Apr 07, 2025 City Council

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WELL, WELCOME EVERYONE OUT TO THE SACHSE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

[A. Meeting Opening]

WE ARE CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:30 P.M.. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM A2 INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I'VE ASKED MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS TO OFFER THE INVOCATION AND MR. LINDSEY TO LEAD THE PLEDGES. IF YOU WILL PLEASE RISE. PLEASE PRAY WITH ME.

DEAR LORD, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO GATHER TONIGHT AS WE MAKE THE DECISIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF SACHSE AND PREPARE OUR CITY FOR THE BEST CONDITIONS THAT WE CAN FOR OUR FUTURE.

ALLOW US TO HEAR EACH OTHER'S ARGUMENTS AND MAKE THE BEST DECISION, HEAR EACH OTHER'S OPINIONS AND WORK IN A RESPECTFUL AND MEANINGFUL MANNER.

I ALWAYS ASK THAT YOU LOOK OVER ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AS THEY KEEP OUR CITY GOING.

ALL OF OUR MILITARY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND ALL OF OUR CITIZENS.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO GATHER AS WE DO YOUR WORK.

AMEN. PLEASE JOIN US IN THE US AND TEXAS PLEDGES.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU. MAY BE SEATED. AGAIN, WELCOME EVERYONE OUT TONIGHT.

THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM B, RECOGNITION.

[B. Recognition]

IF YOU ALL WILL HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR ESTEEMED LIBRARY STAFF, COME ON DOWN.

YOU TRAIN ME WELL. OKAY. WELL, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GREAT LIBRARY. IF YOU HAVEN'T EVER BEEN TO OUR LIBRARY, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT.

WE HAVE EVER SINCE OUR LIBRARY HAS OPENED, WHICH HAS BEEN MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, WE'VE ALWAYS FELT LIKE WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN A STEP AHEAD OF EVERYBODY ELSE.

AND ANOTHER THING YOU MAY NOT REALIZE IS THAT A CITY OUR SIZE DOESN'T TYPICALLY HAVE A LIBRARY OF OUR SIZE.

AND I TELL ALL THE MAYORS AROUND THAT, ESPECIALLY NO OFFENSE TO MURPHY OR ANYTHING, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE ONE WE DO. AND IT'S JUST BEEN A REALLY GREAT ASSET.

AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST OR MOST FREQUENT COMMENTS I GET IS THAT ONE, WE HAVE IT.

AND TWO, THE SELECTION WE HAVE IT THERE I KNOW, I GUESS WE STILL HAVE THE 3D PRINTER.

I GUESS WE STILL GOT IT. YEAH. AND AND THAT WAS A BIG HIT WHEN WE HAD OUR 3D PRINTER.

SO IT WAS SOMETHING THAT IT'S JUST WE'RE ALWAYS ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF THINGS, WHETHER IT'S EBOOKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO WE WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE GREAT WORK THE LIBRARY DOES WITH THIS PROCLAMATION WITH NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS LIBRARIES OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO CONNECT WITH OTHERS, LEARN NEW SKILLS, AND PURSUE THEIR PASSIONS NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE IN LIFE AND OR IN LIFE'S JOURNEY.

AND WHEREAS LIBRARIES ADAPT TO THE EVER CHANGING NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES, DEVELOPING EXPANDING COLLECTIONS, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT ARE AS DIVERSE AS THE POPULATIONS THEY SERVE.

AND WHEREAS LIBRARIES ARE ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE PLACES THAT PROMOTE A SENSE OF LOCAL CONNECTION, ADVANCING UNDERSTANDING, CIVIC UNDERSTANDING, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND SHARED COMMUNITY GOALS.

AND WHEREAS LIBRARIES ARE AN ESSENTIAL PUBLIC GOOD, AND FUNDAMENTAL INSTITUTIONS AND DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES WORKING TO IMPROVE SOCIETY, PROTECT THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION AND LITERACY, AND PROMOTE THE FREE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND IDEAS FOR ALL.

AND WHEREAS LIBRARIES, LIBRARIANS AND LIBRARY WORKERS ARE JOINING LIBRARY SUPPORTERS AND ADVOCATES ACROSS THE NATION TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JEFF BICKERSTAFF, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SACHSE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 6TH THROUGH 12TH, 2025 AS NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK IN SACHSE AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO CONNECT WITH THEIR LIBRARY BY VISITING ONLINE OR IN PERSON TO ACCESS RESOURCES AND SERVICES.

CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU COUNCIL, FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE LIBRARY AND FOR THE RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.

WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN ACTIVITIES GOING ON THIS WEEK AND ALL THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, ACTUALLY.

AND FOR KIDS IF YOU KIDS CAN STOP BY THIS WEEK FOR A HIDDEN GEM BOOK PACK, CHECK OUT A MYSTERY BOOK AND A FUN PRIZE.

SO WHATEVER IT IS THAT DRAWS YOU TO THE LIBRARY, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK US OUT ONLINE OR IN PERSON THIS WEEK.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A LIBRARY CARD, GO SEE THIS GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE.

ALL RIGHT. EXCUSE ME. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM C, PUBLIC COMMENT.

[C. Public Comment]

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THE TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE MEETING. ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, COUNCIL IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA, BUT WILL TAKE COMMENTS UNDER ADVISEMENT. I HAVE A COUPLE CARDS. MARTY HOLBERT I'M GOOD.

THANKS, SIR. NEXT CARD I HAVE IS AND I APOLOGIZE, AMIR SINGH.

YES, SIR. SO IF YOU CAN COME TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE.

ALL RIGHT. HELLO, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS AMRIK SINGH I LIVE IN SACHSE, JUST BY HERITAGE PARK.

SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO TODAY IS TALK ABOUT MY COMMUNITY, THE SIKH COMMUNITY, AND THEIR ROLE IN THE CITY OF SACHSE.

SO FIRST OFF, MY COMMUNITY IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CITY OF SACHSE.

FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE SHARED VALUES. THOSE VALUES INCLUDE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES, HUMANITARIAN AID INITIATIVES, AND JUST BROTHERHOOD IN GENERAL.

SO I WANT TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF THE SIKH COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATION IN THE CITY OF SACHSE.

FOR INSTANCE, EVERY YEAR AT THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE BASH DOWN OVER IN HERITAGE PARK, THE SIKH COMMUNITY GIVES OUT FREE DRINKS.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE THE VERY FIRST RED, WHITE AND BLUE BASH.

AND WE DISTRIBUTE ABOUT A THOUSAND DRINKS EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

I BELIEVE THAT IT IS ONLY A TESTAMENT TO OUR KIND OF CULTURE OF GIVING AND SERVICE TO THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE IT IS VERY HOT, AS WE ALL KNOW.

AND, I MEAN, NOT EVERYBODY BRINGS THEIR OWN DRINKS OR, YOU KNOW, SO WE TRY FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO GIVE OUT AS MANY DRINKS AS POSSIBLE AND ALSO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT WHO WE ARE BECAUSE WE ARE A COMMUNITY THAT IS NOT VERY SIZABLE, ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY OF SACHSE.

BUT WE DO TRY AND MAKE OUR IMPACT AS NOTICEABLE AS POSSIBLE.

SO WE DO TRY AND TELL PEOPLE ABOUT WHO WE ARE.

FOR INSTANCE, WE WERE FOUNDED IN 1469 BY OUR FIRST GURU, OR YOU COULD SAY PROPHET.

AND IN 1699 WE HAVE THE INITIATION OF THE KHALSA.

YOU THINK OF IT AS A SIKH, GETTING BAPTIZED IN A SENSE THAT IS SORT OF LIKE THE FAITH'S REAL INITIATION TOWARDS BECOMING A SIKH.

AND THAT CELEBRATION ACTUALLY IS JUST ABOUT TO COME UP ON APRIL 14TH, WE WILL HAVE SEE, I'M NOT REALLY GOOD AT MATH, SO. BUT YOU CAN KIND OF GUESS IT STARTED IN 1699.

SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE YOU COULD SAY IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

BUT SO ON APRIL 14TH, IT WILL BE THE ANNIVERSARY OF VAISAKHI OR THE INITIATION OF THE KHALSA.

WHAT THE KHALSA BASICALLY IS, IS KIND OF LIKE THE FORMALIZED VERSION OF THE SIKH FAITH.

SO AS YOU SEE, I'M WEARING A TURBAN. I HAVE A BUNCH OF ARTICLES OF FAITH ON ME THAT I CARRY DUE TO MY DUTY AS A SIKH.

SAME THING FOR WOMEN AS WELL. SO IF YOU SEE A SIKH, HERE'S A QUICK TIP.

IF YOU SEE A SIKH WHO HAS A TURBAN AND YOU KNOW YOU THINK HE'S A SIKH, JUST CALL HIM MR. SINGH. EVERY SIKH SHARES THE SAME MIDDLE NAME, WHICH IS SINGH, WHICH MEANS LION.

IT'S THE SAME THING FOR A SIKH WOMAN. THEY ALL SHARE THE SAME MIDDLE NAME, GARR, WHICH MEANS PRINCESS.

SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW SOMEBODY'S NAME. BUT YOU OH MAN OH, HEY, HE'S WEARING A TURBAN.

HE KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A SIKH. OH, HEY, MR. SINGH, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO RESPOND TO YOU.

SO THERE'S A QUICK LITTLE TIP YOU SHOULD PROBABLY TRY THAT OUT. YEAH.

SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO REALLY THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN GIVEN.

AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE SIKH COMMUNITY WANTS TO WORK WITH ALL COMMUNITIES AND EXPRESS OUR DESIRES TO, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH OTHER FAITHS AND OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY OF SACHSE TO NOT ONLY MAKE THIS A MORE SECURE PLACE, BUT ALSO ONE THAT SHARES SAME VALUES, AND ALSO ONE WITH A LOT OF BROTHERHOOD AND A LOT OF COMPASSION TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER, AND WE REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN WORK IN TANDEM TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. MR. SINGH, I'LL TAKE THE SAFE ROUTE THERE AND THEN.

AND I'M GOING TO BUTCHER THE NAME, I APOLOGIZE.

THE NEXT CARD I HAVE IS JORAVAR SINGH. I HOPE I GOT THAT CLOSE I HOPE.

AND YOUR STATE, YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE.

HEY, MY NAME IS JORAVAR SINGH. I LIVE IN PLANO, TEXAS.

FIRST, I JUST WANT TO THANK MAYOR BICKERSTAFF AND THE COUNCIL FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE SIKH TEMPLE IN RICHARDSON.

I'M A DIRECTOR ON THE BOARD. AND AS MANY OF YOU GUYS KNOW, TODAY THIS MONTH IS A LOT OF RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS NOT FOR CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS AND US SIKHS. IT'S VAISAKHI. AND IT WAS FORMED IN 1699 BY OUR 10TH GURU, GURU GOBIND SINGH JI, AND IT EMPHASIZED EQUALITY, COURAGE AND SERVICE TO OTHERS, WHICH IS THE HEART OF SIKHI AND A BELIEF IN ONE GOD, HONEST LIVING AND CARING FOR ALL OF HUMANITY.

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AND LIKE I SAID, CHRISTIANS WILL BE CELEBRATING EASTER.

I THINK IT'S A TIME FOR GRATITUDE, COMMUNITY AND GENEROSITY.

AND INTERFAITH VALUES THAT WE ALL ALL SHARE. AND IN THAT SPIRIT, I WANT TO EXTEND A WARM INVITATION TO ALL OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITIZENS HERE AND WATCHING AT HOME TO JOIN US AT OUR GURDWARA, WHICH IS LOCATED IN RICHARDSON TO HELP US CELEBRATE VAISAKHI AND HUMANITY IN GENERAL. AND LET US CONTINUE TO LEAD WITH THE UNDERSTANDING TO CELEBRATE OUR DIVERSITY AND WORK TOGETHER FOR A MORE INCLUSIVE AND UNITED COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU, MR. SINGH. I DO HAVE ONE CARD THAT WAS SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE MEETING FROM MISS REID.

I UNDERSTAND THAT SHE DOES NOT WANT TO SPEAK. HOWEVER, EACH COUNCIL MEMBER HAS A COPY OF YOUR EMAIL YOU SENT EARLIER TODAY, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE ENTERED INTO THE RECORD.

THANK YOU, MISS REID. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AN ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM D COUNCIL STAFF REPORTS AND UPDATES.

[D. Council/Staff Reports and Updates]

I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED. WHAT? OH, NO. PERFECT.

THANK YOU. AS THE LIAISON FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER HERE IN SACHSE, I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT I'M HAVING TO TALK ABOUT JOSH AGAIN FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE MEETING. JOSH IS A PLAYFUL, RED, FRECKLED CHARMER WHO'S BACK ON THE MARKET AND EAGER TO FIND HIS FOREVER PERSON.

AS YOU SEE HIM ON THE SCREEN. YOU BROUGHT VISUALS AND EVERYTHING.

YES. HE FIRST STOLE HEARTS WITH A SWEET FOUR MONTH OLD IN FALL OF 23, BUT HE RETURNED WHEN HIS ADOPTIVE FAMILY HAD TO MOVE AWAY.

JOSH IS NEUTERED, FULLY VACCINATED, HOUSE TRAINED, AND WALKS WONDERFULLY ON A LEASH.

HE'S A SOCIABLE GUY WHO GETS ALONG GREAT WITH OTHER DOGS AND ENJOYS EVERYTHING FROM LIVELY BACKYARD PLAYTIME TO COZY NETFLIX EVENINGS ON THE COUCH.

BEST OF ALL, ADOPTING JOSH IS FREE THROUGH OUR BIG FRIENDLY DOG SPECIAL.

COME MEET HIM TODAY AND SEE IF HE'S THE COMPANION YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR.

ANIMAL SHELTER IS DOING REALLY GOOD THINGS RIGHT NOW, SO I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU.

EVEN IF YOU CAN'T ADOPT JOSH TO GO OUT THERE AND AT LEAST GIVE HIM A FEW PATS BEHIND THE EAR AND MAYBE TAKE HIM FOR A WALK.

SO THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS. THANK YOU MAYOR.

SO FIRSTLY, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT FOR ARBOR DAY JUBILEE.

WE HAD ABOUT [INAUDIBLE], WE HAD ABOUT 225 VOLUNTEERS, 21 DIFFERENT GROUPS.

THEY COLLECTED 800 AND, EXCUSE ME, 208 BAGS OF TRASH, WHICH EQUALED OVER 3,100 POUNDS OF TRASH.

SPECIAL THANKS TO CHASE OAKS WOODBRIDGE CAMPUS, THEY PROVIDED BREAKFAST, FIVE LOAVES PANTRY PROVIDED COFFEE, AND THE FLORIDA LEE GARDEN CLUB FOR HANDING OUT GARDENING INFORMATION.

FOR KIDS, SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ALWAYS UP THERE.

THE SPLASH PAD AT JK SACHSE WILL BE AT AND AT HERITAGE PARK ARE NOW OPEN FOR SEASON.

BOTH SPLASH PADS ARE OPEN FROM 9 TO 9. EVEN IN THE WINTER, KIDS ARE RUNNING AROUND ON THAT EQUIPMENT.

IT WAS CRAZY. THERE WAS NO WATER, BUT THEY DIDN'T CARE THEY WERE RUNNING AROUND ANYWAY. AND WE HAVE UPCOMING THIS WEEKEND.

WE HAVE THE EASTER EGG HUNTS GOING ON. SO OUR EASTER EGG HUNTS WILL BE THIS SATURDAY.

THE FIRST WE'LL HAVE OUR EASTER EGG SCRAMBLE AT 10 A.M..

WE HAVE FIVE PLUS THOUSAND LANCE WILL PROBABLY CORRECT ME, BUT 5,000 EGGS THAT TAKE HOURS TO BE PUT OUT BY OUR PARKS AND RECREATION CREW AND THEY'RE GONE IN A MATTER OF 65 SECONDS. YOU WILL GET RUN OVER, YOU WILL GET TRAMPLED.

THEY WILL TAKE YOUR LEGS OUT FROM YOU. WE ALSO HAVE THAT'S FOR AGES 2 TO 10.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR EGG ACCESSIBLE EGG HUNT SCRAMBLE FROM 2 TO 3 AT THE MICHAEL J.

FELIX COMMUNITY CENTER FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

THAT IS INDOORS IN THE GYM. IT'S PRETTY COOL.

THEY GOT FLASHING STUFF, TOUCH STUFF, CANDY, AND NOBODY LIKES CANDY.

AND THEN THE EVENING WILL HAVE THE DOGGY BONE HUNT AT 7 P.M.

AT HERITAGE PARK. AND THEN OUR BIGGEST EVENT, IN MY OPINION, IS OUR OR MY FAVORITE EVENT, I GUESS, IT'S NOT BIGGEST, BUT IS THE FLASHLIGHT EGG HUNT AT 8 P.M..

WHERE THOUSANDS OF EGGS ARE PUT OUT ONCE AGAIN, THOUSANDS OR HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN WILL COME OUT ONCE AGAIN THEY WILL RUN YOU OVER, THEY WILL TAKE YOU OUT. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY WILL SHINE EVERY FLASHLIGHT THEY HAVE IN YOUR FACE MULTIPLE TIMES.

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I THINK I COVERED IT ALL. LET ME MAKE SURE ON MY NOTES.

I THINK THAT'S IT. YEAH. IF I THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE, I'LL CHIME BACK IN.

YOU CAN YOU CAN HIT YOUR BUTTON IF YOU FORGOT SOMETHING.

MR. MILLSAP. TO GO ALONG WITH THE LIBRARY NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.

IF YOU ARE NEEDING OR IF YOU'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME TRAINING AND WORK, OUR EXPERIENCES ARE ACCEPTING VOLUNTEERS FOR THE SUMMER AND THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS APRIL THE 17TH.

YOU CAN DO THAT ONLINE OR ACTUALLY DO IT IN HOUSE BY GOING TO VISITING LIBRARY.

ALSO NEXT MONDAY EVENING AT 6:00, THEY'RE ASKING YOU IF YOU'RE BETWEEN 13 AND 18 TO COME AND JOIN THEM IN MAKING YOUR OWN SUGAR SCRUBS FROM SCRATCH FOR FOR THIS AGE GROUP, THAT'S AN ACTIVITY.

THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER LITTLE THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO MENTION A LITTLE BIT.

WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PUBLICITY FOR SACHSE AND LOTS OF THINGS.

I THINK THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON IN SACHSE BEHIND THE SCENES.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE CAME TO A SHOP FRIDAY FROM LONDON, ENGLAND. THEY HAD FLOWN OVER TO GO TO A NATIONAL DRAG RACE DOWN IN ENNIS, IT RAINED IT OUT, SO THEY DECIDED TO LOOK AT SOME OTHER, OTHER ACTIVITIES.

SO THEY CAME TO A SHOP IN SACHSE FOR ABOUT A HALF A DAY.

THEN THEY WENT TO WAXAHACHIE AND VISITED ANOTHER SHOP DOWN THERE.

SO THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE SMALLER TOWNS IN THE METROPLEX THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THESE TYPES OF VISITORS.

THERE WAS ALSO A MEETING NATIONAL WELDING ASSOCIATION HELD THEIR QUARTERLY MEETING IN SACHSE.

THERE WAS 30 PEOPLE SHOWED UP. LETOURNEAU UNIVERSITY HAD REPRESENTATIVES THERE.

THERE WAS A MANUFACTURER'S REP FROM SWEDEN THERE.

SO THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN SACHSE THAT BRING A LOT OF PUBLICITY TO THE CITY OF SACHSE THAT, THAT PEOPLE REALLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT. THANK YOU, MR. MILLSAP. ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? MISS NASH. THANK YOU MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM ME.

A COUPLE OF NEW HIRES THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE A NEW SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD DOWN AT HUDSON, ROGER CAMP JUST JOINED US.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A NEW STREETS AND DRAINAGE SUPERINTENDENT JOSHUA SCHULTZ.

SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE NEW HIRES.

AND THEN CONGRATULATIONS TO SHANE DENNIS, WHO WAS PROMOTED FROM FIREFIGHTER RECRUIT TO FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE MAYOR. YOU ALWAYS HAVE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER SMILE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR EMPLOYEES.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM ME.

THE MAY 3RD ELECTION IS NIGH UPON US. THE EARLY VOTING FOR MAY 3RD ELECTION STARTS ON APRIL 22ND AND RUNS THROUGH APRIL 29TH.

IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ELECTION COMING UP, YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE. GET ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THE WEBSITE DOES NOT ANSWER FOR YOU.

YOU CAN CONTACT MISS GRANGER, OUR CITY SECRETARY.

ALSO COMING UP, THE EXTREME GREEN EVENT ON MAY 17TH.

THAT'S ALSO SATURDAY FROM 8 TO 11 OR EXCUSE ME, 8 TO 1 P.M..

AND THEN SO IF YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF SPRING CLEANING, MARK YOUR CALENDARS, MAY 17TH.

WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT HERE AT MUNICIPAL COMPLEX RIGHT OUT FRONT. AND IN COORDINATION WITH COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL CWD, YOU CAN DISPOSE OF HOUSEHOLD WASTE TREE AND YARD WASTE APPLIANCES. ALL THAT STUFF'S GOING TO BE FREE FOR YOU TO DROP OFF.

SO IT'S ONLY FOR SACHSE RESIDENTS. SO TELL YOUR GARLAND/ROWLETT FRIENDS THEY CAN'T COME, BUT YOU HAVE TO PROVE THAT YOU LIVE HERE.

AND BUT THIS WILL HELP KEEP SACHSE THE GREAT CLEAN COMMUNITY THAT IT ALREADY IS.

SO AGAIN, IF YOU GOT THOSE STUFF, YOU JUST CAN'T EVER GET RID OF HAZARDOUS WASTE ESPECIALLY THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

MAY 17TH, 8 A.M. TO 1 P.M.. AND LASTLY, WATER CONSERVATION REMINDERS.

IT IS A HARD CONCEPT TO GET RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SO MUCH RAIN.

BUT WE ARE IN OUR OFFICIAL WATER CONSERVATION PERIOD.

THAT'S APRIL 1ST THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST. IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL NOW.

YOU DON'T HAVE A BIG REASON TO WATER YOUR YARD, BUT IF YOU'VE LIVED HERE FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME, IT'S GOING TO GET DRY AND HOT. AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T WATER OUTSIDE THE GUIDELINES.

AND SO LIKE I SAID, YOU MUST LIMIT YOUR WATER YOUR LANDSCAPING WATERING FROM FOR TWO DAYS A WEEK.

ALL THE INFORMATION IS ON OUR WEBSITE. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO LOOK AT THAT. BUT AGAIN, OUR WATER CONSERVATION TIME IS NOW APRIL 1ST THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST.

OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM C, CONSENT AGENDA.

[E. Consent Agenda]

ITEM TWO APPROVE THE MARCH 3RD, 2025 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES.

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ITEM FOUR AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH NO- DIGTEC FOR PIPE BURSTING IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE THIRD STREET WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT W -24-14 THROUGH THE INTERLOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM TIPS PROGRAM.

CONTRACT NUMBER 22,000. EXCUSE ME 20110401. IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $526,900.

ITEM FIVE APPROVE THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BUILDING SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SACHSE AND J.

NICHOLS CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED TO PROVIDE MOWING AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR CITY PARKS, MEDIANS, RIGHTS OF WAY AND OPEN SPACES. ANYONE ON COUNCIL LIKE TO SEE ANYTHING REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION. MR. PRESTENBERG.

YES. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

MOTION BY MR. PRESTENBERG TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

MRS. BUHLER. SECOND. SECOND BY MISS BUHLER. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.

YEAH.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM F, ACTION ITEMS.

[1. Consider authorizing the City Manager to approve Change Order No. 1 for Bailey Road Reconstruction (BP-21-B01) an amount not to exceed One hundred Twenty-Three Thousand, Seven Hundred Twelve and 58/100 Dollars ($123,712.58).]

I DON'T THINK I CAN EXPLAIN IT ANY BETTER THAN HE CAN.

OKAY. HELLO, MR. JAFFE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS BAILEY ROAD CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE.

THIS IS OUR FIRST CHANGE ORDER ON OUR BAILEY ROAD PROJECT.

I'M SURE EVERYBODY IS AWARE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY REBUILDING ALL OF BAILEY ROAD .

THIS SPECIFIC CHANGE ORDER HAS TO DO WITH THE WATER LINE THAT IS IN THERE.

WE'LL GO THROUGH A LITTLE PAST PROJECT OVERVIEW.

THIS IS THE AREA. ALL OF BAILEY ROAD IS BEING REPLACED FROM SACHSE ROAD ALL THE WAY TO WHERE IT TURNS INTO HOOPER AND EVENTUALLY HITS STATE HIGHWAY 78.

AS YOU CAN SEE, I'VE KIND OF CIRCLED THERE WHERE THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE ORDER IS TAKING PLACE.

THIS IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF BAILEY ROAD AND SACHSE ROAD .

THAT'S THE WATER LINES. THERE ARE A 16 INCH WATER LINE IN BAILEY ROAD AND AN 18 INCH WATER LINE IN SACHSE ROAD .

SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE VERY BIG WATER LINES FOR OUR CITY.

YOU KNOW, A STANDARD, A STANDARD WATER LINE FOR, FOR RESIDENTIAL STREET IS USUALLY 8 INCHES.

SO THIS IS THE SMALL ONE IS 16. IT'S TWICE THAT.

AND THE BIGGER ONE IS AN 18 INCH LINE. IT'S A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE PROJECT.

BAILEY ROAD RECONSTRUCTION WAS APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL ON AUGUST 5TH OF 2024.

THE STAFF FROM PUBLIC WORKS DID GO OUT AND EVALUATE THE EXISTING VALVES BEFORE WE DID DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT, WE EXERCISED ALL THE VALVES IN SUMMER OF 2024.

AT THAT TIME, WE FOUND THEM ALL WORKING. UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO MURPHY'S LAW AND ANYTHING THAT CAN GO WRONG IN CONSTRUCTION WILL.

WHEN WE WENT OUT TO ACTUALLY MAKE THE CONNECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE 16 INCH WATER LINE IN BAILEY ROAD , WE COULD NOT FULLY CLOSE TWO OF THE VALVES ON THAT LINE.

THAT MEANT WATER WAS STILL BLEEDING THROUGH INTO THAT 16 INCH LINE MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO ISOLATE.

AND WE COULD NOT DO THE WORK AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED.

SO WHAT WHAT THIS CHANGE ORDER ENTAILS IS REVISING THE MATERIAL AND LABOR QUANTITY QUANTITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WATER LINE, WE HAD TO DO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL 16 INCH BUTTERFLY VALVE.

THAT'S A VERY BIG VALVE. AN ADDITIONAL 18 INCH BY 16 INCH TEE.

THESE ARE ALL MADE OUT OF DUCTILE IRON. SO THESE THINGS ARE REALLY HEAVY AND REALLY BIG.

IT ALSO INCLUDED SOME ADDITIONAL WATER LINES 6 AND 16 INCH WATER LINES.

ORIGINALLY WE DID NOT INCLUDE ANY 18 INCH WATER LINE.

WE DID HAVE TO ADD SOME 18 INCH WATER LINE TO THE PROJECT.

ONE THING WE DID WAS TO TO BETTER ACCOMMODATE THE UPCOMING PROJECT FOR SACHSE ROAD PHASE TWO.

AS WE LEFT OURSELVES A STUB OUT. SO WHEN WE DO GET TO SACHSE ROAD PHASE TWO, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD EASY CONNECTION TO MAKE THAT WILL.

THAT WILL ALL BE VERY HELPFUL WHEN WE DO GET TO THAT PROJECT.

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WE ORIGINALLY HAD 365 CALENDAR DAYS FOR BAILEY ROAD PROJECT.

WE UPPED THAT TO 380 CALENDAR DAYS TO MAKE UP FOR THE DELAYS THAT HAPPENED DURING THIS CHANGE ORDER.

THIS CHANGE ORDER WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE UTILITY FUND.

STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE FOR BAILEY ROAD RECONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $123,712.58. THANK YOU, MR. JAFFE. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. MR. PRESTENBERG? YES. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

SILLY QUESTION, BUT WHEN Y'ALL DID THE TEST LAST SUMMER AND IT WAS WORKING FINE, AND NOW IT'S NOT.

I'M ASSUMING THESE VALVES HAVE BEEN THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE. IS THAT RIGHT? THEY ARE 40 TO 50 YEARS OLD.

OKAY. SO THEY FAR SURPASSED ANY SORT OF WARRANTY.

YES, IT MIGHT BE THERE. OKAY. I WANT TO SEE THE WARRANTY.

IF THEY GOT A WARRANTY. NO, THAT'D BE CRAZY. WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF WE BOUGHT AN EXTENDED ONE. YOU KNOW, THEY ALWAYS CALL US ABOUT IT. SO I'M KIDDING. BUT, YEAH, I USED TO LIVE REALLY CLOSE TO, LIKE, ONE OF THE WATER TOWERS.

AND I WAS ALWAYS TOLD THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CLOSER YOU LIVE TO A WATER TOWER, THE MORE PRESSURE IT PUTS ON YOUR WATER.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TRUE THAT IS, BUT IT SOUNDED GOOD AT THE TIME WHEN I HEARD IT.

IS THIS SOMETHING? IS THAT JUST WEAR AND TEAR THAT CAUSED THAT, OR WAS IT ANYTHING TO DO? IS THERE OTHER INSTANCES THAT WE SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT OR ANOTHER PROBLEM I GUESS.

SO I THINK THAT IT WAS JUST WEAR AND TEAR. THINK OF THESE VALVES.

THE BUTTERFLY VALVES. THEY OPEN LIKE A BUTTERFLY.

THAT'S WHY THEY'RE CALLED THAT AND BLOCK ALL THE WATER OFF. THEY'RE GREAT AS LONG AS EVERYTHING IS CLEAN AND EVERYTHING IS GREAT, BUT ANY KIND OF GRIT OR SAND OR ANYTHING THAT GETS IN, USUALLY IT CAUSES IT NOT TO COMPLETELY OPEN SO THAT THERE'S, THERE'S WATER THAT THAT BYPASSES THAT VALVE AND GETS INTO THE WATER LINE.

WELL, THIS IS A 16 INCH LINE. SO THAT'S A LOT OF WATER.

AND IT IS VERY IT'S A PRETTY DANGEROUS THING TO HAVE SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, 10 FEET DOWN IN A HOLE IF ONE OF THOSE WATER LINES WERE TO BURST.

I, I THINK THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE BY BY FIXING THIS WATER LINE AND REPLACING BAILEY ROAD , THAT WE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING AND UPGRADING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANY WAY TO TO GUARANTEE THAT A WATER VALVE NEVER FAILS.

TRUE. I'M NOT NECESSARILY OPPOSING IT. I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT WAS CAUSING IT OTHER THAN WEAR AND TEAR OVER 40 SOMETHING YEARS.

SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THERE'S NO QUESTION.

I BELIEVE IT WAS. WE'RE IN OVER 40 SOMETHING YEARS.

THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME. OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

I DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD, MARTY HOLBOKE.

MARTY HOLBOKE, 5511 OAK RIDGE CIRCLE, SACHSE, TEXAS, TOP OF THE HILL.

EXCELLENT QUESTION. BUT THE BIGGER QUESTION IS WHY DID YOU NOT REPLACE A 50 YEAR OLD VALVE WHEN YOU WERE DOING THE PLANS? AND HAS THIS WORK ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED, OR ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE TO REDIG ALL THAT NICE GRADING WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE OUT THERE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HOLBOKE. ANY OTHER PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? COME ON BACK, MR. JEFF. I CAN ANSWER, CAN I ADDRESS? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. SO THE WORK IS IS COMPLETED.

WE WE DID THE THE WORK NEEDED. IT WAS AN EMERGENCY FIX.

IT HAD TO GET DONE PRETTY MUCH IMMEDIATELY. SO IT HAS BEEN DONE.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO, TO DIG UP ANYTHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY PUT INTO PLACE.

AS FAR AS WHY WE DID NOT PLAN ON THIS VALVE NOT WORKING? THE ONLY ANSWER I CAN GIVE IS THAT WE TESTED IT SUMMER OF LAST YEAR, AND IT DID WORK AT THAT TIME.

SO IN OUR OPINION, EVERYTHING WAS GOOD. IT WAS DEFINITELY TWO OF OUR GUYS SPENT ALL NIGHT OUT THERE TRYING TO TO SHUT THESE VALVES DOWN.

I KNOW THAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT ACTUALLY BROKE HIS WRENCH TRYING TO TO TORQUE THAT VALVE I THINK. IT'S HARD TO DO. IT'S A STEEL WRENCH.

AND HE HE BROKE THAT THING AND APPARENTLY THAT IS WHEN HE CALLED IT A NIGHT AND SAID IT IS.

WE NEED TO GO HOME AND FIGURE THIS OUT. THANK YOU, MR. JAFFE. OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YES. MR. PRESTENBERG. YEAH. AND THIS IS BASED ON OUR PREVIOUS SPEAKER.

I IT'S A KIND OF A VALID POINT THERE. IF WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT'S 40 TO 50 YEARS OLD, IF THE LIFE EXPECTANCY IS 30 TO 50 OR 60, YOU KNOW, BEST CASE SCENARIO, YOU GET THE PERFECT WATER,

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MIGHT BE BEST IN THE FUTURE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE PRODUCT TYPE PRODUCTS WE HAVE, BUT IF IT'S AT A 40 OR 50 YEAR LIFE CYCLE, MAYBE WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND QUOTE THAT IN THERE JUST FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

SO NOTED. AND WE WE ARE DOING THAT FOR SACHSE ROADS PHASE TWO.

WE HAVE WE HAVE ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR HEY WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO WHAT'S CALLED AN INSERT A VALVE, WHICH IS WHERE YOU CUT INTO AN ACTIVE LINE AND PUT A NEW NEW VALVE IN.

AFTER THIS, WE PUT THAT IN THERE. SO WE ARE GOING TO INCLUDE THAT IN OUR BUDGET IN THE FUTURE.

AWESOME. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

IF NOT, WE'LL ENTERTAIN MOTIONS. MR. LINDSEY.

YEAH, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. PERFECT PRESENTATION. YOU IDENTIFIED WHERE THE MONEY WAS COMING FROM, SO I APPRECIATE IT.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ALSO. I VERY MUCH THANK THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

BEING OUT THERE, I'M SLEEPING AT HOME IN BED, ALL COMFORTABLE AND EVERYTHING, AND THOSE GUYS ARE DOWN IN A HOLE.

I MEAN, IT'S IT'S TRULY UNSUNG HEROES THAT ARE OUT THERE KEEPING OUR CITY MOVING.

BUT WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. ITEM F ONE AS PRESENTED.

MOTION BY MR. LINDSEY TO APPROVE ITEM F ONE AS PRESENTED.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? MR. PRESTENBERG. SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND BY MR. PRESTENBERG. WHILE YOU'RE SLEEPING COMFORTABLY, MR. LINDSEY, THEY'RE BREAKING WRENCHES. SO? SO, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING, MISS BUHLER? MISS BUHLER, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? OKAY. OKAY.

WITH THAT, PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM F TWO, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR AN AMOUNT

[2. Consider authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and enter into a contract for an amount not to exceed Seven-Hundred Ten-Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($710,000.00) with Reynolds Asphalt and Construction Co. for asphalt street reconstruction and rehabilitation of Sachse Road (R-25-01), Fourth Street, Floyd Street, Sachse Street (R-25-04), Cornwall Lane (R-OG-01), and Merritt Road (R-23-03).]

AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COREY. HELLO, MR. NESBIT.

MAYOR, COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. AGAIN, THIS IS OUR ANNUAL ASPHALT CONTRACT.

I'LL GO THROUGH SOME PROJECT LOCATIONS SPECIFICALLY.

A LOT OF THESE WERE IN THE BUDGET FROM LAST YEAR. WE DID ADD A COUPLE AND I'LL NOTE THOSE HERE AS WE GO FORWARD.

OUR FIRST PROJECT IS SACHSE STREET, FLOYD STREET AND 4TH STREET.

AGAIN, THESE ARE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, FULL DEPTH REPAIR.

WE'RE GOING TO MILL AN OVERLAY FOR EACH NEW LAYER OF ASPHALT.

KIND OF THE SAME THINGS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. SO THIS IS JUST A NEW AREA THAT WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS YEAR. I THINK LAST YEAR WE DID SECOND STREET AND SACHSE STREET.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT IN THE IN THE PICTURE THERE THAT WAS RECENTLY OVERLAID AS WELL.

SO JUST KIND OF WORKING THROUGH AREAS AS NEEDED ATTENTION.

THIS ONE WAS IN THE BUDGET FOR LAST YEAR. ALSO, THIS IS A THIS IS SACHSE ROAD PHASE THREE.

WE'RE GOING TO DO A MILL AND OVERLAY OF THIS ONE AS WELL.

PROJECTS CURRENTLY UNDER DESIGN UP UNTIL UP TO WOODBRIDGE PARKWAY.

BUT THIS ONE SHOULD GET US THROUGH THE DESIGN OF SACHSE ROAD PHASE THREE AS WELL.

AND SO AGAIN, FULL DEPTH MILL AND OVERLAY TWO INCH ASPHALT OVERLAY ON THE STREET AS WELL.

THIS ONE WAS NOT IN THE PREVIOUS BUDGET, BUT WE DID ADD THIS ONE.

THIS IS THE CORNWALL CORNWALL LANE SECTION. WE'RE GOING TO MILL AND OVERLAY THIS AGAIN.

THERE'S A SECTION THERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT'S, THAT'S QUITE IT'S QUITE DAMAGED AND, AND THE CURB IS HEAVED AND ALL THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO AGAIN GO THROUGH THIS AREA MILL IT DOWN AND THEN DO A TWO INCH OVERLAY IN THAT SECTION.

AGAIN MERRITT ROAD , THIS WAS NOT IN THE PREVIOUS CIP BUDGET.

BUT AGAIN, IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE, THERE'S SOME PRETTY GOOD POTHOLES AND AREAS THAT ARE OPENING UP AGAIN.

AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A FULL MILL AND OVERLAY, THIS IS JUST SPOT REPAIR FOR SOME PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD SECTIONS OUT THERE SO.

AGAIN, THIS IS THE TABLE HERE. AGAIN FOR THE TOTAL OVERLAY IT'S $710,000.

AND AGAIN IT'S KIND OF THESE ARE BASED ON ESTIMATED QUANTITIES. SO IF THE QUANTITIES COME IN LESS THEN CERTAINLY THAT'S NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT.

YOU CAN SEE ON HERE THAT THE ASPHALT OVERLAY FOR SACHSE ROAD WAS ALREADY ANTICIPATED.

THAT WAS A BUDGETED PROJECT. THE FLOYD, 4TH, AND SACHSE STREETS, THEY WERE BUDGETED.

THE COST CAME A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE WE'RE USING STREET OPERATION MONEY TO COVER THE DIFFERENCE ON THAT PROJECT.

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NEITHER WAS CORNWALL. AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO USE STREET STREET MAINTENANCE TAX MONEY FOR SOME OF THAT.

AND THEN OUR OPERATION BUDGET TO COVER THE REST OF THAT.

AND WITH THAT I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

JUST TO CLARIFY SOMETHING, YOU SAID THE 7 10 , 7 OR $10,000 IS A NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER ONE.

AND THE 710 WILL COVER ALL THE PROJECTS. SURE.

YES, SIR. GREAT. MISS BUHLER. THANK YOU, MR. NESBIT, FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I HAD A QUESTION ON THE 4TH STREET/FLOYD PROJECT.

DID THE DEVELOPER OF THE ADJACENT TOWNHOMES PAY IMPACT FEES, OR WILL PART OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY GO FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT? NO. AGAIN, THIS IS IN THE ZONING REGULATIONS, AND I'LL SPEAK BRIEFLY ON THAT.

THE ZONING OVERLAY, ZONING RESTRICTIONS OR REGULATIONS FOR THAT AREA DO NOT REQUIRE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS TO REBUILD THEIR STREET.

NOW, IF YOU'RE A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, THAT WOULD REQUIRE THAT OTHER PORTION OF THAT, BUT THE WAY THE ZONING IS SET UP, IT DOES NOT REQUIRE THEM TO DO THAT, SO. OKAY.

AND THEN ALSO ON THE MERRITT ROAD OVERLAY, I KNOW WE'VE GOT EXTENSIVE UPDATES ON MERRITT ROAD RECENTLY.

CAN YOU JUST KIND OF UPDATE THE PUBLIC TO WHY WE ARE PATCHING THIS ROADWAY WHILE CONSTRUCTION IS STARTING? JUST SO WE'RE SO FRANCHISE UTILITIES ARE BEING RELOCATED RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PATCHING HERE THIS SPRING HOPEFULLY.

AGAIN, PROBABLY ANTICIPATED CONSTRUCTION WON'T BE TILL THE END OF THE YEAR. SO WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF COVER THAT GAP TO TO MAKE IT SAFE AND DRIVABLE IN, YOU KNOW, THE 6 TO 8 MONTHS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BEFORE CONSTRUCTION STARTS. AND THEN EVEN WHEN CONSTRUCTION STARTS, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A TOTAL REMOVE AND REPLACE, RIGHT? SO WE'RE TRYING TO BRIDGE THAT GAP BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE ACTUALLY CAN REPLACE THE ROAD.

PERFECT. I JUST WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW AT HOME WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING, WHO MIGHT HAVE THAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.

ALL RIGHT, COREY. SO ON PIGGYBACKING ON THE 4TH, FLOYD, AND SACHSE AREA, IS THAT CONSTRUCTION AREA ARE THOSE TOWNHOMES COMPLETELY FINISHED? THE TOWN PARK PLAZA TOWNHOMES, I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE FINISHED.

I THINK THEY ARE TOO, BUT I DON'T SEEM TO BE FULL.

SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS. THAT MAY BE TRUE. I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE.

BUT CONSTRUCTION IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE. ALL RIGHT.

I DIDN'T WANT TO FIX THE ROAD AND THEN COME THROUGH WITH A BUNCH OF SACHSE STREET JUST UNTIL THEY WERE DONE AND WE KNEW THEY WERE DONE AND JUST KIND OF A FUTURE THING YOU'LL SEE HERE NEXT YEAR.

CRESCENT MEADOWS IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. WE WON'T REDO 3RD STREET UNTIL THEY'RE DONE, SO THAT'S PROBABLY NEXT YEAR. OKAY. BUT THAT'S IN OUR BUDGET.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN ON CORNWALL, WE SEEM TO HAVE CONTINUING PROBLEMS EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS ON CORNWALL.

AND IT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO THE THE TRASH TRUCKS, YOU KNOW, WITH WHATEVER WEATHER, COLD WATER.

I MEAN, THIS THIS AREA SEEMS TO BE A CONTINUING PROBLEM YEAR OVER YEAR, NOT YEAR OVER YEAR, BUT EVERY FEW YEARS. IS THERE ANY OTHER ADDED DRAINAGE OR ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO TO TO HELP THIS AREA? I MEAN, SO I KNOW OTHER AREAS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE ISSUES AS WELL.

YEAH, THERE ARE SOME LOCAL SPOTS THAT HAVE SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES.

WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THIS WILL BE PART OF A NEIGHBORHOOD PACKAGE WITH THE WITH THE UPCOMING BOND. THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT. ALL RIGHT.

THANKS. OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. I DO HAVE A SPEAKER'S CARD.

MARTY HOLBOKE.

MARTY HOLBOKE 5511 OAK RIDGE CIRCLE, SACHSE, TEXAS, TOP OF THE HILL.

THE CITY OF SACHSE HAS BEEN VERY RELUCTANT TO MARK THE AREAS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIX.

AND I CAN GO BACK THROUGH MULTIPLE PROJECTS, BUT I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES.

WHAT IS WHAT CAN I EXPECT ON SACHSE ROAD? THIS IS THE AT LEAST THE THIRD TIME SINCE I'VE LIVED HERE THAT YOU'RE DOING IT.

THE OUTSIDE EDGES FALL APART ABOUT EVERY TWO YEARS.

SO WHAT TYPE OF REPAIR ARE YOU DOING AND ARE YOU GOING TO GET ALL OF IT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HOLBOKE. ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? I'D LIKE AN ANSWER. YOU'VE HAD YOUR SAY. THANK YOU.

PLAIN AND SIMPLE. I'D LIKE AN ANSWER. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? BUT IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ANSWER ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? MR. NESBIT. SO WE CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. YES, WE'RE GOING TO.

IT'S ON MY MAP. IT'S NOT. ARE YOU SEEING IT? SORRY.

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YEAH. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A MILL AND OVERLAY FROM OLD MERRITT ROAD TO CITY LIMITS WITH A TWO INCH OVERLAY.

AND I'M ASSUMING THAT'S BASED ON TRAFFIC AND HEAVY USE, AND THOSE THINGS HAPPEN.

FULL DEPTH MILL AND REPAIR. WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING WE DID FOR BLACKBURN INGRAM.

SAME THING WE'VE DONE IN MERRITT ROAD . LOCALIZED SPOT REPAIR, STABILIZED SUBGRADE MILL AND OVERLAY, TWO INCH ASPHALT OVERLAY. NO, NO SPOTS WILL BE MISSED.

NO SPOTS SHOULD BE MISSED. NO. GOTCHA. OKAY. MR. PRESTENBERG. YES, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER, LIKE, MAY THE 27TH OR SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.

OKAY. AND NOT GO UNTIL, YOU KNOW, MID-AUGUST OR GO UNTIL MID-AUGUST AND THEN MIRACULOUSLY BE DONE.

I'LL TELL THE CONTRACTOR THAT FOR YOU. I MEAN, I MEAN, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, DO YOU HAVE, LIKE, A PLAN TO WHERE? SO THEY'RE ANTICIPATING STARTING IN APRIL.

I DON'T KNOW WHICH WHICH SECTION THEY'RE GOING TO DO FIRST, BUT THEY'RE PLANNING ON STARTING IN APRIL AND IT SHOULD ONLY TAKE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO FINISH ALL THIS. RIGHT.

BUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS WOULD BE BAD. ARE WE COORDINATING WITH WITH OUR SISTER CITY? YOU KNOW, WE CAN. YEAH, WELL, JUST THE IDEA OF DIVERTING TRAFFIC.

I KNOW I HAVE SOME FRIENDS THAT LIVE IN THE WYLIE NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE BRIDGE ON THE RIGHT.

THEY PROBABLY DON'T WANT PEOPLE CUTTING THROUGH THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WHOLE LANE SHUT DOWN, IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL. THE WAY THAT THEY DO THIS. YOU CAN STILL DRIVE ON THE ROAD WHEN THEY'RE DONE AND WHEN THEY'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

SO THEY'LL DO THE LOCALIZED SPOT REPAIRS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE ROAD'S STILL OPEN TO TRAFFIC, SO IT SHOULDN'T.

I MEAN, YOU MAY HAVE SOME SOME LOCALIZED IMPACT, BUT WE WON'T ACTUALLY CLOSE THE ROAD DOWN.

OKAY. SO THEY'RE GOING TO DO. IS IT GOING TO BE DONE AT NIGHT. MAINLY LIKE THE THE SEALING OF IT.

NO. THEY HAVE A KIND OF A ROLLING BARRICADE. AND SO THEY'LL DO SPOT WORK AND THEY'LL, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL GO THROUGH MILL AT ALL. I MEAN, IT TAKES IT'LL TAKE PROBABLY SEVERAL WEEKS TO DO THIS, THIS, THIS SECTION HERE, BUT. OKAY. YEAH. JUST DIRTY CARS AND GRAVEL KICKING UP EVERYWHERE.

I UNDERSTAND. IT'S IT'S PART OF PROGRESS, I GUESS.

YEAH, BUT NO, THERE SHOULD BE THERE SHOULD BE NO LANE CLOSURES. THERE MAY BE SOME TEMPORARY SHUTDOWNS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT IT SHOULD BE OPEN AT THE END OF THE DAY. JUST SHUT DOWNS AFTER 9:00 IN THE MORNING. YEAH. WE DON'T LET THEM START TILL AFTER 9:00 AND THEY SHOULD BE DONE BY 3:00.

YEAH. PERFECT. THANKS. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MISS BUHLER.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PRESENT ITEM F2 AS PRESENTED.

I HAVE A MOTION BY MISS BUHLER TO APPROVE ITEM F2 AS PRESENTED.

MR. LINDSEY. SECOND. SECOND BY MR. LINDSEY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, MR. NESBIT.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM F3. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR THE DESIGN OF WOODBRIDGE PARKWAY ( R-24-03),

[3. Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute a professional services agreement for the design of Woodbridge Parkway (R-24-03) between the City of Sachse and Binkley Barfield | DCCM in the amount not to exceed Two Hundred Ninety-Three Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($293,000.00).]

SO I'M GOING TO LET BRIAN JAFFE GO INTO THE DETAILS OF THE DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT.

I'LL JUST GIVE YOU FIRST CRACK AT IT. I APPRECIATE THAT, MAYOR. HELLO, MR. JAFFE WELCOME BACK. HELLO AGAIN. THIS IS A PROJECT I THINK EVERYBODY'S PRETTY EXCITED TO GET GET UNDERWAY HERE.

THIS IS THE DESIGN CONTRACT FOR WOODBRIDGE PARKWAY SPECIFICALLY FROM STATE HIGHWAY 78 TO CREEK CROSSING LANE , WHICH IS JUST JUST PAST THE SCHOOL THERE. IT IS APPROXIMATELY 3,470 LINEAR FEET OF ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION.

I'M SURE ANYBODY WHO'S BEEN ON THIS ROAD KNOWS THAT THIS ROAD IS IN NEED OF SOME ATTENTION.

IT IS IT IS CRACKING UP FAIRLY BADLY. LITTLE PROJECT BACKGROUND HERE, WOODBRIDGE WAS ORIGINALLY BEGUN CONSTRUCTION IN 1998 WITH THE FIRST PHASE OF THE WOODBRIDGE SUBDIVISION.

OVER TIME, THE ROADWAY HAS DETERIORATED AND SEVERAL PANELS ARE IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT.

I WOULD ADD THAT I THINK SOME OF THE TREES HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT WITH WHY THAT ROADWAY IS NOT HOLDING UP VERY WELL.

WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN A BIT. WE'RE GOING TO RECONSTRUCT APPROXIMATELY 3,470 LINEAR FEET OF CONCRETE, AS I SAID, FROM STATE HIGHWAY 78 TO CREEK CROSSING LANE .

TO MAXIMIZE MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF REPLACEMENT WE CAN DO, WE ARE GOING TO BE REPLACING CONCRETE PANELS RATHER THAN JUST A FULL SCALE TEAR UP EVERYTHING AND AND REBUILD THE ENTIRE ROAD. WE ARE DOING INDIVIDUAL PANEL REPLACEMENT.

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THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE PAVEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US, HOPEFULLY GET US BETTER SUBGRADE BETTER PAVEMENT.

SO IT'LL LAST A LITTLE BIT LONGER. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SURVEY WORK, TOPOGRAPHIC AND BOUNDARY SURVEY TO ESTABLISH THE RIGHT OF WAY AND BENCHMARKS AND GRADE ELEVATIONS. AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES AN ARBORIST WHO WILL COME OUT AND EVALUATE THE TREES AND THEN RECOMMEND EITHER PROTECTION OF THE TREES OR REMOVAL.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE DEFINITELY HEARD FROM FOLKS IN WOODBRIDGE THAT THAT WANT US TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SAVE THEIR TREES ALONG THIS ROAD.

THIS IS JUST KIND OF THE BREAKDOWN OF THE SCOPE AND FEE.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GETTING FOR OUR $293,000 PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING.

THE ENGINEER WILL ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY GO OUT AND EVALUATE THE EXISTING PAVEMENT DRAINAGE CONDITIONS AND GRADE LINES.

THEY WILL CREATE BASE FILES FOR THE PROJECT. THEY'LL HAVE PLAN AND PROFILE VIEWS OF THE THE PAVEMENT, AND THEY WILL THEY WILL DO FRANCHISE UTILITY COORDINATION.

WE'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF OF EXISTING UTILITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE.

THEY WILL THEY WILL DO AN INVESTIGATION OF EVERYTHING OUT THERE.

FINAL DESIGN THAT IS FINALIZING THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS.

THESE WILL BE A SIGNED, SEALED SET FROM A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN TEXAS.

THEY ALSO INCLUDE BID PHASE AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES.

THIS IS THEY'RE GOING TO HELP US WITH THE BIDDING PROCESS.

THEY'RE GOING TO HELP US DURING CONSTRUCTION MANAGING THIS.

THERE IS SOME TXDOT COORDINATION INVOLVED WHERE WE HIT STATE HIGHWAY 78 AND THEN THE SPECIAL SERVICES.

KIND OF WHAT I SAID EARLIER, THIS IS FOR THE ACTUAL TOPOGRAPHIC AND BOUNDARY SURVEY, FOR THE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN, AND FOR THE ARBORIST TO COME OUT AND EVALUATE THOSE TREES.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. JAFFE. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? MR. MILLSAP. HAVE YOU HAVE YOU PICKED THE COMPANIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDING THESE SERVICES ALREADY? YES, WE ARE RECOMMENDING BINKLEY BARFIELD DCCM.

THIS IS AN ENGINEER THAT WE HAVE HAD A PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH.

THEY WERE ALSO PART OF THE RFQ FOR THE FOR THE BOND PROJECTS.

OKAY. WHO IS THE ARBORIST THAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING? SO THE ARBORIST IS GOING TO BE A SUB TO THE ENGINEER.

SO I DO NOT HAVE I DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. MR. PRESTENBERG? YES. REAL QUICK. YEAH. YOU'RE GOOD ON THE. I JUST GOT TO PAUSE I DON'T NEED TO GO RIGHT INTO IT.

ON THE 3,400 LINEAR FEET. AND I'M JUST. THIS IS A DUMB QUESTION, BUT IF WE DON'T ASK IT AND WE FIND OUT DIFFERENT, IT'S ON BOTH SIDES OF WOODBRIDGE PARKWAY, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. IT'S NOT JUST ONE DIRECTION.

YES. CREEK CROSSING THERE, BUT COX ELEMENTARY.

SO THAT ACTUALLY HAD TO DO WITH OUR OUR PAVING EVALUATION, OUR PACER NUMBERS.

THAT IS, THAT IS WHERE THE ROAD GETS SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER.

SO WHEN WE DO OUR EVALUATION EVERY YEAR, EVERY OTHER YEAR, I GUESS WE LOOK AT ROADS FROM FROM CREEK CROSSING SOUTH, WE NOTICED THAT THE ROAD WAS IN MUCH BETTER CONDITION, AND THEN IT KIND OF BECOMES JUST A MATTER OF OF HOW MUCH BUDGET WE HAVE TO SPEND.

AND THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE FELT LIKE WE COULD COMFORTABLY REPLACE.

I WILL SAY IT IS BETTER. I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S MUCH BETTER.

OKAY. RIGHT THERE. SO BUT YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL THAT. SO THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS. YEAH. WE TALKED A YEAR OR TWO AGO.

WE REPLACED SEVERAL PANELS ON THE NORTH END. SO PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION IS PANEL REPLACEMENT, PART IS SECTIONAL REPLACEMENT. ARE WE UNDOING WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE OR ARE WE ADDING TO THAT? WHAT'S THE PLAN ON THE NORTH END? NO. SO AS I SAID, PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO GET AS MUCH OUT OF THIS BUDGET AS WE CAN IS THEY'RE INDIVIDUALLY EVALUATING. SO ANYTHING THAT THAT IS IN GOOD SHAPE, THEY'RE GOING TO TO LEAVE THOSE PANELS IN PLACE, THEY'RE GOING TO REPLACE AROUND THOSE PANELS.

[INAUDIBLE] OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER'S CARD.

MARTY HOLBOKE.

MARTY HOLBOKE 5511 OAK RIDGE CIRCLE SACHSE, TEXAS, TOP OF THE HILL.

IF THE GOAL ON THE REBUILD OF WOODBRIDGE IS TO HAVE IT COMPLETELY DONE FROM SACHSE ROAD TO 78 BY THE TIME

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IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING.

IF YOU DON'T, WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION AT A LATER DATE. I DO NOT HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE WITH ME AT THIS TIME, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT FOR YOU. OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU.

HEARING NONE. COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR MOTIONS? MR. LINDSEY. YES. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM F3 AS PRESENTED.

MOTION BY MR. LINDSEY TO APPROVE ITEM F3 AS PRESENTED. DO I HAVE A SECOND, MISS HOWARTH. SECOND.

SECOND BY MISS HOWARTH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM G.

[1. Receive the results of the citywide resident survey conducted by Polco.]

AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SENIOR SURVEY ASSOCIATE, BRANDON BARNETT JOIN US ONLINE.

THERE HE IS. CAN YOU HEAR US, MR. BARNETT? YES I CAN.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. EXCELLENT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE RESULTS.

I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS BRANDON BARNETT, AND I AM A SENIOR SURVEY ASSOCIATE WITH POLCO.

I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TO PRESENT THE FINDINGS FROM THE SACHSE NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY.

BEFORE I BEGIN, ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MY CO COWORKERS, I'D LIKE TO THANK LOGAN THATCHER, OUR PRIMARY CONTACT THROUGHOUT THE SURVEY, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS.

HE PROVIDED THOUGHTFUL AND DETAILED FEEDBACK THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY COLLEAGUE, GRACE ARNESON, WHO WAS SACHSE'S NCS PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS YEAR'S SURVEY AND DID THE BULK OF THE WORK FOR THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT.

A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON POLCO. POLCO'S AN ONLINE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT POLLING PLATFORM PROVIDES THE INFORMATION TOOLS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER PUBLIC SECTOR LEADERS NEED.

NOW, HUNDREDS OF ORGANIZATIONS NATIONWIDE USE POLCO FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING, BUDGETING AND EMPOWERING RESIDENT VOICES.

WE MAKE CIVIL VERIFIED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ONLINE NOT ONLY POSSIBLE, BUT ACCESSIBLE.

THE NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER AT POLCO GIVES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS THE DATA THEY NEED TO MAKE MORE INFORMED DECISIONS.

SINCE 1994, WE'VE WORKED WITH HUNDREDS OF JURISDICTIONS NATIONWIDE.

NRC NATIONAL BENCHMARKING SURVEYS SUCH AS THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY, THE NATIONAL EMPLOYEE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT SURVEY OF OLDER ADULTS, AMONG OTHERS. OUR BENCHMARK IS OUR BENCHMARK DATABASE IS THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND IN THE UNITED STATES.

POLCO AND NRC MERGED IN 2019 TO MORE EFFECTIVELY SERVE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND PROJECT RESIDENT VOICES.

WE ALSO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CITY COUNTY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION, THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, THE ENGAGE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEADERS, THE ALLIANCE FOR INNOVATION, AND MANY ACADEMIC PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH, THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AT MADISON, THE HOOVER INSTITUTE AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY, AND THE HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT. BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THE RESULTS, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THERE ARE A VARIETY OF WAYS THESE RESULTS CAN BE USED.

MOST COMMONLY, THE JURISDICTIONS WE WORK WITH USE THEIR SURVEY DATA TO MONITOR TRENDS AND RESIDENT OPINION OVER TIME, TO MEASURE GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND RATINGS OF PUBLIC TRUST, AND TO INFORM BUDGETING AND BUDGETING PROCESSES AND STRATEGIC PLANS.

OUR RESULTS ALLOW YOU TO BENCHMARK YOUR COMMUNITY SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS AND SERVICES AGAINST THOSE SAME CHARACTERISTICS WITHIN OTHER COMMUNITIES IN OUR BENCHMARK DATABASE.

OUR HOPE IS THAT AS THESE FINDINGS ARE PRESENTED, IT WILL SPUR IDEAS FOR YOU IN WHAT COULD BE DONE WITH THESE RESULTS OR WHERE YOU MIGHT WANT TO DIG DEEPER. THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY, OR THE NCS, IS A STANDARDIZED, FIVE PAGE COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY THAT ALLOWS MUNICIPALITIES TO ASSESS RESIDENT OPINION ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

THE NCS FOCUSES ON THE LIVABILITY OF SACHSE BY CATEGORIZING SURVEY QUESTIONS INTO TEN MAIN FACETS OF LIVABILITY OF COMMUNITY LIVABILITY,

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THE NCS INCLUDES ITEMS WITHIN EACH OF THESE TEN FACETS TO PROVIDE A FULL PICTURE OF HOW RESIDENTS FEEL ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY.

FINALLY, THESE FACETS ALSO TEND TO ALIGN WITH MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENTS, MAKING IT EASY FOR CITY STAFF TO QUICKLY FIND THE INFORMATION THAT IS OF THE MOST IMPORTANCE TO THEM IN THE FINAL RESULTS. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME CONDUCTING THE NCS FOR SACHSE.

ALL HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN SACHSE WERE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY.

THE LIST OF ALL HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN THE ZIP CODE SERVING SACHSE WAS PURCHASED BASED ON UPDATED LISTINGS FROM THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE.

USING GIS, GIS BOUNDARY FILES PROVIDED BY THE CITY, ADDRESSES LOCATED OUTSIDE OF SACHSE BOUNDARIES WERE REMOVED FROM THE LIST OF POTENTIAL HOUSEHOLDS TO SERVE. FROM THE LIST OF ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS 3,500 ADDRESSES WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED TO RECEIVE THE SURVEY.

THE 3,500 RANDOMLY SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVED MAILINGS BEGINNING ON AUGUST 28TH, 2024, AND THE SURVEY REMAINED OPEN FOR SEVEN WEEKS.

THE FIRST MAILING WAS A POSTCARD INVITING THE HOUSEHOLD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY.

THE NEXT MAILING WAS A REMINDER POSTCARD INVITING THE HOUSEHOLD ONE FINAL TIME TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY.

ALL MAILINGS INCLUDED A WEB LINK TO GIVE RESIDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO THE SURVEY ONLINE, AS WELL AS QR CODES TO FURTHER ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION.

ALL FOLLOW UP MAILINGS, ASK THOSE WHO HAD NOT YET COMPLETED THE SURVEY TO DO SO, AND THOSE WHO HAD ALREADY DONE SO TO REFRAIN FROM COMPLETING THE SURVEY AGAIN.

THE SURVEY WAS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

ALL MAILINGS CONTAIN PARAGRAPHS IN BOTH LANGUAGES, INSTRUCTING PARTICIPANTS ON HOW TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY IN THEIR PREFERRED LANGUAGE.

A TOTAL OF 220 COMPLETED SURVEYS WERE RECEIVED FROM THESE EFFORTS, PROVIDING A RESPONSE RATE OF 6% AND A MARGIN OF ERROR OF PLUS OR MINUS 6 % POINTS.

OF THE 220 RESPONSES, 216 WERE COMPLETED IN ENGLISH AND 4 WERE COMPLETED IN SPANISH.

WE THEN COMPARED THE DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS TO THAT OF ADULTS IN SACHSE, USING THE MOST RECENT CENSUS AND AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA, AND WEIGHTED THE SURVEY RESULTS.

WEIGHTING IS A SURVEY RESEARCH BEST PRACTICE AND HELPS TO IMPROVE THE REPRESENTATIVENESS OF YOUR OF YOUR SURVEY RESULTS.

IN ADDITION TO THE RANDOMLY SELECTED PROBABILITY SAMPLE OF HOUSEHOLDS, A LINK TO AN ONLINE OPEN PARTICIPATION SURVEY WAS PUBLICIZED BY THE CITY OF SACHSE.

THE OPEN PARTICIPATION SURVEY WAS IDENTICAL TO TO THE RANDOM SAMPLE SURVEY WITH TWO SMALL UPDATES.

IT ASKED A QUESTION TO CONFIRM THE RESPONDENT WAS A RESIDENT OF SACHSE, AND ALSO ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT WHERE THEY HEARD ABOUT THE SURVEY.

THE OPEN PARTICIPATION SURVEY WAS OPEN TO ALL RESIDENTS AND BECAME AVAILABLE ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2024. THE SURVEY REMAINED OPEN FOR FOUR WEEKS.

THIS PRESENTATION AND THE REPORT ARE BASED ON THE 220 RESPONSES FROM THE RANDOM SAMPLE MAIL BASED SURVEY.

THE RESPONSES TO THE OPEN PARTICIPATION SURVEY ARE PROVIDED SEPARATELY IN THE FULL REPORT.

ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES TO A LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF PARTICIPATING IN OUR COMMUNITY SURVEYS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE RATINGS GIVEN BY YOUR RESIDENTS TO THOSE FROM COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION. NRC WAS THE FIRST ORGANIZATION TO CONCEIVE OF THE IDEA TO CREATE BENCHMARKS OF PUBLIC OPINION.

THIS ALLOWS JURISDICTIONS TO COMPARE RATINGS OF SERVICES TO RATINGS OF SIMILAR SERVICES FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT 500 COMMUNITIES IN OUR DATABASE.

WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO AN OVERVIEW OF THE SURVEY RESULTS.

IN THE SURVEY, WE HAVE TWO QUESTIONS THAT ASK DIRECTLY ABOUT THOSE TEN FACETS OF COMMUNITY LIVABILITY I TOUCHED ON EARLIER.

THE FIRST ASKED RESIDENTS TO RATE THE QUALITY OF EACH, AND YOU CAN SEE THE RESULT IN COMPARISON TO THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK IN THE SHADING ON THE CHART. THE SECOND QUESTION, ASKED ABOUT THE SAME FACETS OF LIVABILITY, BUT IS CENTERED ON HOW IMPORTANT RESIDENTS THINK IT IS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO FOCUS ON EACH FACET IN THE COMING TWO YEARS.

SO WE ASKED ABOUT BOTH THE QUALITY AND IMPORTANCE OF EACH OF THESE FACETS, AND WE USE THOSE ANSWERS TO CREATE THE QUALITY IMPORTANCE MATRIX, WHICH WE'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. WE USE THIS MATRIX OR GAP ANALYSIS, WHICH IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE REPORT, TO HELP DETERMINE WHICH AREAS ARE OF RELATIVELY HIGHER IMPORTANCE AND LOWER QUALITY TO RESIDENTS.

THOSE WITH A LARGER GAP ARE LOWER IN QUALITY AND HIGHER IN IMPORTANT IN IMPORTANCE.

THIS CHART IS ONE OF MANY WAYS TO INTERPRET YOUR DATA, AND CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY KEY FINDINGS AND HELP A COMMUNITY DETERMINE WHICH AREAS MAY NEED ADDITIONAL FOCUS OR RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN THE COMING YEARS, AND WHICH OTHERS ARE PERFORMING WELL BY COMPARISON.

OF THE 123 SURVEY ITEMS FOR WHICH RESIDENTS PROVIDED EVALUATIVE RATINGS, 11 RECEIVED RATINGS HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK, 88 RECEIVED SIMILAR RATINGS AND 24 RECEIVED LOWER RATINGS.

RATINGS ARE CONSIDERED SIMILAR IF THEY IF THEY ARE WITHIN 10 POINTS OF THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, AND HIGHER OR LOWER IF THEY ARE MORE THAN 10 POINTS DIFFERENT FROM THE AVERAGE.

A FEW OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE HIGHER WERE FEELINGS OF SAFETY FROM PROPERTY CRIME, THE COST OF LIVING IN SACHSE, THE AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE QUALITY HOUSING, TAKING CARE OF VULNERABLE RESIDENTS AND TREATING ALL RESIDENTS FAIRLY AND WITH RESPECT.

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WHEN COMPARED TO THE RESULTS FROM SACHSE NCS IN 2022.

IN 2024, 21 RECEIVED 21 ITEMS, RECEIVED RATINGS THAT WERE STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS SURVEY ITERATION, 93 RECEIVED SIMILAR RATINGS AND 7 RECEIVED LOWER RATINGS.

ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED TO HAVE A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IF THEY ARE DIFFERENT BY BY 8% POINTS OR GREATER THAN THE RATINGS IN 2022.

A FEW OF THE ITEMS THAT TRENDED UPWARDS WERE PUBLIC PLACES WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO SPEND TIME, THE AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE, QUALITY MENTAL HEALTH CARE, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BEING OPEN AND TRANSPARENT TO THE PUBLIC, COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS AND HEALTH SERVICES.

A FEW OF THE LOWER WERE AIR QUALITY, THE VARIETY OF HOUSING OPTIONS, DRINKING WATER, OPPORTUNITIES TO VOLUNTEER AND THE PRESERVATION OF NATURAL AREAS.

MOVING NOW INTO THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR FINDINGS, I DO WANT TO POINT TO A FEW ITEMS THAT STOOD OUT TO US AS SURVEY RESEARCHERS.

THERE IS A LOT OF ADDITIONAL DATA IN THE FULL REPORT THAT WE WON'T COVER TODAY, BUT TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL FOCUS ON A FEW AREAS THAT WE FOUND TO BE MOST NOTEWORTHY WITHIN SACHSE SURVEY RESULTS. THE FIRST OF OUR KEY FINDINGS WAS THAT MOST RESIDENTS APPLAUD THE HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE IN SACHSE.

NEARLY 9 IN 10 RESIDENTS RATED SACHSE AS A PLACE TO LIVE AND THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY AS EXCELLENT OR GOOD.

IN ADDITION, 9 IN 10 RESIDENTS PLAN TO REMAIN IN THE CITY FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS AND WOULD RECOMMEND LIVING IN SACHSE TO SOMEONE WHO ASKED.

ALL OF THESE RATINGS WERE SIMILAR TO THE NATIONAL BENCHMARKS AND REMAINED RELATIVELY STABLE FROM THE PREVIOUS SURVEY HELD IN 2022.

NEXT, WE FOUND THAT GOVERNMENT CENTERED RATINGS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 2022, WITH A FEW SCORING ABOVE THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK.

THE HIGHEST RATED ASPECT RELATED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE WAS TREATING RESIDENTS WITH RESPECT, I HAVE 82% POSITIVE, FOLLOWED BY TREATING ALL RESIDENTS FAIRLY AT 79% POSITIVE AND BEING HONEST AT 74%.

EACH INCREASING BY AT LEAST 8 % POINTS SINCE 2022.

TRANSPARENCY ALSO RECEIVED FAVORABLE RATING, WITH 73% OF RESIDENTS ACKNOWLEDGING THE GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT'S OPENNESS, A 20% POINT INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS SURVEY.

ADDITIONALLY, 67% OF RESPONDENTS FELT THE GOVERNMENT ACTS IN THE COMMUNITY'S BEST INTEREST, WHILE OVERALL CONFIDENCE IN SACHSE GOVERNMENT STOOD AT 61%.

INFORMING RESIDENTS ABOUT ISSUES FACING THE COMMUNITY HAD THE LOWEST RATING AT 55%, THOUGH IT STILL SHOWED AN UPWARD TREND FROM 2022.

THE NEXT OF OUR KEY FINDINGS WAS THAT MOST RESIDENTS FEEL A STRONG SENSE OF SAFETY IN SACHSE.

THE MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS FELT VERY OR SOMEWHAT SAFE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD DURING THE DAY, AS WELL AS FROM PROPERTY, CRIME AND VIOLENT CRIME.

SAFETY IN THE DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL AREAS DURING THE DAY, ALSO RECEIVED A STRONG RATING OF 91% POSITIVE.

THE LOWEST RATED CATEGORY FEELINGS OF SAFETY FROM FIRE, FLOOD OR OTHER NATURAL DISASTER WAS STILL RELATIVELY HIGH, AT 82%. NOTABLY, THE PERCEPTION OF SAFETY FROM PROPERTY CRIME HAS SHOWN AN UPWARD TREND COMPARED TO 2022 AND EXCEEDED NATIONAL AVERAGES.

SAFETY SERVICES FARED WELL, WITH THE HIGHEST RATED SERVICE IN BEING FIRE SERVICES, WITH 94% OF RESIDENTS RATING THEM AS EXCELLENT OR GOOD.

AMBULANCE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOLLOWED CLOSELY AT 92%.

CRIME PREVENTION EFFORTS RECEIVED AN 86% APPROVAL RATING, WHILE POLICE AND SHERIFF SERVICES WERE RATED AT 84%.

NEXT, WE FOUND THAT RESIDENTS HIGHLIGHTED AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN SACHSE ECONOMIC HEALTH TO SUPPORT FUTURE GROWTH.

ABOUT TWO THIRDS RATED THE OVERALL QUALITY OF BUSINESS AND SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS POSITIVELY, SHOWING AN UPWARD TREND FROM 2022. OVER HALF RATED THE COST OF LIVING FAVORABLY, EXCEEDING THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK.

HOWEVER, LOWER RATINGS WERE GIVEN FOR SACHSE AS A PLACE TO WORK AT 42% AND THE VARIETY OF BUSINESS AND SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS AT 40%.

BOTH RECEIVING POSITIVE RATINGS FROM ABOUT 4 IN 10 RESIDENTS.

RATINGS DROPPED FURTHER FOR SACHSE AS A PLACE TO VISIT, THE VIBRANCY OF THE DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL AREA AND SHOPPING OPPORTUNITIES.

THE LOWEST RATE, THE LOWEST RATING WAS FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, WITH ONLY 20% EXPRESSING A POSITIVE VIEW MARKING A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DECLINE SINCE 2022. THE LAST OF OUR KEY FINDINGS WAS THAT RESIDENT RESIDENTS HIGHLIGHT MOBILITY AS AN AREA FOR IMPROVEMENT IN SACHSE.

THE HIGHEST RATED ASPECT IS THE EASE OF TRAVEL BY CAR, WITH 80% OF RESPONDENTS RATING IT AS EXCELLENT OR GOOD,

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TRAFFIC FLOW ON MAJOR STREETS RECEIVED A 50% APPROVAL RATING.

HOWEVER, ALTERNATE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION SEE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER RATINGS WITH EASE OF WALKING AT 37%, EASE OF TRAVEL BY BICYCLE AT 20%, AND EASE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AT JUST 10%.

AS FOR MOBILITY RELATED SERVICES, 65% OF RESPONDENTS RATE STREET CLEANING AND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT POSITIVELY.

60% RATE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING IS EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT OR GOOD, AN AREA THAT HAS IMPROVED OVER TIME.

STREET LIGHTING WAS 52% POSITIVE AND SNOW REMOVAL 41% POSITIVE.

EACH ALSO INCREASED OR SIMILAR TO THE NATIONAL AVERAGES.

THE NCS ALSO ALLOWS SPACE FOR JURISDICTIONS TO HAVE THEIR OWN CUSTOM QUESTIONS THAT CAN COVER TOPICS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST OR HOT TOPICS OF THE PARTICULAR TIME. WE'D LIKE TO NOW SHOW THE ANSWERS TO THOSE SPECIFIC CUSTOM QUESTIONS.

THE FIRST OF SACHSE UNIQUE QUESTIONS ASKED RESIDENTS TO RATE HOW MUCH OF A PRIORITY, IF ANY, SHOULD THE PUBLIC LIBRARY PLACE ON PROVIDING THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND AMENITIES? THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES INCLUDE MORE PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN 53% AND TEENS AT 44%.

ADDITIONALLY, 40% OF RESIDENTS SEE STEM PROGRAMS, CHILDREN'S PLAY AREAS, AND SATURDAY PROGRAMS AS HIGH PRIORITIES.

THE NEXT QUESTION UNIQUE SACHSE SURVEY, ASKED HOW MUCH OF A PRIORITY, IF ANY, SHOULD THE MICHAEL J.

FELIX COMMUNITY CENTER PLACE ON PROVIDING VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES? RESIDENTS SHOW STRONG COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR OLDER ADULT ARTS, RECREATION AND SPORTS PROGRAMS, YOUTH RECREATION PROGRAMS, AND SCHOOL BREAK CAMPS.

OTHER HIGH PRIORITY OTHER HIGH PRIORITY AREAS INCLUDE CHILD REACTION PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS.

ADULT RECREATION PROGRAMS RECEIVED SLIGHTLY LOWER EMPHASIS, WITH JUST 46% CONSIDERING THEM A HIGH PRIORITY.

IN CONCLUSION, MOST RESIDENTS APPLAUD THE HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE IN SACHSE.

GOVERNMENT CENTERED RATINGS INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 2022 AND SCORED ABOVE THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK.

MOST RESIDENTS FEEL A STRONG SENSE OF SENSE OF SAFETY IN SACHSE.

RESIDENTS HIGHLIGHTED AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN SACHSE, ECONOMIC HEALTH TO SUPPORT FUTURE GROWTH, AND RESIDENTS HIGHLIGHT MOBILITY AS AN AREA FOR IMPROVEMENT IN SACHSE.

I'D LIKE TO NOW OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. BARNETT. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I THINK I'M MOST PROUD OF OUR SNOW REMOVAL RATING. I THINK WE DID THAT REALLY WELL ON THAT.

OKAY. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL TO MR. BARNETT OR TO STAFF THAT IS PRESENT IN THE ROOM.

MR. MILLSAP, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE EVALUATIONS, THE SURVEY THAT YOU DID, IN THE FIRST ONE IN 22, WE HAD 21 FAVORABLE AND 7 NEGATIVE AREAS. SO THAT'S A 3 TO 1 POSITIVE ATTITUDE.

BUT NOW WE HAVE A 2 TO 1 NEGATIVE ATTITUDE MORE UNFAVORABLE THAN FAVORABLE.

IS THERE ANY REASON WHY WE HAVE, HAS THE DEMOGRAPHICS CHANGED THAT MUCH? HAVE WE NOT KEPT UP WITH SOMETHING THAT MUCH? BECAUSE THAT THING IS SIGNIFICANTLY STATISTICALLY, A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFERENT THAN I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED.

WERE YOU REFERRING TO SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR? WELL, THE WAY BACK IN, WHEN HE FIRST STARTED, HE SHOWED THE EVALUATIONS HOW MANY WERE EXCEPTIONAL, HOW MANY WERE AVERAGE AND HOW MANY WERE BELOW AVERAGE? ARE, WERE YOU REFERRING TO THE NATIONAL BENCHMARKS OR THE STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT TRENDS? I BELIEVE YOU WERE TALKING SCROLL THROUGH THAT AND I.

WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA. [INAUDIBLE] HIGHER RATINGS LOWER RATINGS, THAT AREA I THINK FIRST OF ALL, THE FIRST IN 22, THE OVERALL AVERAGE WAS I THINK IT WAS 21 EXCEPTIONALLY FAVORABLE.

AND AND 7 WERE NEGATIVE PLUS THE SIMILAR AVERAGE.

AND THEN THE NEXT AREA WAS A 2 TO 1. SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S WE'RE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE MISSING SOMETHING, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS BECAUSE I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT YOU COVERED HERE THAT WOULD SHOW A NEGATIVE DOWNWARD TREND. SO YOU'RE REFERRING TO THESE SPECIFIC ONES? YEAH. COMPARISONS OF PREVIOUS. SEE, THERE'S 21 HIGHER RATINGS AND 7 LOWER RATINGS.

AND THE NEXT ONE GOES TO 24. NEXT SLIDE. OH THERE YOU PASSED IT. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE ONE HE SHOWED BEFORE?

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WHAT WHAT WHAT ARE WE MISSING? WHAT ARE WE NOT DOING THAT WE COULD BE DOING BETTER? WELL, SO MUCH OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE AS FAR AS THE LOWER TRENDS IN THIS SPECIFICALLY.

SO THIS IS COMPARED AGAINST THE NATIONAL AVERAGES, THE 24 ITEMS. MOST MOST OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH SACHSE, SPECIFICALLY THE ITEMS THAT WERE LOWER THAN THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK.

IF WE LOOK AT THE ECONOMY, THAT'S NOT UNIQUE TO SACHSE ITSELF.

THAT IS MORE AN INDICATION OF MACRO FACTORS THAT ARE IN PLAY HERE.

AS YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMY HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANTLY HOT TOPIC FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND WE'VE SEEN DECLINING RATINGS IN THE ECONOMY FACET OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT SPECIFICALLY, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD SAY IS UNIQUE TO SACHSE AND THAT IS YOUR PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, ALONE. THAT IS A SIMILAR TO A NATIONAL TREND.

THE THE ISSUE THAT WE MAY BE SEEING IN THIS IS THAT JUST BECAUSE YOUR ITEMS WERE LOWER AND IT'S A NATIONAL TREND IN 2022, THEY WERE LOWER AS WELL. SO DESPITE HAVING ALREADY FACING A LOWER THAN AVERAGE ECONOMY IN THE PREVIOUS SURVEY, THAN HAVING ALL OF THESE MACRO FACTORS, WHO ARE GOING TO PILE ONTO THIS OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS WHILE TRYING TO IMPROVE THE LOCAL ECONOMY, IT'S IT'S A TOUGH POSITION TO BE IN. I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S SOMETHING NECESSARILY THAT YOU'RE MISSING, BUT IT'S MORE OF A COMPOUNDING FACTOR FROM NOT JUST PREVIOUS SURVEY AND PREVIOUS RESULTS, BUT THE MACRO FACTORS BEING THE NATIONAL ATTENTION ON THE ECONOMY AS WELL. OKAY. MR. PRESTENBERG. YES. I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT, BUT WHEN YOU WERE GOING OVER THE OVERALL RESPONSE RATE FROM 2022, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF THE TOTAL RESPONSES WE RECEIVED? AND WHAT PERCENTAGE THAT WAS? GIVE ME ONE SECOND AND I CAN PULL THAT UP.

AND THEN ONE YOU CAN TALK TO WHILE YOU'RE MAYBE LOOKING IT UP.

WAS IT 6%, IS THAT A POOR TURNOUT? IS THAT A GOOD TURNOUT? IS THAT AVERAGE? THAT IS BELOW AVERAGE. IN 2022 THERE WERE 396 RESPONSES TO THE SURVEY. SO TO GO FROM 396 TO 220, THAT IS LESS THAN IDEAL, THAT'S FOR SURE.

THAT IS A BELOW AVERAGE. UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE SEEING DECLINING RATES IN GENERAL, IT'S NOT JUST FOR YOU.

BUT WHAT THAT SPECIFICALLY RELATES TO IS MORE THE MARGIN OF ERROR THAT WE CALCULATE THAT GOES WITH THAT.

THE MARGIN OF ERROR IS CALCULATED BASED ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RESPONSES.

SO FOR THE 396 THAT WE RECEIVED IN 2022, THAT WOULD HAVE PROVIDED A 5% POINT MARGIN OF ERROR 220 GETS US CLOSER TO 6%, WHICH MEANS IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET RESPONSES FROM THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, THE TRUE RATING THAT WE SEE WITHIN OUR REPORT WOULD BE WITHIN 6% POINTS. SO IF AN ITEM WAS, SAY, 50% POSITIVE WITH THAT 6% POINT MARGIN OF ERROR, IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET RESPONSES FROM THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, THE TRUE RATING WOULD BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 44% AND 56%.

RIGHT. OKAY. WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF WHAT OUR PLAN IS FOR THE NEXT SURVEY DOWN THE ROAD, MAYBE WE SHOULD REALLY FOCUS ON AND I'M NOT SAYING WE WE HAD A LOT OF GET OUT THE VOTE, GET OUT THE SURVEY TYPE THINGS.

I'M JUST MAYBE LET'S THINK OF OTHER WAYS BECAUSE APPARENTLY WHAT WE DID TWO YEARS AGO WORKED BETTER THAN THIS TIME.

OR MAYBE THAT'S JUST CLOSER TO COVID AND MORE PEOPLE WORK FROM HOME AND HAD ACCESS TO COMPUTERS AND WHO KNOWS WHAT IT WAS.

BUT THERE'S A REASON THERE, SO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? I DON'T SEE ANY MORE MR. BARNETT, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO WRAP US UP? NO. I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE RESULTS.

IF THERE ARE ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN HELP CLARIFY, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK.

LOGAN HAS OUR CONTACT INFORMATION, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP OUT ANY WAY WE CAN.

BUT THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. IT WAS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. THANK YOU, MR. BARNETT. AND THANKFULLY, THE INTERNET HELD UP, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. YOU TOO. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM G, RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON THE SACHSE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE,

[2. Receive a briefing on the Sachse Comprehensive Plan update.]

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BUT I THINK JARED IS GOING TO DO A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF THIS.

HELLO, MR. POTTS. MAYOR AND COUNCIL THANK YOU.

AS MISS NASH MENTIONED, THIS IS THE HOME STRETCH FOR THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.

WE DO HAVE A LETTER FROM KIMLEY-HORN AS WELL AS HALEY CARRUTHERS.

I BELIEVE HALEY WILL BE KICKING US OFF, AND THEN I WILL BE AVAILABLE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF CONCLUDING THEIR PRESENTATION.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO REID AND HALEY.

MISS CARRUTHERS, I HEAR YOU'RE UP FIRST. OKAY.

MR. CLEETER IS UP FIRST. OKAY.

MIC] AWESOME.

WELL, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, NEIGHBORS.

I JUST THOUGHT THIS WAS MY OPPORTUNITY TO GET MY WORD IN FIRST.

SO I'M REID CLEETER, I'VE GOT HALEY CARRUTHERS WITH ME.

AS MENTIONED, WE'RE WITH KIMLEY-HORN, WE'RE PART OF THE CONSULTING TEAM THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR ALMOST A YEAR.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION HERE TONIGHT AS WE GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADED.

SO I'LL HAND IT OVER TO HALEY AND LET HER GET US GOING.

BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS MY OPPORTUNITY TO JUMP IN FIRST.

HELLO. LIKE REID SAID, I'M HALEY, BUT THAT'S NOW YOUR THIRD TIME HEARING THAT, SO I'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO IT.

SO SEEING SOME FAMILIAR FACES FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS.

JUST WANTED TO UPDATE YOU GUYS ON WHERE WE'RE AT AND SOME OF WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY AND HOW WE'RE IMPLEMENTING IT INTO THE PLAN, AND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE OVER THE NEXT MONTH.

SO WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS FIRST THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION UPDATE.

SO REALLY WHAT THAT IS IS KIND OF THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF THE PLAN, KIND OF THE HIGH LEVEL DETAILS THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW AND HOW THAT'S GUIDING RECOMMENDATIONS. THE SECOND IS CITYWIDE VISION ELEMENTS, DETAILED STUDIES THAT REID WILL HOP INTO THAT COVER HIGHWAY 78, CATALYST AREAS, AND THEN NEXT STEPS. SO WE DO HAVE OUR CITY WEBSITE.

ANYONE WHO'S LISTENING, ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN MORE DETAILS THAN WHAT WE'RE COVERING TONIGHT, YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE AND CHECK OUT MORE INFORMATION THERE. SO STARTING WITH THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION UPDATE. SO THE VISION STATEMENT THAT WE BROUGHT TO YOU ALL LAST TIME HAS A FEW CHANGES.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE SHOWN IN RED AND I'LL READ IT OUT NOW.

SO SACHSE WILL CULTIVATE A VIBRANT COMMUNITY WHERE RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND BUSINESSES THRIVE.

THROUGH INTENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND A FOCUS ON HIGH QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND AMENITIES, SACHSE WILL MAINTAIN A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND CHARM WHILE FURTHERING CONNECTED SPACES THAT FOSTER A SENSE OF BELONGING. SO THAT RED IS WHAT HAS BEEN UPDATED FROM PREVIOUSLY.

KIND OF REALLY HONING IN ON MAINTAINING THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND CHARM.

THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD A LOT THROUGHOUT THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, AND WANTING TO BRING THAT TO THE FOREFRONT, AS WELL AS UPDATING INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH YOU HEARD EARLIER TONIGHT AS WELL.

SO IT MAKES SENSE THAT THAT GOT ADDED TO THE VISION STATEMENT.

SO FOR GUIDING PRINCIPLES PARTNERSHIP, QUALITY OF LIFE, STEWARDSHIP, RECREATION, OPPORTUNITY, CATALYST AREAS, PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT.

SO THIS REALLY HELPS GUIDE THE PLAN OVERALL. AS YOU SEE THE PLAN YOU'LL SEE ACTION ITEMS. BUT THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES REALLY ARE YOUR NORTHWARD STAR.

WHAT IS UNDERLINED IN THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE CHANGES.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE PLAN AS WELL. SO ANOTHER KEY PART OF THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION IS THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.

SO WHAT IS CIRCLED IN RED IS WHAT REALLY CHANGED FROM THE 2017 LAND USE PLAN TO TODAY'S DRAFT FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.

SO KIND OF GOING THROUGH IT REALLY QUICKLY. MORE TOWARDS GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE YOU'LL SEE THE EXTENDED OF THE TURNPIKE MIXED USE, AND THAT'S JUST TO ALIGN WITH ZONING AS WELL AS THE SUBURBAN OR THE SINGLE FAMILY URBAN RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH OF THAT.

THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PUBLIC, NOW TURNED SINGLE FAMILY URBAN OR, YES, RESIDENTIAL.

THEN ALONG 78, YOU'LL SEE UPDATES. SO YOU'LL SEE AN EXTENDED OF THE OLD TOWN MIXED USE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS AN UPDATED ZONING OF THE INDUSTRIAL IN THAT AREA OR IN THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.

AND THEN OVER OFF OF WOODBRIDGE, YOU'LL SEE AN EXTENSION OF THAT COMMERCIAL, AND THAT'S WILL ALIGN WITH OUR CATALYST AREAS THAT YOU'LL HEAR FROM REID.

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SO JUST TRYING TO CAPTURE SOME OF THAT NEIGHBOR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL THERE AS WELL.

SO FINALLY WITH THE MTP EVERYTHING CIRCLED IN RED AGAIN IS THE UPDATES FOR THE CURRENT DRAFT MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN THAT WE'LL HAVE IN THE COMP PLAN. SO A LOT OF THOSE ARE JUST PROPOSED COLLECTOR ROADS TO HELP WITH CONNECTIVITY THAT WE WORKED ON JUST MAKE SURE MAKING SURE THAT IT ALIGNS WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND ANY FUTURE COMMERCIAL OR RETAIL COMING TO THOSE AREAS JUST TO HELP WITH MOBILITY, CONNECTIVITY AND TRANSPORTATION. AND I WILL, AND THEN FINALLY GATEWAY PLACEMAKING DIRECTION.

SO FIRST STARTING ON PRIMARY GATEWAY OPPORTUNITIES, IDENTIFYING WHERE THOSE WERE ALONG 78.

SO WE WENT TO THE PUBLIC AND HAD THIS IMAGE PREFERENCING BOARD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE SOME TYPES OF GATEWAY OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND THAT WILL BE FOLDED INTO THE PLAN.

SO IDENTIFYING SOME OF THOSE PRIMARY GATEWAY OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THAT WILL BE ALONG 78 DOESN'T REALLY GET INTO THE SUPER NOOKS AND CRANNIES, BUT KIND OF HIGH LEVEL DIRECTION OF WHERE THOSE PLACEMENTS SHOULD BE, AS WELL AS PGBT.

SECONDARY GATEWAYS IN OLD TOWN MILES AND MERRITT ROAD AND SACHSE ROAD .

AND THEN WE THINK ABOUT DISTRICT ENHANCEMENTS, THAT'S LANDSCAPING, WAYFINDING, ENHANCED CROSSING, DEFINITELY ALONG 78 AS WELL AS PGBT. AND I WILL HAND IT OVER TO REID TO TALK ABOUT 78 AND THE CATALYST AREAS.

IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY, ESPECIALLY AS WE MOVE INTO THE CATALYST AREAS, DON'T BE AFRAID TO STOP ME AND ASK QUESTIONS CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AS WELL, SO DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'RE STEPPING ON MY TOES.

BUT WE CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE THAT STATE HIGHWAY 78 IS ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL COMPONENTS TO SACHSE'S SUCCESS, BOTH LOCALLY AND REGIONALLY. SO AS YOU SEE IN THE GRAPHIC, YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENT SHADED PORTIONS OF 78 WHICH REPRESENT DIFFERENT CHARACTER AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR.

AND THOSE COULD BE BASED ON EXISTING LAND USES, EXISTING CHARACTER, AND GENERAL FUNCTIONALITY.

AS WE LOOK TO THE SOUTH OF THE CORRIDOR DOWN TOWARDS BUNKER HILL, WHICH IS TO THE LEFT OF THE IMAGE, WE'RE NOT QUITE TRUE NORTH HERE. WE'VE REORIENTED TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCERNIBLE, BUT WE CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE THE AREA NEAR BUNKER HILL IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE CONSIDER THE AREA AROUND OLD TOWN OR OLD TOWN SACHSE AND SIMILAR IT'S VERY DIFFERENT TO THE NORTHERN END OF THE CITY LIMITS.

THERE'S DIFFERENT LAND USES, DIFFERENT CONTEXTS, DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THESE AREAS AND THIS IS REALLY OUR WAY TO START IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS AND CHARACTER AREA ENHANCEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR.

YOU'LL ALSO SEE DENOTED WITH THE STARS. THE BLUE STARS REPRESENT PRIMARY GATEWAY OPPORTUNITIES LIKE HALEY JUST DISCUSSED SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR LARGER, MORE PROMINENT BRANDING AND GATEWAY OPPORTUNITIES TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHEN THEY'RE TRAVELING THROUGH OR INTO SACHSE WHEN THEY'VE ARRIVED IN SACHSE VERSUS, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORING CITIES LIKE WYLIE.

IT REALLY HELPS TO ESTABLISH A SENSE OF PRIDE AND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN SACHSE.

BUT WE ALSO NOTICE SOME OF THE PURPLE STARS THAT REPRESENT SECONDARY GATEWAYS, SO MINOR MONUMENTS TO DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF SACHSE, ESPECIALLY OLD TOWN WE CAN SEE ONE JUST SOUTH OF 78 TO DENOTE YOU'RE ENTERING A SPECIAL AREA IN SACHSE, SOMETHING THAT HAS A DIFFERENT CHARACTER THAN THE REST OF THE CITY, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER MAJOR INTERSECTIONS AS WE ENTER THOSE DIFFERENT CHARACTER AREAS. WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED AREAS FOR PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENTS WITH THE RED DOTS.

AND THOSE ARE TYPICALLY AT CRITICAL CROSSINGS OR PLACES THAT HAVE HIGH PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY OR PERHAPS DON'T HAVE THE BEST PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY, BUT COULD USE ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY IN THE FUTURE, PLACES THAT PEOPLE ARE WALKING OR TYPICALLY VISITING BY FOOT OR BICYCLE IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE THOSE AREAS MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAVELING A VARIETY OF WAYS.

SO AS WE START TO THINK ABOUT 78, AND WE START TO THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE AREAS THAT REALLY HAVE POTENTIAL TO INSTILL LARGE SCALE CHANGE ON THE CITY, WE THINK ABOUT THESE CATALYST AREAS, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME CONCEPTS THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED BASED ON THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN FOR EACH OF THESE

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THEY'RE NOT PRESCRIPTIVE PROGRAMS WHERE WE'RE SAYING THIS IS HOW THINGS HAVE TO DEVELOP OR SHOULD DEVELOP.

IT'S JUST A VISUAL REPRESENTATION TO SHOW WHAT COULD DEVELOP AND INSTILL SOME OF THE GREATEST IMPACT WITH THAT FUTURE LAND USE.

SO AS WE START TO THINK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE AREAS, YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATOR MAP ON THE LEFT SHOWS THE SIX DISTINCT CATALYST AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND THEN A MORE DETAILED VISUAL OR GRAPHIC OF WHAT THAT AREA COULD LOOK LIKE WITH THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE. SO THIS CATALYST AREA RESIDES AT WOODBRIDGE AND CODY LANE ADJACENT TO THE WALMART.

AND WE REALLY SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

WE'RE SHOWING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS THAT FRONT BOTH WOODBRIDGE AND CODY LANE ESPECIALLY AS WE GO SOUTH DOWN CODY LANE.

BUT WE ALSO SEE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A RETENTION POND IN THE MIDDLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE THE CONCERNS WITH DRAINAGE IN THE AREA.

WE KNOW MOST OF THE AREA TO THE NORTH OF WOODBRIDGE IS ENCUMBERED IN FLOODPLAIN.

SO THIS IS BOTH A NATURAL AMENITY AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESOLVE.

A POTENTIAL CONFLICT WITH THIS SITE. WE CAN ALSO SEE SCREENING ON THE WEST SIDE.

A LANDSCAPE BUFFER BETWEEN THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT INTRUDING ON THE EXISTING RESIDENTS, BUT WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING CONNECTIVITY TO THE ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SO PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THE SHOPPING CENTER AND USE IT APPROPRIATELY.

SO AS WE MOVE DOWN CODY LANE JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, YOU'LL SEE CODY LANE ACTUALLY EXTENDS TO THE NORTH.

IN THE PREVIOUS SITE THAT WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT IS JUST OFF THE SCREEN AT THE OTHER END OF THE BARBELL, IF YOU WILL. BUT THIS SITE RESIDES AT 78 AND RANCH ROAD, SO WE CAN SEE THE RAIL LINE THAT'S RUNNING SORT OF NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST IS SCREENED BY A LANDSCAPED AREA TO PROVIDE SOME PRIVACY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.

BUT WE REALLY SEE THE ENTRANCE AT 78 IN RANCH ROAD IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRAND THE SITE AND CREATE A DISTINCT SENSE OF ARRIVAL TO THE DISTRICT.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES OR OPPORTUNITIES HERE IS CONNECTING RANCHERO DRIVE TO CODY LANE.

THAT ROAD DOESN'T CURRENTLY EXIST, BUT CONNECTING THAT THROUGH AND MAKING A CONNECTION TO THE PARK AND TO THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST IS SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL IS IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR THE COMMUNITY BUT FOR THE LIVELIHOOD OF THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.

SO THE BOXES THAT WE SEE ARE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL.

SO THEY'D BE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING COMMUNITY, SERVING RESIDENTIAL, SORRY, NOT RESIDENTIAL, RETAIL, THEY COULD BE RESTAURANTS OR SMALL AREAS TO TO SHOP AND GET A COFFEE.

BUT THE SITE REALLY INTENDS TO MAKE USE OF ACCESS TO THE PARK.

AND CONNECTIVITY WITH THE EXTENSION OF RANCHERO DRIVE SO PEOPLE COULD WALK OR BIKE OR DRIVE THEIR VEHICLES HERE.

SO WE SEE OLD TOWN, AND THIS IS REALLY AN EXERCISE IN UNDERSTANDING THE PREVIOUS VISION FOR OLD TOWN THAT WAS CAST, AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THAT VISION STILL EXISTS, AND HOW WE CAN BUILD ON SOME OF THE INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY HAS MADE OVER THE YEARS IN OLD TOWN TO SPUR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT. SO WE SEE ONE OF THE PRIMARY FEATURES OF THIS, THIS CONCEPT OR THIS IDEA IS THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTOR THAT RUNS NORTH SOUTH THROUGH THE THREE PARCELS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SITE.

THERE'S ENVISIONED DEVELOPMENT ON EITHER SIDE.

THOSE COULD BE RESTAURANTS OR RETAIL SHOPPING AREAS THAT HAVE A OPEN AREA ON EITHER SIDE, SO YOU CAN ENJOY THE CONNECTIVITY.

YOU CAN WALK FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER SHOP, GET ACROSS THE STREET SAFELY.

YOU'RE NOT ENCUMBERED BY VEHICLES ON EITHER SIDE BECAUSE YOU'RE IN BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS, BUT YOU CAN GET FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, AS WELL AS ACCESS THE PARKING THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SITE.

SO THERE'S ALSO SOME OPEN SPACE ON THE WEST END THAT BUFFERS THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS PARKING TO THE SOUTH.

THAT COULD BE EITHER SURFACE PARKING OR STRUCTURED PARKING IF CRITICAL MASS WERE TO WERE TO OCCUR AND THERE WAS A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING.

YOU COULD HAVE A SMALL PARKING STRUCTURE THERE, BUT WE'RE ALSO ENVISIONING ON STREET PARKING IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.

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SO THIS CONCEPT CONTEMPLATES OR ENVISIONS COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL DEVELOPMENT ALONG BOTH MILES TO THE EAST AND DEVELOPMENT THAT FRONTS SACHSE ROAD . SO WITH THE RECONFIGURATION OF SACHSE ROAD , WE THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ENHANCED CONNECTIVITY WITH THE SIDEWALKS, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE SOME NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL FOR RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT SACHSE AND THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, THERE'S REALLY A DONUT OR A VOID OF COMMERCIAL SERVICES OR DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY. IT'S GENERALLY EITHER 78 OR PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE, WHERE YOU GET MOST OF YOUR RETAIL.

BUT THIS IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE PEOPLE, GOODS AND SERVICES THAT ARE TRAVELING THROUGH SACHSE EAST AND WEST ALONG SACHSE ROAD, AND YOU'LL SEE THE NATURAL AMENITY ON THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IS AN EXISTING DRAINAGE EASEMENT.

SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE AN EXISTING SITE CONSTRAINT.

AND WE'VE CONTEMPLATED SOME OPEN SPACE AROUND SOME OF THE RETAIL BUILDINGS TO GIVE A SENSE OF PLACE AND A BETTER BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE VISITING HERE. SO MILES ROAD AND MERRITT ROAD THIS CONCEPT TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE RECONFIGURATION OF MERRITT ROAD .

SO YOU CAN SEE TO THE LEFT WHERE THE EXISTING MERRITT ROAD GOES AND THE NEW ROAD THAT'S DRAWN HERE JAUNTS TO THE RIGHT AND CONNECTS TO WOODBRIDGE PARKWAY TO THE NORTH. MOST OF THIS AREA ON THE SOUTH END OF SACHSE ROAD IS ENCUMBERED BY FLOODPLAIN.

THERE ARE TWO SMALL AREAS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FUTURE MERRITT ROAD THAT WOULD BE DEVELOPABLE.

SO THIS IS REALLY AN INTERESTING OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T EXIST MANY OTHER PLACES.

AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, THE RIPARIAN AREA AND MAYBE FRONT OUT TOWARDS THE BACK OF THAT, USE IT AS A NATURAL AMENITY WHERE PEOPLE CAN EXPERIENCE SOME PEACE AND QUIET AND SOME NATURE.

BUT ALSO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT TO THE OLD WHAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE ABANDONED PORTION OF MERRITT ROAD AS A TRAIL CONNECTION. AND TO THE NORTH, WE ALSO CONTEMPLATE NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL DEVELOPMENT THAT SUPPORTS ALL FOUR CORNERS OF THE FUTURE INTERSECTION. SO YOU'LL HAVE TO EXCUSE ME FOR THAT'S MISLABELED, BUT THIS IS PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE. AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS REALLY FOCUSED ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

YOU'LL SEE TO THE NORTH. THE STATION EXISTS. THERE'S A MASTER PLAN CURRENTLY IN PLACE FOR THE STATION, AND A LOT OF THAT AREA HAS DEVELOPED AS A RESULT OF THE 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

BUT TO THE EAST OF THE NORTHERN AREA, WE SEE TO THE EAST OF MERRITT ROAD AT THE VERY TOP THERE, THERE'S A CONNECTION OR A PROPOSED CONNECTION OF HUDSON DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO THE EAST OVER TO PLEASANT VALLEY AND THEN SOPRANO DRIVE, WHICH IS THE ROAD THAT GOES NORTH SOUTH THROUGH THE TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED AS A NORTHERN CONNECTION TO PLEASANT VALLEY AS WELL. BOTH OF THOSE AREAS WE DID VISION AS BEING A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT THE EXISTING MOMENTUM AT THE STATION.

BUT THERE'S ALSO NATURAL AMENITIES, AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A PARK ON THE VERY SOUTH THAT BUFFERS FROM THE EXISTING TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE THEM AN AMENITY AND A PLACE TO GO, BUT ALSO CONNECTIVITY FOR PEDESTRIANS.

AND TO THE SOUTH OF PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE.

WE SEE A NEW CONNECTION, WHICH IS THE EXTENSION EAST OF PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD, THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD TO MERRITT ROAD, MAKING THAT CONNECTION AND WE GENERALLY ENVISION THOSE ARE ABOUT 400 FOOT BLOCKS,

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WE'RE ENVISIONING A COMMERCIAL OR RETAIL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE AND A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THAT OR SOUTH OF THAT, WE SEE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER IT BE OFFICE DEVELOPMENT, MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT, IT COULD BE INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT. SO USES THAT WORK WITH SIMILAR INDUSTRIES LIKE EVOLVE BIOLOGICS.

WHEN YOU HAVE INDUSTRIES THAT CO-LOCATE, THERE'S EFFICIENCIES AND THEY CAN USE THE SAME LABOR POOL.

AND FURTHER SOUTH OF THAT, WE'D ENVISION SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TRANSITIONING BACK UP.

AS WE HEAD TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY LIMITS.

MOST OF THAT AREA SOUTH IS ENCUMBERED BY FLOODPLAIN, BUT IT'S ALSO UNDULATING IN ITS TOPOGRAPHY.

SO THERE'S LOTS OF CHARACTER AND HILLS THERE.

BUT WE'D ENVISION SINGLE FAMILY SUPPORTING THE THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH AS WELL.

SO I KNOW THAT'S A LOT TO SORT OF TAKE IN AND REACT TO.

IT MAY BE EASIER IF WE TAKE QUESTIONS ON EACH OF THEM NOW BEFORE WE GET TO NEXT STEPS, OR WE CAN GO TO NEXT STEPS AND THEN QUESTIONS.

WE'LL GO TO NEXT STEPS. OKAY. SO NEXT STEPS REGARDING THE PLAN.

YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE AND CONTINUE GIVING INPUT ON THE INTERACTIVE MAP THROUGH THE WEBSITE, THE SHAPING SACHSE WEBSITE. SO THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET HERE TONIGHT WE'LL USE TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PLAN OR UPDATE THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADING. WE'LL ALSO USE THAT TO INFORM THE IMPLEMENTATION STEPS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.

AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE UPCOMING SLASH ANTICIPATED PUBLIC MEETINGS.

SO APRIL 17TH THERE WILL BE AN UPDATE TO THE EDC BOARD.

AND THEN AT THE END OF THE MONTH THE 28TH WE'LL BE BACK TO PLANNING AND ZONING FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND RECOMMENDATION, WITH HOPES OF MAY 5TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION OF FINAL APPROVAL.

THANK YOU, MR. CLEETER. AND ALSO MISS CARRUTHERS THANK YOU.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NOT ALL AT ONCE. MISS HOWARTH.

JUST A COMMENT. AND THIS IS KIND OF THE SECOND TIME I'VE SEEN THIS SINCE I WAS AT EDC.

THIS HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL TO IT THAN WHAT WE SAW.

I JUST WANTED THE FOLKS LISTENING AND MAYBE THAT WATCH THIS VIDEO THAT THAT THIS IS ALL VISIONARY, NOT SPECIFIC, THAT IT ISN'T LIKE, OH, THIS CORNER IS GOING TO LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THIS.

THIS IS THE POTENTIAL THAT COULD HAPPEN IF WE FOLLOW THROUGH WITH STEPS AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT DECIDES THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, THAT THIS IS BIG PICTURE. NOT OH MY GOSH, THIS IS GOING TO BE RIGHT NEXT TO MY HOUSE AND I HATE IT.

ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE NOT THERE. IT'S ONE WAY TO FULFILL THE FUTURE LAND USE.

BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT FUTURE LAND USE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ZONING, RIGHT? SO THIS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE WHAT ANYONE CAN AND CAN'T DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY CURRENTLY.

IT WON'T FORCE ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY.

THIS IS JUST THE ULTIMATE VISION FOR WHAT COULD BE WITH THIS LAND USE, BUT IT'S ONE OF INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE AS WELL.

IT WAS. IT'S OUR ATTEMPT AT USING THE COMMUNITY'S FEEDBACK AND DISCUSSIONS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'VE GAINED FROM THEM TO CAST THAT.

YEAH, TO PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT ON THAT, EVEN GOING BACK ONE STEP, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE DIFFERENT COLORS THAT WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT, WHICH EVEN THE COLORS HAVEN'T BEEN FINALIZED YET. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. AND THEN AS MISS HOWARTH SAID, WE DO HAVE SOME ILLUSTRATED DRAWINGS.

AND BY NO MEANS ARE THOSE SET IN STONE. SO ABSOLUTELY, WE'RE STILL IN A FLUID PROCESS, BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

MR. PRESTENBERG. HEY, THANK YOU FOR THIS. I JUST WAS GOING TO REITERATE WHAT MISS HOWARTH JUST SAID, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER FROM THE SURVEY THAT WE JUST HEARD AND THEN WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING, I MEAN, WE WERE REALLY POOR OR LOW RANKED OR SCORED ON BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

SO I IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING HOW IT'S ALL KIND OF WHEN YOU STEP BACK AT THE 10,000 FOOT VIEW, IT KIND OF STARTS TO MAKE SENSE A LITTLE BIT.

SOME INTERESTING SHAPES. BUT YEAH, IT'S IT'S KIND OF MIND ALTERING WHEN YOU THINK WHERE WE COULD BE IN 10 YEARS OR.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK BOTH Y'ALL. YES.

THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL TO MR. CLEETER, MISS CARRUTHERS OR STAFF? MISS MILLSAP.

IN CONSORT WITH WHAT COUNCILMAN HOWARTH HAS MENTIONED I THINK YOU NEED AS YOU'RE I'M GLAD YOU TALKED

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AND THE REASON I'M SAYING THAT WE'VE HEARD SOME PEOPLE IN THE LAST IN YEARS PAST FROM THE LAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WELL, WE CAN'T DO THAT, IT'S NOT IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T GO BACK AND LOOK AND SAY, HEY, DO WE REALLY? ARE WE REALLY FIXED THAT MUCH? I THINK WE NEED TO REEMPHASIZE IN THE PLAN ITSELF THAT THIS IS A VISION, NOT A FIXED DIRECTION.

AND BECAUSE AS OUR DEMOGRAPHICS CHANGE, AS WE GET BUSIER, WE GET MORE FILLED OUT, WE GET OLDER IN, IN POPULATION GROWTH. AND SLOWER IN POPULATION GROWTH WE NEED TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE.

AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCORPORATED THAT IT'S SPECIFICALLY STATED THAT THIS IS A VISION, NOT A FIXED CONCEPT. ABSOLUTELY. OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? WELL, I'M GLAD YOU HAVE THIS SLIDE UP HERE BECAUSE IT DOES GIVE US OUR NEXT STEPS, OUR NEXT MEETING. SO AGAIN, I WOULD REEMPHASIZE APRIL 17TH AT EDC.

WE'LL SEE THIS AGAIN APRIL 28TH P&Z. AND AGAIN FLUID SCHEDULE MAY 5TH COUNCIL.

WE'LL SEE HOW ALL THOSE OTHER HEARINGS GO. BUT AT LEAST THAT GIVES US A GENERAL IDEA OF WHEN WE'LL SEE THIS AGAIN.

YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND AS YOU SAID AT THE VERY BEGINNING THE PROCESS IS STILL OPEN FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

SO IF THEY WANT TO GIVE THEIR INPUT, THEY STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. PLEASE DO. AND AS YOU SEE RIGHT THERE. OKAY.

THANK YOU. MR. CLEETER. THANK YOU, MISS CARRUTHERS AND MR. POTTS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM THREE, RECEIVE THE SACHSE PUBLIC LIBRARIES 2024 YEAR IN REVIEW PRESENTATION,

[3. Receive the Sachse Public Library's 2024 year end review presentation.]

I WANTED TO FOR HIM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THE COUNCIL WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO GIVE DIRECTION TO FUND IN THE LAST BUDGET FOR EXPANDED SERVICES.

RANDALL IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND THEN TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS UPCOMING, SINCE HE HAS TAKEN OVER THE HELM AT THE LIBRARY.

NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN, MR. CROSS. GOOD TO BE BACK.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE 2024 YEAR END REVIEW OF THE SACHSE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

AND YES, I CAN'T TAKE ANY CREDIT FOR THIS. THIS IS 100% THE OUR FABULOUS STAFF AT THE CITY, AND JUST A COMPLETE EFFORT FROM THERE TO THE VERY TOP IN SUPPORT FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.

IF I HAD TO CHOOSE A THEME FOR 2024, IT WOULD BE GROWTH INFORMED BY THE 2022 COMMUNITY SURVEY AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE LIBRARY EXPANDED HOURS FROM 48 TO 60 SERVICE HOURS PER WEEK.

THIS INVOLVED ADDING NEW LIBRARY STAFF, AND WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR CLASSES AND EVENTS AS A RESULT.

SO OVERALL, THE LIBRARY INCREASED THE NUMBER OF EVENTS OFFERED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BY 27%.

[INAUDIBLE] AND WE KNOW THIS WAS SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE COULD IDENTIFY A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN VISITS TO THE LIBRARY. LIBRARY VISITS WENT UP BY 25%, AND WE AVERAGED MORE THAN 280 VISITS PER DAY IN JUNE AND JULY.

SO WITH ALL OF THIS GROWTH, IT WAS CRITICAL THAT WE ATTRACTED MORE VOLUNTEERS.

LIBRARY STAFF REVITALIZED THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM AND ATTRACTED NEW PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING TEENS AND ADULTS.

IN TOTAL, VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN 450 SERVICE HOURS AND ASSISTED STAFF WITH SHELVING AND CLEANING LIBRARY MATERIALS, MANAGING LARGE EVENTS, PREPARING CRAFTS AND MORE.

THEIR FOCUS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WAS ON LIFELONG LEARNING, AND WE NOW HAVE THREE WEEKLY STORY TIMES FOR CHILDREN OF DIFFERENT AGES, PLUS AN EVENING STORY TIME FOR FAMILIES. ADULTS CAN TAKE PART IN TWO DIFFERENT RECURRING HANDS ON CLASSES EACH MONTH, AND THERE ARE CLASSES SPECIFICALLY FOR TEENS AND YOUNGER CHILDREN AS WELL.

SO EACH AND EVERY MONTH, NO MATTER YOUR AGE, THERE'S SOMETHING NEW TO LEARN AT THE LIBRARY.

JUST A FEW ADDITIONAL METRICS FOR 2024, NEARLY 130,000 PHYSICAL ITEMS CHECKED OUT MORE THAN 61,000 VISITS TO THE LIBRARY, MORE THAN 2,000 NEW BORROWERS ADDED, AND OVER 7,000 PARTICIPANTS IN OUR LIBRARY EVENTS.

SO LOOKING BACK OVER THE PAST YEAR, GROWTH WAS DEFINITELY DRIVEN BY THE EXPANDED HOURS, BUT I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STRESS THAT THE SACHSE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS NOT JUST

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SO IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT IN 2025 AND 26? WE'LL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE AND REFINE OUR NEW SERVICES.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OUR EVENT SERIES THAT HAVE PROVEN POPULAR STORY TIMES, HOW TO CLASSES, BOOK TALKS, AND CRAFT WORKSHOPS. THE ADULT READING CHALLENGE CONTINUES TO BE A YEAR LONG FAVORITE, AND OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM KICKS OFF NEXT MONTH.

AND ONE OF OUR GOALS FOR THIS YEAR IS A CLOSER COLLABORATION WITH THE SENIOR CENTER AND COMMUNITY CENTER ON OUR EVENTS AND CLASSES.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE OUR RESOURCES AND EXPERTISE WITH EACH OTHER AND CROSS-PROMOTE THOSE ACTIVITIES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. CROSS. I WANT TO ADD AND THE LIBRARY STAFF DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB, BECAUSE ONE OF THE COMMON COMPLIMENTS I GET IS THE WIDE RANGE OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC SPECTRUM YOU COVER FOR THE PROGRAMS, AND THAT'S WHETHER YOU HAVE A LITTLE KID OR AN ADULT, IT'S THAT I ALWAYS GET KUDOS FOR THAT BECAUSE NOT YOU CAN'T FIND THAT EVERYWHERE.

SO I COMMEND YOU, YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR THAT.

THANK YOU. EVERY EVERY STAGE OF LIFE, EVERY WALK OF LIFE.

YES, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE WAY I HEAR IT PUT. SO THANK YOU, MR. PRESTENBERG. YES. HEY. DON'T GO ANYWHERE. [LAUGHTER] I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU SOME PRAISE, MAN.

FIRST OFF, OUR LIBRARY IS AMAZING. MY KIDS OUT OF THE 129,000 CHECKED OUT ITEMS MIGHT HAVE BEEN HALF OF THEM, I DON'T KNOW. BUT JUST SOME OF THE THINGS MY KIDS HAVE ENJOYED, LIKE THE HARRY POTTER, YOU KNOW, THEMED EVENTS, READING TO THE DOG. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WAS A THING.

AND THEN THEY CAME HOME, THEY WERE SHOWING ME PICTURES, AND STELLA WAS READING TO A PUPPY, AND SHE JUST LOVED IT, YOU KNOW. AND THEN THE DINOSAUR STUFF, AS YOU HAVE A PICTURE HERE.

I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR BEING A CITY OF OUR SIZE, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT CERTAIN THINGS TO COME.

COME WITH IT. AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR SHINING GEMS, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY.

SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. TELL YOUR STAFF FANTASTIC WORK, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. MISS BUHLER. WELL, MR. PRESTENBERG KIND OF STOLE MY THUNDER THERE A LITTLE BIT. NICE TO FINALLY MEET YOU.

SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND EVERYONE AT THE SACHSE LIBRARY.

YOU ALL DO SUCH A GREAT JOB. AND I KNOW MY FAMILY, MY KIDS AND I, WE BUILD OUR SUMMER SCHEDULE AROUND Y'ALL'S SCHEDULE.

SO JUST THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND THANKS FOR GIVING BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. SO I'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO GET A PLUG IN.

IF YOU IF YOU DON'T HAVE A LIBRARY CARD, WHAT'S THE EASIEST AND BEST WAY TO GET IT? YOU CAN VISIT US. YOU CAN SIGN UP ONLINE. THE APPLICATION ON THE LIBRARY WEBSITE OR STOP BY IN PERSON.

IT JUST TAKES A MINUTE. OKAY. THAT'S AWESOME.

MORE THAN ONE OPTION. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. CROSS? THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM FOUR, RECEIVE THE QUARTERLY BOND 2021 UPDATE.

[4. Receive the quarterly Bond 2021 update.]

THIS ONE'S MINE. OKAY. LOGAN'S GOING TO STEER THE THE SHIP FOR ME FROM THE PODIUM OVER THERE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU LOGAN. WELL, THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE OUR QUARTERLY UPDATE ON BOND 2021 PROJECTS.

AS YOU HEARD TONIGHT, WE HAD WE HAD THE CHANGE ORDER THAT YOU ALL APPROVED FOR BAILEY ROAD .

BUT WE ARE STILL WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY ON ALL THE PROJECTS.

SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS AGAIN, AS I ALWAYS DO EVERY TIME FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S WATCHING THAT MAY NOT PAY, MAY NOT ATTEND EVERY MEETING THAT WE HAVE. BUT JUST TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON BAILEY HOOPER ROAD PROJECTS, SACHSE ROAD PHASE TWO, WILLIFORD ROAD, WEST CREEK LANE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PACKAGES, AND THEN OUR FUTURE BOND PROJECTS TIMELINE.

SO I WON'T BORE EVERYBODY WITH THIS YOU CAN READ, BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, SACHSE RESIDENTS DID VOTE TO APPROVE FOUR PROPOSITIONS IN NOVEMBER OF 2021, AND THAT WAS THE EXPANSION AND UPGRADES TO SACHSE ROAD , UPGRADING AND DEVELOPING WHAT WE CALL OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PACKAGES, BUT ALSO SPECIFICALLY BAILEY ROAD, WILLIFORD ROAD AND WEST CREEK LANE.

AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PACKAGES AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE ANIMAL SHELTER. SO I WON'T BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON THAT TONIGHT SINCE

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SO, BAILEY HOOPER AS WE TALKED EARLIER WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK GOING ON OVER THERE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE FRANCHISE RELOCATIONS ARE ONGOING AND THE WATER, SEWER AND STORM DRAINAGE IS BEING INSTALLED FROM SACHSE ROAD TO WILLIFORD.

THE ROAD WILL BE OPEN SOUTH OF ANTHONY LANE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

AND AS WE DISCUSSED, CONSTRUCTION DID BEGIN IN OCTOBER AND WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT FIRST PHASE FROM ANTHONY TO SACHSE ROAD .

AND WE DO STILL CONTINUE TO ANTICIPATE THAT COMPLETION IN THE FALL OF 2025.

AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S AN 80 DAY PROJECT NOW, SO WE STILL ANTICIPATE WE CAN GET IT DONE BEFORE THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE SIGNIFICANT WORK THAT IS GOING ON ON THAT PROJECT.

BUT THINGS ARE HAPPENING. PAVEMENT VERY LARGE.

EXACTLY. SO JUST KIND OF SOME PICTURE UPDATES THEN SACHSE ROAD PHASE TWO DESIGN.

AS YOU KNOW, THAT PROJECT IS SACHSE ROAD FROM RIGHT OUTSIDE HERE, CITY HALL AT BASICALLY AT MILES ROAD TO MERRITT ROAD .

SO THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN AND THE LAYOUT IS COMPLETED AND IT IS UNDER DESIGN, AND WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THAT 60% DESIGN COMPLETION.

BUT AGAIN, WE DO ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN THIS FALL IN 2025.

WILLIFORD ROAD FROM FROM HIGHWAY 78 TO BAILEY ROAD WE'RE ABOUT 30% ON THOSE DESIGN PLANS RIGHT NOW. AND THE SAME WITH WEST CREEK LANE FROM SACHSE ROAD TO TIMBER CREEK COURT.

SO ABOUT 30% ON OUR DESIGN PLANS THERE. THE NEIGHBORHOOD PACKAGES.

SO THAT FIRST PHASE OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED, WHICH WAS TINA STREET, LISA COURT, AND KELLY STREET. AND THANKS TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FUNDING, ACCELERATION AND MOVING SOME OF THESE THINGS FORWARD AS PART OF THIS BOND, WE ARE PREPARING NEIGHBORHOOD PACKAGE PROJECTS FOR CONSTRUCTION IN THE 24-25 BUDGET, WHICH IS THIS YEAR.

AND THEN THE SECOND BATCH OF NEIGHBORHOOD PACKAGES WE HOPE TO BE AWARDING IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2025, SO MOVING ALONG WITH THOSE PROJECTS. WHEN YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND YOU WANT TO LOOK AT ANY OF OUR UPDATES ON BOND 2021, WE DO THESE ESTHER DOES A GREAT JOB ON OUR ON OUR THERMOMETERS HERE.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THE SPECIFIC STEPS AND THE DATES THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS COMPLETION ON THESE.

SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO AND LOOK AT THEM, YOU'LL SEE THESE ON OUR WEBSITE AND WE UPDATE THEM EVERY QUARTER.

SO THIS IS THE UPDATE FOR THE SACHSE ROAD PHASE TWO.

AS I SAID 60%. WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED ON WILLIFORD ABOUT 30%.

AND THE SAME IS TRUE WITH SACHSE ROAD PHASE THREE.

SO FUTURE BOND PROJECT SCHEDULE. SACHSE ROAD PHASE THREE.

WE'RE TALKED ABOUT THE ACCELERATION OF THAT AND WILL BE CLOSER TO 2028.

WEST CREEK LANE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY CONSTRUCTION OF THAT IN 25- 26.

AND THEN OF COURSE OUR BOND PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED IS SACHSE ROAD ANIMAL SHELTER.

AND AGAIN, AS I SAID, ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE BOND PROCESS AND ANY UPDATES WE HAVE ARE AT WWW.CITYOFSACHSE.COM/BOND2021. AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ANY OF YOU HAVE ON THE BOND UPDATE.

YOU CAN HAVE YOUR DIET COKE BACK THERE. THANK YOU MAYOR, I APPRECIATE THAT. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MISS NASH OR STAFF ON THE UPDATE ON 2021 BOND? I WILL SAY, ESTHER, I DO LIKE YOUR THERMOMETERS, IF YOU WILL, THE CABOOSE, IT'S GREAT WHEN THEY HAVE COLORS IN THEM, I LOVE THAT. SO THOSE ARE GOING TO GET COLORED EVENTUALLY.

SO OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE. SO I WILL SAY THIS BEFORE WE ADJOURN.

I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WISH MISS NASH A BELATED BIRTHDAY, HER BIRTHDAY WAS YESTERDAY, AND I HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITY YOU TURNED 41, I THINK, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I VAGUELY REMEMBER THAT BIRTHDAY. BUT THANK YOU.

THAT'S VERY KIND. WE ARE GLAD THAT YOU CAN CELEBRATE ANOTHER BIRTHDAY WITH THE CITY OF SACHSE.

I APPRECIATE YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. OKAY, NEXT ITEM IS ADJOURNMENT.

THE TIME MISS GRANGER. 8:24 P.M.. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:24 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.