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ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 6 0 2.
UM, I'M PRESENT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JEFF PERRY'S.
PRESENT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MATT JONES IS PRESENT.
RANDY JONES IS ABSENT, AND CHUCK FOX IS PRESENT.
IF EVERYONE COULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF WIT.
LORD, WE'RE JUST THANKFUL FOR THIS DAY.
WE START THIS PRAYER WITH, UH, A WORD OF THANKS FOR THE RAIN THAT'S FALLING.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE AND IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED.
LET US NOT TAKE THE LITTLE THINGS IN OUR LIVES TO GRANTED, BUT TO GIVE YOU THANKS IN EVERYTHING FOR THE BLESSINGS, FOR THE TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
THE PRIVILEGE OF LIVING IN A, UM, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC WHERE OUR VOICES ARE HEARD, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, CHART OUR OWN PATH.
PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US WISDOM TONIGHT AS WE DO THAT FOR THE CITY OF AUBREY AND THE CITIZENS OF OUR AREA.
I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US WISDOM AND GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION IN EVERYTHING WE DO.
AND IT'S JESUS' NAME WE PRAY TONIGHT.
I PLEDGE ALL ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
STRONG HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
[Community Announcements]
OUR COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS.UM, ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST MAY INCLUDE RECOGNIZING CITIZENS AND STAFF FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY.
A REMINDER ABOUT AN UPCOMING EVENT THAT'S ORGANIZED OR SPONSORED BY THE GOVERNING BODY AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF AN IMMINENT THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY THAT'S ARISEN AFTER THE POSTING OF THIS AGENDA.
UM, WE HAVE OUR CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING AT VETERAN'S MEMORIAL PARK COMING UP ON DECEMBER 3RD FROM FIVE 30 TO EIGHT 30.
UM, JEFF, YOU HAD A AT THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING.
WE'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU'D BRING A NEW UNWRAPPED TOY, 'CAUSE TOYS FOR TOTS WILL BE UP THERE, AND IT'S AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM.
UH, ALSO IF YOU WANNA KNOW WHERE THE TOYS FOR TOTS LOCATIONS ARE HERE IN TOWN, YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE POST SIGNAL OR ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE.
IT'S, UH, JEFF PERRY AUBREY MAYOR PRO TEMP PAGE.
UH, IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO APPLY, GO TO WW.TOYS FOR TOTS.COM.ORG.
THERE'S A DROPDOWN IN TEXAS DROPDOWN DENTON COUNTY.
THERE'LL BE PLACES WHERE THEY CAN APPLY THERE.
YOU CAN ALSO GIVE MONETARY DONATIONS THERE IF YOU WISH.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS? UH, HAVE THAT SOMEONE WITH THE SALVATION ARMY.
UM, WHEREAS THE OPERATIONS OF THE SALVATION ARMY ARE SUPERVISED BY TRAINED, COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, THEY PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL AND SERVE AS ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, COUNSELORS, YOUTH LEADERS, AND MUSICIANS.
THESE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES COMPLETELY TO SERVICE, AND NEARLY 200 PEOPLE OF ALL AGES DEDICATED TO VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME, TALENTS, AND RESOURCES TO MEET HUMAN NEEDS WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION.
THROUGH THE SALVATION ARMY OF DENTON COUNTY, WHERE VOLUNTEERS ARE CRITICAL PARTNERS IN HELPING FULFILL THEIR PROMISE TO AMERICA OF DOING THE MOST GOOD, AND IN DENTON, THE SALVATION ARMY PROVIDES IMPORTANT SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE ACTIVE ADULTS, A 40 BED EMERGENCY OVERNIGHT SHELTER FOR THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY, EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN EXPERIENCING POVERTY AND A FOOD PANTRY FOR THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HUNGER WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SERVED.
THE ONLY WAY THIS IS POSSIBLE IS THROUGH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF LOCAL CITIZENS WHO GIVE THROUGH VARIOUS CHANNELS, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THE SALVATION ARMY'S ANNUAL RED KETTLE CAMPAIGN.
AND TO REACH THEIR RED KETTLE GOAL OF $60,000 FOR THIS YEAR'S HOLIDAY CAMPAIGN, THE SALVATION ARMY OF DENTON IS SEEKING VOLUNTEERS TO FILL THE MORE THAN 1002 HOUR SHIFTS AS BELL RINGERS.
JUST TWO HOURS OF YOUR TIME CAN PROVIDE A NIGHT OF SHELTER FOR 10 INDIVIDUALS, 50 HOT MEALS OR GIFTS FOR A FORGOTTEN ANGEL THIS SEASON, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT
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I, CHRIS RICH MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ROBBERY DO HEREBY DECLARE AND PROCLAIM THE THE 2025 HOLIDAY SEASON IN AUBREY AS THE SEASON TO GIVE WITH JOY TO THE SALVATION ARMY AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO GO TO REGISTER TO RING.COM AND PICK A DAY, TIME AND LOCATION TO VOLUNTEER AS A BELL RINGER FOR THE SALVATION ARMY BETWEEN THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS, AND PROVIDE HOPE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS THIS YEAR.THANK YOU, CHIEF BROOKS, IF YOU CAN COMMENT AND RECOGNITION OF YOUR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE TEXAS CERTIFIED PUBLIC MANAGER PROGRAM OFFERED THROUGH THE WILLIAM P HOBBY CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONAL GROWTH, ETHICAL LEADERSHIP, AND EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
UH, THE CPM PROGRAM IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AND ACADEMICALLY RIGOROUS INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO EQUIP PUBLIC SECTOR PROFESSIONALS WITH THE TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES AND ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS REQUIRED FOR OUTSTANDING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
AND THE PROGRAM REQUIRES A YEAR LONG COMMITMENT AND INCLUDES COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING AND SEVEN CORE TRACKS.
PUBLIC PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION, MANAGING FOR QUALITY ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION, PUBLIC FINANCE AND BUDGETING, PUBLIC POLICY EVALUATION, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR MANAGERS, AND AN APPLIED PROJECTS PRACTICUM, EACH OF WHICH DEMAND A HIGH LEVEL OF DEDICATION AND PERFORMANCE.
AND, UH, RICHARD BURS HAS MET AND EXCEEDED THESE DEMANDING STANDARDS, EARNING THE ESTEEM CERTIFIED PUBLIC MANAGER DESIGNATION, AND BRINGING VALUABLE SKILLS TO HIS ROLE AS CHIEF OF POLICE, HEREBY ADVANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS, INTEGRITY, AND FUTURE READINESS OF THE CITY OF AY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CHRIS RICH MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AERY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF ARBERY DO HEREBY EXTEND SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS AND COMMENDATION TO RICHARD BROOKS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF AERY FOR THIS DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AND HIS CONTINUED SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
ALRIGHT, JENNY AND RECOGNITION OF YOUR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MUNICIPAL CLERKS ADMINISTER ADMINISTERS THE CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL CLERK PROGRAM.
THE CMC PROGRAM IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION, DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN THE KNOWLEDGE EFFECTIVENESS AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OF MUNICIPAL CLERKS BY REQUIRING RIGOROUS COURSEWORK AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION RECORDS MANAGEMENT, MUNICIPAL LAW, BUDGETING, COMMUNICATION LEADERSHIP, ELECTIONS, ADMINISTRATION ETHICS, AND COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE.
AND TO EARN THE CMC DESIGNATION, THAT CANDIDATE MUST SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE 120 INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP AND SKILL ACHIEVEMENTS.
IN ADDITION TO EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS, A CANDIDATE MUST ALSO EARN 50 EXPERIENCE POINTS, WHICH DOCUMENT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, MUNICIPAL WORK, AND PRACTICAL ENGAGEMENT.
IN THE FIELD OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE, CANDIDATES MUST ALSO DEMONSTRATE ADHERENCE TO THE PROFESSIONAL VALUES OF ACCURACY, INTEGRITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND SERVICE.
AND CITY SECRETARY JENNY HICKS HAS FAITH FAITHFULLY AND DILIGENTLY COMPLETED ALL EDUCATIONAL, PROFESSIONAL AND EXPERIENTIAL REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MUNICIPAL CLERKS.
THERE THEREBY EARNING THE DESIGNATION OF CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL CLERK AND THE, AND THIS ACHIEVEMENT REFLECTS HER EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HER COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION, AND HER OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND STAFF OF THE CITY OF AY.
AND NOW, THEREFORE, I CHRIS RICH MAYOR OF THE CITY OF A TEXAS, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF AY HEREBY EXTEND, CONSIDER CONGRATULATIONS AND ACCOMMODATION TO HICKS.
I WANT TO ADD, EXCUSE ME, THE CITY SEAL IS NOT ON THERE BECAUSE WE KEPT THAT A SECRET FROM THE CITY SECRETARY.
SO SHE'LL HAVE TO TAKE HER PROCLAMATION AND PUT THE CITY SEAL
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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.I HAVE TWO INTRODUCTIONS TONIGHT.
UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE BRYCE LANCASTER TO YOU.
UH, BRYCE COMES FROM OKLAHOMA AND HAS A PASSION FOR AVIATION.
IT'S BEEN FLYING SINCE HE WAS 17 YEARS OLD.
HE NOW SPENDS TIME FLYING AS A HOBBY AND ENJOYS WATCHING FOOTBALL WITH HIS WIFE RACHEL, AND THEIR DOGS LILY AND DAISY.
HE JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED THE POLICE ACADEMY AND IS ENTERING THE FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM.
AND THEN, UH, MICAH HONEY, COME ON UP.
MIKE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT THE OUTDOORS, GOOD FOOD AND FAMILY.
IF HE'S NOT HUNTING OR FISHING, YOU'LL PROBABLY FIND HIM AT THE GRILL WORKING ON SOME BARBECUE.
HE AND HIS WIFE RILEY, HAVE A BUSY LIFE AT HOME WITH HER BABY GIRL.
AND THEIR ZOO OF ANIMALS, INCLUDING THREE DOGS, A CAT AND TWO HORSES.
MIKE IS HAPPIEST WHEN OUTSIDE, SURROUNDED BY FAMILY AND ENJOYING THE SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE.
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT'S NOT WHERE YOU'RE GONNA FIND THE SIMPLE THINGS.
YOU'LL BE OUTDOORS, BUT IT WON'T BE SIMPLE
SO WE'RE HAPPY HE, HE TOO JUST GRADUATED.
THE POLICE ACADEMY IS ENTERING THE FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM.
ALRIGHT, BOTH OF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HANDS AND REPEAT A I STATE YOUR NAME, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES, NO FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE POLICE, OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE OFFICER OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE, OFFICER OF THE CITY OF AUBREY, OF THE CITY OF AUBREY, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND PRESERVE FOR, 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 THE CITY OF AUBREY.
AND THE CITY ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF AUBREY.
UM, BRYCE IS GONNA, IS BADGED, IS GONNA BE PINNED BY LIEUTENANT BCH.
SUPPOSED TO, WE'VE BEEN WORKING OUT.
AND MICAH IS GONNA BE PINNED BY HIS WIFE.
KEITH BROOKS, DO YOU MIND TAKING A STEP OUT JUST FOR A SECOND SO I CAN GET A PHOTO OF JUSTIN TOO?
AND AS Y'ALL KNOW, I HAVE BOOKS FOR THEM.
BUT, UM, YES, UH, PLEASE TAKE TIME TO READ THIS, SHARE IT WITH YOUR FAMILY, THOSE THAT YOU LOVE.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT BOOK AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO READ.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE,
UH, CITIZEN INPUT, UH, ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.
IF YOU, IF YOUR COMMENTS ARE CONCERNING AN AJO, AN AGENDA ITEM, YOU MAY WAIT UNTIL THE DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM.
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TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE DEVIN AND MATT, DO Y'ALL WANT TO GO NOW OR WAIT UNTIL ITEM 18? WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK ON THE AGENDA.IS IT THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME? YES.
[Consent Items]
ITEMS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FROM CONSENT? MOVE TO APPROVE.ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FOUR TO ZERO.
[New Business]
11.UH, CONSIDERATION ACTION ON A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR HIGH POINT RANCH, PHASE FOUR, A GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
THE HIGH POINT RANCH IS A MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY.
IT'S LOCATED EAST OF HIGHWAY 3 77, SOUTH OF EAST BLACKJACK ROAD AND NORTH OF SPRING HILL ROAD.
THE PROPERTY WAS ZONED AS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IN SEPTEMBER OF 23, AND THIS PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, IS ZONED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES 10 PHASES, 10 RESIDENTIAL PHASES.
UM, A PREVIOUS PRELIMINARY PLAT, UH, FOR THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT DID EXPIRE IN 2022, UH, RESULTING IN THE APPLICANT NEEDING TO REAPPLY FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLAT.
UM, THE PLAT CONSISTS OF 86 RESIDENTIAL LOTS, MINIMUM LOT SIZE IS 50 FEET BY 120 FEET, AND THERE'S THREE HOA LOTS.
THE SITE WILL BE SERVED, UH, BY THREE ACCESS POINTS OFF OF BRONCO LANE.
IN A FUTURE PHASE CONNECTION, THE CITY ENGINEER AND CITY PLANNER HAVE REVIEWED THE PRELIMINARY PLAT AND RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION VOTED SIX TO ZERO IN FAVOR OF RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT.
UH, THIS EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MAY APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT, APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT WITH CONDITIONS OR DENY THE PRELIMINARY PLAT.
HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY REPORT.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FOUR TO ZERO ITEM 12, CONSIDERATION ACTION ON A FINAL PLAT APPLICATION FOR HIGH POINT RANCH, PHASE FOUR A COUNSEL.
THIS IS THE FINAL PLAT FOR THE PREVIOUS, UH, PRELIMINARY PLAT.
WE JUST HEARD, UH, THE ONLY CONDITION, UH, FOR THIS PLAT APPROVAL WAS THAT THE PRELIMINARY PLAT BE APPROVED.
AND SINCE THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED, UM, THE FINAL PLAT DOES MEET ALL THE CONDITIONS.
THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION VOTED SIX TO ZERO IN FAVOR OF RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
UH, CITY COUNCIL MAY AGAIN APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT, APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT WITH CONDITIONS OR DENY THE FINAL PLAT.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FORWARD TO ZERO.
CONSIDER AN ACT ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 9 37 DASH 25 AMENDING EXHIBIT 14, A ZONING ORDINANCE AND CHAPTER 14, ZONING OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY AS REQUESTED IN AN APPLICATION FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING FROM UN ZONE LAND.
PREVIOUSLY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF AUBREY, UH, EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 7,500 SQUARE FEET OR SF 75 ON APPROXIMATELY 4.194 ACRES OF LAND, UM, TO ALLOW A GOVERNMENT USE AS AUTHORIZED IN THE SF 75 ZONING DISTRICT.
THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF BLACKJACK ROAD EAST BETWEEN FM 29 31 AND US 3 77.
WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 21.
MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THE CITY OF AUBREY HAS ACQUIRED APPROXIMATELY 4.194 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED ALONG EAST BLACKJACK ROAD.
IT'S EAST OF HIGHWAY 3 77 AND NORTH OF THE BELMONT SUBDIVISION.
THE PARCEL WAS OFFICIALLY ANNEXED INTO THE CITY LIMITS.
DURING THE AUGUST, UH, 2025 COUNCIL MEETING.
THE PROPERTY IS PROPOSED TO BE ZONED, UM, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 7,500.
AND, UH, WHILE THE 7,500 IS A RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION, IT DOES ALLOW FOR GOVERNMENT USES THE CITY PLANS TO REPURPOSE THE EXISTING STRUCTURE INTO
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A POLICE SUBSTATION.UH, ANY FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, SHALL COMPLY WITH A SINGLE FAMILY 75 ZONING STANDARDS.
THE SUBJECT PARCEL, UM, IS BORDERED BY ETJ PROPERTY.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS PROPERTY AS A STATE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, WE DID SEND OUT NOTIFICATIONS REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND BY THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE.
UH, AT THIS TIME OR AT THE TIME OF THE AGENDA, UH, REPORT, THERE WAS NO LETTERS OF SUPPORT OR NO LETTERS IN OPPOSITION.
UH, STAFF HAVE REVIEWED THE ZONING APPLICATION AND RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION VOTED SIX TO ZERO IN FAVOR OF RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE ZONING APPLICATION.
UH, TONIGHT, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY APPROVE THE ZONING APPLICATION OR DENY THE REZONING APPLICATION.
YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR THAT? UH, ANY PUBLIC INPUT SINCE IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING? ALL RIGHT, WELL THAT, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 23.
MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 9 37 DASH 25.
SECOND MOTION, MY JEFF SECOND BY MATT.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FOUR TO ZERO.
HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER AN ACT ON ORDINANCE, UH, AMENDING EXHIBIT 14, A ZONING ORDINANCE IN CHAPTER 14, ZONING OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, UH, AND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY AS REQUESTED, AN APPLICATION FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING FROM UN ZONED LAND.
PREVIOUSLY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF AY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 7,500 SQUARE FEET ON APPROXIMATELY TWO ACRES OF LAND TO ALLOW A GOVERNMENT USE AS AUTHORIZED IN THE SF 75 ZONING DISTRICT.
THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF FRONTIER PARKWAY AND FM 29 31.
WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 24.
UH, THE CITY OF AUBREY ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY IN 2020 FOR A FIRE STATION SITE AND ANNEXED IT INTO THE CITY LIMITS IN AUGUST OF 25.
UH, THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 75 ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH DOES ALLOW THE GOVERNMENT USES, UH, FIRE AND POLICE SERVICES ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED AT THIS LOCATION.
UH, ANY FURTHER IMPROVEMENT SHALL COMPLY WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY 75 ZONING STANDARDS AND THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE.
THE SUBJECT PARCEL IS BORDERED, UH, BY PROPERTIES WITHIN THE ETJ AND THE TOWN OF PROVIDENCE VILLAGE.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS PROPERTY AS NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
UH, WE DID SEND NOTIFICATIONS AS REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND BY THE CITY OF PROPERTY ZONING ORDINANCE AT THE TIME OF THE AGENDA.
THERE WERE NO LETTERS RECEIVED, UH, IN SUPPORT OR IN OPPOSITION OF THE OF THE ZONING.
UH, STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE ZONING APPLICATION AND RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION VOTED SIX TO ZERO IN FAVOR OF RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
AND YOUR ACTIONS AVAILABLE TONIGHT ARE APPROVED OF THE ZONING APPLICATION OR DENY THE ZONING APPLICATION.
COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS.
ANYONE HERE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, THAT WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 25.
MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AMENDING EXHIBIT 14 EIGHT ZONING ORDINANCE IN CHAPTER 14, ZONING OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND THE CITY OF AUBREY AND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY HAS REQUESTED IN AN APPLICATION FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM UN ZONED LAND PREVIOUSLY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF AUBREY, ETJI.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FOUR TO ZERO.
ALL RIGHT, ITEM 15, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A REQUEST FROM REPUBLIC SERVICES OF LOUISVILLE FOR A CPI RATE INCREASE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICES AND CONTAINERS.
AND FOR THE COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES AND CONTAINERS.
AND DISCUSSION OF THE SAME, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 26.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL, I'M JERRY HARWELL WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES.
I AM THE NEWLY ASSIGNED BEING A SMALL MANAGER TO YOUR CONTRACT.
AS OF ABOUT, UH, FIVE MONTHS AGO, I WILL BE MOVING OVER FROM OUR FORT WORTH OFFICE OVER CHARLIE LEWISVILLE OFFICE.
UM, PER THE CONTRACT, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEND OVER THE INFORMATION RELATED TO AN ANNUAL PRICE INCREASE.
UM, AND WE SUBMITTED THOSE DOCUMENTS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE SUBMITTED THEM BASED
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ON AUGUST, UM, CPI, WATER, SEWER TRASH, UM, AS OUTLINED IN THE CONTRACT.'CAUSE THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION ON MY PART, UM, THAT IT HAD BEEN DONE THE PREVIOUS YEAR, UM, UTILIZING THE JUNE INFORMATION.
SO, WHICH ACTUALLY WORKED OUT IN YOUR FAVOR.
UH, 10TH OF A PERCENT BECAUSE THE JUNE NUMBERS REFLECTED JUST A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, UM, INCREASE REQUESTS THAN WHAT THE, UM, AUGUST NUMBERS DID.
UM, SO INSTEAD OF THE, UH, PI BEING, UM, PRICE INCREASE BEING, UM, EFFECTIVE ON OCTOBER THE FIRST, IT'LL BE EFFECTIVE ON DECEMBER THE FIRST, AND WE WILL HAVE DECEMBER THE FIRST MOVING FORWARD.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR DECEMBER THIS YEAR, OCTOBER NEXT YEAR, AND MAY THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, I PLAN ON BEING THE MUNICIPAL MANAGER, UH, THAT KIND OF MANAGES THIS FOR UNTIL I RETIRE.
SO, UM, I DON'T SEE THAT THERE'LL BE ANY CHANGES MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UM, I HAVE, UM, TALKED TO STAFF SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION.
SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE OR, UM, BASICALLY TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU.
HOW MUCH EXACTLY IS THE RATE INCREASE? PARDON ME? HOW MUCH IS THE RATE INCREASE? SO THE INCREASE THAT WE ARE REQUESTING IS 5.38%, AND THAT IS BASED ON THE UM, UM, AUGUST, UH, NUMBERS.
UH, SO WE TAKE A, WE TAKE YEAR OVER YEAR BECAUSE OUR COST INCREASES HAPPEN AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR.
SO DISPOSAL HAPPENS IN JANUARY, AS YOU ALL KNOW, FUEL BOUNCES BACK AND FORTH FROM ONE MONTH TO THE OTHER.
UM, PLASTICS FOR THE CARTS, UM, STEEL, THOSE ALL COME AT DIFFERENT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO WE TAKE THE NUMBER FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT YEAR, AND THEN THAT'S HOW WE COME UP WITH THE CALCULATION.
WHEN IS OUR CONTRACT UP WITH YOU GUYS? UH, THE CONTRACT'S UP IN 2027.
SO AT THAT, AT THAT TIME, UM, AT THE TIME THAT WE DISCUSS, UM, ANY TYPE OF RENEWAL, UM, WITH THE CITY, YOU WOULD HAVE THE OPTION AT THAT POINT THAT WE COULD NEGOTIATE A DIFFERENT, UH, CALCULATION OR GO WITH A FIXED CALCULATION.
AND I CAN KIND OF SHOW, YOU KNOW, SHOW YOU, UM, AS WE COME TO THAT POINT, KIND OF WHAT THE BENEFITS TO THAT ARE.
UM, AND THEN I, UM, CAN TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE CAP IT AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE THINGS THAT GO INTO THAT NEGOTIATION.
UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS NOT HERE WHENEVER ALL OF THAT TRANSPIRED, BUT I AM HERE NOW.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE BEST THAT I CAN, UM, OFFER THAT WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT.
I AM NOT A MAJOR FAN OF MID-CONTRACT INCREASES.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAPPEN AT TIME, FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT I'M NOT A FAN.
BUT IF I, I'D RATHER HAVE A SHORTER CONTRACT AND, AND DO THE CONTRACT AND THEN ADJUST AS, AS THE BIDS COME BACK IN.
I'M NOT A MAJOR FAN OF, SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK OUT WITH THAT.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UM, CITIES THAT LOCK IN THEIR RATES FOR FIVE YEARS, TYPICALLY WE'LL SEE A HUGE INCREASE AT THE END OF THAT FIVE YEARS.
AND THAT'S WHY, IN MY OPINION, AND I'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS SINCE 1987, UM, IN MY OPINION, YOU YOU WANT TO STAIR STEP THOSE, I DON'T KNOW THAT, UM, THIS HIGH OF AN INCREASE, UM, IS THE DIRECTION THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO GO TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THOSE COSTS.
UM, SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM, UM, FOR US TO SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT THAT.
AND OVERALL, IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE AN INCREASE, KIND OF BASED ON WHAT OUR ESTIMATED ANNUAL INCREASES ARE, KIND OF WHAT YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT.
AND I DON'T RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO IT THAT WAY.
I'VE GOT SOME OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE DONE THAT AND THEN HAD TOTAL STICKER SHOCK.
KINDA LIKE WHEN YOU BUY A VOLKSWAGEN BUG THE FIRST TIME AND THEN YOU GO TO BUY ONE OF THE NEW ONES, THAT BIG STICKER SHOCK.
SO I, I DON'T RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO THAT, BUT I DO BELIEVE THERE'S SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN, UM, MAKE THIS WHERE IT IS EQUITABLE FOR, FOR THE CITY AND IT'S EQUITABLE FOR REPUBLIC AND LEADS TO A STRONGER PARTNERSHIP.
AND I HOPE THERE'S NOT ANYBODY FROM REPUBLIC CORPORATE BEHIND ME.
AND IF THERE IS, PLEASE HAVE ME ESCORTED OUT BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WELL, WE HAD PLENTY TO ESCORT YOU OUT JUST A MINUTE AGO.
NO, I WASN'T SURE IF I WAS COMING
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TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER OR IF I WAS AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.SO, BUT, UM, I, AND I, I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, COUNCILMAN PERRY.
AND I, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH STAFF, UM, TO SIT DOWN AND WORK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
I UNDERSTAND WHEN THIS CONTRACT WAS NEGOTIATED, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A, A RUSH.
UM, AND SO I, I DO, UM, I BELIEVE YOUR CITY ATTORNEY WILL VOUCH FOR THE FACT SHE'S WORKED FOR ME BEFORE IN OTHER CITIES.
UM, SO I THINK SHE'LL BE ABLE TO SAY THAT I, THAT I DO COME WITH FAIR, UM, THOUGHTS IN MY HEAD, UH, FOR BOTH SIDES.
JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE, I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU MY MICROPHONE.
I'VE WORKED WITH MS. HARWELL FOR YEARS AND SHE'S USUALLY VERY EASY TO NEGOTIATE WITH AND TO COME TO SOME MUTUAL AGREEMENTS WITH.
SO WE, THIS WAS KIND OF THE FLIP FROM THE OTHER COMPANY, WHOSE NAME I WON'T SAY.
SO THIS IS KIND OF AN ODD CONTRACT.
WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK A CHANGE JUST TO CLEAN UP SOME OF THESE THINGS SO THAT WE CAN FLIP THIS AND MAKE SURE IT'S DOCUMENTED IN THE CONTRACT THAT IT'S DECEMBER THAT THESE INCREASES WILL OCCUR.
SO WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT BACK.
I LIKE LONG TERM PARTNERSHIPS, NOT SHORT TERM RELATIONSHIPS.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU'VE BEEN ON, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING THERE FOR 20 SOMETHING YEARS.
I'VE BEEN ON, ON AND OFF COUNCIL SINCE 2012, I THINK.
AND YOU'VE BEEN VERY TRANSPARENT WITH, WITH THIS INCREASE.
WE'VE HAD SOME COMPANIES BEFORE THAT WERE NOT, THAT WERE KINDA SHADY THE WAY THEY DID IT, AND THAT'S KIND OF STUCK WITH ME.
SO YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO BEAR WITH WHAT I'M DEALING WITH HERE.
ANY, UH, ANY PUBLIC INPUT ON THIS SINCE IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING? NO.
THAT WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 34.
ADAM 16, CONSIDER AN ACT AND TAKE, UH, APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 9 35 DASH 25 AMENDING, UH, VARIOUS RATES FOR SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICES PROVIDED TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS, AND PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF DECEMBER 1ST, 2025.
MAYOR AND COUNSEL, I DID WANNA ADD, UM, THE INCREASE FOR OUR REGULAR JUST STANDARD RESIDENTIAL, UH, ACCOUNT IS A DOLLAR FIVE PER MONTH.
AND FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENS, IT'LL BE 96 CENTS PER MONTH WILL BE THE INCREASE THEY SEE IN THE JANUARY BILL THAT THEY WON'T SEE IT UNTIL THEIR JANUARY BILL.
SO WE'LL GET THROUGH CHRISTMAS.
IS THIS ENCOMPASS BOTH RESIDENTIAL AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL? YES.
AND IS THERE A DIFFERENT INCREASE AS FAR AS COMMERCIAL? IT'S THE SAME PERCENT.
UM, IT'S JUST APPLIED TO THE CURRENT RATE.
AND THERE IS A RED LINE IN YOUR PACKET OF THE ORDINANCE THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT ALL OF THE RATES WERE AND WHAT THE NEW RATES ARE WITH THAT 5.3% INCREASE ANY MOTIONS MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING RATES.
I'LL SECOND MOTION MY CHUCK, SECOND MY MAT.
ALRIGHT, ITEM 17, RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM, UH, BURKO HENDRICKS AND CARTER REGARDING PROPOSED STORMWATER MASTER PLAN, UH, DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF.
SO WE'RE HERE JUST TO KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT A STORMWATER MASTER PLAN IS, WHAT YOU CAN USE IT FOR, AND KIND OF HOW WE DEVELOP THIS PLAN FOR THE CITY.
SO THE STORM WATER MASTER PLAN IS BASICALLY A TOOL THAT THE CITY CAN USE AND WE WENT THROUGH AND WE IDENTIFIED WITH THE HELP OF CITY STAFF SOME AREAS THAT YOU HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH DRAINAGE.
AND THEN WE COME UP WITH KIND OF A PLAN TO EITHER EXPAND THOSE FACILITIES, REPAIR 'EM, DO SOMETHING TO HELP WITH THE, THE FLOODING OR SOME OF THE, THE DRAINAGE CONCERNS.
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AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE, THE PLAN IS VERY USEFUL FOR ESTABLISHING MINIMUM SIZES.SO IT'S, IT'S NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A DETAILED ENGINEERING ANALYSIS OF THE FACILITIES, GO BACK ONE, BUT IT'S GONNA GIVE US A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE AND WHAT THAT COST WOULD BE.
SO IT'S A PLANNING TOOL FOR THE FUTURE AND IT IS A PLAN SO WE CAN MODIFY IT AS WE GO ALONG.
IT'S NOT THE END ALL BE ALL, IT'S JUST ONE IDEA THAT WE CAME UP WITH TO SOLVE A CERTAIN ISSUE IN EACH AREA OF THE CITY, PARTICULARLY ALONG NORTH STREET AND BRUCE AND UH, BROCK.
AND THEN THE OVERALL PLAN, UH, WAS MORE FOCUSED ON FUTURE THOROUGHFARE CROSSINGS AND THE SIZING OF THOSE FACILITIES FOR TRIBUTARIES.
WE TOOK THE FEMA DATA WHEN WE HAD IT, AND THAT'S WHERE WE OBTAINED THE PEAK FLOWS FOR THOSE CROSSINGS.
FOR THE OVERALL PLAN WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE PEAK FLOWS, WE JUST ESTIMATED THE, UH, FLOWS BASED ON, UM, A, A CERTAIN CURVE NUMBER.
WE PICKED 85 FOR JUST A AVERAGE RANGE OF RESIDENTIAL AND SOME LIGHT, UH, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE DEVELOPED THOSE PEAK FLOWS AT WHICH EACH ONE OF THE CROSSINGS TO, UH, SIZE THOSE FACILITIES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
WE USED THE RATIONAL METHOD, WHICH WE JUST BROKE IT DOWN INTO SMALL DRAINAGE AREAS AND JUST CALCULATED IT BASED ON VERY SIMPLE METHOD, YOU KNOW, UH, RUNOFF COEFFICIENT TIMES, INTENSITY TIMES AREA, WHICH GIVE US A FLOW RATE.
AND THEN WE DECIDE IF YOUR DITCHES ARE BIG ENOUGH TO CARRY THAT FLOW IF IT, UH, SPILLS OVER INTO PROPERTIES, IF IT, IF IT FLOODS THE ROADWAY, THE CULVERT'S UNDERSIZED.
AND THEN WE COME UP WITH A PLAN BASED ON THAT TO TRY TO PREVENT THAT.
AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS ALONG NORTH STREET AND THE AREAS OF DOWNTOWN, IT'S KIND OF A, I WOULD CALL IT AS AN ESTATE STYLE, UH, DEVELOPMENT WITH OPEN DITCH DRAINAGE AND, UH, LARGER LOTS AND YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ROOM IN YOUR RIGHT OF WAY TO WORK AND THE CITY OF COURSE CAN'T GO ON TO PRIVATE PROPERTY OF FIXED DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT'S OUTSIDE OF YOUR EASEMENTS OR YOUR RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THE FOCUS OF THE DOWNTOWN WAS TRYING TO GET IMPROVEMENTS INSIDE WHAT YOU HAVE NOW THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY WORK TO SOLVE YOUR ISSUES OR AT LEAST ALLEVIATE THEM.
SO WE DID NOT CONSIDER ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OR EASEMENTS.
AND OVERALL WE, UH, IDENTIFIED 29 CULVERT CROSSINGS FOR THE OVERALL PROJECT.
THAT WOULD BE YOUR THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
WITH THE CROSSINGS EIGHT BRIDGES, JOHN BRIDGES, WE HAD TO, UH, MAKE, UH, AN ENGINEERING JUDGMENT THAT ONCE WE WERE LOOKING AT THE FLOW RATES AND WHAT SIZE CULVERTS WE NEEDED FOR THOSE, ONCE WE GOT TO A CER, ONCE YOU GET TO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CONDUITS, IT NO LONGER BECOMES FEASIBLE TO PUT IN MORE CONDUITS.
SO THEN YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER IT TO BE A BRIDGE.
AND SOME AREAS YOU'RE CROSSING, UM, TRIBUTARIES LIKE LITTLE ELM, AND THAT'S A VERY WIDE DRAINAGE AREA.
SO THE BRIDGES WERE ESTIMATED BASED ON EDGE OF THE FLOODPLAIN TO THE EDGE OF THE FLOODPLAIN.
THEY CAN LIKELY BE REDUCED IN THE FUTURE, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR JUST PLANNING PURPOSES, WE ASSUME THEY WOULD GO TO EACH EDGE OF THE FLOOD PLAIN IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
WE DECIDED THAT LIKELY YOU'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT LOWERING THE STREETS AND PUTTING IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SEWER SYSTEM TO CONVEY AT LEAST SOME OF THAT WATER.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT A DETENTION AREA, IT'S PROBABLY LIKELY UP HERE, UH, BY THE, I THINK IT'S WILSON LIFT STATION.
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AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE RAILROAD.THE, UH, UNION PACIFIC IS A BIG BOTTLENECK IN YOUR DRAINAGE FROM YOUR DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND A LOT OF THOSE CULVERTS OR ALL OF THOSE CULVERTS ARE UNDERSIZED.
SO I I, I LOOKED AROUND, I ASKED SOME PEOPLE WITH MORE GRAY HAIR THAN ME.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ABLE TO REPLACE A CULVERT UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD? I CAN'T FIND ANYBODY THAT HAS, CAN IT BE DONE? PROBABLY, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD TAKE.
SO WE ASSUME THAT WE WOULD DETAIN THE WATER TO THE CAPACITY OF THE CULVERTS AND JUST TO, AND TO ACCEPT THE FLOW FROM UPSTREAM.
THIS IS JUST A, AN OVERALL MAP OF THE OVERALL STUDY IS THE LOCATIONS OF THE, UH, FUTURE CULVERT CROSSINGS BASED ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, AND THE NEXT MAP IS THE MORE FOCUSED DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE OVERALL COST FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
AND I'M HERE IF YOU NEED, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE DOLLAR VALUE ON THAT'S A PRETTY LARGE NUMBER, BUT THAT COVERS, UM, LARGE BRIDGES LIKE CONNECTING FRONTIER ACROSS, WHICH IS PROBABLY NOT ANYTHING WE'RE EVER GONNA DO WITHOUT THE STATE OR COUNTY ASSISTANCE.
SO, UM, TO ME THAT WE SHOULD ALMOST JUST DELETE THAT NUMBER OUT OF THIS WHOLE PLAN.
WELL, SOME OF THESE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT YOUR ROADWAY IMPACT FEES AS WELL IF, UH, DRAINAGE WAS INCLUDED WITH THOSE.
UM, I MEAN THIS DRAINAGE STUDY WAS BASICALLY INITIATED TO COVER THE DOWNTOWN OR OLD SIDE OF TOWN WITH THE OPEN DITCHES.
UH, WE KNOW THERE'S A SPECIFIC AREA THAT YOU CALLED OUT THAT NEEDS SOME ATTENTION.
I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS MY DIRECTION OF THE STAFF IS FIGURE OUT A WAY.
I THINK, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN DO DRAINAGE WITHOUT ALSO DOING ROADS, UH, SEEMS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO DO ONE AND NOT THE OTHER AND THEN GO BACK AND DO THE OTHER.
UM, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO START RIGHT WHERE WE, WHERE ARE WE GONNA START AT AND THEN COME UP WITH A PLAN BASED OFF THAT STARTING POINT TO DO BOTH SIMULTANEOUSLY.
UM, SO THE DOWNTOWN IS THE FOCUS FOR THE IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION.
UH, WE DID BUDGET MONEY IN OUR, UH, LAST BUDGET AND WITH THE BOND, UH, FOR THE DOWNTOWN DRAINAGE.
THE, THIS PROJECT WAS KIND OF A TWO-PART PROJECT.
UM, YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM THEM AGAIN.
UM, IT WAS TO, UM, TO ESTABLISH A MASTER PLAN FOR STORMWATER AND THEN LOOK AT DRAINAGE FEES, UM, WHICH WILL COME LATER IN THE PROCESS AND THAT'S WHAT THIS OVERALL CAPITAL PLAN, THEY'LL DRILL DOWN INTO THAT MORE NOW.
AND LIKE JUSTIN SAID, THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT THOSE THOROUGHFARE PLANS AND THE CALCULATION FOR THAT ROADWAY IMPACT FEE TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT COUNTED IN BOTH.
UM, SO THERE'S ANOTHER STEP TO THIS, BUT THE IMMEDIATE THAT WE WANT IT ADDRESSED RIGHT AWAY IS THE DOWNTOWN DRAINAGE.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, BASED ON YOUR DIRECTION TONIGHT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO START SOME OF THOSE DESIGNS AND THEN GO INTO CONSTRUCTION SINCE IT'S ALREADY BEEN FUNDED, IF, IF I MAY, THE LOGICAL, NORMALLY THE LOGICAL PLACE STARTS DOWNSTREAM AND THEN WORK YOUR WAY UP SO THAT WAY WE HAVE PLACES IF WE START UPSTREAM, WE CAN'T DAYLIGHT AND JUST DUMP IT INTO A DITCH AND CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS DOWNSTREAM.
SO YEAH, WE WOULD START THERE AT THE WILSON AND PUT IN SOME TYPE OF DETENTION.
UH, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE ON THE, YOUR, UH, STUDY, THEY'RE SHOWING THE WHOLE PROPERTY, BUT IT WON'T BE THE WHOLE PROPERTY.
THEY'LL DECIDE WE'LL HELP FIGURE OUT WHAT THE APPROPRIATE LOCATION IS.
OUR PLAN WOULD BE TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO A PARK OR A FARMER'S MARKET, WHATEVER WE DECIDE IN THE FUTURE.
BUT WE WOULD DESIGN IT SO THAT IT WOULD BE RETENTION AND SOME TYPE OF AMENITY, UH, FEATURE, WHETHER IT BE A FOUNTAIN OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT AND BRING TO YOU.
THEN WE WOULD WORK OUR WAY UP.
UM, BROCKETT, UH, NORTH STREET, THEY ALL COME TOGETHER.
SO WE WOULD JUST START AT SHERMAN AND WORK OUR WAY UP AND IT WOULD BE THE ROADWAY BEING LOWERED, SO THEREFORE WE'LL GET A NEW ROAD WITH IT.
WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WATER AND SEWER.
IF WATER AND SEWER IS UNDER THE STREET OR UNDER THE PAVEMENT, THEN IF IT NEEDS REPLACED, WE'LL REPLACE IT WHILE WE'RE THERE
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AS WELL.ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER INPUT? I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS ONE HAPPEN.
I THINK, UH, THAT I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE BEEN ACCUSED IN THE PAST.
THE CITY HAS BEEN ACCUSED IN THE PAST OF JUST DUMPING WATER IN PLACES, SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA BE THE PLAN.
ALRIGHT, ADAM, UH, 18 CONSIDERATION ON ACTION ON AWARDING AND OUR REJECTING BIDS FOR THE ROCK HILL PUMP STATION AND GROUND STORAGE TANK AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS COOPER REINBOLD WITH BURKHOFF INTEREST AND CARTER, UH, THE DESIGN ENGINEERS FOR THIS PROJECT.
UH, THE ENGINEER OF RECORD IS ANDREW MATA.
HE WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT, SO I'M HERE REPRESENTING BHC.
THIS PROJECT CONSISTS OF A 1 MILLION GALLON PER DAY PUMP STATION, A 400,000 GALLON, A-W-W-A-D 100 WELDED STEEL GROUND STORAGE RESERVOIR, 2,602 SQUARE YARDS OF EIGHT INCH THICK REINFORCED CONCRETE PAVEMENT, 1,340 LINEAR FEET OF 12 INCH WATERLINE, AS WELL AS ALL NECESSARY APP APPEARANCES TO MAKE THE PUMP STATION AND GROUND STORAGE RESERVOIR FUNCTIONAL AND OPERATIONAL.
UH, ADVER ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS WAS SELECT SOLICITED FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS IN THE NEWSPAPER AND WAS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE THROUGH CC FOR 21 CALENDAR DAYS.
SIX BIDS WERE RECEIVED AS OF NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025.
HENEY LEADERSHIP GROUP INCORPORATED OF DALLAS, TEXAS SUBMITTED THE APPARENT LOW BID IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,809,723 AND 76 CENTS.
HOWEVER, THE BIDDER WAS CONSIDERED NON-RESPONSIVE AS THEY DID NOT PROVIDE APPROPRIATE EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS SUBMITTAL OF A LIST OF SIMILAR PROJECTS COMPLETED WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS FOR CONSTRUCTING GROUND STORAGE RESERVOIRS OF SIMILAR SIZE OR LARGER WITH THEIR BIDDING DOCUMENTS.
SUBMITTAL OF THIS LIST OF WORK ON SIMILAR PROJECTS IS CONSIDERED MATERIAL IN THE CITY PURCHASING PROCESS.
THE BIDDER ALSO DID NOT SUBMIT FIVE REFERENCES FOR CONSTRUCTING RESERVOIRS WITH SEAL WELDED RAFTER ROOFS IN TEXAS WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS AS PART OF THE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS, WHICH WOULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED MATERIAL IN THE CITY PURCHASING PROCESS.
DURING THE BIDDING PROCESS, WE RECEIVED QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE BID DATE, CONTRACT TIME, AND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS RELATED RELATED TO THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION PLANS.
THESE QUESTIONS WERE ADDRESSED THROUGH AN ADDENDUM.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM HANEY LEADERSHIP OR ANY OTHER BIDDER RELATED TO THE GROUND STORAGE OR RESERVOIR REQUIRED REFERENCES DURING THE BIDDING PROCESS SINCE ALL OTHER BIDDERS INCLUDED THE REQUIRED RESERVOIR REFERENCES.
CITY STAFF DIRECTED THE ENGINEER RECORD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SECOND LOW BIDDER ON NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025.
MAYM MUNICIPAL BUILDERS, LLC OF ALLEN, TEXAS SUBMITTED THE SECOND APPARENT LOW BID IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,905,645 AND 0 CENTS.
WE CHECKED THE REFERENCES THAT MAYO MUNICIPAL BUILDER PROVIDED AND FOUND NO IRREGULARITIES WITH THE CONTRACT OR WITH THE CONTRACTOR FROM THE REFERENCES.
WE ALSO REVIEWED THE CONTRACTOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS AND THE EQUIPMENT LIST PROVIDED FROM THE BIDDING DOCUMENTS.
IT APPEARS THAT MAYO MUNICIPAL BUILDERS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED SIMILAR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN CITIES SUCH AS THE CITY OF BRIDGEPORT, CARTHAGE, SAXE, AND SANGER, AS WELL AS JOHNSON COUNTY SUD.
UPON HANEY LEADERSHIP GROUP LEARNING OF THEIR NON-RESPONSIVE BID FROM THE ENGINEER OF RECORD, THEY SUBMITTED A PROTEST LETTER TO THE CITY MANAGER AND SUBSEQUENTLY PROVIDED THE MISSING REFERENCE INFORMATION.
THE CITY PURCHASING POLICY DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THE SUBMITTAL OF MATERIAL INFORMATION AFTER BIDS HAVE BEEN OPENED.
THEREFORE, WE RECOMMENDED OR WE RECOMMEND REJECTING THE BID FROM HANEY LEADERSHIP GROUP.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY ACCEPT THE BID FROM MAYOR MUNICIPAL BUILDERS LLC AND AWARD THEM A CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT.
DEAR GENTLEMEN, STILL WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES.
ALRIGHT, WHO'S FIRST? DEVON OR MATT? ALRIGHT, YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
MATT PETERSON WITH A AND B WATER 7 1 5 FORT WORTH AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS.
UH, MAYOR RICH AND COUNSEL, AS YOU'RE AWARE, I EMAILED ALL OF YOU TODAY INDIVIDUALLY OF WHAT OUR PROTEST LETTER WAS THAT WAS TURNED INTO CITY STAFF.
NOW PUTTING ASIDE FOR THE MOMENT OUR ARGUMENT THAT THE BIDDING DOCUMENTS ARE AMBIGUOUS AND THAT WE PROVIDED AN ACCEPTABLE BID, I'D LIKE TO DIVE IN TO WHAT THE ENGINEER OF RECORD IS
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STATING.CITY STAFF PROVIDED US THEIR RESPONSE AS TO WHY OUR CASE OUR BID WAS DENIED YESTERDAY AND CONTENDS THAT THE OMISSION OF THIS LIST IN THE FIVE REFERENCES AND JOB REQUIREMENTS WAS A MATERIAL OMISSION OR IRREGULAR IRREGULARITY, BUT IN FACT, IT WAS COMP PAIRED VERBALLY TO NOT PROVIDING A BID BOND, WHICH IS A PREREQUISITE FOR YOUR BID TO BE READ.
THAT WOULD BE A MATERIAL OMISSION.
THE TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE DEFINES AN IRREGULARITY AND THE BIDDING PROCESS AS MINOR OR IMMATERIAL IF IT DOES NOT AFFECT THE BID'S CORE ELEMENTS OF PRICE, QUANTITY, QUALITY, DELIVERY, OR THE GOODS OF SERVICES BEING ACQUIRED.
THE OMISSION OF THE TANK CONTRACTOR'S LIST IN THE REFERENCES OF THE JOBS IS NOT A MATERIAL IRREGULARITY OR REMISSION FROM US BECAUSE IT DOES NOT AFFECT THE PRICE, QUANTITY, QUALITY, OR DELIVERY OF GOOD AND SERVICES.
MOREOVER, THE CITY IS ALREADY AWARE OF THE TANK CONTRACTORS REFERENCES AND JOBS THROUGH ALL OF THE OTHER BIDDERS WHO ARE ALL USING THE SAME TANK CONTRACTOR AS US THAT WE PROVIDED IN OUR BID LOGIC DICTATES THAT THE OMISSION OF THIS LIST CANNOT BE MATERIAL.
SO WITH THIS, THE IRREGULARITY OF NOT PROVIDING THE LIST WITHIN THE BID P BID PACKET CAN BE CORRECTED OR WAIVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY IF IT DOES NOT GIVE ANY BIDDERS AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE OR RESULT OF PREJUDICE TO THE OTHER BIDDERS, WHICH IS WHAT THIS CASE DOES.
SECTION 2 52 0.042 B OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE ALSO REQUIRES BIDDERS SHALL BE TREATED FAIRLY AND EQUALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION AND REVISION OF BIDS TO COMPLY WITH THE FAIRNESS REQUIREMENT.
WE AS A AND V, I BELIEVE, ARE ENTITLED TO SUPPLEMENT OUR BID PACKAGE BY FURNISHING THIS LIST FOR THE TANK CONTRACTOR IN QUESTION.
THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO ARBITRARILY DENY OUR BID.
IF IT'S A MINOR IRREGULARITY, YOUR STAFF IS ARGUING THIS IS A MATERIAL OMISSION.
HOWEVER, LAW DICTATES THAT THIS CASE IS SIMPLY NOT THAT.
WITH THAT WE REQUEST THAT YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH A WIT AWARDING THE BID TO A AND B WATER OR DIRECT THE CITY STAFF TO REBID THIS PROJECT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
IF YOU DO NOT, YOU'LL BE CAUGHT SEEING YOUR TAXPAYERS AND CONSTITUENTS NEARLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BY MOVING FORWARD WITH THE SECOND BIDDER WHEN OUR BID IS PROVEN TO, UH, BE QUALIFIED.
I WAS GONNA ASK BEFORE WE HAVE A DISCUSSION, DEVIN COULD GO IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT IF YOU HAD QUESTIONS.
MY NAME'S DEON FERRIS WITH A AND V WATER.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF A AND B WATER, AND MY ADDRESS IS 7 1 5 FORT WORTH AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS AS WELL.
TO PIGGYBACK OFF WHAT MATT SAID, THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE BY THE CITY STAFF THAT THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TIME TO CHECK OUR REFERENCES FOR THIS PROJECT, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE PROVIDED WITH OUR INITIAL BID.
HOWEVER, I WANNA MAKE IT KNOWN THAT WE DID JUST KICK OFF A THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, 2 MILLION GALLON.
THIS IS A 400,000 GALLON, 2 MILLION GALLON GROUND STORAGE TANK RESERVOIR PROJECT WITH THE SAME DESIGN ENGINEER AS THIS PROJECT IN ROANOKE, TEXAS.
AND THAT OUR REFERENCES WERE CHECKED BY BURKO, HENDRICK AND CARTER NO LONGER THAN 90 DAYS AGO FOR THAT PROJECT.
SO THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH OUR REFERENCES AND COULD HAVE PROVIDED THE CITY WITH THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
HOWEVER, NOW I FEEL AS IF WE'RE STUCK IN A FINGER POINTING CONTEST ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO BE QUALIFIED TO BUILD THIS PROJECT.
EVEN THOUGH, AS MATT SAID, WE'RE USING THE SAME TANK CONTRACTOR, WHICH IS TANK BUILDERS THAT THE OTHER CONTRACTORS HAVE SUBMITTED AS WELL.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY THE CITY SAID THAT OUR BID WAS UNRESPONSIVE AND WHY WE SHOULD NOT BE AWARDED THE PROJECT.
ONE OF THE REASONS THE CITY CAME UP WITH WAS FAIRNESS.
AND TO TOUCH ON WHAT MATT SAID, THERE IS NO RESPONSIBILITY OF FAIRNESS FOR THE CITY UNDER THIS CIRCUMSTANCE BECAUSE THE SPECIFICATION DOCUMENTS THAT WERE RELATED TO THIS BID ALLOWED THE CITY 10 BUSINESS DAYS TO REQUEST SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FROM THE BIDDING CONTRACTORS.
AND THE CITY WHEN WE DISCUSSED WITH THEM, SAID THEY JUST SIMPLY DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO DO THAT BECAUSE THIS PROJECT WAS TRYING TO BE FAST TRACKED.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, LIKE MATT SAID, THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TAX REVENUE FOR THE CITY IS EQUAL TO ROUGHLY $6 MILLION IN TAX BASE, WHICH I DON'T THINK SHOULD BE VIEWED AS IMMATERIAL.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S A REASON WHY I SHOULD BE GIVING YOU GUYS EXAMPLES OF WHAT THAT COULD BE USED FOR.
BUT A COUPLE THAT COME TO MIND ARE MULTIPLE TEACHER SALARIES, CITY ROAD AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AS WE JUST HEARD THE SALARIES OF THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT
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YOU INDUCTED THIS EVENING OR TO OFFSET YOUR INCREASE IN YOUR COST OF YOUR CONTRACT WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICES, ALL OF WHICH COME FROM TAX REVENUE THAT YOU ALL FIGHT HARD TO RECRUIT FOR THIS CITY.I MAKE A MOTION TO REJECT THE BID FROM HANEY LEADERSHIP GROUP INCORPORATED AND AWARD THE BID TO MAYO MUNICIPAL BUILDERS LLC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,905,645.
I'LL SECOND MOTION MY JEFF, SECOND, MY CHUCK ON FAVOR PASSES FOUR TO ZERO.
ALL RIGHT, WELL THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM 19, UH, RECEIVE A PRESENTATION AND A WHOLE DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROPOSED AUBREY 2045 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PLAN TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND TO CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED AUBREY 25 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 58, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M SENIOR PLANNER WITH DUNAWAY ASSOCIATES, AND WE'VE HAD THE ABSOLUTE PLEASURE OF BEING ABLE TO SERVE THE CITY OF AUBREY OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF IN, UH, HELPING YOU THE CITY TO WRITE YOUR NEXT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY, THE 2045.
WITH ME TONIGHT IS AIDEN HERRARA, MY STAFF PLANNER.
SHE IS ABSOLUTELY THE, THE, THE BRAINS BEHIND THIS PLAN.
SHE'S BEEN, UH, WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH YOUR STAFF.
WE'VE REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS PLAN TO YOU THIS EVENING.
SO JUST KIND OF KICK IT OFF, UH, FOR YOU.
THIS IS THE TIMELINE IN WHICH WE HAVE GONE THROUGH, UH, THROUGH THE PROCESS.
WE, UH, KICKED OFF IN APRIL OF 2024.
WE HAVE MET SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE PICKED BY YOUR STAFF AND, AND, UH, YOU AS WELL.
AND, AND TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF MEET WITH THEM.
WE HAD, UH, UH, RESTAURANT OWNERS.
WE HAD, UH, UH, DEVELOPERS, UH, IN, IN THE CITY.
WE HAD, UH, LARGE PROPERTY OWNERS.
WE HAD EQUESTRIAN OWNERS, UH, ON THAT STEERING COMMITTEE.
AND THEY GAVE US A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK IN HELPING US MANAGE THE, THE VISION AND, UH, A LOT OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THIS PLAN AND HOW WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
UH, WE DID A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND A, UH, UH, SURVEY AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE RESULTS OF THAT SURVEY IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
BUT THE BIGGEST PART OF IT IS THAT WE DID, UH, SOME OUTREACH WITH THE, AT THE, UH, AUBREY, UH, PEANUT FESTIVAL IN, UH, UH, OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR.
AND, UH, WE SET UP A BOOTH RIGHT NEXT TO THE CITY OF AUBREY'S BOOTH.
UH, AND, UH, SHONDA WAS ABLE TO GIVE US A LOT OF LITTLE SQUISHIES THAT THE, THAT THE CITY HAD.
WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT INPUT AT THAT, UH, AT THAT, UH, UH, PEANUT FESTIVAL HAD A GREAT DAY.
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER THAT DAY, AND IT HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE ABLE TO COME UP AND TALK TO US NOT ONLY ABOUT WHAT THE CITY IS OVERALL AND WHAT THE CITY MEANT TO US, IT MEANT TO THEM.
AND, UH, AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE IDEAS, THOSE THOUGHTS THAT WE, UH, WERE ABLE TO, UH, HAVE, ARE REFLECTIVE IN THIS PLAN.
THIS IS NOT A, UH, A CUT AND PASTE TYPE OF PLAN.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY, THE WORDS INTO THIS PLAN COME FROM THE CITY OF AUBREY, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PLAN REFLECTS THAT AND IS A USEFUL TOOL FOR YOU AS YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH ALL THE DECISIONS THAT YOU, AS THE COUNCIL AND YOUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN THE FUTURE.
SO NOW WE'RE AT A, AT A POINT AFTER WE HAVE DRAFTED THIS PLAN, UH, WE TOOK YOUR, YOUR, UM, UH, PLAN TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION LAST WEEK.
THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO YOU AND WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THE PLAN, FOLLOWING ANY APPROVAL THAT YOU MAY GIVE TO US.
WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET THE, ANY CHANGES THAT YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE PLAN THAT NEED TO HAPPEN, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET YOU NICE HARD COPIES OF IT.
BUT WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A LOT OF DATA ALSO.
AND SO ALL THE DATA THAT WE HAVE BEEN SHARING WITH YOUR STAFF OVERALL, WE SHARE WITH YOUR OTHER CONTRACTORS AND GIS DATA AND ALL THAT OVER INFORMATION SO THAT IT BECOMES A LIVING DOCUMENT FOR YOUR DECISION MAKING PROCESSES.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST LOOK AT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS REAL DATA BEHIND IT, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS, UH, USEFUL TO YOU.
AS STEVEN WAS SAYING, UM, WE CAME OUT TO THE PEANUT FESTIVAL LAST YEAR.
IT WAS A GREAT WAY FOR US TO SEE DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESIDENTS FROM THE YOUNG TO THE OLD.
YOU CAN SEE WE HAD MAPS THAT PEOPLE COULD MARK UP, BUT WE ALSO HAD A LOT OF VISIONARY BOARDS, UM, INTERACTIVE WHERE PEOPLE COULD PUT STICKERS ON DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES THAT THEY LIKED.
UM, PUBLIC GATHERING SPACES, PARTS AND THINGS THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE BROUGHT IN, UM, ALONG WITH DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL STYLES.
UM, ANOTHER ONE OF OUR BOARDS THAT WE HAD WAS ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS.
WE ALSO BROUGHT THIS TO OUR STEERING COMMITTEE AND IT WAS KIND OF AN EXERCISE OF TWO DIFFERENT APPROACHES THAT THE CITY COULD LOOK AT, UM, FOR GROWTH MOVING FORWARD FOR FUTURE LAND USE.
FIRST ONE BEING THAT SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAT WE SEE THROUGHOUT NORTH TEXAS.
YOU HAVE MORE OF YOUR COMMERCIAL ON YOUR MAIN
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THOROUGHFARES AND THEN YOUR RESIDENTIAL KIND OF SPREAD OUT.AND THEN SECOND BEING, UM, NODAL MITCH JUICE, WHERE YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF KEY AREAS AT CORRIDORS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WHERE YOU MAY HAVE HIGHER DENSITY, UM, MORE WALKABILITY AND RETAIL ALL KIND OF WITHIN THE SAME SPACE.
UM, THIS WAS REALLY A CONVERSATION POINT FOR, UM, US WITH RESIDENTS TO KIND OF HEAR WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE PRIORITIZED.
AND WHAT WE HEARD WAS, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAINTAIN THAT OPEN SPACE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF EQUESTRIAN AND AGRITOURISM IS KINDA WHAT WE WERE CALLING IT, UM, BUSINESS SECTORS HERE.
SO WHILE WE'RE GETTING GROWTH, LOOKING AT WAYS WE CAN, UM, PRESERVE THAT.
UM, SO WHAT WE ENDED UP WITH WAS THIS, UM, FUTURE LAND USE APPROACH OR FUTURE LAND USE MAP DRAFT.
UM, IT WAS KIND OF A BLEND OF BOTH APPROACHES, UM, KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE REALLY STILL WANTED TO KEEP A LOT OF, UM, LARGER LOT SINGLE FAMILY, BUT CREATING A, WHAT WE'RE CALLING RURAL LIFE DISTRICT WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR RURAL ESTATES, BUT ALSO INCORPORATING THOSE BARNS, UM, AND DIFFERENT EQUESTRIAN PRACTICES AND MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR THEM TO GROW THEIR BUSINESSES OVER TIME.
UM, AND WE KEPT SOME OF THE MIXED USE IN AREAS, BUT UM, WE KIND OF, WE WORKED WITH STAFF TO REFINE THIS TO MAKE IT WORK FOR WHAT THEIR VISION FOR AUBREY IS MOVING FORWARD.
BUT BIG THING WITH THIS, THIS IS NOT ZONING.
THIS IS A GUIDE FOR DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND TRYING TO NOTE THOSE PRIORITIES THAT, UM, STAFF HAVE SEEN ALONG WITH WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, AGAIN, WE SAID WE DID IN-PERSON ENGAGEMENT, BUT WE ALSO REALIZED NOT EVERYONE CAN COME OUT TO THESE TYPE OF EVENTS.
SO WE ALSO TRIED TO HAVE AN ONLINE FORMAT.
WE HAD THE AUBREY 2045, UM, WEBSITE THAT HAD LIVE, UM, UPDATES OF THINGS WE WERE DOING WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE, DIFFERENT MAPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND FOR A MONTH WE HAD THE COMMUNITY SURVEY LIVE.
UM, WE HAD ABOUT 510 RESPONSES.
THAT'S ABOUT LIKE 8% OF THE POPULATION.
SO NOT A BAD, UM, INPUT, BUT ONE OF THE KEY FACTORS WITH THIS WAS WHAT WE HEARD AT THE, UM, PEANUT FESTIVAL REALLY ALIGNED WITH WHAT WE ALSO HEARD IN THE COMMUNITY SURVEY.
SO THOSE KEY PRIORITIES, UM, REALLY STOOD OUT AND WE KEPT THOSE IN MIND MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
IT WAS ALSO A GREAT WAY FOR US TO SEE WHAT THE CITY'S DOING WELL AND LIKE I SAID, THOSE KEY FOCUS AREAS THAT WE WANTED TO KEEP IN MIND, UM, AND NEEDED MORE IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS PLAN MOVING FORWARD.
CITY'S DOING A GREAT JOB ON COMMUNICATION, REALLY FELT PEOPLE VALUE THAT.
IT'S, UM, A FAMILY ORIENTED COMMUNITY.
SO WE WANNA PRESERVE THOSE THINGS AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW.
AND THE AREAS OF FOCUS FOR MORE IMPROVEMENT.
YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WANTS MORE PARKING, RECREATION SPACE, WAYS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DEVELOP, DEVELOP THAT, CONTINUE STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR YOUNG FAMILIES.
UM, DIFFERENT, UM, STAGES OF LIFE AS WELL.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WANTS MORE SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS, GROCERY STORES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE HAVE A VISION STATEMENT FOR THIS PLAN.
I THINK OF IT AS LIKE A CITY MOTTO.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THE TRADITION BUT ALSO WELCOMING, UM, THE FUTURE AND EMBRACING ENTHUSIASM ENTREPRENEURSHIP THAT, UM, AUBREY, WE'VE REALLY SEEN THAT THE CITIZENS HAVE.
AND THEN UNDERNEATH THAT YOU HAVE THE, UM, GUIDING PRINCIPLES WHICH WE SEE AS VALUES THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN KEEP IN MIND, UM, IN OTHER DOCUMENTS OR DIFFERENT PRACTICES, UM, FOR THE DEPARTMENTS AS THE CITY, UM, MOVES FORWARD.
SO AFTER THIS SLIDE, WE'RE GONNA BE INTO SOME TIGHT, HEAVY SLIDES, BUT IT KIND OF GIVES YOU THE STRUCTURE OF WHAT THE DOCUMENT IS.
WE HAVE NINE CHAPTERS, UM, AND WITHIN THOSE CHAPTERS WE HAVE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND STRATEGIES.
THE GOALS ARE GONNA BE YOUR VISION FOR WHAT THE CITY WANTS TO ACCOMPLISH OR THE COMMUNITY.
THE OBJECTIVES ARE GOING TO BE THAT DIRECTION THAT WE NEED TO TAKE.
AND THE STRATEGIES ARE THOSE ACTIONABLE STEPS TO GET US DOWN THE PATH THAT WE WANT TO GO.
UM, THE STRATEGIES, JUST BECAUSE WOULD BE A LOT TO PUT ON A SLIDE ARE NOT IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT THEY ARE IN THE DOCUMENT AND THE IMPLEMENTATION TABLE AND WHAT WILL BE USED BY STAFF AND YOU FOR BUDGETS AND GETTING THESE THINGS DONE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
BUT I'M GONNA HAND IT BACK OVER TO STEVEN.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING NOT GOING TO DO IS, OOP, LET'S GO BACK.
WE'RE GOING FORWARD, LET'S GO BACK.
IT'S NOT WANTING ME TO DO THAT.
I, IT WANTED TO DO WAS GO FORWARD WHATEVER DIRECTION I WAS GOING.
SO WE GO BACK TO, UH, GROWTH MANAGEMENT.
WHAT WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THIS EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IS WE'RE NOT GONNA READ THIS TO YOU.
WE HAVE THE DOCUMENT AVAILABLE FOR YOU.
IT'S ON YOUR WEBSITE, HAS BEEN ON YOUR WEBSITE FOR A LITTLE WHILE NOW, SO THAT YOUR, UH, YOUR PUBLIC AND YOURSELVES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
WE WANTED TO HIT A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS.
THE BIG HI BIGGEST HIGHLIGHT IN GROWTH MANAGEMENT IS, IS THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY THROUGH YOUR TOOLS, THROUGH YOUR BUDGETS, THROUGH THE WAY THAT YOU DIRECT YOUR STAFF TO, TO OPERATE AND MANAGE YOUR, YOUR COMMUNITY IS TO MANAGE YOUR COMMUNITY THROUGH, UM, THE LOCATION, THE TIMING, THE QUALITY, AND THE QUANTITY OF GROWTH.
AND SO ALL OF THOSE TOOLS THAT YOU HAVE CAN MANAGE HOW THAT GROWTH OCCURS.
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ON WHERE YOU PLACE YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE.IT DEPENDS ON HOW, UH, YOU PLACED YOUR ZONING, WHAT THAT ZONING DENSITY IS GOING TO BE, WHETHER OR NOT YOU MAKE THE DECISION FOR THAT ZONING TO OCCUR.
ALL OF THOSE DECISIONS HELP MANAGE HOW THAT GROWTH IS, IS OCCURRING.
AND SO WHAT WE HAVE IS SOME OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES TO HELP MAINTAIN AND ALSO IMPROVE UPON THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS, UH, FOR YOUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT.
UH, ADDITIONALLY WE WANTED TO LOOK AT FUTURE LAND USE.
WE HAVE A FANTASTIC MAP IN THERE OF YOUR EXISTING LAND USE AND WHAT IS THE FUTURE LAND USE OF THE MA OF THE CITY TODAY, NOT JUST IN YOUR CURRENT CITY LIMITS AND YOUR, UH, AS YOU'RE GROWING YOUR ANNEXATION AREAS, BUT ALSO YOUR AREAS WITHIN YOUR ETJ AS YOU STRETCH OUT ALL THE WAY TO COLLIN COUNTY.
WHAT ARE THOSE AREAS LOOKING LIKE BECAUSE THEY DO AFFECT YOU AND HOW YOUR SUBDIVISION RULES ARE APPLIED AND HOW, HOW YOUR CITY IS GOING TO BE HELPING MANAGE, UM, GROWTH WITHIN THIS NEW CORRIDOR.
ALL THE WAY GOING THROUGH FROM THREE 80 UP, 3 77 UP.
ALSO THE, UH, THE IMPROVEMENTS ON, UH, THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY.
AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS MAP IS IN ENCAPSULATED ALL OF THAT.
AND WE LOOK AT THE, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LAND USES THAT, RURAL AREAS THAT, UH, AIDEN HAD TALKED ABOUT, BUT ALSO, UM, WHAT THOSE MIXED USE AREAS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
WE HAD IMAGES OF THOSE AREAS AND WE HAD, UH, WE TOOK THE, THE, THE BEST IMAGES THAT WE HAD, UH, FROM THE FUTURE LAND USE AND WE PUT 'EM INTO, UH, THAT MAP SO THAT THE MAP, UH, IS, UH, CODED TO THE COLORS OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF VISION OF THAT.
WE LOOK AT, UH, AREAS OF, UM, OF INDUSTRIAL TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT OR HIGHER COMMERCIAL TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT BASED ON MARKET STUDIES THAT, UH, WAS DONE AS PART OF THIS PLAN.
AND ALSO WORKING WITH, UH, CHRISTINE AND THE MDD AND WORKING WITH THE MDD STAFF ON THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN OF MAKING SURE THAT THOSE TWO PLANS MARRY TOGETHER AS HOW WE LOOK AT LAND USE, HOW DO WE, UH, MANAGE WHAT OUR, UH, GROWTH IS AND WHAT THE KIND OF GROWTH IS LOOKING AT.
ONE OF THE THINGS ALSO, WE HAVE SOME FANTASTIC INPUT FROM, UM, YOUR CITY ATTORNEY AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE ARE ADDING INTO EACH ONE OF THESE LAND USES THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT GOVERNMENT USES ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE IN ALL THESE TYPE DIFFERENT LAND USE AREAS, BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE AREAS ARE, UM, APPROPRIATELY AVAILABLE FOR, UH, THE, UH, THE WAY THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO MANAGE, UH, THE, THE GREATER AREA OF, UH, OF AUBREY.
SO WE DO HAVE ALL OF THOSE AREAS.
WE ALSO, UH, HAVE IDENTIFIED AREAS OF CHARACTER AND, AND, UH, CATALYST SITES, AREAS WHERE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CAN REALLY KIND OF FOCUS ON, ON BEING ABLE TO, UH, TO MANAGE THE AREA.
THE, THE ONE THING THAT, UH, THE MAYOR HAD GIVEN TO US AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS THAT HE, HE'S VERY PROUD OF THE, UH, UH, THE HISTORY OF DOWNTOWN AUBREY AND THE CITY.
AND IT'S A VISION OF THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS A, A CONTINUATION OF THAT VISION.
THE PEANUT FESTIVAL IN AND OF ITSELF, AND THE, UH, LOGO THAT OF THE PEANUT DRYER.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THAT THE DOWNTOWN CAN CONTINUE TO BE A CATALYST SITE.
YOU'RE ALREADY WORKING, UH, WITH THE STATE AND MAKING SURE THAT THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE A MUCH MORE SAFER ENVIRONMENT.
HOW DO WE MAKE THAT MUCH MORE SAFER ENVIRONMENT? HOW DO WE, UH, ENCOURAGE NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THERE THAT MAKES IT A DESTINATION AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND CONTINUES THAT TRADITION IN HISTORY? SO WE HAVE A, HAVE A LOT OF LITTLE STEPS AND IDEAS AND THOUGHTS IN THE, IN THAT, AND THOSE ARE PLACED INTO THE PLAN AS WELL.
SO CONNECTING WITH THAT IS, UH, IS TRANSPORTATION YOUR NEXT BIGGEST PART OF THAT? HOW DO YOU, UH, MANAGE ARTERIALS COLLECTORS AND LOCAL STREETS SO THAT, UH, YOU HAVE THAT CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT YOUR COMMUNITY? WE HAVE PROVIDED INTO THAT, UH, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, A FULL, UH, MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN THAT HAS OPTIONS OF, UH, UH, DIFFERENT TYPES OF THOROUGHFARES.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH DENTON AND, AND, UH, COLLIN COUNTY'S, UH, MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLANS TO INCORPORATE WHAT THEIR VISIONS ARE AND, AND HOW THEY WOULD AFFECT, UH, UH, NEW GROWTH INTO THE COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SAME KIND OF DENSITIES THAT WOULD WORK AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S APPROPRIATE, UH, STREET TYPES THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC FOR THAT FUTURE DENSITY.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE BIGGEST THING IN THAT IS THE, UH, THE OUTER LOOP AND HOW THAT IS GOING TO, UH, BE CONNECTED AS, UH, THE NEW ALIGNMENT OF 4 28 AND WHAT 4 28 IS GOING TO BE.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS STILL, UM, SOME DECISION MAKING THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE FROM A PART OF THE STATE AND HOW IT WORKS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT THE COST IS GOING TO BE AS IT CROSSES, UH, AND PASSES OVER, UH, THE, UH, THE RAIL LINE.
AND SO, UH, AND ADDITIONAL HOW IT'S GOING TO CROSS THE TRINITY RIVER AS WELL.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LOSS, UH, OF COST ALSO, AND WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO EVENTUALLY INTO, UM, I 35 AND INTO THE, INTO THE FUTURE.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THOSE PIECES ALL KIND OF FIT TOGETHER AND, AND, UH, THAT IS A PART OF THAT, UH, OF THAT PROCESS.
AND AGAIN, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT TRANSPORTATION IS NOT JUST LOOKING AT ROADS, NOT LOOK, JUST LOOKING AT, UM, YOUR, UH, YOUR ROAD NETWORK, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, OTHER ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION.
WHILE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, THE, ONE OF
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THE VERY FIRST TRIPS THAT WE TOOK IN DRIVING THROUGH THE CITY, UM, LEANNE TOOK US, UH, GOING TO A LOT OF YOUR NEW COMMUNITIES AND, AND, UH, LOOKING AT THE, UM, THE WALKABILITY, UH, THAT IS BEING PLACED AS PART OF THESE NEW, UH, COMMUNITIES AND LOOKING AT POINTS WHERE WE CAN START MAKING CONNECTIONS ON TRAIL SYSTEMS AND PART OF YOUR PARKS AND, UH, RECREATION OPEN, UH, AND OPEN SPACE PLAN THAT IS INCORPORATED INTO THIS PLAN.AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE AREAS ARE NOT JUST RECREATIONAL, BUT THEY'RE ALSO TRANSPORTATION AND BEING ABLE TO, UH, UTILIZE THESE, UH, UH, THESE WALKWAYS AND TRAILS AS PARTS OF TRANSPORTATION AND BEING ABLE TO, UH, CONNECT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.
SO THIS IS, AGAIN, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS AT A VERY 30,000 FOOT LEVEL, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE IDEAS AND, AND THOUGHTS AS YOU'RE MAKING, UH, THE DECISION MAKING PROCESSES AND SAYING, WHAT DID WE SAY IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? HOW CAN WE MAKE THAT APPLY? AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS, UH, UH, THE APPROPRIATE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO GO IN.
AND AGAIN, FINALLY, UH, DID YOU WANT TO HIT THIS ONE? FANTASTIC.
SO, WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE REALLY KIND OF ECHOED THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE DID WITH CATALYST FOR, WITH THE MDD AND HOW THE CITY CAN WORK AS A PARTNER TO BRING IN MORE INDUSTRY, UM, SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES, BUILD, UM, RETAIL CORRIDORS FOR EMPLOYMENT HUBS, CONTINUE TO TRAIN OUR WORKFORCE, STRENGTHEN THOSE PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL INSTITUTIONS.
BUT, UM, AND ALSO AS WE NOTED THE KEY AREAS SUCH AS DOWNTOWN, HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THOSE AS A DESTINATION? UM, AND BRINGING IN DIFFERENT RETAIL OPTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HEARD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED MORE SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUILDING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, BUT A LOT OF THIS WAS INFORMED BY THE MARKET STUDY THAT WE DID WITH CATALYSTS.
ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS CORRELATE WITH, UM, THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND HOW THE CITY AND THE MDD CAN BE PARTNERS TO CREATE A MORE STABLE AND RESILIENT ECONOMY FOR AUBREY.
SO HOUSING, WHENEVER WE DID THE PEANUT FESTIVAL, WE SAW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A STRONG DESIRE FOR MORE SINGLE FAMILY, BUT THE PEOPLE WERE ALSO OPEN TO DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES FOR, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT LIFE STAGES.
YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANNA HAVE TO MOW THEIR LAWNS, LOOKING AT IN STRATEGIC AREAS WHERE IT MADE SENSE, MAYBE HAVING HIGHER DENSITY TOWN HOMES, APARTMENTS, UM, BUT HAVING DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE AND DIFFERENT, UM, VALUE VALUES AND HOUSING.
UM, ALONG WITH ENSURING THAT WE'RE KEEPING AND MAINTAINING OUR EXISTING HOUSING STOCK, UM, AND KEEPING UP WITH MARKET DEMANDS AND THE GROWTH THAT WE HAVE IN POPULATION.
JUST PROVIDING OPTIONS FOR EVERYONE.
PARK, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE.
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE HEARD FROM CITY STAFF WAS THAT WE REALLY WANNA UTILIZE THE PE THAT YOU'VE ALREADY INVESTED IN.
YOU DID THE PARK PLAN IN 2022.
SO A LOT OF THAT WAS JUST THESE GOALS WERE INFORMED OR CARRIED OVER FROM THAT DOCUMENT.
UM, AND NOTING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A DESIRE FOR MAYBE MORE.
IT'S EXPLORING INDOOR RECREATION, WANTING TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MORE, UM, PATHS AND TRAILS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN MAYBE UTILIZE FLOODPLAINS.
UM, THEY USE THE ARCH APPROACH, I THINK IS WHAT THEY CALLED IT.
BUT, UM, JUST WAYS WE CAN PROVIDE MORE CONNECTIVITY AND WALKABILITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND PRESERVING THAT OPEN SPACE AS WELL AS HAVING NOT ONLY PRIVATE PARTS, BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE PLENTY OF PUBLIC PARTS, UM, WHERE ALL THE CITIZENS CAN ACCESS THE BEAUTIFUL AREA AROUND HERE.
UM, UTILITIES AND TRUCTURE AND CITY SERVICES.
WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AS WE'RE GROWING, WE ALSO HAVE TO, UM, EXPAND WHETHER THAT BE PERSONNEL OR INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN THAT QUALITY OF LIFE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE USED TO.
SO MAKING SURE THAT WE, UH, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT OUR POLICE OFFICERS PUBLIC SAFETY, BRINGING IN RESOURCES FOR THEM TO DO THEIR JOBS, AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO, LIKE I SAID, MAINTAIN THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE NEED, UM, ALONG WITH INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED, UM, FOR A WASTE CONTROL OR WASTE WATER.
UM, YEAH, JUST KEEPING THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE TO THE STANDARD THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE USED TO.
SAME WITH THAT CITY FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, WE OUTGROW SPACES.
YOU HAVE A BRAND NEW COUNCIL AREA, UM, LOOKING AT MAYBE A COMPLEX, UM, FOR LIKE A CITY HALL COMPLEX WHERE ALL THE SERVICES CAN BE TOGETHER AS THE COMMUNITY GROWS, CONTINUING TO GROW LIBRARY SERVICES AND ALSO LOOKING AT, UM, INTERNET THAT'S ALMOST BECOME A SAME AS WATER.
SO LOOKING AT FIBER AND DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE THOSE AFFORDABLE FOR, UM, RESIDENTS.
BUT THOSE ARE THE NINE CHAPTERS, THE MAIN TOPICS.
SO, UM, WHAT THE STAFF AND WHAT YOU'LL PROBABLY BE USING MOST
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OF THE TIME IS THIS IMPLEMENTATION TABLE.SO THE VERY BACK OF THE DOCUMENT, IT LISTS OUT EVERY E TASK STRATEGY.
UM, WE KNOW A TIMEFRAME FOR WHENEVER WE WOULD RECOMMEND THESE THINGS TAKE PLACE, BUT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THESE ARE FLEXIBLE AND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY NEED TAKES PRIORITY ALONG WITH BUDGET.
BUT WE NOTE, UM, THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES WHO NEEDS TO BE AT THE TABLE FROM DEPARTMENTS TO DIFFERENT COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
UM, SO THIS IS REALLY GONNA BE A GUIDE AND IS MEANT TO BE A TOOL FOR BOTH STAFF AND COUNCIL MOVING FORWARD.
AND AGAIN, WE HAD THE PROJECT WEBSITE, THAT'S WHAT THAT QR TAKE CODE TAKES YOU TO DOCUMENTS, THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
BUT, UM, JUST WHAT, ANY QUESTIONS AND I JUST REALLY WANNA SAY IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR AND A HALF LONG PROCESS.
I THANK, THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR, IT'S BEEN, UH, ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF.
UH, SO THANK THE TWO OF YOU SPECIFICALLY AND DUNAWAY FOR THE WORK THEY'VE PUT IN ON THIS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM WHILE THE PUBLIC HEARING'S OPEN? ANY COMMUNITY INPUT? WELL THAT WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT SEVEN 18.
SO THE DECISION WE'RE MAKING IS TO OFFICIALLY ACCEPT IT OR APPROVED, DENY OR TABLE IT, SOMETHING OF THIS PARTICULAR, UM, 180 PAGE DOCUMENT.
SO MAYORAL COUNSEL, THE ITEM THAT YOU HAVE TONIGHT IS TO ADOPT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAD TO ADD A SENTENCE.
SO THERE IS A, A PROPOSED MOTION IF YOU CHOOSE AND ARE READY TO ADOPT THAT TONIGHT VIA AN ORDINANCE, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY OUR CHARTER.
UM, THEN WE HAVE A PROPOSED MOTION FOR YOU TO ADD SOME LANGUAGE.
THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THEY HAD TWO RECOMMENDATIONS, ONE OF WHICH WAS JUST A CHANGE TO CHANGE THE MEDIUM DENSITY ON, ON A PROPERTY, AND THE OTHER OF WHICH WAS TO ADD A REFERENCE FOR GOVERNMENT USES INTO, UH, INTO THE PLAN.
WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
WELL, OKAY, SO I'M SORRY Y'ALL, WE HAD THE PRESENTATION.
ARE WE ON TRACK? DO WE HAVE THE PUBLIC? OKAY.
DID WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? I APOLOGIZE, MA.
AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE ADDITION OF A NOTE TO FIGURE 4.1 FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS THAT STATES GOVERNMENT USES AS DEFINED IN THE CITY OF AUBREY COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE ARE APPROPRIATE IN EACH OF THE LAND USE DESIGNATION CATEGORIES LISTED ABOVE ALL.
SECOND MY CHUCK ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FOUR TO ZERO ITEM TRYING TO CONSIDER AN ACT ON AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING APPROXIMATELY 5.481 ACRES OF LAND KNOWN AS A PORTION OF FM 4 28 AND AN EXISTING 100 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY AND EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE CITY TO INCLUDE THE DESCRIBED PROPERTY MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THIS ORDINANCE ANNEXES A PORTION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, A PORTION OF THE ROAD AND THE RIGHT OF WAY OF WEST SHERMAN DRIVE FM 4 28.
THE TRACK LIES WITHIN IN THE ETJ AND NO OTHER CITY'S ETJ AND ALL REQUIRED NOTICES AND HEARINGS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
YOU'VE HAD TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS PRIOR TO THIS, AND THE DEPICTION OF THE AREA IS ON YOUR SCREEN.
WE APPROVE THE ANNEXATION ORDINANCE.
MOTION BY MATT, SECOND BY JEFF.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FORWARD TO ZERO.
CONSIDER AN ACT ON AN ORDINANCE AND EXIT APPROXIMATELY 10.58 ACRES OF LAND, KNOWN AS A PORTION OF FM 29 31 FROM THE EXISTING OPRY CITY LIMITS LINE TO BLACKJACK ROAD, AND AN EXISTING VARIABLE WITH RIGHT OF WAY AND EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE CITY TO INCLUDE THE DESCRIBED PROPERTY.
AGAIN, MAYOR COUNSEL, SIMILAR TO YOUR LAST ITEM, THIS ORDINANCE ANNEX IS APPROXIMATELY 10.58 ACRES OF FM 29 31 FROM
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THE CURRENT AUBREY CITY LIMITS DOWN TO BLACKJACK ROAD IN THE CITY OF AUBREY.THE AREA LIES ENTIRELY WITH R-R-E-T-J AND ALL STATUTORY NOTICES AND PUBLIC HEARINGS REQUIRED UNDER CHAPTER 43 HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
THIS AREA DOES NOT LIE WITHIN ANY OTHER CITY'S ETJ MAYOR.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ANNEXATION ORDINANCE SECOND MOTION BY MIKE.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FOUR TO 0 22.
CONDUCT THE SEC, THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION FOUR 3.063 ALPHA AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAW TO CONSIDER TESTIMONY AND PROVIDE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD ON THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF A 13.06 PLUS OR MINUS ACRE TRACT OF LAND, KNOWN AS A PORTION OF BLACKJACK ROAD LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS BEING ALL OF THE PRESCRIPTIVE ROUTE OF WAY OF BLACKJACK ROAD, BEGINNING AT EAST ROUTE OF WAY LINE OF US HIGHWAY 3 77, CONTINUING TO FM 29 31.
WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7 23.
RATHER THAN REPEAT EVERYTHING THE MAYOR JUST SAID, THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING OF AN AREA ON BLACKJACK ROAD CONSIDERATION.
AND FINAL ACTION FOR THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM WILL BE AT YOUR REGULAR MEETING ON DECEMBER 18TH.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ANY PUBLIC INPUT? CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7 23.
UH, ITEM 23, CONDUCT THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS LO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION FOUR 3.063 ALPHA AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAW TO CONSIDER TESTIMONY AND PROVIDE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD ON THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF A 6.74 PLUS OR MINUS ACRE AT TRACT LAND, KNOWN AS A PORTION OF MCNAT ROAD, BEGINNING AT THE CITY LIMITS AND FM 4 28, CONTINUING TO THE FUTURE BIOME ROAD.
WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7 24.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AGAIN, THIS IS YOUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ANNEXATION OF A PORTION OF MAGNAN ROAD CONSIDERATION ON FINAL ACTION FOR THIS ITEM WILL BE AT YOUR REGULAR MEETING ON DECEMBER 18TH.
I BELIEVE THAT MEETING'S AT SIX 30 AS WELL, CORRECT? DECEMBER, I BELIEVE IS AT SIX 30.
ANY, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE GOT DOWN AT SIX 30.
ANY, ANY PUBLIC INPUT ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING? ALL RIGHT.
WELL THAT, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7 25.
ALL ITEM 24, CONSIDER, UH, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON A RESOLUTION CASTING VOTES FOR CANDIDATES IN THE ELECTION OF THE DENTON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE HAD THIS ITEM LAST YEAR AND WE HAD SEVEN VOTES TO CAST AND I BELIEVE WE SPREAD THEM AMONG SEVERAL CANDIDATES.
UH, I, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THESE CANDIDATES THIS YEAR.
YOU HAVE THE NOMINATING INFORMATION IN FRONT OF YOU FROM THE CITIES THAT NOMINATED THE CANDIDATES.
THESE ARE FOR TWO POSITIONS ON THE DEC, A BOARD PLACE FOUR AND SEVEN.
I DID NOT HEAR BACK FROM PROVIDENCE.
I DID ASK PROVIDENCE WHAT ACTION THEY TOOK AND I I DID NOT HEAR BACK FROM THEM.
I APPRECIATE YOU GOING TO THOSE MEETINGS AND BRINGING BACK VALUABLE INFORMATION TO US.
UH, SO THEY TABLED IT AND I BELIEVE, I DON'T WANNA SAY BECAUSE I'M NOT ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE, SO I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION THAT I'M, I'M NOT SURE OF.
MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION WE TAKE NO ACTION.
SECOND BY, UH, MATT, TAKE NO ACTION.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FOUR TO ZERO.
UH, ITEM 25, GOT A CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON APPOINTING AND A REMOVING MEMBERS OF THE AUBREY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE CHUCK FULLER AS AN ALTERNATE AND TO REAPPOINT CRYSTAL JOHNSON TO PLACE ONE.
NICOLE SHAW TO PLACE THREE AND CANDACE STONE TO PLACE SIX FOR TWO YEAR TERMS EXPIRING DECEMBER 31ST, 2027.
MOTION BY JEFF SECOND BY MIKE.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FORWARD TO ZERO
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ITEM 26 CONSIDERATION ACTS ON APPOINTING AND REMOVING MEMBERS TO THE AUBREY PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE AMANDA LARSON AND DESHONDA BLAIR AND REAPPOINT COURTNEY KELLY TO PLACE ONE.
JESSICA HAMILTON TO PLACE THREE AND AMY KRAMER TO PLACE FIVE FOR TWO YEAR TERMS. ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2027.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES QUARTER ZERO, RIGHT DEPARTMENT
[Department Updates and Discussion]
UPDATES.MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, FIRE STATION TWO IS COMING ALONG NICELY.
WE'RE DOWN TO FINISHING TOUCHES.
I BELIEVE WE'RE IN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR WEEKS OF CONSTRUCTION.
HOLIDAY ROAD DOESN'T HELP ANY.
SO NEXT WEEK'S A PARTIAL WEEK.
AND, UH, BUT, UH, MILLWORKS DONE.
UH, THE POLE STILL HAS TO BE INSTALLED.
I THINK THAT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN, UH, THE REST OF THIS WEEK AND EARLY NEXT WEEK.
SO THAT'LL BE, UH, ONE OF THE FINISHING TOUCHES.
UH, THE PARKS GROUP IS REALLY TAKEN OFF AND, UH, THEY'RE POURING CONCRETE AND SETTING FORMS SO YOU CAN START TO SEE THE SHAPE OF THE DOG PARK AND THE CHILDREN'S PARK.
SO IT'S REALLY LOOKING NICE AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THE AUBREY BLUE LOOKS REALLY GOOD ON THAT BUILDING TOO.
THAT'S THE, NOT INTENDED TO BE ANY KIND OF SLIDE.
UH, THE PROPERTY ROOM, WE WERE SUCCESSFULLY CUT THROUGH THE HAYDOCK BLOCK AND SEALED THE DOOR.
THE SHELVES WERE DELIVERED TODAY, SO HOPEFULLY IN JANUARY I'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME PICTURES.
THIS WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN HOW THAT PROPERTY ROOM IS MANAGED.
SO AGAIN, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND IT'S GONNA LOOK GOOD.
IT'S COMING ALONG REALLY WELL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
MY COUNSEL, UM, PUBLIC WORK'S BEEN DOING REALLY WELL.
THE WEATHER'S BEEN FINE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS OUT THERE.
SO CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT TODAY.
I COULDN'T HEAR IT ALL ACROSS TOWN.
UM, AUBREY HEIGHTS, THE, ALL THE PAVINGS DONE UP THERE.
SO I THINK THEY'RE JUST KIND OF STAYING OFF THE NEW CONCRETE A LITTLE BIT, GIVEN THE CHANCE TO AGE.
UM, D STREET, SEWER LINE, I THINK THE SEWER LINE IS IN AND THE TAPS ARE MADE AND RUN OFF.
WE STILL NEED TO DO SOME MANHOLE WORK ON THE TOP OF THE MANHOLE.
AND THE GAS COMPANY STILL HAS TO MAYBE RELOCATE A GAS LINE WHENEVER THEY DUG DOWN FOR THE STREET ELEVATION.
I THINK A GAS LINE POPPED UP AND, BUT MADE US FEEL A LITTLE BETTER ABOUT THAT SEWER LINE AND STUFF WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T LOCATE IT.
'CAUSE IT WASN'T ON THEIR MAPS.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD A GAS LINE IN THERE.
SO THEY WERE POTHOLING WITH THE MACHINE JUST TO BE SAFE, TRYING TO FIND THEIR OWN, THEIR OWN GAS LINE.
SO THE WASTEWATER PLANT BEEN DOING GREAT.
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ALL OVER THAT THING.
ONE END TO THE OTHER, THEY ARE PUTTING THE BLOCKS ON THE BUILDING NOW.
I CALLED 'EM BRICKS, BUT THEY'RE SMALL BLOCKS.
AND UH, I PICKED OUT A COLOR LAST WEEK WHILE YOU WERE GONE FOR THE DOORS.
YEAH,
SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REPAINT ON, I HEARD A SQUEAK A LITTLE WHENEVER I SAID THAT.
I KNOW IT WAS KIND OF, UM, THE HIGH POINT RANCH, PHASE TWO IS COMPLETE.
YOU UM, GOT THAT IN THE EARLIER, UH, ROCKWELL, UH, HOT ROCK HILL.
WELL, I THINK THEY FINALLY HAVE IT CLEAN.
I THINK I TOLD YOU ALL THEY WERE CIRCULATING CHEMICALS THROUGH IT AND THINK THEY FINALLY GOT ALL THAT OUT OF THERE AND TURNED IT ON AND IT WASN'T DIRTY.
SO I THINK WE'VE GOT A GOOD CLEAN WELL NOW.
AND THE OTHER DAY WHEN THEY WERE PUMPING IT OUT ON THE GROUND, UM, IT WAS PUMPING 640 SOMETHING GALLONS A MINUTE AGAINST 65 PSI, WHICH IS ABOUT 150 FEET AHEAD.
SO THE WELLS COME AWAY AND WE NEED THEM TO HURRY UP AND GET OUTTA THE WAY NOW SO THEY CAN BUILD A GROUND STORAGE TANK AND A PUMP STATION OVER THERE.
AND THEY STARTED THE FENCE TOO.
I SAW THE FENCE POSTS GOING UP BETWEEN THEM AND PEOPLE TO THE NORTH.
UM, THE 16 INCH WATERLINE ON BLACKJACK,
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YOU KNOW, I THINK I TOLD YOU LAST TIME IT'S FINISHED.WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON THEIR SUBCONTRACTOR BECOME AND, UH, BO UNDERNEATH SHERMAN AND UNDER THE RAILROAD TRACK.
AND I THINK THEY'RE GONNA DO ALL ONE BOAR.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO DIG THE BIGGER PIT FOR THE MACHINE TO GO IN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACK AND BOAR BACK TOWARD, UM, YOU KNOW, SHERMAN.
BUT IT'S GOING TO BE ONE LONG BOAR I'S, I THINK WITH A HUNDRED FOOT AND A 80 FOOTER.
SO IT'S GONNA BE 0.2 AND 300 FOOT OF BORES.
AND THEN THEY FUSE THE PVC TOGETHER SO IT LOOKS LIKE ALL ONE PIECE PVC PIPE.
AND WHEN THEY GET THEIR TOOL THROUGH, THEN THEY'LL DRAG IT BACK IN THE PIPE AND WE'LL HAVE 16 INCH WATER LINE ALL THE WAY TO MAGNOLIA AND BLACK JACK ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO, AND I GUESS WE'RE GETTING READY TO RUN THE OTHER ONE ON OVER TO 3 77 GO UNDER IT TOO.
WELL LEAPS AND BOUNDS NOW FOR WHILE.
I WONDER WHAT SHE'S GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT.
I WAS BUILDING, BUILDING OUR PROGRAMS PROBABLY.
UM, SO WHAT YOU HAVE IS INFORMATION ON THE AUBREY'S LOCAL BUSINESS ACCELERATOR.
IT'S AN EIGHT WEEK COURSE FOR LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS AND BUSINESSES WHO ARE READY TO TAKE THEIR BUSINESS TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
SO THE FLYER HAS INFORMATION ON THE CLASS SCHEDULE TOPICS AND A QR CODE TO THE MDD WEBSITE THAT BUSINESSES CAN USE OR RESIDENTS IN THE AUBREY CITY LIMIT OR ETJ OR EVEN SOMEONE WHO'S MAYBE LOOKING TO OPEN THEIR BUSINESS HERE IN AUBREY.
UM, IF THEY'VE ALREADY GOT A PLACE AND OR LOOKING IN THE NEAR FUTURE, THEY CAN APPLY.
SO, UM, THIS PROGRAM IS A FIRST TIME INITIATIVE AND IS MAJOR GOAL OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND AS YOU JUST HEARD IN THE COMP PLAN UNDER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, IT FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE VISION TO HAVE A THRIVING LOCAL ECONOMY BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
AND THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO GIVE AUBREY A DYNAMIC ECONOMY, NOT ONLY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO SUCCEED, BUT ALSO ENHANCING OUR OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE.
SO IT STANDS ON THE PRINCIPLE OUTLINED IN THE COMP PLAN, UM, AND STATES THAT WE SUPPORT A THRIVING LOCAL ECONOMY BY ENCOURAGING AND NURTURING SMALL BUSINESSES, CREATING JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND FOSTERING OVERALL PROSPERITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I'M ASKING YOU ALL TONIGHT IF YOU KNOW A LOCAL BUSINESS OR RESIDENT THAT'S READY TO GO TO THAT NEXT LEVEL OR MAYBE YOU HAVE, UM, SOMEONE YOU CAN ENCOURAGE TO TAKE THIS, UM, PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM.
UM, ONE ON A HALF HOUR CLASSES JUST ONCE A WEEK IN THE EVENINGS.
WE MODELED IT IN THE EVENINGS SO THAT PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE A DAY JOB OR, YOU KNOW, NEED TO DO SOMETHING IN THE EVENING WHEN THEY CAN'T GET AWAY FROM THEIR BUSINESS, UH, WE WANTED TO CATER TO THAT.
UM, SO IT'S, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME GREAT SPEAKERS, UM, WHO HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE IN CERTAIN TOPICS.
AND, UM, WE WILL ALSO INVITE OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS TO COME AND BE PART OF PANELS TO DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, PROS AND CONS, THE WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED AND SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES.
SO IT'S REALLY GONNA BE A VERY ENGAGING INTERACTIVE COURSE AND THEY WILL COME AWAY WITH A BUSINESS MODEL.
UM, THE FACILITATOR THAT IS HELPING WITH THIS, SHE IS CERTIFIED, UM, WITH IEDC AND SHE HAS, UM, A BUSINESS CANVAS, UH, MODEL THAT SHE'S GONNA BE USING.
SO, AND SHE ALSO IS A RESIDENT IN OUR ETJ.
UM, SO WE'RE REAL EXCITED TO HAVE HER.
SHE'S RUN SOME, UM, INCUBATOR PROGRAMS IN DALLAS.
AND SO IT IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE IN THIS.
AND SO OUR NEXT STEP, OUR MDD BOARD HEARD THIS PRESENTATION TUESDAY, AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, WHAT'S NEXT AFTER THIS? SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT PROGRAMS THAT WILL SUPPORT OUR ENTREPRENEURS.
UM, THE NEXT STEP USUALLY IS FINDING SPACES FOR THEM, WHETHER IT BE, UM, CO-WORKING SPACES OR SPACE FOR INCUBATORS, WHICH AGAIN, IS PART OF OUR GOALS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT, UM, STRATEGIES THAT WE WILL BE WORKING TOWARDS.
AND I THINK WE'RE ALREADY WORKING WITH THE CITY IN MANY OF THOSE WAYS TO FIND SOME OF THOSE PLACES AND SPACES FOR OUR ENTREPRENEURS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? DO YOU HAVE A, IS THE PROGRAM PREFERENCE ONE OR THE OTHER FOR EXISTING BUSINESSES AS OPPOSED TO PEOPLE WITH IDEAS TO START A BUSINESS? ONE THING WE DO WANT IS IF THEY HAVE AN IDEA, IT'S FINE.
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TAKE THAT TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND ACTUALLY START THE BUSINESS.THAT'S THE LEVEL THIS PROGRAM IS.
IT'S NOT JUST, OH, I HAVE THIS IDEA AND I WANNA EXPLORE IT.
WE'RE READY FOR THAT PERSON THAT'S READY TO TAKE THAT IDEA TO THE NEXT LEVEL, GET IT IN A BRICK AND MORTAR, GET IT ONLINE, WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO.
SO SMALL SCALE MANUFACTURING, RETAIL, RESTAURANT, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, BUT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR THAT, UM, BUSINESS THAT IS GOING TO, EXCUSE ME, GROW AND JUST ADD TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY FOR SURE.
SO I'LL BE TALKING TO YOU LATER, MATT.
NO, I THINK THIS IS A FANTASTIC IDEA.
SO IF YOU'LL HELP US SPREAD THE WORD, THAT'D BE GREAT.
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE DECEMBER 12TH.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
WITH THAT WE'LL GO TO 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 POSTER AGENDA, MOVE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
MOTION, MY JEFF, SECOND BY MIKE.
[Reconvene into Open Session]
RECON RECONVENE AN THE OPEN SESSION.