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF VERBIAGE. MR. PITTMAN MIGHT HAVE SOME OTHER SUGGESTIONS, BUT WE DO NEED DIRECTION ON HOW WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE THAT UP. YEAH. NO, I SEE RIGHT NOW SUGGESTIONS HAD INCLUDED THE LAND TRUST, THE EDC, THE ISD AND THERE WERE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD AN ELECTED PREFERENCE OVER PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL, WHICH WOULD BE THE ISD SPECIFICALLY. SO COUNCIL, HOW WOULD WE LIKE TO PROCEED? AND AGAIN, THIS IS THIS IS IF A BIG DISASTER HITS. AND ESSENTIALLY I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK IT INTO EXISTENCE. BUT COUNCIL IS WIPED OUT THROUGH DEATHS AND INJURIES AND THERE'S NO WAY TO HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING. HOW DO WE REPLACE THOSE MEMBERS FOR AN EMERGENCY? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS THANK YOU. MAYOR. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A VOTER REPRESENTATION, AND I THINK WE CAN GET THAT FROM THE ISD AND THE EDC AT LIKE A GOOD MIXTURE OF WE CAN WE CAN DICTATE HOW THAT'S DONE AS FAR AS GOING FIRST TO THE ISD, BECAUSE IN READING IT, IT DOESN'T SPELL OUT HOW MANY FROM EACH OR WHICH ONES ARE MOST IMPORTANT, AND WE WOULDN'T WANT TO TRY TO GET ALL OF THEM FROM ISD. BUT IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET SOME, YOU KNOW, SPREAD IT OUT. I KNOW RIGHT NOW IT'S ALL THE CHAMBER. IT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN OPERATING UNDER. AND SO MAYBE WE PULL FROM THE CHAMBER, MAYBE WE PULL FROM THE EDC, MAYBE WE PULL FROM ISD. AND SO THERE'S A MIX THERE. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD PUT OUT. MAIN THING IS THAT THERE'S SOME VOTER REPRESENTATION. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE ISD BE INVOLVED, BUT I THINK HAVING POSITIONS THAT WE AS COUNCIL HAVE APPOINTED WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE IN THE MIX AT THE SAME TIME. SO THERE'S A GOOD BLEND OF REPRESENTATION OF THE VOTERS. OKAY. WHAT ARE PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS ON THE FRISCO VERBIAGE? I'M SORRY, MAYOR PRO TEM. THAT'S WHERE I WAS HEADED. I THINK THE FRISCO VERBIAGE IS GOOD, BUT I'M NOT. EXCUSE ME. I'M NOT SATISFIED THAT THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE THE ISD. I THINK WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT I DON'T THINK THE I THINK IF WE LOOKED AT THE ISD, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD LOOK AT THE ISD FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE STAFF AT THE ISD. I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ELECTED PORTION OF THE ISD FOR A PARTIAL REPRESENTATION. BUT AGAIN, I THINK THAT COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS DOES HAVE A POINT THAT IF WE LOOK AT THIS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MEMBERS THAT NEED TO BE MADE UP, IT'S SEVEN MEMBERS. SO IF WE WIND UP WITH SEVEN MEMBERS MISSING AT ONE TIME, HOW MANY FROM EACH ONE OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS OR ELECTED BODIES WOULD FILL THE POSITIONS? AND I THINK TO HAVE A MIXTURE WOULD GIVE REPRESENTATION OF VOTERS ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT JUST THOSE WITH THE ISD. SO THE HARDEST WOULD BE TO APPOINT THE CHAIR OF THAT BOARD. BUT I THINK THE VERBIAGE WITHIN THE CURRENT CLAUSE STATES THAT THE COUNTY JUDGE OF COLLIN COUNTY WOULD APPOINT THE COMMISSION TO ACT DURING THE EMERGENCY. CURRENTLY, IT'S A MIXTURE. IT'S THE CHAMBER GETS[01:15:02]
TO JOIN WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE COUNTY JUDGE. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. BUT THANK YOU. WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IS HOW THE CHAIR OF THAT POSITION IS CHOSEN, AND THE CHAIR OF THAT POSITION IS CHOSEN AFTER AN ELECTION OF 15 DAYS AFTER THE DISASTER. SO I THINK THAT TO MAKE UP A MIXED BOARD WOULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT IN MY ASPECT. AND THAT'S JUST ME. I FEEL THAT THE ISD SHOULD HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. THE EDC SHOULD HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.THE BIRMINGHAM LAND TRUST SHOULD HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. THOSE THREE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ELECTED ORGANIZATIONS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EDC, BUT THE EDC IS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL. SO THOSE THREE ORGANIZATIONS TO ME THAT ARE LISTED IN THE TOP OF THIS COMMENT SECTION MAKE SENSE TO ME. BUT THAT'S MY $0.02. THANK YOU. SO I WILL I'LL ASK REAL QUICK, HOW WOULD YOU WANT? BECAUSE LIKE FRISCO STATES HOW THEY GO THROUGH SELECTING COMMISSION MEMBERS, THEY PULL FIRST FROM SURVIVING MEMBERS AND THEN MAYOR. FORMER MAYORS ARE ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE MOST RECENT TO IT. THEN THEY MOVED TO THE ISD. IF THEY CAN'T FILL IT FROM THAT, THEN THEY MOVE IT TO THE EDC. DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA ON HOW YOU'D WANT TO DO THAT, SINCE OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL NEED 4 OR 5, 6 OR 7? NO. I THINK STEPPING THROUGH PREVIOUSLY ELECTED OFFICIALS, THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY HAD ENOUGH FAITH IN THEM AT THE TIME OF THE ELECTION. TO PLACE THEM IN A POSITION. MAKES SENSE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S BEEN SO MANY CHANGES WITHIN THE TIME THEY CAME OFF OF THEIR SEATED POSITION TO THE CURRENT TRAGEDY. COULD IT BE WITHIN THREE MONTHS? COULD IT BE WITHIN THREE YEARS, 30 YEARS? RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT YOU, THE TO SERVE WELL THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, CURRENT SEATED ELECTED OFFICIALS OR THE APPOINTED BOARD OF THE EDC TO ME WOULD MAKE SENSE. BUT IF WE WERE TO GO BACK AND SAY, OKAY, WELL, IF YOU SERVE, FOR INSTANCE, FOR 18 YEARS AS MAYOR OF THE CITY AND YOU GET WE ALL GET WIPED OUT, ARE THEY GOING TO GO BACK 18 PLUS YEARS TO FIND THE NEXT SURVIVOR TO COME IN RULE, TO COME INTO THAT POSITION? WHO HAS MAYBE NOT BEEN KEEPING UP WITH WHAT'S GOING ON AND DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMIC OF THE CITY CURRENTLY AND I'M NOT. THIS IS JUST A DEVIL'S ADVOCATE FOR LIKE A BETTER. NO, NO, I WASN'T SUGGESTING WE ADOPT THAT. I'M JUST FRISCO DELINEATES HOW THEY FILL IT. SO I, I AGREE WITH THE LAND TRUST THE EDC AND THE ISD. DO WE PULL EVERYONE FROM THE ISD FIRST TO FILL IT, OR DO WE PULL UP TO TWO MEMBERS, THEN UP TO TWO, THEN UP TO TWO? OR DO WE NEED TO? WE HAVE TO SPELL OUT FOR STAFF HOW WE WOULD HOW WE WOULD FILL THE COMMISSION. I THINK WE STAGGER IT AND I AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK THAT COUNCILWOMAN WILLIAMS WAS SPEAKING OF EARLIER WAS STAGGERING IT SO THAT WE HAVE A MIXED BOARD FROM EACH ONE OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. AND NOT TO SAY WE TAKE ALL THE ISD AND THEN WHATEVER'S LEFT OVER, WE TAKE THE NEXT GROUP, BECAUSE AT THAT POINT, YOU'D HAVE BOTH GOVERNING BODIES WITHIN THE CITY BEING GOVERNED BY THE SAME BODY OF PEOPLE. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEPARATED BY TWO DIFFERENT ELECTIONS, IS TO KEEP THE ISD SEPARATE FROM THE CITY AND THE CITY SEPARATE FROM THE ISD IN IN CASE OF A TRAGEDY OR AN EMERGENCY IN WHICH, GOD FORBID, OUR ENTIRE COUNCIL IS RENDERED INCAPABLE OF TAKING ACTION, THEN I DON'T SEE IT BEING THE ISD FILLING ALL SEVEN SEATS. I THINK THAT IT TWO TWO 2 OR 2 THREE TWO. CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? POTENTIALLY. SURE. CHAIR. WELL TO MY COLLEAGUES, IN LIGHT OF WHAT BOTH BOTH OF YOU HAVE SAID, POTENTIALLY FILLING POSITIONS ONE AT A TIME FROM THE ISD, THEN THE EDC TO THEN THE LAND TRUST, AND THEN GOING BACK THROUGH THAT CYCLE. SO YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE MORE THAN THREE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD APPOINTED. IF ALL SEVEN ARE GONE, IT WOULD BE THREE ISD, TWO LAND TRUST AND TWO EDC, WHICH WOULD KEEP US FROM HAVING A QUORUM OF ANY OF THOSE BODIES THAT WOULD BE IN CHARGE. SO BECAUSE THE EDC IS FIVE MEMBERS AND THE LAND TRUST IS FIVE MEMBERS, SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A FULL QUORUM FROM ANY OF THOSE OTHER BOARDS OR ENTITIES. BUT IF YOU ONLY HAD FOUR SPOTS, THEN YOU WOULDN'T HAVE FOUR ISD. YOU'D HAVE 211. SO YOU WALK THROUGH THIS LIST ONE AT A TIME, FILLING ONE SEAT AT A TIME. AND IF IT'S NEED BE, YOU REPEAT BACK THROUGH THAT LIST TO FILL THE SEATS AS NEEDED. I AGREE WITH THAT. THANK YOU. AND WITH THE PREFERENCES STATED BY ALL TO THE ISD SINCE THEY'RE ELECTED, THEN EDC, THEN BIRMINGHAM. OKAY, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME OTHER COMMENTS. I WANT TO OPEN IT UP. COUNCILMAN MALIK, JUST TO CLARIFY, WALKING THROUGH THE
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LIST MEANS THE PNC WILL HAVE ONE OF THE PNC MEMBERS WILL BE THERE OR NOT. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE THE THERE'S A PNC ON FRISCO SIDE TOO. I WAS JUST USING THE THREE THAT WERE LISTED THAT PEOPLE HAD SUGGESTED LAST TIME, WHICH WAS THE LAND TRUST, THE EDC AND THE ISD. IF PEOPLE WANT TO ADD SOMEBODY ELSE TO IT, I'M OPEN TO THAT. MY ONLY COMMENT ON ADDING PNC IS THAT BESIDES THIS GOVERNMENT BODY, THEY ARE PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENT ONES THAT OUTSIDE MEMBERS GO AND SEE AND VISIT FOR DIFFERENT CHANGES, DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. SO I BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD HELP WHATEVER BODY IT IS FOR THAT SHORT OF A PERIOD OF TIME. AND AGAIN, WE'RE PLAYING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE. I HOPE THAT THIS NEVER HAPPENS, BUT IT WOULD GIVE THEM AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE ARE WITH SOME OF THE THINGS AS A CITY AND WHAT WE HAVE WORKED ON. THAT'S THE ONLY THING I'M BRINGING UP. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A SUGGESTION AT PNC COUNCILMAN OR MAYOR PRO TEM.THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I WOULD AGREE THAT, EXCUSE ME, THAT THE PNC IS INVALUABLE IN THIS SITUATION. HOWEVER, I DON'T BELIEVE SINCE IT'S AN APPOINTED BOARD A THAT THEY WOULD BRING TO THE TABLE THAT THE GOVERNING PORTION OF WHAT WE DO, I THINK THEIR, THEIR, THEIR ACTIVITIES ARE MORE TOWARDS PLANNING AND ZONING OF THE CITY AND NOT THE GOVERNANCE OF THE CITY. THESE OTHER THESE OTHER ENTITIES ARE OF GOVERNANCE. THEY'RE RUN AS CORPORATIONS WITH THEIR OWN BYLAWS AND THEIR OWN SETS OF RULES AND REGULATIONS. SO THE EDC HAS THEIR OWN BYLAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS. THE. BIRMINGHAM LAND TRUST IS THE SAME. AND I JUST FEEL THAT AND I'M NOT I'M NOTHING NEGATIVE TOWARDS YOUR COMMENT. I JUST FEEL THAT THIS IS A RARE INDICATION, THERE'S A RARITY THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN, AND THAT THESE THREE BODIES MAKE UP THE GOVERNANCE OF THE CITY OUTSIDE OF THIS CHAMBER. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN STRANG. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THANK THE MAYOR PRO TEM HAS OUTLINED IT VERY WELL, AND I DO ACTUALLY SUPPORT COMMENTS FOR THIS EXACT SAME REASON. THE FIRST THING THAT OCCURRED TO ME IS THAT PNC REVIEWS THINGS. THEY'RE NOT REALLY A POLICY MAKING BODY, WHEREAS THE OTHER ONES ARE. OKAY. WELL, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE WE'RE GIVING DIRECTION AS A AS A BODY HERE. SO JUST NEED TO HEAR FROM A MAJORITY OF INDIVIDUALS.
COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'LL JUMP BACK IN ALONG THE LINES OF THE PNC. IT IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL IF THAT FOURTH SLOT IS THE PNC CHAIR ONLY IN THE SENSE THAT, HEY, NOW YOU'VE SPLIT SO YOU DON'T HAVE ONE ENTITY THAT DOES HAVE THREE. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GRANTED IT'S NOT A QUORUM, BUT. THE STORM IN THIS SITUATION, GRANTED, THE ELECTION IS WITHIN IS IN 15 DAYS, BUT THAT ELECTION IS THAT TO REAPPOINT ALL YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCILMEN, MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT. SO JUST TO CONFIRM TRYING TO GET AN IDEA OF HOW LONG THEY'RE GOING TO BE SERVING.
RIGHT. IF IT IS A TEMPORARY SITUATION OR IF IT IS A LONGER TERM SITUATION. RIGHT. SO UNDER THE CURRENT LANGUAGE, THEY THIS NEWLY. APPOINTED BODY, PER THE CHARTER LANGUAGE, IS REQUIRED TO CALL AN ELECTION TO FILL THE VACATED COUNCIL MEMBER SEATS WITHIN 15 DAYS OF THE DISASTER.
OKAY. AND SO THAT THEY WOULD THEN CONTINUE SERVING UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THEIR SUCCESSORS. THOSE WHO WIN THE ELECTION ARE SEATED. I THINK THAT WE WOULD NEED THE PNC THERE, BECAUSE THE PNC WOULD BE MORE OF A LONG TERM, A LONG TERM HAPPENING, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WOULD END UP CALLING THE ELECTION AND HAVING THOSE SEATS ACTUALLY FILLED BY VOTER REPRESENTATION AT THAT POINT.
BUT THE ELECTION WOULD BE THE REST OF THE TERMS IS WHAT I'M GETTING AT. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT GOING TO END UP BEING A YEAR OR TWO, THREE YEARS. AND THAT WAS THE CONCERN OF A COUNCIL COMING IN AND NOT KNOWING. AND THE IDEA OF A P, PNC CHAIR BEING THERE, BEING ABLE TO KIND OF HELP AS COUNCILWOMAN LEACH WAS TALKING ABOUT, HELP EXPLAIN SOME OF THOSE HAPPENINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING MONTHS AND YEARS BEHIND THE SCENES AND UNDERSTANDING. BUT IF IT'S A SHORTER TERM PERIOD, I DON'T SEE THAT AS BEING QUITE AS IMPORTANT. OKAY, SO I GUESS IF I CAN JUST GET.
SOME DIRECTION. SO I'VE HEARD FROM THE MAYOR PRO TEM, IT SOUNDS LIKE BASED ON THE SHORT STINT THAT YOU'RE GOOD WITH THE THREE ENTITIES. COUNCILMAN DUKE THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'M GOOD WITH
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THE MAYOR PRO TEM SUGGESTION. AND IN HIS LAYOUT OF THE PLAN. OKAY. COUNCILMAN STRANG, YOU WERE GOOD WITH THAT. COUNCILMAN MALIK, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? COUNCILMAN HOOVER? ALL RIGHT, SO LOOKING AT LANGUAGE, THEN TO HAVE THOSE THREE ENTITIES, AS MENTIONED, ROTATING THROUGH TO FILL THE NUMBER OF SEATS AS NECESSARY. OKAY. I THINK THE NEXT ONE WE THERE'S A COUPLE THAT WE HAVE SOME NOTES ON. SO MR. PITTMAN IF WE DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS JUST BUT NEXT ONE I THINK WE HAD A NOTE ON WAS PAGE 13 OF 32 UNDER THE PETITIONER'S COMMITTEE. CURRENTLY, IT SAYS ANY GROUP OF QUALIFIED VOTERS EQUAL TO 10%. OF THE NUMBER OF WHO VOTED. IF WE WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT AMOUNT. CORRECT. YEAH, THAT THAT WAS JUST A QUESTION. THIS IS RELATING TO A VOTER LED PETITION EFFORT TO EITHER PRESENT AN INITIATIVE, A REFERENDUM OR A RECALL. 10% OF THE NUMBER OF VOTERS WHO VOTED IN THE LAST COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MUNICIPAL ELECTION. YOU KNOW, IT IS RELATIVELY COMMON TO SEE. BUT WHAT DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE? IT'S 10%, 10% OF VOTERS OF THE OF THE VOTERS WHO VOTED IN THE LAST COUNCIL ELECTION, THOSE ARE THE NUMBER. THAT'S THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES THAT THAT PETITION WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IN IT TO THEN TRIGGER THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL, ULTIMATELY TO EITHER CONSIDER THE INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED TO CONSIDER A RECALL. OKAY. AND WHAT IS THE SUGGESTION? THERE ISN'T ONE. IT'S JUST ARE YOU JUST CONFIRMING THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT NUMBER? STILL THERE'S NO. SO WHAT ARE WE AMENDING? I'M SORRY. SO THE ITEM IS TO AMEND THAT. WE'RE REALLY A SECTION ONE IS WHERE MOST OF THE AMENDMENTS WERE COMING UNDER THE GENERAL AUTHORITY. BUT THAT ONE JUST HAD A COMMENT. IF COUNCIL WAS COMFORTABLE WITH THE CURRENT 10% IN THAT SECTION TWO. MAYOR PRO TEM, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE 10%. MAYOR. I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT AS WELL. YOU SAID THIS IS PAGE 13. ARTICLE SIX, SECTION TWO. YEAH.YEAH. I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO CHANGE IT EITHER. SORRY. I WANTED TO GET THE TO THAT SECTION TO LOOK AT WHAT OTHER VERBIAGE IS BEING CHANGED THERE. SO OKAY. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THER? OKAY. YEAH I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO CHANGE THAT. MISS STORM OR MR. PITTMAN THE NEXT ONE. SORRY. WE'RE SCROLLING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN ABOUT 50 PAGES OF DOCUMENTS. YEAH. MR. I THINK OF THOSE TOP 25 OR SO, I THINK WE HAVE RECEIVED THE DIRECTION THAT WE NEEDED. OKAY. SO THAT'LL ALLOW US TO PREPARE THE BALLOT PROPOSITION QUESTIONS THAT YOU WILL ULTIMATELY VOTE ON AS PART OF YOUR ORDINANCE THAT CALLS THE ELECTION. AT SOME POINT, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO RECEIVE DIRECTION FROM YOU ON WHAT PRIORITY YOU WOULD LIKE THOSE BALLOT PROPOSITIONS TO BE IN ON THE BALLOT. WE CAN EITHER LIST THEM IN IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY APPEAR IN THE CHARTER, OR COME UP WITH A SUGGESTED SOME SOME COUNCILS WOULD LIKE TO DO THEM BASED ON PERCEIVED IMPACT OR IMPORTANCE AS BEING TOP OF THE LIST AND THEN DOWN FROM THERE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE. YOU MAY WANT TO SEE THE PROPOSITIONS BEFORE YOU WEIGH IN ON THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. PIECE OF DIRECTION. YES. MR. PITTMAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPLANATION ON THAT. I THINK THAT IN ORDER TO ENSURE FLUIDITY OF THE READ, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF A CITIZEN, THAT WE LEAVE THIS IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THESE ITEMS COME UP WITHIN OUR CHARTER. SO THAT WAY, IF THERE'S AN ISSUE THAT THEY'D LIKE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE ITEMS SURROUNDING IT WITHIN THE CHARTER, IT'LL BE EASY TO FIND, EASY TO READ THROUGH, AND EASY TO LOOK AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT CHANGES WILL MAKE EXCUSE ME AN IMPACT ON ANYTHING, EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER THAT INDIVIDUAL ITEM. OKAY, I DON'T DISAGREE. I THINK AGAIN, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NUMBER OF THEM THAT WE'LL BE DOING IF WE POST IT AND IT JUMPS AROUND, IT'S JUST GOING TO ADD
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TO POTENTIAL VOTER CONFUSION AS OPPOSED TO LETTING SOMEONE READ THROUGH IT. THEY CAN GO AND PULL IT UP IF THEY WANT TO. SO I DON'T DISAGREE. COUNCIL AND ANY OTHER. DOES ANYONE DISAGREE WITH LEAVING IT IN THE ORDER IT APPEARS IN THE CHARTER? OKAY, SO WE'LL TRY TO KEEP IT IN THAT ORDER. OBVIOUSLY THERE MAY BE PLACES Y'ALL COMBINED IF THEY'RE RELATED TO THE SAME SUBJECT, BUT THEY SHOULD BE CLOSE TO EACH OTHER FOR THE MOST PART. OKAY, OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR COMING. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE BACK INTO OUR REGULAR SESSION. BUT WE[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
ARE MOVING INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER 551071 TO CONSULT WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY FOR S1 PUBLIC SPACES REGULATIONS. WITH THAT, WE WILL RECONVENE BACK INTO OPEN SESSION. FROM[RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]
EXECUTIVE SESSION. NO ACTIONS WERE TAKEN. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA FOR[1. Hold a Public Hearing, consider, and act upon, the writing of an ordinance for a change in zoning from Neighborhood Services (NS) to Neighborhood Services - Special Use Permit (NS-SUP) on 1.38 acres to allow for a motor vehicle fueling station with convenience store use. Property located at 1501 S. Ballard Avenue (ZC 2024-09). ]
THE EVENING. ITEM ONE IS HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDERING AND ACTING UPON THE WRITING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES TO NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON 1.38 ACRES TO ALLOW FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE FUELING STATION WITH CONVENIENCE STORE USE. PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1501 SOUTH BALLARD AVENUE. ZONING CASE 2020 4-09.MR. HASKINS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST CUT TO THE CHASE ON THIS ONE. THE THEY WENT TO THE APPLICANT AFTER PNC VOTED SIX ZERO TO RECOMMEND DENIAL, AND THEY HAD OVER 20% OF LAND AREA OF CITIZENS CAME OUT IN OPPOSITION TO THIS. THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED TO WITHDRAW THE ITEM. AND I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OR WE CAN GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON IT. IF YOU'D LIKE. OKAY. WELL, WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. SO EITHER WAY I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HOLD THAT BECAUSE I KNOW I ASSUME WE HAVE SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE COME FOR THAT. THEY ARE HERE. YES, SIR. SO LET ME GET LET ME GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. AND THEN I'LL SEE IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS. BEFORE THAT THOUGH.
WOULD YOU CLARIFY JUST IN CASE SOMEONE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT WITHDRAWING MEANS? OKAY. WHAT THAT MEANS. SO THIS IS NOT JUST PUTTING IT ON HOLD OR THAT TYPE. THAT IS CORRECT. YES. THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A WITHDRAWAL AND ASSUMING COUNCIL APPROVAL ON THAT, THEN THAT THIS ITEM WOULD, IF IT CAME BACK, WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AS A START FROM THE BEGINNING. BASICALLY, THEY'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO STAFF REVIEW, THEY'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT PROCESS, HAVE TO GO TO PNC AGAIN AND ALL THE THINGS AND PAY ALL THE FEES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES WITH THAT. OKAY. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO NOT PUT IT ON HOLD. YEAH. FOR THOSE WHO ARE WHO THOSE FOR THOSE WHO ARE HERE WHO HEAR THAT, THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS. YES, SIR. OKAY, SO WITH THAT, I WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME. WHAT I'LL DO IS IF THERE'S SOMEONE HERE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK, IF YOU WANT TO RAISE YOUR HAND, I CAN HAVE YOU COME DOWN. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. SIR. AND IF YOU WOULD STARTING OUT, WE DO ASK YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD FOR US. AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS US. ERIC HULIN I LIVE AT 900 904 TRAVERS DRIVE, SO IT'S OUR BACKYARD. BACKS UP TO THE CORNER OF BALLARD AND ATLANTA, SO I APOLOGIZE. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME BEING AT CITY COUNCIL, SO FORGIVE ANY DECORUM. YOU'RE FINE. I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, I FEEL LIKE NOT HAVING THAT FUELING STATION THERE IS A BIG DEAL TO ME, NOT ONLY FOR, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY VALUES AND SUCH, BUT I HAVE FOUR SMALL KIDS AND THEY ARE CONSTANTLY ACROSS THE STREET, AT THE PARK AND PLAYING AND OUT AND ABOUT. AND THREE, THREE, THREE YEARS AGO, RIGHT AFTER WE MOVED IN, WE HAD A CAR ACTUALLY CRASHED THROUGH THE BRICK WALL THAT IS ON THAT CORNER OF ATLANTIS AND BALLARD AND HAD A TRAMPOLINE IN THE BACKYARD. AND HAD OUR KIDS BEEN OUT THERE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A PRETTY, PRETTY HORRIFIC INCIDENT. SO JUST THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT'S THERE AND WHAT THAT COULD POSSIBLY DO WITH A FUELING STATION THERE, INCREASING THAT. AND THEN JUST LIKE, LIKE I SAID, SAFETY OF MY OF MY LITTLE KIDS ARE MY TOP PRIORITY. SO OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. SO AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? YES, SIR.
AND AGAIN, IF YOU'LL START OUT WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES IN WHICH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. I'M JUST I KNOW YOU'LL HEAR ME HEAR IT AS MANY TIMES AS PEOPLE COME FORWARD. IT'S JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS A FAIR OPPORTUNITY.
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YEAH. I GOT YOU. JUSTIN FLOYD, 703 PROVIDENCE DRIVE, WILEY. I WAS ON THE ORIGINAL COMMITTEE WE PUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET THE PREVIOUS GAS STATIONS DENIED. SO I JUST WANT TO SHOW UP TONIGHT AND REAFFIRM MY PREJUDICE AGAINST THE GAS STATION. ALTHOUGH IT WOULD BE NICE, I REALLY DON'T WANT MY HOME VALUE TO SUFFER. I DON'T, I DON'T I DON'T WANT THE TRAFFIC.TRAFFIC'S ALREADY BAD ENOUGH TAKING LITTLE MAN TO HARRISON RIGHT DOWN THE STREET ANYWAYS, BUT I JUST ASKED, LIKE JASON AND HIS COUNSEL DID, WOULD YOU WOULD YOU PLEASE DENY IT WITH PREJUDICE? WE REALLY DON'T WANT A GAS STATION RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY.
THANK YOU SIR. AND THIS IS AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH, OKAY. AND IF YOU'LL START AGAIN WITH NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND WE'LL GIVE YOU THREE. BROWN, 104 MARTIN DRIVE. MY FRONT DOOR LOOKS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE FIELD TO THE FIRE STATION. I KIND OF LIKE THAT VIEW. AS WHACKED AS THAT MAY SOUND. I KIND OF LIKE THAT VIEW. WE DON'T WANT THE FIRE. I MEAN, THE GAS STATION THERE, THE LIGHT POLLUTION, THE NOISE POLLUTION, THE TRAFFIC IS ALREADY BAD ENOUGH. WE HAVE ACCIDENTS RIGHT THERE AT THAT INTERSECTION ALL OF THE TIME. I DON'T KNOW THE RELEVANCE OF THIS IF IT'S BEEN WITHDRAWN, BUT I JUST WANT TO NOTED THAT WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT IT THERE. AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL. OKAY. THANK YOU MA'AM. AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO STEP FORWARD AND SPEAK? OKAY. MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT AT THIS TIME, NO ONE ELSE HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MR. HASKINS, I DID WANT TO ASK SOMETHING. YES, SIR. BASED ON A COMMENT FROM ONE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS WHO SPOKE, ONE OF OUR CITIZENS, WAS IT DENIED OR DENIED WITH PREJUDICE? PNC DOES NOT DO THAT, SO IT WAS JUST RECOMMENDED. IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL. OKAY.
I DIDN'T THINK THEY DID, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I CLARIFIED THAT. BUT OBVIOUSLY IT WAS UNANIMOUS. YES, SIR. MAYOR PRO TEM, IF YOU'RE PREPARED FOR A MOTION, MAYOR, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THE REQUEST.
OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND, COUNCILMAN? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND. IF YOU'LL PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THE REQUEST IS DENIED. OKAY. COUNCILMAN. DID YOU NEED SOMETHING, SIR? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE
[2. Hold a Public Hearing, consider, and act upon, Ordinance No. 2025-03 amending Wylie's Code of Ordinances, Ordinance No. 2021-17, as amended, Appendix B (Zoning), Article 6 (Special Purpose and Overlay Districts), Section 6.3 (Downtown Historic District (DTH)), to amend certain regulations relating to the Downtown Historic District.]
TO NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025.DASH ZERO THREE, AMENDING WILEY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021, DASH 17, AS AMENDED. APPENDIX B ZONING ARTICLE SIX SPECIAL PURPOSE AND OVERLAY DISTRICT SECTION 6.3, DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT D TH. TO AMEND CERTAIN REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT. MISS HOLLY. YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE ORDINANCE PRESENTED TO YOU THIS EVENING. WE'VE PROBABLY WE BEING THE HISTORIC COMMISSION'S PROBABLY WORKED ON THIS FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, MAYBE TWO YEARS, BUT REALLY THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT I WANT TO GO THROUGH IS AN ORDINANCE WHERE WE REALLY JUST KIND OF CLEANING UP, CLEANING UP SOME OF THE LANGUAGE, GETTING RID OF A LOT OF THE WHAT IS IT THE ENCOURAGE OR DISCOURAGE, BUT MORE OR LESS PUTTING IN.
DEFINITIVE REGULATIONS FOR BUILDING TYPES FOR RESIDENTIAL AND BOTH COMMERCIAL. SO THROUGHOUT THE PACKET AND IF THERE'S AS I'M GOING THROUGH IT, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME. BUT AGAIN, IT'S JUST CLEARING UP THE LANGUAGE, HAVING SOME OVERSIGHT FOR THE COMMISSION ON FLEXIBILITY OF PARKING DOWNTOWN. THERE WAS ONE SECTION THAT ALLOWED FOR BUILDINGS OVER 4000FT■!S, SO WE KIND OF TOOK AY ALL OF THE SIZE REQUIREMENTS OR THE COUNT NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES BASED ON SIZE, AND THEN PUT IN A PROVISION THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A PROPERTY, SAY IT'S A SMALL LOT, ONE MAN SHOP RATHER THAN THAT PARKING BEING
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TIED TO THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING. YOU KNOW, THEY COULD PETITION TO THE COMMISSION TO HAVE A MORE FLEXIBLE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS MATERIALS. ALSO, WE ADDED A SECTION IN SECTION E, FIVE G OF IDENTIFYING STRUCTURES. AS YOU RECALL, IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD SOME RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES SPECIFICALLY THAT WOULD COME BEFORE YOU AND WENT BEFORE HRC THAT THEY REALLY DIDN'T. THEY SAID HISTORIC DISTRICT, HISTORIC HOUSE, BUT THERE REALLY WASN'T A DEFINITIVE STYLE OR PERIOD. SO WHAT THIS ORDINANCE DOES, IT LISTS THE IDENTIFYING FEATURES.SO WHEN SOMEONE SAYS A CRAFTSMAN HOUSE, THEY KNOW WHAT THOSE IDENTIFYING FEATURES ARE. IT'S LISTED, THE APPLICANT KNOWS IT. AND THEN SO WHEN IT COMES BEFORE HRC AND BEFORE COUNCIL, YOU CAN ACTUALLY TIE IT BACK TO THAT STRUCTURE. AND THEN WE ADDED IN THE SIGN ORDINANCE SPECIAL EVENT SIGNS THAT GO OVER THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, SPECIFICALLY BALLARD. THERE WASN'T ANYTHING IN THERE. AND AS WE HAVE SO MANY EVENTS DOWNTOWN, WE THOUGHT NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO HAVE SOME REGULATIONS ON THOSE TYPES OF SIGNS. GOING BACK TO WHAT JASON WILL PRESENT ON ITEM FOUR IS TO SAY, DOES THIS ALSO COVER TO ENSURE THAT IT'S SIGNAGE TYPE AND NOT THE SPEECH OF THE SIGN? YES. AND THE LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE ON THE SPECIAL EVENT, IT'S NOT TIED TO CONTENT AT ALL. IT IS TIED TO THE APPLICANT. THAT APPLICANT HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PUBLIC EVENT FOR ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC. SO IT'S TIED TO THE APPLICANT AS OPPOSED TO THE CONTENT. AND WE ALSO ADDED PROMOTIONAL SIGNS, WHICH AGAIN IS NOT TIED TO CONTENT BUT MORE OF PLACEMENT. JUST SO WE DON'T HAVE THE CLUTTER, WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE THE SPACE REQUIREMENTS FOR SIDEWALK CLEARANCE AND FOR PEDESTRIANS TO STILL MOVE ABOUT. THAT'S KIND OF IT IN A NUTSHELL. THIS DID GO TO HRC WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL. 5 TO 0 ALSO WENT TO PNC BECAUSE IT IS IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE. SO THEY HAD TO HAVE OVERSIGHT AS WELL AND IS VOTED SIX ZERO TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY. WELL, FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE REST OF STAFF AND THE COMMISSIONERS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN WORKING ON THIS. I KNOW THERE WAS PROBABLY QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION AND WORK THAT HAD TO GO ON IN IT, BUT I THINK IT IS VERY HELPFUL TO MODERNIZE THOSE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAND UP TO SCRUTINY AND ALSO TO GIVE, TO GIVE CLEAR STANDARDS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE SOMEONE COME BEFORE US IN A SHOULD OR, YOU KNOW, WRITE THAT LANGUAGE WHERE THEY GET DENIED AFTER THEY'VE PUT THAT TIME AND MONEY AND EFFORT INTO DESIGNING SOMETHING. SO I APPRECIATE IT FROM FROM ALL THOSE SIDES AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT WENT INTO IT. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? BECAUSE IF NOT, IT'S I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS THIS EVENING. SO IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM, I ASK THAT YOU STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT, MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT NO ONE HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING. SO I WILL CLOSE THE HEARING. COUNCIL, I WILL ASK ONE LAST TIME IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, AND SEEING AS NO ONE HAS NO ONE, NOTHING HAS LIT UP OVER HERE, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM. COUNCILMAN DUKE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN MALIKAI? I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION WITH A SECOND COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS ALI. AND EVERYONE ELSE INVOLVED WITH THAT PROCESS. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE
[3. Hold a Public Hearing, consider, and act upon, the writing of an ordinance for an amendment to Planned Development 2001-28 to allow for a telecommunication use on 0.055 acres. Property located at 1401 Country Club Road (ZC 2024-10). ]
TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE WRITING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR AN AMENDMENT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT. 22,001 DASH 28 TO ALLOW FOR A TELECOMMUNICATION USE ON 0.055 ACRES PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1401 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD. ZONING CASE 2024 DASH TEN. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO THE PD THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT WAS PASSED IN 2001 WAS FOR THE METHODIST CHURCH. THAT'S ON THE NORTH NORTHWEST CORNER OF MCMILLAN AND COUNTRY CLUB ROAD, AND THEY HAVE RECENTLY BEEN APPROACHED BY VERIZON, AND THEY WANT TO PUT A CELL TOWER ON[01:45:04]
THERE. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT LISTED ALLOWED USES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER WAS NOT ONE OF THOSE. SO THEY'RE JUST ASKING FOR A PD AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW THAT AS A USE. EVERYTHING ELSE WITHIN THAT PD STAYS EXACTLY THE SAME, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER THAT VERIZON IS ASKING TO PUT UP MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE CITY HAS FOR THOSE TOWERS WITHOUT ANY VARIANCE REQUIRED. AND WE SENT OUT 13 NOTICES AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES IN FAVOR OR AGAINST. THE PNC COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND THIS FOR APPROVAL 6 TO 0. AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE THIS EVENING IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS. AND WITH THAT I'LL BE MORE. OH ONE OTHER QUICK THING. THEY DID ASK THAT. AND THIS HAS BEEN REVIEWED AS SUCH THAT THE ZONING EXHIBIT IS ALSO THE SITE PLAN, SO THEY WON'T HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH FOR PNC FOR A SITE PLAN. SO IF THE ZONING IS APPROVED, THEN THE SITE PLAN IS ALSO APPROVED. OKAY, I SEE THE LOCATION. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A PROPERTY OWNER TO I'M ASSUMING THAT'S THE NORTH. YES, SIR. THE LOCATION IT'S BEING PLACED, WOULD THAT PUT ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THAT PROPERTY OWNER BEING ABLE TO BUILD SOMETHING? NO, SIR. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S REASONABLY DISTANT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. YES, SIR. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T APPROVE SOMETHING THAT THEN IMPINGES THE NEIGHBOR. THAT IS CORRECT. YES, SIR. OKAY, COUNCIL. OTHER QUESTIONS. LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO AHEAD. COUNCIL. ONE QUICK QUESTION. SO I WAS LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN TO GET MY BEARINGS AND SEE WHERE THE EXISTING TOWER IS. THE 1500 FOOT TOWER THAT'S CLOSE TO THERE. YES SIR. IT'S OVER FROM. YEAH. THOSE ARE FARTHER TO THE WEST. IT IS OVER THERE. OKAY. SO IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE YES, SIR SITE PLAN. OKAY.THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. SO IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND HOLD OUR PUBLIC HEARING. SO WITH THAT I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL, PLEASE STEP FORWARD. AT THIS TIME. OKAY. MR. WARREN, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT NO ONE HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL REOPEN IT TO COUNCIL FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. I'M NOT SEEING ANY COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE ITEM? COUNCILMAN DUKE? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'D MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? I'LL SECOND IT. WE DO HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR THIS
[4. Consider, and act upon, Ordinance No. 2025-04 of the City of Wylie, Texas, repealing Ordinance Nos. 2014- 44 and 2017-18, and amending Wylie’s Code of Ordinances, Ordinance No. 2021-17, as amended, Chapter 22 (Building and Building Regulations), Article XX (Sign Regulations); establishing new regulations governing the erection, maintenance and operation of signs; defining terms; providing a penalty clause, savings/repealing clause, severability clause and an effective date; and providing for the publication of the caption hereof.]
EVENING. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025. DASH ZERO FOUR OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS. REPEALING ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCES NUMBERS 20 1444 AND 20 1718, AND AMENDING WYLIE'S CODE OF ORDINANCES ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021, DASH 17, AS AMENDED. CHAPTER 22 BUILDING AND BUILDING REGULATIONS. ARTICLE 20 SIGN REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING NEW REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE ERECTION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF SIGNS. DEFINING TERMS. PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, SAVINGS, REPEALING CLAUSE, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF. MR. HASKINS, THANK YOU MAYOR. SO BACK IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, WE HAD A WORK SESSION WITH COUNCIL AND DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF REDOING THE SIGN ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY. A LOT OF THAT STEMMED FROM THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF OUR, OUR FOLKS TO ALLOW, YOU KNOW, NOT TO REGULATE CONTENT OF THE SIGNS. IT'S JUST HOW THE SIGN, HOW MANY SIGNS ARE ON A PROPERTY, HOW BIG THE SIGNS ARE, WHAT THEY'RE MADE OUT OF, THE THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTROL. SO STAFF TOOK THAT DIRECTION, WORKED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY. AND THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS THE RESULTS OF THAT. THE DRAFT ORDINANCE THAT YOU SAW DURING THE WORK SESSION HASN'T CHANGED TOO MUCH. THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF THINGS ADDED. YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, I GAVE IT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY WITH 16 PAGES, GOT 21 BACK. SO BUT YOU KNOW, THAT HELPS WITH OBVIOUSLY WITH THE ENFORCEMENT OF EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE COVER OUR BASES AND THAT IS AN ENFORCEABLE DOCUMENT.AND THAT WAS THE DIRECTION THAT WE GOT. SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS WHAT WE BELIEVE IS A SOLID AND ENFORCEABLE DOCUMENT THAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS AND OUR PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE CITY. AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY, COUNCIL, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS SOME IN THE PAST AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD IT FOR REVIEW. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HASKINS? AND IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I
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WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN HOOVER? I SECOND MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR THE WORK ON THAT. SINCE OCTOBER, WE'LL MOVE
[5. Consider, and act upon, Ordinance No. 2025-05 to dis-annex approximately 55,125 s.f. (1.26539 acres) of land, situated in the D.M. Farmer Survey Abstract No. 303, Collin County, Texas. More specifically described as Brockdale Park Boat Ramp.]
TO ITEM FIVE. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 505 TO DIS ANNEX APPROXIMATELY 55,125FT■!S, OR 1.26539 ACRES OF LAND SITUATED IN THE DM FARMER SURVEY. ABSTRACT NUMBER 303, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS. MORE SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED AS BROOKDALE PARK BOAT RAMP MISSING MORE TIME OFF. GRENADES UP HERE ALL NIGHT. TONIGHT. I FEEL LIKE I'M THE PLANNING DIRECTOR ALL OVER AGAIN, MISS OLIVER. AND NO. THAT WAS QUICK. NOTED ON THE RECORD. YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING KIND OF TO GIVE YOU A QUICK HISTORY. IN 2019, THE CITY OF WILEY AND LUCAS ENTERED INTO A JOINT RESOLUTION, WHICH WAS RESOLUTION NUMBER 20, 1913. AND IT WAS TO FORCE CITY OF WILEY TO. DIS ANNEX THE BROOKDALE BOAT RAMP. AND THEN LUCAS WOULD ANNEX IT WELL, IN THE RESOLUTION. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO THEY WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO THE DIS ANNEXATION BY OCTOBER 1ST, 2019. WE SEARCHED THROUGH ALL OF OUR RECORDS, AND I COULD BLAME COVID. I GUESS WE DIDN'T DO IT. AND THEN WITH THE NEW MANAGEMENT IN LUCAS, THEY REACHED OUT TO US AND ASKED IF WE WOULD ENTERTAIN THAT IF WE WOULD STILL MOVE FORWARD. SO THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU. MOST OF THE BROOKDALE PARK IS WITHIN LUCAS JURISDICTION, EXCEPT JUST THE LITTLE BOAT RAMP. AGAIN, 1.2 ACRES. UNDER THE BOAT RAMP BEING IN OUR JURISDICTION, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES RESPOND. YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANYTHING OUT THERE, IF COUNCIL SO MOVES TO DIS ANNEX IT, THEN WE WOULD NO LONGER BE THAT WOULD NO LONGER BE UNDER OUR. RESPONSIBILITY. SO THAT'S IT AGAIN, IT'S JUST A SMALL PORTION. AND WHEN WE DID THE RESEARCH, THERE WERE PROBABLY FIVE DIFFERENT ORDINANCES FROM 1986 ALL THE WAY UP TO, I BELIEVE, 1992 OR SOMETHING, THAT IT SEEMED LIKE WE DID THIS AND WE ANNEXED IT. THEN WE DIS ANNEXED IT. AND THEN THERE WAS THIS, THIS ONE LITTLE PORTION. SO BY ALL COUNTS OF THE RECORD, THIS LITTLE PORTION IS STILL WITHIN THIS JURISDICTION. OKAY. SO I KNOW TO JUST AGAIN TO CLARIFY A LITTLE MORE FOR THE PUBLIC, THIS IS NOT CONTIGUOUS BY LAND TO ANY PART OF THE CITY. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WAS ABANDONED WHEN THE LAKE FILLED IN. SO I THINK AND IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL, I WOULD ASSUME, FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO NOT BE RESPONDING OUT THERE. AND FOR THOSE WHO MAY HAVE AN EMERGENCY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE FASTER SERVICE. YES, MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. MOTION. WE DO HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN STRANG? THANK YOU. MAYOR. SECOND MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED. YOU GUYS, A MOTION TO THAT MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM
[6. Consider, and act upon, Ordinance No. 2025-06 approving the terms and conditions of a boundary adjustment agreement between the City of Wylie and the City of Lavon; authorizing the Mayor to execute the boundary adjustment agreement on behalf of the City of Wylie; clarifying that the property as described in the boundary adjustment agreement released from Wylie's extraterritorial jurisdiction and incorporated into Lavon's extraterritorial jurisdiction; providing a repealing/savings clause, severability clause, and an effective date.]
SIX. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 506. YOU SHOULD JUST STAY THERE. MISS HOLLY, APPROVING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF WILEY AND THE CITY OF LAVON, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF WILEY, CLARIFYING THAT THE PROPERTY, AS DESCRIBED IN THE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT AGREEMENT RELEASED FROM WILEY'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION AND INCORPORATED INTO LAVON'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, PROVIDING REPEALING SAVINGS CLAUSE, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MISS HOLLY. YES. SO THIS ONE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. THIS IS NOT CITY LIMITS. THIS IS OUR ETJ. AND WE DO HAVE WITH US CITY MANAGER KIM DOBBS AND THE AND MAYOR SAMPSON FROM LAVON. SO THEY ARE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT A MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. SO HAVING THIS PORTION OF OUR WHAT'S IN OUR ETJ SURROUNDED BY THEIR ETJ.NOT CONTIGUOUS TO ANY OF OUR CITY LIMITS, I DON'T BELIEVE NOT CONTIGUOUS ACTUAL CITY LIMITS.
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THERE MAY BE LITTLE WATER SOMEWHERE, BUT SO THEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO US ASKING IF WE WOULD ENTERTAIN RELEASING THIS FROM OUR ETJ, AND THEN THEY WOULD ACQUIRE IT INTO THEIR ETJ IN 2022, JUST TO THE NORTH OF THIS TRACK, WE RELEASED THE BOYD FARMS AGAIN ETJ. WE DON'T COLLECT ANY TAXES IN YOUR PACKET THERE. I NEED TO MAKE THIS ONE CLARIFICATION IN YOUR PACKET.THAT LAST PARAGRAPH SAYS EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE CURRENTLY PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF LAVON, COLLIN COUNTY AND AMR. APPROVAL OF THE RELEASE WILL REQUIRE THE CITY OF WILEY TO SERVE THE PROPERTY. THAT ACTUALLY SAYS APPROVAL OF THE RELEASE DOES NOT REQUIRE THE CITY OF WILEY TO.
HAVE ANY, ANY TO SERVE THE PROPERTY AT ALL. SO AGAIN, THIS IS TO RELEASE THE ETJ, AND THEN LAVON WOULD TAKE OVER. WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE FROM LAVON, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THAT. OKAY. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, THANK YOU. MAYOR, JUST TO CLARIFY, SO NONE OF OUR CCN OR ANY OF OUR CONNECTIONS ARE ANYWHERE NEAR THERE EITHER. CORRECT? OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.
SO WITH THAT, I'D BE OPEN TO A MOTION IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. COUNCILMAN STRANG THANK YOU. MAYOR, I THINK IT'S GREAT. MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM IS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. I'LL SECOND IT. MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE. THE ITEM IS PRESENTED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
THANK YOU TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES WHO SAT THROUGH A REASONABLY LONG EVENING SO FAR. FOR THAT.
AND AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU ALL ON THIS. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO
[7. Consider, and act upon, Resolution No. 2025-01(R) establishing a public newspaper of general circulation to be the “Official Newspaper” for the City of Wylie.]
ITEM SEVEN, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025. DASH 01R ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION TO BE THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF WILEY.AND IS THIS MISS STORM? YES, SIR. SO EACH YEAR, PER THE CITY CHARTER, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO ESTABLISH AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR THE CITY. IN YOUR PACKET, THERE'S PRICING FOR THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS AND FOR THE WILEY NEWS. FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND THE RECOMMENDATION. PLEASE NOTE ON THIS AGENDA REPORT, THERE IS A SPECIFIC MOTION THAT HAS TO BE READ. OKAY, SO I KNOW, I KNOW, WE'VE BEEN USING THIS FOR A WHILE. OBVIOUSLY COUNCIL HAS THE INFORMATION. THE PUBLIC CAN REVIEW IT ON PRICING AND CIRCULATION. MAYOR PRO TEM, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION ALREADY WITH A MOTION READY WITH A MOTION? OKAY. PLEASE, PLEASE NOTE IT NEEDS TO BE READ. YEP. MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020 5-01R ESTABLISHING THE WILEY NEWS AS THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF WILEY. I THINK WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN STRING? SECOND MOTION WITH A SECOND AS WRITTEN FOR THE WILEY NEWS COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. SO WITH THAT, THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS THIS
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EVENING. WE DO HAVE FURTHER EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER SECTION 551.072. DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY IS TO CONSIDERING THE SALE OR ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES LOCATED AT BROWN EUBANKS FM 544, COOPER FM 544 SAND AND JACKSON REGENCY, STEELE STATE HIGHWAY 78, BROWN AND STATE HIGHWAY 78 SKYVIEW, AND ALSO UNDER SECTION 551.0087. DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. HE HAS THREE DELIBERATION REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE WEDC HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT, AND TO DISCUSS THE OFFER OF INCENTIVES FOR PROJECTS. 2020 1-4B 2021 DASH 60 2020 2-1, B 2020 2-1C 2023, DASH ONE, C 20 2320 2023. DASH 11 A 2023, DASH 11 B 2020 42D 2024 DASH 40 2020 4-5A 2020 4-5, F 2020 4-7A 2020 4-7, B 2024 DASH 70 2020 4-8A 2024, DASH EIGHT B 2020 4-8C 2020 4-8D 2024. DASH NINE B 2020 49C 2020 4-9, DE 2024 DASH 90 2020 4-9 2024 DASH TEN A 2024, DASH TEN B 2024 DASH TEN C 2024 DASH 11 A 2024, DASH 11 B 2024. DASH 11 C 2024 DASH 11 D 2024, DASH 11, E 2024 DASH 12 A 2024, DASH 12 B 2024 DASH 12 C 2020 5-1A 2020 5-1B AND 2020 5-1C.[RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]
WITH THAT WILL COME FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION RECONVENING INTO OPEN SESSION. THAT DOES[READING OF ORDINANCES]
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COMPLETE OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING. AS FAR AS ITEMS, MISS STORM, DO WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCES TO READ? YES, MAYOR. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 5-1, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS.AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024, DASH 25, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2425.
REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 502. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024. DASH 25, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2425.
REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 503. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING WILEY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES ORDINANCE NUMBER 21, 2021, DASH 17, AS AMENDED. APPENDIX B ZONING ARTICLE SIX SPECIAL PURPOSE AND OVERLAY DISTRICTS, SECTION 6.3 DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT TT, H TO AMEND CERTAIN REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT, PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, SAVINGS, REPEALING CLAUSE, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 504. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, REPEALING REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2014. DASH 44 AND 20 1718, AND AMENDING WILEY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021, DASH 17, AS AMENDED. CHAPTER 22 BUILDING AND BUILDING REGULATIONS. ARTICLE 20 SIGNED REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING NEW REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE ERECTION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE SIGNS. DEFINING TERMS PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE WITH A MAXIMUM FINE OF $500, SAVINGS, REPEALING CLAUSE, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 505. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, DE-INDEXING APPROXIMATELY 55,125FT■!S, 1.269 ACRES OF LAND SITUATED IN THE DM FARMER SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 303, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED AS BROOKDALE PARK BOAT RAMP, PROVIDING FOR AMENDING THE OFFICIAL BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AS HERETOFORE ADOPTED, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE. PROVIDING FOR REPEALING SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES. PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 506. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, APPROVING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF WYLIE AND THE CITY OF LAVON, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, CLARIFYING THAT THE PROPERTY, AS DESCRIBED IN THE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT AGREEMENT RELEASED FROM WILEY'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION AND INCORPORATED INTO LAVON'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, PROVIDING OR REPEALING SAVINGS CLAUSE, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU, MISS STORM. WITH THAT, THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR READING OF THE ORDINANCES AND THE END OF THE AGENDA. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? COUNCILMAN STRING. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN? DUKE? MR. MAYOR, I SECOND THE MOTION WITH A SECOND TO ADJOURN. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES
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