[5A. Presentation of Proclamation recognizing the month of June 2022 as PRIDE month, and request to light the water tower in PRIDE colors on Tuesday, June 28th in recognition of our LGBTQ community members.]

FIRST ITEM IS PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZES THE MONTH OF JUNE 2022 AS PRIDE MONTH AND REQUEST TO LIGHT THE TOUR IN PRIDE COLORS, TUESDAY, JUNE 28TH IN RECOGNITION OF OUR LGBTQ COMMUNITY MEMBERS. MEMBERS OF THE RDIC, YOU'RE WELCOME

TO COME UP. >>> SO, PRIDE MONTH SUPPORTING THE LESBIAN GAY, BISEXUAL, STRAINS GENDER AND QUEER LGBTQ COMMUNITY COMMEMORATES THE STONEW RIOTS. AS A RESULT, MANY EVENTS ARE HELD TO RECOGNIZE THE LGBTQ PEOPLE IN THE ININCLUDES OF THE WORLD. ROWLETT'S DIVERSE POPULATION BY ENHANCING AND CELEBRATING TO ENGAGE WITH OTHERS AND ENRICH THE VIBRANT CULTURE OF ROWLETT. THE COMMISSION REQUESTED THIS PROCLAMATION BE PRESENTED IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL AT THE JUNE 7TH MEET TO GO RECOGNIZE AND PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF JUNE AS LGBTQ PRIDE MONTH THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND IS REQUESTING THAT THE WATER TOWER BE LIT IN PRIDE COLORS ON TUESDAY, JUNE 28TH. LIGHTING THE WATER TOWER IS. AND, NOW I WILL PRESENT THE

PROCLAMATION. >>> WHEREAS, THE CITY OF ROWLETT RECOGNIZES AND PROCLAIMS THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2022, AS LESBIAN GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUEER, PRIDE MONTH THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF ROWLETT IS SUPPORTIVE IN DIGNITY, EQUITY, IN ALL THE PEOPLE IN IT'S COMMUNITY AND CALLS UPON THE PEOPLE IN THINKS MUNICIPALITY TO INCREASE THE AWARENESS OF. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE NEED FOR EDUCATION AND AWARENESS REMAINS VITAL TO END DISCRIMINATION AND PREJUDICE AND WHEREAS CELEBRATING PRIDE MONTH BRINGS AWARENESS TO AND PROVIDES SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY TO ROWLETT'S LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND STRENGTHEN ALIE EBBSES, EMBRACE DIFFERENCES AND THEREFORE RIGHTS. NOW, THEREFORE EYE MAYOR. DO HERE BUY NAME THE MONTH OF JUNE 2022 AS LESBIAN GAY. IN RECOGNITION OF OUR LGBTQ COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHOSE INFLUENTIAL

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PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN MAKING ROWLETT THE PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY. THANK YOU.

>> (APPLAUSE). >> ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT ITEM IS UPDATE FROM CITY COUNCIL

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

AND MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL POSITIVES, MAJOR PRODUCTS AND ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, AND MAKING THOSE ANNOUNCEMENT IS COUNCIL MEMBER SHINDER.

>> OKAY, I CAN'T FILL BROWNIE'S SHOES, ESPECIALLY SINCE I ONLY WHERE A SIZE 5 AND-A-HALF. BUT, HERE WE GO, THE WET ZONE IS OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK STARTING THIS WEEKEND. COME THRILL IN THE STILL FOR AN EVENT FILLED SUMMER, LOVE HOW THAT RHYMES. THE ROWLETT PUBLIC LIBRARY SUMMER READING PROGRAM SET SAIL THIS SATURDAY, REGISTER ONLINE FOR OCEANS OF FUN EVENTS, ACTIVITIES, READING CHALLENGES AND CLUBS ALL SUMMER LONG. ALSO THIS SATURDAY IS BARKS, BREWS AND BRATS AT CENTRAL PARK DOG PARK FROM 6-# P.9:00 P.M. A FUN EVENING OF PLAYFUL PUPS, COLD BREWS AND FOOD TRUCKS. THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS FULL, PLEASE HELP THESE BABIES FIND THEIR FOREVER HOMES, MAY BE IT'S YOUR'S, REMEMBER, ADOPT, DON'T SHOP.

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BECOMING MORE INVOLVED IN YOUR CITY? SERVING ON A BOARD OR COMMISSION IS A GREAT WAY TO GIVE BACK TO THE NINETY IN WHICH YOU LIVE AND IT'S ALSO A GREAT WAY TO LEARN ABOUT HOW THE CITY WORKS. APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH AUGUST 14TH. THE ROWLETT HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION HAS A VACANCY ON THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE SUBMIT A BOARD APPLICATION BY JUNE 17TH. KNOW A ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOLER WHO WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED IN WE'RE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE ROWLETT YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE THROUGH JUNE 19TH. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE AND ALL OTHER CITY RELATED EVENTS, PLEASE VISIT ROWLETT.COM. ONE MORE EVENT THAT WE HAVE COMING UP SOON IS OLYMPIC DAY ON SATURDAY, JUNE THE 18TH. THIS IS AT KAYAK CROSSING OUTPOST NEXT TO PADDLE POINT PARK. IT WILL BE HELD FROM 11-1 AND IT'S FREE TO THE PUBLIC.

THERE'LL BE A SPECIAL APPEARANCE OF OLYMPIC ATHLETES SHARING THEIR

EXPERIENCES AND ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: AND

COUNCIL MEMBER GRUBISICH? >> THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM TASK FORCE NEEDS YOUR HELP AND INPUT TO BUILD THE FUTURE OF ROWLETT. TO MEET THE DEMANDS FOR YOUR GROWING COMMUNITY, THE NEED FOR NEW FACILITY SUNSHINE REAL. WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW YOU WOULD PRIORITIZE THE BUILDING OF THOSE FACILITIES. PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT WHILE OUT AND ABOUT AT ONE OF OUR SPECIAL EVENTS TO WEIGH IN. FOR QUESTIONS OR MORE INFORMATION E-MAIL BUILDING OUR FUTURE@ROWLETT.COM.

[6. CITIZENS’ INPUT]

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? >> ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS CITIZEN INPUT, AT THIS TIME, THREE-MINUTE COMMENTS WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE AUDIENCE. NO ACTION CAN BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME FOR CITIZEN'S INPUT. LAURA, DO

WE HAVE CARDS? >> PLEASE WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS REBECCA

AND KENNETH BICE. >> AFTER THAT, IT WILL BE DAVE HALL.

>> OKAY. HELLO, MY NAME IS REBECCA BICE AND WE HAVE A RESIDENCE AT 3550 STONE WALL

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ROAD IN WYLIE AND WE'RE REQUESTING MORE TIME ON THE EASEMENT THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO TAKE FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT, I BELIEVE IT IS, DEVELOPMENT. AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE ASKING FOR MORE TIME IS THERE WAS NO DEADLINE DATE GIVEN ON THE LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED ON MAY THE 6TH OF 2022. WE ALSO NEED MORE TIME TO LOCATE A GENERAL APPRAISER THAT'S CERTIFIED, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES FINDING SOMEONE BECAUSE OF THE REAL ESTATE MARKET BOOM MOST OF THE APPRAISERS HAVE TOLD US THAT IT CAN TAKE YOU KNOW, NORMALLY UP TO 30 DAYS, SOMETIMES 90 DAYS TO GET A FULL REPORT ON AN APPRAISAL, AND WE NEVER RECEIVED THE SET APPRAISAL LETTER FROM THE ATTORNEYS OR THE DEVELOPERS. I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ENOUGH TIME, BUT, ANOTHER REASON IS BECAUSE WE HAD WE RECEIVED, WE WERE GIVEN A 50% REDUCTION IN VALUE OF THE EASEMENT AND IT DOES NOT REFLECT THE VALUE 3 OF PARCEL THAT'S BEING TAKEN. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR AN EXTENSION ON TIME TO BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH

THESE ISSUES. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> OKAY. >> DAVE HALL. AND AFTER THAT IS JOYCE BRADLEY.

>> DAVE HALL, 6917 MILLER ROAD, WE HAVE A VA HEROS PADDLE PROGRAM THAT USES PADDLE PARK ON THE LAKE. CHECK OUT THESE LICENSE PLATES, PURPLE HEART, METAL, DISABLED VETERAN, U.S. ARMED FORCES. U.S. ARMY DISABLED VETERAN, U.S. ARMED FORCES, VIETNAM SERVICE METAL, DISABLED VETERAN, U.S. ARMED FORCES. HERE'S A PICTURE OF A VA MEMBER AND A VOLUNTEER HELPING TO USE THE ADA DOCK FOR ENTRY. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THIS DOCK WAS DESIGNED, HOWEVER, THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THIS DOCK THAT NEED TO BE CORRECTED. HERE'S A PICTURE OF SEVERAL VA VETERANS THAT CANNOT JUMP THE CURB TO ENTER MY FACILITY. HERE'S A PICTURE TO USING A UNSAFE PIECE OF FIBER BOARD TO JUMP THROUGH AND COME OUT FROM THE RAIN. HERE'S A PICTURE FROM THE CITY ENGINEER STATING THAT THE ACCESS DRIVE IS TOO STEEP FOR MY DRIVE TO MEET THE CITY'S ACCESS DRIVE. I HAD TO DROP MY DRIVE TWO WITH FEET TO MEET THE CITY'S DRIVE, CLOSE YOUR EYES AND VISUALIZE, DOES YOUR DRIVE WEIGH HAVE A TWO-FOOT VERDICTICAL STEP? I MENTIONED THIS E-MAIL TO MENAL AND SENT IT TO HER ON APRIL 19TH, 2022. HERE'S A LETTER DATED AUGUST 9TH, 2021, FROM RICHARD JONES STATING THE KAYAK CROSSING OUTPOST LOCATED AT 6917 MILLER ROAD IS A PRIVATE BUSINESS LOCATED ON PRIVATELY OWNED LAND AND IS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OF THE OWNER TO BE ADA COMPLIANT. THE CITY STAFF HAS STARTED PLAYING WITH WORD GAMES WITH THE ORDINANCE PROVIDED FOR ME TO BUILD MY FACILITY AND OPERATE PADDLE POINT PARK. DEFINE PRIVATE DRIVES, ACCESS EASEMENT AND FIRE LANES USED IN THE ORDINANCE, NO RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED. BY I THINK CHANGING THE WORDING AND INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE, STAFF BECOMES CLOSE TO ALTERING THIS DOCUMENT WHEN USING IT AS THEIR EXCUSES. PADDLE POINT PARK IS ADA COMPLIANT. THE LAST INSPECTION HAS BEEN DESTROYED IN ACCORDNESS WITH THE RECORD RETENTION GUIDELINESES, YOUR CONSULTANT, SAID MY BUILDING AND FACILITY ARE ADA COMPLIANT AND IT'S YOUR ACCESS DRIVE TO THE PARK WHICH IS NOT ADA COMPLIANT.

THANK YOU. >>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS JOYCE BRADLEY

AND AFTER THAT IS CATHERINE HUDDLESTONE. >> (INAUDIBLE)

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>> JOYCE BRADLEY, 56 ROWLETT ROAD. AS A NEW CITY COUNCIL, YOU'RE HAVING A LOT OF MEETINGS TO PLAN FOR ROWLETT'S FUTURE, I HOPE THAT YOU DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME, OUR FORMER CITY COUNCILS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS HAD PLANNING MEETINGS TOO, AND THEY ALSO WORKED VERY HARD TO MAINTAIN ROWLETT AND BUILD IT FOR THE FUTURE. THEY USED OUR MONEY, OUR TAXPAYER TIME, AND THEIR TIME TO PUT IN THEIR EFFORTS. BUT IT TOOK A CITY COUNCIL IN APRIL LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES TO VOTE ON A ZONING CHANGE AGAINST THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT THEY HAVE WORKED VERY HARD AND SPENT A LOT OF TAX DOLLARS ONTO PROVIDE FOR THIS CITY. PLEASE, PUT YOUR TIME AND EFFORTS INTO CHANGING THAT ZONING BACK SO FAMILY STATUS AND BE A PLACE- THAT WE WANT TO RAISE OUR FAMILIES IN. THANK YOU. > GOOD EVENING, PASTOR OF FREE DAM PLACE CHURCH, 4111 MAIN STREET, ROWLETT, TEXAS, FIRST I WANT TO CONGRATULATE EACH NEW MEMBER AND THE SHIFTS ON COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE PRAY FOR YOU CONTINUOUSLY.

I'VE SERVED OUR WONDERFUL CITY FOR OVER 10 YEARS AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON, NO MATTER HOW THEY IDENTIFY OR NO MATTER WHAT BEHAVIOR THEY ENGAGE IN IS. I BELIEVE FROM A PROAL STAND POINT ALL HUMAN BEINGS SHOULD HAVE BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND THOSE RIGHTS SHOULD NOT BE INHIBITED OR PROHIBITED BECAUSE OF HOW A PERSON SAYS THEY IDENTIFY. I BELIEVE EQUALITY UNDER OUR CONSTITUTION THAT ALL MEN AND WOMEN ARE CREATED EQUAL AND ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN INALIENABLE RIGHTS AND AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. THAT SAID, I ALONG WITH THE ELDERS, AND LEADERSHIP AND THE MEMBERS FREEDOM CHURCH STAND IN COMPLETE OPPOSITION TO THE MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION TO MAKE JUNE PRIDE MONTH. AND THE CELEBRATION OF PRIDE MONTH INCLUDING THE LIGHTING OF THE WATER TOWER. MAYOR IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY ALONG WITH COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE CITIZENS OF ROWLETT ARE SAFE, VALUED AND RESPECTED. THAT IS YOUR ELECTED CHARGE IT'S NOT TO AQ NIBBLING, VALIDATE, NOR AFFIRM ANYONE'S SEXUAL PREFERENCE. THIS COUNCIL VOTED IN BY THE CITIZENS OF ROWLETT NEED TO REPRESENT AND LEAD AND MAKE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THE MAJORITY OF ROWLETT CITIZENS. NOT EVERYONE'S HAPPY WITH ALL OF YOUR DECISIONS AND YOU CAN'T MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY, BUT YOU DO HAVE TO LEAN TO THE MAJORITY. COUNCIL, I'M ASKING TO YOU RESCIND THIS PROCLAMATION, FURTHERMORE, CHANGE THE POLICY OF THE CITY'S WATER TOWER LIGHTING

AND THE POLICY FROM PROCLAMATIONS FROM A MAYOR'S AU) >> 7-L, 7-D, AND 7-E, FOR

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. >> SO, LAURA, CAN YOU READ THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS

INTO THE RECORD? >> 7-A, CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES.

>> 7-B, CONSIDER ACTION AWARDING AUDITING SERVICES. >> 7-C", CONSIDER ACTION

FOR THE SUSPENSION OF ONCOR'S RATE INCREASE. >> 7-F CONSIDER ACTION FOR

SIDEWALK, CURB, AND UTILITY REPAIRS, >>> 7-G, CONSIDER ACTION FOR THE USE OF BUDGETED FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF UNIFORMS, 7-H, CONSIDER

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ACTIONS FOR THE USE OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF BUNKER GEAR.

7-I, CONSIDER ACTION FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES, 7-J, CONSIDER ACTION FOR EQUIPMENT SOFTWARE LICENSING

WITH MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT FOR NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE. >> 7 K, CONSIDER ACTION FOR A CONTRACT TO BUILD AND INSTALL A SCULPTURE AT FIRE STATION NO 2. 7-L CONSIDER ACTION FOR THE FILING OF A CONDEMNATION PROCEEDING FOR ACQUISITION OF WASTEWATER

UTILITY EASE MEANTS. >> AND 7 M, CONSIDER ACTION FOR THE TASK AUTHORIZATION

OF SURVEYING WORK FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION. >> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS READ BY THE SECRETARY EXCLUDING 7 D, E,

AND L. >> ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER BELL?

>> I SECOND THAT. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT, CALL THE VOTE, THEN?

>> DID IT GET UP THERE? I'M SORRY, IT WASN'T ON MY SCREEN.

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: SO, THAT HAS PASSED 6-0. AND, SO, DO I START WITH THE ITEMS THAT

[Items 7D & 7E]

WE PULLED FIRST? >> OKAY. >> SO THEN WE WILL START WITH ITEM 7D, AND I'LL READ THAT INTO THE RECORD, THAT IS CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION APPROVING A TASK AUTHORIZATION WITH ICON CONSULTING GROUP, LLC, ASSOCIATED WITH THE DESIGN OF FIRE STATION FIVE IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $7,000. AND ITEM 7-E, CONSIDER TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION APPROVING A TASK AUTHORIZATION FOR FITZPATRICK DESIGN CONSTRUCTION SERVICES GROUP IN THE AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS RELATED TO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE STATION FIVE IN SAPPHIRE BAY. CHIEF HOWARD.

>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I THINK THAT THE QUESTION WAS IS THE NEED NOW, IS THAT CORRECT? IS THE TIME RIGHT AT THIS POINT? IS THAT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO RESOLVE.

>> IT'S A PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM. >> WHAT ARE WE DOING AND

THEN WE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS. >> OKAY. WE ARE ACTUALLY HIRING A CONSTRUCTION, A PROJECT MANAGER, TO HELP OVERSEE THE PROJECT WITH THE DESIGN FIRM AND WITH THE CONSTRUCTION FIRM AND WITHIN THAT TIME THAT HAPPENS.

THAT'S WHAT FITZPATRICK WILL BE DOING FOR US, HE'S GOING TO BE THE PROJECT MANAGER OF THIS PROJECT FROM THE DAY WE START THE DESIGN UNTIL THE DAY IT'S CLOSED OUT, EVEN ON STATION TWO, THEIR CONTRACT WENT BEYOND WHAT IT WAS, THEY WORKED FOR THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AFTER WARD TO BE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS CLOSED OUT PROPERLY SO THAT WE HAD WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING. THEY ARE BASICALLY OUR CITY REPRESENTATIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE TELL OUR CITIZENS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, HAPPENS. ICON'S PART OF THE PROJECT IS TO HELP US DESIGN, ENGINEER AND DRAW UP ALL THE PLANS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FACILITY. THEY'RE ALSO ON BOARD FROM THE TIME THIS THING STARTS UNTIL WE'RE COMPLETELY 10FINISHED.

ALL THE CLOSEOUT DOCUMENTS GO OUT TO THEM, GO BACK TO FITZPATRICK AND BOTH GROUPS HAVE TO SIGNOFF ON THE CLOSE DOCUMENTS BEFORE DOING THE FINAL PAYMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER. SO, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. WE'VE GOT ABOUT 2024 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OVER ONE THOUSAND MULT-FAMILY UNITS DOWN THERE ALONG WITH MANY TOWN HOMES, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY PERMITS HAVE BEEN PULLED FOR TOWNHOMES AT THIS POINT, THERE'S RESTAURANTS AND PLUS THE MARINA IS THERE. IN 2023 WE'RE UP FOR AN ISO READING AGAIN. AND IF WE DON'T HAVE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS MADE ON THE BUILT UPON AREA THAT WE'LL HAVE AT THAT TIME, THEN WE STAND A CHANCE TO HAVE A SPLIT RATING WHICH COULD BE A BAD THING FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR RATING AND MAKE SURE THAT WE COVER OUR CITIZENS PROPERLY. AND,

COUNCIL, IF YOU DON'T >> COUNCIL IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE A FEW THINGS FOR THIS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WAS ALREADY VOTED ON BY THE ELECTRIC LAST MAY TO SET ASIDE $950,000 FOR THIS VERY

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PURPOSE. WE INTENTIONALLY DELAYED THE DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT UNTIL WE RESOLVED ISSUES THEY WERE LEFT OUTSTANDING WITH THE CURRENT DEVELOPER, SAPPHIRE BAY, AND THOSE ARE RESOLVED AND AT THIS POINT WE FEEL A SENSE OF URGENCY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AT THIS TIME. AND THE OTHER THING, AND MAY BE NOT QUITE AS WIDELY KNOWN, BUT THE FIRST $389 MILLION ALREADY BEEN ISSUED. THE PLAN IS FOR THE NEXT $600 MILLION FOR ESSENTIALLY PHASE ONE WHICH IS THE LAGOON, THE SURF PARK, THE RESORT, THE LIMITED SERVICE HOTEL. THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED THIS THE CONFERENCE CENTER, THIS FALL. AND SO, AT THIS POINT, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON AND IT'S ACTUALLY VERY HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, FIRE STATION HAS TO GO IN BEFORE THE REVENUES ARE ACTUALLY THERE TO A PAY FOR IT. AND, UM, THERE ARE OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHERE YOU COULD ADD INCREMENTALLY OVER TIME, BUT A FIRE STATION IS NOT THAT. WE HAVE A STRONG NEED. NOW, OPERATIONALLY, FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT STATION OPENED, AND RUNNING, THE CHIEF HAS A TRANSITION PLAN, HE'LL START PEOPLE OFF PEOPLE AT FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO AND EVENTUALLY WE MAY NEED A TEMPORARY FACILITY THERE, BUT ONE THING THAT HE'S STUCK TO HIS GUNS ON FROM THE BEGINNING IS THAT ONCE PEOPLE START TO LIVE DOWN THERE, WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A PRESENCE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. LIFE SAFETY IS AT STAKE HERE. AND, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS WITH RELATION TO THE PROJECT BY FITZPATRICK DESIGN. MAKING SURE THIS PROJECT IS DESIGNED WELL AND BUILT WELL AND SERVES THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND OF COURSE, WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS.

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: COMMISSIONER GALUARDI. >> FOR THE BENEFIT OF FOLKS WATCHING THIS, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE ISO RATING COMING UP IN 2023, WITH WHAT AN ISO RATING IS AND A SPLIT RATING AND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE BUSINESSES THAT WE HOPE TO

ATTRACT TO THE AREA. >> THE ISO IS A RATING THAT BASED SOME COMMERCIAL COMPANIES MOSTLY BASE THEIR RATINGS OFF OF. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A CITY WIDE ISO RATING OF 2. IF WE DON'T HAVE COVERAGE, WHICH WE'RE LACKING COVERAGE TO THAT AREA IN A 1 AND-A-HALF TO 2 AND-A-HALF ROAD AREA THAT ISO USES, THEN WE COULD SUFFER A SPLIT GRADING OR GET THE WHOLE CITY DOWN GRADING, IT DEPENDS ON THE GUY THAT'S DOING THE GRADING. SO, MY GOAL IS NOT TO LOSE THE TWO AND HOPEFULLY KEEP THE TWO FOR THAT AREA BECAUSE IT COULD IMPACT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PIECE OF THE INSURANCE COST FOR BUILDINGS OR FOR DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE COMING TO SAPPHIRE BAY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID IS A BLIP IN THEIR

INSURANCE RATES. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: COMMISSIONER GALUARDI.

>> THANK YOU. >> SO, UM, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT COVERAGE, YOU TALKED ABOUT FIRE STATION TWO, AND YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF FACILITY GOING IN AN SAPPHIRE BAY BOTH IN TERMS OF THE FIRE STATION AND THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE PROTECTING. JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THIS IS A JOINT FACILITY FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE. THIS IS A JOINT FACILITY THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL INHABIT AS WELL. AND THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE UP AGAINST IS THERE'S ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT OF SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD SAPPHIRE BAY AND IF WE DON'T HAVE SOMEONE STAFFED PROPERLY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS THIS THING COMES TO FRUITION. WHEN YOU START TO TALK ABOUT A 30-STORY, OR 20, IT STARTED

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AT 12, OR 24, NOW I'M HEARING 30-STORY CONDO TOWERS OUT THERE. THAT'S A CHALLENGE. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT TO ANSWER A FIRST ALARM ASSIGNMENT FOR A 30-STORY. NEEDLESS TO SAY, IF SOMETHING'S BLOCKING THE ROADWAY, IF WE HAVE PEOPLE DOWN THERE, WE COULD SET UP RESCUE EFFORTS AND MAY BE RESCUE SOMEBODY IF NEEDED. LIFE SAFETY IS A CRITICAL THING HERE AND WE'VE GOT TO BE PREPARED FOR IT. THERE'S A VIDEO ON YOUTUBE THAT YOU COULD FIND OF AN APARTMENT FIRE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN HOUSTON A FEW YEARS BACK. AND THERE WAS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER THAT JUMPED, LITERALLY JUMPED DOWN ONE FLOOR TO A BALCONY AND JUMPED TO AN AERIAL LADDER AS THE FIRE-FIGHTERS WERE SETTING IT, BECAUSE THE BUILDING WAS BURNING THAT FAST. WE HAVE RISK UNDER CONSTRUCTION, LIFE SAFETY RISK, I MEAN, WE HAD A FATALITY AT A SITE HERE A FEW YEARS AGO AT AN

APARTMENT COMPLEX. >> AND WE HAD THAT APARTMENT FIRE AS WELL.

>> YES, WE HAD AN APARTMENT FIRE ON ANOTHER CONSTRUCTION.

>> THE RISK IS THERE, AND ONCE IT'S INHABITED IT'S THERE.

>> IT'S MAY, 2022 RIGHT NOW, AND WE EXPECT TO HAVE 1,000 MULTIFAMILY UNITS OCCUPIED IN 2024, WHAT'S THE LEAD TIME TO DO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FOR THE

FIRE STATION? >> WE'RE LOOKING AT EIGHT TO NINE MONTHS, THE CONSTRUCTION THING IS IFFY, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 12 MONTH AND WE'RE LOOKING AT 14-16, MAY BE 18 MONTHS DEPENDING ON THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES. IT'S WENT UP 120% SINCE IT'S BEEN APPROVES ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN GENERAL CONTRACTORS. I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE TO COST TODAY BECAUSE THEY'RE CONTINUING TO ESCALATE AS WITH HE KNOW AND IT'S HITTING US EVERYWHERE. THE QUICKER WE COULD GET STARTED ON THAT AND THE QUICKER WITH GET THE CONTRACTOR ON BOARD AND GET THAT PRICE LOCKED DOWN SO THAT WE'RE NOT SUFFERING THE INFLATION PROBLEMS THAT WITH

WE'RE FACING TODAY. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: AND I THINK THE BIGGEST THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT THE CITIZENS VOTED TO APPROVE THIS ITEM TO FUND IN THE BOND ELECTION IN 2020. SORRY, COMMISSIONER WINGET.

>> I'M THE ONE WHO ASKED TO PULL THIS ITEM, AND IT WAS PRIMARILY BECAUSE WE RECEIVED PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT IT. THE COST SITED OF IT WHICH I THINK THAT YOU'VE ALSO ADDRESSED. CAN YOU TALK TO US BRIEFLY ABOUT THE STAFFING, ADDITIONAL TRUCKS, EQUIPMENT, AND THINGS THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO MAKE THAT STATION OPERATIONAL.

>> THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER, AND THE COUNCIL, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO APPLY FOR SAFER GRANTS WHICH WE'VE OBTAINED FIRE-FIGHTER POSITIONS, THREE YEARS NO COST TO THE CITY, WE'VE DONE TWO OF THEM FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EACH ONE FOR THREE YEARS, THAT'S A $6 MILLION SAVINGS RIGHT THERE TO THE CITY ALONE.

THE TRUCKS AND ALL THE EQUIPMENT WE'RE GOING TO NEED HAVE BEEN WORKED INTO OUR BUDGET SO NOT TO IMPACT OUR OVERALL BUDGET GOING FORWARD. SO, IT'S BEEN IN YOUR PLAN FOR FIVE YEARS, OR LONGER, ABOUT, PUTTING THESE UNITS IN SERVICE DOWN THERE AND WE BAKED IT INTO THE CAKE FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO GET TO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.

AND LIKE I SAID, I APPRECIATE THE CITY MANAGER'S SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THIS AND HE UNDERSTANDS AND HE UNDERSTANDS THE LIFE SAFETY THREAT THAT WE'RE UP AGAINST. AND I HAVE A DUE DILIGENCE TO THE CITIZENS TO DO EVERYTHING TO PROTECT

THEM AND ALL OF THEIR ASSETS AND INVESTMENTS IN THE CITY. >> I APPRECIATE THE OFF-THE-CUFF PRESENTATION THAT YOU DID AS WELL. THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, CHIEF.

>> THANK YOU Y'ALL VERY MUCH. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL

RIGHT. I WILL TAKE A MOTION. >> (INAUDIBLE).

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: I'M SORRY? >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: YEAH,

7-D. >> COMMISSIONER GRUBISICH? >> I MAKE A MOTION TO

APPROVE ITEM 7-D. COUNCIL MOB WINGET? >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: CALL THE VOTE AND THAT ITEM PASSES 6-0. AND I'LL TAKE A MOTION

ON ITEM 7-E. COUNCIL MEMBER BELL? >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE

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7-E. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT, DO WE HAVE A SECOND?

>> COUNCIL MEMBER SHINDER? >> SECOND. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL

RIGHT. CALL THE VOTE. OKAY. THAT ITEM PASSES 6-0. >> FOR THE RECORD, IT'S NOT ILLUMINATED ON THE SCREEN, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER BELL DID VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

>> I'M SEEING 6-0 HERE, YEAH. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE THAT SCREEN IN FRONT OF ME FOR SOME REASON.

[7L. Consider action for the filing of condemnation proceedings for acquisition of wastewater utility easements. Consider action to approve a resolution authorizing the filing and institution of condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of wastewater utility easements on properties along Stonewall Road in Dallas County, Texas.]

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: SO, THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 7-L. >> CONSIDER ACTION FOR THE FILING CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS FOR ACQUISITION OF WASTEWATER FACILITY EASEMENTS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND FILING THE INSTITUTION OF CONDEMNATION PROVIDE DIGS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF WASTEWATER ON PROPERTIES

ALONG STONE WALL ROAD IN DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS. JEFF? >> GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU.

SO, YES THIS ITEM IS ABOUT WASTEWATER EASEMENT ALONG STONE WALL ROAD, THE TRAILS AT COTTON WOOD CREEK IS A DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE CITY. WE HAVE A FACILITIES AGREEMENT WITH THAT DEVELOPER TO EXTEND THE SEWER SYSTEM. AND THEY'RE GOING TO UP SIZE THE FORCED MAIN TO THE GRAVITY SYSTEM IN THE CITY. AND UP SIZE A SMALL PORTION THEIR AND NOT SHOWN ON THIS GRAPHIC, BUT UP GRADE THE EXISTING NORTH SIDE LIFT STATION NUMBER ONE. THE SEWER EASEMENT THAT WE NEED IS DUE TO THE EXTENSION OF THIS SEWER MAIN UP THE CREEK, UP COCOTTON WOOD CREEK FROM THE ENCLAVE TO SERVE THE TRAILS AND THE SEWER UP STONEWALL ROAD, AND UP TO VINCENT ROAD AS WELL.

THREE PROPERTY PRIVATE SECTOR EFFECTED OF THE FIVE THAT WE NEED TO CROSS, WE HAVE ONE, TWO, AND THREE, SINCE THIS PRESENTATION PROPERTY OWNER AT ONE HAS ALREADY AGREED TO GRANT AN EASEMENT, SO THERE ARE TWO PROPERTIES LEFT NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER THREE. ONE GROUP HAS OFFERED THE THREE PROPERTIES, THE PROPERTY

OWNERS EACH 20 THOUSAND DOLLARS COTTONWOOD CREEK. >> WE ALSO CONSIDERED ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS, PUMPING WHICH WOULD ADD ANOTHER LIFT STATION TO A LARGE INVENTORY OF 28 LIFT STATIONS AND ALSO TO MAY BE EXTEND THE SEWER DOWN STONEWALL ROAD, FURTHER, BUT THE DEPTHS WERE TOO DEEP FOR US TO SERVICE AND MAINTAIN THAT LINE, SO THOSE ALTERNATIVES WERE IMPRACTICAL. THE SOLUTION GOING UP STONEWALL STREET IS THE BEST ONE AVAILABLE. AFTER THE BRIEFING, THE CITY ATTORNEY SENT OUT A LETTER ON MAY 6TH, EXPLAINING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PROJECT AND ENCOURAGING THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO ACCEPT THE OFFER AND NOTIFIED THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT CONDEMNATION MAY BE PURSUED IF WE CAN'T GET THE EASEMENTS VOLUNTARILY. THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS ALSO HAD COMMUNICATION WITH AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE BICES, AND ALSO SINCE THIS PRESENTATION, DR. FUDA HAS GRANTED THE EASEMENT. THE FACILITIRY TENSION THAT I MENTIONED INCLUDES A PROVISION THAT IF THE DEVELOPER FAILS TO ACQUIRE THE EASEMENTS VOLUNTARILY, AFTER MAKING GOOD FAITH ATTEMPTS THAT HE COULD ASK THE CITY TO PURSUE CONDEMNAT CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS.

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WE ASK THAT FIND THAT AFTER A GROUP HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL AFTER NEGOTIATING IN GOOD FAITH AND MAKING BONFIED ATTEMPTS OF THE EASEMENTS ACROSS THE TWO TRACKS OF LAND TO SATISFY THE PUBLIC NEED AND WELFARE OF THE CITY. THE CITY MANAGER TOGETHER WITH THE CITY TORP BE AUTHORIZED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO PURSUE SON DEMONSTRATE NATION PROCEEDINGS TO ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY

EASEMENTS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHINDER? >> YES, I'M THE ONE THAT REQUESTED THIS BE TAKEN OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND I DID THAT BECAUSE I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF PROPERTY RIGHTS AN ALSO IN TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT. AND I WANTED I DIDN'T WANT THIS TO BE VOTED ON AS A CONSENT ITEM WITHOUT ANY DISCUSSION AND WITHOUT ADVISING THE PUBLIC OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. SO, JEFF, I WANTED YOU TO MAKE CLEAR HERE, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT WAS REALLY MADE CLEAR DURING YOUR PRESENTATION THAT THE TAKING OF THESE EASEMENTS IS NOT TAKING ANYONE'S HOME. IT'S NOT IMPACTING THE OWNER'S USE OF THIS PROPERTY AND IT'S NOT ENCROACHING ON ANY

OF THE HOUSES THAT ARE ON THAT LAND. >> THAT IS CORRECT, COUNCIL MEMBER. IS THE EASEMENTS ARE NOT GOING THROUGH OR UNDER ANYBODY'S HOME. THE INTERRUPTION OF THE USE OF THE PROPERTY WILL BE TEMPORARY. THE UTILITY IS UNDERGROUND UTILITY, AND THE LAND WILL BE RESTORED AFTER THE UTILITY IS INSTALLED.

IS IT >> AND THE EASEMENT IS FOR THIS PURPOSE ONLY?

>> IT IS AN EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT FOR SANITARY SEWER PURPOSES.

>> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER GRUBISICH?

>> YEAH, CAN YOU ALSO TALK ABOUT HOW THIS IS BRINGING SERVICE TO A SECTION OF THE ETJ AND TWO PARTS OF THE CITY THAT DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE SEWER AND HOW THAT

ACTUALLY BENEFITED THE REGION AS A WHOLE? >> YES. YES. THERE IS A LARGE PORTION OF THE CITY ALONG VINCENT ROAD AND STONEWALL ROADS THAT DO NOT HAVE SEWER. WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE FACILITY'S AGREEMENT WITH WARNER GROUP, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I LOOKED AT THE GRADES AND ABILITY IF THE GRAVITY LINE CROSSES STONEWALL THE WAY IT DOES, WE COULD TIE ONTO THAT AND GO UP STONEWALL AND SERVE

PROPERTIES UP STONEWALL AS WELL. >> SO, EARLIER WE HEARD A CITIZEN COMMENT FROM MS. BICE WHO IS HERE THIS EVENING. I THINK IT'S GOOD UNDERSTAND SHOULD THIS BE APPROVED WHAT THE TIMELINE IS TO ACQUIRE THIS PROPERTY.

AND THAT MAY BE MORE FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY AS OPPOSED TO YOU.

>> >> REPEAT THE QUESTION, PLEASE.

>> SO, THE QUESTION WAS: SHOULD THIS ITEM BE APPROVED, WHAT THE TIMELINE WOULD LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF ACQUIRING THE PROPERTY. (INAUDIBLE)

>> THIS IS GETTING TRICKY, ISN'T IT. >> HIT THE BUTTON.

>> IT'S NOT WORKING. >> GO FOR IT. >> STOP THOUCHING THAT

BUTTON. >> SHOULD THE ITEM BE APPROVED TONIGHT, THEN, WE WILL EFFECTIVELY RESTART AND INITIATE THE CONDEMNATION PROCESS AND IT BEGINS WITH AN INITIAL OFFER AS WELL AS A TRANSMITTAL OF APPRAISALS, THE LANDOWNER'S BILL OF RIGHTS AND A LAND EASEMENT DOCUMENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS, WE'RE REQUIRED BY STATUTE TO GIVE THEM 14 DAYS BEFORE WE MAKE OUR FINAL OFFER AND THEN WE HAVE TO WAIT 14 DAYS AFTER THAT, SO THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF FILING CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS FORMAL LITIGATION IS DISTINCT AND WE WILL DO THAT IF THAT'S OUR ONLY CHOICE. I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I TOLD THEM, I SENT EACH PROPERTY OWNER A PCORRESPO

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TELLING THEM, RECONSIDER, ACCEPT THE OFFER, BECAUSE IF THE CITY HAS TO FORMERLY APPROVE CONDEMNATION PROVIDE DIGS, THEN YOUR OFFERS ARE OFF THE TABLE. AND IF THIS IS APPROVED THAT HAPPENS TONIGHT. THE OFFERS THAT THE DEVELOPERS HAVE GIVEN THESE PARTIES PRIOR TO TONIGHT WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE TO THEM TOMORROW.

BUT THAT DON'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T STILL NEGOTIATE AND THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF TIME FOR THEM TO NEGOTIATE WITH MY OFFICE AS WELL AS WITH THE DEVELOPER.

>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON THIS

ITEM? >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A

MOTION. THANK YOU. >> >> COUNCIL MEMBER WINGET?

>> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ITEM AS READ. >> COUNCIL MEMBER BELL?

[8A. Presentation of a check from the Rowlett Housing Finance Corporation (RHFC) in the amount of $50,000 and consider approving an accompanying resolution to assist with the payment of critical home repairs for individuals needing financial assistance.]

>> I SECOND. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT, CALLING THE VOTE AND THAT ITEM PASSES 6-0. AND NOW, WE WILL MOVE ONTO OUR NEXT INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEM, ITEM 8-A, PRESENTATION OF A CHECK FROM THE ROWLETT HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000, AND CONSIDER APPROVING AN ACCOMPANYING RESOLUTION TO ASSIST WITH THE PAYMENT OF CRITICAL HOME REPAIRS FOR

INDIVIDUALS NEEDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE ROWLETT HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION IS DONATING $50,000 TO THE CITY TO ASSIST WITH THE PAYMENT OF CRITICAL HOME REPAIRS FOR THOSE THAT DO NOT HAVE THE FINANCIAL MEANS TO MAKE THOSE REPAIRS. THE PROGRAM WILL ALLOW FOR ONLY ESSENTIAL REPAIRS REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE AND STAFF HAS REVIEWED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE HAD SEVERAL REQUESTS FROM PEOPLE SAYING WE WOULD LIKE TO GET HELP BUT THE CITY CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS FOR THAT HELP. SO, THIS DONATION WOULD ALLOW FOR SOME FUNDING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR CERTAIN CRITICAL HOME REPAIRS THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD NOT PAST. AND WHAT WE'VE HAD TO DO IN THOSE SITUATIONS IN THE PAST, SINCE NO MONEY'S BEEN AVAILABLE IS DIRECT THOSE RESIDENTS TO EITHER RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS OR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE IPMC WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, IT REQUIRES A BATH TUB OR A SHOWER IN EVERY HOME, IT REQUIRES A LAVATORY, A WATER CLOSET AND A KITCHEN SINK.

THOSE ARE THE MINIMUM PLUMBING REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL HOMES. IT ALSO REQUIRES HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER. AND, SO IT WOULD REQUIRE A WATER HEATER. IT ALSO REQUIRES IN THAT CODE FOR FOR THE HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN A TEMPERATURE OF 68 IN THE WINTERTIME AND NO MORE THAN 78 IN THE SUMMERTIME. IT DOES REQUIRE CERTAINLY ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS TO COMPLY WITH THE MINIMUM SAFETY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE EXPECTED ON A HOME. THE DONATION WILL ASSIST HOMEOWNERS TO MAINTAIN SAFE AND SANITARY LIVING CONDITIONS IN HOMES. STAFF PREPARED A POLICY THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND FOR US TO DETERMNE WETHER OR NOT THEY MEET THOSE QUALIFICATIONS. THOSE CRITERIA ARE IDENTICAL TO PREVIOUSLY WITH THE SIDEWALK ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. IT DOES REQUIRE THE RESIDENT LIVE IN ROWLETT, IT REQUIRES THE APPLICANT TO BE A PROPERTY OWNER, AND OWN THAT HOME THAT THEY LIVE IN IN ROWLETT. THEY ARE REQUIRED TO VIOLATE OR NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE THAT'S REQUIRED. AND THEIR ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME CANNOT EXCEED $71,200. AND, IN THIS PROGRAM, WE WOULD PROVIDE FOR A MAXIMUM ASSISTANCE PER HOMEOWNER FOR $6,000. AND IF THE COST OF

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THE REPAIR DOES EXCEED $6,000, THEN THE HOMEOWNER WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS. SO THIS IS A CHART THAT SHOWS THE THRESHOLD AMOUNTS IF IT'S BELOW $26,700, THE CITY'S ASSISTANCE WOULD BE AT 100%. IF THE ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS BETWEEN $26,700, AND $44,500, THE CITY ASSISTANCE WOULD BE AT 80% AND IF THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS BETWEEN $44,500, AND $71,200, WE WOULD PROVIDE ASSISTANCE OF 50%. AS I SAID EARLIER THIS IS THE IDENTICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR WHAT THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN EXISTENCE ALLOWS FOR.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> AND IF I COULD INTERJECT, WE WANTED TO PRESENT THESE CRITERIA TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT ON HOW BENEFICIAL THESE FUNDS WILL BE, WE'RE HOLDING UP RICK AND HIS TEAM, THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE GENEROSITY OF THIS CHECK AND

WE WILL YIELD THE FLOOR TO HIM NOW. THANK YOU. >>> THANK YOU. FIRST CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO THE NEW MEMBERS. HAVING SAT WHERE YOU SIT CURRENTLY AND A COUPLE OF THE NEW ONES, I RECALL VERY WELL, SOME ODD YEARS AGO WHEN WE DID THAT FIRST TIME. SO, WELCOME, AND YOU'RE IN THE WATER NOW AND IN THE POOL AND THERE'S NO MORE LIFE VESTS, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN. I'M RICK SHEFFIELD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSING FINANCES CORPORATION. OUR FULL BOARD IS HERE TONIGHT AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR PRESIDENT, KARL CRAWLY, OUR VICE-PRESIDENT, DAN PENCE, AND BOARD MEMBERS RICKY HARPER, BARBARA HOLST, AND DEBBIE BOBBETTE. AND I'M GOING TO EMBARRASS BARBARA NOW, SHE WAS OUR ORIGINAL VICE-PRESIDENT AND ONE OF THE ONLY FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER LEFT ON THE BOARD AND

SHE WILL BE LEAVING SOON. >> (INAUDIBLE) >> Y'ALL MAKE NOTE.

>> HOWEVER THAT MAY NOT FLY. >> BOARD MEMBER EMERITUS.

>> THIS AS HE HAD, HAS TYPICALLY BEEN HANDLED IN THE PAST THROUGH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, HABITAT IN PARTICULAR 2017 AND 2020 RECEIVED FROM THE CITY THROUGH USE OF CBDG FUND IN SOME INSTANCES AND OTHER GRANTS, CLOSE TO $400 THEY HAVE SPENT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN TOUCH THE SURFACE OF THE NEED. IT'S INCREDIBLE, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, EITHER SENIORS ON A FIXED INCOME, YOU COULD IMAGINE MAKING $1,500 A MONTH ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND THE HVAC SYSTEM BREAKS DOWN. DO YOU TAKE YOUR MEDICINE AND FOOD OR DO YOU MAKE THE REPAIRS? SO, THIS WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THESE PEOPLE. WE WISH IT COULD BE MORE. WHEN WE DID FORM THE RHFC, WE'LL HAVE OUR FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY NEXT MONTH, WE GOT THROWN INTO THE DEEP END OF THE POOL WITH A DEVELOPER ON OUR DOOR STEP AND BEFORE WE COULD SPELL HFC WE WERE SWIMMING AS FAST AS WE COULD. OUR FIRST GOAL WAS TO MAKE THE CORPORATION SUSTAINABLE. WE LEARNED EARLY ON THIS IS NOT A CITIZEN VOLUNTEER BOARD WHERE YOU COULD SHOW UP ONCE A MONTH AND GO THROUGH A PARTY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOT TO BE RUN AS A BUSINESS AND CORPORATION.

WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN REACH THE POINT WHERE WE SEE SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH THE NEXT 10 YEARS AND NOW WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE COULD START TO PUT FUNDS BACK INTO THE CITY THAT WE ALL LOVE. THIS $50,000, IS A START, OUR GOAL HOPEFULLY WOULD BE TO DOUBLE THAT NEXT YEAR, AND CONTINUE ON. WE'LL BE STARTING A FUNDRAISING PROGRAM AS WELL AS WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS FOR IN KIND DONATIONS AS WELL. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR BOARD HAS FELT STRONGLY ABOUT AND I'M JUST SO HAPPY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO AT LEAST MAKE OUR FIRST CONTRIBUTION BACK, BARBARA, WHILE YOU ARE STILL HERE AND ABLE TO SEE IT. SO, MR. CRAWLY, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SOMETHING FOR,

WHOSE TAKING THIS? >> WE HAVE A BIG CHECK FOR YOU, MAYOR.

>> . >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: YES, PLEASE. PLEASE.

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>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THIS IS AS RICK MENTIONED, THIS IS OUR FIRST STEP, WE CREATED THIS FOUNDATION, THIS BOARD AND I THINK WHOEVER REPLACES BARBARA WILL INSTILL IN THEM THAT OUR DESIRE ONCE WE'VE COME SUSTAINABLE IS TO PROVIDE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT. SO FAR, WE DONE A LOT OF MULTIFAMILY AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. OUR GOALS AND MOTTO IS PROVIDING SAFE AND WE'VE ADDED SECURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE COINED A PHRASE TWO YEARS AGO IN THE PANDEMIC, BUT NO ONE KNEW WHAT AN ESSENTIAL WORKER WAS UNTIL THAT HAPPENED. FOR EVERYONE WHO COULD STAY HOME DURING THE PANDEMIC, THE PERSON WHO DELIVERED YOUR GROCERIES AND YOUR AMAZON PACKAGE BECAME AN ESSENTIAL WORKER. AND THOSE PEOPLE NEED HOUSING AND WE NEED THOSE PEOPLE TO LIVE IN ROWLETT. AND THAT'S OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE SAFE, AFFORDABLE, SECURE HOUSING FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS. AND ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF DOING THAT AND BEING SUSTAINABLE, AND WE COULD GIVE BACK AND THIS SMALL AMOUNT, HOPEFULLY, NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE MORE AND WE'LL CONTINUE ON. WE'RE SUSTAINABLE AND NOW WE COULD START TO GIVE MORE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

>> THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS DONATION, THIS IS VERY APPRECIATED.

AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THIS WILL GO TO HELP MANY ROWLETT COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

>> (APPLAUSE). >> COUNCIL MEMBER GALUARDI, YOU HAVE A COMMENT?

>> I THINK THIS IS TRULY WHAT ROWLETT NEEDS. WHEN I THINK OF OUR POPULATION HERE BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO AGE IN PLACE, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER WITH OUR SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD THREE, THIS GOES A LONG WAY DOWN THAT P PATH. I HAVE A FEW IDEAS THAT I'LL BRING TO YOU TO EXTEND HOW FAR WE COULD CARRY THESE DOLLARS. I THINK THERE WAS A PROGRAM IN THE CITY SOME TIME AGO WHERE WE HAD A SENIOR HELPING SENIOR PROCESS THAT HAD VOLUNTEER LABOR INVOLVED. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, FRANKLY, SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD THREE TO GET INVOLVED SO THAT WE COULD LET OUR SENIORS AGE IN PLACE. THANK

YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ANY

OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >> ALL RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO

APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: COUNCIL MEMBER GALUARDI?

>> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 8-A TO ACCEPT A CHECK FROM IN THE AMOUNT OF

$50,000 TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS WHO NEED HELP. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL

RIGHT, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> . >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: DO WE

NEED TO RESTATE THAT MOTION? >> YOU NEED MORE THAN THAT, DAVID?

>> THE MOTION'S FINE, BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO STAFF THAT ACCEPTING THE FUNDS DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT AWAY WILLIE NILLY, I THINK THAT'S AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT COMES FORWARD FOR A PROGRAM TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FUNDS TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT. THAT'S IMPLICIT, I THINK IN THE NOTION.

(INAUDIBLE) >> (INAUDIBLE) >> I WILL ACCEPT A SECOND.

AND THAT SECOND'S WILL COME FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WINGET? >> I'LL SECOND.

>> IS THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE I CALL THE VOTE?

>> SEEING NONE, LET'S CALL THE VOTE. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL

RIGHT THAT ITEM PASSES 6-0. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: OUR NEXT

[8B. Conduct a public hearing and take action to approve a request by David Lara, granting a Special Use Permit to allow for an accessory structure in excess of 500 feet on property zoned FormBased Rural Neighborhood (FB-RN) District. The subject property is located southwest of the intersection of Misty Lane and Hickox Road, in the City of Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas.]

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ITEM IS ITEM 8B, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE A QUESTION BY DAVID LARA GRANTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN EXCESS OF 500 FEET ON THE PROPERTY ZONED FORM BASED RULE NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF MISTY LANE AND THE HICKOX ROAD, IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS.

>> WE HAVE A PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR FOR READING THAT INTO THE RECORD. THISES A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ON MISTY LANE. SECTION 77303 C 3 REQUIRES THE SUP FOR ANY ENCLOSED STRUCTURE GREATER THAN 500 FEET IN AREA. THIS PROPERTY IS IN THE RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT OF THE CODE FOR A BIT OF BACKGROUND, THAT MEANS UNDER THE CURRENT PLAN AND THE CURRENT ZONING, THIS IS INTENDED TO REMAIN A RESIDENTIAL AREA OF LARGER LOT DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE FORM BASED DISTRICT, THE NORTH SHORE, BACK IN 2001, THERE WAS A SURVEY PROVIDED THAT SHOWS PREVIOUS STRUCTURE, YOU COULD SEE A PICTURE OF THAT FROM THE INTERNET ON THERE THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 1200 SQUARE FEET THAT WAS REMOVED. THEY'RE REQUESTING THIS NEW STRUCTURE, WHICH IS THE PICTURE BELOW FOR THE STRUCTURE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CONSTRUCTED HAS SINCE CEASED CONSTRUCTION WHEN NOTIFIED THAT THE PERMIT WAS REQUIRED AS WELL AS THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT ZONING ACTION. THIS PROPERTY OR THIS BUILDING IS PROPOSED TO BE USED FOR THE GENERAL STORAGE OF VEHICLES, WORK VEHICLES. AGAIN, THEY HAD ALREADY, THEY HAVE ENFRAMED AND ENCLOSED THE STRUCTURE BUT NONE OF THE FINISHES HAVE BEEN APPLIED TO THIS BUILDING. APPROXIMATELY, 899 SQUARE FEET IN AREA, 10 FEET, FOUR INCHES IN HATH, THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED US ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THIS EVENING THAT MIGHT CLARIFY SOME OF THE THINGS WHEN HE IS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THIS PROPERTY IS REQUIRED TO BE PLATTED SHOULD THIS BE APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING. AGAIN, IT ALSO WOULD REQUIRE FOR THE STRUCTURE TO HAVE A BUILDING PERMIT OR THE BUILDING PERMITS REQUIRED FOR THIS. THERE HAVE BEEN NO INSEMPREXS BECAUS THERE HAVE BEEN NO PERMITS REQUESTED OR APPROVED. SO, THEREFORE, BUILDING SAFETY.

IF THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE, THEN THERE WOULD BE DEMOLITION OF THE STRUCTURE AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS WILL BE REQUIRED. THE PLANNING AND ZONING HEARD THIS ITEM ON MAY 10TH, BY A VOTE OF 4-2, THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD INSTALL GUTTERS FOR STORM WATER RUNOFF AND SECONDLY THEY WOULD REMOVE ALL INSTANCES OF OUTDOOR STORAGE VISIBLE FROM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND THIRDLY THAT THE STRUCTURE WOULD NOT BE AUTHORIZED FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES. AS THE FORM BASED CODE DISTRICT IS THE RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD IT IS INTENDED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE. THE NOTIFICATION FOR THIS WAS DONE ON APRIL 22ND, THERE WERE 8 NOTICES SENT OUT TO PROPERTIES WITHIN 200 FEET AND A NOTICE SENT OUT AS A COURTESY FOR PROPERTIES 500 FEET. THERE WERE NO THERE WERE NO NOTICES RECEIVED IN FAVOR AND NO RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED FROM THE 500-FOOT AREA. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE NOT TO EXCEED 900 SQUARE FEET WITH THE FOLLOW LING CONDITIONS THAT THE APPLICANT INSTALL GUTTERS FOR STORM WATER RUNOFF, THAT THERE'LL BE NO INSTANCES OF OUTDOOR STORAGE FROM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND THAT THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD NOT BE AUTHORIZED FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OF ME AT THIS TIME. AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER

QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OF HIM. >> COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS

FOR STAFF OR THE APPLICANT? COUNCIL MEMBER WINGET? >> SO, I HAVE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS, FIR OF ALL, THE FOOTPRINT OF THE PRIOR BUILDING IS NOT THE SAME AS

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THE FOOT PRINT OF THIS BUILDING, BUT BOTH ARE FOUNDATION SLAB, CORRECT.

SO WAS THE OLD SLAB: I'LL ASK THE PROPERTY OWNER IN THAT CASE. I THINK THAT'S

THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU. >> IS THERE ANY OTHER

QUESTIONS FROM STAFF? >> I'M SORRY COUNCIL MEMBER GALUARDI?

>> YOU MENTIONED PLANS WAS REQUIRED, DOES THE APPLICANT UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT INVOLVES IN TERMS OF GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT?

>> SO, I WOULD HAVE TO, BECAUSE I'VE TAKEN THIS OVER FROM CARLOS, I'M NOT QUITE CERTAIN WHAT THE APPLICANT IS AWARE OF WITH THAT REQUIREMENT.

>> THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO UNDERSTAND HERE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WINGET?

>> YES, ONE MORE QUESTION. WHEN I DROVE BY EARLIER TODAY, THERE WAS ANOTHER UNENCLOSED STRUCTURE, WHAT I WOULD CALL A POLE BARN FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD WHICH IS ON THE SOUTH OF THIS PROPOSED STRUCTURE, WOULD THAT POLL BARN RECEIVE A PERMIT WHEN IT WAS CONSTRUCTED? BECAUSE IN THE OTHER PLANS WHICH ARE PART

OF THE PACKET THERE WAS NO SUCH STRUCTURE. >> CORRECT, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, I DID HAVE SOME, I WENT AND HAD SOME QUESTIONS WITH THE APPLICANT TODAY WHERE, AND WE ALSO VERIFIED OUR RECORDS, WE DO NOT HAVE A RECORD OF A PERMIT ISSUED FOR THAT STRUCTURE, THE CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL DID INDICATE THAT A PERMIT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR SUCH A STRUCTURE, WHEN LOOKING AT THE GOOGLE MAPS STREET VIEW WAS NOT PRESENT ON THE MOST RECENT VERSION OF THAT, AND, ALSO, IT WAS NOT PRESENT ON OUR MOST RECENT 2001, 2021 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, SO DISCUSSING THAT WITH THE APPLICANT AND OURSELVES THAT'S SOMETHING INSTALLED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FEBRUARY OF 2021 AND FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR WHICH IS WHEN OUR BUILDING SAFETY DIVISION WAS MADE AWARE OF THAT SECOND BUILDING, THE BUILDING FOR THE AEP THIS EVENING WHICH WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, IT WAS PRESENT AT THAT TIME, THAT BUILDING WAS THERE. SO, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FEBRUARY 2021 AND

FEBRUARY 2022 IS WHAT THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION AND THANK YOU FOR PICKING THIS UP FROM CORE LOWS AND RUNNING WITH

THAT, I APPRECIATE THAT. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT, DO WE HAVE THE

APPLICANT? >> YES, COME FORWARD. >> QUESTIONS FOR THE

APPLICANTS, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO REQUEST FIRST? >> WELL, I DIDN'T GET TO SEND THEM THE PLAN IN TIME, BUT I HAVE THE PLANS, I SENT THEM TO ALEX, I DON'T KNOW

HOW TO... >> . >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: I THINK

THEY'RE PULLING SOMETHING UP. >> STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE

RECORD. >> DAVID LARA. THAT WAS LOUD, SORRY.

>> YOU PROBABLY HIT THE BACKWARDS BUTTON. >> OKAY. DID YOU WANT TO

DISCUSS THIS ONE HERE? >> LAST TIME I WAS HERE, WE COULDN'T GET A PROPER

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HEIGHT. AND SO, THAT WAS LIKE, IT WAS AN ISSUE. AND THE GUY, HE GOT THE HEIGHT THERE, I CAN'T SEE, I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES. AND IT COULDN'T BE HIGHER THAN MY HOUSE, MY HOUSE IS AT 18, THE STRUCTURE IS AT 15.6, AND THE NEXT ONE HAS ALL THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND STUFF, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO SEE IT OR NOT. I FINALLY

GOT A SET OF PLANS. >> GOT YOU. I CAN TAKE QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER

WINGET? >> THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE AND BEING A PART OF THIS TONIGHT. SO, FIRST OF ALL, DURING THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING THAT YOU ATTENDED, THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF EITHER YOU WORK IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD OR MAY BE YOUR FATHER WORKS IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD AND USES THIS PROPERTY

FOR STORAGE OF VEHICLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT? >> YES.

>> WELL, WORKING IN CONSTRUCTION, SURELY YOU KNOW THAT STRUCTURES LIKE

THIS WOULD NEED A PERMIT, IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? >> IT IS, BUT THE AREA THAT

I LIVED IN WAS SO SECLUDED AND STUFF. >> SO, BECAUSE IT'S SO

RURAL? >> YEAH, THAT'S THE REASON THAT I GOT MY PROPERTY WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR THE HOME. AND I SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WORK CONSTRUCTION IN THAT AREA, AND I JUST REALIZED BY DRIVING BY AND IT JUST LEAD ME TOWARDS THAT

PROPERTY. >> OKAY. AND THEN THE COMMENTS THAT YOUR NEIGHBOR MADE AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING AS WELL, ABOUT WHAT THE USE OF THIS BUILDING WOULD BE, CAN YOU TALK US THROUGH WHAT THIS BUILDING IS INTENDED TO BE

USED FOR? >> WELL, ME AND MY DAD WORK CONSTRUCTION AND SOMETIMES WE DO HAVE LEFTOVER MATERIALS AND WE DON'T WANT THEM TO GO TO WASTE, AND SOMETIMES WE USE THEM LATER ON IN THE FUTURE, I JUST WANT SOMEWHERE TO STORE THEM THAT'S OUT OF SIGHT. BECAUSE AS MY NEIGHBOR TOLD ME AT THE LAST MEETING THERE WAS THINGS I HAD IN MY BACKYARD, I HAD A TAILER A AXEL LAYING THERE, AND IT WASN'T APPEALING TO THE EYE. AND I BUILT THAT SO THAT MY EQUIPMENT WAS OUT OF SIGHT. I HAD MY LAWN MOWER OUT THERE, AND I DON'T HAVE A GARAGE, AND I ALSO HAVE AN EXTRA TRUCK I USE IT HERE AND THERE. AND IT SITS IN

THE SUN, SO I NEED SOMEWHERE TO STORE IT. >> I ACTUALLY DROVE BY YOUR PROPERTY THIS MORNING AND SORRY IF I SAW PEOPLE DRIVING BY, I KNOW MY PEOPLE SAW THE PROPERTY THIS MORNING BECAUSE WE LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH WHEN CONSIDERING THESE ITEMS. I LEARNED FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND HEARING FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU'RE ALLOWED ONE BUSINESS TYPE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ON THE PROPERTY. AND I SAW THAT YOU HAVE A WORK TRAILER IN THE FRONT AND YOU HAD A VAN THERE AS WELL, BUT IN THE BACK YOU HAD UNDER THAT ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LIKE A TARPED THAT LOOKED LIKE A TRAILER, I COULDN'T TELL. I APPRECIATE THAT'S COVERED, DEFINITELY AND I APPRECIATE YOUR INTENTION WITH THIS BUILDING. I WILL SAY THIS, IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT THESE THINGS GET PERMITTED SO THAT THEY'RE PROPERLY INSPECTED TO WE DON'T HAVE HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY. WE'VE HAD ONE TORNADO COME THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY AND SHOULD WE HAVE ANOTHER, AND HAVE A BUILDING THAT'S NOT PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, IT COULD BE A HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE. WE WANT TO KEEP YOUR NEIGHBORS AND YOU SAFE AS WELL AS THOSE DRIVING BY ON THE ROADWAY AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO, I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE FOR YOU. I JUST WANTED YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF WHY WE'RE DOING THIS AND WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOPEFULLY YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF GETTING A PERMIT IN THE FUTURE,

BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO SO. >> IT WAS MY FAULT FOR ASSUMING, BUT AS SOON AS THEY TOLD ME, I HALTED EVERYTHING AND STARTED THE WHOLE PROCESS, I KNOW THAT I'M GETTING STUFF IN LATE AND EVERYTHING, BUT I'M

TRYING, YOU KNOW. >> BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: DO WE

HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. ? >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN

GENERAL ABOUT THE PROJECT? >> WE HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR YOU AT THIS TIME, BUT WE MAY CALL YOU BACK. BUT WE HAVE A REQUEST FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SHINDER.

>> ALEX, ONE OF THE CONDITIONS WAS THAT THE STRUCTURE WOULD NOT BE AUTHORIZED FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES. DOES THAT INCLUDE STORING MATERIALS THAT YOU

USED IN THE BUSINESS AS HE SAID HE WAS DOING? >> THAT, TO ME, FALLS IN THAT GRAY AREA BUT MORE TWOURD THE BLACK/WHITE THAT IT IS, IF IT IS ASSOCIATED

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WITH THAT BUSINESS THAT IS A BUSINESS USE THAT THEY ARE BRINGING TO THAT SITE. SO, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD CERTAINLY ADVISE THE APPLICANT TO NOT DO.

KNOWING THAT HIS NEIGHBORS ARE WATCHING WE ALSO HAVE OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND OUR INSPECTORS OUT THERE, SO IF THERE IS A VIOLATION, THERE'LL BE THE

CONSEQUENCES. >> BUT HE CAN HAVE HIS ALLOTTED ONE BUSINESS

VEHICLE? >> CORRECT. >> THANK YOU.

>> . >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> ALL RIGHT. I WILL CALL FOR -- NO, THAT'S RIGHT, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

>> ALL RIGHT, SO, I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, ANYONE WISHING TO MAKE A COMMENT, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, COME FORWARD, SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. DID WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS?

>> ALL RIGHT. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER WINGET? >> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ITEM WITH THE CONDITIONS STIPULATED BY STAFF AND RECOMMENDED BY PLANNING AND ZONING AS WELL.

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER BELL?

>> I SECOND IT. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER

QUESTIONS. >> YES, IS THERE DISCUSSION?

>> YES. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: HIT THE BUTTON.

>> MR. LARA, I'M RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS, BUT I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES LAID OUT, PARTICULARLY, THE BUSINESS STUFF OUT OF THE SHED, BECAUSE YOU HAVE NEIGHBORS THAT DON'T WANT TO SEE THE STUFF ON THE PROPERTY AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE BUILDIN THE SHED TO CONCEAL IT, PLEASE FOLLOW

THESE GUIDELINES. >> (INAUDIBLE) >> THANK YOU FOR THAT,

THAT'S ALL. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT, I'LL CALL THE VOTE.

>> THAT ITEM PASSES 6-0. >> AND, WE WILL MOVE ONTO 8C. CONDUCT A PUBLIC

[8C. Conduct a public hearing and take action on a request by Sam Moore, MMCG DBR DFW, LLC on behalf of property owner Rowlett Consolidated, LLC., to approve a Special Use Permit to allow a restaurant with a drive-thru on a portion of an approximately 0.9-acre property zoned Planned Development (PD) District with a base zoning of General Commercial/Retail (C-2) District. The subject property is located approximately 1,000 feet northeast of the intersection of Lakeview Parkway and Dalrock Road, being a portion of Lot 2, Block A of the 8900 Lakeview Parkway Addition, in the City of Rowlett, Rockwall County, Texas.]

HEARING AND TAKE ACTION ON A REQUEST BY SAM MOORE, MMCG DBR DFW, LLCC ON BEHALF OF PROPERTY OWNER ROWLETT, CONSOLIDATED LLC TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT ALLOWING A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE-THRU ON A PORTION OF AN APPROXIMATELY 0.9-ACRE PROPERTY, ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, DISTRICT, WITH A BASE ZONING OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL RETAIL C-2 DISTRICT AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE INTERTEXT OF LAKE VIEW PARKWAY AND THE DALROCK ROAD BEING A PORTION OF LOT 2 BLOCK A OF THE 8900 LAKEVIEW PARKWAY ADDITION.

IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT, ROCK WALL COUNTY. >> IT'S ON THAT 18 PARKING STALLS, PRIMARILY HERE, THESE WILL BE FOR THE CUSTOMERS OF THE SITE THAT DECIDE THEY WOULD LIKE TO PARK, THESE ARE FOR EMPLOYEES PRIMARILY. WE ALSO HAVE 16 DRIVE-THRU STACKING SPACES, IT IS A TWO-LANE DRIVE-THRU.

COUNCIL MAY RECALL THESE LOTS, THERE'S A DRIVE-THRU WHICH IS A CAR WASH IS THE FURTHEST EAST PROPERTY AND THE NEXT LOT ASK IS APPROVED FOR ANOTHER DRIVE-THRU RESTAURANT AND THIS IS THE THIRD DRIVE-THRU SHOULD YOU APPROVE THE REQUEST. AND THERE'S THE BUFFER ALONG LAKE VIEW PARK WE WHICH IS REQUIRED. SECTION 77009 OF THE DEVELOPMENT CODE TALKS ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION STANDARDS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY IMPOSE TO MINIMIZE IMPACT UPON SURROUNDING SINGLE FAMILY

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NEIGHBORHOODS. THOSE CONDITIONS WOULD INCLUDE HOURS OF OPERATION, THE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS AROUND LIGHTS, SIGNAGE, THE LOCATION OF AREAS AND SUCH.

SO, FOR THIS PROPERTY AND FOR THIS PROJECT, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING HOURS OF OPERATION BETWEEN 5:00 A.M. AND 11:00 P.M. I SHOULD HAVE MOVED THE SECOND, THE THIRD ITEM IS THE SECOND ITEM. THERE WULD BE NO INTERCOM ORDERING SYSTEM WITH THE WAY THAT DUDUTCH BROS OPERATES. THE CUSTOMER ORDERS ARE TAKEN AT THE WINDOWS OF VEHICLES BY THEIR STAFF, I BELIEVE USING SOME KIND OF PAD DEVICE SORT OF THING. AND THEN ALSO WE WOULD HAVE NO SIGNAGE ON THE SOUTH FACADE FACING TOWARD THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCIES, THE APPLICANT IS AMENABLE TO ALL OF THESE AND THOSE ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THE ORDINANCE SHOULD THIS REQUEST BE APPROVED. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AT THEIR MEATING MAY 10TH, VOTED 6-0 VOTING APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST THAT THE HOURS OF OPERATION BE LIMIT FROM 5:00 A.M. TO 11:00 P.M., AND NO SIGNAGE FACING THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND LASTLY THAT AN INTERCOM ORDERING SYSTEM IS NOT PERMITTED.

NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT OUT ON APRIL 22ND OF 2022. THERE WERE 20 NOTICES SENT OUT AND THERE WERE NO RESPONSES RECEIVED IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION. AND WITHIN THE 500 FOOT COURTESY AREA, THERE WERE 37 SENT OUT ONE NOTICE IN OPPOSITION ONE IN FAVOR. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING FOR THE APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST TO ALLOW FOR THE DRIVE-THRU WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS THAT THE HOURS OF OPERATION IS LIMITED TO 5:00 A.M. TO 11:00 P.M., AND NO SIGNAGE ALLOWED ON THE SOUTH FACADE FACING THE NORTH NEIGHBORHOOD AND AN INTERCOM ORDERING SYSTEM WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY

HAVE. >> OKAY, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, CAN YOU GO BACK TO

THE LAST? >> I CAN, YES. >> OKAY. NUMBER THREE,

THIS IS A DRIVE-THRU, CORRECT? >> CORRECT.

>> SO, HOW DO THEY NOT HAVE AN INTERCOM. >> THEY DO NOT UTILIZE AN

INTERCOM ORDERING SYSTEM. >> THEY COME TO THE CAR? >> THEY COME TO THE

VEHICLE. >> THAT WOULD, AGAIN, WE WOULD HOPE FOR GREAT SUCCESS FOR DUDUTCH BROS, HOWEVER IF THEY DECIDED TO CHANGE THEIR BUSINESS MODEL OR IF THEY DON'T WORK THERE AND SOMEONE ELSE COMES IN THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME IN AND REQUEST

IN ORDER TO INSTALL A INTERCOM SYSTEM. >> YOU HAVE THE HOURS 5:00 A.M. TO 11:00 P.M., WAS THE APPLICANT REQUESTING SOMETHING ELSE?

>> THAT'S WHAT THE APPLICANT WAS REQUESTING. >> OKAY. ONE OF YOUR ABOUT ACCESS OF CUSTOMERS TOTALLIWAY, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S AN 8-FOOT WALL ON THE BACK OF THIS PROPERTY. I DID DRIVE IT AND NOTICED THAT THE CAR WASH DOESN'T

SEEM TO HAVE A WALL BEHIND IT. >> THE CAR WASH WILL HAVE THAT INSTALLED. PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THEIR FURTHER CO.

>> NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> OKAY. NO QUESTIONS, THEN I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. DID WE HAVE AN APPLICANT, BY THE WAY? DID THE APPLICANT WANT TO SPEAK ON IN?

>> SURE. SAM MOORE, 5750 GENISIS COURT. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF DUDUTCH BROS COFFEE.

WE'RE THE DEVELOPER THAT HELPED THEM GAIN MOBILITY ON THE EITHER PORTION. DUTCH BROS STARTED AS A SMALL PUSH CART OPERATION IN SOUTHERN OREGON THEY EXPANDED ACROSS THE WEST COAST THE PAST 20 YEARS AND OVER THE PAST FEW YEAR WE'VE HELPED THEM TO GET INTO TEXAS WITH THE FOCUS ON DALLAS AND HOUSTON. USING THIS DUEL-LANE DRIVE-THRU AND THE RUNNERS COMING UP TO YOUR WINDOWS WITH IPAD, SIMILAR TO WHAT

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CHICK-FIL-A. >> HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TONIGHT. THE DUEL-LANE DRIVER THROUGHOUT THE YEARS

I. >> ON THE PLAN I NOTICED AN AREA THAT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS

OUTDOOR SEATING? >> THAT'S A CANOPY. SO, THERE'LL BE NO OUTDOOR SEATING UNDERNEATH THE CANOPY. THE BUILDING IS 950 SQUARE FEET AND OPERATED THROUGH DRIVE-THRU OR IF YOU WANTED TO WALK UP TO THE CANOPY SIDE AND PICK UP YOUR

ORDER AND PARK, YOU COULD DO SO. >> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: COUNCIL MEMBER WINGET? >> ON THE SITE PLAN I'M ASSUMING THE PARKING THAT ABUTS TOTALLY IS FOR EMPLOYEE PARKING, IS THAT

CORRECT? >> THAT'S THE MAIN INTENT. MOST CUSTOMERS.

>> SURELY HAVING PEOPLE OUT THERE BOTH AT 5:00 A.M. AND 11:00 P.M., YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE LIGHTING OVER THE DRIVE-THRU AREA WHERE THEY'RE TAKING ORDERS. YES.

>> THEY'RE TAKING ORDERS ON THE AREA WHERE THERE'S AN ISLAND ON THE SOUTHEAST

CORNER, IS THAT CORRECT? >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE RUNNERS, JUST DEPENDING ON THE FLOW OF THE TRAFFIC AND THEY MAY COME OUT TOWARDS THE START OF THE CUEING DURING PEAK HOURS, WE START TO FILL UP THE CUE ABOUT 17 CARS AND WE HAVE 30 STACKING SPACES AVAILABLE. IF YOU FILL UP BOTH LANES.

>> GREAT, THANK YOU. >> YEP. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ANY

OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? >> ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE.

YOU COULD TAKE A SEAT. >> I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO MAKE A COMMENT, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO COME FORWARD, SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

>> ANY COMMENTS? >> SEEING NONE, I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

BEFORE I ASK FOR A MOTION, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? NOPE, OKAY. I

WILL TAKE A MOTION. >> COUNCIL MEMBER GRUBISICH?

>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE DRIVE-THRU RESTAURANT TO ALLOW FOR TWO LANES FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL RETAIL WITH THE CONDITIONS

PUT FORTH BY STAFF AND PLANNING AND ZONING. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: WE HAVE

A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WINGET? >> SECOND THAT.

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE I CALL THE VOTE? SEEING NONE, LET'S

CALL THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM PASSES 6-0. >>> WE NOW MOVE ONTO THE --

[8D. Consider a resolution appointing a representative to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Board of Directors.]

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE EXCITED ABOUT DUTCH BROS BY THE WAY. WE'LL MOVE ONTO ITEM 8D CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPOINTING A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE DALLAS WHY ARE RAPPED TRANSIT DART BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SO, DART NOTIFIED THE CITY THAT THE TERM IS ENDING AND REQUESTING THAT ROWLETT PASS A RESOLUTION TO APPOINT A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE DART BOARD. FORMER ROWLETT MAYOR CURRENTLY SERVES IN THIS CAPACITY AND HAS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. ACCORDING TO THE BY LAWS THE GENERAL POWERS ARE AS FOLLOWS, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROPERTY BELONGING TO DART IS VESTED IN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE BOARD MAY DESIGNATE AS AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR GENERAL MANAGER AND WHO SHALL ADMINISTER THE DAILY OPERATIONS OF DART, PARTNERSHIPS. THE BOARD MAY APPOINT AUDITORS AND DESCRIBE THE DUTIES, TEN NEURO AND COMPENSATION OF EACH. MEMBERS THE DART BOARD OF DIRECTOR SERVE 2 YEAR TERMS ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE. MR. WAS APPOINTED TO REPRESENT ROWLETT AND HIS TERM OF OFFICE WILL EXPIRE JUNE 30TH, 2022. MR. ENOK INDICATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE ON THE DART BOARD. IS THERE ANY COMMENT BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION ON A MEMBER APPOINTING? COUNCIL MEMBER

WINGET? >> I WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY MAKE A COMMENT WHICH IS NOTE OF THANKS TO MR. ENOK ON HIS NUMBERS OF SERVICE. HE'S BEEN THERE A LONG TIME AND THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT HE MUST HAVE ABOUT ROWLETT AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND THOSE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HE REPRESENTS IS A VERY

VALUABLE ASSET. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY I APPRECIATE HIM FOR MEETING WITH A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MYSELF OVER THE

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WEEKEND TO GO OVER KEY ISSUES ON THE DART TRAIN. SO, ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

>> ALL RIGHT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: COUNCIL

MEMBER SHINDER. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO' WHICH PROVE THE APPOINTING

OF REPRESENTATIVE TO THE DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT. >> I SECOND THE MOTION TO APPROVE FORMER MAYOR, MARK ENOK AS YOUR DART REPRESENTATIVE.

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ANY COMMENTS BEFORE I CALL THE VOTE?

>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S CALL THE VOTE. >> THAT ITEM PASSES 6-0.

[8E. Consider all matters incident and related to the issuance and sale of City of Rowlett, Texas General Obligation Bonds, Series 2022 and City of Rowlett Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2022, including the adoption of Ordinances authorizing the issuance of such bonds and establishing procedures and delegating authority for the sale and delivery of such bonds.]

>> AND, OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 8E. CONSIDER ALL MATTERS INCIDENT RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS SERIES OF 2022 AND THE CITY OF ROWLETT WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2022 INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS AND ESTABLISHING THE PROCEDURES AND DELEGATING THE AUTHORITY FOR

THE SALE AND DELIVERY OF SUCH BONDS. >> GOOD EVENING, I'M HERE TO TOSS THE 2022 GO AND WATER AND SEWER ISSUESANCES. THE CITY PLANS TO ISSUE $4.2 MILLION IN GO BONDS IN THE BOND ISSUANCE APPROVED BY VOTERS IN 2021.

TYPICALLY, WE WOULD HAVE CONDUCTED OUR WORK SESSION WITH COUNCIL TONIGHT AND BROUGHT IN THE FINAL ORDINANCES AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING BUT THIS YEAR WE'RE PROPOSING A DIFFERENT ORDINANCE APROOFING THE SALE OF BONDS WILL BE BE DISCUSSED LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. IN 2021, ROWLETT CITIZENS AUTHORIZED $21,785,000 IN GO BONDS AND THIS INCLUDED $19.5 MILLION IN PAVING AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND $2.3 MILLION IN PUBLIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. WE ISSUED THE FIRST ROUND OF BONDS LAST YEAR IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,466,000. AND THIS YEAR WE PLAN ON ISSUESLE NEXT ROUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $4.2 MILLION IN GO

BONDS. >> OUR LONG-TERM WATER AND SEWER PLAN IS TO ISSUE 7 MILLION IN WATER AND SEWER BONDS TO SPROERT GOETHE AND DEVELOPMENT AND THIS IS CALCULATED INTO THE CITY AND WATER STUDY. THIS COVERS A VARIETY OF PROJECTS WHICH INCLUDE EX-PACKS OF WATER AND SEWER LINES AND LIFT STATION EVENTS WHICH WERE REVIEWED IN TONIGHT'S WORK SESSION. TONIGHT WE'RE PROTOESING A PARAMETER BOND SAIL FOR GO OR WATER SEWER BONDS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL. WE WOULD TYPICALLY HAVE BROUGHT YOU THE ORDINANCE. HOWEVER, DUE TO MARKET VOLATILITY AND EXPECTED RATE HIKES AND AFTER THE FED MEETING TAKING PLACE ON JUNE FIFTEENTH AND 16TH, WE'RE PROPOSING A PARAMETER TONIGHT INSTEAD WHICH WILL DELEGATE TO APPROVE THE SALE ONLY IF THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE PARAMETER ORDINANCES ARE MET. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO GET AHEAD OF THE INTEREST RATE HIKE RATHER THAN BEING LOCKED IN ON A PRICE ON THE DAY OF THE COUNCIL MEETING. THE MAXIMUM TRUE INTEREST COST OF 5%, A MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT FOR THE GO BONDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $3.4 MILLION.

FINAL MATURITY DATES FOR THE BONDS IS FEBRUARY 15TH, OF 2022, AND THE WATER SEWER BONDS ARE MARCH 1ST, OF 2022. AND THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THIS DELEGATED AUTHORITY IS ON DECEMBER 7TH OF 2022. THE AND THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION AND WE'RE READY FOR COUNSEL'S ACTION UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

AND JUST AS A REMINDER, WE NEED A SEPARATE MOTION FOR EACH ORDINANCE TONIGHT.

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?

>> ALL RIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ONE OF THOSE ITEMS. COUNCIL MEMBER

GALUARDI? >> THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THE SUGGESTED MOTION

LANGUAGE. >> I MOVE TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CITY OF ROWLETT, TEXAS WATERWORKS SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS

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SERIES 2022. SECOND ONE FIRST. >> WE HAVE A SECOND BY