Sep 20, 2022 City Council Work Session

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

[00:00:04]

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: HI, THERE, EVERYBODY, IT IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH, AT 5:31 P.M., WE'RE AT CITY HALL WITH A QUORUM PRESENT. AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 551.001. THIS MEETING CAN BE CONVENED TO CLOSED SESSION FOR THE. TO RECONVENE, OR RECESS OR REALIGN THE REGULAR SESSION OR CALL EXECUTIVE SESSION OR ORDER OF BUSINESS AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT.

INFORMATION ON HOW TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEBSITE OR ON. OUR

[3A. Annual Presentation from the Rowlett Chamber of Commerce.]

YET? >> HE SHOULD BE HERE ANY SECOND.

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: DID YOU WANT TO FILL IN FOR THEM TO DO THE PRESENTATION UNTIL HE GETS HERE?

>> YEAH, I CAN DO THAT. HAPPY TO. WE HAVE A FEW CHAMBER MEMBERS WITH US, AND BOARD MEMBERS. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, I'LL GET STARTED. COUNCIL, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US COME IN AND DO THIS PRESENTATION. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS NOW, I GUESS, I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR FIVE YEARS, AND I THINK IT'S BEEN GOING ON LONGER THAN THAT. I THINK THE PAST CHAMBER PRESIDENT HAS BEEN DOING IT AS WELL. ALWAYS GLAD TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CHAMBER WORLD BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON IN ROWLETT. WITH THAT, WE'LL GET STARTED. THAT'S OUR AGENDA, YOU'LL FIND OUT REAL QUICKLY, I DON'T READ SLIDES. YOU COULD READ FOR YOURSELF, BUT THAT'S OUR AGENDA, I'LL GET RIGHT INTO IT. MARK SHOULD BE HERE ANY MINUTE, HE'S OUTSIDE AND ON HIS WAY IN NOW. MARK IS THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD AND OWNER OF THE BODY FITNESS AND PETS SOUTHERN MCDONUTS. WE TEASE HIM ABOUT THAT. WE TEASE HIM, HE'S CREATING FITNESS CLIENTS ONE DONUT AT A TIME. TORY OWENS IS HERE, SHE'S OUR CHAIR ELECT WHICH MEANS SHE'S TAKE OVER FOR THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD. AND SHE'S THE CEO OF THE WHITE MEDICAL CENTER. AND SHEILA HAIR IS HERE AS WELL. AND OBVIOUSLY, I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO, LAURA KEASLING. I'VE MORE AMBASSADORS HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND DOING THIS. I

JUST GOT STARTED. OKAY. GOOD. >> (INDISCERNIBLE)

>>. [LAUGHTER] .

>> THE HARDER IT IS TO GET THROUGH THE DAY. (INDISCERNIBLE)

>> SO, I JUST FINISHED THIS. SO, YOU'RE NEXT. >> SO, ARE WE UP?

>> YOU ARE. >> WELL, THIS IS YOUR MISSIONS AND VALUES. AND OUR MISSION, OF COURSE, IS TO REPRESENT AND ALSO TO PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC WELLBEING OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. WHAT DO WE WANT TO BE, HOW DO WE WANT TO DO THAT. VISION FOR THE CHAMBER IS THE BUSINESS AND HOW DO WE GET THERE, THAT'S WHAT THE VALUES ARE. INTEGRITY, AND COLLABORATE WITH OUR PARTNERS SUCH AS YOU GUYS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ADVOCATE FOR OUR MEMBERS. SO, WE SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR GROWTH AND IN THEIR STRUGGLES, AND WE STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCY. THIS IS A MARKETING VIDEO THAT WE HAVE TO PROMOTE OURSELVES. MADE BY ONE OF OUR MEMBERS. IS THERE

VOLUME? >> IT'S ABOUT EVERY FAMILY THAT CALLS ROWLETT.

[00:05:01]

>> START IT OVER. >> IT TAKES PASSION, IT TAKES TENACITY, IT TAKES TEAMWORK.

(INDISCERNIBLE) >> WE ARE THE CONVENER FOR LEADERS AND INFLUENCERS, WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS. WE ARE THE ROWLETT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. BECAUSE EVERY DREAM SHOULD HAVE

A CHANCE TO COME TRUE. >> UM, IN OUR VALUES, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WE'RE THE CATALYST OF BUSINESS GROWTH TO HELP SUPPORT AND PROMOTE THE BUSINESS LEADERS OF ALL THE

BUSINESSES IN TOWN. >> AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO AND THE THINGS THAT WE DO AND NOT JUST THE EVENTS, BUT THE OTHER THINGS, AND WE'LL SHOW YOU THOSE THINGS IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES. THOSE THINGS ARE DESIGNED TO GROW BUSINESS. THEY'RE DESIGNED TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU COME TO THE LUNCHEON, WE BRING LEADERS TOGETHER, YOU IMMEDIATE OTHER PEOPLE THERE, YOU MEET OUR BUSINESS OWNERS AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. IT'S THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS THAT ARE CONVENING DURING COVID-19, BLAKE AND I, AND WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER. WE CONVENED LEADERS AND INFLUENCERS, AND BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER. THE OTHER FUN EVENTS, THOSE ARE FOR A STRONGER COMMUNITY. OUR 5 KS, OUR BANQUETS, SHOP SMALL SATURDAYS MAKE OUR COMMUNITY STRONGER. SINCE WE HAD THIS MEETING LAST, WE HAD JUST TURNED IN OUR APPLICATION FOR ACCREDITATION. AND WE FOUND OUT IN NOVEMBER, THAT WE WERE CREDITED. I WANTED TO SHARE ABOUT THE NINE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT THEY REVIEW IN ACCREDITATION. THEY LOOK AT GOVERNMENTS. THEY GO BACK AND LOOK AT OUR ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. OUR BYLAWS, AMENDMENTS TO THOSE DOCUMENTS AND ALL THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. HOW WE RUN THE BOARD, AND THEY EXAMINE ALL OF THAT IN GREAT DETAIL TO DETERMINE IF WE MAKE THE MARK OR NOT. WE HAVE TO HAVE AN AN NEWLY AUDIT OR REVIEW, THEY LOOK AT THOSE, AND OUR BOOKS THEMSELVES, THEY LOOK AT OUR MEMBERSHIP DUES AND LOOK AT EVERYTHING RELATED TO FINANCES. THEY THEN GO IN AN LOOK AT GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS. GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY LOOK AT THE MOST. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF ACCREDITATION TO THEM. AND WE MET THE MARK FOR THE ACCREDITATION WE GOT. THEY PREFER THAT A SHAMEER HAS A FULL-TIME STAFF. WE DON'T. WE'RE A SMALL CHAMBER WITH A SMALL STAFF. WE WORK ON OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. AND WE'LL HAVE THAT OUT HOPEFULLY APPROVED BY THE BOARD TOMORROW MORNING.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR THE LAST UM COOF WEEKS. SO, WE LOOK AT THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, IF WE KEEP OUR MEMBERS NOTIFIED, IF WE REACH OUT TO OUR CITY COUNCILS, AND OUR COUNT GOVERNMENT, IF WE REACH OUT TO OUR STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATORS, DO WE SHARE WITH THEM, DO WE DO VISITS WITH THEM? MOST STATES HAVE THEIR LEGISLATURE MEETS EVERY YEAR, TEXAS WE DO IT EVERY OTHER YEAR, BUT WE INTERACT WITH OUR LEGISLATORS CONSTANTLY YEAR AROUND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENTS IS OUR BIG EVENTS. AND THE THINGS THAT WE DO TO HELP GROW BUSINESS, THE NETWORKING, THE LUNCH AND LEARNS, THE LUNCHEONS THAT WE HAVE. THEY EVEN LOOK AT OUR TECHNOLOGY. WHEN I STARTED AT THE CHAMBER FIVE AND-A-HALF YEARS AGO, WE HAD ONE COMPUTER WITH WINDOWS VISTA ON IT. WE WOULD HAVE NOT PASSED THE TECHNOLOGY PORTION. YEAH, IT WAS REALLY BAD AND IT WAS OUR BOOKKEEPING SOFTWARE ON THAT COMPUTER, IT WAS FRIGHTENING. WE'RE ALL UP-TO-DATE NOW, WE

[00:10:03]

HAVE THE LATEST WINDOWS NOW. >> MOST OF THE COMPUTERS HAVE WHATEVER THE NEWEST STUFF IS.

AND MY COMPUTER GUY KEEPS US UP-TO-DATE ON ALL OF THAT. COMMUNICATION, OUR EMAILS, NEWS LETTERS, ANYTHING THAT WE SEND OUT LIKE THAT, THEY REVIEW THOSE AS WELL. OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, THEY REVIEW THOSE. AND OUR FACILITIES, AND WE'VE BEEN IN THE CHAMBER BUILDING NOW FOR 22 YEARS, I GUESS. AND, THERE WAS SOME THINGS THAT WE HAD TO UPGRADE. WE HAD TO PUT IN EXIT SIGNS. WE DIDN'T HAVE EXIT SIGNS OVER THE DOORS, LIT EXIT SIGNS WITH EMERGENCY LIGHTING ON THEM IF THE POWER GOES OUT. WE EXTINGUISHERS UPDATED, REPLACED, ACTUALLY, BUS THEY HADN'T BEEN FOR YEARS. IT PROBABLY STILL WOULD HAVE WORKED, BUT, WHO KNOWS? WE HAD TO CHANGE THE SIGNAGE ON THE BATHROOM DOORS BECAUSE WE HAD A SIGN ON THE WOMEN'S BATHROOM DOOR AND THE OTHER ONE DIDN'T HAVE A SIGN BUT IT WAS THE MEN'S AND/OR HANDICAPPED, AND THERE WAS NO SIGNAGE INDICATING THAT. SO, ONE BATHROOM HAS MALE/FEMALE. AND THE OTHER HAS MALE/FEMALE LESCH HANDICAPPED. AND BENCH MARKING, THEY GO IN DEPTH WITH THOSE THINGS. AND AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS WHEN THEY FINALLY CAME BACK TO US, THEY TOLD US THAT WE WERE ACCREDITED AS A FOUR STAR CHAMBER, THAT'S FOUR OUT OF FIVE STARS. (APPLAUSE)

. >> JUST SO YOU KNOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT, THERE ARE 200 CHAMBERS IN THE WORLD ACCREDITED, 200 IN THE UNITED STATES OUT OF 7,000 PUTTING US

IN THE TOP 3% OF CHAMBERS. OKAY? MARK? >> OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE DO THIS EVERY THREE YEARS, WE LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND GO THROUGH WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH AND, SOME THINGS WE CONTINUE ON, LIKE, THE BUSINESS, HOW ARE WEE GOING TO DO THAT.

SO, WE UPDATE THAT EVERY THREE YEARS AND IT'S A THREE-YEAR PLAN. WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT RIGHT NOW. IT WILL BE REVAMPED AGAIN IN '23. BUT A STRATEGIC PLAN IN ALL OF THESE AREAS, IN THE DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE IT NOW IN A FORM THAT IS SHAREABLE. FOR PEOPLE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS OUR SELVES, BUT IT TALKS ABOUT THE MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS, THE SYNERGY, THE WORKFORCE TALENT DEVELOPMENT, THE TOURISM ASPECT. COMING SOON, GROW THE MEMBERSHIP AND GROWTH OF BUSINESS. THESE SIX POINTS ARE IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

>> WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH ONE AND TELL YOU, GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. BECAUSE THIS WAS THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THE BOARD CREATED. THEY SETTLED ON IT IN JANUARY, WE DID TWEAKING OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND THEN WHAT YOU SEE IS THE FINAL VERSION OF THAT. BUT, JUST AN UPDATE, BECAUSE, WE, WE, SORRY. WE HAVEN'T BEEN SITTING ON OUR LAURELS DOING NOTHING WHILE WAITING FOR THIS TO GO TO PRINT, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO, AS THE VOICE OF BUSINESS, AND YOU COULD SEE THE DETAILS AND TACTICS THAT GO FURTHER INSIDE THE STRATEGIC PLAN. BUT, QUARTERLY MEETINGS WITH THE CITY MANAGER, BRIAN AND I HAVE LUNCH REGULARLY. WE MEET REGULARLY WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I TALK TO LIBBY OR CHARLES EVERYDAY, AT LEAST ONCE A DAY OR TEXT OR E-MAIL. BUT, WE COMMUNICATE REGULARLY. WE PARTICIPATE ON MULTIPLE CITY COMMITTEES, LAURA'S ON ARTS AND HU HUMANITIES, MARK'S ON EDAB, I'M ON THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT GROUP. SO, WE'RE ACTIVE NOT JUST WITH CHAMBER STUFF BUT WITH CITY STUFF AS WELL. WE ADVOCATE FOR BUSINESSES WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PLANNING AND ZONING, I KNOW THAT YOU'VE SEEN ME AT A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEETING, I'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF PLANNING AND ZONING, AND I MEET WELL COMMUNITY PLANNING AS WELL, AND LIBBY AND CHARLES ARE HUGE TO HELP US GET TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE IF I CAN'T FIND THEM. AND THEN, MULTIPLE CANDIDATE FORMS AND WE ADVOCATE FOR BUSINESSES WITH YOUR STATE LEGISLATORS AS WELL.

[00:15:02]

>> ONE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS GROWING THE MEMBERSHIP, OF COURSE. WE HAVE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO REVIEW OUR MEMBER TIERS AND BENEFITS. I NOTICE THERE WAS CROSSOVER OF OUR LOWER TIER MEMBERS GETTING A LOT OF BENEFITS AND A OUR HIGHER TIER MEMBERS NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THOSE BENEFITS. WE HAVE A COMMITTEE TOGETHER TO REVIEW THOSE AND WE'RE TALKING TO SOME OF OUR TOP TIER MEMBERS TO SEE HOW WE CAN BETTER ALIGN THAT WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. WE BROUGHT ON A NEW BOOKKEEPER. SINCE DECEMBER. SO, THIS YEAR, WE BROUGHT ON THIS NEW BOOKKEEPER, SHE'S DONE AN AWESOME JOB TAKING CARE. FINANCES AND KEEPING EVERYTHING IN CHECK. NOT MUCH ON THE COLLECTION'S SIDE ANYMORE, SO, THAT'S A GOOD THING. WE'RE IN SEARCH OF A MEMBERSHIP SALES REP AT THE MOMENT. WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN MIND, AND THAT SHOULD COME TO FRUITION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. WE PROMOTE MEMBERS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, E-MAIL, WORD OF MOUTH, WE'RE SHARING INFORMATION OUT THERE, WE'RE WILL ABOUT TO START KICKING OFF IN NOVEMBER, AS A BEST OF ROWLETT ALL OF OUR MEMBERS WILL BE PART OF THAT.

AND IN THEIR CATEGORIES, AND SO, THERE'LL BE VOTING ON THAT AND YOU'LL SEE THAT SOON. WE REGULARLY CONNECT WITH MEMBERS ALL THE TIME THROUGH DIFFERENT SALES AND THROUGH OUR AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. MAKING CONNECTIONS AND NETWORKING AND WE'RE TALKING WITH OUR MEMBERS AND WE CONNECT WITH THEM AND INVITE THEM TO ALL OF YOUR PROGRAMS. WE'RE COMING OUT WITH A NEW CHAMBER DIRECTORY, WE GOT TALKS WITH A COMPANY CALLED "COMMUNITY MATTERS, WHO WORKS WITH OTHER CHAMBERS IN THE TEXAS AREA TO BRING OUT A DIRECTORY AND GUIDE WITH ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION FOR THE CHAMBER AND THE CITY. YOU SHOULD SEE SOMETHING ON THAT SOON. AND, THE FIRST EVER CHAMBER TRIP TO TUSCANY IS SCHEDULED, IT'S GREAT DISCOUNTS TO GET YOURSELF AND OTHERS TO GET OUT OF THE COUNTRY. I CAN'T TELL YOU A WHOLE LOT ABOUT IT NOW, TO BE ANNOUNCED, YOU'LL FIND OUT ABOUT THAT, BUT WE HAVE TIME TO BRING THAT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. IT'S GOING TO BE A

BIG DRAW. A LOT OF BUSINESSES WILL BE COLLABORATING FOR THAT. >> ONE OF THE OTHER STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES IN THERE, IS TOURISM. AND, MOST OF YOU HAVE HEARD US TALK ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO BE VERY INVOLVED WITH TOURISM IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT, AS THE CVB, WE WANT TO HELP DO WHAT'S BEST FOR ROWLETT. IN LIGHT OF THAT, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, I'VE BEEN ATTENDING TRAINING EVENTS, AND AT THE LAST ONE, THE TACVB, I COMPLETED THE LAST OF SIX REQUIREMENTS, THERE ARE SIX CERTIFICATIONS AND NOW TEXAS MARKETER DESIGNATION AND THAT WILL BE NEXT YEAR IN THE ANNUAL CONVERSATION IN AUGUST OF NEXT YEAR I'LL HAVE THAT DESIGNATION. WE HAVE A PRELIMINARY VISIT ROWLETT WEBSITE DESIGN. WE OWN THE DOMAIN NAME AND SEVERAL OTHERS.

ONE OF OUR MEMBERS HAS BEEN WORKING ON A WEBSITE. IT WON'T BE AS ROBUST AS MOST CVBS, OR VMOS WEBSITES, BECAUSE OF FUNDING. BUT, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO THAT. WE'RE ALWAYS REACHING OUT TO OTHER VENDORS AND OTHER SUPPLIERS, WITH THE KINDS OF THINGS THEY DO, BECAUSE, ULTIMATELY, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IN ROWLETT KNOWS WHAT KIND OF CVB OR DMO WE'RE GOING TO BE? ARE WE GOING TO BE SPORTS, SALES, MARKETING? I DON'T THINK WE KNOW. UNLESS YOU TALKED ABOUT IT IN SECRET AND FIGURED IT OUT ALREADY. I DON'T KNOW. BUT, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS AND TRYING TO GET THAT INFORMATION, AND WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO THE MAYOR AND OF COURSE, LIBBY AND THE CITY MANAGER AND TALKING WITH YOU MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WORKFORCE TALENT DEVELOPMENT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE FOR AWHILE AND WE'RE NOW FORMIZING THAT. WE PARTNERED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO HELP THEM FIND MENTORS FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND INTERNSHIPS FOR THE STUDENTS. RECENTLY WE CREATED A SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS SERIES, WITH EIGHT CLASSES, WITH LIBBY, WE CREATED EIGHT DIFFERENT CLASSES HELPING OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, AND IT'S GONE QUITE WELL AND WE'RE TAKING THAT FURTHER DOWN THERE'S A BULLET FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP. WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT SAME SERIES INTO ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL AS A POTENTIAL PILOT PROGRAM

[00:20:03]

>> OKAY. SAND PROVING OUR MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS. BUT, TAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT ABOUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IS THAT WE NEED TO PROMOTE OURSELVES AND LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT. THE NEW CHAMBER WEBSITE WAS LAUNCHED TO GET US SOME THINGS ON THAT. DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM IS A VIDEO TOUR THAT TALKS ABOUT EACH OF THESE AREAS AND THAT'S BEEN A BIG DRAW THERE TO HELP PROMOTE THE CHAMBER. WITH THE VIDEOS AND INTERACTIVE CONTENT AND SOCIAL MEDIA. PUTTING IT OUT THERE, HIGHLIGHTING A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS, WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY DO IT. LEADERSHIP ROWLETT PROGRAM WAS ENHANCED, WE HAD TO WITH LEADERSHIP 30, THAT WAS LAST YEAR'S CLASS. WE WANTED THE LEADERSHIP ALUMNI TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED IN WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR LEADERSHIP CLASSES. STARTING WITH LEADERSHIP CLASS 30, THAT ALUMNI WILL BE FOLDED INTO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE NEXT YEAR AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, SO, EACH YEAR WE HAVE MORE ALUMNI INVOLVED IN THE FACILITATING THE COMING YEAR.

SO, WE'RE IN GOOD, YOU KNOW, IT'S BUILDING MORE LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THIS

WAY. >> AND THAT PICTURE THERE IS A SCREENSHOT OF WHAT THE NEW HOME PAGE ON THE WEBSITE WILL LOOK LIKE. IT'S A LITTLE MORE MODERN, THE WEBSITE THAT WE HAVE

NOW IS DATED, SO, I WAS EXCITED TO GET STARTED ON THAT. >> AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT ON THE WEBSITE, EACH ONE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS, INDUSTRY, EDUCATION, THERE ARE SEPARATE VIDEOS WHICH TALK ABOUT THOSE AREAS OF THE CHAMBER AND WHAT CAN BE DONE AND WHAT IS

BEING DONE. >> AND REALLY, A GOOD SPOT FOR PEOPLE CURIOUS ABOUT ROWLETT, THEY CAN FIND OUT AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN ROWLETT, THE HEALTH CARE, SO, THERE'S STUFF ON THERE THAT THE HOSPITAL FILMED FOR US, AND THERE'S STUFF ABOUT OUR VETERINARIANS, THERE'S COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, THEY, THEY, THEY GOT PICTURES AND THINGS FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT NON-PROFITS THEY INCLUDED IN THERE. EDUCATION TALKS ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH EASTVILLE AND WITH GISD, AND SO OBJECT. SO, A REALLY GOOD SET OF VIDEOS,

[00:25:05]

>> COMMUNITY SYNERGY, THAT'S ANOTHER AREA, AND THAT'S JUST ABOUT PARTNERING, BEING A PART OF THE COMMUNITY, REACHING OUT AND COLLABORATING WITH THE COMMUNITY. WE MET WITH ROCKWALL COUNTY LEADERSHIP. HE MENTIONED EARLIER I'M ON THE STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP. ALSO ON THE GARLAND ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND REGIONALLY, ON THE NORTH TEXAS CHAMBER EXECUTIVES AND ALSO PARTICIPATED WITH THE REGIONAL CHAMBER COALITION, AND I'M CURRENTLY THE CHAIR OF OUR COAD. SO, JUST WAYS THAT WE'RE PARTICIPATING IN BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. I KNOW, SOME EXAMPLES WHERE TORI AND LIBBY GOT TOGETHER FOR COMMUNITY CENTER, THEY GOT TOGETHER AND DID A VIDEO AND PUT IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WE'VE HAD OTHER INSTANCES ON THAT WERE WE BROUGHT MEMBERS TOGETHER TO COLLABORATE AND HELP BOTH

MEMBERS. >> AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THE CHAMBER SPONSORS, OF COURSE, OUR LEADERSHIP ROWLETT. AND WE HAVE OUR ROWLETT PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S AND THE ROWLETT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS. WHEN WE SAY YOUNG, WE MEAN 40 AND BELOW. SRNL (INDISCERNIBLE) GOING REALLY WELL, PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S HAVE BEEN BRINGING IN GOOD SPEAKERS.

HAVE YOU GONE BEFORE?" >> I'M ON THE BOARD. >> BUT, IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM.

AND EVEN BETTER, THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS HAVE TAKEN OVER AND HAS NEW LEADERS IN THERE,

AND IT'S TAKING OFF WELL WITH THE ROWLETT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS. >> SO, JUST GOING BACK, AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE A CATALYST FOR BUSINESS GROWTH, AND A CHAMPION FOR A STRONGER COMMUNITY. AND ULTIMATELY, THE CHAMBER WANTS WHAT'S BEST FOR THE ROWLETT BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND WE BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY

QUESTIONS? >> . >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS?

COMMENTS? >> IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD. >> ESPECIALLY THE PHOTOGRAPHS,

THAT'S LOOK REALLY NICE. >>. [LAUGHTER]

. >> SO, YOU'RE GOING TO EXPAND THE CANDIDATE FORMS BETWEEN

STATE AND NATIONAL? >> WE'VE DONE STATE ONES BEFORE.

>> BUT NATIONAL? >> YES, THAT IS THE GOAL TO BRING IN AND ABSOLUTELY, BRING IN OUR NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND CANDIDATES FOR THAT AS WELL. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD, AT

SOME POINT ADD A TRIP TO DC. >> THAT WOULD BE NICE. >> I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT

TUSCANY. >> THAT'S GOING TO BE FUN. IT'S A NINE DAY, 7-NIGHT TRIP, TONS OF PROGRAMMING, INCLUDES ABOUT 10 OF THE MEALS, AND WHEN YOU HEAR THE PRICE, I'M WAITING ON ALL OF THAT TO BE FINALIZED, BUT THE PRICE WILL INCLUDE AIRFARE, IT'S A GOOD DEAL. AND

WE'RE EXCITED. >> I HAVE A COMMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, THANK YOU. I DO ATTEND A LOT OF THE LUNCHEONS, AND THE ONE TODAY WAS SIMPLE AWESOME. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY

THAT. (INDISCERNIBLE) >> I ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S, AND I'VE BEEN TO LEADERSHIP AS WELL. (INDISCERNIBLE)

>> YOU HAVE DONE AN AWESOME JOB. A LOT. BECAUSE, I KNOW WHAT IT WAS BEFORE WE HIRED WHAT

WAS GOING ON (INDISCERNIBLE). >> I SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO SAY THANKS FOR CALLING OUT ROCKWALL ISD, SOMETIMES THEY'RE FORGOTTEN, BECAUSE THEY'RE SUCH A SMALL PORTION OF OUR ISD, THE FACT THAT YOU'VE TAKEN THE TIME TO ENGAGE WITH THEM IT'S

WONDERFUL. >> AND WORKING WITH ROCKWALL COUNTY, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES AND ALL OF THAT, AND AYE GOTTEN TO KNOW A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE THERE, AND I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR THE TWO LAKE CITIES TO HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIP.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> ALL RIGHT. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: THANK YOU,

VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 3B,

[00:30:14]

ITEM? ALL RIGHT. ROBERT? >> . >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: I WAS GOING

TO SAY. OKAY. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? THE BUDGET? >> 3C.

>> . >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: I GOT YOU. CHARLIE RILEY, WHAT ITEM DO YOU

WANT TO SPEAK ON? >> IT SAYS 3C. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: I SEE IT.

[3B. Discuss amending the Fiscal Year 2022 Adopted Budget.]

>> GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL, I'M ROBERT CO-HAHN, I'M THE CITY'S BUDGET OFFICER AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT A PROPOSED AMENDMENT IN THE FISCAL YEAR YEAR, 2022 BUDGET. IN PRESENTATION SERVES AS THE SUMMARY FOR THE APPROVAL OF ACTION ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA. THE FIRST ITEM IS THE AMENDMENT TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. TOTALLED $23.54 MILLION ACROSS ALL BOND AND CASH FUNDED PROJECTS AND WAS INCREASED TO A TOTAL OF 23,563,936 IN AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. BUDGETS OF THIS SIZE AND SCOPE REQUIRE CONSTANT MONITORING AND ADJUSTMENT. AS PROJECTS FUNDED WITH PAST BOND ISSUES OR CAPITAL MAINTENANCE FUNDS A COMPLETED TO CAUSE NEW PRODUCTS TO BE INITIATED OR EXISTING PROJECTS TO CHANGE IN SCOPE. ALL THE CHANGES IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED BY COUNSEL. 462,518 WITH THE MAJORITY OF THAT FUNDING COMING FROM LAKE COUNTRY ESTATES PHASE TWO. MILLER PHASE TWO RAILROAD TRACK TO DALROCK INCREASED TO $125.4 MILLION IN FUNDING FROM THE WIDENING, AND $1 MILLION FROM IMPACT FEES. THE 3630 WATER LINE ALONG MERRICK ROAD CREATED WITH $833,000 OF IMPACT FEES. ROWLETT HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION PROJECT CREATED WITH 50 KNOUT IN DONATIONS. 990,517 DREAR DOLLARS IN ARPA FUNDING USED TO CREATE THE WATER LOOMING PROJECT. USED TO REPLACE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE SWITCHES AND $1.3 MILLION OF LANE ACQUISITION FUNDING WAS SET ASIDE FOR RESERVES. THE PROPOSED CIP BUDGET AMENDMENT WILL INCREASE THE CAPITAL BUDGET BY 3,000,138. NEXT UP IS MAINLY AN ACCOUNTING BOOKKEEPING ITEM, WE'VE RECEIVED BOTH TRANCHES AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING AND WE'LL RECOGNIZE RECEIPT OF THAT IN THE GENERAL FUND. PROJECTS AND THE UTILITY FUND CAPTAIN FRIDGES TO FUND THE PROJECCTS JUST MENTIONED. AND THE BALANCE OF THE REVENUE IS TRANSFERRED TO THE DISASTER FUND FROM WHERE IT WILL BE ALLOCATED AS PART OF THE 2023 BUDGET. AND THEN, FINALLY, WE'RE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO EXPENSE AND REVENUE TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND AND THE EMPLOYEE BENEFIT FUND. OVERAGES IN PROFE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. FOR THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND WE WILL BE INCREASING BENEFIT PAYMENT EXPENSE BY $500,000 AND INCREASING OTHER REVENUE BY $500,000. THE $500,000 IN BENEFIT PAYMENT ARE THE RESULT OF HIGHER THAN EXPECTED CLAIMS AND THE $500,000 IN OTHER REVENUE IS AS A RESULT OF A NUMBER OF LARGE CLAIMS. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON THE FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022. I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: SO, I HAVE ONE QUESTION ON NUMBER TWO OF THE PACKET, IT STATES THAT WE COVERED THE MERELY $7 MILLION PROJECT COST INCREASE FOR MILLER ROAD WITH OVER $5 MILLION IN PROJECTED SAVINGS FROM CHIESA ROAD, SO, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE, IF MILLER ROAD INCREASED BY $7 MILLION, CHIESA, I WOULD ASSUME WOULD SEE A MUCH HIGHER INFLATION COST? MAY BE I'M

[00:35:06]

MISSING OUT. >> I THINK THAT HAD TO DO WITH DALLAS COUNTY MONEY. REMEMBER,

DALLAS COUNTY WILL PAY US AT THE BACK END OF THE PROJECT. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: FOR CHIESA

OR MILLER? >> MILLER. SO, WE'RE PULLING MONEY FROM CHIESA TO FINISH THE MILLER PROJECT AS A TIMING ISSUE, THEN THE MONEY WILL BE USED FOR CHIESA WHEN WE GET REIMBURSED. AND THERE'S INFLATION IN THERE, BUT THAT'S THE PRIMARY.

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: SO THAT $7 MILLION IS IT SOLELY (INDISCERNIBLE)

>> THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. >> WE CAN BORROW THE MONEY, BUT THEN WE'RE PAYING INTEREST AND

THAT. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: OKAY. THAT'S A GOOD ANSWER, COUNCIL,

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: THAT WAS EASY. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM -- THEY WERE SCHEDULED FOR 30 MINUTES.

>> YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: OUR NEXT ITEM IS 3C, DISCUSS A PROPOSAL

[3C. Discuss a proposal to create a Lakefront Advisory Committee.]

YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENT. >> SURE, IN THE GREAT CITY OF ROWLETT, CHARLIE RILEY.

>> COULD YOU STAND? >> SURE. >> STILL FROM THE GREAT CITY OF ROWLETT. AND CHARLIE RILEY IS MY NAME AND I LIVE ON (INDISCERNIBLE) DRIVE. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT 3C, I'M VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF IT. I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING, I HAVE A SHORT READ HERE. I'M IN FAVOR OF ROWLETT HAVING A LAKEFRONT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I THINK IT WOULD HELP ROWLETT WITH LAKE FRONT ISSUES BY PROVIDING INSIGHTFUL FEEDBACK AND GUIDANCE FROM PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG LAKE RAY HUBBARD SHORE LINE. I THINK THAT'S SMART. I FEEL LIKE ALL LAKE FRONT PROPERTY OWNERS SHOULD BE REPRESENTED ON THE ADVISORY BOARD WITH A CAVEAT, SO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, APARTMENTS AND COMMERCIAL. I THINK THAT THE CAVEAT WOULD BE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE REPRESENTATION PROPORTIONAL TO THE ACTUAL TOTAL SHORELINE PERCENTAGE. THAT SEEMS LIKE COMMON SENSE TO ME. SO, SINGLE FAMILY HOME WOULD HAVE AT ADVISORY THAT WOULD MUCH THE PERCENT OF THEIR STATE OF ROWLETT NONLAKE FRONT SHORELINE CALL OUT, THE IMMEDIATE BENEFIT THAT WOULD HELP US IS THAT LAKEFRONT ADVISORY COMMITTEE COULD HELP ADVICE THE CITY ON POSSIBLE CONFLICTS WITH CONTRACTS. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE SMART AND WISE. SO,

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I'LL RETURN SOME SECOND. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT COMMENT IS FROM DAVE

HALL. ON ITEM 3C. >> CAN THE MICS PICK UP EVERYTHING FROM HERE IN

>> DAVE HOLL, I LIVE IN ROWLETT, BETWEEN 15-20 YEARS AGO, A GROUP OF ROWLETT GIRL'S SCOTTS, GROUP 2456 BECAME INTERESTED IN KAYAKS AND THE LAID'S OF 456 DEVELOP ADD PROGRAM AND BADGE FOR BROWNIES, THEY TAKE IT TO THE COUNCIL AS YOU COULD IMAGINE THEY WERE NERVOUS PRESENTING IN FRONT OF ALL THE OLD ADULT PEOPLE. SO, WE SENT AN ADULT MEMBER FROM THE UNITED STATES CANOE AND KAYAK TEAM TO ASSIST ONLY IF NEEDED. THE PROGRAM WAS HANDLED ENTIRELY BY THE YOUNG LAIDERS, AND IT WENT NATIONAL. I SUPPOSE NOW YOU WOULD SAY IT WENT VIRAL.

THE LADIES OF TROOP 456 CONTINUED TO OFFER PADDLE SPORTS SAFETY PROGRAMS THEY FOUND AN INDOOR HEATED POOL IN ROCKWALL WHERE THEY WERE WELCOMED WITH THEIR WATER SAFETY PROGRAMS AND THEN THEY WERE WELCOMED BY GRAPEVINE AND TEXAS SPORTS AND WILD LIFE. MULTIPLE YEARS. OUT DOOR KID'S ADVENTURE DAYS, IT WAS A MULTIDAY PARTNERED EVENT PROVIDED BY GRAPEVINE, TO SHOW KIDS FUN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. (INDISCERNIBLE) COMMUTE FROM ROWLETT. THE LAST EVENING, THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE PRESENTED THE LADIES OF A PROCLAMATION THANKING THEM WITH THEIR HELP AND SUPPORT OF OUTDOOR PADDLE SPORTS ACTIVITIES. ALL ANNOUNCED WITH GRAPEVINE AND

[00:40:09]

ROWLETT'S CHILDREN SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO TO ANOTHER CITY ON ANOTHER LAKE TO BUILD THESE EXPERIENCES. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LAKEFRONT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL GO A LONG WAY TO FIX THIS LOSS. THE RESIDENTS ADVOCATED FOR THIS ADVISORY BOARD HAVE BEENAL AND WELL ORGANIZED. VOTE YES, WE NEED THIS BOARD. THE YOUNG LADIES ARE NOW APPROACHING THE AGE SAYS OF 30S, THEY OCCASIONALLY STILL SHOW UP AT MY FACILITY AND CONTINUE TO OFFER AN OUTSTANDING

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE ON THE WATER. VOTE YES. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: THANK YOU,

OUR NEXT COMMENT CARD IS FROM STEPHANIE HIGGINS. >> STEPHANIE HIGGINS. I WANT TO SAY THAT THE LAKEFRONT ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY. IT WILL BRING DIFFERENT INSIGHT AND VIEWS FOR THE PROJECTS GOING ON AROUND THE LAKE AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE KAYAK TRAIL. TRNL I KNOW THAT I'LL BE INVOLVED IN THE KAYAK SHOP THAT HAS TO DO WITH VETERANS AS WELL AS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. AND OUR PROGRAM WILL BE GROWING MORE NEXT YEAR. I KNOW THAT ANY BUSINESSES OR ANYTHING GOING IN AND AROUND THE LAKE WILL NEED ADVISEMENT ON IT, AND I THINK THAT THE LAKEFRONT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WOULD BE A GREAT INPUT FOR THAT. (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: THANK YOU. AND, OUR NEXT COMMENT CARD IS FROM STEVEN HORITS.

>> HI, I'M STEVE HORWITS, WE'VE TALKED MANY TIMES, MANY OF US HAVE COME IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL TO EXPLAIN THE UNIQUENESS OF THOSE OF US WHO LIVE ON THE LAKE. I CAN CERTAINLY VOUCH FOR THE FACT, MOVING HERE IN 2013, I CAN FOR SURE TELL YOU MY REALTOR HAD NO IDEA. AND IT'S BEEN QUITE A LEARNING PROCESS. FORTUNATELY, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S A LOT OF ORIGINAL RESIDENTS. MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS (INDISCERNIBLE)

>> 94567, THE HOMES WERE BUILT AND TALKING TO THEM, THEY STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LAKEFRONT PROPERTIES. AND JUST BECAUSE OF THE RESEARCH THAT I'VE DONE, I'M TRYING TO GET MY KNOWLEDGE UP WITH THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, WHICH IS THE AGREEMENT FOR EVERYONE HERE, BETWEEN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND ALL THE CITIES THAT HAVE PROPERTY ON THE LAKE. AND THEN THERE'S AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN EACH CITY AND US, THE HOMEOWNERS. AND THERE'S EVEN MORE UNIQUENESS, BECAUSE MY WIFE AND I AND OUR SON, WE LIVE IN THE ROCKWALL COUNTY PART OF ROWLETT, SO, THERE'S MORE UNIQUENESS TO THAT LAKEP FRONT PROPERTY LIVING THERE. CLEARLY, WAY BACK WHEN, THEY THOUGHT IT P NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH A LAKEFRONT COMMITTEE. I LOOKED THROUGH OLD RESOLUTIONS, LITERALLY CLICKING ONE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES, ONE AT A TIME. I CAN'T FIND ANYWHERE THAT THAT COMMITTEE WAS EVEN DISSOLVED, I WOULD LOVE SOMEBODY ON THE COUNCIL TO INVESTIGATE THAT FURTHER WITH A BETTER SKILL SET THAN I HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. CLEARLY, THERE WAS A REASON AT THAT TIME TO ESTABLISH IT SO THEY COULD DRAW THE PROPER LINES. BUT, ALSO WE NEED MORE NOW WHITE HOUSE THIS PROPERTY IS JUST SO UNIQUE AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE INPUT OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE LAKE. SO, THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. PLEASE VOTE FOR ESTABLISHING

THAT COMMITTEE. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, IT'S YOUR'S, DEB.

>> OKAY. >> OKAY. AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A VERY LONG TIME. SOMETHING THAT I AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LAKEFRONT HOMEOWNERS GROUP WERE TALKING ABOUT MORE THAN A YEAR AGO. ACTUALLY, SINCE AT LEAST APRIL OF 2021. AND, IT REALLY CAME ABOUT NO RESPONSE TO THE MAY 2021 BOND ELECTION WHEN THE FUNDING FOR LAKEFRONT TRAILS, WAS ONE OF THE THINGS MENTIONED AS BEING SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE FUNDED BY THAT PARK'S BOND. AND, MANY OF THE LAKEFRONT HOMEOWNERS WERE SURPRISED BY THIS. BECAUSE, WE WERE LEASING THOSE TAKE AREAS BEHIND OUR HOMES. IT WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING

[00:45:06]

(INDISCERNIBLE) >> ALLOW THEM TO PRESENT TO CITY COUNCIL WITH ADVICE, IT WOULD BE PURELY ADVICE. WE SEE THE LAKEFRONT AS ONE OF THE CITY'S BIGGEST ASSETS, JUST LIKE THE GOLF COURSE IS A CITY ASSET, JUST LIKE THE PARKS ARE CITY ASSETS. AND WE HAVE COMMITTEES ON THOSE THINGS. AND WE FEEL LIKE A LAKEFRONT ADVISORY COMMITTEE COULD DO THE SAME THING FOR LAKEFRONT STAKEHOLDER, WHICH IS NOT JUST THE LAKEFRONT HOMEOWNERS THAT WD BE THE BIGGEST GROUP BUT ALSO OWNERS OF LAKEFRONT BUSINESSES AND THE USERS OF THE LAKE AND THE CITIES OF DALLAS AND ROWLETT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO, WHAT WOULD THE MISSION AND OBJECTIVES BE? WELL, THIS COMMITTEE WOULD REPRESENT THE INTEREST OF LAKEFRONT STAKEHOLDER, ALL OF THOSE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. KEEP THE LAKEFRONT OWNERS AWARE OF NEW LAWS AND DEVELOPMENTS, AND SO FORTH, PERTAINING TO THE LAKEFRONT AND IMPACTING THEM.

PROVIDE THE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE OF THOSE CLOSE TO THE LAKE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING LAKEFRONT PROPERTY. AND RECOGNIZE THE EMOTIONAL AND PERSONAL INVESTMENT THAT THOSE OF US WHO ARE ON THE LAKE ALL THE TIME HAVE. WE WANT TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY, THE BEAUTY, AND THE SAFETY OF THE LAKEFRONT. I MENTIONED THE INVESTMENT OF TIME AND MONEY, NOT JUST IN BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS, BUT IN MAINTENANCE, LANDSCAPING AND SO FORTH. THE LAKEFRONT OWNERS KIND OF WATCH OUT FOR EACH OTHER. WE REPORT CARP MILL -- CAMP MILLER, MAY BE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OR AT LEAST NOT GOOD

[00:50:16]

(INDISCERNIBLE) >> THE CLEANING OF THE LAKE, AND THAT KIND OF THING. AND, FINALLY, TO INFORM THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY STAFF REGARDING ANY LAKEFRONT IMPACT ISSUES THAT COME UP. BUS WE'RE THE FIRST ONES TO SEE NEW PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY BECOME BIGGER PROBLEMS WITH THE ONES WHO SAW CAMP MILLER TURNING INTO A PROBLEM WHERE PEOPLE WERE CAMPING OVERNIGHT.

AND BUILDING BIG BONFIRES AND THAT KIND OF THING. WE'RE THE FIRST TO SEE WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF TRASH IN THE LAKE, WHEN THERE'S A DIE OFF OF THE FISH IN THE LAKE. SO MANY THINGS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH IN LIVING 18 YEARS ON THE LAKE FOR MY HUSBAND AND I. AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE LONGER THAN THAT. AND WE'RE BETTER ABLE TO ANTICIPATE THE UNATTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THINGS LIKE TRAILS, PLANS TO PUT THE TRAILS ALONG THE LAKEFRONT BEHIND THOSE PROPERTIES. SO, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SUCH A COMMITTEE WOULD DO. ANOTHER THING THAT THEY COULD DO AND THIS GREW OUT OF THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NEW TAKE AREA REGULATION ORDINANCE. IT WOULD BE TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW AND ADVISE REGARDING ANY NEW ORDINANCES THAT EFFECT THE TAKE PROPERTIES OR THE LAKEFRONT IN GENERAL. AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT WHEN IT SITS AS THE TAKE WHY ARE APPEALS BOARD REGARDING REQUESTS FOR VARIANCES TO THOSE TAKE AREA REGULATIONS. THE LAKEFRONT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WOULD BE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE STUDIED THE ILA, WHO HAVE STUDIED ALL THE ORDINANCES, AND WHO HAVE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE TO THE IMPACT OF THIS ON THEM WHO CAN LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, FOR INSTANCE, OKAY THIS SAYS, UM, YOU CAN'T REMOVE ANY VEGETATION. WELL, TECHNICALLY, THAT MEANS YOU COULDN'T MOW THE TAKE AREA, BECAUSE THE GRASS IS VEGETATION. SO, TO GET THAT WORDING RIGHT, I THINK, IS IMPORTANT. WE TALKED IN THAT, FORMER MEETING ABOUT WHETHER THIS SHOULD BE A STANDING COMMITTEE OR AN AD HOC COMMITTEE. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO, AN AD HOC COMMITTEE IS FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S WHAT THAT ORIGINAL COMMITTEE THAT STEVE MENTIONED WAS, IT WAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DRAWING BOUNDARY LINES. AN AD HOC COMMITTEE WHEN IT'S PURPOSE IS FULFILLED, IT'S AUTOMATICALLY, IS OFF. WE'RE LOOKING FOR A STANDING COMMITTEE BECAUSE THE LAKE AND LAKEFRONT ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND THE ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE LAKEFRONT PROPERTIES ARE ON GOING. AND A REALLY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS COMMITTEE AND OBJECTIVE OF THIS COMMITTEE WOULD BE TO FACILITATE THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE LAKEFRONT OWNERS AND THE CITY.

AND THAT HAS TO BE AN ON GOING THING. NOT JUST A ONE-TIME THING. NIECE ARE SOME OF THE GOVE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND DAVID WILL BE PART OF ADVISING US ON THIS. THE NEW TAKE AREA REGULATION ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE NOT PASSED YET. BUT, UM, THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HANDBOOK, OF COURSE, WOULD GOVERN THE COMMITTEES THAT DOES ALL THE OTHER COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS. WHAT WOULD BE THE MAKEUP OF THIS COMMITTEE? WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE.

THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION, AND OF COURSE, ALL OF THIS IS OPEN TO DISCUSSION. NOT JUST THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE. BUT, THIS SUGGESTION, TALKING WITH SOME OF THE OTHER LAKEFRONT HOMEOWNERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS IS TO HAVE 6-8 VOTING MEMBERS. TO HAVE A STANDARD, GOOD NUMBER FOR COMMITTEE. YOU GET MUCH MORE THAN THAT, AND IT BECOMES COMPLICATED AND YOU GET BOGGED DOWN IN LOTS OF CLUTTER SOMETIMES. SO, THIS PROPOSAL, AND AGAIN, ALL OPEN TO DISCUSSION, THREE RESIDENTIAL TAKE AREAS SUBLEASESIES, ONE OR TWO LAKEFRONT BUSINESS OWNERS, ONE OR TWO LAKEFRONT FAMILY HOUSING REPRESENTATIVES, ONE OR TWO CITIZENS-AT-LARGE, WE WANT TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE WHO USE THE LAKE BUT WHO DO NOT LIVE ON THE LAKE. AND A STAFF LIAISON,

[00:55:07]

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. MY FIRST QUESTION IS, UM, DOING RESEARCH IN OTHER AREAS, HAVE YOU SEEN ANY OTHER TYPES OF SIMILAR GROUPS AS THIS IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES? NOT JUST IN THE AREA, BUT ACROSS THE STATE OR ANY LAKE?

>> I HAVE GOSH, I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THAT WITH ME. BUT NOT THIS LAKE. NOT IN REGARD TO THIS LAKE. BUT, IN SOME LAKES IN SOME OTHER AREAS, AND THEY WERE NOT IN TEXAS. BUT, YEAH, I

HAVE SEEN SOME AND I CAN GET THAT STUFF FOR YOU. >> I THINK THE SUGGESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE GENERAL HEALTH OF THE LAKE. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A PERSONAL BENEFIT TO THE PEOPLE LIVING ALONG THE LAKE SHORE AND MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY AND TAKING CARE OF THE LAKESHORE ITSELF. I SEE PEOPLE DRIVE ACROSS OUR BRIDGES ALL THE TIME, AND STUFF BLOWS OFF THE BACK OF PICKUPS AND BLOWS INTO OUR LAKE. HOW CAN WE TRY AND MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF THAT HAPPENING? YOU MENTIONED CAMP MILLER, I THINK THAT'S A BIG ONE. PEOPLE DISRESPECTING THE LAKE. WE HAVE A LOT OF FISHERMEN THAT SIT ALONG MILLER AND FISH, AND IF THEY'RE NOT TAKING THEIR TRASH WITH THEM, THAT'S A BE PROBLEM. AND NOBODY RESPECTS THAT MORE THAN DAVE BECAUSE HE'S HEAVILY IMPACTED BY THAT. THE LAKEFRONT HOMEOWNERS HAVE YOUR PIECE, AND YES IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR PIECE BUT IT'S AN ECOSYSTEM AS YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION. FOR ME, PERSONALLY, I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA, BRINGING A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE TO THE TABLE TO DISCUSS CHALLENGES AND WITH SOLUTIONS, YOU KNOW, UP - FARMING THAT OUT TO AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I THINK, THAT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA, BECAUSE IT'S A HUGE ASSET OF THE CITY AND WE

NEED TO PROTECT IT. >> AND I KNOW THE PRINCIPLE STAKEHOLDER ARE THE LAKEFRONT PEOPLE. I DID APPRECIATE THAT YOU SAID THIS WERE NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED NOT JUST TO THE LAKEFRONT OWNERS. BECAUSE, IT'S ALL THE CITIZENS, AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE MAP, YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF HOUSES AROUND THE LAKE, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE NOT ON THE LAKE.

SO, MAYBE, AND THIS IS MAYBE THIS IS JUST ME, LAKEFRONT MAY BE, I DON'T LIKE THE NAME BECAUSE IT IMPLIES EXCULSIVITY TO JUST THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON THE LAKE. SO, IF IT WERE SOMETHING ALONG THAT LANE THAT'S INCLUSIVE OF THE WHOLE CITY, I WOULD FEEL BETTER. OTHERWISE, PEOPLE ARE THINK WHY DOES JUST THE LAKEFRONT PEOPLE HAVE THEIR OWN ADVISORY SUPPORT GROUP. I WOULD HAVE THE HOMESTEAD LIBERTY FOLKS ASK FOR THEIR OWN ADVISORY. I'M TRYING TO AVOID THAT. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT, IN PRINCIPLE, BUT, JUST, MAY BE THE NAME. CONVEYS,

MAY BE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF THING. >> YEAH.

>> I'M SORRY. >> NO, TO ME, IT, IT'S TALKING ABOUT USE OF THE LAKE FRONT.

THE LAKEFRONT, VERSUS THE LAKE ITSELF WHICH DALLAS HAS JURISDICTION OVER AND ROWLETT DOESN'T. NOT JUST THE TAKE AREAS THAT ARE SUBLEASED, BUT, THE LAKEFRONT, EVERYWHERE, BEHIND THE BUSINESSES AND BEHIND THE MULTIFAMILY AREAS, EVEN AT THE PARKS AND THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE PARK'S BOARD. NOW, I UNDERSTAND, I HAD THOUGHT ABOUT

THAT, IMPLYING SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY, AND I'M OPEN TO -- >> ABSOLUTELY. LIKE I SAID,

EVERYTHING IS OPEN TO DISCUSSION. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: I THOUGHT THE NAME WAS THE TAKELINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND I THOUGHT, MAY BE IT SHOULD BE LAKEFRONT. AND I SEE THAT'S LAKEFRONT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I WAS THINKING THAT LAKEFRONT,

[01:00:02]

COULD HAVE MEANT ANYTHING. >> THE TAKELINE WOULD HAVE MEANT JUST THE TAKE LINE

RESIDENTS. BUT, LAKEFRONT TO ME SO MORE BROUGHT THAN THAT. >> HOW MUCH PUBLIC SHORELINE DO

WE ACTUALLY HAVE? >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: I MEAN, WE HAVE LAKESIDE PARK, LAKEFRONT AT

PECAN ROW. AND THE SCENIC WOOD PARK. >> THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PARKS ON EITHER SIDE, THEY'RE SMALL LOTS. NOT MUCH, UNFORTUNATELY. I AGREE WITH YOU, MIKE, AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA WHAT YOU'VE COME UP WITH, AND WE NEED TO LEARN FROM THAT. I THINK OTHER CITIES AROUND HERE CAN LEARN FROM A GROUP LIKE THIS. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH MIKE, IF THAT IS A CITY BOARD AND COMMISSION, AND I COULD SEE THIS HAVING, LIKE, JEFF WAS SAYING, TALKING ABOUT TRASH COMING OUT, THIS COULD HAVE BROADER INFLUENCE WORKING WITH KRD IT NEED TO HAVE EQUAL REPRESENTATIONTATION. SO, MY ONLY RECOMMENDTATION WOULD BE THAT YOU HAVE ON THERE TWO TO THREE MEMBERS OF LAKE SIDE PROPERTY OWNERS AND TWO MEMBERS OF THIS. MY MEMBER SUNSHINE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE EQUAL NUMBERS OF LAKE SIDE OTHER THANES AND NONLAKE SIDE OTHER THANES, AND THE BUSINESSES. I LIKE THAT IDEA. AND ONE OF TO HAVE PEOPLE VOTING MEMBERSHIP RIGHTS ON THERE. BECAUSE IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A CITY BOARD OR COMMISSION, THERE MAY BE TIMES OF MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BRAINCHILD OF THIS GROUP CAME OUT BECAUSE OF PURE ADVOCACY, AND PURE CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC, IT WAS DEMOCRACY WORKING THE WAY IT SHOULD WORK. BUT THAT'S NOT A CITY BOARD OR COMMISSION WHICH COULD HAVE AN UNBIASSED TENT TO IT. IF IT'S HEAVILY WEIGHTED TO ONE SEGMENT. SO, IF IT'S GOING TO BE THAT, I WOULD RECOMMEND, AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, LET'S TWEAK THE MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS SO THAT WE HAVE EQUAL.

AND THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE SAME MEMBER OF VOTING MEMBERS WITH THE LIKE SIDE OWNERS AND NONLAKE SIDE OWNERS. AND THAT WAY YOU HAVE A TRUE RECOMMENDING BODY SPEAKING TO THE COUNCIL. I

THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. >> I AGREE WITH MATT AND YOU PUT SIX TO EIGHT. WE NEED AN

ODD NUMBER. >> OH, THAT'S TRUE. >> OF VOTING NUMBERS. LIKE

CITY STAFF. >> AND LIKE MATT, I WANT EQUAL. >> I KNOW, YOU SAID SIX TO EIGHT

MEMBERS THERE. >> IF YOU HAD (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> WE NEED AN ODD NUMBER FOR VOTING. >> SO ME, THE TERM LAKEFRONT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, TO ME DOESN'T ILLICIT A FEELING THAT IT'S EXCLUSIVE TO LAKEFRONT

HOMEOWNERS. >> OH, I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE WITH THE COMMENTS.

>> I'M USED TO BRIAN. >> SEE, WE WOULD GET ALONG. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: OKAY. SO, I

WANTED -- >> NOW, I ALSO WANTED TO SAY, IS THAT, WE JUST LIKE YOU HAD THE REFERENCE OF THE GOLF COURT, THEY HAVE MEMBERS COMING FROM VARIOUS POINTS OF THE CITY,

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE. SO, THE ARTS AND HUMANITY. >> BUT, I WOULD SAY MOST OF

THOSE MEMBERS ARE GOLFERS. >> (INDISCERNIBLE)

>> I COULD HIT A BALL. AND AIM AFRAID OF SNAKES, SO, YOU WON'T SEE ME OVER THERE. IF I SEE A SNAKE, I'M OUT. STUFF LIKE THAT, I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT'S EQUAL. BECAUSE, THE

CITIZENS, THE 65,000 PLUS CITIZENS PAYS TAXES. >> I UNDERSTAND. AND THAT'S

WHY I SAID -- >> AND I DISAGREE WITH THAT. >> WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST?

>> ANYTHING BUT LAKEFRONT. IT'S SAYING IT RIGHT THERE. WE HAVE A WILL THE OF COMMUNITIES WHICH BACK UP TO THE LAKE. AND LIKE MIKE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT

PEOPLE ASKING FOR THE SAME THING. >> LAKESHORE?

>> SOMETHING. OTHER THAN JUST LAKEFRONT. >> BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF

[01:05:01]

>> ON THE LEFT. >> WELL, WE'LL THINK OF THAT, WE CAN TWEAK IT.

>> I WOULD SAY THAT WOULD BE THE CASE IF IT WAS THE TAKE LINE ADVISORY BOARD. BUT, THE

LAKEFRONT TO ME IS GENERIC. >> ANYONE THAT USES THE LAKEFRONT.

>> I JUST HAVE A PROBLEM (INDISCERNIBLE) >> .

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER HAVING AN EVEN OR TRY TO BE A LITTLE MORE EVEN ON THE MEMBERSHIP STRUCTURE WITH THE LAKEFRONT OR, TAKE LINE SUBLEASERS, AND RESIDENCES AT LARGE. BUT, OVERALL, IT'S A REALLY GOOD PROPOSAL. AND, UM, I THINK YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE SITTING ON A LAKE, HAVING SOME MORE FOCUSED ATTENTION ON OUR GREAT ASSET. WE'LL DO NO HARM. SO, UM, AND, PERSONALLY, I'M -- I SEE THE LAKEFRONT ADVISORY

COMMITTEE AS A PROBLEM. BUT, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. SO. >> SO, WHAT WOULD THE NEXT STEP

BE? >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: WELL, I THINK THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A CONSENSUS. SO, THAT WOULD BE WHETHER WE AGREE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMITTEE.

I GUESS, THE NAME. AND THEN, UM, THE MEMBERSHIP STRUCTURE, SO, LIKE IT'S THREE DECISION

POINTS. SO, UM, WE'LL START WITH YOU? >> I'M IN FAVOR OF IT, THE LAKEFRONT NAME DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A DECISION EITHER WAY, AN OPINION EITHER WAY ON THAT, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO TWEAK THE MEMBERS OF THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EQUAL REPRESENTATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO BOATING. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE 12 MEMBERS AND THERE ARE SEVEN BOATING MEMBERS AND YOU HAVE LAKEFRONT OWNERS, I'M OKAY WITH THAT, AS LONG AS THE VOTING MEMBERS ARE THE SAME. THAT WAS MY RECOMMENDATION, IF WE COULD PULL THAT OFF, I'M ALL

FOR IT. >> . >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: SORRY, I'M

TRYING TO COUNT HOW WE WOULD STRUCTURE. >> DO YOU HAVE THAT SLIDE WHERE

YOU HAD THAT INFORMATION? >> . >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: PRETTY MUCH WHAT HE SAID. I DO LIKE THE NAME, LAKEFRONT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BALANCED NUMBER OF REPRESENTATION FROM TAKE LINE AND CITIZENS-AT-LARGE IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. WHO KNOWS, WE MAY PUBLISH THE APPLICATION AND WE DON'T GET THE INTEREST THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE TAKE LINE LEASEORS, AND TO ME THAT'S OKAY. THOSE

WERE THE DECISION POINTS. >> I AGREE WITH IT. I'M NOT MARRIED TO THE NAME EITHER WAY.

IF THAT'S A NAME THAT CAUSES PEOPLE TO MISCONTRUE THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMUNITY, THEN, I THINK

YOU CHANGE IT. >> TO WHAT? >> I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T HAVE

AN ANSWER TO THAT. >> JUST LLAKE ADVISORY COMMITTEE? .

>> LAKESHORE ADVISORY COMMITTEE? . >> THANK YOU STEPHANIE.

>> I THINK THAT'S YOUR ANSWER. >> I DON'T SEE HOW IT DIFFERS FROM THE LAKEFRONT, BUT.

>> AS FAR AS THE MAKEUP. >> BUT THAT'S FINE. >> AS FAR AS YOUR VOTING

MEMBERS, I CAN'T ARGUE WITH WHAT MATT SAID. >> THIS SUGGESTION WAS MADE BASED ON THE INPUT OF A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE INTERESTED IN INPUTTING WERE PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, TAKE AREA SUBLEASES, AND MEAN OF THEM WERE CONCERNED THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE TAKE AREA SUBLEASES, THAN THERE ARE BUSINESS OWNERS AND MULTIFAMILY AND SUCH THAT WOULD BE PROPORTIONAL. BUT, I THINK THAT THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE GET THE COMMITTEE SET UP, NOT QUIBBLING OVER HOW MANY OF THIS OR THAT. I WOULDN'T BE HAPPY IF THE LAKEFRONT I MEAN, TAKE AREA OF SUBLEASES WOULD BE ESTABLISHED.

>> AS SOON AS THIS BECOMES A CITY BOARD, THEN IT HAS TO HAVE THAT REPRESENTATION FROM THE ENTIRE CITY. SO, YOU DON'T NEED THIS TO START SOMETHING IF YOU WANTED IT TO BE THAT GROUP.

[01:10:02]

>> AND THAT GROUP WILL BE INTERACTIVE WITH THIS GROUP, I'M SURE.

>> I WOULD HOPE SO, YEAH, 100%. >> SO, I AGREE WITH THE PRINCIPLE, AND I LIKE THE NAME LAKESHORE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND AS LONG AS WE COMMUNICATE THIS THING OUT AND IT'S COMMUNICATED IN SUCH A FASHION THAT THIS IS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY AND IT'S NOT THE EXCLUSIVE TO JUST PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THE SHORE. SO, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS.

>> (INDISCERNIBLE) >> .

[3D. Discuss amending the City’s current ordinance regarding Streets, Sidewalks and Other Public Ways.]

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE HAVE A CONSENSUS. AND THE NEXT ITEM IS DISCUSS AMENDING THE CITY'S CURRENT ORDINANCE REGARDING STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND OTHER PUBLIC WAYS. DOES ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I THINK CHIEF MILLER AND AND CHIEF DENN.

>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, MAYOR, (INDISCERNIBLE)

>> SAYING THAT CAMP MILLER WAS NOT NAMED AFTER ME, NOR DO I ENDORSE CAMP MILLER. BUT, WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS TONIGHT IS POTENTIAL REVISION TO OUR STREETS, SIDEWALK, AND OTHER PUBLIC WAYS. AND BASICALLY, AT IT'S CORE IT'S A SET OF SAFETY REVISIONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE. 2021 WE DID A 24-HOUR TRAFFIC STUDY OF THE TWO MAJOR NORTH, SOUTH, AND EAST WEST, THOROUGH FARES THROUGH ROWLETT. THAT GIVES YOU A FEEL OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE PASSING THROUGH OUR CITY ON A DAILY BASIS. AND THIS WAS IN 2021, SO KEEP IN MIND, THESE NUMBERS MAY BE REDUCED BECAUSE OF COVID, IT'S REASONABLE TO ASSUME ALL FOUR OF THESE NUMBERS ARE HIGHER TODAY THAN THEY WERE BACK THEN. SO, PART OF OUR JOB AS A PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY IS TO MAINTAIN SAFE AND EFFICIENT TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGH THE CITY AND SOME OF THE DEVICES AND THINGS THAT EFFECT THAT SAFE AND EFFICIENT TRAFFIC FLOW ARE THINGS LIKE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMES, MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, DISABILITIED MOTOR VEHICLES IN THE ROADWAY. AND A NEW THING IS FOLKS SOLICITITYING FROM THE ROADWAY MEDIAN. WE HAVE FOLKS COMING OUT INTO THE ROADWAY OR SOLICITING FROM THE MEDIAN FOR DONATIONS OR SALES, OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. AND THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN AND THIS GUY'S STILL OUT IN TRAFFIC OR STILL INTERACTING WITH THE FIRST PERSON IN LINE. AND IT AFFECTS THE EFFICIENT FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND SAFETY. WE LOOK AT CRASH DATA FROM JANUARY 2020 TO APRIL 2022, THERE WERE 33 CRASHES THAT RESULTED IN A VEHICLE SLIDING WITH OR CROSSING OVER A MEDIAN. THAT EXCLUDES THE I-30 WRECKS THAT HIT THE RETAINING WALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE CRASHES WERE FOUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, AND THAT CREATES A HAZARD FOR ANYONE THAT OCCUPIES THE MEDIANS. WE SEE PEOPLE NOT ONLY SOLICITING IN THE MEDIANS, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE SLEEPING THERE AND GENERALLY LOITERING, THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING, BUT THEY'RE IN THE MEDIANS. SO, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS PROTECT THEM. SO, WE MADE REVISIONS TO CHAPTER 54, AND SOME OF THEM ARE MOSTLY IN THE DEFINITION. WE TOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE SOME THINGS REGARDING CONTAINER BOXES WHICH WE GENERALLY THINK OF AS PERIODICAL, DISTRIBUTION BOXES. WE THOUGHT WE WOULD UPDATE THAT VERBIAGE AND CLARIFY AS BEST WE CAN. WE DEFINED CONTAINER BOX, PERIODICAL, AND WE HAD TO DEFINE THE CENTER MEDIAN, HOW HIGH IS IT? AND WE HAD TO DEFINE WHAT IT MEANS (INDISCERNIBLE) SO, THE PROPOSAL IS THAT WE REVISE SECTION 54116 AS FOLLOWS: AND WE ALL HAVE A COPY OF THIS IN YOUR PACKET.

SO, BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT YOU MAY SOLICIT OR SELL OR DISTRIBUTE, YOU MAY NOT

[01:15:03]

(INDISCERNIBLE), QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? >> GREAT PROPOSAL. EXCITED TO SEE IT. WE'VE NEEDED IT FOR A LONG TIME, BUT, ESPECIALLY MORE NOW THAN EVER. SO, QUESTIONS?

>> IS THIS WHAT A LOT OF OTHER CITIES ARE GOING TOWARDS? >> IT IS.

>> IT'S BEEN CONTENTIOUS WITH CITIES AND THOUSAND THEY'RE HANDLING IT. AND I KNOW THERE'S TRICKY LANGUAGE IN THERE OF WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T DO, DOES THIS GET US TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE?

>> SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN THE USE OF THE ORDINANCE REGARDING AMENDMENT SO SECTION 54-116, SPECIFICALLY FROM CASES FEDERAL COURT OF OPINIONS THAT UPHELD IDENTICAL LANGUAGE OF OTHER CITIES INCLUDING THE CITY OF ARTICLE. IT DOESN'T MEAN, OF COURSE, THAT IT CHANGES THEIR MINDS. IT MEANS THIS LANGUAGE IS CONSTITUTIONALLY PERMISSIBLE IN THE FIFTH CIRCUIT.

>> SO HOW DOES THAT LEAD TO ENFORCEMENT? BECAUSE MOST OF THESE PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY A $500 TICKET. HOW HARD DO YOU HAVE TO ENFORCE IT UNTIL YOU START INCENTIVIZING

BEHAVIOR TO STOP? >> TYPICALLY, WE GO THROUGH AN EDUCATIONAL PERIOD FIRST. WE START TO ROLL UP ON THEM AND SAY, YOU CAN'T BE ON THE MEDIAN, NEW ORDINANCE, YOU CAN'T BE ON THE MEDIAN. AND 80% OF THE TIME, YOU GET COMPLAINS JUST FROM THAT. THEY DON'T WANT IT TO GO FURTHER SO THEY MOVE ALONG. THE ORDINANCE PUTS TEETH BEHIND THAT. WE ROLL UP AND SAY, WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT AS FAR AS WHEN YOU CITE SOMEBODY ON THIS, THE LIKELIHOOD OF THEM PAYING THAT CITATION OR SHOWING UP AT COURT, THAT'S ANOTHER MATTER ALL TOGETHER. BUT, IT DOES GIVE US SOMETHING THAT GIVES OFFICERS ANOTHER TOOL IN THEIR TOOLBAG AND HOPEFULLY, PREVENTS THOSE PEOPLE. WE CAN WRITE CITATIONS, SO, IF THEY STEPPED ON THE ROADWAY, WE'VE GOT TO SIGN IT. WE ROLL UP AND SAY, HEY, GET OUT OF THE ROAD OR WE'RE TAKING YOU TO JAIL. THAT

USUALLY CURES IT. YOU CAN'T BE IN THE MEDIAN. >> IS THERE A POINT AT WHICH YOU HAVE REPEAT OFFENDERS THAT YOU'RE TAKING THEM TO ANOTHER -- (INDISCERNIBLE) IT'S JUST PILES UP AND PILES UP AND PILES UP, AND IF THEY'RE MAKING MONEY OUT THERE, THERE'S NO INCENTIVE FOR

THEM TO LEAVE. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: IT'S A WARRANTY AND THEY GO TO JAIL.

>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: THAT'S WHERE IT GOES. I KNOW THAT I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MAYOR GARLAND TODAY AND MENTIONED THIS TO HIM. AND WHAT DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT BUT IT'S THE SAME POINT AND THEY TARGET VERY SPECIFIC INTERSECTIONS. IT'S NOT A CITY WIDE ORDINANCE, BUT IT DOES TARGET SECTIONS. BUT, BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'VE STATED THAT THIS IS BEEN UPHELD IN PDI CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING A, A TOO MUCH OF A RISK

FOR THE CITY. >> WE MUST MINIMIZE THE RISK. >> UM, ALSO, I WAS CRUISING

[01:20:08]

>> WE APPROACHED TXDOT ON THAT, AND TXDOT AS REPLY WAS IF YOU HAVE AN ENFORCEABLE ORDINANCE, YOU COULD PUT THOSE SIGNS UP. IF THIS ORDINANCE OR THESE REVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE ARE.

>> OKAY. >> I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M FOR IT. BECAUSE, I COME DOWN AND I SEE THE PEOPLE IN THE MEDIAN, AND I JUST CRINGE. IT'S JUST GOING OUT OF CONTROL AND SOMEONE'S LAYING THERE. BUT, I STILL, I SEE PEOPLE GETTING IN LANES. NOT IN THE FIRST LANE, BUT MAY BE THE SECOND LANE. THE LIGHT CHANGES. YOU SIT THERE AND HIT THAT PERSON. PEOPLE BEHIND ME, BEEPING. BUT, STILL THEY SHOULD NOT BE IN THE STREETS. THAT'S JUST.

>> AND THE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE DO HAVE THAT IN THE ROADWAY, STATE LAW, THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE OFFICER IN ORDER TO ENFORCE THAT HAS TO WITNESS IT. IF HE'S NOT THERE WHEN THE

PERSON STEPS INTO THE ROADWAY. >> WHEN THEY SEE YOU ALL THEY'RE LEAVING.

>> I KNOW THAT THE NEW STATE LAW ABOUT NO CAMPING CAN LOOSELY COVER SOMETHING THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WITH OTHER CITIES, IF YOU HAD MULTIPLE BELONGINGS WITH YOU THAT INFER THAT YOU ARE CAMPING THAT GIVES YOU THE FORCE TO ENFORCE THAT LAW. I KNOW THERE WAS A GUY ON THE SERVICE ROAD HEADING TOWARDS DOWNTOWN AND HE WAS BEHIND THERE LAYING DOWN, FAST ASLEEP. TO ME, THAT INCENTIVIZES CAMPING. THAT'S CAMPING. YOU COULD STAY THERE I GUESS, YOU CAN'T ENFORCE LOITERING, IF YOU'RE CAMPING, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ENFORCE STATE LAW, IS THAT CORRECT?

>> I'M STRUGGLING WITH THE CONCEPT OF SOMEBODY SLEEPING ON THE SIDEWALK IS CAMPING, BUT, IT DEPENDS ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES. IT'S, LIKE, I'M SORRY, IT'S (INDISCERNIBLE)

>> OTHER CITIES AND USING THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S MADE IT TO CASE YET, BUT THEY'RE USING TO

INCENTIVIZE INDIVIDUALS NOT TO LAY DOWN. >> SOUND LIKE A FUTURE SUPREME

COURT CASE. >> CHIEF, CAN YOU GO BACK TO YOUR

(INDISCERNIBLE) >> SO, IF I UNDERSTAND IT RIGHT, THE BEST THING TO DO WOULD BE TO CODIFY THIS INTO THE ORDINANCE NOT JUST SIMPLY APPROVE LANGUAGE OR ANYTHING

LIKE THAT, RIGHT? >> >> WE NEED AN ORDINANCE

REVISION. >> AND THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THE SIGNAGE.

>> AND TXDOT SAYS IF WE CODIFY THIS AS AN ORDINANCE, THEY WOULD PUT UP THE APPROPRIATE SITE?

>> MOST OF THE MEDIANS THAT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH ARE NOT NTTA PROBLEMS. IT'S MOSTLY

TXDOT. >> AND I WOULD SAY THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THE RADIUS,

MAINLY GEORGE BUSH. >> A LITTLE LESS SO. RIGHT? >> YEAH.

>> AND MY LAST THOUGHT S YOU HAVE TO BE ON SOMETHING OR BE A REAL DEEP SLEEPER TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP HERE. I WISH I COULD SLEEP LIKE THAT. IT TURNS AROUND. AND IT'S SLEEPING. I

AIN'T NEVER SLEPT THAT GOOD. >> THEY SLEPT THROUGH A TORNADO.

>> I THINK THIS IS GREAT, OBVIOUSLY, I THINK IT'S PART OF A BIGGER PLAN TO INCLUDE THE SIGNAGE THAT WAS MENTIONED AND ALSO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION PIECE WHICH YOU GUYS HAVE ABOUT PRETTY GOOD ABOUT POSTING ON FACEBOOK, AS TO THESE ARE THE RESOURCES THAT YOU COULD GIVE FOR PEOPLE ASKING FOR A HANDOUT TO HELP. NOT NECESSARILY HAND THEM A WAD OF CASH, RIGHT? SO, IT'S GOT TO BE PART OF A LARGER CAMPAIGN, ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER WILL HELP TO ALLEVIATE THE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. THE ONE QUESTION THAT I HAVE, KEEPING IN MIND THAT I FULLY SUPPORT THIS. WHAT UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES MIGHT WE BE INTRODUCING AS FAR AS OTHER

[01:25:01]

FILL THE BOOT KIND OF THINK? >> YOU CANNOT ADOPT A CONTENT BASED RESTRICTION. THAT'S WHY THE CONTAINER IS IN THIS ORDER BECAUSE OF THE CONTENT BASED. WE ADOPT THIS OR IT DON'T. IF WE ADOPT IT, IT APPLIES TO EVERYBODY INCLUDING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

>> AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD STILL STAND ON THE PUBLIC WAY ON THE SIDEWALK?

>> YES. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS DANGEROUS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN CARS TO BREAK HARD TO FILL THE BOOT. I'M SORRY, BUT...

>> WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A DIFFERENT WAY. >> OKAY.

>> I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH THE FIRE CHIEF AND HE'S TRYING TO COME UP WITH OPTIONS. UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS ORDINANCE IS ACTUALLY ADOPTED, FEEL FREE TO PASS THAT BOOT AROUND.

>> I'M SURE YOU COULD FIND A LOCAL BUSINESS WHERE YOU COULD HAVE A FILL THE BOOT DRIVE-THRU

AND IF YOU MARKET IT RIGHT. YOU GOT IT. >> THEY KNOW IT'S

(INDISCERNIBLE) >> I THINK THAT WE COULD ACKNOWLEDGE THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES. AND NOT ANY OF THEM ARE SAFE, BUT THEY'RE IN THE.

>> I MEAN, FILL THE BOOT, A DUCK TANK, THE FIRE TANK, I'M SAYING, THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING

TO WORK WITH THERE. >> I'M THINKING IF THE CHIEF'S THERE, I'M THE FIRST ONE LINING

UP. >> RIGHT. (INDISCERNIBLE) (INDISTINCT

CHATTER) >> YOU NEW POLICE CHIEF. >> E OH, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: SO, I SUPPORT NUMBER TWO. >> SAME, NUMBER TWO.

>> TWO. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I DO, FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC, I DONT WHAT TO MAKE SURE WE INTRODUCE OUR ASSISTANT CHIEF, DAN MILLER, SO, DAN, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND THEN, ALSO, OF COURSE, WE HAVE JOINED WITH US TODAY OUR NEW POLICE CHIEF WHO STARTED YESTERDAY, MIKE DENNING. WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE HIM MORE FORMERLY TONIGHT AT THE COUNCIL MEETING BUT FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC, I WANTED THEM TO KNOW WHO MIKE

WAS. >> DID YOU THINK HE WAS HEAD OF DETECTIVES OR SOMETHING?

>> MAYOR MARGOLIS: I DIDN'T KNOW. >> HE'S MY BODYGUARD.

[LAUGHTER] . >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT.

[4. DISCUSS CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

CONSIDERATION? WHAT TIME IS IT? >> ALMOST 7:00. >> YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S DO THAT? ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION?

>> ITEM 7C, CONSIDER ACTION WITH THE MASTERPIECE. >> MAYOR MARGOLIS: ALL RIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE? >> THEN, WE ARE GOING TO CONVENE YOUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO, I WAS GOING TO. AFTER THAT. WE WILL BE MOVING TO ITEM 2 A, EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE CITY

[2. EXECUTIVE SESSION]