[00:00:02] I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE OUT TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. [A. Meeting Opening] TODAY IS MONDAY, MAY 18TH, 2026. THE TIME MISS GRANGER 6:30 P.M.. WE ARE CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:30 P.M.. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM TWO INVOCATION AND PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE. I'VE ASKED MISS HOWARTH TO OFFER THE INVOCATION AND MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS TO LEAD OUR PLEDGES. IF YOU WILL, PLEASE RISE. OUR KIND AND GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT WE CAN BE GATHERED HERE TOGETHER TO ACCOMPLISH THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY OF SACHSE. WEST THY BLESSINGS UPON US TONIGHT, THAT WE WILL MAKE WISE DECISIONS IN THE INTEREST OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, THAT WE WILL HEAR ALL THOSE ALL OPINIONS AND TREAT EACH OTHER WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THIS CITY THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND OUR NATION, AND WE ASK THY BLESSINGS UPON IT. WE ASK THESE BLESSINGS UPON OUR PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF AND PROTECT AND KEEP THEM SAFE AS THEY PROTECT AND KEEP THIS RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY SAFE. AND WE ASK THESE BLESSINGS UPON US IN THE NAME OF THY SON, JESUS CHRIST. AMEN. LET'S FACE THE AMERICAN FLAG. 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. AND THE TEXAS FLAG. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. MAY BE SEATED. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM THREE. ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE TO THE RECENTLY ELECTED OFFICIAL, WHICH IS RIGHT OVER HERE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. WITH THAT, MR. GRANGER. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE GENERAL ELECTION WAS HELD ON MAY 2ND, 2026 TO ELECT COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR PLACES THREE AND PLACE FOUR. THE RESULTS WERE CANVASED AT THE MAY 12TH SPECIAL SPECIAL MEETING, NOT SPECIAL ELECTION. THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE SPECIFIES THAT THE OATH OF OFFICE SHOULD BE THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS ON THE MEETING FOLLOWING THE MEETING AT WHICH IT WAS CANVASSED. SO I WILL NOTE THAT THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES FOR PLACE FOUR WILL ADVANCE TO THE GENERAL RUNOFF ELECTION ON JUNE 13TH. SO TONIGHT I WOULD ASK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MILLSAP JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM FOR HIS OATH. RIGHT HERE. YES. PERFECT. I, FRANK MILLSAP. I, FRANK MILLSAP. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE. THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE. THE DUTIES OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE DUTIES OF THE CITY COUNCIL. OF THE CITY OF SACHSE. OF THE CITY OF SACHSE. STATE OF TEXAS. STATE OF TEXAS. AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND. PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND. THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS. THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS. OF THE UNITED STATES. OF THE UNITED STATES. AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM FOUR. CONSIDER APPROVING THE MAY 12TH, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES. MISS GRANGER YES, THE CITY CHARTER SPECIFIES THAT THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING AT WHICH THE ELECTION WAS CANVASSED SHOULD BE THE SECOND ITEM OF BUSINESS, AND AFTER THE OATH OF OFFICE OF FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIAL. SO THAT IS WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, MISS GRANGER. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MISS GRANGER? HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN MOTIONS. MR. PRESTENBERG. YES. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM A FOUR AS US PRESENTED A MOTION BY MR. PRESTENBERG TO APPROVE ITEM A.4 AS PRESENTED TO HAVE A SECOND. MS. BUHLER. SECOND. SECOND BY MISS BUHLER. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. [00:05:13] MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM B RECOGNITION, ITEM ONE PRESENT A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EMS WEEK. [B. Recognition] I WILL ASK CHIEF WADE AND OUR AWESOME FIRE CREW DOWN TO THE FRONT TO JOIN ME. HOW MANY? HELLO, GENTLEMEN. WELL, EXCUSE ME, FIRST AND FOREMOST, CHIEF WADE. AND THIS IS OUR ONE OF OUR MANY CREWS ON OUR PART OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR EMS. AND FOR YEARS, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, FIREFIGHTERS, EMS KIND OF WENT IN THE SAME USED TO NOT ALWAYS BE THAT WAY. AND IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT OUR EMS AND FIREFIGHTER PERSONNEL DO AN EXCELLENT JOB EVERY SINGLE DAY, KEEPING US SAFE AND ANSWERING THE CALL WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN DISTRESS TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT AND READ A PROCLAMATION INTO THE RECORD, RECOGNIZING EMS WEEK AND ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU ALL DO. WHEREAS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE IS A VITAL PUBLIC SERVICE, AND THE MEMBERS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE TEAMS ARE READY TO PROVIDE LIFE SAVING CARE TO THOSE IN NEED, 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. WHEREAS ACCESS TO QUALITY EMERGENCY CARE DRAMATICALLY IMPROVES THE SURVIVAL AND RECOVERY RATE OF THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE SUDDEN ILLNESS OR INJURY. WHEREAS EMS HAS GROWN TO FILL A GAP BY PROVIDING IMPORTANT OUT-OF-HOSPITAL, OUT OF HOSPITAL CARE, INCLUDING PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE, FOLLOW UP CARE AND ACCESS TO TELEMEDICINE. AND WHEREAS THE EMS SYSTEM CONSISTS OF FIRST RESPONDERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS, PARAMEDICS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCHERS, FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, EDUCATORS, ADMINISTRATORS, PREHOSPITAL NURSES, EMERGENCY NURSES, EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, TRAINED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND OTHER OUT-OF-HOSPITAL MEDICAL CARE PROVIDERS. AND WHEREAS THE MEMBERS OF THE EMS TEAMS, WHETHER CAREER OR VOLUNTEER, ENGAGE IN THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION TO ENHANCE THEIR LIFE SAVING SKILLS. WHEREAS, IT IS APPROPRIATE TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS BY BY DESIGNATING THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK. NOW THEREFORE, I, JEFF BICKERSTAFF, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SACHSE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 17TH TO 23RD, 2026 AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK AND CELEBRATE THE 52ND ANNIVERSARY OF EMS WEEK WITH THE THEME IMPROVING OUTCOMES TOGETHER, ENCOURAGING THE COMMUNITY TO SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION. CONGRATULATIONS GUYS [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU MAYOR, WE APPRECIATE THAT. YOU KNOW, I CAN'T EVER SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE FOLKS THAT ARE STANDING BEHIND ME BECAUSE THEY, THEY, THEY'RE NOT IN IT FOR JUST A CAREER. THEY'RE IN IT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT THEY SERVE. AND I SEE IT EVERY DAY. I PEOPLE CALL AND SAY THEY DON'T EVER COMPLAIN ABOUT HOW THEY'RE TREATED. THEY MIGHT COMPLAIN ABOUT THE BILL, BUT NOT ABOUT THE FOLKS AND HOW THEY HOW THEY'RE TREATED. SO I, I GUESS I ASK A LOT OF THEM AND THEY ALWAYS COME ON TOP. THEY DO EXACTLY WHAT I ASKED, SO I COULDN'T ASK FOR ANY MORE. SO THANK YOU FOLKS. Y'ALL ARE AMAZING. [APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] YEP. OKAY, I GOT IT. PERFECT. HOPEFULLY THEY'LL HAVE A QUIET EVENING. I HOPE SO. YEAH, I KNOW, EVERY TIME I. EVERY TIME I DO THAT, I JINX IT, I KNOW. SO NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA UNDER RECOGNITION IS ITEM TWO PRESENTING PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK. I WOULD ASK THAT OUR AWESOME PUBLIC WORKS GUYS COME ON DOWN FRONT. [00:10:06] SO YOU MAY NOT RECOGNIZE THESE GENTLEMEN AND THAT'S OKAY, BECAUSE THEY DO A LOT OF THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES THAT WE DON'T THINK ABOUT, BUT ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. BECAUSE IF IT WERE NOT FOR THESE GENTLEMEN AND THEIR OTHER TEAMMATES THAT AREN'T HERE TONIGHT, YOUR WATER WOULDN'T COME ON. YOUR TOILET WOULDN'T FLUSH. AND THOSE, THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT THINGS AND THEY DON'T JUST DO THAT. THEY MAKE SURE OUR ROADS STAY SAFE. ANYTHING THAT BREAKS, UNFORTUNATELY, THINGS BREAKS SOMETIMES. THEY'RE THERE TO FIX IT. I HAVE LITERALLY SEEN THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WORKING ON THINGS, AND THEY DO NOT HAVE AN 8 TO 5 JOB. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT'S HOT OR COLD OUTSIDE. THEY'RE IN THE ELEMENTS SOMETIMES, REALLY IN THE ELEMENTS. AND FOR THAT, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THE CITY. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT AND READ A PROCLAMATION INTO THE RECORD. WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT ARE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE OF SACHSE. AND WHEREAS THESE INFRASTRUCTURES, THESE INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES CANNOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE ENGINEERS, MANAGERS AND EMPLOYEES AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REBUILDING, IMPROVING, AND PROTECTING OUR NATION'S TRANSPORTATION, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TREATMENT AND SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES ESSENTIAL FOR OUR CITIZENS. AND WHEREAS IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOR THE CITIZENS, CIVIC LEADERS AND THE CHILDREN IN THE CITY OF SACHSE TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF AND MAINTAIN AN ONGOING INTEREST IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS, EXCUSE ME, WHEREAS THIS YEAR, 2026 MARKS THE 66TH ANNUAL NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION, WITH THE THEME ROOTED IN SERVICE POWERED BY THE COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, I, JEFF BICKERSTAFF, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SACHSE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 17TH THROUGH 23RD, 2026 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN SACHSE AND ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO JOIN WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND ACTIVITIES, EVENTS AND CEREMONIES DESIGNED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS, ENGINEERS, MANAGERS AND EMPLOYEES, AND TO RECOGNIZE THE SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE TO PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND ADVANCING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL. CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I THINK KIND OF WHAT CHIEF WHITE SAID. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE EMPLOYEES WE HAVE HERE AT THE CITY OF SACHSE. THEY DON'T COMPLAIN. THEY DO ALL THE STUFF THAT'S ASKED OF THEM AND COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THESE GUYS. DO YOU HAVE A COUPLE SPECIAL THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. GREG MOSS HAS BEEN HERE FOR 13 YEARS. HE'S HAS A PENDING RETIREMENT HERE SHORTLY. HE STARTED HERE IN 2013, SO 13 YEARS. MOVED BACK FROM FLORIDA TO TAKE CARE OF HIS MOTHER. HE HAS A BACKGROUND IN APARTMENT AND CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE, AND HE QUICKLY LEARNED HIS WATER AND WASTEWATER LICENSES AND HIS AP, HIS BACKFLOW PREVENTION AND IS CSI LICENSES. IN 2017, HE WAS PROMOTED TO WATER CREW LEADER 2021. HE DECIDED TO PURSUE THE WATER QUALITY AND TRANSFER TO THE WATER QUALITY TECHNICIAN POSITION, AND HE HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING IN SAMPLING AND FLUSHING AND OVERSEEING OUR CROSS-CONNECTION CONTROL PROGRAM. HE PLANS ON RETURNING HERE IN JANUARY AND MOVING TO GEORGIA TO SPEND TIME WITH HIS FAMILY. BUT AGAIN, GREG'S BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME AND HE'S DONE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS FOR US. AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE HIS DEDICATION AND HIS LOYALTY HERE TO, TO THE CITY. AND WITH THAT, THANKS, GREG FOR THAT ALL YOUR TIME [APPLAUSE]. AND SO LIKE, WE ALL HAVE CHILDREN, RIGHT? SO WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE CHILD? RIGHT? AND SO LIKE, THAT'S A HARD THING TO, TO THINK, BUT I THINK GARY HAS BEEN, HE'S ONE OF THE FIRST PERSON I MET WHEN I WAS HERE. HE'S ALWAYS BEEN NICE AND STOPS BY AND TALK TO US. HE DOESN'T, HE DOESN'T NOT AFRAID TO, TO, TO COME SEE US. AND SO I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE GARY AND ALL HIS HARD WORK. SO I'M GOING TO READ A LITTLE THING HERE ON GARY. GARY WAS HARD IN THE STREET DEPARTMENT IN 2019 OR 20 OR 2009. EXCUSE ME. 17 YEARS HE'S BEEN HERE. THIS IS AFTER 30 YEARS WORKING WITH HIS DAD AS CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES, CONCRETE COMPANY. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE SEWER DEPARTMENT IN 2011 AND WAS PROMOTED TO SEWER CREW LEADER THAT SAME YEAR. HE OBTAINED AND HAS MAINTAINED HIS WATER DISTRIBUTION, WASTEWATER COLLECTION, LICENSES AND OVERSEES AND SORRY, ALLOWING HIM TO OVERSEE AND PARTICIPATE WITH WATER AND SEWER REPAIRS. CROSS TRAINED MANY MAINTENANCE TEXTS AND HELP MENTOR SOME OF OUR YOUNGER NEW HIRES. [00:15:05] I THINK THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. THESE GUYS ARE RETIRING, BUT WE HAVE GOOD PEOPLE COMING IN BEHIND THEM TO TAKE UP, TAKE UP THE SLACK, SO TO SPEAK. SO I'M THANKFUL FOR ALL THESE GUYS AND I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU GARY. THANK YOU SPECIFICALLY FOR ALL YOUR TIME AND YOUR EFFORT. I APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF SACHSE [APPLAUSE]. YEAH. YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY IF YOU DON'T WANT TO. I APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM C PUBLIC COMMENT. [C. Public Comment] THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS COUNCIL REGARDING ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA FOR ACTION OR PUBLIC HEARING, COMMENTS REGARDING THE CONSENT AGENDA OR ANY DISCUSSION. ONLY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA SHALL BE ADDRESSED DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. THE TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD SHALL BE PRESENTED TO THE STATE 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. HAVE A COUPLE CARDS. MARTY HOLBROOK. MARTY HAPPY HOLBROOK. 5511 OAK RIDGE CIRCLE. SACHSE TEXAS. TOP OF THE HILL. AND YES, GARY SAVED MY BUTT ONCE AT ABOUT 2:00 IN THE MORNING. GOT ME RUNNING AGAIN. MADE MY WIFE VERY HAPPY. ARE THERE ANY SECRET MEETINGS WE'VE MISSED? YOU KIND OF GOT US FOR $10 MILLION ON ONE. IF THERE ARE ANY OUT THERE, IF YOU COULD LET US KNOW. I GOT A GREAT GIFT IDEA FOR YOU. THE EDC NEEDS TO GIVE OUT SECRET DECODER RINGS, AND THEN THAT WAY Y'ALL CAN GIVE THEM OUT TO EVERYBODY. AND Y'ALL CAN SEND OUT MESSAGES LIKE, WE'RE COMING TO GET YOUR MONEY AND WE'VE ALREADY WASTED A LOT AND WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE. THE CONSENT AGENDA, WONDERFUL THING. I MISSED A COUPLE MEETINGS, SO I GOT TO GET CAUGHT UP A LITTLE BIT HERE. BAILEY ROAD. JEFF, YOU JUST FLAT OUT LIED ABOUT WHAT I SAID ABOUT BAILEY ROAD. AND I STILL WANT TO KNOW WHO'S ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE $500,000. YOU OVERSPEND ON IT BECAUSE YOU JUST TOTALLY MISMANAGED THE PROJECT, AND IT'S GOING TO BE DONE A LOT CLOSER TO LABOR DAY THAN IT IS TO THANKSGIVING. HIGH RIDGE VALLEY. VERY SIMPLE QUESTION. HOW MANY SPEED BUMPS ARE GOING TO BE ON HIGH RIDGE VALLEY? COREY STOOD UP HERE AND SAID, 0 OR 1. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NONE OUT THERE. SO HOW MANY DOES IT START WITH? IF YOU AND GINA NEED TO TURN AROUND AND TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF AND COUNT. I CAN WAIT, BUT JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION. IT'S REAL EASY. THE SERVICE CENTER. I DID NOT ASK ABOUT THE WALL. THAT MAN RIGHT THERE DID. AND COREY STOOD UP HERE AND JUST LIED TO YOUR FACE BECAUSE HE ASKED, ARE YOU DOING ANYTHING LIKE $187,000 ON FENCING? AND HE SAID, NO. WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE SAID, YEAH, WE'RE BUILDING A $450,000 WALL TO SEPARATE FOUR HOUSES. SO, JEFF, YOU CAN SIT UP THERE AND SAY, WE GOT YOU. BUT IT'S JUST A LIE. A MAN STOOD UP HERE, TOOK A STRAIGHTFORWARD QUESTION AND DIDN'T ANSWER IT. IT'S JUST THAT EASY. BUT I'M SURE I'LL HEAR ABOUT IT NEXT WEEK. BICKERSTAFF SLUSH FUND. ONCE AGAIN, A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION. YOU GAVE CWD A 5 YEAR CONTRACT. I ASKED HOW MUCH IT WAS WORTH AND YOU SAID, I DON'T KNOW. IT'S REAL EASY. IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE WORD SLUSH FUND, TALK TO HIM. BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE ASKED A SIMPLE FINANCIAL QUESTION AND YOU DON'T ANSWER IT, IT'S WHAT IT IS. MR. LINDSEY EVEN SAID IT WAS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. WISH I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT. SO HOW MUCH IS THE CONTRACT WORTH, JEFF? IT'S A REALLY EASY QUESTION. WHY CAN'T YOU JUST ANSWER IT? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU SIT UP HERE FOR, IS TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE ASK, AND THEY'RE REALLY STRAIGHTFORWARD QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. NEXT CARD I HAVE IS ROBERT HARRIS. OH, YES. I'M SORRY, MR. HARRIS. WELL, I'M ROBERT HARRIS. I GOT A COUPLE OF ISSUES. NUMBER ONE IS I'VE GONE TO THE BUILDING PERMIT DEPARTMENT EIGHT TIMES TO BUILD ME A BIGGER STORAGE SHOP [00:20:08] AREA AND DON'T HAVE A PERMIT. AND IT JUST BASICALLY A POLE BARN. NO ELECTRICAL, NO NOTHING. JUST, JUST JUST TO GET ME IN COMPLIANCE AND EVERYTHING AND WHICH. NOPE, THE CODE IS OUT THERE GETTING ME FINES THREATS $30,000 TO HAUL EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE OUTSIDE OF MY BUILDINGS JUST TRASH IT AND DON'T MATTER WHAT IT IS. TRACTOR INSTRUMENTS, MY TRACTOR, EVERYTHING. THEY WANT TO HAUL OFF EVERYTHING. AND IT'S JUST ALL JUNK LITTER. JUST TRASH. ALL OF IT. MY, MY, MY WHOLE LIFE IS JUST TRASHED TO THEM. AND SO TRYING TO DEFEND MYSELF. I, I'M DISABLED, I GOT MULTIPLE DISABILITIES AND I'VE EVEN GONE TO LOGAN TO COMMUNICATE TO COURTS AND THE CITY OF MY CONCERNS, WHICH ARE BASICALLY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE HERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S CONSTITUTIONAL, THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION, THE US CONSTITUTION. AND THEN THERE'S THE, THE RECENT TEXAS REGULATORY CONSISTENCY ACT, WHICH IS SAYS BASICALLY, IF IF YOU'RE NOT SPECIFICALLY GRANTED TO TAKE ALL MY STUFF FROM ME JUST BECAUSE IT'S OUTSIDE STORAGE, THAT IT'S ILLEGAL, JUST ALONG WITH TEXAS, THE CONSTITUTION'S, YOU KNOW THAT I DON'T HAVE THE LIBERTY ON MY OWN PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE ONLY PLACE I HAVE LIBERTY. IT'S LIKE I, I HAVE TO LIVE INSIDE A BUILDING THAT'S ONLY PERMITTED BY THE CITY OF SACHSE ANYWAY, SO. I'M NOT GIVING MUCH CHOICE AND I'VE, I'VE, I'VE GAVE LETTERS TO THE MAYOR BEFORE AND I'VE GIVEN EMAILS AND HE KICKS IT BACK TO THE CODE DEPARTMENT AND THE CODE DEPARTMENT JUST BEATING ME, BEATING ME WITH FINES AND THREATS. AND YEAH, I GOT 30 DAYS TO GET EVERYTHING OFF MY PROPERTY. I THINK I'LL COME GET IT. JUST COME GET IT AND CHARGE ME FOR IT. AND YEAH, JUST RUINED MY LIFE. AND AND AND MY WIFE'S ON MY CASE, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S LIKE IT'S UNBEARABLE. ABSOLUTELY UNBEARABLE. AND SO ANYWAY, SO YEAH, I GOTTA MAKE SOME KIND OF LAWSUITS FOR FEDERAL BECAUSE OF ADA VIOLATIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS AND TEXAS COURT, WHICH IS YOUR GOVERNMENT IMMUNITY IS WAIVED IN THE TEXAS REGULATORY CONSISTENCY ACT. AND SO I'VE GIVEN YOU NOTICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKER CARDS I HAVE. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM D COUNCIL AND STAFF REPORT AND UPDATES. [D. Council/Staff Reports and Updates] ITEM ONE REPORT ON PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE MAY 4TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THERE WERE A FEW QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM MR. HOLBROOK THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS FROM THE MAY 4TH, 2026 MEETING. TAXES. MR. HOLBROOK STATED, QUOTE, AND NO, MR. FRANKS, YOU SET MY TAX RATE, NOT THE DALLAS APPRAISAL DISTRICT. SO Y'ALL ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHECK I WRITE, Y'ALL, END QUOTE. THIS STATEMENT SUGGESTS THAT THIS COUNCIL ALONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHECK THAT MR. HOLBROOK WRITES. THE CITY OF SACHSE IS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL TAXING ENTITIES THAT MAKE UP A RESIDENT'S TOTAL PROPERTY TAX BILL. MISS HOLBROOK'S TAX BILL ALSO INCLUDES TAX RATES SET BY DALLAS COUNTY, GARLAND ISD PARKLAND HOSPITAL AND DALLAS COLLEGE. SO NOW THE CHECK MR. HOLBROOK WRITES, IS NOT SIMPLY A CHECK TO Y'ALL, AND CLAIMS OTHERWISE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A LAZY TALKING POINT. THE FIFTH STREET DISTRICT, MR. HOLBROOK STATED, QUOTE, YOU SPENT OVER $10 MILLION UP THERE WITH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT, END QUOTE. THE CLAIM WE HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT IGNORES THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ASSET APPRECIATION. THE CITY EDC HAD PURCHASED NEARLY SEVEN ACRES IN THE DISTRICT, NOW APPRAISED AT 3.54 MILLION ON PROPERTY ACQUIRED FOR ABOUT 2.2 MILLION. WE HAVE ALSO BUILT REAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS STREETS, UTILITIES, DRAINAGE AND PARKING. THAT IS NOT NOTHING. THOSE ARE REAL ASSETS AND REAL IMPROVEMENTS ALREADY ON THE GROUND. FIFTH STREET IS A LONG TERM REDEVELOPMENT EFFORT. THE CITY HAS MADE STRATEGIC PUBLIC INVESTMENTS UP FRONT SO PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT CAN FOLLOW. VALUES CAN CONTINUE TO RISE AND FUTURE TAX REVENUES CAN GROW. AND IF ANYONE WANTS AN EXAMPLE OF WHY THIS MATTERS, LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THE STATION. UNDER THE GUIDING VISION AND LEADERSHIP OF MISS NASH, SACHSE MADE A STRATEGIC STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AND TODAY IT HAS PRODUCED SUBSTANTIAL NEW TAXABLE VALUE, RETAIL ACTIVITY AND RECURRING REVENUE THAT DID NOT EXIST BEFORE. THAT IS WHAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT LOOKS LIKE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, GIVING OUR RESIDENTS MORE CHOICES THAN THEY HAVE EVER HAD BEFORE WITH MORE TO COME. MR. HOLBROOK ALSO STATED, QUOTE, HOW MANY ROADS WOULD THAT FIX? HOW MANY SIDEWALKS WOULD THAT FIX? END QUOTE. THIS ARGUMENT PRESENTS A FALSE CHOICE THAT IGNORES TEXAS LAW. [00:25:01] SACHSE ALREADY HAS A DEDICATED FUNDING STREAMS FOR ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING A VOTER APPROVED STREET MAINTENANCE TAX BY LAW. EDC FUNDS ARE NOT A GENERIC POT OF MONEY THAT THE CITY CAN JUST REDIRECT TO ROADS. A WELL-GOVERNED CITY DOES NOT CHOOSE BETWEEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. IT BALANCES BOTH. MR. HOLBROOK HAS IT COMPLETELY BACKWARDS. PROJECTS LIKE FIFTH STREET ARE THE SOLUTION, NOT THE PROBLEM. EXPANDING OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND SALES TAX BASE IS EXACTLY HOW WE REDUCE THE PROPERTY TAX BURDEN OFF THE SHOULDERS OF OUR RESIDENTS. THOSE ARE ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS I HAVE FROM THE MAY 4TH, 2026 MEETING, WOULD ANYONE ON COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS ANY OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS MADE AT THAT MEETING BY MR. HOLBROOK? HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON. ITEM TWO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING SPECIAL EVENTS, CURRENT ACTIVITIES AND LOCAL ACHIEVEMENTS. ANYONE ON COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE AT THIS TIME. MISS BUHLER. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I HAVE SOME PARKS AND RECREATION ANNOUNCEMENTS. WE KICKED OFF THE SUMMER NIGHTS CONCERT SERIES ON FRIDAY, MAY 15TH AT JC SACHSE PARK WITH THE LONELY HEARTS CLUB. DESPITE SOME RAIN ROLLING THROUGH, OUR COMMUNITY STUCK IT OUT, SANG ALONG, AND MADE FOR A TRULY MEMORABLE EVENING. AS THE NIGHT WOUND DOWN, A RAINBOW APPEARED OVER THE PARK. A PERFECT CLOSE TO A GREAT NIGHT. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO JOINED US, TO OUR FOOD TRUCKS, TO OUR WONDERFUL VOLUNTEER VIPS AND SERT, AND TO THE LONELY HEARTS CLUB FOR BRINGING A NIGHT OF BEATLES CLASSICS TO SACHSE. A SPECIAL THANK YOU AS WELL TO OUR PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF FOR PUTTING ON A WONDERFUL EVENT. THESE JUST KEEP GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AND OUR PARKS TEAM JUST GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY A PERSONAL THANK YOU FOR A GREAT NIGHT. NEXT UP TONIGHT, THE PARKS AND RECREATION IS HOSTING TEEN ANIME NIGHT FROM 7 TO 9 P.M.. SO RIGHT NOW, TEENS ARE INVITED TO STEP INTO ANIME UNIVERSE FOR AN EVENING OF THEMED GAMES, MUSIC, AND ANIME VIBES. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. RESIDENTS CAN REGISTER BY CALLING (469) 429-0275 OR BY USING ACTIVITY NUMBER 7361. AND LASTLY, THE NEXT SUMMER NIGHTS CONCERT SERIES EVENT IS COMING UP ON FRIDAY, JUNE 5TH AT JC SACHSE PARK. THE BRAD THOMAS BAND WILL PERFORM A NIGHT OF CLASSIC ROCK FROM 7:30 TO 9:30 P.M., WITH FOOD TRUCKS AND ACTIVITIES BEGINNING AT 7 P.M. ADMISSION IS FREE, RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BRING LAWN CHAIRS AND ENJOY THE EVENING OUTDOORS. AS A BONUS, THE FIRST 100 GUESTS WILL RECEIVE A FREE INFLATABLE INSTRUMENT. AND ON ANOTHER NOTE, THIS IS OUR FIRST CONCERT TO HAVE THAT PLAYGROUND OPEN AT JC SACHSE PARK, AND IT JUST MADE FOR A REALLY MEMORABLE NIGHT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. SO I HOPE YOU ALL GET TO MAKE ONE OF THE CONCERT SERIES THIS SUMMER. THANKS. YOU DIDN'T HAVE A LITTLE WIND OUT THERE TOWARD THE END. IT WAS WINDY. MR. LINDSEY WAS ON TOP OF THAT I SAW. AND THEN. GOOD JOB, BY THE WAY. MR.. MILLSAP. OKAY, WE HAVE SOME LIBRARY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR STARTING THIS SUMMER, SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE OUT SHORTLY AND SUMMER READING PROGRAM KICKOFF PARTY WILL BE FRIDAY, MAY THE 29TH AT 10 A.M. UNTIL NOON. SACHSE PUBLIC LIBRARY'S 2026 SUMMER READING PROGRAM IS ALMOST HERE. THIS YEAR'S THEME IS UNEARTHED A STORY, AND WE'RE KICKING IT OFF WITH OUR ANNUAL KICKOFF PARTY ON FRIDAY, MAY THE 29TH FROM 10 A.M. TO NOON ON THE LIBRARY LAWN. THIS FREE COME AND GO EVENT IS OPEN TO THE FAMILIES OF ALL AGES AND WILL FEATURE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES INCLUDING A BOUNCE HOUSE SLIDE, CRAFTS, BUBBLES AND AS WELL AS PERFORMERS OFFERING BALLOON ART AND SOME MAGIC TRICKS. FREE KONA ICE WILL BE AVAILABLE AND AT 10:30 IN THE MORNING, THE CTEX KUTZ COMMUNITY GRILL WILL BE SERVING FREE CHICKEN SANDWICHES WITH BARBECUE, BARBEQUE SAUCE, CHIPS AND DRINKS TO THE FIRST 300 PEOPLE WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BRING A LAWN CHAIR, PICNIC BLANKET, SUNSCREEN AND I'M SURE SOME MOSQUITO REPELLENT WOULD PROBABLY HELP. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUMMER READING CHALLENGE AND VIEW THE FULL SCHEDULE OF SUMMER PERFORMANCES, VISIT EACH YEAR, OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM HAS GROWN BETTER THAN THE YEAR BEFORE, AND WE'RE EXPECTING A MUCH BETTER GRADE, MUCH BETTER ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR. YES, I WILL SAY BEING HERE A LONG TIME THAT YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT READING PROGRAM HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY. SO LIBRARY ALWAYS DOES A GREAT JOB WITH THAT. MR.. PRESTENBERG. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I HAVE A FEW OR A ANIMAL SHELTER ANNOUNCEMENT. FEATURE PET THIS WEEK IS AGAIN. BRUCE ONCE AGAIN STILL LOOKING FOR HIS FOREVER HOME. BRUCE IS ONE OF OUR LONGER TERM RESIDENTS AT THE SHELTER AND HAS PLENTY OF LOVE LEFT TO GIVE. IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS THINKING ABOUT ADDING A LOYAL COMPANION TO THE FAMILY, HE WOULD BE, [00:30:03] HE WOULD LOVE TO MEET YOU. SO STOP BY THE SACHSE ANIMAL SERVICES AT 6424 SACHSE ROAD, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 10 A.M. TO 6 P.M.. ANYONE INTERESTED IN MEETING BRUCE IS ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THE ANIMAL SHELTER AT (972) 675-9622 TO SCHEDULE A MEET AND GREET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PRESTENBERG. ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE, MISS NASH. THANK YOU. MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME ONE OF OUR NEW HIRES, TERRY NGUYEN WHO'S A MAINTENANCE TECH ONE IN WASTEWATER. AND THEN I WANT TO DO A CORE VALUES RECOGNITION OF ALL OUR CORE VALUES. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE OUTGOING CULTURE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THIS ORGANIZATION. THIS GROUP OF TEN EMPLOYEES REPRESENTING DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY BEGAN THEIR TENURE IN JULY OF 2024, AND THEY'VE SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS CONTRIBUTING MEANINGFULLY TO THE HEALTH AND DIRECTION OF OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE. DURING THEIR TIME THIS CULTURE COMMITTEE REVIEWED POLICY UPDATES, SERVED AS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE COMPENSATION CLASSIFICATION STUDY, IMPLEMENTED THE SHINE AWARD PROGRAM AND PLAN, AND HOSTED QUARTERLY EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT EVENTS AND THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. EACH OF OUR CORE VALUES WAS REPRESENTED IN THE WORK THIS COMMITTEE TOOK ON FROM THE INTEGRITY OF THEIR ADVISORY ROLE TO THE INNOVATION BEHIND NEW PROGRAMS, TO THE NEIGHBORLY SPIRIT THAT DRIVES EVERYTHING THEY DID IN SERVICE OF THEIR FELLOW EMPLOYEES. WE'RE JUST GRATEFUL FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND THE FOUNDATION THEY'VE BUILT FOR THOSE WHO FOLLOW. SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN THANKING MICHELLE MATHIS, DENISE JOLIVETTE, VINCE OJEDA, ZACH HUDSON, AUSTIN GUMKOWSKI, ALEX SENDEJO, JULIE TAYLOR, PHILIP FINALS, JUSTIN LOVE AND CAMERON SERMON FOR THEIR SERVICE. THANKS TO ALL OF THEM. THAT'S A LOT OF EMPLOYEES, YOU NAME IT. YEAH, GREAT JOB BY ALL OF THEM. PLEASE GIVE THOSE EMPLOYEES OUR THANKS AS WELL. I HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS. AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE HAVE PLENTY OF VOTING GOING ON RIGHT NOW. SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF VOTING GOING ON, AND I'LL TRY TO BE AS CLEAR AS I CAN ON THIS. SO TODAY STARTED EARLY VOTING FOR THE 2026 PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION. THAT GOES NOW UNTIL MAY 22ND WITH ELECTION DAY ON MAY 26TH. THERE ARE NO LOCAL CANDIDATES ON THIS PARTICULAR BALLOT BUT PLEASE NOTE, COLLIN COUNTY HAS CHOSEN NOT TO USE THIS LOCATION FOR EARLY VOTING IN THIS PARTICULAR RACE. SO COLLIN COUNTY RESIDENTS SHOULD VISIT THEIR COUNTY ELECTIONS WEBSITE FOR THE NEAREST AVAILABLE LOCATION. AGAIN, THAT'S FOR THE PRIMARY RUNOFF. NOW, THE SECOND SET OF VOTING WILL HAVE IS FOR THE MAY 2ND GENERAL ELECTION, WHICH RESULTED IN A RUNOFF FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE FOUR, FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE FOUR C, I SHOULD SAY. GURVINDER SINGH AND TIM LEPAGE WILL FACE EACH OTHER ON SATURDAY, JUNE THE 13TH. EARLY VOTING RUNS JUNE THE 1ST THROUGH THE NINTH, WITH ELECTION DAY POLLS OPEN 7 TO 7. DALLAS COUNTY RESIDENTS MAY VOTE AT SACHSE CITY HALL COURTROOM RIGHT BEHIND US THERE, AND COLLIN COUNTY RESIDENTS MAY VOTE AT THE MICHAEL J. FELIX COMMUNITY CENTER. FOR FULL DETAILS, AS ALWAYS, VISIT, VISIT THE SACHSE FARMERS MARKET IS CONTINUING OUR FARMERS MARKET THIS SATURDAY, JUNE THE 13TH FROM 9 A.M. TO 1 P.M. THIS IS AT 3324 FIFTH STREET HELD ON THE SECOND SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH. THE MARKET IS YOUR LOCAL DESTINATION FOR FRESH PRODUCE, ARTESIAN FOODS, AND HANDCRAFTED GOODS. FAMILY AND PET FRIENDLY, OF COURSE, AND FREE TO ATTEND. LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR EXTREME ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED MAKE OUR EXTREME GREEN EVENT A RESOUNDING, A RESOUNDING SUCCESS, I SHOULD SAY. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES TEAM FOR COORDINATING AND RUNNING THIS YEAR'S EXTREME EXTREME GREEN EVENT. SAY THAT FAST. AS WELL AS CWD FOR THEIR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND OF COURSE, OUR SHIRT VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE DURING THE WHOLE DAY. WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO HELP SACHSE STAY CLEAN AND GREEN. AND I WILL SAY THERE WERE QUITE A BIT OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS THAT WERE PUT OUT, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THING, WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING WHERE IT SHOULDN'T BE, BUT ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. THAT'S A I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST BENEFITS OF THIS EVENT IS BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO DALLAS COUNTY TO DROP IT OFF. YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT HERE. SO I'LL BE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE TOTAL NUMBERS WERE FOR EVERYTHING. BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT AND PARTICIPATED IN THAT EVENT. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS. SO WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE ON. ITEM E CONSENT AGENDA. ITEM ONE APPROVE THE MAY 4TH, 2026 MEETING MINUTES. [E. Consent Agenda] ITEM TWO APPROVE A MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS RELATED THERETO WITH ENTERPRISE FLEET MANAGEMENT TRUST/ ENTERPRISE FLEET MANAGEMENT INCORPORATED FOR FLEET MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF SACHSE. ITEM THREE AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND AWARD THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR OLD BEN DAVIS ROAD R-25-02 TO VLEX CONSTRUCTION, LLC IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $378,150. SO ANYONE ON COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. NOT ALL AT ONCE. [00:35:01] MISS HOWARTH. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION BY MISS HOWARTH TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A SECOND, MISS BUHLER. SECOND. SECOND BY MISS BUHLER. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM F ACTION ITEMS. [1. Conduct a public hearing to consider approval of a sign variance request to allow three attached wall signs with a height greater than six feet for the GISD Multi-Program Activity Center located at 3901 Miles Road, within Sachse city limits.] ITEM ONE CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A SIGN VARIANCE REQUEST TO ALLOW THREE ATTACHED WALL SIGNS WITH A HEIGHT GREATER THAN SIX FEET FOR THE GISD MULTI-PROGRAM ACTIVITY CENTER LOCATED AT 3901 MILES ROAD WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. MISS NASH. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MATT ROBINSON WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM TO YOU TONIGHT ON THE VARIANCE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS REQUESTING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND JUST A POINT OF COMMENT WHEN IT COMES TO SIGN VARIANCES, THESE COME DIRECTLY TO THE CITY COUNCIL. PER OUR ORDINANCES THEY DON'T GO TO P&Z, THEY COME DIRECTLY TO YOU. SO THAT'S WHY YOU ALL ARE SEEING IT. I GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THAT OVER THE WEEKEND, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT OF CLARIFICATION. SO MATT IS HERE TO GIVE THAT PRESENTATION AND ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER MIKE FIXES. I KNOW MR. ROBINSON IS DYING TO TALK, BUT GOTTA GOTTA GIVE HIM A SECOND. THERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. MR. MAYOR, AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A VARIANCE REQUEST FOR THREE ATTACHED SIGNS FOR GISD, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE MULTI PROGRAM ACTIVITY CENTER THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT 3901 MILES ROAD. THAT SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 55.3 ACRES IN SIZE. AND AS FAR AS THE OVERVIEW GOES SIGNS OVER SIX FEET IN HEIGHT ARE PROHIBITED WITHIN THE CITY OF SACHSE. SO ANY, ANY SIGNS THAT EXCEED THAT HEIGHT HAVE TO REQUEST A VARIANCE IN ORDER TO BE APPROVED. THE SITE IS ZONED RESIDENTIAL 8.4 AND IS SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL ZONING USES TO THE NORTH, SOUTH AND WEST. AND THE APPLICANT HAS STATED THE REASONING FOR THE REQUEST IS TO HAVE A CONSISTENT SIGN PACKAGE ACROSS ALL ALL THE PROGRAM ACTIVITY CENTERS. SO THE ONE IN SACHSE IS ONE OF SEVEN THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. AND YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION HERE LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE FOOTBALL STADIUM. SO THIS IS THE FACILITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, HERE'S THE SITE LAYOUT WITH PROPOSED SIGNAGE LOCATED HERE ALONG THIS FACADE AND THEN OVER HERE IN THIS LOCATION AS WELL. THE FIRST VARIANCE REQUEST IS FOR A MAXIMUM ALLOWANCE OF 23FT FOR THE PROPOSED SIGN ABOVE. THIS IS ON THE SOUTH FACADE WITH THE WORDING FOR MUSTANGS, WITH EACH LETTER BEING APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET IN HEIGHT. IN ADDITION, ON THE SOUTH FACADE YOU HAVE ANOTHER PROPOSED SCHOOL EMBLEM, AND THIS ONE IS PROPOSED TO BE TEN FEET THREE INCHES. AND THEN ON THE WEST FACADE YOU HAVE A SIMILAR SCHOOL LOGO, AND THIS ONE IS APPROXIMATELY SEVEN FEET EIGHT INCHES. AS FAR AS THE VIEWS FROM ADJACENT RIGHT OF WAY GOES, THE CAVALRY COURT ON THIS. THIS SIDE IS THE FURTHEST WEST CUL DE SAC ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF OF OF THE PROPOSED ACTIVITY CENTER. AND THEN AVENTINO COURT IS THE NEXT ADJACENT TO CUL DE SAC, WHICH IS LOCATED EAST OF CALVARY COURT AND THEN ROSEWOOD LANE. THIS IS A VIEW COMING SOUTHBOUND ON ROSEWOOD LANE TOWARDS THE ACTIVITY CENTER. THE PROPOSED SIGN WOULD BE OVER IN THIS AREA, SO IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE. [00:40:01] WHAT YOU DON'T SEE HERE IS THE SITE IS STILL FINISHING UP CONSTRUCTION. SO THERE ARE TREES THAT ARE PROPOSED ALONG THE, THE SOUTH AND WEST BORDERS OF THIS PROPERTY. THOSE WOULD CONSIST OF EASTERN RED CEDAR AND ARIZONA CYPRESS TREES. SO IF WE GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN REAL QUICK, THERE ARE PROPOSED TREES ALL ALONG THIS PROPERTY LINE. AND THEN AGAIN ALONG THIS PROPERTY LINE OVER HERE. IN ADDITION, THERE IS LANDSCAPING PROPOSED TREES THAT ARE PART OF THE THE PARKING LOT LOCATED HERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. SO IN CONCLUSION, THE THREE SIGN VARIANCES ARE ABOVE. SIGN A WITH A HEIGHT OF 23FT REQUESTING A VARIANCE OF 17FT, SIGN B TEN FEET THREE INCHES SO VARIANCE OF FOUR FEET THREE INCHES AND SIGN C VARIANCE OF ONE FEET EIGHT INCH. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE VARIANCE REQUEST. GIVEN THE LACK OF VISIBILITY FROM FROM RIGHT OF WAY AND THE SCALE OF THE BUILDING, THE SIGNAGE IS CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE FROM STAFF. WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. ROBINSON. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR STAFF FROM COUNCIL. MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS FOR POINT OF REFERENCE. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE ORDINANCE OR THE VARIANCE. YOU MENTIONED THE TREES ON THE WEST AND SOUTH SIDE. YES, SIR. WELL, THERE ALSO BE ANY KIND OF BARRIER ON THE NORTH SIDE. I KNOW THERE'S NO LETTERING BECAUSE IT'S NOT PART OF THE ORDINANCE, BUT NOW YOU OPEN THE DOOR SO I'M WALKING THROUGH IT. YEAH. THERE'S AN EXISTING WOOD FENCE ON THIS SIDE. GISD WANTED TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTING CHAIN LINK FENCE ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE FOR VISIBILITY PURPOSES. SO AS A, AS A POINT OF, OF THE SITE PLAN, THEY WERE REQUIRED TO DO LANDSCAPE SCREENING ALONG THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE. JUST ON THE CHAIN LINK FENCE SIDE, NOT ON THE WOOD. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANKS. MR. PRESTENBERG. YES. THE REASON YOU'RE SHOWING THE SIDES OF WHERE IT WAS GOING TO BE POSTED IS I GUESS I'M ASSUMING THEY'RE GOING TO BE BACKLIT. THOSE LIGHT ARE THOSE SIGNS, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN JUST FROM A LIGHTING STANDPOINT, KIND OF WHAT MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THE FENCING, ARE THERE ANY OTHER LIGHTS GOING IN AROUND THE BACKSIDE THERE ON ROSEWOOD LANE? LET'S SEE. I KNOW THIS IS JUST TALKING ABOUT ONE THING. I JUST WAS CURIOUS ABOUT IT FROM A. NOT SIGNAGE LIGHTS, BUT JUST LIKE A LIGHT POLES OR LIKE THE PARKING LOT LIGHTS. YES. WELL, NOT NOT PARKING LOT BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S STANDARD. I'M TALKING ABOUT MORE DOWN THE HILL ON THE GRASS THERE. AND WHEN YOU'RE GOING ON A ROAD. WITH MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE WILL. THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL PARKING LIGHTING ALONG THESE PERIMETERS. OKAY. THERE MAY BE SOME WALL PACKS ALONG HERE TO LIGHT UP ALONG THE, THE FIRE LANE. THAT'S UNDERSTOOD. OKAY. YEAH, IT LOOKS GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. MILLSAP. ARE THESE LETTERS GOING TO BE BACKLIT? BACKLIT? YES. OKAY. IS THAT NOT GOING TO CREATE A A NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEM WITH BRIGHT LIGHTS LIKE THE FOOTBALL DID? WHEN IT WHEN IT WENT IN 25 YEARS AGO UNTIL THEY HAD TO DO SOME MODIFICATIONS I HOPE. THEY DO HAVE TO BE MUTED SO AS TO NOT SHINE ACROSS PROPERTY LINES. MATT, IF YOU CAN PUT YOUR RECOMMENDATION, SLIDE BACK UP. ONE MORE. OF COURSE. YOU GOTTA GO ALL THE WAY TO THE END. OF COURSE. I'M SORRY. THE ONE BEFORE THAT CONSIDERATION SLIDE. I KNOW GISD IS REQUESTING ALL THREE OF THESE VARIANCES. I'M ASSUMING, THOUGH FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT THEY ARE SEPARATE OF EACH ONE. LET'S SAY TECHNICALLY IT'S PART OF AN ENTIRE PACKAGE. THERE ARE DIFFERENT SIGNS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR THIS PROJECT. THEY, THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENT. THESE ARE THE THREE THAT WERE SPECIFICALLY STOOD OUT THAT DID NOT MEET OUR SIGN CODE. AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON THEY WERE SUBMITTED TOGETHER. OKAY. GOTCHA. THANK YOU MATT. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? HEARING NONE. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. THE TIME IS, MS. GRANGER 7:14 P.M. 07:14 P.M.. PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. ANYONE, LIKE ANY AUDIENCE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED. THE TIME, MS. GRANGER 7:14 P.M.. OKAY. I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE ON THE 30 SECOND MARK OR NOT. OKAY. I DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED. 07:14 P.M.. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL, MR. PRESTENBERG? NO, I FORGOT, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. CLICKING TO MOVE FORWARD. WELL, YOU CAN TALK ANYTIME YOU WANT. [00:45:02] OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL OR MOTIONS? MR. LINDSEY. YES, MR. MAYOR. MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM F.1 AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. LINDSEY TO APPROVE ITEM F ONE PRESENTED. I HAVE A SECOND, MR. PRESTENBERG. THANK YOU. NO, I SECOND. OKAY. I WANT TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER CHANCE. SECOND BY MR. PRESTENBERG. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. HEARING NONE. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM G DISCUSSION ITEMS. [1. Receive an update from the Neighborhood Services Division.] ITEM ONE RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DIVISION. MISS NASH. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. CHRISTINA RAMHOLD IS COMING FORWARD, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES MANAGER. THIS WILL BE HER FIRST YEAR, SHE JUST CELEBRATED HER ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, AND SHE'LL BE GIVING THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT AS AN UPDATE ON WHAT ALL IS HAPPENING WITHIN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, AND ALSO DISCUSS A COUPLE OF POTENTIAL ORDINANCES FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE MOVING FORWARD RELATIVE TO THE THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING. HELLO, MISS RAMHOLD. HI. ONE YEAR ALREADY? YES, IT GOES BY FAST. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. CHRISTINA RAMHOLD, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES MANAGER. SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UPDATE. THAT IS A LITTLE OVERDUE. JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW. WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER OUR DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW AND CORE SERVICES, SOME OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AND TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'VE ENHANCED OUR PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, TOP FIVE VIOLATIONS, SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS, OUR MOBILE TOOL SHED AND SOME CURRENT CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES. OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND LIVABLE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH PROACTIVE AND REACTIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT TO SUPPORT THE QUALITY OF LIFE. SO OUR CORE SERVICES, PROACTIVE AND COMPLAINT BASED CODE ENFORCEMENT, COORDINATION OF TRASH AND RECYCLING AND BULK WITH CWD, AND THEN OUR EXTREME GREEN EVENT THAT WE JUST HAD THIS PAST WEEKEND WHERE WE SERVICED 420 VEHICLES AND OVERSIGHT OF FOOD SERVICE AND PARTNERSHIP WITH INCIDENT INSPECTOR, AND THEN OUR VECTOR CONTROL WITH DALLAS COUNTY, AND THEN SOME NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS AND CLEANUP INITIATIVES. SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD MORE RECENTLY IS WE HAVE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMCATE, IT'S OUR NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT SOFTWARE. AND SO THERE IS STILL AN INTEGRATION WITH SEECLICKFIX. SO RESIDENTS ARE STILL ABLE TO CALL IN TO SEECLICKFIX. AND THOSE CASES GO DIRECTLY INTO COMCATE. COMCATE IS JUST A ACTUAL CODE ENFORCEMENT SOFTWARE WHERE WE CAN GENERATE NOTICES OF VIOLATION AND DO OUR WORK OUT IN THE FIELD INSTEAD OF HAVING TO COME BACK INTO THE OFFICE. WE'VE TRANSITIONED OVER TO THE USE OF INSTANT INSPECTOR FOR OUR HEALTH INSPECTIONS, AND IT HAS PROVIDED OUR RESTAURANTS WITH SOME MORE EDUCATION AND HAS ALLOWED THEM TO KIND OF OPERATE UNDER THE FOOD SAFETY CODE MORE APPROPRIATELY. AND WE HAVE SOME MORE ENHANCED DATA TRACKING AND REPORTING WITH OUR NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT SOFTWARE SYSTEM. THIS IS OUR COMCATE DASHBOARD. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, SINCE WE WENT LIVE IN JANUARY, I THINK IT WAS THE END OF JANUARY, WE HAVE 440 454 TOTAL CASES FOR THE AGENCY. THAT'S OPEN AND CLOSED RIGHT NOW. THAT NUMBER HAS ACTUALLY CHANGED DRASTICALLY SINCE WE PUT THIS TOGETHER. WE HAVE 190 OPEN CASES FOR THE AGENCY. AND SO BELOW THAT YOU'LL SEE THIS IS WHAT THE CODE OFFICERS CAN SEE AS WELL AS MYSELF. TEN UNSCHEDULED INSPECTIONS. THOSE ARE CASES THAT CAME THROUGH SEECLICKFIX THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO YET AND HAVEN'T BEEN SCHEDULED YET. AND THEN, AS YOU SEE, I WAS BY MYSELF FOR A LITTLE BIT. WE HAVE 89 OVERDUE INSPECTIONS. WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THOSE. AND THEN THE TWO INSPECTIONS DUE TODAY, YOU'LL SEE MIGUEL HAS TWO INSPECTIONS THAT HE HAS SCHEDULED FOR FOLLOW UPS. SO HE'S ABLE TO PLAN HIS DAY THROUGH THIS DASHBOARD AND BE ABLE TO KIND OF SEE A BIG PICTURE WITH THIS NEW SOFTWARE. INSTANT INSPECTOR, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO ANY OF OUR RESTAURANTS HERE IN SACHSE RECENTLY, YOU'LL SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL HEALTH PERMIT THAT IS GOING TO BE POSTED UP AT THEIR BUSINESS. AND WHEN YOU SCAN THAT LITTLE QR CODE AT THE BOTTOM, THAT LITTLE PICTURE TO THE RIGHT IS WHAT POPS UP FOR THE RESIDENTS OF SACHSE. SO YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WITH THEIR HEALTH INSPECTION, THE SCORE THAT THEY RECEIVED, AND WHY THEY RECEIVED THAT SCORE. SO ANY VIOLATIONS, IT'S GOING TO BE TRANSPARENT FOR THEM. OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES, WE'VE GONE UP PRETTY WELL WITH THE FISCAL YEAR. WE HAD A TOTAL OF 2268 CASES. 91% OF THOSE WERE CLOSED THROUGH VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE. ROUGHLY SEVEN AND A HALF DAYS TO CLOSE A CASE THROUGH SEECLICKFIX. AND WE HAD 23 OF THOSE THAT WERE ABATED BY OUR CONTRACTOR. FOR 25-26 797 CASES HAVE BEEN CREATED, BUT THE YEAR IS NOT COMPLETE JUST YET. OUR TOP FIVE VIOLATIONS, NUMBER ONE WAS BANDIT SIGNS. [00:50:01] I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THEM OUT THERE. WE ARE DOING OUR BEST. VOLUNTEERS AND POLICE HAVE BEEN HELPING US AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE BANDIT SIGNS ARE REMOVED IN A TIMELY MANNER. OUR NUMBER TWO IS BULK TRASH. WE HAVE DEFINITELY SEEN AN UPTICK IN BULK TRASH VIOLATIONS AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT. OUR THIRD ONE WAS HIGH GRASS AND WEEDS. IT'S GROWING SEASON RIGHT NOW. AND SO THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF OUR BIG ONES. BLIGHT CONSISTS OF ANYTHING FROM OUTSIDE STORAGE, LITTER, THINGS THAT ARE CAUSING A BLIGHT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, ANYTHING FROM ACCESSORY STRUCTURES TO FENCES. JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF THOSE TOP FIVE VIOLATIONS. SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WE HOSTED TWO EXTREME GREEN EVENTS LAST YEAR IN MAY. WE HAD 505 VEHICLES. IN SEPTEMBER. WE HAD 367. SEPTEMBER IS USUALLY OUR SLOWER ONE. MAY IS USUALLY WHEN THEY GET OUT THERE. MULTIFAMILY WE COMPLETED 96 MULTIFAMILY INSPECTIONS AND SINGLE FAMILY WE HAD 87 RENTAL REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED OR TENANT UPDATE FORMS. SO THE EXTREME GREEN EVENT, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE MOVED IT TO HERITAGE PARK. IT WAS A SUCCESS. WE HAD 420 VEHICLES COME THROUGH. WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT MORE ROOM. WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE TRAFFIC FLOW MORE QUICK, QUICKLY AND IT WAS AN OVERALL SUCCESS. WE GOT GREAT FEEDBACK FOR IT. THE COMMUNITY TOOL SHED. WE'VE HAD INCREASED RESIDENT PARTICIPATION, AND WE HAVE A PROPOSED MOBILE TRAILER THAT YOU WILL SEE IN MY NEXT SLIDE. WE ARE FOCUSING ON PROACTIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING MORE PROACTIVE AND NOT AS REACTIVE. AND WITH THE USE OF SEECLICKFIX AND COMCATE, WE'RE ABLE TO IMPROVE OUR CASE WORKFLOW AS WELL AS COMMUNICATE WITH THE RESIDENTS. AND WE HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS INTERNALLY. MOBILE TOOL SHED. SINCE OCTOBER 1ST 34 RESIDENTS HAVE RENTED FROM THE TOOL SHED. WE HAVE ITEMS SUCH AS MOWERS, WEED EATERS, EDGERS BLOWERS, POLE SAWS AND CHAINSAWS. WE ARE BETA TESTING A NEW RENTAL SYSTEM DUE TO THE POPULARITY OF IT. WHEN IT COMES TIME TO GROWING SEASON, WE'RE PRETTY SOLD OUT THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, SO WE ARE CONSIDERING A CARGO TRAILER SIMILAR TO THE TRAIN TRAILER THAT IS OUTSIDE IN PLACE OF THE BUS TO ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT WAY IF WE HAVE SOME KIND OF ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE THE EQUIPMENT OUT WITH US. KIND OF A MOCK UP OF THE TOOL SHED THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING. AND WE HAVE SUBMITTED OUR PROPOSAL AND ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT. AND THEN TO THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE KIND OF THAT BETA TESTING WHERE RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT EQUIPMENT WE HAVE AVAILABLE AND BE ABLE TO SEE OUR SCHEDULE AND BE ABLE TO BOOK THROUGH THAT WEBSITE. CURRENT CHALLENGES. BULK TRASH. WE HAVE BEEN SEEING AN INCREASE OF VIOLATIONS IN BULK TRASH. WE ARE WORKING THROUGH AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, SO THAT WAY WE CAN ADDRESS THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE GETTING THE COMMUNICATION OUT THERE, EDUCATING THE RESIDENTS AND THEN WORKING THROUGH THE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS. RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY MAINTENANCE. OWNERSHIP RECENTLY TRANSITIONED FROM KSC TO CPKC. THE NEW OWNERS, WE HAVE BEEN IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THEM. THEY JUST HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THE MAINTENANCE AND THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO ADHERE TO THE CITY'S STANDARDS. THEY ARE HELD UNDER FEDERAL REGULATIONS, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HAVING SUCH A HARD TIME WITH GETTING THEM TO COMPLY WITH OUR HIGH WEEDS. SO WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM. RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ME. WE ARE LETTING THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THE RAILROAD. WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN, BUT IT IS A STRUGGLE RIGHT NOW. SOME OF THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, SOME ORDINANCE ENHANCEMENTS, WHICH WE WILL SEE IN MY NEXT PRESENTATION, ADDRESSING GAPS RELATED TO OVERGROWN VEGETATION AND EVALUATING REGULATIONS FOR PARKING ON UNIMPROVED SURFACES. OUR MULTIFAMILY PROGRAM TRANSITIONING TOWARD A MORE COMPREHENSIVE INSPECTION AND COMPLIANCE APPROACH. AND THEN SINGLE FAMILY STRENGTHENING THE EXISTING PROGRAM AND THEN EVALUATING OUR IPMC. WE'RE A LITTLE BEHIND. SO COMING UP TO 2024, I BELIEVE. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU CHRISTINA. APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. QUESTIONS COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. MR. PRESTENBERG. YES. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. A LOT OF GOOD WORK. THOSE TICKETS SEEM TO BE, YOU KNOW, STACKING UP AS TO THE COMPLETION. SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY GOOD. I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ALL ON THE DONATION BINS. THAT SHOULD BE TOP FIVE. YEAH, MAYBE NUMBER ONE, I DON'T KNOW. BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU CHOP THE HEAD OFF AND TWO MORE POP UPS. YES. BUT Y'ALL BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB OF AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, TAGGING THEM AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO BE. GO DOWN THE STREET A FEW MORE MILES. JUST IT'S MORE SEMANTICS REWARDING. THE WEBSITE SAYS BORROW CHECKOUT AND YOURS SAYS RENT. IS IT, DO YOU STILL MEAN LIKE BORROW CHECKOUT OR. YES. OKAY. WE'RE NOT CHARGING A FEE. WE ARE NOT CHARGING A FEE. NO. OKAY. I WAS LIKE, THAT'S AN INTERESTING REVENUE. I'M KIDDING. RIGHT. BUT DO WE DO WE HAVE ANY SORT OF HOLD LIKE YOU GOT TO HAVE A PAYMENT OR $20 DEPOSIT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. [00:55:08] JUST TRUST FACTOR. YEAH. THEY JUST HAVE TO SIGN A HOLD HARMLESS WHEN THEY BORROW THE TOOLS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. EXCITING. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BUHLER. I ECHO COUNCILMAN PRESTENBERG. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT HARD WORK. I KNOW THAT WAS A BIG, BIG PROJECT, ESPECIALLY FOR YOU TO CONQUER ALONE AS A DEPARTMENT OF ONE. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK WITH THE DONATION BINS, THE BANDIT SIGNS. I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING ISSUE FOREVER. IT JUST IS WHAT IT IS. BUT WHEN YOU COLLECT THEM, DO YOU CONTACT THE SIGNS AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN VIOLATION, OR DO YOU JUST THROW THEM AWAY? WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THEM. IF THERE'S A PHONE NUMBER ON THERE, WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THEM AS SOON AS THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE FROM THE CITY OF SACHSE, THEY USUALLY IMMEDIATELY HANG UP AND THEN JUST DON'T RESPOND TO US. BUT WE DO TRY TO CONTACT THEM AS SOON AS WE. WELL, HOW. DO THEY CONTINUE POST? SHOCKINGLY ENOUGH, IF WE PICK THEM UP PRETTY QUICKLY, WE'VE NOTICED THE DECREASE IN THE SIGNS BEING PLACED OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY'VE REALIZED IF WE'RE PICKING THEM UP QUICKLY, THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP WASTING THEIR TIME AND PUTTING THEM OUT THERE. YES, SIGNS ARE EXPENSIVE. YES. HOPEFULLY THEY'RE GETTING THE MESSAGE. NEXT THE TOOL SHED. I LOVE THIS PROGRAM. I WAS KIND OF WONDERING HOW IS IT GOING? HOW IS THE CONDITION OF THE EQUIPMENT WHEN IT'S BEING RETURNED? IS IT STILL A GOOD INVESTMENT? ARE YOU HAVING TO REPLACE A LOT OF THINGS? WE ARE NOT HAVING TO REPLACE A LOT OF THINGS. WE HAVE ACTUALLY JUST ADDED TWO MORE WEED EATERS, AND THAT WAS JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE IN CONSTANT DEMAND. BUT THE CONDITION OF THEM IS REALLY GREAT. PEOPLE ARE BRINGING THEM BACK. THEY'RE WELL TAKEN CARE OF, MINUS THE LAWN MOWERS HAVE SOME CLIPPINGS IN THEM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S IN GREAT CONDITION. PERFECT. IS THAT SOMETHING Y'ALL ARE GOING TO CONSIDER STORING AT THE NEW SERVICE CENTER FOR SECURITY, OR IS THAT GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE AT CITY HALL? WE WERE PLANNING ON CONTINUING FOR IT TO BE AT CITY HALL, BUT WE CAN ABSOLUTELY LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS. WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM PARKS AND RECREATION ABOUT THE TRAIN TRAILER ON HOW THEY'RE KEEPING IT SAFE. AND IT WOULD BE IN LINE OF THE SAME SAFETY PRECAUTIONS THAT THEY'RE TAKING THAT WE WOULD TAKE AS WELL. PERFECT. THE RAILROAD, I KNOW THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE. THEY'RE NOT VERY GREAT WITH COMMUNICATING WITH US. WHAT CAN WE DO AS A CITY TO HELP? ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO OUR ORDINANCES? YOU SAID FEDERAL ORDINANCES OR FEDERAL PROTECTIONS. SO WHAT CAN WE DO AS A CITY TO MOVE TOWARDS COMPLIANCE WITH THEM? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IS A HOT TOPIC WITH OUR RESIDENTS. AND JOE. IS THERE ANY WAY IN ON THAT, JOE? ABOUT THE RAILROAD? CAN WE DO ANYTHING WITH IT BEING FEDERALLY REGULATED? THAT NOT BEING ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, I DO NOT WANT TO GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT, BUT VERY SHORT ANSWER IS YOU ARE PREEMPTED FROM BASICALLY FROM ENFORCING YOUR LOCAL ORDINANCES ON THE RAILROADS RIGHT OF WAY. THANK YOU JOE. OKAY. FOR A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM. THANK YOU. AND YEP, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS. YEAH, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE RAILROAD AS WELL. I MEAN, WHAT'S WHAT'S THE FUTURE. SO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE. YES. THAT'S NOT GETTING ADDRESSED. WE HAD A CONTACT AND THEY'RE NO LONGER THERE. AND NOW WE HAVE NO CONTACT AGAIN. SO NOTHING'S. ACTUALLY, I WOULD BEG TO DIFFER. WE HAVE A CONTACT. YEAH. THEY DO NOT WANT TO LISTEN. RIGHT. OKAY. SO HEALTH INSPECTION HISTORY FORMS THE HEALTH PERMIT, I GUESS. OKAY. SO YOU HAVE THIS LITTLE HEALTH INSPECTION, RIGHT? AND YOU HAVE YOUR LITTLE QR CODE, AND IT PULLS UP THE LAST. DOES IT PULL UP HISTORY? I DON'T BELIEVE IT PULLS UP HISTORY. I BELIEVE IT PULLS UP JUST THE LAST ONE. ALL RIGHT. SO IF A BUSINESS GOT SHUT DOWN. AND THEN WENT BACK FOR REINSPECTION. THEY'RE SHUT DOWN. INSPECTION IS NOT GOING TO SHOW UP. NO. OKAY. I CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO IT IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO. I MEAN. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER. OKAY. MISS NASH, HOLD ON. I JUST WANT TO JUMP IN ON THAT REAL QUICK, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN THE ONES THAT HAVE JUST STARTED TAKING THIS OVER. REMEMBER, THIS WAS DALLAS COUNTY, AND SO WE CAN BUILD A A HISTORY, BUT IT'S BECAUSE DALLAS COUNTY DID IT FOR US FOR SO MANY YEARS. WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE OLD DATA, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT BUILDING IT IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO, I AM GOING TO CALL IT COMCATE. OKAY. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. VERSUS SEECLICKFIX VERSUS INSTANCE INSPECTOR VERSUS WHATEVER ELSE YOU'RE USING. HOW HOW DO THOSE WORK TOGETHER? DO YOU HAVE TO MANUALLY TAKE THINGS FROM SEECLICKFIX AND PUTTING THEM INTO YOUR COMCATE OR WHATEVER YOU'RE USING? NO, IT IS ACTUALLY INCLUDED, THERE'S AN INTEGRATION THAT'S INCLUDED. SO AS SOON AS A RESIDENT CALLS IN A CASE TO SEECLICKFIX, IT AUTOMATICALLY GOES OVER TO COMCATE AND THAT THOSE WERE THE UNSCHEDULED INSPECTIONS THAT YOU SAW. I KNOW OTHER DEPARTMENTS DON'T HAVE THAT ACCESS. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO SEE HOW YOU DEALT WITH THAT. OBVIOUSLY THE 89 OVERDUE INSPECTIONS, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A MANPOWER ISSUE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT COME DOWN, [01:00:06] OBVIOUSLY. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE VIOLATIONS, TOP FIVE VIOLATIONS. AND COULD YOU GIVE ME A LITTLE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION BETWEEN VEGETATION BLIGHT AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE THREE. ABSOLUTELY. SO VEGETATION THAT'S REALLY MAINLY YOUR HIGH, RIGHT, AND THEN BLIGHT IS GOING TO CONSIST OF YOUR LITTER YOUR OUTSIDE STORAGE AND THEN YOUR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE IS MORE OF LIKE THE STRUCTURE. LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE THE FENCES, YOU KNOW, MISSING PICKETS OR IF YOU HAVE AN UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, THINGS THAT ARE IN THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE THAT WE USE WITH YOU KNOW, THE GUTTERS ARE NOT IN REPAIR OR YOU KNOW, THE TRIM IS MISSING. THINGS LIKE THAT IS MORE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE. SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF A FENCE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER. YES. HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY, ENFORCE, QUANTIFY WHATEVER THE ANSWER IS. RIGHT. HOW DO WE SAY THAT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE. THE IPMC SAYS THAT THE FENCE HAS TO BE IN STANDING GOOD AND REPAIR, AND SO WITH A FENCE THAT'S LEANING, THAT'S OUR JUDGMENT AT THAT POINT WHERE IT SAYS IT'S NOT IN GOOD REPAIR. YEAH, THAT SEEMS VERY SUBJECTIVE. OKAY. WHAT ELSE DID I HAVE? UNIMPROVED SURFACES. YOU TALKED ABOUT UNIMPROVED UNIMPROVED SURFACE PARKING. WHAT'S AN IMPROVED SURFACE CONCRETE. YEAH. WHAT'S UNIMPROVED. ANYTHING ELSE? RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? THROWING GRAVEL ON GRASS IS NOT IMPROVED. NO. RIGHT. CINDER BLOCKS ARE NOT IMPROVED. NO. OKAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT IS. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THAT MIGHT BE OVER ALL. I THINK THAT'S IT. YEAH. OKAY. THANKS. THANKS. CHRISTINA. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD ECHO WHAT MR. PRESTENBERG AND MISS BUHLER SAID ABOUT THE DONATION BINS. YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT IN THE BIG SCHEME OF THINGS POPPED UP RATHER QUICKLY. BUT THEN, THANKFULLY, IN THE BIG SCHEME OF THINGS, IT WENT AWAY PRETTY QUICKLY. SO AND THAT'S A DIRECT RESULT OF YOU AND YOUR TEAM'S WORK ON THAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND MUCH LIKE OUR OTHER NUISANCES, YOU KNOW, BANDIT SIGNS, AS MRS BUHLER TALKED ABOUT, I KNOW WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET RID OF THEM, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT I, WHEN I SEE THEM, WHEN I DRIVE BY THERE THE NEXT EVEN SOMETIMES THAT SAME DAY, THEY'RE GONE. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST MESSAGE THAT YOU CAN SEND IS THAT YES, IT WILL BE ENFORCED. AND YES, I'M SO SORRY THEY'RE RUDE TO YOU WHEN THEY HANG UP ON YOU. BUT OVERALL, I WOULD ARGUE THAT YOU HAVE ONE OF THE MORE CHALLENGING JOBS IN THE CITY BECAUSE MOST OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DEAL WITH ARE VERY VISIBLE. AND AS MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS WAS ALLUDING TO IS THAT YOU CAN'T NOT SEE THEM SOMETIMES. AND MUCH LIKE THE DONATION BINS, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NOTICE AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COMPLAIN, SO RIGHTFULLY SO. SO I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM AND SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE IMPLEMENTED. SO I APPRECIATE THAT THERE'S ALWAYS WORK TO BE DONE. AS WE TALKED ABOUT. BUT I APPRECIATE THE THE START THAT YOU HAVE GOTTEN SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE. SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. WELL, DON'T GO ANYWHERE. YOU GOT THE NEXT PRESENTATION. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM G.2 DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION ON PROPOSED ORDINANCE REVISIONS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD [2. Discuss and provide direction on proposed ordinance revisions for Neighborhood Services.] SERVICES. MISS NASH. IT'S SELF-EXPLANATORY. SO I'M JUST GOING TO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M BACK AGAIN. SO WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS SOME PROPOSED ORDINANCE REVISIONS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER SOME CONCERNS, SOME RESEARCH THAT WAS CONDUCTED, PROPOSED ORDINANCE STANDARDS, THE ENFORCEMENT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN RECOMMENDATION, AND NEXT STEPS. SO THE TWO CONCERNS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING TODAY IS GOING TO BE OVERGROWN VEGETATION AND PARKING ON UNIMPROVED SURFACES. FOR THE OVERGROWN VEGETATION, ANY VEGETATION THAT'S ENCROACHING INTO THE STREETS, SIDEWALKS, ALLEYS OR EASEMENTS. THE ONES THAT ARE CREATING SAFETY HAZARDS FOR PEDESTRIANS, MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTORISTS, AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES, AND OBSTRUCTING VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. PARKING ON UNIMPROVED SURFACE, AS WE WERE SAYING, VEHICLES PARKED AT A PARKED ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE APPROVED CONCRETE GRASS, DIRT LANDSCAPED AREAS, CREATING AN EROSION DRAINAGE ISSUE, MUD GOING INTO THE STREET AND THEN DECLINING NEIGHBORHOOD APPEARANCE. SO ON THE NEXT TWO SLIDES, THERE ARE TWO BIG GRAPHS WHERE YOU CAN SEE OUR COMPARATOR CITIES ON WHAT THEY ARE DOING FOR BOTH OF THESE. JUST A QUICK SUMMARY OF THAT. WHAT WE FOUND FROM OUR COMPARATOR CITIES, WHAT THEY HAVE IS 7 TO 8FT OF SIDEWALK CLEARANCE. SO FROM THE SIDEWALK UP THERE SHOULD BE 7 TO 8FT OF CLEARANCE, SAME 14FT IN THE STREET. ENCROACHMENT INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY IS GENERALLY PROHIBITED. AND THEN VISIBILITY PROTECTIONS ARE COMMONLY INCLUDED IN THOSE ORDINANCES. PARKING ON UNIMPROVED SURFACE. IT'S PROHIBITED IN MOST OF OUR PEER CITIES. [01:05:03] AND THEN IMPROVED PAVED SURFACES ARE REQUIRED. AND THEN TYPICALLY ENFORCED THROUGH OUR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, ZONING REGULATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE. JUST THAT WAS A QUICK SUMMARY OF THAT. SO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE STANDARDS FOR OVERGROWN VEGETATION CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS, SIDEWALKS AND PATHWAYS HAVING A MINIMUM OF EIGHT FEET OF VERTICAL CLEARANCE, NO ENCROACHMENT OVER THE SIDEWALK STREETS. WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF 14FT VERTICAL CLEARANCE, NO ENCROACHMENT OVER THE CURB OR PAVEMENT EDGE, ALLEYS AND EASEMENT SAME THING 14FT, NO ENCROACHMENT INTO THE TRAVEL AREAS. VISIBILITY REQUIREMENTS NOT TO OBSTRUCT TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, CURVES OR INTERSECTIONS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WANTED WANTING TO ADD IN HERE UNSAFE TREES. WE HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW COMPLAINTS ABOUT DEAD DAMAGED TREE LIMBS OR TREES THEMSELVES, WITH DANGER OF THEM FALLING FROM THE NEXT STORM. AND IT IS A COMMON THING TO ADD INTO AN OVERGROWN VEGETATION ORDINANCE. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE STANDARDS FOR PARKING. FOR RESIDENTIAL, PROHIBITING THE PARKING ON GRASS DIRT LANDSCAPE AREAS, ALLOWING PARKING ONLY ON DRIVEWAYS, GARAGES, APPROVED HARD SURFACES FOR NONRESIDENTIAL, REQUIRING ALL PARKING AREAS TO BE PAVED OR IMPROVED BUILT PER APPROVED SITE PLANS. THAT'S WHERE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WOULD COME INTO PLAY, AND THEN NO EXPANSION OF PARKING ONTO UNIMPROVED AREAS WITHOUT THE APPROVAL, PROPER APPROVALS. EXCEPTIONS, ACTIVE CONSTRUCTIONS, EMERGENCY SERVICE VEHICLES AND CITY APPROVED TEMPORARY USE. ENFORCEMENT VIOLATIONS WOULD BE ADDRESSED THROUGH PROGRESSIVE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS. ENFORCEMENT HANDLED THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. OBVIOUSLY, WE FOCUS ON VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE FIRST AND ESCALATION ONLY WHEN NECESSARY. FOR OVERGROWN VEGETATION, WE'D START OFF WITH A NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR A DOOR HANGER, COMPLIANCE PERIOD, FINAL NOTICE CITATION ABATEMENT IF THEY DON'T COMPLY. FOR PARKING ON UNIMPROVED SURFACES, WE HAVE A VIOLATION STICKER THAT WE WOULD PLACE ON THE VEHICLE. ALLOW THEM 48 HOURS TO COMPLY IF THEY DON'T NOTICE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER CITATION FOR CONTINUED NONCOMPLIANCE. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, ORDINANCE DEVELOPMENT, WE FINALIZE THE LANGUAGE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY. ALIGN WITH THE EXISTING NUISANCE AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES. INTERNAL COORDINATION, WE WOULD STANDARDIZE THE INSPECTION AND MEASUREMENT PRACTICES, AND THEN WE WOULD DO PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AND ABLE TO TO INFORM THE RESIDENTS OF THE NEW ORDINANCES. SHARE EXAMPLES OF COMPLIANCE VERSUS NONCOMPLIANCE AND USE THE WEBSITE SOCIAL MEDIA. OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR OVERGROWN VEGETATION IS TO ESTABLISH OBJECTIVE CLEARANCE AND VISIBILITY STANDARDS, PROHIBIT ENCROACHMENT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, AND ADDRESS UNSAFE TREES AND LIMBS. PARKING ON UNIMPROVED SURFACES ESTABLISH CLEAR PARKING SURFACE STANDARDS REQUIRE USE OF IMPROVED SERVICES AND PROVIDE ENFORCEABLE MAINTENANCE STANDARDS. OUR OVERALL GOAL WITH BOTH OF THESE IS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY, IMPROVE NEIGHBORHOOD APPEARANCE, INCREASE ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY CONSISTENCY, AND ALIGN WITH REGIONAL BEST PRACTICES. SO STAFF IS SEEKING DIRECTION FROM CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE PROPOSED. WE CAN BEGIN DRAFTING THE ORDINANCE. AND THEN ONCE READY WE WOULD BRING IT BACK FOR CONSIDERATION. AND THEN WITH THAT I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU CHRISTINA. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? MISS HOWARTH. SO CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WITH THE VEGETATION OVERHANG STANDARD? WHATEVER THAT. MISS HOWARTH, CAN YOU SHOOT YOUR MIC? OH, YEAH. THAT'S LIKE WAY BACK HERE. EXCUSE ME. SO THE. THIS ONE? YES. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S THE ONE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIDEWALKS, THE EIGHT FEET OF VERTICAL CLEARANCE. WHEN YOU MEAN NO ENCROACHMENT OVER THE SIDEWALK EDGE, DOES THAT MEAN THAT IF THERE'S LIKE, YOUR TREE BRANCH ON A BIG TREE IS HANGING OVER THE SIDEWALK. YOU HAVE TO CUT IT OFF AT THE SIDEWALK. IF IT'S AT. IF IT'S COMING BELOW EIGHT FEET. IF IT'S ONLY IF IT'S BECOMING EIGHT. YES. OKAY. WHEN IT'S TALKING ABOUT COMING OUT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO MAYBE HAVE LIKE BUSHES THAT ARE ON LIKE THE EDGE THAT ARE GOING INTO THE SIDEWALK. SO THAT'S LIKE THE ON [INAUDIBLE] THAT SMACKS YOUR CAR AS YOU DRIVE BY? THAT ONE? OKAY. SO I JUST DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO HAVE TO LIKE, TRIM THEIR TREE BRANCHES AND LEAVE THE SIDEWALK IN THE SUN BECAUSE THEY'RE 30 YEAR OLD TREE HAS GOT BRANCHES 40FT UP IN THE AIR. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S CLARIFIED. SHADE COMES IN VERY HANDY WHEN IT'S 105 OUTSIDE. MISS BUHLER, I HAD THE SAME EXACT CONCERN. I'M FINE WITH THE TRIMMING TO EIGHT FEET AND 14FT FOR THE STREET. I JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO CUT MATURE TREES THAT AREN'T BOTHERING ANYONE IF THEY'RE SO FAR UP. NOT HITTING A TRASH TRUCK OR A FIRE TRUCK. ABSOLUTELY. WE DON'T WANT THAT EITHER. THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL TREE ON BLACKBURN AND I LOVE IT, AND I WANT TO SEE IT STAY BECAUSE IT'S TRIMMED UP AND IT LOOKS NICE. NOW THE APPROVED SURFACES. I'M HAVING A PROBLEM SUPPORTING THIS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT'S TOO BROAD TO ENCOMPASS OUR ENTIRE CITY. IF THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, A GUIDELINE, I TOTALLY GET THAT FOR IN NEIGHBORHOODS, [01:10:02] PARKING ON ONLY IMPROVED CONCRETE SURFACES MAKES SENSE. BUT WE HAVE SO MANY RURAL PROPERTIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE GRAVEL DRIVEWAYS. I KNOW MY HUSBAND'S FAMILY WAS IN THEIR CITY BEFORE IT BECAME A CITY AND THEY HAVE A GRAVEL DRIVEWAY, AND IT WOULD COST ABOUT $100,000 TO REPLACE THAT WITH CONCRETE. I JUST THINK THAT IT'S AN UNFAIR BURDEN FINANCIALLY TO PUT ON RESIDENTS WHO HAVE HAD A GRAVEL DRIVEWAY FOR YEARS. IS THAT ENCOMPASS THAT AS WELL, OR IS THIS JUST A NEIGHBORHOOD? SO IT WOULD IT WOULD ENCOMPASS EVERYBODY. SO WITH THE GRAVEL DRIVEWAYS, IF THEY ARE IF THEY'RE JUST DRIVING THROUGH IT, THEN THAT'S FINE. BUT JUST PARKING ON IT THEN. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN IT. I JUST THINK THAT'S A HUGE BURDEN TO PUT ON OUR TAXPAYERS. CHRISTINA, I GUESS FOR CLARIFICATION, IF SOMEONE HAD AN EXISTING GRAVEL DRIVEWAY THAT IF THIS WERE TO BE CHANGED, I'M ASSUMING THOSE WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED. MATT, I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST ASKING. COME ON DOWN, MATT. SORRY. CONSIDER THAT TYPICALLY. WELL, TYPICALLY, IF THE DEVELOPMENT IS ALREADY IN PLACE WITH EXISTING SITUATION, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A NON-CONFORMING USE, BUT IT WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED TO BE CONTINUED AS LONG AS THEY KEPT IT IN THAT CONDITION AND THEY COULD DO MAINTENANCE ON IT. IF WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING A WHOLE, WHOLE SWATH CHANGE, WE'D PROBABLY HAVE TO UPDATE SOME SECTIONS OF THE ZONING CODE AS WELL. BECAUSE ON THE RESIDENTIAL ESTATE AND OR AG, THERE IS SOME EXCEPTIONS FOR HAVING GRAVEL, BUT IN GENERAL, EVERYTHING NEW HAS TO BE CONCRETE. OKAY. I JUST THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER WITH OUR RURAL LEGACY. YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO BE MORE MODERN IN OUR CITY, AND THAT MAKES SENSE FOR NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT WE NEED TO KEEP EVERYBODY IN MIND FOR THIS ORDINANCE. AND I DID HEAR YOU SAY, IF IT WERE ADOPTED IN THIS FORM RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD BE FOR NEW THINGS GOING FORWARD. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS. ON THESE PARKING APPROVED. IT'S FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY. WHATEVER I'M TRYING TO SAY, IT'S FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY, NOT PUBLIC PROPERTY. CORRECT. YEAH. I MEAN, YOU CODE DOESN'T DO PERSONAL PUBLIC PROPERTY. NO. THAT FALLS ON POLICE, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. SO THIS IS JUST FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY. WE HAVE A AN EXEMPTION, A RURAL EXEMPTION OVER THREE ACRES FOR LIKE BUILDINGS, POLE BARNS, THAT KIND OF STUFF. JUST TO CONFIRM WHERE THERE'S NO EXEMPTION FOR A CERTAIN SIZE FOR PARKING. CORRECT? NO. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD. I JUST WANT TO VERIFY. OKAY. YEAH. KEEP GOING. OKAY. MR.. MILLSAP. I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN BUHLER. AND ON AN UNIMPROVED PARKING AND IMPROVED. I THINK CONCRETE IS A LITTLE BIT OVERBEARING AND OVER RIDICULOUS. THERE'S NEW TECHNOLOGIES OUT THERE THAT ALLOWS USE OF PARKING. AS AN EXAMPLE, A CONCEPT OF USING GEOTEXTILE MATERIALS FOR A LACK OF A BETTER EXPLANATION, IT WOULD BE THE SAME THING AS TURNING CONCRETE BLOCKS UP TO WHERE THE HOLES ARE STICKING UP INSTEAD OF SIDEWAY, FILLING THAT AREA WITH WITH DIRT AND PUTTING A COUPLE INCHES OF SOIL ON TOP OF IT AND GROWING GRASS ON IT, THAT'S AN ACCEPTED STANDARD NOW ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY. AND THIS WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD BE FOR TEMPORARY PARKING AND INFREQUENT PARKING. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WANT TO YOU DON'T WANT TO USE IT ANY FASTER THAN THE GRASS WOULD GROW BACK. SO YOU'D HAVE A NICE GREEN TURF AREA. AND THESE ARE AREAS THAT I THINK WERE MISSING AND PUTTING TOO MANY RESTRICTIONS ON, ON PEOPLE'S INITIATIVE TO, TO DO SOME THINGS THAT THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY AND AS WELL AS PUBLIC AREAS. WE'VE HAD AS AN EXAMPLE, PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT RAMADAN PARKING. I JUST POINT BLANK SIMPLE TERMS. I WAS A MEMBER OF BAPTIST CHURCH WHEN THERE, THERE WAS THERE, THEY HAD 400 MEMBERS AND THEY'D HAVE 70 OR 80 PEOPLE SHOW UP. SO PARKING WASN'T A PROBLEM. THE PEOPLE THAT OWNED THE CHURCH NOW ARE THE MOSQUE. NOW THEY HAVE 400 MEMBERS. THEY HAVE 400 PEOPLE SHOW UP. SO PARKING IS A PROBLEM. BUT AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE ALLOWED TO COME UP WITH SOME WAY THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THIS WITHOUT OFFENDING AND OBSTRUCTING CONVENIENCES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT ALSO ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. AND JUST MAKING A POINT BLANK STATEMENT THAT ALL PARKING HAS TO BE CONCRETE. IT'S, I THINK, WAY BEYOND REASONABLE. OKAY. AND THE REASON THAT WE SAID CONCRETE IS BECAUSE OUR ZONING ORDINANCE THAT'S ACTUALLY THE PARKING DESIGN IS IT [01:15:06] HAS TO BE AN APPROVED APPROVED BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. AND SO THAT IS CURRENTLY WHAT WE HAVE. AND SO WE WANTED TO ALIGN WHAT WE PUT TOGETHER WITH WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN OUR ZONING CODE. YEAH. THAT MAY MEAN THEN THAT WE CHANGE ZONING ORDINANCES A LITTLE BIT. MR.. LINDSEY. OH, THERE'LL BE A PUBLIC COMMENT HERE. NOT FOR THIS DISCUSSION ONLY. IT WILL COME BACK AT A FUTURE MEETING. IT WILL COME BACK AT A FUTURE MEETING. IT WILL COME BACK AT A FUTURE MEETING. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER FRANKS AS PART OF MY QUESTION THERE. PUBLIC USES ON THERE. SO OBVIOUSLY THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ASPHALT STREETS. BUT WHAT ABOUT CITY OWNED PROPERTY. IS THAT CONSIDERED PUBLIC? ON THEIR THINKING OF LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE, THE MUSEUM PROPERTY ON SIXTH STREET, THAT WOULD STILL BE CONSIDERED PRIVATE PROPERTY IF IT'S CITY OWNED. SO THE CITY WILL BE NONCOMPLIANCE FOR. THIS ONE WOULD FALL INTO THE EXISTING NONCONFORMITY. SO IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. IT ALLOWS IT'S ALLOWED TO CONTINUE OPERATING AS IT IS. BUT ANY FUTURE EXPANSIONS OR MODIFICATIONS, THAT'S WHEN IT WOULD HAVE TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE I'D LIKE MY OWN SLUSH FUND JUST FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THAT PARKING LOT. SO THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY, MY WISH LIST ITEMS. SO ON THERE THOUGH, BUT IT'D BE GREAT IF THAT WAS NON-CONFORMING AND WE WERE FORCED TO FIX IT. SO, BUT I GUESS I CAN'T WIN ON THAT ONE. SO THE PLEASANT VALLEY CEMETERY THAT'S OFF OF MERRITT ROAD. I THINK IT'S GOING TO GET SOME IMPROVEMENTS JUST BY VIRTUE OF THE ROAD GOING THERE, BUT IT'S GRAVEL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. SO WE THOUGHT ABOUT LIKE A SITUATION LIKE THAT OF HOW THE CEMETERY IS AFFECTED, BECAUSE THAT'S STILL CONSIDERED PRIVATE PROPERTY IN THAT CASE. YEAH. BUT THAT WOULD KIND OF FALL UNDER WHAT MATT IS SAYING. SO IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY THERE, WE'RE NOT THIS IS IT'S REALLY MAINLY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO PARK ON THEIR LAWN AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN WHEN THEY COME TO US FOR A SOLUTION, THIS IS WHERE WE COME UP WITH, HEY, IT NEEDS TO BE. IT CAN'T BE GRAVEL BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY THAT CAN WASH AWAY AND THAT COULD GO INTO OUR STORM DRAIN. IT COULD JUST CAUSE MORE ISSUES THAN IT HELPS OUT SO THAT IF IT'S ALREADY LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED WE WOULDN'T GO AFTER THAT. OKAY. AND THEN IT WAS SORT OF BROUGHT UP ON THE RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS ON THEIR SIDE. I'M JUST UNCLEAR. WOULD THIS FORCE THE THE TWO RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD THAT WE'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, RECENT COMPLAINTS ABOUT PARKING ON THE GRASS, WOULD IT BE FORCING THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO NOT ALLOW PARKING, OR ARE THEY ALSO GRANDFATHERED IN OR NON-CONFORMING USE? NO, AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE PARKING ON AN UNIMPROVED SURFACE. THERE'S NO GRAVEL, IT'S JUST GRASS. SO WITH THAT, THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION. IT WOULD BECOME A VIOLATION. YES. OKAY. SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE CAREFULLY THOUGHT ABOUT? BECAUSE WHENEVER WE CHECKED INTO IT IN THE PAST ON THERE, I WAS TOLD THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS BASICALLY IT'S THEY WEREN'T REQUIRED TO HAVE PARKING WHENEVER IT CAME IN AND THAT PUT IN SOME KIND OF UNDUE BURDEN ONTO A RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION THAT THERE WERE FEDERAL LAWS THAT, THAT PROTECTED THAT. SO IS THAT ANYTHING, MR. ATTORNEY, THAT WE NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS OF? WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE DRAFTING OF THE ORDINANCE. I MEAN, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. SO NOT KNOWING ENOUGH FACTS ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE GIVING ANY ANY COMMENTS ON WHETHER OR NOT THAT THAT WOULD BE ANY TYPE OF GRANDFATHERED PROTECTION, THAT SPECIFIC BUSINESS. SO ALL OF A SUDDEN, I MEAN, THIS GOES INTO EFFECT THAT THEY HAVE A GATHERING. PEOPLE ARE USED TO PARKING ON THE ON THE GRASS. ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET CITATIONS ON THEIR OR WARNINGS PROBABLY. I MEAN, I'M SURE THE FIRST TIME THOUGH, BUT SO WE'RE ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT YOU CAN'T CONTINUE DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. ON THE OTHER HAND, I DOUBT THAT THERE'S A BUDGET TO PAY FOR CONCRETE ON THERE. SO I'M THINKING OF LIKE, PARTICULARLY LIKE THE ETHIOPIAN CHURCH, LIKE BEHIND THE, THE KROGER PARKING LOT THERE. MISS NASH HAS A COMMENT. OKAY, JUST JUST A QUICK COMMENT. PART OF THE REASON WHY WE WANTED TO BRING THIS AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT STANDARDS AS A PROPOSAL TO YOU ALL IS FOR YOU ALL TO JUST CONSIDER WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT IN THIS ORDINANCE. AND SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO BRING AN ORDINANCE TO YOU WITH PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS OF WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT IN THIS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL TO WEIGH IN TONIGHT. GIVE STAFF FEEDBACK. LET US KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE. WE WILL CRAFT AN ORDINANCE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND THEN WE'LL BRING SOMETHING BACK FOR YOU TO CONTINUE TO WORDSMITH AND DO WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO. SO A GOOD STARTING POINT. RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL. JUST RESIDENTIAL. I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF A PLACE TO START. HOW FAR DO YOU WANT THIS TO GO, RIGHT. CONCRETE OR OTHER ALTERNATIVE SURFACES PERMISSIBLE. [01:20:05] OKAY. IS THERE A THIRD OPTION IN THERE. RESIDENTIAL AND THEN RELIGIOUS AND THEN COMMERCIAL. OR DO THOSE HAVE TO BE THE PROBLEM YOU'RE GOING TO GET INTO IS OBVIOUSLY WITH RELIGION, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ASSEMBLY USES. SO IF YOU'RE TREATING ONE, IF SOMEONE HAS AN ASSEMBLY USE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A CHURCH AND YOU ALLOW THEM TO PARK ON AN UNIMPROVED SURFACE, THEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE. IT'S NOT A CHURCH, MAYBE ANOTHER NONPROFIT THAT YOU ALLOW THEM TO PARK THAT IS NOT ALLOWED TO PARK. IT'S AN ASSEMBLY USE. SO YOU WANT TO TREAT ALL YOUR GROUPS THE SAME. YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO IN THOSE TYPES OF PLACES THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE ASSEMBLY USES THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE CERTAIN EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT MAY REQUIRE PARKING ON A UNIMPROVED SURFACE. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A PERMIT PROCESS FOR THAT, SOME CITIES DO THAT, RIGHT? BECAUSE UNDERSTANDING, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE YOU HAVE A SITUATION WITH A RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION WHERE THEY HAVE ONLY EVENTS CERTAIN TIMES OF YEAR, AND SO DO YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE TO HAVE AN IMPROVED SURFACE 365 DAYS A YEAR FOR EVENTS THAT ARE MAYBE ONLY A FEW WEEKENDS OR A COUPLE OF DAYS OR A MONTH OUT OF THE YEAR? AND SO THESE ARE ALL IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS FOR YOU ALL TO DECIDE HOW YOU WANT TO HANDLE THAT. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED SOME COMPLAINTS. STAFF HAS CERTAINLY RECEIVED EXTENSIVE COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT PARKING ON UNIMPROVED SURFACES OF RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. AND SO THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL TO WEIGH IN AND DECIDE. BUT TO JOE'S POINT, AN ASSEMBLY USE IS AN ASSEMBLY USE. AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TO DISTINGUISH HERE THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO TREAT SOME ONE WAY AND SOME A DIFFERENT WAY. IF YOU WANT TO TREAT YOUR ASSEMBLIES ALL THE SAME WAY, THAT WOULD BE THE RECOMMENDED PATH TO GO. YEAH, I GUESS I WAS READING A CITY APPROVED TEMPORARY USES. I WAS THINKING CITY FUNCTION. I THINK I KIND OF MISREAD THAT. SO ANY PRIVATE ORGANIZATION THAT WANTED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF ASSEMBLY THAT WAS BIGGER THAN USUAL COULD APPLY FOR A TEMPORARY USE THAT'S OPEN TO EVERYBODY. YES. OKAY. WHICH WE WHICH WE PROVIDE NOW, I MEAN, WE PROVIDED THAT YOU KNOW, FOR THE MUSLIM SOCIETY DURING RAMADAN. I WILL BE PROVIDING THAT AGAIN FOR THEM DURING EID NEXT WEEK. AND BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS CAN TRAVERSE THROUGH THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS SAFELY AND YOU DON'T HAVE CARS PARKED EVERYWHERE. AND TRY TO MAKE THIS AS SIMPLE OF A PROCESS AS POSSIBLE. BUT IN THE CASE OF THAT PARTICULAR YOU KNOW, RELIGIOUS GROUP, THAT OF THE MOSQUE, THIS IS ONLY A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR. AND THE QUESTION BECOMES, DO YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE TO BUILD EXTENSIVE AMOUNTS OF CONCRETE FOR ONLY A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS A YEAR? AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A POLICY DISCUSSION THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND FROM YOU ALL TO GET YOU TO WEIGH IN AND GIVE US DIRECTION. OKAY. I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THAT HAD BEEN SANCTIONED UNDERNEATH A TEMPORARY USE PERMIT THROUGH THE CITY. I JUST FIGURED IT CAME IN BY. RIGHT. SO I MISUNDERSTOOD ON THAT PART. AND IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A WORKAROUND ON THERE. THAT WAS MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU WANT TO HAVE A BIG EVENT AND NOW YOU CAN'T DO IT. AND SO I YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTION UNDERSTANDING THAT NOW. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. I WOULD ALSO REMIND THAT THIS IS OUR DISCUSSION PORTION. AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO STAFF WILL BRING BACK OUR ALL OUR TALKING POINTS AND MESH IT INTO ONE. MRS BUHLER. COUNCILMAN LINDSEY KIND OF COVERED WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK. I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE SACHSE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE GRAVEL PARKING LOT WE HAVE IN THE FIFTH STREET DISTRICT ON CITY PROPERTY. WILL WE STILL BE ABLE TO USE THOSE? BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'LL CONSIDER THAT IN THE ORDINANCE. THANK YOU, MR. PRESTENBERG. YES, FIRST, MR. MR. LINDSEY YOU CAN USE MY SLUSH FUND FOR YOUR. BUT AS FOR THE TEMPORARY NOTICES, IF IT'S EVERY WEEKEND, IS THAT TEMPORARY OR CAN IT BE TEMPORARY EVERY WEEK? YOU KNOW, AN INDIVIDUAL, IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE A NUANCE OR A HARDSHIP TO HAVE TO FILE THAT AND OH CRAP, I FORGOT TO FILE IT THIS WEEK. NO ONE CAN PARK THERE. I'M JUST CURIOUS. RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE OCCASIONAL TIME AT A, AT A, AT A CHURCH OR AT ANOTHER ASSEMBLY USE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO NEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO, TO, TO PARK FOR A ONE TIME USE OUR EXPERIENCE. AND WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY, ANY OF THOSE FOLKS ARE IN CONTACT WITH US TO LET US KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING BIG HAPPEN, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING. AND OFTENTIMES THEY'RE ASKING FOR OFF DUTY POLICE OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO HIRE THAT THEY PAY FOR TO BE ABLE TO DIRECT TRAFFIC. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE NEVER HAD IT WHERE SOMEBODY HAS SHOCKED US WITH SOMETHING. IN MY EXPERIENCE HERE IN 11 YEARS, WE, IT'S HAPPENED, THEY LET US KNOW AND WE KIND OF TAKE CARE OF IT ACCORDINGLY. BUT, YOU KNOW, TO THE POINT THAT THAT'S CONTINUED TO BE MADE. IF SOMEONE IS CONSISTENTLY PARKING ON A REGULAR BASIS ON GRASS, THAT'S GOING TO BE A QUESTION THAT TO GET YOU ALL TO, [01:25:05] TO WEIGH IN ON, TO LET US KNOW IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT OR NOT. OKAY. I MEAN, TO COUNCILMAN MILLSAP POINT, YOU KNOW, WHEN, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SOME, SOME QUESTION ABOUT, WELL, WHY WOULD YOU HAVE LET YOU KNOW THE SACHSE MUSLIM SOCIETY PARK ALL OVER THIS GRASS? AND SHOULDN'T THEY HAVE KNOWN THAT THEY WOULD NEED ALL THESE PARKING PLACES? WELL, IT WAS ALREADY AN ASSEMBLY USE. IT WAS A CHURCH FOR DECADES AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD PLENTY OF PARKING AND THIS GROUP HAPPENS TO BE BIGGER. IT WENT FROM AN ASSEMBLY USE TO AN ASSEMBLY USE. THEY JUST HAVE A LOT MORE MEMBERS. WELL, I, I USED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE SACHSE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, NOW IS THE ETHIOPIAN CHURCH. AND WHEN WE WERE THERE, WE HAD 15 CARS ON THE LOT. NOW THERE'S ABOUT A HUNDRED SOMETIMES. AND SO WHICH IS FANTASTIC. I JUST, I WOULD HATE TO PUT THE UNDUE BURDEN ON THEM TO FOLLOW WEEKLY YOU KNOW, OPTION TO, TO PARK THERE. AND SOMETIMES IT'S MORE THAN ONCE A WEEK, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK OR SOMETHING. BUT I LIKE A LOT OF WHAT YOU HAVE HERE AND I THINK THE VEGETATION, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS AND WHATNOT, I THINK THEY'RE GREAT, BUT THAT WOULD JUST BE MY ONLY CONCERN. ACTUALLY THE OTHER ONE WAS I REMEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS WAS ASKING ABOUT THE LIEN OF A FENCE, AND THAT WAS VERY SUBJECTIVE. I DON'T KNOW IF, IF WE NEED TO GET DOWN TO LIKE GET THE PROTRACTOR OUT AND GO, OKAY, IF IT'S MORE THAN 13 DEGREES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HATE FOR, YOU KNOW, WE GIVE SOMEONE A PASS AND THEN SOMEONE ELSE SAYS, WELL, MINE'S NOT LEADING AS MUCH AS THEIRS. AND YOU WROTE ME UP. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO BE A LITTLE MORE SUBJECTIVE ON THAT, BUT SUBJECTIVE. IS THAT THE RIGHT TERM? YEAH. I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF YOU STILL HAVE YOUR PROTRACTOR. NO, I LEFT MY POCKET PROTACTOR. OKAY, SO JUST CHECKING. BUT ANYWAY, BUT YEAH, GOOD WORK ON THIS. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE THINGS SEEM KIND OF TRIVIAL, BUT IT MAKES FOR A CITY THAT LOOKS GOOD AND RUNS WELL. SO I APPRECIATE THE TIME SPENT. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS. I THINK WE'RE GETTING STUCK. I MEAN, DURING BOTH OF THOSE RELIGIOUS EVENTS WE HAD MEETINGS WITH THE CHURCHES. WE TOLD THEM WHERE THERE WAS LEGAL TO PARK, WHERE THEY COULD PARK. THEY BOTH HAVE PLENTY OF GRASS, IF YOU WILL. AREAS TO PARK THE ADDRESS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, GET YOUR TEMPORARY PERMIT OR TEMPORARY EXCEPTION FOR THOSE EVENTS. GREAT. BUT THE ISSUE IS, AS BAXTER BACK THERE CAN VERIFY. I MEAN, THEY WERE PARKING IN PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. THEY WERE PARKING IN THE STREETS. PEOPLE COULDN'T READ THE I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE READING WAY INTO THAT, THIS SPECIFIC EXAMPLE. I DON'T SEE HOW THIS CHANGES THAT AT ALL. AND IF IT DOES TELL ME, I SAID NO OBJECTION. CAN CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT FOR ME? SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SMS. OKAY. SO DURING RAMADAN DURING EID, EVERYBODY PARKS EVERYWHERE. WE HAD YOU ALL HAD A MEETING WITH THEM? YES. AND THEIR LEADERSHIP AGREED. YES. THEY SHOULD NOT BE PARKING WHEREVER THEY WANT. HERE'S WHERE YOU CAN PARK. IF THEY PARKED OUTSIDE OF THOSE AREAS, THEY WERE GIVEN A WARNING AND OR TICKET AND OR TOWED. YES. THIS DOES NOT CHANGE THAT FACT AT ALL. CORRECT. SO WHAT THIS WOULD CHANGE IS THERE WERE MANY, MANY COMPLAINTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT THEM PARKING ON UNIMPROVED SURFACES. CORRECT. AND SO REALLY, IT WON'T ALL IT WILL CHANGE IS THAT THESE FOLKS WOULD BE PARKING ON AN IMPROVED SURFACE INSTEAD OF PARKING ON GRASS. BUT THAT IS A TEMPORARY USE OR TEMPORARY PERMIT, IF YOU WILL. THAT'S CORRECT. WE ALREADY HAVE. YES. OKAY. SO THIS DOESN'T CHANGE THAT SPECIFIC INSTANCE. RIGHT. OKAY. THIS WOULD JUST SHORE UP SOME. WE'RE JUST GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT THIS. THAT'S MY OPINION, MR. MILLSAP. LET'S GO TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE FENCE. THAT WAS DIFFERENT PRESENTATION. THAT WAS THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOME, WE NEED TO HAVE GUIDELINES. YES. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. AND THOSE GUIDELINES NEED TO HAVE FACTS AND NUMBERS, BUT ALSO WE NEED TO HAVE SOME BUILT IN FLEXIBILITY AND REASONABLE CONCEPTS. AS AN EXAMPLE, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THERE WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAD A TYPICAL WOOD FENCE AND ONE GUY REPLACED A 20 FOOT PANEL, WENT DOWN TO HOME DEPOT AND BOUGHT A PANEL AND HAD IT PUT IN. AND HE JUST DID IT, AND HE STAINED IT TO MATCH THE OTHER WITH NEW STAIN AS OPPOSED TO OLD STAIN. YES, IT SHOWED THAT IT WAS NEW. HE WAS GIVEN A CITATION FOR NOT GETTING A BUILDING PERMIT TO DO THAT. HIS NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR HAD A FENCE THAT WAS IN NEED OF REPAIR, AND HE WAS ALLOWED TO PUT IN ABOUT 25 1X4S, ONE AT A TIME. AND THAT WASN'T AN OFFENSE, AND HE DIDN'T STAIN THEM. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE, ONE GUY WAS FINED FOR ACTUALLY MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE HIS NEIGHBORHOOD VISIBLY. [01:30:06] AND THE OTHER GUY WAS GIVEN A FREE RIDE FOR DOING WHAT HE TYPICALLY WANTED TO DO. BUT DID IT MEET THE SAME CONCEPT OF IMPROVING YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? SO I THINK WE NEED TO START HAVING SOME FLEXIBILITY IN SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE ENFORCED OR LOOKED AT, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT YET, BUT I THINK THERE'S AREAS THAT NEEDS TO BE CONCERNED AND CONSIDERED. OKAY. MISS HOWARTH. I THINK MY QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED. I JUST GIVE US ALL A LITTLE REMINDER THAT WE'VE GOT AN AGENDA HERE THAT WE NEED TO STICK TO, AND I THINK WE'RE WANDERING A LITTLE BIT FROM THE MATTER AT HAND. JOE WILL KEEP US ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW, AND WE WILL GET BACK TO THAT MISS BUHLER. I DON'T HAVE ANY. OKAY. OKAY. IN THE SPIRIT OF KEEPING US ON THE PRIMROSE PATH BASICALLY ALL THE COMMENTS I HAD WERE ADDRESSED TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS. BUT AGAIN TO MISS NASH'S COMMENTS AS WELL, THAT THIS IS A STARTING POINT OF THE DISCUSSION ON WHAT WE MAYBE WHAT WE WANT TO SEE GOING FORWARD. SO WITH THAT, MISS NASH DO YOU HAVE THE DIRECTION YOU NEED TO COME BACK TO US AT A FUTURE DATE? I DO, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS, AND I THINK WE CAN COME BACK WITH SOMETHING THAT'S FLEXIBLE AND WORKABLE. AWESOME. THAT'S THE BEST ANSWER YOU COULD GIVE. OKAY. THANK YOU. CHRISTINA. APPRECIATE IT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. [3. Receive the 2025 Fire-Rescue Year in Review.] ITEM THREE RECEIVED THE 2025 FIRE RESCUE YEAR IN REVIEW. MISS NASH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR WHERE CHIEF WADE IS GOING TO DAZZLE YOU WITH ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT SACHSE FIRE RESCUE HAS DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR. IT'S USUALLY WITH LOTS OF FUN PICTURES AND GOOD STATISTICS. AND SO. MAYBE. WELL, LEAH WILL MAKE SURE THAT'S A REALITY. HERE WE GO. WELL, CHIEF, AND NOTHING ELSE FROM THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION, YOU NOW KNOW YOUR FIRE TRUCKS WON'T GET SCRATCHED BY ANY TREES OR ANYTHING. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. SORRY, MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT THAT THIS WOULD, THIS IS WE'RE JUST SHY OF CHIEF WADE'S TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH THE CITY OF SACHSE. ONE OF HIS FIRST ACTIONS AS CHIEF WAS TO GIVE THE FIRST ANNUAL UPDATE A DECADE AGO. AND SO HERE HE IS FOR HIS 10TH UPDATE. DEFINE JUST SHY. YEAH, ABOUT TWO WEEKS. OKAY. JUST CHECKING. ALL RIGHT. HE'S JUST PAST HIS. SO HE JUST GOT HIS TEN YEARS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. OH, TWO WEEKS PRIOR. [APPLAUSE] OH, WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO SAY, WAIT A MINUTE. WE GOT A MEETING IN TWO WEEKS, AND. CONGRATULATIONS, CHIEF. TIME HAS FLOWN AS I'M HAVING FUN, BUT MAYOR COUNCIL AND MISS NASH, THANK YOU FOR FOR ALLOWING ME TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT MY FAVORITE TOPIC, FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH IT LIKE WE NORMALLY DO. AND I'LL TELL YOU HOW THE YEAR WENT LAST YEAR. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE NORMAL, NORMAL THINGS WITH OUR STAFFING AND OUR OPERATIONAL STATISTICS, OUR TRAINING THAT WE DO, OTHER PREVENTION AND OUT COMMUNITY OUTREACH THINGS. AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS THAT WE SPONSOR AND THEN OUR MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND WHAT'S NEXT. THIS IS OUR OVERALL STRUCTURE RIGHT NOW IS HOW WE SET IT HASN'T CHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS, BUT THE STYLE OF THE ORG CHART HAS AND IF YOU'LL LOOK IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, I'VE GOT MY NEW BATTALION CHIEF, CHIEF GAUTHIER, BACK HERE. HE JUST CAME ON A FEW MONTHS AGO, SO THANK YOU. BUT THINGS ARE, I THINK THE ONLY THING ON THIS THING THAT HAS CHANGED IS, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER, WAS WE CREATED SOME EMS COORDINATOR POSITIONS AND WE MADE THOSE DRIVER ENGINEER POSITIONS WITH EXISTING FIREFIGHTERS. WE UPGRADED THEM A LITTLE BIT. SO THAT'S BEEN THE HELP ON THE EMS SIDE. BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 12 PERSONNEL PER DAY AND WE RUN A TEN MINIMUM. SO IF PEOPLE ARE OFF ON VACATION, SICK WORKER'S COMP, OR THEY'RE OUT TRAINING, WHATEVER THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE, I MAINTAIN TEN PEOPLE AROUND THE CLOCK IN THE CITY. AND THAT LETS US HAVE A STATION ONE WILL HAVE A LADDER TRUCK AND AN AMBULANCE, AND THE STATION TWO WILL HAVE A FIRE ENGINE AND AN AMBULANCE. OUR CALL VOLUMES LAST YEAR WE HIT ABOUT, I THINK IT WAS 2888, ALMOST 2900 CALLS. SO WE LOOKING AT THE PROJECTIONS, WE COULD BE FLAT OR WE COULD JUMP UP TO 33 ON THE HIGH END. WE COULD EVEN GO UP TO MAYBE 3600. AND WE WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL IT HAPPENS. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE KIND OF LOOK AND SEE WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE, HOW WE WOULD ADDRESS THEM. OUR CALL, THE WAY THEY ALL BROKE OUT LAST YEAR. [01:35:02] VERY SIMILAR. A LOT OF THINGS DON'T CHANGE. YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAD 69% OF WHAT WE DO IS EMS. OUR FIRES ARE 1.28%, WHICH IS LOWER. SO WE'VE SEEN A LOWERING TREND ON THAT WHICH WHICH IS GOOD. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. THE REST OF THEM ARE PRETTY CONSISTENT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS EMS WILL RUN, YOU KNOW, 72 TO 69. OUR GENERAL SERVICES HAS INCREASED, THE FALSE ALARMS HAVE INCREASED. AND THEN THE THE HAZARDOUS ISSUES THAT ARE THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WITH NO FIRE OR FIRES, THEY'VE DECREASED. SO SOME OF THOSE MIGHT HAVE JUMPED UP INTO THE OTHER CATEGORIES. OUR FIRE LOSS DATA, WE HAD SIX WORKING STRUCTURE FIRES. AND SO THE FIRE LOSS DATA WAS IF YOU LOOK AT OUR SMALL SUBSET OF DATA, WE HAD SIX FIRES. WE HAD SO THAT'S A SMALL SET. BUT IF YOU TAKE THE VALUES OF THE PROPERTY, TAKE AWAY THE LOSS OF, WE SAY WE LOST 5% OF THOSE STRUCTURES. THAT'S A VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD OUTCOME. IT CAN BE AN ANOMALY. YOU HAVE ONE BAD FIRE. AND AND THE STATISTICS SHOW IT. SO BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. WE HAD THREE RESIDENTIAL FIRES. WE HAD ONE AT THE THE MUSLIM SOCIETY, WHICH IT WAS CONSIDERED A $1.5 MILLION BUILDING, BUT IT WAS A VERY SMALL FIRE THAT WE PUT OUT FAIRLY EASILY. THEN WE HAD TWO IN THE IN APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND THE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS PUT THEM OUT. I DIDN'T INCLUDE THE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN THAT ON THOSE GIANT APARTMENT COMPLEX BUILDINGS, BECAUSE IT PUT OUR FIRE LORCET LIKE LESS THAN 1% POINT FIVE OR SOMETHING. SO JUST KNOW THAT. I'M OKAY WITH .5%. YES, I AM TOO. BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A VERY DYNAMIC PERCENTAGE THAT WE LOOK AT. JUST TO RECAP FOR YOU ALL ON OUR HOW WE CHARGE FOR ALL OF OUR MEDICAL TRANSPORTS. IF YOU GO TO THE HOSPITAL, IF YOU'RE A SACHSE RESIDENT, WE DON'T. WE DON'T SEND YOU A BILL. WE WILL CHARGE YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY OR A THIRD PARTY, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T GET A BILL. ANYONE ELSE DRIVING THROUGH TOWN OR WHATNOT, WE DO HIT THEM FOR THE FULL AMOUNT AND THEY WILL BE CHARGED. TO OUR TRAINING, OUR FOLKS ARE HIGHLY TRAINED. SPECIFICALLY, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE EMS RELATED. MOST ALL OF THE PERSONNEL ARE TRAINED TO THE ONES ON THE PERIPHERY AND THEN THE CIRCLES IN THE MIDDLE. THOSE ARE SPECIALIZED TRAINING WHERE WE HAVE SOME WE HAVE FLAT MEDICS, WE HAVE CRITICAL CARE MEDICS, WE'VE GOT A COMMUNITY PARAMEDIC. WE HAVE ONE OF THEM AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR TACTICAL PARAMEDICS. SO THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL TRAINING. OUR FOLKS REALLY DO A LOT. AND THEY, AS THE I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THEY NEVER LET ME DOWN. THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE. ON THE FIRE SIDE, WE DO A LOT OF TRAINING. THE ISO REQUIRES US TO DO A LOT OF TRAINING, BUT WE ALWAYS GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT. ANYTIME THAT WE TRY TO LEARN SOMETHING OR DO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER LEARNING, WE DOCUMENT IT AND IT COUNTS TOWARD OUR OUR FIRE TRAINING. SO AS YOU CAN TELL, THERE'S A LOT OF HOURS THAT GO INTO IT AND THE FOLKS ARE MOTIVATED AND THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR IT. THEY ARE HUNGRY FOR TRAINING. AS FAR AS JUST THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND PREVENTION. THE FIRE INVESTIGATIONS, WE HAD THE SIX INVESTIGATIONS FOR THE 37 FIRES. SOME OF THEM WERE WERE DIDN'T INCLUDE TO BE A FULL INVESTIGATION. FIRE INSPECTIONS WERE UP. WE DID TWO ADOPTIONS. MOST OF THEM ARE CONSISTENT DOWN THROUGH THERE. AND THEN WE ADDED THE SMOKE DETECTOR OF CALL OUTS WHEN WE GO HELP PEOPLE WITH THEIR SMOKE DETECTORS AND THEN SOME CAR SEATS. AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE ALWAYS DO. WE LIKE TO GET OUT. IF THERE'S AN EVENT GOING ON, THE FOLKS WILL TRY TO BE THERE AND AND BE A PRESENCE. ANSWER QUESTIONS. LET THE KIDS CLIMB ON THE RIGS. YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM GIVE THEM A LITTLE SOMETHING TO STICKER. BUT WE, WE TRY TO SHOW UP TO ALL THE EVENTS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. WE BROUGHT KYLE PEDROZA IN AS THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ANALYST. HE'S BEEN DOING A VERY GOOD JOB, INSTRUMENTAL IN REIMBURSING THE CITY FOR $350,000. AND HE DID A LOT OF THAT BY KIND OF IDENTIFYING WHAT THE FEMA REIMBURSEMENT THINGS ARE. AND SO HE'S HE'S MADE IT WHERE OUR DOCUMENTATION PROCESSES ARE MORE STREAMLINED AND WE'RE PREPARED TO BETTER DO IT. THE DRONE PROGRAM. HE FLEW 34 MISSIONS. HE'S OUR ONLY PILOT RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE BRINGING ON A COUPLE MORE. BUT THAT THING'S BEEN VERY USEFUL FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS OUR OWN. THE CITY WIDE ICS AND NIMS TRAINING. WE'VE ALMOST COMPLETED THE DEPARTMENT HEAD TRAINING FOR ALL OF THAT. [01:40:01] AND THERE'S OTHER OTHER STAFF MEMBERS THAT THAT WILL HAVE IT COMING SOON. KYLE, HE DEPLOYED DOWN TO WESLACO WITH THE ISTF AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY. AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY AS PART OF THAT ISTF MISSION WE TRY TO STAY ENGAGED WITH OUR REGION, BUT ALSO WITH THE STATE. AND KYLE HAS REALLY MODERNIZED OUR EOP. HE'S USING QR CODES AND HE'S MAKING IT AVAILABLE ELECTRONIC WHERE WE USED TO JUST HAVE THE BINDERS. SO HE'S, HE'S MAKING AN IMPACT. AND THEN WE BOUGHT A NEW WE REPLACEMENT DRONE LAST YEAR. THEN LET'S MOVE TO THE CERT PROGRAM. THESE FOLKS ARE INCREDIBLE. Y'ALL SEE THEM ALL OVER. THEY THEY DON'T ONLY DO THINGS JUST IN SACHSE. THEY DO THINGS AROUND US AND REGIONALLY. AND TRISHA, SHE WAS, SHE PRESENTED LAST YEAR AT THE TEXAS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, AND SHE WAS ELECTED THE VICE CHAIR OF THE TEXAS COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS COUNCIL. THIS IS REGIONAL PARTICIPATION, BRING SACHSE NAME TO TO THE STATE. WOULD THEY, WE DIDN'T NEED THEM ON THE FIRES BECAUSE WE WE WERE ABLE TO PUT THEM OUT QUICKLY. BUT THEY WENT TO TEN TRAININGS, TEN CITY EVENTS, PUT IN 9316 HOURS. AND ALL OF THAT IS IF YOU KIND OF LOOK AT IT BY THE FEMA REIMBURSEMENT RATE, IT SAVED THE CITY $59,000. THE RACES GROUP, THEY'VE REALLY BECOME ACTIVE LATELY. THEY WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING WITH THE HOSPITAL OUT HERE SO THEY CAN HAVE A TOWER AND AND COMMUNICATIONS OUT THERE WITH THEM. THEY LOGGED 647 HOURS ON THEIR PIECE. I'M CONSTANTLY WORKING WITH GREG DURING THE STORMS AND TRICIA WHENEVER THESE STORMS ARE ROLLING IN SO WE CAN TRY TO GET A HANDLE ON IT. WORKING WITH GINA AND GINA'S CONTACTING THE MAYOR, WE'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD, PRETTY GOOD SYSTEM. AND THESE FOLKS ARE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT. AND WE HOSTED A WE HOSTED A FIELD DAY WITH THEM AND AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DO A CLASS AND HAVE THE FCC TESTING AS WELL. SAME DAY. SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS EXCITING. OUR FIRE CORPS, THEY'RE OUT THERE, THEY'RE HELPING WITH OUR FIRE HYDRANT PROGRAM WITH THE MARKERS IN THE STREETS. THEY MANAGE OUR AED PROGRAM WITH THE CITY. THEY, IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, IT COMES UP ON THE ON THE WEBSITE. AND THEN THEY GO OUT AND THEY LOOK AT IT, OR THEY FIX IT OR THEY REPLACE IT. SO THEY'RE DOING A LOT WITH THAT PROGRAM. ON THE INSPECTION SIDE OF THE HOUSE. THEY'VE GONE OUT BEFORE DIANA HITS THEM TO GIVE THE BUSINESSES A HEAD UP, HEADS UP ON THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE WRONG. SO THESE FOLKS ARE WORKING HARD. THERE'S NOT MANY OF THEM, BUT THEY PUT IN 297 HOURS. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS. 17 OF THEM PERSONNEL EARNED OR UPGRADED THEIR CERTIFICATIONS. THEY'RE CONSTANTLY LEARNING AND IMPROVING, AND I LOVE THAT. WE DID OUR CITIZENS FIRE CLASS NUMBER FIVE. KYLE DID THE USA 3D MAPPING FOR OUR OUR PRE-FIRE PLANS. BIG THING THERE. I TALKED ABOUT THE DRIVERS UPGRADING THEM TO EMS COORDINATORS, THE THE AED PROGRAM WE ROLLED OUT. WE'VE GOT 42 AEDS OUT THERE NOW IN THE CITY. AND THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG DEAL. SO WHAT'S NEXT? WE'VE GOT OUR FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO KIND OF EVALUATING THE REMODEL ON THAT FIRE STATION. NUMBER THREE, WE EVALUATING THE NEED. WE CONTINUOUSLY DO THAT. OUR TRAINING, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A TRAINING FACILITY. WE'RE EVALUATING THAT NEED OUR APPARATUS. THE NEW THE AMBULANCE THAT YOU ALL APPROVED SHOULD ARRIVE IN 2027. AND THE TRUCK IT SHOULD ARRIVE AT OR BEFORE 2030. SO AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE AN ENGINE ON ORDER RIGHT NOW, BUT IT CAN TAKE UP TO TWO YEARS FOR THAT. I, SO WE'VE SUBMITTED EVERYTHING. NOW WE'RE JUST WAITING ON OUR GAP ANALYSIS TO COME BACK TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE NEED TO ADD OR WHATNOT, AND THEN WE'LL KNOW MORE. AND I'M HOPING TO HEAR BACK IN A FEW MONTHS FOR THAT. AND TRYING TO GET NEW, NEW PILOTS FOR THAT DRONE PROGRAM. CURRENTLY DOING THE CLASS NUMBER SIX CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY. YEAH, YEAH. YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO SAY REAL QUICK, YOU TALK ABOUT KYLE, THAT GUY, HE CAN FIND MONEY ANYWHERE AND IN COUCH CUSHIONS AND EVERYTHING. AND SO SERIOUSLY THOUGH HE IS, HE FOUND MONEY THAT, LIKE YOU ALLUDED TO, WE DIDN'T KNOW WE COULD APPLY FOR. SO HE'S DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB. I'LL GIVE HIM A SHOUT OUT. KYLE'S DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THAT. THANK YOU. I WILL PASS THAT ON. AND HE IS HE, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE SUITED FOR THINGS AND AND HE JUST FITS RIGHT INTO THAT. AND HE'S DOING AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB. I WAS GONNA SAY HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB. YEAH. MISS BUHLER. I DON'T SO MUCH HAVE A QUESTION, BUT JUST WANT TO GIVE A THANK YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP. WE JUST HAVE THE BEST DEPARTMENT. EVERY MEMBER ON YOUR TEAM IS INCREDIBLE. [01:45:04] AND JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. I MEAN, WE HAVE AN AMAZING DEPARTMENT AND IT SHOWS IN OUR COMMUNITY. JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS. HEY, CHIEF. YES, SIR. SLIDE NINE. YOUR AMBULANCE SERVICE FEES, THE NEW SOFTWARE THAT WE'VE STARTED USING THIS YEAR. DO YOU HAVE ANY NUMBERS OR ANY KIND OF PERCENTAGES OR ANYTHING BACK ON THAT? FOR, YOU TALKING ABOUT ON THE THE FIRE SIDE OR THE EMS BILLING? SURE. YEAH. WELL, WE JUST STARTED THE FIRE, THE EMERGENCY FIRE SIDE, AND WE HAVEN'T GOT ANY GOOD, GOOD DATA YET. BACK ON THAT. THERE'S A GAP BETWEEN WHEN YOU START AND THEN WHEN YOU START GETTING YOUR RETURN. SO WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR ON THAT. OKAY. LET'S SEE IF I CAN GO BACK TO THE SPECIFIC TWO TO THAT. THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGE AS FAR AS OUR EMS REPORTS OR EMS REPORTING. IT'S REMAINED THE SAME. AS FAR AS REIMBURSEMENT. I MEAN, IS THERE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE THAT YOU CAN SAY WE GET REIMBURSED ON OR. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. GIVE ME SOME KIND OF REFERENCE RATHER THAN JUST. YEAH, THERE, THERE ARE SOME, SOME DIFFERENT TYPE OF USER GROUPS. AND WE CAN, WE CAN DETERMINE WHICH ONES ARE PAYERS AND WHICH ONES LIKE MEDICARE, MEDICAID, THEY'RE A GROUP. YOU'VE GOT YOUR PRIVATE PAY TO WHERE PEOPLE PAY OUTSIDE OF INSURANCE AND DIFFERENT THINGS. AND THEN YOUR INSURANCE PAYER GROUP. WE'VE REMAINED CONSISTENT ON THOSE THROUGH THROUGH THE YEARS, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN IT FOR THIS FOR THIS LAST YEAR. BUT I CAN SURE GET THAT FOR YOU. YEAH, THAT'D BE INTERESTING TO KNOW. I MEAN, IF WE'RE CHARGING THESE FEES, WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE REIMBURSED AND WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE NOT? THAT'S. YEAH. I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW. OR A DOLLAR VALUE, WHATEVER WE NEED. RIGHT. AND I'M STILL AWAITING THE RESCHEDULING OF THE THE COUNCIL FIRE ACADEMY. I LOVE SMASHING WINDOWS AND CUTTING CARS. YES, YES. I'M NOT VOLUNTEERING TO PICK ANYBODY UP AND CARRY ANYBODY, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, YEAH [LAUGHS] WE WILL DEFINITELY GET THAT IN THE 2027. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. WELL, LAST TIME WE DID IT, I WANT TO SAY 2018 IN SEPTEMBER AND NO GO ON THAT. YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL FIND. WAY TOO MUCH EQUIPMENT ON HERE. WE'LL FIND A COOLER DAY TO. YEAH. THAT'S WHY I HAVE RESPECT FOR YOU GUYS, BUT ESPECIALLY YOU GUYS HAVE TO PUT THAT STUFF ON THE SUMMER. IT'S CRAZY. MR.. PRESTENBERG. YES. HEY, CHIEF. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. FIRST OFF, GREAT JOB BY YOUR DEPARTMENT. I THINK THEY DO, YOU KNOW, YEOMAN'S WORK AND JUST ALWAYS DOING GOOD THINGS. THEY GOT MY KIDS SOAKING WET. LAST FRIDAY AT THE ARMSTRONG FIELD DAY. SO ABOUT THE ONLY SHOWER THEY HAD THAT WEEK. SO APPRECIATE IT. GOOD DEAL. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS ON SLIDE 19, THE FIRE AND MED CORPS AED PROGRAM THAT THEY WENT AND CHECKED OUT THOSE FOUR AEDS. AT THOSE PARKS, DO YOU THINK THAT'S ENOUGH OF AED PRESENCE ESPECIALLY, I KNOW WE HAVE THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE BLASTERS. YOU HAVE PEOPLE ON SITE AND WHATNOT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT, IT GOES FROM MAYBE 100 PEOPLE THERE AT A PARK ON AN AFTERNOON TO THOUSANDS. DO WE HAVE ENOUGH AT SOME OF THESE PARKS TO BE SUITABLE? WELL, JUST TO HAVE ONE THERE I THINK IS, IS ABOVE, YOU KNOW, ABOVE THE CURVE ON MOST PLACES. BUT WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK AND SEE IF THERE ARE SOME, SOME PEAK HOURS OR PEAK USE TIMES, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A PORTABLE ONE THAT WE CAN MOVE AROUND AS WELL. SO FIRST STEP IN THIS WAS TO TRY TO COVER THE AREAS. AND THEN THE NEXT STEP IS TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT'S NEXT. SO THAT'S A THAT'S A VERY VALID POINT TO LOOK AT. IT'S NOT THAT WE EXPECT MORE PEOPLE TO NEED THEM. IT WAS JUST FOR PROXIMITY PURPOSES THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO. I'M NOT RUNNING 300 YARDS TO GO GET ONE, YOU KNOW. WELL, I WOULD TRY, BUT I MIGHT NEED ONE MYSELF. YEAH. BUT YEAH, I THINK YOU SAID THERE'S 42 ACROSS THE CITY AND LIKE YOU SAID, I THINK THAT'S AHEAD OF THE CURVE. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. NOW IT'S OKAY. WHERE CAN WE SUPPLY THEM? OR MAYBE, YOU KNOW, MAXIMIZE OUR FORCES OF HAVING TWO THERE OR THREE THERE, YOU KNOW, WHATNOT. SO YEAH, I THINK SO. OKAY. AND IS THE, THE SPLASH PAD AREA THAT'S COVERED, I GUESS FROM A STANDPOINT. YES, SIR. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'S KYLE'S NEXT CHALLENGE. FINANCE AND GRANTS. BUY SOME MORE. SO IF ANYBODY CAN DO IT, HE CAN. I BET HE CAN. WE'LL SEE. MISS HOWARTH. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU GUYS DO. AND YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR OF NOT HAVING MY MOTHER IN LAW'S HOUSE BURNED DOWN. EXACTLY. SO YOU'RE NINE FOR HERE. YOU'RE ONLY ONE FOR TEN. WOW. ONLY LET IT BURN DOWN ONCE. BUT THIS YEAR, WE HAD A WE HAD TO CALL EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR MY SON, AND THAT IS A CRAZY EXPERIENCE. AND, LIKE, IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THE GUYS WERE SO PROFESSIONAL AND SO HELPFUL. AND I'M STANDING THERE IN MY PAJAMAS AND KIND OF FLIPPING OUT, AND THEY JUST DID THEIR THING AND GOT HIM TAKEN CARE OF AND OUT THE DOOR. [01:50:07] AND I'M SO GRATEFUL. AND I'M LIKE, YEAH, HERE'S YOUR CITY COUNCIL PERSON WITH HER HAIR STICKING UP AND HER NO, THERE ARE NO PICTURES. AND I FOUND LITTLE BITS OF STICKY TAPE, LIKE FROM ALL THE, THE, THE ALL OVER MY BEDROOM FOR LIKE TWO WEEKS. THEY JUST SHOW UP LIKE ON THE BOTTOM OF MY SOCK OR SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY KIND OF JUST EXPLODED. BUT I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THE CREWS AND A LOT OF FAITH THAT WHEN FOLKS IN TOWN NEED THEM, THAT THEY SHOW UP AND GET THE JOB DONE IN JUST AN AMAZING WAY AND KIND. AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHIEF. WE WE WILL NEED THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE OF THAT CALL WHEN YOU GET. THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS. I ECHO EVERYTHING MISS HOWARD SAID. THANKFULLY, YOU'VE ONLY SHOWN UP FOR MY FAMILY FOR MUCH MORE MINOR THINGS, BUT THE JOKE IS, IF I'M ANYWHERE NEEDING YOUR SERVICES AROUND MURPHY ROAD IN 78 AND I'M IN THE GARLAND SIDE, JUST DRAG ME OVER TO THIS SIDE. SO ANYTHING ELSE FROM COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU CHIEF. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU ALL. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ADJOURNMENTS. TIME MS. GRANGER 8:21 P.M.. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:21 P.M.. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.