[4E. 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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FROM THE CITY COUNCIL ENRICHMENT POSITION IN MAJOR PROJECTS, UPCOMING DATES OF INTEREST AND ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. DID YOU WANT TO READ THIS? THANK YOU.

>> FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, WE WANT EXTENDED IN QUEUE TO THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE MAY 4, 2020 ELECTION THEY WERE APPROVED BY RELEVANT VOTERS. FROM THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, EARLY VOTING FOR THE PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION WHICH IS A RESULT OF THE MAY 5 PRIMARY ELECTION BEGINS ON MONDAY, MAY 20 AND RUNS THROUGH FRIDAY, MAY 24.

VOTING DAYS TUESDAY, MAY 28 FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM AND CHECK OUT ROWLETT.COM TO CHECK OUT THE RUNOFF FROM THE PRIMARIES. THE SPRING FARMERS MARKETING CRAFT MARKET CONTINUE THIS THURSDAY AND RUNS EVERY WEEK THROUGH JUNE 27 ON THE DOWNTOWN GREEN, 530 TO 8:30 PM. ENJOY FOOD TRUCKS AND LOCAL VENDORS. THE SPRING YARD INSPIRED COMPASS AND HAS BEGUN. WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 12 PM ON ROWLETT.COM. THE WINNER IS ANNOUNCED ON MAY 17.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT HOSTING A BLOCK PARTY FOR YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS, WE OFFER A BLOCK PARTY RENTAL PROGRAM FOR THE RESIDENTS OF ROWLETT. IT COMES PACKED WITH ALL THE BLOCK PARTY ESSENTIALS OCCLUDING TABLES, CHAIRS AND GAMES. THIS IS $35 NONREFUNDABLE FEE AND VISIT ROWLETT.COM TO LEARN MORE AND MAKE RESOLUTIONS -- RESERVATIONS. SIGN UP FOR THE CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY, CONTACT 972-412-6230. FROM THE LIBRARY, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REGISTER FOR THE LIBRARY SUMMER READING PROGRAM AT PROGRAM@ROLLA.COM/LIBRARY. GET READY FOR AN EXCITING SUMMER WITH READING CHALLENGES, ADVENTURE AND FUN. IT IS SATURDAY, JUNE 1 AT 11 AM. DUE TO CONFERENCE OF MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR REQUIREMENTS IDENTIFIED BY THE STAFF, WE CAN'T OPEN THE WHETSTONE FOR SUMMER 2024 SEASON. THEY WILL NOT BE COMPLETED UNTIL WELL AFTER THE SUMMER ENDS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING AS WE IMPLEMENT ESSENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR SAFE AND ENHANCED WHAT'S OWN EXPERIENCE IN 2025. YOU CAN REFER TO LIGHT -- LAST NIGHT SESSION AVAILABLE ON ROWLETT.COM WHERE THERE WAS AN IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION ON THE DISCLOSURE. THAT WELLNESS HIKE IS THE SATURDAY, THE 11TH, AT 8:00 AM. AT THE NATURE TRAIL. A SENIOR TRIP SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1:00 AM TO 3:00 PM. EXPLORE DOWNTOWN PLANO, LUNCH AND ENJOY PLENTY OF SHOPPING. THE TRIP IS FIVE DOLLARS AND YOU CAN CALL 972-412-6170 ASSIGNMENT. THANK

YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> WHERE IS MY DOG? HERE IS THIS WEEK'S FEATURED PETS. AND GUESS WHAT THIS GIRL'S NAME IS? STARBURST. STARBURST IS A LOVABLE PUP WHO IS CURRENTLY IN A FOSTER HOME BUT SHE STILL SEARCHING FOR HER FOREVER HOME. THIS SWEET GIRL IS A SOCIAL BUTTERFLY AND HAS A HEART OF GOLD AND A LOVE FOR ALL THINGS FURRY. WHETHER IT IS DOGS, KIDS OR HUMANS, SHE IS ALWAYS READY TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS. LET'S NOT FORGET TO MENTION THE ADORABLE FACTOR IS OFF THE CHARTS. SHE'S ALREADY MASTERED THE ART OF POTTY TRAINING AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. CRATE TRAINING.

MAKES HER THE PERFECT POSITION TO ANY FAMILY. IF YOU WANT TO MEET STARBURST OR ANY OF THE OTHER ADOPTABLE ANIMALS, CONTACT ANIMAL SERVICES AT 972-412-6219 OR COME BY THE SHELTER AT 4402 INDUSTRIAL ST. FROM 10:00 AM TO 5:00 PM, TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE ROWLETT ANIMAL SHELTER IS AT CAPACITY AND ALL ADOPTIONS ARE NOW FREE. STOP BY AND FIND YOUR PERFECT MATCH TODAY. TOMORROW IS NATIONAL ANIMAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DAY. WHO KNEW THAT? MAY 8 WAS SO DESIGNATED BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY OR FEMA BEGINNING IN 2010 TO RAISE AWARENESS ON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS FOR ANIMALS AND HOW TO CATER TO THEM IN DIRE SITUATIONS. THE PET SAFETY AND WELL-BEING WILL BE EXTREMELY DEPENDENT ON YOU IN AN EMERGENCY. YOUR PETS NEED TO BE

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INCLUDED IN YOUR DISASTER EMERGENCY PLAN. IN THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD HAVE BEEN WORKING ON RAISING AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR PET PREPAREDNESS SO KUDOS TO THEM.

WE MISSED THIS ONE BUT MAY 4 WAS INTERNATIONAL FIREFIGHTERS DAY. BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE MEETING DATES FELL WE DID NOT DO A PROCLAMATION FOR THAT. I WANT TO GIVE A BELATED SHOUT OUT TO THE ROWLETT FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR B SUCH A GREAT SESSION AND TO KEEP THE CITIZENS SAFE.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COUNSEL? IN

[5. CITIZENS’ INPUT ]

THIS CASE, WE WILL TO THE CITIZENS INPUT SECTION. EACH PARTICIPANT WILL BE GRANTED AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES. IT IS CRUCIAL DURING THIS TIME, THROUGHOUT THE MEETING, YOU DISPLAY PROPER DECORUM AND MUTUAL RESPECT. TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY AND CONDUCT OF THE MEETING, ACTIONS WILL BE PROHIBITED. USE OF ABUSIVE AND INDECENT PROFANE AND VULGAR LANGUAGE. OBSCENE GESTURES AND ANY BEHAVIOR THAT DISRUPTS, DISTURBS AND IMPEDES THE ORDERLY CONTACT -- COUNSEL OF THE MEETING. ATTACKING AN INDIVIDUAL'S CHARACTER IN WAYS UNRELATED TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES. ATTEMPTS TO HIJACK THE CITIZEN INPUT. OR CONDUCT A FILIBUSTER INFRINGING ON THE RIGHTS OF OTHER SPEAKERS OR ENGAGING IN DISRUPTIVE CLAPPING AND SPEAKING FROM THE AUDIENCE. IF IT BECOMES EVIDENT THAT SOMEBODY CAN DISRUPT A PUBLIC MEETING, THE FOLLOWING WILL RESULT IN THE REMOVAL OF THE MEETING AND CHARGES UNDER TEXAS PENAL CODE SECTION 38 DASH 13 DEPENDING ON THE DEGREE OF THE DISRUPTION. WITH THAT, WE'RE READY CITY SECRETARY. GO AHEAD TO START OFF WITH THE

FIRST SPEAKER. >> I'M GOING TO CALL TWO NAMES AT ONE TIME. IF THE SECOND PERSON WILL JUST COME ON DOWN.

JUSTIN -- I'M AROUND --. >> ONE PERSON IS SPEAKING AT A TIME. STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD.

>> CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? THANK YOU, JUSTIN WRIGHTSON. I HOPE THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED INFORMATION ABOUT IT. A DEVELOPER HAS DECIDED TO APPROACH THE CITY AND COUNCIL MEMBERS BUILDING 76 HOMES ON A HEAVILY WOODED 16 ACRE PROPERTY EAST OF GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE WHICH IS A DAY SINCE MY HOME AND SEVERAL FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS THIS STARTED AS A WOODED AREA SURROUNDED BY RURAL LAND. IT DEVELOPED INTO A 16 ACRE BEAUTIFUL FOREST AREA WERE BEHIND OUR HOMES. WHAT THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED US WITH, 76 HOMES ON 16 ACRES OF THE SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, IT IS BECAUSE IT IS. THIS TOOK INTO ACCOUNT NONE OF THE EXISTING FEATURES OF THE EXISTING PROPERTY WHICH IS HEAVILY WOODED OVER 80% IS ALMOST 100% TRUE COVERAGE. IT WAS HIGHLY UNACCEPTABLE AND SHOULD NOT BE FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND THE CITIZENS. IT EXPERIENCED EXPONENTIAL GROWTH AND WE MUST BE SMARTER WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE FINITE UNDEVELOPED LAND WE HAVE LEFT. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW MANY TREES WOULD BE EFFECT DID ON THE SITES. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, MANY PROPERTY SURROUNDING ITS AND THE MOST VALUABLE PROPERTY THEY BORDER THE PROPERTIES IN THE TREES. THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE CITY'S MORE VALUABLE ASSET AND CLEARCUTTING AN ENTIRE FOREST IS NOT THE WAY I FEEL LIKE THE CITY SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD. THE COMMON WAS OUNCE IS WILL PLANT MORE TREES BACK IS NOT A VALID SOLUTION. FOR THE INDISCRIMINATE CLEARING OF AN ENTIRE FOREST. TO MAKE WAY FOR THE PROPERTIES. THIS

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AREA IS MARKED FOR ESTATE RESIDENTIAL WHICH IS 20,000 SQUARE-FOOT LARGER WHICH WILL COMPLEMENT ALL THE PROPERTIES AROUND ALLOWING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO KEEP THE TREES. IF THE PROPERTY HAS TO BE DEVELOPED, IT SHOULD BE DONE IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND

BENEFITS THE PEOPLE >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU SIR.

NEXT SPEAKER? LET'S NOT DISRUPT THE MEETING, THANK YOU.

GO AHEAD. IT SHOULD BE ON. IT IS IT IS ASSIGNED -- IT

DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT IS ON. >> IS A RESIDENT, AND TEXT. IN THE CITY, TAXPAYER, ON AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, IT SAYS THAT I WANTED TO -- THERE IS NO FINANCIAL BUDGET IMPLICATION APPROVING THE HANDBOOK. FOR THE EAC, THERE WILL BE FINANCIAL AND BUDGET IMPLICATIONS. WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN OPEN NEW BRANDING. IT IS ON THREE ADVERTISE THE FENCE WE HAVE PUBLISHED WITH FLYERS AND ALSO SIGNAGE APPAREL AND BADGES AND THE WEBSITE MATERIALS . THE COST CAN ADD UP PRETTY QUICKLY.

IT'S A STAFF BUDGET TO CREATE NEW DESIGNS LIKE THAT. THE TAXPAYERS WILL SPEND THE INITIAL INVESTMENTS BUT NOW THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR IT AGAIN. I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NAME IT'S BEEN USED AS A STEPPING-STONE FOR THE CITIES TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION DIVISION. WE REPRESENTED THE CITY AT THE CONVENTION HELD BY LARGE CORPORATIONS UNDER THAT NAME. I COULD ALSO DIMINISH THE CONNECTION THAT WE MADE FOR OTHER CITIES. AND CONNECTIONS WE CURRENTLY HAVE GOING ON.

I'M CURIOUS IF THERE WOULD BE ANY LEGAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE COST BECAUSE OF ANY CONTRACTS OR AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE ENTERED INTO THE COMMISSION. IF THOSE WOULD NEED TO BE UPDATED, DUE TO THE MAIN CHANGE. IN QUEUE.

>> NEXT SPEAKER? >> DAVE HALL AND LISA --.

>> DAVE HALL, ROWLETT. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING FOR THE WET ZONE. SOME WERE LIMITED BECAUSE OF THE ENTERPRISE FUND STRUCTURE. IT WAS NOT PART OF AN ENERGIZED FUND STRUCTURE. I BROUGHT INTERNAL CONTROL AND QUESTIONABLE TRANSACTIONS TO THE INTENTION OF VARIOUS COUNCILMEMBERS. WHEN THEIR RESPONSES HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN IN THE CITY'S BOOKS ARE AUDITED BY CPA AND WE GET THE HIGHEST RATING SO WERE NOT INTERESTED IN PURSUING THE ALLEGATIONS. NOW WE'VE BEEN EDUCATED IN A WHOLE NEW DEV STRATEGY SO WHAT I DON'T BELIEVE WAS BROUGHT BY SHORT ATTENTION SPAN. WE WERE DISGUSTED OLD STAFF HAS BEEN ENCOUNTERING THE IN OFFICE AS THE WET ZONE. WHERE ARE THE AUDITING CPA FOR WHEN ALL THIS WAS TAKING PLACE. WHAT THEY RECOMMENDED EARLIER ADDITIONAL DEV STRATEGY CONSULTING SERVICES AND IDENTIFY THE INCORRECT CLASSIFICATION OF WHAT ZONE IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND ASSET. IT WOULD HAVE ANY OTHER ASSETS QUICKLY BEING MANAGED AS AN ENTER FIGHT FUND. THANK YOU, MR. HALL. THAT IS H A LL FOR BRINGING THE ACCOUNTING OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR ATTENDING

-- ATTENTION. THANK YOU. >> NEXT SPEAKER.

>> ITEM 4.1. IT'S NOT BEEN BROUGHT FORTH YET. I HAVE

NOTHING TO SAY, THANK YOU. >> NEXT SPEAKER THEN?

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>> JOHN PARISI AND SUSAN --. >> YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. >> HELLO. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THAT I MAY SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE MATTER. A COMPANY BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH THE DI AND HOW IT WAS STRUCTURED AND SET UP IN THE YEARS OF RUNNING THAT ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE CITY. THERE IS NOT ONE PROPERLY SET UP OR PROPERLY ORGANIZED. THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ALL THE LAWS AND LEASE ALREADY TO PREVENT ANY SORT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO BE DISCRIMINATORY. WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF REGULATIONS AND RULES FOR THAT. I RUN MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND WE HAVE RULES WE HAVE TO FOLLOW. WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE U.S. TODAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS THAT MANY OF THE DI DEPARTMENTS ARE GOING AWAY. IT IS TAX DOLLARS THAT CAN BE BETTER SPENT HELPING THE PEOPLE AND HELPING THE PEOPLE GIVING THEM A LIFT UP AND NOT A HANDOUT. I THINK WE NEED TO BE SPECIFIC ABOUT THAT. BUT WHAT WE DO. I APPRECIATE SHALL TAKING THE TIME TO CONSIDER THIS AND APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK AT THE DI PROGRAM AND HOW IT HAS BEEN STRUCTURED AND HANDLED WITH THE CITY AND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. IN QUEUE.

>> NEXT SPEAKER, APPRECIATED. IT WAS AFTER SUSAN?

>> STEVE HORWITZ. >> SUSAN AREDIA, ROWLETT, TEXAS. I SPEAK FOR MANY WHEN I SAY, FOR US IDEALLY, THEY WOULD BE NO CHANGE TO THE NAME OF THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION COMMISSION. HAVING PAID CLOSE ATTENTION, THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, I'M AWARE THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE THE WORD EQUITY WILL REMAIN AFTER THE VOTE TONIGHT. THAT BEING SAID, I'M NOT AWARE AND I'VE SPOKEN TO MOST OF YOU ABOUT ANY REAL OPPOSITION TO THE WORD INCLUSION. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A CASE FOR KEEPING INCLUSION IN THE NAME. DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT THINGS. AND IT IS ALSO ON TOP OF ALL THE OTHER SPECIAL WEEKS AND NURSES WEEK. CAN ASK YOU TO INDULGE ME AND USING THE HEALTHCARE ANALOGY. LET'S SAY AND CONSIDER THE LEGS OF THE CITIZEN OF ROWLETT. THERE ARE LONG ONES, SHORT ONES, STRONG ONES, WEAK ONES, STIMULANTS AND HARRY ONCE AND THEY ALL COME IN COLORS IN ALL COLORS AND SHAPES. THAT IS DIVERSITY. BUT THEY EVERYONE IN ROWLETT GETS THE SAME PAINFUL INJURY TO ONE OF THE LAKES. THAT I MEAN WE NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER FACTORS BESIDE THE BASIC DIVERSITY OF THESE LEGS. WHAT IF WE SAID EVERYONE GETS ONE DOSE OF TYLENOL TO TREAT THEIR PAIN AND THEIR LEG INJURY. SOME PEOPLE DON'T FIND TYLENOL EFFECTIVE FOR PAIN. MAYBE SOME PEOPLE ARE ALLERGIC TO TYLENOL? OTHERS MAY NOT WANT TO TAKE TYLENOL AND MAY WANT AN ICE PACK. CONSIDER THE INDIVIDUAL NEED FOR TREATMENT OF THE SAME TYPE OF INJURY, THAT IS INCLUSION. WHEN WERE MAKING DECISION ABOUT THE TREATMENT. THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION. ROWLETT HAS BEAUTIFUL WONDERFUL DIVERSITY AND THIS CAN BE SEEN EVERY DAY AND EVERYWHERE. HERE TONIGHT INCLUDING. INCLUSION ON THE OTHER HAND IS NOT VISIBLE.

IT IS AN ASPIRATION AND AN IMPORTANT GOAL THAT WE MUST CONTINUE TO STRIVE FOR SO ALL THE CITIZENS FEEL SAFE AND VALUED AND RESPECTED AND EMBRACED IN THEIR UNIQUENESS.

MOST OF YOU HAVE SERVED ON A BOARD OR COMMISSION AND ASK YOU TO HONESTLY CONSIDER THIS. IF YOU AND YOUR MEMBERS ACTED WITH APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR AND CITY STAFF ON A MATTER TO WHICH NO OBJECTIONS WERE EVER RAISED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND MOVE FORWARD FOR OVER FIVE YEARS, WOODY YOU HOPE WHEN PROCEDURAL PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED, INSTEAD OF TAKING AWAY SOMETHING THAT POSITIVELY IMPACTS MANY CITIZENS, TO WHICH THERE IS NO OBJECTION RAISED, THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROPERLY --. PLEASE PUT INCLUSION IN OUR NAME.

>> NEXT SPEAKER? AFTER YOU. >> GOOD EVENING, C4 WAS.

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ROWLETT. STEVE HORWITZ. I'M LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS, ESPECIALLY THE LAST ONE. THE ONE RESPECT AND VALUE CITIZENS TO FEEL SAFE, MAYBE WE SHOULD FOLLOW THE REGULATIONS. AND FOLLOW THE RULES. FOLLOW THE ORDINANCE. EVERYBODY SITTING UP HERE AND KNOWS EXACTLY HOW THIS DIVERSITY COMMISSION , LET'S CALL ABOUT THE ORIGINAL NAME, GIVEN BY THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION. THAT IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT. IT IS NOT EVEN ABOUT THE TOPIC. LET US TAKE TO ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS.

THIS COMMISSION WAS FORMED BY RESOLUTION. YOU KNOW THAT.

EVERY OTHER COMMISSION AND BOARD HAS BEEN FORMED IN ORDINANCE. THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT. IF WE WANT THE CITIZENS TO FEEL SAFE AND HAVE CONFIDENCE IN EVERYBODY SITTING UP HERE, MAYBE WE SHOULD FOLLOW EXACTLY WHAT WE LAID OUT. I KNOW I'M COMING ON STRONG. WHAT IS THE POINT OF HAVING A HANDBOOK TO DO THIS IF WE DON'T FOLLOW ANYTHING? THAT IS WHY WE HAVE CODES AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE ORDINANCES AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE RESOLUTIONS. THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE TOPIC WITH WHAT IT MEANS. BUT EVERYBODY'S SAYING DI. DI DDI IS NOT THE ISSUE. IT IS THE NAME OF THE COMMISSION. NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY HOW IT WAS FORMED AND IT WAS FORMED BY RESOLUTIONS. SINCE IT WAS FORMED BY RESOLUTION AND DID NOT FOLLOW ANY PRECEDENTS AND DID NOT FOLLOW ANY PRECEDENTS AND MUST NOT NEED -- IT MUST BE ABOLISHED AND START ALL OVER AGAIN IF THAT IS WHAT WE

DECIDE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> NEXT SPEAKER, AFTER --?

>> KENNETH WILLIAMS. >> YOUR TIME HAS BEEN TAKING.

>> I'M TALKING ABOUT THE NAME CHANGE. SOME POLITICS AND POLITICAL SCARE TACTICS MADE THE WAY INTO THE NONPARTISAN CITY COUNCIL. SENSATIONALIZED NONSENSE IS MAINSTREAM THAT OFTEN PEOPLE DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE MAD ABOUT OR WHY. THEY JUST HEARD THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE MAD. TODAY YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE NAME DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION COMMISSION. THE NEW GOAL WILL BE ELIMINATING THE ENTIRE COMMISSION AND SOME SEEM TO BE HUNG UP ON THE WORD EQUITY.

WHICH MAKES ME WONDER IF THEY ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THE WORD AND CONTACTS OR IF THEY HAVE SIR COME TO PUPPETEERING. DIVERSITY DESCRIBES DIFFERENCES IN CHARACTERISTICS AND EQUITY ENSURES EVERYONE RECEIVES.

TREATMENT AND EQUAL ACCESS TO RESOURCES. OPPORTUNITIES AND SUCCESS INCLUSION IS ABOUT FOSTERING SENSE OF VALUE AND EMPOWERMENT ENGAGING EVERYONE TO CONTRIBUTE AND PARTICIPATE AND SUCCEED. THE WORD EQUITY IN THE ROWLETT DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION COMMISSION IS ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FREE HANDOUTS. IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH ACCESS AND PARTICIPATION OF THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MAY OTHERWISE BE LEFT OUT. SOME OF THE KEY ITEMS ARE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE MOBILITY CHALLENGE. VOTING AND EVENT PARKING. SPACES FOR THOSE THAT MAY HAVE SENSORY DISORDER AND --. BOTH INCLUDE THE VETERANS AND CHILDREN AND THE SENIOR CITIZENS. MANY OF US BENEFIT FROM EQUITY ON A DAILY BASIS.

WE JUST DON'T REALIZE IT. TO SUM UP THE WORD EQUITY AT A KINDERGARTEN LEVEL, IT IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE KIDS SITTING ON THE CURB DURING THE PARADE WHILE STAND BEHIND THEM. NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE TELE-PEOPLE STANDING IN THE BACK OF PHOTOS SO THE SURE PEOPLE CAN BE SEEN.

AS EVIDENCED IN THE FIRST PROCLAMATION TONIGHT. EVEN EVENT ARENAS IS EQUITY. THAT'S WHY THE SEATS ARE ON A RISING LEVEL. EQUITIES GIVING EVERYBODY THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE. WHO LED YOU TO BELIEVE THE WORD EQUITY WAS A DIRTY WORD? WHY DO YOU NOT SUPPORT INCLUSION? DO YOU KNOW

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WHO DOESN'T FALL FOR THE PARTISAN POLITICAL SCARE --.

>> NEXT SPEAKER IS KENNETH WILLIAMS. IT WAS AFTER THAT?

>> CAN POOR. -- CAN THORPE. >> ARRAY.

>> THE SUBJECT OF THE EI. I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT IT MEANS TO ME WHEN I HEAR THE TERM DEI. FOR ME, DEI , IF I WERE TO MAKE A PICTURE OF IT, IT'LL BE, WHEN THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PILOTS WITH THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN WERE ALLOWED TO FLY IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS IN WORLD WAR II. IT IS WHEN YOU OPEN THE DOOR AND YOU SAY EVERYONE IS ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE. BEFORE THAT, PEOPLE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN WE WERE IN A DIFFERENT KIND OF WORLD. I THINK RIGHT NOW, THERE IS FEAR OF THE CONCEPT WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE IS JUSTIFIED. AND FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE THIS AN ATTEMPT TO PUSH US BACKWARDS RATHER THAN FORWARD TO ALLOW ALL OF US TO COME TOGETHER. ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD FROM SOME OF THE FOLKS CRITICIZING DEI IS ABOUT UNITY. IF WE WANT UNITY, IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE UNITY IN THE WORLD WHERE WE ARE NOT TRYING TO PROMOTE EQUITY OR TRYING TO PROMOTE INCLUSION. IT'S HARD TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER UNLESS EVERYBODY THINKS THEY ARE BEING TREATED FAIRLY AND THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE. ONE THING BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THESE THINGS, SOMETHING WE MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT IS TALKING TO EACH OTHER. THE COMMISSION AND SOMETHING IT CAN BE USED FOR IS A FORM FOR WHICH PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT THIS CAN SIT DOWN AND TALK TO EACH OTHER BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE COME TOGETHER, IF THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO COME TOGETHER, AND IS TALKING TO EACH OTHER TRYING TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER. RIGHT NOW, I SEE SUCH A GOAL FOR AN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS AS TO WHAT THE TOPIC EVEN IS. THAT I DON'T SEE US COMING TOGETHER THE MATTER WHAT NAME CHANGE WE MAKE TO THE COMMISSION. IT'S NOT TO BRING US TOGETHER BASED ON THE DISAGREEMENTS THAT I'M HEARING RIGHT NOW. I RECOMMEND WE TRY TO TALK TO EACH OTHER AND FIGURE OUT WHY WE HAVE THE DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE CONCEPT IS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU AND NEXT SPEAKER? >> RICHARD --.

>> I CANNOT REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS TO

SPEAK NOW. >> CAN THORPE .

>> OKAY. >> I WAS LISTENING TO WHAT -- SAID AND WHAT JOHN HAD TO SAY. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD

TO THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

>> AFTER KENNETH THORPE , RICHARD AYRES, DAVID SMITH.

>> ALL RIGHT. HOW ARE YOU DOING? RICHARD AYRES, THEN ROWLETT FOR LITTLE OVER 18 YEARS. HEAR FROM GARLAND. I WAS VERY HAPPY TO GET OUT OF THE CITY. THE THINGS I'M SEEING HAPPENING IN ROWLETT NOW REMIND ME OF WHY I LEFT GARLAND .

OKAY? WE HAD AN EXPONENTIAL GROWTH IN HIGH DENSITY HOUSING OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. THE COMFORT DEVELOPMENTS GOING ON IN MARINER PART IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HIGH DENSITY HOUSING . WHEN YOU PUT IN HIGH DENSITY HOUSING, YOU CAUSE THE MEDIAN INCOMES GO DOWN. YOU CAUSE TRANSIENT RESIDENCE TO COME THROUGH. YOU CAUSE INCREASED PRIME RATE -- CRIME RATES AND MORE TRAFFIC . ALL THE ISSUES THE CITIES DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW AS A RESULT OF THE DECISIONS MADE BY PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL. I ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE OF THE CITY WILL LOOK LIKE. 10 YEARS FROM NOW AND 20 YEARS FROM NOW.

30 YEARS FROM NOW. THE NEW HIGH DENSITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS MAY LOOK REALLY GOOD RIGHT NOW. IN 20 YEARS, WHEN THEY'RE

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BEING MAINTAINED BY SHOESTRING BUDGETS, WHAT WILL THEY LOOK LIKE? WHAT WILL THEY DO TO OUR CITY AND WITH THE IMPACT ON THE PROPERTY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> NEXT SPEAKER? AFTER DAVID SMITH, HILLARY HOLLAND.

>> EVENING. COUNSEL, NEIGHBORS. I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE RALEIGH DIVERSITY DEI COMMITTED. WHAT IS ONE WITH MORE DIVERSITY? WHAT'S WRONG WITH MORE INCLUSION? OR EQUITY? I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE FEEL THE NEED TO ARGUE OVER THAT.

IT'S NOT WHAT THE COUNTRY AND OUR CONSTITUTIONS ARE PREAMBLE AND PLEDGE. WE TALK ABOUT LIFE LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS FOR EVERYBODY. INCLUSION. WHAT AMERICA IS SUPPOSED TO BE. A PART OF ME DOES NOT UNDERSTAND BUT A PART OF ME DOES WHY THERE IS PUSHBACK. THERE ARE MALICIOUS ELEMENTS AND NEFARIOUS ELEMENTS IN OUR SOCIETY THAT LONG FOR A TIME WHEN I WAS NOT UNIQUE. WE DIDN'T HAVE AS MUCH INCLUSION OR AS MUCH DIVERSITY AND WE WANT THE COUNTRY TO GO BACK TO SOME THING LESS EQUITABLE. I AGREE WITH KENNETH. WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ON THE DIALOGUE AS TO WHY. WE FILTER AND BUY MORE DIVERSITY AND EQUITY AND INCLUSION. THE CITY NEEDS THAT. OUR COUNTRY NEEDS THAT. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REDISCOVER I'LL SHARE NINE WE ARE SPIRALING A SOCIETY BECAUSE WE CAN'T COME TO TERMS WITH THE CONCEPT. I'M HERE IN ROWLETT FOR 20 YEARS. I TOO AM FROM GARLAND . MOVED HERE FROM GARLAND. LF AND I BUILT A BEAUTIFUL LIFE OUT HERE AND ROLL IT. BUT WE DON'T LOOK WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ROWLETT .

THE ATTACK ON THE PEI THAT IS HAPPENING IN ROWLETT. I URGE YOU TO LEAVE IT ALONE LET US DO ITS WORK AND IN SOME GREAT WORK IN THE TIME YOU'VE HAD. IT'LL CONTINUE TO DO GOOD WORK BECAUSE WE HAVE GOOD PEOPLE ON THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE ON THE CITY WANT TO DO THAT WORK WITH HIM ALONE. THANK YOU. LARRY A

HOLLANDS. >> WHOLE AREA HOLLANDS. NOTHING -- IT'S NOT JUST A MODEL, BUT A CALL TO ACTION. DISABLED PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS HAVE CHAMPIONED FOR YEARS.

VALIDATING THE FULL PARTICIPATION AND EQUALIZATION IF THEY KNOW FOR WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. I HAVE ENGAGED IN WHAT I CALL COMMUNITY RESEARCH. WENT THROUGH MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND MEET PEOPLE'S PERCEPTION OF PEI. AND THE GEI COMMISSION. IT'S REALLY INTERESTING. THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE I SPOKE WITH, THE COMPANY SENT PROGRAMS TO MAKE SURE IT IS INCLUSIVE FOR ALL. WHEN I ASK THOUGHTS ABOUT THE NAME CHANGE ACCORDANCE WITH THE DI COMMISSION. CITIZENS OF -- WHILE WITH THE COMMISSION ONE GRAND. THE SENSE OF THE WORKSHOPS ANY UNDERSTAND.

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EQUITY AND INCLUSION ARE ACTION WORDS. WE CAN LOOK AROUND THE ROOM AND SEE THAT EVERYBODY IS DIVERSE. AN AWARENESS IS THE KEY TO INCLUSION AND EQUITY. THAT TAKES EFFORT. I SHOW UP AND PRACTICE SPEAKING AND ADVOCATING FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES. USING THE DISABILITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION AS A PLATFORM. NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US. THAT IS NOT A SLOGAN. THAT'S AN IDEA NO POLICY SHOULD BE DECIDED BY ANY REP SUBMITTED WHEN A FULL AND DIRECT PARTICIPATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GROUP AFFECTED BY THE POLICY. FUN FACT. A WALKING CANE WAS MADE IN 1800S. 1921, MY CANE WAS INVENTED. THAT IS FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE COMPLETELY FINE HAD LOW DISABILITY. I'M THANKFUL EQUITY MADE ITS WAY TO THE CANE BECAUSE NOW IT IS SUGGESTED FOR ALL PEOPLE TIGHTS. IT IS MADE POSSIBLE FOR CITIZENS WITH LOW VISION TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY. THE DIC IS FOR -- FORWARD THINKING AND I ENJOYED WORKING ON THE COMMISSION AND MAKING ROWLETT A PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY BY SPRINKLING AND SOME INCLUSION.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER?

>> IS FOLLOWING? >> I BEEN IN ROWLETT 20 YEARS.

THE FIRST TIME I MADE IT TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING. -- AND RICHARD I ASKED, SPEAKING ABOUT THE COLUMBIA PART HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. FOR MANY PEOPLE, WORKFORCE RIDDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ARE WORDS THAT COULD SOME FOUR LETTER WORDS TO SHAME FOR THEM AND I'M NOT ONE OF THE SPEED. I'M AWARE THIS HOUSING CRISIS IN THE COUNTRY AND DAVID W HAS $100,000 UNIT HOUSING SHORTAGE TEXAS PROPERTY TEST GREEKS -- TEXAS PROPERTY TAX RATES ARE HIGHER THAN CALIFORNIA ROWLETT HAS A WALK SCORE OF 12 AND BIKE SCORED 19. IT IS CODEPENDENT. WE DON'T HAVE DEDICATED U-TURN AND BUSH TURNPIKE IN THE DEDICATED PARKWAY INTERFACE TO CHANGE. THEY ARE OFTEN IN THE TRAFFIC LANES AT THE 70 MILE-AN-HOUR TOLLWAY. DURING THE BUSINESS DAY. THERE ARE NO DEDICATED BIKE LANES AND SIDEWALKS ALL SHOULDERS ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD MAKING BIKING AND WALKING UNSAFE. IT IS INCONVENIENT AND SLOW AND AVAILABLE. PEOPLE MOVING INTO THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT WILL HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DRIVE. IT IS 1.5 MILES. IT IS ALREADY ADDING A DELAY IN THE MORNING BESIDE CARS STANDING ALONG WITH HOLE IN THE AFTERNOON.

RESIDENTS TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AT LIBERTY FRONTAGE ROAD SPENT AN HOUR TRYING TO GET THROUGH IT. THIS IS SUCH A PAIN POINT THAT IT WAS ONE OF THE BOND INITIATIVES THAT WAS APPROVED SATURDAY. AT LEAST 1000 VEHICLES WILL BE HITTING THE INTERSECTION AT ALL HOURS OF CAUSE AND COMMENCEMENT BACKUP. IT'LL COST SOME OF THE PEOPLE TO SKIP THE EXIT AND COME TO THE 60'S IS -- 66. AT A CAUSE ADDITIONAL WEAR AND TEAR ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD AND UPKEEP. 76 OWNS . I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WORKING AT THE DEVELOPER HAS EVER BEEN TO ROWLETT AND CERTAINLY NOT AT RUSH HOUR. THERE WAS OTHER LAND AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL NOT REQUIRE EXISTING RESIDENCE TO SPEND YEARS CHOOSING TO DRIVE BETWEEN RILEY OR AVOID TWO HOURS OF FIGHTING CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC. PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE A THIRD MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN THAT AREA AS IT IS UNNECESSARY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER? AIR COLLAPSE.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> UNLIKE PUBLIC INPUT, DO YOU HAVE THE INFO AND HOW MANY WE RECEIVED?

>> WE HAD NINE ONLINE AND PUT AND EMAILS.

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

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>> ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA FOLLOWING MAY BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION. THE CITIZEN MAY REQUEST ITEMS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS ITEMS HAVE BEEN PULLED AND ARE BEING MOVED TO THE SECOND MEETING OF MAY. THIS IS ITEM 7G. AN ITEM 7H. THERE WAS AN ERROR IN THE PACKET MATERIAL. SORRY, I'M WAY AHEAD OF MYSELF. THOSE ARE NOT CONSENT ITEMS AND ITEMS WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD. BUT NOW, YOU HAVE HAD THE.

>> ITEM 6A, APPROVING THE MINUTES? ITEM 6B, CONSIDER ACTION? TO RECEIVE THE SECOND QUARTER INVESTMENT REPORT. ITEM 6C, CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF ISSUING A P.O. FOR TRAILER LIFT EQUIPMENT. ITEM D, PAXSON TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION FOR THE INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES BETWEEN ROCKWELL

COUNTY AND THE CITY OF RALEIGH. >> I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS AS READ.

>> COUNCILMEMBER -- CUSTOMER >> SECOND.

>> ALL THE BOW. >> CALLED THE BOTH. THEY CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ONTO THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEM. THEY BEEN MOVED TO THE SECOND MEETING OF

[7A. Conduct Public Hearing for Roberto Ortiz regarding a Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow for an existing accessory structure having an area greater than 500 square feet on a property zoned Form-Based Rural Neighborhood (FB-RN). The property is addressed as 8906 Merritt Road. The approximately 0.52-acre site is located northwest of the intersection of Hickox and Merritt Roads, out of the Richard Copeland Survey, ABST. No. 229, in the City of Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas. ]

MAY. INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEM IS ITEM 78, AND THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR EXISTING ACCESSORY STRUCTURE HAVING AN AREA GREATER THAN 500 FT.÷ ON A RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD . IT IS ADDRESSED AS 89 SIX ROAD 0.5 TO ENTER SITE LOCATED NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION.

OUT OF THE RICHARD COPELAND SURVEY NUMBER 229 IN THE CITY OF ROLLINS DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS.

>> FOR THOSE OF NOT HEARD IT BEFORE. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AFTER WE DO THIS FOR THE SEP FOR A LARGE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. IT IS OFF OF MERRITT ROAD THE NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT PROPERTIES APPROXIMATELY HALF AN ACRE. IT IS UNCLUTTERED.

THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 500 FT.÷ DETACHED GARAGE FOR THE SURVEY. THE GARAGE HAS BEEN REMOVED AND THE APPLICANT AND PROPERTY OWNER HAS DISRUPTED 1500 SQUARE-FOOT ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WITHOUT THE NECESSARY PERMITS. THE ITEM WAS CONSIDERED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON FAIRBURY 27, 2024 AND THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED TO APPROVE THE REQUEST WITH TWOCONDITIONS THAT THE PROPERTY BE PLATTED WITH AND ALSO NECESSARY PERMITS THAT'LL BE OBTAINED. THE FORM-BASED CODE DOES NOT ADJUST ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND THE RELATIVE OPEN CODE SECTION TO SUPPLY SO THE THREE THINGS CONSIDERED THERE WILL BE A LOT COVERAGE AND THE MAXIMUM COVERAGE SHALL NOT BE GREATER THAN 35% OF THE LOT. IS APPROXIMATELY 10,000 FT.÷ YIELDING A 35% OF THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 3500 FT.÷. IT IS FALLING UNDER THE MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE. IT IS 15 FEET IN HEIGHT AND DOES NOT EXCEED THE HEIGHT OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE WHICH IS 25 FEET. SETBACKS REQUIRED BY THE ORDINANCE IS OBSERVED. IT IS SETBACK 52 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE 17 FEET FROM THE EASTERN SIDE PROPERTY BOUNDARY. THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND BUILDING IS A PERMANENT BUILDING OR STRUCTURE AFFIXED TO THE GROUND TO SUBORDINATE TO THE STRUCTURE AND THE USE OF WHICH IS INCIDENTAL TO THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE PREMISES. IT IS 1500 FT.÷ AND LARGER THAN A PRIMARY STRUCTURE. THE PROPOSED USE IS INCIDENTAL TO THE USE OF THE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE AND THE USE OF THE PROPERTY. ALSO, THAT HE BUILDING DOES MEET THE

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MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE OF 35% OF THE YARD AS WELL AS THE SETBACK AND THE HYPE REQUIREMENTS. THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS INTENDED FOR THE STATE HOMES AND FARMHOUSE IN AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS. THE REQUEST WAS NOTIFIED AND THERE ARE 12 NOTICES SINCE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN WITHIN 500 FEET OF THE SITE AND THERE WERE NO RESPONSES RECEIVED. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST TO ALLOW FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE 1500 FT.÷ SHOULD THEY APPROVE THE REQUEST, SHOULD BE TO CONDITIONS ADDED AT ALL NECESSARY PERMITS ARE OBTAINED.

REMINDED THAT THE ZONING COMMISSION DID ADD THIS FEBRUARY 27 BOTH RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE PROPERTY BEING PLATTED. WITH THAT, I WANT TO ATTAIN ANY QUESTIONS OF THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

>> ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN A PUBLIC AREA? IN THAT CASE, IT IS 8:17 PM AND WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK MAY COME FORWARD. IF NOBODY WANTS TO SPEAK ON THE

[7B. Take action on a request by Roberto Ortiz, regarding a Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow for an existing accessory structure having an area greater than 500 square feet on a property zoned Form-Based Rural Neighborhood (FB-RN). The property is addressed as 8906 Merritt Road. The approximately 0.52-acre site is located northwest of the intersection of Hickox and Merritt Roads, out of the Richard Copeland Survey, ABST. No. 229, in the City of Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas. ]

ITEM, THEN WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM . ITEM 7B. TAKE ACTION ON REQUEST BY ROBERT HER TEASE. REGARDING SPECIAL USE PERMIT WITH AN AREA GREATER THAN 500 FT.÷ ON A PROPERTY ZONE BASED NEIGHBORHOOD ADDRESSED ON FARM -BASED RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD.

LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OUT OF THE RICHARD COPELAND SURVEY IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT , DALLAS COUNTY TEXAS.

IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> IMOVIE APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURE EXCEEDING 500 FT.÷ PROPERTY AT 8906 MERRITT RD. WITH THE STIPULATION THE PROPERTY MUST BE PLATTED AND ALL NECESSARY PERMITS MUST BE OBTAINED.

>> IS THERE SECOND. >> SECOND. THE MOTION AND SECONDED BY --. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A COMMENT. IS MR. ORTIZ HERE

TODAY? ALEX? >> I DON'T BELIEVE HE IS.

>> I WANT TO EXTEND THE APOLOGIES FOR THE RUNAROUND AND WE APPRECIATE HIS PATIENTS VERY MUCH.

>> WE WILL DEFINITELY DO THAT, THANK YOU.

>> IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, CALL THE VOTES .

[7C. Conduct a public hearing on a request by Armando Garcia, on behalf of property owner Jose Corona, regarding a Special Use Permit to allow an enclosed accessory structure with an area greater than 500 square feet on a property zoned Single Family (SF-40). The property is addressed as 4609 Dexham Road. The approximately 6-acre lot is situated southwest of the intersection of Dexham Road and the DART Rail line, and platted as Dexham Creek Ranch Estates Lot 3, Block A in the City of Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas. ]

ITEM CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY, TO THE NEXT ITEM, 70. CONSIDER A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE REQUEST BY ARMANDO GARCIA ON BEHALF OF PROPERTY OWNER JOSE CORONA REGARDING SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW AN ENCLOSED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WITH AN AREA LATER THAN 500 FT.÷ ON A PROPERTY ZONE SINGLE FAMILY AS A 40. THE PROPERTY IS ADDRESSED AT 4609 DIXON RD. APPROXIMATELY 6 ACRES IS SITUATED SOUTH WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF DIXON ROAD AND OUR REAL LINE, AS DIXON CREEK RANCH ESTATE BLOCK A IN THE CITY OF RALEIGH, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS.

>> IN A SINGLE-FAMILY 40 ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DIXON ROAD. 6 ACRES IN AREA AND IS PLATTED. THE PLAN PROVIDES BY THE APPLICANT APPROXIMATELY 4800 FT.÷ RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE . IN APRIL 2022, THE APPLICANT APPLIED FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT SOUGHT APPROVAL FOR DETACHED GARAGE 500 FT.÷. DURING THE REVIEW OF THE ITEM, IT WAS DETERMINED PROPOSED SUBJECT STRUCTURE WAS LOCATED ON A FEMA REGULATED FLOODPLAIN IN THE PROCESS WAS PUT ON HOLD PENDING THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY OBTAINING A LETTER OF MAP REVISION ALSO KNOWN AS A --. IN JANUARY 2024, THERE WAS AN APPROVED STUDY COMPLETED TO CONFIRM PLACED ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAD NO ADVERSE IMPACT IN THE 100 YEAR WATER SURFACE ELEVATION AND IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR. THE FULL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT WAS ISSUED BY THE CITY ENGINEER. THE PROCESS WAS REACTIVATED IN MARCH TO ALLOW

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FOR THINK LOADS 2800 DETACHED GARAGE. THEY VOTED SEVEN MINUS ABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. OF THE DEVELOPMENT CODE, THEY APPLY FOR THE ACCESSIBILITY STRUCTUR AND WALKOVER CHIDED SETBACK. THE SF 40 DOES NOT HAVE A MAXIMUM COVERAGE STANDARD THEREFORE THE YARD STANDARD OF 35% IS THE ONE THAT GOVERNS. THE YARD IS OVER 222,000 FT.÷. 35% IS APPROXIMATELY 77,000 35% IS APPROXIMATELY 77,700 FT.÷. THE STRUCTURE OF 2800 FALLS BELOW COVERAGE. THE HEIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE HEIGHT OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE PROPOSED APPROXIMATELY 23 FEET HIGH WHICH IS NOT EXCEED THE HEIGHT OF THE 29TH OF PRIMARY STRUCTURE. AND LASTLY, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOCATED IN THE ARCTIC REQUIRE THE 3 FOOT SETBACK AND THE SETBACK HAS THE FOLLOWING SETBACK. 1600 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY. 70 FEET FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS 12 FEET FROM THE EASTERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY AND 88 FEET FROM THE WESTERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY. ALSO IN THE DEFINITION SECTION WITH THE ACCESSIBILITY STRUCTURE BUILDING SHOULD BE SUBORDINATE TO THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE AND THE USE IS INCIDENTAL TO THE DOMINANT USE OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE OF THE PREMISES. IT IS PROPOSING TO USE THE STRUCTURE OF THE GARAGE TO DESTROY THE -- AND SMALLER THAN THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE AND THE USE IS CLEARLY INCIDENTAL PRIMARY WELL. THE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION WAS DONE AND THERE WERE 200 PUBLIC NOTICES SENT AND 10 NOTICES SENT TO PROPERTY OWNERS WHICH 200 FEET. ONE RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION OF THE 19 SENT AS A COURTESY NOTICE OF THE PROPERTY OWNER WITHIN 500 FEET. IT IS TO APPROVE THE REQUEST AGAIN THE STRUCTURE HAS A LOWER LESSER IMPORTANT PRIMARY STRUCTURE MEETING THE DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS REGARDING LOT COVERAGE AND HEIGHT AND SETBACK RECOMMENDING UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE THE REQUEST. I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE THIS EVENING. QUESTIONS BEFORE THE PUBLIC

HEARING. >> I WAS LOOKING AT THE NOTIFICATION RETURNED IN OPPOSITION. HE SAYS WE ARE OPPOSED UNLESS THE EXTERIOR WALLS AND SOMETHING ARE CONSTRUCTED BUILDING MATERIALS THAT ARE SIMILAR IN TYPE AND COMPOSITION TO THE EXTERIOR BUILDING MATERIALS OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE. DO YOU KNOW WHETHER THEY ARE?

>> I BELIEVE THEY ARE AND I WOULD SAY WITH THE ATTORNEY HERE ARE NOT PERMITTED BY STATE LAW TO REGULATE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. IT'LL CHANGE THE PERSON OPPOSITION. DOESN'T TAKE LONG TO GET THE FEMA STATEMENTS?

>> IT DOES TAKE -- THE RULE OF THUMB IS THE FURTHER UP YOU GO IN GOVERNMENT THE LONGER IT TAKES. IT IS TYPICALLY TAKE ABOUT THAT MUCH TIME THE STUDY DONE. BY THE FOLKS AT FEMA.

>> THAT IS A LONG TIME AWAY. >> THAT IS ALL I HAVE. IT IS A 20 4 PM AND I'M OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING. DOES ANYBODY

[7D. Take action on a request by Armando Garcia, on behalf of property owner Jose Corona, regarding a Special Use Permit to allow an enclosed accessory structure with an area greater than 500 square feet on a property zoned Single Family (SF-40). The property is addressed as 4609 Dexham Road. The approximately 6-acre lot is situated southwest of the intersection of Dexham Road and the DART Rail line, and platted as Dexham Creek Ranch Estates Lot 3, Block A in the City of Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas.]

WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? IN THAT CASE, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL GO INTO THE ACTION ITEM. ITEM 70. TAKE XM ON REQUEST BY ARMANDO GARCIA, ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER JOSE CORONA, WITH THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW AN ENCLOSED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WITH AN AREA GREATER THAN 500 FT.÷ ON THE PROPERTIES OWNED SINGLE-FAMILY. SITUATED SOUTH WEST OF INDICATION OF DEXHAM ROAD AND THE DART REAL LINE IN THE CITY OF RALEIGH, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS. THE COUNCIL WILL

ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> IMOVIE APPROVE AS PRESENTED.

>> IS THERE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN REEVES?

>> SECOND. >> SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER REEVES, ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING ON, CALL THE VOTES. ALL RIGHT, ITEM CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. COUNSEL, I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND

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RECESS FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. 825 -- COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON,

[7E. Conduct a public hearing on a request by the City of Rowlett to rezone an approximately 25.426- acre property consisting of two parcels from Planned Development to Single-Family Residential (SF-40) District and Limited Commercial (C-1). The subject property is located northwest of the intersection of Chiesa and Miller Roads in the James Hobbs Survey, Abstract No. 571, and addressed as 3399 Chiesa road and 6921 Miller Road in the City of Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas. ]

COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON, COME TO THE DAIS. HE'S FINE, WE DON'T NEED HIM. HOLD ON, THE MIC IS ON. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. WE RAN A LITTLE BIT OVER THE BREAK. WE WILL BE CONCEDING -- WE WILL RECONVENE AT WE WILL RECONVENE AT 8:32 PM. NEXT ITEM, 7E, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST BY THE CITY OF ROWLETT TO REZONE ON APPROXIMATELY 25.426 ACRE PROPERTY CONSISTING OF PARCELS FROM THE PLAN DEVELOP INTO SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT IN NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF -- EMILY RHODES IN THE JAMES HUB SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 571, ADDRESSED AS 3399 -- ROAD AND 6921 AND 6921 MILLER RD. IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS.

>> 77 805 D6 FILM CODE REQUIRES THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO INITIATE THE REZONING PROCESS IN A CASE WHERE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PLAN PD NOT COMMENCE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN TWO YEARS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. ORDINANCE 032 E- 19 WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 3 ON DECEMBER 3, 2019 THE PROPERTY HAS DEVELOPED A PUBLIC FORWARD AND ALSO THE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY HAS RETURNED TO THE OWNERSHIP OF THE PREVIOUS OWNER WHO SUGGESTED A DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT DIVISION AND WHAT IS SET OUT IN THE PD. MARCH 26 OF THIS YEAR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED EXTENDING EXISTING PD FOR SIX MONTHS ON A LARGER PORTION APPROXIMATELY 21.42 ACRES. AND REZONING THE SMALLER PORTION 4.08 ACRES IN THE C-1 DISTRICT. THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL IN 2019 REFLECTS COMMERCIAL AT THE HARD CORNER OF --. THREE SMALLER RETAIL BUILDINGS LINING THE ROAD ALSO ALLOWING FOR UP TO 20 RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUMS ON THE UPPER FLOORS OF THAT AND ALSO A VARIETY OF SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS BEING LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND BEING 7000 TO 20,000 SQUARE-FOOT IN AREA AND MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL WITH SOMETHING LESS THAN 7000 FT.÷. AGAIN, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR STAFF TO BRING FORWARD A ZONING CASE TO BRING BACK EITHER WHAT WAS PREVIOUS ZONING AND IN LIGHT OF CONDITIONS AND APPROPRIATE DISTRICTS. THE PROPOSED SF 40 DISTRICT STAFF IS BRINGING FORWARD WOULD BE FOR THE AREA SHOWN IN RED ON THE LEFT AND THE SF 40 DISTRICT IS INTENDED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES THAT'LL HAVE A MINIMUM DWELLING AREA OF 2400 FT.÷ IN THE LOT AREA OF 40,000 FT.÷. IT IS THE PREVIOUS DESIGNATION FOR THE PARCEL BEFORE IT WAS REZONED IN 2019. THE MAP ON THE LEFT SHOWS PREDOMINANT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE AREA IS TYPICALLY LOW TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. SF 40 DISTRICT MIGHT ALSO BE CONSIDERED THE HOLDING ZONE UNTIL HIS VOTE WHEN APPLICATION IS MADE FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USE AND DETERMINATION OF THE COUNCIL. SHOULD THE COUNCIL CHOOSE TO APPROVE THE REQUEST, THE ZONING CHANGE WILL NOT PRECLUDE A REQUEST FOR ANOTHER PLAN DEVELOP IN DISTRICTS BEFORE COMMERCIAL OR MIXED-USE PROJECT OR SUBDIVISION WITH DENSITY COMPARABLE TO THE NEARBY DEVELOPMENT OR ANY OTHER KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT THE APPLICANT WISHES TO MOVE FORWARD AND COUNSEL WANTS TO CONSIDER. THE PROPOSED C-1 DISTRICTS WILL BE THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPERTY AND THE

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SOUTHWESTERN PORTION HERE AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THIS BE REZONED TO THE C-1 DISTRICT AND THAT IS A LIMITED RETAIL DISTRICT INTENDED FOR RETAIL TRADE AND PERSONAL SERVICES USES. EATING THE NEED AND BE CONVENIENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THE OWNERSHIP HAS AGAIN REVERTED BACK TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER WHO INTENDS TO PROPOSE A RECREATIONAL RETAIL DEVELOPMENTS. SIMILAR TO WHAT IS APPROVED UNDER PREVIOUS DISTRICTS AS WE UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THAT HE MIGHT WISH TO MAKE WITH THAT. IT IS VERY STRONGLY INDICATING NO DEVELOPMENT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REQUEST. IF THE PROPERTY OWNER WISHES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HIS DEVELOPMENT IDEA, THAT'LL REQUIRE COMING FORWARD WITH A SEPARATE ZONING CASE IN ORDER TO REALIZE THAT. THE YELLOW IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. IT IS THE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND RED WILL BE COMMERCIAL. WE DO BELIEVE IT DOES THE PROPOSED DESIGNATIONS GENERALLY FITTED WITH THE CATEGORY. AND NO AMENDMENT TO THE PLAN WILL BE NECESSARY SHOULD YOU APPROVE THIS REQUEST. THE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION IS ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE REQUEST IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR WITH 26 NOTICES SENT OUT TO THE PROPERTIES WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SITE. WHEN WAS RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION TO RECEIVE IN FAVOR AND 500 COURTESY NOTICE WITH 51 SENT OUT WITH ZERO IN OPPOSITION AND TWO IN FAVOR. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM THE CURRENT PD TO THE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT WITH THE SF 40 BEING ASSIGNED TO THE 21 TO THE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT WITH THE SF 40 BEING ASSIGNED TO THE 21.42 ACRE PARCEL AND THE DISTRICT PARCEL TO THE ACRE PARCEL. AGAIN, THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS TO EXTEND THE EXISTING PD FOR THE ACRE PARCEL TO REZONE THE 4.028 PARCEL TO THE C-1 DISTRICT. WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE OF ME AND INDICATE THE OWNERS OF BOTH THE SUBJECT PARCELS ARE HERE IN THE

AUDIENCE TONIGHT AS WELL. >> THANK YOU, COUNSEL,

QUESTIONS? >> ALEX, IN REGARD TO THE C-1 PROPOSED DISTRICTS, HE SAID CAN'T -- YOU SAID THAT IF HE WANTS TO DEVELOP THAT, IT'LL HAVE COME BACK WITH THOSE PLANS. WILL YOU BE COMING BACK TO THE STAFF WERE COMING BACK

TO COUNT ? >> IT'LL BE COMING BACK TO

COUNSEL. >> OKAY.

>> AND SOMEWHAT ON THE SAME QUESTION. I UNDERSTAND THE SF 40 IS A PLACEHOLDER FOR A LACK OF A BETTER TERM. SO, WHAT IS THE PROCESS GOING TO BE WHEN THE DEVELOPER COMES BACK? ARE WE STARTING AT GROUND ZERO? IS THERE PRECEDENT BEING SET? CHINA GET THE IDEA WHAT THE NEXT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

>> THE PLAN IS KIND OF WHERE WE START WITH WHAT DEVELOPING VISION IS FOR THE PROPERTY. IT IS NOT NECESSARILY GROUND ZERO.

WITH THAT IT DOES HAVE THOSE THREE DIFFERENT LAND-USE TYPES.

ON THE PROPERTY. IN MY OPINION, IT INDICATES THE COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY ARE OPEN TO THOSE THREE DIFFERET LAND-USE TYPES.

ON THE SIDE. I THINK THE COMMUNICATION, THE DESIRED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AND USE FOR THE PROPERTY.

>> DEPUTY MAYOR --? >> PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL OF THE PD IN 2019, WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL ZONING OF THE ENTIRE PIECE OF PROPERTY? DID IT HELP ONE CONTINUOUS TYPE OF ZONING?

>> HE DID NOT. THERE WAS A LARGER PORTION THAT WAS A SINGLE-FAMILY OF 40. THERE WAS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ON THE SMALLER DEVELOPMENT SITE IT DID HAVE MIXED-USE COMPONENT IN THEIR AND HAD THE CONDOMINIUM USE OF THE RETAIL ON THAT SIDE AS WELL AS I BELIEVE THE SINGLE-FAMILY LOTS ALSO ON THAT PROPERTY AS WELL.

>> YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN IT WAS APPROVED?

>> I BELIEVE IT WAS IN THE RANGE OF 2014.

>> DID NOT GO TO THE SAME PROCESS OF AVERTING THE ZONING

BACK? >> THAT I DON'T RECALL.

>> DO KNOW WITH THE ZONING OF THE 4 ACRE PROPERTY WAS PRIOR

TO IT BEING APPROVED? >> I DON'T KNOW EITHER.

>> ARE WITHIN THE RIGHT HERE TO REVERT THE ZONING BACK TO THE

PRIOR SITUATION WAS TO >> I WILL REFER THE QUESTION TO

THE ATTORNEY FOR HER ANSWER. >> CAN WE GET ONE ON THE MY?

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>> IS IT WORKING? >> THANK YOU. OKAY.

>> YES. IF WE DO TONIGHT, REZONE AS REQUESTED, IN REGARD TO THE SF 40 DISTRICT, AND THE HIGHLY IN -- HIGHLY UNLIKELY EVENT DEVELOPER WANTED TO BUILD SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES AT 40 STANDARDS WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT COMING BACK TO

THE COUNCIL? >> AS THEY WOULD.

>> IT ALSO. THANK YOU. >> DEPUTY MAYOR ?

>> I WANT TO REQUEST WE HEAR FROM BOTH PROPERTY OWNERS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THEY SUBMITTED LETTERS IN RESPONSE TO THE REZONING REQUEST AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE WHAT IT WAS IF POSSIBLE, PLEASE.

>> WE WILL HAVE THEM COME UP. PROPERTY OWNERS FOR THE SITE.

OH MY GOSH, SHE HAS UNLIMITED TIME TO SPEAK. FINALLY. MAYBE BACK-AND-FORTH THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE THE DOWN VERY EFFECTIVE. YOU HAVE SEEN THE FACILITY THAT I BUILT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS. IT WAS TOO SMALL BUT WE OPENED IT UP. AND IT BROUGHT TREMENDOUS THINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. I BELIEVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE YOUNG KIDS. WE NEED MORE SPACE AND WE DID IT ALL INTO SMALLER SPACE. THIS GIVES THE 4 ACRES WHICH ARE ORIGINALLY OWNED BEFORE I TRANSFER OVER TO THE DEVELOPER.

WHO DID THE FOLLOW-UP THROUGH WITH HIS PLAN. NOW THIS BACK AND I WANT TO USE THE 4 ACRES TO BUILD A SIMILAR KAYAK PADDLE SPORTS RECREATIONAL FACILITY WITH PLENTY OF PARKING. AND, DO IT UP RIGHT AND NOT BE CONSTRAINED BY THE SMALL SPACE WE HAVE ON THE LEFT SIDE AND SHARING THE PARKING LOT . DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? I GUESS I SHOULD LEAVE THEN.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION, SORRY. DON'T LEAVE YET. WITH REGARD TO YOUR ORIGINAL VISION TO THE LAND, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING WE SPOKE MANY YEARS AGO NOW THAT YOU ORIGINALLY HAD INTENDED TO EXPAND THE KAYAK OUTPOST TO BE A KAYAK STORE ON THE 4 ACRE IECE OF PROPERTY. AND, THOSE ORIGINALLY YOUR VISION THERE. KENNY WALK THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED FROM THAT TIMELINE? AN ABBREVIATED VERSION. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT

THAT TIMELINE FORWARD? >> I FELT IT DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN ROWLETT. I WANT TO SAY I FOUND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN ROWLETT. WHEN A DEVELOPER CAME TO ME AND SAID, I'M GOING TO MAKE LIFE EASY FOR YOU, DAVE. GIVE ME YOUR 4 ACRES AND I'LL INCLUDE MY 21 AND WILL HAVE 25 ACRES, I'LL GIVE YOU 6000 FT.÷ WHICH WAS THE RETAIL STORE THAT I HAD IN THE PD. I'LL GIVE YOU 6000 FT.÷ AS A FOOTPRINT WITH THREE FLOORS WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE FIRST FLOOR OF COMMERCIAL FOR MY KAYAK OPERATION. SECOND FLOOR WHICH IS THE PD I THINK YOU BEEN REFERENCED HERE. WITH OFFICE SPACE AND THIRD WITH A LUXURY CONDOMINIUM ON TOP. IT IS NOT BILLED. I WENT THROUGH THE LEGAL PROCESS AND GOT MY 4 ACRES BACK. AND WORKED WITH THE CURRENTS COMMUNITY TO DEVELOPMENT OF PLANNING PROCESS AND THIS WAS THEIR RECOMMENDATION. AND IT SOUNDED GOOD TO ME BECAUSE THE, 4 ACRES BACK AND HE GETS ME IN THE PROCESS WHERE I CAN LOOK

FORWARD AGAIN. >> COUNCILMEMBER --. YOU CAN IMPROVE THE PARK EXPERIENCE AND PARKING AND ALL THAT. I SEE IN THE PLAN THE LUXURY CONDOMINIUM.

TRANSITIONING ]

>> THAT'S NOT MY PLAN . WHAT I WANT TO BUILD THE RENTALS TO TAKE THAT CONGESTION THAT IS OVER AT

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PADDLE POINT PARK AND MOVE IT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAILROAD AND I'M NOT INTERESTED IN LUXURY CONDOMINIUMS , NOT INTO OFFICE RENTALS. REALLY INTERESTED IN COMMERCIAL PADDLE SPORTS FACILITY WITH PARKING AND GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR THE PATRONS WHO COME.

>> SO, ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, THIS IS ACTUALLY AN EXPANSION OF THE KAYAK SYSTEM, THE KAYAK OPPORTUNITIES, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOUR VISION IS , IT'S STRICTLY A RECREATIONAL HE CENTERED TYPE OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, IS

THAT CORRECT? >> ABSOLUTELY, YES, SIR.

>> THANK. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS,

COUNSEL? >> OKAY. WELL, SPEAK TO THE OTHER APPLICANT? OKAY, THANK YOU. I GUESS I MISSED THERE WAS ANOTHER APPLICANT. IT JUST SAYS TO STATE YOUR NAME AND

RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD FOR >> CHARLES HENDRICKS, FRISCO, TEXAS. I'M A REALTOR REPRESENTING THE SELLER. WE ORIGINALLY CAME TO THE ZONING COMMITTEE AND ASKED FOR SIX MONTH EXTENSION ON CHANGING THE ZONING. SF 40 WE FELT WAS NOT REALLY IN THE CITIES HIGHEST AND BEST USE. WE ARE TRYING TO SELL THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW. WE FEEL LIKE AS FAR AS GETTING SOMEONE TO BUY IT, PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE BETTER LUCK DOING AT IT IS NOT YOUR JOB TO HELP SELL PROPERTY, HOWEVER, IT IS IN THE CITY'S BEST INTERESTS TO LOOK AT SINGLE-FAMILY

RESIDENCE. QUESTIONS? >> COUNCIL MEMBER?

>> THE PD THAT IS EXISTING EXISTS ON THE ENTIRE PROPERTY,

RIGHT? >> I BELIEVE IT IS ON A 21.4

ACRES. >> THE PD THAT IS EXISTING

INCLUDE THE FOUR ACRE TRACT? >> I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO

THAT. >> ALEX, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT

QUESTION? >> THE ZONING IS NOT CHANGED.

THE PD COVERS THE ENTIRE PROPERTY . THERE IS A CONCEPT PLAN THAT ALSO COVERS THE ENTIRE PROPERTY AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU. I THINK MY CONCERN WITH THAT IS, IF THERE IS AN EXISTING PD THAT INCLUDES THE FOUR ACRES, THE LAND TRANSACTION THAT BROKE THOSE TWO OPERATIVES UP AND REPORTED THE FOUR ACRES BACK TO MR. WHOLE HAS NOW LEFT YOU WITH A BROKEN PD THAT IS NOT DEVELOPABLE ANYWAY. SO, SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN , I WOULD THINK, TO GET THE PROPERTY INTO DEVELOPABLE STATE. GETTING IT BACK TO AN SF 20 MAKES SENSE BECAUSE IT GIVES HOWEVER THE PURCHASER IS OF THIS LAND EVENTUALLY, THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND REQUEST UP PD AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

>> UNDERSTOOD. >> IS THAT A FAIR ASSESSMENT?

>> SIR, I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR AS I NEED TO BE. I WILL DEFER TO

WHAT -- . >> I APPRECIATE THAT, THANK

YOU. >> COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR. I APPRECIATE IT. BEFORE I ASK FOR A MOTION, IS THEIR QUESTIONS, ANY LAST MINUTE QUESTIONS FOR STUFF? THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. IT'S 8:49 P.M. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NOBODY? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY LAST MINUTE WESTERNS FOR STAFF BEFORE I ASKED FOR A MOTION? ALL RIGHT. THEN, I WILL ENTERTAIN A

MOTION. >> -- .

[7F. Take action on a request by the City of Rowlett to rezone an approximately 25.426-acre property consisting of two parcels from Planned Development to Single-Family Residential (SF-40) District and Limited Commercial (C-1). The subject property is located northwest of the intersection of Chiesa and Miller Roads in the James Hobbs Survey, Abstract No. 571, and addressed as 3399 Chiesa road and 6921 Miller Road in the City of Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas.]

>> THERE IS NOT IS THERE IS. ITEM 7F, TAKE ACTION ON A REQUEST BY THE CITY OF ROWLETT TO RESULT IN APPROXIMATELY 25.426 ACRE PROPERTY CONSISTING OF TWO PARCELS FROM THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AND LIMITED COMMERCIAL. SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 571 AND ADDRESSES 3399 ROAD AND 6921 MILLER ROAD IN THE CITY OF

ROWLETT, TEXAS . >> I'M THE WAY APPROVE THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY FROM THE CURRENT PD DISTRICT TO A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SF 40 AND LIMITED COMMERCIAL SEE ONE USES WITH THE SF 40 DISTRICT APPLY TO THE 21.4 1 2 PARCEL IN THE C-1 DISTRICT APPLY TO THE 4.028 ACRE PARCEL.

>> COUNCILMEMBER? >> I SECOND.

>> MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM SECOND BITE COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP . IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, CALLED ABOUT.

>> -- >> THAT ITEM CARRIES

[Items 7G & 7H]

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UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL MOVE ON ITEM 7 G AND H HAVE BEEN PULLED AND WILL BE MOVED TO THE MAY 21ST COUNCIL MEETING. WILL MOVE

[7I. Consider action to approve a resolution approving and adopting the amended City of Rowlett Boards and Commissions Handbook. ]

ON TO 7 I WHICH IS CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION APPROVING ENDED UP IN THE AMENDED CITY OF ROWLETT BOARDS OF COMMISSION HANDBOOK. I ASSUME THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD AND COMMISSION SUBCOMMITTEE WANTS TO SPEAK FIRST.

>> CORRECTLY. OKAY, EVERYONE HAS THE STAFF REPORT SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER THAT AGAIN. THIS ITEM WAS PLACED ON THE AGENDA , ORIGINALLY BY COUNCILMEMBER AND MYSELF. LAST OCTOBER THE MAYOR POINTED THE TWO OF US AND COUNCILMEMBER BOWERS TO A SUBCOMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND PROPOSE REVISIONS TO THE BOARD AND COMMISSION 10 BOOKS AND RULES. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG AND SOMETIMES CONTENTIOUS PROCESS , MUCH MORE SO THAN IT WAS ANTICIPATED. THERE WERE ISSUES THAT AROSE DURING A DISCUSSION THAT LED TO FURTHER RESEARCH , WHICH YIELDED SOME UNEXPECTED INFORMATION , WHICH IN TURN LED TO SOME PROPOSALS THAT BECAME CONTROVERSIAL. PARTICULARLY IN REGARD TO NAMING CONVENTIONS, AND RECOMMENDED NAME CHANGES.

OR, DIVERGENT BACK TO ORIGINAL NAMES. THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BOARD CHAIRS AND IN THE INITIAL COUNCIL WORK SESSION, WHICH RESULTED IN ADDITIONAL TIME AND EFFORT TO ATTEMPT TO REACH COMPROMISE SOLUTIONS, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY WILL NOT -- WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL. AFTER SIX MONTHS OF RESEARCH, MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS, THE SUBCOMMITTEE REMAINS DIVIDED ON A FEW OF THE KEY ISSUES, WHICH MEANS THIS COUNSEL IS DIVIDED ON THIS ISSUE. IT WAS A DECISION OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE MAJORITY THAT FURTHER SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS AND OR COUNSEL WORK SESSIONS ARE UNLIKELY TO RESOLVE THAT DIVISION. AFTER DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, WE PLACE THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA SO THE FULL COUNSEL CAN VOTE TO ADOPT THIS PROPOSED REVISION TO REJECT IT OR TO ADOPT IT WITH ONE OR MORE AMENDMENTS. BEFORE I GET INTO THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AND THIS ITERATION OF THE HANDBOOK, I WANT TO THANK MY FELLOW SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR ALL OF THE HOURS THAT THEY PUT IN AND ALSO THANK THE REST OF THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR PATIENCE WITH THIS PROCESS , THE BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS WHO PROVIDED THEIR INPUT AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO SHARED THEIR OPINIONS REGARDING OUR BOARDS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS, RULES, PROCEDURES AND NAMES. I HOPE THAT ALL THE COUNCIL NUMBERS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THIS PROPOSED REVISION. I WILL SUMMARIZE A FEW OF THE KEY POINTS BRIEFLY. A NUMBER OF THE CHANGES THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IN THE FIRST DRAFT WERE REMOVED FOLLOWING THE FEBRUARY 19TH WORK SESSION. THESE INCLUDE TERM LIMITS, REQUIREMENTS FOR BOARDS TO MEET TWICE ANNUALLY WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND CHANGES TO THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL NAME. THERE WAS A SENSE THAT THE REST OF THE COUNCIL DID NOT SUPPORT THOSE CHANGES. IN SOME CASES, A COMPROMISE CHANGE WAS MADE FOR EXAMPLE, INSTEAD OF TERM LIMITS WE ADDED A PROVISION THAT BOARD MEMBERS SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT AT THE END OF THEIR TERMS BE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THE APPLICATION AND REVIEW PROCESS AGAIN. THIS WAS DISCUSSED AT THE FEBRUARY 19TH WORK SESSION. THERE IS SOME NEW CHANGES HERE THAT WERE NOT DISCUSSED IN THE FEBRUARY 19TH WORK SESSION. THE CHANGES MADE TO THE DRAFT REVISION PRESENTED AT THAT WORK SESSION INCLUDE BOTH MINOR GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURAL AND CLARIFICATION CHANGES AND ALSO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES MADE IN RESPONSE TO DISCUSSIONS AT THAT WORK SESSION AND OR AFTER SUBSEQUENT REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE CITY STAFF AND CITY ATTORNEY. SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY STAFF INCLUDE GIVING THE FINL APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA TO THE STAFF LIAISONAND THE BOARD CHAIR WORKING TOGETHER. AS INITIALLY POSTED THE STAFF MADE THE POINT THAT ALLOWING ANY TWO BOARD MEMBERS TO PLACE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA COULD RESULTUSSIN WERE OUTSIDE THEIR SCOPE AND OR INAPPROPRIATE. RATHER THAN GIVE THE STAFF LIAISON UNILATERAL CONTROL WE COMPROMISED AND MAKING THE CENTRAL RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY OF THE LIAISON AND THE CHAIR. STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE ALLOCATION OF BOARD BUDGETS BE LEFT OUT OF THE HANDBOOK TO BE MORE APPROPRIATELY ADDRESSED DURING OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS EACH YEAR. THE SUBCOMMITTEE AGREES WITH THIS AND INCORPORATED IT INTO THE HANDBOOK. STAFF ALSO PREFERS THAT THE STAFF LIAISON'S NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPORTING THE ABSENCE OF COUNSEL LIAISONS AT MEETINGS AS THAT PUTS THE STAFF LIAISON IN AN AWKWARD POSITION. WE UNDERSTAND THAT .

WE MADE THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD CHAIR OR ANY PERSON WHO WANTED TO REPORT ON ABSENCE OF COUNSEL LIAISONS AND WE ADDED THAT ATTENDANCE BE RECORDED IN THE MINUTES SO THAT THOSE MINUTES COULD BE REVIEWED IF THERE WAS ANY CONCERN ABOUT

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ATTENDANCE OF LIAISONS. AND FINALLY, STEPH REQUESTED THAT EXCUSED ABSENCES INCLUDE OTHER REASONS DEEMED ACCEPTABLE BY THE COUNCIL , WHICH MADE SENSE TO US AND THAT WAS ADDED.

LANGUAGE WAS ALSO ADDED TO SECTION 5 TO EXCLUDE ANY BOARDS THAT WERE CREATED BY PREVIOUS COUNCILS BUT ARE NO LONGER DEEMED TO BE FUNCTIONAL. SOME OF THOSE INCLUDED THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES BOARD AND NOISE AND GRAFFITI BOARD. POSSIBLY OTHERS THAT WERE CREATED AND LATER FORGOTTEN, BUT NOT FORMALLY ABOLISHED THAT WE DIDN'T DISCOVER IN OUR RESEARCH. FINALLY, THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE, REGARDING THE BOARD NAMES BECAUSE THE SUBCOMMITTEE CANNOT REACH A CONSENSUS ON A RECOMMENDATION , THIS DOCUMENT LISTS THE BOARD NAMES AS THEY APPEAR IN A RESPECTIVE CREATION DOCUMENT. THE ORDINANCE OF THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL WHAT EACH BOARD WAS ESTABLISHED.

HOWEVER, THIS OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THAT HANDBOOK AS PRESENTED CAN BE CHANGED HERE TONIGHT VIA A MOTION TO ADOPT THE HANDBOOK WITH ONE OR MORE AMENDMENTS. THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR MORE THAN HALF A YEAR. I HOPE WE CAN REACH AN AGREEMENT ON THE HANDBOOK TONIGHT AND ADOPT AND MOVE ON TO FOCUS ON OTHER CITY BUSINESS. TOWARD THAT END, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION . I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION WITH THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS. EXHIBIT A, SECTION 5 , SUBSECTION 5.2 BE REVISED TO REFLECT THE ENTITIES NAME IS THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES ADVISORY BOARD. EXHIBIT A SECTION 5 SUBSECTION 5-11 BE DELETED IN ITS ENTIRETY AND REMAINING SUBSECTIONS RENUMBERED. THEREBY ABOLISHING THE DIVERSITY COMMISSION.

>> A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE. IS THERE A SECOND? COUNCILMEMBER

BURTON? >> I SECOND THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT. I ASSUME THERE WILL BE SOME DISCUSSION. FIRST BUTTON I SEE IS W MAYOR . I WANT TO THANK .

>> I WANT TO THANK THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE. I'M A LITTLE FRUSTRATED THAT WE JUMPED STRAIGHT INTO A MOTION BECAUSE I DO HAVE SOME OTHER CORRECTIONS THAT I THINK WARRANT REVIEW BY THE COUNCIL AND I HOPE WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE. I'M GOING TO COMMENT THEM OUT AND I'M SURE THERE WILL BE OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, BUT NOTICE AND I LIKELY WILL. . LET ME JUST STATE THE SPIRIT THAT'S THE BEST APPROACH.

SECTION 2.1 PARAGRAPH E CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS NEED NOT APPLY FOR MEMBER SHIP TO A BOARD OR COMMISSION BUT INSTEAD BE APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL FOR MEMBERSHIP ONLY ON SEPARATE BOARD ENTITIES OR AD HOC COMMITTEES AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS OR AS NONVOTING LIAISONS TO ADVISORY BOARDS. LATER IN THE DOCUMENT, IT READS THAT THE MAYOR OR THE CITY COUNCIL MAY APPOINT LIAISONS TO ADVISORY BOARDS. I BELIEVE THAT IS IN CONFLICT WITH PARAGRAPH 3.6 BECAUSE THAT PARAGRAPH READS THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE MAYOR WILL ASSIGN A COUNCILMEMBER TO SERVE AS A LIAISON TO THE ADVISORY BOARD. IN ONE SECTION WE SAY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MAKE THE DECISION AND IN ANOTHER SECTION WE SAY THAT THE MAYOR OR THE CITY COUNCIL CAN MAKE THE DECISION. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT TO CLARIFY. ADDITIONALLY, YOU MENTIONED PARAGRAPH FIVE, OR SECTION 5, EXCUSE ME. I APPRECIATE THE COMMENT THAT HAS BEEN ADDED THAT BOARDS GRADED BY PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTIONS THE CREATION OF ORDINANCES WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN REPEALED SUCH AS THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION YOU MENTIONED ARE NOT LISTED BELOW SHALL HEREBY BE CONSIDERED DISSOLVED AND DEFUNCT, HOWEVER MISSING FROM THAT LIST ARE THE TOURIST BOARDS. THEY WOULD BE DECLARED DISSOLVED AND DEFUNCT, WHICH I THINK IS AN OVERSIGHT. THAT BOARD IS LISTED ON THE VERY LAST PAGE OF THE PACKET, WHICH HAS THE LIST OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, WHICH, THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING. HAD THAT NOT BEEN THERE, I MIGHT NOT HAVE CAUGHT THAT. ADITIONALLY, THERE WERE A FEW BOARDS AND OR COMMISSIONS WHICH I BELIEVED DID NOT LIST THE FORMATIVE RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE . I'M CURIOUS IF THAT WAS BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ONE OR IF IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT. ONE IN PARTICULAR WOULD BE THE LEVER ADVISORY BOARD. I DID NOT SEE A REFERENCE TO THE FORMATIVE ORDINANCE THAT CREATED THAT BOARD. MAYBE THAT IS JUST A

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QUESTION WE COULD CLARIFY BEFORE WE MOVE TO A VOTE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. THAT ONE IS NOT IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS MORE GRAMMATICAL. IN THE RESOURCES SECTION OF THE VERY LAST PAGE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF HYPERLINKS USED IN THAT DOCUMENT. I'M SOMEWHAT AGAINST HYPERLINKS AND EIGHT CODIFIED DOCUMENT BECAUSE THEY CAN CHANGE OVER TIME AND IF THOSE ARE TO BECOME NONFUNCTIONAL, WE MIGHT HAVE TO AMEND THE WHOLE DOCUMENT BECAUSE OF A HYPERLINK THAT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE. UNDERSTOOD. I KNOW MAYOR PRO TEM SCHINDER WAS NOT ON THE MICROPHONE BUT SHE SAID THE DOCUMENT LIVES OUTSIDE OF THE CODE ITSELF. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT. AT THIS MOMENT, THAT IS THE ONLY COMMENT I HAVE. ON THOSE ITEMS.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM SCHINDER? >> I WANT TO SAY THAT -- I WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING CLEAR. THE VOTE ON THIS AMENDMENT IS NOT ABOUT SUPPORTING OR NOT SUPPORTING THE IDEAS AND IDEALS OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION. IT'S NOT ABOUT WHETHER THE CITY SHOULD SERVE THE MEMBERS OF ITS DIVERSE POPULATION EQUALLY , OF COURSE WE SHOULD AND WE MUST. IT'S NOT ABOUT WHETHER WE SHOULD MAKE ALL OF OUR CITIZENS FIELD INCLUDED IN ALL OF OUR CITY PROGRAMS AND EVENTS, OF COURSE WE SHOULD AND WE WILL. IT'S NOT ABOUT WHETHER WE SHOULD ISSUE PROCLAMATIONS RECOGNIZING DIFFERENT GROUPS . IT'S ABOUT HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. ALL OF THESE THINGS CAN AND WILL , IF I HAVE MY WAY, BE INCORPORATED INTO OUR CITY POLICIES AND PROGRAMS MANAGED BY OUR VERY CAPABLE CITY STAFF MEMBERS. HERE IS MY BOTTOM LINE, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF HUMAN DECENCY THAT SHOULD PERMEATE ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND BE GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS NOT JUST THE SPECIAL PURVIEW OF JUST ONE. I SAID THAT IN AN INTERVIEW BACK WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR COUNCIL, BUT AFTER I GOT ELECTED, I TRIED VERY HARD TO BE SUPPORTIVE AND WORK WITH THE COMMISSION. I PARTICIPATED IN ITS EVENTS , PRESENTED SOME OF THEIR PROCLAMATIONS , I DEFENDED THEIR EXISTENCE TO MANY CONSTITUENTS. I'M NOT ABLE IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, AFTER SOME OF THESE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN ATTEMPTING TO REACH A COMPROMISE ON SOMETHING AS MINOR AS A NAME CHANGE OR ACTUALLY , USING THE NAME THAT WAS ORIGINALLY GIVEN, TO DEFEND SOME OF THE RECENT BEHAVIOR.

CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HAVE TO RECOGNIZE AND RESPECT THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL. AND THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE. I WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER TO THE REST OF MY COUNCILMEMBERS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK A SECOND TIME AFTER THAT.

>> COUNSEL? COUNCILMEMBER REAVES?

>> I HAVE COMMENTS I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE REGARDING THE DIVERSITY COMMISSION. THIS BOARD WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED TO ENGAGE OUR DIVERSE POPULATION AND TO ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY BY CELEBRATING AND FOSTERING MUTUAL RESPECT AMONG OTHER THINGS TO ENRICH THE VIBRANT CULTURE OF OUR CITY. WHILE THERE ARE SOME FOLKS ON THIS COMMISSION THAT HAVE HEARTS OF GOLD, WHO I BELIEVE ARE FULFILLING THE CALL TO ENRICH OUR CULTURE, UNFORTUNATELY THERE HAVE BEEN SOME THAT I THINK HAVE NOT SHOWN THE MUTUAL RESPECT AND FAIRNESS THAT IS REQUIRED OF A CITY BOARD OF COMMISSION. FOR THE RECORD, I HAVE MET WITH SEVERAL FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE COMMISSION. I HAVE ALSO MET WITH OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH THE COMMISSION AND I'VE ALSO REACHED OUT TO OTHER RESIDENTS TO GET THEIR OPINION ON THEIR VIEW OF HOW THIS COMMISSION HAS OPERATED. AGAIN, WHILE THERE ARE SOME REALLY GOOD FOLKS THAT ARE ON AND ALIGNED WITH THIS COMMISSION, THROUGH SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS, I HAD SOME CONCERNS AND I WILL GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A CONVERSATION I HAD THAT WAS ATTEMPTED MANIPULATION THROUGH FLATTERY , THROUGH THREATS AND THROUGH BRIBERY. I WAS TOLD I COULD TAKE PERSONAL CREDIT FOR THINGS I DID NOT DO . I WAS WARNED OF IMPENDING PROTEST THAT COULD BE MESSY IF THE COUNCIL DID NOT ACQUIESCE. AND I WAS BRIBED THAT SOME OF MY CRITICS WOULD BE SILENT , THAT THEY WOULD BE QUITE

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TOWARDS ME IF I WENT ALONG WITH WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO. NONE OF THESE ARE ACCEPTABLE TO ME. I RENT FOR CITY COUNCIL NOT T MAKE A NAME FOR MYSELF . I DID NOT DO THIS WITH SOME PRECONCEIVED NOTION THAT I WAS GOING TO USE US AS A PLATFORM FOR SOME FUTURE POLITICAL OFFICE OR PROFESSIONAL GAIN. I WANTED TO DO RIGHT BY MY CITY. SPEAKING WITH OTHER RESIDENTS, THERE IS SOME IMPRESSION THAT THIS COMMISSION HAS BECOME SELF ENTITLED AND TOOK ON AN AIR OF AUTHORITY THAT DID NOT BELONG TO ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES MUCH LESS A BORDER COMMISSION. IN SPITE OF ALL OF THIS, I DID MY BEST TO LOOK PAST THIS WITH AN OPEN MIND TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. I'M NOT AGAINST ANYONE. I'M NOT AGAINST ANYBODY. BUT SOMETHING I DID DISCOVER THAT REALLY BOTHERED ME AS IT RELATES TO THIS COMMISSION , AND SOMETHING THAT REALLY CAME COUNCIL CAME AND GAVE US A PRESENTATION. THEY STATED THAT THEY WERE WORKING VOTER REGISTRATION AND VOTER DRIVES IN CONJUNCTION WITH DI. ONE OF THOSE WAS THE EASTER EVENT. I HAPPEN TO STOP BY THE RCC. THAT'S WHERE THE EASTER EVENT WAS PICKED BEHIND THE RCC IS WHERE THE EASTER EVENT WAS PICKED THAT'S WHERE THE TENTS WERE, THE FOOD TRUCKS, ALL OF THE EVENT WAS BEHIND THERE. THAT YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL TENT FOR VOTER REGISTRATION WAS AT THE FRONT OF THE RCC. AND INSIDE THE RCC ON THAT DAY WAS THE SENATE DISTRICT DEMOCRAT PARTY CONVENTION. TO ME, THAT APPEARED TO BE A PARTISAN POLITICAL ACTIVISM AND USING CITY RESOURCES IN THE FORM OF THE YOUTH COUNCIL ADVISORY TO DRIVE ROTOR REGISTRATION AND BE ACTIVISTS. AND FOR THAT, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT IS SOMETHING POLITICAL PARTISANSHIP INDIVIDUALLY IS WELCOMED , BUT WE CAN'T USE CITY RESOURCES AND NOT IN THIS BODY TO PROMOTE PARTISAN POLITICAL AGENDAS. AND SO THEREFORE I AM IN FAVOR OF SUNSETTING THIS COMMISSION. I WOULD JUST SAY, TO MAYOR PRO TEM SCHINDER POINT , WE DON'T NEED A COMMISSION TO TELL OTHERS TO TREAT OTHERS THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED. I WILL DO MY PART AND I EXPECT OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.

>> THANK YOU. OTHER COMMENTS? DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM WINGET? THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION , AND THAT IS , YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE MANY VALUABLE MEMBERS OF THE DIVERSITY COMMISSION. YOU MENTIONED THE GOOD WORK THEY ARE DOING . AND SO, I HAVE TO QUESTION THE APPROACH OF TAKING A CHAINSAW TO DO SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING WITH A SCALPEL, IN MY OPINION. MAYBE MODIFYING THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMISSION, MODIFYING THEIR MISSION STATEMENT, THEIR VISION, VALUES, WHICH CAN BE DONE BY A SIMPLE VOTE OF THE COUNCIL THROUGH MEMBERSHIP CHANGE. I JUST QUESTION IF MAYBE THAT IS A BETTER APPROACH TO TAKE RATHER THAN THE CHAINSAW APPROACH OF BUT LET'S JUST CUT IT OFF AND BE DONE.

>> I'M GOING TO ALLOW COUNCILMEMBER REAVES TO RESPOND. OKAY. YOU WILL WAIT? ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER

SCHUPP? >> I WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING EVERYBODY WHO HAS OR IS CURRENTLY SERVING ON A BOARD OR COMMISSION. THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME, EFFORTS TO THE CITY. OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSION ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT WAY FOR CITIZENS TO GET INPUT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

MANY WAYS THEY ARE THE BEATING HEART OF OUR TOWN. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL FORMED A SUBCOMMITTEE IN FEBRUARY TO EDIT AND UPDATE THE BOARDS COMMISSION HANDBOOK I IMPORT OF THE SOME COMMITTEE. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS COMMITTEE WERE TO CORRECT ERRORS, GREAT CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT THE HANDBOOK, INCLUDING HAVING CONSISTENT NAMING CONVENTIONS FOR BOARDS , UPDATE AND ADD MISSING INFORMATION SUCH AS A GLOSSARY AND DELETE OLD AND OUT OF DATE RESOURCES. THAT IS AND WAS OUR AGENDA. THAT'S OUR AGENDA AND THE PROCESS OF OUR EDITS WE REVIEWED ALL BOARD NAMES AND SO THEY WERE CONSISTENT . ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE NAME OF THE DEI COMMISSION BE CHANGED TO BECOME CONSISTENT WITH OTHER ADVISORY BOARDS. THE SUBCOMMITTEE, MYSELF, TOLD THEM THAT WE WERE GOING TO RECOMMEND CHANGING THE NAME FROM COMMISSION TO ADVISORY BOARD. RECOMMENDATION WAS ALSO MADE THAT THE DEI BRANDING IN THE NAME BE REPLACED BE -- WITH A

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LESS POLITICIZED AND CONTROVERSIAL NAME. IN THE SPIRIT OF COMPROMISE, REQUEST WAS MADE THAT THEY, THE COMMISSION , PROPOSE A NAME THAT WAS ACCEPTABLE TO THEM AND THEIR MISSION. AT FIRST THERE WAS SOME DIALOGUE THAT SOON CHANGED, AND THE COMMISSION MADE CLEAR THAT THEY WERE NOT OPEN TO COMPROMISE. THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

>> FOR ME, THE ISSUE NO LONGER HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE DIVERSITY COMMISSION. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THEIR MISSION , ANY OF THEIR PERCEIVED POLITICAL ACTIVISM, COMPLETELY IMMATERIAL IN MY DECISION-MAKING. THE ISSUE FOR ME IS SIMPLE. DOES A NONELECTED ADVISORY BOARD HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE POLICY , INDEPENDENT OF THE ELECTED MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL? I STRONGLY BELIEVE THE ANSWER IS NO. POLICY DECISIONS ARE RESPONSIBLE , ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL WHO ARE VOTED INTO OFFICE TO REPRESENT CITIZENS. HARD STOP. I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS EXAMPLES WHERE I BELIEVE THE DE COMMISSION HAS TAKEN UPON ITSELF TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES THAT EFFECTIVELY SET CITY POLICY AND HAVE COUNTED ON COUNCILS LIMITED OVERSIGHT OF BOARDS TO GIVE THEM TASKS IN APPROVAL FOR POLICIES. THIS CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN WITH THIS OR ANY OTHER BOARD.

THE QUESTION FOR ME NOW IS, HOW TO BEST MOVE FORWARD? ADVISORY COUNCILS ARE JUST THAT. THEY ADVISE COUNSEL, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. THE ADVERSITY COMMISSION IS UNWILLING TO ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE OR COMPROMISE AT THE SAME TIME THEY HAVE SHOWN AN UNWILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT THE INSTRUCTIONS OF OUR CITY COUNCIL.

TRANSITIONING ] FAVOR OF DELETING ANY REFERENCE TO THE COMMISSION IN THE BOARD HANDBOOK THEREBY DISSOLVING THE COMMISSION. I LOOK FORWARD TO A DAY WHEN WE HAVE AN ORGANIZATION IN THE TOWN THAT WILL LET US USE DIVERSITY TO CREATE UNITY.

>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON

>> I WAS PREPARED TO MAKE THAT MOTION. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER. I WILL KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF BECAUSE SOME OF WHAT I'VE SAYING I'VE SAID BEFORE. THERE ARE THOSE THAT WILL LOOK AT MY VIEWS AND MY VOTE TONIGHT AND THINK IT IS HATE. NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. THERE IS SOME ON THE BOARD PAST AND PRESENT WHO USE THE YOU HATE US RESPONSE AS A TACTIC TO THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH THEIR AGENDAS. SADLY, THAT TACTIC GENERALLY WORKS FORCING PEOPLE TO SHRINK BACK, KEEP THEIR MOUTH SHUT BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT TO BE BRANDED AS A HATER. THE SAME FOLKS WILL PROMOTE DIVERSITY WHILE AT THE SAME TIME HAMMERING THOSE, ME INCLUDED WHO PRACTICE DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT. IF YOU ARE GOING TO PRACTICE DIVERSIY YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT OPINIONS AND DIFFERENT VIEWS. SADLY, THERE WAS A TIME IN THE COUNTRY THAT FOLKS COULD HAVE A DISAGREEMENT, COULD HAVE AN OPEN DIALOGUE AND DISCUSS BELIEFS YET STILL TREAT EACH OTHER WITH CIVILITY WHILE NOT REACHING AGREEMENT. SADLY THAT DOES NOT EXIST MUCH MORE THESE DAYS. MY DISAGREEMENT WITH THIS BOARD, AND I HAVE BEEN OPEN ABOUT IT, HAS BEEN MET WITH OPEN HOSTILITY. THAT STARTED DURING MY CAMPAIGN AS A CITY COUNCIL PICKETS THOSE REASONS THAT I SUPPORT THE DISSOLVED MINT OF THIS BOARD. I COULD CHOOSE TO BE BITTER. I COULD CHOOSE TO BE VINDICTIVE IN SIMILAR FASHION BUT I WILL NOT DO THAT. I CANNOT CLAIM TO BE A MAN OF FAITH WHILE RESORTING TO THE SAME TACTICS. I JUST CAN'T DO THAT. INSTEAD, I WILL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING . I WILL CONTINUE TO DO IT AND PRAY FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE FILLED WITH HOSTILITY AND VINDICTIVENESS AND HOPE THAT

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THEY FIND THE PEACE AND RELEASE THAT ONLY GOD CAN PROVIDE.

THANK YOU. >> THINK YOU. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WISH TO SPEAK? DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM?

>> THINK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO CIRCLE BACK TO THE POINTS I MADE EARLIER. I THINK IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN THESE VOTING TO APPROVE THE MOTION AS IT STANDS WOULD BE A MISSTEP. I THINK IT HAS SOME ISSUES AS IT IS WRITTEN CURRENTLY . ONE AMENDMENT WOULD BE TO INCORPORATE THESE CHANGES. I MIGHT MAKE ANOTHER FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST THOSE CHANGES OR ISSUES ADDRESSED IF THE COMMITTEE WHO HAS RECOMMENDED THIS IS WILLING TO INCORPORATE

THOSE. >> SAY THAT AGAIN?

>> I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU JUST SAID .

>> SORRY. WHEN I OPENED MY COMMENTS THERE WERE A SERIES OF CORRECTIONS I THINK NEED TO BE MADE. I WILL CLARIFY THOSE AGAIN FOR NO OTHER BENEFIT THAN THE CITY ATTORNEY WHO MAY BE TRYING TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT IS GOING ON. THE FIRST WAS IN SECTION 2.1 PARAGRAPH E , THERE'S A REFERENCE. I BELIEVE THE LAST FEW WORDS OF THAT SENTENCE WERE ADDED OR AS NONVOTING LIAISONS TO ADVISORY BOARDS. I THINK BY DELETING THAT LANGUAGE IT WOULD ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL OF THE PARAGRAPH WITHOUT CAUSING CALM FLICK -- CONFLICT WITH THE FUTURE PARAGRAPH WHICH IS 3.6. 3.6 ALREADY IDENTIFIES HOW A LIAISON TO A BOARD WOULD BE APPOINTED AND THAT IS EITHER BY THE MAYOR OR THE CITY COUNCIL. THAT ACCOMPLISHES WITHOUT NEEDING IT . THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE PARAGRAPH -- SECTION 5 . THE INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH TO THAT SECTION . THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE I DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO ACCOMPLISH BECAUSE THE INTENT IS TO REMOVE ALL PRIOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT MIGHT OF BEEN CREATED THAT ARE NOT ENUMERATED IN THE SECTIONS BELOW. MAYBE IT IS EASIER TO JUST ADD THIS AS A SECTION THAT IS DOWN BELOW, BUT WITHOUT BUTCHERING THE PARAGRAPH AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE AN ANSWER BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE AN ANSWER ON THE FOUNDING ORDINANCES FOR SOME OF THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT ARE MISSING SUCH AS THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. DOES

THAT HELP? >> YES.

>> YOU ARE WELCOME. >> CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION ABOUT HOW TO GO ABOUT AMENDING THIS MOTION?

>> AS PARAGRAPH FIVE STANDS, IT SAYS IF THEY ARE NOT LISTED BELOW THEY ARE CONSIDERED DISSOLVED AND DEFUNCT. ARE WE SAYING THAT THERE IS ANOTHER THAT SHOULD BE LISTED?

>> WE HAVE A SERIES OF BOARDS , TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT SERVE ON THE SPORTS. I AM AFRAID, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT IT IS LEGALLY POSSIBLE TO DISSOLVE THEM THROUGH THIS TYPE OF AN ACTION, BUT NONETHELESS I WOULD NOT WANT TO CAUSE CONFLICT WITH THE CODES BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH TODAY IS FIXING A LOT OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE. LET'S NOT INTRODUCE

NEW ISSUES IN THE PROCESS. >> I WILL PUT THIS ON DISCUSSION MODE FOR JUST A MINUTE. HIT YOUR BUTTON.

>> THERE WAS THE LIBRARY . >> THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD.

>> THE FORMATIVE ORDINANCE. IF THAT, IF WE WOULD PREFER TO INCLUDE THAT. I NOTICE WE INCLUDED A LOT OF THE OTHER ONES AND I THINK THAT WAS THE INTENT TO INCLUDE THOSE SO I THINK THAT THERE IS A REFERENCE TO WHEN A PARTICULAR BOARD OR

COMMITTEE WAS SET UP. >> IT WAS. THAT WAS AN OVERSIGHT. I KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ORDINANCE FOR THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. I DON'T THINK IT CHANGES ANYTHING. IT'S NOT

SUBSTANTIVE. >> I WOULD RECOMMEND WE ADD A PARAGRAPH TO THAT SECTION TO MIRROR THE PRIOR PARAGRAPH WHICH IS BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES DESCRIBED IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT ORDINANCES SUBSECTION WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS. THOSE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS I WOULD HAVE.

THE FIRST ONE IS DELETING THE LAST PART OF 2.1 PARAGRAPH E.

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THE SECOND PART IS ADDING THE BOARDS UNDER SECTION 5 AND THE LAST ONE IS AMENDING THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARDS. THAT

SECTION TO ADD THE ORDINANCE. >> REGARDING SECTION 5, COULD YOU ADD A SENTENCE AT THE END OF THAT INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH THAT SAYS THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO THE TOURIST BOARDS ?

>> YES. >> THAT WOULD BE THE SIMPLEST

WAY. >> I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT. IT WILL BE COMPLICATED TO TRACK THOSE

AMENDMENT . >> MAYOR, IF I MAY I THINK WE HAVE APPROVAL FROM BOTH THE MOVER AND THE SECOND OR ON THAT PARTICULAR FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

>> I WANT TO BE SURE EVERY MEMBER OF COUNSEL UNDERSTANDS THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. DOES EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND? OKAY.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE SUGGESTION OF THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION BEING CHANGE TO THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES BOARD. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT GO BACK TO BE THE COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION IN PARTICULAR IS ONE COMMISSION WHERE THE COMMISSION IS EMPOWERED TO NOT ONLY CONSIDER AN ISSUE GRANTS THROUGH OPERATING BUDGET WITH APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL, BUT ALSO TO APPLY FOR GRANTS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY THAT IS ONE THING THAT MAKES THEM UNIQUE AS A COMMISSION AND DESERVING OF THE

TITLE OF THE COMMISSION. >> I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION AND THE DISTINCTION. I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF OTHER BOARDS THEY DO THE SAME THING. I HAVE BEEN ON THE PARKS BOARD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. THEY APPLY FOR GRANTS, THEY SPEND MONEY, THEY DO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. I GUESS THIS IS OBVIOUSLY , I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT CONTROVERSIAL BUT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENCE IN OPINION. ONE OF MY GUIDING PRINCIPLES SHOULD BE FROM THE ABSOLUTE BEGINNING TO RIGHT THIS MINUTE IS THIS IS ABOUT CONSISTENCY FOR ALL BOARDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY. I WILL MAKE THE CASE THAT THE SAME ARGUMENT THAT WE GAVE TO THE DIVERSITY COMMISSION ABOUT THEIR NAME AND ABOUT THE REQUIREMENT THAT THEY BE AN ADVISORY BOARD, I FEEL LIKE THAT SAME THOUGHT PROCESS GOES INTO THE HUMANITIES COMMISSION.

I JUST BELIEVE THAT IS PART OF THE MISSION THAT WE TRY TO ACCOMPLISH. I THINK FOR ME PERSONALLY THAT THE SUBTLE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO DO NOT OVERRIDE THE NECESSITY OF BEING FAIR TO EVERY COMMISSION THAT WE HAVE AFFECTED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. FOR THAT REASON, I THINK FOR ME PERSONALLY I WILL STILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE THAT IT IS THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES

ADVISORY BOARD. >> I WOULD AGREE AND ALSO ADD THAT WHEN I SPOKE WITH LAURA -- WHO IS THE CHAIR OF THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES BOARD, ABOUT THE NAME CHANGE SHE SAID SHE HAD NO

PROBLEM WITH THE NAME CHANGE. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY, AS A FOLLOW-UP TO THAT PARTICULAR COMMENT I DID ALSO TALKED TO LAURA AT THE MOST RECENT MEETING WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN IN APRIL. SHE HAD A SLIGHT DIFFERENT TAKE ON THINGS. I GUESS SHE MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU WERE SUGGESTING AND DID NOT NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THAT. I KNOW WE ARE NOT IN A POSITION NOW FOR A HE SAID, SHE SAID BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ON HER BEHALF THAT THAT IS THE CONVERSATION SHE HAD TO ME. IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IS NOT ACCEPTED.

FRANKLY I'M DISAPPOINTED BUT I UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC AND REASONING AND APPRECIATE THE DIALOGUE. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SECOND FRIENDLY AMENDMENT WHICH WOULD BE TO RESTORE THE DIVERSITY COMMISSION. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS NOT THE CORRECT WAY TO GO ABOUT IT. I BELIEVE THIS COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY AND POWER TO ARTICULATELY MAKE CHANGES TO THE COMMISSION WITHOUT COMPLETELY GUTTING THE ENTIRE THING. I RECOGNIZE THAT IS UNLIKELY TO BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT WHICH WOULD BE ACCEPTED BY EITHER OF YOU, BUT NONETHELESS I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT I SHARE THOSE COMMENTS.

>> I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER BOWERS NEXT. DID YOU WANT SHINDER TO

RESPOND FIRST? >> JUST TO ANSWER THAT I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT,

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YOU CAN MAKE AN AMENDMENT AND WE CAN VOTE ON IT IF YOU WANT

TO DO IT THAT WAY. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER

BOWERS. >> ONCE AGAIN I HAVE BEEN SURPRISED . IT WAS NOT MY UNDERSTANDING AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD AND COMMISSION THAT THIS DELETION OF THE BOARD THAT THE DIVERSITY BOARD WAS ON THE TABLE. I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO OFFER A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE NAME TO THE ROWLETT DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION COMMISSION OR ADVISORY BOARD .

I WOULD HAVE GONE WITH ADVISORY BOARD AS WELL. HONESTLY, I'M ASTOUNDED . I GUESS BEING NAÏVE, I HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS WAS UNDER DISCUSSION FOR NOW . I'M A PASSIONATE BELIEVE IN THE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION COMMISSION. I THINK THAT WE HAVE DONE EXCELLENT WORK. I REPRESENT ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS. IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER TO ME WHO YOU ARE. YOU ARE AN EQUAL MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY. I WELCOME ALL OF YOU. I REALLY AM SPEECHLESS. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE BEEN CAUGHT OFF GUARD . I REALLY, I GUESS I AM NAÏVE .

>> TO ADDRESS COUNCILMEMBER BOWERS COMMENTS, THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT UNFORTUNATELY PRECLUDES DISCUSSING ISSUES WITH MORE THAN TWO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. I LEGALLY WAS NOT ABLE TO DISCUSS THIS WITH YOU. I DID TELL YOU IN OUR LAST BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEETING . I MADE A SPECIFIC POINT THAT THIS HANDBOOK COULD BE ADOPTED OR COULD BE AMENDED IN THIS MEETING AS A COUNCIL WHEN WE MET. I AM SORRY THAT YOU ARE CAUGHT OFF GUARD AND I UNDERSTAND HOW THAT FEELS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN THAT POSITION MYSELF. I HATE THAT THE LAW TIES OUR HANDS AND PREVENTS US FROM TALKING WITH OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THINGS OUTSIDE OF A MEETING.

>> I AM REALLY UNCLEAR ON THIS. HOW DID YOU TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE . I WAS YOUR THIRD. HOW DID YOU SPEAK TO OTHER PEOPLE

WITHOUT VIOLATING THAT ACT? >> WHAT OTHER PEOPLE?

>> SORRY GO AHEAD. >> WHAT OTHER PEOPLE? I HAVE NOT SPOKEN. I KNEW THEIR POSITIONS BECAUSE IN THE LAST MEETING, AND THE APRIL 1 MEETING COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON STATED THAT HE WAS IN FAVOR OF ABOLISHING THE COMMISSION OR WORDS TO THAT EFFECT . ONE OF THE SPEAKERS SHOWED A TEXT BETWEEN A COUNCILMEMBER AND CITIZEN SAYING HE WAS IN FAVOR OF IT. THAT POINT, I KNEW HOW THEY FELT BUT I DID NOT SPEAK WITH THEM. THAT WAS DONE IN A PUBLIC MEETING SO IT WAS LEGAL

. >> IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE MOVE FORWARD IN A WAY THAT CONGENIAL . WE HAVE IMPORTANT BUSINESS IN FRONT OF US . WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE, WE HAVE PARKS, WE HAVE A LOT OF VERY IMPORTANT THINGS. I DO BELIEVE THAT THE RD EIC IS AN IMPORTANT PART BUT I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC MELTDOWN AND GET COMPLETELY ANGRY OR UPSET BECAUSE I WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD. I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT. I APPRECIATE

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EVERYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE DONE . SO THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ADDRESS THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRETENDS COMMENTS ABOUT THE CHAINSAW APPROACH. I APPRECIATE THAT. SOMETIMES WHEN THE VEGETATION IS OUT OF CONTROL, A CHAINSAW IS THE ONLY SOLUTION. SOMETIMES SOMETHING CAN'T BE FIXED WITHOUT BASICALLY TAKING IT APART AND STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> THAT IS MY CONCLUSION IS IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION. I WANT TO SAY THAT I KNOW THAT PEOPLE FEEL VERY STRONGLY AND PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ON BOTH SIDES AND I RESPECT YOUR FEELINGS. I CANNOT BASE MY VOTE OR DECISIONS ON FEELING. NOT MINE AND NOT ANYBODY ELSE'S.

OUR JOB IS TO DECIDE WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITY AT THIS TIME, NOT WHAT WAS NEEDED SIX YEARS AGO. NOT WHAT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL A COUPLE OF YEARS IN THE FUTURE BUT WHAT IS BEST RIGHT NOW. WHAT I SEE RIGHT NOW IS DIVISIVENESS THAT HAS BEEN CAUSED BY SOME OF THE BEHAVIORS OF THIS PARTICULAR BOARD.

COUNCILMEMBER SHOOP COVERED SOME OF THE PROCESS WE WENT THROUGH AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE BACK AND FORTH THAT WE WENT THROUGH IN TRYING TO DO SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS SET UP A JOINT WORK SESSION WITH THE BOARD WHO OR AT LEAST TO'S CHAIR REFUSED TO MEET WITH US GOT THE SUBCOMMITTEE OTHER THAN IN THEIR OWN WARD MEETING AS AN AGENDA ITEM FOR US TO PRESENT TO THEM WHERE IT WAS TOTALLY UNDER THEIR CONTROL. THAT IS NOT COOPERATION. AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS I HAVE NOT SEEN EVEN ONCE, AND IF I HAD SEEN THIS EVEN ONCE, MY DECISION MIGHT BE DIFFERENT BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYBODY ON THIS BOARD OR ANY OF THE BOARD SUPPORTERS SAY I MIGHT NOT AGREE BUT I UNDERSTAND THE FEELINGS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE EQUITY AS AN OFFENSIVE TERM TO THEM. NOBODY WANTED TO BE INCLUSIVE ENOUGH TO CONSIDER THE OTHER SIDE VIEWS AND FEELINGS AND NOBODY WANTED TO COMPROMISE EVEN A LITTLE TINY BIT . FINALLY TONIGHT WE ARE TOLD THAT THEY WOULD , OR THAT ONE PERSON WOULD ACCEPT DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, BUT THAT IS TOO LITTLE AND TOO LATE. WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING OVER THIS BASICALLY FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS . WE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE . I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THERE WAS NO INITIAL INTENT ON THE PART OF ANY OF THIS SUBCOMMITTEE WHEN WE STARTED OUT . IT'S NOT A PRETEXT. IT WAS NOT A PRETEXT TO CHANGE OR ABOLISH ABOARD. AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS WE HAD NO IDEA WHERE IT WAS GOING TO LEAVE. THERE'S BEEN SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS TO THE CONTRARY SAYING THAT THIS WAS WHAT WE WANTED TO DO FROM THE BEGINNING. NO IT WASN'T. WE DID NOT WANT TO DO IT. I STILL DON'T WANT TO DO IT BUT I FEEL IT IS THE RIGHT THING FOR THE CITY AT THIS TIME . THIS WAS NOT AN EASY DECISION. IT WAS A REALLY HARD DECISION. I SPENT MANY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS GOING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT THIS DECISION. THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD THAT I ADMIRE AND RESPECT. THERE ARE SUPPORTERS THAT I ADMIRE AND RESPECT. I KNOW I WILL LOSE SOME SUPPORTERS AND THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE I'M NOT HERE TO BECOME POPULAR. I'M HERE TO ANALYZE THE FACTS AND MAKE THE DECISION

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THA I BELIEVE IS BEST. I WILL PROBABLY EVEN LOSE SOME FRIENDS AND I HATE THAT, BUT I THINK THE REAL FRIENDS WILL UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT MY OPINION EVEN IF IT DIFFERS.

>> DOES ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK?

>> DEPUTY MAYOR? >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SECONDARY AMENDMENT TO THE ITEM ON THE FLOOR WHICH WOULD BE TO CHANGE THE NAME OR THE PROPOSED NAME OF THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES ADVISORY BOARD TO THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION.

>> IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION?

>> THAT BUTTON DOES NOT WORK. GO AHEAD.

>> I SECOND THAT >> THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO AMEND IN THE PROPOSED HANDBOOK WITH THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES ADVISORY BOARD TO THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION. IT IS OF THEM A MOTION TO AMEND THE MAIN MOTION. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, IS THERE DISCUSSION?

>> OKAY. >> I THINK MY ONLY DISCUSSION IS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE CHANGE BECAUSE THE REASONS I STATED EARLIER I DO BELIEVE THE COMMISSION IS UNIQUE IN NATURE.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY THE COMMISSION I SERVED ON FOR MANY YEARS AND THE COMMISSION I REPRESENT AS A LIAISON. IN ADDITION, THE COMMISSION HAS A NUMBER OF MATERIALS , SWAG IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT REFLECT THAT IT IS THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION. I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO KEEP THE NAME OF THE COMMISSION CONSISTENT FOR THE PURPOSES NOT ONLY OF SAVING MONEY BUT FOR PRESERVING THE

NAMESAKE. >> THANK YOU.

>> I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ALL ADULTS. IF PEOPLE WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME AND THEIR EFFORT WANT TO BE CALLED AN ADVISORY BOARD OR A COMMISSION, EITHER ONE OF THEM

ARE FINE . >> COUNCILMEMBER SCHUPP.

>> I DISAGREE MORE STRONGLY WITH THAT. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. NOW WE ARE GETTING INTO THIS SQUISHY IS, WE WILL OVERLOOK THIS AND THAT'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT.

NO. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SERVE AS ADVISORS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THAT IS THEIR JOB. I HEARD ONE OF THE SPEAKERS HERE A WHILE BACK AND WE WERE HAVING -- NOT TODAY BUT WHEN WE WERE HAVING PUBLIC COMMENT. SHE IS FROM THE DE I BOARD I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE BUT HER COMMENT WAS, COME TO OUR MEETINGS. TELL US WHAT YOU WANT. TELL US WHAT YOU THINK WE SHOULD DO. NO. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DO. IT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS.

IT DOES NOT WORK FOR DE I AND IT DOESN'T WORK FOR PARKS DEPARTMENT AND IT DOESN'T WORK FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER. THAT IS NOT HOW THE CITY HAS TO BE RUN. I DO THINK -- AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THIS WAS CONSCIOUS OR PLANNED, BUT I DO THINK THAT OVER THE YEARS THERE HAS BEEN A MOVEMENT BY BOARDS, ESPECIALLY REALLY ACTIVE BOARDS THAT FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO TAKE UPON THEMSELVES THE ACTIVIST ROLE . THAT IS NOT THE ROLE OF AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THE ROLE IS TO ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL. I CAN'T BE ANY MORE CLEAR THAN THAT. EVERYTHING THAT HAS DRIVEN ME TO THIS POINT IS THAT. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MISSION. A LOT OF YOU KNOW WHERE I NET OUT AS FAR AS SOCIAL THE RESPONSIBILITY. I WILL ACCEPT EXACTLY THAT. THIS IS PART OF A LARGER PICTURE TO ME WITHIN THE CITY . IT EXTENDS ALL THROUGH THE CITY . IT EXTENDS TO OUR DEPARTMENTS. IT EXTENDS TO OUR OPERATIONAL WAY THAT WE OPERATE. IT EXTENDS TO THE WAY WE DEAL WITH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. IT IS ABSOLUTELY SYSTEMIC TO THE CITY. THE ONLY WAY IT WILL GET FIXED IS WE ALL SIT IN THIS ROOM . WE HAVE TO

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MOVE TO A CITY GOVERNMENT WEATHER'S ACCOUNTABILITY . I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR ON THAT. I HOPE THAT THE FOLKS THAT ARE BEING MOST AFFECTED ON THIS, MAYBE DON'T LIKE IT AND MAYBE DISAGREE WITH IT. I HOPE AT SOME LEVEL IS A UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MOTIVATION IS FOR THIS . IT IS NOT PUNITIVE OR ANYTHING. WE HAVE TO GET SOME OF THE PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES WITHIN THE CITY UNDER CONTROL. THIS IS PART OF THAT. THAT IS

ALL THAT I HAVE. THANK YOU. >> DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM WINGET.

>> THIS HAS BEEN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION FOR A LONG TIME. I WOULD POINT OUT THAT THOSE ARE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND ADVISORY BOARDS THAT ARE IN EXISTENCE. WE DON'T HAVE A PUBLIC ART DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND THE PARKS BOARD THOSE OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT EXIST THAT ARE ADVISING COUNCIL ON THE WAYS TO BEST ALLOCATE FUNDING FOR THOSE DEPARTMENTS. WITH RESPECT TO THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION I WOULD ARGUE THAT IT IS MORE ABOUT THE COUNCIL COMMISSIONING THEM TO GO OUT AND PROMOTE ARTS AND THE CITY AND THAT'S WHERE THE NAME

COMMISSION COMES FROM. >> MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER.

>> IF COUNCILMEMBER SCHUPP WANTS TO RESPOND FIRST THAT IS

FINE. >> I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. LIKE EVERYBODY I HAVE A LOT OF FAULTS BUT SOMETIMES MINE IS GETTING A LITTLE BIT RIGID, PARTICULARLY ON THE PROCESS GUY. THAT'S THE WAY I LOOK AT THINGS . WHAT IS THE GOAL? WHAT IS THE PROCESS? HOW DO WE GET THERE. USING THAT APPROACH CAN BE SOMEWHAT OF A SLEDGEHAMMER APPROACH. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND PERHAPS INSISTING UPON THE ADVSORY BOARD DESIGNATION . MAYBE THIS CASE DOES NOT FIT BUT I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR A LARGE PART OF IT WAS THE SENSIBILITY OF FAIRNESS THAT IF WE WERE ASKING THAT FROM ONE OTHER COMMISSION AT THE TIME WHO I THINK WOULD PROBABLY GET THE SAME ARGUMENTS, I FELT THAT IT WAS FOR ME PERSONALLY IT WAS CONSISTENT TO DO THAT. I DO NOT KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE A GREAT PHILOSOPHICAL TYPE TO . I ACCEPT YOUR COMMENTS. I THINK I PERSONALLY WOULD EXCEPT THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

OR WHATEVER THE PROPER WORD IS.

>> GO AHEAD. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT FOR ME THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE ABOUT THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES BOARD IS ABOUT CONSISTENCY AND STANDARDIZATION. THE ORDINANCE CREATING THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION CALLS IT AN ADVISORY BOARD AND SAYS IT IS ADVISORY. IF IT IS NOT PURELY ADVISORY, MAYBE IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE THAT ANY OF THE BOARDS SHOULD HAVE BIG BUDGETS AND BE ALLOCATED MONEY AND MAKING EXPENDITURES. I DO NOT SEE THAT THAT'S HOW THAT HAPPENED . THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION CAME TO THE COUNCIL AND RECOMMENDED WHO WE GIVE THOSE GRANTS TO. THEY DID NOT DO IT ON THEIR OWN. THEY MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL AND WE HAD A CONSENSUS TO APPROVE IT. IT SEEMS TO ME AS IF THEY STILL FUNCTION AS AN

ADVISORY BOARD. >> ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE HAVE BEAT THAT HORSE. THIS IS A SECONDARY EMOTION. IF THERE IS NOT ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION REGARDING THE NAME OF THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION ADVISORY BOARD WHATEVER IT IS, THEN LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THE VOTE. THE MOTION IS TO AND THE PROPOSED HANDBOOK AMEND THE NAME OF THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES ADVISORY BOARD BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND OF VOTE IN FAVOR WOULD BE A VOTE IN SUPPORT OF TAKING IT AND TURNING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND NOT THE ADVISORY BOARD. DOES EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND? WITH THAT I WILL CALL THE VOTE ON THAT ISSUE. THAT IS A SINGLE ISSUE . WE WILL HAVE TO DO A HAND VOTE. THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO

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CHANGE THE NAME BACK TO THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION FROM THE ADVISORY BOARD PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT CARRIES.

IN THE PROPOSED HANDBOOK IN THAT CASE IT IS THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION. WE STILL HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AT THIS TIME . IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? THIS ONE IS TOUGH. YOU KNOW, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE ARE HERE WITH US, BUT I'M NOT SURPRISED. I'M NOT SURPRISED FOR MULTIPLE REASONS. IT'S BEEN MY PRACTICE AS AN INDIVIDUAL ON THIS DAIS AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO WORK WITH MEMBERS ACROSS THE AISLE ON DIFFERENT ISSUES . WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT VARIOUS OPINIONS ON DIFFERENT ISSUES. YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THAT EXPRESSED HERE TONIGHT. I'M NEVER ONE TO PUT A STAKE IN AN ISSUE AND SAY I'M NOT WILLING TO MOVE, YOU CANNOT GET ME TO BUDGE. I AM ALWAYS WILLING TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVES WHERE BOTH SIDES LOSE AND WIN TOGETHER. I THINK THAT IS PART OF OUR JOB AS ELECTED OFFICIALS. AT LEAST I FEEL LIKE THAT IS MY JOB . THE REASON I SAY I'M NOT SURPRISED WE ARE HERE IS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH . ONE THAT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO BE MORE COLLABORATIVE AND NOT SO -- NOT WHAT THIS KIND OF STICK IN THE GROUND MENTALITY WE ARE NOT MOVING TO MOVE. BUT LET'S COME TOGETHER AND FIGURE THIS OUT. WHAT IS A WAY THAT WE CAN ALL ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AND ALL OF US WIN AND LOSE TOGETHER I FEEL LIKE THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE. I THINK IT WAS AN UNFORTUNATE OPERA MISSED OPPORTUNITY THAT HAS GOTTEN US TO WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT. THE FEARS THAT THIS COUNCIL IS GOING TO MOVE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE DISSOLVING OF THE BOARD , I THINK THE APPREHENSION TO NEGOTIATE, AND THE HARSH MENTALITY AND ALSO THE FACT THAT CERTAIN MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD INCLUDING MYSELF HAVE IN MY VIEW BEEN SOMEWHAT THREATENED . ONE OF THOSE IS THAT IF THE COUNCIL OF THE FUTURE VOTED TO DISBAND THE COMMISSION THAT THERE WOULD BE PROTESTS THAT MAY RESULT IN VIOLENCE. THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE IN ALL CASES. THAT IS NEVER HOW WE GET THINGS DONE. THAT IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE. IT IS NOT THE ATTITUDE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN TOWARDS MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL. THE ATTITUDE SHOULD HAVE BEEN COLLABORATIVE, ONE OF WHICH IS AN ATTEMPT TO SOLVE AN ISSUE OR DISAGREEMENT SO THAT EVERYBODY WINS AND LOSES TOGETHER. AGAIN, THAT WAS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY AND I AM NOT SURPRISED THAT WE ARE HERE AND WHILE I DO NOT PERSONALLY SUPPORT THE MOTION TO DISBAND THE COMMISSION, I AM DISAPPOINTED IN CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WHO DID NOT USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A MORE COLLABORATIVE APPROACH. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THERE ARE MANY MEMBERS ON THIS COMMISSION THAT ARE AMAZING PEOPLE . THEY HAVE THEIR HEARTS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR MISSION IS AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION. FOR THAT, I FEEL BAD FOR THEM. THAT IS WHERE MY VOTE GOES . AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND WHY CERTAIN MEMBERS HAVE GONE IN THIS DIRECTION. IT'S NOT THE WAY I WOULD MOVE, BUT IT IS AN UNDERSTANDABLE MOTION AND IT IS UNFORTUNATE FOR EVERYBODY. SO THERE IS NO OTHER DISCUSSION IN THE CASE. COUNCIL, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION IN THAT CASE? LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THE VOTE.

[02:45:03]

>> DO YOU WANT ME TO REREAD THE MOTION?

>> THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION WITH THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS . EXHIBIT A SECTION 5 SUBSECTION A SECTION 5 SUBSECTION 5 ARE DELETED IN ITS ENTIRETY AND THE NAME AND THE NAMING SUBSECTIONS BE REMOVED AND THE REMAINING SUBSECTIONS BE RENUMBERED. LET ME REPEAT THAT. THE MOTION AS IT STANDS IS TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION THAT THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT THAT EXHIBIT A , SORRY. EXHIBIT A SECTION 5 SUBSECTION 5.11 BE DELETED IN ITS ENTIRETY AND THE REMAINING SUBSECTIONS BE RENUMBERED. THAT IS THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION THEN CALL THE VOTE. ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION CARRIES. 4-3. ALL RIGHT. IT IS 9:52 . I'M TRYING TO GET BACK

[8. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL MAY REQUEST TOPICS TO BE PLACED ON AN AGENDA FOR A SUBSEQUENT MEETING. ANY DELIBERATION OR DECISION SHALL BE LIMITED TO A PROPOSAL TO PLACE TOPIC ON THE AGENDA FOR A SUBSEQUENT MEETING. ]

TO THE TOP OF THE AGENDA. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 8 WHICH ARE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL REQUEST TOPICS TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA . IT SHALL BE LIMITED TO PROPOSAL TO PLACE THE TOPIC ON AGENDA FOR SUBSEQUENT MEETING. . MAYOR PRO

TEM. >> AT THE JANUARY 16 MEETING COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON REQUESTED A WORK SESSION DISCUSSION ON ACCESSORY STRUCTURE PROCESS. I WAS WONDERING IF THAT GOT LOST

. >> OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE

SURE IT DID NOT GET LOST. >> THINK YOU. COUNCIL, ANYTHING ELSE? IT

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

May 07, 2024 City Council Meetings

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