Jun 21, 2022 City Council Meetings

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, PRIOR TO THE START OF THE EVERY MEETING, THERE'S INVOCATION, AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US, PLEASE STAND.

>> LET'S PRAY, DEAR GOD WE GIVE YOU THANKS AND WE CONFESS THAT ALL GOOD THINGS COME FROM OUR HAND. WE AGREE WITH THE PSALM AS YOU SAID, GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD FOR HE IS GOOD. WE THANK YOU FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING ALL OVER YOUR CITY, WE THANK YOU FOR A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT WE SEE IN NEIGHBOR HELPING NEIGHBOR. WE THEBES FOR THE SAFETY AND THE SECURITY THAT WE ENJOY AND ASK FOR YOUR PROTECTION AND FAVOR TO BE ON OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL. WE THANK YOU FOR CITY STAFF AND ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO WORK HARD FOR THE PUBLIC'S GOOD. WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND ANOTHER SAFE PRODUCTIVE YEAR OF EDUCATION.

WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR OUR GROWING BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND EVERY TRAFFIC CONE AND CONZONE, WE GIVE YOU THANKS. FOR THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY TONIGHT WHO CARRY HEAVY BURDENS, FOR THOSE SICK AND NEED GUIDANCE AND THOSE UNEMPLOYED, WE ASK THAT THEY FIND HEALTH AND COMFORT. FOR THIS COUNCIL, I PRAY FOUR BLESSING ON THEM AND I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GRANT TO EACH ONE, CREATIVITY, AND HUMOR, AND TACT, AND PATIENCE, INSIGHT, BOLDNESS AND WISDOM AS THEY ADDRESS THE ISSUES BEFORE THEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. AND AS YOU PROMISE IN YOUR WORD, THOSE WHO REFRESH OTHERS WILL IN RETURN BE REFRESHED, I ASK YOU TO REFRESH AND BLESS THESE PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO GIVE GENEROUSLY OF THEIR TIME. THIS WE PRAY, WITH A GREAT THANKSGIVING, AMEN.

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: IF YOU COULD REMAIN STANDING AND JOIN YOU IN THE PLEDGE OF AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND

JUSTICE FOR ALL." >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: AND NOW THE TEXAS

>>> "HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG: I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE

AND INDIVISIBLE." >> ALL RIGHT, YOU COULD NOW BE SEATED.

[5A. Presentation of Proclamation recognizing July 2022 as National Park and Recreation Month.]

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT, I ALL OUR REGULAR SESSION TO ORDER, OUR FIRST SUM IS 5, PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS. ITEM 5 A RECOGNIZES JULY 2022 AS NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH AND MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS COUNCILMAN KYLE. COME UP PARK'S STAFF.

>> JUST FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH EVERYBODY YET, THE FIRST MEETING I WAS UNAVAILABLE, SO THIS IS MY FIRST TIME MEETING SOME OF OUR PARKS FOLKS. SINCE 1985, AMERICA SILL BRATED THE MONTH OF JULY AS AMERICA'S RECREATION AND PARKS MONTH. KICK OFTEN SUMMER PROGRAMS PROMOTE OUTDOOR PHYSICAL RECREATION AND PULL TOGETHER VOLUNTEERS TO MAKE THEIR OUTTOUR SPACE A THRIVING SENT OF COMMUNITY ACTIVITY.

THIS JULY, EXPLORE EVERYTHING YOUR LOCAL PARKS AND RECREATION HAS TO OFFER, PLAYGROUNDS, RECREATION CENTERS, SPORTS LEAGUES AND SUMMER CAMPS ARE JUST A FEW OF THINGS THAT COME TO MIND WHEN WE THINK PARKS AND RECREATION ARE MUCH MORE, MOMENTS THAT PARKS AND RECREATION PROFESSIONALS HELP TO MAKE HAPPEN. OUR LOCAL PARKS ARE OUR FIRST EXPERIENCE IN NATURE. THEY ARE PLACE TOSS GATHER AND PLACE TOSS CELEBRATE LIFE'S PASCHAL MOMENTS, SPOTS FOR RESPITE AND HEALING AND SIGNIFICANTLY MORE. LOCAL PARKS ARE ESSENTIAL THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WITH MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS FINDING A NEW APPRECIATION FOR THE ESSENTIAL SPACES THAT WE HAVE AND VITAL PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE STILL TODAY. THIS YEAR WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE PARKS MEAN TO YOU. THIS YEAR'S THEME FOR PARKS AND RECREATION PROFESSIONALS RISE UP IN THE SERVICE OF EQUITY, CLIMATE READINESS AND OVER ALL HEALTH

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>> A HALF OF A MILLION VISITORS TO OUR CITY. THIS IS EXCITING NEWS FOR ROWLETT SINCE THIS BRINGS LOW SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND NOW THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DESIGNATED JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH RECOGNIZING THAT PARKS AND RECREATION IS AN INTEGRAL PARK OF THE CITY THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING THE CITY OF ROWLETT. ALLEVIATING ILLNESSES SUCH AS DEPOSSESSION AND ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERS AND ALZHEIMER'S, AND THE ECOLOGICAL BEAUTY OF OUR MANY OTHERLE ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PROMOST ACTIVE LIFESTYLES AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATIONS IS A LEADING PROVIDER OF PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES SUCH AS OUT OF SCHOOL TIME, YOUTH SPORTS AND VERBAL AT EDUCATION AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION INCREASES THE COMMUNITY'S PROSPERITY THRILLED THE INCREASED TOURISM, THE ATTRACTION OREGON ATTENTION OF BUSINESSES AND CRIME REDUCTION AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE ERMINED HAVAL WELL BEING TO OUR COMMUNITY AND IS ESSENTIAL AND ADEPARTMENTABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, I'LL SAY, I, ON BEHALF OF BLAKE MARGOLIS, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT JULY IS RECOGNIZED AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO WILT THEIR FAVORITE PARKS, DISCOVER NEW DESTINATIONS AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR CITY'S ABUNDANT PARKS AND AMENITIES.

CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> ALL OF YOU.

> PROCLAMATION AND I KNOW CLEAR CAREER

. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

[5B. Presentation of a Life Saving Award to Police Officer Ryan Doherty.]

>> . >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: THANK YOU ALL. OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 5B, PRESENTATION OF A LIFE SAVING AWARD TO POLICE OFFICER RYAN DOHERTY.

>> I WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING COUNCIL FOR GIVING US THIS TIME, UM, ONE OF MY

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YOU WERE DISPATCHED TO AN OVERDOSE IN THE $2,300 BLOCK OF ROWLETT ROAD. WHILE IN ROUTE, YOU WERE INFORMED THAT A FEMALE PASSENGER WAS OVERDOSING ON HEROIN. YOU EXITED YOUR VEHICLE AND WAS ADVISED BY THE CALLER TO GET THE FEMALE OUT OF THE CAR, YOU OBSERVED THE FEY MALE TO BE UNCONSCIOUS AND SHE APPEARED TO NOT BE BREATHING. YOU APPLIED YOUR NARCAN AND AFTER THE NARCAN, THE FEMALE BEGAN TO BREATH AND HAVE COLOR ON HER FACE. THE FEY MALE BEGAN TO TAKE A LARGE BREATH AND STARTED TO GAIN FULL CONSCIOUSNESS. AFTER REVIEWING THIS INCIDENT, WE BELIEVE WITHOUT YOUR QUICK ACTIONS, THE FEMALE WOULD BE THE VICTIM OF A HEROIN OVERDOSE.

UNANIMOUSLY AGREE THAT YOU RECEIVE THE AWARD. IT'S WITH GREAT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE THAT I AWARD YOU WITH THE LIFE SAVING AWARD ON BEHALF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ROWLETT POLICE

DEPARTMENT. (CHEERS) >> (APPLAUSE) >> THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION, AND THANK YOU TO THE OFFICER DOHERTY FOR HIS SERVICE AND IT'S, YOU KNOW,IOUS OUR OFFICERS DAY IN AND DAY OUT CONSISTENTLY SERVE TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY AND THIS WAS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT ACT AND IT'S GREAT THAT WE RECOGNIZE OUR OFFICERS FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT

THEY DO. THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR THAT. >> (APPLAUSE).

[5C. Presentation of proclamation recognizing the month of June 2022 as National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month and request to light the water tower on June 27 in observance of PTSD Awareness Day.]

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 5C, PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF JUNE 2022 AS NATIONAL POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER PTSD AWARENESS MONTH AND REQUEST TO LIGHT THE WATER TOWER ON JUNE 27TH IN OBSERVANCE OF PTSD AWARENESS DAY. AND COUNCIL MEMBER SHINDER WILL BE MAKING THAT PRESENTATION.

>> POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, PTSD IS AN ON GOING CONDITION THAT AFFECTS PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED A TAM MAT TICK EVENT. IT CAN AFFECT ANYONE REGARDLESS OF OCCUPATION, AGE, BACKGROUND AFTER ANY TYPE OF TRAUMATIC INJURY. IT CAN LEAD TO A DOWNWARD SPIRAL THAT IN THE WORST CASES CULMINATES IN SUICIDE OR ACCIDENTAL DEATH. OVER THE YEAR, I'VE HAD FRIENDS WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM THIS CONDITION AND I'VE WATCHED THEM STRUGGLE, I SAW ONE POLICE OFFICER FRIEND LOSE HIS CAREER AND HIS FAMILY AFTER A SHOOTING INCIDENT AND ANOTHER SANK INTO A CYCLE OF SELF DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR AFTER WORKING A HORRIFIC FATALITY ACCIDENT IN WHICH ONE OF THE VICTIMS WAS A LITTLE GIRL ABOUT THE SAME AGE AS HIS OWN DAUGHTER. ONE GOOD FRIEND, A VIETNAM VETERAN ENDED UP TAKING HIS OWN LIFE. SO, THIS IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME AND HITS CLOSE TO HOME. WE THINK OF PTSD IN RELATION TO THOSE IN WAR OR OTHER FIRST RESPONDER OCCUPATIONS, BUT IT CAN ALSO OCCUR IN PEOPLE WHO FOR EXAMPLE, EXPERIENCE OR WITNESS A PLANE CRASH, RAPE, THREAT OF DEATH OR WHO HAVE LIVED THROUGH A NATURAL DISASTER SUCH AS THE TORNADO THAT TORE THROUGH OUR CITY IN DECEMBER OF 20 FICH. ACCORDING TO TO THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD, ABOUT 12 MILLION ADULTS ARE SUFFERING FROM PTSD IN ANY GIVEN YEAR AND ABOUT 6% OF THE POPULATION WILL EXPERIENCE IT IN SOME POINT IN THEIR LIVES, THAT'S PROBABLY A LOW ESTIMATE.

THOSE AFFLICTED OFTEN TRY TO SUFFER IN SILENCE IN A MISGUIDED ATTEMPT TO BE STRONG AND DEAL WITH THIS ON THEIR OWN T IT'S IMPORTANT TO LET THEM KNOW THEY'RE NOT ALONE. ON

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INSPIRING STORY. NOW, I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION. >>> WHEREAS POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, PTSD IS A MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM SOME INDIVIDUALS DEVELOP AFTER EXPERIENCING OR WITNESSES A TRAUMATIZING EVENT SUCH AS COMBAT, EXTREME INNER PERSONAL VIOLENCE OR NATURAL DISASTER, WHEREAS SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE INTRUCETIVE MEMORIES, AND FEELING ON EDGE, HAVING TROUBLE SLEEPING AND TRYING TO AVOID THINGS THAT REMIND THEM OF THE TRAUMA. AND WHEREAS MANY FEMA WHO HAVE PTSD EXPERIENCE OTHER MENTAL PROBLEMS LIKE DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, ALCOHOL OR DRUG ABUSE OR HARMING THEMSELVES OR OTHERS. WHEREAS THERE ARE SEVERAL TREATMENTS AVAILABLE TO HELP TO COPE WITH AND OFTEN TIME OVERCOME PTSD AND IT'S ACCOMPANYING ISSUES, BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT THE TRAUMA OR HOW LONG YOU'VE LIVED WITH IT IT'S NEVER TOO LATE. TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS WITH PTSD AND THEIR FAMILIES AND ASSURE THEM THAT THERE ARE TREATMENTS AVAILABLE AND TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE RESEARCH AND TREATMENT.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DEBORAH SHINDER ON BEHALF OF BLAKE MARGOLIS, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2022, AS POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AWARENESS MONTH. AND CITY OF ROWLETT AND DESIGNATE THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN WATER TOWER BE LIT JUNE 27TH FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AWARENESS DAY HELPING TO SPOTLIGHT THIS ISSUE AND THE SUPPORT THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER WITH IT AND FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER WITH THEM BECAUSE PTSD TREATMENT WORKS.

SAM AND STEVE? >> (APPLAUSE). >> ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT ARE STILL HERE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WILL YOU JOIN US UP HERE AND IF ANYBODY'S BEEN TOUCHED BY POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER IN THEIR LIVES, WILL YOU JOIN US AS WELL. THIS IS FOR EVERYBODY, SO, COME ON UP.

(APPLAUSE). >> ." >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE HOROWTS'S FOR SENDING THAT E-MAIL AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL REACHING OUT

AND I'M GLAD WE COULD DO THIS. >> THANK YOU. >> .

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 5D, UPDATE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND

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

COUNCIL MEMBER WINGET. >>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, UM, SO, AS FAR AS ANNOUNCEMENTS GO, FROM OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, THE WET ZONE IS NOW OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK AND IF YOU'VE BEEN DREADING THE HEAT LIKE I HAVE, YOU NEED TO COME THRILL IN THE

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>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: YES. >> AS A VERNALER MEMBER OF THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE PASSING OF ONE OF THE COMMISSION'S LONGEST TENURED MEMBERS. APPROPRIATE TO SHARE IN ACKNOWLEDGES GARY'S SERVICE OH YOU ARE COMMUNITY.

SHE WRITES, GARY ALEXANDER PASSED AWAY THE MORNING 6 JUNE 16TH, HE WAS 63 YEARS YOUNG. HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE, AND SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AND GRAND DAUGHTERS, AS WELL AS DAUGHTER JESSICA AND TWIN BOYS. GARY WAS THE TYPE OF GUY THAT IF YOU HUNG AROUND HIM FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME, YOU WOULD LEARN TONS OF KNOWLEDGE OUTSIDE OF YOUR WHEEL HOUSE. I LEARNED A LOT FROM GARY ON HISTORY, ENGINEERING AND POLITICS. GARY WAS A GET IT DONE KIND OF PERSON. I REMEMBER EARLY ON IN OUR SERVICE ONARTS D HUMANITIES COMMISSION, WE HAD A PROBLEM. BUT, GARY, NOT TO BE DETERRED, HE WENT OUT AND BOUT RAW MATERIALS HIMSELF AND FASHIONED THE APPROPRIATE SYSTEM, BUILT IT AND HUNG IT AUTOPSY BY HIM SELF. GARY WAS DETERMINED TO SEE A TALENT DEVELOP TO SPOTLIGHT THE TALENT OF LOCAL IT CITIZENS. HE PROUDLY AND DETERMININGLY T ENSURED THAT WE GOT IT GOING THIS YEAR AFTER THE PANDEMIC SIDELINED TWO YEAR'S WORTH OF SHOWS. HE WAS ELECTEDED VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION LAST OCTOBER AND HAD HE NOT PASSED I FEEL CONFIDENT SAYING THAT WE WOULD HAVE FILLED THE VOIT I'M RELIEVE THAT HAD GARY IS NO LONGER IN PAIN, BUT I WILL MISS HIS SENSE OF HUMOR, HIS DEDICATION TO THE ORTH AND MOST OF YOU WILL HAYS FRIENDSHIP. THANK YOU, DEBORAH FOR THOSE KIND WORDS AND TO GARY'S FAMILY, I WANT TO OFFER MY CONDOLENCES AND OUR THANKS FOR LENDING HIM AND HIS TIME AND TALENTS TO THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, HE IS SOMEONE WHO'LL BE TRULY MISSED AND LEAVE AS VERY BIG HOLE TO BE FILLED. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: THANK YOU FOR THAT, DEBORAH CROSBY COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT ANY

[6. CITIZENS’ INPUT]

INPUT, DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS? >> WE DO, MAYOR, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS DAVE HALL, AFTER THAT

IS BECKY BRUNNSON. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT SO WHEN YOU'RE NAME IS CALLED, COME

UP TO THE PODIUM, SPEAK YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. >> DAVE HALL 6917 MILLER ROAD, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SALES TAX. TONIGHT, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, THE CITY'S OF RESIDENTS FROM MY LAS RENTAL CUSTOMERS, NO CITY ON THIS, ZIP CODE, 75089, PROBABLY A ROWLETT RESIDENT, SAXI, GARLAND, GARLAND, ROWLETT, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,

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GARLAND, GARLAND, PALMER, TEXAS, 75135, 75040, ROCKWALL, MURPHY, ROWLETT, HEATH, RICHARDSON, MURPHY, GARLAND, GARLAND, DALLAS, WYLIE, ROWLETT, GARLAND. 75040. I'M PRETTY SURE THESE PEOPLE DID NOT VISIT ROWLETT TO EXPERIENCE OUR 5-STAR NAIL SALONS, OUR BEST IN CLASS TATTOO PARLORS OR WORLD FAMOUS LIQUOR STORES, I WOULD PREFER THE RESIDENTS OF CALIFORNIA, PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON, VIRGINIA AND NEIGHBORING CITIES PAY SALES TAX TO FUND ROWLETT'S BUDGET.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, BRUNNSON. AFTER

THAT IS JOYCE BRADLEY. >> OKAY. THANK YOU GUYS FOR LISTENING TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT THEM, BUT, I SENT EVERYBODY AN E-MAIL ABOUT A WEEK AGO, I'M

SORRY, COULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> BECKY BRUNNSON, 2012 CHESA ROAD, ROWLETT. DID I FORGET ANYTHING? SORRY, NOT GOOD AT THAT PART. EACH OF YOU HAVE AN 11 X 17 PRINTOUT, AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT WHICH OPTION I THINK IS BETTER OR WORSE, THEY BOTH STINK BECAUSE WE HAVE TO TAKE PROPERTY FROM HOMEOWNERS, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S A PART OF PROGRESSION, AND, UM, GROWING. AS FAR AS MY BACKGROUND, I WAS A TXDOT EMPLOYEE, I SAT ON PROFESSIONAL WITNESS STANDS OR SH 190 GOING THROUGH GRAND PRAIRIE, SO, I GET TAKING PROPERTY. WHAT I DO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT IS THE IMPACT OF THE CURBED MEDIAN, BASICALLY FROM BOB WHITE ALL THE WAY TO DALROCK. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S 17 DIFFERENT DRIVEWAYS OF RESIDENTIAL MEMBERS AND IT'S ABOUT IN ABOUT 3300 FEET. SO, THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET MEDIAN CURB OPENINGS FOR EACH ONE OF THESE PEOPLE. AND WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT IS THE CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, AND I LIVE ON THIS ROAD, SO, I'M WORRIED ABOUT MY PERSONAL HOME TOO. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO TURN RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO TURN LEFT AND I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO TURN LEFT TO BE ABLE TO TURN RIGHT TO GET TO MY HOUSE FROM WHERE EVER I TRAILER AND A BOAT THAT GOES ON A TRAIL E AND A MOTOR HOME, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS NEED A VERY

BIG TURNING RADIUS. UM, OKAY. I'VE LOST MY -- >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: NOT TURNING

LEFT TO GO RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. >> YEAH. JUST IMAGINE IF YOU LEAVE YOUR HOUSE AND YOU COULD TURN EITHER DIRECTION, LIKE, YOUR DRIVEWAY GOES SOMEWHERE, RIGHT, AND YOU COULD GO EITHER WAY, SO, IF THERE'S A CURB THERE, AND YOU WANTED TO GO LEFT, YOU HAVE TO TURN RIGHT, DO A U-TURN, AND EVEN IF IT'S 200 FEET, YOU'RE ADDING 600 FEET TO YOUR TRAVEL EACH TIME. UM, I'M NOT REAL SURE WHY THE MEDIAN IS NECESSARY, I GET THE PRURP OF A MEDIAN, ESPECIALLY A CURBED MEDIAN TO REDIRECT TRAFFIC AND KEEP PEOPLE FROM HEADING INTO EACH OTHER. WHEN YOU SEE THIS DESIGN, WHAT I'M SUGGESTING FROM BOB WHITE TO BALL ROCK WE DO A DUEL-TURN PAVED MEDIAN AS OPPOSED TO A PAVED GRASS MEDIAN SO THAT ALL OF THE HOMEOWNERS

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BACK. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: I THINK WE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, AND, I APPRECIATE IT. THE MANAGING IT DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CAN SPEAK WITH YOU ON THIS AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT.

>> OKAY, THANKS. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: NEXT IS JOYCE BRADLEY AND AFTER THAT IS

CHARLEY RILEY. >> MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

JOYCE BRADLEY, 3306 ROAD ROWLETT. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE REZONING OF LIBERTY GROWTH 190. THIS CHANGE HAS MADE TRUCKS COME AND BE PART OF OUR DEVELOPMENT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE CITY COUNCIL CHANGED THIS AND WHAT BENEFIT TO THE CITY THERE IS, IT WASN'T CLEAR FROM THE DEVELOPERS DEDESCRIPTION OF THREE TO NOIR HUNDRED TRUCKS A DAY WHY CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR WOULD WANT THIS. SO, I CALLED A FRIEND OF MINE WHO IS A HOME DEVELOPER HERE IN ROWLETT AND ASKED HIM, WHY, A CITY WOULD CHOOSE THIS, AND HE TOLD ME, HE SAID, EVERY CITY NEEDS A MANUFACTURING AREA TO BE DEVELOPED. AND, THIS WAS A LOW-IMPACT TO THE CITY TO PUT IN UTILITIES, ET CETERA, THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO IF IT WERE HOMES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, STREET THE, WHATEVER, THAT THE DEVELOPER WOULD BE DOING ALL OF THESE THINGS. SO, UM, AND, IT WAS A TAX REVENUE, BASIS. SO, THEN, I ASKED HIM, ONE SIMPLE QUESTION IS: WOULD YOU LIVE NEAR THIS DEVELOPMENT? AND HE SAID, NO ABSOLUTELY NOT. SO, EVEN THE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE BUILDING HOMES IN ROWLETT DON'T WANT TO LIVE NEAR THIS, SO WHY WOULD YOU WANT THE HOMEOWNERS WITH EXISTING HOMES TO LIVE NEAR IT? SO, MY QUESTION, TO YOU, AGAIN, ARE YOU BUILDING A TAX BASIS OR A COMMUNITY? BECAUSE, IN YOUR ROWLETT CITY OF ROWLETT PAGE, YOU SAY ROWLETT IS A PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY, YOU SAY NOTHING ABOUT IT BEING A TRUCKING WAREHOUSE DISTRICT OR TRUCKS DRIVING IN AND OUT. SO, I NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE DECLARED THAT YOU'RE NO LONGER GOING TO READ CITIZEN INPUTS DURING CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S TIME CONSUMING, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE SOME CITIZENS, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN COMMUNICATE WITH YOU.

SO, UM, I GUESS BY PUTTING WAREHOUSES ON 171 ACRES, YOU WON'T HAVE TO LISTEN, BECAUSE, WAREHOUSES DON'T WRITE EMAILS AND THEY DON'T COME UP HERE AND TALK. ANYWAY, AGAIN, MY DEVELOPER FRIEND SAID NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT, I WOULD NOT WANT TO LIVE NEAR THAT, AND I UNDERSTAND WHY THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HOMES DO NOT WANT TO LIVE NEAR THIS EITHER. ANYWAY, THANK

YOU FOR LISTENING. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

>> NEXT IS CHARLIE RILEY AND AFTER THAT JEREMY SMITH. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF

RESIDENT. >> HI, THERE, CHARLIE RILEY, I LIVE IN ROWLETT ON SUNRISE DRIVE, BEEN HERE 16 YEARS AND LOVE THE CITY, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THOUGHTS AND ADVICE, FIRST OFF, THANK YOU EVERYBODY WHO HAS GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND BEEN ELECTED, YOU'VE ALL DONE A GREAT JOB AND I'M PROUD OF THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE. THANK YOU, FOR CHANGING THE PROCESS USED, I'M TALKING ABOUT 8A; AND 8B, THANK YOU FOR CHANGING THE PROCESS USED FOR APPOINTING THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. THAT PERSON GRANTED THE POSSESSION REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO BE NOMINATED. PLEASE DO NOT RETURN TO THIS PROCESS, IT'S UNFAIR AND DISRESPECTFUL TO THE COMMUNITY. NOW, TO MY ADVICE, THE MAYOR PRO TEM, AND THE DEPUTY PRO TEM SHOULD BE COLLECT OF SELECTED BY ALL NOMINEES AND CHOSEN BECAUSE OF THEIR POSITIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIP, SYNERGY AND RESPECT FOR THE MAYOR, AFTER

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE IT. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: THANK YOU.

>> NEXT IS JEREMY SMITH, AFTER THAT IS RHONDA WOLFE. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF

RESIDENCE FOR FOR THE RECORD. >> JEREMY SMITH, 6522 LONG GREEN STREET, 75089. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY KUDOS TO THE SECRETARY STAFF, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN AWESOME WITH SOME OF MY REQUESTS. BUT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY TODAY. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD HAS NOT POSTED MINUTE SINCE MARCH OF THIS YEAR. I WOULD LET THE PUBLIC CONSIDER THE TIMING OF SUCH ACTIONS WITH THE WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT GOING ON. AS ONE OF THE OTHER CITIZENS TALKED ABOUT, CITIZEN'S INPUT SUBMITTED VIA E-MAIL IS NO LONGER READ DURING THE MINUTES.

ONCE AGAIN, IT LOOKS LIKE TRANSPARENCY IS OUT THE DOOR. OPEN RECORDS REQUEST I SUBMITTED REGARDING JACKSON SHAW AND CITY STAFF WAS FACED WITH STRONG RESISTANCE IN WHICH THE CITY'S LEGAL TEAM, NICKLES JACKSON ASKED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR EXCEPTIONS TO NOT PROVIDE ANY OF THOSE RECORDS. THEY ASKED FOR ALL TYPES OF EXCEPEMPTIONS WHIC HAD NO PERSONAL IDENTIFIABLE ON THE EMAILS. FINALLY, TODAY, I ATTENDED AN ECONOMIC ADVISORY BOARD MEETING TO ASK THE IMPORTANT QUESTION TO LIBBY TUCKER, WHY IS JACKSON SHAW STILL BEING CONSIDERED FOR ECONOMIC INCENTIVES IN LIGHT OF THIS LAND EXCHANGE BEING DONE THROUGH ILLEGAL ZONING. I WAS MET WITH QUESTIONS BY THE VERY PERSON THAT WROTE THAT E-MAIL TO LIBBY TUCKER, I WAS LATER TOLD TO LEAVE FOR CAUSING A DISTURBANCE. I ASK SOMEONE WITHIN THIS COUNCIL TO GET AN OUTSIDE ATTORNEY REVIEW OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S ACTIONS AND PAST LEGAL ACTIONS, ALSO REGARDING THE WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT, U.S. CITY COUNCILMEN HAVE TO RIGHT TO SOLICITITY INFORMATION FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ASKING FOR ANOTHER OPINION REGARDING THAT ILLEGAL ZONING. I HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF ITEMS TO COMMENT ON TRANSPARENCY, I THOUGHT ABOUT, HEY, ALL THE CITY COUNCILMEN WOULD GET CITY ISSUED CELLPHONES AND ALL COMMUNICATIONS WOULD BE ELIMINATED ANY BACK DOOR COMMUNICATIONS. IT'S PRETTY APPARENT THAT OUR CURRENT CITY COUNCIL IS TRYING TO ELIMINATE ANY TYPE OF TRANSPARENCY. I'M GOING TO END WITH THIS, I REMEMBER MY GRANDMOTHER TELLING ME STORIES ABOUT HER FIGHTING FOR CIVIL RIGHTS BACK IN HER DAY AND SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW DOGS WERE BEING PUT ON HER AND WATER HOSES WERE PUT ON HER, IF SHE WAS ABLE TO FIGHT THROUGH THAT, Y'ALL GOT THE SAME ACTION FROM ME, I'M GOING TO FIGHT THIS TO THE END ABOUT THIS WAREHOUSE

DEVELOPMENT, I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: THANK YOU,

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? >> YES. >> OKAY. NEXT IS RHONDA WOLFE.

>> GOOD EVENING, I'M RHONDA WOLFE, 3113 SUNRISE, ROWLETT. THANK YOU ALL FOR SERVING THE COMMUNITY. AND I'LL CONGRATULATE THOSE OF YOU ON YOUR ELECTIONS TO YOUR SEATS. I THINK THAT WE HAVE A GREAT FORUM TO COME TO. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK A BIT ABOUT ITEM A AND B, UM, AND VOICE MY OPINION ON THE RIGHT CANDIDATE FOR EITHER MAYOR PRO TEM OR DEPARTMENT PROERT PRO

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THANK YOU. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: THANK YOU. >> THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER,

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

MAYOR. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT. THEN OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA, THESE ITEMS WILL BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION AND COUNCIL HAS PULLED ITEMS 7B FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. LAURA IF YOU WOULD READ THE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD.

>> 7A, CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES. >>> 7C, CONSIDER ACTION FOR

CENTS RENEWALS OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. >>> 7D, CONSIDER ACTION AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT FOR MISCELLANEOUS DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.

>>> 7E, CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING A LEASE AGREEMENT. AND 7F, CONSIDER ACTION TORE FOR

A CONTINUED ANNUAL SOFTWARE VENDOR. >> I'LL HEAR A MOTION.

>> I MAKE THE MOTION. >> AND I'LL SECOND IT. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE DISCUSSION BEFORE WE DO THAT? NOPE, ALL RIGHT, LET'S CALL THE VOTE.

[7B. Consider action adopting 2021 International Codes. Consider and take action to approve an ordinance adopting the 2021 editions of the International Building Code, International Residential Code, International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, International Mechanical Code, International Plumbing Code, International Energy Conservation Code, International Fuel Gas Code and the International Fire Code.]

>> ALL RIGHT. THAT ITEM PASSES 7-0. WE'LL MOVE ONTO OUR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, CORRECT? ITEM 7B, WHICH IS CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2021 ADDITIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING, CODE, SPA, AND PLUMBING, ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE, INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE AND THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE AND WE

HAVE BUILDING OFFICIAL DALE JACKSON. . >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE ITEM THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING IS THE ADOPTION OF THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE. I HAVE A SHORT SLIDE PRESENTATION THAT I CUT DOWN FOR THIS. BASICALLY THESE AMENDMENTS ARE UPDATING THE CODES THAT WERE JUST READ OUT WERE CURRENTLY ENTERED INTO THE 2015 CODES.

AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO UPDATE THESE CODES TO THE 2021 CODE. AND YOU MIGHT ASK WHY WE'RE MAKING THESE CHANGES, AND THOSE CHANGES ARE PROPOSED SO THAT WE COULD STAY CURRENT WITH CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS, SO THAT WE COULD STAY CONSISTENT WITH BUILDING REGULATIONS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED BY OUR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, AND ALSO TO REVENT THE REDUCTION OF OUR CURRENT ISO RATING. SO, THESE CODES THAT ARE ADOPTED ALL REGULATE CERTAIN TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION, OBVIOUSLY, THE BUILDING CODE REGULATES BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, RESIDENTIAL CODE, RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AND MATERIALS, AND SO ON. THE EXAMPLES OF CHANGES FROM CURRENT CODES, THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL HAD AT THE LAST MEETING DURING THE WORK SESSION AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD PROPOSE ON THIS IS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD IN THE FREEZE A YEAR AND-A-HALF AGO AND THAT COUNCIL BROUGHT UP THAT I HEARD FROM A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS ANYWAY WAS WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP PREVENT FREEZING. AND WE DID CHECK WITH SEVERAL OTHER CITIES, SOME OF THOSE CITIES ARE NOT ALLOWING FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION TO LOCATE WATER HEATERS WITHIN ATTICS, SO, THAT IS A PROPOSAL THAT WE HAVE IS THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION WOULD NOT CONTAIN RATHER HEATERS WITHIN THE ATTICS WHICH HELPS PREVENT FREEZING. IT DOES NOT APPLY TO EXISTING BUILDINGS AND WON'T AFFECT ANY OF THOSE BUILDINGS, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS ENERGY REGULATIONS WILL BECOME MORE STRINGENT. WE HAVE NO CHOICE IN THIS MATTER, IT IS A STATE LAW AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH WHATEVER ENERGY REGULATIONS, THE ENERGY SYSTEM'S LABORATORY FOR TEXAS A

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AND ONE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WELL AS MANY OF THE OTHER CITIES HAVE NOT ALLOWED FOR THREE TAB SHINGLES TO BE UTILIZED BECAUSE THOSE SHINGLES ARE ONLY RATED FOR 60 MILES PER HOUR WINDS OUR SEWED REQUIRES 115 MILES PER HOUR WIND AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS A CHANGE TO REQUIRE ARCHITECTURAL GRADE SHINGLES. WHICH, MOST OF THE NEW ROOFS THAT WE'RE SEEING MEET THAT ANYWAY. AND I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. THE FIRE MARSHAL IS HERE

AS WELL, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE FIRE CODE. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: THANK YOU,

AND FIRST QUESTION IS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GALUARDI. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND THANK YOU, DALE, I HAD QUESTIONS THAT I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT SOME CODES THAT WE'RE ADOPTING, IN PARTICULAR AMENDMENTS TO THE CODES, AND YOU HIT ON ONE OF THOSE. MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE REASON WE'RE ADOPTING THESE CODES IS PRIMARILY ABOUT SAFETY, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND SO, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT WHY WATER HEATERS WERE GOING TO BE REMOVED FROM ATTICS WHEN THAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN THE STANDARD PRACTICE, IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE, IT SEEMS THAT IT IS MAY BE AN INSURANCE ISSUE. BUT DOES NOT STRIKE ME AS BEING A SAFETY ISSUE SO IN MY VIEW IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR SOMETHING THAT THE CITY FORBIDS, THAT'S GENERALLY THE THEME FOR ME, IF IT'S NOT A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE OR A DANGER TO THE NEIGHBORS, I WOULD NOT EXPECT TO HAVE THE CITY TELLING PEOPLE THEY CAN'T DO IT. IT COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL COSTS, I KNOW THAT AS PROPOSED IT'S TALKING ABOUT TANKLESS BEING IN THE ATTIC, WELL, TANKLESS FREEZE AS WELL.

I HAD A FREEZE IN MY HOUSE, I LOST A PIPE, I DID NOT LOSE A WATER HEATER. SO, I WOULD NOT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT REMOVED FROM THE PROPOSED CODE AND I HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER'S HERE AS YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE REUSE OF WATER, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE STATE TEXAS COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DOES IS ENCOURAGE WATER REUSE AND ONE THINGS THEY CONSIDER TO BE A GOOD REUSE IS CONDENSATE COMING OFF OF THE COILS. WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO REQUIRE CONDENSATE BE MOVED TO THE SEWER. TO GO INTO SAY A RAIN BARREL AND USE THAT TO WATER THEIR YARD, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DIRECTION OF WATER RATES ARE GOING. I HAD A QUESTION HERE, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING, AND THERE WERE

SEVERAL PLACES THAT -- >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: COUNCIL MEMBER, DID YOU WANT HIM TO ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS ONE BY ONE, SO THAT HE, BECAUSE YOU'RE PROBABLY LIKE, DON'T EVEN

REMEMBER THE FIRST QUESTION, AT THIS POINT, RIGHT? >> I THINK I DO.

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: OKAY, IT'S UP TO YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. >> LET ME GET IT OFF MY CHEST.

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: GO FOR IT. >> THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WERE INTERESTED IN THE LANGUAGE, IT SAYS THAT A WATER LEVEL DEVICE CONFORMING TO SUCH AND SUCH IS REQUIRED BUT ONLY IF YOU APPROVE IT. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE THERE AND IT SHOWS UP IN MULTIPLE PLACES IF THESE ARE REQUIRED TO BE PUT IN WHY WOULD THE BUILDING OFFICIAL APPROVE THEM BEING PUT IN? AND THE OTHER HAD DO WITH SOMETHING WHICH I DID NOT SEE IN WHICH I'VE HAD CONVERSATION WITH A DIRECTOR ABOUT AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH RECENTLY, THE 2015 INTERNATIONAL CODE WHEN IT WAS ADOPTED INCLUDED AN OVERRIDE THAT SPECIFICALLY STATED THAT POOL FILTERS THAT WERE WELL, IT SAID THAT ONLY DE POOL FILTERS WOULD REQUIRE A DRAIN LINE TO THE SANITARY SEWER AND THAT WAS CHANGED LAST YEAR IN MARCH, I BELIEVE IT WAS, COULD HAVE BEEN FEBRUARY, AND THAT WAS DROPPED FROM AN AMENDMENT, AGAIN, I DON'T SEE THIS AS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AND GIVEN IN LIGHT OF THE STATE'S ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE REUSE OF WATER, THAT WE SHOULD REQUIRE THAT THE BACKWASH WATER WHICH THE STATE ALLOWS TO BE USED FOR IRRIGATION SHOULD BE FLUSHED INTO OUR SANITARY SEWER THERE BY INCREASING THE BURDEN ON THE SANITARY SEWER. SO, IN SHORT, MAYOR, I WOULD NOT SUPPORT ADOPTION OF THESE CODES AT THIS TIME UNTIL THE

AMENDMENTS ARE CHANGED. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: SO, I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION, THESE CODES ARE ADOPTING THE INTERNATIONAL CODES, WHICH IS NOT A ROWLETT WRITTEN CODE, CORRECT?

>> CORRECT. >> THESE ARE AMENDMENTS TO THAT CODE.

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>> RIGHT, TO ADOPT INTERACTION. >> TO ALLOW IT TO THE CODES. >> THESE ARE AMENDMENTS TO THE

INTERNATIONAL CODES. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ARE THESE ROWLETT-SPECIFIC CODES ADDED TO

THE INTERNATIONAL CODE? >> YES, SO THESE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE CONTAINED IN EXHIBIT A ARE AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT 99% OF THOSE AMENDMENTS AND I'LL TELL YOU THE TWO CHANGES ARE RECOMMENDED BY COG FOR ALL AREA CITIES IN NORTH TEXAS. THE CONDENSATE REQUIREMENT WAS A COG AMENDMENT. THE WATER HEATER AMENDMENT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE COG AMENDMENTS BUT IT WAS ADOPTED BY A A NUMBER OF CITIES IN THE AREA AND BASED ON THE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE SAW, A YEAR AND-A-HALF AGO, THAT'S WHY I'M RECOMMENDING THAT. IT DOES NOT EFFECT EXISTING BUILDINGS, IT ONLY EFFECTS NEW HOUSES WHICH ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED. AS FAR AS THE CONDENSATE LINES, THAT IS A COG AMENDMENT, AND, THE REQUIREMENT FOR THAT IS THAT YOU CAN NOT USE A SECOND, MECHANICAL CUTOFF DEVICE WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF A BUILDING OFFICIAL. THE REQUIREMENT FOR THAT WAS THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF AIR CONDITIONING COMPANIES THAT ARE COMING BACK IN REMOVING THE SECONDARY CONDENSATE LINE INSTALLING A DEVICE THAT WOULD SHUT OFF THE UNIT IF THERE WAS A BACKUP OF THE PRIMARY LINE WHICH CAUSES THEM, IT SHUTS OFF THE SYSTEM, SO IF IT'S A DAY LIKE TODAY, IT'S ONE HUNDRED AND SOMETHING DEGREES OUTSIDE, THE UNIT BACKS UP, IT WILL SHUT AVOFF AND WILL NOT COME ON UNTIL THE LINE IS FREE AND THE STOPPAGE IS CLEARED. THE OLD SYSTEM WITH A SECONDARY CUTOFF OR DRAIN LINE WOULD NOT EFFECT IT AND IT WOULD RUN OUT OF A PIPE OUT OF THE WINDOW AND NOTIFY PEOPLE THAT THE PRIMARY IS STOPPED UP BECAUSE WE HAVE WATER COMING OUT OF THIS PLACE AND IT SHOULDN'T BE COMING OUT. THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT SYSTEM, IT'S AN OLD TRIED AND TRUE SYSTEM WHICH HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR YEARS, AND THE NEW CODES WHEN THE INTERNATIONAL CODE PRIVATE SECTOR ADOPTED IN 20000, THOSE CODES ALLOWED FOR THE MECHANICICAL CUTOFF, BUT IT WAS CREATING PROBLEMS FOR CITIZENS BEING THAT THEY HAD TO PAY OVERTIME FOR THEM TO COME OUT OVER THE WEEKENDS IF THAT LINE SHUTS OFF. AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT MAINLY FOR A CONVENIENCE AND FOR SAFETY IF IT WERE HOT ENOUGH AND PEOPLE COULDN'T AFFORD TO HAVE SOMEONE COME OUT OVER THE WEEKEND TO HAVE THE LINE CLEARED. AND RENTAL PROPERTIES AS WELL. THE LAST ISSUE IS THE POOL, THE OVER THE YEARS, I'VE IT DEALT WITH A NUMBER OF CITIES THAT HAVE SIMILAR REQUIREMENTS, THIS REQUIREMENT WAS ADOPTED IN 2020, AND, THE REASON IT WAS WAS BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE CHANGING OUT FROM A DE FILTER TO A CARTRIDGE OR FROM A CARTRIDGE FILTER TO A DE FILTER, THE CODE PRIOR TO 2020 OUR, NOT THE CODE, BUT OUR POLICY REQUIRED A BACK WASH LINE AND A PEE TRAP TO BE INSTALLED IF THERE WAS A DE FILTER INSTALLED. IT DID NOT REQUIRE ONE IF A CARTRIDGE FILTER WAS INSTALLED BUT WE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE CHANGED OUT THEIR CARTRIDGE FILTER TO A DE FILTER BECAUSE IT WAS CHEAPER TO DO THAT. IN LOOKING AT THAT REQUIREMENT, IT MADE MORE SENSE TO REQUIRE A PLACE AND A MEANS TO DRAIN THE SWIMMING POOL WHENEVER IT BECAME STAGNANT, PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE POOLS I RUN INTO AT SOME POINT IN TIME BECOME STAGNANT. AND, ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS THAT WE GET FROM CITIZENS IS MY NEIGHBOR JUST DRAINED THE POOL AND IT STINKS AND IT'S SMELLY AND ALL IN MY BACKYARD, OR THEY DRAINED IT INTO THE STREET, NOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS ARE DRIVING THEIR BIKES THROUGH THERE AND

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THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALLOWING FOR THAT. >> YOU SAID THE REASON TO ADOPT THESE IS TO IMPROVE THE REDUCTION OF OUR CURRENT RATING. WOULD STÈRE TO BE ADOPTED IN -

ORDER TO PREVENT THAT REDUCTION? >> SO, ISO BASICALLY LOOKS AT WHICH CODE IS CURRENTLY PUBLISHED, IF WE ARE MORE THAN ONE CODE VERSION BEHIND THE CURRENT PUBLISHED CODE, THEN THEY REDUCE OUR RATING. OR THEY REDUCE THE POINTS THAT ARE AWARDED FOR THAT PARTICULAR

SECTION OF THE POINTS THAT THEY PROVIDE. >> AND SO WE'RE TWO BEHIND IS

THAT CORRECT? >> MORE THAN ONE. AND WE'RE TWO BEHIND RIGHT NOW, SO...

>> AND WOULD THAT PERTAIN TO THESE AMENDMENTS AS WELL? IF WE ADOPTED THE CODES AS THEY ARE WITHOUT THESE AMENDMENTS, WOULD THAT STILL PREVENT THE REDUCTION IN THE ISO RATING?

>> YES. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER GALUARDI?

>> SO, OUR CODE IN THE PRIOR VERSION FOR SWIMMING POOLS REQUIRED THE DRAIN LINE FOR DE, AND STATE LAW ENCOURAGES THE USE OF ALL BACK WASH LINES IN IRRIGATION AS DEFINED AS AN ALTERNATIVE WATER USE BY STATE LAW AND IT IS IN THE LANGUAGE IN THE STATUTES SAYS THERE'S NO APPROVAL NEEDED FOR A REUSE SYSTEM. SO, BY ADOPTING THIS REQUIRED DRAIN LINE, IS WHICH IS BOTH COSTING OUR CITIZENS MONEY FOR INSTALLING A DRAIN LINE AND FOR THE WATER THAT THEY ARE NOW THROWING BACK INTO THE SANITARY SEWER, WE'RE RUNNING AGAINST THE STATE THAT IS ENCOURAGING US TO REUSE WATER SO WE REDUCE THE DEMAND ON FRESH WATER IN THE STATE.

>> I WILL SAY THIS, THE AMENDMENTS THEMSELVES ARE RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF THEM. AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE THAT THREE AMENDMENTS WOULD DEFEAT THE ADOPTION OF ALL OF THESE INTERNATIONAL CODES AND SO MY CONCERN, REALLY, MORE IS THE MECHANICS, IF A MOTION WERE MADE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE CODES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE THREE COG AMENDMENTS, THAT'S ONE WAY TO DO IT. THE OTHER WAY WOULD BE IF SOMEBODY ELSE WERE INCLINED TO MAKE A MOTION TO IGNORE YOUR CONCERNS AND SIMPLY MOVE TO ADOPT THEM IN THEIR ENTIRETY, BUT THE CONCERN I HAVE IS THE MECHANICS OF THE PROCESS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ADOPTING THE ORDINANCE AND GETTING THE CODES WITH THE COG RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS IN PLACE. SO THAT YOU ALL KNOW, THE COG RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS APPLY REGIONALLY, THEY'RE NOT ONES THAT WE ADOPT OURSELVES, THEY'RE REGIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT ENABLE CONSISTENCY, NOT JUST IN ENFORCEMENT BUT ALSO IN APPLICATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES, SO, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE IT ON THE BOOKS.

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: COUNCIL MEMBER GRUBISICH. >> WAS THE DRAIN LINE FOR SWIMMING POOLS A COG AMENDMENT TOO OR WAS THAT A CITY OF ROWLETT RECOMMENDATION.

>> THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE ADOPTED AS A POLICY TWO YEARS AGO.

>> AS A POLICY, TWO YEARS AGO IN THE CITY. BECAUSE I COULD GET AROUND THE COG AMENDMENTS AND THE WATER HEATER THING, BUT, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH BRIAN ON THE SWIMMING POOL ONE, IT'S, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO, IF YOU HAVE A CARTRIDGE FILTER AND GO TO A DE FILTER YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO THE BACK WASH LINE AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE IF INTO THE DRAIN AGE SYSTEM. I THINK IT'S UNFAIR TO HAVE SOMEONE PUT IN EXTRA PLUMBING FOR SOMETHING THEY MAY NEVER

USE. SO, I KIND OF AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT ONE. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THEN, I GUESS NOW I WILL CALL FOR A MOTION.

>> . >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? GOING ONCE...

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GOING TWICE... SOLD TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRUBISICH. >> OKAY. SO, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS TO THE DEVELOPMENT CODE EXCEPT FOR THE CODE REGARDING TO ITEM 3 FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING POOL AND SPA CODES FOUR A DRAIN LINE FOR BACK FLOWING FOR NON-DE FILTERS,

IS THAT CLOSE ENOUGH. >> SO TO SUMMARIZE, IT IS ITEM 7B WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING POOL AND SPA CODE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TECHNICALLY VOTING ON NOW. ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION, DO I HAVE A SECOND?

>> I'M NOT GETTING ANYTHING ON MY SCREEN HERE. >> TRY AGAIN.

>> HIT IT, OKAY. I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. TRY IT AGAIN. I MIGHT HAVE FIXED IT.

>> NOPE. >> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT MANUALLY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION

BY COUNCILMAN GRUBISICH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN? >> WE'RE GOING TO DO A HAND VOTE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION -- (INDISCERNIBLE)

>> . >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS THIS WAY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S CALL THE VOTE. >> THAT ITEM PASSES 7-0 AND WE WILL NOW MOVE ONTO OUR LAST TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. LET ME PULL UP MY NOTES FOR A SECOND.

I'LL READ THEM IN AND I'LL DO MY VOTES. ITEM 8A, CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION

[8A. Consider action to approve a resolution appointing a Mayor Pro Tem as prescribed in the City Charter.]

NOMINATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BELL FOR MAYOR PRO TEM? >> FOR MAYOR PRO TEM?

>> YES. >> OKAY. I NOMINATE MATT GRUBISICH.

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR MAYOR PRO TEM?

>> COUNCILMAN SHINDER. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: JEFF WINGET. >> AND WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR JEFF WINGET FOR MAYOR PRO TEM. ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS IN WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER GRUBISICH AND COUNCIL MEMBER WINGET. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER NOMINATIONS, I WILL ALLOW A MOTION ON THE FIRST NOMINATED INDIVIDUAL WHO IS FIRST FOMENT NATURED AS COUNCIL MEMBER GRUBISICH. DO WE HAVE A

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MOTION TO APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER GRUBISICH AS MAYOR PRO TEM? >> AND WE REALLY NEED TO GET THIS SYSTEM FIXED. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER BRITTON, CORRECT?

>> YES. >> FOR COUNCIL MEMBER GRUBISICH AS MAYOR PRO TEM DO WE HAVE A

SECOND? >> YES, YOU COULD SECOND. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT, SO, ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE I CALL THE

VOTE? >> ALL RIGHT, CALL THE VOTE. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT, THAT ITEM FAILS 4-3. WE WILL NOW MOVE ONTO THE SECOND NOMINATION WHICH IS THE COUNCIL MEMBER WINGET, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER WINGET AS MAYOR PRO TEM?

>> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER WINGET. >> WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHINDER FOR COUNCIL WINGET TO BE MAYOR PRO TEM, DO WE HAVE A SECOND?

>> I WOULD SECOND THE MOTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER WINGET? >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT, ANY DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM PASSES 5-2. ALL RIGHT, WE WILL NOW MOVE ONTO

[8B. Consider action to approve a resolution appointing a Deputy Mayor Pro Tem as prescribed in the City Charter. ]

>> I HAVE A NOMINATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BRITTON. >> I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER PAM BELL FOR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM? >> I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER SHINDER.

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT, I'M OPEN FOR A MOTION TO APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER BELL AS DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNCIL BELL FOR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM?

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BRITTON.

>> YES. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: DO WE HAVE A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GRUBISICH, ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE I CALL THE VOTE? LET'S CALL THE VOTE. THAT ITEM FAILS 4-3.

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT, DO WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR NO, WE ALREADY HAVE A NOMINATION FOR COUNCILMAN SHINDER. SO, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPOINT COUNCILMAN SHINDER AS DEPUTY

MAYOR PRO TEM? >> I MAKE A MOTION THAT HE APPOINT DEB SHINDER AS DEPUTY

MAYOR PRO TEM. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR COUNCIL MEMBER

SHINDER AS DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM? >> I SECOND. >> SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GALUARDI. ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE CALLING THE VOTE? SEEING NONE, CALL THE VOTE. THAT ITEM PASSES 5-2, AND, UM, LET ME BEFORE I ADJOURN, I DID MISS DISCUSSING THIS, WE HAD AN ITEM IN THE WORK SESSION REGARDING TRUCK ROUTES. TWO CITIZENS FILLED OUT THE PUBLIC INPUT FORM, BOTH SAID THEY WERE AGAINST THE PROPOSED ITEM, HOWEVER, THEY IN THEIR COMMENTS WERE ACTUALLY IN FAVOR OF REMOVING THE TRUCK ROUTES, SO, I THINK THEY WERE A BIT CONFUSED, SO FROM WHAT

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