[4C. Presentation of a proclamation recognizing August 26, 2024 as Women’s Equality Day in the City of Rowlett and requesting the lighting of the water tower. ]

>> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. NEXT ITEM IS 4C PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING AUGUST 26, 2024 AS WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND REQUESTING THE LIGHTING OF THE WATER TOWER. PRESENTING DEPUTY MAYOR SCHUPP

AND -- >> WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY IS ABOUT UPLIFTING AND EMPOWERING WOMEN IN CELEBRATING HOW FAR WOMEN HAVE ADVANCED DEFYING ALL ODDS AND DEPRESSION. TO REMIND US OF THE STRUGGLES OF THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.

CONGRESS DESIGNATED AUGUST 26 AS WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY IN 1971 IN RECOGNITION OF THE RATIFICATION OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT GRANTING WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE. WE HAVE HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE SINCE 1920, BUT IN MY MOM'S GENERATION AND DEFINITELY IN MY GRANDMOTHER'S GENERATION IT WAS UNUSUAL FOR A WOMAN TO BE ABLE TO EVEN WORK OUTSIDE OF THE HOME. IN MY GENERATION THAT STARTED TO CHANGE DRASTICALLY. NOW WE CAN BE POLICE OFFICERS, PILOTS, ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE. WE CAN DO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT IN THE PAST WOMEN RARELY IF EVER WERE ABLE TO DO. WHEN I BECAME A POLICE OFFICER IN THE 1980S ABOUT 7% OF ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE WOMEN. TODAY THAT HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY HERE IN ROWLETT WE HAVE MANY GREAT FEMALE POLICE OFFICERS WHO DO THEIR JOBS JUST AS WELL OR BETTER THAN THE MEN. NOW LET ME READ THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY COMMEMORATES THE PASSAGE OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION GRANTING WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND

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MARKING A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN THE ONGOING FIGHT FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND WHEREAS THE 19TH AMENDMENT RATIFIED ON AUGUST 26, 1920 WAS A RESULT OF A LENGTHY AND ARDUOUS STRUGGLE BY COURAGEOUS WOMEN AND MEN WHO CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO AND ADVOCATED FOR THE EQUAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND WHEREAS THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE BEEN AND CONTINUE TO BE VITAL TO THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY, OUR STATE, AND OUR NATION. AND WHEREAS DESPITE THE PROGRESS MADE IN THE PURSUIT OF GENDER EQUALITY WOMEN CONTINUE TO FACE DISPARITIES IN WAGES, REPRESENTATION IN LEADERSHIP ROLES, AND ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF ROWLETT RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUING EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE GENDER EQUALITY ENSURING THAT ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND TO CONTRIBUTE FULLY TO OUR SOCIETY AND WHEREAS WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE TO HONOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TO RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO THE PURSUIT OF EQUALITY FOR ALL. NOW THEREFORE ON BEHALF OF OF BLAKE MARGOLIS, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT TEXAS AND THE BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL I DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 26, 2024 AS WOMEN S EQUALITY DAY IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND I URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN RECOGNIZING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS DAY TO CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TO CONTINUE WORKING TOGETHER TO ADVANCE EQUALITY FOR ALL. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE WATER TOWER WILL BE LIT IN PURPLE AND GREEN ON AUGUST 26 REPRESENTING THE CONTINUED MISSION FOR FULL EQUALITY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN TO OVERCOME ALL BARRIERS AND HIS LASTING AND INFLUENTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO OUR CITY PLAY A VITAL ROLL IN MAKING ROWLETT THE PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY. THANK YOU.

[4D. Present the delivery of the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY2025) Proposed Budget. ]

>> OUR NEXT ITEM IS 4, PRESENT THE DELIVERY OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 PROPOSED BUDGET. DOING THAT IS OUR CITY MANAGER, DAVID

HALL. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL. IT IS AN HONOR TO PRESENT TO YOU THE SECOND BUDGET AS YOUR CITY MANAGER. THIS IS ALMOST PERFUNCTORY AND CEREMONIAL AT THIS POINT. WHEN I JOINED THE CITY I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WAS NOT AN OFFICIAL DELIVERY OF THIS DOCUMENT TO YOU. WE DELIVER IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO.

WE HAVE HAD HERE IN THIS SESSION PROBABLY FOUR TO FIVE PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS ON THIS TOPIC. WORK SESSIONS, WORKSHOPS. YOU HAVE CERTAINLY -- AND THE PUBLIC HAVE HEARD A LOT OF THE DETAILS. OF COURSE YOU HAVE HAD INNUMERABLE CONVERSATIONS WITH ME ABOUT THE CRAFTING OF THIS DOCUMENT AND, OF COURSE, WENDY, CHRISTOPH, PENT COUNTLESS HOURS IN THE COMPILATION OF THIS. IT IS IN MY OPINION ALWAYS IMPORTANT WE AT LEAST HAVE A MOMENT WITHIN AN OFFICIAL REGULATORY CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHERE THERE IS A DELIVERY OF THIS BUDGET. IT IS THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET, BUT ULTIMATELY THIS IS YOUR BUDGET. YOU HAVE TO AUTHORIZE THESE EXPENDITURES.

YOU BASICALLY HAVE TO IMPROVE WHAT WE ESTIMATE TO BE REVENUES AND OUR SPENDING. THIS IS YOUR MONEY AS YOU REPRESENT THE PEOPLE AND IT HAS BEEN UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE CRAFTED A BUDGET. I THINK THAT BEGINS US ON A PATH TOWARDS

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FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY. AS ANY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY WE ARE FACED WITH CHALLENGES, MANY OF WHICH ARE SHARED BY NEIGHBORING CITIES. OUR FUTURE FINANCIAL CONDITION WAS ONE THAT WAS SEMI-PARTICULAR TO US. AGAIN, GROWTH BEING THE DOUBLE EDGED SWORD IT IS YOU SEE THEY ARE KEEPING PACE WITH CITY GROWTH WAS ANOTHER CHALLENGE. EVERYONE IS FACING THE CHALLENGE OF EMPLOYEE RETENTION AND ATTRACTION. WE ARE NO DIFFERENT IN THAT RESPECT. WE ARE PARTICULARLY FOCUSED ON A PUBLIC SAFETY GROUP, ESPECIALLY POLICE OFFICERS AND MUNICATION OFFICERS BEING SURE WE ARE NOT ONLY COMPETITIVE, BUT TRY TO BE BETTER THAN THAT. AND UTILITY RATES. NOT BEING A PROVIDE, BUT A CUSTOMER HAS ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES. ONE OF WHICH IS THAT YOU DO NOT CONTROL YOUR RATES. YOU AS THE COUNCIL WERE VERY CLEAR TO US TO TRY TO DO WHAT WE COULD TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF RATE GROWTH ON THE CITIZENRY. EVERY BUDGET IS CERTAINLY BUILT ON THE TAX RATE AND HOURS IS NO DIFFERENT. YOU SEE THERE THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION APPROXIMATELY $.53.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AS AN UNCHANGED RATE FROM THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. THE ONLY CHANGE IN OUR OVERALL RATE IS THAT IN THE INS RATE WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 23 CENTS, ALMOST SIX CENTS MORE THAN LAST YEAR AND, AGAIN, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT INCREASES A VOTER IMPROVED -- APPROVED INCREASE AUTHORIZED IN MAY OF 2023. YOU SEE AD VALOREM TAX RATE OF APPROXIMATELY 76, ALMOST $.77. WHAT I AM GOING TO DO IS REALLY HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS BUDGET AGAIN. YOU SEE THE DETAILS A NUMBER OF TIMES.

I AM GLAD TO ADDRESS ANYTHING IF YOU LIKE. REALLY MY GOAL IS TO FOR THE RECORD TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE STARTING WITH THE MAINTENANCE BUDGET GENERAL FUND, APPROXIMATELY $21.6 MILLION. AGAIN, EXPECTING $72 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 25 IN REVENUES BALANCED AGAINST APPROXIMATELY $66 MILLION IN EXPENSES . WE ARE EXPECTING THAT CHANGE ADDING TO OUR SURPLUS APPROXIMATELY $6.2 MILLION. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE YOU SEE SOME OF THE MAJOR INITIATIVES SUCH AS GENERAL FUNDING OF 25, APPROXIMATELY A AND HAVE NEW POSITIONS. AGAIN, I MENTIONED SIGNIFICANT FOCUS ON PUBLIC SAFETY, PARITY IN THE MARKETPLACE WITH RESPECT TO SALARIES. YOU CAN SEE WITH ALLOCATED $1.3 MILLION THERE. TO OUR POLICE OFFICERS COMIC INDICATIONS OFFICERS, AS WELL AS ENHANCEMENTS TO OUR PUBLIC WORKGROUPS AND OTHERS. YOU SEE THE POSITIONS THERE YOU ARE AUTHORIZING. THAT $6.2 MILLION NET SURPLUS TO THE GENERAL FUND IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW BASED ON SOME OF THE MANEUVERS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN ALIGNING AND RIGHTSIZING THE BUDGET AS A WHOLE A 4.2 MILLION OF THAT IS REALLY ONE-TIME MONEY WHICH WE'VE LEVERAGED. 2.1 OF THAT IS ONGOING MONEY WE CAN COUNT TOWARDS FUTURE GROWTH AS WE MOVE FORWARD. OTHER LARGE FUNDED UTILITY FUND BEGINNING WITH A RESERVED BALANCE OF $15.7 MILLION. AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE YOU ASKED US TO BE STRATEGIC IN HOW WE TRY TO LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH BOTH INFLATIONARY PRESSURES, SUPPLY PRESSURES AND OTHER THINGS REALLY SEE WITH RESPECT TO EXPENSES THE DISTRICT INCREASED OUR RATES 6%. CITY OF GARLAND 3% FOR WASTEWATER CHARGES. WITH RESPECT TO EXPENSES WE KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME INFILTRATION ISSUES WE ARE BEGINNING TO ADDRESS AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, BUT IT WILL CARRY INTO FISCAL YEAR 25. THAT SAID, WE WERE ABLE TO ARREST AT THE RATE OF GROWTH FOR THE RATES THAT WERE GOING TO CHARGE FOR THE WATER RATE WILL BE ABOUT THREE DOLLARS AND 67%, INCREASE IN $3.67. NO ONE IS HAPPY ABOUT THAT, BUT, COURSE, YOU KNOW THAT IS 2.9% INCREASE COMPARED TO THE EXPECTED FIVE TO 7% INCREASE. THAT WAS DONE BECAUSE IF YOU NOTICE BEGINNING RESERVES AND IN RESERVES RELATIVELY FLAT. AGAIN, THAT WAS PART OF THE STRATEGIC CONVERSATION WE HAD IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THE RATE OF GROWTH ON THE RATES. YOU SEE THE EXPENSES AND REVENUES ARE BASICALLY BALANCING OUT WITH NO REAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE RESERVES. WE KNOW WE CAN CONTINUE THAT EVERY YEAR, BUT THIS YEAR WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT. THAT WAS ALSO DONE IN PART BY FORGOING THE ISSUANCE OF $7 MILLION IN REVENUE BONDS OFF OF THE UTILITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 SO THAT WAS ABLE TO IMPACT POSITIVELY RATES OFFERED IN FISCAL YEAR 25. THE REFUSE FUND QUICKLY BEGINNING RESERVES 545,000. IS BASICALLY INCREASING THAT. THE POINT OF THAT IS USING WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN AN INCREASE IN SUPPLEMENTING RESERVES TO OFFSET AND REDUCE THE REFUSE RATES WE WILL CHARGE CUSTOMERS

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BY 1%. THE DRAINAGE FUND RELATIVELY UNCHANGED YEAR TO YEAR. HOLDING STEADY AT RESERVES BEGINNING AT $872,000.

THERE ARE EXPECTED TO BE EXCESS REVENUES ULTIMATELY OVER EXPENSES BUT GENERALLY THOSE ARE DEDICATED TO CAPITAL MAINTENANCE PROJECTS WITHIN THE DRAINAGE FUND. COMPILATION OF THE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS AGGREGATED HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE FUNDS. I WILL NOT READ THEM OFF. BUT PEG, GRANT, SEIZURE FUNDS AND OTHER SUCH FUNDS. THE BEGINNING 8.3 MILLION BALANCED AGAINST ENDING UP APPROXIMATELY $6.2 MILLION.

BEFORE THERE IS PANIC THAT WE SPENT $2 MILLION, THAT IS NOT THE CASE. IF YOU LOOK THERE THE MAJORITY OF THAT MONEY IS OF COURSE IN TRANSFERS OUT AS WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MY CONSOLIDATION OF FUNDS THAT WERE AT BEST SUPERFLUOUS MAY BE MEANT TO ACCOUNT FOR OTHER THINGS, BUT ULTIMATELY BEST PLACED IN THE GENERAL FUND. THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THAT TO MILLION DOLLAR TRANSFER. 1.5 OF THAT WAS THE INSPECTION FEE FUND AND 250,000 FROM THE DISASTER FUND, ET CETERA. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. I DIDN'T WANT TO ALARM ANYONE WHEN YOU SEE THE TRANSFERS TO THINK IT WAS ANYTHING ABOUT THE CONSOLIDATION OF THOSE FUNDS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. LASTLY, WE WILL TALK ABOUT OUR FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FROM THE REVENUE SIDE. WHAT WE WANT TO SHOW YOU BECAUSE TECHNICALLY WE APPROPRIATED THE CARRYFORWARD BALANCE. YOU CAN SEE THERE THE RESPECTIVE REVENUE SOURCES. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR YOU ARE BEING SHOWN THIS. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE. TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS MONEY THAT HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED FROM PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS AND WE ASK YOU REAPPROPRIATED SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THOSE PROJECTS OR ACTIVATE THIS MONEY IF THE PROJECTS HAVE NOT BEGUN. HERE AGAIN IS THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN. YOU WOULD TECHNICALLY WHEN YOU APPROVE THE BUDGET HOPEFULLY IN SEPTEMBER NOT BE APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2060 29, BUT IT IS A FIVE-YEAR PLAN SHOWING YOU AN ESTIMATED FUNDING SOURCES AND FUNDING TOTALS. BUT FOR THIS PURPOSE I WILL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO FISCAL YEAR 25. WE ARE ASKING FOR THE APPROPRIATION OF $41.7 MILLION FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS FROM THOSE RESPECTIVE FUNDING SOURCES. LASTLY WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT EXPENSES. YOU SEE THE CARRYFORWARD FUNDING. ASKING FOR 7.347 AS WELL AS THE $41.7 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $115 MILLION TOTAL CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 25. WE BROKEN THIS DOWN INTO THE GROUPS WE DISCUSSED BEFORE.

CAPITAL MAINTENANCE AS YOU CAN SEE DEFINED AS REPAIRS TO EXISTING ASSETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, CAPITAL PURCHASE WHICH IS NEW PROJECTS OR ENHANCEMENTS ON EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS, CAPITAL PURCHASES, AGAIN, VEHICLES, OTHER SUCH EQUIPMENT. AND ASSETS. LASTLY, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS WHICH IS KIND OF AN ANOMALY HERE. THINK ABOUT IS WASTEWATER STUDY THINGS OF THAT NATURE WHICH ARE GENERALLY NOT ALWAYS INCLUDE HERE BUT IN THIS CASE WE CONTINUE THIS AS A BEST PRACTICE. AS WELL AS OUR CDBG MONEY. THAT IS OUR FIVE-YEAR SPENDING PLAN FOR CAPITAL. I TRIED TO MAKE THIS AS QUICKLY AS I COULD CONSIDERING WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. HAPPY TO RECEIVE YOUR FEEDBACK OR QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S AWARENESS AS A CITY MANAGER SAID EARLIER IN THE CONVERSATION THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS PUBLICLY. THE FORMULATION OF THE BUDGET. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN WATCHING THOSE HOURS OF CONVERSATION YOU ARE FREE TO GO TO ROWLETT.COM/STREA MING AND LOCATE THOSE VIDEOS WERE WE'VE HAD VERY IN-DEPTH CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE FORMULATION OF THIS BUDGET.

THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, AND ALL OF THE STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL

RIGHT. HOLD ON. >> THIS IS NOT A QUESTION. YOU ARE OFF THE HOOK. I COMMON FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHO MIGHT BE LISTENING IN AND HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE AGENDA ITEM OR THE PACKET. THERE IS STILL A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE AND A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET COMING YOUR WAY NOVEMBER 17TH. AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER 18TH COUNCIL NEED TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE IN THE BUDGET ORDINANCES AND THEN THE BEGAN THE FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 4.

>> COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY, I SAID IT BEFORE, BUT I WANT TO SAY IT AGAIN IN THIS PUBLIC FORUM THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS ON THE PART OF THE CITY MANAGERS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.

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I KNOW IT WASN'T EASY. I KNOW IT WASN'T EASY TO CHANGE THE WHOLE WAY OF DOING THE BUDGET, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE BECAUSE, YOU CAN SEE IN THE BUDGET, IT SAVED US MONEY AND WILL CONTINUE TO SAVE US MONEY OVER THE YEARS. I REALLY JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO PUT IN

ALL OF THOSE LONG HOURS. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR

[4E. Update from the City Council and Management: Financial Position, Major Projects, Operational Issues, Upcoming Dates of Interest and Items of Community Interest. ]

NEXT ITEM WHICH IS UPDATED THE CITY COUNCIL AND MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL POSITION, MAJOR PROJECTS, OPERATIONAL ISSUES, UPCOMING DATES OF INTEREST AND ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTERESTS.

UPDATE BY REAVES. >> HERE ARE THIS WEEK'S ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CITY HAPPENINGS. FROM THE CITY SECRETARY OFFICE I LOOKING FOR WAYS TO GET BACK TO THE COMMUNITY? IF SO WE HAVE A SPOT FOR YOU LOOKING FOR COMMITTED RESIDENTS LOOKING TO VOLUNTEER A FEW HOURS OF THE TIME YOU WANT TO SERVE ON EITHER A BOARD OR COMMISSION. ROWLETT CITIZENS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MENISCAL GOVERNMENT TO VARIOUS CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. APPLICATIONS OPEN AND WILL BE ACCEPTED SEPTEMBER 1ST. THE DEADLINE OF NOVEMBER 14TH. APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT ROWLETT.COM. FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, OUR TEST TRAPS IDENTIFIED SEVERAL POSITIVES FOR WEST NILE VIRUS WHICH HAS RESULTED IN SPRINGING WITHIN THE AFFECTED ZONES. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE WE DO NOT HAVE A NOSE SPRAY LIST FOR RESIDENTS WITH HEALTH CONCERNS.

ANY RESIDENT CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO HEALTH SERVICES AT ROWLETT.COM TO BE ADDED TO THE LIST. FROM ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THE APPLICATION FOR CITY ACADEMY CLASS 11 CLOSES THIS FRIDAY AUGUST 23RD. THIS EIGHT WEEK COURSE ONCE THURSDAY FROM 630 TO 830 P.M. SEPTEMBER 19 THROUGH NOVEMBER 14TH . SPACE IS LIMITED SO REGISTER TODAY AT ROWLETT.COM. SOME FUN STUFF COMING UP WITH THE FRIDAY NIGHT GROOMS CONCERT SERIES I KICKS OFF ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH .

HOPEFULLY WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER THAN. WITH THE BUFFETT BEACH BAND. IS A BUFFET? JOIN US EACH FRIDAY IN SEPTEMBER AT 7:00 P.M. ON THE DOWNTOWN GREEN FOR MUSIC, FOOD, AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR ALL AGES. THE CITY WILL BE HOSTING AN ICE CREAM SOCIAL TO HONOR OUR SENIORS ON NATIONAL SENIOR DAY TOMORROW, AUGUST 21ST AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE RCC. ADMISSION IS FREE FOR ANYONE OVER 60, BUT YOU MUST CALL 972-412-6170 BY THE END OF THE DAY TODAY TO SIGN UP . THE SENIOR RESOURCE FAIR WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 12:00 P.M. AT THE RCC. THIS FREE EVENT WILL HAVE FOOD, SPEAKERS, FLU SHOTS, OTHER ACTIVITIES GEARED TOWARD CIGAR SENIOR COMMUNITY. THE PARK ADVISORY BOARD SEPTEMBER WELLNESS HIKE WILL TAKE PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 14TH ROWLETT SPRINGVILLE PARK. NOW FROM OUR LIBRARY, ATTEND LIBRARY CITIZEN INFORMATION SESSION ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 24TH FROM 10 A CLOCK A.M. TO 4:00 P.M. TO FIND OUT IF YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND WORK WITH AN IMMIGRATION PROFESSIONAL TO FILE THE NECESSARY FORMS. THE LIBRARY IS SEARCHING FOR TUTORS FOR THEIR ESL AND GED PROGRAMS OF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IN THAT WAY AND BEING A VOLUNTEER TUTOR CONTACT CHRISTINE -- AT 972-463-3971. SORRY IF I WAS MENTIONING. FROM THE POLICE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY PLANNING NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 1ST. ANY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND CRIME WATCH GROUPS CAN SIGN UP ON THE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE. AND FROM PUBLIC WORKS ON MONDAY, AUGUST 19 PUBLIC WORKS CONCRETE CREWS BEGAN REPLACING SOUTHBOUND LEFT LANE ON -- ROAD AND STONE HOLLOW DRIVE TO PAUL PLACE. THE SCHEDULE IS APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE WEEKS WEATHER DEPENDENT. TRAFFIC PATTERNS WILL BE IMPACTED SO EXPECT DELAYS IN THE AREA OF CONSTRUCTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR YOUR COMMUTE. PLEASE EXERCISE CAUTION TO THE WORK ZONE AND WATCH FOR THE PUBLIC WORKERS AND EQUIPMENT DURING THIS TIME. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE WHILE WE WORK TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS IN THIS AREA. WAIT, THERE IS MORE. MEET CLIFFORD, A FRIENDLY AND INTELLIGENT LAB MIX. AROUND 55 TO 60 POUNDS IN APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE YEARS OLD. A WELL MANNERED WAY TO MASTER BASIC COMMANDS AND IS EAGER TO LEARN NEW TRICKS. HIS HOUSE TRAINED, TREAT THAT CRATE TRAINED, LOVES KIDS. HE CAN BE ENTHUSIASTIC WHEN MEETING NEW PEOPLE BUT QUICKLY SETTLES DOWN. HE ENJOYS WATER AND FETCH. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MEET HIM OR ANY OTHER ADOPTABLE ANIMALS CONTACT ANIMAL SERVICES AT 972-412-6219 OR COME BY THE SHELTER OF 4402 INDUSTRIAL STREET FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. TUESDAY AND SATURDAY. PLEASE KNOW ALL ADOPTIONS ARE CURRENTLY FREE. CURRENTLY CALLED RED OUT OF

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SPACE. OUR FURRY FRIENDS ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF BEING ADOPTED OR FOSTERED SO PLEASE IF YOU HAVE ROOM IN YOUR HEART AND HOME CONSIDER GIVING THESE PRECIOUS ANIMALS A SECOND CHANCE AT A HAPPY LIFE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER UPDATES? SHINDER?

>> YES. I WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY SUMMIT I ATTENDED LAST WEEK ON AUGUST 12TH AND 13TH.

IT WAS ONLY TWO DAYS, BUT IT WAS A VERY INTENSE TWO DAYS.

APPROXIMATELY 100 DELEGATES WHO WERE SELECTED BY THE PRESIDENT TO REPRESENT OUR CITIES AND CURRENTLY 1174 MEMBER CITIES WITH OVER 16,000 INDIVIDUAL CITY OFFICIALS. SO IT WAS AN HONOR NOT JUST FOR ME PERSONALLY, BUT FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT TO BE SELECTED TO BE REPRESENTED TO HELP SET POLICY ON THE POSITIONS THAT THEY WILL TAKE IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. WE ADDRESSED ABOUT 150 PAGES OF SO-CALLED FIXED POLICIES. THESE ARE ISSUES THAT ADVOCATES FOUR OR AGAINST EVERY YEAR. EVANS CITY REPS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE OUR OWN PROPOSED POLICY POSITIONS FOR THE LEAGUE TO ADOPT AND ADD TO ITS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND ALSO TO MAKE AMENDMENTS TO THOSE FIXED POLICIES. I WAS ABLE TO INTRODUCE TWO MOTIONS.

ONE TO AMEND THE POSITION ON HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATIONS AND ONE THAT DEALT WITH OPPOSING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD RESTRICT MENISCAL AUTHORITY RELATED TO REGULATION OF SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS AND SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD REDUCE OR ELIMINATE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON CITIES AND HOMEBUYERS OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS. THIS IS SOMETHING THE COUNCIL WILL BE CONSIDERING A REAL SOLUTION FOR LATER IN THIS MEETING. LATER IN THE SESSION THE DELEGATION VOTED TO ADD THE ISSUE OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS TO THE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR SUBCOMMITTEE SCOPE OF AUTHORITY. SUBCOMMITTEE OF WHICH I AM ALSO A MEMBER IS GOING TO BE EXPLORING THE LEGALITIES AND RAMIFICATIONS OF THOSE LEGISLATIONS. SOME OF THE OTHER POLICIES THAT WE DISCUSSED AND ACTED UPON THAT ARE PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO OUR CITY INCLUDED ENSURING THE CITIES MAINTAIN THEIR AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE LOT SIZES, PARKING, DENSITY REQUIREMENTS IN CITY LIMITS AND IS PLANNING AND ZONING REGULATIONS THAT ARE LEFT TO INDIVIDUAL CITIES AND NOT UP TO THE LEGISLATURE.

ADDRESSING AN HOAS ABILITY TO FIND RESIDENTS DURING THE CLAIRE DROUGHTS, IN OTHER WORDS TO FIND YOU FOR NOT HAVE A BEAUTIFUL LAWN WHEN WE ARE UNDER DROUGHT RESTRICTIONS. AND AUTHORIZING CITIES TO USE A LOCAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUE DRIVE FROM SHORT-TERM RENTALS TO FUND ADDITIONAL BURDENS PLACED UPON ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES CREATED BY THOSE SHORT-TERM RENTALS SUCH AS CODE ENFORCEMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT, THAT KIND OF THING. SO IT WAS REALLY A PRODUCTIVE SESSION. I REALLY ENJOYED IT. I REALLY WILL ENJOY THE REST OF THE PROCESS AS WE MEET IN THE SUBCOMMITTEES AND IRON OUT THESE PEACHES -- PIECES OF LEGISLATION. I HAD ALREADY GIVEN THIS INFORMATION TO OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE, BUT WANTED THE REST OF THE COUNCIL TO BE ABLE

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TO KNOW TOO. AND THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER UPDATES? ALL RIGHT. THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO CITIZENS AND. AT THIS TIME COMMENTS WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ANY TOPIC AND NO ACTION CAN BE TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL DURING CITIZENS INPUT. ARE THESE THE ONLY THREE THAT WE HAVE? OKAY. IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK IT HASN'T ALREADY FILLED OUT A FORM THEY ARE IN THE BACK CORNER. OUR FIRST SPEAKER FOR THE NIGHT IS JUDITH PRUITT. IF YOU WOULD JUST COME UP, STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENTS OR THE RECORD AND THEN HE WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

>> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES.

>> GOOD EVENING. HER NAME IS JUDITH PRUITT. I AM A HOME ONLY SINCE 1976 AT 106 HIM, STRIVE SUBDIVISION NEAR BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE HOSPITAL. I RECENTLY FINISHED A HOME REMODEL IN OCTOBER OF 2023 AND HAVE CONTRACTED A FENCE COMPANY TO REPLACE THE FOUR BACKYARD FENCE THAT WAS REMOVED OF A NEIGHBORHOOD CONSTRUCTION. I WAS SURPRISED WHEN THE COMPANY INFORMED ME THE CITY OF WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO REPLACE MY 44 BACKYARD FENCE. THEY SAID OOH TO MY BACKYARD BEING ZONED A FRONTAGE LAW I CAN ONLY HAVE A THREE FOOT FENCE. APPEALING FOR SOMEONE TO COME SEE THE PROPERTY TO SEE THE LOGIC FOR

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MY REQUEST WAS OF NO AVAIL. AFTER BEING PASSED TO THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE OVER A FIVE MINUTE PERIOD I FINALLY WAS ADJUSTED I COUNCIL THAT CONTACT CITY COUNCIL. AFTER I SENT MY EMAIL TO MIKE BRITTON HE RESPONDED THE SAME DAY AND WAS OUT TO SEE MY PROPERTY THE NEXT DAY. HE DEFINITELY AGREED WITH ME AND CAME UP WITH A CREATIVE IDEA TO REWRITE THE ZONING SO I CAN SIMPLY REPLACE MY FOUR FOOT FENCE. HE HAS KEPT ME INFORMED WITH THE NEWS OF THE WORK SESSION WAS COMPLETED FOR A JUNE FORMAL VOTE. THAT WAS MOVED TO THE JULY COUNCIL MEETING AND THAT THAT WAS MOVED TO THE AUGUST MEETING AND NOW MOVE TO THE SEPTEMBER MEETING. I JUST WANT TO FINISH MY HOUSE PROJECT THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN COMPLETED IN OCTOBER OF 2023. I LEAVE TONIGHT HOPING TO KNOW IF THIS ITEM WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THE SEPTEMBER MEETING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

CONSIDERATION. >> THANK YOU. WE WILL TAKE THAT NOTE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AND ROUGH.,, STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENTS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE

MINUTES. >> GOOD EVENING. I AM AND ROUGH. I RESIDED 1601 LAKESHORE DRIVE. WE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR FIVE YEARS. OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE SIDE HAS BEEN THERE FOR PROBABLY 10 YEARS AND THIS ONE FOR 40 YEARS. AS FAR AS WE ALL KNOW OUR STREETS ARE ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE. I HAVE CONTACTED THE CITY A YEAR AGO AND WAS TOLD THAT OUR RATING WAS BETTER THAN MOST STREETS IN THE CITY WHICH I FIND APPALLING IF THAT IS TRUE. BUT WE HAVE THE HARVEST TILL LAKESHORE DRIVE -- ALL OF THAT. I HAVE ATTACHED PICTURES AND MIGHT ACTUALLY BETTER BECAUSE MINOR IN COLOR AND I MADE COPIES. BUT THOSE ARE ALL JUST FROM THAT LITTLE AREA. THAT I HAVE GIVEN TO EACH ONE OF YOU. MY CONCERN IS I GET NO RESPONSE. I HAVE HAD EMAILED.

THIS IS AN EMAIL FROM APRIL 16TH. I GET NO ACKNOWLEDGMENT, NO RESPONSE. I HAVE NO ANSWER AS FAR AS WHEN SOMETHING WILL BE DONE. I AM HOPING AS I SEE THE BUDGET ITEMS THIS EVENING THAT MAYBE OUR AREA IS INCLUDED. IT IS TERRIBLE. IT IS EMBARRASSING ACTUALLY. WE'VE LIVED IN RICHARDSON, ROCKWALL, GREENVILLE TEXAS AND I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN THE CONDITION OF STREETS AS I HAVE TO LIVE HERE FOR FIVE YEARS. IT IS EMBARRASSING FOR ME FOR FRIENDS TO COME AND HAVE DINNER WITH US BECAUSE IT IS A BUMPY ROAD ALL THE WAY. ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T GET ANSWERS.

>> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVE HALL.

>> DAVE HALL, ROWLETT. HERE IS PICTURES FROM THE INPUT THAT THE RECENT WORK SESSION WITH A PARK ADVISORY BOARD, THE DEAD ARMADILLO WAS STILL THERE NEXT TO MY DOOR IN THE PARK. THE A.D.A . RAIL REMAINS BROKEN AND UNREPAIRED. HERE ARE SIX PICTURES OF THE RIGHT AWAY IN FRONT OF MY PROPERTY AS 6917 AND 6921 MILLER ROAD. GOOD LUCK FINDING IT BY THE ADDRESS. IT IS NEXT TO THE 6301 MILLER ROAD PALO POINT PARK AND DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE GREEN CITY OF ROWLETT 1600 MILLER SIGN . ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY IS TAKING PLACE ON MY PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHOUT MY PERMISSION. HERE IS A RED STAND UP PADDLE BOARD ILLEGALLY DUMPED ON MY PROPERTY. HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE CITY RIGHT AWAY IN FRONT OF MY KCL STORE. MY SIDE OF THE FENCE IS MOTOR LANDSCAPE. THE CITY SIDE IS UNMAINTAINED WITH WEEDS FIVE FEET HIGH. PLEASE CLEAN UP YOUR AREA. YOUR WEEDS ARE DECREASING MY PROPERTY VALUE. I HAD TO PAY FOR THE FIRE HYDRANT IN THIS PICTURE AND ITS INSTALLATION AFTER MUCH CONFUSION AS A FIRE DEPARTMENT SELECTED AND SELECTED AND RESELECTED ITS LOCATION. THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF MY BUILDING IS A SIDEWALK THE CITY TOLD ME TO PUT IN AT MY EXPENSE AND THE CITY TOLD ME EXACTLY WHERE TO PLACE IT. SHORTLY AFTER I INSTALLED THE SIDEWALK THE CITY TOLD ME TO TAKE IT OUT AT MY EXPENSE SO THE CITY COULD INSTALL A STORMWATER SEWER IN

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THAT LOCATION. CITY COUNCIL TO STEP IN AND INSTRUCT STAFF TO MOVE THE STORMWATER SEWER AWAY FROM MY STORE. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT STAFF HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO BETTER PERFORM, BUT UNTIL THIS OCCURS THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NEED TO STEP IN AND REPRESENT THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS INTEREST HERE IN ROWLETT. I REALIZED THAT CONTROLS OPERATION AND COUNCIL CONTROLS POLICY. TODAY AND IN THE PAST THIS HAS NOT WORKED VERY WELL. YOU NEED TO GET THIS FIXED. AS A RESULT ROWLETT IS NOW AN UN-INVESTABLE CITY FOR A SMALL BUSINESS LIKE MINE. THE CITY HAS HAD A YEAR AND A HALF TO FIX THE TRESPASSING AND DAMAGE THEY'VE DONE TO MY PRIVATE LANTERN 6121 MILLER. I HAVE ASKED THE CITY TO PUT THEIR RESPONSE PLAN IN WRITING.

ALL OF MY REQUESTS HAVE BEEN IGNORED. SO I AM TAKING CHARGE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY NO ONE IS ALLOWED ON MY LAND AT 6921 MILLER. I HAVE PLACED NO TRESPASSING SIGNS AND PAINTED THE PURPLE OPEN TRESPASSING MARKS ON THE UTILITY POLES. BY THE WAY, ENCORE STATES THAT THE ROWLETT CITY MANAGER TOM HARRIS TOLD THEM TO PLACE THESE POLLS EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE ON MY LAND. YOUR CONTRACTOR OVERSTAYED HIS WELCOME TO USE MY LAND TO CONSTRUCT PHASE TWO OF MILLER ROAD. YOU NEED TO GET ON THE PHONE TONIGHT UNTIL YOUR CONTRACTOR HE WILL BE TRESPASSING ON MY LAND TOMORROW AND THEREAFTER. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. I WILL PICK UP THESE PICTURES TOMORROW AT CITY HALL. THANK YOU.

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

>> DOES ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? OKAY. THEN WE WILL MOVE ON FROM CITIZEN INPUT AND GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE FOLLOWING MAY BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION. THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OR A CITIZEN MAY REQUEST ITEMS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. OF NO ITEM 60 AND 60 HAVE BEEN POLLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. DOES ANYONE ELSE WISH TO REPORT ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? ALL RIGHT. IF YOU WOULD READ THOSE ITEMS TO THE RECORD. ITEM SIX A, CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING THE MINUTES. 6B, RECEIVE THE INVESTMENT REPORT. HE, CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE A CONTRACT FOR THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN UPDATE 6F, CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS RECOMMENDED BY THE ATMAN CITY STEERING COMMITTEE AND 60 6G , CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT.

>> I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. THERE WE GO. TO MAKE A MOVE WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ.

>> MOTIONED BY BRITTON, SECOND BY SHINDER. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, CALL THE BOAT. ALL RIGHT. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS

[6D. Consider action to approve vacating and abandoning water, sewer and utility easements. ]

CARE UNANIMOUSLY. WE NOW GO TO OUR FIRST INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEM. 6D, CONSIDER ACTION TO IMPROVE IN ORDER TO VACATE AND ABANDON 10 FOOT WATER MAIN EASEMENT AND 10 FOOT SEWER EASEMENT IN A 20 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT AT 2030 AND 2040 ROWLETT ROAD IN FAVOR OF ZINE SITES. PRESENTING THIS

ITEM IS GARY SHOTS. >> GOOD EVENING. CITY ENGINEER.

I AM SHARING WITH YOU ON THIS ITEM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ENGINEERING GROUP RECEIVED A REQUEST TO ABANDON EASEMENTS THAT EXISTED ON THESE PROPERTIES FOR QUITE SOME TIME FROM THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY. THE CITY LOOKED AT IT, STAFF LOOKED AT IT, AND WE FELT THAT THERE WAS NO NEED FOR THOSE EASEMENTS TO CONTINUE TO EXIST. THERE WERE NO PLANS IN PLACE TO EXTEND WATER SERVICES, SEWER SERVICES, OR OTHER SERVICES. WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO OUR PARTNERS IN THE PRIVATE UTILITIES. NONE OF THEM HAD ANY INTEREST IN KEEPING THOSE EASEMENTS IN PLACE. AND THROUGH THE PROCESS A REQUET TO ABANDON THOSE, RETURN THE PROPERTY TO THE PRESENT OWNER AND LET THAT OWNER GO THROUGH WHATEVER ZONING CHANGES OR OTHER ACTIONS NECESSARY WITH PLANNING AND ZONING AND WITH

THE COUNCIL. >> OKAY. WINGET?

>> THANK YOU. I REQUESTED THIS ITEM PULLED BECAUSE WE HAD AN

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EMAIL THAT FROM A CONCERNED RESIDENT ABOUT THE NATURE BY WHICH WE UNDERWENT THIS ABANDONMENT OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AREA OR THE EASEMENT. I AM JUST HOPING TO GET CLARITY ON THE EMAIL. I NOTE COREY WAS -- PROVIDED A RESPONSE . I WAS HOPING STAFF COULD SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD HELP GIVE CONTEXT TO THE LEGALITY OF THE PROCESS AND WHY WE ARE TAKING

THIS APPROACH. >> THE EMAIL I THINK IN QUESTION IS SPECIFIC TO WHETHER THE PROCESS SHOULD HAVE INVOLVED AN AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING OR SOME ASSERTION THAT THE EASEMENTS THAT WERE ON THE PROPERTY CONSIDERING ABANDONMENT OF HER GRANTED THROUGH THE PD ZONING ON THIS PROPERTY BACK IN THE 80S. WE DID SOME RESEARCH. IT LOOKS LIKE THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PROPERTY WHICH ACTUALLY WAS THIS PIECE AS WELL AS A PROPERTY AT -- CHURCH WAS APPROVED IN 1979. THERE WAS LATER A FINAL PLAT WHICH WAS APPROVED IN 1983. AND ON THAT PLAT DOCUMENTS HAVE A RECORD OF THESE EASEMENTS BEING GRANTED. LATER IN 1993 THE PORTION THAT IS NOW THE COMMUNITY CONNECTION CHURCH SEPARATE REPLIED, THAT WAS DONE IN 1993. AT THE TIME ALL OF THE EASEMENTS ON THAT PIECE WERE REMOVED BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT USED AND THERE WAS NO INTENTION OF USING THEM AT THAT TIME. THE PIECE THAT IS REMAINING WHERE THE EASEMENT ABANDONMENT AS REQUESTED TONIGHT IS THE OTHER REMAINING PART OF THAT ORIGINAL PD. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ANY TIE BETWEEN THE PD AND ZONING. AND EASEMENTS. WHICH I DONE TO THE PLANNING PROCESS. THAT IS SOME OF MY FEEDBACK. THIS APPLICANT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US ON COMING UP WITH A PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY IN THE FUTURE. WE'VE ACTUALLY ADVISED THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE TO MAY BE TO REMOVE THE EASEMENTS WHICH IS COUNCIL ACTION AND THEN MOVE ON WITH IT RE-PLAT AND POTENTIAL REZONE. SEEMING TO AGREE WITH THAT ASSESSMENT OF THE PROCESS WE ARE TAKING HERE?

>> IDEA. THE EASEMENTS WERE GRANTED BY DEDICATION, BUT THEY CAN BE REMOVED BY AN ACT OF COUNCIL.

>> COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS I WILL ENTERTAIN AN -- A MOTION.

>> I MOVE WE APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION BY WINGET, SECOND BY SHINDER. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, CALL THE VOTE. AND THEY

[6E. Consider action to approve a contract amendment. ]

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 6D, CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION APPROVING A NEW TASK AUTHORIZATION FOR FITZPATRICK DESIGN CONSTRUCTION SERVICES GROUP LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $70,000 FOR PROFESSIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES RELATED TO THE CONTINUED DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE STATION FIVE.

>> GOOD EVENING, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR YOU. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION IN THE JUNE 7TH, 2022 CITY COUNCIL APPROVED TASK AUTHORIZATION FOR 250,000. THAT TASK AUTHORIZATION WAS ANTICIPATED TO BE USED BETWEEN JUNE THE NINTH REPRESENTED ACTION BEFORE YOU IS TO APPROVE AN ADDITIONAL TAX AUTHORIZATION FOR $170,000. THAT TIMELINE IS APPROXIMATELY 17 MONTHS WHICH WOULD BE FROM NOW UNTIL 2025. DIRECTLY FOR WORK BEING PERFORMED. WITH THAT I WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS.

>> I HAD SOME QUESTIONS FROM A RESIDENTS ABOUT THE TIME FRAMES VISIBLY IN MAY OF 2021 AND THE QUESTION WAS HOW HAS IT TAKEN THIS LONG TO GET TO THIS STAGE. OBVIOUSLY THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE ESTIMATED TIMEFRAME THEY GIVE YOU IS VERY REASONABLE, BUT PEOPLE ARE WONDERING WHY IT TOOK SO LONG. I REALIZE YOU

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WERE NOT HERE DOING ALL THAT TIME, BUT IF YOU COULD ADDRESS

THAT FOR THE PUBLIC. >> IN FAIRNESS, -- AND EVEN INAPPROPRIATE BECAUSE WE WOULD BE SPEAKING IN A POSITION THAT

WE DON'T KNOW. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WILL

ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $170,000 FOR THE CONTINUED DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF ALL RIGHT. I SUCCEEDS. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

[7A. Consider all matters incident and related to the issuance and sale of “City of Rowlett, Texas, General Obligation Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2024”, “City of Rowlett, Texas, Combination Tax and Limited Surplus Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2024”, and “City of Rowlett, Texas, Tax Notes, Series 2024”, including the adoption of ordinances authorizing the issuance of such bonds, certificates, and notes and approving all other matters incident thereto. ]

-- GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING AND APPROVE ONE BOND 2024. CITY OF ROWLETT UNLIMITED CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION SERIES 2024 AND CITY OF ROWLETT TEXT SERIES 2024 INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS, CERTIFICATES, AND NOTES, AND APPROVING ALL OTHER

MATTERS INCIDENT TO. WENDY? >> THIS PRESENTATION BRINGS FORTH CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE AUTHORING OUR PLAN 2024 . ISSUANCES. WITH FOR THE COUNCIL TO -- BROUGHT ROWLETT VOTERS AUTHORIZE 51 MILLION OVER FOUR -- AND 3.1 MILLION FOR STREET LIGHTING. FUNDING FROM THE 2024 BOND ELECTION EXPECTED TO BE TO FIND YEAR ONE OF THE PROJECTS AS SHOWN IN THE FIRST COLUMN OF THE TABLE ON THE RIGHT CONSISTING OF 12.9 MILLION IN STREET PROJECTS, 2.5 MILLION IN PARK PROJECTS AND INITIAL $300,000 FOR LIKE FEW PARKWAY STREETLIGHTING. STAFF STRATEGICALLY MANAGE DEBT BY INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY 10 MILLION IN THIS YEAR'S ISSUANCE TO CAPITALIZE ON A FUNDING TO ACHIEVE IN THE SAME FEBRUARY PRESENTATION AND SUBSEQUENT WORK SESSIONS -- AND SIR MILLER DONE THAT -- CERTIFICATES OBLIGATION AND -- 8 MILLION FOR A VARIETY OF STREET PROJECTS AND 2.8 FOUR LONGER TENDER FIRE APPARATUSES.

PURSUANT TO THE REVISED THAT STRATEGY AND INCORPORATING FEEBACK ON IDENTIFYING FUNDING PRIORITIES THE CITY ALSO PLANS TO ISSUE $6.2 MILLION IN CASH INCLUDING FIRE EQUIPMENT AND APPARATUS, POLICE EQUIPMENT, I.T. PARKS WORKS EQUIPMENT, VEHICLE IMPROVEMENTS. IN SUMMARY, THIS ITEM BRINGS FORTH CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES AUTHORIZING OUR PLAN 2024 DEBT ISSUANCES CONSISTENT WITH THE GEO BONDS, THE CEOS, AND THE TAX NOTES. WHILE AUTHORIZATION FOR EACH DATA -- THAT INSTRUMENT WAS THREE DIFFERENT THE IMPACT WILL SUPPORT $21 MILLION IN STREET PROJECTS, 2 1/2 MILLION IN PARKS AND RECREATION PROJECTS, AND $300,000 TO INITIATE --. 10 MILLION TO RESENDING -- I WILL INTRODUCE OUR FINANCIAL ADVISER

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WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES HERE TO DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THE READING CALLS WE RECENTLY HAD WITH OUR RATING AGENCIES AND THE DETAILS OF TODAY'S THAT PRICING. SHOULD COUNCIL VOTE TO PASS THE ORDINANCES AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE DEBT INSTRUMENTS TONIGHT AND THE DELIVERY OF THE HOME WILL OCCUR ON SEPTEMBER 19TH. SUE BECKETT EVENING. WE RECOGNIZE -- -- INAUDIBLE ] GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO PREMARKET THE BONDS. THE BONDS ARE ACTUALLY RELEASED FOR SALE IN THE PUBLIC THIS MORNING. AND I AM VERY PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE PRICING RESULTED IN INTEREST RATES THAT WERE VERY FAVORABLE FOR THE CITY. WE WILL START WITH THE TAX NOTES. THE FINAL TRUE INTEREST CAUSED T.I.C. THAT WAS RECEIVED WAS 3.39%. THOSE ARE THE SHORTEST WITH THE SHORTEST OF -- MOVING ON TO THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, THE FINAL TRUE 3.92%.

YOUR GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING -- OF 3.78%.

TYPICALLY WE WOULD EXPECT YOUR CERTIFICATES AND YOUR RIGHT ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. THE ONLY REASON THERE IS A DIFFERENCE RIGHT THERE IS DUE TO THE BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING COMPONENT THAT PORTION OF THE DEBT IS OVER A SHORTER 10 YEAR PERIOD SO IT SHORTENED THE OVERALL LIFE OF THE ISSUANCE THEREBY CREATING A LOWER INTEREST RATE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. THAT LOWER INTEREST RATE REALLY DID TRANSLATE TO FAVORABLE RESULTS FOR THE FUNDING FOR YOU. THE TOTAL -- 4.98%. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WE TYPICALLY DO NOT START RECOMMENDING SO SEE YOUR WELL ABOVE THAT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT SAVINGS IS THAT ACROSS ALL COSTS WITH FACTIONS I THINK I'LL AS WELL -- YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE RATES VISIT TO AND THE DOLLARS. A LARGE REASON FOR THE FAVORABLE RESULTS IN THE MARKET IN THE CITY IS TIED TO THE STRENGTH OF THE UNDERLYING CREDIT RATING OF THE CITY. AS PART OF THE NORMAL BOND ISSUANCE PROCESS THE CITY HAD TO APPLY FOR AND GET A BOND RATING. CITY STAFF SAT DOWN WITH TWO AGENCIES AND THEY HAD TO ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS, PROVIDE A LOT OF INFORMATION SO THAT THEY COULD COME IN AND PROVIDE A DETAILED CHRONIC -- CREDIT ASSESSMENT ON THE CITY. I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THEY DID CONFIRM -- ONLY TWO NOTCHES AWAY FROM A SECOND -- INAUDIBLE ] SO THE HIGHER YOUR CREDIT RATING IS THE LOWER THE COST OF BORROWING WHEN YOU CALL FOR A MORTGAGE OR PURCHASE A CALL. -- INCLUDED IN THE RATING WE HAVE INCLUDED THOSE FOR YOU BEHIND THE VERY LAST TAB. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THOSE.

THEY DO HIGHLIGHT THE STRONG MANAGEMENT AND MANAGER POSITION OF THE CITY. WE JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR SALES IN THE FAVORABLE RESULTS. THIS IS THE FINAL STEP OF THE BOND ISSUANCE PROCESS OF BY ADOPTING THE ORDINANCES BEFORE YOU TONIGHT YOU ARE EFFECTIVELY BLOCKING THESE INTEREST RATES AND THE PLACE FOR THE LIFE OF THE BONDS. THEY WILL THEN GO TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THEIR APPROVAL AND YOU WILL RECEIVE

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THE FUNDS ON SEPTEMBER 19TH. I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY

QUESTION. >> ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME REMAKING RUSSIANS FOR STAFF? WANT TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT VOTE FOR THE CITY. IT IS A VOTE OF PROGRESS. WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS ADDRESSING OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT NEEDS. ALSO ADDRESSES THE CHANGE IN HOW WE BUDGET. THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH, A LOT OF GENERAL FUND CAPACITY INTO MUCH OF THIS EQUIPMENT AND MOVING IT OVER TO THE INTEREST SINKING FUND WHICH IS REALLY HOW IT SHOULD'VE BEEN HAPPENING FOR MANY YEARS. SO WE ARE JUST REALLY FOLLOWING BEST PRACTICE BY DOING THIS. IT ALSO ALLOWS US MORE FLEXIBILITY IN OUR GENERAL FUND, AS WELL. IMPORTANT STEP FOR THE CITY AND FORWARD TO SEEING THIS APPROVED. ALSO TO NOTE. THIS ONE ITEM WILL CONSIST OF THREE SEPARATE. IF YOU NEED TO MESH AND -- COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> JUSTIN COLLINS. I KNOW WE HAVE MANY CITIZENS WHO SPOKE IN THREE ADULT LIKE -- MOSTLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND -- CERTIFICATES OF . THEY SEE IT AS A BOND OR THAT THEY DON'T GET A CHANCE TO VOTE ON. I THINK WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS NOT WHETHER OR NOT YOU GET A CHANCE TO VOTE ON THAT DEBT WHEN THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NECESSARY THAT WE HAVE TO FUND WAY WHAT -- ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. WHEN A CERTIFICATE OF APPLICATION REDUCES THE COST TO THE TAXPAYER. THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND, WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF HERE I THINK RESTRUCTURING HAS BEEN ABATED -- BENEFIT OF THE CITY VERY, VERY MUCH FINANCIALLY.

>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN THE FIRST MOTION. MOVED TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AND THE SUN REFUNDING IMPROVEMENT UPON SERIOUS 2024 AND APPROVING ALL OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO.

>> I SECOND. SEEMING MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SCHUPP. SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER REAVES. ANY OBJECTION? CALL THE BOAT. YEAH 7 LETTER A 1 PASSES. WE WILL MOVE ON TO 7A 2.

>> MOVED TO ADOPT THE ISSUANCE OF SALE CITY OF ROWLETT TEXAN STREAM OF REVENUE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION AND APPROVING ALL OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERE TO.

>> I SECOND. >> MOTION BY WINGET. SECOND BY SCHUPP. ANY OBJECTION? CALL THE VOTE. 7A 2 PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NOW 7A 3. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> MOVED TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CITY OF ROWLETT TAX NOTES, SERIES 2024, AND APPROVING ALL OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO.

>> SECOND SHIFT >> MOTION BY REAVES. SECOND BY WINGET. ANY DISCUSSION? THE NONE, CALLED THE VOTE. 7A 3 PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL THREE PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AND WE BEAT THE 10:00 P.M. DEADLINE. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO SEVEN BE,

[7B. Consider and take action on an ordinance amending PART II - CODE OF ORDINANCES Chapter 50 Solid Waste of the Code of Ordinances.]

CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TO CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 50 SOLID WASTE OF THE CODE OF

ORDINANCES. THANK YOU. >> ANYTHING AGAIN. I AM HERE

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TODAY TO PRESENT TO YOU CHAPTER 50 SOLID WASTE CODE OF ORDINANCES UPDATES . THE PURPOSE OF THE UPDATES ARE TO ALIGN BETTER WITH THE CURRENT AND FUTURE FRANCHISE CONTRACTS WITH SOLID WASTE SERVICE. ALIGN WITH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES AND ALLOW FOR PROPER ENFORCEMENT. SUPPORT HYGIENIC AND EFFICIENT COLLEGE -- SOLID WASTE COLLECTION. WE MADE A PLACE TO ADDRESS ISSUES SUCH AS CONTRACTOR WASTE, TRASH CONTAINER PLACEMENT, AND BULK WASTE DEFINITION AND PLACEMENT AND I WILL GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE FOR YOU. CONTRACTOR WASTE TRADITIONALLY IS THEN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CONTRACTOR. IT HAS NOT BEEN AN ACCEPTABLE SET UP FOR RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION. OFTEN ACCESS AN AMOUNT INCLUDING UNACCEPTABLE NONRESIDENTIAL ITEMS . OFTEN THESE CONTRACTORS ARE NOT RESIDENTS AND UTILIZE THE CITY RESOURCES WITHOUT ANY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY. WE ARE WORKING TO ENFORCE THIS, BUT ULTIMATELY IT IS PROBLEMATIC WITHOUT THIS BEING CODIFIED. TRASH CONTAINER PLACEMENT ALSO NEEDED TO BE CODIFIED TO ELIMINATE AMBIGUITY AND ALLOW FOR EFFICIENT SOLID WASTE COLLECTION. WE ARE WORKING TO HELP DEFINE LOCATION WHERE THE LOCATED -- CONTAINER SHOULD REPLACE, WITH THEY SHOULD BE PLACED, AND WHEN THEY SHOULD BE RETURNED. AND ALSO CLEARLY DEFINED THAT POLYCARP SHOULD BE PLACED IN THE CITY PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY SO THAT IT CAN BE MECHANICALLY PICKED UP AND EMPTIED. SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO CONTRACT WORKS IS ALSO ENFORCEMENT RELATED AREA AND WE HAVE UNACCEPTABLE SETUPS, ENCOUNTERED. THE TERMINOLOGY WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS IS INDUSTRY STANDARD BULK WASTE DEFINITIONS AND PRACTICE TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THESE SITUATIONS. WITH THAT I WILL STAND FOR ANY

QUESTIONS. >> JUST A CLARIFICATION, WHAT DOES EXCESSIVE PILES EXACTLY MEAN?

>> THAT MAY BE A LARGE PILE WITH MAYBE SOME FENCING THAT MAY BE SOMEBODY CLEANED UP ALONG WITH THE MATTRESS AND THAT ALONG WITH OTHER BULK RELATED EXCESSIVE ITEMS. KIND

OF A GENERIC DESCRIPTION. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. ARE GRASS CLIPPINGS IN THE BACK

CONSIDERABLE? >> THAT HAS BEEN ELIMINATED

FROM THE ORDINANCE. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD.

>> I APOLOGIZE. GIVE ME ONE SECOND. I THINK THE ORDINANCE DOES HAVE 50-9 REFERS TO GRASS CLIPPINGS. I WANT TO CLARIFY TO BE SURE WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT ANSWER.

>> ONE SECOND, PLEASE, SIR. >> IT IS VERY POSSIBLE I MADE A MISTAKE. I AM NOT SAYING THAT IS ABSOLUTELY THE CASE.

>> YOU ARE CORRECT. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. IN ONE OF THE VERSIONS WE DID ELIMINATE THAT FROM THE ORDINANCE BUT IT IS

INCLUDED TODAY. >> I WILL READ THAT TO CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC SAKE SO THERE IS NO CONFUSION. 50 . NINE, GRASSLEY WAS PLACED IN A BAG, THE BAG MAY BE PLACED IN THE TRASH POLYCARP OR SET UP AS BULK TRASH. BOTH ARE OPTIONAL.

POLYCARP WHEN IT MUST BE OBSERVED BAGS MUST NOT WEIGH MORE THAN 40 POUNDS. IF BAGS ARE SETTLED IN BOLD THEN BAGS ARE REQUIRED TO BE CLEAR OR SPECIFICALLY FOR YARD WASTE.

THANK YOU. >> I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

>> COUNCILMEMBER SHINDER? >> ARE WE ACTUALLY SAYING OF SOMEONE PUTS THEIR TRASH OUT AT 5:00 P.M. THE DAY BEFORE COLLECTION WE WILL FIND THEM $2000?

>> THESE PARAMETERS ARE TO GIVE SOME RAILS FOR CODE ENFORCEENT SPECIFICALLY. WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN MANY OCCASIONS IS SOMEONE TAKES THEIR TRASH OUT MAY BE SEVERAL DAYS IN ADVANCE OR LEAVES THEM OUT SEVERAL DAYS AFTER TRASH COLLECTION. SO THE GOAL IS TO PUT MORE SPECIFIC PARAMETERS AROUND THOSE AREAS.

>> OKAY. BUT I AM CONCERNED IF IT IS STRICTLY ENFORCED THAT IT COULD BE AN HARDSHIP ON SOME PEOPLE.

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>> IF I COULD, WE DO THE ENFORCEMENT PIECE. WE DO NOT FOLLOW ABSOLUTE ENFORCEMENT, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE.

WE CAN RECEIVE WOULD BE A VIOLATION. OBVIOUSLY SOME DISCRETION INVOLVED, BUT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO ISSUE A CITATION. WITH RESPECT TO THE FINE AMOUNT THAT IS JUDICIAL PROCEEDING AND UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE.

>> MODES SO BOTH OF YOUR MICROPHONES CAN BE ON. NOW YOU

CAN TALK AT THE SAME TIME. >> HOW DID WE DECIDE ON

PARTICULAR TIME FRAMES? >> WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS GENERALLY THE TIME BETWEEN 5:00 TO 7:00 IS USUALLY IF YOU ARE IN MOST CITIES OF TIME WHICH YOU ARE PROHIBITED. 6:00 IS A LITTLE SOONER. BETWEEN 6:00 AND 7:00 IS THE EARLIEST YOU WOULD SEE MOST CITIES ALLOW YOU TO PLACE YOUR TRASH OUT IN ADVANCE

-- >> I JUST KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DO PUT THEM OUT. PEOPLE WHOSE CUP IS ON MONDAY ESPECIALLY .

ON SUNDAY THEY PUT THEM OUT AT TWO, THREE.

>> THEY DO. THIS IS SOMETHING IF YOUR TASK OPERATIONALLY WHERE DOES THIS RANK IN ORDER OF DIRECT ISSUES PROBABLY NOT AT THE TOP, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE WOULD PROBABLY BE REMISS NOT HAVING THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM TO ADDRESS IT BECAUSE IT DOES HAPPEN INDICES TO HOW THE CITY WANTS TO BE PRESENTED. WE COULD CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT THE BROKEN WINDOW EFFECT AND THOSE YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH, BUT THE REALITY IS WHEN YOU PART -- PUT GARBAGE TOO FAR IN ADVANCE MORE CHANCE FOR FERAL ANIMALS TO GRAB TRASH AND DRAG AROUND, SO OTHER PROBLEMS ARISE. I DO KNOW ARCHERY ALARM THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE TARGETING AND LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND WE DO RECEIVE COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRASH BINS BEING PUT OUT WERE LEFT OUT IN THOSE OTHER THINGS. AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE HIM IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS.

>> I TOTALLY AGREE IN TERMS OF PUTTING IT OUT THE DAY BEFORE OR WHATEVER. BUT I JUST THINK 6:00 P.M. IS A LITTLE --

>> PLEASE KEEP IN MIND, WE OFFER THIS. YOU AS A LEGISLATOR ARE FREE TO OFFER ANY AMENDMENT THAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO THIS

BODY. >> I WILL GO BACK TO RTS CONTROL. THERE WE GO. OKAY. COUNCIL, OTHER QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS ? OKAY, THAT WAS QUICK.

>> ON THE $2000 FINANCES EACH DAY A VIOLATION CELL BE A --

DOESN'T ASSUME EGREGIOUS? >> IT IS CONSISTENT WITH ALL OF OUR ORDINANCES AND WITH MOST CITIES.

>> I WAS LIKE, WHO IS THOMAS. I JUST KNOW U.S. VICTORIA. THAT

IS ALL. >>

>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. I WAS SITTING HERE READING CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO SAY IT IS UP TO 2000 -- ALL THAT IT HAS TO BE 2000. IN THE PAST IT HAS BEEN STANDARD PRACTICE TO REQUIRE A COMMERCIAL VENDOR OR EVEN A CONTRACTOR TO USE THE CITY'S FRANCHISE PROVIDER. THAT SEEMS TO BE THE CASE WITH THIS, AS WELL. IS THAT A REQUIREMENT -- PLACED UPON US OR INDEPENDENTLY AS A DECISION AS A BODY CLOCK

>> ESTABLISHMENTS THAT DO NOT USE A COMMERCIAL CONTAINER SERVICE SHALL PLACE THEIR PROOF CONTAINERS AT THE APPROPRIATE COLLECTION POINT ON THE SCHEDULED DAY.

>> AUDIT. THANK YOU. READING SECTION 50-3 AND MAYBE I AM REFERRING MORE TO CONTRACTORS IN THIS CASE WHICH SAYS THAT THE CITY SHALL INCLUDE ITS AUTHORIZED SOLOMONS CONTRACTORS, ET CETERA, SHALL BE THE SOLE PROVIDER OF SOLID WASTE RECYCLABLES DISPOSAL SERVICES FOR OPEN TOP, ROLLOFF

TYPE CONTAINERS, AS WELL. >> 99% CERTAIN THAT WAS A

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PROVISION OF THE CONTRACT. I REMEMBER NEGOTIATING WITH THEM.

IT IS A PROVISION BUILT IN. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE ARE PUTTING FORTH. "FOURTH BECAUSE OF THE PROVISION OF THE

CONTRACT. >> OTHER QUESTIONS? DO YOU WISH TO HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO FLEX OKAY. I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION

THEN. >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ORDINANCE CHAPTER 50 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT TO SECTION 50-TO BE, TO CHANGE THE 6:00

P.M. TO 4:00 P.M. >> CAN YOU APPROVE ALL OTHER ASK X OF THE ITEM CLICKS THE OKAY. -- DOES COUNCIL

UNDERSTAND -- ANY DISCUSSION? >> I HAVE A LOOK AT THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR. THE EXISTING ORDINANCE HAS A 12:00 P.M. THE DAY BEFORE AND 12:00 P.M. THE DAY AFTER. MY ONLY QUESTION IS MAYBE IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE -- AND BRING IT BACK TO YOUR HOUSE TIME. RETURNING TO YOUR DRIVEWAY TO BE LESS OF AN INFLUENCE ON THE DAY OF ELECTION. I HAVE BUT RUN PRETTY LATE, AS WELL -- SOMETHING FOR CONSIDERATION.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO MY AMENDMENT. HOW DO I NEED TO DO THAT? OKAY. THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE RETURNED TO YOUR HOUSE -- A.M. THE DAY AFTER WHAT I AM THINKING ABOUT IS WHEN MAY BE YOU'VE GONE TO BED ALREADY WHEN THEY PICK UP THE TRASH.

THAT WOULD GIVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT IN THE MORNING.

>> MAY I REREAD IT'S ME SURE? PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY PRIOR TO 4:00 P.M. DAY BEFORE COLLECTION AND AFTER 9 A.M. DAY AFTER COLLECTION.

>> I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE NOON, FOR TO BE RETURNED FOR THE HOUSE. BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT -- I AM JUST THINKING REALLY ABOUT THE ELDERLY PEOPLE THAT MAYBE ARE NOT UP EARLY. THERE IS ALSO THE EU THE THAT EVENING BEFORE. I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT NOON TO DO, ACTUALLY.

>> GO AHEAD. >> MY MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE WITH THE AMENDMENT TO SECTION 50-TO BE TO CHANGE THE TIME IT HAS TO THEY SET OUT TO MOUNT EARLIER THAN 4 P.M. ON THE DAY OF THE PICKUP AND TO BE RETURNED BY 12:00 P.M. ON THE

DAY >> DO YOU ACCEPT THAT

AMENDMENT? >> I ACCEPT THAT AMENDMENT.

>> 30 ATTORNEY, I WE CLEAR? FOLLOWING ALL RULES AND LAWS? OKAY, THANK YOU. COUNCIL, IS THAT CLEAR NOW? ALL RIGHT.

THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND. I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE OUT ON THIS ONE NOW. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. THEN I WILL CALL THE VOTE. AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. POOR STACY

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IS GOING TO HOW TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO -- COUNCIL, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND SKIP ITEM 7C. MOVE IT TO THE LAST WITH ITEM 7G BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MOVE TO EXECUTIVE

[7D. Consider action to approve a resolution to address the issue of institutional investors buying up single-family homes in Texas. ]

SESSION FOR THOSE. WE WILL SKIP TO ITEM 7D WHICH IS TO CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS BUYING OF SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES IN TEXAS. ALL RIGHT. I DO NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR THIS. I THINK THE PACKET HOPEFULLY PROVIDED ENOUGH INFORMATION AND I WILL KIND OF GO OVER SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT. OF NOTE, THE CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS IS CURRENTLY IN THE PRELIMINARY DRAFTING PHASE OF FORMULATING THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE 89 THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THE GOAL IS TO FINALIZE THE DRAFT OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION BY OCTOBER WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AT THE OCTOBER 22ND COUNCIL MEETING. THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE HAS IDENTIFIED TWO KEY LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR ON THE SHIP AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE WHICH WILL BE IN HOUSTON AND RESOLUTIONS TO -- REQUIRES THESE RESOLUTIONS IMPROVE CASH APPROVAL FROM THE GOVERNING BODY BEFORE SUBMISSION. THAT IS WHY YOU SEE THIS RESOLUTION AND THE ONE AFTER. TYPICALLY THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT A COUNCIL PASSES A RESOLUTION ON BUT, AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THAT REQUIREMENT THAT IS WHY YOU SEE IT HERE TONIGHT IN ORDER TO GET TO THE

NEXT STEP. >> THE ISSUE OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF HOMES IN TEXAS WHICH HAS HAD SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON AFFORDABILITY, AVAILABILITY ACROSS THE STATE.

IN 2021 INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR TO ACQUIRE NEARLY 30% OF ALL SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES SOLD IN TEXAS WITH SOME AREAS LIKE DALLAS AND ROCKWALL COUNTIES EXPERIENCING RATES AS HIGH AS 43% AND 45% RESPECTIVELY. THIS TREND HAS DRIVEN UP HOME PRICES MAKING IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS AND LOWER INCOME FAMILIES TO PURCHASE HOMES THEREBY EXACERBATING WEALTH INEQUALITY AND DISRUPTING THE FABRIC OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES. -- DIRECT OVERALL DECLINE IN NEIGHBORHOOD STABILITY. -- CAN NEGATIVELY IMPACT HOME VALUES WHICH CAN IN TURN CRUCIAL TO SOMETHING -- FUNDING LOCAL SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. APPROVES TO SUPPORT LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS AIMING TO ELIMINATE OR LIMIT INSTITUTIONAL ACQUISITION AND MAINTAIN THE STABILITY OF AFFORDABILITY OF HOUSING MARKETS AND ASSURE THAT ALL TEXANS HAVE THE CHANCE TO ACHIEVE THE AMERICAN DREAM OF HOMEOWNERSHIP. IN MARCH OF 2024 GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT RELEASED A STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTING THE SPECIFIC ISSUE AND CALLING ON STATE LAWMAKERS TO MAKE IT A PRIORITY IN THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DAN PATRICK ALSO HAS HOUSING AFFORDABILITY ON HIS LIST OF TOP PRIORITY IS TO ADDRESS THE SESSION. IN ESSENCE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY WILL BE A BIG TOPIC WITH THE GOVERNOR BEING SPECIFIC TO THIS ISSUE HERE WITH INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS BEING MORE PRESENT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. BY ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE THIS RESOLUTION AIMS TO SAFEGUARD THE LONG-TERM HEALTH AND VITALITY OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS TEXAS ENSURING THAT HOUSING REMAINS ACCESSIBLE AND THAT NEIGHBORHOODS CONTINUE TO THRIVE IN THE FORMAL APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION I THE CITY COUNCIL WILL ALLOW IT TO BE SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE UPCOMING ANNUAL CONFERENCE WITH A BROADER GOAL OF ENACTING MEANINGFUL AND LEGISLATIVE CHANGE. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS RESOLUTION I CAN HELP ANSWER? OF NOTE, THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE CONSISTS OF MYSELF, SHINDER AND BOWERS. ANY

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QUESTIONS? YOU GOOD? ALL RIGHT. DO ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE WISH TO ADD TO THIS? GO AHEAD.

>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC, AS WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE DELEGATES THERE, IS INEXTRICABLY INTERTWINED WITH THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL ISSUE. AND BY CONTROLLING THE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS, THOSE ARE THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS THAT WE TEND TO HAVE THE MOST PROBLEMS WITH.

BASED ON ALL OF THE DISCUSSION OF ALL OF THE CITIES -- SOME OF THE CITY IS. THERE WAS SOMEONE THERE FOR GALVESTON WHO SAID THEY HAVE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF STRS THAT ARE OWNED BY INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS. THAT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP I HAD NOT THOUGHT ABOUT IN RELATION TO THIS WAS THE ISSUE OF BUILD TO RENT AND WHETHER THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT AS WELL. IT IS A BIG TOPIC. IT ENCOMPASSES A LOT.

BUT THE MORE CITIES WE CAN GET TO PASS RESOLUTIONS LIKE THIS AND THE MORE CITIES WE HAVE AT THE BUSINESS MEETING AND IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE WHO SUPPORT THIS KIND OF LEGISLATION THE MORE CHANCE WE OF OF GETTING IT PUT ON THE AGENDA, NOT JUST AS A SUPPORTER, BUT TO SEEK AND INTRODUCE LEGISLATION AND FIND

A SPONSOR FOR IT. >> JUST TO NOTE AS WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT, ROWLETT WOULD BE THE FIRST CITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS ACCORDING TO SOME HIGH-LEVEL SEARCH PROBABLY ONE OF THE ONLY CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES THAT IS PAST ANY SUCH RESOLUTION ADDRESSING THE SPECIFIC ISSUE. BUT, AGAIN, IT WOULD NOT BE WITHOUT TML'S REQUIREMENT THAT WE DO THIS AS A GOVERNMENT BODY. REGARDING THE BILL TO WRITTEN NEIGHBORHOODS, IT WOULDN'T BE DIRECTLY ADDRESSED BY THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT IS THE BUYING UP OF SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES WHERE THEY ARE ACTUALLY BUILDING THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. I THINK YOU WILL FIND THAT WILL BE A REALLY TOUCHY SUBJECT IN THE SESSION BECAUSE THERE ARE ARGUMENTS THAT THE BILL TO RENT HOMES MAY BE MORE AFFORDABLE. ALTHOUGH IF YOU LOOK AT THE COST OF THEM YOU'LL FIND THAT IS PROBABLY NOT ACTUALLY THE CASE. COUNCIL, OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

PLEASE. >> THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING US AT THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. AS LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS WE DO NOT GENERALLY GET ON BIG POLICY THINGS LIKE THIS. BUT A BIT BEYOND THE SCOPE GENERALLY OF CITY BUSINESS, BUT I AM EXCITED AND I BELIEVE IT IS A MAJOR POLICY INITIATIVE WE SHOULD BE INVOLVED WITH. HAVING A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS IS THE REQUIREMENT TO LIVE AND HOMEOWNERSHIP IS THAT THE FINDINGS -- FOUNDATION OF BUILDING A FUTURE FOR OURSELVES AND FAMILIES AND TRADITIONALLY PART OF THE AMERICAN DREAM SO I AM VERY PLEASED WE ARE TAKING AN ACTIVE ROLL IN THIS DISTURBING TREND. ON ONE HAND I LIKE FREE-MARKET SEMI UNDERSTAND THE BUSINESS MODEL AND IT IS RETURNING GOOD RETURNS TO INVESTORS. BUT WHAT WE WANT IS A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD WITHOUT INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS OUTWITTING AND OUTRUNNING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. PART OF THE 2008 TO 2009 HOUSING CRASH INSTITUTIONAL AND CORPORATE INVENTORS -- INVESTORS INAUDIBLE ] HOWEVER SINCE THE HOUSING CRASH MANY COMPANIES SUCH AS BLACKSTONE, BLACKROCK, OTHERS REPORTEDLY PURCHASE MILLIONS OF SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES OUT THE COUNTRY. ADDING A LITTLE BIT HERE, CONTEXT I FOUND TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

ACCORDING TO A 2021 SLATE.COM ARTICLE ENTITLED INVESTMENT FIRMS AREN'T BUYING ALL OF THE HOUSES, BUT THEY ARE BUYING THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES THE ARTICLE STATES LARGE INSTITUTIONS BORROW MONEY FOR MUCH LESS THAN AN INDIVIDUAL MEANING THEY CAN EFFECTIVELY PAY A HIGHER PRICE THAN AN INDIVIDUAL AT THE SAME OVERALL COST. NOTWITHSTANDING MANY TIMES INSTITUTIONS OFFER CASH DEALS WHICH, AGAIN, MOST INDIVIDUALS JUST CAN'T DO.

THIS ALLOWS INSTITUTIONS TO BEAT OUT INDIVIDUALS IN BUYING HOMES AND DRIVING UP THE PRICES AND DRIVING SHORTAGES JUST LIKE YOU SAID. ADDITIONALLY, THEY ARE NOT GENERALLY BUYING HOMES WELL-OFF RETIRED BABY BOOMERS ARE SELLING. AT LEAST NOT YET.

RATHER THEY ARE BUYING VERY HOMES OF FIRST-TIME BUYERS AND WORKING-CLASS FAMILIES WOULD BE IN THE MARKET FOR. THEY DEPLETE THE INVENTORY OF HOMES FASTER THAN YOUNGER AND WORKING AND MIDDLE-CLASS FOLKS CAN BUY AND THEY DRIVE THE PRICES UP.

FURTHER, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS RESULTS IN THE DECAY OF NEIGHBORS ABILITY TO BUILD EQUITY IN THEIR FINANCIAL FUTURE. IN ADDITION IT ERASES THE ABILITY TO PLANT ROOTS IN THE COMMUNITY WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US. IT

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APPEARS THE BOTTOM BASKETBALL MY WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM AND IS ONE THE WORLD MARKETING TRAGEDY WHERE THEY THINK THE FUTURE YOU WILL OWE NOTHING AND BE HAPPY. MY PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY OF INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM OF LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS DOESN'T INCLUDE PAYING A SUBSCRIPTION OR PAYING A RENTS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE FOR EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE.

THEREFORE I HEARTILY ENDORSE THIS AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING THIS UP. I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT RESOLUTION.

>> THANK YOU. WELL STATED. COUNCIL, OTHER COMMENTS? THEN IN THIS CASE I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. SHINDER?

>> IMOVIE APPROVED THIS RESOLUTION . I LOST MY LANGUAGE HERE. SUPPORTING LEGISLATION ADDRESSING THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS ON THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING

MARKET IN TEXAS. >> I SECOND.

>> MOTION BY SHINDER, SECOND BY REAVES. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, CALL THE BOAT. THANK YOU. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE

[7E. Consider action to approve a resolution prohibiting acquisition of technology containing microelectronics or printed circuit boards (PCBs) made in China, Russia, North Korea, or Iran for critical utility infrastructure. ]

WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT RESOLUTION, ITEMS 7D, CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION PROHIBITING THE ACQUISITION OF TECHNOLOGY CONTAINING MICROELECTRONICS OR PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS MADE IN CHINA, RUSSIA, NORTH KOREA, OR IRAN FOR CRITICAL UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS ONE IS A BIT MORE INTERESTING. AGAIN, IT IS THE SAME BASIS COMING FROM THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE GET SPONSORED BY TML. IN ORDER TO DO THAT TML REQUIRES THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY TO PASS THE RESOLUTION. THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION FOCUSES ON ADDRESSING CRITICAL NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS RELATED TO THE USE OF MICROELECTRONICS AND CIRCUIT BOARDS MANUFACTURED IN CHINA, RUSSIA, KOREA, IRAN, AND -- IN CRITICAL UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE. THESE COMPONENTS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THE OPERATION OF PUBLIC SERVICES SUCH AS WATER, WASTEWATER, ELECTRICAL GRIDS AND POTENTIAL VULNERABILITIES POSE A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO SAFETY, RELIABILITY, AND RESILIENCE OF THESE SERVICES. THERE IS A GROWING CONCERN AMONG NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS THAT FOREIGN-MADE COMPONENTS COULD CONTAIN QUOTE, UNQUOTE, KILL SWITCHES OR OTHER EMBEDDED LIABILITIES THAT COULD BE EXPLOITED BY ADVERSARIES THAT DISRUPT OR CONTROL CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE LEADING TO SEVERE CONSEQUENCES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, ECONOMIC STABILITY. THIS CONCERN IS PARTICULARLY PRESSING GIVING THE SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE WORLD'S PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS, 56%, ARE MANUFACTURED IN CHINA. FORMER DEPUTY UNDERSECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR ACQUISITION AND SUSTAINMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OUR SCHAFFER STATED THE FOLLOWING IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR. QUOTE, AMONG THE EASIEST PLACES TO HIDE A TROJAN HORSE, KILL SWITCH, OR MODIFIED CODE. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING WITH OVER 100 LAYERS OF SUBSTRATE. EACH OF THOSE LAYERS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR HAVING SOMETHING EMBEDDED. I HAVE ALMOST NO DOUBT THAT WE HAVE PRETTY EXTENSIVE VULNERABILITIES TO SYSTEMS BEING MODIFIED OR SHUT DOWN. YOU CANNOT HAVE A POWER GRID , WATER SYSTEM, WASTEWATER SYSTEM, OR OTHER UTILITY SYSTEMS WITHOUT THE UTILIZATION OF PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS OR MICROELECTRONICS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN CHINA WHICH IS THE UNITED STATES PRIMARY ADVERSARY. IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR FBI DIRECTOR MR. RAY STATED THE FOLLOWING. QUOTE, THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE CONSIDERS EVERY SECTOR THAT MAKES OUR SOCIETY RUN AS FAIR GAME IN HIS BID TO DOMINATE ON THE WORLD STAGE. AND THAT ITS PLAN IS TO LAND BLOWS -- LOW BLOWS AGAINST CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE TO TRY AND INDUCE PANIC AND BREAK AMERICA'S WILL TO RESIST. A COUPLE MONTHS AGO I WAS IN KANSAS CITY AT THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS ANNUAL MEETING WHERE I SIT ON THEIR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATIONS COMMITTEE. AT OUR MEETING THE NATIONAL CYBER DIRECTOR FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, HARRY COKER, MET WITH US TO ADDRESS CYBER SECURITY THREATS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE FACING.

HE ACKNOWLEDGED AND MADE CLEAR THAT MICROELECTRONICS AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS MADE IN CHINA POSE A SERIOUS THREAT TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. TO MITIGATE THESE RISKS THE RESOLUTION ADVOCATES FOR LEGISLATIVE MEASURES THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THE ACQUISITION OF TECHNOLOGY CONTAINING THESE POTENTIALLY COMPROMISED COMPONENTS FOR USE IN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. IT ALIGNS WITH THE BROADER NATIONAL EFFORT SUCH AS THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2023 WHICH %-Ú

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ELIMINATE CHINESE MADE MICROELECTRONICS FROM THE DEFENSE SUPPLY CHAIN BY 2027 AND THE PROTECTING CRITICAL BOARDS AND ELECTRONICS THROUGH TRANSPARENCY AND ENDURING REINVESTMENT WHICH SEEKS TO SECURE THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPLY CHAINS. THE RESOLUTION CALLS ON MUNICIPALITIES AND PUBLIC AGENCIES TO TAKE MEASURES IN ASSESSING AND MITIGATING RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH EXISTING TECHNOLOGY AND PRIORITIZE THE PROCUREMENT OF TRICK HERE -- SECURE DOMESTICALLY SOURCED ALTERNATIVES. THIS PROACTIVE APPROACH IS ESSENTIAL FOR PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENSURING THE CONTINUED SAFETY AND SECURITY OF PUBLIC SERVICES PROCESS. AND BY SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND OTHER MINNIS ABILITIES CAN PLAY A VITAL ROLL IN ADDRESSING THESE NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS OF THE LOCAL LEVEL CONTRIBUTING TO THE OVERALL RESILIENCE AND RELIABILITY OF THE NATION'S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. CONTINUATION ALSO IN MY MEETING WITH THE COMMITTEE A LOT OF THEM WERE NOT AWARE OF THESE ISSUES AND THE NATIONAL CYBER DIRECTOR FOR THE WHITE HOUSE STATED HE WOULD BEGIN TO PUSH OUT INFORMATION TO CITIES REGARDING THIS . AS A RESULT WE DID RECEIVE A NOTICE FROM THE TEXT OF'S DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ADDRESSING THESE SAME CONCERNS TO CITIES I'VE SHARED THAT WITH THE CITY MANAGER WHO SHARED IT WITH THE I.T. DEPARTMENT. IT LOOKS LKE THIS HAS BECOME MORE OF A FOCAL POINT ISSUE. NOT JUST FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL. AGAIN, WE HAVE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY THAT MOST LIKELY CONTAINS THESE COMPONENTS THAT ARE AT RISK. SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET THIS AT THE FOREFRONT OF LEGISLATIVE STATEWIDE TO HOPEFULLY PASS SOME KIND OF BILL THAT RESTRICTS OR LIMITS THE ACQUISITION OF THESE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS OR MICROELECTRONICS THAT ARE MANUFACTURED IN A DOMINANT ADVERSARY IN CHINA. QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. COMMENTS? BOWERS?

>> ACTUALLY YOU CAN CLEAR THAT. I THINK IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT

ISSUE AND I SUPPORT IT FULLY. >> REAVES?

>> IT IS AN INTERESTING ITEM OUTSIDE OF THE USUAL SCOPE. TWO WORDS THAT HIT ME IMMEDIATELY MY BROTHERS, COMMON SENSE.

COMMON SENSE TO AVOID BUYING FROM OUR ADVERSARIES CRITICAL COMPONENT SO ICE FOR THIS AS WELL. TO MAKE IT IS INTERESTING. IT IS NOT LIKE WE ARE BUYING DIRECTLY FROM THESE COUNTRIES. WHAT YOU ARE FINDING IS IN SERVERS AND OTHER PIECES OF TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURERS LIKE DELL OR HP CONTAIN THESE COMPONENTS. SO IT IS LIKELY WOULDN'T KNOW. NOW IT IS OUR JOB IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S JOB IN THE STATE GOVERNMENT JOB TO DO ITS DUE DILIGENCE WHEN WE GO GET THESE PIECES OF TECHNOLOGY FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

ANOTHER SOBERING FACT IS THAT MANY OF OUR NEW -- CONTAINS THESE MICROELECTRONICS. SHINDER?

>> YOU SAID MOST OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY BUT I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUOTE FROM -- YOU SAID THAT IN YOUR VENDORS AND THEIR SECURITY PRACTICES AND KNOWING WHO IS BUILDING THE HARDWARE AND THE SOFTWARE THAT YOU ARE GRANTING ACCESS TO YOUR NETWORK IS ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS IN PROTECTING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. BOTH PUBLICLY OWNED AND PRIVATELY OWNED ELEMENTS. BECAUSE IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE MAJORITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS ACTUALLY OWNED BY PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES. AND IT IS NOT JUST GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE VULNERABLE TO THIS. NOT JUST THE ELECTRIC GRID. NOT JUST THE WATER SYSTEM. IT IS ALSO TRANSPORTATION, OUR CARS HAVE COMPUTERS AND CIRCUIT BOARDS IN THEM NOW. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, OF COURSE, WHICH IS EVERYWHERE. SO IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME TOO.

IT IS NOT SOMETHING NEW. IN 2011 THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY SPONSORED CYBER ACTORS PRE-POSITIONED HIMSELF TO POTENTIALLY HAVE CYBER OFFENSES AGAINST AMERICAN ENERGY COMPANIES TARGETING 23 DIFFERENT PIPELINE OPERATORS.

YOU ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THAT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN NEEDED FOR A LONG TIME. I THINK IT HAS BEEN SWEPT UNDER THE RUG OR THE HAVE HAD OUR HEADS BURIED IN THE SAND

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ABOUT IT. BUT IT IS TIME THAT WE ALL WOKE UP AND REALIZED THAT IT IS REALLY A BIG THREAT TO OUR COUNTRY, TO OUR CITIES,

TO US AS INDIVIDUALS. >> I DON'T EVEN THINK -- UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T EVEN THINK IT IS THE OSTRICHES WHICH -- WITH OUR HEADS IN THE STANDS. I THINK IT IS A LOT OF CORPORATE LOBBYING. IT COMES BACK TO THE MONEY. FOLLOW THE MONEY AND THESE CORPORATIONS WOULD RATHER SAVE MONEY IN MANUFACTURING THEM THEN HAVE A SUSTAINABLE SECURITY SYSTEM. IT IS OUR JOBS TO WATCH OUT FOR THAT KIND OF THING. AND BE PROACTIVE. SO THIS IS PART OF THAT.

>> I WILL CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE SAND OVER THIS, BUT THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM. BECAUSE WE HAVE OFFSHORE MUCH OF WHAT WE USED TO MAKE NOT JUST IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. PROBABLY FOR THE LAST DECADE OR SO. I SAY THAT TO SAY THIS, AS A CITIZEN MYSELF AND CITIZENS HERE, WE NEED TO START HAMMERING OUR LEGISLATORS TO START BEING -- USING COMMON SENSE. START INSISTING THAT WE START BRINGING THIS BACK INTO OUR COUNTRY. BECAUSE IT IS A NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE.

>> ABSOLUTELY. EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS IMPACTED BY THIS THREAT. I SAY THIS IS ANOTHER INTERESTING FACT, THE PRC I THINK A YEAR AGO HAD PASSED A LAW THAT PROHIBITS THEM FROM TAKING OR BUYING ANYTHING MICROELECTRONIC OR PCBS FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THIS EXACT SAME THREAT. IF THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT IT THAN THEY ARE DOING IT. AS WE TRANSITION OBVIOUSLY TECHNOLOGY NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED EVERY SO OFTEN. TYPICALLY EVERY FIVE YEARS YOU ARE LOOKING AT NEW UPGRADES. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ON OUR

FOREFRONT. ACROSS THE COUNTRY. - >> ONE MORE THING IN RELATION TO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON SAID. SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY EMPHASIZED AT THE POLICY SUMMIT WAS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE NOT JUST ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT ORDINARY CITIZENS GO AND TESTIFY WHEN THEY ARE CONSIDERING THIS LEGISLATION, WHEN THIS IS IN COMMITTEE. BECAUSE OUR LEGISLATORS, THEY LIKE TO HEAR FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT THEY LIKE TO HEAR FROM REGULAR CITIZENS EVEN MORE.

>> ALSO TO NOTE WE WOULD BE THE FIRST CITY IN THE COUNTRY TO PASS ANY SUCH RESOLUTION LIKE THIS. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. SEE MCCAMMON TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING LEGISLATION TO PROHIBIT ACQUISITION OF TECHNOLOGY CONTAINING MICROELECTRONICS OR PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS MADE IN CHINA, RUSSIA, NORTH KOREA, OR IRAN FOR CRITICAL UTILITY

INFRASTRUCTURE. >> I SECOND.

>> MOTION BY SCHUPP. SECOND BY BOWERS. ANY DISCUSSION?. CALL THE BOAT. AND THE ITEM CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.

[7F. Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute a settlement and release agreement with Sensus USA Inc.]

APPRECIATE YOU. WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 7F, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT WITH SENSUS USA INC..

>> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH SENSUS USA INC..

THEY PROVIDE OUR WATER METER THROUGHOUT THE CITY. PROBLEM IS WE HAVE METERS ON OUR ZERO READ, MEANING THEY NO LONGER TRANSMIT ANY USABLE DATA. THEY ARE STILL TRANSMITTING SO WE THINK THEY'RE OUT THERE TALKING TO US, BUT THE VOLUME NUMBER DOESN'T CHANGE FROM MONTH TO MONTH. THAT IS WHAT WE MENTIONED EARLIER. THEY CREATED PROBLEMS. WE ARE NOT CAPTURING THAT USAGE IN OUR BUILDING. -- BILLING. WE ARE WORKING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. -- THEY IDENTIFY -- AND THIS IS A CHANGE NUMBER. 4461 METERS THEY THINK ARE SUSCEPTIBLE. THEY'VE AGREED TO COME OUT AND REPLACE THOSE FOR US. I WILL TALK TO A

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LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT IMPACTS OUR ISSUE AND ALSO HOW THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM THEIR WARRANTY OBLIGATIONS AND WHY WE ARE PROPOSING THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN RECOGNITION OF THE DIFFERENCE. THE CURRENT WARRANTY IS BASICALLY A STANDARD REPLACEMENT ONLY ONE TEAM. PRIOR WHEN WE IDENTIFY THE METER NOT OPERATED AS WANTED TO REPLACE THAT NEITHER WE WOULD BY A METER, PULL THE FAULTY ONE ON THE GROUND, AND SEND THAT BACK TO THEM FOR THEM TO ANALYZE IT. IF THEY AGREE THEN WE GET CREDIT FOR A REPLACEMENT METER. THAT REQUIRES US TO HAVE THE UP FRONT COST IN FRONT. IN THIS AGREEMENT THEY ARE BASICALLY REMOVING THAT COST FROM US.

THEY WILL GIVE US THE 4661 METERS AND PARTICIPATE IN INSTALLING THEM AS WELL. THIS IS ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT IT. WE HAVE THOSE METERS THAT ARE ZERO READ. THEN I THEY IDENTIFIED METERS THAT HAVE FAILED OR ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FAILING. ABOUT 60% OF THE ZERO READ METERS ARE IN THIS GROUP.

ABOUT 1682. SO THIS WILL ARE ABOUT 900 METERS OUT THERE THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS SEPARATELY FROM THIS. THIS TAKES A BIG CHUNK OF THAT. IT ALSO TAKES A BIG FUTURE RISK OUT OF OUR INVENTORY. IN THIS CASE THEY ARE PROVIDING THE METERS UP FRONT. ALREADY GIVEN US ABOUT 2600 METERS. HAVE THEM IN STOCK NOW. THEY WILL PROVIDE FOR INSTALLING AT THEIR COST. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF PERSONAL COST. HAVE THE PAIN TO INSTALL -- A LITTLE BIT OF PERSONAL COST FOR ARRESTS. STILL SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS COMPARED TO WHAT IT WOULD'VE COST US TO DO THAT WORK OURSELVES AND BY THOSE METERS IN ADVANCE. IF THIS IS APPROVED TONIGHT WE CAN EXECUTE TOMORROW AND EXPECT TO INSTALL THE REPLACEMENT IN SEPTEMBER. KEEP THAT ZERO READ FIRST AND THEN WORK ON THE REST OF THE METERS GET IT COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. STILL HAVE 900 TO 1000 METERS OUT THERE THAT ARE ZERO READ NOT BEING REPLACED BY CENSUS. WE HAVE THEM TAKE A LOOK AT A SAMPLE OF THOSE. THERE IS SOME PORTION OF THOSE THAT WILL PROBABLY STILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR WARRANTY REPLACEMENT. SOME OF THOSE HAVE BEEN DAMAGED. IT REALLY IS A BIT OF A MIXTURE AS TO WHAT IS CAUSING THOSE OTHER METERS TO FAIL. WE WILL ADDRESS THOSE AS WE REPLACED HIM AND YOU A PRICE US -- DO A PROCESS IN PARALLEL AND WITH EXPECTATION TO COMPLETE THE ALSO BY SEPTEMBER. WE ARE ASKING YOU TONIGHT TO PASS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF THE SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT. SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR WORK TO START INSTALLING THESE METERS. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

>> COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ADJUSTED OR NOT, BUT THE MAIN SOURCE TO THIS ISSUE BEING THE COMPONENT, THE MAGNET. COULD YOU SPEAK ON THAT A LITTLE BIT FOR PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE?

>> THERE IS A MAGNET THAT SPENDS INSIDE THE METER. THE SPINNING OF THAT MAGNET TRANSFERS AN ELECTRICAL FIELD UP TO THE METER THAT THEN COUNTS AND SENDS A SIGNAL TO US. WHAT HAPPENS HERE IS THAT MAGNET FOR THIS SERIES OF METERS WAS COVERED BY RUBBER MATERIAL. THAT HAS DEGRADED AND STOP THAT MAGNET FROM SPINNING. THEREFORE EVEN THE WATERS RUNNING THROUGH IT NO SIGNAL IS BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE ELECTRIC PART THAT CATCHES AND SENDS IT TO US.

>> FOR REFERENCE THE MODELS BEFORE HAVE THESE CERAMIC COATED MAGNETS AND THEN THEY WENT TO THIS RUBBER . IT DIDN'T WORK OUT VERY WELL. THEN THEY WENT BACK TO CERAMIC

COATED. >> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> I WANTED TO ADD THAT FOR REFERENCE FOR THE PUBLIC AS TO WHAT IS GOING ON HERE WITH THESE BAD METERS. SCHUPP?

>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I'M REALLY GLAD THE CITY IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR PRETTY MUCH 10 MONTHS I THINK. THIS WAS A BIG PROBLEM. IT HAS SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS. SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I'M REALLY GLAD WE ARE GETTING A HANDLE ON IT. THE CONTRACTING PART OF IT, HOW

[01:55:02]

MUCH DO YOU THINK THE CITY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR? I AM FUZZY ON EXACTLY THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF IT.

>> SENSUS USA INC. IS FULLY OBLIGATED FOR THE INSTALLATION COST OF THOSE METERS. WHENEVER YOU ARE DOING AN INSTALL CONDIT INSTALLER BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THE METER. SOMETIMES DO TO SOIL CONDITIONS THE METER BOX MAY SHIFT AND THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE METER. THEN IT BECOMES AN OBLIGATION ON OUR PART TO REPOSITION THAT BOX TO GIVE THEM ACCESS. SO THE INSTALLATION COSTS ARE BEING DONE AS WE ARE NOT CONTRACTING WITH THE INSTALLER AT ALL. THEY ARE DOING THAT DIRECTLY, BUT WE ARE SENDING THE CREW IN ADVANCE TO MAKE SURE THE CONDITIONS ARE APPROPRIATE TO ALLOW THE INSTALLATION TO TAKE PLACE

WITHOUT PROBLEMS. >> RELATED TO THAT ANSWER, THE CONTRACTOR THAT CENSUS IS HIRING TO DO THE REPLACEMENT, ARE THEY GOING TO ABIDE BY ALL THE POLICIES AND THINGS WE HAVE FOR METER REPLACEMENT SUCH AS NOTIFYING RESIDENTS AND ALL OF

THAT? >> ABSOLUTELY. WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM. THAT IS ONE OF THE METHODS OF SENDING THE CREW OUT IN ADVANCE. BECAUSE THEY WILL PUT DOOR HANGERS OUT. WE ALSO PUT TOGETHER MATERIALS TO DO A DIRECT MAIL TO THE CUSTOMERS TO NOTIFY THEM THEY WILL BE A CHANGE. THESE ARE CUSTOMERS THAT ARE BASICALLY BEEN PAYING VERY LOW WATER AND SEWER RATES FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND I WILL SEE THAT GO BY. WE WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S WHY

THAT IS THE CASE. >> A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ADVERTISE THE ADVANCE METERING PROGRAM WE HAVE. GREAT TIME TO GO ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND LOOK AT THAT TO TRACK WATER USAGE.

OUR WE CONFIDENTLY CAN MEET THE DECEMBER 31ST DEADLINE FOR

INSTALL? >> ASSUMING NO PROBLEMS, NO WEATHER ISSUES THEY ARE FAIRLY CONFIDENT.

>> WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DON'T? DO WE CONTINUE ON INTO THE NEW

YEAR? >> IF THEY DON'T THERE ISN'T A SPECIFIC OBLIGATION -- PENALTY IN THE AGREEMENT THEY

WOULD BE IN BREACH OF. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

>> OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. ANY COMMENTS? THAT I WILL

ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> I MOVE WE APPROVE AS

PRESENTED. >> SECOND. STATEMENT MOTION BY WINGET. SECOND BY REAVES. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, CALL

[2. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

THE BOAT. THAT ITEM CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON TO A FEW ITEMS WE WILL BE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR. FIRST WILL BE ITEM 7C, THE WATERVIEW GOLF COURSE LEASE WITH AMERICAN GOLF CORPORATION. FOLLOWING ACTION WITH THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. I TAKE THAT BACK. TECHNICALLY WE ARE GOING INTO ITEM TWO-WAY. THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONVENE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS CODE CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY TO CONSULTANCY LIQUEFIES FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE WATERVIEW GOLF COURSE AND THE LEASE WITH AMERICAN GOLF CORPORATION. I WILL LEAVE THE OTHER EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM INTO THE RECORD WHICH IS ITEM 2B, CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY TO DISCUSS LEGAL MATTERS RELATED TO THE CITY'S WATER. I DO NOT SEE ANOTHER ONE. THAT LOOKS RIGHT. OKAY. WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE WILL GO INTO THE CONFERENCE ROOM THEN COME BACK OUT FOR THE ACTION PARK -- PART. WE WILL TAKE A BREAK. WE WILL REASSESS FOR 10 MINUTES JUST TO

[3. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AND TAKE ANY NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE ACTION ON CLOSED/EXECUTIVE SESSION MATTERS]

[7C. Waterview Golf Course lease with American Golf Corporation action following Executive Session. ]

>> ALL RIGHT. WE CONCLUDED OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION. I WILL READ 7C WHICH IS WATERVIEW GOLF COURSE WITH AMERICAN GOLF

[7G. Consider action to approve a resolution opposing the North Texas Municipal Water District’s (NTMWD) proposal to institute a “Premium on Premium” Customer Charge.]

CORPORATION ACTION FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE DID NOT TAKE ANY ACTION SO THAT SOLVES THAT ITEM. ITEM 7G WHICH IS CONSIDERED ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION OPPOSING NORTH TEXAS MISCIBLE WATER JUST A PROPOSAL TO ANSWER TO A PREMIUM ON PREMIUM CUSTOMER CHARGE AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> I MOVE WE APPROVE A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT PROPOSAL TO INSTITUTE A PREMIUM

[02:00:02]

ON PREMIUM CUSTOMER CHARGE. >> I SECOND.

>> MOVED BY WINGET. SECOND BY BRITTON. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, CALL THE VOTE. THAT RESOLUTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

WITH THAT -- WE HAVE ONE MORE . 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 THAT REQUEST.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO PLACE ON THE FIRST OCTOBER WORK SESSION TO REVIEW THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE.

>> GREAT. STACY, DID YOU GET THAT? THANK YOU. IS THERE

ANOTHER ITEM? >> I WOULD LIKE TO -- AT OUR EARLIEST AVAILABLE MEETING CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO MODIFY APPOINTMENTS TO THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.

>> OKAY. WE WILL HAVE PARK STAFF HELP FACILITATE THAT.

REAVES? >> I WAS GOING TO SECOND THEIR

MOTIONS. >> I AGREE WITH THAT. I AGREE.

I WAS LIKE, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S GOOD SO WILL DO IT. OF COURSE I WILL AGREE WITH YOU,

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Aug 20, 2024 City Council Meetings

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