Oct 15, 2024 City Council Meetings

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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>>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE COUNCIL MEETING. IT IS TUESDAY OCTOBER 15, 2024 7:00 P.M. CITY HALL CHAMBERS. AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 551 71 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE THIS MEETING WILL BE CONVENED IN TWO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR PURPOSE OF SEEKING CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL ADVICE FROM ON ANY AGENDA ITEM HEREIN. THE CITY OF RELEVANT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RECESS OR REALIGN THE REGULAR SESSION OR CALLED EXECUTIVE SESSION OR ORDER AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT.

THE DOOR OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. AND BEFORE WE CONTINUE WE ARE GOING TO DO OUR INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. COUNCILMEMBER REAVES. YOU MAY STAND IF YOU

WISH TO JOIN. >> PLEASE BOW YOUR HEAD. FATHER GOD WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND YOUR MERCY THAT IS NEW EVERY DAY. LORD I WOULD PRAY WE WOULD BE REFLECTING OF YOUR TOWARD ONE ANOTHER. THANK YOU IN THE CITY WHO EVERYONE WHO CALLS TEXAS HOME. I PRAY A BLESSING OVER EVERYONE WHO LIVES HERE. WE PRAY FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS LORD WE PRAY FOR THE PROTECTION AND WE THANK YOU LORD FOR THEIR SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY. LORD MADE THIS CITY HAVE I PLEDGE ALG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY

AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> NOW THE TEXAS FLAG.

>> HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

>> THANK YOU. YOU MAY NOW BE SEATED. ALL RIGHT WE ARE GOING

[4A. Presentation of proclamation recognizing Friday, November 1, 2024, as Texas Arbor Day.]

>> SO THIS IS WHAT I REALLY ENJOY. ALL RIGHT. JUST IN TIME.

COME ON DOWN. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW OUR PARKS BOARD, THEY DO A TREMENDOUS JOB, THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME PLANNING AND AND-- EVENTS AS WELL AS TRYING TO GUIDE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION BEFORE I READ THE PROCLAMATION , THE PROCLAMATION IS FOR NATIONAL ARBOR DAY. TEXAS ARBOR DAY WILL BE CELEBRATED ON NOVEMBER 2ND. THIS WILL BE OUR THIRD YEAR FOR OUR TREE GIVEAWAY WHICH IS GETTING IT'S REALLY BECOME SOMETHING PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT. SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU, WE HAVE 165 TREES . AND THEY ARE NICE TREES. FIVE DIFFERENT SPECIES. IF YOU NEED TREE IF YOUR NEIGHBOR NEEDS A TREE IF YOU JUST WANT TO PLANT A TREE SOMEWHERE, NOT ON SATURDAY AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS. IT IS A GREAT EVENT . PEOPLE DO A FANTASTIC JOB. WE APPRECIATE ALL THEY DO. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PUT THAT PLUG IN BEFORE WE GOT TO THE REST OF IT HERE. SO UM-- EACH YEAR THE TEXAS ARBOR DAY IS A DAY DEDICATED TO CELEBRATING THE IMPORTANCE OF TREES AND ENCOURAGING INDIVIDUALS, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE TO PLANT AND CARE FOR THEM. WHILE NATIONAL ARBOR DAY IS LIMITED ENABLE TEXAS OBSERVES ITS ARBOR DAY ON THE FIRST FRIDAY IN NOVEMBER AS FALL IS A BETTER TIME TO PLANT TREES IN TEXAS ALLOWING THEM TO ESTABLISH WORDS DURING THE COOLER MONTHS BEFORE SUMMER HEAT ARRIVES.

TEXAS ARBOR DAY HIGHLIGHTS THE MANY BENEFITS TREES PROVIDE ANSWERS OF AIR QUALITY ENHANCING WILDLIFE AND ENHANCING THE BEAUTY OF URBAN AND RURAL LANDSCAPES. NOW I WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS TREES ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR ENVIRONMENT PROVIDING SHADE, IMPROVING AIR QUALITY, CONSERVING WATER AND REDUCING SOIL EROSION WHILE ENHANCING THE BEAUTY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF ROWLETT IS PROUD TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A TREE CITY USA AND CERTIFIED SCENIC CITY REFLECTING OUR COMMITMENT TO

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>> LIKE COUNCILMEMBER SCHUPP SAID, JOIN US NOVEMBER 2ND, 10:00-2:00 RIGHT OUTSIDE RCC . THERE WILL BE A GIVEAWAY. HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT THERE AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

>> I WANT TO SAY A QUICK WORD AS WELL. COUNCILMEMBER SCHUPP IS ACTUALLY THE ONE WHO STARTED THIS PROGRAM. HE GOT WITH ENCORE AND WORKED WITH THEM EXTENSIVELY FOR THEM TO COME UP WITH ALL THESE TREES TO DONATE, AND IT WAS HUGELY SUCCESSFUL, AND I THINK THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR DOING THE TREES. SO IT'S A BIG DEAL. THEY ARE FREE. PLEASE COME OUT AND GET YOURSELF A TREE. PLANTED WITH CARE. BE RESPONSIBLE WHEN YOU PLANT YOUR TREE. WE HAVE TIPS ON WHERE AND HOW TO PLANT IT, HOW BIG IT WILL GET AND ALL OF THAT. IT'S A REALLY GOOD EVENT, AND IT'S FREE. AND THANKS TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT

AND EVERYBODY ELSE. >> LET'S GIVE A BIG HAND FOR

THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. Ú>>

>> PICTURE? MULTIPLE CONGRATULATIONS.

[4B. Presentation of proclamation recognizing Friday, November 1, 2024, as Light the World in Teal in support of Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Day.]

>> THANK YOU ALL. >> THANK YOU. ITEM 4B IS OUR PROCLAMATION FOR RECOGNIZING LIKE THE WORLD IN TEAL IN SUPPORT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AWARENESS DAY.

>> I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THIS PARTICULAR PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING. COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON IS THE LIAISON TO THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD BUT COULD NOT BE WITH US THIS EVENING. I ASKED THE MAYOR IF I COULD PRESENT THIS, BECAUSE I HAVE UM-- BEEN TOUCHED BY ALZHEIMER'S IN MY FAMILY. MY GRANDMOTHER UNFORTUNATELY LOST HER LIFE TO ALZHEIMER'S. IT IS VERY TRAUMATIC IN THE WAY THAT IT IMPACTS FAMILY MEMBERS, THIS DISEASE. PERHAPS MORE SO THAN IT IMPACTS THE PERSON WITH THE DISEASE. SO GRATEFUL TO PRESENT THIS TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE QUITE A CROWD UP HERE. THIS IS GREAT. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD THE CITY OF ROWLETT WILL JOIN LANDMARKS WORLDWIDE ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1ST 2024 TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR THOSE LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND OTHER FORMS OF DEMENTIA. AS A SYMBOL OF SUPPORT THE ROWLETT WATER TOWER WILL BE ILLUMINATED IN TEAL THE OFFICIAL AWARENESS COVER OF THE ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA. THIS INITIATIVE AIMS TO HONOR INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY THESE CONDITIONS HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY DETECTION AND TREATMENT AND DEMONSTRATE THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING UNDERSTANDING AND ADVOCACY FOR CONTINUED RESEARCH. WITH THAT I WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS THE U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION REPORTS AS MANY AS 6.7 MILLION AMERICANS ARE CURRENTLY LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND OTHER FORMS OF DEMENTIA MARKING A GROWING PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS THAT SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS FAMILIES, CAREGIVERS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION, AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND CORROBORATION WITH SENIOR ADVISORY BOARDS REMAINS SAID ASHLEY COMMITTED TO RAISING AWARENESS FOSTERING UNDERSTANDING AND ADVOCATING FOR THE ONGOING PURSUIT OF RESEARCH THAT WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO THE PREVENTION AND CURE OF ALL TIMERS DISEASE AND DEMENTIA AND WHEREAS THE COLOR TEAL HAS BECOME AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SYMBOL OF HOPE, COMPASSION, AND SOLIDARITY FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA OPEN TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY DETENTION, ACCESS TO TREATMENT, AND THE NEED FOR CONTINUAL RESEARCH AND WHEREAS ON LIGHT THE WORLD IN TEAL DAY COME TOGETHER TO LIGHT

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>> THANK YOU THANK YOU. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS PROCLAMATION IS SO IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF THE FAMILIES IMPACTED BY DIMENSION, AFFECTED BY DEMENTIA AND ALL TIMERS BY THE GRACE OF GOD ONE OF US COULD BE IN THIS SAME POSITION AS WELL.

I'M JUST PROUD THAT ALL OF OUR PEOPLE BEHIND THIS HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE OF THIS CAUSE, THANK YOU.

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>> ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, LOOK OVER HERE, THREE, TWO, ONE. ONE MORE, THREE, TWO, ONE. PERFECT. THANK YOU.

[4C. Presentation by the Senior Advisory Board of the 2024 Senior Friendly Business Award.]

>> ALL RIGHT, THIS IS EXCITING STUFF. SO EACH YEAR THE ROWLETT SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD HONORS A LOCAL BUSINESS THAT SUPPORTS THE SENIOR COMMUNITY BY OFFERING VALUABLE RESOURCES SUCH AS GATHERING SPACES, DISCOUNTS , FOOD FOR ACTIVITIES OR SPECIALIZED SERVICES. THIS RECOGNITION HIGHLIGHTS BUSINESSES THAT DEMONSTRATE A STRONG ONGOING COMMITMENT TO ENHANCING THE LIVES OF ROWLETT'S SENIOR CITIZENS.

THIS ELECTION PROCESS BEGINS WITH A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THREE BOARD VOLUNTEERS, WHO COMPILED A LIST OF NOMINEES. THE LIST IS NARROWED DOWN TO THREE FINALISTS, AND THE ENTIRE BOARD VOTES TO SELECT THE WINNER. THE RECIPIENT OF THE SENIOR FRIENDLY BUSINESS AWARD IS RECOGNIZED DURING A COUNCIL MEETING SOMEONE. HERE WE ARE CELEBRATING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SENIOR COMMUNITY. THIS YEAR THE AWARD GOES TO A NONPROFIT ESTABLISHED IN 2010. THEIR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE SOCIAL HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL WELL-BEING OF ROWLETT'S SENIOR CITIZENS. THEY ASSIST SENIORS WITH FINANCIAL NEEDS, PROVIDES FREE EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS AND HELPS SECURE FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE COUNSELING SERVICES. I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD HAS CHOSEN SCORE SENIOR CITIZENS OF RAO LET AS THE RECIPIENT SENIOR BUSINESS AWARD

FOR 2024. CONGRATULATIONS. >>

>> AND I SHOULD HAVE OPENED THIS BEFORE- THERE IS A PLAQUE HERE . HERE WE ARE. ALL RIGHT. SENIOR FRIENDLY BUSINESS AWARD 2024 IN ON YOUR OF SENIOR CITIZENS OF ROWLETT FOR RELENTLESS EFFORTS AND DEDICATION TO THE SENIOR CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY. ALSO THANK YOU SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD FOR THIS AND GOING THROUGH THIS. SO ALL RIGHT CONGRATULATIONS, AND PLEASE IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING

PLEASE DO. >> YOU GO AHEAD.

>> THANK YOU TO THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD FOR THIS HONOR.

AND THE RECOGNITION OF THE SERVICE OF SENIOR CITIZENS OF ROWLETT. OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SCORE . GENERALLY THIS IS FOR

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NOW, BEFORE I SAY SOMETHING ABOUT ONE OF THE PROJECTS I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR VICE PRESIDENT TO SAY SOMETHING TO YOU ABOUT HOW WE HELP SENIORS IN NEED.

>> GOOD EVENING. WELL HOW WE HELP SENIORS IN NEED UM-- LET'S START FROM THE BEGINNING HOW WE ARE FUNDED. WE ARE FUNDED BY TEXAS CHARITABLE BINGO , AND WE HAVE HAD A VERY NICE FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF ROWLETT WHICH WE ARE HAPPY TO RECEIVE. AS JEFF SAID THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO HELP OUR 55 WHO LIVE IN ROWLETT AND HAVE TO BE ON A LOW INCOME. NOW THEY HAVE TO CALL US WE CAN'T CALL THEM. THAT'S THE HIPAA LAW. IF THEY WANT HELP THEY COULD GO THROUGH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, WHO WERE OFTEN THAN NOT REFERS THEM BACK TO US, BECAUSE WE ARE SENIORS SO WE CAN HELP WITH PARTIAL RENT. WE CAN UTILITIES, ELECTRIC, GAS UM-- WATER . WE HELP WITH PRESCRIPTIONS IF THEY NEED HELP WITH THAT. DENTAL. AND GLASSES. WE CAN HELP WITH THAT. BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING WE ARE GETTING FROM THE CITY WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND. SO WE CAN HELP THEM MORE. AND WE GOT TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT WE CAN DO THINGS LIKE UM-- IF THEY NEED THEIR FENCE REPAIRED WE CAN DO THAT . AND A LOT OF THINGS SENIORS NEED HELP THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO, AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHO TO TURN TO. WE ARE HOPING OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS WE CAN SHOW WE WILL HELP THEM IN MANY ASPECTS. I THINK THAT'S HOW MUCH I CAN COVER. BUT WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP ANYBODY THAT NEEDS HELP OR IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY WHO NEEDS HELP , TELL THEM TO CALL US. WE WILL CERTAINLY, I GO TO THEIR HOUSES AND TALK TO THEM, AND WE HAVE EVEN HELPED WITH CAR REPAIRS IN THE PAST. WE DID THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE FUNDS

WE HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>

>> ONE OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS COMBINED INFORMATION. THAT'S OUR HEALTHCARE SEMINAR. OUR NEXT SEMINAR IS OCTOBER 23RD A WEEK FROM TOMORROW. 1:00 P.M. THE SEMINAR WILL BE ON MEDICARE BECAUSE OPEN ENROLLMENT IS BEGINNING TODAY AND WILL END DECEMBER 7TH. HOWEVER THERE IS A PLUS TO THIS. WE ALSO HAVE AN ICE CREAM SOCIAL FOLLOWING THE SEMINAR. SO IF ANYBODY 'S PREFERENCES CHOCOLATE, VANILLA, OR STRAWBERRY, PLEASE COME AND JOIN US . WE WILL CALL IT AN ICE CREAM SEMINAR WITH A

SOCIAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

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

>> OUR NEXT ITEM IS 4D , UPDATE FROM CITY COUNCIL ON FINANCIAL POSITION, MAJOR PROJECTS, OPERATIONAL ISSUES, AND

UPCOMING DATES OF INTEREST. >> FROM THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE EARLY VOTING BEGINS ON MONDAY OCTOBER 21ST THROUGH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST. ROWLETT DALLAS COUNTY RESIDENTS CAN VOTE AT THE ROWLETT COMMUNITY CENTER LOCATED AT 5300 MAIN

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ROWLETT COUNTY RESIDENTS CAN VOTE AT THE UTILITY CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER LOCATED AT 6602 DELL ROCK ROAD. ROWLETT CITIZENS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH SERVICE ON VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH NOVEMBER 14TH. FROM OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE WITH COOLER WEATHER APPROACHING WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT MOSQUITO SEASON WILL SOON BE OVER.

HOWEVER WE HAVE CONTINUED TO RECEIVE POSITIVE TEST RESULTS FOR WEST NILE VIRUS IN OUR TEST TRAPS. STAY TUNED FOR ALERTS FROM THE AFFECTED ZONES. WE ALSO HAVE A NO SPRAY LIST FOR RESIDENTS WITH HEALTH CONCERNS WHICH YOU CAN BE ADDED TO BITE EMAILING HEALTHSERVICES@ROWLETT .COM. 5:30- 8:30 P.M. EXPLORER UNIQUE HANDCRAFTED GOODS LOCAL VENDORS AND DELICIOUS FOOD ALL WHILE ENJOYING A VIBRANT COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE. LUNCH ON THE LAWN CONTINUES EVERY MONDAY IN OCTOBER FROM 11:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M. AT THE DOWNTOWN ROWLETT GREEN. TRUNK OR TREAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT OCTOBER 26TH AT THE CANNES PARK. GET READY FOR AN EVENING OF SPOOKY FUN WITH SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY. EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO DRESS UP IN THEIR FAVORITE HALLOWEEN COSTUME. THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF FOOD TRUCKS AND BOUNCE HOUSES FOR THE KIDDOS. IT IS TIME TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE SCARECROW ON MAINE. CHOOSE WINNERS FOR BEST IN SHOW, BEST FALL THEME AND MOST TEXAN. VOTING CLOSES ON NOVEMBER 14TH. VISIT ROWLETT.COM TO POST YOUR VOTE TODAY. ADVISORY BOARD IS GIVING AWAY 166 THREE GALLON TREES NOVEMBER 1ST AT PEAK ON GROVE PARK . STOP BY TO PICK UP YOUR FREE TREE AND CHAT WITH AN ARBORIST ABOUT CARING FOR YOUR NEW PLANT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ALL OF OUR UPCOMING EVENTS PLEASE VISIT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PAGE ON ROWLETT.COM.

FROM THE LIBRARY MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE LIBRARY'S NEXT BOOK SALE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST AND NOVEMBER 2ND FROM 10:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M. AND GET READY FOR A FRIGHTFULLY FUN MORNING AT THE LIBRARY TO DANCE TO SPOOKY TUNES, PLAY GAMES AND SHOW OFF YOUR COSTUME AT THE MONSTER BASH ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26TH AT 11:00 A.M.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL ONCE AGAIN BE SPITTING IN THE NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK DAY ON OCTOBER 26TH. FROM 10:00 A.M. -2:00 P.M. AT FIRE STATION 1 AT 3900 MILLER ROAD.

THE NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION TAKEBACK DATE IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE, CONVENIENT, AND RESPONSIBLE WAY OF DISPOSING OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. FULLY TAKEN OVER TRASH AND RECYCLING IN ROWLETT. NUMBER YOUR TRASH DAY REMAINS THE SAME BE SURE TO CLICK YOUR CART FOR ALL SERVICES. IF YOUR FCC CART HAS NOT BEEN COLLECTED YET LEAVE IT AT ITS REGULAR PICK UP LOCATION UNTIL IT IS RETRIEVED. FCC ANTICIPATES COLLECTING ALL REMAINING CARTS THIS WEEK. PUBLIC WORKS ALSO HAS BEGUN THE ASPHALT REHABILITATION SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2024. THIS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 30TH. THE REHABILITATION COVERS THE STRETCH FROM MILLER ROAD TO DELL ROCK ROAD. I'M GOING TO ADD A PERSONAL NOTE HERE.

EVERYONE IS LIKE WHERE IS SHE WEARING THAT THING ON HER SHIRT? I JUST REALLY WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT OUR ROWLETT EAGLES HOMECOMING GAME IS COMING UP ON NOVEMBER 1ST.

SO IT'S REALLY GREAT WAY TO GET OUT AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL TEENAGERS. IT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO THEM WHEN THE STANDS ARE FULL AND EVERYBODY IS CHEERING AND HAVING A GREAT TIME. SO I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT. ALSO KNOW THAT VIP PASSES ARE AVAILABLE FOR ACTIVE MEMBERS VETERANS AND SENIORS OVER 65. VISIT ALL DISTRICT BAND FAST THEATER MUSIC GISD

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>> WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY. REALLY JOE, 6-MONTH-OLD SHEPHERD WHO IS SURE TO BRING A BIG SMILE TO YOUR FACE. BILLY JOE IS AN INCREDIBLY SOCIAL AND LIVELY DOG WHO MAKES FRIENDS WHEREVER HE GOES. HIS CHEERFUL PERSONALITY MAKES HIM A GREAT CATCH. HE ENJOYS THE FINER THINGS IN LIFE, SUCH AS A COZY BED AND A TASTY MEAL. SO ARE YOU READY TO FALL IN LOVE? IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MEET BILLY JOE OR ANY OF THE ADOPTABLE ANIMALS PLEASE CONTACT ANIMAL SERVICES AT 972-412-6219-PLEASE COME TO THE SHELTER AT 42 INDUSTRIAL STREET. OPEN FROM 10:00 A.M. -5:00 P.M. TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. WE NEED THE COMMUNITIES HELP ALL ADOPTIONS ARE CURRENTLY FREE. ROWLETT ANIMAL SHELTER IS CURRENTLY CODE RED. WE ARE OUT OF SPACE AND URGENTLY NEED YOUR HELP.

OUR FURRY FRIENDS ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF BEING CLAIMED , FOSTERED, OR ADOPTED. PLEASE CONSIDER GIVING THESE PRECIOUS ANIMALS A SECOND CHANCE AT A HAPPY LIFE.

>> COUNSEL, ANY OTHER UPDATES? MAYOR PRO TEM?

>> ROWLETT COED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION ACTIVE AND DISASTER WILL BE HOLDING OUR THIRD PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREPAREDNESS EXPO ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH, 11:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M. AT THE ROWLETT COMMUNITY CENTER. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO PREPARE FOR EMERGENCIES, MEET PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS FROM OUR CITY AND LEARN ABOUT POTENTIAL RISKS AND HAZARDS THAT ARE LOOKING OUT THERE AND HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM. BUT, IT'S NOT ALL SERIOUS. THERE WILL BE FUN ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS AND ADULTS, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF OUR AWESOME POLICE FIRE AND PUBLIC WORKS EQUIPMENT UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL AND MEET THE AWESOME PEOPLE WHO OPERATE THEM . THERE WILL BE A CITY COUNCIL BOOTH AGAIN THIS YEAR WHERE YOU CAN STOP BY AND LEARN MORE ON YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, TALK TO US ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS, DELIVER COMPLAINTS OR KUDOS AND MAYBE EVEN WIN A PRIZE. PREPAREDNESS IS ABOUT HAVING A PLAN. SO PLEASE PLAN TO JOIN US ON

NOVEMBER 9TH. >> COUNSEL, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? MAYOR, I THINK WE ARE READY TO MOVE ON

[5. CITIZENS’ INPUT]

TO CITIZENS INPUT. >> CITIZENS INPUT AT THIS TIME COMMENTS WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ANY TOPIC AND NO ACTION CAN BE TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL DURING CITIZEN INPUT.

WE HAVE CARDS TONIGHT IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK THERE ARE REQUESTS TO SPEAK FORMS IN THE BACK CORNER OVER THERE. OUR FIRST SPEAKER FOR TONIGHT IS MARK TASHIK. STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE AFTER MARK IS STACY DUPREE.

>> COUNSEL, MR. MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO APPOINT SOMEONE OR THEMSELVES TO LOOK INTO THE WORDING FOR THE USE OF HOME FIREPLACES OR CHIMNEYS USED IN A PERSON'S BACKYARD. I CARED FIREPLACES AND CHIMNEYS ARE BEING GROUPED TOGETHER WITH OUTDOOR OPEN BURNING. A CHIMNEY IS NOT AN OPEN BURNING AND SHOULD NOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH OPEN BURNING. OFFENSIVE OR OBJECTIONABLE SMOKE LANGUAGE. THIS TYPE OF WORDING IT IS BEING USED TO WEAPONIZE THE CITY ORDINANCES FIRE CODES TO STOP PEOPLE FROM ENGAGING IN PEACEFUL EVENINGS BY THE FIRE OR THE USE OF A SMOKER OR ANY OTHER DEVICE THAT SOMEONE MAY DEEM OFFENSIVE. UPDATES TO ORDINANCE 307.1 .1 OF ROWLETT CODE NEED TO STATE OUTDOOR FIREPLACES CHIMNEYS CANNOT CLAIM TO BE OFFENSIVE, OBJECTIONABLE, OR AS THE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE PUTTING OUT SMALL FIRES IN CHIMNEY AND NOT AVAILABLE TO DO THEIR REAL INTENT TO JOB. THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT NEXT SPEAKER IS STACY DUPREE. AFTER STACY DUPREE IS DAVID HALL. ALSO FOR REFERENCE FOR CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 7G COLUMBIA PARK STATES DEVELOP AND WE WILL BE MOVING 7G AND 7H FURTHER UP. GO AHEAD.

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>> GOOD EVENING, I AM STACY DUPREE. AND I FIND IT IRONIC THAT THE THING I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT IS RIGHT AFTER WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ROWLETT'S EFFORT TO CONSERVE TREES. I AM A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF ROWLETT. BEEN HERE SINCE 1994. I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS AND OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED COLUMBIA ESTATES DEVELOPMENT WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY SEEK A ZONING CHANGE IN DEVELOPMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD PARK OR 700,000 TO MITIGATE LOSSES OF THE TREES. TONIGHT PREPEND AGENDA PROPOSAL APPEARS THEY ARE GETTING THE CITY TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT THEM TO OFFER A PARK TO THE CITY OR 700,000 TO MITIGATE THE LOSS OF ALL THE HUNDRED PLUS-YEAR-OLD TREES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT IS 700,000 EVEN REALLY ENOUGH TO MITIGATE THAT KIND OF LOSS? IF IT ISN'T WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THEN? NEXT THEY ARE SEEKING AGREEMENT FROM THE CITY , BUT WHAT DO THEY WANT AFTER THAT? WELL WE KNOW THIS IS ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO CHANGE THE ZONING AND TO ALLOW MORE THAN 75+ HOMES TO BE BUILT IN THIS SMALL AREA OF LAND. THIS WOULD CONTRADICT THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW THE CURRENT PLAN SERVES AS A ROADMAP FOR RESPONSIBLE GROUP OUTLINES FOR THIS AREA. THE PURPOSE OF THE CURRENT PLAN , THE PURPOSE OF THE CURRENT PLAN ADOPTED BY THE CITY WAS TO MOVE FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE WITH A RESPONSIBLE GROWTH PLAN, AND TO WORK TO OFFSET THE PROBLEMS THAT CURRENTLY PLAGUE OUR CITY. OUR RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE ARE ALREADY OVERLOADED. THEIR PLAN WOULD ADD A MINIMUM OF 150 CARS IN AND OUT OF THIS SMALL AREA. AGAIN WE ARE NOT AGAINST GROWTH, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH THE CITY'S VISION OF RESPONSE WILL GROWTH.

AS A REMINDER THE CITY IS ALREADY ALLOCATED MONEY FOR THE COLUMBIA PARK IN THE BOND PACKAGE FROM PROPOSITION B.

THIS IS WHAT THE TAXPAYERS VOTED FOR, NOT FOR SOMEONE ELSE WITH THEIR OWN AGENDA TO DEVELOP. THE COLUMBIA STATE PROJECTS VIOLATES THE CITY TREE ORDINANCE WHICH WAS PUT IN PLACE TO PROTECT ROWLETT'S NATURAL BEAUTY AND ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY. THROWING $700,000 OF THE SITUATION IS NOT GOING TO PREVENT ALL THOSE TREES FROM BEING LEVELED TO THE GROUND.

ADDITIONALLY THEIR PLAN WOULD REQUIRE FILLING IN TWO NATURAL DRAINAGE CHANNELS WHICH IS VIOLATION OF THE CITY'S ENGINEERING STANDARDS FOR WATER MANAGEMENT. THERE ARE SEVERAL HOMES THAT AWARDED THIS BORDERED THIS . NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THEIR. I STRONGLY URGE CITY COUNCIL TO REJECT THE COLUMBIA ESTATES PROPOSAL FOR A PARK OR $700,000 AND PLEASE MAINTAIN THEIR INTEGRITY TO THEIR PLAN TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS A MORE THOUGHTFUL AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS THAT ALIGN WITH ROWLETT'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROTECT ITS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND PRIORITIZE THE WELL-BEING OF CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME

>> THANK YOU. SORRY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH I APPRECIATE THE PASSION IF WE CAN KEEP THE APPLAUSE -- WE JUST WANT TO MOVE THE MEETING ALONG. THANK YOU. DAVE HALL, STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. AFTER DAVE IS RICHARD.

>> DAVE HALL, ROWLETT. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE FLAWED CONCEPT OF THE COLUMBIA PARK . CONFLUENCE LIKE THIS HAVE GREAT BIODIVERSITY. PLEASE PASS THOSE EXHIBITS OUT AS I READ THEM.

PLEASE SEE EXHIBIT 1. THIS IS A PICTURE OF A BALD EAGLE PERCHED ON A TREE NEAR A COLONIAL PARK WOULD BE. EXHIBIT 2 IS A PICTURE OF A LINE OF HOOKS STRUNG ACROSS THE LAKE WHERE COLUMBIA PARK COULD BE. MIGRATORY PELICANS WHOSE WINGS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE FISHING HOOK LINE AS IT WAS EXPOSED WHEN THE LAKE LEVEL DROPPED. THESE PELICANS HAVE BEEN LEFT TO DIE AS THE REST FLEW SOUTH. THIS ONCE AGAIN IS CONCEPT OF NEAR COLUMBIA . PROBABLY NOT A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR A PARK TO BE DEVELOPED AS PADDLE PARK POINT PARK HAS DEVELOPED. ON THE CONCEPT PARK EXHIBIT I SAW NINE REGULAR VEHICLE AND ONE LONGER KAYAK PARKING SPACES. HAVEN'T WE LEARNED THAT THIS LIMITED PARKING CREATES OVERFLOW PARKING IN THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS DAMAGING THE NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS? THERE WAS A SMALL EASY DOCK INCLUDED IN THE PLAN THIS WON'T WORK IN MUDDY CREEK BRANCH OF HUBBARD. THE DOCK WILL BE HIGH AND DRY COVERED IN MUD AS THE LAKE

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>> THANK YOU. RICHARD COLE IS NEXT. THEN ROD HAYES .

>> RICHARD COLE. SAINT DRIVE, ROWLETT. GOOD EVENING. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING TEXAS ARBOR DAY. APPRECIATE THAT. MUCH OF WHAT I HAVE PREPARED TO SAY HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID, SO I WON'T REPEAT ALL OF THAT. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT COUNSEL OF PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD HAS NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THIS PROPOSAL ON AGENDA ITEM 7G. I BELIEVE THAT WAS REQUESTED ON OUR NOVEMBER AGENDA PERHAPS OUR COMMENTS ON THIS PROPOSAL WOULD BE OF VALUE TO COUNSEL AT THAT TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

ATTENTION. >> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS ROD HAYES. AFTER ROD HAYES IS MATT MCCABE. YOU WILL HAVE

THREE MINUTES. >> GOOD EVENING. I AM ROD HAYES, I RESIDE AT 5509 FLAMINGO . I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF ROWLETT FOR 43 YEARS, AND I'M PROUD TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW ALL YOU REALIZE ONE OF THE GREATEST ASSETS WE HAVE IN THE CITY IS THE CITIZENS WE HAVE HERE. I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE PARKS AND PLANNING DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FOUR TIMES, AND HIGH AND I ONLY HAVE WANT TO TALK ABOUT MY OPPOSITION TO THE COLUMBIA PARK DEVELOPMENT . WE HAVE SOME HERBAL TRAFFIC AROUND OUR HOUSE. I CAN STAND IN THE FRONT YARD AND THE TREES HAVE FALLEN AND I HAVE TO DRIVE A MILE AND MAKE A U-TURN AND SOMETIMES TRAFFIC IS JUST HORRENDOUS. WITH THE NEW DISTRIBUTION CENTER BEING BUILT LESS THAN A MILE FROM THE END OF OUR STREET TRAFFIC WILL BE CONTINUED TO BE UNBEARABLE. I AM PROUD OF ROWLETT AND PROUD TO BE A TEXAN, I HOPE I AM SO PROUD OF THE STATE OF TEXAS LIKE YOU MENTIONED CELEBRATING ARBOR DAY ON NOVEMBER 2ND. WHAT A WONDERFUL THING, AND I HOPE WE HAVE TREES STILL GOING BY.

HE RECEIVED AWARD IN 2023, 340,000 TREES, AND I HOPE THAT REMAINS AND GROWS . WE HAVE CHOSEN TO LIVE IN ROWLETT. WE CHOSE TO LIVE HERE BEFORE THERE WAS A GROCERY STORE, AND IT WAS A SMALL COMMUNITY. WE WERE HAPPY WITH THAT. MY WIFE FOUND GREAT NEIGHBORS. I FOUND A PLACE TO KEEP TWO HORSES. I HOPE WHEN NOVEMBER 2ND COMES WE WILL TRULY BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE FACT EACH TREE PRODUCES I THINK 260 POUNDS OF OXYGEN EACH DAY, AND THAT WILL BE VERY NECESSARY WHEN THE DIESEL TRUCKS COME TO THE DISTRIBUTION CENTER. THESE TREES ABSOLUTELY SUSTAINED A BETTER LIFE FOR THE CITIZENS AND ALSO FOR THE BUSINESSES . I SAW THE MISSION STATEMENT . WHAT A WONDERFUL THING. I HOPE WE ALL READ IT. IT'S A WONDERFUL STATEMENT .

WE WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE HEARD GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU ALL AND YOUR FAMILIES, AND HAPPY TRAILS.

>> THANK YOU SIR. NEXT SPEAKER IS MATT MCCABE. THEN KEVIN

HUNT. >> THANK YOU. HELLO, ROWLETT. I AM NOT A VERY GOOD SPEAKER, SO I WILL DO THE BEST I CAN. I

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>> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS KEVIN HUNT. AFTER KEVIN HUNT IS JAMES-- I CAN'T READ THIS. THERE YOU GO.

>> GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS KEVIN HUNT, I LIVE ON FLAMINGO DRIVE ALSO. I AM HERE WITH THE WHOLE BLOCK BASICALLY. I CELEBRATE TREES, SO I ENJOYED THE ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION ABOUT TREES UM-- I AM ALSO A SENIOR. I'M 62.5. SO YOU KNOW.

UM-- I, THE ITEMS NUMBER ITEMS 7G AND 7H PLANS LIKE WE WERE CELEBRATING TREES WITH A BULLDOZER AND A CHAINSAW. I STAND HERE OPPOSED TO THAT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA TODAY. WHEN THERE IS NOT A PLAN DEVELOPMENT UM-- IT SEEMS LIKE THE CART IS BEING PUT BEFORE THE HORSE. AND IF YOU GUYS COME TO A DECISION , PROPOSITION AND WE'VE ARTY DECIDED THIS IS IT GOING TO PULL THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT? I DON'T KNOW.

WE ALREADY HAVE , THE TRAFFIC IS ALREADY IMPRACTICAL. UM-- YOU KNOW I HAVE I USED TO COMMUTE AND GET HOME AND SIT IN FRONT OF SUPERTARGET FOR 20 MINUTES JUST TO GET THROUGH THE U-TURN LANE TO GET THROUGH MY SCREEN. THE LIGHT TAKES FOREVER TO GET THROUGH THAT LIGHT. AND I NOTICED EVEN ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL FOR LOADING UP THAT SECTION OF THE BUSH TURNPIKE FRONTAGE ROAD WIT MORE TRAFFIC AND MORE RESIDENTS, MORE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT , IT IS ALREADY IMPRACTICAL. UM-- PLUS I AM ASSUMING THAT SOON WE WILL HAVE REGULAR INCREASED TRAFFIC AT THAT UM-- TRUCK ACCESSORY MANUFACTURING DISTRIBUTION

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INAUDIBLE ] >> THANK YOU, SIR. WE APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT SPEAKER IS JAMES , AND YOU PRONOUNCED IT CORRECTLY. SORRY, I JUST COULDN'T READ IT. AND THEN AFTER JAMES IS GREG BELLAMY.

>> I GREW UP WITH DIFFICULTIES IN MY NAME . I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE IT WAS BUILT. I MOVED IN THERE AND THERE WERE ABOUT 12 HOUSES. ONLY ONE REASON WE BOUGHT THAT HOUSE WHICH IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN MOVING TO ANOTHER CITY , SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN VERY THANKFUL I DID NOT MOVE TO MURPHY . I MOVED TO ROWLETT AND SPENT MORE MONEY ON IT, BECAUSE OF THE BEAUTIFUL GREEN BELT AROUND THE LAKE. ALSO MY FIRST SUMMER HERE, I WAS PAINFULLY EDUCATED ON HOW QUICKLY THAT LAKE DISAPPEARS .

NOW WE DISCUSS THESE ISSUES AND THINGS, BUT THE REALITY IS AND MANY OF YOU HAVE ALL TALKED ABOUT IT AND YOU ALL KNOW THIS LAKE GOES DRY IN THIS AREA IF WE PLAN PUTTING WATER RECREATIONAL FIXED SERVICES IN THAT AREA WE WILL HAVE TO SPEND TENS OF MILLIONS AND GET THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INVOLVED IN OTHER COUNTIES FOR THE DISPOSAL OF DREDGING THE LAKE AND MATERIAL THAT HAS TO BE BROUGHT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE TO MAKE A FACILITY LIKE THAT FEASIBLE AND USABLE FOR MOST OF THE YEAR, BUT WE ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT THIS, AND I UNDERSTAND MONEY. IT'S REVENUE. IT'S TAX REVENUE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. WE ALL KNOW EVERYONE HERE KNOWS IF THERE WERE NOT TAX REVENUE INVOLVED WITH THIS NOT A BIG MONEY DEVELOPER COMING IN WITH BIG POCKETS THIS WOULD NOT BE DISCUSSED, IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE, IT WOULD NOT BE AN IDEA. THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY TO BE MADE, AND THERE'S MORE MONEY TO BE MADE IN THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE IT DOES NEED SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT TO THE PLANT TO BUILD HOUSES ON WE HAVE OTHER PROPERTY AS IT COULD BE BUILT ON. PLEASE CONSIDER THAT. THE COMPANY OFFERING MONEY WHEN YOU GET A SUBDIVISION PUSHED THROUGH. THE VOTING PUBLIC OF ROWLETT SEES THAT AS CORRUPTION. I SAID IT. THE VOTING PUBLIC OF ROWLETT DOES NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN. AND THE VOTING PUBLIC OF ROWLETT SEES A DEVELOPER OFFERING MONEY FOR PURPOSE TO A CITY AS A BRIBE TO GET THINGS DONE . I DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN INTERPRET IT IN ANY OTHER WAY. WE HAVE A $700,000 BRIBE OFFER TO DEVELOP PLANNED THAT THE RESIDENTS DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN. THE VOTING PUBLIC DOESN'T WANT THIS . AND I AM SURE THAT NONE OF THE DEVELOPERS OR THEIR FAMILIES, OR ANYONE THEY KNOW, IS A VOTING MEMBER IN THE CITY OF

ROWLETT. >>

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS I DON'T HAVE ANY CITIZENS S -- - INPUT CARDS AFTER THAT. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK THERE ARE CARDS OVER THERE.

>> AND HALF YEARS AGO ALMOST HERE THE THING THAT MADE IT REALLY ATTRACTIVE FOR ME IN THE MIDST OF THE COVID AND REAL ESTATE FRENZY WAS THE GREEN SPACE. I LOVED THE GREEN SPACE THAT SURROUNDED THE STREET. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS UNDER SIEGE AND TO I THINK THIS IS THE THIRD OR FOURTH TIME, AND THAT'S OKAY. IT'S THE COST OF BEING AN ADULT. BUT WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS I DISCOVERED A GREAT COMMUNITY ON FLAMINGO DRIVE. I LIVE WITH WONDERFUL NEIGHBORS, WONDERFUL

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IS THERE A LIMIT TO HOW MANY PEOPLE WE ARE GOING TO PACK INTO THIS SPACE? HOW MUCH CONTROL DO WE HAVE OVER THE WAY WE MAINTAINED RIGHT? IF ONE THOROUGHFARE GOES DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE WHAT THE HECK IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO TRAFFIC IN OUR CITY? I KNOW A LOT OF US HAVE TO MOVE AROUND ON THE STREETS, AND WHEN I HAVE KIDS IN MY CAR AND WATCH THE OTHER PEOPLE GOING CRAZY, BECAUSE THERE IS APPARENT BEHAVIOR ON THE ROADS I'M FREAKING OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO STICK TO WHAT YOU SAID WHAT YOU WOULD DO AS FAR AS THE 9000 SQUARE-FOOT AGREEMENTS, AND LET'S TRY AND MOVE ON AND DO THE BEST WE CAN FOR OURSELVES, TRINITY, AND HER CHILDREN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE MORE CARDS COME IN. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TOM JOHNSON. THEN BETSY WHAT.

>> I'M TOM JOHNSON, GOOD EVENING, LIVED IN ROWLETT 25 YEARS. I DON'T HAVE A PREPARED SPEECH THERE'S REALLY NOTHING ELSE I COULD ADD TO WHAT IS BEING SAID BY THE OTHERS THAT HAVE COME UP HERE NONE MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN MR. SCHUPP IN HIS PROCLAMATION FOR ARBOR DAY , SO I BELIEVE THERE IS STRENGTH IN NUMBERS . I HOPE WE CAN MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER OF OUR COMMUNITIES BY AT LEAST MAINTAINING THE CURRENT LOT

PROVISIONS ARE IN PLACE. >> BETSY WHITE. THEN BERT

READER. >> AT EVENING, COUNSEL , CITY MANAGER, STAFF, I HAD NOT PLANNED TO TALK. THIS IS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD HERE. PARKS ADVISORY BOARD HAS NOT SEEN ANYTHING TO DO WITH DESIGNS FOR COLUMBIA PARK. AND ONE OF THE THIS COUNSEL IS THAT YOU ALL HAVE A BIG PUSH TO PUT THINGS IN FRONT OF THE PARKS ADVISORY BOARD WHICH IS JUST AN ADVISORY BOARD, BUT YOU CARE AND WANT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION PUTTING THINGS IN FRONT OF US AND ASKING JUST WHAT OUR OPINIONS ARE. WE CAN SAY YES TO SOMETHING AND YOU SAY NO. WE COULD SAY NO TO SOMETHING AND YOU ALL SAY YES. THAT'S VERY WELL UNDERSTOOD. AGAIN. WE ARE JUST AN ADVISORY BOARD. BUT, IT REALLY GIVES KIND OF A FIRE TO THE SERVICE THAT US AS VOLUNTEERS DO WHEN YOU HAVE THE BACKING OF YOUR ELECTED FFICIALS TO SAY WE SUPPORT YOU, WE VALUE YOU, AND WE WANT YOUR INPUT, LIKE WE SERIOUSLY WANT YOUR INPUT. YOU JUST GO OVER TO RCC AND HAD YOUR MEETING ONCE A MONTH AND PLAN SOME EVENTS AND ALL THAT. WE REALLY WANT YOUR INPUT. THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME. I HAD NOT PLANNED TO SPEAK, BUT MR. MCKAY , HIS SON, HIS SITUATION HURT MY HEART . IT HURTS MY HEART TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A CHILD, A THAT IS GOING TO SUFFER BECAUSE YET AGAIN, WE WANT TO PUT HOUSES IN A VERY NARROW BUT LONG LOT . IT LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER. AND IT MAY BE GOOD FOR THE DEVELOPER, BUT THERE IS SO MUCH TRAFFIC ON PRESIDENTS GEORGE BUSH I DON'T HAVE A DOG IN THIS FIGHT I DON'T LIVE OVER THERE, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY POOR DESIGN. AND TO TAKE OUT ALL THOSE TREES? THE FIRST TIME I SAW ANY KIND OF DESIGN ON COLUMBIA PARK WAS IN YOUR PACKET. IF I DIDN'T

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] >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

NEXT SPEAKER IS MARK READER, AND AFTER THAT I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE. REQUEST TO SPEAK FORMS ARE IN THE BACK THERE.

INAUDIBLE ] >> I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON THE COLUMBIA PROJECT. SO COMPLETELY UNRELATED TOPIC. I WAS TWO YEARS AGO I WAS ASKED TO BE PART OF THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP OF THE RECODE ROWLETT. EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE IMPRACTICALITY' S OF THE CODE AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT GROUP HAS NOT MET TO MY KNOWLEDGE AT LEAST FOR OVER A YEAR PRIOR STAFF HANDLING LEFT THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS SEVERELY UNDERSTAFFED. I DON'T ANTICIPATE THERE BEING MEETINGS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THAT SAID THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TO SPEAK.

AS A MEMBER OF ROWLETT CANTERBURY CODE WHICH IS A WHEN I STARTED THAT , AND I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH IT IN A LOT OF WAYS IT IS NOT A BAD THING. IT CAN BE WORKED WITH, BUT THERE ARE AMBIGUITIES IN THAT CODE. THINGS THAT HAVE BECOME AN ISSUE ARE THE AMBIGUITIES IN THE LAST YEAR THERE ARE OTHERS I HAVE TALKED TO THAT HAVE COME TO ME AND ASKED MY SUGGESTION.

WE RUN AT THE SAME ISSUES OF THE PLAN BUILDING INSPECTION WE HAVE HAD THREE DIFFERENT ONES I THINK VERY VAGUE TERMS IN THE FORM-BASED CODE AND REALLY THEY ARE NOT ENFORCEABLE THEY HAVE THINGS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE DONE THIS WAY, OR THIS IS WHAT IT OUGHT TO BE LIKE, WHICH IS NOT HOW CODES ARE USUALLY WRITTEN.

AND THAT HAS BECOME THE ISSUE THAT AS A BUILDER IT'S BECOME DIFFICULT TO HAVE A PLAN APPROVED ON THE SAME STREET A FEW MONTHS EARLIER HAVE THE SAME DESIGN ELEMENTS AND TOLD NO THOSE ARE NOT ALLOWED . THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY. WELL THAT WAS WRONG. AND HAVE THAT REVERSED AND ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHANGE PLANS AND CHANGE WHERE IT'S DONE ON PERMITS THAT HAVE ARTY BEEN ISSUED, BECAUSE THE NEW INTERPRETATION SAID THAT WAS INCORRECT. SO I AM HERE TODAY ASKING YOU BECAUSE IT HAS BECOME VERY DIFFICULT ACTUALLY INCREASED COST AS A BUILDER TO DO THAT. I AM HERE ASKING THE COUNCIL EITHER TO RECODE ROWLETT OR SIMPLY REPEAL THE FORM-BASED CODE AS IT IS ENTIRELY IF A COMPROMISE ALTERNATIVE CANNOT BE WORKED OUT. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND SPEAK TO THEM DIRECTLY, PLEASE THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

FOR CONSIDERATION? >> 6A CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING

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>> THAT ITEM CARRIES 6 UNANIMOUSLY OF THOSE PRESENT.

[6F. Consider action approving the Downtown Strategic Plan.]

PRESENTED BY OLSON STUDIO. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL, BRITNEY OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I AM JOINED HERE TODAY WITH OLSON STUDIO OUR CONSULTANT THAT HAS LED STRATEGIC PLAN. THEY PROVIDED PRESENTATION TO YOU LAST WEEK DURING THE WORK SESSION. WE BROUGHT THAT PRESENTATION BACK, BUT REALLY THE CONSULTANTS ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE BEFORE CONSIDERING THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL.

>> THANK YOU AND THE PERSON WHO REQUESTED THIS ITEM TO BE PULLED WAS DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER. DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR WANT TO GO TO THE PRESENTATION?

>> NO, I DON'T. WE HAD A WORK SESSION ON THIS. THERE WAS VERY GOOD PRESENTATION, AND IN GENERAL I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD PLAN. I WANTED TO BRING UP ONE THING IN REGARD TO THE PLAN UM-- WITH THEIR LOTS I KNOW THERE ARE LOTS OF IMMEDIATE ACTION ITEMS HERE UM-- BUT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS COME UP I WANT TO DISCUSS THIS, IS THAT WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. WE'VE HAD OTHER PLANS THAT NEVER CAME TO FRUITION, SO HOW DO WE DO IT DIFFERENTLY THIS TIME? ONE THING WE HEARD WAS THAT ONE GOOD TOOL FOR KEEPING THAT MOMENTUM GROWING AND FOR GETTING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, AND FOR KEEPING IT ON THE FRONT BURNER IS TO APPOINT A DOWNTOWN ADVISORY BOARD. AND SO I WANTED THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ADDING THAT TO THE ACTION ITEMS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT BOARD WOULD LOOK LIKE. NOT NECESSARILY TONIGHT, BUT TO GET A CONSENSUS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT BOARD WOULD LOOK LIKE, AND WHETHER AND HOW WE COULD APPOINT A DOWNTOWN ADVISORY BOARD. THAT IS WHAT MY CONCERN

WAS. >> I AM CERTAINLY OPEN TO THE CONVERSATION UM-- MAYBE THAT IS A FUTURE ITEM TO HAVE IN A WORK

SESSION. >> OKAY. WE CAN DO THAT. IN WHICH CASE I GUESS I AM DONE WITH YOU.

>> QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR STAFF OR THE OLSON GROUP? OKAY. THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. FOR APPROVAL, SORRY. OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER REAVES, SECONDED BY MEMBER WINGET. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT SEEING NONE. CALL THE VOTE. I RECOMMEND THAT ITEM PASSES

[Items 7G & 7H]

AND I WANTED TO MAKE JUST A QUICK STATEMENT IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM CITIZEN INPUT. I APPRECIATE ONE OF , I APPRECIATE EVERYONE OF YOUR COMMENTS. BEING IN THIS POSITION OF THIS FOR SEVEN YEARS THERE IS INCORRECT

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THAT IS NOT CORRECT. PROPERTY OWNERS IN OUR COUNTRY DO HAVE THE RIGHT UNDER THE LAW TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY. AS SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL OR DEVELOPER HAS THE RIGHT UNDER THE LAW ALSO TO MAKE REQUESTS FOR REZONING, DEVELOPING AGREEMENTS, ETC. TO THE GOVERNING BODY IN WHICH CASE IS CITY COUNCIL HERE. CITY COUNCIL MUST REVIEW THOSE REQUESTS AS THEY COME. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE COUNCIL SUPPORTS OR DOES NOT SUPPORT THAT ITEM, BUT IT DOES MEAN WE ARE REQUIRED TO CONSIDER THE ITEMS AS THEY COME FORWARD. I WANTED TO ADDRESS THERE SEEM TO BE SOME ASSUMPTION THAT THE COUNCIL PUT THIS ON HERE THIS IS COUNCIL'S PLANNING COUNSEL'S IDEA. NO, WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO CONSIDER THESE ITEMS AS A LEGITIMATE REQUEST WAS MADE. COREY? COME ON UP.

>> OKAY. I APPRECIATE YOU, MAYOR, READING THOSE ITEMS INTO THE AGENDA, THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME ITEM WITH TWO VERSIONS PRESENTED HERE. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR HAVING ME BEFORE YOU. DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR HERE WITH THE CITY. SO I WILL GIVE A PRESENTATION AT A HIGH LEVEL DEVELOPER ALSO HAS A PRESENTATION WELL THEY WERE GETTING REQUEST. AS YOU MENTIONED, MAYOR, THIS IS REQUEST FOR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT APPROVAL. THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS HERE IN THE PACKET. BOTH OF THEM REVOLVE AROUND THE SAME INTENT WHICH IS TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY AS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN AND TO 75 RESIDENTIAL LOTS. SO AS YOU MENTIONED THEY REQUESTED AGREEMENT THAT CAME BEFORE AND GOT PULLED BACK TO MAKE CHANGES, AND WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IN YOUR PACKET IS TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF AGREEMENTS ONE OF WHICH IN OPTION ONE, THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM PROPOSES THAT SORRY THAT THE DEVELOPER WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH A PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AND A WHOLE HOST OF IMPROVEMENTS THEREIN AND THAT INCLUDES WAIVING CERTAIN FEES OR THE FEES IN MITIGATION IN LIEU OF OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT. OPTION TWO IS A VERY DIFFERENT STRUCTURED AGREEMENT IN WHICH THEY ARE REQUESTING A REDUCTION IN MITIGATION FEES THAT WOULD BE ASSESSED BASED ON TO REMOVE.

AS YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE PACKET IN THE AGREEMENT OF THE PROPOSED PARKING IMPROVEMENTS THERE IS A PROPOSED NEW TRAIL MEANDERING THROUGH THAT WOULD CONNECT THE CONNECTING SUBDIVISION AND NEW SUBDIVISION. AT THE BOTTOM THERE. AND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ACTIVE PARK IMPROVEMENTS THERE EXISTING COLUMBIA PARK IS A PASSIVE PARK SPACE. IT LEAVES THAT AS PASSIVE PARK SPACE FOR ANYONE WHO LIKES TO ENJOY IT IN THAT MANNER. THERE IS THE ADDITION OF PICKLE BALL COURTS, A KAYAK LAUNCH, PLAYGROUND, AND SEATING THAT IS COVERED AND SEATING THAT'S UNCOVERED IN ADDITION TO THE WALKING PATHWAY THROUGHOUT THAT I MENTIONED AND A PROPOSAL FOR AN ADDITIOAL 100 TREES TO BE PLANTED IN THE PARK. THE SECOND OPTION WHICH IS THE SECOND ITEM LISTED IT SIMPLY REQUESTS A REDUCTION AND FEES ASSESSED FOR TREE MITIGATION. SO TO PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT IS NOT ANY ZONING IT DOES NOT GIVE ENTITLEMENTS FOR REALLY ANYTHING TO GO FORWARD BEYOND THIS POINT UNLESS THOSE ARE TAKEN IN SOUPS UP SUBSEQUENT ACTION. TO OBTAIN ANY OF THE PRECONDITIONS WHICH AS LISTED ARE APPROVALS NECESSARY FROM DALLAS IF YOU WERE TO GO WITH OPTION ONE AND ADDITIONALLY FOR THE ZONING IF THOSE TWO THINGS ARE NOT DONE, OR THE ZONING IS NOT DONE THEN THE PLAN DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD. SO THE ZONING APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR PLAN DEVELOP AND ZONING. IT'S BEEN IN REVIEW. IT'S ON HOLD. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS REALLY CAN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH WITHOUT KNOWING THE OUTCOME OF THIS AGREEMENT. AS IT RELATES TO THE TREE PRESERVATION PLAN AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO IT IS IN PROCESS BUT ON HOLD. UM-- SO IF YOU WERE TO APPROVE ONE OF THESE TONIGHT THAT WOULD TRIGGER THAT MOMENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ZONING THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING AND CITY

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>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, COREY. HOW DOES THE PROPOSED PARK IN OPTION ONE ALIGN WITH ANY POTENTIAL DESIGNS THE CITY MIGHT HAVE HAD OR CURRENTLY HAS FOR THAT DARK SPACE? IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY THE ANSWER IS WE DON'T HAVE

ANY. >> I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY FORMALIZED PARK PLAN. THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS PREVIOUSLY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE FORMAL PLANS. THIS WAS A CONCEPT THAT CAME FROM THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

>> THANK YOU. COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?

CANCEL NUMBER REAVES? >> IT IS ALMOST 17 ACRES OVERALL. FOR THE PACK PARK EXPANSION IS THAT SUBTRACTED FROM THE 16 LEAVING ROUGHLY 12.5 ACRES FOR THE--

>> THE 16.4 ACRES IS IN THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THE COLUMBIA PARK EXPANSION IS NOT ONTO PROPERTY OWNED BY THE APPLICANT. IT IS ONTO AREA RELEASED THE CITY SO IT WOULD BE EXPANSION I KNOW WE HAVE THIS DESIGNATED BUT OUR FORMAL PARK BOUNDARIES.

>> THANK YOU. COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY WE WILL HAVE THE APPLICANT COME ON UP.

>> MAYOR, COUNCIL. SORRY. HOW'S THAT? BETTER? MAYOR, COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING. MY NAME IS JOHN ARNOLD. I AM WITH SKORBURG 82 FOUR WEST SUITE 900 DALLAS, TEXAS 75225. UM-- I JUST WANT TO START OFF WITH GOING THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION IN A SECOND. I WANT TO START OFF SAYING THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE BEEN IN FRONT OF COUNSEL. IT IS NOT THE FIRST DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE DONE IN TOWN. THIS WOULD BE OUR SEVENTH OR EIGHTH I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE BEEN PART OF . OUR OWNER HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS. HE DID SOME PREVIOUSLY WELL BEFORE MY TIME. BUT, ONE OF THE THINGS TO SAY IS THAT WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT. WE ARE HERE, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION WE WANT TO PROPOSE TO CANCEL. WE WANT TO HEAR FEEDBACK. IF THIS IS THE RIGHT PROPOSAL. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS I THINK SINCE OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR THROUGH SEPARATE PLANNERS AND SEPARATE GROUPS . IF THE PROCESS NEEDS TO SHIFT LIKE WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT TO INCLUDE OTHER PARTIES WE ARE HERE TO DO THAT. BUT THIS IS A PROPOSAL WE THOUGHT WAS UM-- WOULD BE WELL RECEIVED AND IMPROVEMENT TO THE AREA. LET ME GO THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR BACKGROUND IN OUR HISTORY IN ROWLETT. SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATION AND THE CONCEPT PLAN HIT THAT BRIEFLY, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A ZONING CASE. AND WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TREE MITIGATION UM-- AND PROPOSAL. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US SKORBURG COMPANY PRIVATELY OWNED. BEEN IN THE DFW AREA ABOUT 40 YEARS. WE'VE DONE 140 PROJECTS OVER THE LAST UM-- YOU KNOW 40 YEARS . 25 CURRENT ACTIVE PROJECTS EITHER CONSTRUCTION OR SELLOUT. WE HAVE REPUTATION FOR BUILDING HIGH QUALITY LONG-LASTING COMMUNITIES LIKE SOME OF THE ONES I WILL SHOW YOU HERE IN ROLLA. WE DO FIVE ACRES TO 16 ACRES TO 400 MASTER COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE PROJECTS FROM TOWNHOMES TO ACRE LOT DEVELOPMENTS. I WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH SOME OF OUR PROJECTS WE HAVE HERE IN ROWLETT. AND THE MIDDLE, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH OUT WEST ALONG MILLER ROAD. LAKESHORE VILLAGE WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW , DELL ROCK, WOODSIDE TO STATES THAT WAS FINISHED A COUPLE YEARS AGO, MERRITT VILLAGE OFF OF MERRITT ROAD. A LITTLE MORE

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THE PROJECT IS 4.55 SO IT'S VERY SIMILAR DENSITY. SO I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT IS BUILDABLE ON THOSE PROJECTS.

UM-- GRANT HOMES . THERE'S SOME OF THE PRODUCT AND MODEL IN LAKESHORE VILLAGE. THE PRICES IN THAT COMMUNITY RANGE FROM MIDDLE 500S UP TO ALMOST $1 MILLION. THEY BUILT A BEAUTIFUL PRODUCT. SAME COMMUNITY SORRY THESE ARE GRAND HOMES STILL. WINDSOR HOMES PRODUCT -- THESE ARE PRODUCTS COULD FILL ON THESE LOTS. SUBJECT PROPERTY SOUTH OF AND NORTH OF FLAMINGO BAY. UM-- WE WOULD LOVE TO DO ANOTHER SKORBURG PROJECT HERE IN ROWLETT. THERE IS SINGLE-FAMILY UM-- I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S LAND AVAILABLE, BUT A LOT OF THOSE AREAS ARE FOR MORE DENSITY OR MIXED USE AREAS UM-- WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 10 OR 12 YEARS. WE WON'T KNOW IF THERE'S THAT MUCH SINGLE-FAMILY LAND LEFT TO GO IN WITHOUT CITY CENTER OR MORE TO HAPPEN BEFORE THAT HAPPENS UM-- THIS SITE HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN PREVIOUSLY BUILT FOR RENT.

DISCUSSIONS ON WE DON'T SEE THAT AS THE USE HERE. WE SEE THAT AS A SINGLE-FAMILY PROJECT UM-- WHEN WE FIRST APPROACHED THIS WE THOUGHT SOMETHING IS MISSING FROM THIS AREA.

THERE'S THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS BUILT THERE. WELL BEFORE HOURS AT THAT POINT IT WAS HEAVILY TREES HEARD THERE WAS NO STRINGENT TREE MITIGATION-- POLICIES. THERE WERE NOT PARK FEES ARE MINIMAL AND SO COLUMBIA PARK HAD NOT BEEN DEVELOPED. WE WENT DOWN TO THE LAKE AND TALKED TO UM-- THE GUY-- SORRY MY BRAIN JUST-- THE OTHER DOCK, THE GUY THAT RUNS THE KAYAK STORE. HE SHOWED US THE EXPANSION AND THE KAYAK TRAIL. THIS WAS A STOP ON THAT KAYAK TRAIL THAT'S WHERE THE IDEA BEGAN TO BUILD OUT THIS PARK WE TALKED ABOUT THE FLOATING DOCK. THERE ARE WAYS WE COULD DO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF DOCK AT THAT LOCATION. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT WITH STAFF. WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO BUILD OUT THIS PARK UM-- WE ARE NOT ASKING TO PAY FOR ZONING. WE ARE HERE TO ASK FOR A REDUCTION IN THE BURDEN ON THIS PROPERTY. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS THERE ARE SO MANY TREES ON THIS PROPERTY THE MITIGATION WOULD BE AND I'M GETTING TO THAT FURTHER-- MITIGATION WOULD BE $1.5 MILLION. THAT'S ALMOST $30,000 PER LOT ALMOST $1.50

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IT'S ANOTHER THING THAT BROUGHT THIS TRAIL INTO UM-- FRUITION WAS THAT THIS CITY HAS A PLAN TO CONNECT THE TRAIL AROUND THE PARK. IT IS JUST A SECTION OF THE LARGER PLAN UM-- SHADED SEATING AREAS UM-- A SIZABLE PLAYGROUND UM-- PICKLE BALL COURTS WITH-- FENCING, WINDSCREEN, PICNIC TABLES WITH BENCHES. AND THIS WAS THIS WAS YOU KNOW COME THROUGH-- MONTHS OF YOU KNOW PLANNING AND DISCUSSING WHAT WHAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THIS PARK UM-- SO AND THEN ALSO TO HELP MAINTAIN THAT PARK UM-- WE WOULD BE CONTRIBUTING $10,000 ANNUALLY TO PARK MAINTENANCE, BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE USING IT FOR MOWING AND STUFF LIKE THAT AROUND THE PARK. SO WE DON'T BURN THE CITY WITH THAT COST OF MAINTENANCE UM-- RIGHT OFF THE BAT. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES. OF TRAILS, BENCHES, KAYAK LAUNCH PICKLE BALL COURTS-- PLAYGROUNDS -- PARALLEL PARKING. PAVILION. UM-- THE OTHER-- OPTION WAS TO BASICALLY WE ARE ASKING FOR HELP ON THE TREE MITIGATION. IT WE ARE ASKING FOR ABOUT 20%. 700,000 STILL-- 20% OF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS-- 9300 PER HOUSEHOLD. EACH HOUSE WE BUILD WE SELL THESE HOUSES. ANOTHER POINT THESE LOTS ARE ALREADY GOING TO BE YOU KNOW ALMOST DOUBLE THE COST OF WHAT WE ARE SELLING AT LAKESHORE RIGHT NOW. UM-- AND ANOTHER $10,000 ON TOP OF THAT. THAT -- IT IS ABOUT ONE DOLLAR PER ACRE OF TREE MITIGATION COSTS UM-- STILL BE PRESERVING THE TREES ON SITE, AND WE WOULD STILL BE PLANTING THE 55 TREES UM-- THAT IS OUR PROPOSAL, MY PRESENTATION. I AM HERE FOR FEEDBACK, QUESTIONS,

DIRECTION. >> OKAY, COUNSEL, QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? MAYOR PRO TEM WINGET?

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>> I DID SOME QUICK MATH WHILE YOU ARE PRESENTING, THANK YOU BY THE WAY I APPRECIATE THAT. DID SOME QUICK MATH. IT LOOKS LIKE THE LOTS IN MARINER PARK I JUST LOOKED UP ONE OF THEM SEEM TO BE ABOUT 8500 SQUARE FEET ON THE TAX ROLLS. YOU GUYS ARE ANYWHERE FROM 5750-7500 BASED ON THOSE LOT SIZES YOU PROVIDED. THAT'S BETWEEN 12 AND 32% SMALLER, SO THE REASON FOR THAT SIZE DIFFERENTIAL FROM THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY IS TRICKY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE FINANCIAL SENSE TO DO THE

LARGER LOT SIZE? >> LIKE I SAID A LOT OF THESE AREAS AND I JUST HAD ZONING CASE JUST LIKE THIS TWO SEPARATE ZONING CASES IN TWO SEPARATE CITIES WHERE I'M NEAR A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAD 8500, 9000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS UM-- COSTS WERE DIFFERENT AT THE TIME TO GET SOMEBODY IN THE HOUSE THAT IS AFFORDABLE. IF YOU LOOK BACK ON AREAS NORTH OF US THESE TREES WENT RIGHT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH OF US.

IT WAS HEAVILY GROPED AND THERE WAS NOT TREE MITIGATION COST.

IT DOES NOT MAKE FINANCIAL SENSE TO GET SOMEBODY END A PRODUCT THAT THEY CAN AFFORD WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WELL OVER $1 MILLION HOMES HERE IN ITS UM-- AS JUST-- IT'S NOT AFFORDABLE PRODUCT. WE LIKE TO BUILD SOMETHING PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY PURCHASE AND MOVE INTO AND BUY AND BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WE HAVE DONE AS WE HAVE BUILT WE'VE GONE UP IN PRICE. WE BEGAN PROBABLY IN OUR FIRST SUBDIVISION IN THE MID-300'S TO 400'S AS THE MARKET HAS GONE WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS. WE ARE UP IN THE 5'S TO 7'S TO 6'S, SO --

>> FOLLOW-UP QUESTION UM-- I WAS HERE AT THE COUNCIL MEETING WHEN WOODSIDE ESTATES WAS APPROVED. I WAS THERE. NOT HERE. I WAS AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, AND I REMEMBER CONCERNS RAISED BY MEMBERS AT THAT TIME REVOLVED AROUND PARKING AND THE FACT OF WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN ALLEY FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT. ULTIMATELY THERE IS NOT, AND THERE IS NOW A TON OF ON STREET PARKING AS A RESULT. THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING AT HOME LONGER RESULTS IN MORE VEHICLES PER HOUSEHOLD AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THE DRIVEWAYS ACCOMMODATE SOME CAPACITY, BUT PEOPLE ARE FILLING UP THEIR GARAGES WITH THINGS AND STUFF, AND IT LIMITS THE ABILITY FOR PARKING THAT REALLY MAKES SENSE. SO WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS THIS MIGHT BE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF WHAT YOU ARE PRESENTING HERE, BUT THE SLIDE ON THE SCREEN IS LOT SIZES, SO THAT'S WHERE MY MIND IS GOING. HOW DO YOU MANAGE WITH LOTS THAT ARE THIS SMALL AND HAVE IT BE SUCCESSFUL? LOOKING AT WOODSIDE ESTATES FRANKLY I DON'T

CONSIDER THAT A SUCCESS. >> ALLEYS DON'T WORK TEND TO HAVE MORE PARKING ON THE STREETS WITH ALLEYS UM-- DRIVEWAYS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED SINCE WE DID WOODSIDE LIKE WE ARE 25 FOOT MINIMUM. THOSE ARE SHORTER DRIVEWAYS NOW CARS CAN FIT MORE IN THE DRIEWAY-- YEAH-- I LIVE IN A VERY SIMILAR NEIGHBORHOOD. 60-FOOT LOTS AND 80-FOOT LOTS. AND THEY ARE STILL DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND SEEING, ALLIE SERVED, SO YOU WILL SEE A LOT MORE. DRIVERS TEND TO PULL MORE PEOPLE OFF THE STREET THAN DEEPER DRIVEWAYS.

>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SCHUPP?

>> YES THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, AND ARE THESE -- OKAY. OKAY. PROBABLY YOUR BAD LUCK TODAY WAS ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION RIGHT? I WILL TELL YOU I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE TREE MITIGATION, AND QUITE HONESTLY AND FORGIVE ME FOR BEING MAY BE UNPLEASANT, BUT I THINK YOU ARE A LITTLE TONE DEAF. WE HAVE I MEAN YOU'VE HEARD THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON AND ON THIS IS A NICE HARDWOOD MATURE TREE, THIS IS NOT JUST KIND OF CUTTING DOWN A BUNCH OF SCRUB THIS IS A MAJOR FOREST, AND I UNDERSTAND DEVELOPMENT -- I'M TAKEN ABACK THAT AS SENSITIVE AS THIS ALL YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A DEAL . THAT DOESN'T REALLY HIT ME RIGHT. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON HERE. YOU ARE PREDICATED THIS ON THE FACT YOU ARE EVEN

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AM AT. >> I UNDERSTAND YOUR TAKE. WHAT I HAVE HEARD AND HEARD IN THE PAST AND IN THIS CHAMBERS WAS-- LOOKING AT THE TREATMENT PLAN TO SEE HOW IT AFFECTED THAT WE WANT THE DEVELOPER TO UNDERSTAND AND TO FEEL IT BUT NOT BE OVERBURDENED BY IT UM-- AND I THINK THE PROPERTY OWNER ITSELF , IF I DON'T, IF I DON'T GET ZONING OR GET THIS DONE THIS PROPERTY OWNER IT'S A BURDEN FOR THEIR PROPERTY TO HAVE $4.5 MILLION. IT WAS LOOKED AT A DIFFERENT WAY. YOU COULD SAVE AREAS OR I HAVE ANOTHER CITY ACTUALLY BROUGHT MY TREE MITIGATION DOWN TO ZERO BY THOUGHTFULLY PLANNING THE SITE. LET'S SAY WE GO OUT THERE AND LOOK FOR THE HARDWOOD TREES AND LARGER ONES, AND I WANT TO SAY THIS AREA OVER HERE HAS THAT'S I'M GOING TO SAY THAT AREA THAT'S MY FOCUSED AREA BUT FOR YOU DOING THAT AND SAVING THIS FORESTED AREA MAKE IT LOOK NICE AND PUT A PARKING THERE WE WILL BRING DOWN THE TREE MITIGATION. UM-- SO THAT'S A POSSIBILITY AS WELL.

AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW THIS PROPERTY OWNER CAN'T DO ANYTHING. THEY CAN DO 9000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS. THE SLOPE IS STILL GOING TO BE BURDENSOME ON THEM, AND THE TREES WOULD HAVE TO COME DOWN EVEN IF THEY DO 9000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS BY RIGHT BY RIGHT THEY COULD RUN THAT STREET DOWN THERE AND DO 9000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS AND THEN THEY STILL HAVE 1,000,000.5 THERE.

SO IF SOMEBODY CAME BY AND SAID I'M GOING TO PAY YOU-- THE TREES ARE GONE. AND THAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO WHATEVER COMES UP DOWN THE ROAD. THE TREES WILL BE GONE IF SOMEBODY AS PROPERTY. WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS.

IT'S ACTUALLY SAYING SOMEBODY IS GOING TO DO THIS AT SOME POINT SOME MAYBE COUNSEL LOOKS LIKE THIS BUILT FOR RENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND IT WORKS FINANCIALLY, THE TREES ARE GONE. WE BUILD A GREAT PRODUCT WE'VE PROVEN WE'VE BUILT A GREAT PRODUCT. WE WERE TRYING TO BRING OUR PRODUCT AGAIN AND GIVE SOMETHING ELSE THE TREES WILL BE GONE AT SOME POINT. SO I WAS HOPING TO MAYBE MAYBE BENEFIT THE CITY AND HAVE A GREAT PRODUCT. AND YES. IT'S OUR PRODUCT AND WE WOULD LOVE TO DEVELOP IN ROWLETT. WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN ROWLETT SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE HOPING TO DO. IF THERE IS A POSSIBLE WAY OR FEEDBACK THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT AS WELL.

>> I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT.

>> I DON'T THINK WE ARE HERE YET . I DON'T THINK WE ARE THERE YET. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE PRESENTATION AND FOR AT LEAST

EXPLAINING YOUR POSITION >> COUNCILMEMBER REAVES?

>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND YOUR INVESTMENT IN ROWLETT AND OTHER SUBDIVISIONS. I WANT TO ECHO BOTH MAYOR PRO TEM WINGET AND MEMBER SCHUPP WITH THE TREE MITIGATION HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THAT AS WELL THE PACKET SAYS 1.1 MILLION YOU MENTIONED 1.5 MILLION. I THINK THERE'S A PERCEPTION THAT ROWLETT HAS GIVEN AWAY BAD DEALS AND GIVEN ASSETS WE HAVE AT A DISCOUNT. I DON'T THINK THIS IS GOOD DEAL FOR THE CITY. SO TO ECHO COUNCILMEMBER SCHUPP I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME. THE OTHER THING IS ON THE

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>> I UNDERSTAND. I THINK THAT MATH PROBABLY TAKES INTO ACCOUNT PARKER LEWIS FAIRVIEW ROCKWALL EVERYTHING AROUND WHERE WE HAVE FIVE ACRE TO ONE ACRE LOTS. AS WE'VE SEEN IN THIS AREA AND ROWLETT IT-- ONE ACRE LOT DOESN'T REALLY FIT IN THIS AREA AS WELL. SO-- I THINK THAT WHAT WE HAVE SHOWN WITH THE PAST SIX DEVELOPMENTS THEY CAN BE A GREAT LOOKING PRODUCT AND GREAT SUBDIVISIONS AT 6070 508,000 OR OTHER LOTS.

>> COUNSEL? >> DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM

SHINDER? >> YES I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS QUESTIONING THE QUALITY OF YOUR PRODUCT, THE GRAND HOMES I THINK ARE BEAUTIFUL HOMES, I'VE SEEN THEM IN THE OTHER SUBDIVISIONS I THINK THE PROBLEMS HERE AS YOU CAN SEE ARE WITH THE TREES WITH THE LOT SIZES AND FOR ME ALSO WITH THE PROCESS I DO FEEL LIKE THE CART IS BEING PUT IN FOR THE HORSE.

I REALIZE WE ARE NOT HERE TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE ACTUAL ZONING. WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE TREE MITIGATION OR NOT OR THE PARK UM-- COREY MENTIONED THAT-- THE ZONING'S COULD NOT GO FORWARD UNTIL WE DECIDED THIS, BUT I DON'T RECALL EVER HAVING TO DECIDE ON TREE MITIGATION PLAN BEFORE WE WENT FORWARD WITH ZONING, SO TO ME THAT'S A PROBLEM TO ME IT'S A PROBLEM THAT THIS HASN'T BEEN TO THE PARKS BOARD WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A PARK. IT HAS NOT BEEN TO THE TREE BOARD WHEN WE ARE TALKING TREE MITIGATION. SO. BASICALLY ALL I WOULD ECHO THE CONCERNS THAT COUNCILMEMBER SCHUPP AND REAVES EXPRESSED AND ALSO COUNCILMEMBER WINGET. I WOULD ALSO SAY UM-- I THINK THE PROCESS IS BACKWARDS HERE, AND I DON'T LIKE MAKING A DECISION ON THIS. SEEMS LIKE IT'S KIND OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL PLOY IF WE DECIDE ON ONE OF THESE AND THAT SORT OF EASES US INTO APPROVING THE ZONING, AND I DON'T WANT

TO DO THAT. >> I UNDERSTAND YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT, AND I'M WILLING TO-- FOLLOW ANY PROCESS I'M TOLD TO. I WALK IN HERE AND FOLLOW THE PROCESS. SO IF THERE IS A PROCESS WE WOULD LIKE TO DO I'M WILLING TO--

>> YOU FOLLOW THE PROCESS HE WANTED TO FOLLOW WITH RESPECT TO PRESENTING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PRIOR TO ZONING THAT' A CHOICE YOU MAKE NOT SOMETHING STAFF HAS ANY INPUT OR DESIRE TO DIRECT YOU WANT. I WANT TO BE CLEAR FOR THE RECORD AS IS HIS RIGHT TO CHOOSE THAT I WANT TO BE CLEAR BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING COREY OR I OR STAFF HAS LAID OUT AS THE PATH THERE WERE MULTIPLE WAYS IN WHICH THIS COULD BE DONE COMMONLY ZONING FIRST NO NOT YOU I WANT TO CORRECT FOR THE RECORD REFERENCED THE PATH HE WAS TOLD OR GIVEN AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR I DON'T THINK HE MEANS TO SUGGEST OTHERWISE, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT WE REPRESENT ALL OF OUR ACTIONS VERY CLEARLY AND EXPLICITLY AND IN THIS CASE THIS WAS THE PATH SKORBURG CHOSE. THERE'S NOTHING ILLEGAL OR OTHERWISE ABOUT IT, AND WE SIMPLY PERFORMED OUR MINISTERIAL

DUTIES TO MOVE IT FORWARD. >> COUNSEL, ANY OF THE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OR STAFF? IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE

GOING FOR? MAYOR PRO TEM? >> I'M WILLING TO FOLLOW WHATEVER PATH THAT BEST FITS COUNSEL.

>> GO AHEAD. >> QUESTION FOR COREY IF I MAY.

I RECOGNIZE IN THE PACKET THERE'S NO RECOMMENDATION ON THIS ITEM, BUT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT ONE OF THE PROVISIONS THAT'S INCLUDED WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AND THAT'S IN SECTION 3 PARAGRAPH B THERE'S A TIMELINE BY WHICH STAFF WOULD BE TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON PLANS THAT WOULD BE SUBMITTED BY THE DEVELOPER. I'M WONDERING IF THE TIMELINE IS REASONABLE AND ACCEPTABLE FOR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO EFFECT OF LEE-- MAKE THAT HAPPEN, AND IT'S 30 DAYS TO BE

CLEAR. >> IT WAS PROPOSED A SHORTER BY THE CITY ATTORNEY . I THINK THAT'S REASONABLE TO GET HER

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PROCESS TO PLAY. >> I'M MAINLY CONCERNED THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS MAY BE LARGER IN SCOPE THAN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT HERE FROM TREE MITIGATION TO PARKING LOT SIZES AND THINGS THIS IS COMMITTING TO THE CITY SOMETHING SO THANK YOU FOR THAT

ANSWER. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, SO ITEM 7G, AGAIN, IS CONSIDER ACTION TO RESOLUTION PARK IMPROVEMENT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND SKORBURG RETAIL CORPORATION GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE SOUTH OF ROYAL BAY DRIVE AND NORTH OF CAROL LANE AND ASSOCIATED EXPANSION OF COLUMBIA PARK. I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN A VERBAL MOTION ON THIS, SO MAYOR PRO TEM TRENT?

>> BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION I WANT TO CLARIFY WITH THE CITY SECRETARY A PROCEDURAL QUESTION, EXCUSE ME, CITY ATTORNEY UM-- AND THAT IS WITH REGARD TO THOSE TWO ITEMS SHOULD THEY BE DENIED WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS TO PURSUE .

>> WELL HE THOUGHT DEVELOPER CAN ALWAYS COME BACK WITH ANOTHER PROPOSAL FOR DEVELOPING THEIR PROPERTY. THEY CAN ALSO MIGHT HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED TO COME BACK WITH REZONING INSTEAD

AND AGREEMENT TO LATER. >> I WILL AGAIN ENTERTAIN A

VERBAL MOTION. >> IN THAT CASE I MOVE WE DENY ITEM 7G AND THE RESOLUTION ASSOCIATED THEREIN.

>> I SEE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER SHINDER. ANY DISCUSSION? IT'S ON. YOU ARE GOOD. IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION THEN CALL THE VOTE. AGAIN SAYING YES IS A VOTE AGAINST THIS ITEM IS A VOTE TO DENY THE ITEM A YES IS A VOTE TO DENY THE ITEM. ALL RIGHT. SO THE ITEM 7G IS DENIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH THOSE MEMBERS PRESENT. ITEM 7H IS CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION REGARDING AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND SKORBURG RETAIL CORPORATION RELATED TO A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE, SOUTH OF ROYAL BAY DRIVE, AND NORTH OF CAROL LANE, AND ASSOCIATED EXPANSION OF COLUMBIA PARK. I WILL ENTERTAIN A VERBAL MOTION HERE. DEPUTY

MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER? >> I MOVE TO DENY 7H.

>> IS THERE A SECOND? IS HE A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM WINGET.

A MOTION TO DENY ITEM 7H. WHEN I CALL FOR THE VOTE IT WILL BE THE AFFIRMATIVE'S TO DENY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. CALL THE VOTE READ AND ITEM 7H IS DENIED UNANIMOUSLY.

[7A. Conduct a public hearing on adopting an amended Downtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Project Plan and Financing Plan.]

>> BOARD MET AND RECOMMENDED TO YOUR COUNCIL APPROVAL OF REVISION TO THE DOWNTOWN TOURIST PLAN REVISION IS TO ADD ADDITIONAL PROJECT WHICH IS MUNICIPAL COMPLEX THAT MUNICIPAL COMPLEX IS OPTED TO REZONE SO NO BOUNDARY CHANGE IS REQUIRED AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER THIS SIMPLY PROVIDES IT'S MINISTERIAL TO ALLOW US TO UTILIZE FLEXIBILITY IN OUR FINANCING PLAN IT DOES NOT INCREASE THE EXPECTED OR PLANNED FOR THE MUNICIPAL PROJECT COULD WE HAVE TWO ITEMS FOR THIS PROJECT. ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE OPENED AND CLOSED AND THEN AFTER THAT CONSIDERATION OF ACTUALLY APPROVING THE REVISED PLAN AS PRESENTED. ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE CAN EXPECT COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?

COUNCILMEMBER REAVES? >> HOT MIC OKAY. I IMAGINE A

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INCURRED. CORRECT? >> IT CHANGES THE COMPOSITION OF THE DEBT, SO WE CAN MANAGE IT IN THE COMPOSITION OF

ITSELF. >> ONE OTHER QUESTION OR COMMENT. THE INCREMENTAL TAX VALUE THERE ARE QUESTIONS I RECEIVED ON THAT AND THERE ARE NUMBERS THERE. MY UNDERSTANDING IT IS PRO FORMA SO IT'S A PLAN THAT IS WHAT COULD HAPPEN. IT COULD BE MORE COULD BE LESS. SO IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN DEPENDING ON THE DEVELOPMENT IS THAT CORRECT?

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> THEY ARE PLANS FOR A REASON THEY ARE ESTIMATES. THEY ARE CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES THAT WAY WE UNDERESTIMATE REVENUES OVERESTIMATE EXPENDITURES TO TO MAKE IT CONSERVATIVE MORE CONTAGIOUS THAN WE PLANNED FOR.

SO WE BELIEVE OUR ESTIMATES ARE CONSERVATIVE, AND THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS WE'VE ESTIMATED WITHIN THE TAX RANGE EVEN LOWER THAN IDENTIFIED. THANK YOU.

>> CITY MANAGER CAN EXPECT I JUST WANT TO ADD JUST A LITTLE BIT TO THAT, BECAUSE CHRISTOPH VEERED INTO DISCUSSION ON THE TAX RATE AND THE IMPACT OF THE CHANGE ON THAT. YOUR QUESTION RELATES MORE DIRECTLY TO THE PRO FORMA FINANCING PLAN FOR INCREMENTAL TAX GAINED. TO HIS POINT IT IS A PLAN AND AS YOU SAID IT IS A PRO FORMA ONE THAT IS I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'VE ANSWERED CLEARLY WITH RESPECT TO THAT.

>> IN LINE WITH COUNCILMEMBER REAVES' QUESTION LOOPING THIS MUNICIPAL COMPLEX INTO THE TERMS DOES NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF DEBT ISSUING UNDER THE APPROVED DEBT PLAN CORRECT?

>> THAT'S CORRECT . STAFF CREATE OPPORTUNITIES THIS CREATES OPTIONS HOW THE FUNDING IS MANAGED IN THE FUTURE IT WILL BE THINGS WE BRING TO THE COUNCIL THAT YOU WILL DECIDE ON

AT THAT TIME. >> THANK YOU I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THIS IS NOT A SAVINGS NECESSARILY, BECAUSE WE ROPED IT AND IT IS JUST RESTRUCTURING IF YOU WILL.

>> IT REALLY IS CREATES A PATH FORWARD THAT DOESN'T EXIST IF WE DON'T TAKE A SECTION. SO IT'S AN AUTHORIZATION PIECE.

>> DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER?

>> JUST TO CLARIFY THE 20 MILLION UM-- COUNCILMEMBER REAVES ASKED WAS THAT PART OF WHAT HAS ARTY BEEN IMPROVED, AND YOU SAID YES, SO IS THAT NOT THE 20 MILLION WE ARE GOING TO BE APPROVING ? CO IN ITEM 7C IS THAT THE --

>> LET ME CORRECT THE TERMINOLOGY IT IS PART OF OUR

FINANCIAL PLAN-- >> NOT YET APPROVED? OKAY. I

WANTED TO CLARIFY. THANK YOU. >> ANY OF THE QUESTIONS FOR ? OKAY. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD IT'S 8:49 P.M. AND WE'LL BE OPENING UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM 7 A ? ALL RIGHT SEEING

[7B. Consider action to approve an ordinance adopting an amended Downtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Project Plan and Financing Plan.]

[7C. Consider action to approve a resolution directing publication of Notice of Intent to issue Certificates of Obligation.]

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OBLIGATION. RIDICULOUS. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT A NOTICE OF INTENT FOR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION ISSUE OF $20 MILLION FROM MUNICIPAL COMPLEX WE ARE COMING BEFORE EACH DAY PUBLISHING NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER REQUIRED UNDER STATE LAW 45 DAYS BEFORE CONSIDERING THE ISSUANCE. DONE SO TWICE. UM-- COULD BE COMING THIS FRIDAY AND NEXT WEEK AND THAT WOULD BE IN ORDER TO HAVE A MEETING BY WHICH CO THAT AUTHORIZATION CAN BE MADE. THIS IS NOT TO ISSUE THE DEBT BUT JUST APPROVE A NEWSPAPER NOTICE . SO ONCE AGAIN WE ARE HERE TO-- ASK FOR APPROVAL OF A $20 MILLION NOTICE TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER UM-- WITH WHICH COUNSEL WOULD -- MEET ON DECEMBER 3RD TO-- APPROVE THE ISSUANCE OF CO'S. DO WE HAVE

ANY QUESTIONS? >> COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. I SEE A MOTION MADE BY MAYOR PRO TEM WINGET FOR APPROVAL. SECOND BY MEMBER BOWERS. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. THEN CALL A VOTE.

[7D. Conduct a public hearing on a request by Mathias Haubert of Bohler Engineering TX, LLC, on behalf of property owner James Schrade of Schrade Land Company LTD, to 1) rezone the subject property from General Commercial/Retail (C-2) and General Manufacturing (M-2) Districts to a Planned Development (PD) District with a base zoning of General Commercial/Retail (C-2) for restaurant uses with and without drive-throughs, general retail, and light vehicle repair uses; 2) approve conceptual plans; and 3) amend the official Zoning Map of the City. The property is located at the southeast corner of Main Street and Lakeview Parkway more commonly known as 2801 Main Street and 2700 Lakeview Parkway, consisting of two (2) lots and containing 7.73 acres in the U. Mattusen Survey, Abstract No. 1017, and the Reason Crist Survey No. 225 in the City of Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas.]

>> I WAS GOING TO REQUEST A FIVE MINUTE

>> ALL. IT IS 9:01. WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK TO ITEM 7D.

I'VE ALREADY READ IT. CORY, COME ON UP.

>> SO THIS ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING. THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS A PUBLIC AGENDA HEARING . I WILL RUN THROUGH THIS QUICKLY AND LET YOU GET TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS YES I'M SORRY I'M SHORTER THAN OTHER PEOPLE WHO SPEAK APPEAR SO. WHICH-- TRYING TO GET THE RIGHT HEIGHT THERE. UM-- OKAY SO 7.73 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF LAKEVIEW AND MAINE AS YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE PROPERTY IS DOMINATION OF PORTION OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL RETAIL M2 GENERAL MANUFACTURING. SO IF YOU LOOK HERE THE TWO AREAS HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE ARE THE PIECES CURRENTLY ZONED AS M2 WITH THE RED COLOR BEING THE C2 ZONING. APPLICANT REQUESTING PROPERTY COUPLE DIFFERENT TRACKS INTO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. THEIR GOAL IS TO CREATE A COHESIVE PLAN HERE. THIS CONCEPT PLAN ADDITIONALLY IN THIS PRESENTATION YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEIR GOAL IS TO CONNECT THOSE

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NOTIFICATION AREAS SHOWN HERE WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTICES IN OPPOSITION AT ALL THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS FROM THE NOTICES OR NEWSPAPER NOTICE. AND THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. WE WILL CONTINUE GOING FORWARD MAKE RECOMMENDATION APPROVAL OR DENIAL, BUT I WOULD ADD THAT IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO APPROVE THIS WE MAY NEED TO CONSULT ON HOW THE TEXT MIGHT BE WRITTEN BASED ON THE SCALED-BACK REQUEST THEY HAVE ON SOME OF THOSE UM-- USES .

>> OKAY SINCE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING GOING TO GO AHEAD AND

[7E. Consider action to approve an ordinance on a request by Mathias Haubert of Bohler Engineering TX, LLC, on behalf of property owner James Schrade of Schrade Land Company LTD, to 1) rezone the subject property from General Commercial/Retail (C-2) and General Manufacturing (M-2) Districts to a Planned Development (PD) District with a base zoning of General Commercial/Retail (C-2) for restaurant uses with and without drive-throughs, general retail, and light vehicle repair uses; 2) approve conceptual plans; and 3) amend the official Zoning Map of the City. The property is located at the southeast corner of Main Street and Lakeview Parkway more commonly known as 2801 Main Street and 2700 Lakeview Parkway, consisting of two (2) lots and containing 7.73 acres in the U. Mattusen Survey, Abstract No. 1017, and the Reason Crist Survey No. 225 in the City of Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas.]

WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE WILL MOVE TO THE ACTION ITEM 7E , UM-- CITY ATTORNEY DO I HAVE TO READ THAT? THANK YOU. OKAY. SO NOW QUESTIONS FOR-- SORRY. VICTORIA

YOU HAD SOMETHING? >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT IN ANSWER TO CORY'S QUESTION I THINK IF SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT WOULD JUST BE TO APPROVE WITHIN AMENDMENT THAT EXHIBIT B WOULD BE AMENDED TO ALIGN WITH THE PRESENTATION BY STAFF. EXHIBIT B IS THE INCLUDES THE USE

REGULATIONS. UM-- >> THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE A

SHORT PRESENTATION AS WELL. >> OKAY IF THE APPLICANT WISHES TO PRESENT HOLD ON WAIT A MINUTE I DO HAVE A QUESTION HERE POSSIBLY FOR STAFF. COUNCILMEMBER SCHUPP?

>> JUST SO WE ARE CLEAR IN THE PACKET THEY ARE MAKING REQUESTS AND IT'S FOR UM-- ARE THOSE IN THIS PROPOSAL? THAT LIST GOING

TO BE IN THIS PROPOSAL? >> THE LIST THAT WAS PROPOSED ORIGINALLY I BELIEVE I WILL LET THE APPLICANTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS ALLOWED OF M2 DISTRICT AND THEY WERE TRYING TO SPELL THAT OUT IN WHATEVER ENTITLEMENTS WE HAVE WE WOULD LIKE TO MAINTAIN THERE WERE SEVERAL I CALLED OUT SPECIFICALLY IN YOUR STAFF REPORT THAT WERE ONLY ALLOWED BY S.U.P. IN THE M2 ZONING DISTRICT. AND SO IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT THAT IT KIND OF SEEMED LIKE THEIR INTENT WAS ONLY TO REQUEST WHAT'S ALLOWED IN M2 TO RETAIN THE ABILITY FOR THOSE USES. IN THE PROPOSAL NOW THAT YOU HAVE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT WAS TO SCALE BACK TO AS IT IS WRITTEN IN M2. IF IT IS

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M2-- >> IT'S NOT A SPECIAL

PROVISION-- RIGHT. >> RIGHT.

>> COUNCILMEMBER REAVES? >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I'M SEEING THE PACKET PASSED AROUND, SO I MIGHT BE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE ON THE QUESTION. IF IT'S FASTER THAT GOES IN THERE DO WE HAVE A STANDARD OF CUEING SO THERE'S NO ONE ON MAIN STREET OR

LAKEVIEW PARKWAY? >> WE DO HAVE REQUIREMENTS AND CALLED OUT SPECIFICALLY THEY WOULD MEET ALL OUR

REQUIREMENTS. >> LIKE IF YOU COULD BRING A COUPLE OF THESE THINGS ON HERE THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT. >> DO YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS OR WOULD YOU LIKE THE APPLICANT TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION AND SEE IF OTHER QUESTIONS COME ABOUT?

>> COUNSEL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? WE'LL HAVE THE APPLICANT COME

UP. >> THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME MY NAME IS RYAN OR WITH READ KING IN HOUSTON WE ARE A FIRST-CLASS COMMERCIAL REAL'S ESTATE DEVELOPER FOCUSING IN RETAIL AND GROCERY STORE ANCHORED RETAIL DEVELOPMENT.

UM-- I REALLY WANT TO SPEND A MOMENT TELLING YOU ARE WHO WE ARE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT DONE WORK YET IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT BUT UM-- WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 30 YEARS. AND THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY IS REALLY TO DELIVER A COHESIVE REALLY WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAN RETAIL DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD BRING SOME DESIRED AND JUST-- GREAT USES TO THE CITY UM-- AND TO ITS RESIDENTS SO UM-- I-- OUR TEAM HERE-- I HAVE BRIAN WITH ME MY VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT TRAVIS IS MY REAL ESTATE MANAGER ON OUR TEAM AND UM-- THESE GUYS ARE HERE TO SUPPORT ME THIS EVENING , AND THE NEXT PAGE IS JUST A LIST OF USERS THAT WE WORKED WITH THROUGHOUT OUR PORTFOLIO. WE HAVE AROUND 30 ACTIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA UM-- WE DEVELOPED A WHOLE FOODS IN SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA AND ARE TRYING TO PUSH INTO THE DFW MARKET. --

>> YOU ARE TRYING TO GET INTO WHAT MARKET?

>> DFW, YES. WE HAVE DONE QUITE A BIT OF WORK WITH HEB HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR LARGEST CLIENTS. AND SO UM-- WE KNOWING THAT THEY ARE MAKING A BIG PUSH SEE THIS AS OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. I HAVE A LITTLE CLEARER VERSION MAYBE THERE OF THE CONCEPT PLAN UM-- IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR RETAIL USERS THAT YOU SEE ONE USER I WANTED TO CALL SPECIFICALLY IS THEY'VE GIVEN ME THE GREEN LIGHT TO DO SO, AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT FIRST WATCH WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM AND NEGOTIATING THE LEASE. WITH THOSE GUYS. SO WITH THAT I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE NOTION OF OVER PARKING. I WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR IN THE ATTEMPT TO OVER PARK FOR THIS AND ACCOMMODATE THIS USER AND MAKE IT CONVENIENT AND MAKE IT DESIRABLE FOR THEM TO BE HERE WE DID NOT DO SO BY UM-- REDUCING LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS OR VIOLATING OR GOING AGAINST ANYTHING THE CITY WE DID THAT BY REDUCING OUR BUILDING FOOTPRINTS UM-- AND ULTIMATELY YOU KNOW MAKING WHAT WE COULD BUILD A BUILDABLE AREA SMALLER, AND THE RULE OF THUMB FOR RESTAURANTS WE LOOK AT IS ABOUT 10 PARKING SPACES FIRST WATCH'S REQUEST SPACES AND WE COULD BUT THAT WE HAVE DONE OUR BEST AND IT CAME UP AT PLANNING ZONING. I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THAT SPECIFICALLY. AND THE PROJECT TO IMPROVE THE WALK ABILITY YOU KNOW WE ARE IMPROVING THE WATER TO PULLING OFF CENTER THAT'S GOING TO BREAK BRING GREAT USES. WE'VE HAD INTEREST TO THE AREA NATIONAL REACHING CONCEPTS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO .

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>> COUNSEL, QUESTIONS? DEPEW MAYOR PRO TEM WINGET?

>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I THINK MY MAIN QUESTIONS ARE AROUND SOME OF THE USES THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT STANDARDS BUT ARE KNOWN NOT SHOWN ON THE CONCEPT PLAN. I'M TRYING TO RECONCILE THOSE. WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE CONCEPT PLAN I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC. SMOOTH STORAGE AND LIGHT SERVICE VEHICLE REPAIR AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME MAYBE PERHAPS OVER PROLIFERATION OF, BUT WHAT YOU HAVE HERE HELP ME RECONCILE THOSE TWO DIFFERENCES.

>> WE DISCUSSED THAT, AND I THINK THE BIG POINT IS THAT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IS THE LOCATION IN WHICH WE ARE ASKING FOR THE SPECIFIC USES IS WE WANTED TO NARROW THAT DOWN AS YOU KNOW THERE IS EXISTING STORAGE FACILITY THAT SURROUNDS THE PROPERTY ON THE MAIN STREET SIDE. OUR EFFORTS ON THE M2 ZONING TO INCLUDE THAT WOULD BE INSTANCE THEY WANT TO POTENTIALLY EXPAND THAT FACILITY. THAT'S WHY WE LIMITED THAT ADJACENT PARCEL THERE THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT ABILITY AND WOULD NEED TO COME BACK TO YOU GUYS TO REQUEST THAT ABILITY SHOULD THEY WANT TO EXPAND ALREADY SUCCESSFUL PROJECT. IT'S NOT OUR DESIRE TO BRING MORE STORAGE AND SENSE OF NEW DEVELOPMENT IN ONLY TO POTENTIALLY EXPAND THAT AND THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO PUT IN THE POSITION AS TO THE LIGHT AUTOMOTIVE USE REALLY WE TRY TO ONLY ALLOW THAT OR LIMITING OURSELVES TO THAT PATH ON MAIN STREET WE DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE OR ADD TO THAT USE A LONG LAKEVIEW ALONG ALONG THE MAIN CORRIDOR THERE, SO I THOUGHT IF WE COULD HAVE THAT OVER THERE WE NEED AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY AS WE CAN FOR THAT PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE LESS TRAFFIC IT'S LESS VISIBLE, SO WE NEED THAT FLEXIBILITY OF THAT USER WHO'S GOING TO COME IN AND SAY I WANT TO DO SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE ONLY IN THIS LOCATION.

>> WHAT WOULD IT MEAN TO THE PROJECT OR DEVELOPMENT IF YOU WERE TO FORFEIT THAT PARTICULAR PIECE ?

>> WE ARE PAYING TOP DOLLAR FOR THE PROPERTYWE WANT TO MAKE IT BE A WELL DESIGNED COHESIVE DEVELOPMENT. IT WOULD BE A HIT, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE WE COULD DO IT. WE HAVE HAD USERS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT FIRST-CLASS HIGH END USERS THAT WE WOULD MAKE THEM INTEGRATE OUR BUILDING DESIGN AND OUR BUILDING STANDARDS TO THAT, SO IT'S NOT-- WE WILL MAKE THEM CONFORM ARCHITECTURAL -WISE TO OUR STONE, BRICK, HOWEVER WE DESIGN AND DRESS UP THAT BUILDING.

>> AND THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY PRECLUDE YOU FROM DOING THAT, BECAUSE YOU COULD STILL DO THE S.U.P. PROCESS DOWN THE ROAD. IT WOULD MAKE IT AS STREAMLINED. IS THAT YOUR LONG TERM I GUESS THAT'S THE VISION FOR , IS IT A FINANCIAL CONCERN PROCESS CONCERN TIMELINE?

>> WE WANT TO KNOW WE HAVE THE ABILITY FOR THE USES TO NOT COME BACK OVER AGAIN IF WE ARE MAKING THE COMMITMENT TO BUY THE PROPERTY WE WANT TO KNOW WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THE HIGHEST USE OF THE PROPERTY FINANCIALLY UPFRONT. AND DON'T WANT TO RUN INTO THOSE AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU ARE IN A TIME CRUNCH WITH SOME OF THESE USERS, AND THEY ARE CHOOSING BETWEEN COMING TO THIS MUNICIPALITY ARE GOING TO THAT MUNICIPALITY. THIS TRADE AREA VERSUS THAT. IF WE HAVE THE MOST FLEXIBILITY THAT WE CAN GO TO THESE HIGH END USERS THAT EVERYBODY NEEDS A DRIVE-THROUGH NOW YOU KNO? THE CHIPOTLE OF THE WORLD THE PANERA BREAD ALL THESE GUYS CHIPOTLE IS ON LAKEVIEW CURRENTLY WITHOUT A DRIVE-THROUGH YOU KNOW. THAT THEY WE HAVE SEEN THEM ROGUE RELOCATE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO REACT AND TO OFFER THESE HIGH END USERS WE ARE TRYING TO TARGET THE ABILITY TO COME IN AND SEAMLESSLY BE PART OF OUR PROJECT WITHOUT DELAYING THEM FURTHER WHERE THEY MAY CHOOSE A USE BY RIGHT SITE THAT THAT'S EITHER OR. SO THAT'S REALLY

THE EFFORT. >> THANK YOU I THINK I HAVE MONOPOLIZED ENOUGH TIME ON COUNSEL.

>> COUNCILMEMBER SCHUPP? >> THANK YOU FOR THE

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THERE'S ALREADY A LARGE STORAGE FACILITY THERE. SO AS LONG AS WE ARE MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY AND-- HIGH VALUE TYPE OF PROPERTIES ALONG MAIN STREET FOR ME PERSONALLY THAT'S NOT JUST A SUPER BIG CONCERN. SO AGAIN I'M REALLY REALLY HAPPY THAT YOU ARE HERE I'M REALLY HAPPY YOU ARE PUTTING THIS .

I'M EXCITED AND WILL BE SUPPORTING YOU.

>> COUNCILMEMBER BOWERS? >> I AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER SCHUPP. I THINK IT'S A LOVELY DEVELOPMENT. I DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE M2 PORTION. I AGREE THERE IS ALREADY STORAGE THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF MANUFACTURING THERE ALREADY. SO I LIKE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT LOOK NICE. I AGREE.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM WINGET? >> I WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING AND SO COUNCILMEMBER SCHUPP MENTIONED NO CONVENIENCE STORES

ALONG -- >> OUR CURRENT PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO MAINTAIN FLEXIBILITY TO DO A CONVENIENCE STORE ON THE CORNER IF THAT'S THE HIGHEST BEST USE. NOT CURRENTLY PART OF OUR CONCEPT PLANE. IT CHANGES. IT NEEDS TO BE APPROVED. WITH THE NATURE OF THIS SITE AND THE PRICING OF THIS SITE AND ALL THE FACTORS IT WOULD HAVE TO BE VERY YOU KNOW-- IT WOULD HAVE TO BE VERY NICE CONVENIENCE STORE IF THAT WERE THE CASE.

>> SURE I UNDERSTAND. I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO GET THE WRONG PERCEPTION THAT THEY SEE A CONVENIENCE STORE GOING UP THAT WAS NEVER THE INTENT THAT IS THE INTENT OF WHAT'S BEING NOT

THE INTENT BUT IS PERMISSIBLE >> WE WOULD LIKE TO MAINTAIN

THAT FLEXIBILITY YES SIR. >> THANK YOU.

>> UM-- I THINK JUST FOR ME PUTTING IT IN SIMPLE TERMS SOMETIMES WE CAN'T ALWAYS GET EVERYTHING WE WANT, BUT IF WE CAN GET SOME THINGS THAT WE WANT LIKE THIS AND SOME THINGS WE WANT LIKE WHERE IS IT, THEN I'M WILLING TO BE OPEN-MINDED AND CONSIDER THE OTHER THINGS THAT I AM NOT THAT BIG A FAN OF. BUT AGAIN. I HAVE TO SEE STUFF LIKE THIS.

>> THERE ARE OTHER LOGOS . >> I HEAR I HEAR IT'S EXCITING.

SO I AM FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ITEM. COUNSEL? CITY

MANAGER? >> SO MAYOR I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE CHARLES, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT . BRITNEY FAR, OUR DIRECTOR. SO UM-- AS I WANT TO DO FROM TIME TO TIME I WILL EMAIL THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT OR THE MORNING SAYING HEY, CONTACT THIS BUSINESS TO BRING IT TO ROWLETT. AND UM-- CHARLES TO HIS CREDIT OFTEN DOES SO. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GAME IS ONE OF INCHES AND THE RETURN ON EFFORT. I HAVE TO FIRST WATCH.

THEY ARE A LEADER IN THE SITDOWN BREAKFAST SPACE, AND I SAID CHARLES GET ME A FIRST WATCH, AND HE DID. AND SO THEIR EFFORTS AND SO CREDIT TO THE DEVELOPER, CHARLES, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT DOESN'T OFTEN GET TALKED ABOUT WHERE THERE WAS INTENTIONALITY BEHIND THE CONVERSATIONS STAFF WAS ENGAGING IN, AND YOU DON'T OFTEN GET WHAT YOU ARE SEEKING, BUT HERE'S OPPORTUNITY WHERE IT HAPPENED, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I DO ESPECIALLY TO THANK THEM FOR IT AND DEVELOPMENT PARTNER THAT'S BEFORE YOU.

>>

>> CHARLES, THE WHOLE TEAM HAS BEEN EXCELLENT TO WORK WITH.

THEY HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY COMMUNICATIVE AND FIRST-CLASS.

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CLEAR WE'VE DONE OUR BEST. >> WE WILL GET A QUOTE THERE

WITH YOUR NAME ON IT-- >> ON THE WEBSITE YEAH.

>>

>> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION AS FAR AS THE MOTION LANGUAGE, AND MAYBE COREY CAN ANSWER IT. EXHIBIT D IS THE PARKING

ALREADY SHOWN HERE OR -- >> IT IS SHOWN ON THE CONCEPT PLAN AND SHOWS CURRENTLY EXCEEDING 125% OF--

>> THANKS. >> MAYOR PRO TEM WINGET?

>> I THINK THE CITY MANAGER MUST BE ABLE TO READ MY NOTES, BECAUSE I HAVE A HIGHLIGHTED NOTE ON HERE THAT SAYS COMMAND STAFF WORKING TOGETHER I WANTED TO ALSO COMMEND CHARLES AND ALSO COREY AND TRINITY DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST A NEEDY PROPOSAL THIS WAS BOUGHT BROUGHT TO US, THIS STAFF WORKING TOGETHER IS EXTREMELY COMMENDABLE UM-- I APPRECIATE THE WORK THEY ARE DOING. I SAT THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING WHEN THIS WAS HEARD, AND THIS WAS SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT, AND CAME IN AND ASKED CHARLES A COUPLE QUESTIONS. HE IMMEDIATELY KNEW THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS, AND THESE GUYS ARE ON TOP OF IT. I LOVE WHAT I'M SAYING. TO THE DEVELOPER COUNCILMEMBER REAVES SAID SOMETHING I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY TO YOU GUYS.

WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE HERE. WE ARE EXCITED.

>> I WANT TO WORK WITH YOU ON OTHER THINGS.

>> THANK YOU. SORRY, DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF THERE.

>> OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OR QUESTIONS? DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM

SHINDER? >> I WANT TO SAY I AGREE WITH EVERYONE ELSE AND I LIKE IT. AND THANK YOU CHARLES AND COREY

AND BRITNEY. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION THIS WILL HAVE TO BE VERBAL, BECAUSE OF-- THE LANGUAGE ISSUE. MAYOR PRO

TEM WINGET? >> I MOVE RE-A PRO APPROVE ACCORDING TO EXHIBIT B PRESENTED IN THE PACKET

>> PRESENTED BY STAFF. >> PRESENTED BY STAFF EXCUSE ME

SORRY. >> OKAY. THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE AMENDMENT OF EXHIBIT B. I SEE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER REAVES. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. CALL THE VOTE. COUNCILMEMBER BOWERS? AND ITEM 7E CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. IF YOU DON'T MIND WAITING WE HAVE ONE

[7F. Consider action to approve a resolution amending the City of Rowlett Boards and Commissions Handbook to amend subsection b of Section 5.5 Golf Advisory Board. To update the voting members from five to seven members who are appointed to two-year, staggered terms.]

>> MIC IS ON. OKAY SO I AM PART OF THE GOLF ADVISORY BOARD, AND AS YOU KNOW EARLIER THIS YEAR WE UPDATED THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HANDBOOK , AND IN PREPARATION FOR THAT I HAD SENT OUT AND EVERYBODY HAD SENT OUT BASICALLY VERBIAGE THAT WAS GOLF ADVISORY BOARD THERE HAD BEEN A MISTAKE MADE YEARS AGO AND IN 2019 THE BOARD WAS CHANGED FROM FIVE TO SEVEN AT THE TIME I BELIEVE ANGIE SMITH WAS THE PARKS DIRECTOR. SHE HAD INDICATED TO THE PARKS BOARD THAT SHE WOULD GET THIS DONE BY CANCEL AND GET IT CHANGED IN THE HANDBOOK. THAT CHANGE WAS NEVER MADE. WHEN THE-- WHEN BUT THEY DID START WITH SEVEN IN 2019. UM-- AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN ROCKING ALONG WITH THAT.

WHEN I SENT THAT DOCUMENT THAT CHANGE HAD NOT BEEN MADE APPARENTLY THEY DIDN'T READ IT VERY CAREFULLY, SENT IT BACK TO ME SAYING YEAH THIS IS FINE. WHEN I WAS TALKING TO HIM EARLIER THIS MONTH ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT ARE COMING I MENTIONED TO HIM YOU GUYS HAVE MORE BOARD MEMBERS THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I FOUND OUT THEY GOT SEVEN. SO THEY ASKED ME TO COME HERE AND AND UM-- UM-- CORRECT THAT ERROR BASICALLY IT'S JUST GOING FROM FIVE NUMBERS TO SEVEN BASICALLY FOR A LITTLE

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>> THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER?

>> YOU ALSO INVITE SAME CHANGE ON THE CHART ON PAGE 771 OF OUR PACKET. IT ALSO SAYS FIVE MEMBERS FOR THE GOLF BOARD.

>> COUNCILMEMBER SCHUPP? >> THAT TOO.

>> THAT MEANS THERE WILL HAVE TO BE AN AMENDED MOTION. UM-- ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, VERBAL ON THIS ONE.

>> YOU WILL HAVE TO HELP ME HERE SO I MOVE THAT WE-- AMEND THE BOARD COMMISSION HANDBOOK FOR GOLF ADVISORY BOARD FROM FIVE TO SEVEN MEMBERS, AND ALSO AMEND--

>> THE CHART

MATERIALS AT THE END. >> AND THEN IT IS THEIR SECOND.

DID YOU NEED TO SPEAK ? NO OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SCHUPP A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER. SEEING NO CAUSE FOR DISCUSSION. CALL A VOTE. I RECOMMEND THAT ITEM CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. AND THEN MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL MAY REQUEST TOPICS BE PLACED ON AGENDA AND ANY DELIBERATION SHALL BE LIMITED TO PLACE THAT TOPIC FOR THE

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