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

THE CITY COUNCIL AND MANAGEMENT: FINANCIAL POSITION, MAJOR PROJECTS, OPERATIONAL ISSUES, UPCOMING DATES OF INTEREST AND ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.OUR MAYOR PRO TEM GRUBISICH WILL BE GIVING THOSE TONIGHT.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU MAYOR. SEPTEMBER IS LIBRARY CARD SIN-UP MONTH. IT'S TIME TO SIGN UP FOR NEW LIBRA CARD AND SIGN UP FOR CEREALS THAT WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR GIFT CARD DRAWING. DURING THE BREAK THE LIBRARY WILL HOST STAR WARS READS WEEK WITH PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN EVERY WEEKDAY AT 2 PM. ANNOUNCING ROWLETT'S FIRST TASTE OF FALL FARMERS MARKET EVERY THURSDAY EVENING FROM 6:00 TO 9:00 SEPTEMBER 23 THROUGH NOVEMBER 11 DEEMED EVENINGS WITH LOCAL ARTISTS, VENDORS, PROTIST, FLOWERS AND MORE ON FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. LUNCH ON THE LAWN IS BACK FOR THE FALL EVERY MONDAY FROM 6/23 OCTOBER 25 FROM 11 AM TO 2 PM A VARIETY OF FOOD TRUCKS WILL BE ON HAND TO OFFER SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE TASTE. ALL OF THIS WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT THE VILLAGE OF ROWLETT AND DOWNTOWN. AND DON'T FORGET THIS FRIDAY IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO CATCH MOVIES ON MAIN THERE IS A KIDS AREA, VENDORS AND OTHER ATTRACTIONS FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY. THIS WEEK'S MOVIE SCUBA WILL BEGIN AT DESK. THE ROWLETT POLICE DEPARTMENT INVITES YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AN ANNUAL EVENT DESIGNED TO HEIGHTEN AWARENESS OF CRIME AND DRUG PREVENTION GENERATE SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL INSIGHT CRIME PROGRAMS STRENGTHEN NEIGHBORHOOD SPIRIT AND POLICE COMMITTEE PARTNERSHIP AND SEND A MESSAGE TO CRIMINALS LETTING THEM KNOW THAT CITIZENS ARE ORGANIZED AND FIGHTING BACK.

TO REGISTER YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD CELEBRATE, AND FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT OFFICER DANA REEVES. OTHER OCTOBER EVENTS, IT IS CELEBRATE DIVERSITY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2 AT FIRE STATION NUMBER 2 RANT OPENING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9.

HARVEST MARKET ON MAIN SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16 AND FOR

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MORE INFORMATION ON THESE AND ALL OTHER CITY RELATED EVENTS PLEASE VISIT THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT ROWLETT.COM OR CALL THE ACTION CENTER AT 972 ? 412 ? 6100. AND, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN A MOSQUITO DID TEST POSITIVE FOR WEST NILE VIRUS IN ZONE TWO SO THERE WILL BE GROUND SPRAYING CONDUCTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT SEPTEMBER FIRST AND TO SET IN BETWEEN 9 PM AND 5 AM WEATHER PERMITTING.

>> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR PRO TEM GRUBISICH. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER MARTHA BROWN?

>> COUNCILMEMBER: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2 FROM 9 AM TO NOON KEEP ROWLETT BEAUTIFUL WILL BE CONDUCTING THE TRI-CITY CLEANUP OF OUR LAKESHORE AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ALL OF YOU COME OUT. WE HAVE SEVERAL LOCATIONS THAT YOU CAN DEPLOY DIRECTLY TO. WE WILL HAVE ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU NEED TO DO THAT INCLUDING MASKS AND GLOVES AND ALL OF THAT. SO, TO REGISTER FOR THAT EVENT GO TO TRI-CITY CLEANUP.ORG AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE A LIEN NICE T-SHIRT AND THE BAG FOR ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS. ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16 FROM 9 AM TO 1 PM KEEP ROWLETT BEAUTIFUL PARTNERS WITH LIFE MESSAGE FOR THE DRIVE THROUGH ELECTRONICS RECYCLING AND DOCUMENT SHREDDING EVENTS.

WE HAD 550 CARS COME TRUE AT OUR LAST EVENT SIX MONTHS AGO SO THIS IS A GREAT EVENT AND A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GET RID OF ALL THAT STUFF THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SAVING UP AND THAT WILL BE AT ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL ONCE AGAIN IS A DRIVE-THROUGH EVENT AND FOR MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN VISIT KEEP ROWLETT

BEAUTIFUL.ORG. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, COUNSEL? OKAY. VERY GOOD.

LOTS GOING ON THIS FALL IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT. WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF HAPPENING AND MOST OF IT IS FREE AND ALL OF IT IS FAMILY FIRMLY SO THAT IS REALLY COOL. ALL RIGHT, I WILL MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA THE SECTION OF THE MEETING WHERE WE CAN TAKE COMMENT ON ANY TOPIC UP TO THREE MINUTES. WHAT DID

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I SAY? CONSENT AGENDA? I AM TALKING ABOUT CITIZEN INPUT BUT I SAID CONSENT AGENDA. WERE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR CITIZEN INPUT WHICH IS WHERE WE TAKE COMMENTS FROM OUR CITIZENS UP TO THREE MINUTES ON ANY TOPIC AND PLEASE KNOW NO ACTION CAN BE TAKEN BY COUNSEL DURING CITIZEN INPUT. WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS AND THEN WE HAVE ONE RIGHT IN COMMENTS APPEARED WE WILL START WITH OUR SPEAKERS AND START WITH DEB SCHINDLER AND MOVE TO SUZANNE HERRERA. GO AHEAD.

>> PUBLIC SPEAKER: THANK YOU. DEBORAH'S GENDER.ADDRESS] I WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE FOR THE WORK SESSION DISCUSSION OF THE EMPLOYEE INCENTIVES TO GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE BUT FOR THE RECORD I DON'T THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. I AM IN NO WAY AN ANTI-VAX OR I AM A BIG PROPONENT OF STANDARD CHILDHOOD VACCINE AND IF I STEP ON A RUSTY NAIL I GET A TETANUS SHOT HOWEVER THE COVID-19 VACCINES HAVE BECOME ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS OF OUR TIME. WHETHER TO GIVE ANY DRUG AS A PERSONAL DECISION SHOULD BE MADE BY THE DECISION ON MANY FACTORS. IT SHOULD NOT BE FORCED OR INFLUENCED BY THE GOVERNMENT, IN EMPLOYER OR LOVED ONES. EMPLOYER INCENTIVES TO EXERT ESCHER ON EMPLOYEES AND INFLUENCE THEIR BEHAVIOR AND THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT. IN THIS CASE, THAT DECISION IS DIVIDING FAMILIES, DESTROYED CAREERS AND IS NOW BEING USED TO CREATE A SECOND TIER CITIZENRY AND TAKE AWAY A NUMBER OF PERSONAL DECISIONS THAT'S BEEN TAKEN AWAY A LONG TIME AGO. AND THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE THE VACCINE OR ABSTAIN FROM IT. COVERT IS A SERIOUS DISEASE FOR SOME PEOPLE AND SOME PEOPLE CAN DIE FROM THE VAST MAJORITY DON'T. I LOST A VERY GOOD FRIEND FROM COVID AND I HAVE A VERY GOOD FRIEND WHO LOST HER SISTER TO THE VACCINE. THERE IS A TON OF INFORMATION, MISINFORMATION THAT COMES FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE AND YOU PRESENTED ONLY ONE SIDE IN THIS VOLUMINOUS REPORT IN TONIGHT'S PACKET. THERE'S ALSO A HUGE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH FROM RESPECTED PHYSICIANS AND RESEARCHERS WHO QUESTION AND CONTRADICT THE CLAIMS THAT THE VACCINES ARE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE. I AM ALL FOR INCENTIVES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO MAKE LIFESTYLE CHANGES TO GET HEALTHY SUCH AS LOSING WEIGHT, EXERCISING, GETTING CHECKUPS ETC. I'M AGAINST INCENTIVES FOR TAKING A DRUG SPECIALLY THIS

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ONE HAD WHEN A VACCINE IS THIS CONTROVERSIAL AND MORE SERIOUS ADVERSE EFFECTS AND DEATHS OF INNER AUDIT THAN ALL OTHER VACCINES COMBINED AND WHEN THERE'S THIS MUCH DISAGREEMENT AMONG THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHEN NURSES AND DOCTORS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ARE QUITTING OR BEING FIRED RATHER THAN TICKET THEMSELVES WHEN IT'S BEEN POLITICIZED TO THIS DEGREE IN ITS THIS NEW AND DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS VACCINES AND ITS LONG-TERM EFFECTS ARE THIS UNKNOWN I BELIEVE THE CITY SO JUST STAY OUT OF THE EMPLOYEES DECISIONS. LET THEM DO THEIR OWN RISK-BENEFIT ANALYSIS TO DECIDE THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION FOR THEMSELVES FREE FROM WHAT IS BASICALLY AMOUNTING TO A BRIBE. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT INCENTIVE PERSUADES AN EMPLOYEE TO GET VACCINATED AND HE DIES OR SUFFERS LONG-TERM PROBLEMS? IS THE CITY LIABLE? IF NOT LEGALLY HOW ABOUT ETHICALLY AND MORALLY? THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SUZANNE HERRERA FOLLOWED BY.

MILLIKEN. KEN. >> SPEAKER: MY NAME IS TERRY MILLIKEN AND I AM A RETIRED CIVIL ENGINEER.

>> MAYOR: CAN YOU SAY YOUR MICROPHONE AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW I TAKE THESE IN THE ORDER I RECEIVED THEM SO I USUALLY DON'T CHANGE UP THE ORDER. IT LOOKS LIKE Y'ALL HAVE CHANGED THE ORDER UP.

>> SPEAKER: ARE WE OKAY? >> MAYOR: NAME AND ADDRESS FOR

THE RECORD. >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: MY NAME IS TERRY MILLIKEN.LET YOU OR TELL YOU WHY WE HAVE AN INVOLVED WITH A LAWSUIT AS YOU DISCUSSED EARLIER TODAY. I AM A RETIRED CIVIL ENGINEER WORKING IN MUNICIPALITIES FOR 40 YEARS. I HAVE RUN INTO THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM AND WE'VE GOT A SITUATION WHERE WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO PROCEED FROM HERE OTHER THAN DO WHAT WE HAVE

DONE. I AM HERE TONIGHT TO. >> COUNCILMEMBER: YOU ON BEHALF OF ELLEN GARDNER WHO LIVES AT THE, RIGHT NEXT TO THE VILLAGE OF LONGBRANCH. SHE HAS A VERY NICE HOME THERE, SHE HAS LIVED THERE FOR 60 YEARS AND SHE NOW FINDS HERSELF WITH THIS HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT GOING ON AND IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE REZONING OF THIS TRACT AND THE TRACK OVER ON DELL ROCK ROAD WERE ILLEGAL. WE EXPLAINED THAT AS TO WHY WE BELIEVE IT IS ILLEGAL IN THAT LAWSUIT. OUR HEART GOES OUT TO MISS GARDNER.

I HAVE MET HER AND I TALKED TO HER TODAY AND SHE IS JUST HEARTSICK ABOUT WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE TO HER. AND, WE WANT TO SPEAK ON HER BEHALF BUT WE ALSO WANT TO TRY TO TALK THE CITY INTO CHANGING ITS METHOD OF REZONING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AND THE LIKE WOULD ELIMINATE A LOT OF THIS. WE HAVE BEEN BEFORE YOU AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE VIOLATIONS OF STATE LAW AS WE SEE IT. WE THINK THERE IS AT LEAST FOR IN THESE REZONING APPLICATIONS, STATE LAW VIOLATIONS OR THE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR IF WE CAN. I LOVE ARLETTE. I LIKE IT HERE AND I WONT ROWLETT TO BE BEAUTIFUL, WELL-PLANNED CITY. UNFORTUNATELY, PEOPLE LIKE MISS GARDNER, SHE HAS NO ONE TO GO TO BAT FOR HER EXCEPT US. AND, GOING TO DO THAT. I MIGHT END UP SPENDING ALL MY RETIREMENT FUNDS TRYING TO GET THIS MATTER RECTIFIED BUT I AM WILLING TO DO THAT. THE ERRORS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE FAILURE OF MISS GARDNER ARE ALL DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CITY IS NOT COMPLYING WITH STATE LAW. AND THAT IS OUTLINED IN THAT LAWSUIT. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO CHANGE THE PATTERN, COME UP WITH A GOOD COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT PROCEDURE AND FOLLOW IT FAITHFULLY. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR: INCORPORATED YOU VERY MUCH ESTHER MILKEN. SUSAN HERRERA FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER. DID I SAY YOUR NAME

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RIGHT? I AM SORRY. >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: MY MAIDEN NAME IS PAVELKA BUT MY MAIDEN NAME IS HERRERA. I AM AT.

>> PUBLIC SPEAKER: ARE ON MARTHA LANE BEHIND THE LAKESHORE DEVELOPMENT AND I WANT TO, WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH MR. MILLIKEN ON THIS ISSUE, LAKESHORE IS ALSO LISTED ON THE LAWSUIT. THESE ARE THE PLAINTIFFS THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE 200 FEET OUT I HAVE OTHERS THAT ARE 500 FEET OUT AND I HAVE SOME THAT ARE FURTHER OUT THAN THAT BUT THESE ARE MAIN ONES THAT ARE 200 FEET OUT. THIS IS MARTHA LANE JUDITH AND DOUGLAS BANKSTON WHICH ARE NEXT-DOOR TO ME MELINDA AND EDWARD FOR NOW AND IF I'M THE FIRST HOUSE THE SECOND HALF AND DAVID MARINO HE'S A MAN ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME AND CHERYL BROWN AND JASON BROWN IF I AM ONE, THEY ARE EIGHT. ONE, TWO, EIGHT, NINE AND THEN THE GENTLEMAN ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME. WE ARE ALL 200 FEET OUT FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT. THEY ARE ALL PLAINTIFFS ON THIS LAWSUIT. BECAUSE WE DO NOT AGREE, AGAIN, WITH THE WAY THAT THIS ALL WAS HANDLED THAT IS BASICALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY. I DIDN'T LIST PEOPLE THAT ARE 500 AND 1000 FEET OUT BUT I HAVE QUITE A FEW.

>> MAYOR: THANK YOU MISSA HERRERA FOR COMING AND SPEAKING. JOHN SHOEMAKER FOLLOWED BY LAUREN KALIL.

>> PUBLIC SPEAKER: MY NAME IS JOHN SHOEMAKER.I HAVE LIVED THERE SINCE WE BUILT OUR HOME THERE IN 1984.

>> MAYOR: CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE MORE, I AM HAVING TROUBLE

HEARING YOU. >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: I HAVE LIVED AT.IT COULD BE LONGER THAN SOME OF YOU HAVE LIVED IN ROWLETT AND MAYBE MORE THAN SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN BORN. I AM HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS SITUATION. I THINK THE DEVELOPER CALLS IT THE VILLAS AT LONGBRANCH AND I THINK THAT IS VERY MODEST. I THINK IT SHOULD BE CALLED THE MANSIONS OF MILLER ROAD WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CRAP THEY ARE LETTING THEM BUILD OVER THERE.

IT IS MY OPINION, I WAS COMMITTED TO THE TEXAS BAR 1968 I AM NO LONGER AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE BAR AND I DON'T WANT TO HOLD OUT THAT I AM. I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY. I CAN PRACTICE LAW BUT THAT IS BY CHOICE AND I NEVER INTEND TO BE AGAIN WHAT I DO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AND I'VE LOOKED AT SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON GOING BACK TO MARCH 2 COUNCIL MEETING AT WHICH I SPOKE AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS. IN OPPOSITION TO WHAT WAS DONE. IT IS INTERESTING THAT EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT THIS HAS BEEN TO THE BENEFIT OF THE DEVELOPER. NONE OF IT HAS BENEFITED THE CITIZENS OF ROWLETT AT ALL I DON'T KNOW WHO IT WOULD BE.

IT'S ALL FOR THE DEVELOPERS ALL THE VARIANCES, ZONING AND EVERYTHING ELSE IT IS ALL BEEN FOR THE DEVELOPER. ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION, THERE ARE NUMEROUS ORDINANCES THAT I COULD MENTION THAT I WANT AND I PTHINK I WILL BE HANDLING THAT IN THE LAWSUIT BUT AT THE MARCH 2 COUNCIL MEETING WE WERE ON ZOOM OR SOMETHING, REMOTE. AND UNLESS I AM MISTAKEN, I HEARD THAT A PERSON WHO I THINK WAS THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR ROWLETT, I THINK THE NAME WAS MR. BERMAN STATED THAT HIS FIRM SPECIALIZES IN MUNICIPAL LAW. WELL, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, THERE IS NO SPECIALIZATION IN MUNICIPAL LAW. FOR YOU TO BE A SPECIALIST IN ANY KIND OF LAW, NUMBER 1 THERE HAS TO BE A CATEGORY AND NUMBER 2 YOU HAVE

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TO QUALIFY. THERE'S NO CATEGORY YOU CANNOT QUALIFY.

AND, FOR A LAWYER TO HOLD HIMSELF OUT AS A SPECIALIST AND HE IS NOT RECOGNIZED AS A SPECIALIST BY THE STATE BAR, I THINK IT'S A VERY STRONG VIOLATION OF THE ETHICS CODE THE STATE BAR ASSOCIATION. AND YOU ARE FAIRLY FREE TO GO BACK AND LISTEN TO WHAT WAS SAID. I DO NOT THINK I AM WRONG. WITH

THIS LAWSUIT - NO GO. >> MAYOR: I AM SORRY, SIR I'M SORRY SIR, YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. SHOEMAKER. LAURA CAHILL? KALIL? THANK YOU. I TRY SO

HARD. >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: HI.

>> MAYOR: NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD FIRST.

>> PUBLIC SPEAKER: LAURA CREEL .WHATEVER I WANT TO TALK OUT IS NOT IN THE BOOK TODAY.

>> MAYOR: FINE. >> PUBLIC SPEAKER: WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS GUIDELINES PLUS THESE SHORT RENTALS BECOME A PARTY CENTER EVENT. I AM GOING TO START IF I MAY READ WHAT I WROTE. I LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OVER 25 YEARS. I NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR WHOM I SHARE WITH A SIX FOOT HIGH WROUGHT-IRON FENCE SOLD HIS HOUSE IN JANUARY 2021. THE NEW OWNER NEVER MOVED IN. SINCE JUNE 21 ESPECIALLY ON THE WEEKENDS NEIGHBORS AND I STARTED TO NOTICE A LOT OF UNUSUAL ACTIVITIES IN THIS HOUSE. CARS WERE PARKING EVERYWHERE, 10 TO 20 CARS THAT WE CAN SEE. EVEN IF YOU GUESS USED MY CIRCLE DRIVEWAY TO TURN AROUND. WE HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED EXTREME LOUD MUSIC AND PEOPLES NOISE FROM 40 TO 60 PEOPLE MULTIPLE TIMES UNTIL 5 AM. A FEW DAYS AGO ON SEPTEMBER 18 HE ALLOWED A GENDER REVEAL PARTY ENTERS TO USE THE CITY OF DALLAS LIEN PROPERTY TO SET UP EIGHT TABLES TO ACCOMMODATE 50 GUESTS. IS THIS OKAY WITH YOU? MY CAMERA CAPTURED PEOPLE WERE STILL COMING TO THE PARTY AT 3:00, 4:00 AND THE MONEY. THE RENTALS ALSO TRASHED DIAPERS AND BEER BOTTLES ACROSS MY YARD. THE OWNER OF THAT HOUSE CHARGED A MINIMUM OF $800 PER NIGHT. WE HAVE OTHER HOUSES IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD IN CHARGE $2000 PER NIGHT. THOSE PARTIES, A GUARANTEE YOU THEY WERE NOT PAYING IN THOSE RENTAL HOMES OR AROUND THE SUMMING POOLS. WE CALLED THE POLICE SEVERAL TIMES ON DIFFERENT WEEKENDS AND THE POLICE SOMETIMES SHOWED UP A FEW HOURS LATER WHERE THEY NEVER SHOWED UP. WHEN WE TALK TO THEM THE NEXT DAY THEY SAID THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS AND THIS IS NOT A PRIORITY TO THEM. WE CALLED THE CODE ENFORCEMENT MULTIPLE TIMES ALSO AND NOTHING HAPPENED AND THE PARTIES CONTINUED. ALSO, THEY DON'T HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOR US ON THE WEEKEND TO CALL IN USUALLY THE PARTIES START FROM ONE:00 OR 5 PM AND GO UNTIL 5:00, 6:00 IN THE MORNING. CODE ENFORCEMENT TOLD ME TODAY THAT THEY CANNOT USE MY EVIDENCE, VIDEO, AUDIO, PHOTOS AND THEY HAVE TO BE PRESENT THEMSELVES IN ORDER TO HAVE THOSE DOCUMENTS BY THEMSELVES IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GIVE A TICKET. SO, LET ME UNDERSTAND. THE CITIZENS ARE ENCOURAGED TO HANDLE, NOT TO

HANDLE ANY. >> MAYOR: I AM SORRY MA'AM, YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP I AM SO SORRY. WE UNDERSTAND. WE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WE PROMISE YOU.

>> MAYOR: I WOULD ASK YOU, MUNAL IS STANDING BACK THERE AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH HER, SHE IS STANDING RIGHT THERE ON THE BACK AND SHE WILL CATCH YOU.

THANK YOU. YOU CAN LEAVE THAT. [LAUGHTER] THERE WE GO. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, WE HAVE ONE EMAILED CITIZEN COMMENT. AND, MAYOR PRO TEM GRUBISICH WILL BE

READING THAT. >> COUNCILMEMBER: HELLO LADIES

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AND GENTLEMEN MY NAME IS CHRIS JOHNSON THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS AND CONSIDER OUR QUEST AND MY WIFE AND I ARE THE OWNERS AT 508 POINT ROYAL DRIVE AND WE BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY FROM STEEPER DUE IN DECEMBER. WE CAME TO VISIT THE LAKE IN 2020 AND FELL IN LOVE WITH IT SO WE RESEARCHED AND FOUND THIS PLACE. HAVE A SLIP RENTED AT HARBOUR POINTE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY AND TIME HERE IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT.

OUR INTENTIONS WERE NEVER TO AIR B&B OUR PROPERTY BUT THE OPPORTUNITY ISN'T IT ITSELF AND WE WENT FOR IT AND IT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE ALSO BROUGHT BUSINESS TO TH COMMUNITY. WE HAVE DONE ALL OUR INSPECTIONS AND DONE ALL THE RIGHT STEPS TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY. THE ONLY ITEM I WANT THE COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER IS A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ALLOWED TO STAY OR BE ON THE PPROPERTY DURING THE DAY WHICH IS IN SECTION 10 ? 408 A. IF I AM READING THIS RIGHT PEOPLE CANNOT BE ON THE PROPERTY DURING THE DAY. OUR STRUGGLE WITH THE WAY THAT THE CODE IS WRITTEN AS IF SOMEONE HAS ASKED THAT IS 1800 SQUARE FEET CAN HAVE 12 PEOPLE OR A HOUSE LIKE OURS THAT IS 4500 SQUARE FEET WITH A LARGE LOT IN A POOL ON THE LAKEFRONT HOW CAN THE SITUATIONS BE TREATED EQUALLY? I'M NOT ASKING TO HOST 50 PEOPLE OR HAVE WEDDINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE OUR SPACE TO GET THE MOST OUT OF IT OR WHAT WE ARE ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER IS TO ALLOW 20 PEOPLE TO STAY REQUESTED BY POTENTIAL CUSTOMER AND LOWER GUEST OF PEOPLE OVER FOR A BIRTHDAY PARTY, GENDER REVEAL, ETC. AS LONG AS THEY DON'T DISTURB OUR NEIGHBORS. I WOULD LIKE TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE DURING THE DAY TO 30 BUT AGAIN ONLY 20 COULD STAY ALL NIGHT. I'M NOT JUST ASKING FOR JUST US BUT MAYBE LOOK AT TERMS OF THE SIZE OF THE HOUSE AND PROPERTY IT MAY BE ANYTHING UNDER 2500 SQUARE FEET IS 12 ANYTHING OVER 2500 FEET IS 20 P JUST SOME THOUGHTS OR SOLUTIONS. I TRY NOT TO BRING A PROBLEM WITHOUT A POTENTIAL SOLUTION. WE DO HAVE QUIET TIME HOURS FOR OUTSIDE FROM 10 PM TO 8 PM AND WE TELL OUR GUESTS NO WILD PARTIES AND PARK THE CARS IN OUR DRIVEWAY AND FRONT OF THE HOUSE. WE DO ASK OUR GUESTS TO QUESTIONS TO KNOW WHAT THEY WILL BE DOING IF WE DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD FIT TELL THEM NUMBER THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

AND CONSIDERATION. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU MET AND

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THAT IS THE END OF OUR CITIZENINPUT. AT THIS TIME WE WILL NEED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CHANGES. ONE IS WE HAVE REMOVED ITEM 7Q FOR DISCUSSION AT A LATER MEETING AND 7M FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND 7R FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION TONIGHT AND IF ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE ANY OTHER CONSENT AGENDA ITEM REMOVED FOR CONSIDERATION PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME. SEEING NONE, LORD WHICH YOU READ THE REMAINING ITEMS INTO THE

RECORD? >> SPEAKER: 7A. CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES. 7B. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FY21 BUDGET. 7C. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE.

7D. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING A TASK AUTHORIZATION WITH RJN GROUP, INC. 7E. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR THE LAKELAND HEIGHTS RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. 7F. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING A TASK AUTHORIZATION WITH FUGRO USA LAND, INC.

7G. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING A TASK AUTHORIZATION WITH WALTER P. MOORE, INC. 7H. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING A TASK AUTHORIZATION WITH HALFF ASSOCIATES, INC.

7I. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR THE 30-INCH SANITARY SEWER LINE. 7J. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.

7K. CONSIDER APPROVING APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 7L. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TERMINATING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE AGREEMENT. 7N. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN EMERGENCY PURCHASE ORDER FOR SANITARY SEWER FORCE MAIN LINE REPLACEMENT.

7O. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR MOSQUITO GROUND CONTROL SERVICES. 7P. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION RESCINDING A CONTRACT WITH SRH LANDSCAPE LLC.

>> MAYOR: THANK YOU LAURA, COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT BLAKE

MARGOLIS? >> COUNCILMEMBER: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION OF THE CONSENT ITEMS READ INTO RECORD.

>> MAYOR: WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK?

>> COUNCILMEMBER: I SECOND IT. >> MAYOR: I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND A CALL THE VOTE. THAT, THOSE ITEMS PASSED 6-0

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WITH ONE ABSENT COUNCILMEMBER AND I WANT TO SAY, REALLY QUICK, ONE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS WAS THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS NOMINATIONS AND IT IS SUCH A WONDERFUL PROCESS EVERY YEAR TO GET THOSE APPLICATIONS FROM ALL OF THOSE CITIZENS WHO WANT TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF INTERVIEWING THEM AND WE INTERVIEW THEM WITH THE BOARD AND COMMISSION CHAIR AND THE STAFF LIAISON IN THE COUNCIL LIAISON AND THEN WE AS A COUNCIL GET TOGETHER AND PUT ALL THOSE PIECES TOGETHER IT'S LIKE PUTTING A PUZZLE TOGETHER SO IMPORTANT WHEN SOMEONE RAISES THEIR HAND AND WANTS TO HELP THE CITY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO RETRY VERY HARD TO FIND A POSITION THAT WORKS. SO, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND THE CITY I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY SERVED ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND ALL OF OUR OTHER VOLUNTEERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THOSE WHO ARE STARTING THEIR TERM FOR THE FIRST TIME OCTOBER 1 WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU THANK YOU TO

[7M. Consider a resolution executing a Professional Services Agreement for planning and consulting services.]

EVERYONE WHO IS A PART OFTHAT PROCESS. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GO TO 7M FIRST. IS THAT WHAT WE WANT? ALL RIGHT. I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF IT WAS MUNAL THAT WE NEEDED. 7M.

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION EXECUTING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR PLANNING AND CONSULTING SERVICES.

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY

DEVELOPMENT CODES. >> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU THIS EVENING AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. WE ARE HAPPY TO FINALLY BE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU KNOWING THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY HAVE IN TO GET GOING FOR A BIT OF TIME AND MY ALMOST YEAR AND HALF YEAR AS WELLWE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS THIS MOMENT. AGAIN, PLEASED TO BE HERE. A BIT OF BACKGROUND, ON THIS, THE COUNCIL HAS ALLOCATED $100,000 FOR THIS PROJECT.

THERE IS A IDENTIFIED SCOPE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT IS APPROACHING THREE AND $1000 AND I WILL GO THROUGH THIS RIGHT NOW. WE ARE LOOKING TO SPLIT THIS INTO A COUPLE DIFFERENT PHASES AND THAT WOULD BE COMPLETED INTO TWO DIFFERENT FISCAL YEARS 2022 WOULD BE THE FIRST PHASE WITH THAT. WE WOULD THEN ALSO BE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 49,000 AND CHANGE FROM THE ENGINEERING INSPECTION FUND TO COMPLETE THAT WORK FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS AND THEN ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN THE 2023 YEAR FOR THE ADDITIONAL $145,000 TO WRAP THIS PROJECT UP WHICH THE END RESULT OF THAT ONE SINGLE DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR THE CITY THAT WOULD UPDATE, INTEGRATE THE BASE CODE FOR PORTIONS OF THE CITY AND COVERS ALL OF THE CITY AND SUPPLEMENT THOSE PARTS OF THE FORM-BASED CODE AND IT IS SOMEWHAT SILENT ON. THIS YEAR IS THE SCOPE AND SCHEDULE AND THE BUDGETARY COST FOR THIS PROJECT. OVER ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE IS A FISCAL YEAR 2022 SCOPE PROJECT SCHEDULE AND LET ME CALL A FEW OF THESE THINGS OUT IN THE FIRST THING WILL BE WORKING ON IS SORT OF THE INTERNAL SETTING, SETTING THE STAGE AND SETTING THE TABLE WORKING ON THE FINALIZATION OF A PUBLIC DISSIPATION PLAN WITH THE CONSULTANT AND A WEBSITE THAT WOULD BE USED THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ON THIS. THAT WOULD KICK OFF, HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AS WE GET AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. THE NEXT MAJOR TASK WHICH IS ALSO NOT, IS MORE PUBLIC BUT NOT NECESSARILY SO MUCH OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC REALM WILL BE THE DIAGNOSTIC WHICH AGAIN IS GOING THROUGH WITH THE CONSULTANT, GOING THROUGH THE EXISTING DOCUMENTS AND PLANS AND CODE TO GIVE US THE GOOD, BAD AND THE UGLY SO TO SPEAK ON THERE AND SORT OF ALSO A PREVIEW AS TO WHERE THEY THINK WE SHOULD BE GOING WITH THIS. A MAJOR PART OF THAT IS

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TASK 2.1 THE STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS OF WHICH THEY WOULD BE REACHING OUT TO THE USERS OF THIS CODE AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE IMPLEMENTING IT SUCH AS YOURSELVES AND THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AS WELL AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO SEE THEIR THOUGHTS UPON THE CODE AND WHAT DIRECTION WE SHOULD BE GOING EARED THAT WOULD BE A PROJECT THAT WE WRAPPED UP EARLY SPRING YEAR AND IN THE LAST PART THAT WE HAVE FOR 2022 WOULD BE THE FIRST TWO MODULES OF THE CODE ITSELF. I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THOSE MODULES ARE MORE SPECIFICALLY IN THEIR. SO, THIS WILL GO A LITTLE BIT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THESE TWO SLIDES HERE. AGAIN, THE DIAGNOSTIC IS SORT OF A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WITH THE EXPERTS AS TO WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT. THE FIRST MODULE WE WOULD GET TO, THE FIRST TWO MODULES WILL BE COMPLETED AS PROPOSED UNDER THE NEXT YEAR WOULD BE THE ZONING DISTRICTS AND USES SO THAT WOULD THE VARIOUS DISTRICTS THAT WOULD BE PROPOSED TO DIVIDE THE CITY UP IN A WAY OF WHAT IS ALLOWED IN THOSE AREAS PEERED THE SECOND MODULE IS THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, THE NITTY-GRITTY OF HEIGHT AND SETBACKS, BUILDS TWO LINES, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS IN THEIR. THE THIRD MODULE IS THE ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES AND THAT WOULD BE PUT OFF TO FISCAL YEAR 2023 PORTION OF THE PROJECT AND LET ME SLIDE BACK HERE AS WELL. THE OTHER PART THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT, TO OTHER PARTS WILL BE TESTING SECTION IN HERE SO WE DO A TRIAL RUN WITH SOME PROJECTS AND PROPERTIES WITH THE NEW CODE TO BE SURE THAT WE HAVE IT RIGHT. AND THEN NUMBER 4 TASK WOULD BE THEN THE ADOPTION.

THE ONE PART THAT I SHOULD HAVE HIT ON HEAVY AND HARD WOULD BE THE CONTINUED PUBLIC INPUT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. THERE ARE INTENDED TO BE, WORSE, THE WEBSITE WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION WILL BE ON THERE AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS, CHECK IN WITH PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE DO WE HAVE IT RIGHT? SO, ALL RIGHT. WE FEEL THIS DOES HAVE SOME ADVANTAGES TO THAT AGAIN DOES ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL INPUT AND CONFIRMATION CHECKS FROM US AS THE STAFF IN THE COMMUNITY, DECISION-MAKERS AND POLICY SETTERS AS WE GO FORWARD WE WILL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL DRILL DOWNS TO FOCUS ON THE CRITICAL PIECES AS THEY ARE IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. ALSO, WE CAN BUILD CONSENSUS AND SUPPORT FOR THIS BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE BREAKING IT DOWN TO SMALLER PIECES, THOSE MODULES SO IT WILL BE SMALLER PIECES TO EAT AND DIGEST THE OLD ADAGE OUT THERE ABOUT HOW TO EAT AN ELEPHANT? YOU BREAK IT DOWN INTO SMALLER PIECES. SO THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE ARE SEEKING TO DO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. ALSO, WE FEEL AGAIN THAT THIS DOES DISTRIBUTE THE IMPACT OF THIS PROJECT INTO THE TWO DIFFERENT FISCAL YEARS. WE WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WITH THIS PROCESS THERE IS A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY AROUND FUNDING, HOWEVER, WE DO FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE HOPE FOR A GOOD BUDGET YEAR FOR 2023 BUT ALSO THROUGH THE INSPECTIONS FUND THAT THERE SHOULD BE FUNDING THEIR TO GET THAT DONE AND WE WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT GOING BACK TO THIS LAST PART THAT WE WILL HAVE THE MEAT OF THE CODE DEVELOPED IN THE FIRST PHASE FOR THE LAST PART THAT WOULD BE REMAINING WOULD BE THE ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURES PART IN WHICH MANY OF THOSE ARE REALLY SET FOR US THROUGH THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. IT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE TOO MUCH ON THERE SO WE FEEL THAT WE ARE NOT EMBARKING UPON A JOURNEY THAT WE DON'T FEEL WE CAN REACH THE DESTINATION WITH THIS. WE FEEL THAT WE WILL HAVE THE FUNDING TO GET THIS DONE BUT IF WE DO NOT WE WILL AS STAFF HE ABLE TO BRING THIS PROJECT TO COMPLETION. SHOULD THAT THE CASE. WITH THAT, OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT

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WITH CLAIRE AND ASSOCIATES SO WE CAN BEGIN THIS PROJECT AND WITH THAT I WILL ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

>> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNSEL? I'M THE ONE ASKED TO HAVE IT PULLED SO I GUESS I WILL ASK MY QUESTIONS. I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION BUT I'M GOING TO ASK IT SO THE PUBLIC CAN HEAR IT. YOU WENT OUT FOR A REQUEST FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AS OPPOSED TO A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL. AM I GETTING CLOSE PON THE LANGUAGE?

>> SPEAKER: IT WAS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.

>> MAYOR: AS OPPOSED TO COMMIT B3 ALTERCATIONS.

>> MAYOR: THIS IS MORE MONEY THEN I THOUGHT THAT WAS PROPOSED FOR THIS PROJECT SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A HEALTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. I AM CONCERNED, I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BUDGET ALLOCATION I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE ONE DOWN THE ROAD AND MY QUESTIONS KIND OF CENTER AROUND THAT LIKE HOUSE SET IN STONE IS THAT ESTIMATE FOR THAT CONCLUDING

PHASE DOWN THE ROAD? >> SPEAKER: I WOULD SAY IT IS NOT SET IN STONE AT THIS POINT PEERED WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER WE WILL NEED SO MUCH OF THEIR ASSISTANCE IN THAT FINAL PHASE OF GETTING ACROSS THE FINISH LINE THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS AND ON THAT I WOULD SUGGEST AND LET ME GO BACK, DO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT? I WOULD SAY THAT THE LAST PHASE OF THAT IT WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT, SOME OF THAT.

>> MAYOR:I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO GO THERE.

>> SPEAKER: WE WOULD HAVE THE MONEY AVAILABLE FOR THE TESTING SO THAT WE COULD GET THAT DONE AND ALSO IDENTIFYING IF THERE REALLY IS SO MUCH OF A NEED THEIR FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH GETTING THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE PROCEDURAL PART, THAT THIRD

MODULE WRAPPED UP. >> MAYOR: ARE YOU TELLING ME YOU COULD CUT BACK ON THE SCOPE FOR THOSE FINAL PHASES? MY QUESTION WOULD BE WHAT RISK DO WE HAVE FOR AN INCREASE COST FROM THE CONSULTANT STANDPOINT?

>> SPEAKER: I SEE WHERE YOU ARE WITH THIS. THERE'S ALWAYS THAT RISK OF INCREASED COST AND THAT WOULD LIKELY COME AROUND IF WE WERE TO DISCOVER AT SOME POINT WITH AS WE GO THROUGH THAT DIAGNOSTIC AS WE GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE MODULES THAT THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE DID NOT FORESEE.

>> MAYOR: I GUARANTEE YOU IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING ELSE. WE ALL KNOW HOW THIS WORKS AND I BEEN ON THAT SIDE OF IT, TOO.

WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS, WHAT IS THE CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENT FROM THE CONSULTANT STANDPOINT AND WHAT IS OUR RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THAT COMMITMENT? I GUARANTEE YOU THEY WILL FIND SOMETHING TO RAISE THE PRICE.

>> MUNAL: GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. BASED ON THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT IS PRESENTED ESPECIALLY WITH MODULES ONE AND TWO WE HAVE A HIGH CONFIDENCE LEVEL THAT THERE WON'T BE ADDITIONAL COSTS. ONE OF THE MODULES WHICH IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROCEDURAL PROCESS ELEMENTS, IF YOU NOTICE, THAT IS THE ONE THAT WE PINNED THE LAST SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS FIRST.

THAT WAS PRIMARILY TO SEE IF THERE WAS A FLOAT OR IF WE INJECTED A FLOAT WITHIN THE PROJECT WE COULD PERHAPS FIGURE OUT WE COULD DO THAT SCOPE OR PIECE OURSELVES IN THE MODULE FUNDING TOWARDS THIS. IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY OR POSSIBILITY THAT THE COST WOULD GO UP? ABSOLUTELY. WE ALSO HAVE A HIGH CONFIDENCE LEVEL THAT WE WILL HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO TACKLE UP TO MODULE THREE SANDS THE APPROVAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS OF THINGS. IT IS DIFFICULT WHEN YOU LOOK AT A CODE, OBVIOUSLY WE WERE HOPEFUL THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO TACKLE THIS CODE WITH THE MONEY THAT WE HAD BUT BASED ON WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY ARE -THIS IS WHERE WE STAND. FROM A STAFF RESPECTED AND FROM

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A EVALUATION PERSPECTIVE WE HAVE A HIGH CONFIDENCE LEVEL THAT THERE MIGHT NOT BE TOO MUCH OF A CHANGE GIVEN THE FACT THAT OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IS INDEED ONE. CREATING THIS SYNERGY SHOULD NOT BE THAT COMPLICATED. THAT IS THE DIAGNOSTICS THAT ALAN WAS SPEAKING TO AND OF COURSE THERE WILL BE A LOT OF STAFF INTERJECTION IN THIS PROJECT AS WELL. IF THERE IS A CHANGE WITHIN THE COST AND TYPICALLY THAT DOES HAPPEN WITH A PROJECT THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH ADDITIONAL TASKS AND RESULT OF WHAT THE FINDINGS ARE, AGAIN, WE HAVE A CONFIDENCE LEVEL THAT FOR FY 23 WE ARE HOPEFUL TO BE ABLE TO FUND THE COMPLETION OF THE CODE REWRITE PERHAPS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MINISTRY TO PROCESS PART OF THINGS.

WITH DOES NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE UNIFYING DEVELOPMENT CODE AND CAN BE A SUPPLEMENTAL ADDENDUM

IN THE FUTURE. >> MAYOR: WHAT IS THE 294? BEST ESTIMATE IN TODAY'S DOLLARS OR TOMORROW'S DOLLARS? WHERE IS THE 294 COMING FROM AND WHAT IS THE COMMITMENT?

>> SPEAKER: 294 IS THERE ESTIMATE. PROJECT COMPLETION.

294, 295. HAVE A HIGH CONFIDENCE LEVEL IN THEIR EXPERIENCE IN DOING THIS. CLARIION IS WELL KNOWN IN WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES OUR SIZE AND LARGER COMMUNITIES AND ADAPTING TO A CODE THAT FUNCTIONS FOR US AND THEY HAVE A HIGH CONFIDENCE LEVEL THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT

WITHIN THIS COST. >> MAYOR: I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CLARIION AND OTHERS BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO NAME THEM. WHY DID YOU PICKED THEM AND WHAT

WAS YOUR PROCESS? >> MUNAL: I WILL START WITH THE PROCESS. OUR SCOPE OF SERVICES WAS TO SEEK APPLICANTS BACK TO REQUEST PROPOSALS AND GET PROPOSALS BACK AND ASSESS THOSE AND FRANKLY SPEAKING, COUNSEL, WE ONLY RECEIVED THE ONE RFP FROM CLARIION AND ASSOCIATES AND THE PLUS IS I HAVE PERSONALLY WORKED WITH CLARIION AND ASSOCIATES WITH OTHER PROJECTS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AND THEIR TRACK RECORD AND REFERENCES CAME BACK VERY POSITIVE.

>> MAYOR: DO YOU HAVE A FEEL FOR WHY WE WOULD ONLY HAVE ONE COMEBACK? SIX BLUNTLY SPEAKING I THINK IT WAS TOO SMALL

PROJECTS TO SOME EXTENT. >> MAYOR: INTERESTING. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD?

>> MUNAL: NUMBER I THINK ALEX DID A FANTASTIC JOB.

>> MAYOR: WE KNOW HE DOES, WE AGREE WITH THAT. SO, ENTERTAIN A MOTION? COUNCILMEMBER BROWNIE SHERRILL? > COUNCILMEMBER: I MOVED TO ACCEPT ITEM 7M.

>> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION. COUNCILMEMBER MATT GRUBISICH?

>> COUNCILMEMBER: I WILL SECOND.

>> MAYOR: ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE I WILL CALL A VOTE. MATT? THAT ITEM PASSES 6-0 WITH ONE ABSENT PERSON. THAT IS EXCITING! WE ARE MOVING TO THE NEXT STEP.

[7R. Consider a resolution approving a lease for a communications studio.]

THANK YOU, ALEX. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR: THE NEXT ITEM IS 7R. 7R. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING A LEASE FOR A COMMUNICATIONS STUDIO.

CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION ENTERING INTO A FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT FOR HE SCRADE BUILDING LOCATED AT 3809 MAIN STREET FOR A STUDIO FOR THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. WHO IS

EXECUTING THESE DOCUMENTS? >> SPEAKER: AND MAYOR DREW IS

COMING OUT! [APPLAUSE] >> SPEAKER: HI GUYS, MY NAME IS DREW RISK AND I WORK FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND TODAY WE ARE HERE TO PROPOSE A LEASE AGREEMENT TO A LEASE SUITE LOCATED AT 3809 THE OLD FREEDOM CHURCH FOR THE CITY HAS OUTGROWN ITS CURRENT SPACE AND NEEDS ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE TO SET UP A VIDEO STUDIO FOR DIGITAL CONTENT. RIGHT NOW, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION THE CITY HAS ADDED INFORMATION OFFICE THAT CONSISTS OF MYSELF AND I PRODUCE VIDEO AND DIGITAL CONTENT AND WITH DENISE PARENT WHO IS THE PUBLIC MANAGER WHO ALSO CREATES WRITTEN CONTENT.

WE HAVE REQUIRED FUNDING TO HIRE AN ADDITIONAL EDS

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SPECIALIST TO HELP WITH THIS CONTENT. IT FALLS UNDER THE READY TO GOVERN TRANSPARENT AND EXCLUSIVELY. THE NEW STUDIO WOULD BE EQUIPPED WITH QUALITY CAMERAS, ALL PAID FOR BY THE PIG FUND. WITH AN OPTIMIZED PRODUCTION WORKFLOW AND THIS NEW DIGITAL MEDIA CREATOR CONTENT MANAGER THAT WE ARE GOING TO HIRE WE FEEL LIKE WE COULD STRIP YOU QUALITY DIGITAL MEDIA IN A TIMELY MANNER TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND WITH CHANNEL RT AND 16. THIS IS WHAT THE CURRENT SPACE LOOKS LIKE AT 3809 MAIN ST. AND FOR AN EXAMPLE THERE IS AN EXAMPLE, I'M NOT SAYING THAT ANYONE IS MARRIED TO THIS STUFF. YOU CAN SEE HOW IT COULD FLOW TO THAT SPACE. SOME ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES - AND HERE IS NOT TO SCALE 3809 MAIN STREET STUDIO LAYOUT. YOU COULD SEE THAT THERE MIGHT BE A NEW SET AT ONE CORNER AND I KNOW WE SPOKE TO THAT AREA WITH A GREEN SCREEN AND AN EDITING AREA AND THIS WOULD BE OPTIMIZED WHERE ONE PERSON COULD CONTROL THESE AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE TO BREAK DOWN THE SET AND IT COULD HAVE DIFFERENT PURPOSES, TOO. ALL OF THESE SETS. DEFINITELY LOTS OF VIDEO WOULD BE AIMED TOWARDS SOCIAL MEDIA WHICH WE COULD POSSIBLY DO PODCASTS IN THE FUTURE, THE SKY IS THE LIMIT WITH THIS STUDIO. SO, THE CITY HAS BUDGETED $49,000 IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE LEASE IN ADDITION, THE EQUIPMENT FOR THE STUDIO IS EXCITED TO COST ALMOST $150,000 BUT THAT WILL BE PAID FROM THE CITIES PIG FUND. PIG FUND IS THE FUNDS FROM THE CABLE COMPANIES AND THE CABLE VIEWERS AND CAN ONLY BE USED ON CAPITAL ASSETS AND THAT MEANS IT CANNOT BE USED TO LEASE THE BUILDING OR CANNOT BE USED FOR EMPLOYEES OR PAY FOR EMPLOYEE SALARIES. CURRENTLY THE PEG FUND HAS GROWN TO A HEFTY AMOUNT AS YOU CAN SEE $658,000 THE EQUIPMENT BE BACK IN THE EQUIPMENT BUDGET WILL BE BROUGHT BACK AT A LATER DATE AND RIGHT NOW ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE LEASE ON THE BUILDING AND THAT IS IT.

>> MAYOR: I THINK THE LEASE HAS ENDED UP BEING LESS THAN THAT

IS THAT CORRECT? >> COUNCILMEMBER: YES MAYOR, I BELIEVE IT'S AT $46,000 IF I DID THE MATH RIGHT.

>> MAYOR: WHILE YOU ARE DOING THAT?

>> COUNCILMEMBER: $33,600 FOR THE FIRST FEW YEARS AND IT GOES UP $200 FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND THE LAST YEAR IS $3200.

>> MAYOR: TO REFRESH FOR COUNSEL THAT THAT ANNUAL LEASE COST IS IN THE BUDGET WE JUST REVIEWED AND CONSIDERING FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT. DREW, YOU SAID THAT THE PEG FUND CAN ONLY BE USED FOR CAPITAL ASSETS RELATING TO?

>> SPEAKER: PRODUCTION OF THE CONTENT CREATED FOR OUR CHANNEL AND THEN THAT CHANNEL MEDIA IS DISTRIBUTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> MAYOR: I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE REALLY CLEAR ON WHAT TYPE OF WILL ASSETS IT IS TIED TO. COUNCILMEMBER MARTHA

BROWN? >> COUNCILMEMBER: I WANTED TO SAY I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR CITY MIGHT NOT KNOW BUT TRUE IS AN AWARD WINNING VIDEOGRAPHER WHO DOES AMAZING WORK AND I AM CONSTANTLY STUNNED AT THE QUALITY OF PRODUCTION THAT COMES OUT THAT LITTLE ROOM THAT YOU HAVE BACK THERE AND I AM VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE CITY TAKE OUR COMMUNICATIONS TO ANOTHER LEVEL. I THINK IT IS AN AREA THAT WE HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB WITH A LITTLE BIT THAT WE HAVE HAD TO WORK WITH AND I AM VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT YOU AND DENISE CAN DO WHEN YOU HAVE SOME MORE TOOLS IN YOUR HAND TO DO IT WITH. I AM 100 PERCENT IN SUPPORT OF

THIS MOVE. >> MAYOR: COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT

BLAKE MARGOLIS? >> COUNCILMEMBER: I GO WITH WHAT COUNCILMEMBER BROWN SAID. I AM ALL FOR GIVING YOU AND THE NIECE NEW SPACE YOU WILL CERTAINLY NEED IT. FOR ME, MY ONLY CONCERN IS JUST THE LOCATION ITSELF. I FEAR THAT WE WILL PROBABLY BE TAKING AWAY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A TAX PRODUCING BUSINESS AND POTENTIAL ECONOMIC DRIVING BUSINESS FROM DOWNTOWN IN THAT PREMIUM LOCATION. WE ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE MAINTAINED WHITE THE BIT OF CITY BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN. CITY HALL, PUBLIC WORKS, ANIMAL SHELTER, PARKS AND RECREATION. I DON'T KNOW THAT ADDING ANOTHER CITY

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FACILITY ESPECIALLY IN THIS PREMIUM LOCATION WOULD BE ADVERSE TO OUR GOAL OF BRINGING MORE UNIQUE BUSINESSES TO DOWNTOWN. AGAIN, I AM ALL FOR TAKING CARE OF YOU ALL AND GIVING YOU A NEW SPACE AND GIVING YOU ALL WHAT YOU NEED TO DO YOUR JOB. I AM JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOCATION.

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT MY OTHER COLLEAGUES THINK ABOUT

THIS. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. >> COUNCILMEMBER: WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE OF THE LEASE? IS IT THREE YEARS AND IS THERE AN

OPTION TO GET OUT? >> SPEAKER: ACTUALLY IT IS FIVE YEARS AND THE ONE THING WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT WE DO VIEW THIS AS A TEMPORARY SPACE. IT COULD BE TEMPORARY SPACE FOR FIVE YEARS AND THAT'S WHAT WE BELIEVE WILL BE MINIMUM AND A LITTLE BIT LONGER. IT WON'T BE LONG TERM BECAUSE OUR VIEW IS THAT ONCE WE DO BUILD A NEW CITY HALL COMPLEX, THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A PERMANENT STUDIO.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: I AGREE, TOTALLY. IF THERE WERE PEOPLE CLAMORING RIGHT NOW TO GET SPACE DOWN THERE, WE HAVE SEVERAL OPEN BUILDINGS AND THIS ONE HAS BEEN OPEN FOR A WHILE.

AB THIS IS A WAY THAT YOU START FILLING UP ALL THINGS THAT MIGHT DRIVE OTHER PEOPLE DOWN THERE, TOO. IF WE CAN DO THAT I THINK IT WILL BE HELPED. I HEAR YOUR CONCERN AND THAT'S WHY I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS A CLAUSE TO GET OUT OF THERE AND SOME ELSE CAME AROUND WE COULD FIND YOU A HOME. WHAT YOU DO OUT OF A CLOSET IS UNBELIEVABLE AND I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU HAVE SOME SPACE. I AM ALL

IN FAVOR FOR IT. >> MAYOR: I HAVE SOME CONCERNS.

YOU SAY A FIVE YEAR LEASE IS NOT A THREE YEAR WITH A TWO

YEAR RENEWAL? >> SPEAKER: I BELIEVE IT IS FIVE YEARS YES THE TERM IS 60 MONTHS.

>> MAYOR: HAVE WE TRIED TO NEGOTIATE THAT A THREE-YEAR

WITH A TWO YEAR RENEWAL? >> SPEAKER: MAYOR, WHEN WE FIRST BROACHED THE ISSUE I BELIEVE IT WAS US THAT WAS ASKING FOR THE FIVE YEARS BECAUSE WE COULD NOT SEE A SCENARIO IN WHICH IT WOULD BE LESS THAN THAT. WE DID NOT ASK FOR MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE WE STILL HOPE SOME OTHER CHANGES WILL OCCUR. BUT, WE DID NOT WANT TO GET STUCK INVESTING IN THIS AND SPENDING TWO OR THREE YEARS AND THEN HAVING TO ASK TO

RENEW THE LEASE. >> MAYOR: IT IS A TOUGH ONE.

OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER MARTHA BROWN?

>> COUNCILMEMBER: TO MATT! THERE AREN'T TOO MANY SPACES DOWNTOWN THAT ARE OPTIONS AND I DON'T KNOW, I'M THINKING FROM A LANDLORD TO THAT IF THERE WERE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY CAME ALONG IN HIGH DEMAND CAME ALONG, IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA I AS A LANDLORD WOULD BE HAPPY TO CONSIDER RENEGOTIATING THAT FIVE YEARS DOWN TO SHORTER-TERM IF I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THE RENT AND MOVE IN A RETAIL BUSINESS THERE. I DON'T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF RISK AND IT I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE BUSINESS THAT ARE OPERATING IN THOSE BUILDINGS. SO, THOSE

WOULD BE MY COMMENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER: I HEAR YOU ALL. HAVE WE LOOK AT OTHER SPACES? I AM SURE WE HAVE FOR

THE STUDIO? >> SPEAKER: WE LOOKED AT THAT ONE THAT WAS ACROSS FROM CITY HALL THAT WE I CAN CONNECT THE DIGITAL SIGN AND A CHANNEL WITHOUT GOING TOTALLY TO THE

CLOUD. >> MAYOR: YOU NEED TO BE HERE.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: I AM GOING TO SUPPORT IT BECAUSE I REALLY DO THINK YOU NEED THE SPACE. I JUST HOPE WE DON'T HAVE TO LOSE AN OPPORTUNITY BUT MY COLLEAGUES ARE RIGHT THERE ARE OTHER SPACES THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. MAY BE EXPRESSED TO THE LANDLORD THREE YEARS AWAY IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY IF SOMEONE IS SEEKING THAT SPACE AND WE DETERMINE IT IS MORE VIABLE ECONOMIC DRIVER TO DOWNTOWN THAT SOMETHING WE TALK ABOUT TO THAT POINT IF THAT EVER HAPPENS.

>> MAYOR: WE NEED NEW FACILITIES.

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>> COUNCILMEMBER: WE DO, THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR: I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.

COUNCILWOMAN BROWN? >> COUNCILMEMBER: I MAKE A

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 7R. >> MAYOR: COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT

BLAKE MARGOLIS? >> COUNCILMEMBER: I WILL

SECOND. >> MAYOR: I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND I HAVE THE BUTTON PUSHED IF ANYONE WANTS TO TALK.

NO FURTHER DISCUSSION CALL THE VOTE. THAT ITEM PASSES 6-0. I FORGOT TO ASK MY MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION. THE STATE OF THE

CITY? >> SPEAKER: IT WILL TAKE A

WHILE TO GET SET UP. >> MAYOR: I TAKE IT THAT IS A NO. GET BACK TO WORK! [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS AND WERE GOING TO START WITH ITEM 8A.

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE REVIEWING AND APPROVING THE AMENDED AND RESTATED BAYSIDE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (PID) SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN INCLUDING THE ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE ASSESSMENT ROLL PURSUANT TO THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR THE BAYSIDE

[Items 8B & 8C]

PID ? NORTH IMPROVEMENT AREA. GOOD EVENING WENDY.

>> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO PULL ITEM EIGHT A AND ITEM 8B AND ITEM 8C.

>> MAYOR: HANG ON. WHAT'S GOING ON?

>> SPEAKER: ITEM EIGHT A WAS NOT PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER ON

TIME. >> MAYOR: SO LET ME READ. WE

ARE PULLING 8A? >> SPEAKER: IT WILL BE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. TONIGHT ITEM ARE HB AND 8C FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE BAYSIDE PUBLIC -ÁSPEAKER1Á LET ME READ IT INTO THE RECORD. DO YOU WANT ME TO READ BOTH INTO THE RECORD AT

THE SAME TIME? >> SPEAKER: YOU CAN BUT THEY WILL BE TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS BUT ONE PRESENTATION. 8B.

CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE?ADOPTING CHANGES TO THE?BAYSIDE PUBLIC.> MAYOR: OKAY. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (PID)?SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN?INCLUDING?THE?A NNUAL UPDATE TO THE?ASSESSMENT ROLL?AND LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTY IN THE PID PURSUANT TO THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR THE BAYSIDE PID ??SOUTH?IMPROVEMENT AREA.? 8C. CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE?ADOPTING CHANGES TO THE?TRAILS AT COTTONWOOD CREEK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (PID)?SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN?INCLUDING?THE?ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE?ASSESSMENT ROLL?AND LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTY IN THE PID PURSUANT TO THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR THE

DISTRICT.? WENDY? >> SPEAKER: YES, COUNSEL AS STATED TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS FOR THE MOTION OF APPROVAL IS FOR THE PUBLIC DISTRICT ANNUAL ASSESSMENT PLAN AND THE 2021 2022 ASSESSMENT FOR THE SOUTH AREA AS WELL AS THE FIRST ANNUAL TRAIL AT COTTONWOOD CREEK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND ANNUAL ASSESSMENT PLAN UPDATE AND THE TWEET 21 2022 ASSESSMENT RULES FOR THAT DISTRICT AS WELL AND AS MENTIONED AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON OCTOBER 12 THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE ANNUAL ORDINANCE WILL BE PRESENTED FOR THE COUNCIL CONSIDERATION FOR THE NORTH IMPROVEMENT AREA AT THAT TIME THE ANNUAL UPDATES ARE REQUIRED BY THE PID ACT UNDER CHAPTER 72 UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND REAFFIRM THE CITY'S VISION OF THE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT PLAN EACH YEAR. TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION AS MENTIONED COMBINES THE UPDATES AND ROLES OF 2021 2022 FOR BOTH THE BAYSIDE PID SOUTH IMPROVEMENT AREA AS WELL AS TRAILS AT COTTONWOOD CREEK PID AND THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENTATION WITH A SEPARATE MOTION IS REQUIRED FOR EACH DISTRICTS. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR PID ADMINISTRATOR WHO IS HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT HIGHLIGHTED INFORMATION TONIGHT CONSIDERATION AND THIS IS JOSH

ARE WITH RENA. >> MAYOR: GOOD EVENING.

>> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND UNCIL. AS WENDY SAID LET'S START WITH THE SOUTHSIDE IMPROVEMENT AREA UPDATE THIS IS, I BELIEVE OUR FIFTH ANNUAL UPDATE FOR THIS DISTRICT AND THEIR ARE SEVERAL KEY ITEMS THAT WE WILL LOOK TO ADDRESS IN THIS ANNUAL REPORT. FIRST AS YOU CAN SEE, IS THE BUDGET FOR THE AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENT. JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN THIS TABLE IN FRONT OF YOU. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME BUDGET CHANGES BETWEEN THE LINE ITEMS AND YOU CAN THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGE TO THE AGGREGATE BUDGET. THIS HAS ALLOWED UNDER THE PID ACT FOR LINE ITEMS TO CHANGE SO FAR AS THE AGGREGATE DOES NOT INCREASE. IF IT WERE TO

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INCREASE ANY INCREASE WOULD BE COVERED OR FUNDED BY DEVELOPER OR THIRD PARTY AND NOT AN INCREASE IN THE ASSESSMENT. IN ANY CASE, THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE AGGREGATE COST OF THE IMPROVEMENT. WE ARE NEARING THE END OF THE PID FUNDING AND THERE STILL IS ABOUT $6.6 MILLION AND OF THE 18 CLOSE TO $19 MILLION THAT ARE CLOSE TO BE FUNDED MOST OF THAT IS TIED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAGOON WHICH IS OCCURRING LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD. SECOND ITEM, ADDRESSING ANY CHANGES TO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, YOU CAN SEE IN THE LEFT-HAND COLUMN THE VARIOUS LOT TYPES OR CLASSIFICATIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE SOUTH IMPROVEMENT AREA. THE THREE I WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS EVENING ARE THE OFFICE, TOWNHOMES AND MULTIFAMILY. YOU CAN SEE THOSE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN AS THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES THERE WAS A REDUCTION OF PROPOSED OFFICE SQUARE FOOTAGE FROM 675,000 SQUARE FEET DOWN TO 600,000 SQUARE FEET. THE TOWNHOMES INCREASED FROM 96 PROPOSED UNIT TO 134 AND THERE WAS A DECREASE IN PROPOSED MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT FROM 1200 DOWN TO 1000 1200 UNITS. OVERALL WE DID REPRESENT A PROJECT DID DECREASE IN EVALUATION OF $12.4 MILLION FROM THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME IT DOES NOT HAVE AN IMPACT AS FAR AS ASSESSMENTS AND HOW THOSE ARE ALLOCATED. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE CURRENT OUTSTANDING BALANCE OF THE SOUTH IMPROVEMENT AREA BONDS AT 35 MILLION PLUS. THE NEXT ITEM TO VISIT IS THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE DISTRICT WHICH INCORPORATES THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST COMPONENTS FOR THE BOND ALSO THE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES REQUESTED FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ON THIS TABLE, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S ABOUT A 108,000 DIFFERENCE IN THE INSTALLMENT. LAST YEAR WHAT WAS BILLED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WAS APPROXIMATELY 2.9 MILLION AND THIS YEAR IS OVER 3 MILLION. THE REASON I WANT TO PHIGHLIGHT THIS IS YOU CAN SEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOP TABLE THE EXPENSES ARE ALMOST THE SAME. THERE IS A VERY MINIMAL DIFFERENCE. THE REASON FOR THAT NET BILLING TO THE PROPERTY BEING DIFFERENT, YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE TABLE IS DUE TO FUNDING SOURCES AND IF YOU WOULD RECALL, SIMILARLY THE ALLOWANCE FOR THE TXDOT THERE WERE OTHER SIMILAR FUNDS TO THAT EARNED THAT WERE APPLIED TO REDUCE WHAT WAS BUILT LAST YEAR AND THAT AMOUNT OF FUNDS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE TABLE, EXCUSE ME, BOTTOM HALF OF THE SLIDE SET TABLE CAN SEE HOW THAT ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS, THE $3 MILLION IS APPLIED TO EACH LOT TYPE AND AS I WAS SAYING THE HIGHLIGHTED COLUMN SECOND TO THE RIGHT ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS FOR THE LAST COLUMN CHANGES TO THE ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS FROM LAST YEAR WITH AN INCREASE OF THOSE FUNDING SOURCES. THESE CHANGES LIKE THIS OR SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE CRITICAL IN THE NORTH AREA WHERE IT'S RESIDENTIAL AND A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSITIVE TO LARGE FLUCTUATIONS LIKE THAT HOWEVER, WE DO EVALUATE AVAILABLE FUNDS WITH THE STAFF AS WELL AND WE WANT TO APPLY CREDIT AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE TO HELP REACH THOSE IMPACTS TO PROPERTY OWNERS. THE LAST FEW ITEMS FOR THE SOUTH IMPROVEMENT AREAS IS TO ADDRESS ANY CHANGES TO THE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY AND HOW THOSE ARE ALLOCATED. THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES TO ANY METHODOLOGY AS FAR AS THE PARTIAL SUBDIVISION. THERE WAS SOME LAND SALES AND PURCHASES BETWEEN TXDOT AND THE SUBSEQUENT PARTY OWNER WHICH REFLECTED IN 8.6 ACRES REDUCTION IN THAT MAIN TRACT AND THAT IS IMPACTING THE ALLOCATION OF ASSESSMENT THAT RESULTED IN AN ACREAGE OF REDUCTION. ANY PREPAYMENTS OF ASSESSMENTS AS YOU ARE AWARE

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PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE THE PREPAY ASSESSMENT AT ANY TIME THE LAST ITEM IS HOUSEKEEPING WHICH IS NEW TO THIS REPORT. IT WILL BE IN THE COTTONWOOD CREEK ANNUAL UPDATE TODAY. AS WELL AS THE NORTH NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND AS YOU MAY BE AWARE CHANGES DO TO THE HOUSE BILL 1543 WHICH WERE RELATED TO THE PID ACT AND ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN EACH OF THE IMPROVING AREAS REPORT PUT SOME MORE TEETH INTO NOTICES TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND ALSO HAVING THESE ANNUAL UPDATES APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AND ALSO WORKING WITH THE CITY SECRETARY AND STAFF TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE APPROVED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL WILL BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THE DOCUMENT ORDINANCE IS RECORDED WITH THOSE ARE THROUGH DALLAS COUNTY SINCE FALLS IN BOTH. THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS FOR TEETH ACCORDING TO THE DISCLOSURE ITEMS WHICH ARE BENEFICIAL TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND AGAIN IT IS IMPORTANT. WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS TO THE BUILDERS TO PROVIDE THOSE NOTICES AND IT'S NOT ANYTHING NEW PER SE BUT REQUIRED TO BE ATTACHED AS AN APPENDIX TO THESE REPORTS. WITH THESE, IT WOULD BE HAPPY

TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> MAYOR: COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT BAYSIDE SOUTH? DO YOU WANT TO MOTION NOW? YOU ARE MOVING ON TO TRAILS AT COTTONWOOD CREEK RIGHT? LET'S STOP THERE AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME. COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT BLAKE MARGOLIS?

>> COUNCILMEMBER: I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM HB AS

READ. >> MAYOR: COUNCILMEMBER BROWNIE SHERRILL? > COUNCILMEMBER: I WILL SECOND.

>> MAYOR: HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?

>> COUNCILMEMBER: I WANT TO CLARIFY YOU SAID HB? 8B?

>> MAYOR: ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE I WILL CALL THE VOTE THAT ITEM PASSES 6-0 WITH ONE ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBER.

THANK YOU JOSH. >> SPEAKER: SO, THE SECOND ITEM IS THE TRAILS AT COTTONWOOD CREEK A BRAND-NEW PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR THE CITY THIS IS SAME STRUCTURE, SAME UPDATE AND AS WENDY MENTIONED THIS IS THE FIRST OF EIGHT FOR THE DISTRICT AND THIS REPORT WILL PRETTY MUCH SET THE FOUNDATION AND TEMPLATE UPDATES MOVING FORWARD FOR THIS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND THE FIRST ITEM TO BE CONSIDERED IS THE IMPROVEMENT BUDGET. BEING SO NEW THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE ORIGINAL BUDGET THAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET PLAN. I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE OVERALL PROCESS AND THEY ARE RELATIVELY MINOR TO DATE HERE THIS IS THE MAJOR IMPROVEMENT AREA AND ADDRESS THAT IS ONE KEY DIFFERENCE HERE IN THE BAYSIDE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WE HAVE SEPARATE REPORTS ABOUT THE NORTH AND SOUTH. HERE THERE IS A FACING CONCEPT WITH PHASE 1 BOND WHICH IS ONE SECTION OF THE REPORT AND THEN A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT COST AND THAT IS A SEPARATE SECTION OF THIS ONE REPORT. SO, BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED WITHIN THIS ONE REPORT. THE FIRST TABLE IS A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT AREA AND THIS TABLE ON THE SECOND SLIDE REFERS TO THE COST, THE BUDGET AND COSTS SPENT TO DATE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER 1. YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE $2.5 MILLION IN BONDS ISSUED WITH A TOTAL COST OF $8.791 MILLION FOR THE MAJOR IMPROVEMENT AREA THERE IS 5.06 MILLION DOLLARS ISSUED THE TOTAL COST I GUESS THERE WAS A

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DISCOUNT ON THOSE BONDS THAT WERE ISSUED OF 5.80 MILLION DOLLARS. THE BUDGET FOR THE RESPECTIVE AREAS A NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT AREA ONE AND MAJOR IMPROVEMENT AREA YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL INSTALLMENTS BEING BUILT THIS YEAR IS ZERO. THAT IS DUE TO CAPITAL INTEREST FUNDS THAT WERE SET ASIDE AT ALL AND ISSUANCE ALSO WE HAD ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE OF THAT WERE FUNDED AT BOND ISSUANCE SO THERE'S NO NEED TO BILL ANYTHING FOR TRAILS AT COTTONWOOD CREEK THIS YEAR.

MOVING FORWARD WE WILL HAVE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD IN THE SOUTH AND HAVE A COMPARISON EACH YEAR THOSE BUDGETS AND BE ABLE TO BUDGET THOSE ANNUAL INSTALLMENT AMOUNTS FOR THE VARIOUS LOT CLASSES THAT YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SLIDE.

LASTLY, CHANGES TO THE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY THERE ARE NONE WHAT WAS CONSIDERED AND THERE ARE NO PARCEL SUBDIVISIONS AS OF THIS DATE ANNUAL PREPAYMENTS AS OF THE STATE. THIS DATE. AND ALSO HOUSE BILL IS INCORPORATING INTO THIS REPORT AND WITH THAT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY

QUESTIONS. >> MAYOR: COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, COUNCILMEMBER BROWNIE SHERRILL?

>> COUNCILMEMBER: I MOVED TO ACCEPT ITEM HC?

>> MAYOR: COUNCILMEMBER BROWN? >> COUNCILMEMBER: I'M GOING TO SECOND. > MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO THE CHANGES AT COTTONWOOD CREEK ITEM HC. WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? I SEE NONE AND WE WILL CALL A VOTE. THAT ITEM PASSES 6-0 WITH ONE ABSENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE

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APPRECIATE IT. THE NEXT ITEM SHOULD I READ D AND E TOGETHER, ROBERT? OKAY. 8D. CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022 (FY2022). WHICH IS OUR FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET AND ITEM 8E.CONSIDER ACTION TO RATIFY THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE INCREASE REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET FOR FY2022.

ROBERT, THIS IS YOUR LAST BUDGET PRESENTATION THIS YEAR I THINK UNLESS WE DON'T APPROVE IT TONIGHT. [CHUCKLE] THANK

YOU. >> SPEAKER: I AM ROBERT COHEN AND I AM ROWLETT'S BUDGET OFFICER GIVING TO THE FINAL ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET AND TAX GRANT.

BRIEFLY I'M GOING OVER THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS CURRENTLY TAKES ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND INVOLVES A DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT OF EVERY DEPARTMENT AND ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WE BEGAN MARCH 8 WITH BUDGET KICKOFF PRESENTATION TO THE EXECUTIVE TEAM TO INFORM THEM OF THE YEARS PROCESS AND ANY CHANGES THE PRIOR YEAR. THE DEPARTMENT HAD UNTIL MAY 7 TO SUBMIT THEIR BUDGET REQUEST TO THE OFFICE FROM THERE. BUSTED A FRAMEWORK FOR THE 2022 BUDGET AND WAS JUST CUSSED AT THE ANNUAL STRATEGY DISCUSSIONS IN JUNE. ON JULY 26 RECEIVED A CERTIFIED PROPERTY TAX ESTIMATE IN THE CITY MANAGER DID HIS PROPOSED BUDGET ON AUGUST 3 ON AUGUST 17 WE OPEN THE FLOOR TO PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND TAX RATE TO GET RESIDENT INPUT PRIOR TO THE AUGUST 17 SPECIAL WORK SESSION P LAST NIGHT ON SUCH OVER 20 WE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND TAX RATE. HERE WE ARE TONIGHT, SEPTEMBER 21 ON A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING TO ADOPT A BUDGET AND TAX RATE ORDINANCE. THIS SLIDE DETAILS THE MATERIAL CHANGES MADE TO THE ADOPT FUNDS FROM THE CITY MANAGER PROPOSED BUDGET ON AUGUST 4 TO THE BUDGET WE PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION FOLLOWING THE BUDGET SESSION. FTE WAS INCREASED FROM 492.27 TO 497.77 ALL FUNDS COMBINE THE REVENUE INCREASE FROM 144.9 TWO 145 MILLION IN EXPENSES INCREASED FROM 147.6 TWO 148 MILLION. GENERAL FUND REVENUE INCREASE FROM 51.7 MILLION 52 MILLION AND EXTENSIVE INCREASE FROM 52.1 TO 52.5 MILLION AND FOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND REVENUES MAIN THE SAME AT NINE UNDER 38,000 AND EXTENSIVE INCREASE FROM 783,000 75,000

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AND DEBT REVENUE INCREASE FROM 11.4 211.9 MILLION AND EXPENSES ARE MADE THE SAME AT 11.7 MILLION. THE REFUSE FUNDS BUDGETED AT 6.5 MILLION IN REVENUE EXPENSE AND THE DRAINAGE FUND IS BUDGETED AT 1.4 MILLION REVENUE AND EXPENSE GOLF IS BUDGETED AT TWO AND 81,000 IN REVENUE AND TUNER 79 THOUSAND AND EXPENSE. EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT FUND IS BUDGETED 6.5 MILLION IN REVENUE AND 6.3 MILLION IN EXPENSE. CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND IS BUDGETED AT TO 3.5 MILLION IN BOTH REVENUE AND EXPENSE. THE CHANGES MADE FROM THE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED BUDGET ARE AS FOLLOWS. WE ACCELERATED THE REPAIRS OF KIDS KINGDOM PLAY AREA TURF IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 EXPENSE. WE ADDED ONE FIRE INSPECTOR WHICH ILLUMINATED THE NEED TO INCREASE THE FIRED SECTION CONTRACT WE ADDED ONE ADDITIONAL DETENTION OFFICER TO START MIDYEAR AND INCREASED AN ADDITIONAL PART-TIME EMPLOYEE TO FULL-TIME AND WE HAD ONE INTERNAL AUDITOR POSITION AND ADDED AN INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN CITY COUNCIL ALSO INCREASE THE FUNDING FOR THE EMPLOYEE PAY PLAN WITHIN .5 OF THE MARKET. THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 TAX RATE I'M GOING TO GO OVER THESE WILL MORE TIME BECAUSE I KNOW YOU LOVE IT. THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS A CALCULATOR RATE WHICH WOULD PROVIDE TAXING UNIT WITH BOX EMILY SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE IT RECEIVED IN THE YEAR BEFORE ON PROPERTIES TAXED IN BOTH YEARS PROPERTIES RISE IN VALUE AND NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE GO DOWN AND VICE VERSA. VOTER APPROVAL RATE PROVIDES THE TAXING UNIT WITH A PROXIMALLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF TAX REVENUE AS SPENT IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS +8 31 AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE FOR THE OPERATIONS. IN ADDITION FOR SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO PAY THE DEBT SERVICE IN THE UPCOMING YEAR. THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE ALSO REPRESENTS THE MAXIMUM RATE THE COUNCIL CAN ADOPT WITHOUT BEING SUBJECT TO AN AUTOMATIC ELECTION THE NOVEMBER UNIFORM ELECTION DATE OR THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE SHOWS THE RELATION BETWEEN THE PRIOR YEAR BUDGET IN THE CURRENT YEAR VALUE BE CALCULATED TO BE 0.741816 THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM RATE WHICH MAY BE APPLIED AND NOT SUBJECT TO AN AUTOMATIC ELECTION HAS BEEN CALCULATED TO BE ON AUGUST 17 THE COUNCIL VOTED TO PUBLISH THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE AS THE PROPOSED RATE AND PUT THAT RATE AT THE TAX CEILING. IT WAS PROPOSED AT TONIGHT'S MEETING AND FOR THE ADOPTION WHICH IS THE SAME AS THE CURRENT TAX RATE. THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS INTO VOTES TO ADOPT AND RATIFY FOR THE BUDGET. THE VOTE IS REQUIRED TO ADOPT THE TAX RATE AND RATIFY FOLLOWING VOTE AND RATIFY THE BUDGET STAFF PROVIDED THE MOTION LANGUAGES TO THE COUNCIL AND THAT HUMANS MY PRESENTATION. ROBERT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU DON'T HAVE A SEPARATE PRESENTATION FOR ITEM 8F, YOU JUST DID IT END SO, AS A POINT OF PRIVILEGE I'M GOING TO TURN THE MEETING OVER TO MAX. YOU MIGHT WANT TO READ 8F INTO THE RECORD AND TAKE

OVER. >> COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU, MAYOR. FIRST I WILL READ ITEM 8F. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE PROPOSED AD VALOREM TAX RATE OF $0.745000 PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 (FY2022). THANK YOU, MAYOR, I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT THIS WILL BE HER LAST BUDGET THAT SHE GETS TO ADOPT. SO, I WILL TAKE A MOTION.

>> MAYOR: I HAVE TO PUSH MY OWN BUTTONS! THIS IS THE NIGHT BUDGET I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AND I APPRECIATE, AJIT I VOTED ON. I WAS LOOKING THROUGH MY MEMORY BOX THE OTHER DAY AND PROBABLY NOBODY CARES ABOUT THIS BUT WE WERE IN A MUCH DIFFERENT FINANCIAL SITUATION NINE YEARS AGO. WE WERE RAISING THE TAX RATE REDUCING SERVICES NOT MAKING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WE HADN'T HAD A BOND SINCE 2003, 2005, I AM CLOSE. IT HAS BEEN QUITE A JOURNEY AND I AM VERY HONORED TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET. I MOVE THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2021.22 BUDGET

AS PRESENTED. >> COUNCILMEMBER: DO I HAVE A

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SECOND? >> COUNCILMEMBER: I WILL

SECOND. >> COUNCILMEMBER: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CALL A VOTE. THAT PASSES WITH ONE ABSENCE. DO YOU WANT TO DO THE

SECOND MOTION AS WELL? OKAY. >> MAYOR: I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET BE RATIFIED. THE

TWO DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> COUNCILMEMBER: I WILL

SECOND. >> COUNCILMEMBER: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CALL A VOTE. THAT MOTION PASSES AS WELL WITH ONE ABSENCE. NOW WE HAVE -ÁSPEAKER1Á I DON'T HAVE IT SO SOMEONE CAN DO IT.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.

>> MAYOR: I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION! MOTION, THANK YOU MET, I KNOW THAT IS SILLY. ITEM 8F, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

COUNCILWOMAN BROWN? >> COUNCILMEMBER: I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM EIGHT F.

>> MAYOR: DO I HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMEMBER BROWNIE SHERRILL? > COUNCILMEMBER: I WILL MAKE A SECOND.

>> MAYOR: THE CALL A VOTE. THAT ITEM PASSES 6-0 WITH ONE

ABSENT. [APPLAUSE] >> COUNCILMEMBER: MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE A BUTTON TO PUSH ANYMORE IF YOU DON'T MIND IF YOU COMMENTS? COUNSEL, AS YOU KNOW THIS WAS THE SECOND YEAR OF JUMPING THROUGH A LOT OF HOOPS UNDER NEW SENATE BILL NUMBER 2. SOMEWHAT OF THE UNCERTAINTY WITH COVID OF COURSE LAST YEAR WAS MORE DRAMATIC WHEN WE HAD ALMOST $1 BILLION WORTH OF PROTEST. THIS YEAR WAS A LOT MORE, WHAT IS THE WORD FOR IT? A LOT MORE KNOWN ELEMENTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS, WHAT I SAW THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT. I JUST WANT TO CALL IT OUT. UNDER THE RULES OF SENATE BILL TWO IN THE FUTURE WE WILL ACCELERATE THE BUDGET PROCESS AND AS A RESULT THIS HAS TO BE A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE COUNCIL. WE WILL STILL NOT KNOW CERTAIN THINGS WHEN WE SUBMIT THE PROPOSED BUDGET IN JULY RATHER THAN AUGUST. IT WILL BE VERY UNUSUAL. WHAT I SAW THIS YEAR REALLY AFFIRMED IN MY MIND, THAT IS OKAY, IT IS OKAY AND IT REQUIRES A LOT OF TRANSPARENCY AND A LOT OF COMMUNICATION WITH COUNSEL AND I THINK WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE TO DO THAT. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE ROBERT, WENDY, TARA, ALLISON, ANGIE, BASICALLY OUR WHOLE TEAM RELATED TO THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ABSOLUTELY, THEY WORKED SO HARD ON THIS, IT IS A YEAR-ROUND PROCESS. THIS ISN'T SOMETHING WE DREAM UP A COUPLE MONTHS BEFORE. WE WORK ON THIS ALL YEAR LONG AND THERE WERE A LOT MORE ELEMENTS WE INTRODUCE THIS YEAR TO GET TO THIS STAGE. I REALLY WANT TO THANK THEM AND APPLAUD THEM FOR THE EXEMPLARY WORK. SO THINK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]

>> MAYOR: THANK YOU BRIAN, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL AND WE ARE DONE WITH THAT THIS YEAR UNTIL BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS.[LAUGHTER]

[8G. Conduct a public hearing and consider action to approve a resolution to establish the Texas Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program in Rowlett and to enter into an agreement with the Texas Pace Authority to Administer the Program.]

WE WILL SEE YOU IN JANUARY! OUR LAST ITEM FOR THE EVENING IS 8G. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THE TEXASROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY (PACE) PROGRAM IN ROWLETT AND TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS PACE AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE LAST BUT IT

IS NOT TOO LATE. >> SPEAKER: THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE GOING TO STAY. ANYWAY, I AM LIBBY TUCKER AND I AM THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WE HAVE CHARLENE HATING HER FROM THE TEXAS PACE AUTHORITY. SHE HAS JOINED US ALL AWAY FROM AUSTIN SO SHE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DRIVE AFTERWARDS BUT WE APPRECIATE HER HANGING WITH US.

JUST TO PREFACE THE PROCESS THAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THIS PROGRAM SO FAR THE PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE ECONOMIC ADVISORY BOARD WHO YOU HEARD A PRESENTATION FROM ON

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JULY 20 AND THEN WE PROCEEDED TO A WORKSHOP WITH YOU ALL ON AUGUST 17 WHERE YOU HAD THE SAME INFORMATION AND UNANIMOUSLY ASKED US TO MOVE IT FORWARD. A RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO BECOME A TEXAS PACE COMMUNITY WAS PAST AND THAT SET THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR NOW WE ARE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING TO BECOME A COMMITTEE. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING I WILL ALK ABOUT WHAT IT IS. PACE STANDS FOR PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY AND WHAT IT IS IS A FINANCING MECHANISM THAT WILL ALLOW BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE A WAY TO FINANCE LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS TO IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND WATER CONSUMPTION FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUILDINGS. ANY COMMERCIAL PROPERTY CAN UTILIZE THIS A MULTIFAMILY PROJECT THAT HAS MORE THAN FIVE UNITS AND OF COURSE INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS AS WELL. IT JUST ADDS TO OUR ECONOMIC TOOLBOX IN ORDER TO OFFER COMMUNITY AND BUSINESSES.

SO WHY JOIN THE PROGRAM? WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT IT END IT IS A WAY FOR COMPANIES WHO MIGHT STRUGGLE TO GET CONVENTIONAL FINANCING FOR PROJECTS. IT SPREADS IT OUT OVER 20 YEARS AND THEY CAN FINANCE THE WHOLE AMOUNT OF THE PROJECT UPFRONT.

A BANK MIGHT WANT YOU TO HAVE A DOWN PAYMENT OR PUT SOME COLLATERAL KIND AS WELL AND SO, THIS IS JUST A BETTER WAY TO FINANCE IT AND KEEP CASH IN THEIR CASH FLOW. AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY IT HELPS US HAVE ANOTHER TOOL FOR BUSINESSES TO BE ABLE TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY AND INCREASE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSUMPTION. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF NEED FOR STAFF TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS. WE WILL WORK WITH THE TEXAS PACE AUTHORITY TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE COLLECTED AND IT'S REALLY A REFERRAL PROCESS FOR US. SO, THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS APPEAR THAT ARE ELIGIBLE BUT SOME OF THEM WOULD BE TO INSTALL HIGH-EFFICIENCY CHILLERS, BOILERS, NURSES, REDOING HVAC, REDOING WINDOWS, LIGHTING, GEOTHERMAL PROJECTS, EFFICIENCY AND WATER HEATERS FOR LARGE BUSINESSES AND THOSE CAN BE COSTLY. IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT EVEN. THAT IS JUST A SAMPLING OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS IT CAN BE USED FOR.

AND AGAIN, THE PROCESS. HAD A REPORT AND IT WAS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AND THE ECONOMIC ELEMENT WEBSITE WHAT PACE IS AND HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS. RATHER RESOLUTION OF INTENT AND RESET THE PUBLIC HEARING WHICH WE ARE DOING NOW AND WE WILL HAVE A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH ROWLETT AS A PACE COMMUNITY AND TO HAVE TEXAS AS OUR ADMINISTRATOR. A LITTLE BIT MORE ON HOW IT WORKS. WE WOULD REFER ANY PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE OR IDEAS FOR PROJECTS TO TEXAS PACE IN THE BUSINESS RECOMMEND THEY CONNECT AND TALK WITH ONE ANOTHER. THEY WILL HELP FIND THEM CAPITAL PROVIDER THERE THERE ARE SEVERAL. WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT THEM LISTED ON THE WEBSITE. THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL QUALIFICATION STEPS TO BE ABLE TO BE LISTED WITH THE TEXAS PACE AUTHORITY IN TALKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUILDING MIGHT BE LEASED TO SOMEBODY BUT THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS TO SIGN OFF ON IT AND THE SERVICE PROVIDER THAT WILL DO THE UPDATES. TEXAS WILL SEEMINGLY HANDLE ALL OF THAT FOR US. AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS AND HOW THEY IDENTIFY THEIR PROJECT. THEY FIND A CONTRACTOR SO THEY KNOW HOW MUCH IT WILL BE AND THEY FIND THE CAPITAL PROVIDER AND THEY APPLY TO THE PROGRAM.