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 so requests.

[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 so requests.]

WE'LL MOVE ON. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM D, CONSENT AGENDA.

ALL ITEMS LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.

THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO REQUEST ITEM D ONE.

APPROVE THE DECEMBER 4TH, 2023 MEETING MINUTES.

ITEM TWO ACCEPTING MONTHLY REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURE REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING NOVEMBER 30TH, 2023.

ITEM THREE APPROVE A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY OF SAN JOSE WITH THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOL.

TEXT, FULL TEXT, FULL PRIME ITEM FOUR.

APPROVE A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING OFFICIAL CITY HOLIDAYS RELATED TO PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS BEGINNING WITH THE 2023 2024 FISCAL YEAR, PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

ITEM FIVE AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS COUNTY TO PROVIDE FIRE AND AMBULANCE SERVICES TO THE.

UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF DALLAS COUNTY.

NEAR TO THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SAXY, ITEM SIX AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH CXT, INCORPORATED THROUGH THE TIPS GOVERNMENT PURCHASING AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF A PRE-FABRICATED, SINGLE USER, FULLY ACCESSIBLE RESTROOM AT JOE AND PATRICIA STONE PARK, IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $133,522.40. THIS IS BASED OFF THE COST OF 100,000.

EXCUSE ME, 121,384, PLUS A 10% CONTINGENCY OF 12,138.

EXCUSE ME. $12,138.40, FOR A TOTAL OF $133,522.40.

ITEM SEVEN AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $750,296.

WITH REYNOLDS ASPHALT AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR ASPHALT STREET REPAIRS FOR EASTVIEW DRIVE, DEWITT STREET, SAXY STREET, MERRITT ROAD AND MCDERMOTT STREET.

AND I WILL NOTE BACK ON ITEM D FOUR.

WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE THAT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

NO ACTION TONIGHT.

THERE NEEDS TO BE FURTHER LEGAL RESEARCH ON THAT ITEM.

SO WE WILL BE REMOVING ITEM FOUR.

WE WILL NOT CONSIDER THAT TONIGHT.

SO WITH THE CONSENT IT'LL BE ONE, TWO, THREE, FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN UNLESS SOMEONE WANTS TO REMOVE IT WITH THAT.

COMMENTS. QUESTIONS. MOTIONS.

MISS HOWARD, THERE'S NO COMMENTS.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

LESS ITEM FOUR AS PRESENTED.

OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY MS. HOWARD TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS ITEM FOUR AS PRESENTED.

DO I HAVE A SECOND, MISS BUHLER? SECOND, I HAVE A SECOND BY MISS BUHLER.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

[1. Consider approving the City Council regular meeting schedule for 2024.]

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. ITEM E, ITEM E ONE.

CONSIDER APPROVING THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2024.

I DID ASK STAFF TO PUT THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE DO TEND TO TAKE THESE HOLIDAYS AS THEY COME.

I FELT LIKE IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO ADDRESS IT ALL AT ONCE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

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THAT WAY, IF THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS AHEAD OF TIME, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THEM NOW.

BUT THE SCHEDULE IS IN YOUR PACKET.

THE HIGHLIGHTS WOULD BE, OF COURSE, WE DID NOT MEET ON JANUARY 1ST, BUT WE DID THAT LAST YEAR.

AND ALSO WE'RE MEETING TONIGHT.

WE ALSO MOVED THIS MEETING LAST YEAR.

BUT THE REST OF THE MEETINGS YOU SEE ON IN THE PACKET, THE HIGHLIGHTS WOULD BE IN JULY, LIKE LAST YEAR.

THE PROPOSAL IS TO NOT MEET IN JULY.

THE ONE EXTENSION OF THAT THAT WE DID NOT DO LAST YEAR IS THAT WE DID NOT INCLUDE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN THAT.

SO, IF THE COUNCIL SO DESIRES, WE WOULD INCLUDE THEM IN NOT MEETING IN JULY.

I WOULD NOTE, HOWEVER, THAT IF WE DO AND THE SAME THING WOULD GO FOR COUNCIL IF WE HAD SOME LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO MEET IN JULY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE COULD ADDRESS IT AT THAT TIME.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IN OCTOBER, WE TRADITIONALLY DO NOT MEET THE WEEK OF HTML.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE ON THE PROPOSAL.

SO WITH THAT, OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION AMONG COUNCIL IF THERE IS ANY.

AND WHY? OH, MR. PRESTENBERG. NO DISCUSSION.

WE DO HAVE A COMMENT. WE DO? WE HAVE A REQUEST TO SPEAK.

YEAH. YOU DIDN'T SAY THAT.

YEAH. MR. HOBART. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S OKAY. HAHA.

MARTY HOLBOKE. 5511 OAK RIDGE CIRCLE.

SASCHE, TEXAS.

TOP OF THE HILL.

THANK YOU. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENCE HERE THAN LAST YEAR, BECAUSE YOU ALL RAN OUT OF HERE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OVER THE SUMMER.

YOU WERE GONE A LOT IN OCTOBER AND I APPRECIATE THE SCHEDULE.

IT'S HALFWAY REASONABLE FOR A CITY THAT HAS THE HIGHEST TAXES IN NORTH TEXAS.

THANK YOU. AND I DID FIND MY PHONE.

THANK YOU, MR. TOLBERT. OKAY.

IF THERE ARE NO COMMENTS AMONG COUNCIL, WE'LL GO BACK TO MR. PRESTENBERG. THERE YOU GO.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENTS, I'D LIKE TO, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM E ONE AS PRESENTED.

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM E1 AS PRESENTED.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? MISS HOWARTH.

HAVE A SECOND BY MISS HOWARTH.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DID YOU HAVE? OKAY.

HEARING NONE, PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM E TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION CASTING THE CITY OF SAXONY'S VOTE FOR THE FOURTH MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL

[2. Consider a resolution casting the City of Sachse's vote for the fourth member of the Board of Directors of the Dallas Central Appraisal District (DCAD).]

DISTRICT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS DCAD.

MISS GRANGER.

YES. GOOD EVENING. OH, SORRY, I FORGET YOU CAN DO YOUR OWN MIC.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. NO.

YOU ARE. I THINK WE'VE GOT.

I'M NOT DOING IT. OKAY.

OKAY. THAT'S WEIRD.

I QUIT, I QUIT, I QUIT, I QUIT TOUCHING IT.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK ON.

OKAY.

NOW YOU'RE ON. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. OKAY.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE HAVE BEFORE YOU THE RUNOFF RESOLUTION FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

THERE WAS NOT A CANDIDATE THAT RECEIVED THE MORE THAN A THE MAJORITY 50% OF VOTES.

SO, COUNCIL MEMBER.

SORRY. MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS AND MR. MICHAEL HART ARE IN RUNOFF FOR YOU TO CHOOSE HOW TO SPEND YOUR VOTE.

IT'S A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. IT SOUNDS LIKE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

JUST CHECKING. MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE WE HAVE THIS LONG DIATRIBE? I WILL HAVE ANOTHER GO AT IT.

ALL RIGHT. SHORT AND SUCCINCT, I APPRECIATE THAT.

OKAY. FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL, MR. LINDSEY. MAYOR PRO TEM.

FRANKS. I BELIEVE YOU'RE, OH.

I'M SORRY. HOLD ON. I BELIEVE YOUR YOUR TERMS ARE UP THIS YEAR.

SO YOU'RE INTENDING ON, STICKING AROUND THEN FOR FOR ANOTHER GO FOR THAT AS WELL, SO THAT WE CAN, APPOINT YOU.

DEAR FILMMAKER. I WOULD JUST SAY IF I COULD GET ANNOUNCEMENT, SO THAT'S A GOOD TRY THOUGH.

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WELL, THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE A RESOLUTION CALLING CASTING VOTE FOR MAYOR PRO TEM BRETT FRANKS IN THE RUNOFF ELECTION FOR THE DCAD BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. LINDSEY TO CAST OUR BALLOTS FOR MR. FRANKS. AMENDED MY WORDING, AMENDED MISS HOWARD A SECOND SECOND BY MISS HOWARD.

ARE YOU GOOD, MR. PRESTENBERG? OKAY, I SAW YOU.

MICROPHONE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? LAST CHANCE TO DROP OUT.

BRETT. OKAY.

OKAY. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS, MR. FRANKS.

WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.

I'M SURE MR. GRANGER WILL KEEP US UPDATED.

[3. Discuss and receive an update on the Merritt Road project]

I'M SURE. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM E THREE.

DISCUSS AND RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE MERRITT ROAD PROJECT.

MISS NASH. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IT'S TIME TO DO AN UPDATE ON THE MERRITT ROAD PROJECT.

COREY NESBITT, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, WILL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.

BUT PRIMARILY WE ARE GOING TO IS IS DENNIS GOING TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION OR ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION? EITHER WAY, COME ON UP, DENNIS.

OKAY. WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM YOU IN A WHILE.

COME ON UP. IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

YES. DENNIS IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THE PROJECT UPDATE FOR MERRITT ROAD.

OF COURSE, COREY IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, WITH REGARD TO THE PROJECT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

GINA. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AGAIN, MY NAME IS DENNIS SATCHER.

I'M WITH HALF ASSOCIATES, 3803 PARKWOOD BOULEVARD, FRISCO, TEXAS.

IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR SINCE I WAS HERE.

LAST TO, MAKE A PRESENTATION.

THE AGAIN BRIEFLY GO THROUGH THE PROJECT AGAIN.

WE'RE WORKING ON MERRITT ROAD FROM PLEASANT VALLEY UP TO SAXY ROAD.

IT'S ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF LONG.

THE THE PRIMARY GOALS OF THE PROJECT ARE TO ONE.

INCREASE CAPACITY OF THE ROADWAY, TO REALIGN IT, TO LINE UP WITH WOODBRIDGE AND MAKE A MUCH SAFER INTERSECTION AND TO RAISE THE ROAD, TO ELIMINATE FLOODING POTENTIAL THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS DUE TO THE SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE RESERVOIR EAST OF THE ROADWAY. PROJECT TIMELINE REALLY HAS, HAS, HAS MAINLY REMAINED PRETTY STATIC OVER THE LAST YEAR.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING BASICALLY IN ACQUIRING RIGHT OF WAY.

WE HAD STARTED SOME UTILITY RELOCATION DESIGN WORK LAST YEAR AND KIND OF LOST SOME MOMENTUM THERE BECAUSE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION WAS NOT PROCEEDING AS QUICKLY AS WE HAD HOPED. SO THAT, THAT BASICALLY IS WHERE WE ARE.

EVERYTHING'S JUST KIND OF BEEN PUSHED, A YEAR.

WE'VE, WE'VE DONE SOME WORK ON FINAL DESIGN.

WE'VE MADE A FEW CHANGES TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE, PROPERTY OWNERS AND OR AVOID PROPERTY OWNERS.

SO WE'VE AGAIN, WE'RE STILL MAKING THOSE CHANGES TO, TO TRY TO GET THROUGH THAT.

WE'VE CONTINUED COORDINATION WITH THE USDA AND THE SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT IN ORDER TO TRY TO GET AN APPROVAL LETTER FROM THEM FOR THE PROJECT AS WELL. WE ANTICIPATE AGAIN AS THE AS FAR AS OTHER THINGS GO, WE DID MEET WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE GOODIN'S DISTRICT DIRECTOR AND THE USDA BACK IN DECEMBER TO TALK ABOUT TECHNICAL ITEMS AND THE PLAN GOING FORWARD WITH REGARDS TO WILLOW LAKE. THEY'VE BEEN VERY NON RESPONSIVE WITH REGARDS TO THE DISTRICT'S BEEN NON RESPONSIVE WITH REGARDS TO REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION AND DIRECTION.

IN LARGE PART BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MEMBERS TO GET A QUORUM AND THEY HAVE NOT MET.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IN THE LAST 8 TO 9 MONTHS.

SO IT'S PRETTY HARD TO DEAL WITH AN AGENCY WHEN THEY DON'T MEET FOR, MEETINGS.

WE DO INTEND TO SUBMIT PLANS, 90% PLANS TO TEXDOT, IN THE SPRING.

WE HOPE TO GET COMMENTS TURNED AROUND PRETTY QUICKLY AFTER THAT, SUBMIT PLANS, FINAL PLANS TO THEM IN LATE SUMMER, AND THEN HOPEFULLY THEY'LL APPROVE THAT AND ISSUE A LETTER OF AUTHORITY THAT WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO ADVERTISE, BID AND CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT.

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IN ADDITION TO THE DESIGN PLAN DEVELOPMENT, THE TWO BIG THINGS ARE STILL UTILITY, COORDINATION AND RIGHT OF WAY.

AGAIN, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON RIGHT OF WAY.

UTILITY COORDINATION WILL AGAIN BE A PRIORITY HERE.

GET SOME MOMENTUM BACK NOW THAT WE SHOULD HAVE ALL OF OUR RIGHT OF WAY BY APRIL OR MAY TIME FRAME.

AGAIN, WE HAVE EIGHT FRANCHISE UTILITIES IN THE CORRIDOR.

THERE'S LOTS OF TOUCH POINTS BETWEEN US, THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND THEIR FACILITIES.

SO, AGAIN, WE'LL START SOME COORDINATION MEETINGS WITH THEM, GET THEM READY TO GO.

IDEALLY, UTILITY RELOCATIONS HAPPEN IN THE FALL.

NOBODY LIKES TO PULL DOWN POWER LINES IN THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER OR THE DEAD COLD OF THE WINTER.

SO, FROM A TIMING STANDPOINT, WE SHOULD HAVE PLENTY OF TIME THAT WHEN FALL COMES, WE'RE READY TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE.

AS FAR AS RIGHT OF WAY GOES AGAIN, THERE'S STILL SOME SOME PARCELS THAT ARE STUCK IN EMINENT DOMAIN.

WE RECENTLY COMPLETED PARCEL SEVEN.

PARCELS 52 AND 53 ARE SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY.

51 IS PLANNED FOR MARCH 40TH AND 6061.

THOSE HAVE BEEN POSTPONED AND ARE BEING RESCHEDULED.

SO. I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SIR. THE ONE THING YOU POINTED OUT, THE LETTER OF AUTHORITY YOU'RE WAITING ON.

THAT WOULD BE FROM THE USDA.

NO, THERE'S THERE'S THERE'S ACTUALLY THREE LETTERS OF AUTHORITY THAT COME FROM THE STATE.

WHEN YOU HAVE A FEDERAL JOB, THERE'S A LETTER OF AUTHORITY THAT GETS ISSUED AT THE VERY BEGINNING THAT SAYS YOU CAN START HOLDING YOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND DOING YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL WORK THERE.

ONCE THAT HAS CLEARED, THEN THERE'S ANOTHER LETTER OF AUTHORITY THAT SAYS YOU ARE ALLOWED TO GO GET RIGHT OF WAY.

AND WE HAD A LITTLE HICCUP ON THAT BECAUSE THE STATE FORGOT TO ISSUE THEIR THAT LETTER OF AUTHORITY.

WE REMINDED THEM OF THAT.

THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, WELL, YOU CAN'T YOU KNOW, IF YOU DO ANYTHING BEFORE WE SEND YOU THE LETTER, YOU MAY NOT BE REIMBURSED FOR THAT.

WELL, WHEN THEY'RE PROVIDING 75 TO 80% OF THE COST OF THE PROJECT, YOU DON'T LIKE TO DO ANYTHING THAT VOIDS YOUR ABILITY TO GO GET REIMBURSED FOR THOSE EXPENSES.

SO I CAN PROMISE YOU, EVERYBODY UP HERE FEELS THE SAME WAY.

YEAH, THEY THEY FORCED YOU.

THEY FORCED YOU THROUGH AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT BEFORE THEY WOULD ISSUE THAT.

WELL, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY FINALLY ISSUED IT.

AND THEN AGAIN, ONCE THE PLANS WERE APPROVED, THERE'S A THIRD LETTER OF AUTHORITY.

THERE'S THE THREE LETTERS THAT OCCUR.

SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

YEAH. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY I WAS THINKING THERE'S MORE THAN ONE, BUT YEAH, IT'S AND THAT'S THE THING THAT YOU TOUCHED ON THIS JUST A SECOND AGO IS BECAUSE WE HAVE FEDERAL MONEY INVOLVED WITH THE PROJECT AND, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING IS NOT COMING FROM THE CITY.

WE HAVE THESE STEPS THAT GRANTED, WHILE THE PROJECT, IF WE WERE FUNDING THIS PROJECT OURSELVES, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THESE ISSUES PER SE.

BUT BECAUSE WE ARE PARTNERING WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND WE DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THESE STEPS, AND SOMETIMES IT DOES SLOW DOWN THE TIMELINE.

BUT IN THE END, LIKE YOU SAID, YES, BY GOING BY THE THE STEPS WE HAVE TO TAKE, IT DOESN'T JEOPARDIZE OUR FUNDING.

SO YES, AGAIN, THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S THE GOVERNMENT, A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S EQUITABLE.

THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S VERY FAIR.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GET A WHOLE DIFFERENT SET OF STAKEHOLDERS NOW THAT ARE THAT ARE OVERSEEING THE PROCESS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE SAME PRIORITIES AS AS WE DO.

THERE'S MANY THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO JUST GO DO, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE WE WE WE JUST CAN'T BECAUSE WE WOULD JEOPARDIZE THAT FUNDING.

RIGHT. AND THAT'S THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

WELL, WE'VE ALL BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S PROCEDURES THAT THEY HAVE, WHETHER WE AGREE WITH THEM OR NOT.

AND THAT'S ONCE WE GOT TO FOLLOW THOSE.

SO YEAH. APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION, MR. PRESTENBERG. YES.

OVER HERE. HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD. JUST A FEW QUESTIONS.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP? SPEED THIS ALONG. AGAIN, I THINK YOU KNOW THE THE PROCESS WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY.

AGAIN, THAT'S CONTROLLED BY THE COUNTY AND THE COURTS AND PANELS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S KIND OF UP TO THEM TO GET THOSE DONE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I, Y'ALL PUT PRESSURE ON THE REPRESENTATIVE.

WE GOT A MEETING IMMEDIATELY ON THOSE THINGS.

WHEN WE WHEN IT COMES TIME TO DO UTILITY RELOCATIONS, YOU KNOW, FRANCHISE UTILITIES, THEY'RE PRIVATE COMPANIES.

YOU KNOW, I, WE DON'T THINK OF THEM THAT WAY, BUT THEY ARE, IN FACT, PRIVATE COMPANIES.

SO, AGAIN, WE HAVE A HARD TIME FORCING THEM TO DO ANYTHING.

I MEAN, THEY AND SO AGAIN, WHATEVER LEVERAGE Y'ALL CAN APPLY, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, COMING IN AND ARE WANTING PERMITS FOR SOMETHING NEW

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BEFORE THE BEFORE YOU GET THE OTHER STUFF OUT OF THE WAY.

AGAIN, WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO TO LEVERAGE THAT, AGAIN, WHEN PERMITS COME IN, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THEM AS FAST AS YOU CAN TO, TO ASSIST THEM TO GET OUT THERE AND GET THAT WORK DONE.

THAT THAT WILL BE THE NEXT THING THAT PROBABLY IMPACTS THE SCHEDULE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

I THINK THE TECHNICAL THINGS WILL GET WORKED OUT WITH THE USDA FOLKS.

WE MAY HAVE TO MAKE SOME DESIGN CHANGES, BUT I DON'T CONSIDER THOSE TO BE DRASTIC.

YOU KNOW, THEY THEY'RE JUST A CHANGE TO ACCOMMODATE THEM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WE'LL HAVE TO WORK AROUND SOME CITY CRITERIA AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THE MOST DESIRABLE, TYPE OF DESIGN.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL NOT GOING TO PUT ANYTHING OUT THERE THAT WOULD ENDANGER THE HEALTH, WELFARE OR ANYTHING OTHER OF THE TRAVELING PUBLIC.

OKAY. ON YOUR TIMELINE YOU HAD.

WELL, IT STAYS ON HERE IN 2017, TIME FRAME, 2018, FUNDING AGREEMENTS AND ALL THAT STUFF THAT WAS IN PLACE.

IS THERE ANY SORT OF TIME LIMITATIONS ON WHEN THIS CAN BE SPENT OR DOES IT HAVE THERE'S NO DEAD END THAT WE'RE RUNNING INTO, RIGHT? WELL, WE WE DO GET EMAILS FROM THE COG AND, YOU KNOW, ASKING, WHETHER OR NOT PROGRESS IS BEING MADE.

AND, AGAIN, COREY'S BEEN ADDRESSING THOSE.

THERE IS A THREE YEAR TIME LIMIT ON ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE, AND WE ARE APPROACHING THAT.

SO THEY WILL MAKE US REAPPLY FOR OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE.

BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT IT'S A REEVALUATION IS WHAT IT'S CALLED.

AND IT'S IT SHOULDN'T BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN A FORM, TO FILL OUT AND, YOU KNOW, ATTACH THE OLD ONE AND, AND WE CAN EXPLAIN THAT PROGRESS IS ONGOING.

IT'S NOT LIKE WE'VE JUST BEEN SITTING AROUND FOR THREE YEARS DOING NOTHING.

SO, I DON'T KNOW OF ANYTHING RIGHT NOW THAT'S GOT FUNDING IN JEOPARDY.

OKAY. YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT HURTS US THE MOST RIGHT NOW IS JUST INFLATION.

YOU KNOW, BUDGETS GET SET.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, EVERY MONTH THAT IT'S DELAYED, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECT PROBABLY ENDS UP COSTING A LITTLE BIT MORE.

UNDERSTOOD. UNDERSTOOD.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT, JUST THE MESSAGING STANDPOINT, IF THIS WAS BEING DONE IN HOUSE, IT'D BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

HOWEVER, THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO IT'S JUST IT'S ON US TO COMMUNICATE IT IN A BETTER WAY, THAT IT'S NOT JUST LIKE WE'RE SITTING ON OUR HANDS.

IT'S NOT Y'ALL ARE SITTING ON OUR HANDS.

IT'S JUST THERE'S A LOT OF RED TAPE AND AND WHATNOT THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK THROUGH.

SO, LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THESE LAST FEW BITS AND SEEING YOU NEXT YEAR WITH SOME GOOD PROGRESS.

YES, YES, I WOULD, I WOULD HOPE WITH, BID TABULATIONS.

YEAH. BY THIS TIME, I THINK YOU START TO LOOK DIFFERENT.

AT LEAST I HOPE.

YEAH. MR. LINDSEY YEAH, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

JUST TRYING TO THINK OF ANYTHING THAT WILL HOLD UP THIS PROJECT.

ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE, YOU HAPPEN TO SHOW A PICTURE OF THE MAILBOXES? IS THERE ANY COORDINATION WITH THE POST OFFICE TO TO ALLOW US TO MOVE THOSE POST, THOSE BOXES ALONG, MERRITT ROAD.

IS THAT, SOMETHING THAT COULD HOLD US UP, ALREADY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF OR.

NO, THAT DID COME UP IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS BACK, YOU KNOW, BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

AND, AGAIN, THAT IS CONTROLLED BY THE THE POSTMASTER THAT RUNS THE ROUTES.

AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FROM THE RESIDENTS ON THE EAST SIDE BECAUSE ALL THEIR MAILBOXES ARE ON THE WEST SIDE CURRENTLY, AND THEY GOT TO WALK ACROSS THE STREET TO GET THEIR MAIL.

AND, WE, WE DID EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT, WE WOULD DO WHATEVER WE COULD TO TALK TO THE POSTMASTER AND GET THOSE BOXES RELOCATED TO THE EAST SIDE ADJACENT TO THEIR FRONTAGE.

BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE ROAD WAS GOING TO BE WIDENED, IT WAS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, A LOT MORE HEAVILY TRAFFICKED, DUE TO THAT.

BUT I THAT'S I CAN'T SAY I'VE GOT A LETTER SAYING THAT THEY AGREE TO THAT AT THIS POINT.

THAT'S SOME. AND CERTAINLY PUT ON OUR LIST THAT WOULDN'T HOLD UP THE ROAD IN A WORST CASE.

YOU KNOW, THE MAILBOXES WOULD JUST STILL BE WHERE THEY ARE ON THAT FAR SIDE OF THE ROAD.

NOT IDEAL FOR THE RESIDENTS, BUT THAT WOULD NOT.

BUT NO, THAT WOULD NOT THAT WOULD NOT HOLD ANYTHING UP.

OKAY. I DON'T KNOW THE PARCEL NUMBER OFFHAND THOUGH, SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THE ONE HOUSE THAT WE DO HAVE THAT IS BEING TOTALLY CONDEMNED.

IT'S THE ONLY PROPERTY WHERE RESIDENTS ARE ACTUALLY DISPLACED.

WE ALREADY, MOVED THE RESIDENTS OUT, SOME TIME AGO AS A RENTAL HOUSE.

SO IS THAT HOUSE CURRENTLY OCCUPIED? DOES IT HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY? BASICALLY, WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS HOW DO WE KEEP RESIDENTS FROM FROM TAKING OCCUPANCY, EVEN ILLEGAL OCCUPANCY, SOMETHING LIKE A SQUATTING SITUATION AND

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SAYING THAT THEY HAVE RESIDENTS HERE.

WHAT'S WHAT'S THE SOONEST THAT WE COULD GET A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TAKEN AWAY FROM THAT, THAT PROPERTY? WOULD IT BE AFTER A FINAL RULING, AT THE AT THE DALLAS COUNTY HEARINGS? YES, THAT'S IT'S 60, 61 IS THE, INTERPRET PROPERTY.

IT IS, THAT IS UNFORTUNATELY ONE OF THE ONES THAT'S BEING RESCHEDULED.

OKAY. AS FAR AS THE HEARING GOES.

AND ACTUALLY, THAT ONE IS SCHEDULED FOR THE 29TH OF THIS MONTH.

AND SO I CAN CHECK WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND MATT, AND SEE HOW ANY PERMITS OR CEOS WOULD BE ISSUED.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COURT HERE NEXT WEEK, TWO WEEKS.

SO NOBODY'S IN THERE CURRENTLY.

AND THAT WAS ONE THING WE KIND OF WHEN WE DID THE NEGOTIATION, WE PUT THAT LANGUAGE IN THE AGREEMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE'RE NOT ALLOW AGAIN, CERTAINLY THEY COULD AT SOME POINT I GUESS. BUT THEY HAVEN'T TO DATE.

SO OKAY.

BUT TECHNICALLY RIGHT NOW DOES HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.

SOMEBODY COULD THEORETICALLY BE, LEASED UP.

WELL, IT'S A RESIDENTIAL. THERE'S NO CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY..

OH THERE IS NOT FOR A RESIDENTIAL HOME.

RIGHT. OH, IT'S NOT A COMMERCIAL.

I MEAN, YEAH, OKAY.

I THOUGHT ONE OF OUR HOUSES CONSTRUCTED THAT IT.

YOU HAVE TO GET A CO BEFORE PEOPLE CAN MOVE IN.

AND I THOUGHT IF THERE WAS A FIRE OR SOME CONDEMNATION THAT THE CO WAS PULLED.

SO I THOUGHT THAT STILL APPLIED TO RESIDENTIAL AS WELL.

IT DOESN'T. I JUST DON'T THINK SO OKAY.

MAYBE MATT. NO NO NO THAT'S FINE.

I'M JUST MAINLY JUST MAKING SURE THAT SOMEHOW WE DON'T HAVE A SITUATION WHERE EVERYTHING ELSE IS READY TO GO.

AND NOW WE'VE GOT PEOPLE LIVING THERE AGAIN, BECAUSE I THINK AFTER WE MOVE PAID THE EXPENSES FOR THE PEOPLE TO MOVE, THERE WAS ANOTHER ROUND OF TENANTS.

THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT CURRENTLY, NOW THAT THERE IS NOT, AND FINALLY, ON THE MOVING MERIT.COM, I NOTICED THAT IT'S JUST QUITE A BIT OUT OF DATE. THERE HASN'T BEEN AN UPDATE SINCE MAY 2022.

A LOT OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE ON THERE ARE NO LONGER.

SO WHENEVER YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, WANT TO CLICK ON THE SCHEMATIC, THAT DOCUMENT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE FOUND.

LINK TO TEXT DOT IS BROKEN.

SOME OTHER THINGS. SO I KNOW WE GOT A NEW COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST THAT WILL PROBABLY GLADLY HELP GET THAT PAGE UPDATED, BUT DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT SITE, WITH CURRENT INFORMATION.

FINALLY, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO COUNCILMAN.

MILLSAP. HE WAS ABLE TO GET OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, JOHN WILEY PRICE, INVOLVED IN THIS MATTER WITH SOME OF THE DELAYS THAT WE WERE SEEKING, BOTH AT THE COUNTY AND ALSO AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

SO THAT LITTLE BIT OF A RELATIONSHIP THERE WAS ABLE TO GO A LONG WAYS, I THINK, IN ORDER TO GET THIS MOVING.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, STAFF IS DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO KEEP THIS PROJECT ON TRACK.

AND EVEN OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, A LOT OF US REALLY DON'T, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT WE CAN DO SITTING UP HERE, THOUGH.

BUT COUNCILWOMAN, MILLSAP WAS ABLE TO TO FIND A WAY TO HELP GET US MOVING JUST A LITTLE BIT, SO I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. IF WE COULD JUST GET HIM TO FIND SOME PEOPLE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD AT THE WATER DISTRICT, AND THINGS WILL BE ALL BE GOOD.

WELL, IRONICALLY, MR. MILLSAP IS IN THE QUEUE, SO GO AHEAD, MR. MILLSAP. WELL, I WOULD I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK YOU A QUESTION YOU MENTIONED, YOU'RE WAITING ON RESPONSE FROM SOIL CONSERVATION AND USDA.

ARE YOU REALLY WAITING ON SOIL CONSERVATION OR DO THE OLD SOIL CONSERVATION IS A DIFFERENT NAME NOW, BUT IN WHICH OFFICE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THE OFFICE. REGIONAL OFFICE UP NORTH OF HERE.

OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT USDA OFFICES OR OFFICE IN THE DOWNTOWN DALLAS FEDERAL COURTHOUSE? FEDERAL BUILDING? WE WORK WITH A USDA OFFICE THAT IS LOCATED IN ARLINGTON, AND THEY HAVE JURISDICTION OVER DALLAS AND TARRANT COUNTY, AS MY UNDERSTANDING, THE THEY ARE THEY ARE KIND OF A SUPPORT GROUP TO THE THE DALLAS SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS THE ONE THAT REALLY HAS THE AUTHORITY WITH REGARDS TO THESE TYPES OF STRUCTURES.

THEY WERE ORIGINALLY BUILT BY USDA, SO THEY MAINTAIN SOME INVOLVEMENT.

BUT THEY DON'T, NEITHER ONE OF THOSE AGENCIES HAVE ANY TECHNICAL BACKGROUND.

SO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, WE SEND TO THEM AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO THEN FORWARD IT ON TO THE NRCS IN TEMPLE, WHICH IS ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT IS TECHNICALLY THE ENGINEER OF RECORD FOR THAT FACILITY.

AND, AGAIN, WE GOT REALLY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THOSE FOLKS AND SOME DIRECTION THAT WE RECEIVED THAT WHEN WE TURNED IT BACK IN, THEY SAID, NO, NO, THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

WELL, AGAIN, SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT.

RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A BETTER WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NRCS FOLKS IN CASE THE BOARD STILL HAS

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TROUBLE AND THE APPROVAL HAS TO COME ACTUALLY FROM THE STATE.

IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE APPROVAL MAY HAVE TO COME FROM THE STATE RATHER THAN THE LOCAL BOARD, IF IT REMAINS IN SOME KIND OF DEFUNCT STATUS.

OKAY. YOU MENTIONED, THEY DIDN'T GET ENOUGH PEOPLE TO SHOW UP FOR THE BOARD TO HAVE A QUORUM, SO THEY COULDN'T MEET.

IS THAT, ONE OF THE MAJOR HANG UPS IS THEY'RE JUST NOT BEING RESPONSIVE OR.

YES, I MEAN, I AGAIN, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET ENOUGH PEOPLE TO WILLING TO SERVE ON THEIR BOARD OR REMAIN IN POSITION TO HOLD MEETINGS FOR BECAUSE MOST OF THE 2023, BECAUSE THE BOARDS ARE APPOINTED ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR TERM LIMITS.

SO THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE THAT AS AN EXCUSE, REALLY.

BUT ANYWAY, MR. MILLS, DO YOU HAVE AGAIN IT'S PEOPLE.

OH GO AHEAD, MISS NASH.

JUST ONE ANOTHER QUESTION.

DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC CONTACT PERSON AT THE ARLINGTON OFFICE THAT MIGHT BE CONTACTED? YEAH, I CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.

THE REPRESENTATIVE WE HAD AT THE OFFICE HAS AGAIN, HE MOVED TO A DIFFERENT, TECHNICAL GROUP WITH THE GOVERNMENT, AND SOMEONE HAS BEEN REAPPOINTED. BUT I'VE NOT I'M NOT.

I'VE NOT MET THEM.

OKAY. SORRY, MR. MILLSAP, I MISS NASH HAD SOME GOOD, ADD SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO YOUR QUESTION.

RIGHT. SO I JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLARIFICATION FOR THE COUNCIL AND FOR THE PUBLIC ON THIS BECAUSE IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE, WELL, GOODNESS, YOU SHOULDN'T JUST BE WAITING AROUND FOR BOARD POSITIONS TO GET FILLED AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS ALONG.

UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THESE BOARD POSITIONS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC BACKGROUND TO BE ABLE TO BE APPOINTED TO THIS BOARD.

YOU HAVE TO OWN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ACREAGE THAT IS FARMLAND WITHIN THE SPECIFIED AREA.

THERE'S VERY SPECIFIC CRITERIA, AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE ON THIS BOARD.

WE WENT FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS OF COMMUNICATION WITH NO ABILITY OR RECOURSE TO GET ANYBODY TO WORK WITH US OR ASSIST US.

I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR'S LEADERSHIP WHO CONTACTED, THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR REPRESENTATIVE GOODEN'S OFFICE, WHO, GOT US THIS MEETING IN DECEMBER, AND SHE WAS THERE TO FACILITATE THE MEETING TO SAY, OKAY, WELL, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PEOPLE ON THE BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO WORK OUR OFFICE TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE ON THE BOARD. AND IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, TO YOUR POINT, DENNIS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE THIS TO WHERE THE STATE WILL WEIGH IN ON THIS.

AND THEY CAN ONLY DO THAT IN AN EMERGENCY CAPACITY.

SO THEY HAD TO HAVE TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE APPOINTMENTS, WHICH THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO, BUT THEY ARE ONLY ALLOWED UNDER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES TO BE ABLE TO SUPERSEDE, THE, THE BOARD THAT DOES NOT HAVE FOLKS ON THE POSITION.

SO IT'S AN EXTREMELY ANTIQUATED PROCESS.

IT'S BEEN VERY FRUSTRATING.

AND I JUST DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINK THAT WE'VE BEEN SITTING ON OUR HANDS.

IT'S BEEN A IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT EVEN JUST TO GET RESPONSIVENESS AT ALL.

SO, BUT I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK NOW.

I AGAIN, I APPRECIATE, REPRESENTATIVE GOODWIN'S STAFF WHO GOT THE MEETING, AND THEY WERE IMMEDIATELY RESPONSIVE AND DROVE UP FROM TEMPLE TO HAVE THIS MEETING WITH US ONCE SHE GOT ENGAGED AND MADE SURE THAT THIS HAPPENED FOR US IN DECEMBER.

AND LO AND BEHOLD, WE'RE, GETTING THEM TO BE RESPONSIVE NOW.

AND WE HAVE DIALOG AND EMAIL THAT WE HADN'T HAD IN EIGHT MONTHS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION FOR THE PUBLIC.

YEAH. AND I WILL SAY TOO, THAT, IT HAS SINCE, REPRESENTATIVE GOODWIN'S OFFICE HAS GOTTEN INVOLVED, IT HAS GOTTEN A LOT BETTER AND THE TIMELINE HAS SPED UP QUITE A BIT. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT MOMENTUM CONTINUES.

SO IT'S IT'S WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.

AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING IS, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD ALWAYS THINK IT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED SOONER, BUT YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

BUT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS.

I'M AM HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL FOR THESE GENTLEMEN? I DO HAVE ONE REQUEST TO SPEAK, MR. HOBART. I'M GOOD.

THANK YOU SIR.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? WELL, DENNIS WILL KNOW YOU'LL BE BACK.

AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO COME BACK BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE DIFFERENT SLIDES.

RIGHT? THEY'LL BE SHOWING US ALL THIS CONSTRUCTION AND ALL THIS STUFF.

I SURE HOPE SO. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[4. Receive an update on Bond 2021 projects.]

THANK YOU, MR. NEVETT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM FOUR.

RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON BOND 2021 PROJECTS.

MISS NASH. LET'S SEE.

WELL, YOU WERE ON IT. ARE YOU GOING TO BE THE FLIPPER OR IS COREY GOING TO BE THE FLIPPER? YOU FLIPPING? I CAN OKAY.

GIVE ME THE REMOTE. I'LL FLIP FOR YOU.

THERE WE GO. SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IT'S TIME TO DO AN UPDATE FOR YOU ON OUR BOND PROJECTS.

I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO THIS AT A HIGH LEVEL AND GIVE YOU JUST THE THE HIGH POINTS OF WHAT'S BASICALLY HAPPENED SINCE LAST FALL.

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OF COURSE, ALL THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FOR THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS ARE IN THE ROOM.

COREY BEING AT THE AT THE PODIUM AND THEN ALSO CHIEF SYLVESTER, IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ANIMAL SHELTER.

SO AGAIN, I'LL GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW JUST ON WHERE WE ARE ON THE PROJECT, SPECIFICALLY THE ONES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW RELATIVE TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER, BAILEY AND HOOPER ROAD. AND THEN GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES ON SACHSE ROAD, PHASE TWO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PACKAGES, AND THEN JUST SOME OF OUR FUTURE BOND PROJECTS TIMELINES.

SO I KEEP THIS SLIDE IN HERE JUST AS A REMINDER FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT THAT IN NOVEMBER OF 21, THERE WAS A BOND PACKAGE THAT WAS APPROVED ESSENTIALLY TO DO THE EXPANSION AND UPGRADES TO SAXY ROAD FROM MILES TO MERRITT ROAD.

MILES, I APOLOGIZE, FROM MILES ROAD TO THE CITY LIMITS AND ALL OF THE THINGS INCLUDED IN THAT.

CERTAINLY UPGRADING SOME VERY SPECIFIC STREETS THAT YOU'LL SEE AT THE BOTTOM.

BAILEY, HOOPER, WILLIFORD FROM 78 TO BAILEY AND THEN WEST CREEK LANE.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD PACKAGES AS WE REFER TO THEM, RECONSTRUCTION OF THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT COUNCIL WILL APPROVE AS WE GO ALONG THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF OUR NEW CITY ANIMAL SHELTER.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT RELATIVE TO OUR ROAD PROJECTS FOR THE BALANCE OF THE 2021 BOND.

SO TYPICALLY WHEN WE WORK THROUGH A ROAD PROJECT, WHEN WE WANT TO SELECT SOMEONE TO DESIGN AND ULTIMATELY CONSTRUCT, WE CHOOSE THOSE ENGINEERING FIRMS ON A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS.

AND IN WORKING WITH COREY ON THIS, THE DISCUSSION WAS THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER IF WE WERE TO BRING FIRMS IN THAT COULD HAVE QUALIFICATIONS FOR ANY OF THESE PROJECTS. THEN AS WE GOT CLOSER TO THE PROJECTS, WE WOULD HAVE A LIST OF ENGINEERS THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER TO BE SHORTLISTED.

AND SO AS THE PROJECT WOULD COME UP, WE COULD GO AHEAD AND SELECT ONE OF THESE FIRMS THAT'S ON THE SHORTLIST AND NARROW DOWN FROM THE 24 FIRMS THAT ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED.

WE ALREADY NOW HAVE A LIST OF FIVE FIRMS THAT WE WOULD THEN BRING IN PER PROJECT, ESSENTIALLY SHORTENING THE TIMELINE IN WHICH WE WOULD AWARD DESIGN FOR EACH OF THE ROAD PROJECTS. THIS IS PRETTY STANDARD IN OTHER LARGER CITIES.

AND SOMETHING THAT COREY WANTED TO DO HERE.

SO OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, 24 FIRMS SUBMITTED, TEN WERE INTERVIEWED AND FIVE WERE SHORTLISTED.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE FIVE FIRMS LISTED HERE THAT ARE ON OUR SHORT LIST FOR ANY OF THE ROAD PROJECTS, FOR THE 2021 BOND ROADS.

SO WHAT WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU ON IS AWARDING EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALLY, AS WE ARE READY TO SELECT ONE OF THOSE FOR EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL ROAD PROJECTS.

SO ON THE ANIMAL SHELTER, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE DRIVEN BY ON SACHSE ROAD, THEY'VE MADE A LOT OF HEADWAY.

THE DETENTION POND IS NOW COMPLETED.

CERTAINLY THE BUILDING FOUNDATION IS UNDERWAY AND GETTING CLOSE TO COMPLETION.

THE PARKING AND DRIVEWAYS ARE COMPLETED AGAIN.

I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE ALL THESE THINGS BEFORE IT GOT SUPER COLD.

THE STEEL FRAME HAS BEEN ERECTED AND CERTAINLY SITE UTILITIES ARE NOW COMPLETED.

SO WE'RE HOPING BY THE END OF JANUARY THAT OUR EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR FRAMING ARE NEAR COMPLETION, AND THAT WE WOULD BE WORKING AGAIN TOWARDS A SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF THE ENTIRE FACILITY BY THE FALL OF 2024.

BUT RIGHT NOW, WE ARE ON TRACK, AND THE GOAL HERE IS TO GET THIS BUILDING CLOSED IN BEFORE REALLY BAD WEATHER HAPPENS SO THEY CAN WORK INSIDE AND WE CAN STAY ON TRACK.

SO HERE IS A PICTURE OF KIND OF THE LATEST AND GREATEST OF WHERE THINGS ARE.

AND AGAIN ON TRACK AND ON SCHEDULE WITH THE PROJECT AND MAKING PROGRESS.

BAILEY HOOPER ROAD, SO THE STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE RIGHT OF WAY DOCUMENTS NECESSARY.

THE FINAL PLANS AND SPECS ARE CURRENTLY IN REVIEW, AND WE ARE SCHEDULED TO ADVERTISE AND BID THIS PROJECT IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, SO MOVING THAT PROJECT ALONG WELL.

THESE ARE THE ICONS THAT ARE ON OUR WEBSITE.

THE CITY OF SAKSI.COM/BOND 2021.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THESE NEW UPDATES, THAT I JUST WENT OVER WITH YOU ARE UPDATED HERE.

AND THOSE WILL BE PUT OUT ON OUR WEBSITE SO RESIDENTS CAN KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE IN REAL TIME.

SACHSE ROAD PHASE TWO DESIGN.

AS I SAID, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS NOW OF OF CONSULTANT SELECTION.

NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT SHORTLIST, WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU TO AWARD THE DESIGN CONTRACT IN FEBRUARY TO GET THAT DESIGN STARTED.

AND THEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PACKAGES, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE ONGOING THAT YOU WILL IDENTIFY AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE BOND AND THE BOND FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE.

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BUT OUR ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR CONCRETE WILL BE AWARDED ON FEBRUARY 5TH AT YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH WILL BE THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, SO WE CAN START IDENTIFICATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD PACKAGES AND MOVING THOSE PROJECTS FORWARD.

JUST A REMINDER FOR YOU ALL AND FOR THE PUBLIC ABOUT OUR FUTURE BOND PROJECT SCHEDULE.

AS YOU RECALL, YOU ALL MADE THE DECISION THAT YOU WANTED TO KEEP THE TAX RATE FLAT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF BEING ABLE TO APPROVE A FULL BOND PROGRAM.

SO AS SUCH, THAT TIMELINE IS A LITTLE BIT PROTRACTED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO SACHSE ROAD PHASE TWO.

THE CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED FOR 2025.

SACHSE ROAD PHASE THREE, WHICH WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE FROM THE MERRITT ROAD ALIGNMENT UP TO THE CITY LIMITS, NOT INCLUDING THE BRIDGE INTO WILEY IN 2028, AND THEN WILLIFORD ROAD FROM 78 TO BAILEY ROAD IN 2026 FOR DESIGN IN 2028 FOR CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN WEST CREEK LANE, IN 2025.

AGAIN, AS I REFERENCED BEFORE, FOR THE PUBLIC, ANY INFORMATION ON THE BOND PROCESS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.CITY OFSACHSE.COM/BOND2021, AND WE'LL HAVE THE UPDATED INFORMATION OUT THERE FROM TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, OUT THERE TOMORROW.

AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

OR IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OF COREY OR CHIEF SYLVESTER, THEY'RE AVAILABLE AS WELL.

THANK YOU, MISS NASH.

QUESTIONS FROM AMONG THE COUNCIL FOR MISS NASH OR STAFF.

MR. LINDSEY APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION, I GUESS CLARIFICATION ON SACHSE ROAD.

PHASE TWO, THE CONSTRUCTION SAYS STARTS 2025.

PRESUMABLY THE MERRITT ROAD CONSTRUCTION WILL START 2025.

AND SO THIS IS UP TO THE MERRITT ROAD ALIGNMENT.

AND THEN PHASE THREE IS FROM THAT MERRITT ROAD ALIGNMENT.

SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS RIGHT, PHASE TWO IS GOING TO BE SOME OF THE AREA THAT'S BEING RELOCATED WHERE MERRITT CURRENTLY IS TO THE AREA AT WOODBRIDGE. SO ARE THESE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COEXIST TOGETHER? THEY WILL BECAUSE AS WITH MOST PROJECTS AS YOU KNOW, AS DENIS SANTRY JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH MERRITT ROAD WILL STILL HAVE UTILITY RELOCATIONS.

WE'LL HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT WE WILL NEED TO DO AS WE START THE PROJECT, AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE WHOEVER IS CONSTRUCTING THIS PHASE, ALONG WITH WHOEVER IS CONSTRUCTING THE OTHER PHASE OF MERRITT ROAD, TO BE TALKING THROUGHOUT THIS, TO MAKE SURE THAT MEANS AND METHODS ARE CONSIDERED RELATIVE TO TIMING AND THAT WE'RE NOT IN CONFLICT.

AND SO, THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT AS THIS PORTION OF THE PROJECT IS PUT OUT TO BID, WE'LL BE ABLE TO UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH MERRITT ROAD.

AND SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO CONSIDER THAT AS THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THEIR CONSTRUCTION, PHASING FOR THIS PHASE OF MERRITT ROAD OR SACHSE ROAD.

I'M SORRY. LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

THANK YOU. I DO HAVE A REQUEST TO SPEAK.

MR. HOLBOKE . MARTY HOLBOKE, 5511 OAK RIDGE CIRCLE, SACHSE, TEXAS.

I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'LL TURN OFF THE SIGNS WHEN SOMEBODY COMES UP HERE.

WHO'S PUTTING IN THE SIGNALS? IS IT THE MERRITT ROAD CONTRACTOR, OR IS IT GOING TO BE THE SACHSE ROAD CONTRACTOR? WHO'S GOING TO BE SIGNALIZING THAT INTERSECTION? I DO BELIEVE THAT WHEN THE BOND ELECTION COME AROUND, WE DIDN'T SAY WE WANTED OUR TAX RATE TO BE FLATLINED.

WE SAID WE WANT OUR TAXES TO BE FLATLINED.

AND THERE'S A MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO.

MR. FRANKS THINKS THAT HE HAS NO CONTROL OVER ANYTHING.

IT'S ALL DCAD'S BUSINESS IS WHY OUR TAXES ARE GOING THROUGH THE ROOF, SO MAYBE, HOPEFULLY HE CAN FIX THAT.

WHEN YOU'RE GOING.

WHEN YOU PICK YOUR DESIGNER FOR SACHSE ROAD, WHEN IS THE PUBLIC INPUT GOING TO BE ON THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTES YOU ARE LOOKING FOR BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE IN THE BUILDING A WALL BUSINESS NOW, AND IN PHASE THREE I'M LOOKING FOR A WALL AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S IN THE BUDGET.

BUT THE BIG QUESTION IS RIGHT OFF THE BAT IS WHO'S DOING THE SIGNALS? THE TWO DOGLEGS AT MERRITT AND WOODBRIDGE ARE DEATH TRAP.

I THINK THE POLICE CHIEF CAN TESTIFY TO THAT.

SO AS SOON AS ONE GETS CUT OFF, TRAFFIC HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO LET LOOSE THE HOUNDS.

SO HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT LIKE THE LAST SIGNAL PROJECT Y'ALL DID.

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MR. PRESTENBERG? OKAY, GO AHEAD.

AND SO IT'S NOT A QUESTION.

IT'S MORE OF JUST A STATEMENT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE, WE HAVE A NEW SOCIAL MEDIA.

ESTER. I BELIEVE I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET YOU YET, BUT, WE NEED TO OVERCOMMUNICATE SACHSE ROAD.

OH MY GOSH. IT'S NUMBER ONE ISSUE ON SOCIAL MEDIA IT SEEMS LIKE.

AND NO COMMUNICATIONS TOO LITTLE.

RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE FIX A POTHOLE OR WE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE MIGHT DO, WE JUST NEED OVERCOMMUNICATE IT.

PROGRESS DELAYS, GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, ALL THAT STUFF.

I'LL JUST SAY BAD NEWS IS BEST SERVED WARM, YOU KNOW? SO LET'S GET IT OUT THERE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN IF WE HAVE SOME.

SO, EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THANKS FOR THE UPDATE.

GINA, APPRECIATE. THAT'S ALL I GOT.

THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

BUT IF YOU KNOW THE QUESTIONS, MISS NASH HAS AN UPDATE.

THE ONLY QUESTION THAT I COULD GLEAN OUT OF THAT SPECIFICALLY WAS WHO WOULD BE, DESIGNING THOSE SIGNALS? AND OF COURSE, WE WOULDN'T KNOW THAT UNTIL THOSE PROJECTS ARE BID AND CORY, UNLESS YOU ALREADY HAVE AN ANSWER.

SO WITH THE MERRITT ROAD WOODBRIDGE INTERSECTION WILL BE PART OF THE MERRITT ROAD CONTRACT.

AND THEN TO DENNIS'S CREDIT, WE PUT THAT AS PHASE ONE OF THE PLANS.

SO THAT INTERSECTION SHOULD BE DONE FIRST.

SO THAT HELPS US COORDINATE WITH SACHSE ROAD PHASE TWO.

SO THE INTERSECTION IS DONE.

WE CAN WORK ON THE SOUTH HALF OF MERRITT ROAD WHILE THE SACHSE ROAD PHASE TWO IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE SAME TIME.

SO THAT INTERSECTION WILL BE THE FIRST PART DONE WITH THE MERRITT ROAD CONTRACT.

OKAY. WAS THAT THE QUESTION THAT WAS, YEAH.

OKAY. I JUST WANT TO I MISUNDERSTOOD, I THOUGHT THE QUESTION WAS WHO WOULD BE DESIGNING IT.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFICS OF THAT.

SO TO YOUR POINT, YOU UNDERSTAND THE PHASING THAT'S ALREADY DESIGNED.

IT'S ALREADY PART OF THE THE THE METRO PLAN SET.

SO THANK YOU, MR. NESBITT. OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

[5. Conduct a public hearing to consider an ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances by amending Chapter 3 "Building Regulations," Article 1 "In General" to repeal Section 3-10 "Signs" in its entirety and reserve for future use; by amending Chapter 11 "Zoning," Exhibit 11A "Zoning Ordinance," Article 4 "General Provisions Applying to All or Several Districts," by adding Section 8 "Signs;" by amending Chapter 11 "Zoning," Exhibit 11A "Zoning Ordinance," Article 7 "General Provisions Applying to All or Several Districts" by deleting Section 2(7); providing a conflicts clause; providing for a repealing clause; providing for a severability clause; providing a savings clause; providing for a penalty of fine not to exceed $2,000; and providing for an effective date.]

HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM E5.

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER THREE BUILDING REGULATIONS.

ARTICLE ONE. IN GENERAL, TO REPEAL SECTION 3-10, SIGNS, IN ITS ENTIRETY AND RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE BY AMENDING CHAPTER 11 ZONING EXHIBIT 11, A, ZONING ORDINANCE. ARTICLE FOUR GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLYING TO ALL OR SEVERAL DISTRICTS BY ADDING SECTION EIGHT SIGNS BY AMENDING CHAPTER 11 ZONING.

EXHIBIT 11 A, ZONING ORDINANCE.

ARTICLE SEVEN GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLYING TO ALL OR SEVERAL DISTRICTS BY DELETING SECTION TWO.

SECTION TWO, SUBSECTION SEVEN PROVIDING A PROVIDING A CONFLICT CLAUSE.

PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE.

PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.

PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE.

PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR A FINE, NOT TO SEEK $2,000, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

I NORMALLY BLAME JOE. I'M NOT GOING TO BLAME MISS MORRIS BECAUSE SHE IS TOO NICE TO BE BLAMED FOR THIS.