[3B. Discuss and take public input on the Garner, Fuqua, Spinnaker Point trail and provide guidance on moving forward with planning for this specific trail. (45 minutes) ]

GREAT PRESENTATION, APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM 3B. DISCUSS AND TAKE PUBLIC INPUT ON THE GARNER, FUQUA, SPINNAKER POINT TRAIL AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANNING FOR THIS SPECIFIC TRAIL. I AM GOING TO DO CITIZEN INPUT BEFORE WE DO THE PRESENTATION.

I AM GOING TO CHANGE IT UP THIS TIME AND READ THE WRITTEN EMAILS FIRST AND THEN I WILL CALL THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TALK. THIS IS FROM RHONDA WOLF. AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS I AM GLAD TO HEAR THERE IS AN ULTIMATE PLAN FOR THE GARDENER SPINNAKER TRAIL FOR THE ROUTE THAT GOES BEHIND LOW HOMES ON THE FRONT PROPERTY OWNERS.

THIS SHOULD NOT BE A CONSIDERATION MUCH LESS THE PRIMARY PLAN. THAT PARTICULAR CONNECTION WON'T AFFECT ME AS I LIVE ON SUNRISE DRIVE I STAND WITH THE OWNERS AND ALL NEIGHBORHOODS WHO ARE OPPOSED TO HAVING TRAILS BUILT BEHIND HER HOMES. YOU HAVE LAKEFRONT HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO HAVING INTRUSION ON OUR LEASED SPACE, WE TRUST COUNSEL HAS CONSIDERED ALL THE FINANCIAL COST THIS TRAIL WILL INCUR. REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF THE THIRD-PARTY RECOMMENDATION HOPE YOU WILL SERIOUSLY TERMINATE ANY THOUGHT OF PUTTING ACCESS TRAILS BEHIND SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. THANK YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF OUR REQUEST. THE SECOND LETTER IS FROM CHRISTINA AND ROBERT SMITH. WRITING IN REGARDING TO ITEM 3B ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. WHILE MY WIFE AND I ARE PRO TRAIL STRUGGLE WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE TRAIL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS. A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY CONCERN ABOUT THE TRAILS AFTER DARK WITH NO ROAD CLOSE TO THE PROPOSED WATERFRONT PATH POLICE WILL STRUGGLE TO MONITOR THE AREA. WE BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE A SPACE OR CRIMINAL OPPORTUNITIES. IF TWO OPTIONS TO CONNECT TRAIL SYSTEMS IN SPINNAKER POINT THE WATERFRONT OPTION WILL BE OVER TWICE THE LENGTH. WITH OUR RELATIVELY FLAT CITY BUDGET WE PREFER THE LOWER COST ITEMOPTION THAT CONTINUES TO ALLOW OUR TRAILS TO GROW. WE LIKE THE TRAILS IN ROWLETT BUT WE ASKED THE COUNCIL TO PROVEPROMOTE THE GROWTH ALONG FUQUA ROAD P BELIEVE THIS IS THE BEST FOR

THE CITIZENS OF ROWLETT. >> THIS IS FROM JIM WOLF.

TO SPEAK IN PERSON LET ME KNOW BEFORE I READ YOUR LETTER.

DEAR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS I LIVE ON CITY DRIVE

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AND I STAND WITH ALL NEIGHBORS WHO ARE OPPOSED TO HAVE TRAILS OR PUBLIC ACCESS BEHIND HER HOME. IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THE OF LAKEFRONT HOMEOWNERS OPPOSED TO THE INTRUSION ON THE LEASED SPACE, WE TRUST THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ADEQUATELY CONSIDERED ALL OTHER FINANCIAL AND LOGISTICAL COSTS THIS TRAIL WILL INCUR. REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF THIRD-PARTY RECOMMENDATION WE ASK YOU SERIOUSLY STOP LANDS TO PUT TRAIL ACCESS BEHIND SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. THIS ONE IS FROM STEPHANIE HIGGINS. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE HIGGINS I LIVE AT.THAT HAS BEEN VOTED DOWN BY ROWLETT CITIZENS. IT SHOULDN'T BE A SUBJECT ON THE AGENDA MOVING FORWARD AT THIS POINT AS IT WAS VOTED DOWN ON THE 2021 BOND ELECTION. A COMPLETE REVAMP FOR THE PARKS PLAN EVEN THE ISSUES WITH THE MAINTENANCE OF IT CURRENT PARKS AND HOW THE CITIZEN LISTENING SESSION WAS HANDLED WITH VALUABLE TAX DOLLARS ON A THIRD PARTY BROUGHT IN. ROAD MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY ARE GREAT CONCERN FOR CITIZENS AS PARKS AT THIS POINT AS PARKS KEEP APPROVING MULTI- FAMILY BUILDS. THERE ARE ONLY TWO MAJOR ROADWAYS IN AND OUT OF ROWLETT. THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS MORE ATTENTION OVER NEW DEVELOPMENT. THIS ONE IS FROM PAUL DANIEL.

I WAS AT KATEKIDS KINGDOM TODAY AND THE BATHROOM WAS OUT OF ORDER AND THE RUBBER MATTING NEEDS REPAIR. THE ONLY OTHER THINGS ARE CITY NEEDS THAN TO BUILD TRAILS THAT WILL NOT BE MAINTAINED AND POLICE HAVE STATED THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PATROL. THANK YOU. SORRY. ALL RIGHT WE ARE GOING TO START WITH PHILIP CASCA VEA AND DAVID HALL AND THEN CHARLIE RILEY AND DEBORAH SCHINDLER. THOSE FOUR IN THAT

ORDER. >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: PHILIP CAST A VILLA.THEY ARE. I AM SURE GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT A SECONDARY ACCESS TO THE BAYSIDE TRAIL. I USE THE BAYSIDE TRAIL EVERY MORNING AND EVERY EVENING TO GET EXERCISE. I JUST HAD A STROKE AND I TRY TO GET TWO MILES IN THE MORNING AND TWO MILES IN THE EVENING. IT IS A WONDERFUL TRAIL. IT IS ALSO WELL PLANNED AND THE HOUSES ARE QUITE A BIT BACK FROM THE LAKE.

OF COURSE I SUPPORT NOT HAVING A TRAIL BEHIND MY HOUSE. MY HOUSE IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE PUMPING STATION AT FUQUA AND LACOSTE APPEARED THIS IS WHERE YOU WOULD ENTER THE BAYSIDE TRAIL AND THIS IS WHERE EVERYBODY USUALLY WANTS TO GO.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TRAIL, 12 FEET WIDE EASEMENTS AND MOST OF THE TIME IT IS NOT A PROBLEM EXCEPT IN THE EVENINGS WHEN PEOPLE DRINK AND FISH IN A CALL THE POLICE ON THEM. BECAUSE I LIVE RIGHT THERE NEXT YEAR PUMPING STATION THAT IS WHERE THIS TRAIL THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WILL ENTER THE BAYSIDE TRAIL.

I HOPE WE DO SOME REALLY GOOD LANDING ON GETTING PEOPLE FROM FUQUA ONTO THE TRAIL. IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT WERE TRYING TO DO IS GO FROM LAKESIDE PARK, COME THROUGH SUBDIVISION AND COME DOWN FUQUA AND INTER-BAYSIDE. IN MY ASSUMING THIS RIGHT?

>> MAYOR: THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION TO SHOW ALL THAT.

>> PUBLIC SPEAKER: OKAY. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT REMEMBERING THE BAYSIDE TRAIL IS PRIVATE AND OPERATED BY THE HOA NOT FUNDED BE USING YOUR EXISTING SIDEWALKS AND ACCESS ALONG FUQUA AND GARDNER. THIS IS HOW EVERYBODY ACCESSES IT ANYWAY.

THERE IS NO PARKING. SO, WOMEN WITH AB CARRIAGES GO THROUGH THE STREET CHILDREN RIDE BICYCLES THROUGH THE STREET AND IT ALL FUNNELS DOWN AND ENTERS RIGHT THERE AT YOUR PUMPING STATION AND MY HOUSE. HOPEFULLY WHEN THIS IS PLANNED WE WILL GET THE PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS BECAUSE IT'S A DANGER TO THEM AND THE CHILDREN THEY ARE WITH AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL FIGURE OUT SOME WAY TO KEEP PEOPLE AND NOT HAVE IT OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY. RIGHT NOW THE BAYSIDE TRAIL IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY WHEN AM SURE IF YOU CHECK WITH THE POLICE IN THE AREA THEY CAN TELL YOU WHAT GOES ON ROMA TRAIL. SOMETIMES I DON'T GET HOME UNTIL 10:00, GO FOR A WALK AT 10:00 AND A CALL THE POLICE. THE FISHING AM NOT HAPPY WITH.

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>> MAYOR: YOUR TIME IS UP SIR, I AM SORRY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU SIR. DAVE PAUL FOLLOWED BY CHARLIE

RILEY. >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: DAVE PAUL, TOUGHER TO READ ALL OF THIS BT I WILL DO MY BEST.

>> MAYOR: TRY TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE IF YOU CAN. ES B5 AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT THE END OF AUGUST I DESCRIBED A NUMBER OF LAKE AND TAKE LINE SAFETY ISSUES. MY PRESENTATION ENDED WITH AS LONG AS THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY IS ALLOWED TO OCCUR THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ADDITIONAL UNNECESSARY DROWNINGS. SINCE THEN ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 2021 A KAYAKER ANDRE HUBBARD TIPPED OVER AND WAS UNABLE TO SELF RESCUE. THE SWIMMER CALLED 911 AND THE RFP CAME OUT. AT ONE POINT THERE WERE 20 ROWLETT FIRE RESCUE STAFF ON-SITE MANY VEHICLES. THE RESCUE STABILIZED AT ABOUT 10 RFP STAFF AND FIVE VEHICLES. RSD RESCUE WENT OUT ON A MOTOR RAFT AND BROUGHT THE SWIMMER AND HIS KAYAK BACK TO PADDLE POINT PARK. THIS RESCUE COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED WITH APPROPRIATE EDUCATION, ENFORCEMENT AND FOLLOWING BEST PRACTICES. COUNSEL, YOU ARE ULTIMATELY THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING THE POLICY OF EFFECTIVE EDUCATION, ENFORCEMENT AND BEST PRACTICES HERE ON LAKE RAY HUBBARD AND OUR TAKE LINE. ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2021 A PERSON DROWN ON LAKE RAY HUBBARD WHO ENTERED FROM SOUTH PARK. THERE WERE ABOUT 20 ROWLETT, DALLAS AND GAME WARDEN VEHICLES WITH FLASHING LIGHTS AND 100 PERSONNEL AT THE SITE. THIS WAS AN UNNECESSARY DROWNINGS. MANY AREAS ESTABLISH ENFORCEMENT AND BEST PRACTICE POLICIES THAT HAVE ELIMINATED THIS TYPE OF DROWNING AND WOULD HAVE ELIMINATED THIS DROWNING.

BY OPENING AT MY NEIGHBORS BACKYARD AND FRONT YARDS WITH POORLY PLANNED CONCRETE TRAILS ALONG THE LAKE YOU WILL BRING THIS TYPE OF CHAOTIC AND TRAGIC ACTIVITY TO THEM AND THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. I SHOULD MENTION OVER AT LAKESIDE SOUTH THERE WAS A 15 FOOT RETAINING WALL THAT BLOCKED US FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT DOESN'T EXIST WITH A LOT OF THE TRAILS YOU PLANNED. AS LONG AS THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY OCCURS THERE WILL BE UNNECESSARY DROWNINGS. AS COUNSEL IN VARIOUS STAFF YOU BEAR SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS TRAGIC AND CHAOTIC UNNECESSARY RESCUE, RECOVERY AND DROWNINGS. THANK YOU, I AM

DONE. >> MAYOR: MR. RILEY FOLLOWED BY

MISS SCHINDLER. >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING CHARLIE RILEY, THREE MINUTES. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THE MAJORITY OF ROWLETT LAKE WENT HOMEOWNERS WERE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT THE CITY OF ROWLETT WAS SEEKING A BOND TO FUND CONCRETE TRAILS IN THE BACKYARDS. WE DID NOT KNOW. I WALKED AROUND AND TALK TO PEOPLE DOOR AFTER DOOR AFTER DOOR AND NO ONE NUMBER FORTUNATELY CITY NOTICE SERVED AS AN AWAKENING TO UNITE US FOR A COMMON CAUSE, NO CONCRETE TRAILS NINE SINGLE HOMES IN ROWLETT. SINCE THEN WE HAVE STOOD AT THE PODIUM, SENT EMAILS IT'S MOOTED A PETITION TO THE CITY OF ROWLETT THAT THE SAFETY, LEGAL, ECONOMICAL, LOGISTICAL AND EMOTIONAL REASONS WHY THIS IS A BAD IDEA APPEARED THE SAFETY REASON THE ROWLETT POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS TOLD US THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS TO PATROL THE PUBLIC TRAILS LEAVING THE LAKEFRONT HOMEOWNERS AND THEIR INVESTMENTS AT SUBSTANTIAL RISK. LEGAL REASONS, MOST OF US HAVE EXISTING CONTRACTUAL RESIDENTIAL SUB LEASE AGREEMENTS WHICH REQUIRE THE HOMEOWNER TO MAINTAIN AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LEASE TAKE AREA AND MAINTAIN PRIVATE USE OF THOSE AREAS AND THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC ACCESS. I'VE ASSIGNED DOCUMENT THAT MAINTAINS AND AGREES TO THAT. ECONOMIC REASONS, EACH OF US WILL EXPERIENCE A HUGE LOSS IN PROPERTY VALUE IF OUR LAKEFRONT PROPERTY BECOMES LAKEVIEW PROPERTY AFTER A PUBLIC TRAIL IS INSTALLED. IF THAT HAPPENS COMPENSATION FROM THE CITY OF

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ROWLETT WILL BE SOUGHT. EACH OF US WILL BE ENTITLED AND WE WILL ASK THAT. JUST TICKLE REASONS. PARKING. THERE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH PARKING FOR NON-WALKING VISITORS WHO WILL BE DRAWN TO THE LAKEFRONT TRAILS. AND THEN EMOTIONAL. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE COME UP. SHARED EMOTIONS. MANY LAKEFRONT HOMEOWNERS CHERISH THE JOYS OF THEIR LAKEFRONT INCLUDING WILDLIFE, THE STARS AT NIGHT AND THE PEACE AND QUIET. TRAILS WOULD SCARE AWAY THE WILDLIFE, THE TRAILS LIGHTS WOULD DIMINISH THE NIGHTTIME STARGAZING AND THE UNLIMITED AND UNKNOWN USERS OF THE TRAILS WOULD REPLACE THE PEACE AND QUIET WITH AGGRAVATION AND FRUSTRATION. PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND SAY, NOTE TO PUBLIC TRAILS AND PUBLIC HOMES.

>> MAYOR: THANK YOU MR. RILEY. MISS SHANER? DON'T MAKE ME GET

MY GAVEL OUT! [LAUGHTER] >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: MAKE THEM BE QUIET SO YOU CAN HEAR ME. ARVIND YOU ALL KNOW WHERE I STAND ON THIS SUBJECT BUT IF THERE'S NO DOUBT I AM WITH MY FELLOW HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE OPPOSED TO HAVING PUBLIC TRAILS THROUGH THEIR LAKE TAKE AREA. I DO SUPPORT THE PLAN TO PUT THE WALKWAYS DOWN GARNER TO FUQUA WHERE THEY WON'T INTRUDE ON THE LEASE AREAS THAT ARE USED AS AN EXTENSION OF FAMILIES BACKYARDS. I THINK IT IS A REASONABLE COMPROMISE AND I THINK IT ACCOMPLISHES THE CITY GOAL TO CONNECT TO PARK AREAS WHILE ALSO RESPECTING THE RIGHTS OF AND THE PRIVACY OF THE LAKEFRONT HOMEOWNERS. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE THING I APPRECIATE THE POLITENESS AND PROFESSIONALISM OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF MEMBERS THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH WHO HAVE LISTENS TO US, ANSWERED OUR QUESTIONS AND UNDERSTOOD OUR CONCERNS. THAT IS TRULY THE ESSENCE OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND I THINK YOU FOR THAT I KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN PASSIONS GET HIGH PEOPLE FORGET THE GOOD AND FOCUS ON THE BAD BUT I HAVE HAD SOME VERY GOOD INTERACTIONS WITH SOME OF YOU AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THEM. I HOPE AND I THINK THAT THIS EXPERIENCE OF COURSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME WILL BE AT THIS POINT THAT I HOPE THAT IT IS GOING TO END UP CHANGING OUR CITIZENS OPINIONS ON ROWLETT GOVERNMENT FROM YOU CAN'T FIGHT CITY HALL TO WE HAVE ELECTIVE REPRESENTATIVE WHO CARE ABOUT US AND WILL HEAR US AND WORK WITH US WHEN WE COME TO THEM WITH AN ISSUE THAT IMPACTS OUR LIVES. SO, THAT IS MAYBE MY LAST WORD ON THE

SUBJECT. >> MAYOR: OH NO, YOU'RE GOING

TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC INPUT. >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: NO ON THE

SUBJECT. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE CARDS WE HAVE. WE HAVE HEARD FROM MANY OF YOU OVER MANY MONTHS AND THAT IS ALL PART OF THAT SPACE RIGHT NOW I

PROMISE YOU. MRS. SMITH? >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING COUNSEL, MAYOR, I HAVE BEHIND ME AARON CLEAVER OUR PARKS AND AND NICK WITH THE CHECO COKE IS HERE AS WELL IN CASE YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT I CANNOT ANSWER. IN 2018 THE PARKS AND RECREATION TRAIL MASTER PLAN WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN THE MASTER PLAN CONTAINED NINE TRAIL PRIORITIES. NOT IN ANY NECESSARY ORDER JUST NINE PRIORITIES FOR THE SCENIC TRAIL WHICH RUNS BEHIND SCENIC POINT PARK, THE GARNER FUQUA TRAIL WHICH WE ARE DISCUSSING FURTHER TONIGHT, THE MAIN ST., EAST TRAIL WHICH RAN THE LENGTH OF MAIN STREET WHICH HAS BEEN PARTIALLY COMPLETED PEER THE LAKE HIGHLAND TRAIL WHICH YOU KNOW GOES THROUGH A DRAINAGE EASEMENT THROUGH DELL ROCK ROAD AND IS IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF BEING CONSTRUCTED. THIS TREATY ROAD TRAIL WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY COME TO US IN 2022 THAT THEN CONNECTS THE LAKE HIGHLAND TRAIL WITH DELL ROCK AND CHEESE A. THE LAKESIDE TRAIL LONGBRANCH TRAIL THE ROWLETT ROAD VILLAGE TRAIL AND THE READY CREAKED TRAIL. ONE OF THE TRAILS IN THAT PLAN WAS THE GARNER FOOD WALL TRAIL. THIS COULD BE ENACTING LAKESIDE PARK TO THE BAYSIDE DEVELOPMENT PEER THE TRAIL FROM THE BEGINNING HAD TO PROPOSED OPTIONS OPTION ONE ALONG THE LAKEFRONT OPTION TO DOWN GARNER ROAD TO FUQUA AND THEN DOWN THE TO BAYSIDE.

THE TRAIL ALONG GARNER ROAD WAS COMPLETED AS A JOINT PROJECT WITH THE DEVELOPER OF THE VINEYARD SO WE PARTNERED WITH

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THEM TO MAKE A MUCH WIDER SIDEWALK IN THE AREA AND THAT IS WHY THAT SECTION IS ALREADY READ BECAUSE IT WAS AVAILABL AND WE WERE ABLE TO PUT IT IN AND MAKE SOME CONNECTIONS AROUND ROWLETT. IN JULY 2021 AS MANY OF YOU KNOW AND WERE THERE WE AD A LISTENING SESSION WITH OUR RESIDENTS IN THE ADDITION WHO HAVE BEEN TO COUNCIL MEETING WE MET AT THE ROWLETT COMMUNITY CENTER SIMPLY TO LISTEN TO WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE SO THAT WE COULD MAKE THE BEST DECISION GOING FORWARD.

THOSE CONCERNS CENTERED AROUND A FEW THINGS. LEASE AGREEMENTS AND HOME VALUE. SAFETY AND PRIVACY. COMP PLAN, PARKS MASTER PLAN, THE PHYSICAL TRAIL DESIGN AND WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT PROTECTIONS MIGHT BE PUT IN PLACE. THE LIABILITY AND LEASE RESPONSE. OF COURSE BAYSIDE AND SAPPHIRE BAY, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE TRAIL AND HOW THAT WILL BE COMPLETED IN TRAFFIC AND PARKING IN THE HOA AND HOW THOSE STREETS AND CONNECTIONS MIGHT WORK. WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS A WORD CLOUD WITH A LOT OF THINGS WE HEARD AT THAT SESSION.

EROSION, PRIVACY, BOAT DOCKS, TRASH, SAFETY, LEASE AGREEMENTS. WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO GET THE BACK FROM COUNSEL ON THE NEXT STEP. WE ARE AT A POINT NOW WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION WHETHER WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LAKEFRONT VERSION OF THIS TRAIL ONLY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GARNER AND FUQUA CONNECTION. THEY ARE ON BOARD TO HELP US WITH ANY ISSUES THAT WILL BE RAISED. THEY WILL THEN GO TO THE NEXT STEP TO SEE HOW WE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS AND WITH THE MASTER PLAN AS IT IS NOT SLATED TO BE UP UNTIL 2023 AS YOU ALL KNOW EVERY TRAIL WE PUT IN COUNSEL GETS TO SEE HOW TO STAY IN THE DESIGN, WHICH ROUTE IT GOES, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE END IT'S REALLY WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE TONIGHT TO GET DIRECTION THIS TRAIL AND WHAT DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO OR DO YOU WANT STAFF TO PURSUE. BASICALLY WE ARE AT THAT CRITICAL POINT WHERE IT'S TIME TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHICH ROUTE TO TAKE. AND IN SHORT AND SWEET I WILL TURN IT OVER TO COUNSEL TO HAVE A DISCUSSION. ARE WE REALLY PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LAKE FRONT TRAIL OPTION IF NOT IS THERE A CONSENSUS WITH COUNSEL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH GARNER TRAN FUQUA.

>> MAYOR: COUNSEL? COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT BLAKE

MARGOLIS? >> COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU. I THINK THE SITUATION HAS MADE IT CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT WE CANNOT RELY ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR NOTICES IN THE WATER BILL TO MAKE IS SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO NOTIFY CITIZENS THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY A CITY PROJECT OR MASTER PLAN THEY. IT IS APPARENT THAT THE MESSAGE DID NOT GET TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE ABOUT THE PARK TRAILS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN THEY.

BACK IN 2018 WHEN WE HAVE THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. WITH THAT I THINK IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT WHEN IT COMES TO SPECIFIC PROJECTS CITY PROJECTS OR MASTER PLANS THAT HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON A NUMBER OF CITIZENS PPROPERTY LIMIT OR LEASE TAKE AREA, WE SHOULD TRY OUR BEST TO DIRECTLY NOTIFY THEM BY EITHER PUTTING NOTICES ON THEIR DOOR OR HOSTING NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS LIKE WE DID LAST MONTH. I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT THING TO DO. EVEN THAT AND MAYBE IT WAS MISTAKE THAT WE MADE. AS THE PARKS BOARD LIAISON I WAS PRESENT IN ALL OF THE PARKS RECREATION AND MASTER PLAN MEETINGS. I DON'T RECALL THERE EVER BEING A MOMENT WHERE WE STEPPD BACK AND ASKED OURSELVES DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD DIRECTLY COMMUNICATE WITH THESE PEOPLE? IT NEVER CAME UP IN OUR DISCUSSION POINT. IT WAS IN INNOCENT ERROR AND I THINK WE MISTAKINGLY ASSUMED THAT THE NOTICES THAT WE PUT IN THE WATER BILL AND SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING WERE GOING TO BE ENOUGH BUT THAT CLEARLY WAS NOT THE CASE. WE HAD THE BEST INTENTIONS IN MIND WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THAT PLAN. WE JUST MISSED THE MARK ON SOME THINGS. ADDITIONALLY, I THINK ANOTHER MISTAKE THATWE MADE WAS NOT TAKING A DECISION ON WHETHER THE TRAIL WOULD GO BEHIND OR THROUGH THE TAKE LINE ON FUQUA. SAYING THAT WE WOULD WAIT TO MAKE THAT DECISION UNTIL AFTER THE 2021 BOND ELECTION. IT MAY HAVE AT THE

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TIME SEEMED LIKE THE BEST DECISION BUT THAT PROVED TO BE INCORRECT AND THAT ONE MISTAKE COST US $7.3 MILLION IN PARK IMPROVEMENT CAPITAL PROJECTS. WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, MY BELIEF IS THAT WE SHOULD AVOID CONSTRUCTION TRAILS ALONG THE TAKE LINE OF EXISTING HOMES WHILE IT WOULD BE A GREAT PUBLIC IMMUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE UNIQUE TRAIL SYSTEM ALONG THE LAKE, I THINK THAT SHIP SAILED ALONG TIME AGO. FOR THAT I BLAME FORMER LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY FOR NOT HAVING THE FORWARD THINKING VISION DECADES AGO FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS ASSET THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS AND THAT WE ARE SURROUNDED BY. WITH THIS COUNSEL AND WHAT FUTURE COUNCILS CAN DO IS ENSURE THAT FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS ALONG THE LAKE CONSTRUCT THAT TRAIL IN TAKE LINE AND TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE AMENITY THAT THE CITY IS LUCKY TO HAVE.

THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. >> MAYOR: GOOD SPEECH.

COUNCILMEMBER PAMELA BELL? >> COUNCILMEMBER: I HAVE TO AGREE WITH HIM. OUR COMMUNICATION EFFORTS WERE LACKING. ME PERSONALLY, I WOULD NOT WANT THAT TRAIL IN MY HOUSE IF I WAS GOING TO TAKE ONE. JUST NOT. I WOULD NOT HAVE IT. I AM IN FAVOR OF THE GARNER FUQUA, LOOKING AT THAT.

AGAIN, I WOULD NOT WANTED BEHIND MIND BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF THE RESIDENT THAT LIVED OVER THERE.

I LISTEN. AND, I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU. I JUST REALLY DO BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE TRAIL. OR WHO IS GOING TO BE BEHIND YOUR HOUSE. SO, HATS OFF TO YOU.

CAN'T SAY FOR FUTURE COUNCILS HOW THEY WILL TAKE IT, HOW THEY WILL DEAL WITH IT. YOU ALL MIGHT BE IN THE SAME POSITION.

COME DOWN AND LET THEM KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. BUT FOR ME, I AM WITH YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> MAYOR: COUNCILWOMAN -HOW DID YOU GET APPLAUSE AND HE DIDN'T? [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO ENCOURAGE APPLAUSE. OKAY, NO MORE APPLAUSE, WE KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. COUNCILMEMBER MARTHA BROWN?

>> COUNCILMEMBER: I WILL ECHO AND ADD A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE SAID SO FAR. I DO BELIEVE THAT ONE OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS TO VALUE OUR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO IN LINE WITH THAT I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A REAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE, IT CERTAINLY HAS BEEN FROM A COUNSEL PERSPECTIVE AND I HOPE IT HAS BEEN FROM YOU GUYS AS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE REALLY APPRECIATED THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM YOU ALTHOUGH WE ELICITED IT A LITTLE TOO LATE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ARE GOING TO COME OUT ALL BETTER FOR THIS AND I DO SUPPORT THE GARNER FUQUA TRAIL RATHER THAN THE SPINNAKER COVE.

I DO ALSO SUPPORT SOME KIND OF ACTION FROM COUNSEL OR FROM THIS COUNSEL AT LEAST THAT WE PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT PROTECTS THE INVESTMENT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE MADE IN GOOD FAITH TO HAVE YOUR TAKE LINES PROTECT DID. THAT YOU HAVE DEVELOPED AND THAT YOU ENJOY AND WE SHOULD STAND BEHIND THE AGREEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE. THERE MAY BE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT TO HAVE TRAILS ALONG THE TAKE LINE BUT THAT IS A CONVERSATION FOR FUTURE COUNSEL AND ALSO FUTURE DEVELOPERS BUT I DO BELIEVE WE NEED TO VALUE THE AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN GOOD FAITH WITH YOU GUYS AND APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT AND HONESTLY, I HAVE BEEN ON COUNSEL ALMOST 6 YEARS NOW AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN A MORE COORDINATED OR PROFESSIONAL EFFORT PUT FORTH BY OUR CITIZENS SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND WE HAVE LISTENED TO YOU AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS COUNCILMEMBER HAS HEARD YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> MAYOR: THAT IS GREAT! [LAUGHTER] I LOVE YOU ALL.

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COUNCILMEMBER BROWNIE SHERRILL? > COUNCILMEMBER: I WAS WONDERING IF SHE WAS LOOKING FOR APPLAUSE. I WANTED TO TELL YOU WHAT I LEARNED IN THIS VENTURE THAT WE TOOK. I DID NOT KNOW THAT YOU HAD PROBLEMS THE HIND YOUR HOUSE. WE LEARNED ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT GO BACK THERE SINCE I AM NOT ONE OF THEM I DID NOT KNOW YOU HAVE THOSE PROBLEMS BACK THERE BUT I AM GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT IT BECAUSE THAT REALLY CHANGES MY VIEWPOINT ON ADDING SOMETHING BACK THERE THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO COME BACK THERE. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE THAT. SO, I AM SUPPORTING THE TRAIL ON GARNER FUQUA, TO.

>> MAYOR: MARTHA DO YOU WANT TO TALK AGAIN?

>> COUNCILMEMBER: I GUESS WERE ALL GOING TO TALK WHICH IS A GOOD THING. WHAT I SEE IS DEMOCRACY AT WORK AND IT WORKS REALLY WELL. WHEN WE DO LARGE MASTER PLAN THEY ARE REALLY LARGE AND ENCOMPASS THE WHOLE CITY. IT WOULD BE A REALLY UNWISE USE OF RESOURCE TO GO KNOCKING ON EVERY DOOR AND PUT A DOOR HANGER ON EVERYTHING. YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR BEST TO GET THINGS OUT THERE AND SOMETIMES THINGS GET MISSED WHEN YOU ARE DOING A CITYWIDE MASTER PLAN BECAUSE I'VE SAT ON THESE MASTER PLANS AND WAS PART OF THESE MASTER PLANS AND SOMETIMES THINGS GET MISSED WHEN YOU DO MASTER PLANS LIKE THIS AND THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS A CITIZEN IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT YOU DIRECTLY THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET UP AND TALK ABOUT IT AND COME TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND COME TO THE CITY AND VOICE YOUR OPINION AND BE ABLE TO AFFECT CHANGE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS REALLY GREAT ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY ALL HEARD YOU PEERED WE SAW THE PICTURES AND EMAILS AND I THINK TO COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT BLAKE MARGOLIS! THEY MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN THEY BUILT THE BOAT RAMP, THEY HAD PASSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SOMETHING REALLY UNIQUE ON THE LAKE. THAT BOAT HAS LEFT THE DOCK SO TO SPEAK AND NOW WE HAVE WHAT WE HAVE AND YOU GUYS HAVE INVESTED IN THOSE AND MOVED HERE FOR THOSE REASONS AND WE HEARD LOTS OF STORIES AND I AGREE WITH YOU. AND SO, I THINK I'M IN THE SAME BOAT AS MY FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS IN SAYING THAT WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO NOT DO ANY TRAIL AND GO

DOWN GARNER FUQUA. >> MAYOR: I'M GOING TO SPEAK FOR A COME BACK TO YOU IF THAT IS OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GARNER ROAD IS DONE.

>> SPEAKER: FOR THE MOST PART. THERE IS A SMALL SECTION OF GARNER THAT WE WILL FINISH UP AND THEN ALL THE WAY DOWN

FUQUA. >> MAYOR: WHAT HAS TO BE DONE

DOWN FUQUA? >> SPEAKER: WE HAVE TO WIDEN A SIDEWALK IT'S NOT IN GREAT CONDITION SO WE WILL WIDEN THE SIDEWALK SO IT IS 8 TO 10 FEET, 10 FEET AND WE WILL DECIDE WHICH SIDE OF THE ROAD IT SERVES BEST AND THEN GO ALL THE WAY DOWN AND MAKE THAT CONNECTION FROM GARNER IT WILL HAVE TO GO ACROSS THE STREET AND THEN ALL THE WAY DOWN

FUQUA. >> MAYOR: I'M GOING TO ASK THIS AS A QUESTION BUT IT WILL PROBABLY BE A STATEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC. YOU HAVE THE FUNDING IN PLACE TODAY FOR THE GARNER FUQUA OPTION. YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDING IN PLACE IF YOU WENT DOWN THE TAKE LINE HINTS, THE BOND PROPOSITION WAS 2 MILLION IN TRAIL CONSTRUCTION THE WIDE PEER THE NEXT TRAIL ON THE PLAN WAS THIS TRAIL. AND, YOU DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING IF YOU WENT DOWN THE TAKE LINE HINTS YOU INCLUDED IT IN THE VERBIAGE OF TRAIL CONSTRUCTION FOR THE BONDS. IN MY ACCURATE? BECAUSE THAT IS CONFUSING. WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS IF IT

WAS REJECTED FOR THE BOND? >> SPEAKER: IT IS THE NEXT

TRAIL ON THE LIST, REGARDLESS. >> MAYOR: AND IS IT A FACT, I FEEL LIKE I'M IN COURT. IF THE COUNCIL SAID GO DOWN THE TAKE LINE WHICH IS NOT GOING TO YOU WOULD NOT HAVE THE FUNDING

AVAILABLE FOR IT ANYWAY? >> SPEAKER: WE COULD AGAIN THE DESIGN BUT WE DON'T THINK THE PFUNDING WOULD BE THERE.

>> MAYOR: BUT THE DECISION IS THERE TODAY BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE THE FUNDING OR THE GARNER FUQUA ROUTE?

>> SPEAKER: YES MA'AM. SO THEN I TOTALLY SUPPORT THE GARNER FUQUA OPTION AND I DO LIVE ON A TAKE LINE BUT MY HOUSE IS ALMOST AND A HALF ACRE FROM THE LAKE. I WOULD NOT MIND A TRAIL

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BEHIND MY HOUSE BUT THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS DECISION OR ALL THIS DISCUSSION WE HAVE HAD BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH SPACE BETWEEN MY HOUSE AND THE LAKE. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS NOT A COMPLETE REOPENING OF THE PARKS AND TRAIL MASTER PLAN BUT OPENING THAT SECTION OF THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN TO MAKE A DECISION ON ALL OF THE TRAILS THAT ARE ON THE TAKE LINE SO THAT NOT ONLY THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS RELIEF SO THAT THE ENTIRE CITY KNOWS THE PLAN. WHILE THIS COUNSEL, THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING BEHIND YOU.[LAUGHTER] WHILE THIS COUNSEL IS SEATED, I UNDERSTAND DOING OUR MASTER PLAN IS A LOT OF WORK BUT CAN'T WE PICK IT UP AND LOOK AT THE TRAILS THAT ARE ON THE LAKE FRONT AND MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS

TO IT? >> SPEAKER: WE CAN. SOME OF THE TRAILS ARE ON THE PRIORITY LIST OF WHAT WE CAN DO IS BRING THE LIST ACT COUNSEL ANYWHERE THERE ARE A FEW. WE DO HAVE SOME PARKS ON THE LAKEFRONT AS WELL THAT HVE A POTENTIAL TO HAVE A TRAIL IN THEM SO ABSOLUTELY WE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO COUNSEL AND HAVE A CONVERSATION AT A MINIMUM ABOUT THE TOP 10 WHICH SEVERAL OF THOSE ARE LAKEFRONT.

>> MAYOR: COUNSEL IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WOULD WANT DONE? YOU HAVE THAT CONSENSUS. THANK YOU. AND, COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT

BLAKE MARGOLIS? >> COUNCILMEMBER: I WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT MATT STATED, COUNCILMEMBER MATT GRUBISICH STATED, NOTIFYING THE ENTIRE CITY. IT DID NOT MEAN LITERALLY GO KNOCK ON EVERY SINGLE HOME IN THE CITY ADMITS THE ONES IN WHICH WE WOULD DIRECTLY LIKE A TRAIL IN THEIR BACKYARD YOU KNOW I'M SAYING? MORE LIMITED, NOT THE ENTIRE CITY I WOULD NOT SIGN UP FOR THAT. I WOULD LOSE A LOT OF WEIGHT SO IT MIGHT BE GOOD BUT I WOULD ALSO BE REMISS IF I DID NOT THINK DAN GLEASON AND MICHELLE NOBLE FOR HAVING ME OUT ON YELLS PONTOON BOAT. IT WAS QUITE EYE-OPENING. THERE WERE SECTIONS OF THE TAKE LINE WHERE IT WOULD GO 10 FEET IN WHERE IT DIDN'T HAVE A RETAINING WALL AND IT WOULD BE QUITE A PROJECT IF WE WERE GOING TO PUT A TRAIL BEHIND THE

TAKE LINE SO, THANK YOU ALL. >> MAYOR: COUNCILMEMBER WHITNEY

LANING? JUST SAY YES! >> COUNCILMEMBER: YES, GARNER FUQUA! AT THIS POINT THERE'S NOT MUCH I'M GOING TO SAY THEN WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY SAID BUT I CAN TELL YOU WE HAD A LOT OF LESSONS LEARNED THROUGHOUT THIS THAT WE WILL SERIOUSLY LOOK AT AND APPLY IN THE FUTURE. I AM SUPPORTIVE OF OPENING UP AND FURTHERING THE DISCUSSION FOR THE OTHER TRAILS THAT WE HAVE ON THE LAKEFRONT AND EVEN THE PARKS THAT WE HAVE TWO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WITH YOU ALL BECAUSE I THINK PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. I DO WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE SPOKE OVER THE COUNTLESS MONTHS AND LET US KNOW AND WROTE TO US AND CALLED US. I REALLY WISH WE WOULD HEAR MORE FROM YOU. THEY WILL PROBABLY HATE ME FOR THAT BUT WE DON'T HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC ENOUGH. IT'S NOT UNTIL THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT DIRECTLY AFFECTS YOU THAT YOU GET REALLY MAD ABOUT THAT YOU WANT TO COME AND TALK TO US BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES AND HAVE COFFEE WITH YOU AND COME AND HAVE A SIT DOWN. I KNOW THAT BILL RIGHTS GROUP, HE IS HERE SOMEWHERE, HE DOES A GREAT JOB OF INVITING US TO THEIR HOA MEETINGS AND CRIME WATCH MEETINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. WE LOVE THAT. WE REALLY DO.

WE WANT TO GET OUT THERE AND TALK TO YOU. THANKS FROM THE BOTTOM OF HER HEART FOR COMMUNICATING WITH US AND LET US KNOW YOUR CONCERN SO THAT WE CAN ACT ON THAT.

>> MAYOR: OKAY, YOU CAN CLAP! [APPLAUSE] THAT WAS ALL FOR YOU WHITNEY! [LAUGHTER] OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE WOULD LIKE WHITNEY TO THINK IT WAS ALL FOR HIM.[LAUGHTER] OKAY. I THINK WE ARE DONE. ARE WE DONE? LET'S FIGURE OUT WHEN WERE GOING TO BRING THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN DISCUSSION BACK.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY. WE'VE GOT SOME EXCITING STUFF TONIGHT IF YOU WANT TO STAY AROUND. LET ME SAY THIS. EVERYBODY, LISTEN. IF YOU DID NOT LOOK AT THE AGENDA YOU MIGHT WANT TO STAY FOR THE NEXT ITEM BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR AROUND THE AREA. YOUR CHOICE BUT IT

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IS A GOOD INFORMATIONAL SESSION IF YOU ARE INTERESTED. ALL RIGHT. ITEM: CAN I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION? IF YOU ALL ARE GOING TO TALK AND YOU GO OUT IN THE HALL? THEY DON'T EVEN LISTEN TO ME.

[3C. Update and take public input on reconstruction projects in the Southeast portion of Rowlett as they relate to the I-30 expansion. (30 minutes) ]

BACK IN THE HALL? 3C. UPDATE AND TAKE PUBLIC INPUT ON RECONSTRUCTION ITEM PROJECTS IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF ROWLETT AS THEY RELATE TO THE I-30 EXPANSION. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I ASKED THIS ITEM TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE I JUST WANTED AN UPDATE FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR COUNSEL. THERE'S SO MANY THINGS GOING ON IN THE WHOLE FOUR-DOOR FELT LIKE NEEDED SKIN OF AND I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE GARY.

>> THANK YOU COUNCIL AND MAYOR THANKS FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.

I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE PROJECTS IN THE ROWLETT EAST AREA THAT WOULD COINCIDE WITH THE EYE 30 IMPROVEMENTS. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE BENEFITS THAT PROJECT WILL PROVIDE OUR RESIDENT AND I PREFER THE MORE FAVORABLE SCHEDULE, MOST DEFINITELY. HOWEVER, THEY'RE ALL SEVERAL NEEDS IN THE NORTH TEXAS REGION AND EVERYONE IS VYING FOR THE SAME DOLLARS SO HE FEELS FORTUNATE THAT ROWLETT IS RECEIVING THIS AND AS THE DIRECTOR I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE. LIKE I SAID, THERE'S SEVERAL PROJECTS FUNDED IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ROWLETT AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED CONCURRENTLY WITH THE EYE 30 IMPROVEMENTS. WHAT ADDS A LITTLE EXTRA DIFFICULTY OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IS THE AREA THAT IS LOCATED NEAR LAKE RAY HUBBARD SO IT HAS AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. SCHEDULE OF CONSTRUCTION, THE INFORMATION WILL BE CRITICAL TO NOT CAUSE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ISSUES. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS, HOW DO WE GET ALL THESE PROJECTS STACKED TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME? PROJECTS HAVE BEEN UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR YEARS EXCEPT FOR 24 INCH WATER LINE DOWNTOWN. THE MILLER ROAD EXPANSION DISCUSSION STARTED IN 1993 WHEN THEY WANTED TO PAY FOR CHEYENNE ALL THE WAY TO DELL ROCK IN THE PROJECT WAS UNDERFUNDED AND THEY WENT TO CHEYENNE TO EAST OF PG BT WHICH WAS NOT IN EXISTENCE AT THAT TIME. THAT'S HOW LONG THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS. UNFORTUNATELY, TRAFFIC DRIVES FUNDING AND WHERE DOES THE FUNDING GOES, WHERE THE CRITICAL AREAS ARE CONGESTION. THE REASON YOU LOOK AT THE CRITICAL AREAS THAT'S WHAT GETS FUNDED AND LET US OTHERS WAY MORE NEEDS IN THE AREA THAN THERE ARE FUNDS. THAT'S A BIG FACTOR. SOME OF THE FUNDS YOU RECEIVED HAVE TIME RESTRICTIONS ON IT THE MC IP FROM DALLAS COUNTY REVIEW US EVERY FIVE YEARS AND IF YOU DON'T SPEND THE MONEY AFTER 10 YEARS THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE THAT MONEY BACK AND REALLOCATED TO OTHER PROJECTS. AND, IF YOU SEE THE BOTTOM LAST BULLET POINT THAT'S ALL THE AGENCIES WE WERE DEALING WITH. WE HAVE TO MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS TO DESIGN AND DELIVER THE PROJECTS. AS YOU CAN SEE THAT'S VERY TIME-CONSUMING GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE PROCESSES WORKING WITH MULTIPLE AGENCIES LIMITS OUR PROJECT SCHEDULING CONTROL. I 30 AND STATE HIGHWAY 66 ARE STATE ROADS SO TEXAS DOT IS TAKING THE LEAD ON THEM AND THEY MANAGED TO SCHEDULE IT. THAT AREA WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR MANY YEARS AND WE NEED TO PROVIDE THE MOST CURRENT CONSTRUCTION UPDATE SO THE TRAVELING PUBLIC AND MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS IN THEIR ROUTES.