[5B. Update from the City Council and Management: Financial Position, Major Projects, Operational Issues, Upcoming Dates of Interest and Items of Community Interest.]

ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM 5B. UPDATE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND MANAGEMENT: FINANCIAL POSITION, MAJOR PROJECTS, OPERATIONAL ISSUES, UPCOMING DATES OF INTEREST AND ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.COUNCILMEMBER BROWNIE SHERRILL WILL GIVE THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER: GARLAND HEALTH IS OFFERING A FREE VACCINE CLINIC FOR ANYONE 12 YEARS OR OLDER. THE NEXT ONE IS AT THE ROWLETT COMMUNITY CENTER FROM 9 AM TO 12 NOON.

THEY WILL PROVIDE FREE FAIR TO AND FROM THE GO PASS APP OR BY CALLING GO LINK. THE ROWLETT CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY IS NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRATION. THE NEXT SESSION BEGINS AUGUST 26.

GOOD NEWS FOR ROWLETT TEENS. THE DEADLINE FOR THE ROWLETT YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL APPLICATIONS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JULY 16. REGISTRATION FOR THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM OR CERT CLASS IS NOW OPEN. THE NEXT TWO DAY CLASS WILL BE AUGUST 7 AND 14TH FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM. BOTH DAYS ARE REQUIRED. ROWLETT FARMERS MARKET IN THE VILLAGE OF ROWLETT DOWNTOWN EVERY SATURDAY THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST FROM 9 AM TO 12 NOON. THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS FOR ALL OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IS AUGUST 14. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE AND OTHER CITY RELATED EVENTS PLEASE VISIT THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT ON THESE AND OTHER CITY RELATED EVENTS PLEASE VISIT THE CITY'S WEBSITE@ROWLETT.COM.

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>> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNSEL ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER MARTHA BROWN?

>> COUNCIL MEMBER: YES. I WANT TO SAY LAST WEEK SIX OF US FROM THE KEEP ROWLETT BEAUTIFUL BOARD ATTENDED THE STATEWIDE KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL CONFERENCE. ONE OF OUR VERY OWN LIFE MESSAGE FOOD PANTRY AND THRIFT STORE WAS AWARDED THE HEAVY HOLIDAY AND REESE AKERS BUSINESS IN INDUSTRY OUTSTANDING PROGRAM AWARD. THEY WON FIRST PLACE. IT WAS A STATEWIDE COMPETITION. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM AND LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT A GREAT PROGRAM WE HAVE THROUGH LIFE MESSAGE HERE IN ROWLETT. [APPLAUSE]

>> MAYOR: CONGRATULATIONS. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS COUNCIL?

[6. CITIZENS’ INPUT]

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR CITIZEN INPUT AND WE HAVE A LOT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE EVERYBODY. WE HAVE IN PERSON COMMENTS AND WE HAVE EMAIL COMMENTS SO A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS AT A TIME. ONE, IF STEPHANIE HIGGINS IS STILL HERE YOU ASKED TO COMMENT ON 3A AND THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED BUT IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON GENERAL JUST FILL OUT A NEW FORM AND MARK CITIZEN INPUT AND HAND IT TO LAURA. THERE IS A SECOND ONE? SORRY. I MISSED THAT FINER POINT. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY AND WE CAN'T COMMENT ON CITIZEN INPUT BUT I AM GOING TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. SEVERAL OF YOU KNOW THIS ALREADY BUT WE ARE GOING TO HOLD CITY MEETINGS IN REGARDS TO THE TRAIL ISSUE.

I KNOW THESE COMMENTS ARE IN REGARDS TO THE TRAIL. OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER ANGIE SMITH SITTING RIGHT THERE, IS ORGANIZING MULTIPLE WAYS TO GET INPUT FROM YOU ALL ON THE TRAIL DISCUSSION IN THE MONTH OF JULY. WE ARE GOING TO USE SOME OF THE THIRD-PARTY EXPERTS TO HELP US WITH THAT. IS THAT A GOOD WAY TO SAY THAT? THE DETERMINATION OF WHEN THOSE SESSIONS WILL BE HELD WILL BE MADE EARLY NEXT WEEK AND ANNOUNCED THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SPEAK TONIGHT BUT WE AREN'T MAKING ANY DECISIONS, OBVIOUSLY. THERE AREN'T ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THAT. WE REALLY WANT YOU TO BE INVOLVED IN THOSE SESSIONS THAT WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THAT? OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO GET STARTED AND WE ARE RECOGNIZING YOU ALL IN THE ORDER THAT YOU TURNED THESE IN.

THE FIRST PERSON IS LOGAN ADELE. IT WASN'T THAT FAR OFF.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND THEN YOU WILL BE GIVEN, IF YOU CAN TURN THE MICROPHONE TOWARDS YOU THINK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NAME IS LOGAN ADELE.

>> MAYOR: HANG ON. OKAY, GO AHEAD.

>> PUBLIC SPEAKER: I'VE NEVER DONE ONE OF THESE BEFORE SO BEAR WITH ME. AS WE GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE ISSUES WE ARE BRINGING UP I JUST WANT YOU TO IMAGINE TRYING TO RAISE YOUR

FAMILY . >> MAYOR: CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE? THAT'S BETTER.

>> PUBLIC SPEAKER: ALL I ASK IS AS WE PRESENT THESE ISSUES TRYING TO IMAGINE RAISING YOUR FAMILY IN THESE SITUATIONS. I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR A YEAR. I BUILT A PLACE AFTER GETTING OUT OF THE MILITARY. A FRIEND TOLD ME THIS IS A VERY VETERAN FRIENDLY COMMUNITY AND SO FAR WITHIN THE YEAR I HAVE LIVED HERE I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT ISSUES WITH THE AREA BEHIND THE HOUSE THAT IS CONSIDERED THE PARKLANDS. EVERYTHING FROM LOUD NOISES, STEREOS, ENGINE NOISES, PEOPLE GOING AND DOING DOUGHNUTS, FULL-SIZE DIESELS SIDE-BY-SIDE FOUR WHEELERS MOTORCYCLES, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING HAS BEEN BACK THERE.

THE POLICE HAVE TALKED TO ONE GUY AND HE CAME BACK AND LAID ON HIS HORN THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF OUR BACK PATIO. WE TALKED TO THE PARKS PEOPLE ABOUT THE GATE THAT WAS STOLEN AND WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS REPLACING THAT. WITHIN TWO MONTHS OF IT BEING INSTALLED WE ALREADY HAD A PERSON COME AND CUT THE LOCK

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ON IT. THAT WAS TWO MONTHS AFTER IT WAS INSTALLED. WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF INCIDENTS WITH PEOPLE TAKING THEIR WEAPONS BACK IN THE WOODS AND SHOOTING THEM OFF AT ALL TIMES OF THE NIGHT. WE HAVE CALLED THE POLICE NUMEROUS TIMES ON THAT. HERE ARE SOME MORE PHOTOS OF PEOPLE TAKING THEIR WEAPONS BACK THERE. THIS ONE DECIDED TO BRING HIS LITTLE GIRL ALONG AS WELL. ON TOP OF ALL THOSE ISSUES PRETTY MUCH WAKING UP IN THE MORNING AND HAVING PEOPLE STAND AT MY BACK FENCE LOOKING IN MY HOUSE WHERE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DISTANCE BETWEEN MY HOUSE AND THE BACK FENCE AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS TROUBLESOME. IT'S REALLY WEIRD TO WAKE UP TO. PEOPLE COMING OFF THE BACK AREA INTO MY PATIO. THERE'S A NUMBER OF ISSUES. I THINK PUTTING A TRAIL BACK THERE AND ALLOWING MORE PEOPLE TO COME TO THE AREA IS GOING TO CREATE A LOT MORE ISSUES. I'M COMPLETELY AGAINST THE TRAIL GOING BEHIND SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES FOR THE RIGHT OF PRIVACY IN THE

SECURITY OF FAMILIES. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH SIR. [APPLAUSE] I APPRECIATE THE APPLAUSE. WE KNOW HOW EVERYONE FEELS BASED ON THE APPLAUSE AND THAT IS FINE BUT WE CAN'T HAVE THE APPLAUSE ON EVERY SPEAKER SO PLEASE HOLD THAT DOWN. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHO THE NEXT SPEAKER IS AND THE ONE AFTER THAT SO YOU CAN BE READY TO SPEAK. IF YOU SUBMITTED AN EMAIL AND IF YOU ARE READY TO SPEAK IN PERSON WERE NOT GOING TO READ YOUR EMAIL IF YOU'RE READY TO SPEAK IN PERSON. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DEBORAH SCHINDLER AND THEN PAT

RILEY. >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: DEBORAH SCHINDLER.AS WELL. I DO WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR BEING PROACTIVE IN SCHEDULING THE MEETINGS. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE TASTE OF HOW WE FEEL AS LAKEFRONT HOMEOWNERS AND FRIENDS OF LAKEFRONT HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT. WE HAVE A GROUP THAT HAS SORT OF COME TOGETHER. NOBODY MADE A BIG EFFORT TO FORM IT BUT IT DID COME TOGETHER ON ITS OWN AND DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE GROUP HAVE BEEN TOLD DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT THE PLANS TO BUILD THOSE TRAILS BEHIND THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOME MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED HERE IN THE TAKE AREA BEHIND OUR HOUSE SINCE OCTOBER 2004. WE UOSE ANY ENCROACHMENT ON THE PRIVACY AND ENJOYMENT OF OUR LEASE PROPERTY. WE WANT TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT RELATE TO SUCH PUBLIC TRAILS. THIS IS WHAT MOTIVATED OUR GROUP TO HELP DEFEPROPOSITI D IN THE LAST BOND ELECTION BECAUSE OF THE TRAIL NATURE. EVEN IF WE HADN'T SUPPORTED IT IF IT WAS BUNDLED WITH THE TRAIL FUNDING. WE COLLECTED SIGNATURES OF LAKEFRONT OWNERS AND OTHER SIGNATURES OF CITIZENS THAT WERE CONCERNED AND THAT WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE GROUP TONIGHT. OTHERS WILL TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE CONCERNS WHICH INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON LAKE OWNERS QUALITY OF LIFE, PARKING PROBLEMS, NOISE THAT WILL AFFECT ANYONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE POTENTIAL FOR THE CRIME IN LAKESIDE NEIGHBORHOODS, THE IMPACT ON POLICE RESOURCES, THE BREACH OF IMPLICIT PROMISES THAT WERE MADE TO LAKEFRONT HOMEOWNERS IN THE SUBWAY DOCUMENT AND FAQ THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO THE SUB LEASEES AND THE SUBSTANTIAL MONETARY INVESTMENTS THAT MANY HAVE MADE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE IN IMPROVEMENTS AND MAINTENANCE IN THE TAKE AREAS. THIS IS RELATED TO THE STRUCTURES THAT WERE BUILT THAT THE CITY APPROVED WITHOUT TELLING THE OWNERS THAT THERE WERE PLANS TO CREATE PUBLIC TRAILSALSO THE PPOTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON THE WILDLIFE AND ECOSYSTEM OF THE LAKESHORE. WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT ANTI-TRAIL, WE JUST DON'T WANT TRAILS BEHIND THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. WE RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF WALKING TRAILS AND SIDEWALKS IN THE CITY AND WE SUPPORT BUILDING TRAILS THAT RUN THROUGH CITY PARKS AND RETAIL AREAS AND ANY OTHER SHARED SPACES SUCH AS BEHIND THE MANY APARTMENT BUILDINGS THAT THE CITY HAS ALLOWED TO BE BUILT.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING US IN CONSIDERING OUR REQUEST TO

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ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS BY ELIMINATING THE TRAILS BEHIND THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CHARLIE RILEY FOLLOWED BY

DANIEL OR ALANNA. >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: HI THERE.

IS THAT GOOD? ALL RIGHT. I AM CHARLIE RILEY.JUST UP THE BLOCK FROM SOME PEOPLE HERE. AS DEB MENTIONED WE HAVE COLLECTED A PETITION AND I'M GOING TO READ ABOUT THAT AND SHARE IT WITH THE CITY SECRETARY. THE UNDERSIGNED CITIZENS OF ROWLETT HEREBY SUBMIT A FIRST PETITION, WE HAVE MORE COMING. TO OFFICIALLY REGISTER OUR OBJECTION TO ANY ATTEMPT TO INSTALL PUBLIC ACCESS TRAILS ON ROWLETT RESIDENTIAL TAKE LINE AREAS OR BEHIND SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ANYWHERE WITHIN THE CITY OF ROWLETT. THE PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF PUBLIC TRAILS ACROSS RESIDENTIAL TAKE LINE AREAS IS IN VIOLATION OF THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL SUB LEASE AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE ALL SIGNED AND READ AND REREAD THEM. THE INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS WHO PURCHASE A LAKEFRONT HOME ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ROWLETT THAT REQUIRES THE HOMEOWNER TO MAINTAIN AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LEASED AREA IN RETURN OF PRIVATE USE OF THOSE AREAS AND THE ABILITY TO PREVENT PUBLIC ACCESS TO THEM. WE OBJECT TO PUBLIC ACCESS OR LEGAL VIOLATION TO THAT AGREEMENT. A LARGE NUMBER OF US MOTIVATED CITIZENS SELF ORGANIZED TO GET THE WORD OUT TO DEFEAT BOND PROPOSITION D THAT APPROVED SUCH TRAILS. THOUGH THE PROPOSITION INCLUDED INDIVIDUAL ITEMS WHICH WILL BENEFIT ALL ROWLETT CITIZENS WE DETERMINED IT WAS NECESSARY TO DEFEAT THE PROPOSALS AND DELAY THE FUNDING OF ANY ACTION INTENDED TO BREACH EXISTING CONTRACTS OF CITIZENS. IN ADDITION TO THIS PETITION WE RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY OF ROWLETT FORMALLY CREATE A ROWLETT LAKEFRONT HOMEOWNER ADVISORY COMMITTEE, VOLUNTARILY STAFFED WITH LIFRONT HOMEOWNERS TO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS AND CONCERNS OF CITIZENS WHO CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANT MONEY AND EFFORT TO MAKE THE TAKE LINE WHAT THEY ARE AND WHO PAY SOME OF THE HIGHEST PROPERTY TAXES INTO THE CITY'S COFFERS. THIS WOULD FOSTER GREATER COMMUNICATION, BETTER PLANNING WITHIN LAKEFRONT ISSUES AND MORE FAIR AND EQUITABLE PARTNERSHIP WITHIN THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND LAKEFRONT HOMEOWNERS. IS JUST A MOMENT, TO GO OFF SCRIPT WHEN I WAS TALKING WITH PEOPLE I ASKED THEM, WHAT DO YOU THINK? THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WERE SURPRISED AND HADN'T HEARD OF THE TRAILS. THEN THERE WAS A SECTION OF PEOPLE WHO SAID I WENT TO THE MEETING AND NOBODY TOLD ME THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE CONCRETE TRAILS BEHIND SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. I DON'T THINK IT HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED WELL. I THINK IT'S AGAINST THE LEGAL AGREEMENTS YOU HAVE WITH THE LAKEFRONT SUBLEASE FOLKS. I'M GOING TO SUBMIT A PETITION AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT PERSON TO SPEAK.

>> MAYOR: THANK YOU SIR. THE NEXT SPEAKER DANIEL AND THEN BRAD CRUZ WILL FOLLOW. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD,

SIR? >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DANIEL ORIANA.MY HOME IN 2017 AND WITHIN A YEAR I HAD TO SPEND $13,000 TO FIX THE WALL. AND THAT'S JUST TO FIX IT NOT A NEW ONE.

INULIN COST $30-$40,000. CHARLIE TOLD ME ABOUT THE TRAILS. I WASN'T EVEN AWARE OF IT. I SERVED IN THE US GOVERNMENT AND I TRAVEL A LOT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND IF YOU HAVE CONSIDERED THE LIABILITY PROBLEM YOU WILL HAVE. IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE WALKING BACKTHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE DRINKING LATE AT NIGHT , THERE ARE BOAT DOCKS AND THEY WILL USE PEOPLE'S BOAT DOCKS AND IF IT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IT COSTS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO BUILD ONE. THEY ARE GOING TO GO URINATE OR WHATEVER BECAUSE THERE'S NO BATHROOMS. AND, IF THEY HURT THEMSELVES ON ONE OF THE BOATS WHO IS THE LIABILITY? IS IT THE CITY BECAUSE YOU BUILT THE TRAILS OR IS IT GOING TO BS? WE DON'T OWN IT BECAUSE IT'S ON THE WATER. I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE CONSIDERED THE LIABILITY. NOT IF IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. PEOPLE WILL BE DRINKING AND PLAYING IN THE LAKE AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET HURT. YOU NEED TO RECONSIDER THAT. THAT

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LIABILITY IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CANNOT HANDLE THOSE TYPES

OF LOSSES. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU SIR. BRAD CRUZ AND THEN FOLLOWING BRAD IS STEPHANIE HIGGINS.

>> PUBLIC SPEAKER: THANK YOU. BRAD CRUZ.DON'T HAVE A SCRIPT. I JUST WANT TO SAY I MOVED FROM THAT PROPERTY IN 1998. WE WERE AT ALL OF THE MEETINGS WITH CITY COUNCIL AND THE CONSULTANTS THAT WERE BROUGHT IN AND PAID FOR WITH TAXPAYER MONEY AND GAVE INPUT ON WHAT THAT TAKE LINE WOULD BE. THERE WERE VOTES AND HUNDREDS OF MEETINGS ARE NOT JUST RESIDENTS BUT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND INDEED THE CITY OF GARLANDS. THERE WAS A LOT OF INPUT GIVEN. WITH A RAISE OF HANDS WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO ON THE TAKE LINE? THAT WAS INPUT FROM ANYONE IN THE MEETING. THERE WILL MULTIPLE MEETINGS. WE WERE SPECIFICALLY ASKED IF WE DO THIS, IF WE SPEND MONEY ON THE PROPERTY AND WE TAKE CARE OF IT ARE YOU GOING TO COME AND TAKE IT BACK FROM US BEFORE THE END OF THE LEASE? ARE YOU GOING TO PUT TRAILS ON IT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? ABSOLUTELY NOT. THAT QUESTION WAS ASKED MANY TIMES AND WE WERE TOLD ABSOLUTELY NOT. NOT ONLY WAS IT LEGALLY WRITTEN IN THE CONTRACT BUT IT WAS A PROMISE MADE TO US AS CITIZENS. I PUT IN A RETAINING WALL AND A DOG. ABOUT EVERY THREE MONTHS OR SO SOMEONE WANDERS BY MY DOCK AND FINDS HIMSELF ON IT EVEN THOUGH IT IS POSTED NO TRESPASSING. KIDS ON SKATEBOARDS, PEOPLE FISHING, YOUNG PEOPLE SITTING THERE HOLDING HANDS. WHENEVER THAT HAPPENS I HAVE TO DECIDE IF I GOING TO ASK THEM TO LEAVE? OR AM I GOING TO ASSUME THE LIABILITY OF THEM BEING THERE? I HAVE ASKED PEOPLE TO LEAVE AND I HAVE GOTTEN RESPONSES FROM IGNORING ME, GIVING ME HAND SIGNALS, CURSIG AT ME, WALKING AGGRESSIVELY TOWARDS ME SO NOW I HAE TO DECIDE WHEN I SEESOMEONE ON MY DOCK . AM I GOING TO RUN THEM OFF OR NOT? THEY KNOW WHERE I LIVE. ARE THEY GOING TO COME BACK AND RETALIATE AGAINST ME BECAUSE I RAN THEM OFF THE DOCK? AM I GOING TO RUN DOWN THERE OR SHOUT FROM MY BACK PORCH AND TRY TO GET THEIR ATTENTION? THAT IS WITH NO TRAIL. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WITH TRAILS. I'M GETTING READY TO PUT IN A POOL AND NOW I'M QUESTIONING IF I SHOULD DO THAT. WILL THERE BE PEOPLE WANDERING INTO MY PROPERTY? AGAIN, WE ALL SUPPORT THE TRAILS IN THE PARKS PLEASE RESPECT THE PROMISES MADE TO PEOPLE WHO PUT UP MONEY AND CUT DOWN THE 8 FOOT ID PLANTS. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO GET THAT PROPERTY IN SHAPE. I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO US THIS EVENING.

>> MAYOR: THANK YOU SIR. STEPHANIE HIGGINS AND THEN FOLLOWING STEPHANIE IS BILL RIGHT.

>> PUBLIC SPEAKER: MY NAME IS STEPHANIE HIGGINS I LIVE AT.SOME REVISIONS. THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING WITHIN THAT BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH ALL THE LOCATIONS OF THE TRAILS. THE HOMEOWNER THE SPOKE BEFORE ME MENTIONED THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE DRINKING ON THE DOCKS. I HAVE SEVERAL YEARS OF FOOTAGE WITH MINORS GOING BACK BEHIND THE HOUSE WITH LIQUOR CONSTANTLY GOING OUT TO DRINK.

I PEOPLE STICKING THEIR HAND OR MY FENCE WHICH IS A LIABILITY.

THEY COULD BE FEEDING THEM SOMETHING THAT COULD MAKE THEM SICK AND THAT'S ALSO ANOTHER ISSUE WE HAVE. WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH TRASH. THIS WAS TAKEN TODAY ALONG THE TAKE LINE AREA. THIS IS THE AREA WE LIVED AT WHICH WAS SLATED AS PARK AREA AND THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS DONE ON 1218 01. IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF THINGS WERE WRITTEN DOWN BUT NOT CLARIFIED ENOUGH ON WHERE THESE PARK AREAS WERE. OUR NEIGHBOR OWNS DOWN INTO THE LAKE BUT IS INACCESSIBLE FOR A TAKE LINE AREA. WE DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT IS JUSTIFIED SINCE THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE LESS THAN 500 FEET AWAY FROM US THAT HAD A TAKE LINE AREA. WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT YET WE TAKE CARE OF IT. WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE TIMES FOR PEOPLE TO COME BACK AND TAKE CARE OF THE TRASH. STILL TODAY, THERE IS A LOT OF ILLEGAL DUMPING GOING ON BEHIND THE PARKS AREA AND THEY ARE ACCESSING IT NEAR OVER BY THE RAILROAD WHICH IS ANOTHER

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ISSUE THAT IS SEPARATE FROM THAT. I SEE PEOPLE JUMP OFF OF IT ALL THE TIME. IT IS FEDERAL LAND. I GET WOKEN UP FROM MIDNIGHT TO 4 AM. I OWN MY OWN BUSINESS AND I HAVE TO KEEP MY OWN SCHEDULE. I GET TAKEN AWAY FROM MY BUSINESS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THERE ARE TEENAGERS URINATING ON THE FENCE. I CAN'T SHOW THAT PICTURE. FROM WHAT THE OTHER HOMEOWNER SAID HE HAD TO RUN PEOPLE OFF. I DID HAVE TO CALL THE COPS ON A GUY AND THERE ARE SEVERAL TIMES WHERE HE'S DRIVEN BY, FLIPPED ME OFF, HONKED HIS HORN. HE STOOD BEHIND MY HOUSE OUTSIDE OF HIS CAR YELLING AT ME BECAUSE WE CALLEDTHE COPS BECAUSE HE'S WAKING US UP IN THE MIDDLE THE NIGHT . THERE'S JUST A NUMBER OF ISSUES. I DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THE WAY THAT THE PARKS PROCESS IS DONE. IT SHOULD BE MORE THAN A CITY COUNCIL VOTE TO UPDATE A PARKS PLAN. IT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE CITIZENS AND GIVEN OUT TO THOSE DIRECTLY AFFECTED WITH THE TRAILS BEHIND IT. THAT IS MY TIME.

>> MAYOR: THANK YOU MS. HIGGINS. BILL RIGHT FOLLOWED

BY DENNIS BEAUDOIN. >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: MY NAME IS BILL RIGHT. HARBORSIDE CRIME WATCH PROGRAM. THE FOLLOWING ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT CONCERNS THAT HAVE NO IMMEDIATE SOLUTIONS BUT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED. THESE QUESTIONS REFER TO THE PROPOSED CONCRETE TRAILS BETWEEN PRIVATE HOMES AND THE LAKE. THE TRAILS BETWEEN SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES IN THE LAKE ARE A SAFETY AND A SECURITY PROBLEM. SOME EXAMPLES ARE UNSECURED BOATS AND BOAT DOCKS WILL HAVE PROPERTY INSURANCE ISSUES.

DOES THE CASTLE DOCTRINE APPLY TO AN OWNERS BOATS AND BOAT DOCK? ADDITIONAL SECURITY CAMERAS WILL BE NEEDED DUE TO ASSURED VANDALISM, GUARANTEED. WILL POLICE PATROL THE TRAIL NIGHT AND DAY? HOW MANY ADDITIONAL PATROL OFFICERS WILL BE REQUIRED? WILL THERE BE POLICE CALL STATIONS POSITIONED ALONG THE TRAIL? IF SO, VANDALISM OF CALL BOXES DEFEAT THEIR USE AND VALUE. THE TRAILS PROXIMITY TO OWNERS HOMES DOES AWAY WITH PRIVACY AND SECURITY WHICH WAS ASSURED OF DURING THE TIME OF PURCHASE. WILL THE TRAIL BE SHARED WITH PEDESTRIANS, BIKERS AND MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION? HOW WILL POLICE BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINTS OF VIOLATIONS WHEN REPORTED? WILL THE TRAIL SUPPORT ACCESS BY EMERGENCY VEHICLES? HOW DO FIRST RESPONDERS GAIN ACCESS TO THE TRAIL WILL IT BE THROUGH HOMEOWNERS YARDS? IS THE TRAIL TO BE OPEN FOR USE 24 SEVEN OR WILL IT BE OUR RESTRICTED THROUGH A CURFEW? HOW IS THAT ENFORCED? WILL FISHING BE ALLOWED ALONG THE TRAIL AT ANY HOUR? WILL THERE BE PUBLIC RESTROOMS ALONG THE TRAIL? WILL THERE BE REGULAR POLICE BICYCLE PATROLS ON THE TRAIL TO DETER POTENTIAL CRIME? AS HISTORY HAS SHOWN TRAILS BREED CRIME EVEN WHEN PATROLLED.

THIS IS WELL DOCUMENTED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A VEHICLE BEING STOLEN ALONG THE TRAIL.

>> MAYOR: THANK YOU MR. RIGHT. GARY STROBEL WILL BE FOLLOWING

DENNIS. >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: MY NAME IS DENNIS BODINE.ROWLETT HOMEOWNER FOR 24 YEARS. PLAKEFRONT HOMEOWNER FOR 24 YEARS. IN 2001 I WAS PARTICIPATING FROM 1999 TO 2001 I WAS PARTICIPATING IN ALL THE NEGOTIATION WITH THE PROPERTIES WITH THE NEIGHBORS IN THE TAKE LINES, ETC. I SIGNED A 40 YEAR LEASE WITH THE CITY IN 2001 THAT REQUIRED ME AS A HOMEOWNER TO MAINTAIN AND TAKE CARE OF THE AREA BEHIND MY HOME. WE CLEARED BY HAND AND ACRE OF POISON IVY CAR PARTS, GLASS, STEEL AND PAID TO PUT UP A RETAINING WALL TO PREVENT EROSION. MY 12-YEAR-OLD SON FOUND A GUN AT THE LAKE A 38.

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WE DROPPED IT OFF AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT WAS PROBABLY INVOLVED IN A CRIME. I AM PROPOSED OF THE USE BEHIND HOMES AS CITY PARK DUE TO THE LACK OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PERSONNEL. THEY ARE OVERLOADED NOW. ALL OF A SUDDEN WERE GOING TO ADD 20 OR 30 MORE REQUIREMENTS? THE TRASH THAT WILL BE LEAEHIND. THEY LEAVE TRASH TODAY AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE. IT'S PEOPLE BEHIND THE LAKE. FISH HEADS, FISHING LINES AND THAT'S DANGEROUS FOR CHILDREN.

SAFETY, SECURITY, VANDALISM, PRIVACY ISSUES. LOSS OF WILDLIFE. WE RAISE PURPLE MARTINS BACK THERE AND THEY WILL NOT COME WHEN THERE'S PEOPLE IN THE PARK. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED LEVEL OF THEFT, BREAK-INS DUE TO AN EASE OF AREA AND LACK OF OVERSIGHT. THESE AREAS ARE NOT DEVELOPED.

THIS WHOLE FORCE OF REDUCTION IN PROPERTY VALUATION WHICH WILL REDUCE ROWLETT'S TAX INCOME. MYSELF IF THIS HAPPENS I'M GOING TO GET THEM TO NEKNOC MY TAXES DOWN BECAUSE I AM NO LONGER LAKEFRONT PROPERTY. THAT WILL HURT THE CITY OF ROWLETT. I WANT THE CITY OF ROWLETT TO PROSPER. BUT WITH THIS KIND OF ACTION, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING. THANK YOU!

>> MAYOR: THANK YOU SIR. DAVID STROBEL FOLLOWED BY GARY HALL.

>> PUBLIC SPEAKER: I AM GARY STROBEL.1994. WE HAVE HAD A BIG PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE LAUNCHING BOATS, I JUST HAD A PONTOON BOAT LAUNCHED TWO DAYS AGO FROM THE BEACH. IT GOT STUCK. THEY HAD TO HAVE SOMEONE PULL THEM OUT. THE TRESPASSING, I THINK THE DOCS WILL BE IRRESISTIBLE TO A SMALL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE MAKING A HUGE PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST IT. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH SIR. DAVE FOLLOWED BY GERALD

OLIVIER. >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: DAVE HOLT.

I LIVE AT.PUBLIC TRAILS BEHIND SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. ALSO I PROPOSE A MORATORIUM ON ALL PARK CAPITAL PROJECTS. OUR PARKS SHOULD BE DRIVEN BY WHAT THE RESIDENTS DESIRE NOT WHAT STAFF, COUNSEL OR CONSULTANTS WANT OR THINK THE RESIDENTS WANT. THE FACT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HERE TONIGHT SO MANY RESIDENTS ARE HERE TONIGHT SHOW THAT THE CURRENT PROCESS IS NOT WORKING. I HOPE THESE MEETINGS WE HAVE IN THE FUTURE WILL ALLOW RESIDENTS TO DEVELOP WHAT WE WANT THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE

CITY. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU MR. HALL.

MARLON CROSS FOLLOWED BY MIKE MARTIN.

>> PUBLIC SPEAKER: [INDISCERNABLE]

>> MAYOR: ARE YOU MR. CROSS? MR. MARTIN? FOLLOWED BY RICK

EACH SAFARI. >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING I AM MIKE MARTIN AND I LIVE AT.APPRECIATE LETTING YOU HAVE MY VOICE OR TONIGHT. I AM A PROUD 25 YEAR VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. WE HAVE LIVED IN ROWLETT SINCE 2012. I WASN'T BORN IN TEXAS BUT I GOT HERE AS QUICK AS I COULD. WHEN WE RETIRED FROM THE AIR FORCE MY WIFE AND I COULD ONLY DREAM ABOUT LIVING IN A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE ONTHE LAKE . WHEN WE GOT HERE TO ROWLETT THAT DREAM BECAME A REALITY FOR US. WE COULDN'T BUY A HOUSE RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE WE BOUGHT A HOUSE IN MICHIGAN AND UNFORTUNATELY THE JOB THERE WAS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. WE CAME TO TEXAS AND AFTER LIVING IN THE HOUSE THAT WE RENTED ON THE LAKE FOR A YEAR WE GOT TO BE FRIENDS WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND WE WERE ABLE TO BUY THE HOUSE. SINCE 2018 WE BEEN PROUD LAKEFRONT HOMEOWNERS HERE IN ROWLETT. I GOT A LOT OFTHINGS FROM MY TIME IN THE AIR FORCE AND ONE OF THEM WAS AN INHERENT TRUST OF LEADERSHIP . I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE DO TO ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION IN THE MILITARY. I WANT TO TRUST MY LEADERSHIP AND MY ELECTED OFFICIALS. I DON'T BEGRUDGE A PENNY THAT I PAID FROM THE TAKE LINE LEASE. I DON'T BEGRUDGE A PENNY OF THE PROPERTY TAX I PAY. GIVEN WHERE MY HOUSE IS I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PAY TO ROCKWELL KELLY DILLEY COUNTY AND DALLAS

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COUNTY. I DON'T REGRET A PENNY OF IT BECAUSE WE LIVE A DREAM OWNING THIS HOUSE ON THE LAKE. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE RIGHTS BECAUSE OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT THAT I SIGNED . ONE OF WHICH IS TO NOT HAVE THAT IMPEDED BY PUBLIC ACCESS. I DID WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE RIGHT THING AND I THINK ON 12 APRIL THERE WAS A PUBLIC MEETING ON PROPOSITION B AND I TOOK PART IN THAT ONLINE AND ON FACEBOOK. I WAS FRUSTRATED BECAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL THAT THE LAKEFRONT HOMEOWNERS WERE REALLY TAKEN SERIOUSLY. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE POSE THROUGH THE QUEUE JUST WEREN'T ADDRESSED. I WANT TO POINT OUT ANGIE SMITH I APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE THAT GAVE BACK THAT WERE ADDRESSED BY COUNSEL. I KNOW THAT THERE WERE A LOT BUT YOU GAVE ME AN HONEST ANSWER AND I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU RESPONDED TO A QUESTION, WHAT HE THINK IT'S GOING TO DO TO THE HOMEOWNERS PROPERTYVALUE AND YOU LAUGHED.

AND YOU SAID IF ANYTHING, I SAW IT MA'AM . YOU SAID, IF ANYTHING I THINK IT WOULD INCREASE THE PROPERTY VALUE.

THAT'S NOT FAIR AND THAT'S NOT REASONABLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

TIME. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. I DID NOT LAUGH BUT I SAID IT COULD INCREASE VALUE. I DON'T KNOW.

NO, NO NO. I DIDN'T MEAN THAT. SIR, I DIDN'T MEAN IT THAT WAY.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I SAY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I SAID IS WHAT I'M SAYING. ABSOLUTELY IT DOES MATTER. I'M SORRY, I JUST GOT LOST. BY THE WAY, I LIVE ON THE TAKE LINE, TOO. ARE YOU MR. MARTIN? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. FOLLOWED BY ASA CASTILLO.

>> PUBLIC SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING MADAME AND COUNCILMEMBERS. I AM ABSOLUTELY AGAINST THIS CONCEPT OF HAVING A TRAIL GO

BEHIND A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME. >> MAYOR: SAY HER NAME AND

ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: MY NAME IS .[INDISCERNABLE] AND I LIVE ON.

>> MAYOR: THANK YOU. >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: ALL OF US VALUE OUR PRIVACY. NOBODY WOULD LIKE THE PUBLIC TO BE SEEN IN THE BACKYARDS AT ALL ODD HOURS AND I'M SURE EVERYONE WOULD AGREE WITH ME ON THAT. I LIVE ON THE LAST HOUSE ON SUN DRIVE AND WE HAVE A LARGE PROPERTY BEYOND US WHICH USED TO BE FORESTED TO THE COUNCIL HAD SEVERAL IDEAS TO BUILD SEVERAL PROPERTIES AND THEY HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF MEETINGS THAT WENT ON AND NOW WE HAVE THE RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT AT THE END AND STILL THAT'S A LOT OF FORESTED LAND BETWEEN THE END OF SUNRISE DRIVE. IN THE LAST 10 YEARS THAT I'VE LIVED THERE YOU SHOULD HEAR THE 911 CALLS I HAVE MADE FROM PEOPLE STAYING HERE OVERNIGHT TENTS BEING DONE, CAMPFIRES BEING LIT, FIREWORKS BEING USED, GUNFIRE IS HAPPENING AND EVERY TIME THE COPS HAVE TO COME IN I REQUESTED AND THEY IN FACT PUT ON SIGNS OF SAID NO TRESPASSING SIGNS OF SAID NO JUMPING. THE NO TRESPASSING SIGN HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY REMOVED FROM THAT POINT. I THINK PEOPLE STILL GO THERE. EARLIER WHEN IT WAS MUDDY AND WET THE POLICE COULD NOT TAKE THE CRUISERS IN AND I WAS TOLD THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL IT'S FUNDED. AND LATER ON SINCE THEY HAD THE SUVTHEY GO IN AT ANY TIME . I HAVE HAD PEOPLE THERE THAT HAVE NEEDLES AND THINGS LYING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THE COPS WERE SCARED TO COME IN AT NIGHT. WE HAD TWO OR THREE OF THE CARS COME UP. IF THIS IS A NUISANCE AT THE END OF THE STREET INTO A LAND WHICH IS NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE HAVE TRAILS GOING BEHIND ALL OF IT. IT'S GOING TO BE A CHAOS. PLEASE TRY AND

HELP US OUT WITHTHIS . >> MAYOR: THANK YOU SIR. ASA

FOLLOWED BY PHILIP. >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: IF I SPEAK MY EMAIL WON'TCOUNT ? IS THAT CORRECT?

>> MAYOR: I DON'T THINK WE GOT AN EMAIL FROM YOU.

>> PUBLIC SPEAKER: IT WAS FROM THE LAST MEETING. OKAY. I

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THOUGHT YOU SAID IT WOULDN'T COUNT IF I SENT AN EMAIL.

>> PUBLIC SPEAKER: IF YOU SPEAK IN PERSON AND YOU SENT AN EMAIL I WON'T READ THE EMAIL BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE OTHER.

>> PUBLIC SPEAKER: ALL RIGHT. I WILL SPEAK. MY NAME IS ASA CAST AVIA AND I LIVE AT.MY FAMILY WE HAD EIGHT LAKEFRONT HOMES. IT WOULD BE A BIG IMPACT ON OUR FAMILY. WE LOVE THE LAKE AND WE LOVE PROWLETT. THIS IS OUR HOME. W MOVED OUT HERE IN 2002. I HAVE BUILT THE SECOND BOAT DOCK EVER ON THE LAKE. I WENT THROUGH A LOT OF PLANNING WITH THE CITY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BUILD IT AND WHERE TO BUILD IT. MY NEIGHBOR DID ONE AT THE SAME TIME AND IT WAS QUITE A PROCESS. WE LOVE LIVING ON THE LAKE AND MY KIDS LOVE GROWING UP HERE. IT IS A DREAM, HONESTLY. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN HAWAII AND MOVED TO TEXAS LATER IN LIFE AND TO FIND THIS LAKE IN COMMUNITY WAS A HUGE BLESSING FOR THE FAMILY. AS I SIT HERE AND I THINK ABOUT ALL THE YEARS OF LIVING ON THE WATER IN THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME INTO THE BACKYARD OR USED THE DRIVEWAY THAT GOES TO THE BACK IF YOU WILL AS ACCESS TO GET TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT I'VE HAD A BUNCH OF RUN-INS AS WELL AS SO MANY OTHERS HAVE WITH A LOT OF THE KIDS. THE KIDS WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE LAKE. I WANT TO GIVE THAT HONESTLY THERE ARE SOME KIDS THAT I ALLOWED TO GO AND SWIM ON THE DOCK BUT THERE'S OTHER KIDS WHO DON'T.

IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE THEY PICK FIGHTS WITH MY DAUGHTERS AND CAUSE PROBLEMS. THAT'S VERY SMALL SCALE COMPARED TO WHAT A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT. IT'S NOT A SMART THING TO DO FOR THE CITY OR FOR THE HOMEOWNERS. TAMMY, I HEAR YOU SAY YOU LIVE ON THELAKE AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT . SO YOU WILL FEEL THE IMPACT AS WELL AS THIS HAPPENS. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE HAVE IS OUR HOME. THAT IS OUR BASE AND THAT'S WHERE WE RAISE OUR FAMILY. HAVING THE PUBLIC WALK IN THE BACKYARD AND GO ON THE BOATS I THINK IT'S GOING TO CAUSE MORE AND MORE PROBLEMS. I THINK THE CITY HAS TO LOOK AT IT CLOSELY.

THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER OPTIONS HERE. SPECIFICALLY THE ONE IN SPINNAKER POINT WHERE WE HAVE TWO HOUSES. MY DAD LIVES THERE FULL-TIME AND WE HAVE TWO OTHER HOUSES ON WINDJAMMER. PLAN B YOU GUYS PROPOSE TO GO DOWN FUQUA, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PLACE I THINK YOU WILL HAVE A LOT OF HAPPY LAKE OWNERS. IF YOU DON'T IT'S POWER OF THE PEOPLE. WE ARE ALL HERE TO SERVE. IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER IT IS A WIN-WIN. IF WE DON'T IT'S GOING TO BE GRIDLOCK AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S MARK FOR ANY CITY TO DO ESPECIALLY FOR A CITY LIKEROWLETT. HONESTLY I HAVE SEEN THE CITY GROW IN TREMENDOUS WAYS . THE BAYSIDE PARK AND I THINK IT'S AMAZING. KEEP ITUP .

>> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH ASA. PHILIP, IS THIS YOUR DAD?

>> PUBLIC SPEAKER: I AM A LUCKY GUY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR TAMMY AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO WORKS FOR THE CITY AND DOES A GREAT JOB. I WANT TO FILL IN SOME BLANKS. NOT THAT I UNDERSTAND THIS PROBLEM BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE I JUST LIVE IN THE RIGHT PLACE. I WATCHED BAYSIDE BEING BUILT. MY HOUSE IS AT THE END OF ACOSTA AND FUQUA. THAT IS WHERE THE BAYSIDE TRAIL STARTS.

THEN IT HEADS DOWN TO WHERE THE APARTMENTS ARE. I REMEMBER WHEN THE CITY OF DALLAS OWNS THE PARK. I WOULD CALL THE POLICE BECAUSE OF THE FIRES IN THE DRINKING IN THE CRAZINESS THAT WENT ON IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT SAID I'M SORRY, WE CAN'T GO THERE. BUT NOW WE CAN. BAYSIDE DID A GREAT JOB.

I WALKED THAT TRAIL TWICE A DAY IN THE MORNING AND IN THE EVENING AND I WILL WALK IT THIS EVENING WHEN I WALK MY DOG. I HAVE SEEN THAT TRAIL SINCE IT OPENS AND I'VE BEEN ON IT ALMOST EVERY DAY SINCE IT WAS OPENED. IT IS A HORROR STORY FOR THE HOA. REMEMBER THEY OWN THE TRAIL AND WAS REQUIRED TO BUILD BAYSIDE AND THEY PUT THAT TRAIL IN. THEY DID A GREAT JOB. WHERE THE PROBLEM IS, IT'S SECURITY WISE. I WAS ALMOST RAN OVER TWO MONTHS AGO BY A CAR AT NIGHT WHILE I WAS WALKING MY DOG ALONG THE BAYSIDE TRAIL. I GOT SO MAD I

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JUMPS TO THE SIDE AND STARTED BANGING ON THEIR WINDOWS AND SAID STOP, WHY ARE YOU DRIVING ON THIS TRAIL? AS SOME OF YOU KNOW THE RUN ELITE ROAD RUNS RIGHT ALONG THERE AND I SAID PLEASE, GET OFF THE TRAIL YOU'RE GOING TO KILL SOMEBODY.

ANYWAY I CALLED THE POLICE AND BY THE TIME THEY GOT THERE THOSE PEOPLE WERE GONE. WHAT AM TRYING TO SAY IS I KNOW THE PEOPLE WHO GO THROUGH THE TRAIL. I LIVE WHERE IT STARTS.

I CAN TELL YOU 80% OF THE TRAFFIC ON THAT TRAIL COMES DOWN FROM FUQUA. SINCE THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE A SIDEWALK THERE THEY WALK THEIR BABY CARRIAGES ALONG THE STREET AND RIDE THEIR BIKES ALONG THE STREET AND SOMETIMES ARE GOING TO GET HIT I'M TELLING YOU. WE COULD SOLVE THIS PROBLEM TONIGHT BECAUSE THE CITY OWNS THE STREET AND THE SIDEWALK.

NOW,WE KNOW THAT LAKESIDE SOUTHPARK , WE WANT TO CONNECT THAT WITH BAYSIDE. PLEASE CONSIDER DOING THAT NOW, NOT LATER. FINISH THE SIDEWALKS THAT ARE ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE SIDEWALK IS ALREADY IN FROM LAKESIDE PARK SO WE KNOW IS, OKAY IT IS GARDNER. WE KNOW THE SIDEWALK IS IN AT GARDNER WHICH HITS LAKESIDE PARK SOUTH. YOU SET SIDEWALK.

WIDEN IT. WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO FUKUDA THERE IS A SIDEWALK BUT IT'S TOO NARROW. THE PEOPLE WHO COME DOWN BAYSIDE TRAIL COME DOWN FUKUDA. IF YOU PUT IT IN ITS DONE.

>> MAYOR: I'M SORRY SIR, YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I LOVE YOUR ACCENT, BY THE WAY. WHERE ARE YOU FROM? THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. STEVE HORWITZ FOLLOWED BY ROXIE KEES. DID Y'ALL USE THE SAME PRINTER? [LAUGHTER] HI. DOCTOR STEVE HORWITZ.TRAILS ON THE TAKEN AREAS FOR THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. I'VE SPOKEN TO MANY CONTRACTORS. HERE'S THE PRICING ON THE IMPROVEMENT ON THE TAKE AREA. SEWALL, $400 PER SQUARE FOOT HUNDRED FEET $40,000. CONCRETE WALKWAYS INTO THE HOME THE CONCRETE PATHWAYS, $1000 A BOATHOUSE $60,000 NOT INCLUDING ELECTRICAL WORK. DECK HOUSE BOARD REPLACEMENT 12,000 LIP REPLACEMENT 7000 THAT SKI LIFT 6500 SPRINKLER SYSTEM TO USE LAKE WATER FOR IRRIGATION OVER 10,000. FENCING 2500+ PER FOOT AND MAINTENANCE ON THE AREAS, HUNDREDS TO THOUSANDS PER YEAR MOWERS, SYSTEMS ETC. THERE'S ALSO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES SECTION 70 7202 GENERAL PURPOSES OF ALL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS STATES: THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT OBTAIN IN THIS SECTION 2 PROTECT SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES. PUBLIC ACCESS TRAILS ARE PROTECTED SUCH AS BIRDS AND WILDLIFE THAT MAKE THEIR HOME ON THE WATERFRONT. NUMBER 5, PROTECT THE SCALE ANDCHARACTER OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN THE COMMUNITY CHARACTER. PUBLIC ACCESS TRAILS WOULD CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BY BRINGING IN STRANGERS , INCREASING CRIME AS YOU HAVE HEARD AND INCREASING CRIME ETC. AND THEN ENSURE LIGHT AIR PRIVACY AND PROTECT RESIDENTS FROM THEHARMFUL EFFECTS OF NOISE, GLARE, LIGHT POLLUTION, TRAFFIC AND OTHER ADVERSE EFFECT . THAT'S WHAT THE TRAILS WOULD CREATE AN INVASION OF PRIVACY. THE TRAFFIC, CONGESTION, LIGHT POLLUTION, TRASH AND MORE. AND THE NUMBER 9, PROTECT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ENCROACHMENT OF USES THAT ARE NOT APPROPRIATE TO A RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT. THAT IS WHAT THE CODE ACTUALLY STATES. WHAT DO RESIDENTIAL LISTINGS LOOK LIKE? HOW ARE PROPERTIES SOLD TO BUYERS? "RARE WATERFRONT LOT WITH LAKE ACCESS BEAUTIFUL LAKEFRONT PROPERTY NESTLED AWAY ON LAKE HUBBARD PERFECT TO BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME AND ENJOY THE NEVER ENDING VIEWS." WE CERTAINLY ENJOY THEM. BRINGING THE PUBLIC INTO A PRIVATE DOMAIN IN A STATE THAT RECOGNIZES SELF-DEFENSE IN DEFENSE OF PROPERTY RARELY ENDS WELL. PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THESE

TRAILS ON TAKE AREAS. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. ROXIE KEES FOLLOWED BYMICHELLE NOVELL

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> PUBLIC SPEAKER: MY NAME IS ROXIE KEYS.WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOSERVICE TO THE CITY AND COOK ATULATIONS ON YOUR ELECTION. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SPEAK. MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT OUR HOME IN 1995. WE LIVE ON THE LAKE. WE HAVE 81 FEET OF SHEER HEAVEN. IT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. YOU WAKE UP YOURMORNING WITH YOUR COFFEE AND YOU LOOK AT THE LAKE AND IT'S QUIET . IVAN X ARE HERE FROM THE DALLAS NEWS THE FORMER MAYOR SAID ABOUT HIS HOUSE. HE SAID HE APPRECIATES THE PRIVACY THAT LEASING THE LAND BEHIND HIS LAKE HOME ALLOWS HIM. THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND KNOWING THE PROPERTY IS MINE IS BIG. HE SAID I WALKED OUT AND HAD CONVERSATIONS TO PEOPLE WHO LAND A BOAT IN OUR FISHING FROM THE SHORE AND THEY ARE RESPECTFUL AND COURTEOUS.

THEREFORE THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE INCREASES THE CONNECTION TO THE LAKE OR THE COMMUNITY ON THE LAKE AND NOT BY THE LAKE.

I ALSO HAD A CONVERSATION WE HAD IN 2001 AND 2002. I HAVE MY ORIGINAL NOTES FROM THOSE MEETINGS. IT SAYS HERE, WHEN WE VOTED, PHYSICALLY VOTED ON EVERY SINGLE ITEM THAT THEY CONSIDERED AND WHEN IT CAME TO PUBLIC TRAILS IT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE. THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS MENTIONED THERE ABOUT THE LEASE AGREEMENTS. THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT CAN MAKE ANY CHANGES ON THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO YOUR PROPERTY IS THE PROPERTY OWNER THEMSELVES. THE CITY OF ROWLETT COULD NOT DO IT LATER ON THAT WAS PROMISED TO US IN 2001 AND 2002. WE ASK YOU THAT YOU DON'T ALLOW THESE TRAILS TO COME IN. OUR HOMES ARE OUR BIGGEST INVESTMENT. MY WIFE IS A REALTOR AND WE ASKED A REALTOR WHAT THE VALUE OF THE HOME WAS ON ROWLETT WITH A PRIVATE LEASE AND A BOAT DOCK.

SHE SAID SHE SOLD ONE LAST YEAR AND THAT HOMES SOLD FOR $200,000 MORE THAN ONE THAT DIDN'T HAVE A LEASE OR A BOAT DOCK. SO, DON'T TAKE THIS FROM US. THE BIG THING IS IT'S OUR HOME, IT'S R-VALUE, IT'S OUR PRIVACY, OUR BIGGEST INVESTMENT. WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER THAT. THE BIGGEST THING THAT OWNING A LEASE DOES, WE CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND HER HOMES. IF WE LOSE THAT AND WE GET PUBLIC TRAILS BACK THERE IT IS GOING TO BE PURE CHAOS TO NO END. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

TIME. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH SIR. WE NEED TO SIGN YOU UP FOR SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND ORIGINAL NOTES. THAT IS AMAZING. [LAUGHTER] AFTER MISS NOVELL IS JIM WOLF.

>> PUBLIC SPEAKER: MY NAME IS MICHELLE NOVELLL. I LIVE AT.COUNCIL OVER 15 TYPED PAGES OVER MY CONCERNS AND CRITICISMS OF THE CURRENT TAKE AREA AND MANY PEOPLE TONIGHT HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB AT REITERATING SOME THINGS I'VE SAID. THIS IS A NEW TOPIC. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO OUR NEIGOOD WAS GIVEN SOME QUESTIONS I WAS SURPRISED AT THE CANDID ANSWERS. THE MAYOR STATED THAT THERE WOULD BE CITIZENS INPUT OR SESSIONS AS WE HEARD TONIGHT OR SOMETIME IN JULY AND I'M TAKING HER AT HER WORD AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AND HAVING ADULT CONVERSATIONS INSTEAD OF BEING LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES ON OUR COMMENTS AND DESIRES TO WHY WE ARE OPPOSED TO SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES IN THE TRAILS. THERE SEEMS TO BE NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE TO STOP THESE UNWANTED, UNNECESSARY TRAILS FROM INFRINGING ON OUR LAKESIDE PROPERTIES. BASICALLY THERE WOULD BE NO LAKESHORE TAKE PROPERTIES IN ROWLETT AND IT WOULD ALL BE PUBLIC PARK AREAS.

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THE PLANS ARE REFERENCED FROM YEARS AGO AND I WILL LET OTHERS COMMENT ON ALL THE DIFFERENT VERSIONS AND ACCURACY NCS THAT ARE IN THESE EVER-CHANGING PLANS. I GET IT. PLANS CHANGE. HOW ABOUT CHANGING THE PLANS TO PERMANENTLY BAN THE THREAT OF PUBLIC ACCESS TO OUR BACKYARDS. HOW ABOUT CORKING CHAMPAGNE, TWIST OFF THE BUDWEISER ON FUTURE GRANDIOSE PLANS AND FIX WHAT IS ALREADY BROKEN WITH ROWLETT. OUR ROADS AND STREETS REPAIRS WOULD HAVE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY TO COME UP TO APPALLING. CITIZENS HAVE REPEATEDLY VOTED FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS HOPING SOMETHING COULD BE DONE ABOUT THE HORRIFIC CONDITIONS ON CHEESE AND MILLER ROADS. IF YOU WANT SIDEWALKS BUILD THEM. DON'T PUT THEM WHERE IT'S NOT NEEDED OR WANTED AROUND SCHOOLS AND NOT JUST IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

BUSINESSES WHO WELCOME PEDESTRIANS WHO WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SIDEWALKS LEADING TO THE FRONT DOOR. BY ALL MEANS ERECT DOGGY WHO DEPOSITORIES WHERE IT'S NEEDED. MAYOR, I WISH YOU YOUR BLESSINGS IN LIFE BUT PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE ROWLETT

WITH THIS MESS. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

PLEASE DO NOT CLAP. I AM GOING TO CORRECT THAT. I WAS VERY CLEAR AT THE HARBORSIDE MEETING THAT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS A REVISION TO THE MASTER TRAIL PLAN IF THAT'S WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS. I GAVE THAT ADVICE TO MANY PEOPLE AT THAT HARBORSIDE MEETING. I AM NOT REALLY SURE WHY YOU ARE SAYING THERE WAS NOTHING TO BE DONE BECAUSE THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY THEADVICE THAT I WAS GETTING . WORK WITH THE CITY TO REVISE THE MASTER TRAIL PLAN SO THAT WE CAN HAVE REVISIONS TO THAT MASTER TRAIL PLAN. I UNDERSTAND BUT THAT WAS THE ADVICE I GAVE TO THE HARBORSIDE FOLKS, REPEATEDLY. THAT IS WHAT THE MASTER TRAIL PLAN SHOWS BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN IT CAN'T BE REVISED AND WE ASKED FOR PUBLIC INPUT IN 2018 WHEN WE DID THAT PROGRAM AND WE ARE BRINGING IT BACK FOR PUBLIC INPUT. IF WE HAVE TO REVISE THE MASTER TRAIL PROGRAM THEN WE WILL. I DIDN'T SAY NOTHING COULD BE DONE. THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE DOING THE PUBLIC MEETINGS. I HAVE TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. MR.

WOLF? >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: THAT WOULD BE MY WIFE. I NORMALLY PUT HER FIRST IN EVERYTHING. BUT I AM PHERE. MY NAME IS JIM WOLF AND I RESIDE AT.I'M HERE TO BRIN TO YOUR ATTENTION MY VIEWS ON THE PARKS BEHIND THESE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. IT'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENT. I AGREE WITH THE POINTS BEING BROUGHT UP BUT I WANT TO REITERATE IF YOU. NUMBER 1 I THINK THE INABILITY FOR THE CITY TO MONITOR THE TRAILS WILL BE TOUGH. THERE WILL BE LAKE POLLUTION AND PROPERTY POLLUTION AND THE HOMEOWNERS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE TO PICK IT UP BECAUSE IT WON'T HAPPEN ENOUGH. INCREASE CRIME IS DEFINITELY GOING TO HAPPEN. CASE IN POINT, DO A GOOGLE SEARCH FOR WHITE ROCK LAKE AND A TRAIL AROUND IT. THERE'S MAINTENANCE CONCERNS THAT ARE ALREADY A CONCERN WITH THE CITY AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE FEELS CONFIDENT THAT THE CITY OF ROWLETT WILL MAINTAIN A 12 FOOT WIDE WALKWAY THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY. THE INSURANCE RESPONSIBILITY AND CONCERNS BECAUSE, LIKE OTHERS HAVE SAID I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY INSURANCE WILL DO IF THEY FIND OUT THEY CAN'T REALLY ENSURE MY PROPERTY ON THE DOCK BECAUSE THERE'S PUBLIC ACCESS TO IT. WE HAVE INVESTED HEAVILY IN THE PROPERTY SINCE ACQUIRING IT IN 2019. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE DIMINISHED VALUE IN THE PROPERTY IF A PUBLIC TRAIL IS TO BE PUT BETWEEN MY HOUSE AND MY BOAT DOCK. ANOTHER THING THAT I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN WAS PART OF THE REASON WE BOUGHT HERE IN ROWLETT IS BECAUSE WE LOVE LAKE LIFE. WE HAVE TWO BOATS. ONE IS A SKI BOAT AND ANOTHER IS AN ANTIQUE CLASSIC BOAT A RARE BOAT. IT WAS REALLY EXPENSIVE IN ITS DAY IN A 1959 IT WAS WORTH $10,000 BRAND-NEW. MY GRANDFATHER HAD ONE AND I SEARCHED THE NATION OVER THE YOUNG ONE. YEARS OF MY LIFE RESTORING IT. THE THOUGHT OF PUTTING IT ON A DOCK AT WHICH THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO TO TAKE PARTS OFF OF DRIVES ME NUTS. THANKS FOR LETTING ME TALK. THANK YOU FOR SETTING UP THE MEETINGS NEXT WEEK. WE

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WILL BE PART OF IT. >> MAYOR: THE MEETINGS WILL NOT BE NEXT WEEK WE ARE ANNOUNCING IT NEXT WEEK. [LAUGHTER] I'M NOT COMING TO A MEETING NEXT WEEK! ALL RIGHT. RHONDA? AFTER THE WIFE WILL BE KENNETH WILLIAMS.

>> PUBLIC SPEAKER: THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT WAS NICE MEETING YOU AT OUR EVENT LAST TIME. I DO AGREE, I TOLD HERR. ANYWAY, I AM RHONDA WOLF AT.HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE PUBLIC TRAILS, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE SEARCHED FOR MANY YEARS FOR LAKEFRONT PROPERTY THAT WAS RIGHT FOR US AND OUR GOAL WAS TO HAVE A PLACE TO RETIRE TO. WE WANT TO BRING OUR FAMILY TOGETHER TO BUILD MEMORIES OF LAKE LIFE LIVING, BOATING AND SKIING. WE LEFT TO SEE OUR FIVE-YEAR-OLDS WHO GREW UP ON THE LAKE. WE CHOSE LAKE HUBBARD FOR THE ABILITY TO HAVE OUR OWN BOAT DOCK AND THE MANY AMENITIES INCLUDINGSAPPHIRE BAY WHICH WILL BE REALLY AWESOME . I HOPE THAT YOU ACCOMMODATE BOAT TRAFFIC FOR US BOAT OWNERS. WE CHOSE ROWLETT BECAUSE OF THAT SMALL TOWN FEEL. AND THE EASE OF ACCESS TO THE LARGER CITIES IN THE AREA. IT WAS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR US TO STAY IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE OUR KIDS WOULD BE PLAYING SOCCER AND SPORTS BUT YET COULD STILL COME VISIT THE GRANDPARENTS ON THE LAKE AND GREW UP THERE. LITTLE DID WE KNOW THAT OUR DREAM WOULD BE OVERSHADOWED AND WE JUST MOVED HERE IN 2019 WITH THE POSSIBILITIES OF WALKING TRAILS IN OUR BACKYARD. IT WAS NEVER MADE CLEAR TO US WHEN WE DID THE TAKE OUT AREA AND LEASE WHEN WE INVESTED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. WE LEARNED OF THE TRAILS DURING THE BOND ELECTION WHICH WE WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR IF NOT FOR THE TRAILS PROPOSED TO GO IN THE BACKYARDS OF THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. I AM NOT AGAINSTWALKING TRAILS. I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR US TO GET OUT AND WALK , EVEN THOUGH IT IS HARD FOR ME TO GET MY HUSBAND OUT THERE. JUST NOT IN OUR BACKYARD. I HAVE LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENT MASTER PLANS FROM THE PARKS IN 2011 THAT SHOWS THE TRAILS GOING AROUND THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AND NOT IN OUR BACKYARD. IN THE MARCH 2019 FINAL, AND THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL OTHERS BUT IN MARCH 2019 FINAL CITY OF ROWLETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROPOSED TRAIL SYSTEM MAP SHOWS THE TRAIL GOING THROUGH THE BACKYARDS OF OUR HOMES. OUR EXISTING LAKEFRONT PROPERTIES NEXT TO SIGNATURE GATEWAY, NEXT TO THE SUNRISE. WE BEEN WORKING ON IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR RETIREMENT HOME. WE BEEN SPENDING MONTHS AND NOW WE ARE

STEPPING BACK TO TAKE A MOMENT- >> MAYOR: SORRY. MR. WILLIAMS FOLLOWED BY PAUL DANIEL. I KNOW KENNETH WILLIAMS. A

DIFFERENT KENNETH WILLIAMS. >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: HELLO.

>> MAYOR: I WAS EXPECTING SOMEONE ELSE. I HAD TO SIGN AN AFFIDAVIT EVERY TIME I PURCHASE SOMETHING IF IT'S NOT ME.

KENNETH WILLIAMS I AM AT.OUT HERE FROM DALLAS NEAR WHITE ROCK LAKE IN OUR HOME BACKS UP THE TRAIL THAT GOES AROUND WHITE ROCK. I HAVE SEEN A FEW OF THE CRIMES THAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THAT GO ON THERE. A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I AM READING THE CRIME REPORT IT IS EVEN WAY MORE DRAMATIC THAN WHAT YOU READ ABOUT. SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED AROUND THE TRAILS. I THINK WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING. WE WANT A GREAT COMMUNITY WITH TRAILS THAT PEOPLE CAN ENJOY AND ENJOY PARKS AND RECREATION LIKE THE COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. BUT, ULTIMATELY INITIALLY LIKE I HEARD THEM SAY YOU THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BRING OUR PROPERTY VALUES UP. IT MAY, THOSE BRAND-NEW PARKS IT LOOKS GREAT.

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BUT OVER TIME JUST LIKE ON THE KATY TRAIL THERE'S GOING TO BE RAPES AND OTHER CRIMES THAT WILL PUSH PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE AREA AND EVENTUALLY THE PROPERTY VALUE WILL GO DOWN AND ERODE OVER TIME UNLESS RESOURCES ARE PUT INTO IT. THE FIRST THING THAT I HEARD WHEN I SAT DOWN TO LISTEN IS YOU ARE ALREADY UNDERSTAFFED IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION AREA. IS THE MONEY GOING TO BE PUT IN TO HELP POLICE AREA? THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER ISSUES THE PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT FROM BATHROOM FACILITIES TO POLICE OFFICERS, ARE THEY EVEN GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE AREA EFFICIENTLY AND QUICKLY IF SOMETHING HAPPENS? OR, ARE THEY GOING TO CHARGE THROUGH SOMEONE'S PROPERTY? I BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE A START AND INTO THOSE TRAILS. BEYOND THAT, OVER TIME THE PROPERTY VALUE AND THEREFORE THE REVENUE BASE TO THE CITY WILL GO DOWN. IN WHATEVER AMOUNT OF TIME. ARE YOU LOOKING LONG TERM? IS MY QUESTION. LIKE ASA SAID EARLIER, I'M HAPPY TO HAVE PEOPLE ON THE PROPERTY. I WELCOME ALMOST EVERYONE I MEET TO COME OUT AND ENJOY THE LAKE. WE HAVE PEOPLE COME THROUGH, I HAVE CAUGHT SEVERAL KIDS BACK THERE SMOKING POT AND WE ARE A WAYS AWAY FROM AN ACCESS POINT WHICH ISN'T AN ISSUE UNTIL IT IS AN ISSUE. ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS LETTING US SPEAK AND HAVING OUR CONCERNS HEARD FROM ALL OF THIS. > MAYOR: THANK YOU. MR. PAUL DANIEL FOLLOWED BY RANDY CHARO.

>> PUBLIC SPEAKER: HELLO, PAUL DANIELS, AGAINST THE LAKEFRONT TRAILS AND A LOT OF RESIDENTS HAVE SAID WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE. I HAVE A KID AND WE USE THE KID COMMUNITY PARK AND YOU GUYS DO A GOOD JOB BUT LOCALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS AT KINGS LAKE KIDS KINGDOM WITH YOUNG PEOPLE SMOKING MARIJUANA IN THE BATHROOM. WE WERE THERE IN A POLICE OFFICER WAS THERE BUT THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T OBSERVE THE CHILDREN SMOKING IN THE BATHROOM, THERE WAS JUST THE SMOKE LEFT OVER. IF WE CAN'T CONTROL THEBUILDING BEHIND THE HIGH SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CENTER , WHAT WE DO AS A CITIZEN WHEN PEOPLE SHOW UP BEHIND HER HOMES. EARLIER, I EMAILED THE POLICE ABOUT IT. THERE WAS A MAN WHO CAME INTO MY NEIGHBOR'S HOME AND WAS BANGING ON THE DOOR. THE POLICE CAME OUT AND THEY FOUND HIM HIDING IN ANOTHER NEIGHBOR'S YARD AND ARRESTED HIM ON A MENTAL HOLD. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. IN MY COMMUNICATION WITH THE POLICE THEY SAY THEY CANNOT PATROL THE TAKE LINE AREA. THEY CAN ONLY PATROL INSIDE OUR FENCE AREA UNLESS AN ACTIVE CRIME IS COMMITTED AND TRESPASSING WOULD BE ONE. IF SOMEONE WAS JUMPING ON THE TRAMPOLINE OR JUST LOITERING THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. I FIND THIS CONCERNING. IF THE TRAIL COMES OUT I WOULD BE FORCED TO SELL MY HOME BECAUSE I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO COPE WITH THAT PRESSURE OF PEOPLE COMING IN WHENEVER THEY WANT OR BEING ON MY DOCK WHENEVER THEY WANT. PLEASE DO NOT PUT THE TRAIL BEHIND MY HOME. THE POLICE SAY THEY CANNOT CONTROL IT WITH THE CURRENT RESOURCES. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR: THANK YOU MR. DANIEL MR. PRICHARD FOLLOWED BY DANIEL

BONDS. >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: MY NAME IS DANIEL PRICHARD AND I LIVE AT.EVERYTHING'S BEEN SAID. WE ARE ALL MAKING OUR POINT KNOWN.

I'M WONDERING WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO TRY TO DO THIS IN ROCKWELL? I CAN IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE, THE TURNOUT FOR THAT OPPOSITION. NOW JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN DO SOMETHING IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE ALL HERE TO

LET YOU KNOW. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU MR. PRICHARD, MR. BONDS FOLLOWED BY RICHARD MARX. BRANDON LEFT? IS THERE A MARK .[INDISCERNABLE], DO YOU WANT TO COME UP? THAT IS OUR LAST SPEAKER. WE DO HAVE SOME EMAILS TO READ BUT THAT'S THE LAST PERSON. YOU GET TO WRAP

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THIS UP. >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: BASICALLY,

AM HERE TO SAY. >> MAYOR: NAME AND ADDRESS

PLEASE. >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT THE TURNOUT HAS BEEN. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH ALL THERHETORIC . THE RHETORIC THAT HAS BEEN ARTICULATED. I WASN'T PREPARED TO SPEAK TODAY.

>> MAYOR: CAN YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS?

>> PUBLIC SPEAKER: MY NAME IS MARK BASIL AND I LIVE AT.REITERATE UNTIL YOU I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF ISSUES BEING TALKED ABOUT. PARTICULARLY NOISE, TRAFFIC, VANDALISM AND THEFT. PROPERTY VANDALISM AND INSURANCE ISSUES. THOSE ARE REAL THINGS. THEY WILL BE MEANINGFUL ISSUES DOWN THE ROAD. THE BIGGEST THING IS WHAT WILL BE THE IMPACT TO OUR LAND LEASE FROM A LEGAL ISSUE FOR BOTH ROWLETT AND DALLAS COUNTY? IT WILL BE MASSIVE. I THINK IT'S ALREADY BEEN ARTICULATED MANY TIMES ON WHAT WAS COMMUNICATED TO US AND WHAT IS IN WRITING IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR RIGHTS ARE AND WHAT WE COULD EXPECT. A COUPLE THINGS, TOO, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE SEAWALL AND THE INSURANCE ISSUES. ANYONE WHO WALKS IT KNOW THERE ARE DOCS AND VOTING WHEN THERE ARE A LOT OFINFRASTRUCTURE SIDE THINGS LIKE SMALL BOATS , CANOES, VARIOUS THINGS THAT STAND OUT. ANYONE WALKING BY WILL BE AWARE OF IT AND MAYBE AFTER DARK THAT WOULD BE A RIGHT THING TO SWIPE. VESSEL SECURITY ISSUE AND I THINK IT'S VERY REAL. ONE THING THAT IS INTERESTING, LOT SIZES. REMEMBER THAT ROWLETT, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE MASSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE IN BAYSIDE AND HARBOR ÃWHAT IS IT CALLED? HARBORSIDE? YOU PUT IN WITHIN THE LINE LAND YOU PUT IN WITHIN A 6 FOOT MASSIVE SEWER LINE AND THAT WENT THROUGH OUR BACKLOGS. YET UNDERSTAND THAT BY PUTTING IN THIS THING YOU'RE GOING TO GO RIGHT OVER THE SEWER LINE.

SO IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DIG THAT UP AND THAT WILL LIKELY BE A MAJOR PROBLEM. BUT TALK ABOUT SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. I KNOW OF THREE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY ARE DRYING THE WATER FROM THE LAKE TO SUPPORT THE IRRIGATION OF THE LEASED LAND AS WELL AS THE OWNED PRIVATE LOT THAT THE HOME SITS ON. TO COVER THAT UP THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY PROBLEMATIC IN AND OF ITSELF.

LET'S SEE. >> MAYOR: YOUR TIME IS UP, SIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU. BEFORE YOU READ THE EMAILS I WANT TO SUMMARIZE A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE, THE MASTER TRAIL PLAN WAS, HELP ME IF I MISSPEAK, ANGIE.

IT WAS A PUBLIC PROCESS WITH PUBLIC INPUT AND IT WAS FINALIZED IN 2018. IT WAS PVOTED ON AND APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN 2018 AND THEN IT BECOMES THE MASTER PARKS AND TRAIL PLAN. OKAY? THERE HASN'T BEEN A COUNCIL ACTION SINCE THEN ABOUT TRAILS OR ABOUT THE PARKS AND TRAILS PLAN. THERE WAS JUST AND I DON'T MEAN THAT NEGATIVELY, THERE WAS A REQUEST TO FUND TRAILS ON THE BOND WHICH CAUSED A MORE PUBLIC AWARENESS FROM WHAT WE CAN TELL OF WHAT THE MASTER TRAIL PLAN ALREADY SAID THAT WAS ALREADY INVOLVED IN PUBLIC INPUT AND APPROVED BY COUNCIL. THAT IS HOW IT BECAME SO WELL KNOWN BECAUSE IT WAS ON A BOND ISSUE AND THE PUBLIC RESPONDED AND RESPONDED ACCORDINGLY. THAT IS PERFECTLY UNDERSTANDABLE. THERE HAS BEEN NO COUNCIL ACTION SINCE THEN AND CAN'T BE COUNCIL ACTION SINCE THEN BECAUSE NOTHING HAS BEEN ON THE AGENDA. WE COULDN'T REALLY, ONCE IT HIT THE BOND TO FUND PART OF THE TRAILS AS PART OF THE BOND

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THERE WASN'T AN ACTION WE COULD TAKE TO SAY YES, SIR NO AS TO WHETHER THE TRAILS WOULD GO BEHIND HOMES ON A TAKE LINE BECAUSE THERE WASN'T A PROCESS TO REVISE THE MASTER TRAIL PLAN. IT WAS A SEPARATE PROCESS TO REVISE THE PLAN ALREADY IN PLACE THAT WENT THROUGH PUBLIC INPUT AND WENT THROUGH COUNCIL VOTE. SO WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN NOW AND WHAT YOU ARE ALL ACCOMPLISHING TONIGHT AND IN PREVIOUS NIGHTS AND PREVIOUS EMAILS AND IN MEETINGS, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB MAKING YOUR VOICES BE HEARD AND ORGANIZING AND LETTING US KNOW AS ELECTED OFFICIALS WHAT YOU WANT. SO YOU ARE DOING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WHICH IS TO HELP US FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS ON HOW TO REVISE THE MASTER TRAIL PLAN. BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT HERE. WE WANTED TO HAVE THE PUBLIC BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE ALL COMING TONIGHT AND IT IS GREAT. THAT IS WHY WE ARE GOING TO START HAVING JULY MEETINGS SO EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO TALK. THEN TAKE THE NEXT STEPS IN WHAT TO DO NEXT. I NEVER SAID THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. I PROMISE YOU. I NEVER SAID THAT. IF I LAUGHED WHEN YOU SAID THE PROPERTY VALUE WOULD INCREASE, IT WAS A SURPRISE, NOT A LAUGH. I SAID I DON'T KNOW, IT COULD INCREASE THE VALUE. WHERE I LIVE IT COULD INCREASE THE VALUE BECAUSE I HAVE A HUGE SPACE BETWEEN MY BACKYARD IN THE TAKE LINE. I DON'T KNOW. MATTER WHAT IT DOES TO THE VALUE. IT MATTERS OF WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS. WE REPRESENT THE PUBLIC AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE. ALL OF YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTED TONIGHT. WE'VE READ EVERY ONE OF THOSE IN EVERY MEETING AND WE ARE LISTENING. WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD AN ACTION THAT WE CAN TAKE YET BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A FORUM FOR PUBLIC INPUT BEFORE WE TAKE THE NEXT ACTION. OKAY? IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE DOING NOTHING BECAUSE WE ARE DOING NOTHING. WE ARE PLANNING WITH THE NEXT FORUM IS TO GET ALL YOUR INPUT SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE. BECAUSE WE, I CAN'T TAKE QUESTIONS, I AM SORRY. WE WANT THOSE ITEMS ON THE BOND PASSED, TOO. THERE WERE THINGS ON THE BOND THAT WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY. ANYWAY, THAT IS THE PROCESS. WE WILL READ SOME EMAILS NOW. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW GETTING INPUT AND FIGURING OUT THE NEXT STEPS. ALL RIGHT. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE SOME EMAILS WE WILL READ AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND READ THE REST OF THE TRAILS AND THEN THERE WERE A COUPLE OTHER ONES.

MAYOR PRO TEM GRUBISICH AND LAURA ARE GOING TO DO SOME ALTERNATING ON READING THE EMAILS.

>> SPEAKER: FOR YOUR REFERENCE I'M ON PAGE 4. TRUE, THE TIMER BACKUP PLEASE? THANK YOU. MY NAME IS THOMAS GENDER AND I LIVE AT.BIGGEST ATTRACTIONS. OUR MOTTO, ROWLETT ON THE LAKE ON THE MOVE INSPIRED MY WIFE AND I TO BUY A LAKEFRONT HOME ALMOST 17 YEARSAGO. AS LAKEFRONT PROPERTY OWNERS, IT'S BEEN TWO DECADES OF LAKESIDE BLISS. HOWEVER, IT RECENTLY CAME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE DISTANCE WERE IN FAVOR OF A PLAN TO PUT TRAILS AROUND THE LAKEFRONT. MOST CITIZENS THAT WERE AFFECTED DID NOT KNOW IT WOULD PUT A PUBLIC TRAIL IN THEIR BACKYARD. FOR THIS REASON I WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO CREATE LAKESIDE COMMITTEE WITH OTHERS WHO HAVE A VESTED INTEREST ON WHAT HAPPENS AT THE LAKEFRONT TO HAVE THE CITY GATHER INFORMATION AND PROVIDE INPUT TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION TO PROVIDE PLANS AND ANY CHANGES TO THE TAKE AREA. WHY? WE HAVE PUT IN MONEY, WE CLEAN UP DEBRIS, TENDS TO THE TREES AND

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MAKE HUGE INVESTMENTS IN THE EROSION WALLS, FENCES AND DOGS.

WE KEEP WATCH ON THE LAKEFRONT. WHEN ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY HAPPENS AND WE NOTIFY THE APPROPRIATEDEPARTMENTS. WE GET TO KNOW AND APPRECIATE THE WILDLIFE THAT MAKES THE LAKE THE HOME. WE ARE CAREFUL NOT TO DISTURB THE HERONS AND EGRETS AND OTHER BIRDS THAT NEST AND LIVE THERE. WE ARE FINANCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY INVESTED IN KEEPING THE LAKEFRONT BEAUTIFUL. WE CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO THE AREA BEHIND HER HOME AND WE KNOW THE AREA BETTER THAN ANYONE BECAUSE OUR

LIVES ARE CENTERED ON THEM . >> EMAIL: WE ARE IN OPPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC TRAIL BEHIND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE LIVED ON THE LAKE FOR 25 YEARS. WE'VE INVESTED PERSONAL RESOURCES FROM THE MAINTENANCE OF THE GROUND TO THE FENCE ALONG THE LAKE AND PROVIDED A SEAWALL TO PREVENT EROSION. SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THELEASE WITH THE CITY WE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN YEARLY DUES. WE EXPECT THAT OUR INVESTMENT WOULD BE PRIVATE AND PROTECTED. GARY AND CHERYL TURNER.

>> EMAIL: I AM OPPOSED TO ANY AND ALL TRAILS GUN SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE WITHIN OUR CITY AND ESPECIALLY ON THE LAKEFRONT. MANY SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE ALONG THE WATERFRONT HAVE WRITTEN AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY ALLOWING AND ENCOURAGING INVESTMENTS ALONG THE AREA. WITH THE SITUATION THAT MAINTENANCE IS ALSO AT THE LISA'S EXPENSE. ALONG WITH THOSE RESPONSE ABILITIES CAME CERTAIN EXPECTATIONS AND IMPLIED PRIVILEGES SUCH AS EXCLUSIVE USE OF THOSE AREAS.

I WOULD ARGUE THAT IF THIS AREA BREACHES THE AGREEMENT WITH ITS CITIZENS AND PLACES PUBLIC PARKS AND TRAILS ON SUBLEASE LAND THE CITY SHOULD ALLOW FULL ACCESS, 24 SEVEN TO ITS CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES AS ITS CITY-OWNED LEASE. LET'S TAKE THE COMMUNITY CENTER. IT SHOULD BE OPEN 24 SEVEN, WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG. IF THAT SOUNDS LUDICROUS WHAT ABOUT LEAVING THE FRONT DOOR OPEN AND LEAVING SIGNS TO RESTROOMS. SCIENCE COULD BE POSTED FOR PEOPLE NOT TO ENTER AREAS DURING NONBUSINESS AREAS DAILY HOURS. LET'S SEE HOW THAT GOES. SUPPOSE SOMEONE RENTS A BANQUET ROOM. ALL CITIZENS SHOULD BE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH DURING THE RESERVE TIME AND STOP AND GRAB A PIECE OF CAKE. I BET THOSE WHO PAID FOR THE RESERVATIONS ASSUMING PRIVACY WOULD BE EXCITED TO HAVE UNEXPECTED VISITORS SHARING. ROWLETT COULD CHARGE RENTERS MORE TO BREAK THE AGREEMENT SHOULD THE UNINVITED VISITORS NOT BOTHERED TO CLEAN UP AFTER THEMSELVES. NO WORRY THEY DIDN'T PAY FOR THE DEPOSIT ANYWAY IT'S THE RENTERS PROBLEM. GO AHEAD AND ROLL YOUR EYES IF THIS SOUNDS RIDICULOUS BUT WHY ARE SOME WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH RESIDENTS NOT ABLE TO BE BREACHED WHEN OTHERS ARE. WHY DOES THE CITY TAKE SOME ARGUMENTS OVER OTHERS. TAKE ANY ARGUMENT YOU WANT TO NOT GIVING PUBLIC ACCESS TO ANY ROWLETT PUBLIC OWNED FACILITY AND TURN IT AROUND AND HAVE THE SAME ARGUMENT FROM THE LAKE OWNERS POINT OF VIEW OR FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME OWNER IN GENERAL.

IF THE CITY FEELS THAT THE WRITTEN AGREEMENTS HAVE NO VALIDITY THEN NONE OF THE WRITTEN AGREEMENTS DO NOT. I OPPOSE ANY OF THE TRAILS BEHIND THE CIE-FAMILY RESIDENCE. THAN

YOU. >> EMAIL: MY NAME IS BRANDON BONDS AND I LIVE AT.WANT A LATE TRAIL TO GO BEHIND ANY OF THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.

IT WILL INCREASE CRIME AND DECREASE POLICE TIME AND DIFFICULTY OF GETTING BEHIND HOUSES. IT WILL ALSO TAKE OFFICERS AWAY FROM OTHER CALLS. TRASH WILL BE A PROBLEM AS WELL. DRIVE THROUGH A LAKESIDE PARK AFTER ANY HOLIDAY IT LOOKS LIKE A THIRD WORLD DUMPSTER SITE. PRIVACY IS ALSO AN ISSUE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

>> EMAIL: MY NAME IS KIRK SELLING.LEASE THE TAKE AREA BEHIND MY HOME WHERE I HAVE A BOAT DOCK.

WHERE I HAVE PREVIOUSLY EXPRESSED THROUGH EMAIL TO THE CITY COUNCIL I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE TRAIL OPTION THAT WOULD GO BEHIND MY HOUSE ON WINDJAMMER WAY AND THEREFORE I WOULD GO WITH THE FUQUA ROAD OPTION OR NO TRAIL AT ALL. I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO SEE AN INVESTMENT IN FIXING ROADS OR A PUBLIC BOAT DOCK RATHER THAN TRAILS. I AGREE WITH WHAT THE OTHER HOMEOWNERS HAVE SAID DECREASING HOME VALUES, POLICING AND KEEPING IT CLEAN. IN ADDITION I WOULD OPPOSE ANY TRAIL THAT WOULD GO BETWEEN THE SHORES OF HUBBARD AND A PRIVATE OWNED SINGLE-FAMILY HOME. AND KEEP YOUR CONSIDERATION.

>> EMAIL: BILL AND AMBER KNEW, THAT A TRAIL BEHIND OUR HOUSE WOULD DECREASE THE PROPERTY VALUE FOR MANY REASONS. IT WOULD IMPOSSIBLE REALLY BE IMPOSSIBLE TO PICK UP THE TRASH ALONE WHICH WOULD BE MUCH. HOW DO WE KEEP THE GENERAL PUBLIC OFF OUR PRIVATE DOCK? WHERE'S THE GENERAL LIABILITY BE? PLEASE CONSIDER USING FUQUA IT

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IS THE BETTER PLAN. >> EMAIL: WE STRONGLY OPPOSE ANY DEVELOPMENT BEHIND SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ALONG LAKE HUBBARD. THE CITY OF ROWLETT DOES NOT DO TRASH REMOVAL ON THE WATER AND ALONG THE SEAWALL. WE PAY HI TAXES AND WE DO NOT WANT TO CLEAN UP MORE FROM THE PUBLIC THAN WE ALREADY DO. YOU WON'T CLEAN UP THE AREA NOW AND WILL IN THE FUTURE. WE OPPOSE ANY OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS.

>> EMAIL: RANDY AND ROXANNE PRICHARD. HE SPOKE ALREADY.

GOOD THING YOU ARETRACKING. BRIAN BROOKS .VOTING CITIZEN OF ROWLETT SINCE 2015 I PURCHASED THIS HOME KNOWING THAT THE LAND AROUND ME WAS A 1 ACRE SINGLE-FAMILY HOME. I DO NOT WANT A PUBLIC TRAIL BY THE LAKE. I BOUGHT THE HOME FOR PRIVACY AND A PUBLIC PARK AND TRAIL CHANGE THAT. DON'T WE HAVE ENOUGH POPULATION DENSITY AS IT IS? ROWLETT WENT FROM A FEW APARTMENTS TO A HUGE AMOUNT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. I DON'T THINK THAT IS GOOD AND SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ARE GOOD FOR RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY VALUES. PLEASE DO NOT MAKE THE LAND AROUND THE LAKE A PARK.

DONOT ALLOW APARTMENT BUILDINGS TO BE BUILT AROUND ME. > EMAIL: DAN GLEASON.COUNCIL TO WHAT THEY DO AND HOW TO DEAL WITH. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOND MONEY TO BEGIN WITH. WHY IS IT THAT SO MANY PROJECTS APPROVED WITH BONDS MONEY SET IDLE. THIS IS THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION BOND 2500 SHE'S A ROAD FROM DELL ROCK ROAD TO MILLER ROAD TO AN UNDIVIDED CONCRETE RAILROAD ALONG THE RAILWAY INTO A 6 LANE DIVIDED RD. TO APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET ALONG TEASER ROAD. MILLER ROAD $6 MILLION RECONSTRUCT TO DELL ROCK ROAD TO A FOUR-LANE DIVIDED CONCRETE ROAD WITH DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND STREET LIGHTING. DALLAS COUNTY HAS PROVIDED 6 MILLIONIN TOTAL ESTIMATED COST WILL BE 8 MILLION . THESE ROADS ARE TERRIBLE AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BY NOW. NOW IT IS PRIORITY PROJECTS. WE NEED TO READJUST OUR PRIORITIES AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS CRITICAL.

WATCHING CITY LEADERS TO TRY TO SWAY THE CITY COUNCIL TO REZONE WAS A BARRAGE OF WAIVER REQUEST TO BUILD CHEAP HOMES. IT'S A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. THIS TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION WILL ONLY TURN A NEIGHBORHOOD INTO SLUMLORDS IN 5 TO 7 YEARS. THE BOND MONEY FOR THE RIGHT REASONS IS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE UNLESS THE CITY WILL BEGIN TO HAVE OVERSIGHT CONVERSATIONS AND APPROACHES IN RESPECT TO THE EXISTING CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS OF ROWLETT. I WOULD SAY NO AND PROMOTE TO SAY NO TO FUTURE BOND PROJECTS. WE HAVE KIDS WALKING IN MUDDY FIELDS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS. YET THEY ARE PUSHING 12 FOOT WALKING TRAILS OVER PUBLIC NEEDS. WHEN I SEE THESE TRAILS BEING BUILT OVER A PUBLIC LIBRARY THAT'S LUDICROUS. IT'S AN EVER-CHANGING ENVIRONMENT.

LET'S SEE A REVIEW ON ALL BONDS MONEY FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS A STATUS OF EACH PROJECT AND AN ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EACH PROJECT. GET BUSY AND REPAIR WHAT YOU'VE ARTIE DONE BEFORE ADDING MORE. ONCE AGAIN, NO TRAILS BEHIND SINGLE-FAMILY

HOMES. >> EMAIL: CAN OCCUR. I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND MY FRIEND PAM BELL AND MARTHA BROWN AND BROWNIE CHERYL FOR STANDING FIRM WHIHEIR VALUES WHILE SUPPORTING CITY OF ROWLETT. THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE COURAGE AND BOLDNESS TO WITHHOLD THEIR CONVICTION AND BIBLICAL TRUTH. IT IS TESTIMONY TO THEIR DEEP ASSURANCE THAT GOD'S WORD IS TRUE AND HOLY. FAITH AND FAMILY BRINGS GROWTH AND VITALITY TO COMMUNITY WHICH ENRICHES RELATIONSHIPS. FAITH AND FAMILY ARE THE CORNERSTONES TO A COMMUNITY AND THOSE WHO DEFEND THOSE PRINCIPLES DESERVE ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT. THE CITY OF ROWLETT IS GLAD TO HAVE COUNCILMEMBER PAMELA BELL, COUNCILMEMBER MARTHA BROWN AND COUNCILMEMBER BROWNIE SHERRILL IN PUBLIC SERVICE

>> EMAIL: RONNIE STRICK. I WAS SHOCKED AND DISAPPOINTED WITH THE TONE AND ACTION OF THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE MAYOR TO DECIDE ON HER OWN HOW TO REPRESENT A MINORITY GROUP OF FOLKS WHENEVER USING HER POWER TO REPRESENT OUR SOLDIERS, POW, POLICE, OR FIRE OR ESSENTIAL WORKERS DURING THE VIRUS. IT SHOWS THAT SHE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE CITIZENS OF ROWLETT.

I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THE THREE WOMEN COUNCILMEMBER PAMELA BELL, COUNCILMEMBER MARTHA BROWN AND COUNCILMEMBER BROWNIE SHERRILL TO SEE WHAT THE COUNTRY WAS BUILT ON. I EXPRTE THEIR BOLDNESS TO EXPRESS THEIR CONVICTIONS. I PRAY FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT THAT GOD WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS

OUR COMMUNITY. >> MAYOR: THAT CONCLUDES OUR

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CITIZEN COMMENT. THANK YOU ALL. YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING AND VOICING YOUR OPINIONS. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. THE COUNCIL HAS ASKED ONE ITEM TO BE REMOVED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND THAT IS ITEM 7D. IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE OTHER THINGS ARE MADE FOR CONSIDERATION PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME. SEEING NONE, LORD WHICH YOU READ THE REMAINING ITEMS INTO RECORD PLEASE? 7A. CONSIDER APPROVING THE .

>> MINUTES. CONSIDERB ACTION TOB APPROVEB MINUTES FROM THEB FOLLOWING CITY COUNCIL MEETING(S):B JUNE 15, 2021 REGULAR MEETING, JUNE 17, 2021 SPECIAL MEETING AND JUNE 25-26, 2021 STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION. 7B. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION FOR MOWING SERVICES FOR SECTION I. 7C. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING A COMPUTER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.

7E. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN ESCROW AGREEMENT FOR INSTALLATION OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.

7F. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN ESCROW AGREEMENT FOR INSTALLATION OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.

7G. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. 7H. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN ESCROW AGREEMENT FOR INSTALLATION OF PUBLIC

IMPROVEMENTS. >> MAYOR: IS THERE A MOTION? YOU AREN'T SHOWING UP ON THE BOARD BUT DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER MARTHA BROWN?

>> COUNCILMEMBER: I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT

IS ITEM'S AS WRITTEN. >> MAYOR: DRIVE SECOND? AT

[7D. Consider a resolution approving asphalt road rehabilitation.]

THIS TIME I WILL TAKE A VOTE AND THOSE ITEMS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THE NEXT ITEM IS 7D. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING ASPHALT ROAD REHABILITATION.

CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A BID FROM AND AWARDING A CONTRACT TO TEXAS MATERIALS GROUP, INCORPORATED DBA TEXASBIT FOR ASPHALT ROAD REHABILITATION IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF1,191,327.96 PER DALLAS COUNTY BID 2018-057-6750 AND ELLIS COUNTY BID RFB-2019-013. CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN ESCROW AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ROWLETT, TEXAS, AND DID YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT BLAKE MARGOLIS OR DID YOU WANT A PRESENTATION?

>> COUNCILMEMBER: I HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

>> MAYOR: IS IT OKAY IF WE DO IT THAT WAY?

>> COUNCILMEMBER: I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAS PUT IN TO GETTING US THIS LIST. I WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT HOW WE PRIORITIZE THESE PROJECTS. IS IT BASED ON THE PCI RATING INDEX? IS IT BASED ON WHAT WE CAN AFFORD? CAN YOU

EXPLAIN THE PROCESS? >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU FOR ASKING THE QUESTION AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE PCI THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX, TRAFFIC COUNTS, PROXIMITY TO MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, VISUAL INSPECTIONS AND SAFETY. WHEN I SAY VISUAL INSPECTIONS WE DO ONE QUARTER OF THE ROADS EACH YEAR SO IT COULD BE THREE YEARS SINCE WE LAST SCORED THE ROAD. SO WE DO A VISUAL INSPECTION.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU. I WANT TO KNOW IF THERE ARE SOME ROADS ON HERE THAT I THINK ARE NOT AS MUCH OF A PRIORITY AS MAJOR THOROUGHFARES LIKE HICKOX ROAD FROM MERRITT TO TOLER OR THERE IS ANOTHER ONE ON HERE. TOLER ROAD FROM MERRITT TO CASTLE. IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT SWITCHING SOME OF THESE OUT WITH THE MORE TRAVELED ROADS THEN THE LESS TRAVELED ROADS LIKE HICKOX BETWEEN MERRITT?

>> SPEAKER: HICKOX ROAD BETWEEN MERRITT AND TOLER IS A HEAVILY TRAVELED ROAD. THERE'S LOTS OF CONSTRUCTION THERE RIGHT NOW AND WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS PRUDENT TO DO THAT AT THIS TIME BECAUSE THE ASPHALT WILL NOT LAST WITH THOSE OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES. FY 2022 IS IN OCTOBER AND WE WILL HAVE NEW FUNDING THEN. A ROAD THAT WASN'T SELECTED NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF TOUGH DISCUSSIONS ON ROADS. WE USE THIS CRITERIA TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ACCEPT DIRECTION FROM COUNSEL IF YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CHANGED. THAT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CRITERIA AND WE DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE FUNDING IN THREE

MONTHS. >> COUNCILMEMBER: HOW MUCH

FUNDING DO WE PUT IN ANNUALLY? >> SPEAKER: THREE AND A 90,000 FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS IT GOES UP.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: MAYBE I AM LOOKING AT IT WRONG BUT THERE IS $1.4 MILLION AVAILABLE AND WERE ONLY SPENDING 1.1. CAN

YOU EXPLAIN THAT? >> SPEAKER: WE HAVEN'T HAD THE ASPHALT RESURFACING FOR A FEW YEARS. WE DIDN'T WANT TO SPEND ALL THE MONEY UNTIL WE GET THROUGH THE PROJECTS WE HAVE

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CURRENTLY. WE THOUGHT SOMETHING MIGHT COME UP AND WE WANTED TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY. WE KNOW THAT THE NEXT FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND WE COULD TAKE ANY LEFT OVER AND ADDED TO THE NEXT ROUND OF PROJECTS. I NOTE TOLER ROAD FROM CASTLE TO HICKOX IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR THE 2022 LIST. IT WAS A TOUGH DECISION ON THAT ONE.

WAS THE LAST ONE. >> COUNCILMEMBER: GREAT. MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE ASKED EARLIER FOR THE LIST BECAUSE I WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED. KNOWING THAT WE WILL HAVE EXTRA FUNDS IN 2022 TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE MORE IMPORTANT THOROUGHFARES, THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE MY CONCERN.

WITH THAT, OH, IS MILLER ROAD ON THE LIST AS WELL?

>> SPEAKER: YES. MILLER ROAD IS ON THE LIST AS WELL HEADING EASTBOUND ON A BRIDGE THE HEADWALL HAS AN ISSUE. IT IS FAILING THERE. THERE IS A BUMP COMING UP TO THE BRIDGE AND WE ARE WORKING WITH DALLAS COUNTY TO GET UP TO THE BRIDGE. WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS PRUDENT TO DO THAT ROAD EITHER. WE ARE ON

THAT MONETARY PATH AS WELL. >> COUNCILMEMBER: I UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE AVAILABLE FUNDS IF SOMETHING COMES UP. THAT COULD GO OVER THE 395. I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME IN ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS FOR ME. WHAT WE WANT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT BLAKE MARGOLIS DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION?

>> COUNCILMEMBER: I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM IS

READY. >> MAYOR: COUNCILMEMBER MATT

GRUBISICH? >> COUNCILMEMBER: SECOND.

>> MAYOR: PLEASE CALL THE BOAT. THE ITEM PASSES 7-0. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL MOVE TO THE INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS.

[8A. Conduct a public hearing and consider a resolution regarding substantial amendments to the Community Development Block Grant programs.]

THE FIRST ONE IS ITEM 8A. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A RESOLUTION REGARDING SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAMS.

>> MAYOR: WE ARE ALL LOOKING AT EACH OTHER WILL SHE GO? LET'S JUST SEE HOW FAST SHE COMES BY. SHOULD I MOVE TO 8B? YOU JUST WANTED TO MAKE AN ENTRANCE. NO PROBLEM.

>> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. TONIGHT THE REQUEST BEFORE US IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CREATE A RESOLUTION TO THE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. AS YOU RECALL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE WERE BEFORE YOU TO TALK ABOUT THE 2018 2019 2020 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND THE 2021 ACTION PLAN.

WE ALSO HAD SOME MAPPING AREA THAT WE HAVE REVISED AND AS A RESULT OF THOSE REVISIONS HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS TO THE PUBLIC FACILITIES HAD TO BE READJUSTED. I WILL GO THROUGH THAT. IT WAS AT THE JANUARY 5, 2021 MEETING WHERE THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE ALLOCATIONS FOR THE 2021 REGULAR CBDG FUNDS. WE AMENDED THE 2021 ACTION PLAN AND POST THAT WE REALIZED THERE WAS A MAPPING ERROR WITH THE CENSUS MAPS. WE CORRECTED THOSE IDENTIFIED PROJECTS THAT WERE IMPACTED AS A RESULT OF THE RECENT LILY REVISED CENSUS MAPS. THE ALLOCATION ESTIMATED TOWARDS THE LAKESHORE WHEN BRIDGE ALLEY WAS UNDERESTIMATED. THOSE ESTIMATES AGAIN AS YOU GET CLOSER TO IT WE REALIZE WHAT THE TRUE COST WAS SO WE WERE ABLE TO USE THE REMAINING 2018 FUNDS TO THE DEFICIT OF THE ALLEY PROGRAM. TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THE MAPPING REVISION LOOKS LIKE WE CAN SEE THE CURRENT MAP AND OBVIOUSLY WE MADE SURE THAT WE LOOKED AT IT KEENLY AND MADE SURE IT WAS ACCURATE. YOU CAN TELL FROM THERE WHAT WE GENERALLY CALL THE GOLD AREA IS FAR LESS THAN WHAT WAS SHOWN ON THE MAPS. IN THE MAY 18 MEETING WE IDENTIFIED APPLICABLE PROJECTS WITHIN THE CENSUS TRACT BASED

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ON THE WORK SESSION THAT WE HAD ON MAY 18. IT WAS DETERMINED TO ALLOCATE FUNDING THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS THE LAKESHORE WHEN BRIDGE ALLEY AND THE ESTIMATED DEFICIT COST THAT I JUST MENTIONED. THE SIDEWALKS ESTIMATED AT 142,000 AND THE LAKE SIDE SHADE STRUCTURE ESTIMATED AT $110,000. THIS TABLE PROVIDES A REALLY GOOD SNAPSHOT OF THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATIONS. THE AMOUNTS ALLOCATED TOWARDS THOSE PROGRAMS AND THEN WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED BY WAY OF THE AMENDMENT AND REALLY IDENTIFIES THOSE ELEMENTS THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. I WILL RUN THROUGH IT. THE 2018 PUBLIC FACILITY FOR THE BLUE SCROLL PROJECT YOU CAN SEE THAT AMOUNT AND IS NOW BEING PROPOSED FOR THE LAKESHORE WHEN BRIDGE ALLEY FOR THE 2019 PUBLIC FACILITIES AT ONE OF $58. THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THE CITY CBDG FUNDS EITHER. THE 2019 CBDG FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOCATED YET. AND SO, THAT IS THE AMOUNT OF $205,000. WE ARE PROPOSING THAT THOSE BE FOR PUBLIC SERVICES FOR THE SALVATION ARMY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH RENT AND MORTGAGE OR UTILITIES. FOR THOSE HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY COVE IT IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE OF $50,000. THEN I TALKED ABOUT THE 2020 PUBLIC FACILITIES WITH ISAAC SCRUBS PARK TO BE CHANGED TO THE LAKESIDE SHORE STRUCTURE. AND THEN NO CHANGES TO THE LAKESIDE ALLOCATION IN THE CHANGES TO KENWOOD HEIGHTS SIDEWALKS. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SHADE STRUCTURE FOR LAKESIDE PARK IN THE STRUCTURE THERE. WE WANTED TO PROVIDE THE SNAPSHOT OF THE SIDEWALK THAT ARE IN NEED OF REPAIR AND ARE IN THE CENSUS TRACT AND THAT IS HARVARD DRIVE SIDEWALK THIS IS THE YALE SIDE SIDEWALK AND IT IS IN DISREPAIR. THE BAYLOR SIPART O THE SIDEWALK IS IN DISREPAIR.

THE SALVATION ARMY SERVICES HAVE BEEN UTILIZING THEIR ALLOCATIONS AND AS OF MARCH 8 THEY RAN OUT OF AVAILABLE FUNDS. THE STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED 50,000 BE ALLOCATED FOR THEM FOR THE THIRD ROUND OF FUNDS. AFTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION WITH OUR HUD REPS THEY WERE UNDER THE OPINION THAT UTILIZING FUNDS FOR RENT AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CBDG REGULAR FUNDS HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. AT LEAST FOR THE CBDG FOR MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE.

AGAIN CBDG ASSISTANCE WOULD ONLY BE FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

WE DID PUBLISH IN ACCORDANCE WITH HUD GUIDELINES WITHIN THE DAILY NEWSPAPER IN MAY 28 INFORMING THEM OF THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTS A WRITTEN RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED FROM SALVATION ARMY WHICH IS VERY ENCOURAGING. WE TYPICALLY DON'T RECEIVE MUCHFEEDBACK BUT THEY DID REQUEST ADDITIONAL FUNDING. NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED . THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TO APPROVE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO FISCAL YEAR 2018 2019 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN TO REALLOCATE THE REMAINING BALANCE TO THE LAKESHORE WHEN BRIDGE ALLEY PROJECT IS A PUBLIC FACILITY AND IN A MINUTE OF THE 2021 ACTION PLAN FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES FOR THE LAKESIDE PARK PROJECT HARVARD, YALE AND BAYLOR PARK SIDEWALKS.

THE AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR BETWEEN 19 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN TO ALLOW THE CITY TO RECEIVE AND ADMINISTER THE CV FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF 205,000 ALLOCATING 50,000 OF THAT TO THE FUNDS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE FOR SALVATION ARMY.

>> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH MISS MULLAH DAD. BEFORE IT OPEN THE CONVERSATION DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING, EXCUSE ME I WOULD NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS HEARING PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TAKE A MOTION. COUNC COUNCILMEMBER BROWNIE SHERRILL? > COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU. I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT ITEM 8 A

. >> MAYOR: COUNCILMEMBER MARTHA

BROWN? >> COUNCILMEMBER: I SECOND THE

MOTION. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CALL A VOTE. THAT ITEM

[8B. Consider all matters incident and related to the issuance and sale of “City of Rowlett, Texas General Obligation Bonds, Series 2021 and City of Rowlett Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2021,” including the adoption of Ordinances authorizing the issuance of such bonds and approving all other matters incident thereto.]

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PASSES 7-0. THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 8B.

CONSIDER ALL MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF B GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 2021 AND CITY OF ROWLETT WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2021,B INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS AND APPROVING ALL OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT THERETO.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE GREAT RESPONSE WE HAD FROM THE WATER SEWER AND GO BONDS.

THE BOND ISSUANCE JOURNEY INCLUDING BOND TRADING CALLS WITH S&P ON JUNE 17 IN WHICH WE HAVE GREAT NEWS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT. THE BOND RATING WITH S&P WAS UPGRADED FROM AN A POSITIVE TO A DOUBLE A- RATING. WITH A FEW SLIDES, THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR WHO IS PASSING OUT SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU WILL DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THE BOND RATING CALL AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE PRICING TODAY. FINALLY, PENDING COUNSEL'S PASSING OF THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE BOND, CLOSING AND DELIVERY OF FUNDS THEY CAN SEE ON THE SCHEDULE IS TAKING PL., AUGUST 21ST. AT THE JANUARY 11 ADVISORY BOARD AND DETERMINE THE FINAL SLEEP PROJECTS FOR THIS YEAR'S MAY 1 BOND ELECTION. ON MAY 1 OF THIS YEAR ROWLETT CITIZENS AUTHORIZED OVER 21 MILLION IN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS ALLOCATING 19 MILLION TO PAVING AND TRAINING AND 2.286 MILLION TO PUBLIC SAFETY. TO KEEP PACE WITH CONSTRUCTION EFFORTS THE CITY'S TRAGEDY IS TO AUTHORIZE A GENERAL DEBT IN THREE PHASES BEING DISCUSSED TONIGHT. THE SECOND 2.4 MILLION BEING ISSUED NEXT SUMMER AND THE FINAL 7.1 MILLION BEING ISSUED IN 2023.