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I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
UH, DETERMINE IF A QUORUM IS PRESENT AND WE ARE ALL PRESENT.
UM, WE CAN ALL STAND FOR THE INDICATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE THIS PRAY.
LORD, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THIS DAY.
WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE, TO SERVE THE CITY, AND TO SERVE OUR, THE, THE, THE CITIZENS.
I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD JUST KEEP EVERYONE SAFE ON THE ROADS THIS WEEKEND.
GIVE US WISDOM THIS EVENING AS WE CONSIDER AND COLLABORATE TOGETHER ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT AFFECT THE CITY.
AND IN EVERYTHING WE GIVE YOUR NAME, PRAISE AND GLORY.
[Community Announcements]
ALL RIGHT.UH, COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF CARL, UM, OR WHO'S PRESENTING THIS.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE WITH YOU GUYS TODAY.
MY NAME'S AMANDA WOZNIAK, AND ON BEHALF OF THE INTERNATIONAL CO-COUNSEL AND THE INDEPENDENT ALLIANCE OF THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY, I AM PLEASED TO OFFER YOU THE RECOGNITION OF AN ELECTRIC CITY TO THE CITY OF AUBREY.
TONIGHT, AUBREY BECOMES THE 10 CITY IN THE NATION TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION, JOINING AN ELITE GROUP OF MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED A STRONG AND SUSTAINED COMMITMENT TO ELECTRICAL SAFETY, PROFESSIONAL INSPECTION, TRAINING, AND THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT.
THIS DESIGNATION ISN'T SIMPLY SYMBOLIC.
IT REFLECTS YOUR LEADERSHIP'S DECISION TO INVEST IN THE SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES OF YOUR INSPECTION TEAM, TO ALIGN YOUR PERMITTING INSPECTION PRACTICES WITH NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PATHWAYS.
AND TO PUT THE SAFETY OF YOUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES FRONT AND CENTER, AND CITIES THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTRIC CITY.
THEY COME TO OUR TRAINING AND ARE, UM, PRESENTED WITH THE ELITE TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE CERTIFICATIONS OF ELECTRICAL SAFETY.
UM, BY ENDORSING THIS PROGRAM AND GIVING YOUR STAFF THE SUPPORT THEY NEED, YOU'RE NOT ONLY PROTECTING AUBREY TODAY, BUT YOU'RE PREPARING IT FOR TOMORROW'S GROWTH, TOMORROW'S CHALLENGES IN TOMORROW'S TECHNOLOGY.
ON BEHALF OF THE INTERNATIONAL CO-COUNSEL IN THE INDEPENDENT ALLIANCE OF ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY, I WANT TO REWARD YOU GUYS WITH THE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PARTICIPATING.
YOU GUYS HAVE ROCK STARS OF AN INSPECTION TEAM, AND THEY REALLY DESERVE THE GRATITUDE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AND FROM THE ENTIRE CITY, SO THANK YOU.
JAMES AND CARL, WERE AT THE TRAINING, AND YOU GUYS ARE THE 10TH CITY IN THE ENTIRE NATION TO DESERVE THIS, SO THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, AUSTIN MAYOR, I'VE ASKED OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR AUSTIN, GREECE, TO GIVE US A, UH, WEATHER UPDATE FOR TONIGHT.
AND TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION FROM OUR WEATHER MEETING FROM EARLIER TODAY.
UH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN WE HAD OUR WEATHER MEETING TODAY AT TWO O'CLOCK, WE MADE THE DECISION FOR THE LIBRARY TO CLOSE TOMORROW EARLY AT 5:00 PM AND THEY'LL BE CLOSED SATURDAY ALL DAY.
WE'RE GOING TO, UH, WAIT UNTIL SUNDAY TO MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON CITY HALL FOR MONDAY, BUT IT'S LOOKING LIKE THE WEATHER WILL FORCE THE CLOSURE AND WE'LL HAVE, UH, KEEP NON-ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL AT HOME AND HAVE ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL AT WORK.
AND AUSTIN WILL HAVE FOR FURTHER FOR YOU ON THAT IN HIS PRESENTATION.
HEY, UH, YEAH, I'M JUST GONNA GIVE A LITTLE BREAKDOWN OF THE MOST RECENT UPDATE FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND THEN, UH, LIKE CHARLES SAID, THEN GO OVER KINDA WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY.
UM, SO OFFICIALLY AS OF THIS AFTERNOON,
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS PUT US IN A WINTER STORM WARNING FROM TOMORROW, 6:00 PM UNTIL NOON ON SUNDAY.UM, TIMING WISE, FOR, FOR TRANSITIONING OVER HERE UNTIL A WINTER MIX HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK A LITTLE BIT, UH, UNTIL ABOUT NINE O'CLOCK TOMORROW AFTERNOON, TOMORROW EVENING.
UM, THEY'RE SHOWING THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA GET BELOW FREEZING UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY.
UM, WHICH HAS SLOW MEANS THE SYSTEM HAS SLOWED DOWN, WHICH MEANS TWO THINGS.
ONE, WE'RE GONNA GET LESS SNOW, BUT TWO MORE ICE.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT A, A QUARTER INCH TO A HALF INCH OF ICE.
UM, AND THEN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, GOING INTO SUNDAY MORNING, THAT'S GONNA TRANSITION TO ABOUT A SLEET SNOW, UM, MAINLY SLEET, SO ABOUT ANOTHER TWO TO FIVE INCHES ON TOP ON TOP OF THE ICE THAT WE HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN.
UM, ICE IS THE ONE THAT'S GONNA CAUSE MOST OF THE PROBLEMS IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE, TREES, THAT THING, SLEET, UM, JUST BEING ON TOP OF THE ICE.
IT'S JUST GONNA MAKE THINGS A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO SEE.
UM, ANOTHER BIG ASPECT OF THIS SYSTEM THOUGH, IS THE HAZARDOUS TEMPERATURE.
SO WE ARE NOW ALSO IN AN EXTREME COLD WARNING, UH, FROM 6:00 PM SATURDAY UNTIL NOON ON MONDAY.
IT IS LOOKING LIKE THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES ARE GONNA BE SUNDAY NIGHT.
UH, WITH EACH UPDATE, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEEPS BRINGING IT COLDER AND COLDER.
I THINK AT THE MOST RECENT UPDATE I SAW, IT WAS, UH, NOW A LOW OF TWO DEGREES FOR AUBREY ON SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.
UM, SO YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE WIND CHILLS NEGATIVE 10, MAYBE NEGATIVE 15.
UM, SO ONCE WE GO INTO BELOW FREEZING ON FRIDAY, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE BELOW FREEZING UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
UH, SO LOOKING AT ABOUT 80 TO 85 HOURS STRAIGHT BELOW FREEZING.
UM, IF WE KEEP POWER, OBVIOUSLY THAT THAT REDUCES A LOT OF RISKS.
UM, HOWEVER, BEING UNDER FREEZING FOR 85 HOURS STRAIGHT COULD CAUSE SOME ISSUES WITH PIPING AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY WE, WE DON'T GET AS MUCH ICE AS THEY'RE SAYING.
UM, IT ALL IS DEPENDENT ON ABOUT A ONE DEGREE DIFFERENCE AT ABOUT 10,000 FEET, WHETHER WE GET MORE SNOW OR MORE ICE.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S BEEN SO HARD TO FORECAST THIS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECAUSE THERE'S VERY LITTLE ROOM FOR AIR ON WHAT WE'RE GETTING.
UM, IN TERMS OF CITY PREPARATIONS, ALL ESSENTIALS DEPARTMENTS HAVE PLANS IN PLACE.
UM, WE DO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 20 TO 30 STAFF PREPPED AND READY AMONG ALL DEPARTMENTS, UM, THAT WILL BE HERE, UH, FOR, UM, HANDLING WHATEVER, WHATEVER WE HAVE TO HANDLE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, ROAD TREATMENT PLAN IS SET AND SCHEDULED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
THEY HAVE CERTAIN TIMES, UM, THAT THE ROADS WILL BE PLANNED, ROADS THAT THEY KNOW ARE HIGH TRAFFIC.
UM, AND, AND LIKE CHARLES SAID, PLAN FOR NON-ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND GOING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, UM, WITH IT BEING PROLONGING THE COLD, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH ICE, SLEET, SNOW WE GET, UM, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE COLD UNTIL PROBABLY TUESDAY, THAT MEANS OBVIOUSLY ROADS STAY SLICK THAT MUCH LONGER.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF THE SUN COMES OUT, YOU MIGHT MELT AND THEN WE REFREEZE AGAIN AT NIGHT, SO THE NEXT MORNING IT'S ICY AGAIN.
UM, BUT YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF THE UPDATES I HAVE REGARDING IT.
ANY OTHER COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS?
[Citizen Input]
ALL RIGHT.UH, ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.
IF YOUR COMMENTS ARE CONCERNING AN AGENDA ITEM, YOU MAY WAIT TILL THE DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM IF YOU PREFER.
I HAVE, UH, VINCE HANDLER, SIGNED IT.
I LIVE AT 74 0 9 BRUSHY METAL TRAIL IN AUBREY.
I APPEARED BEFORE THIS COUNCIL LAST SUMMER TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, AND THAT'S MY CANDIDACY FOR JUST THE PEACE.
AND TONIGHT I'M HERE TO PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT CAMPAIGN UPDATE AND BRIEFLY EXPLAIN WHY MANY ACROSS DENTON COUNTY BELIEVE THAT I AM THE STRONGEST CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE.
MY CAMPAIGN HAS NOW EARNED MORE THAN 100 ENDORSEMENTS FROM RESPECTED COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO ARE TRUSTED BY OUR RESIDENTS, INCLUDING CONGRESSMAN GRAN BRANDON GILL, SHERIFF TRACY MURPHY, MULTIPLE TEXAS LEGISLATORS, MAYORS TOWN COUNCIL, UH, TOWN, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, AND ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THAT LEVEL OF SUPPORT REFLECTS BROAD CONFIDENCE, UH, IN MY EXPERIENCE AND MY ABILITY TO EXERCISE SOUND JUDGMENT.
AND MY COMMITMENT TO IMPACTFUL PUBLIC SERVICE JUST TO THE PEACE COURT IS WHERE MANY RESIDENTS ENCOUNTER OUR LEGAL SYSTEM, OFTEN WITHOUT AN ATTORNEY.
AND IN THAT SETTING, PROVEN EXPERIENCE MATTERS A GREAT DEAL.
THE JUST OF THE PIECE IS A FULL-TIME RESPONSIBILITY AND MY FULL PROFESSIONAL FOCUS, 100% OF IT
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WILL BE EXCLUSIVELY DEVOTED TO SERVING THE COURT AND OUR COMMUNITY.FROM DAY ONE, I HAVE DETAILED PRACTICAL PLANS TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE COURT'S EFFICIENCY AND VALUE THROUGH A DISCIPLINED OUTCOMES FOCUSED REVISION OF THE COURT'S INTERNAL PROCEDURES, CLEAR AND MORE SUBSTANTIVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR LITIGANTS AND INCREASED USE OF TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE GREAT SERVICE THAT CONTINUALLY EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS.
ELECTION DAY IS MARCH 3RD WITH EARLY VOTING, BEGINNING IN JUST 26 DAYS ON FEBRUARY 17TH.
NOW, I'M NOT THE ONLY NAME ON THE BALLOT, BUT I AM THE ONLY CANDIDATE WITH A LAW DEGREE, THE ONLY CANDIDATE WITH 12 YEARS OF DUST OF THE PEACE EXPERIENCE, THE ONLY CANDIDATE WITH 20 YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE AND THE ONLY CANDIDATE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERING.
SO THESE EXPERIENCES SHAPE HOW I APPROACH DECISION MAKING CAREFULLY, FAIRLY, AND WITH RESPECT FOR EVERY PERSON WHO WOULD APPEAR IN THE COURT.
SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, YOUR SUPPORT.
I'D BE HONORED TO EARN THE PERSONAL ENDORSEMENT OF ALL THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL.
YOU SERVE THE COMMUNITY DIRECTLY, AND YOUR TRUST MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO ME AND THE VOTERS YOU REPRESENT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, MY GOAL IS TO SERVE WITH INTEGRITY AND IMPARTIALITY AND CONSISTENCY, AND TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CASE IS HANDLED FAIRLY AND ACCORDING TO THE LAW.
YOU CAN VISIT HANDLER FOR JUDGE.COM FOR CAMPAIGN AND ENDORSEMENT UPDATES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND GOD BLESS.
ANYBODY ELSE? UH, MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
[Consent Items]
MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO REMOVE ANYTHING FROM THE CONSENT MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA IS READ SECOND MOTION BY JEFF SECOND, MY CHUCK ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FIVE ZERO.
[New Business]
ADAM, 10 CONSIDERATION ON ACTION ON A RESOLUTION NOMINATING A CANDIDATE.FILL THE VACANCY FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM WITH PLACE FIVE ON THE DENTON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE WERE INFORMED BY THE DENTON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD, I'M SORRY, THE, UH, CHIEF APPRAISER THAT ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAS RESIGNED.
AND, UH, ACCORDING TO SECTION 6 0 3 0 1 F, UH, THE MUNICIPALITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY UPON THE RESIGNATION TO NOMINATE A REPLACEMENT FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM.
ONCE THE NOMINATIONS ARE MADE, THE CURRENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL APPOINT ONE OF THE NOMINEES BY MAJORITY VOTE TO FILL THE VACANCY.
UH, WE'RE PRESENTING THIS TO YOU TONIGHT.
STAFF DOES NOT HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON A NOMINEE, AND I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ANY OF OUR, UH, MUNICIPAL PARTNERS ON NOMINEES THAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING.
MAYOR, I MOVE TO TAKE NO ACTION.
CONSIDER AN ACT ON A FINAL PLAT APPLICATION FOR LOT ONE BLOCK ONE, UM, A UB OFFICE EDITION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UH, THIS PROPERTY IS, UM, OWNED BY THE SHOP LLC.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF MAIN STREET, UH, SOUTH OF PLUM.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE A SINGLE LOT AND TO DEDICATE A FIRE LANE EASEMENT, WATER EASEMENT, AND DRAINAGE AND DETENTION EASEMENTS.
UH, THE CITY ENGINEER AND PLANNER REVIEWED THE SUBMITTAL FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND WITH THE FINAL PLAT CHECKLIST AND FOUND THE PLAT TO BE GENERALLY COMPLIANT.
UH, THE PLANNING OF THE ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED CONDITIONAL APPROVAL AT THE JANUARY 8TH, UH, REGULAR MEETING, UH, WITH TWO CONDITIONS.
THE TWO CONDITIONS INCLUDED, UH, PLANS SHALL BE AMENDED TO ADDRESS THE CONTRADICTION IN WATER TAP SIZES, AND A NOTE NEEDED AMENDED, UH, TO REPLACE TAPPING SLEEVES WITH TAPPING SADDLES.
UH, THE SECOND ONE, THE PLAT NOTED, NEEDED A NOTE ADDED THAT MAINTENANCE OF THE DETENTION FACILITIES, DRAINAGE EASEMENTS, UM, WOULD BE MAINTAINED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, RATHER THAN THE CITY.
UH, BOTH OF THOSE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN SATISFIED AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT.
CITY COUNCIL MAY APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT, APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT WITH CONDITIONS OR DENY THE FINAL PLAT.
I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
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I'LL BRING IT BACK UP ON THE MAP SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S LOCATED.OKAY, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, WITH CONDITIONS FOR THE FINAL PLAT.
MAYOR, THIS ONE DID NOT HAVE ANY CONDITIONS.
THEY DID SATISFY THE CONDITIONS.
OKAY, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE FINAL PLA SECOND MOTION BY RANDY, SECOND BY MATT.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
UH, CONSIDERING ACT ON SITE PLAN, APPLICATION FOR OFFICE SPACE USE AT 4 0 3 SOUTH MAIN STREET, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THIS IS THE, UM, SITE PLAN FOR THE ITEM THAT YOU JUST ACTED ON.
UM, THE PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 0.557 ACRES, AND IT IS LOCATED IN AN EXISTING FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE CURRENT ZONING IS GENERAL RETAIL AND THE CURRENT OR THE FUTURE LAND USE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT IS WHAT IT'S DESIGNATED ON THE COMP ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO CONVERT THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME INTO OFFICE SPACE IN CHAPTER 14, SECTION 23 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, LANDSCAPE BUFFER BERMS ARE REQUIRED.
UH, THE CLIENT WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN THAT ON EAST PLUM STREET, BUT THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO, UH, PUT THE BERM ON MAIN STREET.
THEY'RE ASKING AS PART OF THE SITE PLAN APPLICATION THAT COUNCIL, UM, APPROVE AN EXCEPTION FOR THAT BERM.
UM, WE HAVE ALSO, UH, LOOKED AT THAT AND, UH, BECAUSE OF THE RAILROAD, THE DEPTH OF THE, THE LOT, UH, THERE'S JUST NOT MUCH SPACE.
UH, STAFF DOES, UH, RECOMMEND OR REQUEST THAT COUNCIL CONSIDER THEIR REQUEST.
UM, WE DO HAVE A MASTER PLAN WHERE WE PLAN ON PUTTING SIDEWALK DOWN MAIN STREET, UM, AND WE'LL NEED ROOM FOR, FOR THAT.
AND I DON'T THINK THE BARN WOULD, WOULD ACTUALLY FIT AS WELL.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED CONDITIONAL APPROVAL AT THEIR JANUARY 8TH REGULAR MEETING.
UH, THE CONDITIONS, UH, THAT THEY PLACED ON IT WERE PLANNED SHALL BE AMENDED, UM, BECAUSE OF THE CONTRADICTION OF THE WATER TAP SIZES AND ALSO THE, UH, ISSUE THAT NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TAPPING SLEEVES WITH TAPPING SADDLES.
UH, A MINIMUM OF FIVE FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK IS REQUIRED ALONG MAIN STREET, UM, OR OUR ORDINANCE DOES ALLOW FOR THEM TO ESCROW THE FUNDS, UH, FOR THAT SIDEWALK.
AND WE HAVE RUN THOSE CALCULATIONS AND THE, THE AMOUNT WOULD BE $28,000.
THE OTHER ITEM WAS THE BERM THAT, THAT WE JUST SPOKE OF AFTER THE POSTING OF THE AGENDA.
UH, CITY ENGINEER AND CITY PLANNER REVIEWED A REVISED SITE PLAN AND DETERMINED THAT ONE OF THE CONDITIONS WAS MET.
UM, SO TONIGHT STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE SITE PLAN FOR APPROVAL BE SUBJECT TO THE ONE CONDITION OF THE SIDEWALK OR THE ESCROW FUNDS.
AND THE CLIENT HAS, UH, INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD PREFER TO ESCROW THE FUNDS AND THEY HAVE THAT INFORMATION, UH, TO MAKE THAT PAYMENT.
AND THE OTHER ITEM WOULD BE DEPENDENT UPON WHETHER COUNSEL APPROVES THE EXEMPTION TO THE BURDEN.
SO, UH, THIS EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MAY APPROVE THE SITE PLAN, APPROVE THE SITE PLAN WITH CONDITIONS, OR DENY THE SITE PLAN.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
DO THEY NEED TO COME BACK AND REQUEST THE EXEMPTION SEPARATE OR, UH, THEY'RE DOING IT WITH THE SUBMITTAL, SO IF COUNCIL AGREES TO THE EXCEPTION, THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE ONE.
UM, IF THEY DON'T, THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE TWO CONDITIONAL.
UH, OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THE TWO CONDITIONS.
I'M GONNA WAIT FOR THE SIDE PLAN WITH THE SIDEWALK CONDITION SECOND.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S REQUIRING THEM.
THE SIDEWALK OR ALLOWING THE ESCROW WITH YES, SIR.
MR. WELL, MATT SECOND BY RANDY.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON INDIVIDUAL PROJECT ORDER NUMBER 2 0 2 6 DASH ONE WITH KIMLEY HOR AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE MAIN STREET, PHASE TWO, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UH, THIS PROJECT, UH, KIMLEY HORN WILL PREPARE CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND GET US THROUGH THE BIDDING AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE
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OF THE PROJECT.UH, SOUTH MAIN STREET FROM MULBERRY STREET TO SHERMAN DRIVE.
THIS IS THE PHASE TWO, UH, THAT WAS BUDGETED, UM, AFTER WE COMPLETED PHASE ONE, UH, APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED FEET EACH CONNECTING SIDE STREET IS ALSO INCLUDED, UM, MULBERRY BETWEEN MULBERRY AND, AND SHERMAN.
AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE, IF I CAN GET THE MAGNIFYING GLASS TO COME UP.
SO THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE ELM COMMERCE, MULBERRY AND PLUM WOULD BE A HUNDRED FEET.
UM, FROM THE INTERSECTION IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT.
DOES THAT INCLUDE THE WEST SIDE OF MAIN FOR ELM AND COMMERCE? 'CAUSE AREN'T TECHNICALLY ROADS? IT DOES.
UM, SO WE'LL ALSO CAPTURE THAT SIDE ACROSS FROM VETERANS PARK.
THE ADOPTED DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN, UM, AND MAIN STREET PHASE ONE IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED AT VETERANS WILL BE A GUIDE FOR THE DESIGN.
UM, WE'LL DEFINITELY NEED INPUT FROM CITY COUNCIL, FROM PROPERTY OWNERS AND CITY STAFF AS WE DESIGN THIS IMPROVEMENT, UH, DURING THE DESIGN CONCEPT PHASE CONSIDERATIONS WILL INCLUDE THE PARKING STALL ORIENTATION NEED FOR A MONUMENT AT MAIN AND SHERMAN DRAINAGE AND TURNING RADIUSES.
UH, WE, WE ARE HAVING A PROBLEM AT VETERANS ALREADY WITH, UH, TRUCKS MAKING THE CORNER THERE AND RUNNING OVER THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT WIDER RADIUSES, UM, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, A DA PRIORITY AND LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE, UM, PROJECT AND THE AGREEMENT WITH KIMLEY HORN.
AND YOU CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
ANYONE? I'LL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT ORDER.
MARK 2026 DASH ONE WITH KIMLEY HORN ASSOCIATES.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
ALRIGHT, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON THE AWARD OR REJECTION OF BIDS FOR THE FM 4 28 SEWER LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
THE FM 4 28 SEWER LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS CONSIST OF FURNISHING AND INSTALLING TWO SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS, A FOUR INCH DISCHARGE, PIPING AND EMERGENCY BYPASS CONNECTION, A METERING MANHOLE STANDBY GENERATOR WITH ELECTRICAL AND SCADA IMPROVEMENTS.
NOTICE FOR BIDS WERE POSTED FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS, AND BIDS WERE OPENED ON JANUARY 6TH.
WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE BID AND THE SOLE BIDDER WAS STANDARD SITE UTILITIES, LLC OF GARLAND.
UH, THE BID AMOUNT WAS $810,900, WHICH EXCEEDED THE ENGINEER'S OPINION OF PROBABLE CONSTRUCTION COST.
ADDITIONALLY, THE BID PACKET DID NOT INCLUDE A LIST OF SIMILAR PROJECTS, UH, LIFT STATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN REHABBED, UH, COMPLETED WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
SO, UH, ENGINEER DID DETERMINE THAT THE BID WAS NONRESPONSIVE.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDS REJECTING THE BID AND REBIDDING THE PROJECT IN ORDER TO GET MORE RESPONSES IN HOPES TO RECEIVE A PRICE THAT IS MORE IN LINE WITH OUR BUDGET.
THIS PROJECT WAS BID AROUND THE HOLIDAYS, UH, SO THAT THAT COULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH ONLY RECEIVING THE ONE BID.
MAYOR, I MOVE TO REJECT THE BID AND DIRECT STAFF TO REBID.
SECOND, SECOND MOTION BY JEFF.
SECOND BY MATT ON THIRD PASSES FIVE TO ZERO I CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON OUR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BURKHOFF HENDRICKS AND CARTER LLP FOR THE 20 25 20 26 DOWNTOWN DRAINAGE, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN PROJECTS MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
THIS PROJECT IS FOR 14 DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN OUR RECENT, RECENTLY COMPLETED 2025 STORMWATER MASTER PLAN.
THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL ADD CAPACITY AND ALLOW FOR BETTER MANAGEMENT OF RUNOFF FROM THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.
THESE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WILL NOT ADDRESS ANY ISSUES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
UH, THESE ARE JUST PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ADDING CAPACITY.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE SOME AREAS IN TOWN, UH, WHERE WE'VE HAD COMPLAINTS, RECESS OF WATER STANDING IN THEIR BACKYARD.
UM, SO THERE WILL STILL BE NEED TO BE SOME WORK DONE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY BY, BY THE HOMEOWNERS.
UH, THE PROJECTS ARE LISTED THERE.
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THEY'RE ALL IN DOWNTOWN PROPER.AUBREY PROPER, UH, BRUCE STREET, BROCKETT STREET, NORTH STREET.
UH, THERE'S SEVERAL CULVERTS ON SHERMAN DRIVE, CADEL, MAPLE, UH, BLACKJACK.
THERE'S SEVERAL CHANNELS, UH, NORTH STREET TO SHERMAN BROCK TO SHERMAN.
UH, THERE'S A CHANNEL ON TISDEL ON DE MOY ON MAPLE OR BETWEEN MAPLE AND CADEL.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO TWO DETENTION PONDS THAT'LL BE REQUIRED, UH, TO SLOW DOWN SOME OF THE FLOW.
UH, ONE OF THOSE IS THERE AT BLACKJACK SHERMAN, AND THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE, UM, ON SHERMAN BY THE FARMER'S GARDEN.
UH, COUNCIL PROVIDED THE FUNDING FOR THESE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WITH THE 2025 BOND FUNDS ARE BUDGETED IN THE 25 26 DRAINAGE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
UH, THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST OF THESE PROJECTS IS ESTIMATED TO BE 6 MILLION.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BUR H HENDRICKSON CARTER, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BURKHOFF HENDRICKS AND CARTER.
MOTION BY RANDY SECOND BY MIKE.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
ALRIGHT, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH BURKHOFF HENDRICKS AND CARTER LLP FOR THE BLACKJACK AND MAGNOLIA STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT, UH, SCHEDULE WILL BE COORDINATED WITH THE SURFACE WATER DELIVERY PUMP STATION AND THE SPORTS COMPLEX.
THE DESIGN IS ESTIMATED FOR A 12 MONTH DELIVERY AND SIX MONTHS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.
IT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE LANES OF UNDIVIDED REINFORCED CONCRETE ROADWAY, UH, BE CURB AND GUTTER.
UH, 37 WIDTH OF PAVEMENT, MINIMUM OF FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK.
THAT IS PENDING THE PARK'S DESIGN.
UM, THE PARK DESIGN WILL, WILL, UH, DRIVE THAT.
UM, THAT WOULD BE A, A LONG MAGNOLIA.
AND THEN ALSO WE'LL HAVE SIDEWALKS ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF BLACKJACK.
UNDERGROUND STORM DRAINAGE DESIGNED TO A HUNDRED YEAR STORM.
THE ROADWAY WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IN A 60 FOOT DRIVEWAY.
AND THERE'S A PICTURE THERE ON THE SCREEN THAT SHOWS, UH, THE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT FROM 3 77 DOWN TO TISDALE.
UH, THE BLACKJACK AND MAGNOLIA STREET PROJECT IS PROJECT NUMBER FOUR OF THE 2024 STREETS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
IT WAS BUDGETED AND FUNDED WITH THE 2025 BOND, AND IT WILL BE OFFSET BY THE DENTON COUNTY BOND MATCH.
THE CONSTRUCTION COST OF THE PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO BE 5.3 MILLION, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BERKOFF HENDRICKSON CARTER.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THAT ONE.
YOU MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
ALRIGHT, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON CHANGE NUMBER CHANGE OF ORDER NUMBER FOUR TO THE CITY OF AY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN EXPANSION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNSEL.
UH, GRAY CON CONSTRUCTION HAS SUBMITTED A CHANGE ORDER THAT INCLUDES THIS CHANGE ORDER NUMBER FOUR.
SO, UM, THE LOCAL CONTROL STATION FOR THE GR REMOVAL CHAMBER.
RIGHT NOW ALL THE CONTROLS ARE IN THE ELECTRICAL BUILDING, SO THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US CONTROL OUT THERE AT THE GRIT CHAMBER.
LIKE YOU HAVE GAS PUMPS AND STUFF FOR SAFETY AND OPERATION.
YOU CAN BUMP IT AND TRY IT BEFORE YOU FIRE IT.
UM, SECOND IS THERA CRANE AND CANOPY.
UH, THAT'S THE MOST EXPENSIVE PART.
WE, THE CRANE IS, UH, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, IT'S LIKE $47,000 OF IT.
IT'S THE KIND THAT'S GOT THE SPOOL.
AND THEN THE FRAME FOR THE, UM, ROLL, YOU KNOW, THE ROLLERS AND EVERYTHING, THE ELECTRICAL IS A BIG PART OF IT BECAUSE, 'CAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA JUST HAVE A CABLE THAT STRETCHES OUT AND COMES BACK.
IT'S GOT THE LITTLE KNIFE CONNECTORS, YOU KNOW, SO IT'LL HAVE FOUR FOR THREE PHASE.
AND WHEN YOU ROLL IT UP AND DOWN THE RAIL, WELL THOSE KNIVES STAY, IT STAYS IN CONTACT WITH 480 VOLTS AT ALL TIMES.
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THE DEWATERING SCREW PRESS LEVEL, IT'S JUST A SAFETY THING.THEY, UM, IT'S SAFETY FOR THE PUMP, NOT US.
UM, MOST PUMPS, IT HAS TO HAVE A LITTLE HEAD PRESSURE ON THE SUCTION SIDE OF THE PUMP WHERE IT'S BRINGING THE SLUDGE IN.
AND IF IT GETS TOO LOW, WELL IT CAN CATE DAMAGE THE PUMP.
AND IT JUST, THEY NEGLECTED TO PUT A, UM, SENSOR IN THE SLUDGE TANK.
SO IT CAN SEND A SIGNAL THROUGH THE SCREW PRESS AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE GETTING LOW OVER HERE.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO STOP PRESSING SLUDGE.
AND NUMBER FOUR IS, UM, THE DEWATER BUILDING CONVEYOR OPENINGS.
AND ALL THAT IS THEY HAVE TO FRAME IN, BLOCK IN, UH, CREATE OPENINGS IN THE WALL SO THAT WHEN THE SCREW PRESS PRESSES THE WATER OUTTA THE SLUDGE, IT'S GONNA DROP ON A CONVEYOR BELT AND THEN THE CONVEY CONVEYOR WILL CARRY IT THROUGH THE WALL AND PUT IT IN THE DUMPSTER OUTSIDE.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE FOUR PARTS ARE, ARE FOR.
UM, THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED WITH THE 2024 BOND AND FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE.
UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, NEED MORE EXPLANATION, WELL, I'LL GIVE IT, GIVE IT A TRY.
WHAT ABOUT MATT SECOND BY JEFF? ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
ALRIGHT, CONSIDERATION ACTION ON AWARD OR REJECTION OF BIDS FOR THE HILL STREET AND 4 28 GROUND STORAGE TANK PROJECT.
UH, WE REQUESTED A REQUEST FOR BIDS WAS ADVERTISED ON OCTOBER 31ST, 2025.
AND WE ADVERTISED AGAIN NOVEMBER THE SEVENTH, 2025.
ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER THE 10TH, UH, 20 25, 9 BIDS FROM GENERAL CONTRACTORS WERE RECEIVED AT CITY HALL.
THE BIDS WERE OPENED AND PUBLICLY READ ALOUD AT THE CITY COUNCIL OF CHAMBERS FOR THE HILL STREET AND 4 28 GROUND STORAGE TANK PROJECT.
AND AT, I KNOW THE WAY IT'S WORDED, IT SOUNDS LIKE AN INTERSECTION, BUT THAT'S TWO GROUND STORAGE TANK, HILL STREET TANK AND THE 4 28 TANK.
UM, BEC SERVICES GROUP LLC WAS THE APPARENT LOW BIDDER.
UH, THE BID SUBMITTED BY BEC SERVICE GROUP, UM, HAS BEEN REVIEWED.
UM, AND THE BIDDER'S QUALIFICATIONS PROVIDED WERE, AND EVERYTHING APPEARS TO BE IN ORDER.
PLUMBER CONTACTED SEVERAL REFERENCES REGARDING DEC SERVICE GROUPS, PREVIOUS WORK AND PERSONNEL, AND THEY WERE ALL POSITIVE.
NOW THIS PROJECT IS BUDGETED AND FUNDED WITH THE 2025 BOND AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
SO TRY TO EXPLAIN, I'M NOT GUARANTEEING WELL, GOOD LUCK WITH IT.
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO RENOVATE TWO GROUND STORAGE TANKS,
AND YOU CAN SEE THE, THE BID THAT IT EVEN, UM, WITH THE, THE $1,200 FOR EACH BEAM.
I THINK WHAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS WHEN YOU GO IN AND LOOK UP THESE ROOFS HAVE RAFTERS THAT ARE HOLDING THE PLATE UP.
AND ALL YOU CAN REALLY DO IS WHEN YOU'RE INSPECTING ONE IS SHINE A FLASHLIGHT UP THERE AND TRY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY'RE GOOD, IF THEY'RE GONNA SURVIVE THE SAND BLASTING.
AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU DON'T KNOW UNTIL THE PAINTERS GET UP THERE AND IT, IT'LL BLAST IN HALF OR THEY'LL BLOW HOLES IN IT OR WHATEVER.
SO INSTEAD OF GETTING 'EM TO BID, REPLACING ALL OF THEM AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE HAVE AN ITEM.
SO IF THEY HAVE TO DO 12 OF THEM, THEN THEY'LL CHARGE US $1,200 12 TIMES.
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BID TO BDC SERVICES GROUP LLC TO THE, FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF HILL STREET AND 4 28 GROUND STORAGE SINK IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 225,919 PLUS $1,200 FOR EACH REPLACEMENT BEAM.
MOTION BY RANDY, SECOND BY JEFF.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
ALRIGHT, CONSIDERATION ACTION ON A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH CSL, UH, FOR AN MDD HOTEL, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND AMATEUR SPORTS FACILITY FEASIBILITY STUDY.
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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL.THE AUBREY MDD BOARD HAS PRIORITIZED SEVERAL GOALS IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND GOAL NUMBER FIVE IN THE PLAN IS TO EXPAND TOURISM AND AUBREY, ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS WOULD BE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF MARKET SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
THE MDD BOARD HAD DISCUSSED THE NEED FOR AN ANALYSIS AND FEASIBILITY STUDY OF THE HOSPITALITY AND SPORTS MARKET TO DETERMINE MARKET DEMAND AND CAPACITY FOR A HOTEL AND AN INDOOR AMATEUR SPORTS FACILITY.
YOU RECEIVED A COPY OF THE PROPOSAL AND THE BOARD REVIEWED IT ON JANUARY 13TH AT THE MDD MEETING AND APPROVE THE PROPOSAL'S SCOPE OF SERVICES FOR A COMBINED FEASIBILITY STUDY NOT TO EXCEED $70,000.
THE RESULTS OF THESE STUDIES WILL PROVIDE THE MDD WITH NECESSARY INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS REGARDING A HOTEL PRODUCT AND AMATEUR SPORTS FACILITY DEVELOPMENT, AND PROVIDE STRATEGIC AND INFORMED APPROACH TO GROWING THESE MARKETS AND THE MOST LIKELY AND SUITABLE TARGETS.
UM, I'D ALSO ADD THAT IT WOULD LET US KNOW IF THOSE ARE NOT SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE MIGHT NEED OR NEED TO ABSORB IN THIS MARKET AREA.
SO THE STUDY WILL GIVE US A LOT OF INFORMATION TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD.
AND SO DOING, UM, THE STUDY TOGETHER SAVES THE MDD $22,500 AND GIVES US A STRATEGIC AND INFORMED APPROACH, UM, FOR THIS SEGMENT OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY IN AUBREY.
SO THE ITEM IS FOR YOU TO APPROVE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH CSL.
SHOULD YOU APPROVE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CSL SECOND MOTION.
MY JEFF SECOND, MY CHUCK ON PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
I CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 1 0 3 3 DASH 26, ADOPTING THE POLICY STATEMENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES.
WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 38.
UM, DO I NEED TO HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR ANY FROM ANYBODY? I, YOU CAN GO OVER THE
SORRY, I WASN'T SURE IF WE NEEDED ANY COMMENTS.
SO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE POLICY, UM, IS UPDATED EVERY TWO YEARS AND IT'S, UM, UP FOR THAT RENEWAL RIGHT NOW.
THE LAST POLICY WAS DONE IN JANUARY OF 2024.
AND THE MDD REVIEWED THE FOLLOWING UPDATES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE SCREEN AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND APPROVED THEM AT THE DECEMBER 9TH, 2025 MEETING.
SO, MAIN, MAINLY WE HAVE, UM, CHANGED UP AND ADDED A FEW MORE DETAILS TO THE APPLICATION THAT WOULD HELP US PROVIDE, UH, WOULD HELP THE APPLICANT PROVIDE US INFORMATION WE NEED, UM, TO ALSO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THE INCENTIVES AND, UM, WHERE THEY FIT IN THOSE INCENTIVE IN THE INCENTIVE POLICY.
UM, SO THAT IS IN THAT ATTACHMENT YOU RECEIVED.
AND WE ALSO ADDED SOME LANGUAGE FOR REBATES FOR OTHER TAXES.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE TAX ABATEMENT, UM, POLICY IN THERE.
UM, AND WE HAVE ADDED A SECTION ON BUILDING AND LAND AS INCENTIVES.
UM, PARTICULARLY WE HAVE THE MDD OWNS BUILDING BUILDINGS AND LAND.
SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS POLICY CLEARLY OUTLINED OUR INCENTIVES FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT APPLYING FOR THOSE.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTINE ON THIS? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT OR QUESTIONS ON THIS SINCE IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING? ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HANG AT SIX 40.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES POLICY.
SECOND MOTION BY JEFF SECOND BY RANDY.
ALL FAVOR PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
[Department Updates and Discussion]
OBJECTS MAYOR COUNCIL, UM, COUPLE UPDATES FROM FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION.UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING AN UPGRADE TO OUR BUSINESS SOFTWARE AND WE'RE ALSO JUST STARTING THE AUDIT.
OUR BUSINESS SOFTWARE IS CALLED INCODE.
IT'S FROM A COMPANY CALLED TYLER TECHNOLOGIES.
UH, THE CITY HAS BEEN USING INCODE SINCE 2014, AND WE'VE BEEN ON VERSION NUMBER NINE, I THINK FOR THAT WHOLE TIME.
I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE OF THAT, BUT
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IN BETWEEN THERE HAS BEEN, UH, SOME MINOR UPGRADES AND FIXES.UH, IT'S A HOSTED PRODUCT, SO THEY CONTINUALLY MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO IT.
UH, BUT WE'VE NEVER DONE A MAJOR UPGRADE.
WE ARE NOW, UH, UPGRADING TO VERSION 10, WHICH IS A MODERN CLOUD-BASED SYSTEM WITH THE LOOK AND FEEL OF A MODERN SOFTWARE PACKAGE.
OUR CURRENT PACKAGE IS VERY OLD SCHOOL, KIND OF EIGHTIES, UM, MAYBE SEVENTIES.
UH, IT IS ALSO A MODERN SYSTEM FOR REPORT WRITING AND GENERATES BETTER AND MORE READABLE REPORTS.
WE STARTED THE UPGRADE PROCESS WITH THE FINANCIAL AND HR SYSTEMS AND HAVE SUCCESSFULLY UPLOADED ALL FINANCIAL DATA AND RECONCILED ALL FINANCIAL ACTIVITY IN THE NEW SYSTEM.
ALSO, WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PROCESSED OUR FIRST PAYROLL ON THE NEW SYSTEM.
NEXT, WE WILL CONVERT THE UTILITY BILLING SYSTEM THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
THE REMAINING SYSTEMS WILL BE CONVERTED AFTER THAT.
I DON'T HAVE A SCHEDULE ON THAT YET, BUT THEY'LL, THEY'RE MUCH SMALLER SYSTEMS, SO THEY'LL PROBABLY COME IN SEQUENCE RIGHT AFTER THE UTILITY BILLING, WHICH IS ANOTHER BIG SYSTEM.
UM, I DIDN'T WANT TO FORGET TO THANK THE TEAM FOR THEIR HARD WORK TO MAKE THIS FIRST CONVERSION A SUCCESS.
SPECIAL THANKS TO MY FINANCE TEAMMATE, CIANA AND THE HR TEAM, ANNETTE AND SHAYNA.
UH, THE TEAM HAD TO WORK BOTH THEIR REGULAR JOBS AND INVEST SUBSTANTIAL TIME TO THE SYSTEM CONVERSION.
UM, REGARDING OUR ANNUAL AUDIT, WHITLEY PENN, OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR BEGAN FIELD WORK ON JANUARY 20TH.
TWO AUDITORS WILL BE ON SITE AT CITY HALL FOR TWO WEEKS, UH, GATHERING INFORMATION, WORKING WITH OUR STAFF.
FOLLOWING THAT, THE AUDITORS WILL WORK WITH US IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT FOR A FEW MORE WEEKS.
WE ARE SCHEDULED TO PRESENT THE ANNUAL REPORT AT THE MARCH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
REAL QUICK, WHAT'S THE DEADLINE ON THAT AUDIT? BY, BY APRIL 1ST.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, A BRIEF UPDATE ON FIRE STATION TWO.
UH, WE STILL HAVE SOME ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, BUT THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE.
AND NOW WE HAVE A WORKING LIST OF EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR COMPLETION.
UH, THEY ESTIMATED TWO WEEKS, UM, SO MID TO LATE FEBRUARY A MONTH FOR, FOR A MOVE IN.
UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING THERE.
I THINK THE PARK IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 5TH.
UH, IT LOOKS REALLY NEAT OUT THERE IF YOU HAVEN'T DRIVEN BY.
UH, AND THE STATION HAS FULLY TAKEN SHAPE.
ALL THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED ARE, ARE INSIDE.
SO, UH, IT'S REALLY STARTING TO LOOK REALLY NICE AND THE GUYS ARE REALLY EXCITED TO MOVE IN.
SO BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
I GOTTA TELL YOU RIGHT OFF THAT FOR WATER, PEOPLE BOIL WATER NOTICES, WE TAKE IT PERSONAL.
AND YOU, YOU'LL, YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OF WHERE THE, THE BRAKE WAS.
AND OBVIOUSLY WHENEVER IT FIRST BREAKS, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU FIXING AND DEAL WITH.
YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PVC, CONCRETE, AC, YOU KNOW, WELL, OUR LUCK, IT WAS DUCT IRON, YOU KNOW, IT WAS PROBABLY PUT IN THE YEAR THEY INVENTED ROPE.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT, IT WAS OLD.
IT ACTUALLY HAD CORRODED, AND YOU'LL SEE IN A MINUTE.
YEAH, THERE WAS HOLES IN THE PIPE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE DRY WEATHER.
SOMETIMES WHEN THE WATER GETS COLD, PIPE EXPANDS AND CONTRACTS AND, YOU KNOW, A WHOLE LITTLE POP IN IT.
SO, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE SCENE OF THE CRIME RIGHT THERE, WHERE THE ORANGE RECTANGLE IS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT RIGHT HAND PICTURE.
WE, WE ACTUALLY VALVED OFF ALL THE VALVES CLOSE TO IT AND THEN BACKED UP AND IT, IT MIGHT'VE SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE.
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AND SO THE, THE ROUTINE IS WE'LL GO ONE MORE BLOCK OUT AND CLOSE ALL THOSE VALVES.AND I DON'T THINK THAT MADE ANY DIFFERENCE AT ALL.
SO, UM, HE'S, IT, IT LOOKS BAD THERE.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DIG WITH MEN IN A HOLE, BUT HE'S NOT DIGGING WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO DO.
WE PUT THE BUCKET OVER THE HOLE TO MAKE THE WATER SPROUT.
IT WOULDN'T BLOW UP AND GIVE 'EM A SHOWER THE WHOLE TIME.
AND IT WAS JUST DEEP ENOUGH THEY COULD GO IN.
AND WHEN THEY WENT DOWN AND WAS WORKING THE PIPE, THEIR CHIN WAS OUT OF THE WATER.
WE TRIED AND TRIED TO TIGHTEN IT DOWN AND IT, WE COULDN'T, YOU SLIDE IT ONE WAY AND IT'S BLOWING THE OTHER WAY.
AND WE THOUGHT THE WATER WAS BLOWING OUT FROM UNDER THE CLAMP.
AND SO WE GOT A LONGER CLAMP AND WE PUT THE CLAMP ON, YOU KNOW, A LONGER ONE.
BUT WHEN WE FINALLY GOT THE WATER OUT, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IN A MINUTE, UM, YEAH, OKAY, YOU WANT LOOK AT THE LEVELS.
UM, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR ELEVATED STORAGE.
THE RED LINE IS OUR FAULKNER TANK, AND IT'S A HALF A MILLION, SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S GONNA DROP SLOWER.
BUT IT SHOWS YOU THAT THE ROCK HILL TANK OUT THERE, THAT LITTLE TANK, IT DROPPED LIKE A ROCK.
I MEAN IT, ALL THE WATER, YOU KNOW, WAS GONE IN A HEARTBEAT.
AND THEN I THINK WHEN WE WERE CLOSING THE VALVES, YOU KNOW, IT DID SLOW DOWN THERE IN ONE ROUND.
AND MAYBE WE GAINED A LITTLE WATER OVER THERE, BUT, UH, IT WAS STILL TOO MUCH FOR US TO FIX.
WELL, AS THE TANK KEPT DROPPING, THE RED LINE KEPT DROPPING AND DROPPING.
UM, FINALLY IT GOT TO WHERE OUR PUMP GOT AHEAD OF IT A LITTLE BIT AND WE COULD FEEL AND WORK A LITTLE BETTER, BUT WE, WE COULDN'T GET IT TO SEAL.
AND SO LEANNE CAME UP AND WE WERE TAUGHT, WE TALKED ABOUT, OKAY, WHAT'S LAST RESORT? AND WE WENT ONE MORE BLOCK AND CLOSED VALVES AT EVERY INTERSECTION, AS MANY AS WE HAD ON THE THIRD BLOCK.
AND WE CLOSED ONE UP THERE AT UNION AND DANE.
AND I THINK IT, WHAT WE DID IS WE CUT THE WATER OFF FROM THE FAULKNER TANK TO THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, IS WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO.
SO THEN THE WATER DROPPED DOWN, QUICK, PUMPED, PUMPED IT OUT.
IT WAS DRY AS A BONE, LIKE YOU COULD SEE THERE IN THE LOWER LEFT HAND PICTURES.
THOSE ARE THE HOLES THAT WERE IN THE PIPE.
AND UH, THAT'S, UM, MELVIN, IT'S IN THERE.
HE'S ONE OF OUR, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE INSPECTORS.
AND HE HAS A BACKGROUND IN DISTRIBUTION COLLECTION MAINTENANCE.
AND THEN IN THAT UPPER PICTURE, THE BLUE SHIRT, THAT'S MIGUEL, HE'S OUR WASTEWATER SUPERINTENDENT.
SO WHEN THE BACKHOE WAS DELIVERED, UM, STREET DEPARTMENT BROUGHT IT FOR US.
SO EVERYBODY WAS CHIMING IN, HELPING OUT.
AND THE LOWER RIGHT HAND, THE BALDHEADED GUY LOOKS LIKE HE WORE OUT THERE.
THAT'S DON, YOU KNOW, HE WAS IN THE HOLE FIRST.
HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO GO IN.
YOU CAN SEE HOW DEFEATED HE IS.
BUT THE CAST IRON, WHAT THEY DID, IT JUST SOUGHT OUT A PIECE OF IT AND, UM, PUT IN A PIECE OF PV SEAT PIPE, PUT THE CLAMP ON IT, AND YOU COULD TELL BY THE CHART HOW ONCE WE GOT THAT BACK TOGETHER, I MEAN IT ROCKETED TO THE TOP AND WE HAD WATER AND HEARTBEAT.
AND, UM, THEN WE HAVE TO INITIATE THE BOIL WATER NOTICE, YOU KNOW, AND THERE WERE PLACES THAT HAD LOW PRESSURE, BUT THERE WERE TOO MANY PLACES THAT HAD REAL LOW PRESSURE, NO PRESSURE.
AND IT'S KIND OF A DECISION THING.
YOU, YOU LOOK AT THE AREA THAT'S AFFECTED AND, AND, AND DECIDE WHETHER YOU THINK YOU NEED TO GO THAT FAR OR WAS IT THAT CRITICAL? AND, AND WE HAD TOO MANY PEOPLE AFFECTED.
SO WE DECIDED WE NEED TO MAKE MORE AWARENESS.
UM, WE, THE NEXT DAY WE HAD TO FLUSH.
AND ONE MORE THING THAT WE DID IN PREPARATION FOR IT ALL WAS WHEN WE FINALLY GOT IT VOWED OFF AND WE KNEW WE WERE FIXING TO REPAIR IT AND FILL IT UP.
WE WENT AROUND ALL THE WELL SITES, TURNED OUR CHLORINE UP SO WE HAD MORE DISINFECTANT IN THE WATER THAT FILLED IT, WHICH GAVE US A BETTER CHANCE
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FOR GOOD BACK TEAS THE NEXT DAY.WE HAD BOIL WATER NOTICE, WE COLLECTED OUR SAMPLES AND UM, THE LAB WE USED DOESN'T COLLECT SAMPLES AFTER A CERTAIN TIME OF THE DAY.
WE CALLED DENISON AND TALKED TO THE LAB, YOU KNOW, I KNEW 'EM.
AND, AND KAY KELLY STAYED LATE AND WAITED FOR DON MEYER TO GET THERE WITH OUR SAMPLES.
AND THEY WENT AHEAD AND RAN THEM, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK.
SO THEN YOU WAIT 'CAUSE IT'S 24 HOUR TEST.
SO WE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL FIVE O'CLOCK THE NEXT DAY.
AND, UH, THEN THEY NOTIFIED US THAT THEY WERE ALL GOOD AND INSTANTLY BOIL WATER NOTICE IS OVER.
SO IT WAS PRETTY INCREDIBLE THAT WE, WE WERE OUT OF IT WITHIN 48 HOURS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, TWO DAYS.
AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HELPED.
I MEAN, PASSING OUT WATER, THAT, THAT WAS GREAT TOO BECAUSE WE, UM, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME TO HOW MANY? 12, 12 PALLETS OF BOTTLE OF WATER.
SO WE KEPT EVERYBODY IN, YOU KNOW, BABY FORMULA AND, AND, UH, COFFEE AND TEA AND
BUT, AND, AND WHAT'S SHAME IS A LOT OF IT IS JUST NOT ENOUGH VALVES, YOU KNOW, OR THEY'RE OLD.
I HEAR PEOPLE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY HAVE TROUBLE, THEY SAY, YOU KNOW HOW IT IS NOT ENOUGH VALVES.
I MEAN USUALLY HAVE ONE EVERY BLOCK.
BUT IF YOU HAD ONE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO LOSE, BUT, YOU KNOW, HALF OF ONE.
Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB AND I, I CAN'T IMAGINE BEING THOSE POOR GUYS IN THAT HOLE.
I THINK WE ALL TAKE UP PERSONALLY, NOT JUST YOU GUYS, BUT, UH, YEAH, IT GOOD KUDOS TO YOU GUYS, TO EVERYBODY THAT THAT WAS INVOLVED IN SWIMMING UP TO THEIR EYEBALLS AND COLD WATER.
EVERYBODY WAS A PART OF IT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE IT WAS OVER, YOU KNOW, THAT'S EVEN BAILEY, SHE DID EVERYTHING BUT TYPE THE BOWL
I WOULDN'T MIND SEEING SOME LIKE, APPRECIATION CERTIFICATES OR SOMETHING FOR THE GUYS THAT YEAH, I GOT SOME WORK FOR IT.
[Future Agenda Requests]
REQUESTS.DO WE HAVE ANY, JUST MAYOR AND COUNCIL IT AS A REMINDER, UH, FEBRUARY WILL BE THE ANNUAL REVIEW FOR THE CITY MANAGER.
THAT WILL BE ON YOUR EXECUTIVE AGENDA.
AND FOR MARCH YOU WILL HAVE THE ANNUAL REVIEW FOR THE CITY SECRETARY.
THIS AS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, MAKE NOTES BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
ANYONE ELSE? NO, HE LEAVES WHEN I WALK IN THE ROOM.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
WITH THAT WE'LL GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION SECTION 5 5, 1 0.0 7, 1 1 AND TWO, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 2 REAL PROPERTY AND 5 5 1 0.087.ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE ITEMS LISTED ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
MOTION TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
MOTION BY JEFF, SECOND BY MIKE.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
[Reconvene into Open Session]
RIGHT, WE'LL RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION.UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE, UH, ITEMS TO, UH, ADDRESS.
UH, ONE BEING IS CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON, UH, PROJECT ANCHOR AS DESCRIBED.
IN CLOSE SUBJECT, MR. MAYOR, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TERMS THAT A THREE 80 AGREEMENT FOR THE PROJECT ANCHOR AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE DOCUMENTS AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSIONS.
AND BRING THE AGREEMENT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR RATIFICATION.
I'LL SECOND MOTION BY RANDY, SECOND BY CHUCK.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FIVE TO ZERO MAYOR ON THE MUNICIPAL UTILITIES SECTION.
UH, THE TYLER TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT ITEM FROM CLOSED SESSION.
I MOVE TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO REMOVE THE CONTRACTUAL 3% TRANSACTION FEE FROM THE CITY'S FEE SCHEDULE AND BRING AN ORDINANCE BACK IN FEBRUARY.
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THAT'S MY JEFF.SECOND, MY CHECK ON LETTER PASSES, FIVE TO ZERO.
AND MAYOR, REGARDING THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT SECTION, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF DOWNTOWN PROPERTY FOR AN AMOUNT WITHIN THE RANGE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.
AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND BRING BACK TO COUNCIL FOR RATIFICATION.
SECOND MOTION BY JEFF SECOND, MY MARK.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FIVE ZERO.