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

A LITTLE BIT BORING STUFF. ITEM 4F WHICH IS UPDATE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL POSITION MAJOR PROJECTS OPERATIONAL ISSUES UP COMING DATES OF INTEREST AND ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.

ALL RIGHT. SO FROM THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE ROWLETT CITIZENS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE THROUGH SERVICE ONBOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH NOVEMBER 14TH. AND APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT ROWLETT TEXAS.GOV.

THE LAST DATE TO REGISTER TO VOTE FOR THE NOVEMBER FIFTH 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS MONDAY OCTOBER 7, 2024 AND YOU MAY PICK UP REGISTRATION CARDS AT THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE. AND FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, OUR TEST TRAPS HAVE IDENTIFIED POSITIVE RESULTS FOR THE WEST NILE VIRUS WHICH RESULTED IN SPRAYING. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WE WE HAVE A NO SPRAY FOR LIST WITH RESIDENTS WITH HEALTH CONCERNS AND ANY RESIDENT TO SEND AN E-MAIL TO BE ADDED TO THE LIST. FROM OUR ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, THERE IS A LOT HERE BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT GOING ON. FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT GROUP SERIES CONTINUES EACH FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7:00 P.M. ON THE DOWNTOWN GREEN. YOU CAN JOIN US THIS WEEK FOR A GREAT MUSIC FROM LA POMP FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT. THE UPCOMING FALL MARKET ON MAIN EVERY THURSDAY BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 19TH-NOVEMBER 14TH EXCLUDING OCTOBER 31, FROM 5:30 TO 8:30 IN THE DOWNTOWN GROWN AS WELL. AND THE BEE CITY SEMINAR SATURDAY ACCEPTED 21 FROM 9:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. WHERE YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT PROTECTING POLLINATORS. THE CITY OF ROWLETT IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE RETURN OF OUR SCARECROWS ON MAIN COMPETITION THIS YEAR ON THE DOWNTOWN GREEN. SHOW US AND SHOWCASING ROWLETT'S ARTISTIC TALL LENTSDS AND ONE OF OUR COMPETITION CATEGORIES BEST IN SHOW, BEST OF FALL THEME AND MOST TEXAN. THE FIRST PLACE WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THE TRI CITY CLEAN UP IS OCTOBER 25. YOU CAN HELP CLEAN THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND CELEBRATE AFTERWARD WITH MUSIC AND FOOD TRUCKS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THOSE EVENTS YOU CAN VISIT ROWLETT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON ROWLETT TEXAS.GOV. FROM THE LIBRARY.

SEPTEMBER IS LIBRARY CARD SIGN UP MONTH. YOU CAN STOP BY THE LIBRARY WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO GET THE MOST IMPORTANT SCHOOL SUPPLY A LIBRARY CARD. DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, PEYTONS WILL BE -- PATRONS WILL BE ENTERED INTO RECEIVING A GIFT CARD AND THEN THURSDAYS AT 1:00 P.M. ROWLETT LIBRARY PRESENTS SAVVY SENIORS DESIGNED TO

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PROVIDE IMPORTANT INSIGHTS INTO THE SENIOR ECONOMY WITH TIPS ON -- LEGAL OPTIONS FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS AND MORE. JOIN OUR HUMANITIES COMMISSION AT 6:30 P.M. FOR DISCUSSION REGARDING WHAT COBS CONSTITUTES ART AND WHO DECIDES THIS. ADMISSION IS FREE. AND THEN FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, ACTUALLY THAT IS NOT FINALLY FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, GET READY FOR THE FIRST TRASH DAY WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES OCTOBER FIRST, WE ARE TRANSITIONING TO REPUBLIC SERVICES FOR TRASH AND RECYCLING AND REPUBLIC HAS BEGAN DELIVERING NEW CARTS FOR THE TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ROUTES STARTING SEPTEMBER 23 THEY WILL FINISH UP WITH FRIDAY AND MONDAY ROUTES. LOOK OUT FOR A DOOR HANGER WITH ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED INCLUDING HOW TO REACH REPUBLIC SERVICES FOR QUESTIONS AND VISIT WWW.REPUBLICSERVICES.COM FOR INFORMATION ON THE SERVICES OFFERED. AND THEN THE ASPHALT REHAB PROJECT IS STARTING SEPTEMBER 23, BETWEEN MILLER AND DAHL ROCK ROAD UNDERGO ASPHALT REHABILITATION ON NOVEMBER 4, 2024. THERE WILL BE SOME VARIOUS LANE CLOSURES THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT IS IT ON MY ANNOUNCEMENTS. I THINK WE HAVE A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM COUNCILMEMBER REAVES.

>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THIS IS THE FEATURED PET MEET HOSPITAL SCOTCH HE IS AN CHARMING SHEPHERD MIX THAT IS UNDER A YEAR OLD. LOOK AT THAT SMILE. WHETHER HE IS SOCIALIZING WITH FELLOW DOGS OR ENJOYING HIS COMPANY HE WILL FLOURISH IN ANY ENVIRONMENT. HE IS SUPER SWEET AND HE LOVES TO GIVE HUGS AND SNUGGLE. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A FAMILY DOG HE IS THE IDEAL CHOICE FOR YOU. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MEET HOSPITAL SCOTCH OR ANY OF THE ADOPTABLE ANIMALS CONTACT ANIMAL SERVES 972-412-6219 OR COME BY THE SHELTER AT 4402 INDUSTRIAL STREET ANYTIME FROM 10:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M. TUESDAY-SATURDAY . PLEASE NOTE ALL ADOPTIONS ARE FREE. THE ROWLETT ANIMAL SHELTER IS CODE RED WE ARE OUT OF SPACE AND WE NEED THE COMMUNITY'S HELP. OUR FURRY FRIENDS ARE IN NEED OF BEING RECLAIMED ADOPTED OR FOSTERED. IF YOU HAVE ROOM IN YOUR HEART OR HOME, CONSIDER GIVING THESE PRECIOUS ANIMALS A SECOND CHANCE AT A

HAPPY LIFE. >> ALL RIGHT. AND NOW DEPUTY MAYOR PRO-TEM SHINDER.

>> MY ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE NOT BORING. SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH. AND ALTHOUGH IT MAYBE THEIR OFFICIAL MOTTO BOY SCOUTS ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING. THIS MONTH IS ABOUT BEING READY TO ACT IN AN EMERGENCY TO SAVE YOUR OWN OR SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE OR PROPERTY. IN HONOR OF NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH I GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO THE ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE IN OUR CITY WHO MAKE EMERGENCY AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS A MAJOR PART OF THEIR LIVES THAT INCLUDES OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL, ED AND HANNAH, THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER BOARD. THE ROWLETT CITIZENS COUNCIL AND ITS BRANCHES AND, OF COURSE, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES. AND REALLY ALL OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES AND ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS WOULD ALWAYS NEED TO BE PREPARED. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN BE PREPARED FOR DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES CHECK OUT WWW.READY.GOV AND REMEMBER IT INCLUDES NOT ONLY THE HUMANS BUT ALSO YOUR FOUR-LEGGED FAMILY MEMBERS. AND ONE OTHER SMALL ANNOUNCEMENT, SATURDAY OCTOBER FIFTH IS GOING TO BE AT KAYAK CROSSING PET APPRECIATION DAY.

PET ALSO RECEIVE HALF PRICE RENTALS BUT THEY HAVE TO BRING THEIR HUMANS TO GET THAT DISCOUNT. EACH PET AND ITS HUMAN CAN RENT KAYAKS STAND UP PADDLE BOARDS AND FLOW INDICATION DEVICES FROM 9:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M. LOW COST PET VACCINE CLINICS WILL BE HELD THEN AND YOU CAN JOIN A BIRD AND NATURE GUIDED TOUR ON THE LAKE FOR $30 PER PERSON AND THAT INCLUDES THE RENTAL OF THE KAYAK, THE PADDLE AND THE PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE. THIS BEGINS AT 9:30 AND IT IS A THREE-HOUR TOUR AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL NOT END UP MAROONED ON GILLIGAN'S ISLAND.

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MEMBER BOWERS? >> THANK YOU. LAST MONDAY SEPTEMBER 9TH, COUNCILMEMBER REAVES BRITTON AND SCHUPP JOINED ME IN A TOUR AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER FACILITY. THE ANIMAL SHELTER MANAGER KELLY MORRIS AND THE DIRECTOR OF

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COREY REAM NOT ONLY PROVIDED A GREAT TOUR OF A CLEAN AND WELL ORDERED FACILITY, THEY ALSO PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT THE CURRENT OPERATIONS AND STAFFING. IF ANYONE IS LOOKING FOR A GREAT WAY TO GET IN THEIR STEPS THIS FALL, I SUGGEST VOLUNTEERING AT THE SHELTER. THE DOGS ARE ALWAYS DELIGHTED TO GO FOR A WALK. IN ORDER TO VOLUNTEER AT THE SHELTER YOU MUST BE OVER 16, COMPLETE THE VOLUNTEER ENROLLMENT FORM ON THE ANIMAL SERVICES WEBPAGE. ATTEND A VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION HELD EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. AND PROVIDE A COPY OF A PICTURE ID. WHAT A GREAT WAY TO NOT ONLY IMPROVE YOUR CARDIO HEALTH YOU CAN ALSO PROVIDE ENRICHMENT AND COMPANION SHIP MON PANSHIP FOR OUR SHELTER

[5. CITIZENS’ INPUT]

GUESTS.

>> WE'LL MOVE ON TO IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITIZENS INPUT. AT THIS TIME, COMMENTS WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ANY TOPIC. NO ACTION CAN BE TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL. WE HAVE CARDS HERE. IF YOU HAVE NOT FILLED ONE OUT THERE'S ONE IN THE BACK CORNER OF THE ROOM. OUR FIRST SPEAKER TODAY IS CLARENCE SEBASTIEN AND LET ME KNOW IF I GET THAT WRONG STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES AFTER CLARENCE IS GOING TO BE JAMES.

>> MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COME UP. I'M CLARENCE SEBASTIEN. I LIVE IN GAR LAND I AM A LOCAL REALTOR AND I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE SIGN ORDINANCE ON SIGNS IN ROWLETT. I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE PUT SIGNS OUT EVEYWHERE THEY ARE A NUISANCE. BUT OPEN HOUSES ARE PART OF OUR BUSINESS AS A REALTOR. OUR CLIENTS WANT IT, THEY THINK THAT'S WHAT BRINGS IN BUYERS AND IT DOES SOME, NOT ALL. WITHOUT THE SIGNS OUR SELLERS WANT US TO HOLD THEIR HOUSE OPEN HOWEVER WE CANNOT DO THAT IN ROWLETT WITHOUT GETTING OUR SIGNS PICKED UP. I HAD AN OPEN HOUSE ON SEPTEMBER 7TH AND WAS THERE FROM 1:00 P.M.-4:00 P.M., HAD SEVEN SIGNS PUT OUT TWO WERE IN THE FRONT YARD AND THE REST WERE IN THE AREA TRYING TO GUIDE PEOPLE INTO WATER VIEW. WHEN I LEFT THE OPEN HOUSE, THEY WERE ALL GONE. THEY HAD BEEN PICKED UP BY CODE COMPLIANCE. I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I'D LIKE TO SEE ROWLETTCHANGE THE ORDINANCE WHERE REALTORS CAN PUT SIGNS OUT MAYBE TWO DAYS A WEEK -- TWO WEEKENDS A MONTH LIKE THE FIRST AND THIRD WEEKEND OF THE MONTH SO WE CAN HOLD OPEN HOUSES WITHOUT THE FEAR OF OUR SIGNS BEING TAKEN DOWN. WE HAVE TO PURCHASE OUR SIGNS. THEY ARE NOT GIVEN TO US. WE'RE INDS CONTRACTORS. INDS KRATDERS.

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS. I PUT OUT MY SIGNS 30 MINUTES BEFORE MY OPEN HOUSE AND PICK THEM UP IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS I DO NOT LEAVE THEM OUT. I KNOW GARAGE SALE SIGNS STAY OUT OVERNIGHT BUT I DON'T DO THAT. PARDON ME. TRYING TO READ AND TALK AT THE SAME TIME. IF SIGNS ARE LEFT OUT PAST 6:00 P.M. THEY DESERVE TO BE PICKED UP. MOST OPEN HOUSES ARE BETWEEN 1-3 AND 2-4. THAT IS NOT MUCH TO ASK TO PUT OUR SIGNS OUT AND GIVE OUR CUSTOMERS THE SERVICE THEY EXPECT FROM US. PLEASE PUT YOURSELF IN THE SHOES OF OUR SELLERS, WOULDN'T YOU WANT YOUR REAL ESTATE AGENTS DOING EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO GET YOUR HOUSE SOLD? I APPRECIATE Y'ALL THINKING OF THAT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT, SIR. NEXT IS JAMES YOU WILL HAVE TO HELP ME WITH YOUR LAST NAME.

ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE.

>> I'M JAMES 6301 PORTER DRIVE A BEAUTIFUL CORNER LOT IN FRONT OF THE LAKE I'VE LIVED THERE SINCE THE HOUSE WAS NEW. WE BOUGHT THAT HOUSE FOR MORE MONEY THAN MOST OF THE HOMES IN THE AREA. WE CHOSE ROWLETT OVER MURPHY, PLAN KNOW, RICHARDSON, SAGINAW AND OTHER PLACES BECAUSE OF THE PEACEFUL SMALL TOWN FEEL THE FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE AND THE BEAUTIFUL VIEW IN FRONT OF THE LAKE. WHICH HAS COST US FOR DECADES NOW IN HIGH TAXES HIGHER THAN MOST PEOPLE THINK IT SHOULD BE. WE DON'T REALLY COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL AERO- LET HAS A WARM AND COMFORTABLE, PEACEFUL HEART IN THE LAKE AREA AT MARINER PARK. PEOPLE COME AND WALK THEIR DOGS AND CHAT AND VISIT. THE HOUSE IS IN FRONT OF THE LAKE ARE THE ONLY HOUSES IN THE AREA THAT I SEE PEOPLE SITTING

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OUT IN FRONT OF ANYMORE WAVING AND SALUTING AND TALKING WITH THE PEOPLE AS THEY WALK BY. JOGGERS ENJOY THE QUIET ENVIRONMENT. WE HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF BEAUTIFUL WILDLIFE AS WELL IN THIS AREA THAT ENJOYS THEIR SEASON MOST OF THEM. DRIPS THROUGH THIS AREA AND NESTING AND SO FORTH. AND NOW I READ ABOUT EXPANSIONS THERE THAT'S TURNED PROGRESS, WHICH WILL TOTALLY NEGATE EVERYTHING WE ENJOY ABOUT LIVING IN FRONT OF THE LAKE. IT TROUBLES ME AND I DON'T LIKE TO TAKE TIME. THAT'S VERY LIMITED FOR ALL OF US. BUT I DID WANT TO SAY I HAVE SPOKEN WITH ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN FRONT OF THE LAKE.

MANY TIMES. NONE OF THEM SUPPORT THE IDEA OF DEVELOPING THE LAND IN FRONT OF THE LAKE FOR A DEVELOPER IN ORDER THAT HE BUILD A SUBDIVISION THAT HE'S MAKING MORE PROFIT OFF OF BECAUSE DEVELOPING A SUBDIVISION WITH SMALLER LOTTINGS IN AN AREA THAT NEEDS WORK. THERE'S PLENTY OF LAND TO DEVELOP BUT THIS LOT IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR HIGHER DENSITY THAN WHAT WE USED TO THINK WAS NORMAL FOR THIS AREA. MERELY BECAUSE HE IS GOING TO CONTRIBUTE A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY TO PUT A PARK IN WHERE NONE OF THESE NEIGHBORS WOULD LIKE TO SEE ONE. THAT TROUBLES ME AND I WANTED TO COME AND SAY I DON'T SUPPORT THIS. AND I'VE SPOKEN TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS NEAR ME. AND NONE OF THEM DO. I THOUGHT MORE WOULD BE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS AS WE ALL KNOW REAL-LIFE HAS COMMITMENTS THAT TAKE OUR TIME UP AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO BE HERE AND I WANT TO SAY THERE IS A LOT OF US THAT DO NOT SUPPORT THIS IDEA OF DEVELOPING ANYTHING IN FRONT OF THE BEAUTIFUL GREENBELT IN FRONT OF THE LAKE THAT WE ENJOY AND ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DOES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS NATE. AND THEN AFTER NATE IS STACY DUPUIS. COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD.

>> MY NAME IS NATE FROM DALLAS, TEXAS. I LIVE DOWN IN THE CITY.

I RAN FOR CONGRESS AND I'VE BEEN SPEAKING OUT ABOUT HOUSING ISSUES. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU FOLLOW DALLAS CITY POLITICS, BUT THEY WANT TO INCREASE ZONING DENSITY. APPARENTLY TO ADDRESS HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. THIS IS NOT GOING TO WORK. INCREASE ZONING DENSITY YOU WILL MAKE THINGS MORE EXPENSIVE NOT CHEAPER. IT IS A FLAWED IDEA, BECAUSE AS I EXPLAINED LAST TIME YOU GOT ABOUT 43 TO 30% OF NEW HOME BUYERS BEING INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS AND THEN WANT TO TURN AROUND AND TURN THOSE HOMES INTO APARTMENTS OR RENTALS. YOU INCREASE THE ZONING DENSITY THERE WILL BE ATTRACTED TO THOSE DENSE RICH AREAS AND THEY ARE GOING TO SPLIT THEM UP INTO HOUSES AND THAT IS JUST NOT GOING TO WORK. I HOPE THAT YOU WON'T FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF DALLAS CITY GOVERNMENT AND THEIR FOR DALLAS PROGRAM. I WANT TO AMEND MY REMARKS FROM LAST TIME. I DID MY OWN ANALYSIS THROUGH THE D CAD AND LOOKED AT THE INSTANCE WHERE PRIVATE EQUITY STARTED BUYING UP HOMES. AND I LOOKED AT ABOUT 50 NEIGHBORHOODS -- 50 HOMES IN 50 NEIGHBORHOODS AND SHOWED THAT THE INCREASE IN VALUATIONS AT THE SAME TIME THAT PRIVATE EQUITY CAME IN INCREASED ABOUT 100 TO 200 %. THERE'S NO WONDER PEOPLE ARE OUTRAGED ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES.

THIS IS NOT RIGHT. WHEN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS COME AND BUY UP THAT SUPPLY, THEY ARE SUPPRESSING SUPPLY. AND THEY ARE MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT AND MAKING THE MARKET UNFAIR BECAUSE INDIVIDUAL BUYER HAS TO COMPETE AGAINST THAT PRIVATE EQUITY COMPANY WHO HAS MILLIONS AND MAYBE TENS OF MILLIONS AND MAYBE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. IN WHAT IS MORE OF AN OUTRAGE IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GIVING MONIES TO THESE INSTITUTIONS TO BUY UP THE HOMES AND CONVERT THEM INTO RENTALS IT DATES BACK TO BAD HOUSING POLICIES THAT CAME OUT AFTER THE GREAT RECESSION. THE NEED TO BE MODIFIED AND CHANGED. BUT I URGE ON A LOCAL LEVEL AND A STATE LEVEL MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO. LOOK AT ORDINANCE ON A STATE LEVEL TO CHANGE THIS. I LIKE

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THE PROPOSAL OUT OF MINNESOTA WHERE THEY SAY COMPANY YOU CAN BUY THE HOME. BUT YOU CAN'T CONVERT IT INTO A RENTAL. FINE. YOU JUST NEED TO BLOCK THE CONVERSION OF THE HOME THAT THEY PURCHASE XHAS INTO A RENTAL. I WANT TO SAY ONE THING. THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING ME IN YOUR CHAMBERS HERE AND THANK YOU ON YOUR I GREW UP IN A SMALL TOWN. .

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER IS STACY AND AFTER STACY WILL BE PAM BELL. AGAIN COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

>> GOOD EVENING I'M STACY DUPUIS 5600 FLAMINGO DRIVE. I HAVE E-MAILED ALL OF YOU ABOUT MY CONCERNS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT. I AM IN REGARDS TO 7H ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. I'VE LIVED IN ROWLETT SINCE 1994. MY KIDS WERE RAISED HERE THEY WENT TO ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN EVERY EVENTS AROUND THE CITY OVER THE YEARS. SO I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS AND OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED COLUMBIA ESTATES DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS SEEKING A ZONING CHANGE IN EXCHANGE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK. THE PROPOSED CHANGE IS BEING REQUESTED CONTRADICTS THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. AS YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT PLAN SERVES AS A ROADMAP FOR RESPONSIBLE GROWTH AND OUTLINES SPECIFIC DENSITY LIMITS FOR THIS AREA. THE DEVELOPER'S ZONING CHANGE WOULD ALLOW FOR 75 PLUS HOMES TO BE BUILT IN THIS VERY SMALL AREA. THE CURRENT ZONING WOULD ALLOW FOR NO MORE THAN 35 HOMES.

HISTORICALLY ROWLETT HAS CREATED DENSER POPULATED AREAS THAN WHAT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED WHICH WE ARE NOW SUFFERING FOR WITH THE REPERCUSSIONS AND WILL CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE. WE ARE NOT AGAINST GROWTH. BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH THE CITY'S VISION FOR RESPONSIBLE GROWTH. IN ADDITION, THEIR PROPOSED CHANGE BRINGS MORE TRAFFIC WITH A MINIMUM OF 150 CARS IN AND OUT OF THAT SMALL AREA. THIS COULD EVEN BE HIGHER IF MORE HOMES THAN WHAT IS PROPOSED ARE ACTUALLY BUILT. AS RESIDENTS KNOW AS ROWLETT RESIDENTS KNOW, TRAFFIC IS ALREADY A NIGHTMARE. THERE'S NO INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THIS. AS A REMINDER THE CITY ALREADY ALLOCATED MONEY FOR COLUMBIA PARK IN THE BOND PACKAGE FROM PROPOSITION B. THIS IS WHAT THE TAXPAYERS ACTUALLY VOTED FOR NOT SOMEONE WITH THEIR OWN AGENDA TO DEVELOP A PARK IN THAT AREA. FURTHER, THE COLUMBIA ESTATES PROJECT VIOLATES THE CITY'S TREE ORDINANCE WHICH WAS PUT IN PLACE TO PROTECT ROWLETT'S NATURAL BULT AND ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY.

ADDITIONALLY THEIR PLAN WOULD REQUIRE FILLING IN TWO NATURAL DRAINAGE CHANNELS WHICH IS A VIOLATION OF THE CITY'S ENGINEERING STANDARDS FOR WATER MANAGEMENT. THERE ARE SEVERAL HOMES THAT BORDER THIS PROPERTY THAT HOUSE BEEHIVES AND CONSTRUCTION OVER SEVERAL YEARS COULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR BEE POPULATION AND OTHER WILDLIFE. I STRONGLY URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO REJECT THE COLUMBIAS STATEDS PROPOSAL AND TO WORK TOWARDS A MORE THOUGHTFUL AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SOLUTION THAT ALIGNS WITH ROWLETT'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND PROTECTS THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND PRIORITIZES THE WELL-BEING OF CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS. LASTLY, I READ AND HEAR THIS CURRENT CITY COUNCIL SAYING ALL THESE APARTMENTS AND OTHER SERIOUS ISSUES.

>> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS PAM BELL AND AFTER PAM BELL WILL BE JUSTIN MASTER AND I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CARDS IF ANYBODY WISHES TO SPEAK IN CITIZENS INPUT YOU CAN FILL OUT A CARD IN THE BACK

CORNER. >> THANK YOU FOR TAKING UP YOUR TIME. DITTO TO THE PREVIOUS PEOPLE TAKING ABOUT MARINER PARK. I LIVE IN MARINER PARK I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 5-23-2001. I AM OPPOSED TO THE PEOPLE THAT WANTS TO MOVE THERE. BECAUSE IT'S MORE TRAFFIC, MORE TRAFFIC, MORE TRAFFIC. I SIT THERE FOUR MINUTES TRYING

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TO GET OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION BECAUSE THERE'S TRAFFIC. AND I JUST OPPOSE IT. THEY ARE GOING TO MESS UP IT IS A GREENBELT RIGHT THERE. THEY ARE GOING TO MESS IT UP. SO WHY? I'M TOTALLY AGAINST IT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS JUSTIN MASTER. STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF

RESIDENCE. >> I'M JUSTIN MASTER 5401 FLAMINGO. THANK YOU TO YOUR SERVICE FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND THE CITIZENS YOU REPRESENT AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY I'M SORRY YOU HAVE TO BE HERE ON YOUR BIRTHDAY. I'VE BEEN HERE WITH VOICING MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLUMBIA PARK ESTATES AND HERE IS THE DAY. SO I'VE COME TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION FOR THE PROPOSED COLUMBIA DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROPOSED PARK AGREEMENT WHICH WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY ONLINE THAT I REACHED OUT TO TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE AGREEMENT IS. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE DEVELOPER SEEKS A ZONING CHANGE IN EXCHANGE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD PARK. ESSENTIALLY, IF WE DO THIS FOR THE CITY, WOULD THE CITY DO SOMETHING FOR US. IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. A FEW MONTHS AGO I SPOKE ABOUT HOW THE ZONING CHANGE CONTRADICTED CITY'S 2019 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WRITTEN AND PAID FOR WITH TAXPAYER MONEY. THE PLAN PROVIDES A ROADMAP TO OF HOW THE CITY SHOULD STRATEGICALLY GROW. AND IT SUPPORTS AS IT SUPPORTS ITS BUILD OUT POPULATION AND INININININININININININLIFE AND LEVEL OF SERVICE. IT LOOKS AT THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE SURROUNDING LAND USES ACCESSIBILITY TO THOROUGHFARES TOPOGRAPHY, CONVENTIONTATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT HOLISTICALLY. AND OUTLINES THE DENSITY OF SPECIFIC AREAS AND DEVELOPMENT THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD DOUBLE THE DENSITY CRAMMING 76 HOMES ON 16 ACRES. PAST ROWLETT CITY COUNCILS AS STACY MENTIONED ARE NOTORIOUS FOR APPROVING DENSITY THAT DO NOT ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AND NOW WE ARE PAYING THE PRICE FOR THOSE. PROPOSITION B WAS RECENTLY PASSED TO USE OUR TAX DOLLARS TO DEVELOP A PARK NOT DOLLARS FROM A DEVELOPER THAT HAS THEIR OWN AGENDA. AGAIN, AS STACY MENTIONED THIS WOULD BE CLEAR-CUTTING AND LEVELLING THE ENTIRETY OF THE SITE. WITH LITTLE CONSIDERATION WHAT IS THERE. WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT THE I AM PABS OF TRAFFIC -- IMPACT OF TRAFFIC. THIS WOULD DESTROYTHE BEAUTY AND ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF THE SITE. AND THAT HELPS KEEP OUR SURROUNDING PROPERTY TAXES MORE VALUABLE WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT. AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS AN IMPORTANCE AND A NEED AND A WANT TO BUILD THIS PARK. AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND MYSELF AND OTHERS SUPPORT THAT.

HOWEVER, WE DON'T SUPPORT THE PRICE OF THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD BRING AND THE NEGATIVE SQUEENSS REQUIRED FOR THAT.

I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, I AM NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT. BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE SMART DEVELOPMENT. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS THE RIGHT DEVELOPMENT IN THE RIGHT LOCATION AND I WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR IF THE CITY

WERE TO SELLOUT. . >> WE HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKERS.

IF YOU DO WISH TO SPEAK, GIVE YOU A LAST CHANCE. THE SPEAKING FORMS ARE IN THE BACK CORNER. WE DID RECEIVE ONLINE CITIZENS INPUT AND COUNCIL DID RECEIVE THOSE. I DON'T RECALL HOW MANY WE HAD WE HAD QUITE A FEW. COUNCIL RECEIVED A LOT OF OTHER E-MAILS NOT RELATED TO CITIZENS INPUT. MOSTLY PERTAINING TO ITEM 7H ON THE AGENDA WHICH YOU HEARD

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

PEOPLE SPEAK ON. IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK WE WILL CONCLUDE CITIZENS INPUT SECTION AND MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE FOLLOWING MAYBE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION AND A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OR AGENDA MAY REQUEST ITEMS TO BE MOVED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. COUNCIL CHOSE NOT TO PULL THE IDEAS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. DOES ANYBODY FROM THE AUDIENCE WISH TO PULL A CONSENT ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? ALL RIGHT. CITY SECRETARY READ THOSE INTO THE RECORD. THAT JUST PASSED THAT OPPORTUNITY JUST PASSED. GO AHEAD CITY SECRETARY.

>> 6A CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING THE MINUTES. SIX B CONSIDER ACTION AMENDING CHAPTER TWO OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. 6C, CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING DELEGATING AUTHORITY FOR THE PURCHASE OF GOODS AND SERVICES.

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6D, CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING RULES FOR THE ELECTRONIC RECEIPT OF BIDS OR PROPOSALS. 6E, CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT FOR RECORD SERVICES. 6F, CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICES. 6G, CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT FOR JAIL SERVICES. 6H, CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING EQUIPMENT RENTAL FOR AN IN-HOUSE ROAD RECONSTRUCTION. 6I, CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING A PURCHASE ORDER FOR ROADWAY MATERIALS. 6J, CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING THE ACQUISITION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THE WIDENING PROJECT. AND 6K, CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING THE ACQUISITION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THE EAST INDUSTRIAL STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

>> ALL RIGHT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION OF APPROVAL FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS READ INTO THE RECORD. I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO-TEM WINGET AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER REAVES. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. THEN CALL THE VOTE. ALL RIGHT THOSE ITEMS

[7A. Conduct a public hearing on the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2025.]

CARRY UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEM WHICH IS I7A, CONDUCT A PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 AND WE HAVE THE FINANCE TEAM HERE. .

>> COUNCIL, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT 7A, 7B, 7C AND 7D REPRESENTING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET AND THE ADD VALOREM TAX RATE AND THE REQUIRED ACTIONS. TO COMPLY WITH STATE STATUTE THESE ARE REQUIRED TO BE TWO SEPARATE HEARINGS AND COUNCIL IETDS HOWEVER THIS PRESENTATION WILL COVER THE INFORMATION THAT WILL BE NEEDED FOR ALL FOUR OF THE ACTION ITEMS TONIGHT. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IS A SEVEN HAD EIGHT-MONTH COORDINATED EFFORT BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL, MANAGER AND STAFF PUTTING A LOT OF TIME AND THOUGHT INTO DECISION MAKING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR AND HOLDING WORK SESSIONS AND OPEN MEETINGS FOR THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND. THE LENGTHY PROCESS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 13TH, DEPARTMENTS HAD FOUR MONTHS TO IDENTIFY AND FORMALIZE THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS AND BUDGET SUBMISSIONS BEFORE COUNCIL WAS SHOWN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE BUDGET AT THE JUNE BUDGET STRATEGY SESSION AND HELD FOLLOW-UP WORK SESSION ON JULY 15TH. DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST COUNCIL SET THE CEILING ON THE TAX RATE JUST THE MAXIMUM THE COUNCIL WAS WILLING TO ALLOW TO BE PASSED DURING THE REST OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. AND CITY MANAGER SUBMITTED THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND A COUNCIL BUDGET WORK SESSION WAS HELD.

AFTER TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARINGS THE YEAR'S BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WILL CONCLUDE TOMORROW EVENING WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AND TAX RATE. SPECIFIC TOPICS AND CHALLENGES THAT WERE COVERED IN THIS YEAR'S FISCAL YEAR BUDGET PROCESS INCLUDED FUTURE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE CITY, EMPLOYEE RETENTION AND ATTRACTION, KEEPING PACE WITH CITY GROWTH AS WELL AS UTILITY RATES. AND SUBSEQUENT TO THE SUBMITTAL IN AUGUST, THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS AND CHANGES AND ECONOMIC INDICATORS HAVE DRIVEN ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CITY MANAGER'S ORIGINAL BUDGET RESULTING IN SLIGHTLY REDUCED REVENUES AND INCREASE THE EXPENSES. THE PROPOSED GENERAL FUND BUDGET HAS BEEN REVISED TO REDUCE SALES TAX AND INTEREST EARNINGS TO REFLECT MORE ECONOMIC TRENDS WE HAVE BEEN SEEING. EXPENSES HAVE BEEN INCREASED FOR DEPARTMENT ADJUSTMENTS AS WELL AS SHIFTING THE FUNDING SOURCE OF OUR SPECIAL EVENTS. THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND THE VILLAGE OF ROWLETT 380 ECONOMIC AGREEMENT OVER TO THE GENERAL FUND. AS WITH THE GENERAL FUND, ADJUSTMENTS WERE ALSO MADE IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE DEBT SERVICE, UTILITY REFUGE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT LOWER PROJECTED INTEREST EARNINGS. AND AGAIN IN THE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS INTEREST EARNINGS WERE REDUCED AS WELL.

ADDITIONALLY PROPOSED EXPENSES ARE BEING REDUCED IN THESE FUNDS TO REFLECT THE SHIFT IN THE FUNDING SOURCE TO THE GENERAL FUND SHOWN EARLIER ON THE GENERAL FUND SLIDE. A MUCH MORE DETAILED LIST FOR ALL OF THESE FUND EXPENSE ADJUSTMENTS HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN THE COUNCIL PACK KETD FOR TOMORROW'S BUDGET ADOPTION

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THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN ABLE TO SEE THOSE IN DETAIL. NOW, IN THE CIP PROGRAM A $225,000 PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED PREVIOUSLY BY DART WAS LEFT OUT OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET IN ERROR. THE REVISED PROPOSAL NOW SHOWS THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCE AS WELL AS THE CORRESPONDING PROJECT APPROVED FOR THIS FUNDING AND THAT WAS ST2158 MARTIN PEDESTRIAN DRIVE SIGNAL CROSSING PROJECT. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 25 PROPOSED BUDGET MAJOR INITIATIVES AS REVISED INCLUDE A VARIETY OF ITEMS CITYWIDE FOLLOWING ADDRESSING EMPLOYEE PAY AND IN ADDITION TO THE JUNE TEENT HOLIDAY ADDING NINE NEW POSITIONS AND ABSORBING THE COST OF 18 POSITIONS THROUGH EXPIRING GRANTS OR ABSORPTION FROM OTHER FUNDS. INCREASED INCLUDING ANY SOFTWARE, WEBSITE REDESIGN, POLICE EQUIPMENT AND INCREASED OVERNIGHT RCC CLEANING. AND ADDRESSING START UP OR ADDITIONAL NEEDS OF SOME OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS THAT SPOKE WITH THE COUNCIL AT THE JUNE STRATEGY SESSION. ALL OF THESE INITIATIVES ARE SUPPORTED BY NO CHANGE TO THE OPERATIONS TAX RATE AND A 5.9 CENT INCREASE TO THE DEBT RATE AS APPROVED BY VOTERS IN THE BOND ELECTION AN INCREASE OF SALES TAX REVENUE A SHIFT TO THE INS RATE TO FUND APPROPRIATE CAPITAL ITEMS MERGING IN REVENUES OR PORTIONS OF FUND BALANCES FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INSPECTION FEES AND THE DISASTER FUNDS. AND AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL WATER AND SEWER RATE INCREASE OF 3.67 OR 2.9% PER MONTH TO PASS THROUGH THE SERVICE CONTRACT INCREASES WE ARE RECEIVING FROM NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF GARLAND. AND WE'RE ALSO INCLUDES A RESIDENTIAL REFUGE RATE REDUCTION OF 1 PRGS WITH OUR NEW -- 1% WITH OUR NEW SERVICE WITH REPUBLIC. AND ALSO IT INCLUDES A PAUSE IN THE ISSUANCE OF OUR WATER AND SEWER BONDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH KEEPING OUR WATER AND SEWER RATES AS LOW AS POSSIBLE AS WE COULD FOR FISCAL YEAR 25. AND FINALLY OUR CIP PROGRAM IS PROPOSED TO INCLUDE A CARRY FORWARD FUNDING AND PROJECT ALLOCATIONS OF APPROXIMATELY 74 MILLION. AND BRAND NEW FUNDING IN PROJECT ALLOCATIONS OF 4 TO MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR TOTAL OF 115.7 MILLION. AS YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL PROJECTION FOR THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN IS 317 MILLION. THE SWITCHING OVER TO THE PROPOSED TAX RATE FOR THE SECOND TWO ITEMS OF TONIGHT, THE ADD VALOREM OR THE PROPERTY TAX RATES ARE COLLECTED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THEY ARE COMPRISED OF TWO EXPANDS THAT IS THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE WHICH WE CALL THE O AND M THAT SUPPORTS OUR GENERAL FUND AND OUR BUSINESS BASIC SERVICES AND ALSO OUR INTEREST IN SINK OUR INS DEBT RATE WHICH FUNDS OUR DEBT OBLIGATIONS FOR NEXT FIST QUAL YEAR. IN AUGUST THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET BASED ON A TAX RATE SHY OF 77 CENTS AT THE HIGHER VOTER APPROVAL RATE AT THE FAR RIGHT TO ALLOW THE MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. FOLLOWING ONGOING BUDGET DISCUSSIONS SINCE THEN THE TAX RATE OF 76.9691 CENTS PER 100 TAXABLE VALUE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN INCLUDED IN THE CITY MANAGER'S ORIGINAL PROPOSED BUDGET WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED AND PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION IN TOMORROW NIGHT'S VOTE. IF APPROVED TOMORROW NIGHT, AS PROPOSED, THE TAX RATE WILL BE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER FIRST AND INCLUDE AN OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE TAX RATE OF 53.14 CENTS WHICH IS UNCHANGED FROM THE CURRENT ADOPTED OMN RATE AND INCLUDES AN INS DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE OF 28.350 CENTS THAT CAPTURES THE INCREASE APPROVED BY VOTERS IN THE BOND ELECTION.

2023. SORRY. I THINK I SAID IT WRONG THE FIRST TIME. THIS CONCLUDES THIS PRESENTATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET TAX RATE AND AND PUBLIC HEARINGS TO PROCEED WITH THE REQUIRED ACTIONS FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.

>> COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? ALL RIGHT. IT IS 8:21 AND I WILL HOPE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. WE WILL

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CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THE SAME TIME. AND MOVE TO ITEM -- ACTUALLY COUNCIL AGAIN DO YOU HAVE -- I

[7B. Consider action to postpone the vote to approve the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2025 to September 18, 2024, and announce the date, time, and location of the vote to approve the budget for Fiscal Year 2025.]

WILL MOVE ON TO 7B CONSIDER ACTION TO POSTPONE THE VOTE TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR TO SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2024 AND ANNOUNCE THE DATE, TIME AND LOCATION OF THE VOTE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION OF APPROVAL ITEM 7B. HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON AND SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO-TEM WINGET. AND HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO READ

THAT. COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON. >> THANK YOU. I MOVE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT POSTPONE THE VOTE ON ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET TO WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2024 AT 6:00 P.M. IN THE COUPLE CHAMBERS LOCATED AT 4 THUNE MAIN STREET -- 4,000 ROWLETT SE.

>> AND THE MAYOR PRO-TEM SECONDS THAT MOTION. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. CALL THE VOTE. ALL RIGHT. AND ITEM 7B CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. I WILL MOVE ON TO

[7C. Conduct a public hearing on the ad valorem tax rate for Fiscal Year 2025.]

ITEM 7C TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ADD VALOREM TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL 2025 BUDGET. I WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:23PM. DOES ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. THEN I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION OF APPROVAL. I'M SORRY. YES I'M

[7D. Announce the date, time, and location of the vote to approve the ad valorem tax for Fiscal Year 2025.]

SKIPPING AHEAD OF MYSELF. ITEM 7D IS ANNOUNCING THE DATE, TIME AND LOCATION OF THE VOTE TO APPROVE THE ADD VALOREM TAX FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AND TO READ ALOUD THE CITY OF ROWLETT COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON THE TAX RATE ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2024 AT 16 P.M. HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 4000 MAIN STREET WITH A ZIP CODE OF 75088 AND THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND. ALL RIGHT. AND I JUST WANT TO STATE ALSO GOING BACK TO THE ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 WHICH WILL OCCUR TOMORROW I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE INCREASE TO THE INS RATE NOT THERE IS NO INCREASE TO THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS BUDGET BUT THE INCREASE TO THE INTEREST AND SINKING RATE IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE PASSAGE VOTER APPROVED PASSAGE OF THE MAY 2023 BOND ELECTION. AND THAT CONCLUDES THOSE ITEMS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 7E. THERE'S NOT AN ACTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ITEM. BUT DOES ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK BEFORE WE MOVE ON? MOVE ON TO

[7E. Consider action to approve a resolution approving a Construction Manager at Risk Agreement Between the City of Rowlett and Swinerton Builders for construction manager at risk services related to construction of a municipal complex for total compensation not to exceed $4,975,806.00.]

ITEM 7E CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION APPROVING A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RICK BETWEEN THE CITY OF ROWLETT FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK SERVICES RELATED TO A CONSTRUCTION OF A MUNICIPAL COMPLEX FOR COMPENSATION NOT TO

EXCEED 4,96 O.008. . >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO WE'RE WORKING ON A MUNICIPAL CAL COMPLEX AND TRYING TO GET THAT AND TONIGHT IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP MOVING FORWARD. WE BROUGHT OUT OUR DESIGN PARTNER. AND TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK A FIRM THAT WILL CONSTRUCT THIS PROJECT FOR US.

WE'RE BRINGING THEM ON EARLY IN THE PROCESS AND I WILL TALK TO YOU WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR PROCESS. OVER THESE ITEMS, AND THEN ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL. SO IT IS A LARGE FIRM WE HAVE WITH US THESE THREE GENTLEMEN OVER HERE. MR. BRIETD IS GOING TO BE THE ONE THAT WILL LEAD THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION. MR. NIXON AND DECK LOW ARE PART OF OUR PROCESS OF ACTUALLY LOOKING AT DOING THE ESTIMATES AND ACTUALLY PUTTING TOGETHER THE PROJECT ASPECTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. IT IS A SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE THEY ARE A LARGE FIRM FROM ONE COAST TO THE OTHER.

TWO OFFICES IN THE TEXAS AREA. AND WITH A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF QUALIFICATIONS IN LARGE PROJECTS. SOLE OF THE MORE DETAILS ABOUT THEM ARE TO THE LEFT ON THIS SCREEN. THEY ARE A UNIQUE FIRM BECAUSE THEY ARE EMPLOYEE OWNED AND

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THIS ARE MEMBERS WITH THE EXPERIENCE WILL BE INVOLVED ONCE WE GET TO THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. SO WE HAD A REVIEW PROCESS A TWO-STEP PROCESS TO SELECT THIS FIRM ONE BASED ON QUALIFICATIONS AND THE OTHER BASED ON PRICE AND WE HAD A REVIEW COMMITTEE WHICH CLOUDED MAYOR PRO-TEM WINGET AND SCHUPP. WE WENT THROUGH AND RATED THE FIRMS THAT RESPONDED BASED ON THE CRITERIA BASED ON THE INFORMATION ABOVE AND IT WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST QUALIFIED FIRMS. AND WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT PRICE. AND THEY BROUGHT A COMPETITIVE OFFER TO US WHICH IS ACTUALLY 2.5 MILLION LOWER THAN ANY OTHER FIRMS. AND THE BIG PIECE WAS THEIR PRECONSTRUCTION FEE SERVICES THE IMPORTANT PIECE THEY WILL STARTED OUT SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER. AND WE CERTAINLY TALKED TO THEM WELL, THAT'S VERY COMPETITIVE RATE. AND THEY MADE IT CLEAR THAT WHILE THEIR RATE IS LOW THEIR ENERGY AND ACTIVITY WILL NOT BE. AND SO THERE IS A DEDICATED TO PROVIDING THIS HIGH QUALIFY OF SERVICE THROUGH THAT PRECONSTRUCTION PROCESS. WHAT THAT PROCESS IS ABOUT DURING PRECONSTRUCTION WE BRING THEM IN TO GIVE US INFORMATION ABOUT PRICING, CRUXABILITY WHAT FORM WE CAN CAN USE TO PROVIDE THE BEST VALUE TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEY COME ON AND ACTUALLY LEAD THE BIDDING PROCESS WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT SO ALL THE WAY THROUGH AS THE DESIGN PROCESS ON THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT THEY ARE GIVING US PRICE FEEDBACK AS DECISIONS ARE MADE WHAT THE PROJECT WILL LOOK LIKE AND WHAT COMPONENTS WILL BE INVOLVED SO WE CAN ENSURE WHEN WE GET OUT IN THE MARKETPLACE THAT WE ARE WITHIN BUDGET. THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO BRING THEM ON EARLY EASTERN THOUGH CONSTRUCTION IS A BIT DOWN THE ROAD. WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO CONSTRUCTION WHEN WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AT 70 OR 90% THEN WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND GUARANTEED PRICE AMENDMENT AFTER ALL THAT WORK, THIS IS WHAT WE BELIEVE IT WILL COST US TO CONSTRUCT. AND WE'LL BRING THAT TO YOU AND YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPROVE THAT. AND CONSIDER IT AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ELEMENTS OF THE PROJECT AND WHAT THE COST INFORMATION WILL BE AT THAT TIME. THAT WON'T BE -- YOU WILL SEE LOTS BEFORE THAT AS WE GIVE YOU UPDATES AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS. SO WE'RE HERE TONIGHT FOR YOU TO CONSIDER AND THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK LAST NIGHT. I'VE UPDATED THE YEARS ON THIS ONE SO I HAVE IT RIGHT THIS TIME. GROUNDBREAKING APRIL OF NEXT YEAR AND RIBBON CUTTING FALLISH OF 2026. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I WILL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM.

>> COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? DEPUTY MAYOR?

>> I WANTED TO SAY AGAIN I'M FEELING DEJA VU HERE. BUT VERY HAPPY WITH THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS THAT YOU WENT THROUGH HERE AND THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO GET US SUCH A GOOD PRICE WITH QUALITY, QUALITY SERVICE. SO APPRECIATE THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT. AND YES, ECHOING WHEN I APPRECIATE STAFF FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS. AND GETTING US A GOOD DEAL AND EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THEY DO FOR ROWLETT. JUST FOR PUBLIC'S INFORMATION COUNCIL HAD A MORE IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS TOPIC LAST NIGHT AT THE WORK SESSION YOU CAN REFER BACK TO ROWLETT STREAMING TO REVIEW THAT MEETING. WITH THAT, COUNCIL I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION OF APPROVAL. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO-TEM I'M SORRY DID YOU HAVE A MOTION?

>> I DID.

>> IS IT A MOTION OF APPROVAL.

>> BUT THE CITY ATTORNEY HAD ASKED THAT WE READ THE MOTION SO THE PUBLIC WILL KNOW.

>> OKAY. THAT'S A PROCESS SITUATION. I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION OF APPROVAL AND THEN SO IF YOU HIT MOTION AND YOUR MOTION IS OF APPROVAL. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO-TEM SHINDER IS SECONDED ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.

THEN CALL THE VOTE. I7E CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. AND WE MOVE ON TO

[7F. Consider action approving a resolution amending the Master Fee Schedule to eliminate the Block Party Permit Fee.]

7F CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING RESOLUTION AMENDING THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE TO ELIMINATE THE BLOCK PARTY PERMIT FEE.

>> >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT I'M HERE TO FOLLOW-UP ON A CONSIDERATION THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE SUGGESTION OF COUNCILMEMBER BOWERS FOR ELIMINATION OF THE BLOCK PARTY TRAILER FEE. I WILL GO THROUGH THE BACKGROUND

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OUR RESERVATION PROCESS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS DO OTHER CITIES CHARGE FOR THEIR PERMIT FEE THE USAGE OF A BLOCK PARTY TRAILER OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST THREE FISCAL YEARS. AND THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE CHANGE. BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, THE PURPOSE OF THE BLOCK PARTY TRAILER IS TO FOSTER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, STRENGTHEN NEIGHBORHOOD RELATIONSHIPS AND CREATE A SENSE OF BELONGING. IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE TO NEIGHBORHOODS, PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHERS CAN'T RESERVE THE BLOCK PARTY TRAILER ALTHOUGH WE DO USE IT FOR INTERNAL EVENTSDS LUNCHEON THE LAWN AND THE PURPOSE IS TO BUILD CAMARADERIE AMONGST NEIGHBORS.

IT COMES EQUIPPED WITH EIGHT, EIGHT-FOOT PICNIC TABLES, CHAIRS, COOLERS, CANOPY TENS, TOP AND LAWN GAMES, THE CORNER HOLE WE HAVE KID BUILDING BLOCKS IN THERE AND ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES, ICE BUCKETS HAND PUMPS TWO SIGNS NOTEDFYING NEIGHBORS OF THE BLOCK PARTY TRAILER EVERYTHING ONE WOULD NEED TO THROW A SUCCESSFUL BLOCK PARTY TRAILER. THE RESERVATION PROCESS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A BUSY SLIDE IT WOULD REQUIRE A LOT. YOU MUST HAVE RESERVE THE TRAILER TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE AT THAT TIME APPLICATION IS ONLINE THROUGH OUR EVENTS NEED PAGE WE REQUIRE THE APPLICANT INFORMATION, THE DATE, TIME AND LOCATION OF THE BLOCK PARTY, THE ANTICIPATED ATTENDANCE, SIGNED LIABILITY WAIVER. NEIGHBORHOOD SIGNATURE REQUEST FORM YOU MUST GET TWO OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE WITHIN 200 FEET TO SIGN OFF ON THE BLOCK PARTY TRAILER. A MAP OF THE DESIRED DROP-OFF LOCATION AND THE NON-REFUNDABLE PERMIT FEE THAT APPLICATION IS LOOK AND APPROVED THROUGH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE BLOCK PARTY TRAILER IS DROPPED OFF AND PICKED UP BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. TYPICALLY THAT OCCURS ON THURSDAY EVENING AND WE PICK IT UP SUNDAY OR MONDAY AS A MAJORITY OF THE RESERVATIONS ARE OVER THE WEEKEND. WE COORDINATE WITH THE PARKS MAINTENANCE TEAM AND GET IT DROPPED OFF FOR WHEN IT'S REQUIRED. SO DO OTHER CITIES CHARGE A PERMIT FEE? WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH AND THE OVERWHELMING ANSWER IS NO. YOU CAN SEE HERE EVERY CITY THAT WE TALKED TO IS A NO. IF IT HAS ONE ASTERISK IT IS BECAUSE IT REQUIRES A DEPOSIT AND THEY ARE REFUNDABLE AND TWO ASTERISKS NEXT TO WILEY, WILEY IS IN THE PROCESS OF CONSIDERING A PERMIT APPLICATION FEE BECAUSE OF THE OVERWHELMINGLY REQUEST THEY GET FOR THE TRAILER AND THE NEED TO SUPPLY THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS. AS YOU CAN SEE OVERWHELMINGLY, THE MAJORITY OF CITIES THAT HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY TRAILER DO NOT CHARGE FOR THAT BLOCK PARTY TRAILER. AS FAR AS USAGE IS CONCERNED RELATIVELY LOW BUT WE ARE WORKING ON UPPING THE NUMBERS HOPEFULLY THIS IS A SERVICE AVAILABLE TO THEM AND FY22 WE HAD NINE CONFIRMED RESERVATIONS AND COLLECTED $1315 IN PERMIT FEES AT $35 PERES VACCINATION.

WE HIT A HIGH OF 14 RESERVATIONS. AND THUS FAR IN FY24 WE HAVE HAD NINE RESERVATIONS AT $THREE 15.

SO $315. THIS IS THE PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE ORDINANCE IT WOULD BE AMENDING THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE TO REPLACE THE CURRENT $35 PERMIT FEE AND REPLACE IT WITH THE NO FEE. AND WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK

PARTY TRAILER. >> THANK YOU. AND COUNCILMEMBER BOWERS DID YOU HAVE THIS WAS YOUR REQUEST? DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY?

>> I BELIEVE ON THE SIDE OF THE BLOCK PARTY TRAILER IT ALSO SAYS FOR CRIME WATCHES. SO CRIME WATCHES YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE JUST THE NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME WATC PEOPLE CAN USE IT AS WELL. SO I DO THINK WE HAVE ADDITIONAL CRIME WATCHES IN THE CITY AND SO I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE SUPPORTED AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU. WE WILL BE CONDUCTING OUR RAFFLE TOMORROW FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT GETS THE BLOCK PARTY TRAILER FOR THE TEXAS NIGHT OUT ON OCTOBER FIRST. THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

>> DEPUTY MAYOR PRO-TEM SHINDER.

>> YEAH. TALKING ABOUT THE LOW USAGE HOW DO WE ADVERTISE THE AVAILABILITY OF THIS?

>> WE DO IT THROUGH A COUPLE OF WAYS. WE'VE DONE IT AS PART OF THE COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT COUNCIL SHARES AT EACH MEETING WE SHARE IT ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES WHERE WE GET MOST OF OUR INFORMATION AND BEING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. IT'S PARKED ACROSS THE STREET AT THE DOWNTOWN GREEN YOU CANNOT HELP BY DRIVE BY IT EVERYDAY.

I'M INTERESTED IN WRAPPING IT WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE JAZZ

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IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED AND I HOPE THIS PRESENTATION LETS NEIGHBORS KNOW THAT AS WE BRING ON ANOTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR THAT PERSON'S RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE TRUE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND CRIME WATCH GROUPS AND I'M HOPING THAT INDIVIDUAL HELPS GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THIS

GREAT RESOURCE. >>

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. WHEN WE DELIVER A BLOCK PARTY TRAILER WE ARE DELIVERING AND PICKING UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR ANYBODY ELSE IS NOT TOWING THE TRAILER WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO?

>> NO, SIR THE PUBLIC WORKS PICKS

IT UP. >> FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF OTHER CITIES CHARGING A DEPOSIT IS THAT BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE IS TOWING THE TRAILER OR DOING THAT AS A METHOD TO ENSURE THAT IT'S

CARED FOR? >> IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.

CITIES VARY HOW THEY DO IT. SOME CITIES HAVE THE FOLKS COME TO THEM AND PICK UP THE TRAILER. SOME CITIES ONLY REQUIRE A DEPOSIT IF THEY ARE DROPPING OFF CONES AND BARRICADES FOR THE EVENT. IT IS JUST VARIES BY CITY THERE'S NO CONSISTENT APPROACH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT. THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. TO APPROVE.

I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER BOWERS AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER REAVES. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. THEN CALL THE VOTE.

>> THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO 7G CONSIDER

[7G. Consider a resolution approving affiliates of the Rowlett Housing Finance Corporation (“RHFC”) participating in the financing for the acquisition, development and construction of a multifamily residential housing development, Jefferson Merritt Park, in conjunction with Jefferson Merritt.]

RESOLUTION APPROVING AFFILIATES OF THE ROWLETT HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION PARTICIPATING IN THE FINANCING FOR THE ACQUISITION, DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION FOR A MULTIRESIDENTIAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT JEFFERSON MERIT PARK AND MAYOR PRO-TEM WINGET HAS A STATEMENT TO READ.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL, AS YOU KNOW, THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION WERE AMENDED LAST YEAR TO PROVIDE COUNCIL OVERSIGHT IN A FIDUCIARY CAPACITY OVER THE ROWLETT HOUSING CORPORATION AND THE PURPOSE WAS MAINLY TO LIMIT THEIR ABILITY TO ISSUE DEBT FOR MULTIFAMILY HOUSING WITHOUT COUNCIL OVERSIGHT. SO THAT IS WHY THIS ITEM IS BEFORE US TONIGHT. THIS ITEM IN PARTICULAR WAS A DEVELOPMENT UP IN THE FAR NORTH SHORE AREA. AND IS A DEVELOPMENT WHICH WAS GOING TO BE A SERIES OF MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS AS WELL AS A SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT WHICH THE HFC WAS NOT PARTNERING WITH IT WAS ALLOWING ACCESS TO THE SITE TO BUILD SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AS WELL. YESTERDAY, COUNCILMEMBER SCHUPP AND MYSELF SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. AND YESTERDAY WE DID MEET. WE HAD A DISCUSSION WITH NOT ONLY JPI, BUT WE ALSO HAD A DISCUSSION AS A BOARD AND ULTIMATELY WE DECIDED TO WE VOTED TO DISSOLVE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WE HAD WITH JPI THE HFC HAD WITH JPI WHEN THE MOU SIGNED THERE WAS NO DEBT ISSUANCE DONE AT THE TIME AND AS A RESULT THE CITY ATTORNEY DETERMINED THAT THAT DID NOT REQUIRE ANY SORT OF COUNCIL APPROVAL BUT WE DID KNOW THIS WOULD BE COMING BACK FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL DOWN THE LINE. THAT WAS PRESUMED TO BE THIS EVENING. WE WERE ALL SET TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CLOSING AND EVERYTHING.

HOWEVER WHEN THE HFC BOARD OF DIRECTORS MET WE VOTED BY A VOTE OF 4-1 TO DISSOLVE THE MOU ENDING THE TRANSACTION AND AS A RESULT THERE IS NO ITEM TO CONSIDER TONIGHT BY THE COUNCIL. I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE STAFF'S TIME ON THE CITY'S SIDE REVIEWING THE DOCUMENTS, REVIEWING THE LENDING DOCUMENTS OUR CITY ATTORNEY REVIEWED THEM OUR CITY MANAGER REVIEWED THEM AND OTHER STAFF WERE INVOLVED AND I APPRECIATE THEIR TIME IT WAS ULTIMATELY IN VAIN AND I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S TIME IN PRESENTING THIS ITEM BUT THERE IS NOTHING TO BE CONSIDERED THIS EVENING. ON A SOMEWHAT NOTE, THE PROPERTY IS STILL ZONED FOR MULTIFAMILY AND THE DEVELOPER DOES HAVE THE ABILITY AND CAPACITY TO BUILD MULTIFAMILY ON THAT SITE. IN ITS CURRENT CONDITION. HOWEVER IT WOULD BE DONE AT A MARKET RATE AS OPPOSED TO AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING RATE. SHOULD THE DEVELOPER MOVE FORWARD THAT COULD BE HAPPENING AND WE MIGHT SEE THOSE APARTMENTS GOING UP AT SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE AND THOSE WOULD NOT REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL OR

OVERSIGHT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WITH THAT THERE WILL BE NO ACTION ON ITEM 7G TONIGHT. MOVE

[7H. Discuss a park improvement development agreement with Skorburg Retail Corporation related to a residential subdivision generally located east of President George Bush Turnpike, south of Royal Bay Drive, and north of Carroll Ln, and associated expansion of Columbia Park. (Part 1 of 2)]

ON TO 7H DISCUSS A PARK IMPROVEMENT DEVELOPMENT RELATED TO A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF THE PRESIDENT WEST TURNPIKE SOUTD OF ROYAL BAY DRIVE. AND ASSOCIATED EXPANSION OF

[2. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

COLUMBIA PARK. COUNCIL WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION BRIEFLY. PURNTS TO TEXAS

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GOVERNMENT CODE 551 THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE WILL GO INTO THE CONFERENCE ROOM AND WE WILL BE ALL RIGHT. TOLD YOU THAT WAS GOING TO BE

BRIEF. WE WILL RESOUM SIGHT 7H WHICH IS TO DISCUSS A PARK IMPROVEMENT DEVELOPMENT. AGREEMENT WITH THE CORPORATION RELATED TO A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION LOCATED EAST OF THE PRESIDENT GEORGE WEST TURNPIKE AND ASSOCIATED EXPANSION OF COLUMBIA PARK COUNCIL DID CONCLUDE THAT SESSION AND NO ACTION TAKEN. DO WE HAVE SOMETHING FROM THE DEVELOPER WHICH IS TO SAY SOMETHING?

>> 8214 WESTCHESTER STREET, SUITE 100 DALLAS TEXAS 75225. I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING US HERE TONIGHT. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR SIX, EIGHT MONTHS. IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THERE'S LANGUAGE THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON OR CONCERNS.

AND WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST TO TABLE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY.

>> OKAY. YOU ARE REQUESTING TO POSTPONE THE ITEM?

>> YES, SIR, TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK

WITH STAFF. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM TO A FUTURE DATE TO BE DETERMINED. ALL RIGHT THERE IS A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO-TEM SHINER AND SECONDED BY BRITTON. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE CALL THE VOTE. AND THAT MOTION TO POSTPONE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT.