Aug 02, 2022 City Council Work Session

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: LET'S GET STARTED, IT'S TUESDAY IT AUGUST 2ND CONSULT WITH AND RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE SAPPHIRE BAY PROJECT AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. CALL EXECUTIVE SESSION OR ORDER OF BUSINESS AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT. INFORMATION ON PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE MEETING CAN BE FOUND ON THE POSTED AGENDA OR ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE OR HERE AT CITY HALL. OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING WILL BE DISCUSSED AFTER THE REGULAR SESSION. SO, WE WILL MOVE

[3A. Annual presentation from the Economic Development Advisory Board. (30 minutes)]

THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? >> YES.

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: SO, YOU'LL DO PRESENTATION, NO CITIZEN COMMENT. GO AHEAD AND STEP UP

AND GET STARTED. GOOD AFTERNOON, >> GOOD AFTERNOON. SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES AROUND THE TABLE BUT NEW AROUND THE TABLE. SO, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD, I'M MICK DONNELY. SO, THE MISSION STATEMENT, THE MISSION STATEMENT WAS DEVELOPED IN 2006 AS REQUESTED BY CITY COUNCIL. THE MISSION STATEMENT HAS BEEN CRAFTED TO BE INFORMATIVE, DESCRIPTIVE AND CONCISE. PROMOTE AND FOSTER PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN JOB CREATION TO ENSURE SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FOR ROWLETT. SO, EDAT MEMBERS ARE CITY COUNCIL APPOINTEES, MYSELF, THE CHAIR OF THE REPRESENT. BLAKE MARGOLIS. MICHAEL WEAVER.

AND PAULA ALLEN. >> RIGHT HERE. >> AND VICE CHAIR AND ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FOR THE CHAMBER, I'M REPRESENTING THE CHAMBER. WE HAVE CHRIS KIS RE ZZIAR HERE AS WELL. AND EVA HUMMEL WHO IS ALSO A CHAMBER BOARD REPRESENTATIVE.

>> BRIAN FLICK, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S HERE OR NOT. WE HAVE SHEILA AIR REPRESENTING THE CHAMBER FOUNDATION AND MICHAEL IS OUR CHAMBER PRESIDENT, ALL PRESENT HERE AS WELL. SO, REPRESENTATIVE AND CROSS REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY HERE. PAULA IS OUR NEWEST. I'M SORRY, PAULA'S OUR NEWEST MEMBER. WE HAVE NO VACANCIES AT THIS MOMENT.

>> SORRY, CAN I GO AHEAD. >> SO, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE'VE TOURED A VARIETY OF PLACES TO SHOWCASE DEVELOPMENT AND WORK FORCE INITIATIVES. WE ALSO HAVE A PRESENTATION ON SEVERAL INTERESTING TOPICS TO KEEP US INFORMED OF MARKET CONDITIONS AND CITY DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES AND PLANS. SO, WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE KNOWLEDGE TOPICS EVERY WEEKEND AND WE BROKE THIS STUFF DOWN INTO RETAIL, INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE, AND MULTIPLE FAMILY, AND WE FOCUSED ON EACH OF THOSE SEGMENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY EVERY MONTH. WE GOT INTO CITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. SO, WE HAD A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW IT WORKS. SO, PLANNING THAT THE PEOPLE CAN TALK TO US. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 101, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US SO THAT WE ACTUALLY UNDERSTOOD, NUMBER ONE, WHAT WAS INVOLVED WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR LIBBY AND HER TEAM WHO GO OUT TO FIND THAT, AND WHAT THAT QUALIFICATION IS, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE HOW MUCH WORK THEY DO, BUT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT QUALIFICATION TO MATCH UP TO IT OR LEARN FROM IT.

ROWLETT HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION THEY CAME IN AND GAVE US A PRESENTATION.

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>> WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL AFTER REVIEW AND DISCUSSION. SOMETHING COMES UP, WE TALK ABOUT IT AND FIND OUT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY AND WE GO TO THE CITY AND MAKE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU GUYS. THE MEMBERS ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE ELEVATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND WEBSITE REQUESTS FOR PROPOSAL RESPONSES AND ENGAGE WITH BUSINESSES DURING THE DOWNTOWN ASSESSMENT PROCESS WHICH IS ONGOING AT THE MOMENT. WE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS THAT PROMOTE ROWLETT, SUCH AS THE NORTH TEXAS COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, THAT'S THE PICTURE DOWN HERE. A LOT OF COMMERCIAL REALTORS LET US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE INDUSTRY

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>> FINES FOR 2021-2023, SHORT-TERM GOALS. CAREFUL WITH THE GRAMMAR, BECAUSE IT SAYS UPDATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY, WE KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT AUTHORITY. BUT, WHAT IT IS IS US LOOKING AT COMING UP WITH IDEAS, THOUGHTS, POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT IN SOMEBODY ASKS FOR IT, WE COULD PROVIDE IT OR IT GO THROUGH LIBBY AND SAY, THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. PARTICIPATION IN MARKETING EVENTS, I SAT IN ON FRIDAY IN THE DOWNTOWN GROUP THAT CAME IN, AND I MEAN, THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD THOUGHTS GOING ON THERE. YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THE EMPTY LOTS, THE NORTH SHORE, I LOOK AT THAT AND MY MIND WANDERS, BECAUSE I TRAVEL A LOT.

I'VE BEEN AROUND MULTIPLE (INDISCERNIBLE) AND I SEE A LOT OF THINGS THAT I THINK WILL FIT, AND I THROW IT OUT THERE. PARTICIPATE IN DOWNTOWN ROWLETT ROAD STRATEGIES, THAT'S A BIG THING, YOU KNOW. REVIEW STRATEGIC PLAN FOR GOAL ALIGNMENT, AGAIN, FOR US TO LOOK AT IT TO SEE HOW IT MATCHES UP TO THE GOALS AS WE SEE THE CITY DEVELOPING, SO WE STAY IN TUNED, READY TO BE CALLED ONTO PROVIDE INPUT. THAT'S ALL IT REALLY IS. LONG-TERM GOALS. TOURISM, TIME FOR TOURISM EFFORTS. OBVIOUSLY, WITH SAPPHIRE BAY COMING UP AND TWO HOTELS COMING UP, AND THE LAKE, UM, AND OUR PROXIMITY NOW WITH ALL THE FREES AND THE TOLLWAYS AND WE COULD HOPEFULLY START TO SEE SOME OF THAT. AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY REASON WE SHOULDN'T EXPECT TO, HOW DO WE DEVELOP BUSINESS ATTRACTIONS, CONTINUE TO ENGAGE DEVELOPERS AND REALTORS, REVIEW CONTINUALLY, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN WE JUST TRY TO STAY CONNECTED, INFORMED AND LEARNING. THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN, I KNOW WHEN I STARTED, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT ANYTHING WAS AND IT TOOK AWHILE TO GET INTO IT. AND I ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS. SO, DE ROWLETT, EVALUATE ASSESSMENT FROM TDA AND FORMULATE LONG-TERM STRATEGY FOR DOWNTOWN. AGAIN, SAME THING, AND THAT'S ONGOING RIGHT NOW. THE DOWNTODOWNTOWN T AREA.

>> HOW DO WE MARKET THAT AND KEEP UP WITH THE ECONOMY IN DOWNTOWN? THE SERVICE BUSINESSES ARE DOING WELL, THE RETAIL IS HIT-AND-MISS, HOW DO WE GET THE TRAFFIC TO COME THERE

AND GET THE BUSINESSES TO FLOURISH? >> SO, I MEAN, WE KIND OF BLASTED THROUGH THIS AND THIS IS A CONDENSED 5 OR 6 SHEETS. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I APPRECIATE IS THE VOLUME OF WORK. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD THE CPI REPORT. AND YOU SEE THE VOLUME OF WORK, HOW FAR OUT IT GOES, WHAT ARE THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE TO IT. AND THAT'S JUST CPI. AND IF YOU LOOK AT BONDS, GISD, CITY, I, YOU KNOW, I OWN A COMPANY, AND FOR THE NUMBER, I SAY THIS ALL THE TIME, FOR THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THE CITY HAS, I WISH I HAD THE KIND OF PRODUCTIVITY THE CITY HAS, I WOULD BE RIDICULOUSLY SUCCESSFUL.

BECAUSE, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU ALL MANAGE TO DO WHAT YOU DO, QUITE HONESTLY.

(INDISCERNIBLE) LIBBY, I'M TREMENDOUSLY IMPRESSED. AND MICHAEL, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE WHAT THEY'VE DONE WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOW IT'S BEEN ELEVATED, YOU SHOULD SPEAK TO THAT. YOU KNOW -- BUT IT'S RIGHT THERE. IT'S BIG LEAGUE STUFF NOW, ISN'T IT?

>> YEP, IT'S TOURISM, WITH THE CONVENTION AND VISITOR'S BUREAU SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH SAPPHIRE BAY, AND WE NEED TO BE A PART OF IT BRINGING THE TOURISM HERE, IT'S GOING TO BLOW UP BEFORE WE KNOW IT. AS SOON AS THE ROAD GOETS FIXED." [LAUGHTER]

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. >> SO, WE'RE NOT THE MARKETING GROUP. WE'RE NOT THE DECISION MAKERS. WE'RE NOT THE REVIEWERS. WE'RE THE PEOPLE THAT STAY INFORMED SO WE'RE AVAILABLE, READY, AND WILLING TO PARTICIPATE AND PROVIDE INPUT SO THAT YOU COULD MAKE A DECISION.

AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO WITH US, IT'S JUST AN OPINION THAT'S WELL-FOUNDED AS IT CAN POSSIBLY

BE. AND THAT'S WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: THAT'S GREAT, GENTLEMEN, WE APPRECIATE THAT CONSULTATION. COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS?

>> (INDISCERNIBLE). >> [LAUGHTER]

. >> I KNEW IT WAS COMING. >> IT'S TOO LATE.

>> (INDISCERNIBLE) >>

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? >> NO.

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> VERY GOOD INFORMATION. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM 3 B, WHICH IS DISCUSS AND RECEIVE DIRECTION REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO THE TAKE AREA REGULATIONS. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK?

>> HOLD ON. I JUST PARTIALLY CLOSED THE DOOR BECAUSE. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: IF YOU WOULD, JUST UM. IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD?

[3B. Discuss and receive direction regarding an amendment to the Take Area Regulations. (60 minutes)]

>> I LIVE IN ROWLETT, CHARLIE RILEY AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE ORDINANCE, THE FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE IS MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON THE LAKE FRONT THEY HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY, IT'S A LICENSED CONTRACT AND IT SETS FORTH THE MAJORITY OF THE TERMS THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IN THE ORDINANCE. IT TALKS ABOUT PENALTIES, IT TALKS ABOUT TIME FOR REMEDIATION. IT TALKS ABOUT A PERIOD OF TIME TO SAY, IF I PUT A GARBAGE PAIL OUT BECAUSE I HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE OVER, TO KEEP THE GARBAGE THIS THERE, I SHOULDN'T BE ELIGIBLE FOR A $2,000 FINE. I'M GOING TO BRING THAT GARBAGE PAIL BACK INSIDE THE HOUSE AND TAKE CARE OF IT. I URGE YOU TO START THE CONTRACT, PAY ATTENTION TO THE CONTRACT, WORK WITH THE LAKE FRONT HOME OWNERS, WE'RE HERE AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE IT GOOD, BUT IT'S UNFAIR TO PUT SOMETHING OVER TOP THE CONTRACT, BECAUSE, I DON'T THINK SO THAT'S

LEGAL. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

>> ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO OUR PRESENTATION. AND DALE IS HERE TO PRESENT FOR US.

>> SO, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY ON THIS, THE TAKE AREA, ROWLETT WAS KIND OF THE TEST CASE. ALL OF THE CITIES AROUND THE LAKE BASED THEIR LOCAL AGREEMENTS ON THE ROWLETT AGREEMENT BACK IN 2001. AND THAT'S WHENEVER DALLAS DETERMINED THEY WERE GOING TO LEASE ALL OF THE PROPERTY AROUND THE LAKE IN ROWLETT TO ROWLETT. AND, IT WOULD ALLOW ROWLETT TO SUBLEASE THAT PROPERTY TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. AND, SPECIFY EXACTLY WHAT TYPES OF USES AND STRUCTURES WERE ALLOWED AND WHAT THOSE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS WERE. AND, SO, BASICALLY, IT ALLOWED YOU TO BUILD BOAT HOUSES, BOAT DOCKS, PIERS AND IT ALLOW IT HAD FOR A FEW THINGS TO BE PUT ON THE DRY LAND WHICH MIGHT BE A FIRE PIT, A GAZEBO, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND SO WHENEVER WE CREATED THOSE, IF YOU LOOK WITHIN, SEE IF THAT WORKS, IT DOESN'T WORK HERE, I MESSED UP AND WENT BACK. IF YOU LOOK AT THE RED LINES THAT ARE ON THIS MAP ON THE

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SO, IF THERE'S A 2" VARINCE NEEDED, THERE'S NO MECHANISM IN PLACE TO ALLOW FOR THAT 2" VARIANCE. AND WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND SAY "CUT BACK 2" OF YOUR BOATHOUSE, BECAUSE YOU EXCEED THE ORDINANCE". NOW, DALLAS PROVIDES FOR ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS FOR VARIANCES AND ALLOWS FOR THE PROPERTY OF THE VARIANCES. AND UNTIL WE DO THAT, THEY WON'T RECOGNIZE IT OR ALLOW FOR IT. SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS IN CONSULTING WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY ON THIS, AND WHAT CAN WE DO? AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT IS WHATEVER WE DO IT HAS TO BE MINIMAL IN NATURE. IF WE GO BACK IN AND MAKE A BIGGER CHANGE TO THE TAKE AREA REGULATIONS, IT'S GOING TO EFFECT THE LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS. AND ONCE WE EFFECT THE AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS, NOW WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO DALLAS CITY COUNCIL TO GET THEIR APPROVAL AS WELL AS THE ROWLETT CITY COUNCIL'S. WHATEVER CHANGES WE MAKE, WE WANT THEM MINIMAL IN NATURE, AND RUN THEM THROUGH DALLAS EMPLOYEES, AND MAKE SURE THAT THE LAKE PEOPLE IN DALLAS, ARE OKAY WITH THIS AND THESE REGULATIONS THEY WERE OKAY WITH, THEY FELT LIKE THAT THESE DID ALLOW FOR A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY IN OUR REQUIREMENTS.

THE FIRST OPTION IN OUR ORDINANCE WOULD ALLOW FOR STAFF TO MAKE APPROVALS. SO, IF SOMEBODY WAS 59'6" AND THEY WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE A 60'MINIMUM, THE STAFF COULD APPROVE THAT

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AND IF THERE'S A NO, THEY COULD APPEAL THAT TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND REQUEST A VARIANCE. NOW, ONCE THE BOARD MADE THAT RULING, THEN IT COULD BE APPEALED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND THE CITY COUNCIL CAN OVERRULE THE BOARDIOUS BUT THE CITY COUNCIL'S DECISION WOULD THEN BE FINAL. AND, SO, THAT'S THE WAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN SET UP. IT'S NOT TO CHANGE TAKE AREA REGULATIONS, IT'S NOT TO CREATE ANY ALLOWANCE FOR ANYONE OTHER THAN TO ALLOW FOR A SAFETY VALVE IF SOMEONE DID SOMETHING OR WAS PROPOSING TO DO SOMETHING THAT MADE SENSE BUT DIDN'T MEET THE SPIRIT, OR THE LETTER OF THE LAW, IT MEANT THE SPIRIT INTENDED ORDINANCE BUT NOT THE LETTER OF THE LAW AND THAT'S WHERE THIS COMES INTO PLAY. AND SO, THAT'S THE MAIN THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GET ACROSS. NOW, WE DID COME TO THE COUNCIL BACK IN JANUARY, OR FEBRUARY 1ST, THIS YEAR, AND THE COUNCIL DIDN'T TAKE ANY ACTION AT THAT POINT IN TIME. WE DID ANTICIPATE A CHANGE IN COUNCIL, AND SO, WE'RE BRINGING THIS BACK FOR YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER WHETHER YOU WANT TO ENACT A SAFETY VALVE OF THIS TYPE TO ALLOW FOR VARIANCES OR IF WE JUST WANT TO STICK WITH THE CURRENT CODE AND THERE'S NO ALLOWANCE FOR A VARIANCE AND NO OPTIONS.

>> AND WE'RE NOTICING WE'RE RECEIVING REQUESTS FROM OUR COMMUNITIES SAYING THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AND THEY ALSO ASK WHY ISN'T THERE A MEC MECHANICISM. YOU SEE THE SECOND SLIDE SHOWS HOW THE SUBLEASE LINES OCCUR AND REALLY TRYING TO STAY AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE ALIGNMENT OF THE LOTS. SO, SOME PEOPLE HAVE A SMALLER INTAKE AREA THAN OTHERS, BUT THAT'S HOW IT FELT IN TERMS OF HOW WE DESIGNATE SUBLEASE AREAS. AS YOU COULD SEE THE CITY BUILDOUT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE PEOPLE WANT TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE OPEN SPACE OR MAXIMIZE ON THE TAKE AREA OR THE SHORELINE, SO, WE'RE RECEIVING A LOT OF INQUIRIES, LIKE IF I MEET WITH MY NEIGHBORHOOD TO DO A, B, AND C, AND WE WANT A FORMAL MECHANISM TO HANDLE THAT, WE LOOK AT THOSE AS MINOR DEVIATIONS OF THE IRA VERSUS, IF IT'S MAJOR CONCERNS IT CAN BE ADDRESSED WITH THE

FINAL ACTIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. >> HOW HAS IT TAKEN NEARLY 20 YEARS FOR US TO BE RECOMMENDING THESE CHANGES? IF YOU HAD 59.5'LOT, YOU COULDN'T BUILD A

BOAT DOCK? >> WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. SOME WERE THE OBVIOUS ONES, WHERE NEIGHBORS WOULD ALLOW NEIGHBOR'S THEIR BOAT DOCKS, BUT OTHER PROBLEMS WERE ODD THINGS, THE POINT WHERE HOA DISSOLVING, OR PREVIOUSLY UNSUBDIVIDED TERRITORY IN THE TAKE AREA AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ASSESS THE LINES. IT'S BEEN PROBLEMATIC. THE FREQUENCY HAS BEEN REGULAR, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN A STORM. I THINK INITIALLY, THE FIRST IMPRESSION WAS ONCE THE LINES ON THE MAP WERE SET, THE SUBLEASABLE BOUNDARIES WERE SET,

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>> MATT, THERE WERE, THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF INCIDENTS THIS PAST YEAR WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF FOUND IN OUR DISCUSSIONS THAT THE VARIANCE WAS SO SMALL AND, I THINK THE TRAP THAT WE FELT LIKE WE WERE IN IS THAT WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AND IN ONE CASE, THEY WANTED TO EXPAND THE SIZE OF THEIR DOCK, THE WIDTH OF IT, AND THEIR UM, NEXTDOOR NEIGHBORS WERE FINE WITH IT, BUT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A MINOR AMOUNT, WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THEM, COULDN'T HELP THEM OR COULDN'T TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE INITIATED THE DISCUSSION AND SEE IF THEY DID THE RESEARCH, THIS WAS SOMETHING AS A POSSIBIITY -- AND WHEN WE DO SAY NO, IT GIVES PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT OKAY. WE WANT TO

APPEAL IT. AND THERE'S NOBODY TO APPEAL IT TO. >> RIGHT.

>> HOW MANY PROPERTY ARE TOO SMALL? DO YOU KNOW THAT? >> I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW THAT ARE AT 56, 57, 58 FEET. THERE'S ALSO, I KNOW, OF ONE THAT'S AT 13'. AND THEY'RE ADJACENT TO AN APARTMENT OR A CONDO, AND THEY WANT TO PURCHASE 50 FEET FROM THE ADJACENT CONDO AND ADD IT ONTO THEIR'S. THERE WAS NO PROCESS TO ALLOW FOR THAT

TO OCCUR. >> SO, THE ORIGINAL BOUNDARIES WERE SET BY AN ORDINANCE BY CITY

COUNCIL? >> YES. >> THE ORIGINAL BOUNDARIES WERE SET BY A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHED BY THE TAKE AREA APPEALS BOARD, AND NOT CODIFIED, BUT, I GUESS CONTAINED WITHIN THIS BOOK, IT WAS CALLED (INDISCERNIBLE) SURVEY. AND IT WAS A COMPLETE SURVEY OF ALL OF THE SUBLEASABLE AREA WITH INTAKE AREAS, COMPLICATED, MOSTLY

DRAWINGS. >> IN ORDER FOR ROWLETT TO LEASE THE PROPERTY, THEY SOMEHOW ADOPTED THE BOUNDARIES, WHICH MAKES THEM LEGAL BOUNDARIES ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL.

>> RIGHT, BUT UP CAN'T CONFUSE THESE BOUNDARIES WITH LIKE PROPERTY, RIGHT?

>> RIGHT, THAT'S THE POINT I'M MAKING, IF THEY WERE PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WITH PRIVATE OWNERSHIP, YOU COULD BUY AND SELL THEM. WE'RE NOT INVOLVED IN THAT, BUT THESE ARE

BOUNDARIES SET BY AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS AND ROWLETT AND LEASEE. >> IT MAY NOT BE THAT WE'RE RESETTING THE BOUNDARIES PER SE, IT'S CREATING A VARIANCE PROCESS FOR MINOR VARIATIONS.

>> I'M NOT FOR OPENING UP THE TAKE LEASE AGREEMENT. THAT IS AN EXERCISE I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WANTS TO DIVE INTO. BUT, THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TOM REWRITE THE BOUNDARIES, TO OPEN THAT WHOLE THING. BUT BEING ABLE TO HAVE AN AVENUE FOR PEOPLE TO DO MINOR VARIANCES LIKE THIS. LIKE, IF THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX WAS WILLING TO SELL THEM 50 FEET, OR NOT SELL THEM, BUT, LET THEM PURCHASE OR LEASE THAT 50-FEET FROM THEIR TAKE AREA, WHY WOULDN'T WE LET THEM DO THAT OR HAVE AN ABILITY FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THAT MAKES COMPLETE SENSE TO ME.

>> I LIKE RIDGED COMPLIANCE AND AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTION, BUT, WHEN IT COMES TO CIVIL PLANNING, I LIKE THE FLEXIBILITY, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE VARIANCES WHEN IT MAKES SENSE.

>> AND IF WE COULD MEMORY MORALIZE THEM, WHEN THE PROPERTY CHANGES HANDS. AND THE PROPERTY CAN BE WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE THE PAPER TRIAL TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO COMPLICATIONS DOWN THE

ROAD EITHER. >> I DO THINK IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO LOOK AT IT, BECAUSE, I THINK GARLAND HAS A VARIANCE. AND I KNOW SOME OTHER CITIES DO TOO. IT WOULD BE GO, WHETHER IT'S, I DON'T WANT TO START ANOTHER BOARD BUT MAY BE AN ADVISORY GROUP THAT LOOKED INTO THAT, BECAUSE THIS IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT SET OF RULES AND, THINGS THAT THE NEIGHBORS WANT, AND, IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, THEY COULD GIVE BOA, WHO WOULD END UP BEING

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DARK. >> YEAH, WE TALK ABOUT MINOR, OR A LIMITED AMOUNT. IN THE EYE'S OF ONE THAT IS MINOR MAY BE MAJOR IN THE EYES OF OTHERS. AND IT MAY BE DIFFERENT OVER TIME WHAT IS MINOR AND MAJOR. I HAVE A NOTE, IF WE START GRANTING MINOR VARIATIONS TO ONE

GROUP AND NOT THE OTHER, NOW, THE CITY HAS A LIABILITY. >> WELL, 2 INCHES, BECAUSE 3 INCHES, BECOMES 4 INCHES, BECOMES 5 INCHES, IT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE. YOU HAVE TO THE

SOME PARAMETERS IN THERE. >> I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING AN ADVISORY GROUP THESE FOLKS CAN

GO TO WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT. >> THE FIRST THING THAT'S IT IS NOW, IS TO GO TO CITY STAFF, NOT TO THE APPEALS COURT. ARE WE SUGGESTED THAT SHOULD BE A FIRST STOP?

>> WELL, I MADE A NOTE AND THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAIL, AS TO WHAT DEFINES A MINOR DEVIATION.

THAT KIND OF STUFF NEEDS TO BE -- >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD DO IS DEFINE WHAT IS A MINOR DEVIATION, WHAT IS THIS THRESHOLD THAT DEFINES WHAT A CBO CAN DO, BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS ABSOLUTELY HAS TO GO THERE. SO, OUR GOAL WAS TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU, AND WE'RE EXCITING THAT YOU ACTUALLY BROUGHT THAT UP, BECAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST THING WE SAID LIKE "WHAT IS A MINOR DEVIATION?" AND WE THOUGHT OF THOSE THINGS AND WE NEED TO BETTER DEFINE THOSE AND GETTING YOUR FEEDBACK ON WHAT YOUR PROCESS IS.

>> MAY I SPEAK TO THIS? >> YES. >> FIRST, I WOULD TO ASK DAVID AS A LAKE FRONT PROPERTY OWNER THAT THIS WOULDN'T CAUSE ANY DIMENSION CHANGES FOR ME, IT SHOULDN'T, BECAUSE IF IT DID, NONE OF THE CITY COULD VOTE ON TAXES.

>> IT EFFECTS IN GENERAL. >> IT'S NOT A CRIMINAL VIOLATION, YOU MAY EXERCISE YOUR JUDGMENT FOR DISCUSSION, AND CHOOSE TO ABSTAIN FROM PARTICIPATION. BUT, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO. UNLESS YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A CITATION PENDING FOR VIOLATION.

>> I DO NOT HAVE ONE OF THOSE, I DO NOT HAVE ANY PERMITS. I DON'T WANT TO BUILD ANYTHING OUT THERE AT THIS TIME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT, I HAVE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT THIS, SINCE IT DOES IMPACT ME, AND MY NEIGHBORS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I KNOW. UM, AND, FIRST I WANT TO SAY, I TOTALLY SUPPORT AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT A PROCESS SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET A VARIANCE. AND I LIKE THE FACT THAT THOSE MINOR THINGS, IF AND WHEN WE COULD DEFINE MINOR, WOULD BE DESIGNED BY STAFF, SO THAT PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO TO A BOARD AND PAY A FEE TO GET THAT VARIANCE. I LIKE THE FACT THAT THERE'S AN APPEAL OF THE STAFF'S DECISION ALSO. I WISH THE FEE WAS A LITTLE LOWER, BUT, AND I LIKE THE FACT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE FINAL DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY. I LIKE ALL OF THAT. THE THINGS, YOU HEAR THE BUTT COMING, RIGHT? BUT... SOME OF THE THINGS IN THE ORDINANCE ITSELF THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT OR ADDRESSED, FIRST OF ALL, MATT SAID THAT HE DOESN'T WANT TO CREATE A WHOLE NEW BOARD. I DO, I HAVE WANTED TO FOR A LONG TIME AND SPOKE ABOUT THAT TO THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LAKE FRONT ADVISORY BOARD CREATED, AND I THINK THAT IF WE HAD ONE OF THOSE, REVIEWING THIS ORDINANCE WOULD BE ONE OF THEIR DUTIES, TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON, MAY BE, EXPERIENCE THAT OTHER PEOPLE DON'T HAVE WHO DON'T LIVE ON THE LAKE. AND THAT WOULD BE

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BUT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN, MAY BE BEFORE WE GO BACK REVISING THIS

ORDINANCE OR ADOPTING A NEW ORDINANCE. >> MAY I ASK A QUESTION?

>> SURE. >> DOES IT HAVE TO BE A BOARD? OR CAN IT BE A COMMITTEE.

BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT RULES REGULATIONS AND LAWS ON BOARDS AND HOW PEOPLE ARE APPOINTED TO BOARD AND THINGS LIKE THAT, VERSUS A COMMITTEE THAT COULD BE PUT OVER TO -- AND DIRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, DAVID, BOARDS ARE -- THERE'S JUST A DIFFERENCE THERE?

>> YOU MEAN A COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL? >> A COMMITTEE OF HOMEOWNERS

THAT CAN BE PUT TOGETHER AS OPPOSED TO A SUSTAINING BOARD? >> YEAH. YEAH. WE COULD ESTABLISH JUST A COMMITTEE THAT A VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE THAT AS LONG AS IT'S PURELY ADVISORY IN

NATURE TO COUNCIL. NOT A PROBLEM. >> BUT HOW WITH WOULD THAT

DIFFER FROM A BOARD? >> THE COUNCIL WAS HAVE A LITTLE MORE CONTROL OVER A COUNCIL CREATED BOARD OR COMMITTEE. BUT, JUST A LOOSELY ORGANIZED CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE THAT WE RECOGNIZED THAT WASN'T ACTUALLY FORMALLY INCLUDED IN OUR BOARD'S.

>> SOMETHING LIKE THE CIT? >> (INDISCERNIBLE)

>> AS OPPOSED TO A FORMAL BOARD. >> WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION NOW, I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE IN TERMS OF, JUST, THE SEEDINESS, AND WHAT GOES

INTO IT. >> AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, RIGHT, TO GET THIS DONE SO THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WAITING FOR A DECISION DON'T HAVE TO WAIT OR GET DENIED. THERE ARE JUST SOME THINGS IN THE ORDINANCE AS FAR AS THE WORDING OF THE ORDINANCE ITSELF, SOME OF THE THINGS WHICH ARE PROHIBITED, LIKE, WELL LIKE WHAT CHARLEY SAID, TRASH CANS, WHEN YOU'RE HAVING A PARTY OR

SOMETHING LIKE THAT OUT THERE. >> I THINK THAT CAN BE ADJUSTED.

>> A LOT OF THE PROVISIONS THAT YOU'RE SEEING NOW REALLY WEREN'T STAFF'S IDEA BUT MINE, THE MASTER LEASE HAS A SERIES OF REQUIREMENTS THAT DALLAS IMPOSES ON ROWLETT AND WE HAVE NOTHING THAT IMPOSES THOSE SAME REQUIREMENTS ON ANYBODY ELSE. PEOPLE USUALLY TAKE CARE OF THEIR PROPERTY, SO, CONSEQUENTIALLY, WE HAVE QUESTIONABLE, WE HAVE LIMITED ENFORCEMENT OF AUTHORITY. THE PROVISIONS THAT YOU SEE IN THIS DRAFT SPECIFICALLY SECTION 4-A AND 4-B, ARE PROVISIONS WHICH ARE NUMBER ONE, DRAWN VERBATIM OUT OF THE MASTER LEASE, OR NUMBER TWO ARE THE RESULT OF INCIDENTS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAD A LARD TIME ADDRESSING. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD A SMALL GROUP OF HOMEOWNERS THAT CLEAR CUT TREES BETWEEN THEIR PROPERTY AND THE LAKESHORE LINE AND THE TAKE AREA, AND THAT'S HAPPENED, I HATE TO SAY, MORE THAN ONCE. (TELEPHONE RINGING)

>> IF THAT'S FOR ME, I'M NOT HERE. >> ANYWAY. SOME OF THESE

PROVISIONS THAT THE THESE. >> YOU HAVE THINGS LIKE, YOU CAN'T MOVE ANY VEGETATION, INCLUDING NOT LIMITED TO TREES, THAT MEANS YOU COULDN'T MOW THE GRASS OR KILL THE WEEDS?

>> YOU READ THINGS SO LITERALLY. >> YOU'RE AN ATTORNEY?

>> I CAN'T IMAGINE, THAT YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CUT THE GRASS IN THE TAKE AREA. I LOVE HER. IT DOES KIND OF NEEDS TO BE THAT BROAD. YOU KNOW, VEGETATION INCLUDES TREES, AND I MEAN, I MEAN, WE COULD, I GUESS, MAY BE, WATER SOME OF THEM DOWN. OR TWEAK SOME OF THEM --

>> OR DRIVE OR OPERATE A MOTORIZED VEHICLE, THERE'S YOUR MOTORIZED LAWN MOWER. IF YOU READ THIS AND DON'T ADD ANYTHING, AND READ WHAT IT SAYS, THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS.

>> GO CRAZY. >> I HEARD WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, SOME OF IT HAS A DISCRETION TO THE CITY. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH A CITY SITUATION LIKE THIS IN GARLAND RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE INVOLVED WITH, WHERE SOMEBODY WANTED TO RECLAIM SOME OF THE

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>> SURE, BUT THERE'S A WAY TO WORD IT TO PUT IN THOSE EXCEPTIONS. AND WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE LAW, AND STATE STATUTES, ALSO HAVE EXCEPTIONS, RIGHT? AND I JUST LIKE TO HAVE, WHEN WE'RE MAKING A LAW, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT SAY WHAT IT REALLY MEANS AND NOT, "OH,

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE MEANT. ". >> I UNDERSTAND. ONE OF THE THINGS OF SOLVING EVERY DETAIL, THERE WAS LANGUAGE LIKE "UNLESS PERMITTED BY THE CITY". AND IN THE TAKE AREA LEASE, THERE'S A

COVER PERMITTING SOME OF THESE THINGS. >> THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED.

>> SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, THE THING THAT STRIKES ME IS THE WORD "PLACE". THAT'S LIKE, IF I'M CARRYING, A CHAIR, I CAN'T "PLACE" MY CHAIR DOWN? ARE THERE THINGS IN THE LEASE AGREEMENT THAT WILL LET ME PLACE MY CHAIR DOWN I GUESS IS MY

QUESTION. >> WE'LL LET YOU KNOW. >>

[LAUGHTER] . >> AND I THINK PART OF THE ISSUE IS THAT WE'VE HAD NOTIFICATIONS FROM DALLAS, SOMEBODY THAT PLACED A TRAILER ON THE PROPERTY. AND THEY WILL CALL US AND SAY "YOU'RE IN VIOLATION BECAUSE IT'S TOO CLOSE TO OUR LAKE, THERE'S A CHANCE OF POLLUTING THE LAKE" AND SO, WE GET NOTIFIED THROUGH DALLAS THERE'S A VIOLATION AND WE HAVE TO TELL THEM TO MOVE IT OFF THE AREA, AND CANNOT PLACE, STORE,

OR PARK A TRAILER THERE. >> I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAS A PROBLEM WITH THAT, IT'S JUST THE WORDING TO MAKE IT SAY WHAT IT IS THAT YOU REALLY MEAN. NOT TO HAVE SOMETHING THERE IMPLIED IN A WAY THAT WASN'T INTENDED. THAT'S MY ISSUE. AND THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS WHOLE THING REVIEWED BY A BOARD OR COMMITTEE OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE GOING TO BE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THE LAKE WHO WILL RECOGNIZE THINGS LIKE, OKAY, THE (INDISCERNIBLE) WORK? NOBODY ELSE THOUGHT OF THAT, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT THE ONE THAT LIVES THERE AND USES YOUR MOTORIZED LAWN MOWER AND GO DOWN TO THE LAKE FRONT TO MOW IT ALL THE TIME. THERE ARE THINGS THESE PEOPLE WOULD RECOGNIZE AND COULD BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL IN CREATING THE WORDING FOR THE ORDINANCEMENT THAT'S MY -- WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.

>> I HAD ONE OTHER COMMENT. I'M TRYING TO FIND THE DETAILS HERE AND I CAN'T. THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT PROCESS TEAMS TO BE FAIRLY ONEROUS IN TERMS OF DOCUMENTATION. IN TERMS OF INGROUND POOLS, THAT WAS THREE WEEKS OF WORK TO GATHER DOCUMENTATION TO GO TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND I DON'T HAVE THE TIME DO THAT. SO, WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE APPEALS BY THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT SPECIFIC TO THIS PROCESS AND NOT REQUIRE ORIGINAL SURVEYS OF ALL KINDS OF STUFF IN THERE, THAT REALLY HEAVY-HAND, I THOUGHT FOR THE KIND OF (INDISCERNIBLE) I WOULD SEE, AND

I WOULD EXPECT THE SAME IN THIS CASE. >> AS I UNDERSTAND THIS WOULD BE A TAKE AREA APPEALS BOARD, AND YOU WOULD HAVE THE SAME PEOPLE?

>> THE SAME MEMBERS WOULD PRESIDE ON IT AND WEARING THAT HAT IN THAT PROCESS.

>> I DON'T WANT TO SEE THE SAME PROCESS TO THE ZONING TO BE APPLIED TO SOMETHING MINOR HERE.

>> WE WOULDN'T, BECAUSE THE ZONING VARIANCE ITSELF AND THE ACTION THAT THE BOARD CAN TAKE

IS VERY (INDISCERNIBLE) >> THAT WAS THE OTHER THING

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>> WHICH WAS MY POINT IS THAT THERE NEED TO BE GUIDELINES OR STUFF THERE TO HELP THEM, WHETHER IT'S DOA OR ANOTHER BOARD OR YOU CREATE ANOTHER BOARD, THAT SAME STANDARDS OF RULES AND EDUCATION WILL HAVE TO BE THERE. AND DOA IS CLEARLY VERY BUSY, AND I'M SURE DOA

WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE TO DO. [LAUGHTER] >> AND THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE HERE LAST YEAR WHEN WE CREATED THE BUILDING AND (INDISCERNIBLE) COMMISSION, BASICALLY, THE DOA IS WEARING THREE HATS, THEY'RE WEARING THE HAT OF BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND BOARD OF APPEALS ON CHAPTER 78 AND THEY WERE ADDED THE HAT OF THE BUILDINGS AND STANDARDS COMMISSION LAST YEAR, AND SO, IT DOES CREATE CONFUSION, IN SOME CITIES THOSE ARE THREE SEPARATE

BOARDS. BUT THEY MEET A LOT MORE. >> HOW MANY CASES HAS THE BOARD

OF ADJUSTMENTS HEARD THIS YEAR? >> (INDISCERNIBLE)

>> FOUR, OR FIVE. >> IT JUST MAKES IT HARDER TO SEAT PEOPLE ONTO THAT BOARD BECAUSE THEY NEED SUCH A BROAD SPECTRUM AND ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO.

>> THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT WE NEED THE LAKE FRONT ADVISORY BOARD, IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT BOARD, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO APPOINT SOMEONE WHO IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LAKE FRONT HOMEOWNERS TO THE TAKE AREA APPEALS BOARD THAT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT WANTS ALSO. SINCE IT'S SITTING AS A DIFFERENT BOARD, THERE COULD BE AN EXTRA MEMBER APPOINTED, RIGHT?

>> SURE. >> BUT, YOU HAVE YOUR ALTERNATES, AND YOU COULD USE

YOUR ALTERNATES TO FILL UP (INDISCERNIBLE) >> SO, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE EVENT THAT THERE'S A BOATHOUSE THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR FIVE YEARS AND THE CITY OF DALLAS COMES AND WRITES THEM UP OR NOTIFIES US IT'S TOO LARGE. ONCE THIS IS ADOPTED, ANY EXISTING BUILDINGS

WOULD BE ABLE TO BE APPEALED? >> I WOULD LIKE TO MEMORIALIZE THEM AS NONCONFORMING USES.

>> OKAY. >> WE WOULD DO RESEARCH TO SEE IF THAT TRULY EXISTS OR IF THEY JUST SEEK A VARIANCE FROM THE CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL WHO WOULD SAY THESE ARE THE PARAMETERS, OR GO TO THE APPEALS BOARD AND SEEK THAT ACTION, I GUESS. BECAUSE THEY WILL BE STRUCTURES THAT ULTIMATELY DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE TAKE AREA BOUNDARY LINES. AND YOU COULD SEE FROM THAT ITSELF, HOW NARROW SOME ARE AND HOW WIDE SOME ARE, AND THEY'VE BEEN EXCHANGED HANDS OVER THE YEARS WITH HANDSHAKE AGREEMENTS TOO. BUT WE KNOW THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY STRUGGLING SAYING "ALL I WANT TO DO IS THIS, BUT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE SO STRINGENT, THAT I'M UNABLE TO DO IT." AND WE'RE THE ONES THAT SAY "I'M SO SORRY, THERE ARE NO RECOURSES OR

AVENUES TO PURSUE. ". >> CAN YOU GIVE AN EXPLANATION OF HOW YOU ARRIVED AT THE $250

FEE AS WELL? >> YES, CURRENTLY, THE VARIANCE FEE FOR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT IS $500, WE'RE RECOMMENDING AT THIS TIME, AS YOU SEE THE MASTER PLAN, THE ORDINANCE COME BACK TO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, WE'RE RECOMMENDING IT BE DROPPED TO $250 AND WE FEEL IT'S THE SAME FOR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AS WHAT IT IS FOR (INDISCERNIBLE) THAT'S HOW.

>> BUT, AS BRIAN SAID, THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT PROCESS IS A LOT MORE COMPLEX AND REQUIRES A

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ACTUAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. >> AND WE CERTAINLY CAN DO THAT, I KNOW THAT OTHER TIMES, WE PAID THE FEE TO PUBLISH IT IN THE PAPER AND THE STAFF TIME, WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT RECOUPING THE

COST THAT'S INVOLVED IN THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FEE. >> AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, TOO.

BUT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED AS AN APPLICATION FOR SUCH A CASE, SUCH AN APPEAL, SO WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE IF THEY WOULD WORK. AND AGAIN, I GUESS WE WOULD LEAN ON DAVID TO GUIDE US ON WOULD WE DO AN (INDISCERNIBLE) PROCESS OR SUCH A PROCEDURE OR NOT. SO THAT'S WHY WE

>> (INDISCERNIBLE) IF SO IS IT POSSIBLE TO STAGGER THE FEE. IF IT MAKES IT TO THE SECOND TIER OF THE APPEALS BOARD, AT THIS POINT, THE FEE WOULD BE

INCREASED, OR ARE WE BOUND BY CHARGING A SINGLE FEE? >> BECAUSE I WOULD THINK IF IT'S TRULY A THING WHERE YOU HAVE A 58-FOOT SIGN, AND YOU STAMP APPROVE, IS THERE A $250

SERVICE? >> WOULDN'T THERE BE A FEE WITH THAT?

>> IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE ZONING VERIFICATION LETTER, WHICH I BELIEVE IS $80, AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT IF IT COMES ACROSS STAFF, AND STAFF WRITES UP THE PAPERWORK AND SENDS IT OUT SO THAT THEY HAVE IT ME MEMORIALIZED THAT THIS WAS APPROVED AND EVERYTHING IS APPROVED, THEN WE WOULD LEAN ON THAT. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE

PROPOSING. YOU KNOW. >> I DIDN'T SEE THAT. >> IT'S MUCH EASIER IF WE DO IT THAT WAY FROM OUR SIDE WE WANT TO MAKE IT AS EASY ON THE CITIZENS AS POSSIBLE. AND OBVIOUSLY, IF SOMETHING COMES IN AN INCH OR TWO OFF, IT'S TOUGH TO MAKE THEM GO THROUGH THE LONG

PROCESS AND PAY A FEE, BUT. >> (INDISCERNIBLE)

>> YOU MENTIONED MEMORIALIZING THE APPROVAL, HOW IS THAT DONE? >> ENVISION A SITUATION WHERE THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER NEXT WEEK COMES IN AND SAYS, OKAY, 58 FEET, WE'LL GIVE YOU THIS VARIANCE AND DO THE PAPERWORK AND 10 YEAR FROM NOW, DALLAS COMES OUT AND SAYS, NOPE, I'M THE NEW PROPERTY OWNER, HOW DO I FIND THAT PAPERWORK, THAT'S NOT DOCUMENTED IN THE MINUTES OF AN

APPROVING ORGANIZATION. >> AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DO AS PART OF A POLICY IS SET UP EXACTLY WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE GOING TO BE. I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED IS THAT THE, WHEN THE ORIGINAL SURVEYS WERE DONE IN 2002 ON THIS PROPERTY, EVERYTHING WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY THAT THE PROPERTY RESIDED ON. SO, THERE WERE SOME IN ROCKWALL COUNTY AND SOME IN DALLAS COUNTY. AND AS EACH PROPERTY OWNER LEASES THE PROPERTY, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE US WITH A SURVEY. THAT SURVEY IS OBTAINED FROM THE COUNTY, FROM US, AND WE'VE HAD A FEW PEOPLE CALL US AND SAY "I WANT THE SURVEY." WELL, WE DON'T HAVE THE SURVEY, THE SURVEY'S ON FILE WITH THE COUNTY AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET THE PROPERTY RECORDS WHICH EXIST WITH THE COUNTY WHERE THE PROPERTY LINES WERE CREATED.

AND SO, WHAT WE WOULD PROPOSE, IN A POLICY IS THAT IF STAFF DOES DO THAT, THAT IT WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THAT PROPERTY OWNER TO GO MAKE THOSE CHANGES WITH THE COUNTY.

>> (INDISCERNIBLE) >> AND THEN PROVIDE US WITH THAT DOCUMENTATION THAT'S RECOMMENDED. ONE OF MY BIGGEST FEARS.

>> (INDISCERNIBLE) >> LIKE SOMEBODY BUYING THE

PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THAT? >> SINCE YOU'RE NOT CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES, YOU'RE ONLY

EXPANDING A VARIANCE, WOULD THAT BE RECORDED? >> IT WOULD BE RECORDED IF IT WAS REQUIRED AS, BECAUSE, THOSE PROPERTY BOUNDARIES EXIST TODAY. THEY WERE CREATED IN 2002 AND WITH THESE RED LINES WERE DRAWN UP. AND, OTHERWISE, WHEN THOSE SURVEYS ARE DONE, THE SURVEYORS

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WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT THOSE LINES WERE. >> SO, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, IS FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF MAKING SURE THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER KNOWS WHAT THEIR TRUE BOUNDARY LINES ARE, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THEY NOT DO A FORMAL PLAT, BUT HAVE A SURVEY DONE TO ENSURE, LET'S SAY WE MET WITH THE APPEALS BOARD AND THE DECISION WAS, OF COURSE, THESE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS ARE GOING TO ALTER THEIR INTERIOR SUBLEASE LINE, IT WOULD BE BEST TO CONDUCT A SURVEY AND HAVE IT FILED WITH THE COUNTY TO SHOW THAT, YES, THAT SURVEY LINE CHANGED, BECAUSE, AND THEN, WE WOULD OF COURSE HAVE A RUNNING RECORD OF WHAT WAS CHANGED AND WHEN IT WAS CHANGED SO THAT THESE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS ARE GONE AND WE HAVE THE TWO NEW PROPERTY OWNERS, AND THEY CAN'T SAY, OH, WELL, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT WAS, AND WE COULD SAY YES. AND THEY CAN DO A COUNTY SEARCH TO SEE THAT.

>> I UNDERSTAND THAT SITUATION. THE SITUATION I'M ENVISIONING, DOESN'T INVOLVE THE PROPERTY

BOUNDARIES, BUT A VARIANCE TO THE OTHER REGULATIONS. >> YES.

>> AND THOSE WOULD. >> JUST SAYING, OKAY, 58 FEET IS OKAY.

>> AND THOSE WOULD BE AS WITH HE RECORD OUR CURRENT VARIANCES, WHERE, LET'S SAY SOMEONE WANTED TO CHANGE THEIR BUILDING SUBCONTRACT TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, THAT'S A RECORD THAT

WE KEEP ON FILE. >> EXACTLY, THERE'S A RECORD WITH THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

WHICH IS OFFICIAL. >> AND WE WOULD DO THE SAME IN THIS INSTANCE.

>> SO, SOMEBODY'S GOING TO HAVE TO BRING THIS STUFF TO SOMEBODY. >> THE CHIEF BUILDER.

>> WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WRITE A MEMO TO THAT PERSON AND FILE IT AWAY IN THE RECORDS FOR THAT

PARTICULAR. >> AND HOPEFULLY, YOU WOULD HAVE THE DATABASE.

>> YES, WE WOULD HAVE A POLE THAT SAYS, 2020, WE HAD THESE ADJUSTMENTS, AND 2021 HERE'S

WHERE WE ARE. >> AND MY BIG FEAR ON THIS IS SAY, ONE PROPERTY OWNER AGREES TO GIVE THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER (INDISCERNIBLE) AND 10 YEARS LATER, THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER THAT GAVE THAT 10 FEET IS NO LONGER THERE. AND NOW, WE'RE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS IT IN TO THAT PROPERTY AND THEY GET A GAZEBO, 5 FEET OFF THE PROPERTY LINE, INSTEAD OF 5 FEET OFF OF THE PROPERTY LINE, IT'S 5 FOOT OVER THE PROPERTY LINE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THESE CHANGES ARE DOCUMENTED SO THERE'S NOT THIS BIG MESS.

(INDISCERNIBLE) >> SO, TWO ISSUES THAT I SEE TONIGHT THAT I THINK WE NEED DIRECTION ON IS THE FEE, IF WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS, YOU KNOW, IS COUNCIL COMFORTABLE WITH US BRINGING THIS ORDINANCE BACK OR SHOULD WE CREATE THIS OTHER ADVISORY BOARD FOR OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHATEVER IT WOULD BE, BEFORE WE BRING THIS

BACK. >> LET'S TAKE THE FIRST ITEM WHICH IS THE FEE. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY SERIOUS HEARTBURN ABOUT THE FEE, WHICH AS I UNDERSTAND, IT WOULD ONLY APPLY ONCE YOU REACH THE APPEALS BOARD, NOT AT THE STAFF APPROVAL PROCESS, IS THAT CORRECT?

>> IT'S $250? >> YES. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE

THAT ALL THE MONEY WILL TAKE TO DO IT AND IT'S RECOUPED. >> SO, IT WOULD BE $80 THAT

GOES TO STAFF. >> ADMINISTRATION PROCESS IS $80, AND IF IT WENT TO AN

APPEALS COURT, IT COULD BE $250. >> I THINK IT SHOULD BE LESS. >> AS LONG AS IT TRULY REFLECTS

THE COST OF THE PLAN. AND MAYING THE STAFF. >> I'M FINE WITH IT.

>> ALL RIGHT. SO, WE'RE AT $250 FOR THAT ITEM. AND THE SECOND ITEM IS WHETHER WE'RE OKAY TO PROCEED WITH BRINGING THIS BACK TO BOARD COUNCIL FOR A VOTE OR IF WE WANT TO FURTHER CONSIDER IT PERHAPS THROUGH SOME TYPE OF A COMMITTEE TYPE PROCESS. WHICH, HONESTLY, WHEN I WAS READING THROUGH THIS IN THE PACKET, I HAD THE SAME FEELING THAT DEB DID, IS WHAT TYPE OF STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT WE DID WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS. AND THAT LEADS ME TO ANOTHER POINT, WHICH IS, BEFORE WE MAKE THIS DECISION FINAL, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PROPERTY OWNERS

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THOUGHTS ON THAT, COUNCIL, AS FAR AS WHAT PROCESS? >> I'LL TELL YOU UP FRONT THAT THIS WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE ZONE ORDINANCE SO, NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, IT WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH P & Z, AND IT WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION.

>> NOT THE VARIANCE REQUEST, BUT AN OPTION OF THE ORDINANCE? >>

(INDISCERNIBLE) >> I'M NOT TRYING TO DO SIGNIFICANT.

>> SO, HOW DO WE PROVIDE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION FOR ALL OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG THE LAKE.

IS IT 250 FEE FOR EVERY PROPERTY ALONG THE LAKE? >> YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T COME UP WITH ANY CONCLUSIONS YET. BUT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE FAIRLY SPECIFIC. SO, I THINK IF WE WERE TO CONSIDER THIS ORDINANCE, IN ADDITION NOT PUBLICATION, I THINK THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY BE SENDING A LETTER TO EVERYBODY WITHIN THE INTAKE AREA AND PROBABLY ANYONE WITHIN 200 FEET

OF THAT. WHICH WILL BE HUGE. >> AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE DID BRING THE ENGAGEMENT OF IT YET WAS TO SEE WHAT APPETITE COUNCIL HAD BEFORE WE STARTED THAT PROCESS.

>> SO, COUNCIL LET'S SEE IF WE COULD ARRIVE AT SOME DIRECTION FOR STAFF.

>> YOU KNOW MY THOUGHTS. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD CREATE THE ADVISORY BOARD.

>> I LIKE THE COMMITTEE IDEA. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF A BOARD COMMISSION AT THIS POINT, MAY BE THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD MATURE INTO AT SOME OTHER POINT FOR A

COMMITTEE. >> EASIER TO GET A COMMITTEE TOGETHER RATHER THAN A BOARD?

>> YEAH, I MEAN, I LOVE THE COMMITTEE IDEA, AND I THINK GETTING THE RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE ON THERE, THEIR FEEDBACK ON HOW THIS GETS BUILT IS SUPER, SUPER IMPORTANT. I'M AFRAID OF OPENING UP AN ORDINANCE TOO MUCH. THE MORE WE GET INTO THAT, THAT GETS CLOSER AND CLOSER TO HAVING TO BRING DALLAS INTO IT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO AVOID DOING. SO, TO ME, IT'S OKAY, LET'S DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITHIN THE ORDINANCE AND GET THAT DONE WITH THE VARIANCE. WE WANT TO HOLD OFF THE VARIANCE COMING BEFORE US BEFORE THE COMMITTEE'S HAD A CHANCE TO BLESS IT, I'M COMPLETELY FINE WITH THAT. BUT NOT HAVING THEIR CHARGE SO MUCH REVIEWING THE ORDINANCE, BUT MAY BE LOOKING AT THE ORDINANCE AND SAYING, OKAY, MAY BE WE NEED MORE GUIDANCE. WHERE CAN THEY PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE HOPE SHEET, GUIDANE, IN TERMS OF WHAT THE, WHAT THE SPIRIT OF THE ORDINANCE IS, LOCALLY, THAT, THAT, WHEN THESE GET BROUGHT BEFORE BOA, THERE'S SOME GUIDANCE THERE THAT'S COME FROM THIS COMMITTEE. FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE MINIMUM LENGTH OF A FRONTAGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW A BOAT RAMP ON? I DON'T KNOW. WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE? WHAT DOES -- WHAT MIGHT -- THAT COMMITTEE SHOULD HAVE INSIGHT INTO WHAT A MINOR DEVIATION IS. WHAT CAN'T STAFF DO, WHAT WOULD NEED TO GO TO BOA, THAT COMMITTEE, I THINK, WOULD BE GREAT TO GET SOME INSIGHT ON THAT. SO, THOSE TYPES OF NUANCES ARE GREAT. HERE'S MORE DOCUMENTATION TO BE AWARE OF AND ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO START LEARNING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE

ISSUES GOING FORWARD. >> EVEN WITH THE TRACTOR DEAL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO WRITE TICKETS IF SOMEBODY'S GOT A LAWN MOWER DOWN THERE OR IF SOMEBODY'S GOT A CAMPER BACK

THERE OR A BACKHOE BACK THERE, THAT'S A VIOLATION. >> AND IT SEEMS, WE'RE ALREADY DOING SOME VARIANCE GRANTING AND ENFORCING REGULATION ON THE BOOKS BECAUSE WE'RE USING JUDGMENT ON THAT. AND IT CAN CODEFY THE LARGER ONES. I MEAN, PLEASING THE CARE ON THE PROPERTY IS A VARIANCE. BUT WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT IT HAS NO

APPEAL TO BE ENFORCED, RIGHT? >> BUILDING A BOAT DOCK THAT'S 36 FEET AS OPPOSED TO 30 FEET HAS AN APPEAL, UNLESS WE HAVE A PROCESS OF APPROVING. I'M MORE OKAY NOW WITH THE LANGUAGE, I THINK HAVING A GROUP REVIEW IT, ALTHOUGH, I HEAR DAVID SAY, THAT SOME OF THIS LANGUAGE, I DON'T

KNOW WHICH IT IS, WAS CARRIED STRAIGHT FROM OUR AGREEMENT. >> WELL, WE NEED TO KNOW WHICH

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ARE WHICH. >> I WOULD SAY BRIAN, THE OTHER THING TO ADDRESS IN BRINGING THIS BACK IS NOT JUST THE FEE BUT THE SPECIFICITY OF WHAT IS MINOR AND GET SPECIFICS AROUND

THOSE. AND BRIAN, YOU MENTIONED A SECOND ONE. >> WELL, THE TWO I MENTIONED ONE WAS THE FEE, AND THE OTHER WAS DO WE CREATE THIS COMMITTEE FIRST? AND MAY BE THE SWEET SPOT IS THAT, MAY BE, WE COULD SO THAT IT'S A DUEL TRACK, YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH BOTH, IS THAT WE ACTUALLY CONVENE A GROUP OF CITIZENS ON THE TAKE LINE JUST FOR FEEDBACK. AND WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT, THEN, BUT, YET, STILL, TO WHAT JEFF'S POINT WAS, STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH ADOPTING THIS ONCE WE GET THAT FEEDBACK AND CREATING THIS BOARD, OR THE COMMITTEE, I THINK THE COMMITTEE IS MORE THAN JUST THE VARIANCE DEAL. I THINK THAT'S A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER ISSUES, TRAILS BEHIND THE PROPERTIES, IT'S A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER THINGS OTHER

THAN JUST THE POSSIBILITY OF GRANTING MINOR VARIANCES. >> AND, I REALLY FEEL THAT WE'LL NEED THAT COMMITTEE'S BUY IN INTO THE PROCESS, BECAUSE IF WE NOTICE THIS, AND PEOPLE GO AND LOOK AT THESE REGULATIONS, THEY'RE GOING TO BALK AT THEM IN SOME OF THE WAYS COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE, LIKE, I CAN'T HAVE A TRASH CAN IN MY HOME WHEN HAVING A SOCIAL EVENT, THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS WHEN READING THIS AS TO THE LETTER OF THE LAW AS WRITTEN. WE NEED THAT COMMITTEE'S BUY IN TO PUT US INTO A POSITION THAT THIS WILL BE BETTER RECEIVED BY THE RESIDENTS. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM MOVING BOTH FORWARD AT THE SAME TIME, AS LONG AS WE'RE REALLY GOOD AT EXPLAINING TO THAT GROUP WHY IT'S WRITTEN THE WAY THAT IT IS, IN PARTICULAR

BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE IOA. >> OKAY. >> SO, WHAT TAKES ON WRITING UP

THE COMMITTEE CHARGE AND OPERATING DIRECTION? >> .

(OVERLAPPING SPEAKING) >> I'M HAPPY TO WORK ON THAT. >> I ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF

STUFF THAT I PUT TOGETHER BEFORE I WAS ON THE COUNCIL. >> OKAY, DEB, AND MIKE.

>> WE CAN GET ANY OF THAT FEEDBACK, AND WE COULD CRAFT IT. >> WHAT DID YOU SAY?

>> IF WE COULD GET ANY OF THAT INFORMATION TO US OR DAVID, WE'LL CRAFT IT, YOU KNOW, ? BUT, I THINK IN THE MEANTIME, WHAT I'LL WORK WITH STAFF ON IS CREATING A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING OR TOWN HALL MEETING, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, AND CHARACTERIZE IT FOR LAKEFRONT PROPERTY OWNERS. AND WE MAY GET A SMALL GROUP OR A LARGE GROUP BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE

THAT CONVERSATION. >> THERE IS A LAKEFRONT PROPERTY OWNERS FACEBOOK BOOK

AND E-MAIL. >> WE'LL WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, WE MAY BE ABLE TO SEND THAT NOTIFICATION AND NOTICE AT THE SAME TIME. WHICH, IF WE'RE TALKING, A COUPLE OF THOUSAND

NOTIFICATIONS, IT'S GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE. >> BUT, TO DO LIKE A TOWN HALL THING, LIKE, WE COULD ADVERTISE IT, ON OUR WEBPAGE. WE COULD USE THIS NUMBER GROUP, I NINETEEN, THAT PART, AND LIKE I SAID, I MEAN, WHOEVER SHOWS UP ARE THE RIGHT ONES AND WE'LL

HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. >> AND WE'LL RECORD THAT, RIGHT?

>> HUH? >> WE'LL RECORD THAT, RIGHT, SO IT'S AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLKS

THAT CAN'T ATTEND? >> I DIDN'T SAY THAT, BUT I GUESS WE WILL.

>> SO, BRIAN SAID WE'LL RECORD IT. >> WHICH BRIAN?

>>. [LAUGHTER] .

>> DO YOU FEEL THAT WE HAVE GOOD DIRECTION FOR STAFF ON WHAT TO DO? IS IT CLEAR?

>> SO, I TOOK SOME NOTES, WE NEED TO DEFINE THE MINOR VARIANCE AND MAJOR VARIANCE WHAT QUALIFIED FOR A TAKELINE, WHAT IS THE APPEALS PROCESS, BOTH ADMIN AND THE OTHER WAY, FEES, ADMINISTRATIVE, LAKEFRONT ADVISORY COMMITTEE FEES, OR THE BOARD FEES, AGAIN WORDS I'M USING INTERCHANGEABLY HERE, IT'S THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO SEE A FORM OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE. NEED TO DEFINE AND VERIFY, BEFORE MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NEIGHBORS IS WHAT IS THE

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>> WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE NEXT STEP THAT WE WILL SEE WOULD BE? AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW, I

UNDERSTAND. >> I THINK THE NEXT STEP IS TO CREATE THAT PROCESS, AND THEN TO VERIFY WHERE THE IN, WHETHER THERE ARE ANY WHAT WAS CARRIED FROM THE ILA, AND IF WE WANT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THAT THEN WE'LL HAVE TO SIT AND VISIT WITH MR. BURMAN TO SEE WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS COULD BE. AND FROM THERE, WE START TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED ORDINANCE WISE, AND WHAT THE FUNCTION OF AN APPEAL'S BOARD WOULD BE, AND BREAK IT DOWN INTO BITE-SIZED PORTIONS SO EVERYBODY PUNDERSTA IT'S NOT AN ORDINANCE TO CHANGE ANYTHING, IT IS BASICALLY A TOOL OR MECHANISM TO ALLEVIATE THE RESTRICTIVENESS OF THE CURRENT

TAKE LINE ORDINANCE. >> RIGHT. >> AND THE OTHER ONE WAS ABOUT

16, RIGHT? >> YES. >> OKAY. COUNCIL ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD, THANK YOU, BOTH, WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

>> THANK YOU FOR REDUCING THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT COMMITTEE TOO.

>> AND WITH THAT, WE MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM, 3 C, PRESENTATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR, 2023 PROPOSED BUDGET. DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?

[3C. Presentation of the Fiscal Year 2023 Proposed Budget. (30 minutes)]

TO PRESENT. >> THAT'S EXACTLY CORRECT. THANK YOU, SIR.

>> SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 6.02 OF THE CITY CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT, I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL HERE, 2023. THIS PROPOSAL REPRESENTS MANY HOURS OF RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, PLANNING AND LISTENING. THIS ORGANIZATION HAS WORKED VERY HARD TO FULFILL IT'S MISSION TO PROVIDE INNOVATIVE CITIZEN CENTERED SERVICES THAT EXCEED THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND GUESTS. HOUR PURPOSE IS TO SERVE. IN AN EXCITING AS THIS PAST YEAR WAS, I CAN NOT TELL OUR STORY WITHOUT THANKING THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THIS ORGANIZATION. GOOD GOVERNANCE IS A PILAR OF ANY SUCCESS OF A BUSINESS, AND I KNOW YOU TAKE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE CITIZENS SERIOUSLY. AND MUCH OF OUR SUCCESS IS DUE TO OUR STRATEGIC PARTNERS. OUR SINCEREST THANKS TO THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAKE ROWLETT STRONG. ROWLETT CONTINUES TO TELL IT'S STORY IN REMARKABLE WAYS. FROM ONE OF THE STOP 25 BEST PLACES TO LIVE, TO THE NUMBER ONE BEST SMALL CITY TO MOVE TO IN AMERICA, TO ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN TEXAS, TO THE 8TH FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE COUNTRY, PEOPLE ARE TAKING NOTICE AND MOVING TO, AND INVESTING IN ROWLETT. SPEAKING OF BUSINESS, EXCUSE ME, BUSY, AS A RESULT OF NUMEROUS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, WE'VE EXPERIENCED $762 MILLION IN PRIVATE NEW INVESTMENTS IN THE PAST 5 YEARS AND EXPECT TO SEE AN ADDITIONAL $1.5 BILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS. BEFORE WE GET INTO THE BULK OF THE PRESENTATION, I WANT TO ALERT YOU TO NOW, WE HAVE THE CERTIFIED TAX VALUES. AS A RESULT, THERE ARE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THIS PRESENTATION COMPARED TO THE ACTUAL PROPOSAL. THIS WILL BE AN ISSUE EVERY YEAR AS WE GENERALLY GET THE FINAL CERTIFIED VALUES AFTER THE BUDGET PROPOSAL IS FINALIZED AND SENT TO PRINT. WHEN THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THIS PRESENTATION, COMPARED TO THE BUDGET PROPOSAL YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, THE BOOK, I WILL ALERT YOU WITH THIS

SYMBOL. IS THAT FAIR? >> YES. FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023, THE CITY WILL LOWER THE PROPERTY

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WE'RE ALSO PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT SALES TAXES HAVE ALSO INCREASED THIS YEAR. AND JUST TO SAY, JUST TO CHARACTERIZE THE DIFFERENCE, AND I'LL GET TO IT A LITTLE MORE HERE IN A MINUTE, BUT, EVEN IF WE END UP MAKING NO OTHER CHANGES THERE'LL BE AT LEAST A MINIMUM OF 4.8 CENT REDUCTION, POSSIBLY UP TO 7.2 CENTS AND THAT'S CONSIDERABLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE PROPOSED.

NOW, I'VE ALREADY BEEN ASKED BY A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THE FACT THAT IT'S A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE IN THE REDUCTION OF THE RATE COMPARED TO THE BUDGET PROPOSAL, BUT YET, AS YOU'LL SEE IN A MINUTE, OUR REVENUE WAS IMPACTED BY ONLY ABOUT $200,000. IT'S BECAUSE FIRST, YOU KNOW, WE ADD THE 3.5%, AND THEN THE UNUSED INCREMENT. SO, ALMOST ANYTHING ABOVE THAT THAT CHANGES, DOESN'T REALLY EFFECT THE REV PART OF IT, BECAUSE WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS WILL END UP REDUCING THE TAX RATE. SO, THAT'S THE REASON WHY. THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS WE'RE SEEING SUCH AN INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX VALUES THIS YEAR, FIRST, HOME VALUES HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. SECOND, DE-CAG, SEVERELY CURTAILED THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTIES IT EVALUATED IN THE APPRAISAL THE PRIOR YEAR REQUIRING MORE PROPERTIES TO BE EVALUATED THIS YEAR. AS A RESULT NEARLY 90% OF ALL PROPERTIES IN ROWLETT HAVE BEEN REAPPRAISED. I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT IT, LAST YEAR, AFTER YEARS OF HAVING ANYWHERE AROUND 50% OR SO PROPERTIES EVALUATED EVERY YEAR, LAST YEAR, DCAD INTENTIONALLY REDUCED THAT BECAUSE OF OTHER WORKLOAD ISSUES AND REASSESSED OR REAPPRAISED ONLY 14% OF OUR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. THIS YEAR THEY HAD TO PLAY CATCHUP WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE REAPPRAISING NEARLY 90%.

YOU'LL SEE OUR SYMBOL HERE, AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHAT I MEAN ON THIS SLIDE. THE CITY OF ROWLETT IS GOING TO REDUCE THE PROPERTY TAX RATE NEXT YEAR REGARDLESS OF OTHER CHANGES. EVEN IF THE CITY MAINTAINED THE HIGHEST PROPERTY TAX RATE PROBOSSIBLY WITH THAT, WOULD STILL RESULT IN A REDUCTION OF NEARLY $0.05. WITH THE STRATEGY DISCUSSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN JUNE AND WHAT THE BUDGET PROPOSAL WAS BASED ON, THE RATE WOULD DROP JUST OVER $0.07. SO, AGAIN, COUNCIL PROVIDED THAT LIMITATION TO STAFF AND WE HAVE PREPARED A BUDGET PROPOSAL WITH THE PREMISE OF USING ONLY HALF THE INCREMENT. EVEN IF WE USED IT ALL, IT'S STILL GAB TO BE A TAX RATE REDUCTION. AND AGAIN, THIS SLIDE IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN YOUR BOOK BECAUSE THAT BOOK WAS BASED BEFORE WE HAD THE FINAL CERTIFIED RATE. THIS CHART, NOW, SHOWS YOU THE DIFFERENCE. AND I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW THE CHANGES FROM THE BUDGET PROPOSAL BECAUSE IT IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. ALL SUMMER LONG WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THE CHANGE, EVERY SINCE THE PRELIMINARY VALUES WERE PROVIDED IN MAY. TYPICALLY, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PRELIMINARY TAX VALUES AND THE FINAL CERTIFIED TAX VALUES IS NEGLIGIBLE. IT AVERAGES A DROP OF AROUND 3%. THAT CHANGED IN 2020 WITH HISTORIC PROTESTS AND APPARENTLY, IT'S HAPPENED AGAIN THIS YEAR AS THE DECREASE WAS TWICE THE AVERAGE AMOUNT. SO, STAFF HAS BEEN LOOKING AT THIS

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AS A RESULT, WE ARE PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE WATER RATE APPROXIMATELY 1.8% OR $2.21 PER MONTH. THIS IS FOR THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER WHO USES AROUND 7500 GALLONS PER MONTH.

A 55% INCREASE IN DIESEL FUEL AND A 4% INCREASE IN CPI WILL ALSO INCREASE THE CITY'S TRASH COLLECTION WITH FCC BY 5%, ABOUT $0.67 PER MONTH FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS WITH ONE POLYCART.

ONE ITEM THAT WE'RE WATCHING CONCERNS THE ECONOMY. TO BE CLEAR, THERE ARE MIXED SIGNALS ABOUT WETHER OR NOT WE'RE ENTERING INTO A RECESSION AND HOW SEVERE THAT RECESSION MAY BE. FOR EXAMPLE, WE SAW INTEREST RATES RISE DRAMATICALLY IN MAY AND JUNE, AND WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO SEE THOSE RATES DECLINE AGAIN. YET, WE KNOW, THE FEDERAL RESERVE INCREASED THE OVERNIGHT RATE ON BACK-TO-BACK MEETING BY 75% RATE OVER TIME AND THERE'S DISCUSSION ON INCREASING THE RATE AGAIN IN DECEMBER, DEPENDING UPON WHAT INFLATION IS DOING. AND WHAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO PREDICT IS THE LINGERING OF THE PANDEMIC RESULTING IN WORK ARES, SHIPPING DELAYS AND MORE. AS A RESULT, STAFF IS CAUTION ABOUT PREDICTING REVENUE SOURCES HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE ECONOMY. THE BIGGEST EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING A FLAT BUDGET FOR SALES TAXES EVEN THOUGH SALES TAXES HAVE GROWN NEARLY 10% FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. NOW, THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE IS ALREADY BASED ON WHAT OCCURRED JANUARY 1ST OF THIS YEAR. SALES TAXES OCCUR EVERY MONTH. AND SO, IF WE HAVE A DECLINE IN THE ECONOMY, YOU'LL SEE IT THERE GENERALLY BEFORE YOU SEE IT ELSEWHERE. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF SPECIAL CHALLENGES. IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, THE CITY HAS A FEW ISSUES THAT WILL AFFECTS THE CITY'S BUDGET. IN THE REQUIRE THE CITY TO PICK UP MORE GRANTS LIKE THE SAFER GRANT THAT ALLOWED US TO HIRE NEW FIRE-FIGHTERS FOR THE SAPPHIRE BAY FIRE STATION AS WELL AS OTHER COSTS. NEW REVENUE WILL OFF SET THOSE COSTS BUT NOT FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AS A RESULT, THE CITY HAS DEVELOPED A STRATEGY TO MITIGATE THAT COST TO TAXPAYERS USING A COMBINATION OF THE EXISTING FUNDS TO HELP SMOOTH OUT THE COMING SPEED BUMP UNTIL REVENUES ARE SUFFICIENT TO COVER IT. THERE ARE SEVERAL OPTIONS WE HAVE TO OFFSET THOSE FIRST TWO YEARS MUCH AFTER MEETING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL IN JUNE, COUNCIL INITIALLY DETERMINED TO PRESERVE THE POSSIBILITY OF REALLOCATING ARPA FUNDS AND, TO CONSIDER UTILIZING THE LAND ACQUISITION BALANCE IF NECESSARY. AND FOR THE PUBLIC THAT MAY BE WATCHING, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

WE KNOW THERE'LL BE AN INCREASE TO THE BUDGET NOT IN '23 BUT IN '24 AND IN '25. WE HAVE

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THAT ALSO COULD BE USED TO HELP WITH THIS STRATEGY, AND I THINK THAT WE MAY KNOW LATER IN AUGUST WHEN THE DART BOARD MEETS AGAIN, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ABOUT IT NEXT WEEK AND LATER THIS MONTH, THE FULL BOARD WILL MEET AND HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. I KNOW THAT SOME CITIES ARE ALREADY SENDING LETTERS TO THE DART BOARD INDICATING THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN. IS THAT THESE FUNDS BE REALLOCATED. AND JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, THIS IS ABOUT $500 MILLION IN FUNDS THEY'VE RECEIVED FROM THE CARES ACT, AND ARPA AND OTHER SOURCES AND THEY STILL HAVE OVER $400 MILLION OF IT LEFT. SO, THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS. I'VE HEARD NUMBERS AS LOW AS $230 MILLION, AND DALLAS MORNING NEWS LAST WEEK PUBLISHED THE CONVERSATION IS ABOUT $270 MILLION. SO, AGAIN, WE NEED ABOUT $2.2 MILLION IN '24, AND '25, AND THAT COULD GIVE US A THIRD SOURCE THAT WE COULD TAP INTO TO HELP US GET OVER THAT SPEED BUMP WITHOUT ADJUSTING THE TAX RATE, SO, GOOD NEWS. THE SECOND CHALLENGE WE HAVE IS COMPENSATION. THE CURRENT EMPLOYMENT MARKET IS UNLIKE ANYTHING WE'VE EVER SEEN.

NORMALLY, SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ARE DRIVEN BY RECESSIONS, MARKET SHIFTS, ET CETERA. WHAT HAS MADE THIS PARTICULAR MARKET SO UNCERTAIN IS THE INCREDIBLY HIGH NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE VOLUNTARILY LEFT THE JOB MARKET AND NOT RETURNED. AS SON ASSUMERS, WE SEE THIS IMPACT WHEN WE ENTER A RESTAURANT OR A STORE THAT HAS MODIFIED THEIR HOURS OR THEIR SERVICE LEVEL BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WORKERS. WHEN COMBINED WITH INFLATION, WE MUST APPROACH TURNOVER AND COMPENSATION DIFFERENTLY AS TRADITIONAL METHODS JUST AREN'T WORKING.

WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE CAREER EMPLOYEES THAT CARE OF OUR CUSTOMERS. IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE THAT TAKE CARE OF OUR CITIZENS. FOR YEARS, WE HAVE CONDUCTED MARKET STUDIES COMPARING OUR PAY IN ROWLETT WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE METROPLEX. THE PROBLEMS THAT WE FACE IS WHAT WE INTRODUCE OUR MARKET PLAN, EVERY CITY IN THAT STUDY ALSO INTRODUCED THEIR PLAN, WHICH MEANS ON THE DAY WE IMPLEMENT, WE FALL BEHIND AGAIN.

THEREFORE, I'M PROPOSING THAT WE MOVE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY STEP PLANS TO 2.7-2.9% GOAL TO REACH THE 5% MARKET AVERAGE. IN ADDITION, I'M PROPOSING TO RAISE OPEN RANGE PAY WITH A GOAL TO REACH 3% OF THAT AVERAGE IN THREE YEARS. THIS PLAN COMES WITH A PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE WEEKLY WORK SHIFT TO FOUR 9-HOUR WORK DAYS, MEANING WE WOULD CLOSE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES FRIDAYS, AND SCHEDULE EMPLOYEES IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS PARKS, MAINTENANCE, LIBRARY, SO THAT THEY ALSO WORK FOUR 9-HOUR SHIFTS AND INCREASE HOURS IN THE EVENINGS TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY TO OUR CUSTOMERS WHO MAY HAVE TROUBLE GETTING TO THE CITY BY 5:00 P.M. FROM THEIR PLACE OF WORK. THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS A SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT BUDGET FACTS. ALL IN ALL, THE 2023 TOTALLED $167 MILLION. THE BIGGEST DRIVERS FOR THIS CHANGE IS A 24% INCREASE IN TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUE AS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, A REDUCTION OF NEARLY $6 MILLION IN BONDS SOLD, EXCUSE ME, 16% INCREASE IN TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUE. AND

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DETERMINED ON WHAT CUTS ARE MADE IN THE FINAL SESSION IN AUGUST. >> OUR FIRST STRATEGIC PRIORITY SO TO GOVERN IN A POLICY FOCUSED AND RESPONSIBLE MANNER TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO INFORMATION. THE GOOD NEWS IS 2023 IS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO REDUCE THE PROPERTY TAX RATES AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED. THIS MEETS OUR STRA STRATEGIC GOAL OF 1.5, AND REPRESENTS THE LARGEST TAX RATE REDUCTION IN RECENT HISTORY. OTHER ITEMS INCLUDE INCREASING THE WATER RATE BY APPROXIMATELY $2.21 PER MONTH FOR AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL USE AT 7500 GALLONS AND INCREASING THE REFUSE RAISE AT $0.67 A MONTH FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS WITH ONE POLYCART.

OUR SECOND STRATEGIC PROPERTY IS TO ENSURE A SAFE COMMUNITY. ROWLETT PROVIDES PROACTIVE CITIZEN ORIENTED PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES THAT ALLOWS BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS, AND GUESTS TO FEEL AND BE SAFE. AND BEING SAFE AND FEELING SAFE ARE IMPORTANT COMPONENTS TO ENSURING A SAFE COMMUNITY. IN 2019, WE ADDED NINE FIRE-FIGHTERS TO FULLY STAFF FIRE STATION FOUR WHICH WAS BUILT IN 2005. IN 2020, WE ADDED EIGHT NEW POLICE OFFICERS TO ADDRESS INCREASING RESPONSE TIME ON PROPERTY ONE CALLS. TO BUILD ON THIS, WE'RE ADDING FOUR ADDITIONAL PATROL OFFICERS AGAIN THIS YEAR TO HELP IMPROVE RESPONSE TIME AND BEGIN PREPARING FOR THE OPENING OF SAPPHIRE BAY. AS NOTED IN THE BUDGET MEMO, WE NEED TO BRAIN STORM HOW TO HAVE EIGHT POLICE OFFICERS INSTEAD OF FOUR. OTHER ITEMS INCLUDE, ADDING A CHILD EXPLOITATION AND CYBER CRIMES FORENSIC WORK STATION AND REPLACING CITY KISS PATCH CENTER TO INPROVE FUNCTIONALITY. AND STRENGTHING NEIGHBORHOOD LIVABILITY IS OUR THIRD PRIORITY. NEIGHBORHOOD LIVEABILITY TOUCHES THE LIVES OF ROWLETT RESIDENTS WHERE THEY SEE IT MOST, THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE LAND USE DECISIONS TO CODE ENFORCEMENT TO LOOSE DOGS, OUR RESIDENTS SEE THE IMPACT.

PROPOSE CHANGES INCLUDE REVISING THE CITY'S MASTER PLAN SCHEDULE TO BETTER ALIGN FOOD SERVICE FEES FOR AROUND THE CITIES AND RECONFIGURING THE HANDLING OF CREDIT CARD CHARGES TO SAVE THE CITY OF CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES. ANOTHER PROPERTY IS ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

ROWLETT OFFERS MANY AMENITIES TO OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. MAINTAINING THESE AMENITIES REQUIRES RESOURCES. THEREFORE WE'RE PROPOSING $90,000 IN PARK IMPROVEMENT CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDING FOR SUCH PROJECTS AS ADDITIONAL SHADE FEATURES AT THE WET ZONE WATER PARK. WATER BOTTLE FILL STATIONS AT SOME PARKS, NEW PAVILION AT TWIN STAR PARK AND ADDITIONAL FEATURES ADDED TO THE CENTRAL DOG PARK. CONTINUE OUR ANNUAL $25,000 ALLOCATION TO THE WATER VIEW GOLF COURSE TO IMPROVE VISITOR EXPERIENCE AND $50,000 IN FUNDING FOR THE PUBLIC ART'S PROMISE FOR. INTEGRATING COMMERCIAL, RETAIL AND LAKE ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE A VIBRANT AND GROWING ECONOMY. IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS ALONE, THE CITY HAS ADDED $762 MILLION IN NEW CONSTRUCTION AND OVER 2300 JOBS SINCE 2014. THAT ALONE IS A REMARKABLE STORY. HOWEVER, SAPPHIRE BAY, WILL ADD A NEW NARRATIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY. IT WILL BE A HUGE ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION WITH WORLD CLASS FACILITIES, SHOPPING VENUES AND RECREATIONAL AMENITIES. THIS

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PLANNING FOR THE 2021 BOND ELECTION BEGAN IN 2019 AND WAS THROWN A CURVE DURING THE 2020 COVID PANDEMIC. IT WAS ANTICIPATED THAT APPROXIMATELY $36 MILLION IN BONDING CAPACITY WOULD BE AVAILABLE WITHOUT CHANGING HE TAX RATE. HOWEVER, THE CITY'S NEEDS FAR EXCEEDED THAT AMOUNT WITH $230 MILLION IN PROJECTS. AFTER MUCH CONSIDERATION, COUNCIL RECOMMENDED THREE PROPOSITIONS BE TAKEN TO THE VOTERS FOR A COMBINED AMOUNT OF $29 MILLION.

VOTERS APPROVED PROPOSITIONS A AND C, FOR A TOTAL OF $21.8 MILLION. THE PROJECT SCHEDULED FOR '23 REPRESENTS $4.2 MILLION OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS BUT THE NEEDS AND DESIRES OF THE AREA CONTINUES TO OUTPACE AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND CAPACITY. OUR 7TH STRATEGIC PRIORITY IS TO PROMOTE OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE. THROUGH A WELL TRAINED AND RESPONSIVE WORK FORCE, FOR '23 THE PROPOSE THE BUDGET INCLUDES 5DING $25,000 TO FUND AN EMPLOYEE SENIOR LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, TO PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION TO LEAD. ADDING $48,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF MULTIPLE FACTOR IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM TO ASSIST WITH NETWORK SECURITY. AND ADDING $29,000 FOR FORENSIC. ADDING A DEBT AND TREASURY MANAGER AT A COST OF $2,800 TO MAXIMIZE OUR BOND RATING AND DEBT CAPACITY AND GENERAL POOL EARNINGS, AND $7,000 IN INCREASED FUNDING FOR EMPLOYEE INCENTIVES AND RECOGNITION AWARDS. AS EXPLAINED PREVIOUSLY IN THE PRESENTATION, TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUE SAW A NOTICEABLE INCREASE THIS YEAR, FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY SALES TAXES. IN ALL, GENERAL FUND REVENUES INCREASED $5.1 MILLION BASED ON THE STRATEGY EMPLOYED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO USE THE 3.5% INCREASE UNDER SENATE BILL 2 AND HALF OF THE ADDITIONAL INCREMENT AVAILABLE. DUE TO CONCERNS OF THE A POSSIBLE RECESSION, AND SOFTENING OF THE ECONOMY, AT THE SAME TIME, CAPTURING THIS YEAR'S INCREASE. ROWLETT WAS IN GREAT SHAPE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, PROVIDING FOR OPTIONS THAN WE HAD IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE BEST FINANCIAL CONDITION IN OUR HISTORY. THE SINGLE BIGGEST INCREASE OF THE BASELINE IS TO BRING COMPENSATION TO MID YEAR OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR. YOU'LL REMEMBER, COUNCIL, WE HAD, UM, THERE WAS SUCH AN WE DELAYED RAISES THAT YEAR UNTIL MID-YEAR. TWO ISSUES, ONE, WE'RE PLAYING CATCH UP AND WE'RE PROVIDING THOSE RAISES FOR 12 MONTHS NEXT YEAR. IN TERMS OF NEW PROPOSALS, THIS CHART LISTS THE ITEMS DISCUSS PREVIOUSLY. AGAIN, WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD FOUR POLICE

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SO, WE DID NOT USE ALL THE MONEY THAT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD RECEIVE IN TERMS OF REVENUE. FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE MARKET. JUST TO NOTE, BASED ON THE FINAL CERTIFIED VALUES, WE'RE $285,000 SHORT FROM BEING ABLE TO FUND THIS AT THIS TIME. OUR CITIZENS WILL HAVE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE CITY COUNCIL WITH REGARDS TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE. FIRST, THERE ARE SCHEDULE THE WORKSHOPS ON AUGUST 18TH AND THE 22ND, WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL WILL GET MORE INTO THE DETAILS OF THE PROPOSAL. SECOND, THE FORMAL PUBLIC HEARING IS ON SEPTEMBER 20TH. FINALLY, THE CITY COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO ADOPT THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE ON SEPTEMBER 21ST. I CAN'T END TONIGHT WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING THE HARD WORK OF MY TEAM WOULD TAKE CARE OF OUR CUSTOMERS, I'M FORTUNATE TO HAVE PEOPLE OF THEIR CALIPER ON MY TEAM. I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THE LEADERSHIP AND SERVICES YOU POVIDE FOR THIS CITY AND THIS ORGANIZATION. MAYOR, THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION FOR TONIGHT. AGAIN, YOU WILL HAVE SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE WE HAVE OUR FIRST WORK SESSION WHERE WE GET INTO THE DETAILS. THOSE SESSIONS ARE SET UP FOR SEVERAL HOURS AT A TIME. AND WE'LL GO OVER THE BUDGET PROPOSAL IN DETAIL BY FUND, INCLUDING OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU STRONGLY, START MAKING NOTES. AND IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEND US THOSE NOTES AHEAD OF TIME, THEN, WE COULD PATCH THEM TOGETHER FOR THE WHOLE COUNCIL AND START TO WORK ON SOME OF THE RESPONSES.

SO, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. >> ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE HAVE A STRATEGY

SESSION COMING UP, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL TONIGHT? >> I'LL ONLY MAKE ONE COMMENT WHICH IS TO THE PUBLIC THAT MAY BE WATCHING OR ANYBODY WATCHING HERE. WE LOVE FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS ON THE BUDGET. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS, E-MAIL THE CITY COUNCIL AT CITY COUNCIL@ROWLETT.COM. WE WOULD LOVE TO HERE FROM YOU. WITH NO

[4. DISCUSS CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

ITEMS? >> BRIAN'S GIVING ME THE FINGER, SO, HOLD FOR ONE SECOND.

>> 7 C, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND HAVE PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT.

>> OKAY. SO, WE'LL PULL ITEM 7C FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ANY OTHER ITEMS, COUNCIL,

QUESTIONS? >> (INDISCERNIBLE)

>> ALL RIGHT, THEN WE

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