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ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.UH, DETERMINE IF A QUORUM IS PRESENT AND WE ARE ALL HERE.
SO EVERYONE CAN PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF WILLIAMS, MS. PAT POWERS THIS EVENING.
LORD, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THIS DAY.
WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE, THE RAIN.
WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE OUTCOME FROM THE SITUATIONS THAT'S HAPPENED IN OUR COMMUNITY THIS WEEK.
AND WE JUST ARE VERY GRATEFUL, UH, FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED AND WORKED THAT WE'RE THANKFUL FOR, UM, AS THE GARDENERS LIKE THIS TIME OF YEAR, AND PLANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLANT SEEDS AND WATCH IT GROW AND YIELD THE HARVEST IN THE FALL.
AND AS WE WORK HERE, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE STAFF OF THE CITY, THE VOLUNTEERS, UM, EVERYBODY WHO WORKS TO LIKEWISE PLANT SEEDS THAT WILL GROW AND HARVEST A BETTER COMMUNITY TOMORROW.
LEGISLATION TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHO, WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
[Community Announcements]
ALL RIGHT, COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I AM SO VERY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO RACHEL PANETTA.
SHE'S A LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER SPECIALIZING IN VICTIMOLOGY WITH OVER FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE.
PREVIOUSLY, SHE WAS THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HIGH RISK TEAM COORDINATOR AT THE DENTON COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY, WHERE SHE COORDINATED A HOMICIDE PREVENTION TEAM AND ADVOCATED FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
SHE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT SOCIAL WORK AND EARNED HER DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON.
IN HER FREE TIME, SHE ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH HER HUSBAND AND HER BABY BOY.
AND I'VE WORKED HARD ON THIS PROJECT, THIS CRIME VICTIM ADVOCATE PROJECT FOR, UH, REASONS AS YOU CAN WELL IMAGINE SURFACE THIS WEEK.
AND I AM CONVINCED THAT, UH, RACHEL'S GONNA BE THE ONE TO, TO HELP US THE BEST THAT WE CAN MITIGATE THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, PROVIDE VICTIMS SERVICES EARLY ON SO THAT THEY DON'T LEAD TO THE SITUATION THAT OCCURRED THIS WEEK.
SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO RACHEL.
SO WE NEED THE PICTURE UP HERE.
SO TO UPDATE YOU ON THIS SITUATION THAT OCCURRED THIS WEEK, UM, I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE COOPERATION OF THE MULTIPLE AGENCIES THAT WERE INVOLVED.
IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE COMMITMENT.
NORTH TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT IS MADE TO BUILDING COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIPS.
YOU PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE HERE.
UH, THE THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT WERE BROUGHT TO BEAR WAS IMPRESSIVE.
AND, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO NOW, UM, WHEN, WHEN THAT STUFF'S OVER.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A, A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO GET DONE, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE FOCUSING ON GETTING EVERYBODY'S LIFE BACK IN ORDER.
THERE WAS NEIGHBORS THAT WERE DISRUPTED AND, YOU KNOW, YARDS THAT WERE DISRUPTED AND WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT THE BEST THAT WE CAN.
UM, PROVIDENCE VILLAGE HAS BEEN AWESOME IN HELPING US TRY TO GET THOSE INITIAL THINGS DONE.
THE INVESTIGATIVE TEAM IS WORKING EXTREMELY HARD ON ALL THEIR WORK.
UM, LOTS OF INTERVIEWS TO DO, LOTS OF THINGS TO DO.
UM, DIRECTOR OF THE FBI GAVE US A THUMBS UP TODAY ON HOW WELL WE DID, SO I WAS THANKFUL FOR THAT.
BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT ANYTHING THAT IS GOING ON WE CAN ADDRESS FOR YOU.
WELL, SUPER PROUD OF THE JOB Y'ALL DID, UH, THAT EVERYBODY DID.
I, I'M IMPRESSED WITH HOW WELL EVERYONE WORKED TOGETHER AND HOW WELL IT WENT.
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UM, MAY 2ND.WE HAVE OUR FIRST FRUIT JAR JUNCTION.
UM, AND THEN MAY 16TH, WE HAVE OUR FIRST SUMMER MUSIC SERIES, UH, FEATURING, UH, DAVID, ADAM, UH, BURNS, UH, AND OUR OPENING ACT IS, UH, JOHN JOHN PERRY.
UH, BOTH OF THESE EVENTS WILL BE LOCATED, UH, DOWNTOWN AT VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK.
UH, HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY AT BOTH OF THESE EVENTS.
[Citizen Input]
INPUT, 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.
UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE, UH, CHRIS AND CATHERINE SKINNER.
DO Y'ALL WANNA WAIT TILL ITEM 12 OR DO Y'ALL WANT TO SPEAK NOW? A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT TIME.
WE MAY HAVE TO LEAVE BEFORE THE AGENDA ITEM COME TELL US.
MY NAME'S CHRISTOPHER SKINNER.
MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
UM, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12, WHICH IS AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT.
UM, I, I DO HAVE SOME SPECIFIC CONCERNS ABOUT THIS APPLICATION, UH, PRIMARILY AROUND ACCURACY IN THE APPLICATION.
THE FIRST IS THE, UH, INDICATION ON HERE THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS RURAL LIFE.
UH, WE ARE NEIGHBORS OF THIS LOCATION AND IT IS NOT BEING USED FOR RURAL LIFE.
IT IS BEING USED TO OPERATE A BUSINESS AND CONDUCT MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS.
UM, AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE SOME SUPPORT OF THAT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE REST OF THE CONTENTS OF THE PLAT APPLICATION, WHERE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL UTILITY ACCESS THAT ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED TO OPERATE MACHINERY AND BRING ADDITIONAL WATER ONTO THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS ALREADY SERVED BY MUSTANG WATER AND DOES ALREADY HAVE ELECTRICAL SERVICE THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR RURAL LIFE.
IN ADDITION, IT DOES ALREADY HAVE ONSITE SEWAGE FACILITY THAT WOULD HANDLE SEWAGE NEEDS FOR RESIDENTIAL RURAL LIFE, BUT NOT FOR A LARGER SCALE BUSINESS OPERATION.
MY CONCERN WITH THIS IS THAT THE NOTICE ABOUT THIS, UH, WOULD'VE GONE OUT TO ALL NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS IN ETJ.
AND THERE IS A SWATH OF HOUSES IN THE SILVERADO DEVELOPMENT THAT SIT JUST NORTH OF WHERE THIS IS.
AND THE COMPANY THAT IS GOING TO BE DOING THIS MANUFACTURING AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS PRODUCES CRUSHED GRANITE STONE, WHICH CAN PRODUCE SILICA DUST, WHICH IS A KNOWN CARCINOGEN.
AND I THINK THE FACT THAT THIS IS INDICATED FOR RURAL LIFE INSTEAD OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE USED FOR IS PARTICULARLY CONCERNING BECAUSE NOW THOSE CITIZENS DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WOULD'VE HAD A REASON TO OBJECT TO THIS.
THE SECOND CONCERN THAT I HAVE ON THIS IS THE, UH, THE COMMENT IN THIS APPLICATION THAT THERE IS AN EXISTING 15 FOOT INGRESS AND EGRESS EASEMENT.
UM, IT IS A PRIVATE GRAVEL ROAD.
UM, AND I KNOW FOR SURE THAT IT'S 11 FEET WIDE BECAUSE WE JUST RECENTLY HAD TO, UH, PUT IN A TEMPORARY BRIDGE BECAUSE THE, UH, CULVERT UNDER THE ROAD COLLAPSED PARTIALLY DUE TO THE SEMI-TRUCKS THAT WERE TRAVELING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD AND PARTIALLY DUE TO HEAVY, HEAVY WATER DISCHARGE FROM THE DR. HORTON DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO US.
AND, UM, THAT BRIDGE IS 12 AND A HALF FEET WIDE.
WE KNOW, 'CAUSE WE PURCHASED IT, WE HAVE NOT BEEN REIMBURSED IN ANY FORM BY THE OTHER OWNERS ON MAVERICK LANE, UH, FOR THE BRIDGE THAT WE PROVIDED TO, UH, TO DO THAT.
AND, UH, IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY WIDER THAN THE ROAD.
SO THE ROAD IS NOT ONLY NOT 15 FEET WIDE, IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY NARROWER.
UM, THE IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW ABOUT THAT IS THAT THE NORTH TEXAS, UH, THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, UH, DID ADOPT THE 2021 IFC STANDARDS FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS, WHICH CALLS FOR A 20 FOOT WIDE ROAD.
UM, AND IN ADDITION, WHEN THAT WAS ADOPTED, IT WAS AMENDED AND EXTENDED TO 24 FEET FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
UM, AND SO MY CONCERN IS THAT THE INFORMATION ABOUT EMERGENCY ACCESS IN THIS PLAT APPLICATION IS FALSE AND THE INFORMATION ABOUT ITS INTENDED USE IS FALSE.
AND I THINK THAT THE CITY SHOULD VERY CAREFULLY CONSIDER BOTH OF THOSE FALSE STATEMENTS ON A GOVERNMENT RECORD BEFORE THE PLAT IS FURTHER REVIEWED.
I'M CATHERINE SKINNER AND THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR OUR, FOR YOUR TIME.
UH, MY PROPERTY IS KIND OF SURROUNDED BY, UH, THE CREATE STONE PROPERTY.
UH, THERE'S, UH, WE HAVE A PRIVATE SHARED ROAD, AS MY SON JUST SAID, THAT IS JUST A GRAVEL ROAD.
THAT GRAVEL ROAD WAS AT ONE POINT JUST MAINTAINED BY GENTLEMAN AS AGREEMENT BY THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO LIVED ON THE ROAD.
BUT SINCE CREATE STONE HAS MOVED IN, THEY ARE USING THE ROAD MUCH MORE HEAVILY THAN
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THAT ROAD WAS DESIGNED FOR.AND AFTER THE ROAD COLLAPSED, WE HAVE ATTEMPTED IN GOOD FAITH TO WORK WITH THEM AFTER SEVEN WEEKS OF BEING UNABLE TO WORK WITH THEM ON IT.
MY SON AND I ABSORBED THE COST OURSELVES OF PUTTING THE BRIDGE ON THE ROAD.
CREATE STONE HAS MADE NO EFFORT WHATSOEVER, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE BEEN CONTACTED WITH WHAT WE, WHAT THE COST OF IT WAS.
THEY'VE MADE NO EFFORT WHATSOEVER TO HELP US, UH, GET THAT ROAD FIXED.
I WENT, I'M A 74-YEAR-OLD WOMAN.
I WENT FOR SEVEN WEEKS WITH NO EMERGENCY ACCESS AND THE ONLY WAY IN AND OUT BY FOOT.
SO IF THESE PEOPLE ARE TELLING YOU THAT THEY ARE GONNA MAINTAIN THIS ROAD AND KEEP IT OPEN FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS, I WOULD SERIOUSLY ASK THAT YOU LOOK INTO THAT.
THEY HAVE NOT DONE THAT IN GOOD FAITH AT THIS POINT.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF THE PROPERTY THAT CREATES STONE PURCHASE, UH, WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE BEEN HERE.
SHE'S NOT HERE FOR HEALTH REASONS, BUT SHE WANTED ME TO TELL YOU THAT SHE WOULD SUPPORT THAT WHEN THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY FROM HER, THEY TOLD HER THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE FOR RURAL USE.
THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT BEFORE THE PURCHASE WENT THROUGH, BUT THE DAY THEY SIGNED, THEY SIGNED, THEY SHOWED UP WITH 18 WHEELERS AND THEY DID, UH, BEFORE THEY SIGNED, TELL HER THAT THEY WERE GOING TO USE THE PROPERTY FOR BUSINESS USE, UH, AND NOT JUST FOR RESIDENTIAL OR RURAL USE.
BUT SHE DIDN'T PUT ANY DEED RESTRICTIONS ON THAT.
I'M SORRY? WERE THERE ANY DEED RESTRICTIONS ON THAT, THAT YOU KNOW OF? NOT, NOT THAT WE KNOW OF.
UH, CHAD LEWIS, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
I COME WITH A SIMILAR, BUT I'M CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.
MY PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO THE LIBERTY ROAD THAT GOES INTO THAT PROPERTY THAT THEY'VE JUST DISCUSSED.
AND, UH, NOW I'M GONNA SEE THAT ROAD, WHICH IS A VERY ILL REPAIR BEING USED EVEN MORE BY TRUCKS.
I ACTUALLY HAD TO HELP DIG A SEMI OUT OF THE DITCH ONE TIME, BRING MY EQUIPMENT OUT OF MY FARM AND PULL THIS SEMI OUT OF THERE.
THEY ALSO PARK ON THAT ROAD, WHICH IS A PUBLIC ROAD, BUT THE ROAD BELONGS TO PROVIDENCE VILLAGE AND THEY DON'T REPAIR IT.
SO NOW IT'S RAINED AND IT'S FULL OF HOLES, POTHOLES.
AND IF THEY'RE GONNA USE THAT ROAD EVEN MORE, SOMETHING BETWEEN PROVIDENCE VILLAGE AND AUBREY NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED.
I WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE THAT BECAUSE IT IS A DUSTY ROAD THAT HASN'T BEEN REPAIRED FOR PROBABLY MANY YEARS.
UH, ALSO THAT INTERSECTION THERE AT LIBERTY ROAD, FARM ROAD 29 31 AND LIBERTY CIRCLE IS VERY DANGEROUS.
UH, IT, IT IS, GOT STOP SIGNS, BUT I GOT ALL THE PICTURES MONTHLY.
LAST NIGHT WAS THE LAST ONE WE HAD, THE GUY THAT PULLED TRAILER AROUND THE CORNER THERE STRUCK A CAR.
THE LADY WENT TO THE, UH, HOSPITAL I GUESS, AND THEY PULLED OUT ONE OFF LAST MONTH.
IT WAS ANOTHER CAR ON THE OTHER DITCH.
SO THAT'S A VERY DANGEROUS INTERSECTION, YET THEY'RE PULLING SEMIS IN THERE LOADED WITH ROCK OR WHATEVER AND BRINGING OUT FLAT BITS.
SO I WOULD BE OPPOSED VERY MUCH FOR THAT TRUCK, THOSE TRUCKS, TO BE GOING INTO THAT PROPERTY BECAUSE IT IS NO LONGER A RURAL AREA IF THEY HAVE A MANUFACTURING COMPANY BACK IN THERE.
I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUTS AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO FURTHER DISCUSS THIS, BUT IT COMES OUT ON THE AGENDA.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, IT'S DUSTIN CLAY, 1619 GOODWIN DRIVE.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO COME BACK.
CAN I GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE, UH, WAS WITH Y'ALL ABOUT 30 DAYS AGO.
SO WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE THEN? WHO I'VE BEEN TALKING TO, WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING, UM, THE, THE SAME THINGS KEEP COMING UP AND, UH, THAT'S SUPPORTING THE TEACHERS, OUR CLASSROOMS, MANAGING GROWTH WISELY AND IMPROVING OUR COMMUNICATION.
SO FIRST I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A, A KIND OF A AWESOME CONVERSATION I HAD TODAY, UH, ABOUT OUR, OUR TEACHERS IN OUR CLASSROOM.
SO WE HAD A PARENT THAT'S BEEN ASKING TO, UH, GO IN AND HELP, UH, THE TEACHER IN OUR CLASSROOM, UH, PASS THE BACKGROUND CHECK.
SHE'S BEEN A, UH, A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER FOR ABOUT 17 YEARS.
UH, BUT SHE'S PROHIBITED, UH, TO PROVIDING THAT HELP.
UM, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE SPECIFICS, BUT THEY JUST HAVING CONVERSATIONS.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING JUST EASY FIXES LIKE THAT.
LOOKING AT WHAT POLICIES ARE THERE, WHAT, WHAT RESTRICTIONS OR WHAT MISINTERPRETATIONS MAY EXIST, UM, THAT, THAT CAN SUPPORT THAT, THAT SCENARIO.
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UH, I THINK THAT THE BIGGEST QUESTION IS WHEN'S THE NEXT BOND COMING THROUGH? AND WHAT'S GONNA BE, UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THE CURRENT BOARD EVEN KNOWS.UM, BUT, BUT I WILL SAY THIS, UH, YOU'RE GONNA WANT SOMEBODY WITH OPERATION EXPERIENCE, SOMEONE THAT, UH, HAS, HAS REAL LIFE, UH, UH, ABILITIES IN, IN HANDLING THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY GO GOING THROUGH.
SO I SHARED LAST TIME THAT I'M ON PROVIDENCE VILLAGE TOWN COUNCIL.
UH, SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THE SAME THING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH.
UM, SO I THINK JUST HAVING THAT AT THE TABLE, UH, MAKING SURE THOSE RIGHT DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE.
UH, AND THEN NO WASTEFUL SPENDING AND, AND, AND ARE WE GONNA BE LOOKING AT MORE FACILITIES? UM, ARE WE GONNA LOOK AT STUFF THAT SUPPORTS OUR CLASSROOMS? UM, AND, AND, AND ON THAT TOPIC, I WAS ACTUALLY TALKING TO SOME ISD GUYS.
SO PART OF THEIR BOND, UH, THAT'S GOING IN DOWN THERE AT FOUR 20, UH, 4 23 IN THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL, THERE'S GONNA BE A CTE, UH, STANDALONE BUILDING THERE.
UM, SO ARE, ARE WE HAVING NOTICE OF DISCUSSIONS? YOU KNOW, CAN WE EXPAND THAT? CAN WE PUT SOME OF THE COST, UM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IN LOCAL AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, CONTRACT SERVICES, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER THAT WOULD FALL IN THE BUDGET.
UH, DOES IT EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE KIDS AS WELL? SO SAVE MONEY AND EXPAND.
UM, AND, AND HAVING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, KNOWING THOSE THINGS EXIST AND WHAT'S GOING ON.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO SOMEONE THAT YOU'RE GONNA WANT A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, COMMUNICATION.
UH, SO TRUST IS BUILT, UH, WHEN PEOPLE CAN SEE WHY AND HOW THE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE.
UM, IF, UH, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OR YOU CAN'T MAKE A MEETING, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO YOU GO TO RETRIEVE THAT INFORMATION? YOU KNOW, ARE YOU ABLE TO REVIEW IT? UM, CAN, CAN PEOPLE SEE THE, THE PACKETS THAT YOU GUYS LOOK AT? UM, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN SEE THE ONES THAT I, THAT I REVIEW.
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT, THAT THAT LITTLE EFFORT OF TRANSPARENCY, UH, BUILDS THAT TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S ONE OF MY, MY FOCUS POINTS.
UM, AND SO, AS YOU KNOW, EARLY VOTING IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT OUT AND VOTE, GUYS, GET OUT.
TAKE A COUPLE MOMENTS TO GO OVER THERE.
UM, AND I'M ASKING YOU TO JUST TO CHOOSE THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP THAT YOU WANT IN A SCHOOL BOARD.
YOU KNOW, SOMEONE THAT DOES THEIR HOMEWORK, SOMEONE THAT'S WILLING TO STAND UP, SAY SOMETHING.
UM, SO IF YOU WANNA LEARN MORE ABOUT ME, DUSTIN CLAY.COM.
FACEBOOK, DUSTIN, CLAY FOR OPRY SCHOOL BOARD.
[Consent Items (Part 1 of 2)]
RIGHT.UH, CONSENT ITEMS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? MAYOR, COULD WE REMOVE ITEM FOUR AND FIVE FOR DISCUSSION WITH, UH, ATTORNEY IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? ALRIGHT, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS, UH, FOUR AND FIVE.
SECOND, MR. MY, JEFF SECOND, MY TRUCK ON FAVOR.
[New Business (Part 1 of 2)]
NEW BUSINESS, UH, CONSIDERATION ON ACTION ON A PRELIMINARY PLAQUE FOR SOLID ROCK BEING APPROXIMATELY 10.407 ACRES.GENERALLY LOCATED WEST OF SILVERADO PARKWAY, SOUTH OF FRONTIER PARKWAY, AND NORTH OF FM 29 31 AND LIBERTY ROAD WITHIN THE CITY OF AUBREY ETJ.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THE ITEM BEFORE USE A PRELIMINARY PLAT, UH, FOR APPROXIMATELY 10.4 ACRES OF LAND TO CREATE THREE LOTS TO CONSTRUCT.
TWO ONE STORY METAL BUILDINGS AND A FIRE LANE ON THE PROPOSED LOT.
A, UM, THE SITE IS WITHIN CITY OF FAR ETJ.
IT'S NOT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, SO THERE ARE NO, UM, ZONING CONTROL ON THIS PROPERTY.
THE ACCESS IS THROUGH A PRIVATE ROAD, MAVERICK LANE WATER AND, UH, SEWER WILL BE PROVIDED BY MUSTANG SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT.
UH, FINAL PLAT, UM, AND ENGINEERING PLANS ARE CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED BY STAFF.
UM, STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE PRELIMINARY PLAT AND, UM, FOUND THAT IT MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AND WE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT AT THEIR APRIL 9TH MEETING.
AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT THESE PEOPLE HAD JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, SO AS I MENTIONED, THIS PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE ETJ.
UH, IT'S NOT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
THE, THE RURAL LIFE, UH, LAND USE DESIGNATION THAT, UH, THE GENTLEMAN MENTIONED IS, UH, WITHIN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH COMES INTO EFFECT ONCE THE PROPERTY IS ANNEXED.
AT THAT POINT, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT BUILDS ACCORDING TO THAT, UH, LAND USE.
BUT, UH, SINCE IT'S NOT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, UH, WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THE USE.
AND THE PLA WAS SENT TO DENTON COUNTY, UH, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS.
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WHAT'D YOU SAY THERE? THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH THAT? I, DIDN COUNTY.IS THERE ANY WAY TO REQUIRE THEM A SECOND ACCESS INTO THE PROPERTY? UM, I'M JUST THINKING FROM A FIRE, FROM FIRE PERSPECTIVE, PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE REQUIRED OF A NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE TWO POINTS OF ACCESS.
IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE TWO POINTS OF ACCESS? UH, THIS PARCEL IS SORT OF LANDLOCK OTHER THAN THE MAVERICK LANE, WE COULD, UH, CHAT WITH THE APPLICANT, UM, AND SEE IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
AND THEY'RE TRAVELING ON PRIVATE ROAD, SO KIND OF TOUGH.
THE REVIEW THAT WAS DONE ON THIS, UH, PRELIMINARY PLAT WAS WITH DENTON COUNTY SINCE IT IS IN THE ETJ.
UH, IT'S NOT WITHIN THE, THE CITY'S FIRE, UH, REVIEW.
AND, UH, THEY DID NOT PROVIDE ANY COMMENTS.
THERE IS, UM, TWO FORMS OF EGRESS INGRESS INTO THE PROPERTY OFF OF MAVERICK, BUT NOT, OTHER THAN GETTING THERE FROM MAVERICK.
THERE'S TWO FORMS OF INGRESS, RESS IN THE PROPERTY.
THERE'S, THERE'S A SINGLE GATE THAT OPENS ON MAVERICK.
I WAS GONNA SAY, WHAT IS THE OTHER, WE CAN'T, CAN'T DO THIS.
UH, CAN WE PULL UP A PICTURE PLEASE OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT? YES.
AND YOU MIGHT TRY TO ZOOM IN AT MAVERICK.
UM, BUT I UNDERSTAND IT WAS ADDRESSED WITH A WIDER ENTRANCE, SO THERE WOULD BE, UH, A DIVIDER.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN SEE IT ON THIS ONE.
SO, SO MAVERICK LANE'S A PRIVATE ROAD OR PUBLIC ROAD, BUT IS A PRIVATE ROAD.
SO THEY HAVE A, A LEGALLY PRESCRIBED EASEMENT TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY.
THEY HAVE A INGRESS AND EGRESS EASEMENT, UM, BASED ON OUR RECORDS THAT THAT'S A RECORDED 15 FOOT INGRESS AND INGRESS EASEMENT.
AND HOW DO WE RESOLVE THE DISCREPANCY THAT THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE ROAD SAY THAT IT, THAT IS NOT FACTUAL.
SO THE, THE MEASUREMENT, UH, THAT MR. SKINNER PROVIDED IS THE ACTUAL BUILT ROAD.
IT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THE EASEMENT.
WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IT SURVEYED, UH, OR HAVE SOME TYPE OF MARKING TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL MEASUREMENT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS SOME COMMENTS IN THE PLAT THAT THEY NEEDED TO PREPARE AND, AND CONFIRM THAT THE EASEMENT, UH, WAS ACTUALLY THERE.
UM, THEY HAVE, UH, PROVIDED THE RECORDING INFORMATION ON THE EASEMENT AS WELL ON, UH, THE PRELIMINARY PLAT.
WELL, IF THERE'S A BRIDGE THAT'S ONLY 12 FEET WIDE, YOU LITERALLY CAN'T DRIVE A 15 FOOT WIDE VEHICLE OVER A 12 FOOT BRIDGE.
AND THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO STRETCHING THAT IN YOUR IMAGINATION.
I THINK THE ISSUE IS THE, THE TERMINOLOGY OR THE CORRECT INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE APPLICATION IS WHAT WAS, WHAT MR. SKINNER HAD BROUGHT UP IS THE APPLICATION SAYS THAT, BUT IT'S NOT ACTUALLY OUT THERE.
SO IF THE APPLICATION WAS CLEAR ENOUGH ON WHETHER IT WAS PAVEMENT OR BUILT, OR IF IT WAS RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, SO I, I GUESS THAT'S SUBJECT TO INTERPRETATION ON WHAT THE ACTUAL DEDICATED EASEMENT IS.
MAYBE IT WAS THERE AT ONE TIME AND IT WASHED AWAY.
I MEAN, I MEAN, WE SEE THAT WITH ALL ROADS, UH, UH, TYPICAL ROAD MAY BE 60 FOOT WIDE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT THE ROAD ITSELF IS MUCH NARROWER.
UH, 'CAUSE NO ONE EVER BUILT THE ROAD OUT TO THE EXTENT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.
BUT, AND WE, WE BROUGHT UP A LOT OF THESE CONCERNS.
UM, WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING THIS, UH, APPLICATION FOR OH, I KNOW, MAYBE A YEAR OR MORE, UH, BACK AND FORTH.
I'VE RECEIVED THE PHONE CALLS COMPLAINING ABOUT IT, AND THERE'S STILL THAT MANY DISCREPANCIES AND WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR A YEAR.
UM, WELL, IT'S JUST THE PROCESS, UM, OF GETTING THE INFORMATION BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH SO THAT WE COULD GET IT TO THIS POINT.
SO, UM, BASED ON THEIR, THEIR LAST SUBMITTAL, UM, IT WAS, IT CHECKED THE BOXES TO PRESENT THE PRELIMINARY PLAT TO PNZ AND TO COUNCIL.
BUT IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THE APPLICATION'S ACCURATE TO ME.
I MEAN, IF THEY SAY IT'S ONE THING, WHO, WHO VERIFIES THAT? DO WE, DOES? IS
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DEN COUNTY SUPPOSED TO GO OUT THERE AND VERIFY THAT, OR WE'RE JUST TAKING THEIR WORD FOR IT OR? YEAH, AT THIS, AT THIS POINT, UM, I GUESS IT WOULD BE DENTON COUNTY BEING IT'S IN THE ETJ.UM, WE COULD REQUIRE VERIFICATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BRING UP THE ISSUE THAT THEY PROVIDED, UH, A DOCUMENT THAT'S BEEN RECORDED WITH THE COUNTY, BUT WE'VE TAKEN MEASUREMENTS OR, OR WE WANT YOU TO MEASURE IT AND MARK IT SO WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT.
UM, SOME IDEAS, I MEAN, WE'VE ALWAYS REQUIRED, UH, A ROAD OF A CERTAIN WIDTH THAT CAN HANDLE A CERTAIN WEIGHT AND IT'S EASY FOR SOMEBODY TO SAY, SURE, YEAH, WE DID THAT.
UH, IF NO ONE EVER GOES TO VERIFY THAT ONE.
AND THOSE THINGS HAPPEN LATER IN THE PROCESS OUTSIDE OF THE PLAT, UH, THAT WOULD BE A CIVIL ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION.
UM, WHAT WE COULD DO IN THE PLATING PROCESS IS, UM, PUT REQUIREMENTS ON THE PLAT NOTES OF THAT EFFECT.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OF THOSE ON THE PRELIMINARY PLAT? YES, THERE ARE SOME NOTES.
THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT, THIS IS NOT THEIR, UH, YEAH.
BILL OR, UM, AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I RECALL WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS, SO I THOUGHT WE HAD SOME NOTES.
UH, WE DO HAVE SOME NOTES, UM, AND THERE ARE NOTES ABOUT THE GRADING AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, AND THE EASEMENTS THAT WILL BE REQUIRED.
UM, AND, UM, THERE ARE NOTES THAT THE EXISTING, UM, STRUCTURES WILL REMAIN.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S A FLOOD PLANE NOTE AS WELL.
THERE'S A WHAT? A FLOOD PLANE.
UM, IF I MAY, UH, I DO WANNA MENTION THAT IF WE ZOOM INTO THE ROAD, UM, IT, UH, THERE IS AN 15 FOOT INGRESS AND EGRESS EASEMENT, UH, RECORDED EASEMENT.
BUT THE SPACE THAT'S PROVIDED THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE LOTS, IT IS 20 FOOT.
SO THE APPLICANT, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE, UM, PROVIDED MORE SPACE FOR THE PRIVATE ROAD THAN EVEN THE 15 FOOT UNIVERSITY EASEMENT.
I THINK THIS GENTLEMAN JUST SAID IT WAS 12 FEET, RIGHT? THE PAVED SECTION, YES.
BUT THE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, IS MORE SO THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THE APPLICANT MAY BE ABLE TO, UH, WIDEN THAT PAVED SECTION TO, UH, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE LIKE 15 OR MORE FEET.
WELL, THIS, THIS PROPERTY'S AT THE END OF MAVERICK LANE, RIGHT? LIKE THAT'S CORRECT.
SO HE, SO HE'S PROVIDING 20 FEET OF HIS SECTION OF MAVERICK LANE ACROSS HIS PROPERTY, RIGHT.
BUT NOT THE PER, NOT MAVERICK LANE FROM LIBERTY ROAD TO HIS PROPERTY LINE? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
SO THE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY OR THE ADDITIONAL EASEMENT THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING, IS IT ON MAVERICK OR IS IT JUST AT THEIR ENTRANCE, IS THE QUESTION? IT IS, UH, IT IS ON MAVERICK.
THE ADDITIONAL WIDTH IS PART OF MAVERICK LANE ON THE APPLICANTS PROPERTY.
IT'S ON THE APPLICANTS PROPERTY.
THERE, THIS IS 20 FEET, THIS HOLE ALL THE WAY UP AND DOWN LITTLE SECTION IS ABOUT 15 FEET.
SO THIS PLAT ONLY SHOWS THE PROPERTY ADJACENT OR, OR THAT THEY OWN.
IT DOES NOT SHOW THE SKINNERS.
SO IT APPEARS THAT IT WOULD BE WIDER.
WE'RE REQUIRING IT TO BE WIDER.
UM, SO IF ADDITIONAL LANDOWNERS TO THE SOUTH WANTED IT WIDER TO MATCH THE NORTH THAN IT COULD, HOW DO WE HANDLE THE HEAVY TRAFFIC USE ON THE ROAD? THAT'S NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT IS A PRIVATE ROAD AND THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS ARE HAVING TO MAINTAIN THEIR, UM, 18 WHEELER TRAFFIC TEARING UP A ROAD THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
I THINK THAT'S THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS WITH, WITH DENTON COUNTY.
UM, THEY'VE APPLIED FOR A PERMIT WITH DENTON COUNTY, BUT THEY'RE UNABLE TO GET A PERMIT FROM DENTON COUNTY BECAUSE THE PROPERTY'S NOT PLATTED.
AND SINCE IT'S IN OUR ETJ, IT HAS TO BE PLATTED WITH US FIRST.
THEN THEY'LL GO THROUGH THE PERMIT PROCESS WITH DENTON COUNTY, AND THEN THEY'LL TALK ABOUT ALL THE, THE OTHER OFFSITES AND SO FORTH.
UM, UM, IF YOU CAN COME, IF YOU CAN COME UP TO THE PODIUM, UH,
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MY QUESTION IS, IS HOW COME THE CITY OF AUBREY CONSIDERING RULING A PRIVATE ROAD? SO IF THIS IS A PRIVATE ROAD, THEN I THINK THAT IT OUGHT TO BE CONTROLLED BY THOSE PEOPLE WHO OWN THE ROAD, WHETHER IT'S THE RIGHT SIDE OR THE LEFT SIDE.NOW THESE PEOPLE PUT ABOUT $30,000 IN TO TRY AND MAKE THAT ROAD A LITTLE SAFER.
I WON'T DRIVE OUT ANYMORE BECAUSE IT IS NOT SAFE, I DON'T THINK.
AND SO IT IS A COUNTRY ROAD MEANT TO BE, YOU'VE LIKE COUNTRY PEOPLE, NOT AN INDUSTRY HAULING SEMIS DOWN THERE.
AND I'VE SEEN A SEMI PARK THERE ONE TIME AND I WENT OUT AND I, I CALLED THE POLICE BECAUSE THE GUY HAD PARKED IT THERE ON THAT ROAD ON LIBERTY ROAD, AND THEN HE CAME BACK AND GRABBED THAT, THAT SEMI AND HAULED IT OFF THERE BEFORE THE POLICE COULD ARRIVE.
AND SO THEY'RE USING LIBERTY ROAD AND THAT ROAD AS THOUGH IT IS A INDUSTRIAL ROAD TO GET BACK TO THE PRIVATE PROPERTY BACK IN THERE AND ON A PRIVATE ROAD.
AND I DON'T THINK AUBREY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, THAT'S MY OPINION.
WELL, IT'S OUTSIDE THE, THIS AREA'S OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
SO WE'RE KINDA LIMITED IN WHAT CONTROL AND POWER WE HAVE OVER IT.
BUT YOU CAN VOICE YOUR OPINION TO SAY YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT AND THE COUNTY NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO BE, I WOULD NOT TAKE A FIRETRUCK ACROSS THAT BRIDGE IF THAT FIRE OCCURRED OUT THERE.
SAME, IT CAN HEAD OFF INTO, UH, SILVERADO, I GUESS.
'CAUSE THAT SILVERADO IS JUST OVER A LITTLE FENCE IS WHAT IT IS, WHERE THAT PROPERTY IS.
AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GO DOWN THE ROAD AND THE, THE PEOPLE BEFORE.
THERE'S A GATE THAT WE USED TO CLOSE ON THERE BECAUSE IT WAS A PRIVATE PROPERTY CLOSE THAT GATE, SO PEOPLE COULDN'T DO ON THAT GO ON THAT ROAD.
AND SO IT'S NOT REALLY IN CONTROL OF AUBREY.
IT'S NOT IN THE TJ, IS IT? YES, IT IS NOW.
WELL, THE, THE SKINNER'S PROPERTY'S NOT, UM, BUT THE PROPERTY THAT'S BEING PLOTTED IS, YEAH.
AND IT IS PRIVATE, SO IT'S NOT REALLY UNDER THE CONTROL OF DENTON COUNTY OR AUBREY.
THAT'S WHY THE SKINNERS THAT'S RIGHT.
SO UNLESS THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE IN THE, UM, ACCESS EASEMENT THAT WAS GRANTED THAT, AND IT SHOULD HAVE LANGUAGE IN THERE.
THIS WOULD BE A PRIVATE MATTER.
BUT THERE SHOULD BE LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS A PERCENTAGE IN REPAIRING IT AND MAINTAINING IT.
I, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT LANGUAGE, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THERE.
BUT THE TOLL, UNLESS THE SKINNERS HAVE SOMETHING, THEY SET UP THE TOLL, A TOLL WAY HELP PAY FOR THAT ROAD.
THERE'S THOSE TRUCKS RUNNING THAT.
BOY, IT'D BE A I'LL, I'LL GET, THAT'D BE THE TOLL MASTER OUT THERE AND
MAY I SPEAK TO THE EASEMENT QUESTION? UM, QUICKLY.
UH, WE HAVE RESEARCHED THIS EASEMENT ISSUE EXTENSIVELY BECAUSE SOMEONE OWNS FROM HALF OF THE, FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD EAST, BUT I OWN TO THE CENTER OF THE ROAD WEST.
I AM LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO GIVE THEM ACCESS TO THEIR PROPERTY, AND I'M LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO GIVE THEM, UH, ACCESS TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
BUT NO ONE OWNS FROM THE CENTER OF THE ROAD EXCEPT ME.
THEY OWN A LITTLE BITTY STRIP RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR GATE.
I OWN ALMOST THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE ROAD TO THE CENTER OF THE ROAD TO THE WEST.
SO ON YOUR PLAT, IS THERE A EASEMENT FOR THEM? NO, THEY'RE THE ONLY EASEMENT.
AND WE DON'T KNOW WHO IT BELONGS TO.
WE HAVE RESEARCHED EXTENSIVELY TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO OWNS THE EASEMENT, BUT THE PEOPLE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD ONLY OWN TO THE, UH, TO THE CULVERT.
AND SO FROM THE CENTER OF THE ROAD OVER TO WHERE THE LITTLE DITCH IS THAT LET'S WATER MM-HMM
RUN DOWN THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
UH, THERE IS SOMEONE WHO OWNS THAT EASEMENT.
BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY FIND OUT WHO THAT WAS.
WE WERE LOOKING FOR IT BECAUSE WHOEVER OWNS IT IS TECHNICALLY RESPONSIBLE ALSO FOR THE DAMAGES TO THE ROAD.
BUT I, ON MY DEED, MY PLAT I OWN TO THE CENTER OF THE ROAD, UH, MY SON OWNS TO THE CENTER OF THE ROAD, THE PART OF HIS ROAD THAT ENTERS INTO THE PROPERTY.
SO THERE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT EASEMENT Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT, BUT THERE IS NOT ONE.
WE, WE RESEARCHED IT EXTENSIVELY.
MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THE PRELIMINARY PLAT.
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MAYOR, CAN WE POSTPONE THIS AND PULL THIS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR LEGAL ADVICE, PLEASE? SURE.MAY I TAKE BACK MY MOTION, SIR? SIR, YEAH, IF YOU CAN COME UP AS A PODIUM.
HI, I'M GARY PALANT WITH, AND, UM, THIS IS OUR PROPERTY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, BEFORE WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, UH, IT WAS A A THROUGH LANE GOING INTO SILVERADO.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE PEOPLE WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY FROM HUNDREDS OF 18 WELDERS WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH FOR SEVERAL YEARS, UM, WITHOUT ANY, UH, ANY COMPLAINTS.
UM, WE'RE, THIS IS A SMALL, UM, TWO, TWO, UM, A 50 BY A HUNDRED BUILDING WAREHOUSE AND A 60 BY A HUNDRED.
UH, THAT IS, UH, JUST GONNA BE FOR, UH, PUTTING, UH, PROPERTY OR I MEAN, UH, UH, STUFF IN A BA IN A 50 POUND BAG.
SO IT'S, THIS IS NOT A MAJOR, UM, MANUFACTURING AT ALL.
UM, BUT THE, THE ROAD ROAD ITSELF WITH MAVERICK, I'VE BEEN TO, WE WENT TO THE, UH, COUNTY.
UM, THEY HAVE, HAVE GIVEN US, UM, PRELIMINARY APPROVAL.
UH, THE FIRE, THE FIRE MARSHAL, UH, UH, GAVE US ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WANTED.
FIRE MARSHAL IN AUBREY OR DENTON COUNTY? DENTON COUNTY, YEAH.
UH, THEY, THEY HAVE BEEN OUT TO OUR PROPERTY AND, UH, WE'RE, UH, TRYING TO BE IN COMPLIANT TO EVERYTHING THAT'S, UH, BEEN BROUGHT IN FRONT OF US.
SO, UH, I, I REALLY DON'T THINK THIS IS, UH, A MA A MATTER THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, DAMAGE ANYONE'S PROPERTY.
UH, IT IS A PRIVATE ROAD AND, UH, WE FULLY INTEND TO COOPERATE, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, UM, THAT ARE, HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH US BEING HERE.
THERE'S ANOTHER, UH, NEIGHBOR, UM, ON THE OTHER SIDE, JUST ON ACROSS FROM US THAT HAS A, UH, TRUCK REPAIR.
AND, AND, UH, UH, UM, HE, YOU KNOW, HE'S, HE'S, HE'S WANTING THIS AS WELL AS WE ARE.
SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST US.
SO ANYWAY, MY, MY MAIN THING IS TO LET YOU KNOW, UH, UH, THERE'S BEEN HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF TRUCKS, UM, GOING BACK AND FORTH AND THERE'S NEVER BEEN A COMPLAINT THAT WE KNOW OF.
UM, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HOLD OFF ON ANY MORE COMMENTS ON THIS.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS IT WITH THE LEGAL TEAM.
WE NEED A MOTION, JUST ADD IT TO THE LIST.
PURSUANT TO THE, THE AGENDA RESERVATION I 1212.
ITEM 13, CONSIDERATION ON ACTION ON ORDINANCE 9 4 6.
THAT'S TWO SIX AMENDING CHAPTER THREE, BUILDING REGULATIONS.
ARTICLE 3.0 4.062 NUISANCES ON EXTERIOR OF PROPERTY, ADOPTING A NEW SECTION 3.0 4.062 I, EXTERIOR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, ADOPTING A NEW ARTICLE, 3.0 4.070 FENCE MAINTENANCE AND AMENDING ARTICLE THREE POINT 10 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS BY ADOPTING A NEW ARTICLE, THREE POINT 10.001 ENCROACHMENT ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, UM, BRINGING THIS, UH, PRESENTATION TO YOU, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION ON ADOPTING NEW AND UPDATED, UH, ORDINANCES.
UM, THESE WILL BETTER ALLOW, UM, OUR DEPARTMENT TO, UM, ADDRESS DIFFERENT VIOLATIONS WITH MORE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING SOMETHING THAT'S VERY BROAD THAT NOT EVEN OUR RESIDENTS CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND.
UM, SO, UH, STARTING OFF, UM, THIS ONE WILL ACTUALLY, UM, BE A CHANGE THAT WILL REALLY JUST SAVE THE SAVEABLE MONEY, UH, CHANGING THE METHOD OF SERVICE.
UM, THE PRICING RIGHT NOW THAT, UH, TO CHANGE THE METHOD OF SERVICE TO, UH, MORE ALIGNED WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS CODE.
UM, SO OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE'VE SPENT APPROXIMATELY ABOUT $859 ON CERTIFIED MAIL FOR, UH, NOTICE VIOLATIONS.
UM, ABOUT $314 WORTH OF THOSE LETTERS HAVE BEEN RETURNED FOR VARIOUS
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REASONS.EITHER THEY'VE CHANGED THEIR ADDRESS, UM, THEY'RE JUST NOT PICKING UP THE MAIL.
IT COULD BE A NUMBER OF THINGS.
UM, ALLOWING THE NOTICE OF DELIVERY VIA FIRST CLASS MAIL FOR THE PAST YEAR WOULD'VE COST THE CITY $63 VERSUS THE 859.
AND WITH NOW THERE BEING TWO CODE OFFICERS, THAT NUMBER'S JUST GONNA GO UP.
THE USPS TRACKING SYSTEM IS VERY INCONSISTENT.
WHEN YOU TRY TO LOOK UP THAT CERTIFIED MAIL NUMBER, SOMETIMES IT'LL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE IT'S AT AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE LETTER.
OTHER TIMES IT WILL JUST SAY, GOING THROUGH NETWORK.
SO WE HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER OR NOT THIS RESIDENT HAS RECEIVED NOTICE.
IF THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT, IT COULD BE A MONTH BEFORE WE GET THOSE LETTERS BACK.
AND IF IT'S SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS CHANGE OF ADDRESS, WE NEED TO SEND IT CERTIFIED AGAIN, SPEND ANOTHER $10, AND THEN WAIT ANOTHER MONTH TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT LETTER.
UM, SO THIS DELAYS OUR DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD IN UM, CASES UNTIL WE RECEIVE THAT LETTER BACK, KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED WITH IT.
UM, IT'S ALSO ANOTHER WASTE OF TIME GOING TO THE POST OFFICE A FEW TIMES A WEEK, WAITING IN LINE, GETTING THOSE CERTIFIED LETTERS SENT OUT.
UM, NEXT WOULD BE, UH, ADDED DEFINITIONS INTO THE ORDINANCES.
DO I WAIT UNTIL I STOP DURING THE SESSION? I THINK WE CAN STOP DURING, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
UM, WHEN YOU SAY USE COUNCIL MEMBER BROWNING, COULD YOU TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON? OH, THANK YOU, SIR.
ON THE USE OF USPS, WHAT FREQUENCY, IS IT JUST A SINGLE MAILING? ARE WE TALKING MULTIPLE MAILINGS? SO FOR A WEEK, UM, IT WOULD BE MULTIPLE TIMES I WOULD BE SHOWING UP AT THE POST OFFICE, MULTIPLE LETTERS.
UM, JUST YESTERDAY, I THINK I DID ALMOST 10 LETTERS.
UM, THIS WEEK, I GUESS WE'LL PROBABLY PUSH IN 15 OR SO.
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON, UM, HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING CERTAIN VIOLATIONS.
WE HAVE TRIED REALLY HARD TO NOT DO CERTIFIED LETTERS AND GO DIFFERENT ROUTES TO SAVE THAT MONEY.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TIMES WHERE WE, THAT'S JUST WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
I THINK WHAT THE, I THINK WHAT HE'S ASKING IS HOW MANY NOTICES ARE YOU GOING TO SEND? IS IT JUST ONE? JUST HOW MANY NOTICE THAT BY FIRST CLASS MAIL DO WE INTEND AND YEAH, THAT'S MY QUESTION.
SO DEPENDING ON ONE USPS FIRST CLASS LETTER.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, THERE'S, THAT'S DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN NOTICE FOR THAT ONE CASE.
A LOT OF THESE DEFINITIONS WE DID NOT HAVE IN OUR ORDINANCE.
SO WHEN IT CLAIMED AN OCCUPANT OR OWNER, IT WAS NOT VERY SPECIFIED AS TO WHAT THAT MEANT.
UM, SO THOSE DEFINITIONS HAVE JUST BEEN ADDED IN THERE TO, JUST FOR CLARITY FOR THE RESIDENT AND THE CITY.
SO EXTERIOR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, UM, THIS ONE HAS TO DO A GOOD AMOUNT WITH TREES.
IT ALSO, UM, DOES NOT ALLOW FOR NOXIOUS WEEDS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE POISON OAK, POISONED SUMAC, POISON IVY.
UM, VEGETATION LIKE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED.
UH, DEAD OR DYING TREES, DAMAGED TREES DISEASED OR INSECT INFESTED TREES, THOSE WILL ALL NEED TO BE REMOVED.
AS THOSE BEGIN TO DECAY AND ROT, THE LARGE BRANCHES CAN BE FALLING.
THE TREES CAN FALL OVER DAMAGED PROPERTY OR INJURE.
UM, OTHERS, UH, THE EXTERIOR PROPERTIES, UH, AREAS MUST BE MAINTAINED TO ELIMINATE SAFETY HAZARDS AND VEGETATION SHALL BE MAINTAINED TO ALLOW VERTICAL CLEARANCE OF UP TO 14 FEET ABOVE THE STREET AND SEVEN FEET ABOVE THE SIDEWALK.
NOW, THAT'S TO MAINTAIN LANES FOR PASSAGE BY PEDESTRIANS SO THAT, UM, EMERGENCY VEHICLES DON'T GET DAMAGED.
TRASH TRUCKS, UH, SCHOOL BUSES KEEP THE TREES OUT OF THE STREETS AND FA UH, FENCE MAINTENANCE.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, OUR ORDINANCE STATES THAT FENCES MUST BE MAINTAINED.
THAT'S THE ONLY WORDING THAT'S IN THERE.
THIS IS JUST, UM, TO KIND OF SHORTEN THINGS UP A BIT OR, UM, TIE 'EM UP.
FENCES CANNOT BE ANY MORE THAN 10 DEGREES OUT OF VERTICAL ALIGNMENT.
AND WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL TOOL TO MEASURE THAT'S ABOUT $10 ON AMAZON.
UM, 20 SQUARE FEET OR MORE DAMAGES NEED TO BE REPAIRED, REPLACED, OR THE FENCE CAN BE REMOVED ENTIRELY.
UH, FENCE REPAIR SHALL ONLY BE MADE WITH PRODUCTS DESIGNED FOR USE AS FENCING MATERIALS, NO, UH, FENCING ALLOWED IN THE STREET SIDEWALK OR RIGHT OF WAYS.
NO EXTERIOR SUPPORTS USED FOR VERTICAL ALIGNMENT.
UH, FENCE SECTIONS, PICKETS RAILS SHOULD BE, UH, SECURELY ATTACHED.
FENCE HARDWARE MUST BE INSTALLED REASONABLY TO MAINTAIN OR MUST BE REASONABLY MAINTAINED.
SO IT'S NOT TO CAUSE A HAZARD.
AND THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A FENCE WITH THE ORDINANCE.
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SO ENCROACHMENT OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.THIS IS JUST TO ENSURE ONCE AGAIN, THAT THE SIDEWALKS, THE ROADS, THEY REMAIN FREE FROM ANY KIND OF OBJECTS.
IT WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR, UM, ANY LUMBER, VEHICLES, TRAILERS, UH, BOXES, FIREWOOD, UH, POST FENCE, SHIPPING CONTAINERS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
IT'S JUST TO BE VERY SPECIFIC.
SO THAT, UM, THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE HAVE.
COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DAMAGED TREE? SO, DAMAGED TREES WOULD BE IF, UH, SOME OF THE LIMBS OR BRANCHES ARE DEAD AND DYING.
THE ONLY WAY WE WOULD ENFORCE THAT WOULD BE IF WE SEE THAT THERE IS, UM, ANY ISSUE WITH HEALTH OR SAFETY.
SO ANY TYPE OF LITTLE LIMBS DEAD, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ADDRESSING THOSE.
IT'S, IF WE SEE SOMETHING THAT'S A HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE, THAT'S WHAT WE'D BE ADDRESSING.
'CAUSE I ASKED 'CAUSE I HAVE A TREE THAT STRUCK MY LIGHTNING AND YOU KNOW, NOW IT'S DOING GREAT.
BUT BACK THEN, IF WE HAD CHOP IT DOWN, I'D FEEL REAL SAD ABOUT IT, BUT OH, NO, NO.
AND THEN FOR DYING TREES, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF IS SAME FOR IF IT'S A DYING TREE THAT'S OVER A SIDEWALK, IS WHAT YOU'RE, OR A PUBLIC EASEMENT OR SOMETHING? YES.
SO WE'RE NOT, UH, WANTING TO ADDRESS TREES THAT KIND OF OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA HARM ANYONE.
IF THEY'RE CLOSE TO THE SIDEWALKS OR, UH, DRIVEWAYS, WE WANT TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PROTECT THE PUBLIC.
COULD WE GO BACK FOR JUST A MINUTE WITH MR. BROWNING'S QUESTION AND COVER NOTIFICATIONS? I, I THINK YOUR QUESTION WAS CENTERED ON ARE THEY ONLY GOING TO GET ONE NOTICE AND ONE NOTICE ONLY? UH, COULD WE GO THROUGH YOUR NOTICE PROCESS SO THAT THERE'S A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT? I THINK THAT'S WHAT MR. BROWNING'S QUESTION.
I'M, I'M CONCERNED WITH USPS FIRST CLASS ONE MAILING.
I, I GET BILL, PEOPLE CALL ME AND SAY, WELL, WE NEVER RECEIVED THAT MAIL, AND THAT'S LEGITIMATE.
SO KIND OF GO THROUGH YOUR PROCESS THAT YOU AND THE CHIEF HAVE WORKED OUT ON HOW YOU'RE GOING TO, TO CONTACT PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE.
AND, AND THAT WOULD ALSO HELP THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT CONTACTING PEOPLE VIA TEXT MESSAGING.
SO A LOT OF THINGS OCCUR BEFORE THAT FIRST NOTICE, CORRECT? YES.
SO, AS OF RIGHT NOW, OUR, UH, FIRST STEP IS TO TRY TO MAKE CONTACT THROUGH A PHONE CALL OR IN PERSON, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENT IS NOTIFIED IF WE CAN'T GET AHOLD OF THEM IN THAT WAY.
WE WILL MAIL OUT A COURTESY LETTER.
THAT ONE DOES NOT HAVE TO GO BY CERTIFIED MAIL.
WE'LL MAIL THE COURTESY LETTER OUT IF THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO GET AHOLD OF THEM.
IF WE DON'T GET A RESPONSE BACK, THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH A NOTICE OF VIOLATION CERTIFIED MAIL, UH, THAT'S IN OUR ORDINANCE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO BEFORE WE CAN TAKE THE NEXT STEP.
THEN OUR NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO GO TO THE PROPERTY AND LEAVE A DOOR TAG SOMETHING PHYSICAL ON THE DOOR.
SO IT'S KIND OF OUR LAST DITCH EFFORT TO TRY TO GET INFORMATION TO THEM.
UM, AFTER THAT POINT, IF THERE'S NOTHING, THEN WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH EITHER ABATEMENT OR A NOTICE TO APPEAR IN COURT.
UM, BUT YEAH, IT, IT IS OUR INTENT TO TRY HARDEST TO GET SOMETHING TO THAT INDIVIDUAL.
SO EVEN IF WE DO GO BY USPS, WE WILL STILL TAKE THOSE OTHER STEPS.
SO THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL STEP THAT DOES ENABLE NOTIFICATION INTO THAT.
IN, IN MY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHIEF ON THIS, HE, HE REALLY WANTS THAT PERSON TO PERSON CONTACT IF WE CAN GET IT.
THAT IS OUR GOAL, IS TO HAVE PERSON TO PERSON, NO MAIL.
WHAT WE WANT TO PHYSICALLY TALK TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND TELL THEM WHAT THE ISSUE IS SO THAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER WE'VE NEVER HAD CODE ENFORCEMENT MM-HMM.
AND PEOPLE, UH, WILL BECOME USED TO THIS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE TAKING A SOFT APPROACH.
I THINK THE CHIEF HAS SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU TELL US HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU TO DO THIS, AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THE TIME YOU NEED.
IF YOU TELL US IT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU 45 DAYS TO GET THAT TREE CUT DOWN BECAUSE YOU NEED TO SAVE THE MONEY, THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU 45 DAYS AND EVEN OFFER YOU AN EXTENSION IF YOU'RE STILL NOT READY WHEN IT'S TIME TO CUT IT DOWN.
SO I THINK WE'RE TAKING THIS SOFT APPROACH, TRYING OUR BEST TO ENTER EASILY SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME THINGS CLEANED UP.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
ITEM 14, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON A RESOLUTION.
NOMINATING A CANDIDATE FOR THE DENKO AREA 9 1 1 BOARD DISTRICT BOARD OF MANAGERS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEMBERS, THE COUNCIL, UH, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU DENY, UH, WOULD ALLOW YOU TO, UH, NOMINATE SOMEONE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKSTORY.
THE OPEN POSITION OR THE PO, IT'S NOT AN OPEN POSITION.
THE POSITION FOR, UH, REAPPOINTMENT IS MR. JIM CARTER'S.
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AS OF TODAY, THERE HAVE BEEN NO NOMINATIONS MADE BY OTHER CITIES IN DENTON COUNTY.UM, SO THERE ARE NO NOMINATED PERSONS AT THE MOMENT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ACTION TONIGHT.
AND I THINK THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION'S GONNA BE TO TABLE IT AND ACT ON IT IN MAY SO THAT WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT POTENTIAL NOMINEES AND THEN WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY WANTS TO PUT FORTH A NOMINEE OR SIMPLY VOTE FOR AN ALREADY NOMINATED INDIVIDUAL.
AND ALSO DISCUSS WITH NEIGHBORING CITIES AS FAR AS WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE FOR NOMINATIONS.
UH, SO WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE, IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A NOMINATION, IT HAS TO BE IN BY THE LAST DAY OF MAY.
SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO ACT ON THIS IN MAY, UH, PRIOR TO THAT.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM NOW.
WE DON'T NEED A MOTION TO TAKE NO ACTION.
UH, CONSIDERATION ON ACTION ON ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER ONE, GENERAL PROVISIONS, ARTICLE 10, PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION THREE, PARK AND COMMUNITY CENTER RULES SECTION ONE POINT 10.073 PROHIBITIONS AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT SUBSECTION 19 AND 26 REGULATING PARK HOURS AND OTHER STANDARDS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, SO THE UPDATE TO THIS ORDINANCE, UM, TOUCHES ON TWO KEY AREAS.
UH, THE FIRST BEING PARK HOURS.
UM, THIS WOULD AMEND THE PARK HOURS TO, UM, CITY PARKS ARE CLOSED FROM DUSK UNTIL DAWN, UH, WITH AN EXCEPTION ALLOWING ACCESS DURING CITY SPONSORED AND CITY AUTHORIZED EVENTS.
UH, THE OTHER AREA THAT IT'S GONNA TOUCH ON IS TOBACCO AND NICOTINE USE.
UM, PREVIOUSLY IT ONLY ADDRESSED TOBACCO, SO WE'VE INCLUDED NICOTINE AS WELL SINCE WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN NICOTINE ONLY PRODUCTS.
UM, THIS IS JUST TO HELP PROMOTE A HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT, UM, WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY SPACES.
UM, SO APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE WILL HELP MODERNIZE OUR PARK REGULATIONS SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OBJECTION, SAFETY OBJECT OBJECTIVES, EXCUSE ME.
UM, THAT ENSURE THE CITY PARKS CONTINUE TO SERVE AS HIGH QUALITY COMMUNITY AMENITIES FOR RESIDENCY AND VISITORS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO DEFINE DUST TO DAWN FOR ME.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS, UM, I BELIEVE DUST IS RIGHT.
DON IS WHENEVER SUN STARTS TO COME BACK UP, IT'S DEFINED IN, UH, STATUTE AS 30 MINUTES AFTER SUNSET AND 30 MINUTES BEFORE SUNRISE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT FRISCO DOES.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS, THAT WAS, SO IF I TAKE MY DOG FOR A WALK AT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, EVEN IN THE SUMMERTIME AND WE WALK THROUGH THE PARK, I'M TECHNICALLY IN VIOLATION OF THIS.
IF YOU'RE IN, IF YOU'RE IN THE PARK, I, I WOULD THINK IF YOU'RE MOVING, MOVING THROUGH THE PARK AT THE EDGE OR SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, BUT IF YOU'RE IN THE PARK, YES, TECHNICALLY YOU'RE IN VIOLATION IF YOU'RE IN THE PARK AFTER DUST, RIGHT? OR IF I GET UP IN THE MORNING AND GO IN FOR AN EARLY MORNING JOG, WE'VE PUT IN A NICE QUARTER MILE LOOP TRACK AROUND THE PARK HERE TO ENCOURAGE HELP.
BUT YET WE'RE TRYING TO PASS ORDINANCES TO RESTRICT PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO DO IT.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE ORDINANCE IS BAD, I JUST THINK WE NEED TO MAYBE DISCUSS TIMEFRAMES.
UM, WE WERE TRYING TO AVOID TIMEFRAMES BECAUSE OF THE TIME CHANGE.
UH, WE'RE HAVING SIGNIFICANT ISSUES IN SOME OF OUR PARK AREAS WITH TEENAGERS AT IN THE DARK WHERE WE'RE NOT LIT AND WE'RE HAVING SOME DAMAGE.
AND SO WE, WE LOOKED AT, DO WE MAKE IT NINE 30? DO WE MAKE IT EIGHT 30? DO WE MAKE IT 10 O'CLOCK OR CURRENTLY, WHAT IS IT NOW? IT'S 10 O'CLOCK.
SO WE WERE TRYING TO PULL BACK TO DUST TO DAWN SO THAT WE COULD, UH, GIVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT A TOOL TO KEEP HOODLUMS FROM DESTROYING OUR PROPERTY.
AND I THINK A HARD TIME MAKES IT EASIER FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO, TO DO THAT RATHER THAN AN ARBITRARY DUSK TO DAWN.
NOW I'VE GOTTA FIGURE OUT WHAT TIME SUNSET IS.
IS IT 30 MINUTES? YOU KNOW, THAT ADDS A BURDEN TO OUR POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT WHERE
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IF IT'S 10:00 PM I KNOW IT'S AFTER 10:00 PM AND THEN ALSO DOES THIS APPLY TO THE SPORTS FACILITIES? SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO PLAY AN OLD PICKUP BASKETBALL GAME AFTER DARK, IT'S NOT GONNA BE ALLOWED.NO, ONCE WE GET LIT, THAT WILL BE A DIFFERENT, UH, STORY.
WE'RE NOT, OUR PARKS ARE NOT LIT RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY THE ONE HERE AT LESLIE.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE SEEING SOME DAMAGE HERE AT THIS PARK.
IF THE PARK WAS LIT, WE COULD GO TO, WE COULD EASILY GO TO 10 O'CLOCK AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE GREAT.
BUT WE'RE NOT LIT AT THIS POINT.
WELL, I'VE GOT A QUESTION ALSO ABOUT, I MEAN, IF Y'ALL ARE DONE TALKING ABOUT THAT STUFF, I'VE GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE VAPE USAGE.
BECAUSE I CAN UNDERSTAND SMOKING TOBACCO BECAUSE SECONDHAND SMOKE, I CAN UNDERSTAND DIPPING BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA STEP IN SOMEBODY'S NASTY SPIT.
UH, BUT WHEN SOMEBODY EXHALES A VAPE, IT'S NOT CAUSING ANY KIND OF ISSUE, IS IT? BESIDES YOU SMELL THE CHERRY OR WHATEVER SMELL THAT IT COMES WITH THAT I CAN'T GIVE YOU A CLEAR ANSWER ON, BUT I'VE READ THAT THE STUDIES ON THAT ARE UNCLEAR.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID UP FRONT THAT VAPING IS NOT NEARLY AS BAD AS TOBACCO.
HOWEVER THEY'RE SEEING THAT THAT MAY NOT BE THE CASE.
THIS IS JUST WHAT I'VE READ AND WHAT I'VE SEEN.
BUT, UM, THE OTHER THING IS IT COULD BE DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHAT IS SIMPLY TOBACCO VERSUS WHAT IS DHC OR SOMETHING ELSE.
AND IT'S ALSO TRASH FROM VAPE CARTRIDGES AND THINGS THAT GET DISCARDED.
WHAT DOES SAY THERE'S A LOT OF THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT GOES ALONG WITH, PART OF THIS IS TRULY SOME LITTER CONTROL 'CAUSE PEOPLE TEND TO DROP, JUST THROW, THEY, THEY THINK IT'S JUST TINY, SO IT'S OKAY TO DROP IT ON THE GROUND AND IT'S NOT OKAY
ONE IT DOES SAY ACCEPT AND DESIGNATED AREAS.
DO ANY OF OUR PARKS HAVE DESIGNATED AREAS FOR THAT? WE CERTAINLY THERE SOMETHING DO, WE DID LOOK AT THE TIME CHANGE WHERE WE COULD HAVE DIFFERENT TIMES IN DIFFERENT SEASONS.
UM, THAT JUST SEEMED LIKE IT COULD BE AN ISSUE AS WELL.
SO SOMETHING WE LOOKED AT, IF WE COULD EVER GET OUR PERKS ALL LIT UP, I WOULD BE, I WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED TO 10 O'CLOCK.
SO THERE YOU HAVE IT, THERE'S A LOT OF PARKS ACROSS THE STATE THAT AREN'T LIT THAT I HEAR YOU IS THE FIRST RESPONDER.
THE WINDRIDGE PARK, I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S LIT.
I SAY IF WE BUILD A PARK FROM NOW ON, WE SHOULDN'T BUILD ONE THAT'S NOT LIT IN MY OPINION.
BUT WE'VE SEEN, WE'VE SEEN FOLKS TEARING UP STUFF AFTER THE MEETINGS WHERE WE'RE BUILD OUR CALL.
WELL, AND I CAME FROM A PARK SYSTEM THAT DIDN'T HAVE PARK HOURS AND I WANTED PARK HOURS.
SO I'M IN FAVOR OF HAVING PARK HOURS.
I JUST, I JUST THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE GET THERE AND WHAT WE, WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE DO RUN INTO ISSUES WITH LIGHTING AS WELL, DEPENDING ON WHERE THE PARK'S LOCATED.
SO HERE AT LESLIE, WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THE LIGHTING AT THE LIBRARY.
SO WE'VE EVEN TONED THAT WAY DOWN.
SO WE LOOKED AT LIGHTING WHEN WE DID THE PICKLEBALL COURT AND SO FORTH.
AND WITH IT BEING IN A DRAINAGE DITCH, WE CAN'T REALLY HAVE ELECTRICAL IN THERE.
AND THEN THE HOMEOWNERS HAD, YOU KNOW, VOICED THEIR OPINIONS FOR YEARS 'CAUSE IT SHINES ON THE, AND ALL MM-HMM.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S THAT LIGHT RIGHT THERE THAT SHINES ON THE PARK ITSELF HAS BEEN SHOT OUT SEVERAL TIMES.
WE COULD, WE COULD LOOK AT CARVING OUT AN EXCEPTION FOR USE OF TRAILS, UH, WALKING AND JOGGING TRAILS.
WE COULD CARVE OUT SOMETHING IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT.
IF YOU DO THE WALKING AROUND LESLIE PARK ON THE TRAIL, I MEAN, THAT STILL GIVES ACCESS TO THE SAME AMOUNT OF DAMAGE.
I MEAN, MAYBE YOU DO SOMETHING WHERE, YOU KNOW, 10 O'CLOCK FOR LIGHTED PARTS AND DUST TO DAWN FOR NON LIGHTED PARTS.
OUR, OUR GOAL IS NOT TO MAKE IT COMPLICATED.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING NOT TO MAKE IT COMPLICATED FOR PEOPLE USING, WE, WE WANT IT COMPLICATED FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE DAMAGING OUR PROPERTY.
I DON'T THINK THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD BOTHER ANYONE THAT'S WALKING THROUGH THE PARK WITH THE DOG OR THEY'RE JOGGING.
BUT I WOULD, I THINK WE COULD CARVE OUT SOME EXCEPTION FOR THAT USE IF YOU'RE USING THE PART FOR JOGGING OR WALKING.
UM, I BELIEVE OUR ORDINANCE ALSO STATES THAT, UM, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED BY PARK SIGNAGE.
SO WE COULD ALSO KIND OF NARROW DOWN PARK HOURS BY SIGNAGE THAT WOULD BE POSTED AT SAID PARKS.
IF WE DO HAVE LIGHTS, FLIGHTS, THE NATIONAL WATER SERVICE WILL GIVE YOU SUNRISES.
I JUST DON'T WANT THE OFFICER TO HAVE TO LOOK IT UP BEFORE HE, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING ELSE HE'S GOTTA DO THOUGH.
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PASS THIS, I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT OTHER SOLUTIONS DOWN THE ROAD WHERE WE COULD EXTEND THE HOURS A LITTLE BIT AND MAYBE IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT A WAY TO LIGHT IT OR SOMETHING WITHOUT RIGHT.LIGHTING EVERYBODY AROUND THE PARK.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME INFORMATION IF YOU WANT TO SKIP THIS AND COME BACK IN A FEW MINUTES.
WELL THEN WE'LL GO TO 16 CONSIDERATION ON ACTION.
ON FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF WINDRIDGE FIRST RESPONDERS PARK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND AUTHORIZE THE FINAL PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $62,318 AND 92 CENTS TO PERFECT FINISH LANDSCAPE.
UH, SO SPEAKING OF WINDRIDGE, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FINAL ACCEPTANCE FOR THE WINDRIDGE FIRST RESPONDERS PARK.
UM, COMPLETED IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDED NEW SIDEWALKS, PLAYGROUND AND, UH, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND FALL SERVICING.
UM, A BRAND NEW DOG PARK WITH, UH, DOG TYPE TOYS, UM, SO TO SPEAK.
ARTIFICIAL TURF FENCING, NEW LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION.
THE TOTAL COST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS WAS $1,246,378 29 CENTS.
UH, WE DID A FINAL WALK ON APRIL 7TH, 2025 OR 2026.
UM, ANY AND ALL PUNCH LIST ITEMS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY BEEN COMPLETED AND, AND FIXED.
UM, CONTRACTOR HAS PROVIDED HIS TWO YEAR MAINTENANCE BONDS, UM, AFFIDAVIT OF ALL FINAL PAYMENTS MADE AS BUILT FILES.
AND THE CITY ENGINEER HAS PROVIDED A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FOR ACCEPTANCE.
AND, UH, THIS PARK IS HIGHLY POPULAR.
WE DON'T OFTEN GET THERE WHENEVER PEOPLE AREN'T PLAYING.
I THINK IT LOOKS, LOOKS GREAT.
SO YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SAY I THINK IT'S ONE, I THINK IT'S THE COOLEST PARK IN THE AREA.
AND WHEN I GO WITH MY TODDLERS, THEY'RE SUPER EXCITED AND BLOWN AWAY.
AND THEN PEOPLE HAVE TALKED AND SAID THAT THEY'RE VERY HAPPY THAT IT'S IN THE AREA.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 62,318 92 CENTS DE PER FINISHED LANDSCAPING.
ALL IN FAVOR? YOU LIKE IT SO MUCH? MAKE A MOTION.
I FIGURED HE WANTED YOU MAKE A MOTION.
YEAH, YOU SAID THAT CHUCK SORT EACH OTHER.
CONSIDERATION ACTION ON AN AGREEMENT WITH FRAN AND PITMAN FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK SERVICES AND GENERAL CONSTRUCTION ON THE AUBREY MDD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AT 2 0 4 TO 2 0 8 SOUTH MAIN STREET.
UM, JUST, I GAVE THIS TO YOU IN YOUR PACKET, BUT JUST A BRIEF REMINDER, WE, UM, OF THE PROCESS UP TO THIS POINT.
UM, THE TIMELINE IN AUGUST, WE PURCHASED THE BUILDING, UH, 2 0 4, 2 0 8 MAIN STREET.
UM, WE ASSESSED IT AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT MULTIPLE REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS WERE NEEDED TO PREPARE THE TWO BUILDINGS FOR A NEW TENANT OR TENANTS AND MEET CURRENT CODE REQUIREMENTS AND SAFETY, UH, CONCERNS.
REPAIRS ARE NEEDED ON THE FRONT AND BACKSIDE OF THE MASON.
THE FACADE ON MASONRY TRIM AROUND THE WOOD DOORS, WINDOWS, UH, SOME AND, AND SOME INTERIOR WALLS.
THERE ARE PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND OTHER ITEMS THAT WILL ALSO NEED REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENT AND OR REPLACEMENT BY EITHER THE MDD OR FUTURE TENANT BEFORE BUSINESS CAN OCCUPY THE SPACE.
IN OCTOBER, WE, UH, VOTED TO APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH PARK HILL AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH US AS A BUILDING OWNER REPRESENTATIVE ON THIS PROJECT AND HAVE BEEN ASSISTING ME, UM, WITH THE R-F-Q-R-F-P PROCESS.
SO WE PUT THAT OUT, UM, IN FEBRUARY, RECEIVED, UM, THREE BIDS.
THE IDEA OF THE R-F-Q-R-F-P PROCESS IN THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WILL BE TO ADDRESS THE EXISTING BUILDING'S DEFICIENCIES, BRING THE PROPERTY TO A DARK SHELL CONDITION, WHICH MEANS THAT POTENTIAL TENANTS CAN SUBMIT PROPOSALS ON WHAT THEY WOULD ADD AND IMPROVE ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND OTHER UTILITIES, APPLIANCES AND UPGRADES TO THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING TO NEGOTIATE A RENT RATE.
SO, UM, WE RECEIVED THREE BIDS.
WE REVIEWED THEM WITH PARK HILLS STAFF DID AND REC RECOMMENDED TO THE MDD BOARD, UM, LAST WEEK THAT FRANSO PITTMAN BE AWARDED THE CONTRACT, THE SEYMOUR CONTRACT.
AND SO, UH, THE LIST IN FRONT OF YOU ARE THE PROJECT REPAIRS AND THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WAS COVERED AND WILL BE, UH, WAS GIVEN, UM, TO THE BOARD FOR AN ESTIMATE ON THE PROJECT TO TAKE IT TO A DARK SHELL.
SO THE GROSS MAXIMUM PRICE OF ALL THIS WORK IS 300, UM, $37 AND 600, NOPE, SORRY, $337,651.
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ITEM, UM, WILL, BASED ON THIS AMOUNT, UM, THIS, AND IF YOU APPROVE IT, THE, UM, THE MDD ALSO APPROVED A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR 215,000, WHICH MIKE WILL ADDRESS IN THE NEXT ITEM.BUT, UM, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU SAW THE LIST OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.
IS THERE ANY IDEA ON TIME HOW LONG THIS AT WORK WOULD, UM, IF, IF EVERYTHING GOES AS PLANNED AND WE CAN GET THE CONTRACT WRITTEN AND FINALIZED AND ALL THE, UH, REQUIRED OR THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK, WE WILL HOPEFULLY GET ALL THAT DONE.
MID MAY START LATE MAY, EARLY JUNE.
GOTTA LOOK AT THE SUB SCHEDULES.
UH, BUT THEY HAD PUT JUNE IN THE BID EARLY JUNE, SO WE HOPE WE CAN START EARLIER, BUT IT'S GONNA DEPEND ON SOME SCHEDULES.
AND THEN, DOES DARK SHELL MEAN WHAT I THINK IT MEANS? IS IT GONNA BE JUST COLOR THE FACADE? UH, SO WHAT DARK SHELL MEANS IS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT UP ANY NEW WALLS.
WE'RE NOT GONNA WHITE BOX THE INSIDE.
IT IS GOING TO BE THE BRICK AND WHATEVER.
THEY'RE GONNA TAKE DOWN SOME OF THOSE, THE PONY WALLS AND SOME OTHER CABINETRY AND THINGS THAT ARE IN THERE, BUT THEY WILL LEAVE THE FIX.
THE BRICK WILL BE FIXED ON THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
THAT IS THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE FOR THIS.
THAT AWNING WILL BE TAKEN DOWN.
UM, IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AT THIS POINT.
UM, SO THAT HAS TO TAKE PRIORITY, GETTING THAT AWNING DOWN, FIXING THAT BRICK, GETTING THOSE WINDOWS, UH, RE RESET.
EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT ON THAT FACADE AND THAT BACK DRAINAGE.
SO BACK AND FRONT FACADES, UH, WILL, WILL BE REPAIRED.
ARE THEY NOT PUTTING IN A NEW HONORING CHECK ON IT OR ARE THEY NOT RIGHT NOW WE ARE GOING TO, UM, GET THROUGH THIS PHASE AND THEN WE WILL LOOK AT DESIGN AND POTENTIAL TENANTS WILL ALSO, UM, THE PROPOSAL FOR TO TENANTS, UH, WENT OUT IN DECEMBER.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY FORMAL PROPOSALS BY THE WAY THE RFP WAS POSTED IN DECEMBER.
SO WE WILL BE REPOSTING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, UM, ONCE WE GET THROUGH THIS AND HAVE A LITTLE BETTER IDEA THAT WE CAN TELL A POTENTIAL TENANT, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT WE CAN WORK WITH YOU ON AND, UM, LET THEM KNOW IN ADVANCE SO THEY CAN MAKE THEIR PROPOSALS BASED ON REPAIRS OR ADDITIONS THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO MAKE.
WE WILL STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE INCLUSION OF A NEW AWNING.
YES, IF THEY ASK FOR GRANTS, THERE WILL BE AN AWNING.
IT'S JUST, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PICK IT OUT RIGHT NOW AT THIS PHASE.
THAT WILL BE IN A FUTURE REPAIR OR DESIGN REPAIR.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT AT THE GROSS MAXIMUM PRICE RECOMMENDED BY THE MDD.
I'LL SECOND MOTION BY RANDY, SECOND BY MIKE.
Y'ALL WANT TO DO 15 AGAIN OR YOU WANT TO WE'RE READY.
SO IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO FIND THE BALANCE, UM, SECTION 19 OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, UM, CURRENTLY SAYS, UM, THAT IT'S UNLAWFUL TO REMAIN EXCEPT FOR DURING ATTENDANCE AT A CITY SPONSORED OR AUTHORIZED PUBLIC EVENT.
AND WE COULD ADD, NOR SHALL IT BE UNLAWFUL TO UTILIZE TRAILS FOR JOGGING.
I DON'T KNOW IF BICYCLES ARE ALLOWED.
MIGHT NEED TO ADD CYCLING, JOGGING, CYCLING, OR WALKING BETWEEN 5:00 AM AND DAWN AND BETWEEN DUSK AND 10:00 PM SO THAT WOULD EXPAND THE AREA IF YOU'RE USING THE TRAILS.
SO THAT MIGHT BE SOME RESOLUTION.
DO WE ALLOW BICYCLES ON THERE TOO, OR NO? I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO ADDRESS BICYCLES WITH A SIGN BECAUSE SOME OF OUR TRAILS, YES, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO BIKES, BUT IF IT'S NOT, IF IT'S FOUR FOOT OR FIVE FOOT, THEN I PROBABLY WOULDN'T RECOMMEND CYCLING.
SO, SO WE JUST LEAVE THIS JOGGING OR WALKING.
CYCLING ALSO ALLOWS THOSE ELECTRIC MOTORIZED VEHICLES THAT ALL THE KIDS ARE RIDING NOW.
SO THOSE ARE ACTUALLY PROHIBITED.
WE, WE'VE ALREADY PROHIBITED THOSE, CORRECT? YES.
ANYTHING MOTORIZED IS PROHIBITED.
SO IF, IF YOU WANT TO APPROVE IT, YOU CAN JUST, UM, BASICALLY MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE AMENDMENT TO SECTION 19 THAT I JUST READ.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE
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AMENDMENT TO SECTION 19.SECOND, MY CHAIR, SECOND MY JEFF.
CONSIDERATION ACTION ON APPROVING ORDINANCE.
THIS, UH, THIS ORDINANCE IS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MIDYEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT.
THIS AMENDMENT PRIMARILY SYNCS THE BUDGET LINE ITEM DETAIL TO BETTER ALIGN WITH THE ACTUAL SPENDING DETAIL.
IT DOES NOT INCREASE THE OVERALL BUDGET.
THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET SURPLUS OF $463,000 REMAINS UNCHANGED.
AND THE WATER SEWER SURPLUS OF 890,000 INCREASES BY 86,000 DUE PRIMARILY TO AN INCREASE IN INVESTMENT INTEREST EARNED PARTIALLY, UH, EARNED PARTIALLY OFFSET BY INCREASED SPENDING ON METERS AND OTHER SYSTEM OPERATING EXPENSES.
UH, REGARDING THE MDD BUDGET, UH, CHRISTINE MENTIONED AN INCREASE OF 215,000.
THAT IS THE AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF THE INITIAL LOAN THAT THEY HAD TAKEN OUT TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY.
SO THAT'S THE, THE PIECE THAT'S LEFT OVER AND THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT.
MAY I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AMENDING FISCAL YEAR 2026.
ALL RIGHT, ITEM NINE 10, CONSIDERATION ON ACTION ON ORDINANCE 9 5 2 DASH 26 AMENDING CHAPTER 12, TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES SECTION 12.03 OPERATION OF VEHICLES TO ESTABLISH PRIMA FACIA MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS ON IDENTIFIED PORTIONS OF FM 1385 WITH MSO LIMITS MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
THIS ITEM IS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD AMEND OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ESTABLISH A REDUCED SPEED LIMIT OF 45 MILES PER HOUR ON DESIGNATED PORTIONS OF FM 1385 WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF AUBREY.
AS YOU'RE AWARE, FM 1385 HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
WHAT WAS ONCE A RURAL ROADWAY IS NOW A FUNCTIONING AS A MAJOR ARTERIAL CORRIDOR SERVING MULTIPLE HIGH GROWTH COMMUNITIES.
WITH THAT GROWTH, WE'VE SEEN INCREASE INCREASED TRAFFIC VOLUMES, MORE CONGESTION, AND A HIGHER FREQUENCY OF TRAFFIC CON CONFLICTS.
WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED CONSISTENT FEEDBACK FROM OUR RESIDENTS REGARDING SPEEDING UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS AND THE DIFFICULTY ACCESSING NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.
IN ADDITION TO THOSE CONCERNS, CRASH DATA AND STAFF OBSERVATIONS SUPPORT THE NEED FOR IMPROVED SAFETY MEASURES.
TO ADDRESS THIS, A TRAFFIC STUDY WAS REQUESTED AND CONDUCTED AND REVIEWED BY TXDOT.
THAT STUDY SUPPORTS REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT TO 45 MILES PER HOUR WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS THE CURRENT SPEED LIMIT'S 55.
UH, THIS PROVIDES, UH, THE TECHNICAL BASIS FOR OR FOR THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
UH, THIS CHANGE HAS ALSO BEEN A COORDINATED REGIONAL EFFORT.
THE CITIES OF SALINA PILOT POINT AND THE TOWN OF PROSPER ARE ALSO EVALUATING SIMILAR ACTIONS TO CREATE CONSISTENCY ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
UH, RECOGNIZING THAT FM 1385 SERVES ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE LONG-TERM SOLUTION FOR FM 1385 IS THE EVENTUAL EXPANSION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROADWAY BY TDOT.
HOWEVER, THAT TIMELINE IS OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL.
WE CAN DO, ALL WE CAN DO AT THIS POINT IS DO INTERIM, UH, PROCESSES TO TAKE REASONABLE, PROACTIVE STEPS TO IMPROVE SAFETY FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THE TRAVELING PUBLIC.
LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT IS ONE OF THOSE STEPS.
IT HELPS REDUCE VEHICLE SPEEDS, IMPROVES DRIVER REACTION TIME, AND CAN LESSEN THE SEVERITY OF CRASHES.
WHILE IT WON'T SOLVE EVERY ISSUE ON THE CORRIDOR, IT IS A PRACTICAL MEASURE WE CAN IMPLEMENT.
NOW, THERE'S NO FINANCIAL IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
UH, TDOT WILL INSTALL, INSTALL THE NECESSARY SIGNAGE AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS FOR APPROVAL.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
HAVE ANY OF THE OTHER CITIES ALREADY MOVED ON THIS? I BELIEVE PROSPER AND SOLINA HAVE ALREADY, UH, PASSED THEIR ORDINANCES.
T TDOT HAS ASKED ME MULTIPLE TIMES FOR HOURS BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE IT.
I DON'T, I DO NOT KNOW IF PILOT POINT HAS DONE THEIRS, BUT I THINK THEY'VE HAD A MEETING SINCE I TALKED TO THEM LAST.
THEY MAY HAVE ALREADY AS WELL.
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IT WAS, IT WAS OUR IDEA AND WE'RE KINDA LAST OF DOING IT, BUT THAT COMES IN THE FACT YOU ONLY MEET ONCE A MONTH AND THOSE OTHER COUNCILS THEY MEET, I THINK THEY ALL MEET TWICE A MONTH.SO THEY'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT.
DOES THAT GO FROM FRONTIER PARKWAY ALL THE WAY UP TO 4 28? YES, SIR.
AND THEN EVERYBODY ELSE WOULD HAVE THE REST OF IT.
ACTUALLY, THIS WILL GO FROM THREE, THIS, THIS IS FROM THREE 80 ALL THE WAY OUT TO, UH, MOBERLY MOBERLY DRIVE, MOBERLY FARMS DRIVE.
IT COVERS THAT WHOLE AREA, BUT FOR US, YES SIR.
FROM FRONTIER PARKWAY TO, TO THE NORTH FM 4 28 INTERSECTION.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THIS HAPPEN.
I WAS HOPING THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN.
IT WON'T SOLVE EVERYTHING, BUT I THINK IT WILL HELP.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKING RISKS OUT THERE AND THEY SEE PEOPLE COMING AT 55 OR 60.
THEY PULL OUT REAL QUICK IN FRONT OF 'EM.
I'VE GOT A COMPILATION OF CRAZY DRIVER CLIPS ON THAT ROAD MYSELF,
UH, SO ANYWAY, I THINK THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE NEIGHBORING CITIES MAYBE LOOKING TO SOME KIND OF TEMPORARY LIGHT SITUATION FOR PARVIN OR WINDRIDGE.
UH, BUT UNTIL THEN, I THINK THIS IS GOOD.
AND I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE, REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT ON FM 1385 TO 45 MILES PER HOUR.
I SECOND, UM, MOTION BY MATT AND SECOND BY MIKE.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
ALRIGHT, ITEM 20 CONSIDERATION ACTS ON A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AN APPROXIMATE POPULATION OF THE CITY AND THE ETJ MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF TRUCKS RUNNING AROUND AND WE HAVE REQUESTED FROM THE STATE TO BECOME A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
AND THAT REQUIRES STATE APPROVAL.
AND THEY BASICALLY LOOK AT THE, THE POPULATION OF THE CITY OF AUBREY.
AND SO I SENT THEM A LETTER ASKING TO, TO JOIN AND THEY DENIED IT.
AND SO IN OUR BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATIONS WITH DPS AND THEIR ATTORNEYS, UH, I EXPLAINED OUR UNUSUAL SITUATION HERE, THAT WE HAVE ETJ WITH NEIGHBORHOODS IN THAT WE CONTRACT POLICE AND CITIZENS THAT WE SERVE.
AND SO THEY ASK THAT WE DO A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THAT POPULATION.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A RESOLUTION TO SET OUR POPULATION SERVICE AREA, INCLUDING THE ETJ AT 39,488 PEOPLE, WHICH WOULD BE UNDER THE, IN A POPULATION OF 500,000 COUNTY DENTON COUNTY.
OUR POPULATION NEEDED TO BE ABOVE 25,000.
SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING THIS AND WE'LL RESUBMIT WITH THIS RESOLUTION TO THE STATE.
AND BASED ON THE PHONE CONVERSATIONS, WE WOULD SEEK APPROVAL.
BUT THEN THERE'S A LONG PROCESS FOR US TO GO THROUGH TO, TO ACTUALLY GET THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING.
BUT WE NEED TO MAKE THIS STEP TO START THAT PROCESS.
SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND YOU APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION.
MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.
I'LL SECOND MOTION MY JEFF, SECOND MY CHUCK.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FIVE ZERO I ITEM 21, CONSIDERATION OF ACTION ON APPROVING A MURAL CONCEPT THAT WILL BE LOCATED AT 200 WEST SYCAMORE.
COUNSEL BAILEY AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER TO CREATE A MURAL THAT'S GONNA GO ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FIRE STATION ONE.
CHIEF SLAUGHTER IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON BOARDING THOSE WINDOWS UP, SO IT'LL ONLY BE THE WINDOW ON THE TOP AND THE TWO DOORS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
OUR VISION FOR THIS MURAL IS TO HIGHLIGHT THE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO SERVE AND PROTECT OUR CITY EACH DAY, WHETHER DURING FESTIVALS, LIVE MUSIC AT VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK, OR THE MANY MOMENTS THAT BRING FAMILIES TOGETHER IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN AUBREY.
AND THEN BAILEY PUT TOGETHER THE MOOD BOARD THAT WE SENT OUT TO THE MURALIST.
SO I'M GONNA HAVE HER ON THE MOOD BOARD THAT YOU CREATED.
THIS WHAT THIS WASN'T, UM, OH, MY NOTES SHIFTING GEARS.
UM, YEAH, CASEY FOUND SOME GREAT ARTISTS.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SHOW YOU THE MOCKUPS THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER.
UM, IN REGARDS TO THE MURAL INSPIRATION, WE PULLED THESE FROM OTHER CITIES IN THE AREA.
YOU'LL KIND OF SEE THERE'S DIFFERENT ASPECTS, UM, FROM A DIFFERENT, THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT MOCKUPS THAT INCLUDE THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER, AND THEN OF COURSE THE MIDDLE.
AND THEN, UM, WE WANTED TO SEE IF THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DESIRED WANTS, LIKE A STAGE PHOTO OPPORTUNITY.
WE SEE IN SAN ANTONIO, THE ONE THAT SAYS, I LOVE YOU.
UM, I LOVE YOU TACO SO MUCH, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE WANNA SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ENCAPSULATE TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE DRAWN TO THE MURAL.
THEY TAKE PICTURES, THEY KNOW IT'S IN AUBREY, TEXAS, AND IT'S LIFELESS AND TIMELESS, NOT LIFELESS, FULL OF
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LIFE AND TIMELESS FOR, UM, RESIDENTS TO KIND OF, UH, CAPTURE THOSE MOMENTS WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.AND WE'RE TRYING TO ENCAPSULATE THE HEART OF AUBREY IN THIS MURAL THAT'S GONNA LIVE ON, UM, THAT WALL FOR, UH, HOPEFULLY A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME.
UM, THESE ARE JUST SOME PHOTOS OF, THESE ARE SOME PHOTOS WE'VE GRABBED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OF INSPIRATION THAT WE'VE GIVEN TO THE MURAL ARTISTS.
YOU'LL KIND OF NOTICE THERE'S A LOT OF PEANUT FESTIVAL ACTIVITY.
THERE'S SOME PEOPLE DANCING IN FRONT OF THE STAGE, GOT SOME PEOPLE AT THE PARADE.
AND ONE DESIRE THAT, UM, CHIEF SLAUGHTER REALLY WANTED TO HAVE ON THIS MURAL, SINCE IT IS ON THE SIDE OF FIRE STATION ONE IS AN APPARATUS.
AND WE'VE KIND OF COME DOWN TO THE, TO THE BOTTOM AND DECIDED WE SHOULD HAVE ONE OF THE OG FIRE APPARATUSES ON THE MURAL.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT INCORPORATED IN SOME OF THESE MOCKUPS.
UM, SOME OTHER PHOTOS OF, OBVIOUSLY OUR POLICE OFFICERS, AGAIN, FIRST RESPONDERS.
WE WANNA HIGHLIGHT BOTH OF THEM, UM, WHILE ALL OF THEM IF WE CAN.
AND WE GOT SOME OTHER PHOTOS, AGAIN, SOME MORE FIRE PHOTOS.
I MADE THE GUYS, UH, STAGE IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK THE OTHER DAY.
THEY REALLY LOVED THAT FOR THE MURAL.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE WE ALSO WANNA INCORPORATE THE PARKS AND RECREATION LOGO IN THERE BECAUSE THIS IS GONNA BE RIGHT NEXT TO VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK.
THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS GROWING, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF PUT THAT INTO PLAY, THAT THIS IS A COMMUNITY AND A COMMUNITY, UM, MURAL FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY.
AND THEN WE WANNA OBVIOUSLY INCLUDE OUR MASCOT THAT WE'VE HAD ON MANY A FLOATS IN THE CITY OF AUBREY.
UM, AND THEN, YEAH, CASEY'S GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, THE REST OF THE QUOTES AND THE INFORMATION THAT SHE'S GATHERED.
SO WE RECEIVED THREE QUOTES FOR THIS MURAL.
THE FIRST, IT WAS FROM KOHL REC TRADING COMPANY.
AND THEN COURTNEY CLARK DESIGNS WAS $34,800.
AND SHE DOES REQUIRE THE CITY TO PROVIDE A LIFT.
IT WILL TAKE HER ABOUT A MONTH TO INSTALL.
SO I ESTIMATED THAT TO BE ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS WHEN I WENT AND GOT, UM, ESTIMATES FOR A LIFT.
SO FROM THOSE THREE QUOTES, WE HAD TWO MURALISTS SUBMIT MOCKUPS.
ODESSA HELM ACTUALLY SUBMITTED THREE DIFFERENT IDEAS.
THE FIRST KIND OF IS JUST INCORPORATES EVERYTHING THAT WE WANTED TO SEE IN OUR VISION.
UM, YOU SEE THE LITTLE PEANUT, THE PATCHES, THE STAGE, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT CHANGING OUR STAGE OUT TO LOOK SIMILAR TO THAT ONE.
UM, THE NEXT KIND OF IS THE PATCH DESIGN THAT BAILEY SAW THAT SHE HAD COMPLETED PREVIOUSLY.
AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS ONE THAT SHE JUST SENT OVER TO ME THIS MORNING.
SHE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO FINISH MOCKING IT UP.
IF WE LIKED THE IDEA, SHE WOULD, UH, FINISH IT OUT.
SHE SAID THE IDEA BEHIND THIS ONE IS A BOLD, COLORFUL COMPOSITION THAT BRINGS MULTIPLE ELEMENTS TOGETHER IN A MORE EXPRESSIVE WAY.
AND LIKE I SAID, IF WE DECIDE TO GO THIS ROUTE, THEN THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHE WILL FINISH AND SEND BACK TO US.
AND THEN THE SECOND MURAL LIST THAT SENT OVER A MOCKUP WAS COURTNEY CLARK DESIGNS.
UM, THE TOP DESIGN IS THE MURAL WITHOUT THE DOORS AND THE WINDOW UP TOP.
AND THEN THE BOTTOM KIND OF SHOWS YOU WHERE IT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON THE BUILDING.
AND I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY FEEDBACK THAT I CAN GIVE TO THE MURALIST FOR THESE.
I LIKE THE BLACK AND WHITE ONE.
I THINK WITH COLOR IT'D BE GREAT.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S MISSING IS THE PARKS AND REC LOGO.
CAN, CAN WE SEE THE ONE IS THIS ONE, IS THAT A DOG OR A SQUIRREL IN THE, IN THE LOW REST? IT'S A SQUIRREL FROM THE NUT HOUSE.
SO THAT IS, I SHE WANTS A LITTLE MASK ON.
SO THE, THE, THE SQUIRREL, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A FIRE DOG OR SOMETHING.
THE SQUIRREL AND MR. PEANUT AND THE PATCHES, ALL OF THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE EASTER EGGS.
AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MUCH, MUCH SMALLER.
SO LIKE GO GO TO THE ONE, SEE THE, THE AUBREY PATCH THERE.
THE PATCH JUST NEEDS TO BE ON THAT OFFICER'S ARM SO THAT WE HAVE THE PATCH IN THE, IN THE ACTUAL MURAL.
WE WOULD WANT THE PATCH TO BE MAYBE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE TRUCK SOMEWHERE OR ON A, ON A UNIFORM.
THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE THE FOCAL POINT OF THE MURAL ITSELF, WHICH YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN THIS ONE.
YOU SEE THE FIREFIGHTER HANDING A PLUS YOU OF MR. PEANUT.
UM, AND COURTNEY CLARKS, SHE HAS THE PEANUT STANDING IN THE BACKGROUND AND THE GUY DANCING'S WEARING A PARKS AND REC HAT.
THE FLAG ON THE GROUND THOUGH, THAT WAS A CONCERN.
THAT WAS A CONCERN THAT WAS BROUGHT BACK.
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THAT WAS ALMOST A UNIVERSAL COMMENT ON THIS ONE WAS THE FLAG BEING WE WOULD WANT THE FLAG TO BE WAY OVER BY THE TRUCK AND NOT ALL OF THAT FLAG AMERICA JUST SAYING.I LIKE THIS BLACK AND WHITE ONE WITH THE COLORS AND SOME MODIFICATIONS.
SO LIKE YOU SAID, REDUCING THE PATCH AND HOT AND THE EASTER EGGS IN THERE.
BOSTON REC, THAT'S NOT WA THAT'S A PRAIRIE, RIGHT? THAT'S NOT WATER IN THE, I WOULD THINK SO.
'CAUSE IN THE PATCH THERE'S WATER AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS.
I GUESS WE ALSO, YEAH, IT DID RAIN THE NATION DRILL IT OR SOMETHING.
WE ALSO NEED, I DON'T WANNA SAY IT, MY FRONT YARD, BRO.
THAT'S WHAT I, WE ALSO NEED TO ASK YOU ARE, ARE THERE ANY EASTER EGGS THE COUNCIL WOULD WANT? IF YOU THINK ABOUT SOMETHING, EMAIL CASEY AND LET HER KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO IT.
'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN ASKING EVERYBODY WHAT EASTER EGGS YOU WANT.
MAYBE A SMALL PHOTO OF PATRICIA IN THE CORNER.
WELL WHAT IF ON THIS ONE WE LOST THE WINDMILL AND REPLACED IT WITH THE SPACESHIP WATER TOWER? WE COULD DO THAT.
WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT'S WHAT I WANTED.
UH, ONE OF THE EARLY DESIGNS, ONE OF THE EARLY DESIGNS HAD A WATER TOWER THAT YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE A WATER TOWER THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT.
AND WE MENTIONED YOU DOING THE SPACESHIP WATER TOWER.
WELL, I LIKE THE WINDMILL, BUT THAT'S KIND OF PROSPEROUS DOING.
WE DON'T HAVE, LIKE I SAID, THIS WAS A VERY ROUGH SKETCH HE SENT OVER TO ME LAST MINUTE TO PRESENT TO Y'ALL.
SO IT DEFINITELY IS OPEN TO FEEDBACK AND CHANGES.
IS THIS BLUE BONNETS OVER HERE WHERE THE FIREMEN IS AT? YES.
AND WITH THE PARKS AND RECS LOGO IN THERE, I THINK THIS MORE GREAT.
I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH PROJECTS LIKE THIS, A LOT OF WORK GOES INTO IT.
SO GOOD JOB PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
I GUESS WAS BLUEBONNET RIVER ON CHESTNUT STREET? DO YOU WANT US TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU FOR APPROVAL BEFORE WE GET STARTED? I THINK THEY WANT TO DO IT.
THEY'RE GONNA TRY AND HAVE IT, UH, UP FOR OUR SUMMER MUSIC SERIES.
OH, SO CAN WE, WE'RE LOOKING TO GET STARTED ON IT NEXT MONTH IF POSSIBLE.
CAN WE GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE MONEY FOR IT? WE GOOD.
I MEAN, I MEAN, Y'ALL HAVE OUR IDEAS OF WHAT WE WANT TO SEE CHANGE ON THIS.
WE CAN JUST SEND IT AROUND, I GUESS AND YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T I DON'T THINK Y'ALL ARE GONNA LIKE SNEAK SOMETHING IN THAT.
WE'RE ALL GONNA BE LIKE WHAT THE, WE CAN SEND IT AROUND FOR COMMENT.
I CAN SEND IT AROUND FOR COMMENT ONCE WE GET
OH, YOU, WELL I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AMOUNT.
DO I NEED TO APPROVE THE CONCEPT TWO? I THINK THE ARTIST RIGHT? OR YEAH, IF YOU JUST WANNA APPROVE THE ARTIST PRICE.
WHICH ARTIST DO Y'ALL LIKE THIS ONE? THE THIRD? I, THAT'S ALLENS THIRD.
I MOVED TO APPROVE THE MURAL CONCEPT FROM ODESSA HELM IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $35,000.
I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, BUT I'LL SECOND THAT AND THEN ASK ANOTHER QUESTION.
WAS, IS HER BED THE SAME FOR ALL THREE DESIGNS? YES.
WAS THAT HER? WAS THAT HER, WASN'T HER THE 21, 60 21.
YEAH, IT WAS COURTNEY CLARK THAT WOULD COME IN ABOUT $35,800.
WELL, I GIVE HER SOME EXTRA SUPPLIES THAT SHE NEEDS TO, SO WE CHECK YOUR, OR YOU WANNA STAY AT 35 OD THIS SAYS 21,600, BUT IF WE GO A FEW DOLLARS MORE THAN THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE OR NOT.
AND I WILL SAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE BROUGHT INTO THIS PROJECT AS WELL WAS CHANGING THE STAGE.
SO THAT WOULD GIVE US SOME WIGGLE ROOM TO UPDATE THE STAGE SIGN AS WELL TO MATCH WHAT SHE PUT IN HER MOCKUP.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD BE A SAFE AMOUNT? 25.
[Department Updates and Discussion]
GOOD EVENING MAYOR.MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, JUST HAVE ONE BRIEF UPDATE.
UH, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT OUR STAFF REPORT HAS BEEN KIND OF WEAK.
UH, WE'VE RECENTLY ON UNDER, UH, UNDERGONE A CHANGE IN OUR NATIONAL REPORTING, UH, FOR FIRE INCIDENTS.
SO WE NATIONALLY, EVERYBODY HAD TO SWITCH FROM INFERS TO NEAREST THAT CHANGE KIND OF, UH, SET ALL THE RMS
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COMPANIES BACK.AND SO WE LOST OUR ABILITY TO, UH, SEARCH OUR DATA OR, UH, SEPARATE OUR DATA.
SO IT BECAME VERY UNSEARCHABLE, UH, FOR A PERIOD.
WE'RE GONNA CHANGE OUR REPORT THAT WE SUBMIT TO YOU TO LOOK MORE LIKE THE ONE THAT WE PUT ONLINE.
UM, AND THEN IN THE INTERMEDIATE TIME UNTIL WE GET OUR, UH, REPORTING SOFTWARE BACK UP AND RUNNING.
SO THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN US A TIMEFRAME.
UH, WE'VE KNOWN ABOUT THIS CHANGE FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW.
SO SURPRISED THEY WEREN'T READY, BUT I'M ALSO NOT SURPRISED EITHER.
UH, SO I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THE LACK OF CLARITY IN THE REPORTS, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON IT AND WE'LL GET SOMETHING BETTER TO YOU MOVING FORWARD.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER ABOUT LAST PART STATION ON THE TWO IS INSTALLED NOW, RIGHT? THE POLL IS IN, UH, I SENT OUT THE MEMO TODAY WITH THE RULES
SO, UH, THEY'RE VERY STRICT AT THE MOMENT, SO NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO WORK FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE THAT AREN'T ALLOWED TO THAT ARE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE TOLD 'EM THEY GOTTA TAKE THE STAIRS.
SO HAVE TO GIVE US AN EXCEPTION THOUGH.
WELL, I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST UNDERSTOOD.
GRAVITY HAS NO SPEED LIMIT GOING FIRST.
[Future Agenda Requests]
RIGHT.ANY, UH, FUTURE AGENDA REQUESTS? ARE YOU MAYOR, COUNCIL, AS YOU KNOW.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE, UH, DEEP INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS.
UH, STAFF, UH, BUDGETS ARE DUE IN FINANCE FOR MIKE AND I ON MAY 1ST, WE WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND SCHEDULE SOME WORKSHOPS FOR, UH, JUNE.
GO AHEAD AND GET ON YOUR CALENDAR SO THAT I CAN GET THE STAFF PREPARED FOR THOSE AS WELL.
UH, DO YOU, I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION IS, DO YOU WANNA MEET ON A SATURDAY MORNING LIKE WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST? DO YOU WANNA TRY TO COUPLE IT WITH A MEETING? DO YOU I'M OPEN TO YOUR SUGGESTIONS.
YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S MORE FOCUSED ON BUDGET AND NOT OTHER THINGS.
WE HAVE THE 13TH, THE 20TH, AND THE 27TH.
I WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST SCHEDULE TWO OR AT LEAST SCHEDULE ONE OF THOSE SATURDAYS.
AND THEN IF WE NEEDED A FOLLOW UP, WE COULD USE THAT MEETING THE COUNCIL MEETING IN JULY AND HAVE A WORKSHOP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
BUT IF YOU WANNA SCHEDULE TWO SATURDAYS, WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
I'LL JUST THROW OUT THAT THE 27TH IS THE ONLY ONE THAT I'LL BE ABLE TO DO.
WE GOT A FAMILY REUNION THAT, THAT WE CAN, I'M OUT ON THE 20TH.
IS THAT THE Q 13? IS THERE A QUEUE FOR ME TO SAY? I I'M NOT AVAILABLE ON THE 13TH
WHEN YOU GO INTO JULY, I'VE GOT A CRUISE COMING UP, SO, AND I'M NOT COMING BACK FOR THAT.
I'M HOPING THE 13TH 13TH SOUNDS GOOD TO ME TOO.
YEAH, I COULD DO THE 20TH, 20TH MORNING.
BUT DO YOU WANNA PENCIL ANOTHER ONE IN JUST IN CASE WE NEED TO OR DO YOU WANNA DECIDE ON THE 13TH? DO THE 27TH ALSO? I MAY.
AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN'T DO THE 27TH? THE BULK OF EVERYTHING YOU'LL BE DECIDING WILL BE ON THE 13TH.
THE THE SECOND MEETING WOULD BE IF SOMEBODY COULD NOT BE THERE AND THEY HAD TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO YOU AFTER THE FACT.
THAT'S WHY I WAS THINKING SCHEDULE THE 13TH AND IF WE NEEDED A, A CARRYOVER, WE COULD DO A SHORT WORKSHOP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING ON THE 25TH OR WE CAN, IF, IF IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE 13TH THAT WE JUST HAVE TOO MUCH, WE CAN SCHEDULE ANOTHER SATURDAY LATE BY YEAR ON THE 13TH.
LIFE IS TOO SHORT FOR CHEAP COFFEE.
AND THERE ARE NO, UH, FUTURE GENDER REQUEST.
ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL GO TO EXECUTIVE
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
SESSION SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1 1 2 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 2 REAL PROPERTY AND 5 5 1 0 8 7 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT[01:35:01]
NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE ITEMS LISTED ON THE POSTED AGENDA.PLUS ITEM 12 AND ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MOTION TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL RECONVENE THE OPEN SESSION.
[Reconvene into Open Session]
TIME IS 10 0 4.UM, WE NEED TO GO BACK AND, UH,
[Consent Items (Part 2 of 2)]
ADDRESS ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WE PULLED.MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, DO I NEED TO READ THAT AGAIN OR, YEAH.
[New Business (Part 2 of 2)]
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SOLID ROCK, APPROXIMATELY 10.407 ACRES.GENERALLY LOCATED WEST OF SILVERADO PARKWAY, SOUTH OF FRONTIER PARKWAY AND NORTH OF FM 2 9 3 1 IN LIBERTY ROAD WITHIN THE CITY OF AUBREY, ETJ, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS.
SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, THE CIVIL PLANS SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE FINAL PLAT APPLICATION MUST INCLUDE AN OFFSITE ACCESS ROADWAY.
ONE THAT COMPLIANCE WITH THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE.
ARTICLE ONE, GENERAL PROVISIONS SECTION 4.03.
GENERALLY SUBSECTION C STREETS REQUIRING THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT PROVIDE A SAFE, CONVENIENT AND FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM FOR VEHICULAR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION AND SHALL BE PROPERLY RELATED TO THE APPLICABLE MASTER.
NEW DEVELOPMENTS SHALL BE SUPPORTED BY A THOROUGHFARE NETWORK, HAVING ADEQUATE CAPACITY AND SAFE AND EFFICIENT TRAFFIC CIRCULATION, AND HAVE ADEQUATE ACCESS TO THE THOROUGHFARE NETWORK.
THE OFFSITE IMPROVEMENT MUST BE APPROVED BY THE CITY ENGINEER HAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AND TWO, THAT COMPLIES WITH SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, SUBDIVISION DESIGN STANDARDS.
ADEQUACY OF STREETS AND THOROUGHFARES ARE PROVIDING A STREET NETWORK THAT PROVIDES ADEQUATE CAPACITY, INGRESS, EGRESS, AND SAFE AND EFFICIENT TRAFFIC, CIRCULATION AND APPROVED BY THE CITY ENGINEER IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DESIGN STANDARDS.
ALL IN FAVOR? ALL AGAINST PASS.
WHAT WAS YOUR VOTE, RANDY? FOUR OR AGAINST FOUR.
WE HAD, UH, ONE ON THE DOWNTOWN PROPERTY.
I MOVED TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES FOR AN AMOUNT UP TO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION AND EXECUTE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
DID WE HAVE, WAS THERE ONE MORE OR THAT WAS IT? I THINK THAT WAS IT.