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PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE. I'VE ASKED MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS TO LEAD OUR INVOCATION AND MR.
[A. Meeting Opening]
LINDSEY TO LEAD OUR PLEDGES.[INAUDIBLE] LORD, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO GATHER TODAY AS WE CELEBRATE OUR CITY PLAN FOR OUR FUTURE, AND RECOGNIZE SOME YOUNG MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. PLEASE GIVE US THE STRENGTH, THE COURAGE, AND THE WISDOM TO HEAR EACH OTHER'S ARGUMENTS AND MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR THE CITY.
AS I ALWAYS ASK THAT YOU ALWAYS LOOK OVER FOR ALL THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF SACHSE AND ALL OF THE MILITARY MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THAT AREN'T ABLE TO BE HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES THIS TIME OF YEAR.
PLEASE GIVE US THE COURAGE AND WISDOM TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS.
AMEN. PLEASE JOIN US IN THE US AND STATE PLEDGES.
ALL RIGHT, I HEARD A LOT OF AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION OUT THERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT; I APPRECIATE THAT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START OUR PROCLAMATIONS RIGHT NOW.
[B. Council/Staff Reports and Updates]
ITEM B1 PRESENT A PROCLAMATION DECLARING NOVEMBER 15TH, 2023 AS AMERICA RECYCLES DAY.I WAS TOLD I HAD TO STAND ON THIS SIDE.
COME ON, CYNTHIA. SO IF YOU ALL DON'T KNOW WHICH YOU SHOULD, THESE LADIES RIGHT HERE DO AN EXCELLENT JOB IN OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND PART OF WHAT THEY DO IS RECYCLING AND HOW WE PROMOTE THAT, AND SO TODAY, WE JUST WANT TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE AMERICA'S RECYCLING.
AMERICA RECYCLES DAY 2023, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HONOR TODAY.
THE ACTUAL DATE IS NOVEMBER 15TH.
WE DID NOT MEET ON NOVEMBER 15TH, OBVIOUSLY, SO WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE THAT TONIGHT.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL READ A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING TODAY OR THE 15TH AMERICA RECYCLES DAY 2023, WHEREAS THE CITY OF SACHSE RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING AND PRESERVING OUR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ADOPTING CONSCIENTIOUS HABITS THAT WILL IMPROVE OUR DAILY LIVES AND BRING ABOUT A CLEANER, SAFER AND MORE MORE SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT, AND WHEREAS, ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF RECYCLING IN SACHSE TO DATE, WE MUST ALSO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON OTHER INITIATIVES SUCH AS WASTE REDUCTION, COMPOSTING, THE REUSE OF PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS, AND PURCHASING RECYCLED PRODUCTS, AND WHEREAS, BY ENCOURAGING BUSINESSES, STATE AGENCIES, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOLS AND INDIVIDUALS TO CELEBRATE AMERICA RECYCLES DAY 2023, WE CAN FURTHER PROMOTE RECYCLING AS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICALLY SMART HABIT, AND WHEREAS IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE SACHSE COMMUNITY BECOME INVOLVED IN RECYCLING ACTIVITIES AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MANY RECYCLED AND RECYCLABLE PRODUCTS AVAILABLE TO THEM AS CONSUMERS. IT IS ALSO FITTING FOR THE CITY OF SACHSE TO CELEBRATE, AMERICA RECYCLES DAY 2023 AND TAKE ACTION BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT RECYCLING OPTIONS AVAILABLE IN THE AREA. NOW, THEREFORE, I, JEFF BICKERSTAFF, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SACHSE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 15TH, 2023 AS AMERICA RECYCLES DAY.
ALL RIGHT. NOW THE FUN PART OF THE MEETING.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT ALL OUR RECYCLED ART CONTEST WINNERS COME ON DOWN UP FRONT AND JOIN US.
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STAND RIGHT THERE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO.SO IT'S ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT RECYCLING IS WE HAVE RECYCLED ART CONTEST, AND IT'S BASICALLY TO REWARD CREATIVITY AND ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE, WHICH IS ON DISPLAY RIGHT HERE, AND SO WITH THAT, WE WANT TO TAKE JUST A MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE OUR WONDERFUL ART WINNERS AND SAY THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING, AND PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANTLY, SAY THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE VALUE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS.
SO WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO START WITH MR. JACKSON HENRY, AND THAT'S ONE OF YOUR.
YES, WHAT SHE SAID. [CHUCKLING] COME ON UP.
YOU GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE I'M GOING TO KNEEL ON, AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, HUGO ALLEN.
SO I'VE KNOWN CHRISTOPHER QUITE A FEW YEARS AND SHE DOES A WONDERFUL JOB.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW, SHE IS A PRINCIPAL AT COX ELEMENTARY AND SHE'S DONE A GREAT.
YEAH. THAT'S OKAY. YOU KNOCKED OVER THE RIGHT ONE.
THANKFULLY THEY'RE NOT BREAKABLE.
I KNOW CHIEF SYLVESTER AND OFFICER CHILDRESS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OUT THERE WITH THAT, AND WE JUST HAVE SO MUCH FUN, AND SO IT IS A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE YOU TONIGHT FOR WHAT YOU DID, AND WE REALLY CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR WANTING TO BE A PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF SACHSE, AND ONE DAY YOU MIGHT BE UP HERE, ALTHOUGH YOU MIGHT THINK TWICE ABOUT IT, SO WHO KNOWS? DID YOU WANT TO SAY OKAY? I JUST WANTED TO SAY WE APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY, OUR WALK TO SCHOOL DAY AND ALL OTHER THINGS, AND THANK YOU TO OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THANK YOU TO THE PARENTS
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WHO ALLOWED YOUR KIDS TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST.GO AHEAD AND GET THAT AWKWARDNESS OUT OF THE WAY.
[CHUCKLING] YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST SAY THE SILENT PART OUT LOUD.
SO OKAY, NOW BACK TO ITEM THREE.
RECOGNIZE THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR RECEIVING THE 2023 RICHARD R.
LILLY FAICP PLANNING EXCELLENCE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, AND I KNOW MR. ROBINSON, OUR DIRECTOR, COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT IF OUR PLANNER WOULD COME ON UP AND I SHOULD KNOW YOUR NAME BY NOW, BUT I FORGOT YOUR NAME.
SO TELL ME YOUR NAME AGAIN. PHILIP FEINHALS.
YEAH I WOULD NOT REMEMBER THAT.
YEAH, SO IN ALL SERIOUSNESS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DOES A GREAT JOB AS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION MYSELF, THEY HAVE VERY HIGH STANDARDS FOR THEIR EXCELLENCE AWARDS, AND QUITE FRANKLY, THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS I FEEL LIKE YOU CAN GET, AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY GET AWARDED FOR THE FOLLOWING.
INCREASING COMMUNITY AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANNING.
RECOGNIZING PLANNING DEPARTMENTS WHICH MEET CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
RECOGNIZING PLANNING EFFORTS THAT HAVE ACHIEVED COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. HOPEFULLY WE DIDN'T SCARE THEM OFF AND THEY'LL COME BACK SOMEDAY.
OKAY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM FOUR.
REPORT ON PUBLIC COMMENT FROM OCTOBER FROM THE OCTOBER 16TH, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WE DID HAVE A SPEAKER CARD FOR THIS.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE NO SPEAKER COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I THINK I MIGHT BE A LITTLE LOUD.
OKAY. IS THAT BETTER? OKAY. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO REPORT OUT ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION FROM THE OCTOBER 16TH MEETING.
RESIDENT MARTY [INAUDIBLE] MADE THE COMMENT THAT WE HAVE THE HIGHEST TAXES IN NORTH TEXAS.
FOLLOWING THE MEETING, STAFF PULLED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION.
SACHSE DOES NOT HAVE THE HIGHEST TAX RATE IN NORTH TEXAS.
SACHSE RANKS 45TH HIGHEST OUT OF 201 MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX.
THIS IS PER THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S WEBSITE.
SACHSE RANKS 254TH HIGHEST OUT OF 1089 TEXAS MUNICIPALITIES AND OUT OF THE LIST OF OUR COMPARATOR CITIES, BECAUSE THAT'S OFTEN A REFERENCE POINT THAT WE USE FOR RESEARCH AND ITEMS WITH COUNCIL.
ROWLETT MAINTAINS THE HIGHEST TAX RATE AT $0.71.
GARLAND COMES SECOND AT $0.68, AND SACHSE COMES IN THIRD OUT OF THIS LIST AT $0.65.
THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM FIVE.
ANYONE ON COUNCIL LIKE TO ADDRESS THE FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS OR THE AUDIENCE AT THIS TIME? MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.
SO THE COMMUNITY CENTER HOSTED ITS FIRST GLOW IN THE DARK PICKLEBALL NIGHT ON TWO FRIDAYS AGO, THE 27TH, AND WE HAD ABOUT 30-35 PEOPLE THERE. PICKLEBALL, SNACKS, GLOW IN THE DARK AND STYLE PRIZES.
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I WAS NOT ABLE TO BE THERE, SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS.I COULD NOT BE THERE, SO I DID SEE LOTS OF PICTURES, BUT IN THE THEME OF GLOW IN THE DARK, SOME OF THEM WEREN'T VERY VIEWABLE EXCEPT FOR THE GLOWING THINGS, SO I WILL BE AT THE NEXT ONE.
OTHER COMMENTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COUNCIL.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE DO HAVE SOME NEW EMPLOYEES, SO YOU'LL SEE SOME NEW FACES AROUND SACHSE.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE HAVE A NEW HR DIRECTOR.
UNFORTUNATELY, SHE HAD A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
SHE COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT.
SO SHE WILL BE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND YOU WILL ALL BE ABLE TO MEET HER IN PERSON.
SO HE HAS JOINED US FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
SO PLEASE WELCOME LOGAN AND SO GLAD TO HAVE HIM HERE TODAY.
SHE JOINED THE CITY AS A PART TIME LIBRARY ASSISTANT AS WELL AS MARISOL MACIAS.
HE RECEIVED HIS CERTIFIED GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICER, HIS CGFO DESIGNATION.
SO THAT PROGRAM IS SPONSORED BY THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS.
IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT CERTIFICATION AND DESIGNATION TO GET, AND VERY PROUD OF RYAN FOR BEING ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT COMING FROM ANOTHER STATE AND HAVING TO LEARN TEXAS LAW WITH REGARD TO FINANCE AND VERY PROUD OF HIM AND GETTING HIS NEW CGFO DESIGNATION.
SO WELL DONE TO RYAN, AND THAT'S ALL I HAD, MAYOR.
COME ON. THERE WE GO. I WILL SAY, JUST AS A FOLLOW UP TO MS. JACKSON JOINING THE CITY AS A SEASONAL SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD, I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET HER THE OTHER DAY, AND LET ME JUST SAY, SHE'S A HOOT AND SHE'S A LOT OF FUN, SO DEFINITELY GLAD SHE'S ON BOARD. THANK YOU, MS. JACKSON FOR JOINING THE TEAM AND JUST WANT TO MAKE A FEW QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THE WYLIE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE WYLIE EAST HIGH SCHOOL BANDS MARCHING BANDS EARNED THE HONOR TO PARTICIPATE AT THE STATE MARCHING BAND CONTEST THIS PAST WEEK. I GUESS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A WEEK AGO TODAY, AND THAT'S A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THEM AND WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH BANDS, AND WE WILL BE HONORING THEM AT A FUTURE MEETING. SO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO WYLIE EAST AND WYLIE HIGH SCHOOL? ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? OKAY IF NOT MOVING ON.
[C. Public Comment]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM C.THE TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM, NOT ON THE AGENDA? YES, SIR.
MATTHEW [INAUDIBLE] 5511, OAK RIDGE CIRCLE, SACHSE, TEXAS, TOP OF THE HILL.
AS PROMISED, 5TH STREET DISTRICT, WHEN WILL THE ECONOMIC REWARD FROM THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WE'VE SPENT UP THERE BE RECOVERED BY THE CITY? THE EDC DOESN'T KNOW.
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO PUT A STAFF MEMBER UP HERE AND EXPLAIN THE BOONDOGGLE OF THE FIFTH STREET DISTRICT UP THERE? WHY DOES THE EDC GET TO PUT THEIR FINANCIALS UNDERNEATH THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, AND REFUSE TO EVEN DISCUSS THEM? IS THAT TRANSPARENCY? IS THAT WHAT THIS CITY STANDS FOR? I WAS REALLY HOPING B4 WAS GOING TO TELL ME WHERE I GOT MY REFUND, BECAUSE IT WAS DEMOCRATICALLY IRRESPONSIBLE TO HAVE PEOPLE PAY FOR THINGS THAT THEY DON'T USE THAT THEY STOOD UP HERE AND TALKED ABOUT, AND I ALSO THINK THAT IF YOU CHECK THE LAST MEETING, I SAID GARLAND'S TAXES WERE HIGHER, BUT THEY GIVE YOU A LOT MORE SERVICES AND ROWLETT'S TAXES ARE FROZEN BECAUSE THEY GOT SO OUT OF HAND, PEOPLE REVOLTED AND WE'RE RIGHT
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BEHIND THEM WHERE WE NEED TO BE.I BET THAT'S A PROUD MOMENT FOR YOU ALL TO UNDER THREE MINUTES.
AWESOME. THANK YOU, MR. [INAUDIBLE]. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON AN ITEM? NOT ON THE AGENDA.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM D CONSENT AGENDA.
[D. Consent Agenda - All items listed on the consent agenda will be considered by the City Council and will be enacted on by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember or a member of the public so requests.]
ALL ITEMS LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.APPROVE THE OCTOBER 16TH, 2023 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES.
ITEM FIVE ADOPT A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE COLLIN COUNTY 2023 TAX ROLL, AND ITEM SIX AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF OPTICON TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPGRADES F-24-10 FROM CONSOLIDATED TRAFFIC CONTROLS, INC.
THROUGH THE HOUSTON-GALVESTON AREA COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM PE-05-21 NOT TO EXCEED THE BUDGETED FUNDS OF $179,428 FOR THE CITY OF SACHSE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE SACHSE FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT.
ANY COUNCIL MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC LIKE TO TAKE ANY ITEMS OFF? SEEING NONE.
I'LL ENTERTAIN DISCUSSION OR MOTION.
I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM D, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED MS. HOWARTH. SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.
OKAY. WELL, WE'LL TRY THAT ONE AGAIN.
DO YOU MIND IF WE JUST DO A HANDFUL? OKAY. I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT.
GO AHEAD AND JUST DO IT. OKAY.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
OKAY, THAT IS QUITE ALL RIGHT.
[1. Consider a resolution casting the City of Sachse's 13 vote(s) for the Collin Central Appraisal District Board of Directors (CCAD).]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM E, REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. ITEM E ONE. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION CASTING THE CITY OF SACHSE'S 13 VOTES FOR THE COLLIN COUNTY, EXCUSE ME COLLIN CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CCAD.SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS YOU KNOW, EVERY TWO YEARS IN THE ODD NUMBERED YEARS, THE COUNCIL CASTS YOUR VOTES FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE COLLIN CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. SO IN 2011 AND 2013, THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED FOR DR.
IN 15 AND 17, YOU VOTED FOR WAYNE MAYO, IN 19 FOR MICHELLE HOWARTH, AND IN 21 THE COUNCIL CAST THREE VOTES TO ERNEST BURKE AND THE OTHER AND EACH OTHER CANDIDATE GOT ONE VOTE.
SO THE VOTE CAST WOULD BE FOR A ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING ON JANUARY 1ST OF 2024, AND AS YOU SEE, YOU HAVE 13 VOTES TO CAST, AND YOU DO HAVE YOUR LIST WITHIN YOUR PACKET OF WHO YOU'D LIKE TO CAST YOUR VOTES FOR, AND I'M ASSUMING WE HAVE TO STAY WITHIN THAT LIST.
YES, SIR. OKAY, WELL, THAT'S NO FUN.
HOW DID IT TURN OUT LAST TIME, MS. HOWARTH?
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[INAUDIBLE] THEIR VOTES. OKAY.DISCUSSION AMONG THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM.
OKAY, WHILE WE WAIT ON THAT, ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? OKAY. SEEING NONE BACK TO COUNCIL.
MS. HOWARTH. FOR SIMPLICITY, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE VOTES FOR ALL 13.
OKAY. MS. HOWARTH WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED.
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE IT A MOTION? YOU WANT SOMEONE ELSE TO DO THAT? MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPLY ALL OF OUR 13 VOTES FOR THE COLLIN COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO MICHELLE HOWARTH.
DO I HAVE A SECOND, MR. PRESTENBERG? SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND BY MR. PRESTENBERG. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE'LL SEE HOW IT TURNS OUT, MISS HOWARTH.
OKAY. PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.
THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM TO RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING CITY ORDINANCE.
[2. Receive a briefing regarding City Ordinance Chapter 9, Section 6, governing on-street parking.]
CHAPTER NINE, SECTION SIX GOVERNING ON STREET PARKING.MS. NASH. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, CERTAINLY, CHIEF SYLVESTER AND I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES RELATIVE TO OUR ORDINANCE WITH REGARD TO ON STREET PARKING ISSUES AND CONCERNS, AND WE GET A FAIR NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THINGS SUCH AS RVS AND TRAILERS AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT FOR CHIEF CHIEF SYLVESTER TO GIVE YOU A BRIEFING ABOUT CITY ORDINANCE CHAPTER NINE, SPECIFICALLY SECTION SEVEN.
SECTION SIX. SECTION SIX GOVERNING ON STREET PARKING, AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A REVIEW AND DISCUSSION AND GIVE US DIRECTION MOVING FORWARD, AND SOME FEEDBACK ON THIS ISSUE.
THANK YOU, MS. NASH. HELLO, CHIEF.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.
AS MISS NASH ADVISED YOU, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ON STREET PARKING.
I KNOW THAT EVERYONE CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS, BUT I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO REVIEW.
JOE, IT MIGHT BE 10 OR 12 YEARS, HE MIGHT REMEMBER, BUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TONIGHT IS REVIEW THE CURRENT ORDINANCE REGARDING ON STREET PARKING, REVIEW THE TYPES OF VEHICLES THAT ARE GOVERNED BY THE ORDINANCE, WHAT I FEEL ARE LIMITATIONS WITHIN THE EXISTING ORDINANCE, AND A REQUEST FOR YOUR INPUT AND SUGGESTIONS ON ANY DESIRED CHANGES THAT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO SEE IN THE ORDINANCE GOING FORWARD.
JUST A QUICK NOTE THIS DOES NOT GOVERN PRIVATE PROPERTY PARKING AT ALL.
THAT'S HANDLED BY NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
SO THIS IS THE EXACT LANGUAGE IN OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE.
IT'S ENTITLED TRUCK PARKING, WHICH I WOULD RECOMMEND A CHANGE TO THAT WE SHOULD PERHAPS CALL IT ON STREET PARKING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT SPECIFICALLY STATES IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL TO LEAVE, PARK, OR STAND ANY TRUCK, TRACTOR, ROAD, TRACTOR, SEMI TRAILER, BUS, TRUCK OR TRAILER WITH A RATED CAPACITY CAPACITY IN EXCESS OF ONE TON, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS ON THE REGISTRATION COMPONENT OF THE VEHICLE, IT'S THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT IT CAN CARRY, NOT WHAT IT WEIGHS EMPTY OR A STANDALONE IN THAT CONTEXT.
ESSENTIALLY ON ANY PUBLIC STREET WITHIN THE CITY, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT ZONING AREAS LISTED HERE, WHICH ESSENTIALLY COVER THE ENTIRE CITY AND WITHIN THE ORDINANCE LANGUAGE ITSELF, IT DOES PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION FOR EXPEDITIOUSLY LOADING OR UNLOADING PASSENGERS, FREIGHT, OR MERCHANDISE. SO WHAT IS WHAT ARE ALL THESE DEFINITIONS MEAN? WHAT'S A SEMI TRAILER? WHAT ARE WHAT'S A TRUCK TRACTOR THAT TYPE OF THING.
GRAPHIC EXAMPLES OF WHAT THE ORDNANCE LISTS AS A SPECIFIC TYPE OF VEHICLE WITHIN THE ORDINANCE ITSELF.
THE DEFINING LANGUAGE HERE IS WITH A RATED CAPACITY IN EXCESS OF ONE TON 2,000 POUNDS.
AS AN EXAMPLE, THIS TRAILER HERE ON THE FAR RIGHT WITH THE THREE AXLES GENERALLY THAT'S GOING TO HOLD A LARGE BOAT, WHICH IS GOING TO IN TOTALITY WEIGH MORE THAN A TON. BUS CERTAINLY.
HOWEVER, BUS ALSO LITERALLY, ACCORDING TO TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE, IT'S NOT YOUR VONLANE LANE BUS LIKE THIS OR GREYHOUND BUS THAT WE SEE WITHIN OUR CITY. IT'S TEN PASSENGER BUSSES OR LARGER THAT FROM TIME TO TIME PARK ON ONE OF OUR CITY STREETS.
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SO A BUS BY DEFINITION IS TEN PASSENGERS OR MORE.THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT WOULD NOT BE PROHIBITED AS OUR ORDINANCE EXISTS TODAY.
A TRAILER THAT CAN HOLD A JET SKI OR TWO GENERALLY IS NOT GOING TO WEIGH MORE THAN 2,000 POUNDS BY OUR ORDINANCE NOW THEY'RE ALLOWED ON OUR CITY STREETS TO PARK FOR HOWEVER LONG.
LET ME TURN YOU ON. THERE YOU GO.
IN THE PREVIOUS PICTURE, AND I MAY BE READING INTO THIS, BUT THE CURRENT CHAPTER NINE, SECTION SIX PARKING SAYS WITH A RATED CAPACITY. SO THAT TRAILER ON THE TOP RIGHT WITH TWO AXLES, I'M SURE THAT'S RATED TO HAUL MORE THAN 2,000 POUNDS.
I DON'T HAVE A LICENSE PLATE ON IT.
I MEAN, EXAMPLE, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT BUT TO CLARIFY, A SMALL TRAILER.
YEAH, BUT TO CLARIFY, IT'S NOT THE WEIGHT OF THE TRAILER, IT'S THE WEIGHT OF THE HAULING CAPACITY.
CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.
WHICH WOULD BE THE TRAILER PLUS.
THAT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION? OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFICATION.
SO THESE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT I BELIEVE WE NEED TO BETTER CLARIFY WITHIN OUR EXISTING ORDINANCE IF COUNCIL SO CHOOSES TO DO SO, AND THOSE ARE IN ESSENCE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES.
THOSE ARE SEPARATELY DEFINED BY THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE, A TRAILER IN THAT CONTEXT, SINCE IT'S MORE CLEARLY DEFINED BY THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE, THAT'S THE DEFINITION WE NEED TO USE FOR A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE OF THIS TYPE.
A MOTORIZED RECREATIONAL VEHICLE ON THE LEFT THAT'S NOT CONSIDERED A BUS.
IT'S NOT DESIGNED TO TRANSPORT, CERTAINLY IN A HIGHER CAPACITY, TEN PASSENGERS OR MORE.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU TONIGHT IS YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE ORDINANCE AS A WHOLE YOUR THOUGHTS ON DO YOU WISH TO CHANGE UP ANYTHING TO BETTER DEFINE RESTRICTIONS? I HAVE SEEN EXAMPLES AND THERE IS NO MODEL POLICY THAT CITIES FOLLOW IN THE METROPLEX.
THERE ARE SEVERAL CITIES AROUND US THAT ALLOW PARKING.
OF ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEHICLES THAT I DESCRIBED TO YOU PREVIOUSLY, THEY ALLOW YOU TO DO SO ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET OR REALLY ANYWHERE IN THEIR CITY, FROM SUN UP TO SUN UP TO SUNDOWN. THERE ARE CERTAIN CITIES THAT HAVE VEHICLE LENGTH RESTRICTIONS ATTACHED TO THEIR ORDINANCE.
THERE'S ALSO SOME CITIES, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER A LITTLE FURTHER IS A TEMPORARY VARIANCE PERMIT PROCESS, WHERE, AS AN EXAMPLE, SOMEONE'S IN-LAWS COME INTO TOWN TO VISIT FOR 3 OR 4 DAYS AND THEY BRING THEIR RV BECAUSE THEY'RE TRAVELING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THEY COULD APPLY FOR A VARIANCE SO THAT THE ORDINANCE IS NOT SUBJECT TO THAT PARTICULAR VEHICLE FOR THE SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY'RE THERE, ASSUMING THAT THEY'RE NOT HOOKING UP TO UTILITIES, ASSUMING THAT IT'S NOT FOR OVERNIGHT STAY, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, THEY'RE JUST COMING IN TO TEMPORARILY PARK IT, AND THEN THEY'LL BE MOVING ON AFTER A FEW DAYS. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CERTAINLY IS WORTHWHILE IN A DISCUSSION, BUT OBVIOUSLY WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO PURSUE IT OR NOT.
ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
CHIEF, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK ONES IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO YOUR SLIDE.
LACK OF BETTER WAY TO DESCRIBE IT.
NO ISSUES WITH THOSE RIGHT NOW WITH THOSE VEHICLES PARKED OR IS IT SO A MOTORIZED RECREATIONAL VEHICLE SUCH AS THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER OUR ORDINANCE IN MY INTERPRETATION IN OUR LEGAL ADVISORS' INTERPRETATION.
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SO A MOTOR HOME OF THIS TYPE WHETHER, IT'S A DIFFERENT CLASS OR NOT.SAME ISSUE. GOTCHA. YES, SIR, AND THEN BACK TO YOUR LAST SLIDE.
WHAT DO YOU SEE, IF ANY? WHAT DO YOU SEE AS ISSUES OR CONCERNS WE MIGHT WANT TO ADDRESS THAT YOU SEE OUT IN THE FIELD.
CERTAIN TYPES OF PARKING ON ANY STREET WITHIN THE CITY, WHETHER IT BE IN AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT, RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, WHATEVER.
IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THE INTENT WAS CERTAIN TYPES OF VEHICLES WE DO NOT WANT ON PUBLIC STREETS.
THAT WAS THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION AT THE TIME BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT WAS DRAFTED.
FRANKLY, I THINK THE BIGGER ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS COMPLAINTS RELATIVE TO MOTORIZED RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND CAMPER TRAILERS TOWABLE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES OF THAT TYPE.
WE DO GET SEVERAL CALLS REGARDING TRAILERS IN GENERAL.
I THINK THE SIMPLER YOU CAN MAKE THE ORDINANCE, THE EASIER IT IS FOR OUR CITIZENS, CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT, AND IT'S ALSO EASIER FOR US TO GAIN COMPLIANCE WITH.
WE DO A LOT OF CONVERSATION WITH FOLKS BECAUSE OUR DESIRE IS NOT TO ISSUE CITATIONS IN THIS CONTEXT, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THEY SIMPLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE ORDINANCE AS IT'S DRAFTED, AND WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT TO THEM.
SO FOR ME, IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO ELIMINATE TRAILERS OF ANY TYPE, THOSE SMALLER TRAILERS THAT WE SAW EARLIER, IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO ELIMINATE THAT ABILITY IN THE ORDINANCE, THEN I THINK YOU NEED TO EITHER LOWER AND ADJUST THE MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT, OR JUST STAY ANY TRAILER WHATSOEVER, RATHER THAN ATTACH A WEIGHT REQUIREMENT TO THAT OR A HIERARCHY RELATIVE TO THAT, AND I THINK A VARIANCE PROCESS DEMONSTRATES SOME FLEXIBILITY TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE UNDERSTAND AS A COMMUNITY THAT FRIENDS COME IN, RELATIVES COME IN, OR THEY BRING THEIR TRAILER FROM WHERE THEY HAVE IT STORED OFF SITE TO PREPARE IT TO GO ON A TRIP, AND THEY HAVE IT AT THEIR RESIDENCE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND MAY NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO PARK IT IN THEIR DRIVEWAY OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
I THINK THAT GENERATES SOME UNDERSTANDING WITHIN OUR PUBLIC AND A PROCESS BY WHICH TO GO ABOUT THAT.
SO I THINK THE THREE THINGS THAT I WOULD FOCUS ON IS A VARIANCE PROCESS, A CLEARLY DEFINED RECREATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLE CLAUSE, IF YOU WISH TO PURSUE THAT AND CONSIDERATION ON SMALLER TRAILERS OR NOT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
GREAT. THANK YOU CHIEF. YES, SIR.
MR. LINDSEY. YES, CHIEF, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION ON STREET PARKING.
WOULD THAT ALSO INCLUDE, LIKE ON FIFTH STREET, THE COMMONS AND THE STATION BOULEVARD WHERE WE HAVE CUT OUTS DESIGNATE JUST SPECIFICALLY FOR PARKING. THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS CRAFTED IT IS A PUBLIC STREET.
SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THE PARALLEL PARKING.
I JUST WANTED TO MAINLY I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE INCLUDE THOSE SO IT CAN JUST BE A TAKEAWAY.
I HOPE THAT ANYTHING IN THE ORDINANCE WOULD ALSO COVER THOSE THOSE SPOTS AS WELL, BECAUSE CERTAINLY IF THAT IS COUNCIL'S DESIRE AND TO YOUR POINT, YOU CREATE AN INCONGRUENCE BY ALLOWING ON STREET PARKING FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF VEHICLES WITHIN DESIGNATED PARKING SPOTS.
I THINK YOU WOULD WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS RELATIVE TO THAT ASPECT.
I THINK THEY'RE A HAZARD THERE.
OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO LOAD AND UNLOAD A TRAILER.
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I THINK ANYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT.RECREATION VEHICLES DEFINITELY.
I WOULD IMAGINE IT WOULD BE LIKE A GARAGE SALE PERMIT.
WELL, I THINK THERE WOULD BE APPROVAL PROCESS AND CONVERSATION WITH A REPRESENTATIVE, PERHAPS MY DEPARTMENT, SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, OKAY, WE'RE NOT COMING IN FOR A MONTH, THAT TYPE OF THING, AND EXPECT TO HOOK UP UTILITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT A CONVERSATION, A PERMITTING PROCESS DONE ONLINE AND SOME RESPONSE BACK RELATIVE TO THAT, WHERE THEY COULD PRINT IT OUT AND HAVE IT WITH THEM, SHOULD THEY BE CONTACTED IN THE FUTURE, AND I WOULD EXPECT MY STAFF WOULD MAINTAIN A DATABASE WITHIN OUR DISPATCH CENTER OF ACTIVE VARIANCES, THAT COULD BE REFERENCED FAIRLY EASILY THROUGH THAT PROCESS. OKAY.
YEAH, I DEFINITELY LOVE THE IDEA.
LIKE IF YOU'VE GOT SOMEBODY COMING IN AND VISITING, I TAKE IT, IT WOULD STILL BE SOME DISCRETION ON THEIR LIKE, OKAY, YOU'RE ON A VERY SMALL ROAD VERSUS A A WIDER ROAD.
WOULD IT ENTAIL JUST ANYTHING ABOUT THE SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE VARIANCE? THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE EQUATION, WHETHER TO GRANT IT.
I THINK YOU CAN DO IT ONE OF TWO WAYS.
YOU CAN EITHER HAVE EXTREMELY STRICT GUIDELINES, SUCH AS NO LONGER THAN 48 HOURS.
OR YOU CAN ALLOW SOME TYPE OF DISCRETIONARY COMPONENT WITHIN THAT PROCESS TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT THE VEHICLE IS, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE, HOW LONG ARE THEY STAYING THERE AND HAVE SOME.
IT'S NOT GOING TO APPLY TO ANYBODY, AND THEN THERE'S NO POINT IN HAVING IT.
RIGHT. YEAH, I DEFINITELY PREFER DISCRETIONARY, AND SPEAKING OF DISCRETIONARY, WHAT WOULD BE THE ENFORCEMENT? AND JUST TO TAKE AN EXAMPLE IS PEOPLE ARE NOT DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE AT THE FRONT OF THE HOME.
PEOPLE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BLOCK THE SIDEWALK.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE ACTIVELY ENFORCE, BUT IF SOMEBODY CALLS AND COMPLAINS ON IT, WE'LL GO OUT THERE AND TALK TO THE HOMEOWNER, TRY TO RESOLVE IT FIRST WITHOUT CITATION. WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT WOULD BE HANDLED ON THIS IS THE SAME TYPE OF STEPS OF TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE HOME THAT'S CAUSING THE VIOLATION? WELL, WE ALREADY DO THAT NOW.
IT'S JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CALL FOR SERVICE WHERE IT'S SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS FOR DISCRETION.
IT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, AND WE SEEK TO HAVE COMPLIANCE AND UNDERSTANDING BY OUR CITIZENS THAT ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE, AND 99% OF THE TIME WE GET COMPLIANCE AND THERE'S NOT ANY ISSUE AND OCCASIONALLY THERE'S ENFORCEMENT.
SO I DON'T EXPECT ANY CHANGES TO THIS WOULD WOULD SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSE ANY TYPE OF DIFFERING RESPONSE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. OKAY, AND YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT EARLIER, BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, THE RIGHT NOW, IT IS AN ORDINANCE AND MAYBE THIS IS WHERE IT'S I GUESS THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE MORE OF A CODE ORDINANCE VERSUS A SOMETHING THAT'S THE PURVIEW OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT IF YOU'RE CAMPING IN THE TRAILER AND YOU'VE GOT AN EXTENSION CORD AND YOU'RE ACTIVELY LIVING IN A TRAILER OR MOTOR HOME, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S CURRENTLY NOT ALLOWED.
IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
DO WE NOT HAVE ANYTHING EXISTING FOR A TIME PERIOD, WHETHER IT'S ANY KIND OF VEHICLE THAT A VEHICLE MAY BE LEFT PARKED ON A PUBLIC ROAD BEFORE IT'S CONSIDERED ABANDONED, OR WE DO UNDER ABANDONED OR JUNKED VEHICLES.
HOWEVER, THOSE ARE DIFFERING STIPULATIONS FOR DIFFERING CIRCUMSTANCES.
OKAY, SO IT WOULD BE PRUDENT ALSO TO PUT A TIME LIMIT SPECIFICALLY ON HERE.
I GUESS THAT TIME WOULD ACTUALLY BE LOADING OR UNLOADING AND WHATEVER IT WOULD BE GRANTED, MAYBE BY A VARIANCE ON THERE, THAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY YOU THINK TO PUT A TIME ELEMENT INTO THIS.
WELL, CURRENTLY THERE ARE STRICT PROHIBITIONS.
THERE'S NO TIME ALLOWANCE OTHER THAN EXPEDITIOUSLY LOADING OR UNLOADING.
NOW, CERTAINLY THERE'S SOME INTERPRETATION TO THAT, BUT EXPEDITIOUSLY, EXPEDITIOUSLY UNLOADING A BOX TRUCK PROBABLY DOESN'T TAKE MORE THAN A FEW HOURS, YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT TYPE OF THING.
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THE PROVISIONS OF THE OF THE EXISTING ORDINANCE.OKAY, AND ONE FINAL QUESTION ON SOME OF OUR TWO LANE ROADS, FOUR LANES ALTOGETHER, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE HUDSON MILES RANCH ROAD, I KNOW, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, MILES, WE SPECIFICALLY HAD TO PUT NO PARKING SIGNS ALONG THAT ROADWAY.
IF SOMEBODY, FOR EXAMPLE, JUST PARKED A MOTOR HOME OUTSIDE OF THOSE NO PARKING AREAS SOMEWHERE ON HUDSON OR ON RANCH ROAD, WOULD THEY LEGALLY BE BE PARKED THERE, WHETHER THEY'RE A VEHICLE OR A MOTOR HOME OR WHAT HAVE YOU? WELL. THERE'S A LOT TO THAT QUESTION THAT I DON'T KNOW.
IN THAT CONTEXT, WITH IT BEING LEGAL OR ILLEGAL TO PARK ON THAT ROAD.
THIS PROVISION WOULD NOT APPLY.
WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER IS THE SAFETY OF OUR MOTORISTS AND CITIZEN UTILIZING THAT HIGH VOLUME ROADWAY, AND IF IT'S AN IMMEDIATE SAFETY HAZARD, THEN WE CAN TAKE ACTION UNDER DIFFERING LAWS TO GET THAT VEHICLE ADDRESSED.
OKAY, GREAT. I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO CREATE AN ADDITIONAL PROBLEM.
IF WE PASS SOME WAY FOR SOMEBODY TO LEGALLY BE ABLE TO PARK ON THE AREA WITH A BUSY THOROUGHFARE AND BLOCKING A LANE ON THERE.
I'D LOVE IT TO BE CRACKED DOWN AS FAR AS THE TONNAGE LIMIT.
TO ME IT SHOULD BE NO TRAILERS ARE PARKED ON THE STREET AND I'M WITH YOU ON THE SUNDOWN TO SIGN UP.
LET'S JUST LEAVE THAT OUT AND MAKE IT AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE.
YES, I HAD A QUESTION SIMILAR TO COUNCILMEMBER ABOUT THE TIGHT STREETS LIKE ROSEWOOD.
NOT ALL STREETS ARE CREATED EQUAL, RIGHT? ROSEWOOD, YOU COULD PARK TWO BUSSES ON EITHER SIDE AND NO ONE WOULD KNOW THE DIFFERENCE, RIGHT, BUT YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS JUST YOU RECOMMEND NOT DOING ANY SORT OF BY STREET? I THINK COUNCIL'S INTENT AT THE TIME THAT THIS WAS ENACTED WAS THAT, IN ESSENCE, ALL OF THE PUBLIC STREETS IN THE CITY, YOU CANNOT PARK THESE TYPE OF VEHICLES ON THEM.
I THINK THAT WAS COUNCIL'S INTENT AT THE TIME.
I AM NOT PROPOSING THAT YOU CHANGE THAT LANGUAGE TO, AS COUNCILMAN LINDSEY WAS CONCERNED ABOUT, ALLOW FOR THIS TYPE OF PARKING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET OR ANY OTHER STREET.
I THINK IT IS CLEANER FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND.
YOU EITHER CAN PARK THEM ON A CITY STREET OR YOU CANNOT.
I GUESS I DON'T WANT TO CHANGE ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE NOW.
I'M THINKING MORE ALONG THE THREE ITEMS YOU HAVE THAT ARE ARE NOT COVERED, RIGHT? THE BUSSES, THE TRAILERS WITH CHIEF WADE AS WELL, ARE THERE ANY INSTANCES WHERE WE CAN'T GET A FIRE TRUCK DOWN OR AN ENGINE EXCUSE ME AN ENGINE DOWN A STREET BECAUSE OF ANYTHING LIKE ONE OF THESE VEHICLES BEING PARKED.
SO AGAIN, RELATIVE TO THESE TYPE OF TRAILERS AND THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
FRANKLY, I THINK TRAILERS OF THIS TYPE RV CAMPERS AND MOTORIZED CAMPERS AS YOUR CHIEF I WOULD PREFER THAT THOSE NOT BE ALLOWED ON OUR STREETS PARKED.
ON YOUR PROHIBITED LIST ON THE BUSSES, SLIDE FOUR. YOU MENTIONED, LIKE, THE 12 PASSENGER VAN OR MINIBUS OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
YOU USED TO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO SOMEONE WHO HAD A TON OF KIDS, AND THEY HAD A BIG VEHICLE TO TRANSPORT THEM ACROSS THE METROPLEX DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THAT BIG.
THAT'S MORE OF LIKE A CHURCH TYPE VAN, RIGHT? SO BY NO MEANS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANY SORT OF STIPULATION WHERE THEY COULDN'T HAVE A BUS THAT WOULD FIT THEIR FAMILY SIZE.
IS THAT FAIR OR NO? SO AS THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN NOW, A BUS ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE, IS TEN PASSENGERS DESIGNED FOR TEN PASSENGERS OR MORE.
OKAY. SO THAT'S EXISTING IN THE LANGUAGE RIGHT NOW.
OKAY. NOT THAT I'M THINKING MORE OF THE EXCEPTION THAN THE RULE.
I GET IT RIGHT, BUT JUST THINKING ABOUT CERTAIN FAMILIES OUT THERE.
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I DO LIKE THE VARIANCE PROCESS, AND JUST MAYBE I MISSED IT, BUT WHAT WAS THIS JUST, HEY, THIS ORDINANCE HASN'T BEEN LOOKED AT IN TEN YEARS, OR WE'VE GOTTEN SO MANY COMPLAINTS LATELY OR WHAT GENERATED JUST THE INTEREST IN IT, AND THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION, AND IT'S REALLY A COMBINATION OF BOTH.WE HAVE FIELDED A NUMBER OF CALLS FROM A PARTICULAR CITIZEN WHO HAS.
HAS. DETAILED OPINIONS ABOUT THINGS THAT HE BELIEVES SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE PARKED ON THE CITY STREET, AND OF COURSE, WE WANT TO BE RESPONSIVE TO EVERY CITIZEN AND THEIR CONCERNS.
AND I GOT TO TAKE A GOOD, HARD LOOK AT IT, AND I DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE SOME INCONSISTENCIES, SUCH AS THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE DEFINITION VERSUS A TRAILER VERSUS A TRUCK, THAT TYPE OF THING, AND I LOOKED TO SEE WHEN WAS THIS ENACTED AND HOW FAR BACK DOES THIS GO, AND I CAN'T FIND IT.
SO IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, AND IT CERTAINLY AS WE EVOLVE AS THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY CHANGES OR REQUESTS FOR THINGS TO BE LOOKED AT, I THINK WE SHOULD.
IF WE WANT TO PUT A 48-HOUR RESTRICTION ON IT, I'M FINE.
I HAVE A BOAT AND IN CERTAIN HOUSES I COULD NOT PUT MY BOAT IN MY DRIVEWAY.
CERTAINLY HOOKED UP TO ANOTHER VEHICLE TOWING IT, BUT THE BOAT BY ITSELF WOULDN'T FIT ALWAYS.
I HAVE AN RV, DEFINITELY WOULDN'T FIT MOST HOUSES.
YOU COULD NOT BACK AN RV INTO PROBABLY MORE THAN ABOUT 20-25 FEET.
YOU COULDN'T, AND I'VE BEEN PULLING THE TRAILER MY WHOLE LIFE.
NO UP TO 48 HOURS AS AN ALLOWANCE WITHIN THE LANGUAGE.
WHEN WE GO SOMEWHERE, WHETHER IT BE RV OR BOAT, WE PUT A BUNCH OF CRAP IN IT.
WHEN WE GET BACK, WE TAKE A BUNCH OF CRAP OUT OF IT AND LET IT DRY.
SO, I'M NOT GOING TO PUT IT UP UNDER THE CARPORT OR THE GARAGE ALL WET.
SO, IF I THINK WE NEED AT LEAST 24 HOURS, IF NOT 48, DEPENDING ON, I THINK THAT'S BETTER.
I DON'T CARE WHAT TONNAGE, I DON'T CARE WHAT SIZE BALL, I DON'T CARE HOW MANY AXLES, TRAILERS OR TRAILERS OR TRAILER, WHETHER IT BE A GOOSENECK, BUMPER, POOL, WHATEVER.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S SIMPLICITY, RIGHT? WHETHER IT BE A TRAILER, A TRUCK, A BOAT, AN RV, WHATEVER DEFINITION YOU WANT TO CALL IT, I THINK WE PUT A LIMIT.
NO, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED AT ALL.
UP TO OR AFTER 48 HOURS IS MY RECOMMENDATION.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED? I DIDN'T HEAR ANY QUESTIONS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I THINK I'VE GOT IT.
WHAT I WANT. WE'VE ASKED ENOUGH QUESTIONS.
I GENERALLY AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER FRANKS ON THIS, BUT I DO THINK WE NEED AT LEAST A VARIANCE FOR A LONGER PROCESS OR A LONGER EXCEPTION THAN 48 HOURS FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR FAMILIES OR THAT ARE TRAVELING WITH RVS.
HOW DO I SAY THIS KINDLY? MY FATHER IS A VINTAGE CAMPER ENTHUSIAST AND HAS A TENDENCY TO LOCATE CAMPERS THAT HE DESPERATELY NEEDS TO OWN, THAT HE COMES IN FROM OUT OF STATE AND BUYS THEM HERE IN TEXAS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY RUST ON THEM, AND THEN HAULS THEM BACK TO THE MIDWEST, AND THEY SIT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE UNTIL HE LEAVES THE STATE. SO, I MEAN, THAT COULD BE 48 HOURS.
I ALSO KIND OF WONDER IF YOUR COMPLAINER, SPECIFICALLY SPECIFIC PERSON WHO LIKES TO COMPLAIN, IS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE AND WE HAVE ANOTHER NEIGHBOR THAT LIKES TO.
I'M ASSUMING FLIP RVS AND BOATS, AND SO THEY PARK IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE FOR THREE, FOUR, FIVE WEEKS, AND THEN THEY GET SOLD, AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT COMES BACK, AND I DO THINK WE NEED SOMETHING TO COVER THAT, BECAUSE I GET COMPLAINTS FROM NEIGHBORS ABOUT IT THAT WHY DON'T WE DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? AND ALL I CAN TELL THEM IS IT'S NOT.
THEY HAVEN'T IT'S NOT AGAINST THE ORDINANCE.
THERE'S NO LAW BEING BROKEN HERE.
HE CAN DO WHATEVER HE WANTS TO DO UNDER THE EXISTING ORDINANCE.
SO SOMETHING TO MAYBE GIVE SOME.
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHIEF.ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS? OH. I'M SORRY. OH.
I'M SORRY. HOLD ON. I APOLOGIZE, MS. BUHLER. SORRY.
SO, I'M KIND OF WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS FRANKS AND HOWARTH.
ALSO, PEOPLE DO PROJECTS ON THEIR HOME.
THEY'RE REPLACING THEIR FENCE, OR THEY HAVE YARD WORK.
I THINK I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE STIPULATIONS FOR EVERYDAY LIFE AND, BUT I GET THE SPIRIT OF THIS.
WE DON'T WANT COMMERCIAL VEHICLES PARKED ON THE STREET ALL THE TIME, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORD THAT IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO USE THEIR RECREATION VEHICLES WITH A TIME LIMIT, BUT ALSO PROHIBIT PERMANENT.
THE STUFF THAT HAPPENS EVERY WEEK, WEEK AFTER WEEK AFTER WEEK.
MY APOLOGIES, MS. BUHLER, FOR NOT SAYING OKAY.
UH, THANKS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS.
AS THE MOTOR HOMES GO, THEY WILL BLOCK A STREET.
I'M SORRY. MIKE HALL LIVES ON FAIRMEADOW TRAIL, AND THEY WILL BLOCK.
SOME OF THE MOTOR HOMES WILL BLOCK A STREET.
ABBAS WAS TRYING TO GET THROUGH ON FAIRMEADOW EARLIER THIS YEAR.
MOTORHOME WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF A HOUSE.
BEEN THERE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
BUS WAS COULD NOT GET THROUGH.
NOW GRANTED THE ACROSS THE STREET, THEY HAD ALSO PARKED A REGULAR CAR WHERE THEY NORMALLY PARK PARALLEL LEGAL PARKING AGAINST THE CURB.
THE BUS THE SCHOOL BUS COULD NOT GET THROUGH.
THEY WERE STRANDED UNTIL THE MOTOR HOME.
OWNER COULD MOVE THE BUS AND BY SIGHT.
IT'S A BUS. I REALIZE IT'S A MOTORHOME, BUT IT'S AS BIG AS A BUS.
THE OTHER ISSUE IF YOU GO NO TRAILERS.
THEN THAT WOULD ADDRESS THE NEXT ISSUE.
IF YOU START ADDRESSING SIZE IS BIGGER THAN JUST THE WEIGHT, BECAUSE SEVERAL TIMES YOU'LL HAVE A TRAILER THAT IS MAYBE A FOOT. FOOT AND A HALF TO TWO FOOT WIDER THAN THE CAR THAT'S TOWING IT.
THEY'RE TAKING UP A DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE STREET.
MUCH MORE. MUCH MORE THAN A NORMAL VEHICLE.
SO, I THINK THE VARIANCE IS A REASONABLE THING.
THEY'RE NOT BLOCKING THE ROAD, BUT THAT'S NOT RATIONAL.
THAT THEY LEAVE TWO JET SKIS PARKED ON THE ROAD OR A BOAT PARKED ON THE ROAD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HALL. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS SITE? SEEING NONE.
CHIEF OR MS. NASH? GOT THE GIST OF IT.
MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHIEF.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM THREE.
[3. Consider authorizing a construction contract with Hellas Construction for two pickleball courts at J.K. Sachse Park in an amount not to exceed Three Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand and Eighty-Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($382,085.00).]
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH HELLAS CONSTRUCTION FOR TWO PICKLEBALL COURTS AT 60 PARK.IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $382,085.
MS. NASH MAYOR AND COUNCIL, LANCE WHITWORTH, DIRECTOR OF LEISURE SERVICES, IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THESE NEW PICKLEBALL COURTS, AND THE STRATEGY HAS BEEN THAT THESE WOULD THESE COURTS WOULD BE IN A LATER PHASE OF SACHSE PARK, AND IN CONVERSATIONS WITH BOTH THE PARK BOARD AND THE MDDD BOARD AND NOW COMING TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WE'D LIKE TO FLIP THIS OUT OF THE ORDER OF DOING THIS LATER AND MOVING IT FORWARD.
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OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SEIZE A WIN AT A BETTER PRICE AND BE ABLE TO BRING SOMETHING TO THE PUBLIC THAT THEY ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.THANK YOU, MS. NASH. HELLO MR. WHITWORTH. THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS? SHE COVERED EVERYTHING I WAS GOING TO SAY.
I THINK SHE'S I THINK SHE'S HANDLED GREAT PRESENTATION.
AGAIN, MS. NASH DISCUSSED THE PROJECT AND MOVING IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE ABLE TO FIND SOME FUNDS, NOT FIND FUNDS, BUT OUR MDD FUND HAS BEEN WELL ESTABLISHED AND IN A GOOD POSITION TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS NEXT PROJECT, WHICH WE'RE CALLING PHASE 2A, AND IT'S A PICKLEBALL COURTS THERE AT JC SACHSE PARK AS MS. NASH MENTIONED, THE POPULARITY OF PICKLEBALL IS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY.
IT'S THE NUMBER ONE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN AMERICA.
IF YOU EVER GO TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER WHEN WE HAVE OPEN PICKLEBALL TIME, YOU'LL SEE IT'S PACKED THERE, AND IT'S JUST IT'S A FUN SPORT FOR EVERYONE TO LEARN. SO.
WHAT? THIS. AGENDA ITEM IS THAT WE WANT TO AWARD THE PROJECT TO HELLAS CONSTRUCTION.
MS. CYNTHIA WISEMAN, OUR RECREATION MANAGER, AND I HAD TOURED SEVERAL FACILITIES IN THE METROPLEX AND FOUND A COUPLE THAT WE LIKED, AND WE SOUGHT OUT THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR THOSE PROJECTS, AND ONE WAS AT CAMPBELL PARK IN DALLAS, AND SO WE GOT TO RESEARCHING HELLAS AND VISITED WITH THEM AND HAD THEM PUT A PROPOSAL TOGETHER FOR US, AND SURPRISINGLY, THEY'RE KIND OF A ONE STOP SHOP.
WE DON'T NEED ANY DESIGN FOR THIS.
WE CAN DO IT ALL IN HOUSE WITH HELLAS.
HELLAS IS ACCUSTOMED TO DOING THE PROJECT AND DESIGNING IT WITHIN THEIR DIVISIONS.
HELLAS IS WELL RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES WITH MAINLY ATHLETIC FACILITIES, SCHOOLS, CITIES, MUNICIPALITIES, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT FACILITIES THEY'VE DONE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THERE HOW THEY'RE INTEGRATED.
THEY GO FROM BASICALLY EVERY PHASE OF ANY ATHLETIC FACILITY.
SO, THAT'S AGAIN AS WE MET WITH THEM AND TALKED ABOUT IT.
THEY ARE WITH A STATE AGENCY OR STATE APPROVED BY BOARD AGENCY.
SO, THEY'RE IDEAL FOR THIS SITUATION.
SOME OF THEIR AWARDS THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, AGAIN, THEY'RE JUST A HEALTHY, STRONG COMPANY, CONSTRUCTION COMPANY THAT WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WILL HELP US GET THIS PROJECT COMPLETED.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS HERE.
VARIETY OF COLORS AND SURFACES THAT ARE REALLY KNOWN FOR THEIR SURFACE TENSION.
IT PREVENTS ANY CRACKING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO THE QUALITY OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE IDEAL.
ONE OF THE PROJECTS THEY DID WAS IN OREGON, WHICH CONSIDERED THIS IS A RECENT PROJECT THEY'VE DONE AT LEGION PARK, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT'S AN INSTALLATION OF A SOCCER FIELD, BASKETBALL COURT, FOUR PICKLEBALL COURTS, PLAYGROUND, AND AGAIN, THEY'RE JUST ESTABLISHED AND BASICALLY DONE IT ALL AS FAR AS ATHLETIC FACILITIES.
NOW THIS IS THE COURT SURFACES THE POST-TENSION SYSTEM THAT I WAS REFERRING TO THAT ALLOWS THE PICKLEBALL COURTS TO EXPAND CONTRACT WITH WEATHER AND WITH THE SOIL THAT WE HAVE IN TEXAS.
IT'S THIS WORKS OUT REALLY WELL.
THESE WILL BE LIGHTED COURTS, TWO LIGHTED COURTS WITH BLEACHERS AND FENCING, SHADE STRUCTURES, WINDSCREENS, EVERYTHING TO MAKE THIS A HIGH QUALITY PICKLEBALL COURT.
SO, OUR SACHSE PROJECT, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS IN THAT SOUTH OF THE SPLASH PAD IN THE PAVILION AT JC SACHSE PARK.
YOU SEE THE SIDEWALKS, YOU CAN SEE THE ON THE.
I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE EAST SIDE OF THE COURTS WILL HAVE BLEACHERS, A SHADE STRUCTURE, SOME BENCHES, TRASH CAN, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE AN ENTRANCE INTO THE COURT ON THAT SIDE THAT IF YOU SEE DOWN THE MIDDLE THERE, WE'LL HAVE A SMALL DIVIDER, LOW FENCING FOR, FOR BALLS NOT TO COME ACROSS EACH COURT, AND IN THAT AREA IN FRONT OF THE BLEACHERS AND IN FRONT OF THAT BENCH ON THE EAST SIDE, THE FENCE WILL DROP DOWN FROM 8FT TO 4FT.
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SO YOU CAN HAVE VISION.YOU CAN VISION OR SEE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS AND WATCH THEM PLAY AGAIN.
WE'RE EXCITED FOR THIS PROJECT.
MR. JOE MCBRIDE, HE'S THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR HELLAS IS HERE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. WHITWORTH. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL FOR MR. WHITWORTH OR MS. NASH? MS. BUHLER? THIS IS A SUPER EXCITING PROJECT.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT OR PROJECTING FOR TIMELINE? A GREAT QUESTION.
IF THIS PROJECT IS APPROVED TONIGHT, START DATE OF DECEMBER 1ST AND COMPLETION DATE BY APRIL 1ST.
THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MR. WHITWORTH OR MS. NASH.
YOU'RE THE EXPERT PICKLEBALL ON COUNCIL.
THAT JUST MEANS THEY COMPLAIN TO ME THE MOST.
THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I GET ASKED AT LEAST TEN TIMES A WEEK WHEN WE'RE GETTING OUR OUTDOOR PICKLEBALL COURTS.
DID YOU GET A BID TO COVER THE ACTUAL COURTS? OH, LIKE COMPLETE SHADE COVER OVER THE COURSE.
THANKS. MS. HOWARTH. SO, THIS THESE PICKLEBALL COURTS, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WERE ALREADY PART OF PHASE TWO.
YES, MA'AM. YES, THEY WERE, AND WE'RE MOVING THAT.
WE'RE JUST PULLING THAT PIECE AND MOVING IT FORWARD.
THAT'S CORRECT, AND WE'RE GETTING ALL OF OUR FUNDING FOR IT FROM THE CURRENT MDD FUND.
MDD FUND, WHICH IS FROM THE SALES TAX.
YES. HOW MUCH? I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WAS ON THAT PHASE TWO.
CAN YOU REMIND ME THE COMPLETE PHASE TWO IS JUST OVER A MILLION AND A HALF, I BELIEVE.
DON'T QUOTE RIGHT IN THERE, BUT THAT INCLUDED THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND THE INSTALLATION OF THE PLAYGROUND AS WELL AS THE PICKLEBALL COURT, AND THOSE WERE BOTH PART OF PHASE TWO, AND SO THOSE WERE ALL PART OF PHASE TWO, AND WE KIND OF SPLIT IT.
OKAY. THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO KNOW.
OKAY. THANK YOU, AND UNDER BUDGET.
EVEN BETTER, MR. PRESTENBERG. HEY, LANCE, THANK YOU FOR THIS.
SO, WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THE APARTMENTS NEXT DOOR WON'T COMPLAIN.
I'M SURE THEY WILL, BUT I'M JUST SAYING.
OKAY LOOKING OUT FOR OUR CITIZENS HERE.
THEY'RE PRETTY ADVANCED ON KEEPING IT ON THE ON THE.
WELL, IT SHUT OFF AT A CERTAIN TIME.
YES. WE'LL PROBABLY COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF POLICY FOR THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THE PROJECT.
OKAY, AND THEN IF THERE WAS ANY WAY TO PUT A COVER ON IT, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
SO, YOU READY TO WRITE THAT CHECK? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WE'RE SAVING A TON OF MONEY, RIGHT? JUST TO PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT ON MR. PRESTENBERG'S QUESTION. THE LIGHTING, DOWN LIGHTING.
I'M ASSUMING JUST YOUR STANDARD DOWN.
YES, SIR. OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
ANYWAY, I JUST LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM.
MARTY HOBO 5511 OAK RIDGE CIRCLE, SAXY, TEXAS.
EXCELLENT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE IN FARMERS BRANCH THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK.
WE SPENT A QUARTER OF $1 MILLION FOR A WATER TOWER.
WHAT COLORS ARE WE GOING TO HAVE? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THIS BORING GREEN AND BLUE, OR ARE YOU GOING TO LIVEN IT UP, MR. HOBART, ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE.
YOU CAN THROW ME OUT IF YOU WANT.
ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO DRESS THIS UP? OKAY. THANK YOU. LANCE.
ALL RIGHT. DISCUSSION AMONG THE COUNCIL OR MOTIONS.
OR NOT. MR. PRESTENBERG, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM E.3 AS PRESENTED.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. PRESTENBERG TO APPROVE ITEM E THREE AS PRESENTED.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? MS. BUHLER SECOND.
I HAVE A SECOND BY MS. BUHLER. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
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HEARING NONE. PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.THANK YOU, MR. WHITWORTH. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM E FOUR.
[4. Discuss and consider authorizing the addition of a new dedicated communications full time equivalent position at the City of Sachse.]
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE ADDITION OF A NEW DEDICATED COMMUNICATIONS FULL TIME EQUIVALENT POSITION AT THE CITY OF SACHSE.MS. NASH? MAYOR AND COUNCIL, LAUREN ROSE WILL BE PROVIDING A PRESENTATION ON THIS THIS EVENING, SINCE COMMUNICATIONS FALLS UNDER HER PURVIEW WITHIN THE CITY.
WE'VE HAPPENED INTO A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DIVIDE OUT COMMUNICATIONS INTO ITS OWN SEPARATE DIVISION, WHICH WE THINK IS CRUCIAL AT WHERE WE ARE IN THE STAGE OF WHERE WE ARE WITHIN SACHSE, AND IN THE INTEREST OF BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND SHARE OUR STORY BETTER, WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S TIME TO GIVE COMMUNICATIONS ITS OWN DIVISION, IF YOU WILL, AND LAUREN WILL KIND OF GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS OF WHY WE THINK THAT AND WHERE WE THINK WE NEED TO GO NEXT WITH THIS.
THANK YOU, MS. NASH. HELLO, MISS ROSE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A COMMUNICATIONS POSITION.
AS MS. NASH ALLUDED TO, WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF CYCLE FOR US.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'LL DISCUSS.
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF COMMUNICATIONS IN SACHSE, AS RIVETING AS THAT SOUNDS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT POSITION VACANCY, WHICH YOU ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
SO, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY IN TAXI SOCIAL MEDIA LAUNCHED IN THE EARLY 2000.
WE ALL REMEMBER THIS, AND CITIES REALLY BEGAN TO EMBRACE THE PLATFORMS IN THE EARLY 2010S.
THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF RESISTANCE THERE EARLY ON, BUT THE INEVITABLE CAME THROUGH AND CITIES FINALLY STARTED TO EMBRACE IT A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN THE REST OF THE WORLD, BUT WE GOT THERE IN THE MID 2010S.
SACHSE WORKED WITH A CONTRACT PIO POSITION, SO WE CONTRACTED OUT THAT WORK WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WHO DID WORK FOR A NUMBER OF OTHER CLIENTS IN THE METROPLEX, AND I THINK THAT WORKED FOR THE TIME BEING, BUT AS SOCIAL MEDIA EVOLVED, AS COMMUNICATION EXPECTATIONS EVOLVED, WE REALLY OUTGREW THAT POSITION, AND BEING ABLE TO CONTRACT THAT OUT, WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF INCONGRUENCE WITH SOMEBODY WHO'S ONLY ABLE TO BE ON SITE PERIODICALLY.
SO, FROM THERE, WE DETERMINED THAT A FULL TIME, DEDICATED COMMUNICATIONS PERSON WAS NEEDED, AND WE CONVERTED THE ASSISTANT II POSITION TO A COMMUNICATIONS POSITION AND SWAPPED THE FTE THERE.
WE WERE NOT DOING PROACTIVE COMMUNICATIONS; WE WERE DOING REACTIVE COMMUNICATIONS.
WE THEN PIVOTED BACK AS THE OUTFALL OF COVID HIT TO BRING BACK ON THE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER ROLE, AND THEN FROM THERE, THE COMMUNICATIONS RESPONSIBILITIES WERE PRIMARILY HOUSED WITHIN THAT POSITION, BUT THEN SPLIT AMONGST DIFFERENT ROLES WITHIN THE CITY, AND THAT COMPLICATED THINGS QUITE A BIT.
SO AS I MENTIONED, CURRENTLY COMMUNICATIONS RESTS WITH THE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER POSITION, AND I'LL CALL IT AN A2 FOR BREVITY PURPOSES, AND THAT POSITION WORKS WITH DESIGNATED COMMUNICATORS IN OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE HAVE QUITE A FEW CHALLENGES THAT COME WITH THIS.
NOT THE BEST AT GRAPHIC DESIGN.
WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE WITH MS. CHI, SHE DID A GREAT JOB WITH ALL OF THAT, BUT THERE ARE TWO INHERENTLY DIFFERENT POSITIONS THAT WE'VE COBBLED TOGETHER FOR SOME TIME.
OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEMANDS HAVE GROWN TREMENDOUSLY, REALLY, SINCE I ARRIVED IN 2018, DEFINITELY SINCE COVID, AND WE'RE A VERY YOUNG COMMUNITY.
OUR RESIDENTS ARE ON FACEBOOK, THEY'RE ON INSTAGRAM, AND THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET THEIR INFORMATION IN A DIGITAL PLATFORM FOR THE MOST PART, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY'RE VERY BUSY. THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO DIG FOR THE INFORMATION.
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WE HAVE TO BE CONSTANTLY PUSHING CONTENT OUT THERE.THAT IS QUITE CHALLENGING TO TELL THE FULL STORY OF THE CITY, BECAUSE WE DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN EACH OF OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, AND ITEM NUMBER THREE THERE, AS WE ALL KNOW, YOU CANNOT PARTIALLY DO COMMUNICATIONS.
OTHERWISE IT IS AN IMMEDIATELY POOR REFLECTION ON THE CITY, AND WE DON'T WANT THAT TO BE THE CASE.
WE WANT SOMEBODY WHO CAN BE DEDICATED AND FOCUSED TO WHAT'S GOING ON, WHETHER IT'S AN EMERGENCY ISSUE OR WHETHER IT'S A LONG CAMPAIGN THAT WE'RE BUILDING A CASE FOR, OR A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE'RE LAUNCHING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IS GETTING THE ATTENTION THAT IT DESERVES.
SO RESIDENTS ARE AWARE AND WE REALLY ARE, AT THIS POINT, PRIMARILY REACTANT TO THINGS.
WE DO OUR BEST, BUT IT'S JUST A LOT TO ASK OF ONE POSITION.
SO THIS IS A LIST OF THE COMMUNICATIONS RESPONSIBILITY THAT THE A2 HAS TO HANDLE.
THIS IS A LONG LIST, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER EVERYTHING ON THIS LIST.
FOR BREVITY PURPOSES I WILL COVER THE HIGHLIGHTED ITEMS, BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT THESE ARE IN ADDITION TO SOMEONE ELSE'S PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES, AND THEY TAKE A LOT OF TIME.
THESE ARE VERY TIME CONSUMING.
IT'S HARD TO GARNER THAT FROM THIS SPECIFIC LIST, BUT YOU CANNOT DO THIS STUFF AND NOT BE DETAILED.
SO, LET'S GET INTO A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES.
ANYBODY WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH ANY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM, BUT PARTICULARLY THE META GROUP.
SO, FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM ARE KING.
FOR A CITY. THAT'S A LITTLE ODD BECAUSE WE'RE NOT REALLY MARKETING PEOPLE, BUT WE DO HAVE STORIES TO TELL AND WE HAVE IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO DISSEMINATE, SO IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY GETTING INFORMATION OUT THERE.
THIS IS A SCREEN GRAB OF A PLATFORM CALLED HOOTSUITE, WHICH MANAGES ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA STREAMS. SO HERE WE HAVE JUST THE STUFF THAT I COULD FIT ON THE SCREEN.
SO WE HAVE FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER.
WE ALSO HAVE A LINKEDIN ACCOUNT AS WELL THAT WE MANAGE, AND THESE ARE JUST ALL THE DIFFERENT RESPONSES TO POSTS THAT GO OUT AND COMMENTS, REACTIONS, QUESTIONS THAT WE GET BASED ON POSTS THAT WE PUT OUT THERE.
A LOT OF TIMES LEADING UP TO AN EVENT, WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
THE PUMPKIN PROWL IS A GREAT EXAMPLE.
WHERE CAN I PARK FOR THE EVENT? WHAT IF I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS COMPONENT OF THE EVENT? SO WE'RE RESPONDING TO THAT, BUT THEN WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO PLAN OUT CONTENT SO THAT IT'S CONSTANTLY HITTING THE FEEDS, AND THAT CAN BE PRETTY TIME CONSUMING TO THINK THAT FAR OUT AND NOT JUST COME UP WITH STUFF DAILY.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS CREATE MARKETING CONTENT FOR VARIOUS CAMPAIGNS.
I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT EXAMPLES OF CAMPAIGNS BECAUSE THEY RANGE CONSIDERABLY.
THIS IS WHAT WE PUT TOGETHER FOR THE BOND PROGRAM AND FOR THE NEW ANIMAL SHELTER.
IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT OUR RESIDENTS KNOW ABOUT THE BOND PROGRAM AND KNOW ABOUT VOTING AND WHAT'S INCLUDED ON THE PACKAGE, SO WE HAD TO PUT TOGETHER SOME SPECIFIC MARKETING PIECES FOR THAT, BUT THEN WE ALSO WANTED THEM TO KNOW, ONCE THE BOND WAS PASSED, WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO GET, AND ADVERTISING FOR THE NEW ANIMAL SHELTER.
WE ALSO ADVERTISE FOR CITY CAMPAIGNS.
AND A LOT OF TIMES WE HEAR FROM RESIDENTS, I WISH I KNEW THAT WE HAD THAT.
WELL, THAT'S A REFLECTION ON US AND OUR ABILITY TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE, AND WE DO OUR BEST TO PUT TOGETHER PIECES LIKE THIS TO MARKET THE MATERIAL, BUT OUR RESIDENTS AREN'T GOING TO STUMBLE ACROSS THIS PROGRAM UNLESS THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC NEED FOR IT, OR UNLESS THEY'RE SEEING IT IN THEIR FEEDS.
THE RENTAL REGISTRATION PROGRAMS ARE A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE.
IT'S CRITICAL THAT INFORMATION GOES OUT AND THAT PEOPLE SEE IT AND IT COMES ACROSS THEIR RADARS.
THIS ONE'S A LITTLE MORE LIGHTHEARTED.
DEVIATION ON THE PREVIOUS EXAMPLES, BUT THIS IS OUR BRAND.
THIS IS THE CITY OF SACHSE LOGO AND ITERATIONS OF THAT LOGO, AND WE DO PLAYS ON THIS LOGO.
AMANDA WAS VERY GOOD ABOUT COMING UP WITH THESE ONE.
I THINK IT HELPS KEEP US RELEVANT, BUT IT ALSO GIVES US SOMETHING TO POST.
SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY SHOWING UP IN PEOPLE'S ALGORITHMS AND IN THEIR FEEDS.
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SO YES, IT SHOWS THAT WE CAN BE A LITTLE FUN AND LIGHTHEARTED AND SILLY AROUND HALLOWEEN, THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS, BUT IT'S ALSO BRAND RECOGNITION, AND ANYBODY WITH A MARKETING BACKGROUND CAN TELL YOU THAT YOUR BRAND IS SO IMPORTANT, AND MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF YOUR BRAND IS VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL.OKAY, AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WORKING TO SHARE INFORMATION FROM OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
THIS WAS PRETTY RECENT. WE DID THE PEANUT BUTTER DRIVE WITH THE NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE DID OUR LOGO WITH THE RENDITION OF THE PEANUT BUTTER DRIVE, AND THEN WE HAD SPECIFIC CONTENT OUT THERE TO PROMOTE THIS GREAT EVENT, WHICH WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR US.
THIS IS ONE WAY THAT WE CAN WORK TO SHARE THE GOOD WORK OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY OF SACHSE WORK, IT'S OTHER NONPROFITS THAT WE PARTNER WITH IN THE COMMUNITY WHO NEED US TO HELP REACH OUR RESIDENT BASE, BUT I'M GOING TO DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER ON THIS ONE.
SO, I THINK ANYBODY, I'VE ALREADY ALLUDED TO THIS, BUT THIS IS A MARKETING GUIDE.
ANYBODY WITH THIS BACKGROUND CAN TELL YOU MARKETING AND BRANDING ARE NOT ACCIDENTAL THINGS.
THEY ARE PERFECTLY CURATED BRANDS AND LOGOS AND SNIPPETS OF INFORMATION THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO CATCH YOUR EYE, TO SPEAK TO A BRAND, TO ALLUDE, TO EXUDE CONFIDENCE IN A BRAND, TO HAVE CONSISTENCY.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO FOR THE CITY OF SACHSE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE BRAND STANDARDS SO THAT IT'S CONSISTENT BRAND THAT PEOPLE ENCOUNTER WHEN THEY'RE TALKING OR INTERFACING WITH THE CITY OF SACHSE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY THEY KNOW SPECIFICALLY THE SIZE, THE DESIGN, THE PANTONE THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH US.
WE'VE COBBLED THESE TWO POSITIONS TOGETHER, AND IT'S BEEN REALLY CHALLENGING TO GET THE WORK DONE BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT WE COULD DO, AND WE DO FEEL LIKE NOW IS THE TIME TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE REQUEST FOR THE POSITION, AND AS I MENTIONED, I WILL BE THE FIRST TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS REQUEST IS OFF CYCLE.
NORMALLY, WE DO NOT COME TO YOU ALL FOR A POSITION REQUEST OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET, BUT WE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE TIMING FOR THIS REQUEST AND AS THE OPPORTUNITY MADE ITSELF AVAILABLE, WE WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND COME TALK TO YOU ALL BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND THEN I'LL KIND OF WRAP UP HERE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICES HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT IT IS SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO TELL THEIR STORY, AND REALLY, THAT'S WHERE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE GOTTEN INTO TROUBLE LATELY.
THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN VERY GOOD AT TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY DO.
THERE ISN'T SOMEONE TELLING THEM WHAT'S GOING ON, SO THEY HAVE TO GO SEEK OUT THE INFORMATION, AND IT'S OFTEN SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE UNFAMILIAR WITH AND STRUCTURES THAT ARE FOREIGN TO THEM.
WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF MAKING OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, SO THEY CAN SEE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY IMPACTS THEM AS RESIDENTS, AND I THINK TRANSPARENCY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HERE.
THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR GOVERNMENTS WORK.
THEY CAN'T DO THAT UNLESS WE'RE TELLING THEM WHAT'S GOING ON, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO, THE POSITION REQUEST IS FOR A COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST.
THIS IS SALARY AND BENEFITS AND EQUIPMENT AT $108,725 FOR THE TOTAL PACKAGE.
SO TONIGHT, WE'RE SEEKING YOUR FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION ON THE CREATION OF THIS POSITION.
IF YOU DO WISH TO MOVE FORWARD, THERE IS AN ASSOCIATED BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED.
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SO, IT WOULD BE A MATTER OF REQUESTING THAT EXCESS FUNDS TO USE IT TOWARDS THIS POSITION, AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.THE NEXT ITEM WOULD ACTUALLY FUND IT, CORRECT? YES, SIR. THIS ITEM WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE FTE, AND THEN THE ASSOCIATED ACTION ITEM WITH THAT WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE FUNDING FOR THE FTE, WHICH IS ITEM FIVE.
YES, SIR. OKAY. JUST CLARIFICATION.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL FOR STAFF.
YES. THANKS, LAUREN, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
YEAH. I ONLY HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH A COUPLE OF THESE BUDGET PROCESSES.
THIS DOES SEEM OUT OF LINE WITH OUR TIME FRAME.
KIND OF WISH WE HAD A LITTLE ASTERISK IN THE BUDGET.
WE MAY NOT, BUT WE'RE RESEARCHING.
LIKE MOST THINGS WHEN WE I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS NUMBER FIVE, BUT I KIND OF FEEL LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE THIS POSITION NOW OR APPROVE THE FTE, WE KIND OF WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT, OF COURSE.
YEAH. WE HAVE REMAINING CAPACITY WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED.
SO THIS WOULD NOT PUT THE CITY AT A DEFICIT ONGOING, NOT JUST EVEN A ONE TIME.
OKAY. SO WE COULD AFFORD TO FUND THIS POSITION ONGOING WITHOUT A DEFICIT TO THE CITY.
OKAY. SECOND, DO WE THINK YOU'RE 115 OR 106, WHATEVER THE 1000 WAS, THE BENEFITS, EQUIPMENT? I THINK YOU SAID EQUIPMENT TOO, RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. DO WE THINK THAT'S ENOUGH TO PAY FOR THE TALENT NEEDED TO DO THIS? YES, SIR. WE RECENTLY COSTED THE POSITION.
WE REACHED OUT TO OUR COMPARATOR CITIES AND GATHERED SALARY DATA, AND WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TO ATTRACT THE RIGHT PERSON, BUT THEN ALSO FUND AND EQUIP THEM WITH THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED.
OKAY. I FIND IT IMPORTANT THAT WE.
WE DO ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF.
THAT'S ABOUT IT. YOU DO A GOOD JOB, BUT I THINK IT'S GREAT.
I JUST I WISH IT WAS TWO MONTHS AGO VERSUS NOW.
I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND I'M THE RULE FOLLOWER AT THE CITY AND THIS IS OUT OF CYCLE.
IT'S JUST MORE OF A MAKING SURE IT LOOKS ON THE UP AND UP VERSUS UNDERSTOOD.
SO YOU ALL DO A GREAT JOB AT THAT.
SO, ALL RIGHT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE THE ANSWERS. MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.
IT SEEMS. I REMEMBER HAVING A COMMUNICATIONS POSITION BEFORE.
YES, SIR, AND WE ELIMINATED THAT POSITION AND OR COMBINED IT WITH SOMETHING.
SO IT WASN'T OUT OF NECESSITY.
IT WAS OUT OF NECESSITY THAT WE GOT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A NECESSITY.
YEAH, WE COULDN'T SUBSTANTIATE THAT POSITION.
WE NEEDED THE TO BACK, AND NOW WE NEED THE A1, A2 AND THE COMMUNICATIONS.
WE JUST NEED AN ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATIONS POSITION.
ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THE HISTORY BECAUSE I REMEMBER THAT BEING IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS.
OH, I DO TOO. I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH INITIAL LETTER WE ARE.
SO THE BLACK HOLE OF COVID IS CONFUSING.
A QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM FOR STAFF.
MARTY HOLBROOK 5511 OAK RIDGE CIRCLE, SAXY, TEXAS.
YOU SAY THIS POSITION IS BEING CREATED BECAUSE THERE'S A VACANCY, BUT NOWHERE ARE YOU SAYING THAT THIS VACANCY CREATED A SURPLUS OF MONEY SOMEWHERE BECAUSE IT'S NO LONGER BEING USED.
ON E.5, YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE FUNDING THIS OUT OF THE $7 MILLION SURPLUS DRAWDOWN? SO DOES THAT MEAN EVERY YEAR YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME OUT OF THE DRAWDOWN? AND IS THIS GOING TO RAISE MY TAXES? AND I'M NOT REALLY EXPECTING AN ANSWER.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHEN I CAN, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL ME THE COLOR OF THE PICKLEBALL COURTS.
SO IS THIS GOING TO RAISE MY TAXES NEXT YEAR DURING THE BUDGET TIME? ARE YOU GOING TO SAY, OH, WE GOT TO CHARGE YOU ANOTHER $500 A MONTH BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING GROWTH IN OUR BUDGET.
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SO WHAT'S THE STORY? MAYBE THE COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR CAN TELL US, BECAUSE YOU OPENED A WATER PARK ON SATURDAY, AND NOBODY SAID ANYTHING ABOUT IT.WOW. THANK YOU, MS. SUFFOLK. MS. ROSE? YES, SIR.
I CAN CLARIFY. I THINK TWO OF THOSE POINTS, I DON'T.
THERE WAS ONE QUESTION IN THERE.
THE POSITION WAS FILLED BY THE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER WHO'S SITTING HERE TONIGHT, BUT BECAUSE OF THAT VACANCY, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY RETHINK HOW WE WERE USING THAT ROLE, AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE COMING HERE TONIGHT, BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE WE ARE MERGING TWO POSITIONS INTO ONE, WHEN IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE TWO POSITIONS, BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY TWO DISTINCT ROLES.
SO, THAT'S THE FIRST PART OF THAT.
THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS THIS IS NOT FROM FUND BALANCE DRAWDOWN.
THIS IS FROM THE BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED.
SO WE WON'T HAVE TO COME BACK EVERY YEAR TO REQUEST THESE FUNDS.
THIS WILL NOT IMPACT THE TAX RATE FOR RESIDENTS.
IT'S INCLUDED WITHIN THE AMOUNT THAT WAS APPROVED AS PART OF THE FY 23-24 BUDGET.
OKAY. THANK YOU, MS. ROSE. YOU'RE WELCOME.
ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY. ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS? OKAY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL TO STAFF? I WOULD JUST SAY THAT DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF THE APPROVAL OF THIS POSITION.
THE US OR SOMEBODY ELSE? YES, SIR, AND I KNOW WHICH ONE I WANT TO PICK SO WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN FAVOR.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT MOVING FORWARD, JUST TO PRESENT WHAT THE CITY DOES AND HAVE MORE COMMUNICATION WITH OUR RESIDENTS SO WE CAN REALLY BE IN TUNE WITH THEIR NEEDS. I THINK THIS IS THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THANK YOU. OKAY, SO, MS. ROSE, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS IS A DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ITEM.
YES, SIR. SO, WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION.
IF THE COUNCIL SO DESIRES TO APPROVE THE FTE POSITION.
YES, SIR. IF THAT'S THE COUNCIL CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD.
DISCUSSION MOTIONS FOR COUNCIL, MISS HOWARD, IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
OKAY. MOTION BY MS. HOWARTH TO AUTHORIZE THE POSITION FOR A COMMUNICATIONS FTE.
IS THERE A SECOND? MR. PRESTENBERG, I HAVE A SECOND BY MR. PRESTENBERG. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. ROSE. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM FIVE.
[5. Approve an ordinance authorizing certain budget amendments pertaining to the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Budget.]
APPROVE AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING CERTAIN BUDGET AMENDMENTS PERTAINING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 BUDGET.THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT WOULD ACTUALLY INCLUDE THE FUNDING IN WHICH TO BE ABLE TO FUND THE POSITION.
THE LAST ITEM WAS TO APPROVE THE FULL TIME EQUIVALENT.
THERE'S A SECOND BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WE NEED TO DO WITH REGARD TO OUR RADIOS, AND SO DAVID WILL BE ABLE TO PRESENT ON BOTH OF THESE DIFFERENT BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT WE NEED TO DO, AND JUST ONE OTHER POINT OF CLARIFICATION I WANT TO MAKE.
AND AS YOU RECALL, WE DISCUSSED THAT WE WILL BE DOING THESE BUDGET AMENDMENTS AS THEY HAPPEN.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS BIG TRUE UP IN THE THIRD QUARTER THAT WE'RE DOING THESE REAL TIME IN THE INTEREST OF, AGAIN, TRANSPARENCY AND HANDLING THESE THINGS AS THEY COME UP, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE COMING TO YOU WITH THIS NOW, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THIS AS WE NEED TO DURING THE FISCAL YEAR SHOULD ANOTHER AMENDMENT COME UP, AND JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT YOU SAID, WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TWO SEPARATE BUDGET AMENDMENTS WITHIN ONE ITEM.
YES, SIR. MR. BALDWIN WILL ADDRESS THAT, I'M SURE.
DAVID BALDWIN HERE TO SPEAK TO BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
THE AGENDA IS SHORT, SO I'LL JUST GET RIGHT TO IT.
OUR BUDGET WAS ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 18TH.
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WE DO HAVE AMENDMENT POLICY THAT ALLOWS FOR BUDGET AMENDMENTS, AND THAT BRINGS ME HERE TODAY.THERE ARE ACTUALLY THREE REQUESTED AMENDMENT ITEMS IN TWO FUNDS.
IT'S A POSITION, AND RADIOS, RADIOS FOR BOTH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO LOOKING AT THE FIRST OF THE TWO FUNDS WERE THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS ARE REQUESTED.
AS YOU CAN SEE OVER FIRST OF ALL, THE BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUEST IS FOR SALARY AND BENEFITS IN THE AMOUNT OF $108,725.
AND IT SHOWS THERE THAT THE REVENUE SOURCE IS THE EFFECTIVE BUDGET SURPLUS.
SO IT'S HARD TO SAY THAT THERE'S AN ACTUAL BUDGET SURPLUS.
HOWEVER, WE INTENTIONALLY DREW DOWN OUR FUND BALANCE WITH $7.12 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS.
THOSE SHOW AS EXPENDITURES IN THE BUDGET, SO EXPENDITURES DO EXCEED BUDGET, BUT WHEN YOU TAKE DOWN TAKE OUT THAT INTENTIONAL DRAW DOWN OF THE FUND, BALANCE THOSE INTENTIONAL EXPENDITURES, THEN WE HAVE $115,000 APPROXIMATELY OF EFFECTIVE BUDGET SURPLUS. SO, THIS IS REQUESTING TO TAKE THAT $115,000 TO DRAW IT DOWN BY $108,725, LEAVING APPROXIMATELY $7,000 IN THE GENERAL FUND AS EFFECTIVE BUDGET SURPLUS.
NOW, HOW DID WE GET TO THAT $115,000? IN THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET, IT HAD APPROXIMATELY $54,000 OF BUDGET SHOWING AVAILABLE OF EFFECTIVE BUDGET SURPLUS, AND THEN, AS YOU RECALL, ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET, WHEN COUNCIL ADOPTED THE BUDGET HUB, OUR HEALTH INSURANCE ADMINISTRATOR CAME TO THE PODIUM AND WE BUDGETED 13% AS AN ANTICIPATED HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE, AND THAT ACTUAL INCREASE CAME TO, I BELIEVE IT WAS 9.91%, AND SO IN THAT AGENDA ITEM, WE IDENTIFIED $61,000 OF ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUND SAVINGS.
THE SECOND ITEM IS FIRE RESCUE.
THEY HAVE MOTOROLA MOTOROLA VEHICLE AND HANDHELD RADIO REPLACEMENT.
THAT WAS $157,000 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REQUEST IN THE 2223 BUDGET.
THE COSTS HAVE INCREASED SLIGHTLY, AND SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE $165,000 REQUEST.
MOVING TO THE SECOND OF TWO FUNDS IN THE VEHICLE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND.
POLICE ALSO HAS MOTOROLA VEHICLE AND HANDHELD RADIO REPLACEMENT, A PURCHASE TO MAKE NOW.
POLICE HAS HAD SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS IN FISCAL YEAR 21-22, 22-23 AND NOW 23-24.
SO, THIS AGAIN JUST DUE TO TIMING.
WE'RE RE-REQUESTING FUNDS THAT WERE REQUESTED IN PRIOR YEARS, AND IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS EXPENDITURE, WE NEED THE BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR THE FOR THE FIRE ITEM IN THE GENERAL FUND AND THIS POLICE ITEM IN THE VEHICLE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND.
THIS IS JUST NEW FUND BALANCE.
HOWEVER, WE'RE REQUESTING AUTHORITY TO SPEND THAT ADDITIONAL FUND BALANCE.
SO WHILE THE POSITION IS SPENDING ONGOING AVAILABLE BUDGET, THESE OTHER ITEMS ARE JUST ONE TIME EXPENSES THAT JUST DRAW DOWN FUND BALANCE ONE TIME, AND IN SUMMARY, WHEN YOU ADD UP THOSE THOSE TWO FUNDS, THOSE THREE ITEMS OVER THE TWO SUBJECTS, THE TOTAL IS 495,000 $257,000 OF REQUESTED BUDGET AMENDMENT.
CIP IS NOT IMPACTED BY THESE REQUESTS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
AND SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDED ACTION IS THAT COUNCIL IF THEY, IF YOU SO CHOOSE APPROVE AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING CERTAIN BUDGET AMENDMENTS PERTAINING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 2024 BUDGET.
THANK YOU, MR. BALDWIN. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR COUNCIL TO STAFF.
MR. LINDSEY. THANK YOU, MR. BALDWIN, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS WILL BE A RECURRING EXPENSE.
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SO OBVIOUSLY WE ALREADY HAVE THE MONEY RIGHT NOW, BUT I MEAN, IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THIS IS $100,000 THAT WE COULD HAVE SPENT ON A ROAD OR SOME OTHER PLACE IN THE BUDGET. SO, IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT WE'RE TAKING $100,000 OUT AND WE'RE CHOOSING TO USE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE.SO I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT, AND THEN TO MR. HOLBROOK'S QUESTION ON THE RECURRING EXPENSES, DO YOU REMEMBER OFFHAND WHAT THE $0.01 ON THE TAX RATE EQUIVALENT IS FROM A TRUTH IN TAXATION? $0.01 TO THE GENERAL FUND, I BELIEVE, WAS $330,000.
IT'S CLOSE. I GOT IT IN FRONT OF ME.
SO WHENEVER I'M PLANNING AHEAD, I SEE THAT AS BEING THIS POSITION IS FULL TIME EQUIVALENT POSITION.
WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT THE COST TO THE TAXPAYERS IS A THIRD OF ABOUT ROUGHLY A THIRD OF THAT PENNY AND THE TAX RATE? SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TOTAL TAX RATE, WE COULD SAY A THIRD OF A CENT OF THAT TOTAL 72 CENT TAX RATE GOES TO FUND THIS POSITION.
STRAIGHT DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR WITH WITH WITH YOUR EQUATION.
YOU COULD SAY THAT'S ONE ONE WAY TO IDENTIFY IT.
YEAH. SO, I THINK IT'S A VERY FAIR ANSWER, AND I LIKE BEING TRUTHFUL BECAUSE EVERYTHING NOT THAT WE'RE NOT BEING TRUTHFUL BUT THE WHOLE COMMUNICATION ASPECT OF IT. SO LET ME PUT IT IN THAT ASPECT.
I THINK IT'S JUST ONLY FAIR THAT WE COMMUNICATE OUT EVERY DECISION THAT WE MAKE.
SURE. IS IT GOING TO AFFECT THE TAX RATE? ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, WE CANNOT SPEND MONEY WITHOUT AFFECTING THE TAX RATE SOME WAY.
SO, THE POLICE RADIOS ARE COMING OUT OF THE ROOF.
I ASSUME THE FIRE RESCUE RADIOS ALSO ARE IN [INAUDIBLE] SOMEWHERE.
SO WHY AREN'T WE USING GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO REPLACE THOSE IN LIEU OF THE FUND? THE FIRST YEAR OF A BUDGET REQUEST IS A DRAW ON GENERAL FUND RESOURCES.
SO FUTURE YEARS, THE IMPACT WOULD BE A CONTRIBUTION FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE VERVE.
SO THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT FIRE HAD REQUESTED THESE RADIOS.
IT WASN'T ANTICIPATED PREVIOUSLY, AND SO IT SHOWED IN THE GENERAL FUND IN THE 22-23 BUDGET.
SO, POLICE HAD TO ACCOUNT FOR THESE, BUT FIRE AND RESCUE DID NOT.
THANKS. I DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD.
THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR COUNCIL FROM COUNCIL FOR STAFF? HEARING NONE ENTERTAIN DISCUSSION OR MOTION.
MR. LINDSEY? MR. MAYOR, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM E FIVE AS PRESENTED A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM E FIVE AS PRESENTED BY MR. LINDSEY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS SECOND.
SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM E SIX.
DISCUSS UPDATING THE 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
RIGHT. I KNOW THIS IS WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO.
DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST RUN UP TO THE PODIUM? NO. LET ME SEE IF I CAN DO THIS.
OKAY, DAVID, I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU THE FLIPPER AT THE PODIUM.
MEGAN, LET'S JUST DO IT FROM THE PODIUM.
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JARED IS VERY GOOD AT THAT. YES, YES.[6. Discuss updating the 2017 Comprehensive Plan]
AS YOU RECALL, THERE WAS APPROVAL IN BOTH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUDGET AS WELL AS THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO DO AN UPDATE TO THE COMP PLAN, AND WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL AN OVERVIEW TONIGHT OF WHAT THAT IS AND KIND OF WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS MOVING FORWARD ARE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.SO REALLY, JUST TO DO KIND OF A RECAP OF WHAT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING SPECIFICALLY IN SACHSE AND SOME OF THE KEY OUTCOMES THAT WE HAD FROM THE 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THEN TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY OUR UPDATES TO IT, WHAT THE PROCESS AND FUNDING WILL BE PLANNING, THE COMPONENTS AND THE SCOPE, WHAT OUR ACTUAL TIMELINE WILL BE, AND THEN OF COURSE, NEXT STEPS AND ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
SO, FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE OR ANYBODY WATCHING, AND SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE NOT ON COUNCIL, SEVERAL OF YOU WERE NOT ON COUNCIL WHEN WE DID THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BACK IN 2017.
THIS IS REALLY THE OPPORTUNITY TO DETERMINE WHAT THE SHARED VISION IS RELATIVE TO THE CITY'S PLANS.
CERTAINLY, IMPORTANT ELEMENTS WOULD BE OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
OUR BUDGET PROGRAMING AND LAND USE DECISIONS ALL GO INTO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THIS IS TYPICALLY UPDATED EVERY 5 TO 7 YEARS, BUT IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER FROM A LEGALITY PERSPECTIVE IS THAT IT IS REGULATED BY THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, AND WE MUST DO THIS PROCESS.
CERTAINLY, OUR ZONING REGULATIONS HAVE TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THAT IS STATUTORILY REQUIRED, BUT REMEMBER THAT WE WANT A COMP PLAN THAT IS CERTAINLY UNIQUE TO SACHSE, BUT IT HAS TO CONTEMPLATE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITHIN A REGIONAL CONTEXT, CERTAINLY AS THE 2017 PLAN DID.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK BACK THROUGH THE AGES AND YOU LOOK AT THESE MAPS.
YOU CAN SEE THERE WERE SOME UPDATES DONE IN 1991 TO THE THOROUGHFARE AND THE FUTURE LAND USE PLANS, AND THEN IN 2001, A COMP PLAN WAS DONE BACK WHEN OUR POPULATION WAS ABOUT 10,500.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS A BIG GAP OF ABOUT 16 YEARS IN BETWEEN, AND SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF A GAP IS THAT THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT JUST SORT OF HAPPENS BECAUSE THERE IS REALLY NO GUIDANCE OR GUIDING DOCUMENTS THAT SORT OF LEAD YOU INTO WHAT YOUR OVERALL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS.
SO, SHORTLY AFTER I ARRIVED AT THE CITY, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I TALKED TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT AT THAT TIME WAS IT WAS ESSENTIAL FOR US TO DO A FULL, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS, WHICH WE TOOK ON IN 2016 AND THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED IN 2017, WHEN OUR POPULATION AT THAT TIME WAS ABOUT 24,000.
SO, WE HAD A QUITE A FEW KEY OUTCOMES FROM THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN 2017, AND REALLY, IT HELPED DELIVER ALL OF THE SPECIFICITY THAT YOU ALL WANTED THROUGH YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.
SO YOU LOOK HERE RELATIVE TO INFRASTRUCTURE, THE GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE WATER TOWER, THE SOUTH WATER MAIN LOOP, OUR ALEXANDER STREET IMPROVEMENTS, THE MERRITT ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WERE THAT PROCESS WAS STARTED.
OF COURSE, WE'RE STILL KNEE DEEP IN THAT PROCESS WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, BOTH DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTIES, THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, TXDOT AND FEDERAL HIGHWAYS, THE REGIONAL DRAINAGE DETENTION ON THE FIFTH STREET DISTRICT, OUR BUNKER HILL SEWER STORMWATER DRAINAGE UTILITY SERVICE.
THAT PROGRAM WAS CREATED AS A RESULT OF THE COMP PLAN AND OUR SABLE HILLS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP, ANOTHER OUTCOME TONIGHT JUST ON OUR AGENDA, THOSE PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT CAME OUT OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE 2017 COMP PLAN TO CREATE A MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, SPECIFICALLY A PORTION OF A SALES TAX TO BE DEDICATED TOWARDS CITY PARK INFRASTRUCTURE.
AGAIN LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PRO DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY.
LOTS OF QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS AS A RESULT OF THE COMP PLAN.
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FELIX COMMUNITY CENTER, WE HAVE NOW AN AGREEMENT FOR THAT REGIONAL TRAIL, AT LEAST MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE CITIES OF MURPHY AND WILEY FOR DOING A TRAIL ON THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, FORMER LANDFILL HERE IN SACHSE.WE ESTABLISHED THE SUBSTANDARD BUILDING PROGRAM, IMPROVEMENTS TO ALL OUR PARKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH THAT MDD FUNDING, AND THEN LOOK AT THE QUALITY DEVELOPMENT, THE PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE AND WHAT WE HAVE THERE.
THE OLD TOWN DISTRICT AND THE PROPERTY THAT WAS PURCHASED AND WHAT WE'RE DOING DOWN THERE NOW, RELATIVE TO CREATING LAND USES THAT HAVE THE ADJACENCY PREDICTABILITY TO BRING THE TYPE OF QUALITY DEVELOPMENT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
CERTAINLY EVERYTHING GOING ON AT THE STATION, THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, EVOLVE BIOLOGICS GOING THROUGH THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR BUILDING MATERIALS STANDARDS, WHILE THE STATE WILL NOT ALLOW US TO ENFORCE ANY OF THAT ANYMORE, WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS INCENTIVIZE THE TYPE OF QUALITY DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM WITH GOVERNMENT SERVICES, WE'VE CREATION OF THE LOCAL BUSINESS PROGRAM, GRANT PROGRAM, RENTAL REGISTRATION, NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, THE CREATION OF TIRZ THREE TO HELP US IMPROVE HIGHWAY 78 CORRIDOR, AND THEN STREAMLINING OUR DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES AGAIN, MAKING SURE WE PROVIDE GOOD SERVICE TO BE ABLE TO GET THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
YOU SAW A LOT OF KEY OUTCOMES, TYPICALLY WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
CERTAINLY NOT THROWING SHADE AT THE PLANNERS IN THE ROOM, BUT A LOT OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANS ARE PLANS, AND OFTENTIMES THEY ARE IDEAS AND THOUGHTS, BUT THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS DIFFERENT.
IT HAD A MARKET ANALYSIS ALONG WITH IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHILE WE WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE PLANNING COMPREHENSIVELY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, ARE THESE THINGS MARKET TESTED? WILL THEY BE VALID OUT IN THE WILD, SO TO SPEAK, AND WILL WE BE ABLE TO GET THE KIND OF THINGS WE'RE LOOKING FOR? WE CAN DRAW THE PICTURES, BUT CAN WE GET THE RESULTS, THE ROI, AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT SET THE 2017 COMP PLAN APART FROM PROBABLY SOME OTHER COMPREHENSIVE PLANS THAT YOU'LL SEE OTHER COMMUNITIES DO, AND SO THIS TIME, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS REALLY TO DO AN UPDATE OF THAT, AND THE STEP ONE OF THAT WOULD BE TO HIRE A COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING CONSULTANT AFTER AN RFQ PROCESS, TO HAVE THAT CONSULTANT DO THE RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, ENGAGEMENT, ADVISEMENT AND ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS WE WOULD NEED RELATIVE TO THAT COMP PLAN.
OUR STAFF WOULD REALLY BE LIAISONS TO THAT PROJECT, AND WE WOULD HAVE LIAISONS BOTH ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE AS WELL AS IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ALIGNED WITH WHAT'S GOING ON OUT IN THE REGION RELATIVE TO BEST PRACTICES, MAKING SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS FROM A VISION PERSPECTIVE, BUT THEN ALSO GETTING INPUT FROM OUR PARTNERS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT CONTEXT FOR IT, AND REVIEWING AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS.
OUR CHARTER DOES REQUIRE THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WOULD BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS, SO THEY WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE FINAL COMP PLAN APPROVAL, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE FINAL DOCUMENT WOULD THEN AN ADOPTION WOULD COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THE COMPONENTS AND SCOPE OF THIS ONE WOULD BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE DID IN 2017.
IT'D REALLY BE MORE OF AN UPDATE TO THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, LESS ROBUST THAN THE LAST EFFORT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO PAY A VERY CLOSE MIND TO IN THIS PROCESS, AS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS EARLIER, IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, AND THAT WILL BE ESSENTIAL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE RIGHT FEEDBACK FROM OUR RESIDENTS AS TO WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN THE NEXT ITERATION OF OUR FULL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
CERTAINLY THE STANDARD THINGS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED AND NEEDED IN A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, SUCH AS FUTURE LAND USE, CERTAINLY OUR MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN, BUT MARKET CONTEXT AND FISCAL ANALYSIS IS KEY, AND THAT IS WHAT SET ASIDE OUR COMP PLAN IN 2017.
SET THAT APART, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PUT THAT IN THIS PROCESS AS WELL.
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CERTAINLY, NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRITY, URBAN DESIGN, CORRIDOR AND GATEWAY PLANNING, WAYFINDING AND OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT AGAIN, TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S WHAT REALLY MADE OUR 2017 PLAN SO SUCCESSFUL IS WE TALK ABOUT WHAT IS THE IMPLEMENTATION.HOW MUCH WILL SOME OF THESE THINGS COST? HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE THEM, AND WHAT ARE THE FUNDING MECHANISMS THAT WE WOULD PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS SUCCESSFULLY? SO WE'RE HERE TO TALK TONIGHT JUST ABOUT THE COMP PLAN AND HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH YOU ALL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ELEMENTS THAT WE'RE INCLUDING ARE THE ONES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE PROCESS.
WE WOULD. THIS ISN'T A GREAT TIME OF YEAR TO RELEASE AN RFQ BECAUSE OF HOLIDAYS, AND SO WE FIND WE DON'T TEND TO GET AS GOOD A RESPONSES WHEN WE PUT THINGS OUT BETWEEN THANKSGIVING AND THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE REFINE AND FINE TUNE WHAT WE WANT AND THE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, AND WE WOULD RELEASE IT AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU ALL WITH A CONSULTANT SELECTION IN THE FEBRUARY MARCH TIME FRAME.
SO WE WILL ALSO COME BACK TO YOU AT THAT TIME WITH A MUCH MORE REFINED CALENDAR AND TIMELINE, SINCE BASED ON WHICHEVER CONSULTANT THAT WE CHOOSE, THE TIMELINE COULD BE DIFFERENT AND SO WE'LL KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT PROCESS WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU, BUT AGAIN, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STRESS THROUGHOUT THIS IS THAT WE'LL BE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE KEY.
EVEN THOUGH THIS IS AN UPDATE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET PUBLIC INPUT WHEREVER WE CAN.
SO LOOKING FOR SOME DIRECTION TONIGHT ON THE COMP PLAN UPDATE.
AND AGAIN, SOME OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WERE LISTED OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED AND GETTING YOUR DIRECTION ON THAT, AND SO FROM THAT, BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND PUT OUT AN RFQ AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR TO IDENTIFY A CONSULTANT FOR THE PROJECT AND BE ABLE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
GREAT. THANK YOU. MS. NASH. QUESTIONS COMMENTS FOR MS. NASH ABOUT THE POTENTIAL UPDATE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE.
COMP PLAN OR WE JUST UPDATE THE COMP PLAN.
I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT AT OUR RETREAT THAT AN UPDATE WOULD PROBABLY BE VALID, THAT THE WHOLE.
PLAN PROBABLY DIDN'T NEED TO BE REHASHED.
SO IF WE NEED TO ADJUST AND MAKE SOME DIFFERENT PATHS TO REACH OUR GOALS.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET A CONSULTANT.
I KNOW I'M GOING AGAINST WHAT I USUALLY SAY, BUT THEY MAY SEE THE FUTURE TRENDS MUCH, MUCH.
NATIONWIDE COMPARED TO OUR LITTLE SCOPE HERE.
OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? MR. PRESTENBERG? YES.
SO, MS. NASH, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR CERTAIN IDEAS ON WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO OR JUST THAT? I'M SORRY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT YOU'RE GETTING, WHAT YOU NEED FROM US.
WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT THE ELEMENTS THAT THE COMPONENTS THAT WE HAVE LISTED HERE IN THIS GRAY BOX IS WHAT MY RECOMMENDATION IS, IS I THINK MOVING FORWARD IN MEETING WITH THE STAFF AND KIND OF WHAT WE NEED, WE THINK TO DO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
WE THINK IT'S THESE ELEMENTS, THESE ITEMS, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL WANT TO ADD OR TAKE AWAY OR ANY SUGGESTIONS MOVING FORWARD, THIS IS KIND OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. OKAY? SO IF WE HAVE IDEAS WITHIN ONE OF THOSE COMPONENTS, SAVE THAT FOR ANOTHER MEETING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT THESE ARE THE COMPONENTS THAT YOU BELIEVE OVERARCHING WOULD BE OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THANK YOU, BUT WE GOT THE BUCKETS UP THERE.
YES. OKAY. MR. LINDSEY? YEAH. I LIKE EVERYTHING THAT'S LISTED OR ANY COMPONENTS OF UPDATE EXCEPT FOR JUST A QUESTION ON THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
IS IT? DO YOU SEE VALUE? I MEAN, WE'RE WE'VE GOT ALL THE ROADS THAT WE CAN HAVE ALREADY.
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SO, WHAT WOULD BE LIKE A CHANGE THAT WOULD COME OUT OF UPDATING THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN? SO WHAT COULD HAPPEN IS THEY COULD TAKE A LOOK AT CERTAIN ROADS AND THEIR CAPACITY AND SAY, WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS DO AN EXPANSION HERE, THAT THIS THIS ROAD IS NOT ADEQUATE FOR THE TRAFFIC THAT YOU HAVE COMING THROUGH.OR THEY MAY MAKE A SUGGESTION ABOUT CHANGING A TYPE OF ROAD IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SOME CHANGES RELATIVE TO SOME LAND USES, AND SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO JUST HAVE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT EVERY 5 TO 7 YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE AREN'T ANY.
THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED OR CHANGED.
SO, THAT'S REALLY WHAT THEY WOULD BE LOOKING AT.
SO, I THINK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED, BUT IF IT'S INEXPENSIVE TO INCLUDE THAT CONCEPT AND JUST LOOK AT EVERYTHING AS A HOLISTIC APPROACH, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT JUST WOULD NOT REALLY EXPECT MUCH CHANGE.
RIGHT NOW. WE'VE GOT A BACKLOG; WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO, AND WE HAD BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IT.
SO, WE'VE YET TO COMPLETELY FULFILL THE NEEDS OUT OF THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
2017 PRETTY MUCH REAFFIRMED EVERYTHING THAT WE NEEDED TO DO ALREADY IN THE 2001 COMP PLAN.
SO, WOULD THAT BE LIKE A 50/50 SPLIT? THAT'S HOW WE BUDGETED IT.
YES. OKAY. SO, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET THEN COMING FROM SOME SALES TAX DOLLARS AND THAT HALF CENT, AND THEN ALSO FROM SALES TAX DOLLARS IN THE GENERAL FUND ALONG WITH PROPERTY TAXES OR OTHER REVENUE SOURCES, AND SO WE'VE GOT A MEANS TO FUND IT.
THE MAGIC QUESTION IS HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST? AND WHAT I'M AFRAID IS IF YOU PUT A NUMBER OUT THERE MAGICALLY THE RFQ IS GOING TO COME IN FOR THAT NUMBER.
WOULD THAT BE THE HESITATION IN TRYING TO PUT OUT ANY KIND OF A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS? IT'S NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.
AND SO, WHAT WE DO WITH THIS IS WE GO THROUGH, AND WE NEGOTIATE WITH A CONSULTANT ON THEIR SERVICES FIRST, AND THEN WE DO NEGOTIATION ON PRICE.
SO, WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO COME IN AND TELL US IS WHAT THEIR QUALIFICATIONS ARE AND WHAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND FOR AN UPDATE, AND THEN WE WOULD NEGOTIATE PRICE BASED ON THEIR QUALIFICATIONS.
THANK YOU, MS. BUHLER. MRS. NASH, I'M ASSUMING THIS IS GOING TO GO OVER OUR KEY DEVELOPMENT AREAS THAT WERE CONTEMPLATED IN THE 2017.
YES. SO PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH FREEWAY, OLD TOWN, FIFTH STREET DISTRICT AND THE INDUSTRIAL.
SO, IT'LL GO IN AND SEE WHERE WE WERE IN 2017 AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND WHERE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
YES. IS THAT WHAT'S UNDER URBAN DESIGN? URBAN DESIGN HAS MORE TO DO WITH WHAT THE DESIGN ELEMENTS ARE WITHIN THE CITYWIDE.
WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY IS MORE TOWARDS.
CORRIDOR AND GATEWAY PLANNING.
OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD AND MARTY.
MARTY HOLBROOK, 511 OAK RIDGE CIRCLE SACHSE, TEXAS.
TOP OF THE HILL. WELL, THIS ANSWER, INGRAM WROTE IN THE TYPICAL SECTION.
IS IT TWO LANES? FOUR LANES? SIDEWALKS? OR IS THAT JUST GOING TO BE TALKED ABOUT? AND NOTHING EVER IS GOING TO GET FINALIZED? I KNOW IT COSTS MONEY, BUT YOU CAN AT LEAST LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S COMING OR WHAT'S RECOMMENDED.
IS THIS GOING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT OUR WALLS ALL GOING TO BE PRECAST WALLS LIKE.
THAT WENT BACK TO DECEMBER 5TH, AND I DON'T THINK ANYTHING'S HAPPENED.
YOU GOT A CITY PROJECT THAT HIT A CITY WATERLINE.
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MAKE SURE THEY GET ANSWERED? YOU KNOW, I'M STILL LOOKING FOR COLORS OF A PICKLEBALL COURT.THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HOLBROOK. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM TONIGHT? OKAY, AND I WOULD JUST SAY, TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MS. NASH HAS SAID, I WAS ON COUNCIL DURING THE 2017 COMP PLAN.
WE CERTAINLY DON'T NEED A WHOLE COMP PLAN AGAIN FROM SCRATCH, BUT I DO LIKE WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR AND I THINK IT IS TIME FOR AN UPDATE AND WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT GOING FORWARD WITH THE RFQ.
MS. HOWARTH I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.
I WAS THIS COMP PLAN, THE OLD THE CURRENT COMP PLAN, THE 2017 PLAN GOT PUT IN TO EFFECT RIGHT BEFORE MY, WHEN I WAS ELECTED IN 2018, AND I WAS SITTING HERE FOR JUST THE TAIL END OF THE CHANGES THAT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL HAD TO MAKE AND TO SEE, PARTICULARLY DOWN AT THE STATION WHERE WE ARE TODAY, FROM WHERE WE WERE WHEN I GOT IN THIS CHAIR, IS REMARKABLE FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN FROM THE CITIES AROUND US, THAT DOING THE SEWER LINE, DOING THE WATER LINES, DOING THE TOWER, THE WATER TOWER BEFORE TECHNICALLY BEFORE IT WAS NEEDED BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE A DEVELOPER WHEN THAT STUFF ALL GOT STARTED, BUT WE FOLLOWED.
WE HAD A PLAN WITH DETAILS AND MARKET ANALYSIS, AND THEN IT GOT FOLLOWED, AND I THINK THAT THE RESULTS THAT WE'RE GETTING AT THE STATION ARE DIRECTLY TIED TO FOLLOWING THROUGH A PLAN THAT HAD NUMBERS BEHIND IT, AND I WANT TO SEE AN UPDATE THAT GIVES US THAT SAME ROADMAP, THAT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN PUT IN PLACE AS A COUNCIL AND AS A CITY TO GET SUCCESS 5 TO 7 YEARS IN THE FUTURE THAT LOOK LIKE WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST 5 TO 7 YEARS.
MOST OF THOSE CHANGES HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ME.
THEY WERE ALREADY DONE AND THEY WERE ALREADY HAPPENING WHEN I GOT HERE, AND I MARVEL AT THE IMPROVEMENT THAT HAPPENED, BECAUSE THAT LAND DOWN THERE ON GEORGE BUSH SAT FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES.
THE TIRZ DOWN THERE IS ABOUT READY TO EXPIRE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO LONG, AND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE GETTING PUT IN KIND OF ON A GAMBLE BASED ON A CONSULTANT'S RECOMMENDATION, TURN THE PAGE FOR US, AND I WANT TO SEE THAT IN A PLAN GOING FORWARD, THAT WE GET SOMETHING THAT'S ACTIONABLE, THAT WE CAN BEST GUESS.
IT'S NOT A NO, IT'S NOT A GIVEN.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT RISKY, BUT WITH CONSULTANTS AND ADVICE AND DISCUSSION AND INPUT FROM OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE A PLAN THAT WE CAN FOLLOW AND GET FANTASTIC RESULTS IN THE NEXT 5 TO 7 YEARS SO THAT WE'RE IN A BETTER SPOT IN 5 TO 7 YEARS THAN WE ARE TODAY.
JUST LIKE WE'RE IN A BETTER SPOT TODAY THAN WE WERE IN 2018.
I THINK THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT, AGAIN, TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MISS HOWARTH IS SAYING, IF YOU LOOK AT WHEN THE PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE EXTENSION OPENED IN 2000, LATE 2011, LOOK AT THAT TIME PERIOD BETWEEN 2011 AND 2017 WHEN THE PLAN WAS ADOPTED, AND THEN LOOK AT IT FROM 2017 TO TODAY, NIGHT AND DAY. SO WITH THAT, WE'VE KIND OF GOT THE POINT.
ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THIS? HEARING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS F.1 EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[F. Executive Session]
CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.087.WE NOW WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
8:39. WE ARE NOW CONVENED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
OKAY. WE ARE NOW CONVENED BACK INTO OPEN SESSION.
WE ARE CONVENED BACK INTO OPEN SESSION.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM G.1.
[G. Regular Agenda Items / Meeting Closing]
TAKE ANY ACTION AS A RESULT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM.
YES, SIR. MARTY HOLBROOK, 5511 OAK RIDGE CIRCLE, SACHSE, TEXAS.
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YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE MONEY TO SOMEBODY.ARE YOU GIVING AWAY EVERYTHING IT'S GOING TO EARN? IS IT GOING TO CREATE ANY MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT, OR IS IT JUST A KID BEHIND A REGISTER INCREASING THE.
OVERINDULGENCE OF SUGAR IN SOCIETY? OR ARE YOU GIVING A $5 BILLION COMPANY LIKE STARBUCKS A HANDOUT? SO WHAT IS THE DIRECT ECONOMIC BENEFIT THAT YOU'RE FIXING TO GIVE AWAY TO THIS COMPANY OR TO THIS DEVELOPMENT? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. HOLBROOK. NO ACTION NECESSARY ON ADAM ONE.
NEXT ITEM G TWO. TAKING THE ACTION AS A RESULT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? YES, SIR. MATTHEW HOLBROOK 5511, OAK RIDGE CIRCLE, SACHSE, TEXAS.
WHAT IS THE DIRECT ECONOMIC BENEFIT THAT YOU ARE FIXING TO GIVE AWAY? WHAT DOES IT DO FOR THE AVERAGE TAXPAYER IN THIS CITY, AND WILL THEY EVER RECOUP? WHAT YOU'RE DOING? ARE YOU GIVING SOME ORIGINAL LANDOWNER MONEY FOR HIM TO BUILD A BUSINESS? YOU ARE NOT.
SO, UNLESS YOU'RE PUTTING THE WATER LINE FOR.
SOMETHING ALONG PGBT, THERE MAY BE AN ISSUE TO IT, BUT HAS THAT EVEN PAID FOR ITSELF? BECAUSE I CAN GIVE YOU STUDY AFTER STUDY THAT SAYS MOST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MONEY IS A WASTE.
SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
IT'S JUST MONEY THAT'S FLOATING OUT THE DOOR.
ITEM G.2, ITEM THREE ADJOURNMENT.
THANK YOU, MS. G. WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.