[A. Meeting Opening]
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I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE OUT TO THE SACHSE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
TODAY IS MONDAY, JUNE 1ST, 2026.
WHAT TIME, MS. GRANGER? 6.30 P.M.
WE ARE CALLED TO ORDER AT 6.30 P.M.
I ALWAYS LOVE THAT AWKWARD SILENCE BEFORE WE GET STARTED.
I KNOW MS. GRANGER HAS TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS FOR POTENTIAL SPEAKERS, BUT IF YOU DO WANT TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM TONIGHT, PLEASE FILL OUT A CARD.
EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU DON'T WANT TO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, BUT IF YOU DO PLAN ON SPEAKING TONIGHT, PLEASE FILL OUT A CARD.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, INVOCATION AND PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.
I'VE ASKED MS. HOWARD TO OFFER THE INVOCATION AND MR. LINDSAY TO LEAD THE PLEDGES.
OUR KIND AND GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE GATHERED HERE TONIGHT TO ACCOMPLISH THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY OF SACHSE.
AND WE ASK THY BLESSINGS UPON US TODAY OR TONIGHT THAT WE'LL HEAR THE CONCERNS THAT ARE SPOKEN.
TO USE OUR WISDOM IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE AND TO TREAT EACH OTHER WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT, EVEN IF WE MAY NOT AGREE.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THIS STATE AND NATION AND CITY THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE IN.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS AND FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS AND FOR ALL THAT WE DO, OR FOR ALL THAT THEY DO FOR US.
AND WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE BLESS THEM AND PROTECT THEM AS THEY WORK AND SERVE FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR OUR MANY BLESSINGS, AND WE ASK THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES.
[B. Recognition]
NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM B, RECOGNITION.THE FIRST ITEM, PRESENT A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING JUNE THE 1ST THROUGH JULY 31ST, 2026 AS SUMMER READING 2026 IN THE CITY OF SACHSE.
IF I CAN ASK MR. RANDALL CROSS TO COME JOIN ME.
ALL RIGHT, THOSE OF Y'ALL WHO ATTEND OR WATCH ONLINE A LOT OF COUNCIL MEETINGS, YOU'VE SEEN HIM UP HERE A LOT.
AND SO THAT'S BECAUSE HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB WITH OUR LIBRARY.
AND SO WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE THAT PUBLICLY WITH THIS BEING PART OF OUR GREAT LIBRARY PROGRAMS, WHICH IS OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM, JUST KICKED OFF THIS PAST SATURDAY AND HAD A GREAT TURNOUT.
AND I NORMALLY DON'T LIKE TO SAY WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING SPACES, BUT THAT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING SPACES.
SAY THAT THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST START WE'VE HAD AND YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER.
JUST SO EXCITING AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND READ THE PROCLAMATION INTO THE RECORD, RECOGNIZING SUMMER READING CLUB AND ALSO TO TELL MR. CROSS THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT HE DOES.
WHEREAS THE MISSION OF THE SACHSE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS TO LINK PEOPLE TO THE WORLD BY ENRICHING LIVES, CREATING COMMUNITY, AND INSPIRING CURIOSITY.
AND WHEREAS THE SACHSE PUBLIC LIBRARY PROVIDES AN ANNUAL SUMMER READING PROGRAM WITH A VARIETY OF SPECIAL ACTIVITIES FEATURING MUSIC, SCIENCE, ANIMALS, CRAFTS, GAMES, AND MUCH MORE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND READERS OF ALL AGES.
WHEREAS THE THEME FOR THE 2026 SUMMER READING PROGRAM IS UNEARTH A STORY, WHETHER DIGGING INTO A GOOD BOOK, UNCOVERING HIDDEN HISTORIES, OR EXPLORING THE PAST, YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY IS A PLACE TO EMBRACE THE JOY OF DISCOVERY.
AND WHEREAS KIDS, TEENS, AND ADULTS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN AGE-APPROPRIATE READING CHALLENGES, AND CAN EARN PRIZES AND ENTRIES INTO GRAND PRIZE DRAWINGS AFTER COMPLETING THE SUMMER READING CHALLENGE.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JEFF BICKERSTAFF, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SACHSE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 1ST THROUGH JULY 31ST, 2026, AS SUMMER READING 2026 IN SACHSE AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUMMER READING CHALLENGE.
AND I, WHENEVER I HAVE A CHANCE TO BRAG ABOUT THE LIBRARY, THE FACT THAT IT ACTUALLY HAS A LIBRARY AND SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES DON'T, THAT'S, I ALWAYS BRAG TO MY FRIENDS.
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FELLOW MAYORS ABOUT THAT.THEY DON'T LIKE IT WHEN I SAY IT.
OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM TWO, PRESENT A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING JULY 2026 AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IN SACHSE.
SO IF MS. SENTE AND MS. JORDAN CAN COME ON DOWN AND OUR PARK STAFF CAN COME ON DOWN.
THEY WERE HIDING IN THE CROWDS.
GREAT BUNCH OF PEOPLE RIGHT UP HERE, I PROMISE YOU.
SO, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULDN'T...
BUT IF YOU DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT PARKS PROGRAM, PARK SYSTEM, PARK FACILITIES.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE EXCELLENT PEOPLE THAT RUN THE SHOW.
AND SO WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE THESE FINE GENTLEMEN AND LADIES THAT HELP RUN OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY THIS.
THE JOB THAT THESE GUYS AS A TEAM DO IS THAT YOU'LL NEVER KNOW.
NOT THAT THEY'RE BEHIND THE SHADOWS OR ANYTHING, BUT THEY REALLY ARE BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT THERE MAKING SURE OUR PARKS ARE AT THE LEVEL THEY NEED TO BE, THE LEVEL THAT, QUITE FRANKLY, OUR RESIDENTS DEMAND THAT THEY BE.
AND IT'S EVIDENCE FROM NOT JUST OUR NEW PARKS THAT WE'VE OPENED THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, BUT ALSO OUR PARKS WE'VE HAD FOR A LONG TIME.
THEY KEEP THEM GOING, KEEP THEM MAINTAINED, AND WE CAN LITERALLY CANNOT HAVE THE PARK SYSTEM WE HAVE WITHOUT THEM.
SO WE JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND READ A PROCLAMATION INTO THE RECORD.
WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION SERVICES IN RICH COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE.
INCLUDING THE CITY OF SACHSE, BY SUPPORTING HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS.
IT WILL HAVE ACCESS TO PARKS, TRAILS, AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO FOSTER PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, ENHANCE MENTAL WELL-BEING, AND PROVIDE SPACE FOR SPORTS, FITNESS, OUTDOOR ADVENTURE, AND COMMUNITY GATHERING.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS, SUCH AS OUT-OF-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, YOUTH SPORTS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, LIFELONG LEARNING, AND MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT FOR RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES.
WHEREAS STRONG PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEMS CONTRIBUTE TO THE LOCAL ECONOMIC PROSPERITY BY INCREASING PROPERTY VALUES, ATTRACTING TOURISM AND BUSINESS, REDUCING CRIME, AND STRENGTHENING ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP THROUGH THE PROTECTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND NATURAL AREAS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO CONNECT WITH NATURE, ENJOY THE OUTDOORS, AND BUILD A SHARED SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF SACHSE PROUDLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE MANY BENEFITS THAT OUR PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES HAVE AND THE DEDICATED STAFF THAT WE BRING TO OUR RESIDENTS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JEFF BICKERSTAFF, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SACHSE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY 2026 AS NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IN SACHSE AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO CELEBRATE BY ENJOYING OUR PARKS, PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS, AND TAKING PART IN THIS YEAR'S RAFFLE CONTEST, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
OKAY, SO IN ADDITION TO THE PROCLAMATION, WE WANTED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SHARE WITH OUR RESIDENTS OF THE AWARDS THAT OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS JUST RECEIVED.
SOME OF Y'ALL MAY KNOW THAT THE SACHSE NEWS HAS A BEST OF SERIES.
IT'S THEIR WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU TO SACHSE AS A WHOLE.
AND SO I AM PROUD TO SHARE THAT OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS WON FOUR.
OF THE BEST OF SACHSE AWARDS FOR.
AND SO THE FIRST ONE WE'RE GOING TO DO, AGAIN THIS IS THE SACHSE NEWS READER'S CHOICE, SO RESIDENTS VOTED FOR THIS.
THE BEST PARK IS AWARDED TO HERITAGE PARK.
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NEXT, THE NEXT AWARD THAT THEY WON, BEST ANNUAL EVENT, WAS AWARDED TO THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE GLASS.CAN'T WAIT UNTIL WE GET RID OF THOSE.
THE SAXY NEWS READER'S CHOICE FOR 2026 BEST LIVE MUSIC IS AWARDED TO THE SUMMER NIGHTS CONCERT SERIES.
AND BY THE WAY, THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE ONE THIS COMING FRIDAY.
AND OUR LAST AWARD, BUT CERTAINLY NOT THE LEAST AWARD BY ANY MEANS, IS I DID HAVE A BEST MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEE AWARD.
THE BEST MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEE IS AWARDED TO JORDAN AND WILLARD.
GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AGAIN.
I'M BLESSED TO WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE EVERY DAY AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEM IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
JUST REAL QUICK, I'M JUST GOING TO GO FIRST NAME BASED, BUT I WANT TO JUST INTRODUCE YOU TO THEM.
SO OF COURSE, MARY'S OUR RECREATION SUPERVISOR.
CYNTHIA, YOU SHOULD KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HERE TOGETHER FOR 22 YEARS, BUT SHE'S OUR MANAGER AT THE RECREATION.
BRANDON IS A MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN IN PARKS.
JORDAN, OF COURSE, IS OUR RECREATION COORDINATOR, SPECIAL EVENTS.
HE'S BEEN WITH US BY THE YEAR NOW, RIGHT? AWESOME.
AND JERRY IS OUR SUPERINTENDENT, ONE OF OUR ATTENDANTS.
CHRISTIAN IS A MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN.
AUSTIN IS ALSO A SUPERINTENDENT WITH AQUATICS AND PLAYGROUNDS.
AGAIN, I LOVE THESE GUYS AND THEY DO HAVE A PASSION FOR OUR PARKS AND OUR RECREATION, OUR PROGRAMMING.
AS YOU'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, WE'VE GROWN TREMENDOUSLY IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION.
SO MUCH SUPPORT FROM THE PEOPLE IN HERE, FROM THE CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT CITY, FROM THE COUNCIL, FROM ADMINISTRATION.
WE'RE SO BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH A SUPPORTIVE CITY FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.
AND THIS IS JORDAN FOR PARKS AND REC MONTH.
WE'VE DONE THIS AS OUR FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW, CELEBRATING PARKS AND REC MONTH IN JULY.
STARTING JULY 1ST, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE BIG BASKET.
WE GET BUSINESSES FROM SACSI DONATE TO THIS BASKET.
FOLLOW THE SACSI PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACEBOOK PAGE.
LIKE THE NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH FACEBOOK POST THAT WILL BE POSTED.
VISIT THE PARKS, TAKE A PHOTO, AND POST IT ON FACEBOOK WITH THE HASHTAG SAXYPARKS26.
AND THEN IF YOU WANT A BONUS, YOU WANT TO GET A BONUS, GET A PICTURE WITH ALL 10 OF OUR PARKS, AND ALSO GET A POST A PHOTO WITH YOUR FAMILY, YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AT THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE BLAST.
AND THEN THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON AUGUST 3RD.
SO A LOT OF FUN THINGS, GREAT THINGS.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR PARKS THIS SUMMER.
SPLASH PADS, TWO SPLASH PADS, CAMPS, ACTIVITIES, A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON.
GOT THE CONCERT THIS FRIDAY, HOPEFULLY.
AND THEN OUR BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR, RED, WHITE, AND BLUE BLAST.
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT LANCE TOLD YOU, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.ALWAYS FUN TO BRAG ON OUR EMPLOYEES, SO THAT IS GREAT.
[C. Public Comment]
OKAY.NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM C, PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS COUNSEL REGARDING ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA FOR ACTION OR PUBLIC HEARING.
COMMENTS REGARDING THE CONSENT AGENDA OR ANY DISCUSSION-ONLY ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA MAY BE ADDRESSED DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.
THE TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD SHALL BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, COUNCIL IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT WILL TAKE THOSE COMMENTS UNDER ADVISEMENT.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS, SO WE WILL MOVE ON.
[D. Council/Staff Reports and Updates]
ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM D, COUNCIL STAFF REPORT AND UPDATES.ITEM 1, REPORT ON PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE MAY 18, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THERE WERE A FEW QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM MR. HOBOK THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS FROM THE MAY 18, 2026 MEETING.
THE FOUR TOPICS THAT MR. HOBOAK EITHER COMMENTED ON OR ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT, BAILEY ROAD, HIGH RIDGE ALLEY, THE SERVICE CENTER WALL, AND THE CWD CONTRACT, HAVE ALL BEEN ADDRESSED THOROUGHLY AND REPEATEDLY AT PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
NOT VAGUELY, NOT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, PUBLICLY ON THE RECORD.
REPEATING A QUESTION THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED DOES NOT MAKE IT UNANSWERED.
IT JUST MEANS THAT MR. HOBOAK DOES NOT.
TIME AND AGAIN, MR. HOBOAK COMES TO THE PODIUM TO ADDRESS COUNCIL WITH FALSE STATEMENTS, INSULTS, PERSONAL ATTACKS.
MISGUIDED COMMENTARY AND OUTRIGHT LIE.
MR. HOBO HAS CALLED THE CITY MANAGER OVERCOMPENSATED, THE CITY ENGINEER INCOMPETENT, AND ME AND STAFF LIARS.
MR. HOBO'S QUESTIONS ARE NOT A SERIOUS ATTEMPT TO GET ANSWERS.
TWIST THE FACTS, SUGGEST SOMETHING SINISTER, ATTACK PEOPLE'S CHARACTER, AND THEN PRETEND IT'S PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY.
IT APPEARS THAT THE TRUTH IS MR. HOBO'S BET AND THOSE ARE ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS I HAD FROM THE MAY 18, 2026 MEETING.
WOULD ANYONE ON COUNCIL LIKE TO ADDRESS ANY OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS MADE AT THAT MEETING BY MR. HOPE? ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM TWO, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING SPECIAL EVENTS, CURRENT ACTIVITIES, AND LOCAL.
I SEE MS. BUEHLER IS READY TO GO.
TO KEEP THE PARKS AND RECREATION FUND GOING, WE HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THE NEXT SUMMER NIGHT CONCERT SERIES EVENT IS THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 5TH AT JK SACHSE PARK.
THE BRAD THOMPSON 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.
RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BRING LAWN CHAIRS AND ENJOY THE EVENING OUTDOORS.
THE FIRST 100 GUESTS WILL RECEIVE A FREE INFLATABLE INSTRUMENT.
NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE TEENS ARE INVITED TO JOURNEY INTO MIDDLE EARTH ON MONDAY, JUNE 28TH FROM 7 TO 9 P.M.
FOR A LORD OF THE RINGS THEMED TEAM NIGHT FEATURING THEMED GAMES, ACTIVITIES, AND SNACKS INSPIRED BY THE FELLOWSHIP'S LEGENDARY JOURNEY.
TO REGISTER, CALL 469-429-0275 OR USE ACTIVITY NUMBER 7362 ON OUR WEBSITE.
I ALSO WANT TO ECHO THE THANK YOU THAT THE MAYOR GAVE TO THE LIBRARY STAFF FOR THE EVENT ON FRIDAY.
HOPE YOU AND YOUR KIDS CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE SUMMER ACTIVITIES THIS SUMMER.
FIRST OFF, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT QUALIFIES AS CLASSIC ROCK.
NOW THAT I'M 51, THERE'S SOME THINGS I'M LIKE, THAT IS NOT CLASSIC ROCK.
SO FROM AN ANIMAL SHELTER STANDPOINT, OUR FEATURED PET THIS WEEK IS DEUCE.
DEUCE IS A FOUR-YEAR-OLD PIT BULL MIX AND OUR LONGEST STAYING RESIDENT, PATIENTLY WAITING FOR THE RIGHT FAMILY TO GIVE HIM THE HOME HE DESERVES.
HE'S A PLAYFUL, HIGH-ENERGY DOG WHO LOVES TOYS, RUNNING IN THE YARD, AND HIS FAVORITE TREATS.
SOUNDS LIKE MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.
HE IS ALSO PERFECTLY HAPPY ENTERTAINING HIMSELF, TOSSING TOYS AROUND, AND EXPLORING ON HIS OWN.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THIS DOG, PLEASE GIVE US A CALL AT THE SACHSE ANIMAL SHELTER AT 972-675-9662 TO SCHEDULE A MEET AND GREET, AND LOVE TO ADVERTISE A NEW PET NEXT TIME.
AS YOU JUST ALREADY HEARD, THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM IS UNDERWAY, AND IF YOU MISSED THE KICKOFF PARTY LAST FRIDAY...
AND YOU STILL WANT TO PARTICIPATE, GO TO
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CELIOSAXIE.COM BACKSLASH SUMMER READING FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO PARTICIPATE.BUT ALSO, COMING UP WEDNESDAY, JUNE THE 10TH, FROM 6 TO 7 IS THE TRY A HOBBY PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE GOING ON.
THIS YEAR, TEENS FROM 14 AND OLDER AND ADULTS ARE INVITED TO TRY A HOBBY ON THE JUNIORS.
10TH, 67, AT THE LIBRARY, AND THIS MONTH'S PARTICIPATION WILL LEARN THE BASICS OF CHARCOAL DRAWING.
OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE AUDIENCE.
I WANT TO WELCOME TWO NEW HIRES THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO MEET THROUGH ORIENTATION.
LAST WEEK, GABRIEL LOPEZ STARTED IN THE STREETS DIVISION.
AND THEN TODAY, KYRITHA SMALLWOOD.
IS THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR IN PUBLIC WORKS, AND I'M VERY EXCITED THAT SHE'LL MAYBE BE ABLE TO STRAIGHTEN COREY OUT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
SO, VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME BOTH GABRIEL AND CARITHA.
AND THEN I'D LIKE TO DO A CORE VALUES RECOGNITION FOR NEIGHBORLY.
I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR VOLUNTEERS IN POLICE SERVICE, OR OUR VIPS, FOLLOWING OUR ANNUAL VIPS LUNCHEON THAT WAS HELD LAST WEEK TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THEIR WORK AND SERVICE FOR THE CITY.
SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THE VIPS PROGRAM BRINGS COMMUNITY MEMBERS INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF FUNCTIONS INCLUDING FIELD SERVICES, INVESTIGATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, RECORDS, AND ADMINISTRATION.
AND THIS PAST YEAR, OUR VIPS CONTRIBUTED A COMBINED 05,007 HOURS OF SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THAT IS A REMARKABLE COMMITMENT, AND IT REFLECTS THE DEEP INVESTMENT THAT THESE VOLUNTEERS HAVE IN THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY.
FOUR OF OUR VIPS EARNED THE GOLD AWARD THIS YEAR.
WHICH RECOGNIZES VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED A MINIMUM OF 500 HOURS OR MORE OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR VIPS ARE VOLUNTEERS IN TITLE, BUT THEIR IMPACT IN THIS DEPARTMENT IS ANYTHING BUT SMALL.
THANK YOU TO EACH OF THEM FOR GIVING THEIR TIME, THEIR ENERGY, AND THEIR DEDICATION TO THE SACHSE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF SACHSE.
JUST ONE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM ME.
WE DO HAVE, I SHOULD SAY, EARLY VOTING HAS BEGUN FOR THE JUNE 13TH.
COUNCILMEMBER PLACE FOR RUNOFF ELECTION STARTED TODAY AND THAT WILL GO THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY JUNE THE 9TH ELECTION DAY BEING SATURDAY JUNE 13TH THOSE VOTING HOURS ARE 7 A.M TO 7 P.M I BELIEVE THIS WEEK HOWEVER EARLY VOTING IS 8 TO 5 IF I REMEMBER THAT CORRECT MISS GRANGER THROUGH FRIDAY YOU'RE CORRECT MAYOR UM THE VOTING IS FROM 8 TO 5 THROUGH FRIDAY AT BOTH COLLIN AND DALLAS COUNTY.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT HOURS FOR THE TWO LOCATIONS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE FOR THAT.
WELL, THAT WAS MY NEXT COMMENT, ACTUALLY.
FOR VOTING LOCATIONS, HOURS, AND ADDITIONAL DETAILS, AS MS. GRANGER RIGHTLY POINTED OUT, YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT CITYOFSAXI.COM SLASH ELECTIONS.
AND THAT HAS ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED RIGHT THERE.
BUT AGAIN, EARLY VOTING HAS STARTED.
IT WILL CONTINUE ON THROUGH JUNE 9TH.
THE ELECTION DAY WILL BE ON JUNE 13TH.
THAT'S ALL THE ANNOUNCEMENTS I HAD.
[E. Consent Agenda]
ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON.NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM C, THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM 1, APPROVE THE MAY 18TH, 2026 MEETING MINUTES.
ITEM 2, ACCEPT THE QUARTERLY BUDGET AND INVESTMENT REPORTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31ST, 2026.
ANYONE ON COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ANY ITEM OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MS. HOWARD TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.
[1. Conduct a public hearing and consider approving an ordinance amending the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and Map, as heretofore amended; to grant a change of zoning from Residential-1 District (R-1), Agricultural District (AG), and Residential-2A District (R-2A) to Residential-39 (R-39) on a ±14.52 acre tract of land situated in the Samuel Sloan Survey, Abstract No. 1386 and the J.W. Dearman Survey, Abstract No. 418, being all of Lot 5R Idlewild Estates No. 1, an addition to the City of Sachse, Dallas County, Texas, according to the map thereof recorded under Instrument No. 201400062573, Official Public Records, Dallas County, Texas, more particularly described in Exhibit “A” and depicted in Exhibit “B”; providing a conflicts resolution clause; providing a severability clause; providing a savings clause; providing a penalty of fine not to exceed the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense; and providing an effective date.]
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OUR ACTION ITEMS. ITEM 1, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CONFERENCES ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP AS HERETOFORE AMENDED TO GRANT A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM RESIDENTIAL 1, R1, AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT, AG, AND RESIDENTIAL-2A DISTRICT, R-2A, TO RESIDENTIAL-39, R-39, ON A APPROXIMATELY 4.52 ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE SAMUEL SLOAN SURVEY.
ABSTRACT NUMBER 1386, AND THE J.W.
DIERMAN SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 418, BEING OLIVE LOT 5R, OLIVEWOOD ESTATES NUMBER 1, IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SACHSE, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP THEREOF, RECORDED UNDER INSTRUMENT NUMBER 201400062573, OFFICIAL PUBLIC
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RECORDS, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS EXHIBIT A AND DEPICTED IN EXHIBIT B, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS RESOLUTION CLAUSE.PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $2,000 FOR EACH OFFENSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS NOT ONLY AN ACTION ITEM, BUT IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.
THIS ITEM WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION LAST MONTH.
OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, MATT ROBINSON, WILL GIVE YOU ALL A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
AFTER HIS PRESENTATION, THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO COME UP AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS.
AND THEN, MAYOR, IF YOU WANT TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AFTER THAT, WE CAN DO THAT, AND YOU CAN PROCEED FORWARD WITH THE ACTION ITEM.
AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A PROPOSAL TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 14.5 ACRES FROM THREE DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS INTO ONE SINGLE R39 ZONING DISTRICT.
THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY TWO HOMES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED ACCESSORY BUILDINGS, AND THE APPLICANT HAS STATED THAT THEY INTEND TO CONSOLIDATE THE ZONING OF THE PROPOSED PROPERTY SO THEY CAN EVENTUALLY REPLANT THIS INTO ONE LOT FOR ONE.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED SOUTH OF SACHSE ROAD AND EAST OF GETHA LANE.
AND MOST NOTABLY, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED WEST OF HAPPY ACRES.
YOU CAN SEE THE ZONING MAP ABOVE.
THE R39 STANDARDS IS FOR MINIMUM LOT SIZE, IT'S 39,000 SQUARE FEET.
THIS IS COMPARABLE TO THE OLD R1 ZONING DISTRICT.
THAT'S AN OLDER RETIRED DISTRICT, SO THE CURRENT STANDARD FOR THAT WOULD BE AN R39 DISTRICT.
SO IN THIS DISTRICT, YOU CAN DO A BUILDING SIZE OF A MINIMUM OF 2,000 SQUARE FEET, TWO STORIES, AND THEN YOUR VARIOUS SETBACKS.
THE PROPOSED REZONING REQUEST IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH CALLS FOR SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLINGS ON A RANGE OF LOT SIZES AND SETBACKS.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED REZONING REQUEST FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
AND THE PERMITTED USES WITHIN THE PROPOSED REZONING REQUEST WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH SURROUNDING RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AND DEVELOPED LAND.
AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, THIS ITEM DID GO BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION EARLIER THIS MONTH, OR LAST MONTH, AND THAT VOTE WAS 5-0 TO APPROVE.
WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL TO STAFF? BOBBY PONDER, MR. PATTERSON? COME ON DOWN.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME, CITY OR RESIDENCE, AND JUST GIVE US A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF YOUR REQUEST.
MY WIFE AND I LIVE AT 4912, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE ADDRESS AT 5008.
WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO IS JUST COMBINE THE TWO LOTS INTO ONE SINGLE PROPERTY THERE SO THAT WE CAN TAKE BOTH OF THOSE HOUSES OUT AND PUT A SINGLE RESIDENTIAL HOME IN THERE AND JUST COMBINING ALL OF THAT.
SO TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING LINES UP, WE'RE HAVING EVERYTHING REZONED TO AN R-THIRD OF SPEED.
I'M ASSUMING FOR CONSISTENCY AS WELL WITH THE ZONING DISTRICT.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? FOR OUR APPLICANT.
AS MS. NASS MENTIONED, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN.
PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AT 6.58 P.M.
I DID HAVE ONE CARD FROM LINDA CRANK.
YOU SAID MAYBE, SO MS. CRANK, WOULD YOU STILL LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? IS THAT A NO? OH, OKAY.
ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE, I'LL DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED.
THE TIME IS, GRANGER? 6.59 P.M.
PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED AT 6.59 P.M.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL ABOUT THIS ITEM? MR. MILLSAP? AS LARGE AS THIS ACREAGE IS, IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY AG EXEMPTION INCLUDED IN PART OF THIS? THAT WOULD BE AN APPRAISAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION.
THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'D HAVE TO PURSUE OUTSIDE THE CITY.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MS. HOWARD? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM F1 AS PRESENTED.
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OKAY.I HAVE A MOTION BY MS. HOWARD TO APPROVE ITEM F1 AS PRESENTED.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? MR. PRESSENBERG? SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE CATCH YOUR BALLOT.
[2. Conduct a public hearing and consider approving an ordinance amending Exhibit 11A "Zoning Ordinance" by amending Article 3 "Districts" by amending Section 15 "Old Town Zoning District" by amending section 15.1, "Purpose and Intent," Section 15.2, "Components of the Code," Section 15.4, "Schedule of Uses," Table 15.4.1, "Schedule of Uses" and Table 15.4.2, "Use Criteria," Section 15.5, "Development Standards," Section 15.8, "Signage," Appendix 1, "Regulating Plan," and Appendix 2, "Definitions" by adding a definition for "HUD-Code Manufactured Home"; providing a conflicts clause; providing a repealing clause; providing a severability clause; providing a savings clause; providing a penalty of fine not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00); and providing an effective date.]
THANKS, SIR.NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM TWO, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING EXHIBIT 11A, ZONING ORDINANCE, BY AMENDING ARTICLE 3, DISTRICTS, BY AMENDING SECTION 15, OLD TOWN ZONING DISTRICT, BY AMENDING SECTION 15.1, PURPOSE AND INTENT, SECTION 15.2, COMPONENTS OF THE CODE, SECTION 15.4, SCHEDULE OF USES, TABLE 15.4.1, SCHEDULE OF USES, AND TABLE 15.4.2, USE CRITERIA, SECTION 15.5, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, SECTION 15.8, SIGNAGE, APPENDIX 1, REGULATING PLAN, AND APPENDIX 02, DEFINITIONS, BY AMENDING A DEFINITION FOR HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOME, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED $2,000, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE ONLY AS AN ATTORNEY COULD REVOKE.
I LOVE MS. COURTNEY OVER THERE, SHE'S FINE.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ITEM FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER TONIGHT.
THIS ITEM AS WELL WAS ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION LAST MONTH, AND IT IS RELATIVE TO DESIGNATING A MANUFACTURED HOME ZONING DISTRICT WITHIN THE CITY OF SACHSE, WHICH IS NOW A STATE OF TEXAS REQUIREMENT AND MUST BE PUT INTO PLACE IN CITIES.
NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026.
SO WE ARE DOING THIS IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW.
AND, AGAIN, MATT CAN GIVE YOU, FROM A DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PERSPECTIVE, THE PRESENTATION AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
AS MS. NASH MENTIONED, TONIGHT'S ORDINANCE AMENDMENT IS BASED ON THE STATE PASSING LEGISLATION IN 2025 MANDATING THAT CITIES PERMIT THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOME WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY'S BOUNDARIES, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE WITHIN ONE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, RESIDENTIAL CLASSIFICATION, OR DEDICATED ZONING CLASSIFICATION.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS LEGISLATION FROM 2025 TAKES EFFECT IN SEPTEMBER 1ST OF 2026.
SO THIS ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TONIGHT IS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THAT ACT.
SO WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT IS THE CREATION OF A CHARACTER AREA AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WITHIN THE OLD TOWN ZONING DISTRICT, SPECIFICALLY FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD MANUFACTURING HOME CHARACTER AREA.
THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS WOULD FOLLOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING WITHIN THE OLD TOWN DISTRICT.
BUT WITH THE ADDITIONAL USE OF A HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOME BEING A PERMITTED USE.
SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'D BE AMENDING THE OLD TOWN DISTRICT REGULATING PLAN.
THIS IS THE MAP SHOWCASING THE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS FOR THE NEW CHARACTER AREA, AND THIS AMENDMENT WOULD FORMALIZE THE EXISTING USE OF THE PROPERTY WHILE ALLOWING FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE REDEVELOPED INTO TRADITIONAL RESIDENTIAL USE.
SO SPECIFICALLY, THIS IS FOR THE WILDWOOD VILLAGE MANUFACTURED HOME PARK.
ABOVE YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING REGULATING PLAN AND WE ARE PROPOSING THE AREA IN BLUE, THE LIGHT BLUE, TO TURN INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD MANUFACTURED HOME AREA.
LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET IT TO SHOW UP.
SO IT'S IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER AT BILLINGSLEY AND 7TH STREET.
THE ONE THAT TURNED BLUE, RIGHT? YEP.
SORRY, I COULDN'T GET THE HIGHLIGHTER TO WORK THIS TIME.
THE EXISTING WILDWOOD VILLAGE HOME PARK, YOU CAN SEE THE SITE PLAN TO THE LEFT, WHERE THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 30 MANUFACTURED HOMES, MANUFACTURED HOME LOTS OR SEGMENTS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE AERIAL TO THE RIGHT.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AS IT WILL COMPLY WITH STATE-MANDATED REQUIREMENTS WHILE FORMALIZING AN EXISTING DEVELOPMENT.
AND THE PNZ DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AT THEIR MAY 11TH MEETING.
WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU
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MAY HAVE.QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? MR. LINDSAY.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
IS THAT CONSIDERED AN RV PARK? IS IT SOMETHING DIFFERENT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT SOMEHOW BEING ADVERSELY AFFECTED.
YES, THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN RV PARK.
VERSUS WILDWOOD VILLAGE, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY A MANUFACTURED HOME.
IT'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE, ALL THE WAY FROM A MOBILE HOME TO A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE.
SO, APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US COMPLAINT.
SO, IN THE ARMY, I LIVE IN A MANUFACTURED HOME, BUT IT LOOKED LIKE A BRAND NEW HOME.
THEY WERE BROUGHT IN IN CUBES, PLACED TOGETHER.
WOULD THIS ALSO INCORPORATE THAT, OR IS THIS FOR MOBILE-TYPE HOMES? SO, IT'S DEFINED AS A HUD-CODE MANUFACTURED HOME, SO IT'S SPECIFICALLY REGULATED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
SO IT HAS TO MEET THOSE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.
SO AS LONG AS IT MEETS THAT REQUIREMENT AND HAS THE HUD TAG, THEN IT WOULD BE PERMITTED ON THAT PROPERTY.
I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW THE MANUFACTURING HOME ITSELF IS CONSTRUCTED.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MR. PRESTENBERG.
SO THIS IS NOT SAYING WE CAN'T HAVE THESE IN OTHER LOCATIONS.
DESIGNATING THAT WE DO HAVE A SPOT FOR THEM IN CASE OR DOES THIS MEAN THEY CAN ONLY GO IN THIS ONE LOCATION THEY WOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED IN THIS SPECIFIC LOCATION.
OKAY, SO THESE 30 SPOTS ARE FULL YOU'RE YOU'RE OUT OF LUCK, BRO.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU YEAH, I KNOW AS YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR PRESENTATION MR. ROBINSON THE MANDATE FROM THE STATE, YOU KNOW COME SEPTEMBER 1ST THE I'M ASSUMING THAT THERE'S NO ACREAGE REQUIREMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WHERE IT HAS TO BE SO BIG OR SO SMALL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THEY JUST SAID YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT SPECIFICALLY IT HAS TO BE IN A ZONING DISTRICT AND ALLOWED BY RIGHT AND THEN BE DESIGNATED ON A ZONING MAP SO THIS WOULD ACCOMPLISH ALL I WAS GONNA SAY EVERYTHING I READ THIS WOULD MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS THANK YOU MR ROBSON MR MILLS OUT OF THESE 30 SPOTS THAT YOU'RE SHOWING UP HERE UH IS THERE ANY OF THOSE VACANT ALREADY SO A MANUFACTURED HOME COULD BE MOVED IN OR IS EVERYONE HAVE TO BE AN OLDER HOME TAKEN DOWN BEFORE THEY COULD COME IN WITH A NEW HOME? I'M NOT SURE OF THE EXACT OCCUPANCY HERE, BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S AT LEAST THREE OPEN SPOTS.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU, MR. ROBINSON.
I DO DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN.
THE TIME IS, GRANGER? 7.07 P.M.
PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN AT 7.07 P.M.
I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS FOR THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, I DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED.
I DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED AT 707 P.M.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL? IF THERE IS NONE, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM F2 AS PRESENTED.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. LINDSEY TO APPROVE ITEM F2 AS PRESENTED.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? MR. PRESTENBURG.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.
[3. Discuss debt and consider adopting a resolution of the City of Sachse, Texas, directing publication and posting of notice of intention to issue combination tax and revenue certificates of obligation; expressing official intent to reimburse costs of projects; and resolving other matters relating to the subject.]
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM THREE, DISCUSS DEBT AND CONSIDER ADOPTING A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SACHSE, TEXAS, DIRECTING PUBLICATION AND POSTING OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION EXPRESSING...
OFFICIAL INTENT TO REIMBURSE COST OF PROJECTS AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JASON HUGHES, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES, IS HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A GENERAL OVERVIEW ON WHERE WE ARE WITH DEBT, BUT ALSO THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM FOR YOU TO CONSIDER ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION FOR THE NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE THE COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE NOTES.
AND CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION FOR A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED, MOST NOTABLY ROAD PROJECTS AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS SERVICE CENTER.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
HOW ARE YOUR RED RAIDERS? GOT TO GIVE THEM A HARD TIME SINCE I'M AGGIE.
WE'RE STILL IN THE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT.
MAYOR, AS MS. NASH SAID, AGENDA ITEM F3 DOES DEAL WITH THE PUBLICATION OR APPROVAL OF THE PUBLICATION OF A NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES
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OF OBLIGATION.AND WE THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO JUST DO A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW AGAIN OF THE DEBT THAT IS OUTSTANDING FROM THE CITY.
AND SO WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL GO THROUGH, BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE THREE TYPES OF DEBT THAT ARE OUTSTANDING FROM THE GENERAL OBLIGATION SIDE.
AND THEN I'LL ACTUALLY COME BACK AND GIVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
ON SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE GONE ON IN AUSTIN AS IT RELATES TO THOSE TYPES OF DEBT AND MAYBE SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS THAT COULD BEFALL THOSE.
SO IF YOU SEE THERE, AND AGAIN, ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, YOU HAVE FOUR ISSUES OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
TWO OF THOSE ISSUES WERE USED TO REFUND OR REFINANCE EXISTING DEBT, MUCH LIKE YOU'D REFINANCE YOUR HOME MORTGAGE.
THE OTHER TWO, THE SERIES 2022 AND 2024, TIE BACK TO THE NOVEMBER 2021 BOND ELECTION.
THAT WAS HELD FOR JUST OVER $54 MILLION.
VARIOUS PROJECT FUNDING FOR STREETS, ROADS, MUNICIPAL ANIMAL SHELTER, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, AND YOU STILL HAVE $8.7 MILLION LEFT FROM THAT NOVEMBER 2021 BOND ELECTION TO BE ISSUED.
AS FAR AS CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, YOU DO HAVE TWO CO ISSUES, BOTH OF THOSE ISSUED IN 2017.
THE FIRST OF THAT CURRENTLY OUTSTANDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $9.8 MILLION WAS ISSUED FOR WATER AND SEWER PURPOSES.
AND THEN THE OTHER WAS OUTSTANDING OR IS OUTSTANDING, $7.85 MILLION, AND THAT WAS ISSUED FOR STREETS AND PARK IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY RECREATION FACILITY.
AND THEN THE LAST TYPE OF DEBT THAT YOU HAVE OUTSTANDING IS WE DID ISSUE A TAX NOTE.
THESE, AGAIN, ARE SHORT-TERM TYPE INSTRUMENTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS WAS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THIS WILL BE FULLY PAID OFF IN 2031.
SO THOSE ARE THE THREE TYPES OF ISSUES OR TYPES OF DEBT THAT YOU HAVE OUTSTANDING.
LET ME ACTUALLY GO BACK NOW, AND I WANT TO FOCUS NOW ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.
AND ON GO BONDS, THOSE ARE SUBJECT TO A BOND ELECTION AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW.
SIMPLE MAJORITY CARRIES THAT BOND ELECTION.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST TWO, IF NOT THREE, LEGISLATIVE CYCLES, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN AT THE VERY LEAST DISCUSSED, IF NOT EVEN BROUGHT FORWARD, IS DISCUSSION OF RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE, AGAIN, MAY-NOVEMBER UNIFORM ELECTION DATES.
THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION OF ONLY HAVING A MAY ELECTION UNIFORM.
BEG YOUR PARDON, A MAY UNIFORM ELECTION DATE, ONLY HAVING A NOVEMBER UNIFORM ELECTION DATE.
THERE WAS EVEN DISCUSSION, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, OF HAVING A UNIFORM NOVEMBER ELECTION DATE EVERY OTHER YEAR.
SO AS I SAID, IT IS CURRENTLY A SIMPLE MAJORITY.
THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION OF BUMPING THAT UP TO A 60% APPROVAL.
THERE WAS AT ONE POINT A BILL PUT FORTH THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BUMP THAT UP TO A 66% APPROVAL FOR GO BONDS.
ONE THING THAT WAS ALSO OUT THERE WAS VOTER TURNOUT WOULD HAVE TO BE AT LEAST 20% FOR IT TO BE CONSIDERED A VALID ELECTION.
AND THEN THE LAST THING IS IN THE EVENT OF A FAILED ELECTION, THERE WAS DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW AS IT STANDS, IF YOU WERE TO HAVE A BOND ELECTION, IF THAT WERE TO FAIL, YOU COULD COME BACK IN THE NEXT UNIFORM ELECTION DATE AND HOLD ANOTHER BOND ELECTION.
THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF IF THERE WAS A FAILED ELECTION, THAT THERE WOULD ACTUALLY BE A THREE-YEAR MORATORIUM.
HOLDING A GEO BOND ELECTION SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT FORTH THEY HAVE NOT OBVIOUSLY PASSED BUT I WOULD ASSUME OR FIND IT HIGHLY LIKELY THAT YOU WOULD SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AIMED TOWARDS GEO BOND ELECTIONS IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION SO ON CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION CEOS AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW IF YOU HAVE A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION AND IT FAILS YOU CANNOT ISSUE CEOS FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS FOR THE SAME PROJECTS THAT FAILED.
AND SO AGAIN, THAT IS STATUTE, THREE-YEAR MORATORIUM ON COS FOR THOSE SAME PROJECTS.
THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF MOVING THAT UP TO FIVE YEARS, THAT THERE WOULD BE A FIVE-YEAR PROHIBITION.
THERE'S ALSO BEEN SOME TWEAKS OVER THE LAST THREE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS AS FAR AS WHAT CAN BE FINANCED.
FOR EXAMPLE, THEY TOOK OUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WATER PARKS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I BELIEVE, I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS LAST SESSION OR THE SESSION BEFORE, BUT THERE WAS A DISCUSSION OF MAKING COS WHERE THEY WOULD ONLY BE USED OR COULD ONLY BE USED FOR WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS.
SO VERY, VERY RESTRICTIVE ON THAT.
AND THEN ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS TONIGHT, AGAIN, ONCE WE GET TO THE AGENDA ITEM, ASSUMING THAT YOU APPROVE THAT, THERE IS A 45-DAY NOTICE PERIOD TO THE PUBLIC.
THERE'S ALSO BEEN DISCUSSIONS OF LENGTHENING THAT TO 60, AND I THINK EVEN ONE WAS 90 DAYS.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE, AGAIN, TAX NOTES.
THESE ARE TYPICALLY, AGAIN, FOR SMALL NEEDS, FOR EMERGENCY NEEDS.
THEY DO HAVE A SEVEN-YEAR MAXIMUM REPAYMENT.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS OF NO TAX NOTES IN THE EVENT OF A FAILED BOND ELECTION.
THE OTHER THING IS WHENEVER YOU ISSUE TAX NOTES, YOU ACTUALLY SIGN A DOCUMENT THAT EFFECTIVELY SAYS THAT YOU HAVE
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NO YOU INTENT TO REFUND OR REFINANCE THOSE TO A LONGER TERM.SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS. SO AGAIN, I BRING THAT UP, COUNSEL, WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THESE ARE SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN HAD IN AUSTIN, AND I WOULD ASSUME, AGAIN, THAT THOSE WOULD PROBABLY BE HAD IN THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
LET ME GO THROUGH ON THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.
AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THE NOTICE OF INTENT.
ASSUMING THAT APPROVAL, THEN AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE TWO REQUIRED NOTICES TO THE PUBLIC.
THOSE HAVE TO HAPPEN ON CONSECUTIVE WEEKS ON THE SAME DAY.
AND SO JUNE 11TH AND JUNE 18TH IS WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED.
WE'LL ALSO BE TALKING WITH THE RATING AGENCIES.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, YOU CARRY A RATING OF AA PLUS FROM S&P AND AA1 FROM MOODY'S.
AND THOSE ARE THE SECOND HIGHEST OVERALL CREDIT RATINGS.
SO VERY, VERY STRONG CREDIT RATINGS.
OBVIOUSLY, THE STRONGER YOUR CREDIT RATINGS, THE LOWER THE INTEREST RATE ON YOUR DEBT.
SO WE'LL TALK WITH BOTH THOSE, WHAT IS SCHEDULED NOW TOWARDS THE END OF JUNE, VERY FIRST PART OF JULY.
AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE THOSE CREDIT RATINGS, ONCE WE HAVE THE OFFERING DOCUMENT PUT TOGETHER, WHICH IS WHAT IS USED TO MARKET AND SELL THE DEBT, THEN WE'LL GO OUT AND SELL THAT.
AND THEN I'LL BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU ON AUGUST 3RD FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
AND, OF COURSE, AT THAT TIME, WE'LL HAVE ALL OF THE FINAL.
INFORMATION FOR THE SALE, INCLUDING FINAL PAR AMOUNT, INTEREST RATES, DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND THEN ASSUMING YOUR APPROVAL ON AUGUST 3RD, WE SEND EVERYTHING TO THE AG'S OFFICE.
HIS OFFICE REVIEWS ALL PUBLICLY OFFERED DEBT TRANSACTIONS WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THAT IS ROUGHLY ABOUT A 30-DAY PROCESS, AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE, ASSUMING YOUR APPROVAL ON AUGUST 3RD, THEN WE WOULD SCHEDULE CLOSING FOR SEPTEMBER 2ND.
SO, MAYOR, WITH THAT, I'D CERTAINLY BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OR GO INTO ANY MORE DETAIL AS YOU WOULD LIKE.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? WHILE THEY'RE THINKING.
SO MY QUESTIONS ARE THAT, AS YOU MENTIONED, BUT JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR MAYBE THE AUDIENCE, IS THAT IF WE DO DECIDE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM TONIGHT, IT'S JUST AUTHORIZING THE NOTICE.
IT'S NOT ACTUALLY ISSUING THE DEBT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE POTENTIALLY WOULD DO ON AUGUST 3RD.
SO DEEM THAT TONIGHT TO GO FORWARD.
THIS IS THE FIRST STEP OF THE PROCESS.
MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION WAS, AS WE HAVE SEEN, MARKET CONDITIONS ARE RATHER FLEXIBLE, IF YOU WOULD SAY.
IF MARKET CONDITIONS WARRANTED, WHATEVER WE ULTIMATELY DECIDE TO DO, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS, COULD WE ISSUE LESS DEBT? ABSOLUTELY.
AND SO THE NOTICE OF INTENT, THE AMOUNT IS $18,150,000.
WE SIMPLY CAN'T GO ABOVE THAT.
OKAY, AS I UNDERSTAND IT RIGHT, YOU SAID IF WE DO A BOND AND IT FAILS, WE HAVE TO WAIT THREE YEARS.
IF YOU HAVE A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION THAT FAILS, THEN THERE'S NO COS THAT MAY BE ISSUED FOR A THREE-YEAR PERIOD.
YOU CAN'T GO BACK AND READDRESS IT AS A CO, CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, AND FUND IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
YOU COULD NOT ISSUE COS FOR A FAILED GO PROPOSITION FOR THREE YEARS.
AND AGAIN, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, SOME OF THESE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE PREVIOUSLY DID NOT PASS.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE UP HERE WOULD AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT PROBABLY VERY WELL BE ON THEIR AGENDA COME THE NEXT SESSION.
WHETHER THEY ULTIMATELY GET THAT FAR OR NOT, WE JUST HAVE TO WATCH THAT AND MAKE SURE.
WHETHER THOSE RESTRICTIONS WOULD EVER COME INTO PLAY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NO CONFUSION ABOUT THOSE ARE NOT IN PLACE NOW.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? MAYOR PROCTER AND FRANKS? WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT? THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS COUNCIL HAS TO VOTE ON A NOTICE OF INTENT FOR JASON TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ALL OF THIS TO THE MARKET TO BRING BACK TO YOU.
WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING ANY PROJECTS OR REIMBURSEMENT.
THIS IS THE PROJECTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE OF MERRITT ROAD, THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WE NEED FOR THAT, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST MONTH, AS WELL AS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS SERVICE CENTER THAT YOU ALL APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD.
YEAH, I WANTED THOSE ON THE RECORD.
BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEBT.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE DEBT'S FOR.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO AUTHORIZE SOMEONE TO PUBLISH WITH THE INTENTION, I WANT TO KNOW NOT JUST A BLANKET INTENTION.
IT WAS THE TWO PROJECTS, YES, SIR, THAT YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR MERRITT ROAD AND THE PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS SERVICE CENTER.
I JUST WANTED THAT PART OF THE DISCUSSION.
SECOND ONE WAS, JUST FROM AN INTEREST RATE STANDPOINT, IS IT A… DO YOU SEE THIS
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TO BE A GREAT TIME TO GO AHEAD AND TRY TO GET DOWN THE ROAD SO THAT WE CAN ISSUE THIS AT A DECENT INTEREST RATE? I THINK IT IS BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M SEEING AND HEARING MORE AND MORE IS INFLATION, RIGHT? AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHENEVER YOU HAVE INFLATION, YOU START TO SEE LONG-TERM RATES RISE.WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT AS MUCH EVEN WITH THE INFLATION THAT WE SAW OF 21, 22, EVEN 23, BUT THIS FEELS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THAT.
SO SAID ANOTHER WAY, I THINK THAT KIND OF THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT LONGER-TERM OR LONG-TERM INTEREST RATES INCREASING OVER THE NEXT PROBABLY SIX MONTHS.
SO, YES, I THINK GOING AHEAD AND DOING IT NOW COULD SAVE INTEREST IN THE FUTURE.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE TIMES YOU'VE BEEN UP HERE, IT WASN'T THIS YEAR.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE YEAR BEFORE THAT.
BUT WE HAD A REALLY GOOD CREDIT RATING, LIKE YOU SAID.
AND I HAD ASKED THE QUESTION OF HOW DO WE GET TO BE THE BEST.
AND I THINK YOU SAID IT TAKES TIME OR WHATNOT TO BE.
KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND EVENTUALLY YOU'LL GET THERE.
BUT ARE WE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING? I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF OUTSIDE THE SCOPE HERE, BUT JUST CURIOUS.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU HAVE VERY STRONG FINANCIALS.
YOU'VE CONTINUED TO SEE THE TAX BASE GROW.
AND GRANTED, WE'RE SEEING TAX BASE SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT, AND THAT'S NOT ONLY DFW-WIDE BUT STATEWIDE.
BUT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN CONTROL, YOU HAVE CONTROLLED AND STRENGTHENED.
SO, YES, I WOULD ASSUME ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL, CONTINUE DOING THAT, AND THEN AT SOME POINT WE WOULD BE AT THAT AAA LEVEL, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL FOR MR. HUGHES OR STAFF? THANK YOU, MR. HUGHES.
I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY CARDS FOR THIS ITEM.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN ONE MORE DISCUSSION OR MOTIONS FROM COUNSEL.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM F3 AS PRESENTED.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. PRESSENBERG TO APPROVE ITEM F3 AS PRESENTED.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? MS. BUEHLER? SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.
[4. Discuss the Traffic Study and Evaluation for The Station Development and consider approving the ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances by amending Chapter 9 "Traffic regulations" by amending Section 9-4 titled “Speed limits” by amending Subsection B titled "Special speed zones" to amend the maximum prima facie speed limits on (1) titled "Sachse Road"; deleting (10) titled "Maxwell Creek Road" in its entirety; renumbering remaining paragraphs; providing a repealing clause; providing a savings clause; providing a severability clause; providing for a penalty of fine not to exceed the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each offense; and providing for an effective date.]
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM FOUR, DISCUSS THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND EVALUATION FOR THE STATION DEVELOPMENT AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER NINE, TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, BY AMENDING SECTION NINE DASH FOUR, TITLED SPEED LIMITS, BY AMENDING SUBSECTION B, TITLED SPECIAL SPEED ZONES, TO AMEND THE MAXIMUM PRIME OF PHASE OF SPEED LIMITS ON SUBSECTION ONE, TITLED SACHSE ROAD, DELETING SUBSECTION 10, TITLED MAXWELL CREEK ROAD IN ITS ENTIRETY, RENUMBERING REMAINING PARAGRAPHS.
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A PENALTY OF APPLYING NOT TO EXCEED $200 FOR EACH OFFENSE, AND PROVIDING A FOREIGN EFFECT.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS THE LONG-AWAITED RESULTS OF THE TRAFFIC STUDY IN AND AROUND THE STATION DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A SERIES OF DIFFERENT FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING TONIGHT.
LAUREN ROSE WILL BE HERE, TOO.
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WILL BE HERE TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF GENERALLY HOW WE DO TRAFFIC STUDIES, THE HISTORY OF ALL OF THIS, THE SPECIFIC AREA AND METHODOLOGY.
COREY NESBITT, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, WILL GET UP AND GET INTO THE SPECIFICS OF EXACTLY WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AND HOW WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH IMPLEMENTATION.
LEE ENGINEERING IS ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT DID THE STUDY FOR US.
JOHN DENHOLM FROM LEE ENGINEERING IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC TECHNICAL QUESTIONS SHOULD THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY OF THOSE.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THERE IS AN ACTION COMPONENT TO THIS TONIGHT RELATIVE TO LOWERING SPEED LIMITS THROUGHOUT THE STATION AS WELL AS INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC MEASURES SUCH AS STOP SIGNS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
YOU DON'T USUALLY SEE ME WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC STUDIES, BUT WE THOUGHT WE'D TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH WITH THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A PRETTY BIG ITEM, AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ITEM.
AND MOREOVER, IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED AND TECHNICAL ITEM, SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF A PRIMER ON TRAFFIC STUDY ITEMS, AND THEN WE'LL LET COREY GET INTO THE SPECIFICS, AS MS. NASH ALLUDED TO.
SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE TRAFFIC STUDY SCHOOL HERE.
A TRAFFIC STUDY IS A BROAD TERM.
THAT MEANS AN ANALYSIS OF TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN A SPECIFIC AREA.
THE CITY NOW REQUIRES THAT A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, A TIA, BE COMPLETED BY A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER.
AS PART OF ANY MAJOR DEVELOPMENT TO UNDERSTAND THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF A FORTHCOMING DEVELOPMENT.
THAT IS A REQUIREMENT THAT YOU ALL RECENTLY ADOPTED WHEN WE UPDATED OUR ENGINEERING DESIGN MANUALS.
HOWEVER, WHEN THE STATION WAS APPROVED, WE DID REQUIRE THEM TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY AS A PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.
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YOU'LL HEAR TERMS TONIGHT CALLED LEVELS OF SERVICE.THESE ARE SCORED ON AN A THROUGH F RUBRIC, MUCH LIKE THE ONES WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO IN SCHOOL, WITH THE A SIGNIFYING IDEAL CONDITIONS AND F NOTING AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE WITH THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING I HAD TO LEARN AS I WAS EDUCATING MYSELF ON THIS PROCESS, THE LEVEL OF SERVICES DOES NOT NECESSARILY CORRELATE WITH SAFETY.
SO AS YOU SEE THAT THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT, PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND.
THAT REFERS SPECIFICALLY TO TRAFFIC FLOW, BUT THERE ARE OTHER INDICATORS OF SAFETY THAT WILL BE BROUGHT UP AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.
OKAY, WELL, WHILE OUR ENGINEERING DESIGN MANUAL GOVERNS WHAT TO DO WHEN A DEVELOPMENT COMES IN, THERE IS THIS LOVELY DOCUMENT CALLED THE TEXAS MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.
IT'S ABBREVIATED, BUT HONESTLY, THE ACRONYM IS ALMOST JUST AS LONG.
THIS IS A STANDARD DOCUMENT THAT CITIES USE ACROSS THE STATE.
AND IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, BUT MOST OF US DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT.
THIS STANDARDIZES SIGNS, SIGNALS, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, AND THE LIKE.
IT APPLIES TO ALL STREETS, HIGHWAYS, BIKEWAYS, PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES, AND SITE ROADWAYS, OPEN TO PUBLIC TRAVEL IN TEXAS.
THIS DOCUMENT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHAT IT DOES IS IT ENSURES CONSISTENCY AMONG TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, SO AS YOU TRAVEL FROM COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY, YOU'RE NOT EXPERIENCING TOTALLY DIFFERENT CONTROL DEVICES, TOTALLY DIFFERENT SIGNALS.
THIS STANDARDIZES ALL OF THAT.
IT'S NOT ONLY GOOD FOR CONSISTENCY PURPOSES, BUT IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES.
SO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM HAS TO ENFORCE THESE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.
THEY'RE CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD, AND THERE ARE UNIFIED STANDARDS ACROSS THE BOARD.
THE BEST EXAMPLE TO THINK OF IS A STOP SIGN.
IF THE STOP SIGN IS PLACED AT AN INTERSECTION AND IT IS NOT WARRANTED BY THE UNIFORM MANUAL, THAT COULD CREATE ISSUES AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT GOES, AND IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO CONTEST THAT, THEY COULD LEGALLY BECAUSE IT'S NOT CONSIDERED WARRANTED BY THE MANUAL.
SO A TRAFFIC STUDY LOOKS AT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
IT DOES LOOK AT EXISTING TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AND SAFETY, ROADWAY AND INTERSECTION CONDITIONS, AND ALSO POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS.
A LITTLE HISTORY ON THE STATION.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF HISTORICAL NATURE, BUT WHEN THE STATION WENT IN, THE CITY REQUIRED THE DEVELOPER TO COMPLETE TRAFFIC STUDIES PRIOR TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF EACH DEVELOPMENT PHASE.
STUDIES WERE COMPLETED IN JANUARY OF 2021, JUNE OF 2022, AND SEPTEMBER OF 2022.
THE STUDIES INCLUDED TURN LANE SIGNAL NEEDS, STOP CONTROL ANALYSIS, SPEED ANALYSIS, AND LEVEL OF SERVICE ANALYSIS, THAT TERM I MENTIONED TO YOU ON A PRIOR SLIDE.
SO THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S STUDY...
SINCE THE DEVELOPMENT BEGAN IN 2020, THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF THE STATION HAVE BEEN FULLY BUILT OUT, THE COMMERCIAL SPACES ARE FILLING UP, AND RENOVATIONS TO HERITAGE PARK ARE COMPLETE.
IT IS A VERY BUSY AND ACTIVE AREA.
THESE CHANGES HAVE ALTERED THE TRAFFIC FLOW FROM THE ESTIMATES THAT WERE GATHERED EARLY ON AS THE DEVELOPMENT WAS COMING ONLINE.
IT IS CUSTOMARY TO PERIODICALLY STUDY TRAFFIC FLOWS IN AREAS AS DEVELOPMENT CHANGES, AS USE CHANGES, AS PEOPLE...
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT THE ONLY TRAFFIC STUDY WE WILL DO OUT HERE.
THERE ARE LIKELY MORE FORTHCOMING IN THE FUTURE AS MERRITT ROAD CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED AND AS THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED CHICK-FIL-A COMES ONLINE.
THAT WILL ALTER TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND THOSE WILL ALL NEED TO BE STUDIED.
AND AT THIS POINT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO COREY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
ABOVE HERE IS THE INTERSECTIONS THAT WE STUDIED, AND THIS IS KIND OF A GENERAL MAP.
WE'LL GET INTO MORE SPECIFICS AS WE GO FORWARD, BUT THIS IS THE STUDY AREA THAT WE EVALUATED HERE.
I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT METHODOLOGY.
THAT INCLUDES VEHICLES, PEDESTRIANS, AND BICYCLES.
THERE WERE A FEW BICYCLES OUT THERE.
WE DID 24-HOUR WEEKDAY COUNTS AT 14 OF THESE INTERSECTIONS.
WE ALSO DID FIELD OBSERVATIONS.
WE ACTUALLY HAD AN ENGINEER OUT THERE COUNTING VEHICLES AND OBSERVING TRAFFIC MOVEMENT, TRAFFIC PATTERNS.
THEY DID SPEED STUDIES WITH TUBES AND CAMERAS AND ACTUALLY WITH RADAR NOW, NEW TECHNOLOGY.
WE USED CRASH DATA ANALYSIS THAT WE HAD FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE EVALUATED CAPACITY LEVELS OF SERVICE, AND THEN WE ALSO EVALUATED ALL-WAY STOP CONTROL WARRANT ANALYSIS FOR THE TMUTCD.
AND AGAIN, THE EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT WERE EVALUATED.
WE LOOKED AT THIS IS A WALKABLE AREA, THERE'S RESTAURANTS, THERE'S APARTMENTS.
SO WE EVALUATED THE PEDESTRIAN
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INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCESSIBLE ROUTES.WE LOOKED AT SIDEWALKS, TRAILS, ADA RAMPS.
WE EVALUATED THE STREET NETWORK AND CORRIDORS, TRAFFIC SIGNALS, BIKE LANES.
WE LOOKED AT TRAFFIC STREET MARKINGS AND SIGNAGE.
WE EVALUATED AND LOOKED AT ON-STREET PARKING, AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE LANDSCAPING THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR.
ONE THING THAT WE ALSO DID WAS THE TRAFFIC OPERATIONS ANALYSIS.
AGAIN, THIS IS TRAFFIC VOLUME DATA THAT WAS COLLECTED DURING A.M.
PEAK HOURS AT THE 14 INTERSECTIONS.
MOST OF THESE STUDIES INCLUDED.
OUR STUDIES RESULTED IN LEVELS OF SERVICE OF A OR B, WHICH IS VERY EFFICIENT INTERSECTIONS, AND ALMOST ALL OF THEM WERE C OR D OR BETTER.
SO, AGAIN, LEVEL OF SERVICE, THAT'S THE INDICATION OF HOW EFFICIENT THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND INTERSECTIONS ARE OPERATING.
AND, AGAIN, NETWORK IS OPERATING CORRECTLY IN EFFICIENCY.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
AGAIN, WE ALSO DID A TRAFFIC STUDY.
YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE AREA SPECIFICALLY STUDIED.
STATION BOULEVARD, WE DID A TRAFFIC STUDY, AND THE EXISTING SPEED LIMIT IS APPROPRIATE BASED ON THE FEDERAL SOFTWARE THAT WE USED FOR THAT.
THERE'S NO CHANGE RECOMMENDED.
THE COMMONS PARKWAY, WE DID EVALUATE THAT.
THE EXISTING SPEED LIMIT IS 30 MILES PER HOUR.
AGAIN, THE VEHICLE SPEED STUDY DATA COLLECTED.
THE FEDERAL SOFTWARE'S US LIMITS, TOO, IS WHAT IT'S CALLED.
BASED ON THOSE RESULTS, A RECOMMENDATION OF A SPEED LIMIT OF 25 SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROADWAY AND THE AREAS IN BLUE.
AGAIN, CRASH DATA ANALYSIS WAS ALSO REVIEWED AS PART OF THE STUDY.
THERE WERE 87 ACCIDENTS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
SIXTY-FOUR OF THEM WERE PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY WHERE THEY HIT A STOP SIGN OR LANDSCAPING OR SOMETHING.
THERE WERE TWO SEVERE CRASHES, ONE FATAL.
AND 71% OF THE CRASHES HAPPENED AT INTERSECTIONS.
THE MAJORITY OF THE CRASHES THAT OCCURRED ON MERRITT AND THE STATION BOULEVARD, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE DATA, 21.
IN 2003, 20, OR 36, SORRY, IN 2023, 21 ACCIDENTS IN 2024, 26 IN 2025, AND SO FAR THIS YEAR WE'VE ONLY HAD FOUR.
AGAIN, THE MAIN FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO SOME OF THESE ACCIDENTS ARE DRIVER INATTENTION, FAILING TO YIELD, NOT PAYING ATTENTION AT STOPLIGHTS, AGAIN, RUNNING A RED LIGHT, STUFF LIKE NORMAL TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS.
AND AGAIN, WE ALSO EVALUATED THE ADT IS ANNUAL DAILY TRAFFIC ON ALL THE MAJOR ROADS.
AS MENTIONED, WE DID REVIEW SOME OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS FOR ALL-WAY STOP CONTROL.
THERE ARE SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS IN THE SUBDIVISION THAT DO NOT HAVE IT.
AGAIN, THOSE WERE EVALUATED BY THE TCD CRITERIA.
TWO INTERSECTIONS DID MEET THE CRITERIA FOR LIMITED SITE VISIBILITY, AND THAT WAS UG STREET AT THE COMMONS PARKWAY AND THEN THE COMMONS PARKWAY AT PARKSIDE TRAIL.
AND AGAIN, WE DID LOOK AT PEDESTRIAN VOLUMES AS WELL.
THERE ARE 137 DAILY PEDESTRIANS AT THE COMMONS AND UNION STREET, 30 OF THEM DURING THE PEAK PM.
OUR SECOND HIGHEST LEVEL OF ACTIVITY WAS THE STATION BOULEVARD AND NASH.
WE HAD 123 DAILY PEDESTRIANS AND 25 DURING THE PEAK HOUR.
THIS DATA HELPS TO IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE HIGHER ACTIVITY AND WHERE PERIODS OF PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY ARE MOST ACTIVE.
AGAIN, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES.
SO AGAIN, WE PERFORMED A STUDY ON SEVEN OF THESE INTERSECTIONS TO IDENTIFY ANY ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN TREATMENTS.
BASED ON THIS ANALYSIS, THE PEDESTRIAN, NO MAJOR INFRACTIONS ARE REQUIRED, SO YOU'LL SEE HERE IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS OUR LOCATION MAP.
THESE ARE THE 14 INTERSECTIONS, THESE ARE 11 OF THE 14 INTERSECTIONS STUDIED.
AND WE'LL GO THROUGH SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS AT EACH ONE OF THESE INTERSECTIONS.
AGAIN, NON-INTERSECTION SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS.
AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE COLLINS BOULEVARD FROM 30 TO 25.
AGAIN, ALSO LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT ON THOSE OTHER PUBLIC STREETS WITHIN THE STATION BOULEVARD TO 25.
THIS WOULD NOT INCLUDE THE STATION BOULEVARD.
AGAIN, MORE NON-INTERSECTION SPECIFIC.
AGAIN, WE'VE ALREADY WORKED WITH P&B, THE STATION DEVELOPER, ON MAINTAINING SOME OF THE SITE VEGETATION WITHIN THE CORNERS.
ANYTHING LESS THAN 24 INCHES SHOULD BE, LANDSCAPING SHOULD BE LESS THAN 24 INCHES.
AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
AGAIN, THE SIGNAGE SHOULD BE SEVEN FEET ABOVE THE ROADWAY.
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AND TREE CANOPY SHOULD BE HIGHER THAN ALL SIDES.AND AGAIN, THAT'S ALL IN OUR ENGINEERING DESIGN MANUAL, AND SO WE'LL CONFORM TO THEM.
AGAIN, GRASSES AND BUSHES SHOULD BE KEPT LOW WITH VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS.
ALSO LOCATIONS WE WILL PROVIDE HIGH VISIBILITY THERMOPLASTIC STRIPING FOR CROSSWALKS AND EDGES OUTSIDE TO PROVIDE BETTER VISIBILITY FOR DRIVERS.
AND AGAIN, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LOCATION ONE, THIS IS MILES AND STATION BOULEVARD.
THE ONLY RECOMMENDATION FOR THE STUDY IS TO REVIEW THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING AND PHASES TO REDUCE CRASHES.
LOCATION 2 IS THE AMBERLYNN APARTMENTS DRIVEWAY TRINITY DRIVE INTERSECTION.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE ONLY RECOMMENDATION FOR LIMITING PARKING ON THE STATION BOULEVARD.
THERE'S ONE SPACE CLOSEST TO THE DRIVEWAY THAT NEEDS TO BE, WE'LL JUST BASICALLY RESTRIPE IT TO MAINTAIN VISIBILITY FOR THAT INTERSECTION.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO INCREASE THE THERMOPLASTIC DESTRIPING AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS THERE TO PROVIDE BETTER VISIBILITY FOR THE CROSSWALK AND THEN WE'LL INSTALL AN ADVANCED STOP HERE FOR PEDESTRIAN SIGNS.
EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND DIRECTION.
LOCATION 3 IS NASH BOULEVARD AND THE STATION BOULEVARD INTERSECTION.
AGAIN THE RECOMMENDATIONS HERE ARE TO REFRESH THE EXISTING PAINT STRIPING AND THEN THERE'S A MISSING SOUTHBOUND STOP LINE AT THIS INTERSECTION.
WE WILL ADD ALL-WAY STOP PLAQUES TO EACH STOP SIGN SO ALL DRIVERS KNOW THAT EACH INTERSECTION IS AN ALL-WAY STOP.
WE ALSO WILL MODIFY MARKINGS AGAIN WHEN THE FIRST PHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT CAME IN THERE WAS AGAIN ADJUSTING CROSSWALK MARKINGS STOP BARS THEY'LL HAVE VISIBILITY PAINT THE STATION BOULEVARD AT THE COMMONS PARKWAY AGAIN MAINTAIN STOP SIGN VISIBILITY AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS.
YOU'LL SEE THAT AS A COMMON THEME THROUGH HERE AGAIN WE'LL ADD CROSSWALK MARKINGS AND ADJUST STOP BARS.
WE'LL ADD THE REQUIRED ALL-WAY PLAQUES AND THEN WE'LL CONSIDER MOVING THERE.
RECOMMENDATION 5 IS THE STATION BOULEVARD AND THE LENZ APARTMENTS DRIVEWAY.
THIS ONE JUST IS BASICALLY REFRESHING THE CROSSWALK AND THE STOP BARS IN THAT INTERSECTION.
THE SAME THING WITH LOCATION 06, THIS IS SIMONE AND MILES ROAD.
WE'LL REVIEW SIGNAL TIMING AND PHASING TO MAKE SURE THAT CRASHES CAN BE REDUCED IF POSSIBLE.
IN THE PACKET THAT YOU GOT EARLIER TODAY, LOCATION 7 AND 8 WERE TRANSPOSED.
SO THIS LOCATION 7 IS THE LENS DRIVEWAY.
AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO ADD A ACCESS APPROACH.
STAMP CROSSINGS ON THE EAST LEG SHOULD BE SUPPLEMENTED WITH THERMOPLASTIC CROSSWALK MARKS.
AGAIN, I THINK THE BIGGEST THING YOU'LL SEE ON A LOT OF THIS IS REFRESHING THE CROSSWALK PAINT.
LOCATION 8 IS THE COMMONS PARKWAY AND UNION STREET.
AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO INSTALL ALL-WAY STOP CONTROL WITH PLAQUES AT THIS INTERSECTION, AND THEN WE'LL REMOVE THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING SIGNS PER THE TMUTCD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NORTH AND SOUTH TRAVEL DIRECTIONS.
LOCATION NINE IS THE COLUMBUS PARKWAY AND PARKSIDE TRAIL.
THIS LOCATION HAD SOME LIMITED SITE VISIBILITY, SO WE'RE GOING TO INSTALL ALL-WAY STOP CONTROL WITH PLAQUES AT THIS INTERSECTION, AND THEN AGAIN ADD CROSSWALK MARKERS FOR HIGH VISIBILITY.
LOCATION 10 IS THE COMMONS AT HUDSON.
AGAIN, NO RECOMMENDATIONS OR IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED AT THIS.
AGAIN, WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT INTERSECTION.
AND THEN LOCATION 11 IS GRAND AVENUE AND SANTA FE TRAIL.
AGAIN, WE'LL INSTALL STOP LINES AND HIGH-VISIBILITY CROSSWALK MARKS AT THIS INTERSECTION.
SO ALL THAT, THIS IS OUR SUMMARY OF IT.
AGAIN, LOWERING SPEED LIMITS FROM 30 TO 25.
LOWERING SPEED LIMIT ON ALL PUBLIC STREETS WITHIN THE STATION DEVELOPMENT.
ALWAYS STOP CONTROL AT PLAQUE AT THE INTERSECTION, ADDITIONAL STOP SIGNS, CROSSWALK MARKINGS, STOP BAR MARKINGS, INSTALL TURN ARROW MARKINGS, THERE'S ONE ON STRAIGHT PARKING SPACE WE'LL REMOVE.
AGAIN, MAINTAIN VEGETATION WITHIN SIGHT TRIANGLES.
WE'LL TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS TONIGHT AND FINALIZE THE TECHNICAL REPORT.
AGAIN, STAFF AND PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSING THE VEGETATION SITE VISIBLY AT SOME OF THESE INTERSECTIONS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING STRIPING THESE CROSSWALKS AND INTERSECTIONS SO THAT ONCE THIS IS DONE WE'LL SIGNAGE THAT'S REQUIRED.
AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT THAT IN ORDER FOR SPEED LIMIT MODIFICATIONS BEING PRESENTED, AGAIN, CONTINUE TO MONITOR TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
STUDIES WILL CONTINUE ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS.
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TO DO ANOTHER ONE.WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.
THE ROAD BETWEEN THE MOB AND THE HOSPITAL, DOES THAT HAVE A NAME YET? TRINITY? IT DOESN'T COME UP ON ANY MAP, THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING.
THE ONE THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW IS MERCY CROSSING.
OKAY, IT DOESN'T SHOW UP ON GOOGLE MAPS.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING AT THAT INTERSECTION, IS THAT CORRECT? NO, SORRY.
WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PARKING SPACE WE NEED TO REVISE, BOULEVARD, AND THEN...
YEAH, I, ON THE AFTERNOON TRAFFIC, I TAKE THAT SHORTCUT.
AND MY VEGETATION WAS CHANGING AS THE ONCOMING.
AND IT WAS, LUCKILY, MY GAS PEDAL WORKED.
AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS ON THE LANDSCAPING ON SLIDE.
WHATEVER IT SAID, 24 INCHES, 24 ABOVE THE ROADWAY OR NO MORE THAN NINE FEET ABOVE THE ROADWAY.
SO THE LANDSCAPING SHOULD BE LESS THAN 24 INCHES TALL AND THEN A CLEAR SPACE BETWEEN 24 AND NINE FEET.
OK, THAT'S I NEEDED CLARIFICATION THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT IT DOES NOW.
I PROBABLY DIDN'T SAY IT CORRECTLY.
NO, THAT'S MY LITTLE PEA BRAIN.
NO, THAT'S I WAS LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE.
MANAGE TREES OVER NINE FEET TALL.
OKAY, THAT MAKES WAY MORE SENSE NOW.
THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAD.
WE DID THIS, WHEN DID THEY DO THIS TRAFFIC STUDY? JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.
OKAY, SO DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
OKAY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.
I THOUGHT THAT'S WHEN IT WAS, BUT I WAS LIKE, WE DIDN'T DO THIS OVER CHRISTMAS.
AND SO THAT WAS PART OF THE DELAYS WE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER SCHOOL CAME BACK INTO SESSION.
YEAH, BECAUSE THAT AREA CHANGES DRAMATICALLY WHETHER SCHOOL'S IN SESSION OR NOT.
SNOWSTORM TO THERE YEAH THEY DID NOT COLLECT DATA DURING THE YEAH WE WAITED FOR EVERYTHING TO GET BACK TO NORMAL AND THEN COLLECTED IT OKAY MISS BEELER THANK YOU COREY FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND LAUREN FOR GOING OVER ALL THE BOUNDARIES STAY WITHIN SEE THEM WELL AS THE STATION RESIDENTS I THINK THIS IS A GREAT START.
YOU MENTIONED WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A FUTURE TRAFFIC STUDY.
DO YOU KNOW WHEN WE'RE KIND OF DEBATING WHEN THAT WILL BE? PROBABLY A YEAR FOR CHICK-FIL-A TO GET BUILT? I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO DO SOME OBSERVATIONS OF THE EXISTING TRAFFIC.
ONCE CHICK-FIL-A COMES IN, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A HIGH TRAFFIC GENERATOR.
GENERATE SOME RAILROAD AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A POINT ABOUT WHEN WE CONTINUE TO REVIEW TRAFFIC.
SO I KNOW A QUESTION WOULD BE ASKED TO SAY, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU KNOW NOW WHAT THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE FOR CHICK-FIL-A? SO WE'VE DONE SOME ANTICIPATED ANALYSIS OF WHAT WE THINK WILL HAPPEN, AND THAT'S THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO BASED ON THE KIND OF TRAFFIC THAT A STORE LIKE THAT GENERATES.
BUT OFTENTIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS...
WE HAVE TO SEE HOW TRAFFIC FLOWS.
IT FLOWS THE WAY THAT IT WANTS TO FLOW, AND IT FINDS ITS BEST DIRECTION TO DO.
AND THEN WE DO AN ANALYSIS AGAIN.
AND SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE MERRITT ROAD PROJECT IS WHAT OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS MODEL FOR A PROJECT LIKE THAT, WE USUALLY SIX MONTHS AFTER THE PROJECT IS REOPENED, WE SEE WHERE NEW TRAFFIC PATTERNS GET REESTABLISHED BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE CHOSEN DIFFERENT WAYS TO GO FOR SO LONG.
THAT THEN IT TAKES ABOUT SIX MONTHS FOR EVERYTHING TO BEGIN AGAIN, FOR PEOPLE TO GO BACK INTO SOME OF THEIR OLD PATTERNS, AND MAYBE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T EVEN LIVE IN THE AREA START USING THAT AS A NEW PATTERN.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO WAIT TO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE THINGS.
I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO MISUNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT DISSIPATING.
SOMETIMES YOU'D JUST BE SURPRISED AT DEVELOPMENTS THAT WILL EVEN OCCUR OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
SO IT IS SOMETHING WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO...
KEEP AN EYE TO AND STUDY, AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES A WHILE FOR THOSE NEW PATTERNS TO REFORM.
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MR. MILLSAP.I THINK WE'RE NOT GOING NEAR FAR ENOUGH FOR THE SAFETY AND THE DEATH THAT HAPPENED UP THERE IS WHAT'S CAUSED ALL OF US TO FINALLY GET OFF OUR BUTTS AND DO SOLVE SOME PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE KNOWN WE'VE HAD FOR A LONG TIME.
TRAFFIC HAS BEEN ALWAYS A PROBLEM UP THERE AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
AND I THINK COUNCILMAN FRANK'S MADE A GOOD POINT.
HIS LITTLE CAR, AS HE MENTIONED, 24 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND, IS TOO TALL.
YOU LOOK AT A CORVETTE, AND HOW MANY CORVETTES DO WE HAVE IN...
AND YOU SIT IN A NEW CORVETTE, AND YOUR EYESIGHT IS ABOUT 32 INCHES OFF THE GROUND.
SO YOU'RE ONLY HAVING ABOUT 6 INCHES, 8 INCHES OF EYESIGHT WHEN YOUR LANDSCAPING IS 24 INCHES.
SO IF YOUR HEIGHT IS HERE AND YOU'RE ONLY HERE, HOW FAR CAN YOU SEE BEFORE YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING FOR A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET? THAT IS TOO TALL.
MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN IN TRAFFIC PATTERNS AT THE UNIVERSITIES I WORKED AT, AND WE DID TRAFFIC PATTERNS THERE.
THAT SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE AROUND 12, NO MORE THAN 15 INCHES, AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.
THE NINE FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE TREES WERE BIG ENOUGH, BUT RIGHT NOW, IF YOU TRIM TO WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY LIMBS BELOW NINE FEET, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANYTHING BUT A LITTLE BUSH ON THE TOP OF IT, SO THAT MAY BE A LITTLE...
CROSSWALKS, THERE'S A DESIGNATED CROSSWALK PATTERN.
YOU CAN GO TO ARCHITECTURAL GRAPHIC STANDARDS AND IT WILL TELL YOU THAT.
AND THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AT ALL OF THE WHITE LINES, STRIPE ACROSS THE STREET OUTLINING THE SIMULATED PAVERS.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO DO AT ALL OF THESE AREAS.
IF YOU'RE GOING WEST ON STATION BOULEVARD.
AND YOU LOOK AT THE PARKING ON THE RIGHT, PARKING GOES ALMOST ALL THE WAY UP TO SIDEWALK AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS.
WE NEED TO ADDRESS MOVING THE FIRST TWO PARKING SPACES SO YOU CAN SEE.
IF YOU'RE STANDING AT THE STOP SIGN, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE AROUND THE CARS.
SO WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT TO MAKE IT SAFE.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT IT.
ANYTHING LESS THAN THAT, WE'RE ALMOST JUST PUTTING LIPSTICK ON A PIG.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO DISAGREE A LITTLE BIT THAT I DON'T THINK THE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED IS WHAT, I MEAN, YES, IT'S A CATALYST, BUT THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN VERY CONCERNED WITH THIS, AND I THINK IT JUST TAKES TIME FOR THAT AREA TO MATURE, AND ONCE IT HAS, WE'VE TAKEN ACTION.
SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF IT.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE...
I WENT DOWN THE STREET, YOU KNOW, WATCHING.
BUT IT'S A PARK THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE THERE.
WE'VE HAD CITIZENS THAT LIVE THERE OR LIVE IN THAT AREA.
I THINK IT'S NUMBER EIGHT THERE, BETWEEN EIGHT AND NINE.
THE CONCERN WAS THAT THE SPEED THERE WAS TOO FAST WITH KIDS RUNNING AROUND.
IS IT A LITTLE SLOWER AT THAT POINT OR IS THERE A WAY TO HAVE FLASHING LIGHTS? DO WE HAVE A CAUTION SLOW? SO AGAIN, I THINK TWO QUESTIONS OR TWO ANSWERS.
WE ONLY INSTALL TMUCD APPROVED SIGNS, RIGHT? SO LIKE THE SLOW CHILD PLAYING STUFF, THOSE ARE NOT APPROVED SIGNS ANYMORE.
SO WE WOULD ONLY PUT APPROVED SIGNS IN, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING.
THE SECOND THING IS BASED ON THE TRAFFIC, THE SPEED ANALYSIS THAT WE DID, MOST VEHICLES ARE STILL TRAVELING UNDER THE POSTED 30 MILES PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT MOVING IT TO 20 OR 15 WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I THINK IT DOESN'T MATCH THE DATA THAT WE'VE SEEN.
THERE IS, THE VEGETATION THERE SEEMS LIKE IT'S TAKEN CARE OF.
AT LEAST IT'S FAR ENOUGH OFF THE ROAD.
THERE IS PARKING RIGHT NEXT TO THE PARK, WHICH I KNOW MAKES SENSE.
YOU WANT TO HAVE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO GETTING YOUR KID DOWN AND WHATNOT.
THAT'D BE MY ONLY, IS THERE A BETTER PLACE TO PARK VERSUS, YOU KNOW, HAVING...
I THINK IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO SPEED.
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES A GREAT JOB OF PATROLLING, AND I THINK AS LONG AS WE GIVE...
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THAT WAS A LOT IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE INTERSECT, BUT I WOULD BE INTERESTED, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET A LITTLE FURTHER WHAT THE WHAT THE RESIDENTS SAY AND THANK YOU FOR THIS.HEY, COREY, FIRST, JUST WANT TO APOLOGIZE.
MY MOST INTERESTING THING THAT WAS GOING AFTER WAS.
I'M LIKE, WE HAVE TO HAVE A STOP SIGN THERE.
I DUG IN AND I LOOKED AT THIS SLIDE.
I'M LIKE, HOW ARE WE PUTTING A STOP SIGN AT THE OTHER ONE? SO ANYWAY, YOUR TEXT IS CLEAR.
IT'S EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION.
SO I TOTALLY APOLOGIZE FOR CREATING A LITTLE BIT OF HYSTERIA THOUGH, BUT THAT'S WHAT I IMMEDIATELY JUMPED TO.
SO I'M GLAD THAT THERE'S THAT STOP SIGN AT UNION.
I WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE PRESENTATION, EVERYTHING THAT I COULD FIND.
CRASH-DATED MYSELF ON THERE LOOKING AT VARIOUS TRENDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO IT WAS JUST SUCH A COMPREHENSIVE EFFORT ALL THE ALL YOUR EFFORT LEE ENGINEERING EVERYTHING THAT WENT IN I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER GIVEN AN AREA SO MUCH ATTENTION I REALIZED WE'VE KIND OF GOT A SPECIAL WAY OF GIVING THE STATION A LITTLE BIT OF ATTENTION I JUST I WISH WE COULD DO THE THE SAME IN EVERY SINGLE AREA OF SACHSE BUT OTHER AREAS DID NOT COME IN LIKE THE STATION DID THE STATION'S A BIT UNIQUE I'VE TOLD RESIDENTS BEFORE OH THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN LOWER THE SPEED LIMITS BELOW 30.
AND PART OF THAT WAS MY MISUNDERSTANDING.
I MEAN, THERE ARE CERTAIN CASES WHERE WE CAN, AND THIS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES THAT I SURE WISH WE COULD LOWER SPEED LIMITS ON EVERY RESIDENTIAL ROAD TO 25 MILES PER HOUR.
SO MAYBE AT SOME POINT THAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE, THOUGH.
BUT I SEE AFTER LOOKING OVER AT THE STATION WHY IT'S NEEDED IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOWER THE COMMONS PARKWAY. IT ONLY MAKES SENSE TO LOWER ALL THE OTHER STREETS.
SO ANYWAY, I LOVE EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE AND PUT TOGETHER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE EFFORT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE ACCIDENTS AND HOW, I WANT TO SAY 80% ARE INVOLVING PROPERTY DAMAGE, NOT OTHER VEHICLES.
AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE WERE AT MERRITT AND HUDSON. YES.
BUT YOU DID NOT COMMENT ON ANY DEVICES.
SO WITH THE PLAN, THE EAGERLY AWAITING PLAN OF MERRITT ROAD, WHAT IS IN THE PLAN FOR THAT INTERSECTION? SO WITH THE MERRITT ROAD PROJECT, WE WILL BE INSTALLING A STOP SIGN OR SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION AT HUDSON.
IT DOESN'T CONTINUE, OBVIOUSLY.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, JUST TO POINT OUT, I MEAN, WHETHER WE MAKE THE SPEED LIMIT 15, 20, 25, OR HOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SPEED.
THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE, I HOPE AND I THINK, HAVE BASE SPEED LIMITS, BUT NOT EVERYBODY.
I THINK WE'VE ALL SEEN THAT EVERYWHERE.
WE'VE LEARNED IF IT'S IN, WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN.
CHANCE, OR EXCUSE ME, COUNCILMAN LINDSEY AND I WALKED AT DIFFERENT TIMES AT THE INTERSECTION AT THE COMMONS.
HUDSON, WHERE THAT MEDIAN USED TO BE, AND THAT WAS PREVENTING SOME SIGHT LINES AND SOME JUST TRAFFIC GETTING IN AND OUT OF THERE.
SO THIS IS NOT DUE TO ONE INCIDENT.
WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS AS THIS AREA GREW.
IT STARTED WITH A COUPLE OF HOMES AND A COUPLE OF APARTMENTS AND A COUPLE OF RESTAURANTS AND HOPED IT WOULD GET BIGGER, AND IT HAS.
BUT WE'VE HAD TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
MAKE A POINT HERE THAT WE'RE MAKING, THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON A STUDY AS STANDARDS MANUAL FOR ENGINEERING WOULD DICTATE.
AND THAT WE ARE OPINIONS, NOT OUR THOUGHTS.
I THINK, AS MICHELLE HOWARTH THINKS THIS TRAFFIC WOULD BE, BUT WHAT THE NATIONAL STANDARD OR THE STANDARD SAYS SHOULD HAPPEN.
YES, AND EVEN LIKE THE CROSSWALK DESIGNATION IS TRAPPING ALL THIS IN OUR ENGINEERING DESIGN.
SET RULES FOR ALL THOSE THINGS.
HOW YOU STRIKE THE INTERSECTION, HOW YOU STRIKE, WHERE THE PARKING SPACES STOP, WHERE THEY START, THAT IS ALL STUDIED, DESIGNED, ENGINEERED, AND THESE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
ALL RIGHT, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
AND AS YOU MENTIONED BRIEFLY, SOME SIGNS ARE COMPLIANT, SOME SIGNS THAT WE LIKE, THEY'RE ACUTE, AREN'T COMPLIANT.
I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT ALL AREAS IN TAXI ARE IMPORTANT FOR TRAFFIC AND WE DON'T GIVE THE STATION SPECIAL TREATMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE THE STATION.
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DEVELOPMENT WHERE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES BLEND RIGHT INTO RESIDENTIAL.SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO IMPLY THAT WE NEED NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE EVERYTHING IN TAXI IS IMPORTANT.
I JUST WANT TO ADD, I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION FROM STAFF.
IT'S A VERY COMPLEX, INTENSIVE STUDY.
AND AS MS. BUEHLER JUST MENTIONED, IT IS OUR FIRST BIG MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT.
AND AS MS. NASH MENTIONED IN THE VERY BEGINNING, IT'S LIKE, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TRAFFIC STUDY WE'VE DONE OUT HERE.
GOSH, I'M IN THIRD OR FOURTH PROBABLY.
AND ALSO, TOO, AS WE ALL KNOW, EVERYBODY'S VERY EXCITED ABOUT CHICK-FIL-A COMING.
WHILE WE WOULD LOVE TO KNOW AHEAD OF TIME WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS, IT'S LIKE, HEY, THE TRAFFIC'S GOING TO BEHAVE JUST LIKE THIS OVER HERE.
THAT'S JUST NOT THE WAY IT WORKS.
HOWEVER, WHEN THEY DO OPEN, GUESS WHAT WE'LL BE DOING? WE'LL BE RESTUDYING THAT AS WELL BECAUSE THAT TRAFFIC PATTERN IS GOING TO DICTATE A LOT OF THINGS.
AND MS. BUEHLER SAID IT WELL, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IN A PERFECT WORLD, WE'D HAVE ENDLESS AMOUNTS OF MONEY AND WE COULD DO TRAFFIC STUDIES ALL OVER THE CITY.
AND, AGAIN, AS MS. BUEHLER SAID, IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NEGLECTING OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
IT'S JUST THAT WE DO TAKE THE STUDIES AS ARE NEEDED.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO LEE ENGINEERING.
THEY'VE DONE STUDIES FOR DECISION BEFORE, ALWAYS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB, AND I WOULDN'T DARE SAY THEY ARE THE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD.
SO THANK YOU, LEE ENGINEERING, FOR YOUR WORK.
THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, SO I DO HAVE ONE CARD.
I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I LIVE IN ACTUALLY ON THE COMMONS AND UNION AND I'M OUT THERE EVERY DAY WITH MY KIDS THAT WERE JUST HERE AND SO I THANK YOU BECAUSE I WAS GETTING READY TO SELL MY HOUSE I'M LIKE I CAN'T DO THIS I'M VERY NERVOUS I'M SCARED SO TO SEE THIS I SEE THAT THERE'S SOME IMPROVEMENT HAPPENING I HAVE JUST TWO QUICK THINGS THAT I DID WANT TO ASK ABOUT SO THE STOP SIGN IN THIS FORM IF YOU COULD JUST ADDRESS THE OH, I'M SORRY.
I WANTED TO ASK THE LOCATION A THAT ALWAYS STOP, IS THAT GOING TO BE A CONTROL THAT YOU PUSH LIKE THEY HAVE ON, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STREET IS BEHIND US, BUT IT'S A, CAN HE ANSWER THAT? BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS.
IF THERE IS GOING TO BE A FOUR-WAY, THERE IS STILL GOING TO BE BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE KIND OF MADE IT A FOUR-WAY.
SO THEY GET UP THERE AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT DO I DO? BUT EVEN FOR ME, BECAUSE THE CARS ARE PARKED SO CLOSE TO THE STREET, YOU REALLY CAN'T SEE.
EVEN IF YOU'RE STOPPED, YOU HAVE TO CREEP OUT AND KIND OF SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
SO I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT, IT'S EXCELLENT.
I'M ALMOST IN TEARS BECAUSE I'M LIKE, I DON'T HAVE TO SELL MY HOUSE.
WE CAN, THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD.
DO WE HAVE SOME BLINKING LIGHTS? I'M GLAD WE'RE LOWERING THE STOP SIGN, BUT THOSE STREETS, HOW CLOSE THE CARS ARE PARKED, IT'S NOT GOING TO MATTER IF YOU HAVE A FOUR-WAY THERE IF AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE PARKING SPOTS HAS TO GO ON THE CORNERS, IN MY OPINION.
I KNOW WE'RE FOLLOWING THE STATE, BUT THAT'S ALL FOR ME.
BEFORE STAFF COMES UP, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE CARDS, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP, IF YOU WILL GRAB A CARD BACK THERE FIRST, AND THEN YOU CAN COME UP AND SPEAK.
ANYBODY ELSE? GOING ONCE? OKAY.
YOU'LL GO GRAB A CARD, AND THEN BRING THAT, OR MS. GRANGER MIGHT DO IT FOR YOU, AND THEN WE'LL GET YOU TO FILL THAT OUT AND COME ON UP.
IF YOU DO IT ON THE MICROPHONE.
MA'AM, MA'AM, IF I GET YOU TO STATE YOUR NAME.
MY HUSBAND IS SITTING RIGHT BACK THERE, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OF US WHO LIVE IN THAT SAME APARTMENT COMPLEX.
AND WE ALL DEAL WITH THE SAME SITUATION, THE TRAFFIC THAT MOVES.
AND IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE BECAUSE SOMEBODY GAVE PERMISSION TO CHICK-FIL-A TO BUILD RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR...
FRONT OF OUR BUILDING AND IT'S
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GOING TO MAKE TRAFFIC EASIER.ONE OF OUR CARS GOT TOTALED OUT YEARS AGO, AND I TOOK A HIT IN MY KNEE, AND I HAD TO GO TO WHATEVER HOSPITAL IS NEARBY, AND I'VE DEALT WITH IT FOR ALL THESE YEARS.
BUT WHEN PLANS ARE MADE TO LOOK AND SEE, HOW BAD THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE.
AND NOW THEY'RE BUILDING THAT CHICK-FIL-A RIGHT THERE, AND IT WILL JUST FUNNEL TRAFFIC RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR APARTMENT COMPLEX.
SO IF YOU TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU APPROVE WHAT'S BEING BUILT AND WHERE IT'S BEING BUILT AT AND THE IMPACT THAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE.
AGAIN, DO I HAVE ANY OTHER CARDS? DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE.
WE WILL NOTE THAT FOR THE RECORD.
OKAY, SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON BACK TO THIS ITEM.
COREY, DID YOU WANT TO ADDRESS MS. FOREMAN'S COMMENTS? SURE, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
WE'LL LOOK AT THE VISIBILITY OF THAT INTERSECTION, BUT AGAIN, WE DID THAT THROUGH THIS STUDY, DID INCORPORATE ALL THAT.
THERE'S GOING TO BE NO FLASHING LIGHTS AT THAT INTERSECTION, BUT AGAIN, IT WILL BE AN ALL-WAY STOP.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP MONITORING IT TO SEE IF IT REQUIRES ANY ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS.
YEAH, IN A BROAD SENSE, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A STUDY THAT WE'VE DONE.
I WOULD ALSO EMPHASIZE, AND YOU CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS THAT IT IS A FLUID STUDY, DYNAMIC STUDY.
CONDITIONS CAN CHANGE, AND SO THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY END-ALL, BE-ALL, CORRECT? CORRECT.
YEAH, JUST A QUESTION THERE FOR YOU, COREY.
SO, I MEAN, THIS IS GOING FROM A TWO-WAY STOP TO A FOUR-WAY STOP, SO THE TEXAS REQUIREMENT ON FOUR-WAY STOPS IS HOW MUCH FOR VISIBILITY? WELL, THAT'S A VERY TECHNICAL ONE.
HE JUST THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TECHNICAL ANSWER IS, BUT JOHN CAN PROVIDE SOME.
AND AGAIN, IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME.
YES, I'M JOHN DUNHAM, LAND ENGINEERING, CONDUCTED THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SIR, WHAT THE METC...
COULD YOU SCOOT THE MIC? VERY RARELY AM I EVER ACCUSED OF TALKING TOO SOFTLY, BUT...
WITH THE MUTCD, WHEN YOU'VE GONE TO AN ALWAYS STOP CONDITION, THAT'S SPECIFICALLY IN THIS INSTANCE TO ADDRESS A LOCATION WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SIGHT DISTANCE.
AND SO THE GENERAL GUIDANCE RELATED TO INTERSECTION SIGHT DISTANCE AT AN ALWAYS STOP IS THAT THIS IS THE TREATMENT FOR WHEN YOU CANNOT SEE.
AND SO ON THE MINOR STREET, IN THIS INSTANCE, UNION.
THAT'S WHERE WE HAD SIGHT DISTANCE LESS THAN WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT A LOCATION LIKE THIS.
IT WAS IN THE REALM OF 190 FEET OF VISIBILITY WHEN A CAR IS PARKED IN THOSE FIRST SPACES VERSUS THE ROUGHLY 350 OR SO FEET OF VISIBILITY THAT WE WOULD WANT TO SEE.
BUT WHEN YOU CONVERT IT TO AN ALWAYS STOP, NO VISIBILITY IS ESSENTIALLY REQUIRED.
YOU WOULD LIKE IT, BUT THAT'S HOW WE DEAL WITH THE LACK OF.
OKAY, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT MY RESEARCH HAS LED ME TO, THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY, ONCE IT BECOMES A FOUR-WAY OR AN ALL-WAY, I FORGOT YOUR FANCY TERM, THE AWTCXY, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY NO VISIBILITY REQUIREMENT, AND THE PRACTICALITY IS YOU PROBABLY HAD TO PUT THE FOUR-WAY STOP BECAUSE OF THAT REASON.
I MEAN, A FOUR-WAY STOP IS PEOPLE ARE TECHNICALLY SUPPOSED TO STOP BEFORE THE LINE AND THEN EDGE UP AND MAKE SURE.
SO, I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE A NATURAL TENDENCY VERSUS THE TWO-WAY STOP THAT COUNCILMAN FRANKS WAS REFERRING TO OVER THERE IS YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME VISIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO SEE DOWN THE STREET SO THAT WHENEVER YOU'RE UP THERE, THE OTHER CARS AREN'T STOPPING.
SO IN THAT SITUATION, JUST TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST IT, OVER THERE, VISIBILITY IS REQUIRED, AND WE'VE MET THAT VISIBILITY AT TRINITY.
ALSO, I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN MENTIONED YET, THE STATION BOULEVARD IS DESIGNATED ON OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN AS A COLLECTOR STREET.
SO IS THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE A HARDER TIME LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT AND ADDING EXTRA TRAFFIC MEASURE DEVICES BECAUSE IT IS A
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COLLECTOR STREET? SO FOR THE STATION, WITH IT BEING THE COLLECTOR, THE SPEED DATA THAT WE COLLECTED OUT THERE, IS CONSISTENT WITH HIGHER SPEED OPERATION AND IT DIDN'T SUPPORT LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT DOWN TO 25 LIKE UP IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA ITSELF.THE OTHER COMPONENT OF THE RECOMMENDATION TO LOWER 25 IS A LOT OF THE INTERSECTIONS ONCE YOU GET UP IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA, IT'S JUST THAT WHOLE AREA IS A LOT MORE TIGHT AND CONFINED.
THE HOUSES ARE RIGHT UP ON THE STREET AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT LED TO THAT.
BUT WITH THE STATION ITSELF, WITH IT BEING A FOUR-LANE ROADWAY, THE WAY THE INTERSECTIONS ARE DESIGNED OUT THERE, IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE 30 MILES AN HOUR THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
AND JUST SINCE I'VE GOT YOU HERE, I COULD DO THIS ALL DAY, BUT I'LL LIMIT IT HERE.
IT SORT OF TIES IN WITH THE STATION, BUT IT SORT OF DOES.
I KNOW IT WAS LOOKED AT AND ANALYZED, BUT HOW DOES THE THE STATION BOULEVARD SLASH PLEASANT VALLEY WHERE IT INTERSECTS INTO MERRITT.
I KNOW MERRITT'S ABOUT TO GO UNDERNEATH SOME RECONSTRUCTION, BUT THAT'S A REGULAR CALL THAT I'VE GOTTEN THERE IS HOW THE TRAFFIC BACKS UP THERE.
SO I KNOW HERE WE JUST SAID, OH, WE'LL ADJUST THE SIGNALING TIMING.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO ELABORATE ON AT THIS TIME AND WHAT A RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO TRY TO MAKE THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT MORE PRODUCTIVE FOR PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING COMMUTES? BUT THE...
A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION RIGHT NOW? NO, WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT CAN BE DONE TIMING WISE.
ONE OF THE PIECES TO KEEP IN MIND THERE IS THAT IT DOES HAVE TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT PGBT.
AND IT'S LIKE THOSE ALL HAVE TO KIND OF WORK TOGETHER.
SO WE CAN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS MAKING A QUICK TWEAK AT THE STATION OR PLEASANT VALLEY WITHOUT SEEING WHAT MAY HAPPEN.
ARE THOSE ACTUALLY SYNCHRONIZED? SORRY, ANOTHER BONUS QUESTION.
I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THOSE WERE INDEPENDENT AND OFTEN HAVE BEEN CRITICAL OF WHY THEY'RE NOT SYNCED UP.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT THOSE ARE ACTUALLY SYNCED UP TO SOME REGARD OR ANOTHER? AT ONE POINT THEY WERE.
WE DEFINITELY NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, I MEAN, THIS DOES TIE INTO THE STATION, THOUGH, BUT I HOPE THAT WE FOLLOW THESE SUGGESTIONS.
AND THE OTHER THING FOR COREY THAT I JUST WANT TO SAY IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SYNCHRONIZED.
A LOT OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE COMING BACK, REPAINTING THE LINES.
WE'RE REALLY GOOD AROUND THE SCHOOL ZONES AND GOING OUT AND REPAINTING THE CROSSWALKS.
WHAT'S GOING TO KEEP US ON TOP? WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER TRAFFIC STUDY TO SAY WE NEED TO REPAINT.
SO CAN WE COMMIT TO HAVING SOME REGULAR CADENCE? IS THERE A RECOMMENDED GUIDELINE? I GUESS I COULD STILL ASK THE ENGINEERING QUESTION.
SHOULD WE BE OUT THERE REPAINTING THESE EVERY THREE YEARS? WHAT'S YOUR PRODUCT LIFESPAN THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT DOWN ON THESE CROSSWALKS? AND THAT'S IT.
SO ONE THING THAT WE ARE DOING THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE IS WE ARE SWITCHING TO A THERMOPLASTIC STRIPING RATHER THAN JUST PAINT.
AND SO THAT STUFF DOES LAST A MUCH LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S ON US TO MAINTAIN AND WATCH THOSE INTERSECTIONS TO FIX THAT STUFF.
AND THAT WILL BE PART OF OUR MAINTENANCE AND GOING FORWARD.
BUT WE'RE SWITCHING TO A DIFFERENT PRODUCT NOW, AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS WITH SOME OF THAT LONGEVITY.
I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE THAT WHEN I STARTED MY CAREER, I WENT FROM PAINT TO THROWING PLASTIC, AND IT LASTS A LOT LONGER, BUT IT'S A LOT HOTTER TO PUT DOWN, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
IT DOES LAST A LOT LONGER, I CAN TELL YOU.
YES, SO ASSUMING THIS PASSES, RIGHT, THE IMPLEMENTATION SLIDE JUST SAYS, HEY, WE'LL ORDER THIS, WE'LL DO THAT.
WHAT'S THE EXPECTED TIME FRAME FOR THINGS TO START RUNNING? SO WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE QUOTES IN.
SO WE'LL EVALUATE THE QUOTES FOR THIS AREA.
AND THEN THE SIGNAGE, AGAIN, THAT USUALLY TAKES A COUPLE WEEKS TO GET IT IN, AND THEN JUST AS TIME ALLOWS FOR OUR GUYS TO PUT IT IN.
SO WE DON'T CHANGE THE SPEED LIMITS VERY OFTEN, BUT WHEN WE DO, DO WE HAVE TO POST ANYTHING, OR IS THERE ANY SORT OF, LIKE...
YEAH, WE'LL REVISE THE SIGNS AND DO ALL THE POSTING STUFF.
WE HAVE ARROW BOARDS AND MESSAGE BOARDS AND STUFF WE CAN DO.
WE CAN DO ALL THE NOTIFICATION.
WE'LL DO THE SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH AND ALL THAT.
YEAH, WE DO A GOOD JOB AT THAT.
COREY, IF I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY, MS. FOREMAN, IS THAT CORRECT? SHE ASKED ABOUT THE BUTTON.
THAT WAS A NO BUTTON, CORRECT? NO BUTTON, NO.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION, SO THERE'S NO TRAFFIC.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD HER QUESTION.
AND THEN MS. O'QUINN WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ON-STREET PARKING, AND WE ARE ELIMINATING ONE SPOT.
WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER ENTRANCE TO AMBERLIN? WE DID LOOK AT THAT.
I DON'T FEEL, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE REPORT, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY RECOMMENDATIONS
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FOR THAT INTERSECTION.IF THERE'S NOT, I WOULD LIKE THERE TO BE.
I'M GOING TO CALL IT A BUFFER.
OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ON STREET PARKING, AND THERE'S A LITTLE BUFFER, VEGETATION BUFFER RIGHT THERE AT THE INTERSECTION, RIGHT? THE BUFFER LEADING UP TO, IF YOU'RE COMING FROM THE EAST, GOING WEST, I'M GOING TO CALL IT THE BACK ENTRANCE TO THE EMBERLIN.
THERE'S A MUCH LONGER, THERE IS LEADING UP TO THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE EMBERLIN, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE AT ALL WHAT I'M SAYING.
STRIPING OUT ONE OF THAT FIRST PARKING PLACE AS WELL TO THAT ENTRANCE.
YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
ONE THING TO NOTE ON THAT INTERSECTION, THERE'S NO SOUTHBOUND PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AT THAT INTERSECTION.
SOUTHBOUND, THAT'S CORRECT, YES.
SO PEDESTRIANS WOULD HAVE TO GO TO MILES AND THEN DOWN.
YEAH, AND AS YOU KNOW, NO ONE CROSSES, ESPECIALLY AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED TONIGHT WITH CHICK-FIL-A.
FIRST OF ALL, ON THAT COMMENT, WE DIDN'T ALLOW THEM OR APPROVE THEM.
CAN'T GET IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
SECONDLY, WITH ALL OF THE ANTICIPATED FOOT TRAFFIC FROM THE SCHOOLS, EITHER WHICHEVER WAY THEY THINK WE MAY NEED TO LOOK IN THE FUTURE, AS THAT'S GOING TO BE ESSENTIALLY THE BACK OF CHICK-FIL-A'S.
IF WE CAN MAYBE LOOK AT STRIPING THAT LAST PARKING PLACE, IF NEEDED, JUST LOOK AT IT.
I'M NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO DO IT, RIGHT? JUST LOOK AT THAT AND THEN JUST IN ANTICIPATION OF CHICK-FIL-A AND ALL THAT.
PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC THAT MAY COME FROM THE SCHOOLS.
AND I THINK I'M DONE LIKE COUNCILMAN LINDSEY.
ARE YOU SURE? AGAIN I WOULD JUST SAY IN THE SPIRIT OF THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT AGAIN THIS IS A FLUID DOCUMENT SO WE'LL DEFINITELY CHANGE.
WE DO HAVE AN ACTION ITEM ON THIS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO TAKE ACTION TO LOWER THE SPEED LIMITS.
SO, WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN DISCUSS THAT MORE, OR WE CAN TAKE MOTIONS.
MS. HOWARTH? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE F4 AS PRESENTED.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MS. HOWARTH TO APPROVE ADAM F4 AS PRESENTED.
MARY FULTON-FRANCK? TO BE CLEAR, THE...
THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT IS JUST FOR THE SPEED ONLY, CORRECT? CORRECT.
IT DOESN'T PERTAIN TO ANY OTHER TRAFFIC CALMING, REDUCING, CROSSWALKS, ANYTHING ELSE, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
OKAY, WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND A SECOND WITH DISCUSSION.
IF THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS JUST FOR THE SPEED ONLY, WHEN IS THE REST OF IT GOING TO BE ADDRESSED? WOULD SOME ACTION ITEM COME BACK TO US? THE ITEMS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED IN THE STUDY WOULD BE DONE AS PART OF REGULAR BUSINESS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE FUNDS WITHIN OUR BUDGET FOR SIGNAGE AND PLASTIC STRIPING AND ALL OF THAT.
SO WE WOULD START ALL OF THAT.
AS COREY SAID, I ASKED STAFF TO GO AHEAD AND GET BIDS ON THIS WHEN WE GOT THE DRAFT REPORT.
SO AS SOON AS YOU ALL WENT THROUGH THIS TONIGHT, AND IF YOU WERE GOOD WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE WOULD DO THESE.
RECOMMENDATIONS AS A MATTER OF COURSE AS PART OF OUR BUDGET SO WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND IMPLEMENT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS RELATIVE TO THE STRIPING THE CROSSWALKS THE SIGNAGE ALL OF THAT WE CAN DO WITHIN OUR EXISTING BUDGET WHICH IS WE OUTLINED IN THE AGENDA ITEMS SO WHAT YOU'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT IS THE SPEED LIMITS BUT WE WOULD ADDRESS ALL OF THOSE OTHER THINGS AS COREY POINTED OUT AS THE SIGNAGE COMES IN WE'LL PUT IT OUT AS WE GET THE BIDS BACK AND WE MAKE A DECISION ON THE THERMOPLASTIC WE'LL AWARD THOSE BECAUSE THEY'LL ALL BE WITHIN MY BUDGET LIMIT.
SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THAT.
ARE YOU THINKING MAYBE WE'LL SEE SOME ACTION WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS OR THREE OR FOUR MONTHS? I GUESS THAT AS WE GET THE BIDS BACK, WE WILL START PUTTING ALL OF THAT WORK TO THE GROUND.
I MEAN, SIGNS CAN TAKE A FEW WEEKS.
SIGNS CAN HAPPEN REALLY QUICK.
I THINK REALLY ALL THE WORK CAN BE DONE PROBABLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
WE'RE FIGHTING THIS ON BAILEY ROAD.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THREE GOOD DAYS OF DRY WEATHER.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFICULTY WITH THAT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.
[5. Receive early resident and stakeholder input regarding the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget.]
AGAIN, THANK YOU, STAFF.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
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APPRECIATE IT.NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM FIVE, RECEIVE EARLY RESIDENT AND STAKEHOLDER INPUT REGARDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027 BUDGET.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, DAVID BALDWIN, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, IS QUICKLY PULLING UP KIND OF THE BUDGET SCHEDULE JUST AS A REMINDER TO YOU ALL KIND OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.
AND JUST TO GIVE THE PUBLIC AN IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS AND THEN...
WE CAN OPEN THE FLOOR FOR EARLY INPUT ON THE BUDGET.
OUR BUDGET PROCESS BEGAN IN LATE FEBRUARY WITH A CALL TO DEPARTMENTS TO PREPARE THEIR BASE BUDGETS AND SUBMIT ANY SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REQUESTS.
AND AS THE INTERNAL BUDGET PROCESS CONTINUES, TONIGHT IS OUR OPPORTUNITY OR OUR REQUEST.
FOR EARLY RESIDENT AND STAKEHOLDER INPUT ON THE BUDGET.
SO THE STAR REPRESENTS WHAT OUR REQUEST IS FOR TONIGHT.
OTHER COUNCIL MEETINGS IN THIS BUDGET CALENDAR INCLUDE A BUDGET WORKSHOP SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 15TH WHERE WE REVIEW THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET AND DEPARTMENT REQUESTS.
NOT QUITE A COUNCIL MEETING, BUT WE HAVE A BUDGET AND BEVERAGES PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EVENT.
THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET WITH OUR MAYOR.
THEN OTHER COUNCIL MEETINGS INCLUDE AUGUST 3RD, AUGUST 17TH, AND SEPTEMBER 8TH, WHERE WE WILL SUBMIT THE PROPOSED BUDGET, SCHEDULE AND HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE BUDGET, AND ULTIMATELY ADOPT THE BUDGET AND APPROVE THE TAX RATE.
BUT TONIGHT ISN'T THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO ENGAGE IN THE BUDGET.
RESIDENTS CAN GO TO WWW.CITYOFSAXE.COM FORWARD SLASH BUDGET AND IT HAS OPPORTUNITIES FOR LABELED OR LISTED FOR BUDGET PROCESS ENGAGEMENT AND THOSE INCLUDE PUBLIC INPUT AT PUBLIC HEARINGS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 17TH AND SEPTEMBER 8TH.
RESIDENTS CAN ALSO PROVIDE COMMENT AT COUNCIL MEETINGS.
THEY CAN CONTACT COUNCIL VIA EMAIL OR PHONE.
AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS REACHABLE AT THE EMAIL ADDRESS BUDGET AT CITYOFSAXI.COM.
SO WITH THAT INFORMATION, WE ARE READY FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON THE BUDGET, IF THAT'S HOW YOU'D LIKE TO PROCEED.
I DID NOT GET ANY CARDS ON THIS ITEM.
HOWEVER, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM, THAT WOULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY, ASSUMING THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM.
I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT, MR. BALDWIN, AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET, MOST NOTABLY OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, JUNE THE 15TH.
ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, THANK YOU, MR. BALDWIN.
ANYBODY ON COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ITEM? MR. PRESTENBURG.
AS THE RESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER WHO IS ON SOCIAL MEDIA THE MOST, PROBABLY, I READ A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT JUST THANK YOU.
COUNCIL SPENDS THIS AND SPENDS THAT.
I JUST WANT TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IF YOU ARE A CITIZEN OF OUR GREAT CITY, YOU HAVE ANY CONCERN OR ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE COME TO ONE OF THESE EVENTS, COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE, SAY YOUR PIECE, SAY WHAT YOU THINK WE SHOULD SPEND MONEY ON THIS NEXT YEAR, AND WE WILL TAKE IT UNDER ADVISEMENT.
THEY ARE AWARD-WINNING FOR A REASON.
THEY GRAB ALL THE THINGS THAT WE WANT, WE PUT THEM IN THE BUDGET, WE LOOK IF WE CAN DO IT, AND THEN WE DO IT A LOT OF TIMES.
SO I SAY LET'S LOOK AT THE PROCESS, LET'S FOLLOW THE PROCESS, AND IF YOU HAVE INPUT, PLEASE STATE IT.
IT'S NOT JUST FOR THOSE IN THE ROOM, IT'S FOR ANYONE WATCHING.
WE WANT YOUR INPUT VERY MUCH SO.
FOR THOSE WATCHING VIDEO ON DEMAND, AS THEY SAY.
AND PLACID, IF YOU WANT TO COME TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET WITH THE MAYOR, YOU CAN COME OUT ON JUNE 25TH IF YOU DON'T
[1. Receive an update from HUB International, the City’s benefits consultant, regarding current claims experience and the upcoming employee benefits renewal.]
WANT TO COME TO A COUNCIL MEETING.SO ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THAT EVENT.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM G, DISCUSSION ITEMS. ITEM ONE, RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM HUB INTERNATIONAL, THE CITY'S BENEFIT CONSULTANT, REGARDING CURRENT CLAIMS EXPERIENCE AND THE UPCOMING EMPLOYEE BENEFITS RENEWAL.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, TONIGHT YOU HAVE YOUR ANNUAL UPDATE FROM HUB INTERNATIONAL.
JUST AS WE PREPARE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER BENEFITS PACKAGES TO OUR EMPLOYEES EFFECTIVE IN JANUARY OF 2027, THIS IS THE TIME THAT WE GET STARTED ON THAT PROCESS.
AND SO TONIGHT YOU'LL SEE A NEW FACE.
WE HAVE A NEW REPRESENTATIVE WITH HUB INTERNATIONAL.
VERY EXCITED THAT HE HAS JOINED THE TEAM AND IS HELPING OUR TEAM TRY TO NAVIGATE
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THROUGH HEALTH CARE COSTS, WHICH AS WE ALL KNOW ARE CONTINUE TO RISE AND THERE DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S ANY RELIEF.I APPRECIATE WHAT HUB HAS DONE WITH US THIS YEAR AND WORKED AS A PARTNER TO TRY TO HELP US REALLY DO AN ANALYSIS OF THESE TRENDS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO MOVING FORWARD.
THAT'S THE PRESENTATION YOU'LL BE RECEIVING TONIGHT.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION ITEM BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT TRENDS AND GETTING INFORMATION INPUT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY PUT OUR INFORMATION OUT TO BID IN THE FALL FOR A JANUARY 27 START DATE.
AND IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
COREY HOOD, ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE WITH HUB INTERNATIONAL.
SO AS MS. NASH MENTIONED, TONIGHT I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THROUGH WHAT WE ARE DISCUSSING WITH OUR FELLOW CLIENTS.
AND NATIONAL TREND DATA, AS WELL AS LOOKING INTO THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE WITH THE CITY OF SACHSE'S HEALTH PLAN AND THE NEXT STEPS AND TIMELINE FOR THAT.
THIS FIRST SLIDE HERE IS THE MEDICAL INFLATION UPDATE.
THIS IS FROM ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL DATA SETS ON OUR MEDICAL TRENDS FROM THE SIEGEL HEALTH PLAN COST TREND SURVEY.
THIS BREAKS IT OUT BY THE THREE MOST COMMON PLANS, THE PPO, HMO, AND HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLANS ON THE TOP THERE.
AND THEN IT LOOKS AT PHARMACY COVERAGE ON THE BOTTOM AND BREAKS OUT SPECIALTY AS WELL.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS THE 2025 EXPECTED TREND INCREASE IN THE NAVY AND THE 2026 IN THE TEAL THERE.
SO REALLY KIND OF WANTED TO SHOW THAT ON A NATIONAL BASIS, WE ARE SEEING JUST AN OVERWHELMING INCREASE ON ALL THREE PLANT TYPES AS WELL AS ON PHARMACY.
WE SEE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT THERE A SLIGHT DECREASE OF THE INCREASE IN OUR SPECIALTY MEDICATIONS, WHICH IS DUE TO SOME ONGOING COMPETITION IN THE MARKETPLACE, BIOSIMILARS, AND SOME OTHER ADVANCEMENTS IN THAT TECHNOLOGY.
ADDITIONALLY, A FEW THINGS TO NOTE.
TEXAS CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE TOP FIVE MOST EXPENSIVE FOR HEALTH CARE PREMIUMS AND OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS.
AND THEN FINALLY IDENTIFIED A FEW DIFFERENT COST TREND DRIVERS THAT WE'LL LOOK INTO.
THIS IS FROM THAT SAME STUDY WITH ACTUAL DATA DATING BACK TO 2012.
ONE OF THE THINGS TO NOTE HERE IS THAT...
2021, OUR COVID YEAR, 2025, 2026 ARE THE HIGHEST BACK TO 2012.
LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT OUR HEALTH COST DRIVERS, WE REALLY IDENTIFIED AND ARE LOOKING AT FOUR THINGS THAT ARE IMPACTING TRENDS ACROSS ALL OUR HEALTH PLANS.
THESE ARE PROBABLY COMMON AND LIKELY NOT UNFAMILIAR TO YOU.
THE FIRST ONE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS CANCER.
SO CANCER ACROSS THE BOARD CONTINUES TO BE THE TOP COST DRIVER.
THAT'S DUE TO A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS.
THE FIRST OF WHICH IS WE CONTINUE TO SEE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS IN THE MEDICATIONS AND TREATMENTS FOR THESE CANCERS.
THEY'RE LIFE-SAVING DRUGS, BUT THEY CONTINUE TO COME WITH INCREASED COSTS.
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY CAR-T, GENE THERAPIES, IMMUNOTHERAPIES, TARGETED THERAPIES THAT CAN BE MULTIPLE TO SIX FIGURES PER TREATMENT.
ADDITIONALLY, WE CONTINUE TO SEE SOME LATE-STAGE DIAGNOSES.
WE CONTINUE TO SEE BELOW BENCHMARK OR BELOW RECOMMENDATION FOR COLON AND BREAST CANCER.
AND THEN LOOKING OVER ON THE RIGHT, SPECIFIC TO SPECIALTY PHARMACIES, THESE ARE GOING TO BE MEDICATIONS SPECIFIC TO AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, RARE CONDITIONS.
GLPS, THOSE ARE IN THE MARKETPLACE.
THE CITY OF SACHSE DOES NOT COVER THEM FOR WEIGHT LOSS, THEY ONLY COVER THEM FOR DIABETICS, BUT BOTH FOR ANTI-OBESITY AND DIABETES ACROSS THE BOARD, GLPS AND THE GLP ITERATIONS ARE CONTINUING TO INCREASE THOSE TRENDS OVERALL.
AND THEN MUSCULOSKELETAL, THIS IS ACTUALLY PARTICULAR TO THE CITY OF SACHSE.
WE SAW THIS AS ONE OF THE LARGEST COST TREND DRIVERS IN 2025 COMPARED TO 2024.
THAT CONTINUES TO BE A PLACE WHERE MEDICATION IS MAKING AN INCREASE IN PRICE.
SO OUR SPECIALTY DRUG SPEND THERE FOR INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS, THAT'S RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS, ARE CONTINUING TO INCREASE THAT COST.
AGAIN, THE CITY OF SACHSE ACTUALLY HAD ABOUT 14 LARGE CLAIMANTS IN 2025.
A LARGE CLAIMANT IS DEFINED AS ANYBODY WHO HAS OVER $50,000 OF MEDICAL AND PHARMACY SPEND IN ANY GIVEN YEAR.
ONE OF THOSE CLAIMANTS WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT $500,000 OF TOTAL CLAIMS. ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, ABOUT HALF OF EMPLOYER PLANS WERE HIT WITH A MILLION-DOLLAR CLAIMANTS.
A LOT OF THOSE HAVE TO DO WITH THOSE LATE-STAGE CANCER
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TREATMENTS AS WELL AS THOSE SPECIALTY MEDICATIONS.WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT INCREASE.
2025 WAS ABOUT 29% INCREASED OVER 2024.
AS MENTIONED, THE CITY OF SACHSE HAS REALLY NOT BEEN AN EXCEPTION TO THESE COST-RUN DRIVERS.
OUR 2024 PLAN YEAR RAN AT A LOSS RATIO, WHICH IS GOING TO COMPARE OUR PREMIUMS VERSUS OUR CLAIMS, OF ABOUT 123%.
WE SAW ACTUALLY A DECREASE IN PHARMACY.
THE MEDICAL CLAIM INCREASE MADE UP FOR THAT AND HAD ABOUT AN 8.7 INCREASE LOSS RATIO COMPARED TO 2024.
I MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT OF LARGE CLAIMANTS THERE, SO THERE'S SOME MORE INFORMATION.
THAT LARGE CLAIMANT SPEND, SO THOSE CLAIMANTS THAT PARTICULARLY HAD $50,000 OR MORE IN ANNUAL SPEND, THOSE 14 MADE UP ABOUT $1.85 MILLION OF THE TOTAL CLAIM SPEND FOR THE CITY.
THAT'S NEARLY 60% OF THOSE TOTAL CLAIMS. FOR COMPARISON THERE, WE SEE ON AVERAGE AROUND 35% TO 45% OF THE TOTAL CLAIM SPEND BEING ATTRIBUTED TO THE LARGE CLAIMANTS, BUT 60% HAS BEEN MORE AND MORE FREQUENT RECENTLY.
A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT THE BENEFITS TEAM AND I HAVE DISCUSSED IS IN ADDITION TO THIS UPCOMING RFP PROCESS THAT ALLOWS FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS, WE WANT TO EXPAND THE POTENTIAL POSSIBILITY OF HOW YOU ACTUALLY FUND.
THESE CLAIMS. SO HISTORICALLY THE CITY HAS BEEN ON A FULLY INSURED ARRANGEMENT, WHICH MEANS THAT UHC IS ACTUALLY THE CARRIER OF THESE CLAIMS. THEY ARE THE ONES PAYING THE CLAIMS AND THE CITY OF SACHSE AND YOUR MEMBERS ARE THE ONES PAYING THE PREMIUMS FOR THAT.
ON THE FLIP SIDE, SOME OF OUR LARGER EMPLOYERS GO THROUGH WHAT WE CALL PARTIAL SELF-FUNDED OR SELF-FUNDED ARRANGEMENTS, WHERE THEY ARE ACTUALLY THE ONES PAYING THE CLAIMS, BUT YOU USE A THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ADJUDICATE AND PROCESS THOSE CLAIMS. LEVEL FUNDING IS KIND OF THE MIDDLE GROUND OF THOSE TWO.
IT ALLOWS FOR INSIGHT INTO CLAIMS THAT YOU DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE BEING ON A FULLY INSURED BASIS, BUT IT STILL ALLOWS FOR A MAX LIABILITY THAT YOU ENJOY NOW IN YOUR FULLY INSURED ARRANGEMENT.
SO DURING THE RFP PROCESS, WE ARE CONSIDERING ASKING FOR BIDS OF BOTH FULLY INSURED AND LEVEL FUNDED ARRANGEMENTS.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS HAS BEEN A CONTINUED CONVERSATION WITH ALL OF OUR CLIENTS.
WITH THE RISING COST OF HEALTH CARE, WE RECOMMEND DEPENDENT AUDITS.
DEPENDENT AUDITS ARE USED TO IDENTIFY ANY INELIGIBLE DEPENDENTS, WHETHER THAT BE EX-SPOUSES, GRANDKIDS, OR ANYBODY WHO IS ON THE PLAN INELIGIBLY.
AND SO WE GOT A QUOTE FROM LOOMLIGHT.
THEY ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST OUTSOURCED DEPENDENT AUDIT FIRMS. AND SO THEY WOULD REQUIRE A ONE-TIME FEE OF ABOUT $7,000.
ON AVERAGE, IT'S ABOUT A FOUR-MONTH PROCESS, BUT THEY HANDLE NUTS TO BOLTS THE ENTIRE PROCESS OF PROVIDING THE PAPERWORK THAT PROVES THAT YOUR DEPENDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE.
THE CITY HAS ABOUT 75 HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE DEPENDENTS ON THE PLAN, SO IF THE CITY CHOOSES TO RECEIVE THIS DEPENDENT AUDIT, THE 75 HOUSEHOLDS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION TO PROVE THAT THEIR ELIGIBLE DEPENDENTS ARE ACTUALLY ELIGIBLE.
ACROSS THE BOARD OF EMPLOYER SIZES, BUT AMONG YOUR PLAN SIZE, WHICH IS ABOUT 160 ENROLLED EMPLOYEES, ABOUT 320 MEMBERS, THEY USUALLY FIND AROUND THREE TO TEN INELIGIBLE DEPENDENTS.
EACH INELIGIBLE DEPENDENT ON AVERAGE SAVES ABOUT $7,000 TO PLAN.
FINALLY, THE NEXT STEPS, WE WILL COMPLETE A COMPETITIVE RFP PROCESS THAT IS SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED IN AUGUST.
I'LL BE BACK HERE OCTOBER 5TH TO PRESENT THE BEST AND FINAL OFFERS FROM THE RFP PROCESS.
THE OPEN ENROLLMENT WILL BEGIN NOVEMBER 3RD, AND THEN OUR PLAN IS EFFECTIVE 1-1-2027.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT CAME FROM THIS OR ANYTHING RELATED TO THE HEALTH PLAN.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? MR. PRESTENBURG.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
JUST SOME OF THE THINGS AS WE GET INTO THE NEW YEAR OR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, I GUESS YOU'D SAY.
YOU TALK ABOUT CANCER AND THOSE TYPE THINGS BEING BIG COST DRIVERS.
THERE'S NO OTHER THAN THE SCREENING THINGS THAT WE ALL THINK TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO GO GET TESTED OR WHATNOT.
ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING, EVERYTHING WE NEED TO DO TO GET PEOPLE TO THE DOCTOR
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TO DO PROACTIVE CHECKS, THINGS LIKE THAT? I KNOW THE TEAM FOCUSES ON COMMUNICATION FOR THOSE PREVENTIVE SCREENINGS.WE CONTINUE TO SAY THAT THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO DETECT THOSE ON AN EARLY BASIS.
AS FAR AS YOUR CURRENT ARRANGEMENT, THERE'S NOT.
WE DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THAT THEY SEE THEIR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS AND GET THOSE PREVENTIVE SCREENINGS.
UNDER A LEVEL-FUNDED OR A FULLY PARTIALLY SELF-FUNDED ARRANGEMENT, WE CAN EVENTUALLY GET THE INSIGHT TO SEE WHERE THOSE LARGE CLAIMANTS ARE DEVELOPING, AND WE CAN HAVE CASE MANAGEMENT OR UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT FROM THOSE THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATORS OR CARRIERS ACTUALLY REACH OUT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE CARE THAT THEY NEED FROM THE PLACES THEY NEED.
JUST THINKING LIKE FROM AN INCENTIVE-BASED TYPE THINGS TO GET PEOPLE TO THE THANK YOU.
WE DO HAVE AN INTERNAL WELLNESS PROGRAM, AND WE INCENTIVIZE EMPLOYEES TO GO TO THEIR PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR, TO COME TO OUR ON-SITE BIOMETRIC, TO GET THEIR FLU SHOT, TO GET THEIR TEETH CLEANED.
ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS HAVE LEVELS, AND THERE'S MONETARY INCENTIVES AS WELL AS TIME OFF.
YEAH, THE LOOM LIGHT SOUNDS INTERESTING.
I KNOW IT'S ALWAYS SCARY FOR PEOPLE TO THINK, OH.
WHAT'S THE REQUIREMENT FROM THE STATE STANDPOINT OF AGE-WISE FOR PEOPLE TO BE ON MEDICAL BENEFITS? YEAH, DEPENDENTS CAN BE ON THE PLAN UP TO AGE 26.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT LATER ON.
MAYOR PROCTER & FRANKS, YOU HAVE A GUESS.
FIRST IDEATION OF, I CALL IT IDEATION, NOT, IDEATION.
WHAT THE FIRST PERCENT INCREASE IS GOING TO BE BECAUSE IT'S NEVER A DECREASE.
AT THE 131, IT'S HARD TO MAKE AN ACCURATE GUESS AT THIS POINT BECAUSE OF YOUR 14 LARGE CLAIMANTS, ON THE TOP FIVE, THREE OF THOSE ARE NO LONGER ON THE PLAN.
SO DURING THE PROCESS, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS KNOWN, THAT THOSE CLAIMANTS ARE NOT ONGOING.
BUT WE'RE CURRENTLY PROJECTING A 20 TO 25 PERCENT.
SO IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THEIR LOSS RATIO THEY WANT IS ABOUT 80 PERCENT.
AND WE'VE BEEN NOWHERE NEAR 80 PERCENT.
WE'RE USUALLY OVER, WELL OVER 100%.
I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT BENEFIT THAT GIVES US.
I KNOW YOU SAY WE WOULD, THE SURPLUS, WE WOULD GET IT BACK, BUT I DON'T EVER REMEMBER US HAVING A SURPLUS.
SO I DON'T KNOW THE I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO HELP US AT ALL.
AND THEN SAME THING WITH THE LOOM LIGHT.
IF THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO JUSTIFY THAT THE MEMBER ON THE PLAN IS ELIGIBLE, IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? SO IT WOULD BE THE DOCUMENTATION THAT THE CITY REQUIRES FOR THEIR ELIGIBLE DEPENDENTS, YES, SIR.
SO A MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE, A BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
JUST TO PROVE THAT THOSE DEPENDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE ON THE PLAN.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE PAY SOMEONE $7,000 FOR US TO DO THE WORK.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THE JUSTIFICATION AND THE DOCUMENTATION, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO INTERNALLY.
SO I WOULD NEED MORE INFORMATION, KIND OF LIKE COUNCILMAN PRESTENBURG SAID.
MORE INFORMATION BECAUSE THAT JUST DOESN'T PASS THE COMMON SENSE TEST TO ME.
ANYTHING ON THE HORIZON FOR DISCOUNTS? WE TALKED ABOUT PRE-SCREENING AND SMOKING SENSATION, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
ANYTHING ELSE OUT THERE THAT'S COMING UP IN THE HORIZON? PROBABLY NOT THIS YEAR, BUT IN THE FUTURE.
JUST TOUCH ON THE LEVEL OF FUNDING REAL QUICK, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CLEAR.
AN IDEAL TARGET LOSS RATIO IS AROUND 80 TO 85 PERCENT TO ALLOW FOR ADMINISTRATION FOR A FULLY INSURED PLAN.
FOR THE CITY OF SAN ECCLESIASTICAL, ONE OF THE BIGGEST INSIGHTS WOULD BE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS YOUR DATA.
SO ON A FULLY INSURED BASIS WITH UHC YOU'RE REALLY ONLY ELIGIBLE TO SEE YOUR FULL DATA TWICE A YEAR ON A HOUSE BILL
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WHICH IS JUST A REQUIREMENT FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS TO GIVE INSIGHT TO YOUR FULLY INSURED PLANS.SO WHEN YOU SAY THAT, ALLOW US TO SEE, DOES THAT MEAN US OR DOES THAT MEAN YOU? BOTH.
SO IT IS YOU SIGNING THE HOUSE BILL REQUEST.
SO CURRENTLY YOU CANNOT SEE THAT EITHER? CURRENTLY THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO TWICE A YEAR.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CLEAR UP.
AND ON A LEVEL-FUNDED BASIS, THE ACTUAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN MOVES TO MIRROR WHAT HAPPENS ON A LEVEL-FUNDED BASIS.
SO INSTEAD OF UHC BEING THE ACTUAL CARRIER, THE CITY OF SACHSE WOULD HAVE INSIGHT INTO THE CLAIM.
CLAIMS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES ACTUALLY PAYING THOSE CLAIMS, WHICH MEANS THAT ON A MONTHLY BASIS OR EVEN MORE FREQUENT, WE HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR CLAIMS DATA AND ESPECIALLY THOSE LARGE CLAIMANTS THAT WE CAN SEE DEVELOPING.
AND JUST A COMMENT ON THAT WHERE YOU SAID THAT THE CITY AND THE MEMBER WERE PAYING THE PREMIUMS AND UNITEDHEALTHCARE WAS PAYING CLAIMS. THAT'S NOT ACCURATE BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, IT GOES TOWARDS YOUR CLAIM.
SO YOU MEMBERS ARE PAYING A LARGE PORTION.
I KNOW WAY MORE INSURANCE THAN ANYONE.
FOR THOSE NUMBERS SHOWN THERE, THOSE WERE THE CLAIMS THAT WERE PAID BY UHC. THAT WAS NOT THE OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES OF THE MEMBERS.
MS. SOWERS? I THINK I'M GOING TO HAVE MORE QUESTIONS LATER, BUT I KNOW HISTORICALLY.
IF WE HAD CLAIMS, SAY, A MILLION DOLLAR CLAIMS, AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY DIDN'T MAKE THEIR 20% PROFIT, THEN THE NEXT YEAR THEY JUST CHARGED US 120% OF WHAT LAST YEAR WAS, AND RAISED IT, OR 140% OF WHAT THE PREVIOUS PREMIUM WAS, SO THEY COULD RECOLLECT ALL THE MONEY.
ISN'T THAT ALREADY SELF-FUNDING? LIKE WE WERE COVERING ALL THOSE EXPENSES JUST KIND OF A YEAR LATER BECAUSE THEY NEVER SAID, OH, YOU SPENT MORE THAN 100% OF YOUR PREMIUMS. THAT'S OKAY.
THEY ALWAYS CAME BACK TO GET IT FROM US IN BLOOD THE NEXT YEAR.
SO THAT CONVERSATION PROBABLY REQUIRES A LITTLE FURTHER DEPTH THAN WE GET INTO HERE.
FOR A FULLY INSURED BASIS, YOU ARE CORRECT THAT THEY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT YOUR CLAIMS EXPERIENCE, BUT THEY ARE ALSO TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE OTHER FULLY INSURED CLIENTS ACROSS THE POOL.
YOU DO HAVE YOUR OWN INDIVIDUAL POLLING POINTS THAT THEY USE TO TRACK YOUR CLAIMS EXPERIENCE.
BUT IF THE OVERALL POLL ACROSS THE BOARD, MEANING THIS NATIONAL TREND DATA, CONTINUES TO INCREASE, IT COULD GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT YOUR OWN LOSS RATIO IS.
SO WHEN YOU DO LOOK AT A LEVEL-FUNDED SITUATION, YOU'RE UNDERWRITING SPECIFIC TO YOUR CLAIMS EXPERIENCE AND YOUR CLAIMS REJECTION RATHER THAN BEING IN A POLLED ARRANGEMENT.
I KNOW THIS IS A PAIN POINT FOR US.
WHEN I FIRST GOT ON CITY COUNCIL IN 2018, I THINK WE WERE KIND OF SHOCKED BECAUSE PREMIUMS WENT FROM $440,000 OR $450,000 A YEAR TO $600,000.
AND NOW WE'RE AT $2.8 MILLION A YEAR, BAZILLION.
AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 30%, 40% MORE.
NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY, WHAT, 3.5%, 3.8%.
AND WE'RE GOING UP 30% IN THE STATE OF TEXAS CAPS OUR REVENUE AT $440,000.
THREE, THREE AND A HALF, EVERY TIME WE DO THIS, WE HAVE TO PULL THAT MONEY OUT OF PARKS OR ROADS OR POLICE OR FIRE TO PAY INSURANCE PREMIUMS. I GUESS IT'S A PHILOSOPHICAL COMPLAINT AGAIN FROM COUNCILMAN.
EVERY YEAR, IT'S JUST, OH, IT'S A STAB IN THE HEART.
PHILOSOPHICAL COMPLAINTS ARE NOTED FOR THE RECORD.
GLP-1, YOU SAID HALF OF ALL LARGE CARRIERS COVER GLP-1S.
DO WE CURRENTLY, DOES UHC, OUR PLANE, UHC PLANE CURRENTLY COVER? FOR DIABETICS.
YES, FOR DIABETICS ONLY, NOT ANTI-OBESITY OR WEIGHT LOSS.
SO OUT OF THAT, MY SUB-QUESTION TO THAT WOULD BE ON THE SPECIALTY PHARMACY SIDE, AS THAT HAS BECOME QUITE A LARGE MARKET WITH GLP-1S.
ARE WE COVERING GLP-1 SPECIALTY PHARMACIES? WOULD IT BE THE SAME THING ONLY FOR DIABETES? THAT'S CORRECT.
ON THE TECHNICAL BASIS, THE GLP-1S ARE ACTUALLY NOT SPECIALTY MEDICATIONS.
WELL, BUT SPECIALTY PHARMACIES ARE NOW STARTING TO MIX THEM.
FOR THAT NOTE, IT IS ONLY THE DIABETICS AT THIS POINT.
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I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION.I HAVE A SHORT TIMER HERE, SO I WON'T BE AROUND FOR ALL THE FUN THAT'S COMING UP, THOUGH.
BUT MY COMMENTS FOR RIGHT NOW IS YOU CAN DO TO NOT PASS THESE COSTS ON TO OUR EMPLOYEES.
SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE GREATEST PAY ON THERE, BUT FOR BENEFITS.
I HATE FOR SOMEBODY TO THINK, OH, I NEED TO GO TO GARLAND BECAUSE OUR CLAIM RATE'S TOO HIGH HERE IN SACHSE, AND I HAVE TO PAY MORE BECAUSE OF STUFF THAT'S NOT MY FAULT.
I COULD BE PERFECTLY HEALTHY, YOUNG, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO I JUST HATE TO SEE ANYBODY DRIVEN AWAY, SO I JUST ASK THAT THIS COUNCIL CONTINUE TO ALWAYS KEEP OUR EMPLOYEES FIRST AND FOREMOST, AND WE SUCK IT UP AND WE PAY WHATEVER THE BILL IS.
THE OTHER PART THAT I SURE DON'T LIKE ABOUT THIS EITHER IS THE VERIFICATION.
I'M KIND OF SURPRISED THAT'S NOT ALREADY BEING DONE.
ALL THE WORKPLACES I'VE BEEN AT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST BEEN PART OF, I'VE ALWAYS HAD TO SUBMIT THE MARRIAGE RECORDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ON THERE.
I'VE NEVER SAW IT AS A HASSLE OR ANYTHING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, STATISTICALLY I REALIZE WE PROBABLY HAVE SOME EMPLOYEE OR TWO EMPLOYEES SOMEWHERE THAT, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY WERE ABLE TO WORK THAT.
AND I HATE TO SEE ANYTHING PULLED AWAY, THOUGH, BUT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TAXPAYERS.
SO IF WE'RE NOT ALREADY DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ONLY PAYING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE, WE...
WE NEED TO BE DOING THAT, AND I'M SORRY FOR WHOEVER THAT IS, BUT IT'S JUST THE RIGHT THING FOR US TO DO.
COUNCILMEMBER LINDSAY, I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT WE DO REQUIRE THAT FOR ALL NEW HIRES, AND WE DO REQUIRE IT FOR CHANGES AT OPEN ENROLLMENT. SO WHAT THIS AUDIT WOULD BE LOOKING FOR IS HISTORICAL DEPENDENTS WHO'VE JUST BEEN ROLLING ALONG YEAR TO YEAR, WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN ON THE PLAN FOR QUITE SOME TIME. OKAY, GOOD TO KNOW. OTHER QUESTIONS FOR OUR CONSULTANT? MR. PRESSENBERG. YES, ONE LAST THING. SO NOT TO GET INTO SPECIFICS, WHATEVER, BUT JUST OTHER CITIES, I'M ASSUMING WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES IN THIS BUCKET, RIGHT, AT LEAST FROM A COMPARATIVE TYPE NATURE. I WOULD BE INTERESTED, AND I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS FOR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS AND STUFF. I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE FOR THOSE THAT ARE AT THE 80% TO 85%, ARE THEY LUCKY BECAUSE THEIR EMPLOYEES HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES? ARE THEY DOING SOMETHING JUST CRAZY DIFFERENT THAT, LIKE THEY'RE GOING ON, YOU KNOW, A THREE-MILE RUN? BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THEY DOING DIFFERENTLY? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND PART OF OUR DISCUSSION IS BENCHMARKING. SO WE HAVE ABOUT 120 OTHER MUNICIPAL CLIENTS THAT HAVE HEALTH PLANS UNDER OUR CONSULTING ARRANGEMENTS. SO WE HAVE PROVIDED SOME BENCHMARKING TO SHOW THERE. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR OR TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR INITIAL POINT, AT LEAST OTHER CITIES OF SIMILAR SIZE AND A FULLY INSURED ARRANGEMENT, LAST YEAR THE AVERAGE INCREASE WAS 15 TO 30 PERCENT. SO IT IS NOT JUST THE CITY OF SACHSE. THE CITY OF SACHSE ACTUALLY LAST YEAR ENJOYED A 9.9 PERCENT RATE CAP THAT WAS NEGOTIATED IN.
BUT AMONG BUSINESS, WE STILL SAW ABOUT A 15 TO 30 PERCENT INCREASE. THANK YOU.
[H. Executive Session]
YES, SIR. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU, SIR.THANK YOU ALL. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM H, EXECUTIVE SESSION. ITEM 1, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND PRESENT IT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.072 FOR THE PURPOSE OF DELIBERATIONS REGARDING THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED WITHIN THE SACHSE CITY LIMITS. ITEM 2, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND PRESENT IT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074, PERSONNEL MATTERS, REGARDING THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE ASSOCIATE JUDGE. ITEM 03, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND PURSUE IT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION.
551-074, PERSONNEL MATTERS REGARDING THE MID-YEAR REVIEW OF THE CITY MANAGER. THE TIME IS, GRANGER? 8.43 P.M. WE ARE ADJOURNED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8.43 P.M. ALL RIGHT, WE ARE RECONVENED BACK INTO
[I. Action Resulting from Executive Session]
OPEN SESSION. THE TIME IS, GRANGER? 10.01 P.M. 10.01 P.M., WE ARE BACK IN, RECONVENED INTO OPEN, REGULAR SESSION.NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM... I, ACTION RESULTING FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. ITEM 01, TAKING THE ACTION AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING DELIBERATIONS FOR THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY. GENERALLY LOCATED WITHIN THE SAXON CITY LIMITS. NO ACTION NECESSARY.
ITEM 2, TAKING ANY ACTION AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE ASSOCIATE JUDGE. NO ACTION NECESSARY. AND FINALLY, ITEM 3, TAKING ANY ACTION AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING THE MID-YEAR REVIEW OF THE CITY MANAGER. NO ACTION NECESSARY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ADJOURNMENT.
THE TIME IS, GRANGER? 10.01 P.M. WE'RE ADJOURNED AT 10.01 P.M.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.