Apr 18, 2023 City Council Meetings

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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>> FOR CITIZENS? >> YEAH. >> OH. ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY'S HERE , EXCEPT BRIAN. BRIAN IS SICK, SO HE'S PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY TONIGHT. SO, AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH OF OUR MEETINGS, WE STARTED OFF WITH AN INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. FOR TONIGHT, THE INDICATION WILL BE PROVIDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON. FOR THOSE WHO WISH, YOU MAY STAND . GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, THROUGH YOUR LOVE AND MERCY, YOU ARE OUR ONLY SOURCE OF HOPE. MAY WE DAILY BE THANKFUL FOR ALL YOU PROVIDE. ABOVE ALL, THE GIFT OF LIFE, AND IN THIS PARTICULAR SETTING TONIGHT, FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR CITY.

GUIDE US IN OUR WORDS AND DEEDS, SO THAT WE MAY ACT WITH CHARACTER, CONVICTION, AND GUIDE US TO LISTEN WITH COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE TOPICS WE DISCUSSED TONIGHT, AND THROUGHOUT OUR DISCUSSIONS, MAY WE EXHIBIT GOODWILL AND POLITENESS AS OTHERS SHARE THEIR POINT OF VIEW. DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS EXIST, GRANT US A SPIRIT OF UNITY.

ABOVE ALL, SHOWS MERCY, GRACE, FOR THOSE WHO PUT THEMSELVES IN HARMS WAY TO PROTECT US.

POLICE, FIRST RESPONDERS, FIRE AND MILITARY. WE ASK ALL THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON, OUR SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. AMEN. AMERICAN FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND

JUSTICE FOR ALL . >> TEXAS FLAG? >> HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS, ONE UNDER ONE, ONE, INDIVISIBLE.

>> YOU MAY BE SEATED. IT IS 7:46. WE NOW CONVENE THE REGULAR SESSION TO ORDER. OUR

[5A. Presentation of proclamation recognizing the week of April 23 – April 29, 2023, as Administrative Professionals Week.]

PRESENTERS? >> SOME OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE. I'M HONORED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS PARTICULAR PROCLAMATION TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES PROFESSIONALS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE SO VERY VITAL TO THE OPERATIONS OF THE CITY, BUT WHO ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED, AND TONIGHT, I THINK IT'S ONLY APPROPRIATE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THEM , AND NOT OVERLOOK THEM. SINCE 1952, A LONG TIME AGO, THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS , OR IIAP, HAS HONORED OFFICE WORKERS BY OFFERING INITIATIVE PROFESSIONALS WEEK FOR TODAY, IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST WORKPLACE OBSERVANCES OUTSIDE OF EMPLOYEE BIRTHDAYS, MAJOR HOLIDAYS. IN THE YEAR 2000, IIAP -- THAT'S A TONGUE TWISTER -- ANNOUNCED A NAME CHANGE , GOOD FOR PROFESSIONAL SECRETARIES WEEK IN PROFESSIONAL FOR THURSDAY, WHICH IS WHAT USED TO BE CALLED . THE NAMES WERE CHANGED TO ADMINISTERED PROFESSIONALS WEEK AND ADMINISTERED PROFESSIONALS DAY TO KEEP PACE WITH CHANGING JOB TITLES AND EXPANDING THE POSSIBILITIES OF TODAY'S ADMINISTERED WORKFORCE, AND WE KNOW THAT, WITH THE, BEHIND THE SCENES, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO RUN EVERYTHING. EACH YEAR, ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSONALS WEEK CELEBRATES AND SHEDS LIGHT ON ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS VOTED WORK AND VALUED WORK. THE ROLE OF AN ADMINISTERED OF SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL HAS EVOLVED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE SECRETARY WAS THE PRIMARY POSITION TITLE, AND GETTING COFFEE WAS A PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY. COFFEE IS IMPORTANT THOUGH. TODAY, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF JOB TITLES THAT QUALIFIES ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. IN TODAY'S BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, THE POSITION IS AN EXTENSION OF THE EXECUTIVE TEAM AS TASKS BECOME MORE AUTOMATED AND ADMINISTRATIVE ARE MORE EFFICIENT THAN EVER.

ADMINS OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS TO THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT SAID COMPANIES THEY SUPPORT THEY'RE OFTEN ONE OF THE FEW EMPLOYEES IN A COMPANY WHO KNOWS THE ENTIRE BUSINESS IS EXPECTED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE COMPANY'S UNIQUE BUSINESS SYSTEMS WORK ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS HELP TO CREATE A COHESIVE AND FUNCTIONING OFFICE, BRING AN OTHERWISE CHAOTIC ENVIRONMENT TO ORDER, AND UNITE THE OFFICE ALL UNDERSTANDING COWORKERS' ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. OVER THE YEARS, ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS WEEK HAS BECOME ONE OF THE LARGEST LEASE OBSERVANCES, RECOGNIZING THIS VITAL SUPPORT STAFF. THE EVENT IS CELEBRATED WORLDWIDE, BRINGING TOGETHER MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FROM COMMUNITY EVENTS,

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IN 2023, IT'S APRIL 20 THROUGH THROUGH 29TH WITH NATIONAL DEMONSTRATED PERSONAL STAY ON WEDNESDAY, THE 26. NOW, I WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS DAY AND WEEK BEGAN IN 1952 TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANT WORK PLACE ROLE OF ADMINISTERED PROFESSIONALS WHO MAKE OFFICES WORK, AND WHEREAS, OVER THE LAST SIX DECADES, SINCE THE START OF ADMINISTERED PROFESSIONALS WEEK, THE JOB HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY EXTENDED TECHNOLOGY TECHNIQUES, SHIFTS IN THE ECONOMY, AND CULTURE ITSELF, AND WHEREAS THERE ARE MORE THAN 22 MILLION PEOPLE WORKING IN VARIOUS ADMINISTERED OF SUPPORT ROLES IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY, AND MILLIONS MORE WORKING IN OFFICES ALL OVER THE WORLD , AND WHEREAS THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF JOB TITLES THAT QUALIFY AS ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, AND THE POSITION IS AN EXTENSION OF THE EXECUTIVE TEAM , AS TASKS BECOME A MORE AUTOMATED AND ADVANCES MORE EFFICIENT THAN EVER, AND WHEREAS ADMINS ARE OFTEN ONE OF THE FEW EMPLOYEES IN A COMPANY WHO KNOWS THE ENTIRE BUSINESS , ALL EXPECTED TO KNOW HOW THE UNIQUE BUSINESS SYSTEMS WORK, AND WHEREAS ADMINS HAVE REMAINED THE STEADY CENTER OF EFFICIENCY THROUGH IT ALL , HELPING ENSURE THAT JOBS GET DONE RIGHT, ON TIME, AND UNDER BUDGET, ENTERING THE SUCCESSES OF THEIR EXECUTIVES UNITING THE OFFICER. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT, TEXAS AND BEHALF ON THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY BROKEN, APRIL 23RD THROUGH APRIL 29TH, 2023, AS DEMONSTRATED PROFESSIONALS WEEK, AND WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26TH, 2023, AS ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS DAY IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT. AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS AND EMPLOYERS TO RECOGNIZE THE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION AND THE VALUABLE WORK COMPLETED EACH AND EVERY DAY BY THESE EXCEPTIONAL EMPLOYEES.

[5B. Presentation of Proclamation recognizing April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month.]

PRESENTING THAT ITEM IS COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON.

HERE? CAN YOU COME UP AND JOIN ME? DID YOU MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. SHARON CHAPMAN HAD ASKED US , REACHED OUT TO THE MAYOR, TO GET THIS ON THERE. SO, SHE CAN BE HERE TONIGHT.

SO, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU . >> YES. >> ALL RIGHT. LET ME GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND. I MIGHT ASK YOU TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT DOES. FIRST OF ALL, EVERY YEAR, PEOPLE OF EVERY BACKGROUND, CHILDREN FACE NEGLECT, PHYSICAL ABUSE, SEXUAL ABUSE EVERY DAY IN AMERICA. IT DOES LEAVE DEEP, LASTING SCARS, MAKING IT HARDER TO LEARN IN SCHOOL, TO FORM TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS, TO BUILD SELF-ESTEEM, AND TO ESCAPE CYCLES OF ABUSE LONG-TERM. DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL, WE RECOGNIZE NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH AND THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITIES WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP FAMILIES THRIVE AND PREVENT CHILD MALTREATMENT. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, COMMUNITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT CHILD AND FAMILY WELL-BEING AND WORK TOGETHER TO IMPLEMENT EFFECTIVE CHANGE AND STRATEGIES THAT SUPPORT FAMILIES AND PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT . IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, FOR THE NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH, CHILD WELFARE INFORMATION GATEWAY, SEE THAT ONLINE. BEFORE I DO THE PROCLAMATION , WOULD YOU LIKE

TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT ? >> SURE. MY NAME IS PAMELA TURNER, A RESIDENT OF ROWLETT FOR OVER 25 YEARS. I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE, FOR THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS, I HAVE BEEN A CASA VOLUNTEER FOR BOTH DALLAS AND ROCKWALL COUNTIES, JUST LIKE ROWLETT IS IN BOTH DALLAS AND ROCKWELL COUNTY. CASA IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TO TRAIN COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BECOME COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. AS VOLUNTEERS, WE SERVE AS NONBIASED ADVOCATES FOR A

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CERTAINLY, FOSTER CHILDREN ARE HELPLESS VICTIMS OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT, AMONG OUR MOST VULNERABLE, AND DESERVE TO BE SEEN, KNOWLEDGED AND PROTECTED SO, ON BEHALF OF LONE STAR CASA, I WANTED TO THANK YOU, THE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND PROCLAIMING APRIL AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH HERE, IN OUR HOMETOWN . WITH YOUR HELP IN BRINGING ATTENTION TO THIS REPORT AN ISSUE, CASA AND OTHER LIKE-MINDED AGENCIES HOPE TO ELEVATE AWARENESS OF THIS TREMENDOUS NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY, REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF CHILD ABUSE, AND PROVIDE THE CARE AND SUPPORTTHESE PRECIOUS CHILDREN SO DESPERATELY

NEED.SO, THANK YOU. >> LET ME MAKE IT OFFICIAL BY DOING THE PROCLAMATION. ALL CHILDREN DESERVE A LOVING, STABLE , NURTURING HOME TO FOSTER THEIR HILLSTEAD GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTS THAT KEEP THEM SAFE FROM POTENTIAL FORMS OF HARM, INCLUDING VERBAL, SEXUAL, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL ABUSE, EXPORTATION, MALNOURISHMENT, AND THE NEGLECT OF THE OTHER BASIC NEEDS . AND CHILD ABUSE IS ONE OF OUR SOCIETY'S MOST SERIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES, WHOSE DEVASTATING EFFECTS CAN SURPASS IMMEDIATE TRAUMA, AND POTENTIALLY LAST A LIFETIME, WITH VICTIMS OF CHILDHOOD ABUSE CONSIDERED TO BE AT HIGH RISK FOR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH ISSUES, SUCH AS DEPRESSION , EATING DISORDERS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE , AND PREVENTING CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IS A COMMUNITY-WIDE RESPONSIBILITY REQUIRING INPUT, VIGILANCE AND ACTION PROMOTING PROTECTIVE FACTORS THAT CAN LIMIT CHILDHOOD TRAUMA , BUILD RESILIENCE, AND PROVIDE A POSITIVE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE THAT CAN MITIGATE THE LONG-TERM MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS OF CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND HELP DIMINISH THE CYCLE OF ABUSE, AND EFFECTIVE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION STRATEGIES SUCCEED THROUGH MEANINGFUL DEPARTMENT OF THE PARTNERSHIP'S BETWEEN HUMAN SERVICES OR AGENCIES, SCHOOLS, CIVIC, AND FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, LOVERS AND AGENCIES, BUSINESS AND OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE INVENTION OF ABUSE REMAINS AN ESSENTIAL FUNCTION OF PRESERVING THE BRIGHT FUTURE WE HOPE FOR ALL CHILDREN.

THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF GILLIS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE DO HEREBY CLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL AS NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.

IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT, A REMINDER FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT IT IS VITAL THAT WE WORK TOGETHER TO INCREASE THE AWARENESS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT AND PROMOTE THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. SIGNED BY BLAKE MARGOLIS, MAYOR OF ROWLETT. THANK YOU. OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED A PICTURE. THANK YOU. THANKS,

[5C. Presentation of Proclamation recognizing April as National Donate Life Month.]

MAN. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS ITEM 5C, AS ADDITIONAL PROCLAMATION RECOGNITION APRIL AS NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH, PRESENTED THE PROCLAMATION WITH MAYOR PRO TEM WINGET. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE .

>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. IF I CAN INVITE MR. RICK SHEFFIELD UP HERE WITH ME, PLEASE. MR. SHEFFIELD IS THE ONE WHO REQUESTED A COMMISSION THIS EVENING. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT HE BE UP HERE TO SHARE THIS STORY AS WELL. I WANT TO KNOW AND TO STEAL MY I.D., SO I

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YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE. YOU CAN ALSO GO TO DONATELIFETEXAS.ORG. YOU CAN HAVE YOUR NAME AND WISHES DESIRED IT TAKES YOUR FAMILY OUT OF THAT POSITION TO HAVE TO TRY TO DEAL WITH ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS WHEN THEY'RE DEALING WITH TRAGIC LOSS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR

THIS, AND I APPRECIATE IT. >> AND MR. WINGET WE HAVE FORMS AT THE BACK TABLE FOR PEOPLE TO

FILL OUT AND SEND BACK IN. >> PERFECT. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THE PROCLAMATION THCHLT YEAR MARKS THE 20TH ANNUAL RECOGNITION. WE ENCOURAGE AMERICANS TO REGISTER AS DONORS AND HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE SAVED LIVES THROUGH THE GIFT OF DONATION. IN SPITE OF EFFORTS MADE, MANY PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE OF THE REAL NEED FOR ORGAN DONATIONS AS THE LIST OF THOSE REQUIRING TRANSPLANTS GROWS EACH YEAR. ONE DONOR'S GENEROUS GIFT OF LIFE CAN SAVE

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>> THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU, RICK, FOR ASKING FOR THAT TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA. APPRECIATE

[5D. Presentation of Proclamation recognizing April as Volunteer Appreciation Month.]

THE FOUNDATION TO WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS. SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION AND IT SAYS, WHEREAS OUR VOLUNTEERS HAVE DEDICATED HOURS, THOUSANDS OF HOURS AND HAVE CHOSEN TO TAKE TIME OUT OF THEIR DEMANDING LIVES TO HELP MAKE THE CITY OF ROWLETT A BETTER PLACE AND MAKE A SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO BETTERING SOCIAL, COMMUNITY, AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT. AND WHEREAS THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BECOME A VITAL AND POSITIVE FORCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND DEMONSTRATE A COMMON CONVICTION THAT CHARITY AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY MANIFEST ALL THAT IS GOOD IN THE INDIVIDUAL AND THAT THE WELL BEING OF THE COMMUNITY IS LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON HELPING OTHERS. AND WHEREAS ROWLETT'S VOLUNTEERS ARE THOUGHTFUL AND COMMITTED CITIZENS WHO UTILIZE THEIR TIME AND TALENTS DAILY THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF CHURCHES, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS RESPONSE, VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, AND BOARD AND COMMISSIONS. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF ROWLETT WISHES TO RECOGNIZE THE MEN AND WOMEN, YOUNG ADULTS, AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH OF THEMSELVES TO OUR CHILDREN. AND NOW THEREFORE I BLAKE MARGOLIS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL DO PROCLAIM APRIL AS VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION MONTH IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND EXTEND OUR THANKS TO OUR VOLUNTEERS WHO MAKE ROWLETT THE PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY. AND ALSO NOT JUST TO THANK OUR VOLUNTEERS BUT THOSE FAMILIES OF THOSE VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE SPENT SOME NIGHTS ALONE. I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE THERE WERE MANY TIMES AND ARE MANY TIMES WHERE I GO HOME JUST TO SLEEP AND WAKE UP AND SPEND THE NEXT DAY DOING THINGS AND VOLUNTEERING IN THE COMMUNITY. SO IT TAKES A SERVICE AND A PUBLIC APPRECIATION TO DO THIS JOB. AND AGAIN, WANT TO JUST EXTEND OUR GRATITUDE AS COUNCIL TO THOSE WHO HELP OUR CITY RUN AND OPERATE THE WAY THAT IT DOES. THANKS OF OUR VOLUNTEERS.

SO THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT ITEM, WE

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

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WE'VE HAD TONS OF PARTICIPATION FROM VENDORS AND RESIDENTS WHO ARE COMING IN AND SHOPPING AT OUR FARMER'S MARKET. SO DEFINITELY IT MUST GO. WORK IS CONTINUING ON THE MILLER ROAD PROJECT. THE PROGRESS THUS FAR HAS NOT NECESSITATED LANE CLOSURES. THE NEXT STEP TO INSTALL THE SEWER LINE, THAT WILL OCCUR THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 22ND. THE ROAD WILL BE CLOSED FROM MILLER ROAD TO BAY HILL FROM 7:00 A.M. TO SO P.M.

TRAFFIC ON TO BAY HILL DRIVE, AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE WITH THIS. AT THE END OF THIS, THIS WILL BE A FANTASTIC THOROUGHFARE FOR RESIDENTS, FOUR LANES, MEDIANS, STREETS, AND SIDEWALKS. SO IT WILL INCREASE THE CAPACITY AND ALLOW FOR PEDESTRIAN USABILITY. AND THEN SPEAKING OF BONDS, WE HAVE A BOND ELECTION FORUM, A PUBLIC FORUM TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:30 P.M. HERE AT CITY HALL. THIS IS FOR PUBLIC MEETING EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON THE BOND AND AMENDMENT ELECTION. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON, UNFORTUNATELY, IT WILL BE AIRED ON FACEBOOK LIVE ON THE CITY OF ROWLETT PAGE. AND IF YOU'VE BEEN WONDERING ABOUT THE FACILITIES INCLUDED IN THE BOND ELECTION, YOU CAN JOIN US SATURDAY, APRIL 22ND, FOR A BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR OF THE CURRENT POLICE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS BUILDING AND THE ROWLETT ANIMAL SHELTER. EACH OF THESE PROJECTS WERE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED AND PROPOSED BY A CITIZEN-LED COUNCIL-APPOINTED COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TASK FORCE. COME SEE WHY THERE ARE BOND PROPOSITIONS ON THE BALLOT. I THINK IF YOU SEE YOURSELF YOU'LL MAKE A VERY EDUCATED DECISION WHEN YOU GO TO TO BALLOT. 441 ROWLETT ROAD.

THAT WILL BEGIN AT 10:00 A.M. THE ANIMAL SHELTER, THAT WILL BEGIN AT 11:30 A.M. AND THEN EARLY VOTING FOR THE MAY 6TH GENERAL AND SPECIAL BOND AND CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION BEGINS MONDAY, APRIL 24TH, AND RUNS THROUGH TUESDAY, MAY 2ND.

WE'RE NO LONGER CONFINED TO DISTRICTS. YOU CAN VOTE IN THE COUNTY AT ANY POLLING LOCATION. AND COUNCILMEMBER? HIT YOUR

BUTTON. OH, THAT'S WEIRD. >> SORRY. I HAVE MORE ROOM TO MOVE DOWN HERE, BRIAN. I GOT ROOM TO SPREAD OUT. ALSO ON SATURDAY, APRIL 22ND, PACK UP YOUR FISHING GEAR AND HEAD ON OVER TO THE COMMUNITY PARK FOR THE ANNUAL FISHING EVENT, KID FISH. IT'S FREE FROM 9:00 A.M. TO NOON. AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN THREE AGE GROUPS. ALL PARTICIPANTS UNDER AGE OF 17 ARE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE A FISHING LICENSE FOR THE EVENT.

THE KOORDBOARD BOAT REGALT TO HAS -- SPRING CLEANING IS UNDERWAY. SPONSORING THEIR ELECTRONICS RECYCLING AND DOCUMENT SHREDDING EVENT ON SATURDAY, APRIL 29TH, FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. AT ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL. THE FIRST THREE BOXES OF DOCUMENTS ARE FREE. $5 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL BOX. LIVE FROM ROWLETT, IT'S ROWLETT SCENES. THIS ANNUAL EVENT SPONSORED BY THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION IS BACK SATURDAY, APRIL 29TH AT THE FREEDOM PLACE CHURCH AT THE CIRCLE. ADMISSION IS FREE AND DOORS OPEN AT 6:00 P.M. AND THE AMAZING PERFORMERS TAKE THE STAGE AT 6:30. IT'S NOT TOO EARLY TO PLAN FOR CINCO DE MAYO. THE BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN ROWLETT WILL BE OFFERING SPECIAL MENUS AND DRINKS. RETAIL BUSINESSES WILL CELEBRATE AS WELL WITH SPECIAL

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>> THANK YOU, AND THERE WAS ONE PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT IS NOW UPDATED, I WAS JUST TOLD. THE CARDBOARD BOAT REGATTA HAS BEEN CANCELED. I THINK WE ONLY HAD TWO PEOPLE SIGN UP. USED TO BE A PRETTY MAJOR EVENT. THAT IT WAS CANCELED? I THOUGHT IT WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT WAS HAPPENING? I WASN'T LISTENING, IF YOU COULDN'T FIGURE THAT OUT. BUT YOU KNOW NOW I WASN'T LISTENING. BUT YOU'RE ENCOURAGED TO LISTEN, I JUST WASN'T. SO LET'S SEE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO-TEM, DO YOU HAVE AN

ANNOUNCEMENT? >> YES, WHERE'S MY DOG? THERE SHE IS. TONIGHT'S FEATURE FROM THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS LACY. SHE WAS SO SCARED WHEN SHE FIRST ARRIVED AT THE SHELTER BACK IN JUNE, BUT SHE'S A HAPPY GIRL NOW. SHE LOVES GOING FOR WALKS, AND SHE GETS SO EXCITED WHEN IT'S HER TURN. SHE WOULD BE PERFECT FOR A FAMILY. IF YOU NEED AN EXERCISE BUDDY TO GET YOU MOTIVATED, LACY WOULD LIKE TO GO ON WALKS AND RUNS WITH YOU. SHE'S A SMART 2-YEAR-OLD WHO KNOWS BASIC COMMANDS AND LOVE CAR RIDES. SHE WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE TO TAKE THAT RIDE HOME TO HER FOREVER FAMILY. REMEMBER, ALL ADOPTIONS INCLUDE SPAY, NEUTER, MICROCHIP, AND UP-TO-DATE VACCINATIONS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON LACY OR ANY OF THE OTHER ADOPTABLE ANIMALS, CONTACT ANIMAL SERVICES OR COME BY THE SHELTER AT 4402 INDUSTRIAL STREET. THEY'RE OPEN FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. OUR ANIMAL SHELTER IS STILL IN CODE RED. THIS MEANS THAT ALL THE KENNELS ARE FULL. IT WOULD BE SO GREAT IF WE COULD FIND HOMES FOR ALL THESE AMAZING ANIMALS. SO COME OUT AND PICK OUT ONE OR TWO OR THREE OR FOUR. AND ALSO I HAVE ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT. IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE ROWLETT COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, OUR MEMBERSHIP MEETING IS TOMORROW EVENING AT 7:00 P.M.

IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER, YOU SHOULD BE X YOU CAN BE. ROWLETT CERT IS RECRUITING. NO PRIOR TRAINING OR EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED. IT'S A FUN CLASS. I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT, AND YOU WILL HAVE FUN. THE NEXT CLASS WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 7TH AND 14TH. BOTH DAYS ARE REQUIRED, AND A COURSE FEE OF $20 -- THAT'S A BARGAIN THESE DAYS -- COVERS CLASS ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER FOR THE CLASS, SEE THE WEBSITE OF ROWLETTCERT.COM. FROM THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, DURING THE 2023 EMERGENCY PREPARATION SUPPLIES SALES TAX HOLIDAY, YOU CAN PURCHASE CERTAIN EMERGENCY PREPARATION SUPPLIES TAX FREE. THERE'S NO LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF QUALIFYING ITEMS YOU CAN PURCHASE, AND YOU DON'T NEED TO GIVE AN EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE. THE TAX HOLIDAY BEGINS AT 12:01 A.M. ON SATURDAY, APRIL 22ND, END AT MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY, APRIL 24TH. AND THERE ARE LOTS OF ITEMS THAT QUALIFY, SUCH AS PORTABLE GENERATOR, EMERGENCY LADDERS, CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTERS, AND A WHOLE LOT MORE. GO OUT THERE AND HAVE FUN

SHOPPING. >> AND REMEMBER, IT STARTS AT 12:01 A.M. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT FACTOR. ALL RIGHT, DO WE HAVE

[6. CITIZENS’ INPUT]

CITIZENS' INPUT. LAURA? >> WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, DAVE

HALL. >> YOU KNOW THE DRILL. STATE YOUR NAME, CITY OF RESIDENCE, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE SCALED DOWN PARK DESIGN AT THE PECAN GROVE LAKEFRONT PARK. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS WILL INCLUDE ONLY A CONCRETE KAYAK LAUNCH, PUT IN, TAKE OUT, AND PARKING SPACES. IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE FOR US TO USE OUR LAKEFRONT PARKS FOR -- EXCUSE ME, IT DOES MAKE SENSE FOR US TO USE OUR LAKEFRONT PARKS FOR LAKEFRONT ACTIVITIES. PADDLE SPORTS

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WE ARE NOW SPENDING MORE CONSULTING MONEY TO DESIGN A KAYAK CANOE LAUNCH SITE FOR WHICH IS NOT RECOMMENDED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. I QUOTE, CONCRETE LAUNCH INSTALLATION MAY REQUIRE THE SITE BE DRY AND DAMMING MAY BE NECESSARY. FOR A MORE COST EFFICIENT APPROACH. AND SO ON AND SO ON. AGAIN, I QUOTE, THEY ARE ALSO UTILIZED BY PADDLERS TO DECREASE HAUL DAMAGE FROM THE CONCRETE SERVICE. AND SO ON AND SO ON.

WE NEED TO STOP SPENDING MONEY BY DESIGNING WATERFRONT PARKS THE SAME OLD WAY THAT HAS NOT WORK. THE CURRENT ATTITUDE IS WE HAVE $344,000 OF BOND MONEY FOR THE PECAN GROVE LAKEFRONT PARK, AND WE NEED TO SPEND IT FAST. IT IS NOT IMPORTANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO DEVELOP A PLAN WHICH BEST MEETS THE RESIDENT'S NEEDS AND CREATES THE GREATEST INCREASE IN ROWLETT'S QUALITY OF LIFE. JUST SPEND IT FAST SO IT IS GONE AND WON'T EMBARRASS US WHEN WE ASK FOR MORE MONEY. I RECOMMEND WE SHUT THE CAPITAL PROJECT DOWN AND RETURN ITS MONEY FOR RESIDENTS TO BE ALLOCATED FOR A BETTER USE. THE NEW PARK RULES SIGN WE WERE PROMISED LONG AGO HAS BEEN INSTALLED AT PADDLE POINT PARK.

THE REMAINING RULES AND ORDINANCES WERE NOT INCLUDED ON THIS SIGN. AS A RESULT, THE POLICE CAN NO LONGER ASK PEOPLE FISHING ON THE BANK TO LEAVE. HERE'S A PICTURE FROM SUNDAY OF ONE FISHERMAN SITTING IN THE KAYAK LAUNCH, NO FISHING AREA, WITH FOUR FISHING RODS IN USE AND FOUR MORE ON THE GROUND BY HIS CHAIR. HE WAS THERE ALL DAY. IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL GIVE THIS TO YOU, IF YOU COULD PASS THIS ON TO COUNCIL. I'LL PICK IT UP AT CITY HALL TOMORROW. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHTY. WE MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM SEVEN.

FOR REFERENCE, WE HAVE PULLED ITEM 7B AND 7H FROM CONSENT ON TO INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. DOES ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO PULL AN ITEM OFF OF CONSENT? SEEING NONE, READ THE

ITEMS INTO THE RECORD. >> 7A, CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING THE MINUTES. 7C, CONSIDER ACTION AMENDING THE ORDINANCE RELATED TO PUBLIC CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL. 7D, CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING A CONTRACT FOR FOUNDATION REPAIR AND STABILIZATION. 7E, CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING A CONTRACT FOR MISCELLANEOUS DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. 7F, CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF FUEL. AND 7G, CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT FOR AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION CAMERAS.

>> COUNCIL, JUST FOR REFERENCE, ALSO WE WILL HAVE TO DO A HAND VOTE, BUT I WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A MOTION. MAYOR PRO-TEM

WINGET? >> MOVE THAT WE MOVE THE

AGENDA. >> IS THERE A SECOND? I -- COUNCILMEMBER SECONDS, SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MAYOR PRO-TEM, A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER. AGAIN, THIS IS A HAND VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL

[7B. Consider action approving an agreement for the purchase of body, fleet and interview room camera, related equipment, licensing, storage and support fees.]

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>> THANK YOU, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION FOR AXON BODY WORN CAMERA. AS AN OVERVIEW, CAMERAS HAVE BECOME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TOOLS UTILIZED BY CITIES ACROSS AMERICA. THEY RECORD EVENTS THAT OCCUR WHICH CREATE EVIDENCE FOR US FOR VIDEO -- FOR PROSECUTION AND OTHER PURPOSES. THEY ALSO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS AND PROTECT OUR OFFICERS. OUR EQUIPMENT IS UTILIZED BY POLICE, MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, FIRE, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, AND ANIMAL SERVICES. SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION, THE CITY ENTERED INTO A FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH AXON IN 2018 AND IT WILL EXPIRE IN OCTOBER OF 2023. OUR AXON EQUIPMENT WILL ALSO REACH ITS END OF LIFE IN OCTOBER OF 2023. OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE AXON SYSTEM, THE SERVICE, AND SUPPORT, HAS BEEN EXCELLENT, AND WITH EVERY ITEM IT IS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY WITH NO ADDITIONAL COST TO THE CITY. I'LL ADD THEY'RE VERY RESPONSIVE TO ANY OF OUR NEEDS.

SO AXON IS CURRENTLY ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZED BODY WORN CAMERA AND FLEET CAMERA SYSTEMS ON THE MARKET WITH OVER 25,000 POLICE AGENCIES UTILIZING THEM WORLDWIDE. THEY PROVIDE A ROBUST, HIGHLY TECHNOLOGICAL CAMERA SYSTEM WE FEEL HAS MELT THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY AND POLICE DEPARTMENT. AXON PROVIDES FUNDING FLEXIBILITY OVER A COURSE OF FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT. AND THEY PROVIDE UNLIMITED CLOUD STORAGE FOR VIDEO EVIDENCE PURPOSES. WE CAN SHARE VIDEOS WITH PARTNER AGENCIES, INCLUDING CITY PROSECUTORS AND CIVILIANS WITH JUST A FEW CLICKS. AXON IS THE TEXAS STATE BIBOARD, IT'S BEEN BID AND PRICED AT THE STATE LEVEL. MANY DEPARTMENTS UTILIZE THE CAMERAS, INCLUDING POLICE, FIRE, AS I SAID, AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND ANIMAL CONTROL. THE REDACTION FOR OUR RECORDS SAVES US A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME. COUNCIL APPROVED A RESOLUTION TO PURCHASE FLEET CAMERAS IN DECEMBER, DECEMBER 6TH OF 2022. AND THAT WAS DUE TO SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES. THE CAMERAS HAD TO BE ORDERED EARLY ENOUGH TO RECEIVE THEM BY THE TIME OUR CONTRACT EXPIRES FOR FLEET. THE PROPOSAL IS TO REPLACE THE REMAINING EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE REACHING ITS END OF LIFE. THE FINANCIAL ON THE BUDGET IMPLICATIONS, OUR RENEWAL WILL BEGIN OCTOBER 1,2023. COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A RESOLUTION IN THE AMOUNT OF -- THE QUOTE FOR REPLACEMENT BODY WORN CAMERAS AND THREE ADDITIONAL FLEET CAMERAS FOR FIRE IS -- SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS $1,502,915.32 FOR FLEET BODY WORN CAMERAS, INTERVIEW ROOM CAMERAS, AND THREE ADDITIONAL FLEET CAMERAS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE COST BREAKDOWN OF A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT EACH YEAR WITH THE TOTAL AMOUNT AT THE BOTTOM. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO MOVE TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ENTER A FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH AXON. A FIVE YEAR COST OF $1,502,915. $1,502,915.32, WHICH INCLUDES THE $354 ,000 AGREEMENT APPROVED BY COUNCIL. BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2023, AND AUTHORIZING THE MANAGER EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. THE RESIDENT EXPERT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SYSTEM. HE CAN PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL FOR YOUR

CONSIDERATION. >> THIS WOULD BE WHAT OUR ADDITIONAL FEATURES THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS CONTRACT THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE 2018 CONTRACT.

>> SO SOME OF THE ENHANCEMENTS FROM THE 2018 CONTRACT VERSUS WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE GET IS WE'RE MOVING FROM 120 TO 140 BODY CAMERAS. FLEET CAMERAS, MOVING FROM 24 CAMERAS BACK IN 2018, FRONT AND BACK CAMERAS, TO A TOTAL OF 34

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WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR AN UPGRADE ON POINT MODEMS. WE'RE USING 4G CRADLE POINT MODE.S IN THE CARS. WE ASKED FOR A 5G UPGRADE MODEM, SO WHEN THE TECHNOLOGY IS IN THIS AREA AND AVAILABLE THAT WE WOULD MOVE TO THAT TECHNOLOGY FOR A QUICKER UPLOAD SPEED ON THE VIDEO EVIDENCE FROM THE CARS. AND IN ADDITION, THE POLICE FLEET CAMERAS, THE FRONT CAMERAS WOULD BE LICENSE PLATE READING CAMERAS AS WELL. AND SO THAT'S TECHNOLOGY THAT WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE IN OUR FLEET. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE.

>> APPRECIATE GOING THROUGH THIS AND ANSWERING SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS THAT SOME MAY HAVE HAD IN THE PUBLIC. YOU KNOW, I THINK WITH ANY KIND OF TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU HAVE THERE'S A LIFE TO IT AND IT'S NOT TOO LONG, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT GETS THE KIND OF USE THAT IT GETS USED BY POLICE. IT'S EITHER GETTING RAINED ON OR IS GETTING TRAMPLED BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION OR IT'S FLYING OFF IN A FOOT PURSUIT AND IT ENDS UP LANDING ON THE -- ALL KINDS OF REASONS THAT HAPPEN. AND THESE THINGS GET USED PRETTY WELL. AND PLUS, BATTERY LIFE. THERE'S A LIFE EXPECTANCY ON BATTERIES AS WELL. SO THERE'S NUMEROUS REASONS WHY YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO UPGRADE THESE THINGS EVERY SO OFTEN. DEPUTY

MAYOR PRO-TEM? >> YES, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT INFORMATION, VERY SPECIFIC INFORMATION, ABOUT THE NUMBER OF EACH CAMERAS AND THAT KIND OF THING. HOW MANY OF THE INTERVIEW ROOM CAMERAS DO WE HAVE?

>> THERE'S FOUR INTERVIEW ROOM CAMERAS. TWO CAMERAS -- FOUR INTERVIEW ROOMS, TWO CAMERAS IN EACH ONE. THOSE WILL BE REPLACED AS WELL AS THE KIOSKS OUTSIDE THE INTERVIEW ROOM CAMERAS, WHICH ARE BASICALLY TABLET COMPUTERS.

>> GOT YOU. I WAS ONE OF THE TWO COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ASKED THAT THIS BE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, AND AS THE MAYOR SAID, IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF CONCERNS WITH IT.

I'M 100% IN FAVOR OF THIS EXPENDITURE. HAD GOTTEN SOME QUESTIONS FROM SOME CITIZENS WHO SAW THAT $1.5 MILLION NUMBER, FOR CAMERAS, REALLY. AS YOU'VE SHOWN HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF CAMERAS. AND I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN SUCH A VITAL PART OF THE EVOLUTION OF POLICING, AND THE BODY CAMS AND THE FLEET CAMS HAVE SAVED SO MUCH IN LIABILITY ALONE. YOU KNOW, JUST ONE LAWSUIT COULD COST US MORE THAN THE COST OF ALL THESE CAMERAS. SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AUDIENCE WAS AWARE OF AND THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS REALLY IS NOT AN EXCESSIVE EXPENDITURE AT

ALL. >> SO TO PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE, IN 2018 WE HAD A FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH AXON.

I THINK IT CAME OUT TO $200,000 A YEAR OUT OF THE CITY BUDGET TO PAY FOR THAT. AS YOU SAW ON THE TABLE, IT'S A $300,000 PAYMENT PER YEAR WITH INFLATION BETWEEN 2018 AND 2022 AND 2023, THAT WAS A FACTOR AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT, THE UPGRADES, AND THAT'S WHY I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE'RE GETTING -- WE HAVE A LOT MORE EQUIPMENT THAN WE HAD IN 2018 P WE'VE ASKED FOR ENHANCEMENTS AND UPGRADES THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE IN 2018, SO THAT ADDS TO THE COST.

>> WELL, AND WE KNOW HOW TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES. AND YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS STATE OF THE ART IN 2018 IS OBSOLETE ALMOST NOW,

SO. >> THAT LEADS TO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. IS FIVE-YEAR REPLACEMENT INDUSTRY STANDARD?

IS THAT BEST PRACTICE? YES? >> YES.

>> OKAY. >> WITH AXON, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE BODY CAMERAS WILL GET A REPLACE AT TWO AND A HALF YEARS. FLEET CAMERAS STAY IN THE CARS OR ARE IN USE FOR FIVE

YEARS. >> GOT YOU.

>> THERE'S NO REPLACEMENT ON THAT UNTIL THE END OF THE

CONTRACT. >> COUNCILMEMBER, WHO HAD THEIR

BUTTON HIT? OKAY, DID YOU -- >> IT WAS I WAS THE OTHER ONE, BECAUSE SOMEONE CORNERED ME AND ASKED ME WHAT WAS GOING ON.

YOU'RE SPENDING $1 MILLION, BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT, IT'S A FIVE-YEAR. IT'S OVER FIVE YEARS. AND I TOLD THEM IT'S FOR PROTECTION, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPLANATION. I HOPE THEY ARE LISTENING AND LOOKING SO THEY'LL GET THEIR EXPLANATION WHAT'S GOING ON. I DO THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS,

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COMMENTS? MAYOR PRO-TEM WINGET? >> SO HEARING THAT THERE'S SOME CITIZEN'S CONCERNED, THAT'S GREAT THAT PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED AND THEY'RE ASKING THESE TYPES OF QUESTIONS. WE'VE SEEN WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN VARIOUS POLICE INTERACTIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE'VE SEEN WHEN THOSE GO RIGHT, AND WE'VE SEEN WHEN THEY GO WRONG. AND WE SEE THAT, TYPICALLY THROUGH THE LENS OF SOMEONE'S CELLPHONE, RIGHT? BUT PROVIDING OUR OFFICERS WITH VIDEO EVIDENCE OF WHAT HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE INTERACTION WITH A RESIDENT OR WITH A VISITOR TO OUR CITY IS INVALUABLE. YOU REALLY CAN'T PUT A PRICE TAG ON THAT, ESPECIALLY IF IT GOES WRONG. IT HELPS PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS, AND IT HELPS PROTECT OUR OFFICERS. AND FOR ME, THAT'S AN INVALUABLE SERVICE THAT THIS FIRM PROVIDES. I'M LOOKING THROUGH THE LIST OF THINGS THAT THEY OFFER IN ADDITION TO JUST BEING A CAMERA. RIGHT, THIS ISN'T JUST A GOPRO. THIS IS A VERY CREATIVE PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN SURVIVE THE ELEMENTS AND CAN SURVIVE ROUGH, TUMBLEY ENVIRONMENTS. BUT THE SYSTEM BEHIND IT IS WHERE THE VALUE IS, BECAUSE IT ENCABLES OUR OFFICERS TO JUST PLUG AND GO. IT'S SO EASY TO USE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO PLUG IT INTO YOUR LAPTOP AND DRAG AND DROP FILES, IT'S INSTANTANEOUS. I CHALLENGE ANYONE TO GO TO APPLE AND TRY AND GET UNLIMITED CLOUD STORAGE, BECAUSE IT AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN, FOLKS. THAT OPTION IS NOT OUT THERE. AXON PROVIDES THAT TO US AS PART OF THIS CONTRACT. I THINK IT'S A TREMENDOUS VALUE A NO-BRAINER. I'M GLAD OUR RESIDENTS ARE ASKING THESE QUESTIONS, BUT I FULLY SUPPORT THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY BEING A PART OF OUR DEPARTMENT AND IN OUR OFFICER'S

HANDS EVERY DAY. >> SO I JUST HAVE TWO COMMENTS ON THAT. YOU GUYS MENTIONED THE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT BEING RUGGED AND THE BODY CAMERAS. SO TWO CAMERAS I KNOW OF THAT HAVE REALLY PROVEN THEIR WORTH AS FAR AS BEING RUGGED ENOUGH FOR POLICE WORK IS ONE OF THE CAMERAS DURING A TORRENTIAL RAINSTORM FELL OFF, FLOATED DOWN THE STREET WHILE THEY WERE WRESTLING WITH A PRISONER. IT WENT INTO THE STORM DRAIN AND STAYED FOR SEVERAL DAYS. WE ENDED UP HAVING PUBLIC WORKS COME OUT AND DRIVE A LITTLE ROBOT IN THERE TO FIND IT. THAT CAMERA'S STILL IN USE TODAY BECAUSE WE PULLED IT OUT, PLUGGED IT IN, DOWNLOADED THE VIDEOS FROM THAT CAMERA, AND IT'S STILL IN USE. THE OTHER INCIDENT THAT I'M AWARE OF, OUR CV OFFICER WAS PERFORMING AN INSPECTION ON AN 18 WHEELER AND WASN'T AWARE THAT HIS CAMERA FELL OFF. SO HE LATER FOUND THE CAMERA, OR WENT BACK AND FOUND WHERE HIS LAST STOP WAS AND FOUND THE CAMERA. WELL, IT HAD BEEN RUN OVER BY THE 18 WHEELER WHEN THE 18 WHEELER LEFT. WE SENT THAT CAMERA IN TO AXON AND AXON COVERED IT UNDER WARRANTY. IT'S VERY RELIABLE AS FAR AS

WARRANTYING THEIR PRODUCT. >> GOOD TO HEAR.

>> THE OTHER THING I'D ADD REAL QUICK IS THE INTEGRATION OF THE BODY WORN CAMERAS AND THE CAR CAMERAS IS SUCH A VALUABLE PART OF WHAT WE DO. MOST OF AN OFFICER'S SHIFT IS SPENT, YOU KNOW, PATROLLING IN THEIR VEHICLES. AND SO NOT ONLY IS IT CAPTURING EVERYTHING THAT THAT OFFICER IS SEEING, WHETHER IN REGARD TO MOTORIST VIOLATIONS OR INCIDENTS THAT OCCUR WHILE ALREADY OUT ON A TRAFFIC STOP OR WHILE OUT ON A CALL FOR SERVICE WHEN THAT CAMERA'S STILL RUNNING, AND IT'S FULLY INTEGRATED WITH THE BODY WORN CAMERA SYSTEM. THERE'S VERY LITTLE WE'RE MISSING. IT DOES HAPPEN WHERE NOT EVERYTHING CAN BE CAPTURED, BUT HAVING THAT REDUNDANCY IN AND THAT INTEGRATION IS REALLY SOMETHING WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF HAVING. I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT.

>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAYOR

PRO-TEM? >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF ROWLETT TO ENTER INTO A FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH AXON FOR AN AGATE FINAL BUNDLE, FIVE-YEAR COST OF $1,502,915.32, WHICH INCLUDES THE $354,064.52 AGREEMENT AMOUNT APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL

ON DECEMBER THE 6TH OF 2022. >> I'LL SECOND IT.

>> OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, HAND VOTE AGAIN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL RIGHT, THAT ITEM

[7H. Consider action approving a resolution for pavement striping services.]

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CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A BID FROM AND AWARDING A CONTRACT TO ROAD MASTER STRIPING, LLC FOR PAVEMENT STRIPING AT 17 LOCATIONS IN A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $701,996.37 THROUGH AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ALLEN AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR SAID SERVICES.

BRIAN? >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL, GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. THE CITY PROVIDES RE-STRIPING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR SAFETY ON OUR ROADS. IT'S NECESSARY WHEN THE ROADS ARE REHABILITATED OR WHEN TIME HAS ERODED THE MARKINGS. IT WENT BACKWARDS. STRIPING AND MARKING ARE REQUIRED FOR DRIVER SAFETY. THE PAVEMENT AND STRIPING MARKING PROGRAM WAS SUSPENDED IN 2019 DUE TO FUNDING AND 2020 DUE TO COVID. THE CITY OF ROWLETT HAS ESTABLISHED AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ALLEN. THIS AGREEMENT ALLOWS THE CITY ENTERING INTO AGREEMENTS, CONTRACTS UNDER THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS. THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WILL BE USED AS A FOUNDATION TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH ROAD MASTER STRIPING,LLC, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PAVEMENT STRIPING MARKING PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF ALLEN BID CONTRACT PRICING. THE COST ESTIMATED BY ROAD MASTER STRIPING FOR PAVEMENT STRIPING IS $701,996.37. THE STRIPING IS NECESSARY TO IMPROVE THE ROAD SYSTEM AT 17 LOCATIONS IN ROWLETT. ALL OF THE ROADS CONTAINED HEREIN HAVE BEEN RECENTLY WITHIN THE PAST SIX MONTHS OR WILL BE REHABILITATED AND HAVE TEMPORARY ROAD MARKINGS. THE CITY'S ROADWAYS REQUIRE FREQUENT RE-STRIPING TO ENSURE PROPER MARKINGS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF MOTORISTS.

THIS METHOD OF IMPROVEMENT WILL PROVIDE THE CITY WITH AN EFFICIENT AND COST EFFECTIVE WAY OF MAINTAINING OUR ROADWAYS. THESE ARE THE 17 ROADS WHICH COMPRISE 30.5 MILES OF STRIPING THAT WILL BE DONE. ALL OF THEM ARE MAIN THOROUGHFARES. THE PAVEMENT MARKING STRIPING PROGRAM CAN BE CONTRACTED THROUGH OUR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ALLEN. AT A COUNCIL WORK SESSION HELD ON MARCH 9, 2023, COUNCIL PROVIDED DIRECTIONS TO STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH USING THE PORTION OF THE FUND AVAILABLE BALANCE FOR THIS PURCHASE. COUNCIL HAS ALLOCATED $702,000 TO THIS PROJECT ON MARCH 9TH. ACTUAL BUDGET WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL BUDGET AMENDMENTS ARE APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN JUNE.

STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION AWARDING A BID TO ROAD MASTER STRIPING FOR THE PAVEMENT MARKING AND STRIPING IN THE BID ATTACHED IN EXHIBIT A. AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $701,996.37. THROUGH AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ALLEN AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENT FOR SAID SERVICES. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. I'M THE ONE THAT WANTED THIS ITEM TO BE PULLED. I FOUND SOME THINGS THAT I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT. EITHER WAY, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE ARE FINALLY ADDRESSING THE LANE STRIPING ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD FOR YEARS AFTER NEGLECT TO DO SO. BUT THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT I SAW THAT I WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF MY CONCERNS. ONE OF THEM FUNDAMENTALLY BEING I DON'T SEE ANY PARTICULAR REASON WHY WE ARE STRIPING, RE-STRIPING, AS FAULT BLACKTOP ROADS ASPHALT ROADS WHEN IT LASTS AS LONG AS THE LANE STRIPING ITSELF. I DROVE EACH OF THE ASPHALT ROADS THAT ARE CALLED OUT HERE AS PROJECTS AS PART OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY ISSUES WITH IN TERMS OF REFLECTIVITY AND THE MARKINGS THEMSELVES. THERE WAS NO FADING OF THESE LANES. AND THEN I'LL GET INTO MORE SPECIFICALLY. SO COUNCIL, IF YOU'LL FOLLOW ALONG WITH ME HERE, IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT CALLS OUT THE STREETS. YES, THERE.

OKAY. AND THIS IS ALSO IN THE PACKET. IT SAYS IN THE PACKET THAT IT WILL BE RE-STRIPED. FOR CLARIFICATION, WE HAVE ALREADY

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DOW ROCK ROAD FROM PRINCETON TO CLAREMONT AVENUE WAS JUST REDONE TWO YEARS AGO. THE STRIPING, AGAIN, WHEN I DROVE IT PERFECTLY SUFFICED. STILL AS GOOD AS THE ROAD IS TWO YEARS OLD. PLUS, WE'RE GETTING READY TO REDO DOW ROCK TO LIBERTY GROVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PREVIOUS MEETING WHERE WE PASSED AN ASPHALT PAVEMENT PLAN. IT ALSO SAID THAT WATERVIEW PARKWAY FROM ELM GROVE TO LIBERTY GROVE WILL BE RE-STRIPED. WATERVIEW PARKWAY IS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD THAT HAS NOT BEEN STRIPED EVEN AFTER IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN THE LATE '90S. THIS IS TYPICALLY BECAUSE WE DO NOT STRIPE NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS AND NEITHER DOES ANY CITY ANYWHERE. ALTHOUGH I CAN KIND OF SEE HOW MAYBE IT'S NECESSARY HERE BECAUSE IT IS A HIGHLY USED ROADWAY. SO I CAN SEE THAT. ALSO SAYS IN THE PACKET THAT THESE ROADS WILL BE RE-STRIPED. THIS ROAD WAS JUST RE-STRIPED THROUGH THE DALLAS COUNTY PROGRAM. ALSO, IT'S AN ASPHALT ROAD, WHICH AGAIN, THOSE TYPICALLY DON'T NEED TO BE RE-STRIPED BECAUSE THE STRIPING LASTS AS LONG AS THE LIFE OF THE ROAD. ALSO SAYS IN THE PACKET THAT FROM PRINCETON ROAD FROM LIBERTY GROVE. IT WAS JUST RE-STRIPED USING THERMOPLAST. WHICH AGAIN, PROBABLY LASTS THREE TO FIVE YEARS. LAKEVIEW TO DANDRIDG DIGE. IT IS A HIGHLY USED NEIGHBORHOOD ROADWAY. IT SAYS IN THE PACKET THAT THE ROAD FROM MILLER ROAD TO HIGHWAY 66 WILL BE RE-STRIPED. THIS ROAD WAS JUST REDONE LAST YEAR. THE STRIPING, AGAIN, PERFECTLY SUFFICED, DOES NOT NEED RE-STRIPING UNTIL IT IS TIME TO REDO THE ROAD AGAIN. IT'S AN ASPHALT BLACKTOP OVERLAY. IT SAYS THAT ELM GROVE TO THE CITY LIMITS WILL BE RE-STRIPED. THIS WAS JUST RE-STRIPED AND HAS NEVER NEEDED TO BE RE-STRIPED IN THE FIRST PLACE, AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S AN ASPHALT ROAD.

IT SAYS THAT LIBERTY GROVE FROM PGBT TO ELM GROVE ROAD WILL BE RE-STRIPED, LIBERTY GROVE FROM PGBT. THEY DO NOT NEED TO BE STRIPED ADDITIONALLY. WE JUST APPROVED IT AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. SAYS IN THE PACKET THAT MILLER ROAD FROM THE WEST CITY LIMITS WILL BE RE-STRIPED. MILLER ROAD FROM PGBT IS AN ASPHALT BLACKTOP ROAD. THOSE STRIPES TYPICALLY LAST AS LONG AS THE ROAD ITSELF. AND IT SAYS IN THE PACKET THAT BIG A ROAD FROM ROWLETT TO TARGET WILL BE STRIPED. THIS ROAD WAS JUST REDONE THREE YEARS AGO. AGAIN, IT LOOKS PERFECTLY SUFFICED STRIPING TO ME. AND IT'S AN ASPHALT BLACKTOP ROAD. AND THEN MY LAST THING IS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING HERE TO SPEND ALL OF THE SIGN REPLACEMENT PAVEMENT MARKING FUND, LEAVING IT WITH NO MORE MONEY. SO WHAT IS THE PLAN REGARDING SIGN REPLACEMENT THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR. THIS ALSO FALLS INTO ANOTHER QUESTION REGARDING MAJOR INTERSECTION SIGNAGE REPLACEMENTS THAT WE WERE TOLD WOULD HAPPEN ALMOST A YEAR AGO.

SO THAT'S A SYNOPSIS OF WHERE MY CONCERNS ARE. IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT I EXPECT TO HAVE ANY ANSWERS TODAY ON. BUT RATHER SOMETHING THAT I CHALLENGE YOU ALL TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT AND SEE WHERE THE AREAS THAT WE TRULY DO NEED LANE STRIPING AND THOSE THAT WE DON'T. AND THEN MAYBE THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT WE'VE LEFT OFF. I DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL BRINGING THIS FORWARD BECAUSE THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY AREAS THAT NEED LANE STRIPING. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. I JUST DON'T WANT TO SPEND MONEY WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND MONEY. AND SO I'M NOT READY TO APPROVE THIS TONIGHT UNLESS THERE ARE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES OR UNLESS YOU ALREADY HAVE THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS, BUT PROBABLY WOULD RECOMMEND DEFERRING TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WHENEVER Y'ALL HAVE HAD TIME TO REEVALUATE THE PLAN.

AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE -- WE ARE SPENDING THE MONEY WHERE

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TO SPEND IT. >> JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, A LARGE PORTION OF OUR THOROUGHFARES ARE ASPHALT ROADS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE SPEAKING TO THE LANE STRIPING THAT DALLAS COUNTY DID WITH THE PAINT OR THE THERMOPLAST. SO ANYWHERE THERE'S EXISTING THERMOPLAST IN ANY JOB, IT WILL BE LEFT, AND THEY WILL GO ON WITH THE REST OF IT. IF WE HAVE MONEYS THAT ARE LEFTOVER WHERE THERE IS THERMOPLAST, WHICH WE EXPECT TO HAVE, WE WILL PICK OUT FURTHER ROADS TO USE THAT ON. SO BEING THAT WE HAVE A GREAT AMOUNT OF ASPHALT ROADS AND OUR PLAN IS TO START COATING THESE WITH A CLEAR COAT TO MAKE THEM LAST LONGER THAN THREE TO FIVE YEARS, SO WE CAN STRETCH OUR MONEY OUT A LOT FURTHER, THAT'S THE REASON WE BROUGHT THESE ROADS UP. THEY'RE ALL MAIN THOROUGHFARES AND WE PLAN ON KEEPING OUR ASPHALT ROADS AROUND AS LONG AS WE CAN MAKE THEM LAST. WE MET WITH A CONTRACTOR TODAY ABOUT COATING ALL OF OUR ROADWAYS WITH A CLEAR COAT THAT EXTENDS THE LIFE OF THEM A LOT LONGER. SO THAT IS WHY WE PUT ALL OF THESE ON THE LIST.

>> OKAY. SO THE CLEAR COAT, WILL THAT BE DONE BEFORE OR

AFTER THE LANE STRIPING? >> AFTER.

>> AFTER. >> YEAH, THE CLEAR COAT, THE REASON WE'RE USING A CLEAR COAT IS BECAUSE OF THE LANE STRIPING. THERE ARE SLURRY COATS THAT CAN GO OVER THE TOP OF IT, BUT IT COVERS UP THE STRIPING. SO WE USE THE CLEAR

SLURRY. >> THAT GOES OVER THE ENTIRETY

OF THE ROAD. >> THE ENTIRE ROAD.

>> OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. THAT ANSWERS THAT ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE ASPHALT PART. THE OTHER THING, THOUGH, THAT STILL ISN'T ADDRESSED HERE IS PARTS OF THE ROAD THAT WE HAVE JUST REDONE THAT ARE PROPOSED -- THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO SPEND FUNDING

HERE. LET'S SEE. >> PASS OVER THOSE. LIKE I SAID, IF WE HAVE JUST DONE THERMOPLAST ON THOSE ROADS, WHICH TO MY KNOWLEDGE IT'S BEEN A WHILE. WE DID THERMOPLAST FROM PGBT GOING UP MILLER ROAD ALL THE WAY TO ROWLETT ROAD LAST YEAR. THAT'S THE LAST THERMOPLAST ROAD WE'VE DONE.

>> NO, IT'S NOT. >> WE DID SOME OTHER THERMOPLAST ROADS OUT WHERE WE DID REPAVING. SO SOME OF THESE HAVE PIECES AND PARTS ON THEM THAT MAY NEED SOME THERMOPLAST THAT'S LEFT, BUT ANYTHING THAT'S EXISTING WELL USED THERMOPLAST, WE WON'T REPLACE. SO WE WILL EXTEND THAT LIST OUT EVEN FURTHER WITH THE MONEY SAVINGS.

>> SO AGAIN, PRINCETON ROAD FROM LIBERTY GROVE TO STATION THREE WAS JUST REPLASTERED, AND THEN CHISA FROM LAKEVIEW PARKWAY TO DANRIDGE WAS JUST REPLASTERED. THOSE ARE TWO AREAS THAT DON'T NEED LANE STRIPING THAT ARE CALLED OUT HERE THAT NEED IT. AND THEN THE ASPHALT ROADS THAT WE JUST PAINTED OVER WITH THE DALLAS COUNTY PROGRAM, ARE WE -- SO I DON'T WANT TO -- I DON'T WANT TO KEEP ADDING PAINT THAT IS ALREADY SUFFICED GOOD ENOUGH. I DON'T WANT TO SPEND MONEY THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND WHEN THE LANE STRIPING IS ALREADY THERE AND CLEAR. SO THAT'S WHERE MY HOLD UP IS ON THIS. I DON'T

WANT TO WASTE MONEY. >> I UNDERSTAND, THAT'S YOUR DISCRETION AS A COUNCIL. THAT LANE STRIPING WITH THE PAINT YOU KNOW WILL DEGRADE OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND YOU'LL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM YOU HAVE TODAY IN SOME OF YOUR OTHER ROADS.

THAT'S WHY WE WENT WITH THERMOPLAST THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SYSTEM. YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT LASTS, SEVERAL YEARS.

>> SO FOR REFERENCE, WE WON'T CONTINUE WITH THE DALLAS COUNTY

PROGRAM. >> RIGHT.

>> WHILE IT'S BEING TAKEN OUT OF THOSE TWO ACCOUNTS NOW, REMEMBER, WE'RE FUNDING WITH EXCESS RESERVES. SO TEMPORARILY IT'S BEING TAKEN OUT OF THOSE ACCOUNTS WHEN COUNCIL APPROVES THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, IT GOES BACK INTO. SO THIS IS RESERVED MONEY THAT YOU GUYS GAVE CONSENT ON, THAT COUNCIL GAVE CONCEPT ON ON MARCH THE 9TH. SO WHEN THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT COMES TO COUNCIL, THOSE FUNDS WILL BE REFUNDED. I DON'T KNOW

WHAT THE WORD IS. >> I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

OKAY. SO IS THIS LIST -- SO THIS LIST REALLY ISN'T, THEN -- PROBLEM IS, I APPROVE THE LIST AS IS, I'M APPROVING SPENDING MONEY WHERE IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE SPENT. SO MY QUESTION IS THEN IF THERE'S A WAY TO AMEND A MOTION, NOT THAT I CAN'T MAKE A MOTION, BUT IN A WAY THAT SAYS THAT A -- PROBLEM IS I

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THAT SOMETHING -- >> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE

CALLING FOR A MOTION TO TABLE. >> WELL --

>> OTHERWISE -- IT'S QUESTIONABLE IF YOU ENCOURAGE SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITHOUT SPECIFYING AN AMOUNT. YOU COULD PROBABLY MAKE CHANGES TO IT, BUT FOR AN UNSPECIFIED AMOUNT AND WITHOUT HAVING --

>> THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M I'M SUGG APPROVING THIS AMENDING THE LIST TO WHERE THERE BASICALLY IS -- THE PROBLEM IS APPROVING THIS WITH THE CURRENT LIST VERY SPECIFICALLY.

>> I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SOMEBODY COULD MAKE A MOTION THAT IDENTIFIES THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING

APPROVED. THAT MAKE SENSE? >> YOU WOULD APPROVE THE EXPENDITURE SUBJECT TO -- OR YOU'D AUTHORIZE OR APPROVE THE AGREEMENT BUT ONLY FOR ITEMS ONE THROUGH SEVEN AND 12 THROUGH 15. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STRIKE OUT OR DELETE THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS YOU DON'T WANT PAVED OR PAINTED.

>> LET ME JUST HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE REAL QUICK.

>> CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT YOU COULD APPROVE THE AMOUNT AND IF YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM THE DISCRETION TO ADD OTHER STREETS OR NOT DO SOME OF THESE STREETS AS THEY FIND THEY SEE FIT, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO SPECIFY THE LOCATIONS IN THE

MOTION, IS THAT CORRECT? >> THE AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE APPROVING, THOUGH, IS FOR ALL OF THESE PROJECTS.

>> WE'RE NOT -- WELL, OKAY. SO WE'RE APPROVING THE ENTIRETY OF THE BUDGET THAT IS IN THE SIGN REPLACEMENT LANE STRIPING. THAT BUDGET IS FINE. THE ISSUE IS APPROVING THIS WITH THE VERY SPECIFIC CALLED OUT PROJECT AREAS THAT I KNOW A PORTION OF WILL NOT NEED TO BE RE-STRIPED. SO RATHER THAN APPROVING THIS ITEM WITH THAT SPECIFIC CALLED OUT PROJECT AREA, WE'D RATHER LEAVE IT AS A DISCRETIONARY, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE FOR LANE STRIPING PERIOD.

>> MAYOR? >> LET'S SEE. YES. WHO --

>> WE'RE APPROVING AN AMOUNT, A LUMP SUM FOR AN AMOUNT, NOT A SPECIFIC PROJECT. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM AND AGREE YOU SHOULD ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. YOU CAN APPROVE THE AMOUNT TONIGHT AND YOU CAN ASK STAFF TO COME BACK WITH A REVISED LIST ON WHAT'S GOING TO GET DONE BASED ON THAT AMOUNT. BECAUSE WE'RE NOT APPROVING THE ACTUAL LINE BY

LINE ITEM. >> SO I'M NOT GOING TO DISAGREE, BUT SECTION ONE OF THE RESOLUTION SAYS THAT WE'RE APPROVING THE AMOUNT BY REFERENCE AS EXHIBIT A, AND IT HAS A LIST IN THE ATTACHMENTS THAT GO ALONG WITH THE RESOLUTION THAT SEEM TO LIST THESE SAME AREAS. I WOULD LIKE IT IF THAT WERE THE CASE, BUT I'M AFRAID IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE APPROVING TONIGHT, I DON'T SEE HOW WE COULD APPROVE IT WITH THE ATTACHMENT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE RESOLUTION, UNLESS OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS A DIFFERENT

OPINION. >> HENCE MY FIRST COMMENT, SOUNDS LIKE A MOTION TO TABLE TO ME.

>> THAT'S WHAT I KIND OF AM SUGGESTING. I WOULD LIKE FOR STAFF TO GO BACK AND IDENTIFY THE EXACT AREAS THAT WE NEED TO RE-STRIPE AND THOSE AREAS THAT DO NOT NEED RE-STRIPING AND THEN BRING THIS LIST BACK, A FINAL LIST, SO THAT WAY AS PART OF THIS VOTE WE APPROVE THE EXACT PROJECT AREAS THAT WE NEED. SO -- AND HOPEFULLY THAT CAN BE DONE IN TIME FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. OKAY. AND BRIAN?

>> RONNIE'S GOT A STRATEGY, HIS TEAM, TO STRIPE THE ROADS EXCEPT FOR AREAS WHERE THEY'VE BEEN STRIPED, I ASSUME ALREADY WITH THERMOPLAST. IF THEY'VE BEEN PAINTED, THE GOAL WOULD BE TO USE THERMOPLAST. SO THERE MAY BE AREAS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP WHERE IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE IT NEEDED, BUT IT WAS PAINTED.

SO IN THAT CASE, WE WOULD RE-STRIPE IT WITH THE THERMOPLAST SO THAT IT LASTS LONGER. THE GOAL IS TO COME

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FEET HERE. >> WE WOULD GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE ROADS WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, IDENTIFY THERMOPLAST THAT WAS OUT THERE, REMOVE THAT, IDENTIFY EACH ONE OF THEM AS PAINTED OR THERMOPLAST, AND THEN IF COUNCIL IS NOT IN AGREEMENT FOR GETTING INTO NEIGHBORHOODS, LIKE SOME OF THE ONES THAT YOU MENTIONED, WE WOULD REMOVE THOSE AND FIND ALTERNATES. I THINK YOU MADE THE POINT THAT IT'S A WELL TRAVELED ROAD THROUGH THERE, AND IT'S HIGHLY TRAVELED. AND IT HASN'T BEEN STRIPED -- IT DID QUALIFY AS A THOROUGHFARE TO US. SO WE WOULD CHOOSE TO LEAVE THAT ONE ON THERE. BUT WE

WILL TAKE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION. >> RONNIE, WOULD THAT POTENTIALLY CHANGE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED ALSO THAT IF WE END UP WITH MONEY LEFT OVER WE MIGHT ADD

SOME ADDITIONAL ROADS. >> YES, SIR. ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE LEFTOVER -- WE KNEW THERE WOULD BE SOME PIECES OF THERMOPLAST OUT THERE, AND ANYTHING LEFT OVER WE WOULD MOVE TO A SECOND ROAD, A THIRD ROAD, A FOURTH ROAD AFTER THIS LIST AND GO AHEAD AND THERMOPLAST IT AS WELL. SO THESE WERE THE MAIN THOROUGHFARES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE CHOSE THE MAIN THOROUGHFARES THAT COVERED MOST OF THE CITY THAT DID NOT HAVE THERMOPLAST.

>> I WOULDN'T BE MAKING THIS AN ISSUE IF THERE WAS A COUPLE FEET OF THIS I'D SAY WHATEVER, IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL.

BUT I'M TALKING LONG SECTIONS. THAT'S A LONG SECTION THERE.

THAT'S OVER A MILE LONG. THAT DOES NOT NEED TO BE RE-STRIPED.

SO YOU'RE TALKING REAL DOLLARS HERE.

>> UNLESS PERHAPS IT WAS PAINTED.

>> NO, THEY WERE THERMOPLAST. >> SO MY QUESTION EARLIER WAS DOES THIS HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON OPERATIONS EVERY WE DELAY

FOR TWO WEEKS? >> WE'LL START IN THE MORNING GETTING AN ACCURATE COUNT OF WHAT IS THERMOPLASTED.

>> THANK YOU. >> THAT ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO GET KIND OF A HEAD START ON WHAT -- WITH THIS PLAN YOU'D HAVE TO COME IN AFTER THE FACT AND THEN GO FIND AREAS. THIS GETS ALL OF THAT DONE FOR YOU IN ADVANCE OF THIS -- OF THE CONTRACT GOING THROUGH. SO YOU HAVE ALL YOUR ANSWERS. THE COMPANY CAN GO IN AND DO ALL OF IT. THIS JUST GETS IT ALL DONE. BRIAN, YOU RAISED YOUR HAND? I THINK YOU'RE MUTED. TYPICAL ZOOM ISSUE HERE. IS OUR VOLUME OFF HERE? IN THE MEANTIME, SURE, GO

AHEAD. >> SO, BRIAN, I'M GOING TO ASK A QUESTION IN THE MEANTIME WHILE THEY GET THE AUDIO FIXED.

IN TERMS OF STREETS WITH ON-STREET PARKING LIKE AMESBURY, I LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, I'M ON AMESBURY THREE, FOUR TIMES A DAY. IS IT TYPICAL TO HAVE THOSE STREETS

STRIPED? >> WHERE YOU HAVE A LARGER COLLECTOR COMING OUT, YES. WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK ON AMESBURY, IF YOU'VE NOTICED THERE ARE A LOT OF PANEL REPLACEMENTS. IT'S A VERY HIGHLY TRAVELED ROAD. SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOUR RESIDENTIAL STREET THAT'S JUST VERY NARROW.

IT'S A LARGER COLLECTOR. SO IF WE STRIPE IT DOWN THE MIDDLE, THEN IT KEEPS PEOPLE FROM DRIVING ALL OVER THE ROAD. SO THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE TO GO WITH THE LARGER COLLECTOR STREETS AND THE MAIN THOROUGHFARES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

>> YEAH, THAT'S ONE -- I KNOW IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET, MAYOR, BUT THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR DOES DESERVE ATTENTION SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC THAT FLOWS UP AND DOWN THAT STREET. I'VE HEARD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENT WHO IS HAVE ASKED FOR SPEED BUMPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND HAVE BEEN TOLD WE CAN'T DO THAT. THIS SEEMS LIKE NOT A SOLUTION BUT A BAND-AID TO ABATE CONCERNS.

>> A LOT OF THIS WAS BORN OUT OF CALLS LIKE THAT. AMESBURY HAS A HIGH CALL RATE, AND STRIPING WAS ONE OF THEM. SO WE DID PICK SOME OF THESE OUT OF THAT. BUT THE MAJORITY OF THEM

ARE MAIN COLLECTORS. >> AND IF WE -- IF COUNCIL WERE TO POST UPON THIS ITEM TONIGHT, DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT WOULD

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TAKE YOU? >> NEXT.

>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER? >> I THINK LAURA SUCCESSFULLY UNMUTED ME. MORE IMPORTANTLY, SHE SUCCESSFULLY MUTED ME. SO MAYOR, I AGREE WITH YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT APPROVING SOMETHING WITHOUT SPECIFIC DETAIL. I UNDERSTAND USING A GENERAL AMOUNT, MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE DISCIPLINE TO TELL OUR CITIZENS THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS WE'RE APPROVING. SO I'M IN FAVOR OF MOVING THIS OUT UNTIL THE STAFF HAS A CHANCE TO DO THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE AREAS THAT NEED THIS AND COME

BACK WITH A CORRECTED LIST. >> OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. DEPUTY MAYOR?

>> I MOVE THAT WE POSTPONE ITEM 7H TO THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL

MEETING. >> IS THERE A SECOND? MAYOR

PRO-TEM WINGET? >> SECOND.

>> MOTION AND A SECOND TO POSTPONE THE ITEM TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND THAT ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.

[8A. Conduct a public hearing and take action to approve an ordinance approving a Development Plan with Major Warrants to allow the development, construction and use of a self-storage facility and imposing certain related development conditions on property zoned Form-Based Urban Village (FB-UV) District, situated northwest of the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Dalrock Road, being Lot 1A, Block C of the Bayside East Addition, in the City of Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas.]

>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHTY, NOW WE'LL GET ON TO OUR LAST ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, ITEM 8A, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT PLAN WITH MAJOR WARRANTS TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND USE OF A SELF-STORAGE FACILITY AND IMPOSING CERTAIN RELATED DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS ON PROPERTY ZONED FORM-BASED URBAN VILLAGE DISTRICT SITUATED NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF SUNSET BOULEVARD AND DALROCK ROAD BEING LOT 1A, BLOCKC OF THE BAYSIDE EAST ADDITION IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS.

>> AGAIN, THIS WOULD ADDRESS SEVERAL ARTICLES IN THE FORM-BASED CODE THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE USE OF SELF-STORAGE WITHIN THE STRUCTURE IF THIS IS APPROVED, AS WELL AS SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS FOR THAT WOULD MAKE THIS PROJECT WORK. AGAIN, MAJOR WARRANTS MAY BE APPROVE BID THE CITY COUNCIL FOLLOWING A RECOMMENDATION BY THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION. THESE MAJOR WARRANTS ARE REGARDING DEVIATIONS FROM THE DESIGN STANDARDS, AND THEY ARE CONSIDERED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS BY STAFF, THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, AND COUNCIL. BACK IN APRIL OF 2015, THIS PROPERTY WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS AFTER THE PURCHASE OF THE ROBERTSON PARK AND WAS ZONED AROUND THE FORM-BASED URBAN VILLAGE SUB DISTRICT WITHIN THE BAYSIDE DISTRICT, WHICH WAS SPECIALLY CREATED FOR THIS DISTRICT. THE URBAN VILLAGE DESIGNATION IS A MIXED USE, MORE INTENSE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERISTIC. THERE ARE SMALLER URBAN OPEN SPACES SUCH AS PLAZAS PARK, CONNECTED INTO THE LARGER CITY BY STREETS, TRAILS, BIKE LANES, AND PATHS.

WOULD ALSO NOTE SPECIFICALLY THAT APPENDIX 1.1, THE FORM-BASED CODE WHICH SETS FORWARD THE PERMITTED USES, DOES NOT PERMIT SELF-STORAGE. THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN IN AND BY ITSELF COULD BE APPROVED FOR THIS ALLOWING THIS AS A FLEXIBLE OR A MIXED USE STRUCTURE, AND WE'LL TALK A BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. HOWEVER, THE USE OF SELF-STORAGE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OCCUPY THIS BUILDING IF IT WERE TO BE CONSTRUCTED UNLESS THIS MAJOR WARRANT IS APPROVED. SPECIFICS TO WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED THIS EVENING, IT IS A SEVEN-STORY BUILDING WHICH WOULD BE 98 FEET IN HEIGHT, WRAPPING THE CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION. VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM DAL ROCK ROAD AS WELL AS AN EASEMENT TO THE WEST THAT CONNECTS THE ALREADY DEVELOPED HOTEL WITH THE TWO SMALLER RETAIL BUILDINGS. THE PROPOSED USES WOULD BE FOR THE GROUND FLOOR RESTAURANT OFFICE AT THE GROUND LEVEL. THE MIDDLE FLOORS, TWO THROUGH SIX, WOULD BE WHERE THE SELF-STORAGE WOULD BE LOCATED. AND THEN AN OFFICE USER OR USERS WOULD BE FOR THE SEVENTH, THE TOP FLOOR. AS WELL AS ON THE LOBBY IN THE MAIN OFFICE SPACE FOR THE SELF-STORAGE WOULD ALSO BE ON THE GROUND FLOOR ON THE DALROCK ROAD FRONTAGE. THE PARKING FOR THIS PROPOSED STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE PARALLEL PARKING ON THE STREET, WHICH IS

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SO HERE WE HAVE DALROCK ROAD, SUNSET BOULEVARD. THIS IS THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE. IT IS GENERALLY AN L-SHAPE IN FORM.

BEHIND IS WHERE THE PARKING IS BEHIND THE -- AND THEN THIS IS THE SURFACE LOT. UNDER THAT IS THE LEVEL OF PARKING. HERE IS THE ACCESS EASEMENT CONNECTING IT TO THIS IS THE HOTEL DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST AS WELL AS THE RETAIL BUILDING HERE.

THESE ARE THE SCHEMATIC ELEVATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED BUILDING. THE EAST ELEVATION WOULD BE TOWARD DALROCK ROAD, THE SOUTH ELEVATION WOULD BE TOWARD I -30, NORTH ELEVATION TOWARD THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND THEN THE WEST ELEVATION WOULD BE TOWARD THE HOTEL AND THE REMAINDER OF THE BAYSIDE DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS A PERSPECTIVE AS WELL AS A MASTER STUDY THAT WOULD SHOW THEORETICALLY HOW THIS BUILDING WOULD RELATE IN PERSPECTIVE TO THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT IN THE BAYSIDE DEVELOPMENT THERE. GOING ON TO THE SPECIFIC MAJOR WARRANTS, THE FIRST MAJOR WARRANT THAT WE WOULD ADDRESS HERE WOULD BE TO ALLOW FOR THE USE OF SELF-STORAGE AS A PERMITTED USE. AGAIN WOULD NOTE THAT THE FORM-BASED CODE DOES NOT ALLOW FOR SELF-STORAGE USE IN ANY OF THE DISTRICTS. THE LIKELY REASON FOR THAT IS, AS YOU SHOULD RECALL, THE FORM-BASED CODE IS INTENDING TO CREATE A PEDESTRIAN-ORIENTED, LESS AUTOMOTIVE DRAWN DEVELOPMENT, AND TYPICALLY SELF-STORAGE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THEIR RECENT HISTORY, UP UNTIL THEIR RECENT HISTORY, ACTUALLY, ARE LAND-ORIENTED TYPES OF SERVICE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS MULTISTORY AND THEREFORE DOES TAKE UP LESS LAND TYPE OF USE THERE. WOULD ALSO NOTE THERE ARE CURRENTLY NINE SELF-STORAGE FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY, THE CLOSEST WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 2.8 MILES FROM THIS PROPERTY AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER. THIS IS PROPOSED TO BE AN ENCLOSED FACILITY WITH A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL FORM THAT IS -- BUILDS CLOSE UP TO THE RIGHT OF WAY, DOES HAVE THE VEHICULAR REAR OF THE SITE, AS IS ALSO WHAT IS INTENDED WITH THE FORM-BASED CODE. DOES PROPOSE A MIX OF USES, WOULD MAINTAIN PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY FOR RESTAURANTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AT THE GROUND LEVEL AND AGAIN WOULD NOTE THAT THE FORM-BASED CODE DOES INTEND BUILD THAT IS DO NOT HAVE A SINGLE USE DOMINATING THEM, AND ALSO THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR TO ACCOMMODATE SEVERAL USES. THE SECOND MAJOR WARRANT THAT IS BEING REQUESTED IN REGARDS TO THE STREETSCAPE ELEMENTS ALONG BOTH SUNSET BOULEVARD AND DALROCK ROAD. THEY ARE PROPOSING SOME DEVIATIONS FROM THIS REGARDING THE SIZE AND PLACEMENT OF PARKWAY AND LANDSCAPING AND SIDEWALKS THE FORM-BASED CODE REQUIRES DIFFERENT SIDEWALK DEPENDING UPON THE PROPOSED USE AND THE BUILDING HEIGHT. SO IN THIS CASE A COMMERCIAL BUILDING GREATER THAN THREE STORIES IN HEIGHT REQUIRES A SIX-FOOT PARKWAY AND A 12-FOOT SIDEWALK.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS USING THE ILLUSTRATION ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE HERE, THE PARKWAY, IS WHAT IS NOTED HERE AS THE AMENITY ZONE, AND THAT IS SHOWN AS SIX FEET. YOU CAN SEE THAT TALLER BUILDING. THAT SIDEWALK IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE PARKWAY, AMENITY ZONE, AND THE BUILDING IN THERE. HERE IS THE CURRENT SITUATION OF SUNSET BOULEVARD. RIGHT NOW AS SUNSET BOULEVARD HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED TO OBSERVE THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT IN BAYSIDE. THESE DIMENSIONS, AGAIN, ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE STREETSCAPE ELEMENTS, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED TO DALROCK ROAD. THE APPLICANT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE A 10-FOOT PAVED AREA ALONG THE BUILDING ALLOWING FOR TWO SEPARATE PATHWAYS FOR PEDESTRIANS AS WELL AS FOR GATHERING SPACE OR SOCIAL SPACE FOR FOLKS THAT WOULD BE UTILIZING THIS

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WITHIN THE ROWLETT DEVELOPMENT CODE, THERE IS A RATIO FOR SELF-STORAGE THAT THERE IS ONE SPACE FOR EVERY 1,500 SQUARE FEET OF THE GROSS FLOOR AREA. AND THIS CHART BELOW LAYS OUT THAT IF WE WERE TO STRICTLY APPLY THE FORM-BASED CODE REQUIREMENT FOR THE PARKING, THERE WOULD BE COUNTERINTUITIVELY -- THEY WOULD REQUIRE APPROXIMATELY 500 PARKING SPACES FOR THIS. USING THE COMBINATION OF THE

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SECONDLY, IN REGARDS TO THE STREETSCAPE ELEMENT THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO THE WARRANT TO APPROVE THE CHANGES TO THE STREETSCAPE ON SUNSET BOULEVARD, RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THE REQUEST TO VARY THE REQUIREMENTS ALONG DALROCK ROAD, EXCEPT TO RECOMMEND THE INSTALLATION OF AN EIGHT-FOOT SIDEWALK, MINIMUM SIX FEET FROM THE BACK OF THE CURB, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR TREES AND LIGHTING TO BE INSTALLED WITHIN PARKWAY. THE APPLICANT IS AMENABLE TO THAT RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE STREETSCAPE. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE MAJOR WARRANT TO WAIVE THE TREE REQUIREMENT IN THE PARKING ISLANDS AT THE GROUND LEVEL WHERE THERE IS STRUCTURE PARKING BELOW WITH THE CONDITION THAT THERE WOULD BE ALTERNATIVE SHADE ELEMENTS PROVIDED FOR THOSE PARKING SPACES THAT ARE EXPOSED.

FOURTH, THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. FULL ON APPROVAL OF THE MAJOR WARRANT TO ALLOW A PARKING RATIO OF ONE TO 8,000 SQUARE FEET FOR THE ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EVERY 8,000 SQUARE FEET OF SELF-STORAGE USE. AND THEN LASTLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE MAJOR WARRANT TO ALLOW FOR THE GLASS ON FLOORS TWO THROUGH SIX WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE WINDOWS WOULD BE RETROFITTED TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE TRANSPARENCY STANDARD IN THE EVENT THAT THE USE CHANGES WITHIN THOSE LEVELS. IN REGARD TO THE PUBLIC NOTIFICATIONS THAT WERE DONE FOR THIS SITE THAT WERE SENT OUT MARCH 13TH OF THIS YEAR, THERE WERE TEN NOTICES SENT OUT AS REQUIRED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET, AND THERE WERE 13 COURTESY NOTICE SENT OUT TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 500 FEET. THERE WERE NO RESPONSES RECEIVED EITHER IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST.

AGAIN, TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT THE FORM-BASED CODE SETS FORTH THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE APPROVAL OR DENIAL OF THE

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BEGIN, THE PLANNING COMMISSION ECHOED THAT RECOMMENDATION.

DENIAL TO ESTABLISH A 1 TO 8,000 PARKING RATIO FOR THE SELF-STORAGE USES. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THAT THE RATIO BE ESTABLISHED AS 1 TO 1,500 SQUARE FEET. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST TO ESTABLISH THE 1 TO 8,000 SQUARE FOOT RATIO. AND THEN LASTLY, APPROVAL OF THE MAJOR WARRANT TO ALLOW FOR GLASS ON FLOORS TWO TO SIX WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE WINDOWS SHALL BE RETROFITTED TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE TRANSPARENCY STANDARD IN THE EVENT THE USE CHANGES WITHIN THOSE LEVELS. WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN YOUR QUESTIONS. HOWEVER, I'D ALSO NOTE THAT THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE THIS EVENING WITH A PRESENTATION PREPARED AND WOULD SUGGEST YOU PERHAPS LET HIM DO THAT PRESENTATION, UNLESS THERE ARE SPECIFIC THINGS YOU HAVE OF

ME AT THIS APPOINTMENT. >> COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? MAYOR PRO-TEM WINGET?

>> ONE QUESTION, IN ONE OF THE RENDERINGS THERE APPEARS TO BE ON-STREET PARKING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SUNSET. AND I'M -- IT CURRENTLY DOESN'T EXIST, I'M WONDERING IF THAT IS SOMETHING THEY'RE GOING TO INSTALL AS PART OF THIS.

>> YES. >> WAS THAT ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE THAT WAY? I SEE THERE'S A BLOCK OF THE PAVEMENT THAT KIND OF STICKS OUT MORE THAN THE REST. WAS THAT DESIGNED TO CATER TO ON-STREET PARK SOMETHING.

>> YES. >> OKAY, THANK YOU.

>> COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT SPEAKER IS ON. BRIAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, OKAY, ALL RIGHT. THEN APPLICANT, YOU CAN COME FORWARD

AND MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION. >> MAYOR, COUNCIL, MAX WELL FISHER. I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR WORKING WITH US PATIENTLY OVER THE LAST TEN MONTHS ON THIS PROJECT. DIDN'T THINK WE COULD EVER PROVIDE A PROJECT THAT HAS SELF-STORAGE THAT COMPLIES WITH MORE OR LESS ALL OF YOUR FORM-BASED CODE PRINCIPLES. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU TODAY. I'LL TRY TO GO OVER ONLY THE THINGS THAT I THINK REALLY MATTER THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ON SINCE ALEX DID A GREAT JOB OF GOING THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS. THIS IS, AS MENTIONED, A VERY DIFFICULT SITE. IT DOESN'T HAVE THE ACCESS AND SIZE OPPORTUNITIES OF SOME OF THE OTHER SITES IN YOUR FORM-BASED CODE DISTRICT. WE HAVE NO ACCESS ON DALROCK. WE HAVE ONE ACCESS POINT ON SUNSET, AND THEN WE HAVE A CROSS AXIS ONLY. THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES THERE WITH WHAT CAN BE ULTIMATELY DEVELOPED ON THE PROPERTY. SO THIS ISN'T THE URBAN VILLAGE SUB DISTRICT. WE AIM TO PROVIDE SOMETHING THAT WAS HIGH DENSITY, URBAN FORM, MULTIMODEL STREETSCAPE FOR BOTH PEDESTRIANS AND MOTORISTS, AND A MIXTURE OF USES. WE THINK WE'VE DONE THAT WITH THIS PROJECT AND MADE AN A, SO TO SPEAK, WITH COMPLYING WITH CODE IN THAT RESPECT. THE BUILDING, AGAIN, HAS ALL BEEN PULLED TO THE STREET. ALMOST ALL THE PARKING IS BEHIND THE BUILDINGS. SOME IS EVEN UNDERGROUND. WE THINK THAT'S VALUABLE IN PROVIDING A PEDESTRIAN STREETSCAPE THAT ACTIVATES THAT PUBLIC REALM.

THIS WILL BE FULLY ELEVATOR SERVED. TWO WILL SERVE THE SELF-STORAGE FACILITY, THEN AN ELEVATOR IN THE OFFICE

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WE'VE PROGRAMMED THE PART IN RED THERE AS RETAIL, SERVICE.

IT COULD BE RESTAURANT. WE'VE GOT SOME FLEXIBILITY WITH OUR PARKING AS IT'S PROGRAMMED TO DO ADDITIONAL RESTAURANT IF THERE'S DEMAND. AND THEN ALSO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A PASEO, THAT RED ARROW WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO WALK FROM THE PARKING GARAGE TO THE STREET. THAT WAY THE BUILDING DOESN'T CUT OFF ACCESS FROM THE GARAGE AND THE BACK OF HOUSE OPERATIONS TO THE STREET. ON THE PARKING WE ARE ASKING FOR A REDUCTION IN PARKING FROM ONE TO 1,500 TO ONE TO 8,000. WE ONLY WANT TO PARK THE STORAGE FOR WHAT WE'LL NEED. THAT WILL REQUIRE 15 PARKING SPACES. WE ONLY NEED A HANDFUL OF PARKING SPACES ANY ONE TIME FOR A SELF-STORAGE DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR VISITORS AN HOUR, AND MOST PEOPLE WILL GO INTO THE LOADING AND UNLOADING AREA AND THEN GO UP TO THEIR UNIT AND COME BACK DOWN. THEY DON'T PARK IN A CONVENTIONAL PARKING SPACE. WE WANT TO REDUCE OUR PARKING ON THE SELF-STORAGE TO PROVIDE MORE PARKING FOR THE RESTAURANT AND RETAIL. SO THAT WAY IF WE DO GET A COUPLE RESTAURANTS, THERE'S FLEXIBILITY THERE TO PARK THAT RESTAURANT SPACE. SO WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU GO WITH THE ONE TO 8,000. THAT ALIGNS WITH ONE THAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED, RELATIVELY RECENTLY APPROVED. THE OTHER VARIANTS THAT WE CANNOT LIVE WITH, AND WE TRIED, I'LL EXPLAIN, IS SINCE THIS IS A PARKING GARAGE THAT'S BURIED, THE TOP OF PARKING GARAGE IS GRADE LEVEL. THEN THERE'S A LEVEL BELOW IT.

WE CAN'T DO YOUR TYPICAL LANDSCAPING AND SOIL AND TREES IN THOSE PARKING LOT I LANDS, THE ONES I'VE CIRCLED THERE IN GREEN. I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT'S NOT SHOWING UP BETTER THAN IT IS, BUT SO WE CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT -- BECAUSE OF THE DEPTH OF THE CONCRETE DOESN'T ALLOW US TO DO SOIL AND TREES. AND WE CAN'T IRRIGATE THAT AREA. SO IT WAS JUST -- WE TRIED. WE CAN'T MAKE IT WORK. SO WE ARE DOING ENHANCED PAVING FOR THOSE AREAS. IT AT LEAST BREAKS UP THE PARKING LOT. IT DOESN'T PROVIDE SHADE. SINCE THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING, WE DID LOOK AT DOING A SHADE STRUCTURE. WE ENGAGED A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER X WE CAN'T DO THAT AS WELL BECAUSE THERE'S FOOTINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THAT SHADE STRUCTURE.

WE DON'T HAVE THE DEPTH BECAUSE OF THE CONCRETE SLAB AS WELL.

AND SO WE TRIED. WE WOULD HAPPILY DO IT IF WE COULD, BUT WE ARE ASKING FOR RELIEF ON THAT ITEM. I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THE SAME THINGS THAT ALEX MENTIONED. I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THESE VARIANCES, BUT I THINK SOME ARE SELF-EXPLANATORY. HERE'S THE BUILDING. WE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME, CARLOS GUIDED US AND WAS PATIENT ON GETTING US UP TO COMPLY ON THE CODE. WE HAVE A LOT OF GLAZING ON THIS BUILDING. IT'S FOUR-SIDED ARCHITECTURE. WHAT YOU SEE FROM THE FRONT YOU SEE IN THE BACK, WHERE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SEEN AT LOWER LEVELS. WE'RE DOING A THOROUGH JOB OF MAKING THIS LOOK LIKE IT'S ALL FACING THE PUBLIC. HE MENTIONED WHY WE'RE DOING THE CERTAIN LEVELS OF TRANSPARENCY ON THE GLASS. WE HAVE TRANSPARENT GLASS ON THE RETAIL PORTION. THE PORTION OF SELF-STORAGE ON THE DALROCK SIDE IS TRANSPARENT. HOWEVER, YOU WILL NOT SEE ANY SELF-STORAGE DOORS. THERE'LL BE LIKE A FAUX WALL WITH SOME LIGHTING THAT'S INSIDE THE BUILDING. SO IT WILL JUST LOOK LIKE RETAIL, BUT IT WON'T BE RETAIL THERE. ON THE RETAIL SIDE WILL BE TYPICAL RETAIL GLAZING. AND THEN GLASS FOR THE SELF-STORAGE DEVELOPMENT. THIS WILL PROVIDE THE APPEARANCE OF GLASS. IT WILL READ OFFICE, BUT YOU WON'T SEE THE SELF-STORAGE DOORS, WHICH I THINK IS MOST APPROPRIATE. AND THEN TINTED GLASS AS YOU WOULD HAVE FOR AN OFFICE DEVELOPMENT ON FLOOR SEVEN FOR WHAT WE HOPE TO BE A LARGE OFFICE USER OR A COMBINATION OF OFFICE USERS.

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THIS WOULD BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE DEVELOPMENT HE'S DOING AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS WHERE YOU HAVE THIS MIX OF USES. THIS WILL BE CLOSE TO A $20 MILLION PROJECT AND INCREASE TAX CONTRIBUTION. THIS DOESN'T COUNT THE RESTAURANT OR RETAIL SALES TAX YOU MAY GET AS WELL AND OVER 100 JOBS FROM THE OFFICE COMPONENT AND SOME OF THE RETAIL THAT WE'RE PLANNING HERE. I'LL WRAP UP, THIS IS A CHALLENGE SITE. WE BELIEVE WE'VE PROVIDED A PRODUCT THAT COMPLIES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WE'LL PROVIDE RETAIL, ACTIVATED SPACE ON THE GROUND FLOOR WHERE IT MATTERS. WE THINK WE'VE RIGHT SIZED THE AMOUNT OF OFFICE AND RETAIL THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THIS CHALLENGE PARCEL. AND THEN THE PORTION THAT IS STORAGE IS OBSCURED AND EMBEDDED. IT'S ON THE SECOND THROUGH SIXTH FLOOR. YOU WON'T KNOW THAT IT'S STORAGE UNLESS YOU SEE THE SIGNS ON THE END THAT SAY STORAGE. YOU'LL SEE DOORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT HERE. WE WOULD ASK YOU TO FOLLOW CITY STAFF SUPPORT AND PLANNING AND ZONING SUPPORT ON THIS REQUEST, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY

QUESTIONS. >> COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR

THE APPLICANT? >> YES, I WANT TO SAY FIRST, AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY CREATIVE PROJECT. WHEN I FIRST HEARD THAT YOU WANTED TO PUT SELF-STORAGE AT THAT LOCATION, I ADMIT I WAS NOT REALLY ENTHUSED, BUT AFTER SEEING THE PLANS, I LIKE THE IDEA IN GENERAL. I WATCHED THE PNZ MEETING. YOU HAVE THREE TOTAL ELEVATORS, IS THAT CORRECT? TWO IN THE STORAGE AREA AND ONE FOR THE OTHER PART. OKAY. SO IT SEEMS LIKE THE -- YOU SAID THE TWO DEAL BREAKERS ARE THE PARKING AND THE LANDSCAPING OR SHADE STRUCTURE, CORRECT AND YOU WANT ONE TO 8,000 AND THE CITY WANTS A ONE TO 1,500. IS THERE ANY COMPROMISE IN BETWEEN THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE

WITH? >> ON THE PARKING?

>> MM-HMM. >> IF WE COMPROMISE, WE WOULD JUST BE OVERPARKING THE SELF-STORAGE, AND WE WOULD BE TAKING AWAY FROM OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE MORE RESTAURANT.

WE'D LIKE TO GET A LARGER RESTAURANT IN HERE, FRANKLY.

>> I'D LIKE THAT TOO. >> AND SO THAT JUST GIVES US THE MOST FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT.

>> OKAY. >> AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I MIGHT ADD WHICH I THINK IS HELPFUL. I THINK STAFF WAS WANTING THE FLEXIBILITY IN THE EVENT THAT THE SELF-STORAGE WOULD CONVERT TO ANOTHER USE. WHICH IS WHY THEY WANTED THE ADDITIONAL PARKING. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT IN MY 20 YEARS WHERE A SELF-STORAGE HAS CONVERTED TO ANOTHER USE. IT'S A VERY GOOD BUSINESS MODEL. I HAVE SEEN ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECTS WHERE WE'VE DONE OFFICE TO SELF-STORAGE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. SO I'D BE VERY SURPRISED. I THINK THE SELF-STORAGE WILL BE A VERY LUCRATIVE -- THIS IS A GREAT SITE. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. WE THINK THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF EACH TYPE OF USE TO WORK REALLY WELL.

>> I WANT ONE OF THOSE PENTHOUSE OFFICES. THAT LOOKS REALLY NICE. CAN I ASK ALEX A QUESTION? ON THE LANDSCAPING OR SHADE STRUCTURE ISSUE, WHAT ARE THE PRACTICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE SHADE BACK THERE?

>> JUST THE URBAN ISLAND EFFECT. WE WOULD NOT BE PROVIDING SHADE OR ENHANCING OUR URBAN TREE CANOPY WITH ADDITIONAL TREES IN THAT PARKING AREA.

>> THIS WOULD BE IN THE BACK, IT WOULDN'T BE VISIBLE TO THE

STREET? >> IT WOULD NOT BE VISIBLE TO

THE STREET, CORRECT. >> OKAY, THANK YOU.

>> COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON? >> YEAH, THANK YOU. PROVIDED YOU GET APPROVAL TONIGHT, WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE STARTING THIS

PROJECT? >> WELL, WE WOULD STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH PLATTING AND PERMITTING, SO I WOULD EXPECT

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>> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> ANOTHER THING I MIGHT ADD ABOUT HELPING WITH GIVING US THE RELIEF ON THE PARK LOT FOR THOSE TREES, WE ARE DOING A DOUBLE ROW OF TREES. I DIDN'T MENTION THAT. ON SUNSET ABOVE AND BEYOND THE REQUIREMENT.

THERE'S EXISTING TREES IN THAT LARGE UTILITY AREA ON DALROCK, AND SOME OF THOSE ARE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE STREET TREES WE'VE AGREED TO DO. STARS THE NUMBER OF TREES ON THE SITE, WE'RE

PROBABLY MORE THAN THERE . >> MAYOR PRO-TEM WINGET? .

>> SO I THINK YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION. I HAD WRITTEN A NOTE WHEN ALEX WAS GIVING HIS PRESENTATION, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THAT IS OUT OF THE QUESTION IF THAT IS A DEAL BREAKER WITH YOU ALL. WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THERE APPEARS TO BE ON THE GROUND LEVEL SEVEN RAL PARKING SPACES THAT SIT AWAY FROM THE BUILDING. COULD WE SIT SHADE STRUCTURES ON THOSE SPACES?

>> YEAH, SO THE ONLY AREA THAT WE CAN'T MEET YOUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS FOR PARKING LOTS, IT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE DASHED LINE. THAT'S WHERE THE PARKING GARAGE SITS. THE AREAS THAT CREATE AN L SHAPE ON THE NORTH AND WEST SIDE, THOSE WOULD MEET YOUR -- WE PLAN ON PLANTING TREES THERE, SO WE'LL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. SO THOSE WILL BE SHADED IN CERTAIN AREAS.

>> OKAY, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDITIONAL RETAIL ON THE GROUND FLOOR ON THE EAST SIDE? THE SIDE THAT FACES DALROCK, AS OPPOSED TO SELF-STORAGE.

>> YEAH, WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. WE DID NOT WANT TO PROGRAM RETAIL THAT WE DIDN'T THINK THAT WOULD BASICALLY STAY DARK.

WE CONSIDER THAT AREA SORT OF BURIED IN THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY ACCESS OR PARKING TO DALROCK, AND IT'S -- BECAUSE OF THOSE UTILITIES, THE BUILDING SETS OFF THE ROAD. SO THE ONLY FRONT, SO TO SPEAK, IS THE BACK. AND WE HAVE THE -- A LOADING AND UNLOADING AREA IN THAT CENTER AREA. WE DON'T THINK IT'LL WORK REAL WELL WITH ALL RETAIL AROUND THAT AREA.

ONE THING THAT WE ARE -- WOULD PROBABLY MAY LIKE TO DO ANYWAY IS OUR RESTAURANT PATIO COULD BE EXPANDED A LITTLE BIT NORTH INTO THAT AREA. MAYBE MAKE IT A FLEX SPACE, BECAUSE WE GOT THE PARKING, AND IT'S ALLOWED. SO IF WE CAN MAKE IT STORAGE OR RETAIL OR RESTAURANT SO WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE IF WE GET A RESTAURANT USER THAT WANTS MORE PATIO SPACE, THEN IT AT LEAST THAT PORTION EXTENDS A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH. BUT WE'RE AFRAID TO MAKE THE REST OF IT RETAIL. WE JUST DON'T THINK IT

WILL WORK WELL. >> WHAT ABOUT EXPANDING THE RESTAURANT SPACE MORE INTO THAT PART OF THE BUILDING AND THEN IT KIND OF COALESCES WITH THE PATIO ADDITION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. ESSENTIALLY MAKE THE RESTAURANT BIGGER.

>> WE COULD DO THAT. WE COULD AGREE TO DO THAT. AS LONG AS IT, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT IF YOU ALL WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT THAT IT WOULD BE APPROVED WITH THAT CONDITION IS THAT WE WOULD ADD AN APPRECIABLE AMOUNT. WE COULD COME UP WITH A MINIMUM NUMBER, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF AN ORDINANCE COMES UP

-- >> YOU TALKED ABOUT ON THE FIRST FLOOR THAT THAT SET OF WINDOWS THERE, THERE'S TWO SETS FROM WHAT I CAN SEE. THE ONE TO THE NORTH, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S SELF-STORAGE. THAT'S WHERE YOUR OFFICE IS, THAT'S WHERE YOUR STORAGE UNITS ARE ON THE GROUND LEVEL. I GET THAT. IF WE CAN GET MORE OF THOSE WINDOWS TO HAVE ACTIVITY, THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, RIGHT, IT'S FACING DALROCK THAT IS WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER TO BE PRIME REAL ESTATE ONCE DALROCK IS COMPLETE AND IMPROVED. I SEE THAT IS BEING -- EVEN THROUGH THE TREES AND THROUGH THAT GRASSY AREA THERE, I SEE THAT BEING A VERY DESIRABLE PLACE TO OPERATE A RESTAURANT.

>> I AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK WE'LL MOVE OUR STAIRWELL TO THE NORTH. OUR STAIRWELL IS BASICALLY THE --

>> I SEE THAT, YEP. >> WE CAN MOVE THAT TO THE NORTH AND EXPAND OUR RESTAURANT AREA INTO THAT. YOU KNOW, HOW MANY SQUARE FEET WERE YOU THINKING?

>> THAT'S HARD TO TELL. DO YOU HAVE --

>> IT'S NOT MY WHEELHOUSE, I'M SORRY.

>> I'LL LOOK AT SITE PLANS. I CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING.

>> THE ONE YOU HAD THAT WAS COLOR CODED MIGHT BE BEST. THAT

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KIND OF INDICATES. >> YEAH, YEAH, FOR SURE. THERE

WE GO. >> YEAH, THERE WE GO.

>> THERE'S A LASER ON IT. >> OH. SO HERE WE WOULD EXTEND THIS, MAYBE EXTEND THIS WALL OVER TO THE EAST AND THEN THIS WOULD ALL BE RESTAURANT. AND THEN WE'D MOVE OUR STAIRS UP

HERE SOMEWHERE. >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE A NICE AND CREATIVE WAY TO GET THAT ON TO DALROCK. HAVING THAT CORNER IS NICE, BUT AS THE COUNCILMEMBER I'M SURE WILL TELL YOU, OUTSIDE DINING IS WHERE IT'S AT. AND WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING FOR THAT ATTRACTIVE FEATURE HERE IN THE CITY. I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR NOW. THANK

YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER? LAURA? HE WAS RAISING HIS HAND AND ANXIOUS. OKAY, HOLD ON. IS THIS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE'RE GOING THE HAVE TO FIX IF THERE'S A NEXT TIME. ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE ON.

>> -- YOU'VE GOT 81,000 SQUARE FEET SELF-STORAGE IN THE PLAN.

2,100 ON THE FIRST FLOOR. IF I RECALL, RESTAURANTS, A GOOD SIZED RESTAURANT, YOU WANT A BIG ONE, 5,000 SQUARE FEET, THAT'S TWICE WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING IN HERE. I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE ADVANCE OF THAT LINE AS FAR NORTH AS YOU CAN.

IF YOU NEED SELF-STORAGE --

>> SO -- GO AHEAD. >> SORRY, I KNOW I'M THROWING YOU OFF BECAUSE I HAVE THE WRONG BUTTON PUSHED, BUT I WANT TO ECHO WHAT BRIAN AND JEFF WERE SAYING. AND I COMMEND YOU ON A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF MAKING SOMETHING REALLY PRETTY. BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT IS LOW HANGING FRUIT . IT'S WHAT MAKES THE NUMBERS WORK FOR YOU. WE'VE GOT THIS DANGLING INTO OTHER THINGS, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE COULDN'T DO ALL SELF-STORAGE THERE. RIGHT NOW EVERY OUNCE OF PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY RIGHT THERE, THAT HAS GOT SO MUCH -- IT'S NOT JUST THE PROPERTY TAX.

WHAT'S GOING TO BRING IN THE MOST SALES TAX, WHAT'S GOING TO BRING IN THE MOST PEOPLE TO THE CITY TO SPEND MONEY HERE, AND YOU SAID IT YOURSELF, FOUR VISITORS AN HOUR TO SELF-STORAGE. AND I'M GOING TO GUESS MOST OF YOUR CLIENTS ARE GOING TO COME FROM THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE RIGHT NEXT DOOR. DOESN'T DO A LOT OF BRINGING NEW PEOPLE INTO OUR CITY AND A VERY ATTRACTIVE CORNER WHERE WE'VE INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY AND ARE CONTINUING TO INVEST A LOT OF MONEY INTO THIS CITY. YOU KNOW, TO ME THE FIRST FLOOR SHOULD HAVE NO SELF-STORAGE ON IT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE TOP TWO FLOORS AS RENTABLE SPACE FOR OFFICE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THAT STILL LEAVES YOU THREE FLOORS FOR SELF-STORAGE. I CAN SWALLOW A LITTLE BIT OF SELF-STORAGE HERE, BUT OVER 90% OF THIS BUILDING IS SELF-STORAGE. TO ME THAT'S JUST LOW HANGING FRUIT. I KNOW IT'S A DIFFICULT SITE. I

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BUT YOU COULD PUSH OFFICE TO THAT BACK SIDE AND YOU COULD HAVE FRONT FACING RETALE TAIL ON THAT SIDE THAT UPS UP INTO THAT PARK LOT. YOU HAVE A NICE BREEZEWAY WHICH COULD BRING YOU TO THE FRONT. I'M TEETERING ON THIS BECAUSE I JUST THINK WE'RE KIND OF SELLING OURSELVES SHORT WITH PRIME REAL ESTATE RIGHT THERE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF ROOM YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH IN THERE, IF YOU'VE RUN NUMBERS ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF MIXES, BUT TO ME, AND I HEARD YOU SAY YOU'VE WORKED YOUR CLIENT HAS DONE THESE IN OTHER AREAS, BUT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH SELF-STORAGE. AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S EASY TO DO.

IT'S EASY TO SELL SELF-STORAGE WHEN YOU'VE GOT APARTMENTS AND HOUSING RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY TIGHT AND COME BACK. THEY'RE GOING TO NEED PLACES TO PUT STUFF. YOU'LL HAVE NO PROBLEM FILLING THIS UP. IS THAT WHAT IS GOING TO BRING THE BEST USE TO THE CITY OF

ROWLETT, I'M NOT SOLD YET. >> CAN I RESPOND TO THAT?

>> YEAH. >> I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, AND WE'VE SPENT NINE, YOU KNOW, TIN MONTHS ON THIS, GETTING IT TO WHERE IT IS. AND WE COULD DO A LITTLE MORE RESTAURANT, MOVE IT A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH IF THAT'S THE COUNCIL WISHES. I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT A RETAILER WANTING TO BE -- RETAIL IS HARD AS IT IS THESE DAYS. IF I WAS A BUSINESS OWNER, DO I WANT TO GO INTO A SPACE WHERE I'M ONLY FACING THE PARKING GARAGE NEXT TO A SELF-STORAGE LOADING AND UNLOADING. I WOULDN'T DO THAT. I WOULD WANT TO BE -- THE REASON WHY WE HAVE SO MUCH STORAGE IS THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE BUILDING. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE BUILDINGS THAT I'VE EVER WORKED ON. THIS IS A CHALLENGING SITE. IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE -- WE'RE DOING 23,000 SQUARE FOOT OF OFFICE, THAT'S QUITE A BIT. A PRETTY BIG FOOTPRINT FROM AN OFFICE STANDPOINT. TO DO ANOTHER FLOOR WE WOULD NOT BE COMFORTABLE DOING TWO FLOORS OF OFFICE. 23,000 STILL PORTRAYED 115 JOBS ROUGHLY, DEPEBLDING ON THE TOP OF USER. GIVEN WHERE WE ARE, I HOPE YOU COULD SUPPORT THAT AND STILL ALLOW IF THAT NARROW PART, THAT SELF-STORAGE AND THE PORTION THAT, AT LEAST THE NARROW PART THAT RUNS NORTH/SOUTH, IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT -- IF YOU REQUIRED THAT TO BE SOMETHING OTHER THAN STORAGE, IT WOULD LIKELY BE VACANT. IT DOESN'T HAVE THE DEPTH. IT'S LOCATED, IT HAS NO FRONTAGE. IT HAS NO VISIBILITY. IT WOULD BE LIKE OPENING UP A RETAIL PLACE IN A JANITOR'S CLOSET EFFECTIVELY. SO THAT WOULDN'T WORK, BUT WE ARE FLEXIBLE TO EXPANDING THAT RESTAURANT SECTION NORTH OF SOMEWHAT, YOU KNOW, GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE EDGE OF LOADING/UNLOADING. THAT'S A PRETTY LARGE AREA AND YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT -- YOU'RE DOUBLING THE RESTAURANT SPACE. AND SO IN ADDITION TO THE PATIO, I MEAN, WE WOULD HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PARK THAT. AND THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD LAND SOMEWHER IN BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, WE COULD WORK WITH THAT, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WOULD BE AMENABLE

TO. >> HOW ABOUT THE -- INSTEAD OF DOING THE ENTIRE BOTTOM FLOOR RETAIL, HOW ABOUT -- ON THE SECOND BUILDING, I'M SORRY, NOT ON THE SECOND BUILDING, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING FACING DALROCK, HOW ABOUT THE BOTTOM -- IT'S KIND OF LIKE A STAPLE WITH THE -- THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT SLIDE TO SHOW THAT DEPICTION, BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE A STAPLE BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAT LOADING DOCK, SO THE BUILDING ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR KIND OF GOES LIKE THIS, RIGHT.

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RETAIL COMPONENT. >> ARE YOU REFERRING TO -- HERE, I CAN PROBABLY POINT TO IT -- ARE YOU REFERRING TO THIS

ENTIRE SECTION? >> CORRECT.

>> THAT WOULD DOUBLE THE SIZE -- IT WOULD NEARLY DOUBLE THE

SIZE OF OUR RESTAURANT SPACE. >> YOU COULD PUT A NICE HIBACHI GRILL BACK THERE, JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE. JUST THROWING THINGS OUT HERE. IT'D BE A BIG RESTAURANT, THAT'S FOR SURE.

>> I'M AFRAID -- I'D HATE TO REQUIRE THAT MUCH RESTAURANT

SPACE AND THEN WE END SPACE. >> YEAH, I HEAR YOU. I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING HERE TO WORK WITH.

>> I MEAN, WORKING WITH OUR ARCHITECT, YOU KNOW, WE DID DISCUSS THIS, THINKING IT WOULD COME UP. SO I THINK IF WE COULD

GET SOMEWHERE AROUND -- >> HALF THAT BLOCK?

>> YEAH, SO LIKE -- SEE THIS HALLWAY, THE SELF-STORAGE, IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS ALL THE WAY STRAIGHT ACROSS. SO ALL THIS WOULD BECOME RESTAURANT, AND THEN WE'D MOVE -- THAT ALSO MEANS OUR STAIRWELL IS MOVING, AND SO WE'RE -- OUR STAIRWELL GETS PUSHED UP AND THERE'S LOSS THERE TO THE STORAGE. SO AT LEAST NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT A 4,000 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT WITH A LARGER PATIO OR A PATIO WOULD EXPAND INTO THIS AREA HERE.

>> SO AS PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU SAID THIS COULD BE RETAIL OR RESTAURANT. IS THERE A WAY TO CONDITIONALIZE THAT THIS PIECE OF THE BUILDING IS ONLY TO BE RESTAURANT BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A RESTAURANT HERE AND THEN A LIQUOR STORE GOES IN THERE, YOU KNOW, OR A NAIL SALON.

>> SO WE CAN CONDITIONALIZE THAT THERE IS AN AT LEAST 4,000 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT. OKAY. THAT MAKES ME FEEL MORE

COMFORTABLE. >> I'D SAY 4,000 FEET OF RESTAURANT SPACE, GIVING THEM FLEXIBILITY TO DO MORE THAN ONE

IF THEY NEED TO. >> OKAY, SO MINIMUM OF 4,000 SQUARE FOOT OF RESTAURANT SPACE. OKAY. MAYOR PRO-TEM

WINGET? >> DO YOU SEE A WAY IN WHICH YOU COULD HAVE ALL OF THE DOWNSTAIRS WINDOWS BE TRANSPARENT TO SOME TYPE OF OFFICE OR ACTIVITY EXCEPT PERHAPS THE CENTER WINDOW. THERE'S ACTUALLY THREE SETS OF WINDOWS. I MISSPOKE EARLIER. PARTICULARLY WHERE THE SELF-STORAGE OFFICE IS, IS THERE A WAY TO REORIENT THAT OFFICE SO THAT THERE'S ACTIVITY HAPPENING THROUGH THOSE WINDOWS AND NOT JUST LIGHTS AND A FAUX FACADE?

>> WELL, NOT FROM DALROCK, BECAUSE THERE'S NO ACCESS OR THERE'S NO PUBLIC INTERACTION OR ACCESS.

>> NOT NECESSARILY INGRESS OR EGRESS, BUT WINDOWS YOU SEE INSIDE AN OFFICE. LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING THERE.

>> WHAT WE WOULD HAVE IS TRANSPARENT WINDOWS. AS YOU TRANSITION INTO THE SELF-STORAGE COMPONENT, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE THAT FAKE WALL WITH LIGHTING. SO YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT IT'S SELF-STORAGE. WHEN YOU GET TO THE OFFICE

LOBBY, I THINK -- >> THE OFFICE LOBBY DOES HAVE A

FEW WINDOWS AS WELL. >> THERE'S A FEW WINDOWS THERE WITH TRANSPARENT GLASS. IT'S GOING TO BE A LOBBY AND WILL

LOOK NICE. >> OKAY, THANK YOU.

>> SEVENTH FLOOR OFFICE, ARE WE PROJECTING ONE TENANT, MULTITENANT, WHITE BOXED FOR EITHER OR.

>> EITHER OR, WE'D LIKE TO GET A LARGE TENANT. THAT WAY YOU'RE

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>> YOU ANSWERED IT. IT WAS THE QUESTION OF A IS A -- WHAT IS NICE ABOUT THIS, WE DO HAVE SELF STORAGE AS PART OF THE RETAIL. WE CAN SOMETIMES, WE CAN LOWER OUR RATES TO MAKE IT WORK. WE HAVE OTHER REVENUE GENERATING ELEMENTS. IT WILL BE OWNED BY ONE OWNER. IT IS VERTICALLY INTEGRATED. WILL OWN THE ENTIRE THING. IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY, IF THERE IS A SPACE THAT IS VACANT, --

>> THE POINT OF THE QUESTION IS, I DON'T WANT TO SEE MORE VACANT RETAIL SPACE DUE TO THE FACT THE OWNER OF THAT RETAIL SPACE HAS THE PRICES LISTED EXTREMELY HIGH. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN CONTROL. I WANT TO GET IT INDICATION WHERE YOUR HEAD IS ON THAT. AND MY OTHER QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED.

CANCEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? HOLD ON HERE.

>> IF WE ARE LIMITING THE RESTAURANT IN TERMS OF THE CONDITION, WHAT IS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE RETAIL? I MEAN MINUS THE RESTAURANT PEACE? I BELIEVE IT IS , WE HAVE 10,300 TOTAL FOR RETAIL-RESTAURANT AND OUR RESTAURANT IS AT 2900.

I THINK THAT WOULD PUT US AT ABOUT 6800 FOR OUR RETAIL

SPACE? >> OKAY.

>> LET ME JUST GO TO THE LARGER PLAN.

>> I RECOMMEND , IF THE MOTION INDICATES A MINIMUM OF 4000 FT.÷ OF RESTAURANT AND A MINIMUM OF SEVEN 800 FT.÷ OF

RETAIL. YES. >> THAT STANDS RIGHT NOW? DOES IT INCLUDE A PATIO? 400 FT.÷? THE RETAIL SPACE SAYS ABOUT 7900 AND MINIMUM? I UNDERSTAND IT WOULD BE FOR 90 WITH THE RESTAURANT SPACE. THE CURRENT RESTAURANT SPACE WOULD BE

ABOUT 3000? >> I THINK IT DEPENDS ON WHAT IT IS ULTIMATELY USED FOR. IF IT IS USED FOR SITTING AROUND OR ENTERTAINMENT OF GUESTS, NO. IF IT WILL BE PART OF A

RESTAURANT, THEN YEAH. >> IT WOULD BE 3000 FT.÷ OF INTERIOR AND OUTSIDE DINING SPACE. WE WOULD AGREE TO THE

INCREASE . >> OKAY. SO, THE MINIMUM, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF RESTAURANT IS NOT 4000 FT.÷ BUT RATHER, THE

INTERIOR ? >> 3000 RIGHT NOW. WE ARE

WILLING TO GO UP. >> OKAY THEN A MINIMUM OF 7900 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL SPACE.

>> THAT IS CORRECT. >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY I WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK MAY COME FORWARD. STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS? WE HAD ONE

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SEEING NO OTHER INTERESTED CITIZEN COMMENT , I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL CONSIDER A MOTION.

HARD MOTION? THIS WILL NOT BE AN EASY MOTION TO MAKE.

>> I WAS GETTING READY TO SAY SOMETHING.

>> DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? >> WE HAVE SIX SEPARATE REQUESTS. WE HAVE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AND PNC RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT.

WHEN SOMEONE MAKES A MOTION, THEY WOULD BE REALLY CLEAR AND GO THROUGH AND CHERRY PICK THESE THINGS AND SAY FOR NUMBER ONE, THIS TREAT ESCAPE, FOR SUNSET APPROVED THAT MEASURE WEREN'T. WHATEVER IT IS. WHOEVER MAKES THE MOTION WILL GO THROUGH THE LIST IN GRAPHIC DETAIL KEEPING IN MIND SOME OTHER CONDITIONS WILL BE ON IT AS WELL. THOSE CONDITIONS HAVE TO BE STATED. DO IT ONE AT A TIME, I GUESS? HERE'S ME HOPING THAT MATT HAS A GOOD MOTION. COUNCILMEMBERS?

>> YOU GUYS WANT TO WORK THROUGH THIS MORE AND SEE WHERE IT GOES. I APOLOGIZE. I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK YOU GUYS HAVE PUT INTO THIS BUT I GO BACK TO IT, IT WAS PUT INTO FORM-BASED CODE. YOU CAN ARGUE THAT ALL DAY LONG. IT HAS FLAWS TO. THIS IS PUT IN FOR A SPECIFIC REASON. THIS IS A NICE BUILDING YOU HAVE THERE, BY NO MEANS DO I THINK IT IS A CATALYST FOR THIS AREA. BY NO MEANS DO I THINK THIS'LL BRING MORE PEOPLE TO OUR AREA. MY MOTION IS SIMPLE , IT IS TO DENY THE MAJOR WARRANT FOR THE USE OF SELF STORAGE.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY THE ITEM. IS THERE A SECOND? CALLING FOR A SECOND. COUNCILMEMBER BRITAIN? SECOND

THAT. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DENY THE ITEM. IF YOU RAISE YOUR HAND, YOU ARE VOTING IN AGREEMENT TO DENY THE ITEM. THOSE IN FAVOR THE MOTION TO DENY, PLEASE --. SURE, YES.

>> I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. TO SOME EXTENT, I AGREE. THIS IS ONE WHERE I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH AND I WAS LOOKING AT WHAT SHOULD WE DO HERE? ONE OF THE THINGS I TRIED TO DETERMINE IS WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENT FOR THE BASE SITE DISTRICT? WHAT WAS THE INTENT OF THE NORTH PORTION OF THE BAYSIDE DISTRICT BEFORE THE BIFURCATION HAPPENED? I REACHED OUT TO A COUNCILMEMBER , THAT I AM ACQUAINTANCES WITH. I ASKED HIM, AT THE TIME, HE WAS A COUNCILMEMBER. I SAID AT THE TIME, WHAT WAS YOUR VISION? WHAT DID YOU ENVISION FOR THAT PROPERTY? AND HE SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE A SPECIFIC VISION. IT WAS MORE OF A COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE OF WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE. ONE OF THE THINGS HE SHARED IS THERE IS SOME CHALLENGES WITH THAT, NOT ONLY WITH THAT PROPERTY BUT WITH THE NORTH PORTION OF THE BAYSIDE DISTRICT. IT WAS NOT TAKING OFF AS EVERYONE HOPED, THE LEVEL OF BUSINESS NOT BEING WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO BE, WITH THAT LARGE PIECE OF PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, NOT NECESSARILY SEEING THE ATTENTION WE WOULD HOPE THEY WOULD SEE. THERE IS DEFINITELY SOME FRUSTRATION THERE. MY INITIAL THOUGHT, PROBABLY LIKE EVERYONE ELSE WAS SELF STORAGE. COLLECTIVE GROWN. THAT IS WHAT WE THINK. WE HAVE HEARD THE ISSUES WITH SELF STORAGE ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY AND THE FRUSTRATIONS THAT HAVE COME WITH THAT. THEN I SAW THE BUILDING OF MY MINDSET CHANGED. ALTHOUGH, I WOULD LOVE FOR THIS AREA TO BE SOMETHING LIKE YOU MIGHT SEE, WITH A BIG COLLECTIVE , ATTRACTIVE AREA, I'M NOT SURE THIS WILL EVER WILL BE NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION BUT THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF OUR AREA VERSUS THE DEMOGRAPHIC IS SOMEWHERE LIKE FRISCO OR PLANO. I THINK I WAS CONVINCED, DURING THIS MEETING, AND HEARING SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS AND CONCESSIONS MADE BY THE DEVELOPER TO EXPAND THE RESTAURANT SPACE. THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS FOR ME TO GET AS MUCH SELF STORAGE OUT THE FIRST FLOOR AS

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I FULLY RESPECT ISSUE WITH THE OFFICE SPACE ON THE TOP LEVEL AND I HAVING ADDITIONAL OFFICE SPACE. OUR CITY IS LITTLE OFFICE SPACE AS IT STANDS AND THIS WOULD BE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF OFFICE SPACE WE HAVE IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY AS A WHOLE. ALL THAT TO SAY, I WILL DISAGREE WITH YOUR MOTION BUT I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHY YOU ARE MAKING IT AND I APPRECIATE THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO ANY COMMENTS YOU HAVE BEYOND WHAT YOU HAVE SAID IF YOU WANT

TO SHARE. THANK YOU. >> GO AHEAD.

>> I WILL RESPOND TO YOU BUT I'M WILLING TO HEAR WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAYS. AND I HEAR YOU. I THINK A LOT OF THE DISAPPOINTMENT THAT IS, IS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T FOUGHT FOR A LOT OF THE VISIONS WE WANTED. YOU WERE PART OF THE GRASSROOTS EFFORT THAT FOUGHT FOR SAPHIRE BAY. YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LOT OUT THERE HICCUPS ALONG THE WAY THAT HAVE CAUSED A LOT OF THE THINGS TO MAYBE NOT MATERIALIZE THAT WE HAD HOPED FOR. TO ME, THE CORNER WHETHER IT IS THE HARD CORNER THIS CORNER, MAN, THAT IS RIGHT FOR GROCERY STORES. SAPHIRE BAY IS NOW STARTING TO DEVELOP. TO ME, PART OF WHAT OUR JOB WHEN YOU SIT IN THE SEAT, IS TO HOLD ON WHAT A COLLECTIVE VISION IS OF WERE ONE OUR CITY TO GO AND, I'VE BEEN TO OTHER CITIES WHERE THEY START TO BUILD THAT VISION AND OTHER TYPES OF USES COME IN THAT DON'T DRAW THE OTHER TYPE OF USES THAT YOU WANT. AND SO, MY BELIEF, AND EVERYBODY HERE IS TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISION IS THAT A BUILDING, NO MATTER HOW PRETTY IT IS, WITH ONE LITTLE RESTAURANT IN IT AND A COUPLE OF OFFICE SPACES IS LITERALLY 90% STORAGE IS NOT GOING TO DRAW WHAT WE WANT TO HAPPEN ACROSS THE STREET , ACROSS THE INTERSTATE INTO SAPHIRE BAY. AND THE VISION WE HAD FOR THE REST OF THAT AREA, I WAS ON COUNSEL AND THOSE VISIONS WERE PUT TOGETHER AND VOTED ON. THAT IS MY REBUTTAL. EVERYBODY IS MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS. THAT IS WHERE I STAND ON IT.

>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. I WILL SHARE SOME OF MINE. WHEN I FIRST HEARD OF THIS PROPOSAL, I GUESS I DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE LOCATION QUICK ENOUGH. AND I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT OF AS THE CORNER OF 30 AND DELL AND I SAID HECK NO.

THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE PIECES OF REAL ESTATE IN THE ENTIRE CITY. BEING AT THE CORNER. HOWEVER, THEN QUICKLY REALIZED NO, IT IS ACTUALLY NORTH OF SUNSET AND WEST OF DELL ROCK WHICH IS A STRANGE PIECE OF PROPERTY TO BEGIN WITH AND IT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR A CATALYST, AS IT IS LAID OUT THE SOUTH PORTION OF SUNSET ABSOLUTELY IS SUITABLE FOR A CATALYST DEVELOPMENT AND THAT ABSOLUTELY, THIS CONCEPT SOUTH OF SUNSET WHAT ABSOLUTELY NEVER FLY IN MY OPINION. BUT BEING NORTH OF SUNSET, WAS STEPPED DOWN ROCK WITH A VERY STRANGE OF PROPERTY THAT HAS ITS OWN LIMITATIONS, I MEAN WHAT ELSE CAN GO HERE? LET'S SEE .

RETAIL, JUST RETELL? YOU WILL GET ONE FLOOR RETAIL AND NO OFFICE. AND, SO YOU ARE LEFT WITH OKAY, THIS HAS RETAIL AND IT HAS OFFICE. FOR ME, IT WAS LIKE OKAY, I CAN LIVE WITH THE STORAGE COMPONENT BECAUSE IT IS NOT THE FOCAL POINT OF THE DEVELOPMENT WHILE, IT IS A MAJOR REVENUE GENERATOR FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, IT IS NOT THE PART THAT STANDS OUT TO THOSE DRIVING BY. WHAT STANDS OUT IS THE NUMEROUS RETAIL COMPONENTS AND THE TOP FLOOR OFFICE SPACE . LIKE THE COUNCILMEMBER STATED, IT IS TRUE. WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH NOT HAVING ENOUGH OFFICE SPACE. WE DON'T OFFER ENOUGH OFFICE SPACE IN ROLLA.

IN A BUILDING THAT LOOKS LIKE A CLASS A OFFICE SPACE, SO, FOR ME, IT CAME DOWN TO WHAT ELSE COULD GO THERE ? AND, IN THIS ECONOMY AND THE FACT , THE SITE WOULD NOT LEND ITSELF VERY WELL TO A CATALYST TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT GIVEN THE SIZE OF IT. YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO UP, WHAT WOULD YOU GO UP WITH? MULTIFAMILY? YOU WOULD HAVE A MIX USE COMPONENT WITH RETAIL ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR AND APARTMENTS AT THE TOP? WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THOSE. I ALSO KNOW WE HAVE A SERIOUS -- IN THE CITY.

I WAS GIVEN THE NUMBERS A FEW MONTHS AGO. WE ARE SOMEWHERE AT 95% OCCUPANCY IN SELF STORAGE IN THE CITY. ABSOLUTELY, THERE IS A NEED OF ADDITIONAL SELF STORAGE FOR THIS SOLVES A LOT OF PROBLEMS AT ONCE, UNDER ONE DEVELOPMENT. I WILL BE IN

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TAKE A VOTE? >> OKAY ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO DENY THE ITEM, AS READ, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OF THOSE AGAINST THE MOTION TO DENY, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL RIGHT. THAT MOTION FAILS TO -5. I WILL ENTERTAIN

ANOTHER MOTION. >> I WILL GIVE THIS A TRY.

DAVID? HELP. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THEM MAJOR WARRANT TO APPENDIX 1.12 OF THE SELF STORAGE WITH THE STIPULATION THAT INCLUDES A MINIMUM OF 4000 FT.÷ OF RESTAURANT SPACE EXCLUDING THE PATIO AREA AND IT INCLUDES A MINIMUM OF 79'S -- 7900 RETAIL SPACE. NUMBER TWO. I MOVE WE APPROVE THE MAJOR WARRANT TWO ARTICLES 2.4.6 AND 2.8.6 TO ALTER THE STREETSCAPE ELEMENTS ALONG SUNSET BOULEVARD. THAT WE REQUIRE THE 8 FOOT SIDEWALK BE INSTALLED 6 FEET FROM THE BACK OF THE CURB ALONG FOR TREES AND LIGHTING TO BE INSTALLED WITHIN THE PARKWAY. NUMBER THREE, I MOVE WE APPROVE THE MAJOR WARRANT TO ARTICLE 2.8.6 A TO WAIVE THE TREE REQUIREMENT IN THE PARKING ELEMENTS AT GROUND LEVEL WHERE THERE WAS A STRUCTURE PARKING BELOW WITHOUT CONDITIONS. NUMBER FOUR, I MOVE WE APPROVE THE MAJOR WARRANT TO ARTICLE 3.1 POINT THREE TO ESTABLISH A ONE TO 8000 PARKING RATIO FOR SELF STORAGE USES. NUMBER FIVE, I MOVE WE APPROVE THE MAJOR WARRANT TO ARTICLE 2.8.8.6 TO APPENDIX 3.2 TO ALLOW THE GLASS ON FLOORS TWO THROUGH SIX WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT THE WINDOWS BE RUPTURE FATED TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE TRANSPARENCY STANDARD.

>> DEPUTY MAYOR, DID YOU ALSO STATE THE MAJOR WARRANT TO APPENDIX 1.1 TO ALLOW FOR THE USE OF SELF STORAGE? I WANTED TO MAKE SURE. I GOT EVERYTHING ELSE.

>> IS HER SECOND TO THAT MOTION?

>> OKAY A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDE HER AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER BELL. ANY DISCUSSIONS? SIDEWALK -- SPECIFIED BY THE MOTION?

>> IT DOESN'T NEED TO. >> BERMAN SAYS IT DOESN'T NEED

TO IF IT WILL BE DENIED. >> THE MOTION AS IT STANDS DOES NOT APPROVE OR GRANT A MAJOR WARRANT FOR THE DALROCK

LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS? >> THE MOTION DOESN'T PERTAIN TO DALROCK ROAD AT ALL JUST THE SUNSET BOULEVARD MAJOR

ELEMENTS. >> BERMAN, JUST PICTURE

BUTTON AGAIN. HAVE IT READY. >> SO, THAT PART OF THE MOTION, THAT PART OF THE MOTION WAS TO APPROVE THE MAJOR WARRANT FOR THE SUNSET BOULEVARD, TO WAIVE THE STREET REQUIREMENTS, THE STREET SCAPE REQUIREMENTS FOR SUNSET BOULEVARD AND HAVING EIGHT-FOOT SIDEWALKS WITH 6 FEET FROM BACK OF CURB TO ALLOW LIGHTING AND TREES IN THE PARKWAY?

>> DEPUTY MAYOR MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDE HER, IS THAT YOUR

INTENT? YES. >> SHE CONFIRMED THAT IS HER

INTENT. >> WHAT THAT DOES, THERE IS NO REFERENCE AT ALL TO THE DALROCK ROAD APPLICATION FOR THE MAJOR WARRANT. THAT IS DENIED. IF THE MOTION WAS TO PASS.

>> IS THAT CLEAR? OKAY . >> I KNOW WE ARE IN THE COMMON

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>> YES. OUR LATEST SITE PLAN SHOWS US AN EIGHT-FOOT SIDEWALK. THE EXACT LOCATION DOESN'T MEET YOUR BY THE BOOK FORM-BASED CODE EXAMPLE BUT STAFF WILL WORK WITH US. WE WILL DEFINITELY DO THE EIGHT-FOOT SIDEWALK AND THE

TREES WHERE THEY CAN BE PLACED. >> AND CARLA? SORRY.

>> ALEX, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT WOULD BE THE CASE?

>> CARLOS. I'M SORRY. >> THAT IS CORRECT. WE HAVE SEEN A PRELIMINARY PLAN THAT WE CAN WORK WITH, WITH THE APPLICANT, TO MEET THE INTENTION OF THE BASE CODE WITH THE CONSTRAINTS THAT ARE THERE ON AND --

>> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, DOES ANYBODY NEED CLARIFICATION OF THE MOTION THAT IS STANDING?

>> YES. NOTING THERE WAS MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT THE OUTDOOR PATIO SPACE FOR THE RESTAURANT, IS A REQUIREMENT FOR A MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THAT PATIO SPACE AS WELL? COULD CARLOS REFRESH MY MEMORY? WHAT IS THE SIZE OF THAT PATIO? APPROXIMATELY 500 SQUARE FEET IS THE CURRENT SIZE.

>> DO YOU WISH TO TAKE AN AMENDMENT TO YOUR MOTION FOR THAT? SURE. HIT YOUR BUTTON.

>> PERSONALLY, 500 FT.÷ IS A MINIMUM ? THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE

NOW. >> THAT'S RIGHT. I WOULD NEED TO AMEND THE MOTION? OH, OKAY. I MAKE A AND THEM INTO THE MOTION TO INCLUDE, IN THE STIPULATIONS IN THE APPROVAL OF THE MAJOR WARRANT TO APPENDIX 1.1 TO INCLUDE A MINIMUM OF 500 FT.÷ OF PATIO AREA IN THE RESTAURANT AREA.

>> COUNCILMEMBER, DO YOU ACCEPT THAT? THE MOTION AND SECOND STILL STAND WITH THAT AN AMENDMENT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SINGH NONE, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? LET'S SEE. FIVE, THAT ITEM PASSES 5-7. OKAY SO, I'M SORRY. ANY OF THOSE OPPOSE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL RIGHT. THERE YOU GO. FIVE IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSE. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THAT IS IT FOR OUR REGULAR SESSION. I WILL READ THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS INTO THE RECORD. SORRY. I'M NOT USED TO THAT ONE. BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER NINE. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL MAY REQUEST TOPICS TO

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AND ITEM TO SEE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE AMENDED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PROGRAM WITH YOKO LLC IN THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT . WE WILL CONVENE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM. I WILL STATE

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