* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] ALL RIGHT, AT [Call to Order] SIX O'CLOCK, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER A DETERMINANT IF A QUORUM IS PRESENT. I'M HERE. JEFF PERRY'S HERE. MATT JONES IS HERE. RANDY JONES IS HERE, AND CHUCK FOX IS HERE. WILL Y'ALL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE AND VOCATION? LET'S PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AS A CITY. WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THIS MEETING AND ALL THOSE IN IT. WE ASK YOU TO GIVE US WISDOM TO, TO BE GOOD STEWARDS WITH THE RESOURCES OF THE CITY, AND JUST HELP US DO THE THINGS THAT WILL BE IN YOUR WILL. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR BLESSINGS OF JESUS NAME, AMEN. AMEN. PLEDGE LINKAGE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND I JUSTICE FOR ALL, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. [Community Announcements] ALL RIGHT, COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS. UH, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OUTSIDE OF POLICE AND FIRE? NO. ALRIGHT. CHIEF BROOKS, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNSEL, I'M EXCITED TO BE STANDING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE A PROMOTION TO SERGEANT SERGEANT JOHNSON. SERGEANT JOHNSON HAS BEEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR OVER 13 YEARS. HE SERVED AS A PATROL OFFICER, A PATROL SUPERVISOR AND INVESTIGATOR, AND ALSO AS A CHIEF OF POLICE IN HIS PAST LIFE. HE HOLDS A MASTER PEACE OFFICER LICENSE. HE'S A MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER, FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR, TASER INSTRUCTOR, STOP STICK INSTRUCTOR, AND LETHAL, LESS LETHAL WEAPON INSTRUCTOR. HE IS ALSO A US ARMY VETERAN, WHICH I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT AND APPRECIATE. UM, HE'S DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB. I KNOW HE'S GONNA LEAD US WELL. UM, I'M, I'M VERY EXCITED THAT HE'S BEEN PROMOTED AND HIS WIFE LESLIE IS GONNA PIN HIS BADGE TO THAT. MM-HMM . CONGRATULATIONS. AND IF I'M ALLOWED TO GO A LITTLE OFF SCRIPT, UM, TWO WEEKS AGO WE HAD OUR ON ONSITE ASSESSMENT FROM THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEF'S ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION'S ACCREDITATION PROGRAM. I WAS NOTIFIED ON TUESDAY THAT WE ARE GONNA BE RE-ACCREDITED AS AN ACCREDITED AGENCY. WE'RE ONE OF LESS THAN 200 AGENCIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND ALL OF THESE OFFICERS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT ARE THE REASON FOR THAT, OR THEY DO OUTSTANDING WORK. I AM SO VERY PROUD OF THEM, PARTICULARLY LIEUTENANT ABRAM LINA BACK THERE. WAVE ABE DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB MANAGING THE PROGRAM FOR FOUR YEARS. UH, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN FOUR YEARS AND I HOPE TO ONLY BE BETTER, BUT OUTSTANDING WORK BY THE MEMBERS OF THE AUBREY POLICE DEPARTMENT, SO THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL NEVER TO BE OUTDONE BY OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN BLUE. WE HAVE THREE PROMOTIONS TONIGHT AND ONE SWEARING IN. HE MAKES IT HARD FOR ME TO PICK ON HIM BECAUSE THEN HE TELLS YOU THE STORY ABOUT THE GREAT WORK THEY'RE DOING, BUT I HAVE TO THROW A DIG IN ANYWAYS. SO, UH, FIRST WE HAVE A SWEARING IN FIREFIGHTER CHANCE, UH, TIES. UH, HE'S BEEN WITH US FOR A LITTLE BIT NOW, DOING WONDERFUL WORK. UH, ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION ABOUT CHANCE IS HE WENT THROUGH A HIGH SCHOOL FIRE PROGRAM, UH, IN GARLAND, AND HIS INSTRUCTOR WAS CAPTAIN BROOKS. THAT WORKS FOR US. SO [00:05:01] SMALL WORLD, IF YOU'LL COME UP AND WE'LL GET YOU SWORN IN RIGHT UP THERE WITH THE MAYOR. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. REPEAT AFTER ME. AYE, CHANGE. I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO SOLEMN THIS, SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTY THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTY OF THE OFFICE OF FIREFIGHTER, OF THE OFFICE OF FIREFIGHTER, OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND THE CITY ORDINANCES OF CITY AND THE CITY ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF AUBURN. SO I HAVE ONE MAYOR. UH, NEXT, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE, UH, THE, UH, OPENING OF FIRE STATION THREE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, WE'VE STARTED THE PROCESS OF PROMOTING, UH, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL NEED TO MOVE UP IN THOSE RANKS. LAST MONTH WE PROMOTED THREE CAPTAINS. UH, THIS MONTH, UH, WE WANNA RECOGNIZE THREE DRIVER ENGINEERS THAT HAVE BEEN PROMOTED. UH, SO WE'LL HAVE THEM COME UP AND, AND HAVE THEIR FAMILIES PIN THEIR BADGES. UH, FIRST WE HAVE, UH, RYAN STEDHAM, UH, OUR DRIVER ENGINEER PROCESS. THEY TAKE A WRITTEN EXAM, THEY DO A PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT, UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HIGH SCORE WINS. AND SO I WANTED TO BRAG ON HIM A LITTLE BIT. HIS SCORE ENDED UP, HIS FINAL SCORE WAS A HUNDRED 0.5. UH, SO THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. UH, RYAN'S A 13 YEAR VETERAN OF THE FIRE SERVICE, UH, RECENTLY COMING TO US IN THE LAST YEAR. UH, BUT HE PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR THE GRAPEVINE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND I'M SURE HE'S GONNA DO GREAT THINGS FOR US AS HE PROMOTES UP IN OUR ORGANIZATION. AND HE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED AS THE DRIVER AT FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO ON B SHIFT, AND I BELIEVE HE'S GOT HIS WIFE AND HANDSOME SON'S HERE TO PIN HIS BADGE. UH, HANDSOME IS A STRETCH UP HERE. YES, PLEASE. RIGHT UP HERE. CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT WE HAVE GRANT BEST. UH, GRANT IS FROM WHITESBORO. UH, HE'S BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS NOW, AND HE'S GOING TO BE STATIONED AT THE NEW FIRE STATION THREE ON B SHIFT. HE'S CURRENTLY WORKING OUT OF THE FARM AND HE'S GOT HIS DAD HERE TONIGHT TO PIN HIS BADGE. MR. BEST, HOW ARE YOU? Y'ALL COME THROUGH THE GATE IF YOU WANT TO, BUT TAKE, THERE WE GO. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK THAT, BARRY? MM-HMM . . AND, UH, UH, LAST TONIGHT WE HAVE ALEC CANADA. UH, UH, ALEC IS, UH, GOING TO BE ASSIGNED TO STATION THREE AS WELL, BUT ON C SHIFT. UH, ALEC LIVES HERE IN AUBREY AND HE JUST RECENTLY, UH, WELCOMED HIM TO HIS, UH, SON, I THINK THREE, FOUR DAYS AGO, A WEEK AGO, EIGHT DAYS AGO, EIGHT DAYS AGO. SO, UM, HIS WIFE OBVIOUSLY COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, SO HE'S GONNA HAVE HIS, UH, CAPTAIN, UH, PIN HIS BADGE TONIGHT. THE FIREMAN ALWAYS HAD THE HARDEST TIME PUTTING THE BADGE ON . [00:10:08] CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DO. MAYOR. COUNSEL, WE HAVE A NEW HIRE I WANTED TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TONIGHT. UH, CARL HAGGER SAYING THAT RIGHT HAGAR, UM, THE FOURTH, UM, HE HAS 13 YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE. HE'S A LICENSED IRRIGATOR AND BACKFLOW TESTER, UH, BY TRADE. HE HAS NINE YEARS EXPERIENCE IN BUILDING INSPECTIONS. HE HAS NINE OR TWO OF THOSE YEARS. HE WAS WITH THE CITY OF DENTON AND MOST RECENTLY WAS WITH THE CITY OF SOLANO OR THE BIG C. UM, HE'S CURRENTLY OUR CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL. HE HAS A FIVE-YEAR-OLD SON NAMED CARL HAGGER, THE FIFTH. THEY CALL HIM CINCO. HE GREW UP IN DENISON OR DENTON AND LIVES IN DENTON. UM, I DID GET A CALL AFTER WE HIRED HIM FROM ONE OF OUR COHORTS, UM, OVER IN SALON, AND SHE, UH, TOLD ME WE GOT A GOOD ONE. AND I AGREE. CARL, GET YOUR PICTURE. MAY I GO NEXT? UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, AT YOUR LAST MEETING, UH, WE HAD A NEW HIRE HERE THAT HAD ONLY BEEN HERE A FEW DAYS, SO WE WAITED UNTIL TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE YOU. SHE'S WALKING UP BEHIND YOU RIGHT NOW TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS. , HER NAME IS BAILEY THOMPSON FOR, UH, YOU THAT HAVE NOT MET HER YET. AND SHE IS THE NEW ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND SHE, HER FOCUS IS, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA AND MARKETING. SO WELCOME ABOARD. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO PICTURES. OH, CONGRATULATIONS. AND WELCOME TO BOARD, TO EVERYBODY. UM, CITIZEN INPUT. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGN UP FOR, DO WE HAVE THAT LIST SOMEWHERE? OKAY. ALRIGHT. CONSENT ITEMS. [Consent Items] UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO REMOVE ANYTHING FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? MOTION. SECOND. MOTION. MY SECOND. MY JEFF. ALL FAVOR. FOUR ZERO. MAYOR, JUST AS A QUICK REMINDER TO THE, TO THE COUNCIL, UH, WHEN YOU SPEAK, PLEASE TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONES. THANK YOU. IF THEY'RE RED, THEY'RE ON, RIGHT? YES. YEP. OKAY. ALRIGHT. [New Business] UH, ITEM NUMBER NINE, CONSIDERATION OF ACTION ON A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR HIGH COUNTRY PHASE 10. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. UH, THIS FIRST ITEM ON YOUR NEW BUSINESS IS FOR THE HIGH COUNTRY, UH, PHASE 10 PRELIMINARY PLAT. IT'S 136 RESIDENTIAL LOTS. AND THEN THERE'S A ONE, UM, GENERAL RETAIL LOT THAT'S JUST A LITTLE OVER THREE ACRES. BACK IN DECEMBER, YOU ALL, UH, AMENDED THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR SILVERADO AND HIGH COUNTRY. AND, UM, THESE PROPERTIES WERE BROUGHT INTO THAT, UM, DISTRICT. THE SCREEN, UM, IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE, UH, PRELIMINARY PLAT LAYOUT FOR THE PROPERTY WITH THE RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH AND THE GENERAL RETAIL AT THE THE SOUTH. THE CITY ENGINEER HAS REVIEWED THE PRELIMINARY WATER SEWER DRAINAGE PLANS, THE PLAT MEETS, UM, ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS. WE HAVE, UM, NO CONDITIONS. YOUR AGENDA PACKET DID INCLUDE TWO PREVIOUSLY. HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT HAS SATISFIED ALL OF THOSE, UM, LITTLE EDITS. SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PRESENTED THE CITY COUNT. UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THE PRELIMINARY [00:15:01] PLAT FOR APPROVAL AT THEIR JANUARY 15TH MEETING. AND, UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED AND PRESENTED. UM, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPROVE IT THAT WAY OR ADD ANY CONDITIONS OR DENY THE PRELIMINARY PLAT THE APPLICANT'S HERE THIS EVENING. IF YOU SHOULD HAVE ANY DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS AND I'M MISS, I'M AVAILABLE AS WELL. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL MOVE APPROVAL THE PRELIMINARY PLIGHT WITH THE TWO CONDITIONS. E LISTED EXCUSE, EXCUSE ME, POINT OF ORDER. WE HAVE NO CONDITIONS NOW. OKAY, NEVERMIND. WE HAVE THE TWO CONDITIONS WITH NO CONDITIONS. I'LL SECOND. MOTION BY MATT, SECOND BY CHUCK. ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FOUR TO ZERO. ITEM 10. RECEIVE A PRESENTATION, CONSIDER AN ACT ON A RESOLUTION, ACCEPTING THE PRELIMINARY SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE DUCK POINT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, SETTING A DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING, UH, ON THE PROPOSED LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS ITEM IS, UH, AS YOU JUST SAID, A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE DUCK POINT PID PRELIMINARY SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN, UH, AND AUTHORIZING NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS. UH, JIM SABONI FROM HILLTOP SECURITIES IS HERE. UH, HE'S GONNA COVER A FEW SLIDES, UH, FOLLOWING ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS. UH, YOU'LL BE ASKED TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. UH, CITY STAFF AND CITY ADVISORS HAVE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER CITIZENS OF AUBREY. UH, I'M, I'M PREPARED A PRESENTATION THAT DOES A LITTLE BACKGROUND OVERVIEW OF THE, UH, DUCK POINT IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, UM, THE ACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN AND WHAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE. AND, AND AS YOU GO FORWARD, WHAT THE RESULTS OF THOSE ACTIONS WILL BE. THESE PROJECTS, YOU'VE HAD A NUMBER OF 'EM, THEY PROBABLY GET A LITTLE BLURRY, AND IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS. ONE DUCK POINT IS 160 ACRE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY 448, UH, SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT INDICATES THAT 23 ACRES LAND WE, WE DEDICATE TO THE CITY FOR A CITY PARK. PROJECTED BUILD OUTS ABOUT 200 MILLION, UH, A 935,000, UH, ANNUAL ADOR TAX, UM, TO THE CITY. BASED ON YOUR CURRENT ADOR TAX RATE, THEY'RE PROPOSING AN ASSESSMENT OF A DOLLAR 26. AND IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UM, THEY WERE IN THE ETJ AND THEY WERE PROPOSING, UH, NEGOTIATING WHETHER TO DO A SPECIAL DISTRICT IN THE ETJ OR COME INTO THE CITY. DEPART OF NEGOTIATE RESULTED AT THE, THAT YOU AS THE CITY COUNCIL AGREED TO, UH, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, DEDICATE 48% OF THE CITY AOR TAX RATE CONTRIBUTION NOTERS TO OFFSET THE, UM, TAX POOL RATE. AND THEY AGREED TO ANNEX INTO THE PROJECT. SO INITIALLY, UM, WHILE THE PIT'S IN PLACE AND IS PAYING, WILL RECEIVE, UM, 52% OF THE AVALOR TAX, BUT AFTERWARDS, THEY'LL STAY IN THE CITY AND THESE PEOPLE WILL BECOME CITIZENS OF THE, OF, OF, OF THE PROCESS. UM, THE CITY, UH, PREVIOUSLY HAD APPROVED THE DUCK POINT, UH, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THEY HAD PASSED A RESOLUTION CREATING THE DUCK POINT AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, UM, THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE SINCE A STANDARD PROCESS, THOSE THINGS GET IN PLACE UNTIL THEY'RE READY TO GO FORWARD AND DEVELOP AND THEY'RE READY TO GO FORWARD AND DEVELOP. PART OF THAT WOULD BE THE, THE CITY ISSUED SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUE BONDS TO FUND PART OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, UM, UM, IMPROVEMENTS. SO A PROPOSED SCHEDULE EVENTS WOULD BE, TONIGHT, I'M MAKING THIS PRESENTATION, IT YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION AND WHAT THE RESOLUTION IS, IT'S ACTUALLY CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN. SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN TALKS ABOUT WHAT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE FUNDED, WHAT'S THE LEVEL OF ASSESSMENTS THAT, AND, AND THE LIEN THAT WE PUT ON EACH HOME. AND WHAT IS THE PROPOSED BOND ISSUE. NOW I'M GONNA SUMMARIZE THEM FOR YOU IN A MINUTE. AND, AND, UH, THIS IS PRELIMINARY AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL TAKE PLACE ON FEBRUARY 27TH. AND AT THAT TIME IN THE MORNING, WE'LL ACTUALLY PRICE THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BONDS. AND THE THE PRELIMINARY SERVICE TEST PLAN THAT WE HAVE WILL BE ADJUSTED SLIGHTLY TO MATCH THE EXACT DEBT SERVICE THAT IS INDICATED IN, IN THE FINAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT. I MEAN THE SERVICE ASSESSMENT PLAN. UM, AND YOU'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING, YOU'LL HAVE THE FINAL SERVICE ASSESSMENT PLAN AND THAT BEING PUT IN PLACE. THEN, UM, YOU'LL, UH, UH, REVIEW AND AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS. THE STATE OF TEXAS, OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL'S MUNICIPAL BOND DEPARTMENT HAS TO REVIEW ALL BOND TRANSACTIONS. THEY'LL BE SUBMITTED AFTER EXECUTED TO, TO THAT DEPARTMENT. THEY MAKE SURE THAT ALL APPROPRIATE STA STATUTORY AND, UH, AND ADMINISTRATIVE STEPS ARE TAKING PLACE. WE ANTICIPATE THAT WOULD CLOSE ON MARCH 27TH. AND ON MARCH 27TH, THE MONEY WILL NOT GO TO THE DEVELOPER. IT'LL GO TO A TRUST, I MEAN, TO A TRUSTEE AND TO AN ESCROW ACCOUNT. UH, AS THE, UH, INDICATED [00:20:01] AND AGREED UPON PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS ARE BUILT, THEY'LL SUBMIT, UM, A REQUEST FOR DRAWS ON IT, UH, THEIR ENGINEERS AND IT'LL HAVE TO SIGN OFF. IT'LL BE SUBMITTED TO YOUR CITY. UH, YOU'VE GONE THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE YOU HAVE, UH, A NUMBER OF REVIEW PROCESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, UH, ASSETS WERE BUILT APPROPRIATELY ACCORDING TO YOUR STANDARDS, AND THE FUNDS ARE SUFFICIENT, UM, THAT REMAIN TO PAY THE REMAINDER OF THE ASSETS. THEN THEY, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DRAW THAT ON AN ONGOING BASIS. THIS IS A BIG PROJECT. UH, THE BOND ISSUE IS GONNA BE ABOUT $32 MILLION. UM, BASED ON OUR, A CURRENT ESTIMATED INTEREST RATE OF 6%. UH, I ACTUALLY EXPECT THE RATE MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THAT, WHICH RESULT MAYBE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE BONDS 'CAUSE IT'S BASED ON A CASHFLOW BASIS. UH, $24 MILLION OF FUNDING WILL GO INTO THE PROJECT FUND AND THEN THEY'LL FUND CAPITALIZE AND DEBT RESERVE FUND. THIS IS STRUCTURED VERY SIMILAR TO ALL THE OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS BONDS THAT YOU'RE OUTSTANDING, WHICH ARE BASED ON THE BEST PRACTICE THAT WE HAVE AND PUT IN PLACE. UM, THE TOTAL PRINCIPAL INTEREST OF THIS WOULD BE 70.8 MILLION THAT WILL BE FUNDED OVER 30 YEARS. ANNUAL PAYMENTS ABOUT 2.4 MILLION, UH, AND ANNUAL, UM, PRINCIPAL INTEREST PER PARCEL OF ABOUT $5,268. THE LIEN ON EACH WOULD BE ABOUT 71,000. UH, AGAIN, UM, ANTICIPATED THAT THE, UH, THE RESOLUTION CALLS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, AND, AND FINALIZATION OF THE SERVICE. SUBSEQUENT ON, UH, FEBRUARY 23RD, MARCH 27TH, WE'LL CLOSE THE TRANSACTION THAT WE HAVE IT COMPLETED. THIS GIVES YOU A LITTLE FEEL FOR WHAT'S BEING DONE. HE'S GONNA BE 50 FOOT, UM, FRONT LOTS, 200, 448 AT APPROXIMATE VALUE OF 450,000. UH, THE GROSS LEVY, ABOUT $5,742 OFFSET OF A TOURS OF A THOUSAND. THE NET LEVY, UM, UH, $4,700, UH, COMING UP TO A NET LEVY TAX EQUIVALENT RATE OF A DOLLAR FIVE TOTAL OVER THREE YEARS WOULD BE ABOUT $142,000. AT THE TIME WE ISSUE THE BONDS. UM, THE, UM, WE'VE HAD DONE AN APPRAISAL, INDEPENDENT APPRAISERS INDICATED THAT EACH LOT, UM, UM, AS BUILT BASIS WOULD BE WORTH ABOUT 70,500. SO WE HAVE A LEVERAGE, UM, COVERAGE OF ABOUT 1.4, UM, ON THIS TRANSACTION. IN SUMMARY, UM, WHAT I PRESENTED TO YOU REFLECTS THE CURRENT, UM, DEVELOPER PRO PROJECTED INFORMATION AND THE CONSTRAINTS AND ASSUMPTIONS THAT WERE PUT IN DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. AND WE'VE WORKED WITH YOUR STAFF ON THIS PROJECT. UM, WE THINK IT'S A CREDIT WORTHY PROJECT AND IT'LL BE A SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT AND, AND IT SHOULD SELL. UM, WELL, AND WITH THAT, I'D ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS PROVIDED ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO THE COUNCIL. NO QUESTIONS. WHOEVER MAKES AN ACTION NEEDS TO CALL FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE AND TIME. WILL THE PUBLIC HEARING BE, UH, NEXT MONTH'S MEETING? YES. YEAH. OKAY. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, FOR THE CITY OF AUBREY, ACCEPTING PRELIMINARY SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR AUTHORIZED, AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE DUCK POINT P SETTING A DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR FEBRUARY 27TH AT 6:00 PM ON THE PROPOSED LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS ON MARCH, MARCH 27TH. MARCH 27TH, CORRECT. NO, EXCUSE ME. I APOLOGIZE YOU RIGHT. FEBRUARY 27TH, I APOLOGIZE. FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY 27TH. YEAH. I'LL SECOND I, MY, JEFF SECOND. MY CHECK ON FEBRUARY PASSES, FOUR TO ZERO. THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNSEL. UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF TO EXECUTE THIS, UH, AND I'LL SEE ON FEBRUARY 27TH. THANK YOU, . ALL RIGHT, ITEM 11, FIRST READING, UH, DISCUSSION REGARDING RESOLUTION APPROVING A PROJECT OF AUBREY MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, PROVIDING A TARGETED IMPROVEMENT GRANT WITH HIGHWAY 3 77 CAR WASH, LOCATED AT 9 3 0 HIGHWAY 3 7 8 7 SOUTH FOR $11,491 AND 39 CENTS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS THE FIRST READING AS MENTIONED FOR THE TARGETED IMPROVEMENT GRANT RESOLUTION FOR NINE 30 HIGHWAY 3 77 IN AUBREY. THE AUBREY MDD BOARD MET ON JANUARY 14TH TO REVIEW THE TARGETED IMPROVEMENT GRANT APPLICATION FOR 3 77 CAR WASH. THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND BUSINESS IS MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FACADE, SIGNAGE, LIGHTING, UM, AND ELECTRICAL, AND IS REQUESTING A GRANT FOR UP TO 50% OF THE ELIGIBLE EXPENSES. [00:25:01] THE PROJECT TOTAL IS 2020 $6,562 AND 57 CENTS, AND THE GRANT REQUEST IS FOR THE ELIGIBLE ITEMS UP TO 50% AT $11,491 39 CENTS. THE FACADE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE LIGHTING, PAINTING, AND REPAIRS OF THE FACADE AND SIGNAGE. THE REQUEST ALSO INCLUDES A NEW MONUMENT SIGN IN THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY, AND THIS GRANT REQUEST MEETS THE PURPOSE OF THE TARGETED IMPROVEMENT GRANT AND IS ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANKS CHRISTINE. UM, ITEM 12, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS FOR COOPERATIVE PURCHASING OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEMBERS. THE COUNCIL, UH, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UH, WOULD APPROVE AN ILA WITH THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, UH, ALLOWS US TO PIGGYBACK OFF THEIR CONTRACT PRICING FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES THAT WE PURCHASED FROM REE MEDICAL. CURRENTLY, WE, UH, HAVE AN ILA WITH THE CITY OF RICHARDSON FOR THIS SAME PURPOSE. AND SO WHAT THEY DO IS ONCE SOMEBODY ELSE RENEGOTIATES AND THE PRICES GO DOWN, THEY TELL EVERYBODY AND EVERYBODY MOVES OVER AND, AND, UH, JUMPS ON WHATEVER THE BEST PRICING IS AT THE MOMENT. UH, THE REASON WE, UH, FOLLOW THESE LARGER CONSUMERS IS THEY HAVE A, A BETTER ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE LOWER PRICING. AND SO, UH, IT'S REALLY JUST A, A MATTER OF DETAIL. I THINK THEY'RE ACTUALLY HONORING THE PRICING AT THE MOMENT UNTIL WE GET THE PAPERWORK DONE. SO, UH, THIS WILL WILL WRAP THAT UP FOR US, AND WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO LOOK TO SEE WHERE WE CAN GET THE, THE CHEAPEST PRICE ON THOSE SUPPLIES. SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. MOVE TO APPROVE THE UNDER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SECOND, MY CHUCK SECOND BY MAY. ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FOUR TO ZERO. ITEM 13, CONSIDER A CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION TO AMEND THE CURRENT LEASE OF CERTAIN MEDICAL EQUIPMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND STRYKER MEDICAL, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS A MEMBERS, THE COUNCIL. THIS ITEM, UH, WOULD ALLOW US TO ENHANCE OUR, UH, MEDICAL DELIVERY SERVICE. UH, SO WE'D LIKE TO ADD, UH, A FEW ITEMS TO THE LEASE. SO THE STRIKER LEASE IS A SEVEN YEAR LEASE PROGRAM WHERE WE GET, UH, NEW ITEMS, UH, THE LEASE COVERS, THE COST OF THE ITEM, AND THEN ANY INCLUDED MAINTENANCE SO THAT THEY'RE ALL COVERED UNDER A SERVICE PLAN. SO THERE'S EVERYTHING'S WARRANTIED. UM, WE, YOU APPROVED THIS, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, FOR THE ITEMS THAT WE NEEDED TO, TO KIND OF FRESHEN UP OUR SUPPLIES ON ALL OF OUR AMBULANCES. THE ITEMS THAT WE WOULD ADD THAT WE'RE ASKING TO ADD NOW WOULD, UH, HELP US WITH THE OPENING OF STATION THREE, BUT THEN ALSO WE'RE MOVING TO PROVIDE A LS SERVICE OUT OF OUR STAFF VEHICLES. UH, SO THE BATTALION CHIEF, THE EMS CAPTAIN, MYSELF, THE ASSISTANT CHIEF AND THE FIRE MARSHAL WOULD ALL HAVE A LS CAPABLE STAFF VEHICLES. SO CURRENTLY WE CARRY BASIC FIRST AID EQUIPMENT ON OUR VEHICLES. THE BATTALION CHIEF HAS SOME ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT. UH, SO THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR THE BATTALION CHIEF AND THE EMS CAPTAIN TO HAVE A FULL MONITOR. THAT'S THE DEVICE THAT WE CAN SHOCK, UH, SOMEBODY'S HEART AND DO ALL KINDS OF OTHER, UH, DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. UH, TWO AEDS, UH, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO PUT AEDS IN THE FIRE MARSHAL'S VEHICLE, MY VEHICLE, AND THE ASSISTANT CHIEF, UH, ONE LUCAS DEVICE AND ONE STAIR CHAIR. UH, INITIALLY, UH, WHEN YOU AUTHORIZE THIS, YOU AUTHORIZED IT AT $267,000 A YEAR FOR THE SEVEN YEARS. UH, IT CAME IN LOWER THAN THAT FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS AT TWO, UH, 28. AND SO THIS WOULD INCREASE IT TO 2 77. SO WE'VE ALREADY AFFECTED SOME SAVINGS ON WHAT WE ANTICIPATED THE COST OF BE IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS, AND THEN IT WOULD GO UP SLIGHTLY FROM THAT NUMBER FOR THE REMAINING SIX YEARS OF THE LEASE. AND I, THIS WILL JUST HELP US BETTER SERVE, UH, THE CITIZENS OF AUBREY. UH, ALL OF OUR STAFF VEHICLES ARE, ARE OUT AND ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE DAY, AND IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR US TO, TO GO TO A SCENE FIRST. AND THIS JUST, UH, ALLOWS US TO BETTER SERVE THE CITIZENS UNTIL THE OTHER UNITS ARRIVE. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YOU MIGHT HAVE A GREAT IDEA. I'M MOVE TO AMEND THE CURRENT LEASE OF CERTAIN MEDICAL EQUIPMENT BETWEEN THE CITY IN TRACKER MEDICAL AND AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND. SECOND BY JEFF, OR MOTION BY JEFF. SECOND BY RANDY. ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FOR THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM 14, [00:30:01] CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AWARDING A BID AND ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT WITH HALL RESOURCES L-L-C-D-B-A-T-H-I WATER WELL LLC FOR THE ROCK HILL WATER WELL IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED, UH, $3,619,241 AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS PROJECT CONSISTS OF DRILLING, CONSTRUCTION, DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF THE 500 GALLON PER MINUTE MUNICIPAL WATER. WELL, UM, SEALED COMPETITIVE BID PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED AND OPENED ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17TH. WE RECEIVED FOUR PROPOSALS. THE UNIT PRO PROPOSALS WERE TABULATED. EACH OF THE PROPOSALS, UH, RECEIVED WERE EVALUATED AND SCORED BY A PROPOSAL REVIEW AND SELECTION COMMITTEE. UH, THAT COMMITTEE, UM, INCLUDED ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM OUR ENGINEERING FIRM AND THEN TWO CITY STAFF IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROPOSAL DOCUMENTS, THE COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL EVALUATION CRITERIA, INCLUDING SCORING, SCORING CATEGORIES FOR PROPOSAL PRICE, WHICH WAS 60%. UM, AND THEN ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS WAS 40%. UH, THOSE ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, INCLUDING THEIR SAFETY RECORD, UH, THE QUANTITY OF JOBS TO THE MAGNITUDE THAT OF THIS ONE THAT WERE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED BASED ON THE REVIEW AND SELECTION COMMITTEE'S EVALUATION, THE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY HALL RESOURCES LLC, WHICH IS DOING BUSINESS AS THI WATER WELL, UM, RECEIVED THE HIGHEST SCORE. AND THOSE SCORES ARE SUMMARIZED IN YOUR, UH, STAFF PACKET. THE TOTAL BID PRICE WAS $3,619,241. WE'VE CHECKED, UH, THE STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS REFERENCES, UH, THAT WERE PROVIDED BY THI AND FOUND NO IRREGULARLY OR FOUND NO ISSUES. , IS THAT BETTER? SHE WENT BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE PROPOSAL, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE BELIEVES THAT THA WATER WELL, UH, DOES HAVE THE EQUIPMENT AND EXPERIENCE TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE JOB. UM, THIS PROJECT IS INCLUDED IN OUR PHASE TWO OFFSITE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. UM, ANY IMPACT FEES ARE ASSESSED FOR IT. UH, FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE CURRENTLY, UH, FROM A 2024 BOND AND ALSO DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS. UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS, UH, MOTION TO AWARD THE BID, THE THI, UM, AND, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE DOCUMENTS. AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND ALSO OUR, THE CITY ENGINEER IS HERE AS WELL. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, WE HAVE BRAD HERE, RIGHT? YES. TO, HE WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. OKAY. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. MY NAME IS BRAD DAVIS. I'M THE OWNER OF DAVIS WATER WELL IN WHITESBORO, TEXAS. I'M ONE OF THE FOUR CONTRACTORS THAT SUBMITTED A BID FOR THIS ROCK HILL WATER WELL PROJECT. THAT PROPOSAL IS WHAT I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT. ALL BIDDERS FOR THIS PROJECT, WERE OBLIGATED TO SUBMIT A BID TO CONSTRUCT A WATER WELL, ACCORDING TO THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ADVERTISED. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S NOT ONE BIDDER PRICING YOU A KING RANCH MODEL WHILE THE OTHERS ARE PRICING YOU AN XLT MODEL. IN ADDITION, THE WINNING CONTRACTOR WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A PERFORMANCE BOND, WHICH IS A THIRD PARTY GUARANTEE THAT ENSURES THE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED TO THOSE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. FOUR BIDS WERE RECEIVED IN THE PROJECT RANGING FROM THE LOW BIDDER BEING DAVIS WATER WELL AT A PRICE OF $3,430,691 TO THE HIGH BIDDER BEING 4,571,000. THE PROJECT WAS ADVERTISED AS A COMPETITIVE SEALED BID PROPOSAL, BUT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT IT WAS NOT TRULY COMPETITIVE. IN REALITY, THERE WAS ONLY ONE BIDDER, THE THIRD HIGHEST BIDDER ON THE PROJECT THAT EVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE CONSIDERED THE WINNING BIDDER. THE REASON FOR THIS IS THE SCORING METRIC THAT WAS USED TO DECIDE THE WINNING BIDDER. AS YOU HEARD, THE SCORING METRIC HAD A HUNDRED AVAILABLE POINTS PER PERCENTAGE POINTS. 60 OF THOSE POINTS WERE FOR THE BID PRICE. 25% WERE FOR THE QUALITY OF PAST MUNICIPAL WATER WELL PROJECTS. 10 POINTS THAT WERE AVAILABLE WERE FOR THE BIDDER BIDDER'S PAST RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY, AND FIVE POINTS FOR THE SAFETY RECORD. THE SELECTION COMMITTEE IS BRINGING THIS RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU TOWARD THE PROJECT TO THE THIRD HIGHEST BIDDER, THI, AT A COST OF NEARLY $200,000 MORE THAN THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, WHICH WAS DAVIS WATER. WELL, TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE, $200,000 WOULD BUY THE CITY THREE NEW POLICE SQUAD CARS, OR THREE BRAND NEW BACKHOES FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT. THE POINT TOTALS FOR THE SCORING METRIC, AS YOU HAVE SUMMARIZED, ARE AS FOLLOWS, THI AT 89.54 POINTS DAVIS WATER WELL AT 82 POINTS. WHY SINGER AT 75.03 POINTS IN SANTA ROSA. WELL SERVICE AT 73.02 POINTS. WHAT MAKES THI THE BIDDER WITH THE MOST POINTS IN THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONING SCORING METRIC IS THAT 10 POINTS THE THI [00:35:01] RECEIVED FOR PAST RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY. IF YOU'LL RECALL, I SAID THAT ONLY ONE BIDDER EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE CONSIDERED THE WINNING BIDDER. AND THESE 10 POINTS ARE THE REASON. WITHOUT THESE 10 BIAS POINTS, DAVIS WATER WELL IS CLEARLY THE WINNER. THE PAST RELATIONSHIP THE THI HAS WITH THE CITY COMES NOT FROM EVER HAVING DRILLED A WELL FOR THE CITY, BUT FROM SOME PUMP REPAIRS. I CAN SPEAK FROM FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE SAME KIND OF PAST RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO ALL BIDDERS. I'VE PERSONALLY CALLED AND STOPPED BY CITY HALL ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WITH THE INTENT OF SPEAKING WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO TRY TO INTRODUCE DAVIS WATER WELL TO THE CITY AND DEVELOP THAT RELATIONSHIP, WOULD'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WHILE THI IS A CAPABLE COMPANY THAT I'M SURE WOULD DO AN ACCEPTABLE JOB. SO IS DAVIS WATER WELL, WHO WAS THE LOWEST BIDDER BY NEARLY $200,000. WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY IN THE PAST WITH A HYDROGEOLOGIST WHO DESIGNED THIS WELL AND HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. IN CONCLUSION, I EARNED A COUNSEL NOT TO SIMPLY ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION TO AWARD THIS PROJECT TO THE BIDDER THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY FRIENDLY WITH, BUT TO DO THE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE THING AND AWARD THIS PROJECT TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, WHICH IS DAVIS FARWELL. THANK YOU. FREE TIME. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. BRIAN. ANY QUESTIONS? LANDY, YOU WANNA ADDRESS ANYTHING OR, AND OUR ENGINEERS HERE THAT THEY GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ON THE SCORING. UM, BUT THE SCORING IS WHAT WAS IN THE CONTRACT AND WHAT WAS IN THE BID PROPOSAL. AND ALL WE DID WAS FOLLOWED. DID NOT COME ON. IT'S ON NOW. , UM, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HEARD ME. SO WE, WE FOLLOWED THE CRITERIA THAT WAS IN THE BID PACKET, AND THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO IS FOLLOW THAT CRITERIA. UH, SO THE SCORE THAT WE'VE PROVIDED IS THE SCORE, AND THE REASON WE'RE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION IS BECAUSE OF THE SCORE. UM, THAT'S REALLY ALL I CAN, CAN OFFER. MAYOR. I, I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT THE CITY DOES HAVE A PROCESS FOR PROTESTING BIDS, UM, FOR A BIDDER, AND THAT PROCESS WAS PROVIDED TO, UH, UPON REQUEST TO, UH, MR. DAVIS. UM, THE CITY MANAGER TO DATE HAS NOT RECEIVED THE, UH, WRITTEN NOTICE OF, OF PROTEST. AND SO IT, HE DID NOT FOLLOW THE PROCESS IN ORDER TO PROTEST. SO WHILE WE CAN APPRECIATE HIS COMMENTS TONIGHT, THERE IS A PROCESS IN OUR POLICIES FOR A PROTEST OF A BID, AND IT WAS NOT FOLLOWED HERE. RESPOND TO THAT. UH, YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE TO SPEAK. TIME. I MOVE TO AWARD THE BID TO, UH, THI WATER WELL LLC. I'LL SECOND, UH, MOST OF MY CHUCK OR MOST OF MY JEFF. SECOND. MY CHUCK ON FAVOR PASSES FOUR TO ZERO. ALRIGHT, ITEM 15, CONSIDERATION ACTION ON A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BURKHOFF HENDERSON CARTER FOR THE, THE TI PARK WATER WELL AND PUMP STATION PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $679,250. AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. MAYOR COUNSEL, UH, THIS SERVICE AGREEMENT IS FOR THE ENGINEERING AND HYDROLOGICAL SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW WATER WELL, UH, AND IT'S ASSOCIATED PUMP STATION. THE OVERALL SERVICES INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, SUBMITTAL TO TCEQ, THE BIDDING AND THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE SUPPORT. THE DESIGN PHASE IS SCHEDULED FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MONTHS, BIDDING AND AWARD IN TWO MONTHS, AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE ABOUT 18 MONTHS. UH, SO THIS STATION COULD BE ONLINE AS EARLY AS JULY 27TH. UH, THIS PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE AUBREY WATER MASTER PLAN, UM, AND IMPACT FEES WILL BE ASSESSED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING, UH, FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECT. AND CURRENTLY WATER IMPACT FEES, UM, ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT. UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BURKHOFF HENDRICKSON CARTER MOVE TO APPROVE THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, UM, AGREEMENT WITH BUR SECOND BUR HENDRICKSON. , EASY TO SAY WHATEVER. WHENEVER YOU FINISH. I SECOND THING. YEAH. THANKS. MOTION MY [00:40:01] CHUCK SECOND. MY JEFF. ALL IN FAVOR. PASSES FORWARD TO ZERO CONSIDERATION ACTION REGARDING APPOINT REGARDING APPOINTING AND OR REAPPOINTING MEMBERS OF THE PARKS AND REC BOARD, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, WE DISCUSSED BRIEFLY AT YOUR LAST MEETING THAT WE WOULD BE BRINGING YOU THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEMBERS, UH, APPOINTMENTS AT, AT THIS MEETING INSTEAD OF DECEMBER. UH, OUR CITY ATTORNEY WORKED ON THE, UM, PARKS AND RECREATION ORDINANCE THAT WAS IN YOUR, UH, PACKET ON CONSENT AGENDA. AND, UH, IT CHANGED SOME OF THE DATES, UH, FOR BOARD APPOINTMENTS. AND SO THOSE ARE THE APPOINTMENTS BEFORE YOU. TONIGHT I MOVE TO APPOINT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. COURTNEY KELLY, PLACE ONE. JASON KNOWLES, PLACE TWO. JESSICA , PLACE THREE. MARK ARKI. PLACE FOUR. DEANDRA BLAIR PLACE FIVE. AARON BOSAL. BO, UH, SORRY, I HACKED THAT TO PLACE. SIX. AMANDA LARSON FOR PLAY. SEVEN. JESSICA KEMP FOR ALTERNATIVE PLACE ONE. AND ERIC PROST FOR ALTERNATIVE PLACE. TWO SECOND. CAN WE GO BACK IN THAT FOR PLACE? ALTERNATE PLACE ONE IS JESSE KEMP. OH, JESSE KEMP. SORRY, SECOND. SECOND. AS AMENDED MOTION BY CHUCK. SECOND BY JEFF ON FAVOR PASSES FOUR TO ZERO. UH, ITEM 17, CONSIDERATION ACTION REGARDING, UH, APPOINTING AND REAPPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. MAYOR COUNSEL, THIS IS THE ROUTINE REAPPOINTMENT OF YOUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. UH, THREE PEOPLE REQUESTED TO BE REAPPOINTED. ONE PERSON RESIGNED AND ONE OF THE ALTERNATES REQUESTED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A PERMANENT POSITION ON, NOT PERMANENT, BUT A REGULAR POSITION ON THE COMMISSION. UH, THEY WERE IN YOUR PACKET, SO YOU HAD THE NAMES PRIOR TO THE MEETING. MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPOINT AND OR REAPPOINT THE FOLLOWING IN INDIVIDUALS TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. DON SMITH TO PLACE TWO. NICOLE SHAW TO PLACE THREE. KYLE KENNEDY TO PLACE FOUR. AND BRITTANY MURRAY TO PLACE FIVE. SECOND MOTION BY JEFF. SECOND BY RANDY. ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FOUR TO ZERO APARTMENT [Department Updates and Discussion] UPDATES. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR MEMBERS COUNCIL. UH, BOTH FIRE STATIONS ARE COMING ALONG VERY NICELY. UH, WE HAD OUR OAC MEETING AGAIN TODAY. WE HAVE SHIFTED TO WEEKLY MEETINGS FOR FIRE STATION THREE, AND THEN WE'RE STILL DOING BIWEEKLY MEETINGS FOR STATION TWO. UH, FIRE STATION THREE IS IN THAT 80, 85% RANGE. ALL THE SHEET ROCK WORK IS UP. UH, I THINK THEY MAY STILL BE DOING SOME TAPING BED ON THE POLICE SIDE. UH, BUT THEY'RE PRIMING, DOING PRIMING PAINT ON THE FIRE SIDE. UH, ABOUT HALF OF THE BATHROOMS HAVE BEEN TILED. UH, THE INJURED APPARATUS BAY IS COMPLETELY PAINTED. UH, THEY'RE DOING SOME WORK NOW ON THE SHELTER SIDE WHERE THE BUNKER GEAR LOCKER ROOM IS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND THEN THEY'VE CLEANED UP THE OUTSIDE AREA. THEY'RE ABOUT TO START, UH, GET THAT, GETTING THAT TO GRAY SO THAT THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT CAN START DOING THEIR WORK. UH, AND THEN THEY'VE GOT A FEW MORE PIECES OF CONCRETE, SOME SIDEWALKS AND SOME CONNECTING PIECES IN THE FRONT AND REAR THAT THEY PLAN TO POUR NEXT WEEK. A COUPLE OF WEATHER DAYS, UH, OVER THE LAST, UH, COUPLE OF WEEKS. UM, BUT OTHERWISE EVERYTHING'S GOING VERY SMOOTHLY. THEY ANTICIPATE HAVING THE TOWER ON NEXT WEEK SO THAT THE MEAL WORK CAN BEGIN, BUT THAT THE TEMPERATURE UP INSIDE BEFORE THEY CAN START DOING THE BRING IN THE CABINETS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UH, FIRE STATION TWO, IT'S REALLY STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE NOW IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THAT WAY. UH, THEY HAD FINISHED THE CMU, THE CINDER BLOCK, SO IT'S, IT'S TOO HEIGHT NOW. SO THE ONLY THING TO GO ON TOP IS THE ROOF. UH, BUT ALL THE, THE BLOCK IS UP SO YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE SHAPE OF WHERE THE BAYS ARE GONNA BE, UH, WHAT THE TOPS ARE GONNA LOOK LIKE WITH THE WINDOWS. AND THEN THEY'VE DONE THE STRUCTURAL STEEL ON THE, THE SINGLE STORY SIDE, WHAT WE CALL THE, THE ADMIN SIDE OF THE BUILDING. UH, SO YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE SHAPE. THEY'VE ALSO, UH, FRAMED AND PUT THE DECKING DOWN FOR THE PAVILION. SO YOU CAN SEE THE, THE SIZE OF THE PAVILION, WHICH IS VERY IMPRESSIVE [00:45:01] WHEN YOU DRIVE BY IT REALLY, REALLY SHARP. UH, THEY'LL HAVE SOME BLOCK WORK AROUND THE CORNER BEES AND THEN THE, UH, STONE FIREPLACE. UH, BUT I THINK IT LOOKS REALLY, REALLY NICE. THEY'RE WORKING ON THE, UH, RETAINING WALL THAT GOES ALONG THE BACK BECAUSE WE BROUGHT THE GRADE DOWN. UH, SO THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT. UH, ONCE THEY GET, GET THAT INSTALLED, THEY CAN PUT IN BOTH, UH, PARKING LOTS. UH, AND THEN I THINK YOU'LL START TO GET A, AN EVEN BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THE WHOLE SPACE IS GONNA LOOK LIKE. BUT, UH, WE HAD SOME DELAYS THERE ALONG THE WAY, UH, WITH ELECTRICAL SERVICE. AND THEN WEATHER, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE KIND OF GOT INTO THE WINTER RAIN BEFORE THEY GOT THE SLAB PORT, SO WE TOOK SOME DELAYS THERE, BUT THEY'RE CLEARLY IN FULL STRIDE NOW AND IT'S REALLY STARTING TO LOOK NICE. AND BOTH PROJECTS ARE STILL TRACKING ON DATES. SO FOR FIRE STATION THREE, THE DATE IS STILL, THE OFFICIAL DATE IS APRIL 14TH, BUT THEY'RE ANTICIPATING THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH. AND THEN FOR STATION TWO, IT'S, IT'S AUGUST 8TH. BUT THEY'RE THINKING THEY'RE GONNA BEAT THAT. THEY'RE SAYING THAT'S VERY CONSERVATIVE AND THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO, TO OUTPERFORM THAT DATE. AND SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. IT'S CRAZY TO THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ON BOTH OF 'EM BY THE END OF THE SUMMER. YEAH, VERY NICE. AND WE, UH, TALKED TODAY BRIEFLY. WE'RE GONNA START WORKING OUT THE DETAILS FOR AN UNCOUPLING CEREMONY. UH, ONCE THE STATION'S READY, WHERE WE'LL INVITE THE PUBLIC AND, UH, EVERYONE TO COME TAKE A LOOK AT, AT THE FINAL PRODUCT AND, AND HELP US WELCOME IT TO THE FLEET. SO WE'LL GET THOSE DATES OUT AS SOON AS WE HAVE A REAL SOLID IDEA, UH, FOR WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE. I ANTICIPATE THAT'LL BE LATE APRIL, EARLY MAY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GO THROUGH ALL THE PUNCH LISTS, GET EVERYTHING DIALED IN A HUNDRED PERCENT BEFORE WE HAVE THAT EVENT. AWESOME. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU TO THE CITIZENS OF AUBREY FOR THEIR SUPPORT. THOSE BUILDINGS ARE BEAUTIFUL. SO, GOING ALONG REALLY NICELY, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ABOUT CODE COMPLIANCE. WE, WE HAD THAT POSITION FIELD. YOU'VE SEEN ON THE MONTHLY REPORTS, A LOT OF ZEROS. UM, HE'S, HE'S HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING. I ASKED HIM TO DO A STRATEGIC PLAN OF, OF HOW HE CAN GET SETTLED IN AND THEN BEGIN TO, TO EXECUTE HIS PLAN. THAT IS COMPLETED. I, I INTEND TO SHARE IT WITH Y'ALL. UH, TOMORROW. YOU SHOULD BE RECEIVING THAT IN YOUR EMAIL. SO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO GIMME A CALL. UH, DANIEL'S DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB, GETTING THINGS SET UP AND PREPARED, AND HE IS NOW BEGINNING TO RESPOND TO ISSUES IN THE CITY. SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA BE THERE. UH, A LITTLE TOOK US A LITTLE LONGER THAN I WANTED, BUT, UH, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE REALLY GOOD. SO THANK Y'ALL. I'M TRY TO, I'M HERE. I FORGOT TO GET MY PRINTOUT OFF THE PRINTER. QUICK UPDATE ON THE WASTEWATER PLANT. UH, GRAY CON DID MOBILIZE. THEY'RE RECEIVING SOMEONE ON THE HOLD MIC BUTTON FOR ME. . IT'S ON NOW. OH, IT'S ON. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. WE'RE RECEIVING SUPPLIES. UM, THEY BEGAN THE EXCAVATION, UH, FOR THE, UM, PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING OR THE, UH, CONTROL BUILDING. AND WE'VE HAD OUR FIRST, UH, PROGRESS MEETING WITH THE ENGINEERS AND THE CONTRACTOR. SO MOVING INTO THIS NEXT MONTH, UM, THEY'LL DO THE EXCAVATION AND MOISTURE CONDITIONING FOR THE OPERATIONS BUILDING, DRILL, THE PIERS, UM, EXCAVATION AND MOISTURE, UH, CONTROL FOR THE, THE SUBSURFACE PIERS. UH, FOR DEWA, THE DEWATERING BUILDING EXCAVATION FOR THE HEADWORKS, WHICH IS THE ENTRANCE INTO THE PLANT FROM THE, THE SEWER COMING IN. UH, THEY'RE GONNA POUR THE MUD SLAB ON THE HEADWORKS, UH, START ON THE INFLOW PUMP STATION, POUR CONCRETE SLAB FOR THE HEADWORKS CHANNEL. UH, START WORKING ON THE INFLOW PUMP STATION, AND THEN START EXCAVATION FOR THE AERATION BASINS. SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TWO YEARS. WE'LL BE DONE . ANY, UH, FUTURE AGENDA REQUEST? NONE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WITH THAT WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION SECTION 5, 5, 1 0 7 1 QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WORKS. I'M SORRY. UM, MY FIRST TIME AT A COUNSEL MEETING, I JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND STUFF. UM, NORMALLY WHAT YOU, YOU'LL SIGN UP FOR CITIZENS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, BUT I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU YOUR THREE MINUTES [00:50:01] NOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO USE IT. UH, YES. I JUST SAW ON THE AGENDA AT THE BEGINNING. COME HERE AND, AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. JOHN. HI, UH, I'M BRAD. SO I LIVE AT, UH, 1 4 8 6 4 FISH TRAP ROAD. UM, I AM A BUS DRIVER FOR THE AUBREY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND, UM, BOTH THROUGH MY EXPERIENCE THIS RECENT SCHOOL YEAR AND TALKING WITH THE OTHER, THE BUS DRIVERS, THERE'S STARTING TO BE KIND OF A LOT OF PROBLEMS AT SPECIFIC INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT TOWN OF NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THE BUSES THROUGH AND THE SIGNAGE AT THE INTERSECTIONS NOT BEING OBEYED BY LIKE CONSUMER VEHICLES, UM, NAMELY AT LIBERTY. AND 3 77 IS A NIGHTMARE PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY. UM, IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET ANY OF THE BUSES THROUGH THERE BEFORE, BEFORE YOU GO REAL DEEP LIBERTY. AND THAT AREA OUT THERE IS NOT IN THE CITY. OKAY. IF THAT, IF THERE'S PLACES IN THE CITY THAT YOU KNOW OF THAT WE CAN HELP WITH, WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP WITH YOU. AND WE'LL SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO Y'ALL. YOU WANT US TO MM-HMM . OKAY. I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS TOO, SO APOLOGIZE. BUT 3 77 IS A TDOT THING. OKAY, GOTCHA. THE STATE, THE STATE HIGHWAYS GENERALLY TEXDOT DOES THAT. THEY WON'T LET US TOUCH 'EM. SO LIBERTY, UM, IN BETWEEN 3 77. AND WHAT IS THAT PROVIDENCE VILLAGE? UM, IT'S WAY OUTSIDE OF US. WE GO AHEAD. THAT'S, THAT'S IN KRUGER THEN THAT'S GONNA BE PROVIDENCE VILLAGE PROBABLY. YEAH. BIG CROSSROADS, PROBABLY CROSSROAD. OKAY. GOTCHA. AND THEN THE INTERSECTION AT 29 31. AND WAS IT 4 28? THAT'S, IS THAT AUBREY? YES, THAT'S AUBREY. OKAY, GOTCHA. THAT'S ALSO KIND OF PROBLEMATIC. THERE'S A LOT OF BIG TRUCKS TRYING TO CROSS ALL THE TIME AND IT'S HARD TO GET VEHICLES THROUGH THERE. IT JUST DELAYS A LOT. BUT IF THAT'S NOT Y'ALL'S INTERSECTION, THEN I HAVE NO, BUT DON'T EVER TAKE IT THEN. I'M TRYING TO BLOW YOU OFF. OH, NO, BECAUSE I'M NOT, I GOT YOU. YOU JUST, IT'S NOT YOUR, IT'S NOT YOUR CITY, SO. WELL, YEAH. AND, AND, AND THE THING, LIKE I SAID, THE, THE MOST OF THE, THE STATE HIGHWAYS, THAT'S GONNA BE T DOT STUFF. UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP ANY AND LISTEN TO YOU FOR SURE. ANYTHING WITHIN THE CITY. IS THERE LIKE AN OFFICIAL REQUEST PROCESS FOR LIKE ADDING A LIGHT? UM, WE DO, WE DO HAVE APPROVAL FOR A LOT OF THAT UNDER INTERSECTION. YES. UH, THE ISSUE IS ROUTE OF WAY. UH, SO 29 30 ONE'S PLAN TO BE WIDENED, SO THIS PROBABLY WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL THAT WIDENING DOES HAPPEN. UNLESS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT I, I HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD, UM, THAT ONE WE'RE WA STILL WAITING ON RIGHT OF WAY FOURTH. RIGHT. THE, UH, LIBERTY ROAD IN 3 77 HAS BEEN APPROVED BY TECH STOCK. UH, WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THEM TO INSTALL IT. OKAY. SO LIKE A GENERAL ETA TEXT STOP. YEAH, I KNOW IT'S THE GOVERNMENT WHO KNOWS, BUT YOU WE'RE ASKING THE STATE. I CAN, I CAN SEE IF I CAN GET SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU. OH, I WAS JUST, I'LL GIVE YOU MY NUMBER AND . IT'S, IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A CONCERN. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF IT WAS. I DON'T, I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. NO, NO, WE APPRECIATE, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING UP AND SHARING YOUR TIME WITH US MAYOR. COUNSEL, I HAVE ASKED CHIEF BROOKS TO GET WITH THE GENTLEMAN TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME ENFORCEMENT AREAS THAT WE COULD WORK ON, ON SCHOOL BUSES THAT IS A PRIORITY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE SAFE. SO IF, IF WE HAVE A BUS DRIVER HERE WHO'S TELLING US THERE'S SOME ENFORCEMENT ISSUES, THEN CHIEF BROOKS CAN ABSOLUTELY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. OKAY. AWESOME. AWESOME. IF, HANG ON JUST A MINUTE, I'LL, I'LL TALK TO YOU AFTER WHEN WE GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TOO. WE HAVE ADDRESS ON IT TOO. THANK YOU. AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT MATTERS TO YOU GUYS SPECIFICALLY, BUT AS FAR AS THE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES GO, IT'S NORMALLY IN THE NEWER NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE HIGH COUNTRY AND UM, WHATEVER THE NEW LITTLE SECTION OFF OF, UH, PROVIDENCE IS CALLED, UM, IT'S LIKE LIBERTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME OUT TO COME UP HERE. MM-HMM . WE APPRECIATE IT. [EXECUTIVE SESSION] ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT WE'LL GO TO EXECUTIVE SEC, EXECUTIVE SESSION SECTION 5, 5, 1, 0 7, 1, 1, AND TWO, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 2 REAL PROPERTY FOR THE ITEMS LISTED ON THE POSTED AGENDA. MOVE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION SECOND WITH MY JEFF, SECOND, MY MATT. ALL IN FAVOR. PASSES FOUR TO ZERO. TIME IS 6 55. NO. ARE YOU COMING BACK HERE, MA'AM? [Reconvene into Open Session] ALL RIGHT, WE'RE BACK. WE'LL RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION. TIME IS 8 44. WE HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS WE WANT TO, AYE [00:55:01] . I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DIRECT THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER TO PROCEED WITH FILING AND PROCESSING THE APPLICATION FOR DESIGNATING THE PEANUT DRYER AS HISTORIC SECOND MOTION BY MATT, SECOND BY RANDY. ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FORWARD TO ZERO. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY INTEREST AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION. SECOND. MOTION BY RANDY, SECOND BY MATT. ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FOUR TO ZERO. MOTION TO ADJOURN. ADJOURN. TIME IS 8 45. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.