[1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:06] >>> GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF WE COULD WORK ON FINDING OUR SEATS WE COULD GET STARTED TONIGHT. WELCOME TO TONIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING, IT IS TUESDAY, JANUARY 21ST AT 7:00 P.M. THERE IS A QUORUM PRESENT. AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THIS MEETING MAY BE CONVENED INTO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SEEKING CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY ON ANY AGENDA ITEM HEREIN . THE CITY OF ROWLETT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RECONVENE, RECESS OR REALIGN THE REGULAR SESSION OR CALLED EXECUTIVE SESSION OR ORDER OF BUSINESS AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT . FOR IN PERSON COMMENTS, REQUEST TO SPEAK FORMS ARE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT ANY POINT DURING CITIZENS' INPUT. WE HAVE AN INDICATION AND MAKING MET TONIGHT WILL BE PASTOR MATTHEW HAHN WITH VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. PLEASE STAND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE. >> DEARLY FATHER WE COME TO YOU TONIGHT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR THINGS. THANK YOU FOR A WARM PLACE TO MEET WHEN IT IS COLD OUTSIDE. WE ASKED THAT YOU PUT YOUR HAND OF BLESSING ON THIS MEETING IN A SPECIAL WAY, GIVE WISDOM TO EACH OFFICIAL, GUIDE THEIR THOUGHTS AND DIRECTIONS AS THEY SEEK TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR OUR CITY, THAT YOU WOULD PROSPER OUR CITY AND GUIDE THEM IN A WAY THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO PROSPER IT. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THIS TIME AND SANCTITY OF LIFE, WHAT A TIME WHEN WE REALIZE THAT LIFE IS IMPORTANT. WE KNOW IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU BREATHE INTO A MAN THE BREATH OF LIFE. WE ALWAYS KEEP IT AS SACRED AND REALIZE LIVES OF PEOPLE AND IN A TIME WHEN PEOPLE ARE MAYBE EVEN HURTING, WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS OUR CITY. LORD, WE PRAY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THANK YOU FOR THEM. ASK YOU KEEP THEM SAFE AND PUT A HAND OF PROTECTION AROUND THEM. LORD, THAT YOU KEEP THEM FROM EVIL. THAT THEY WOULD BE PROTECTED. WE THANK YOU THEM, THE GIVING OF THEIR LIVES IN TIME TO KEEP US SAFE. WE ASK THESE THINGS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. >> IF WE NOW MADE PLEASE JOIN TOGETHER FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL . >> AND THE TEXAS PLEDGE. >> HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. >> THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED. [4A. Presentation of a proclamation recognizing the month of January as Sanctity of Life Month. ] THIS TIME WE WILL CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS TONIGHT IS HESITATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS. ITEM 4 A. RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF JANUARY AS SANCTITY OF LIFE MONTH. MAKING THE PRESENTATION IS COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE BRITTON. >> THANK YOU. I WOULD INVITE ANY OF MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO COME DOWN AND JOIN ME. FEEL FREE TO DO SO. I RECOGNIZE TO INVITE SOME FOLKS TO COME UP AND JOIN. FROM THE PREGNANCY RESEARCH CENTER, CAROLYN FROM RESTORATIVE MINISTRY. IF YOU WOULD COME DOWN. AND I DO NOT THINK THAT ANYONE FROM HUMAN COALITION IS HERE. I DID NOT RECOGNIZE YOU. I AM SORRY. >> I DID NOT RECOGNIZE YOU WITH A HAT. SORRY. ALL RIGHT, THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR WE HAVE DONE THIS. YOU LAST YEAR WE RECOGNIZED JANUARY AS SANCTITY OF LIFE MONTH. THE ORIGINS GO BACK TO 1984 WHEN PRESIDENT REAGAN, THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO ISSUE A PROCLAMATION FOR THE SANCTITY OF LIFE. IT IS A PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL HUMAN LIFE HAS AN INHERENT DIGNITY, AND WORTH THAT SETS IT APART FROM ALL OTHER BEINGS IN THE WORLD. THIS MONTH IS SET ASIDE, A TIME TO REFLECT ON THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE. ALL HUMAN LIFE. AND BEFORE WE DO THE PROCLAMATION I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PEOPLE I INVITED UP. HUMAN COALITION, A CHAMPION OF LIFE. THEY ARE COMMITTED TO THE AUDACIOUS MISSION TO TRANSFORM THE CULTURE OF DEATH TO CULTURE OF LIFE. HUMAN COALITION SERVES AND SUPPORTS OVER 45 PRO-LIFE PREGNANCY CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH MARKETING AND CONTACT CENTER SERVICES. DIGNITY RESOURCE CENTER, ROCKVILLE. WOMEN ARE THEIR TOP [00:05:02] PRIORITY. OFFERING A VARIETY OF SERVICES, WITH OPTIMAL CARE AND INFORMATION. THEY PROVIDE PREGNANCY TESTS, ULTRASOUND, COUNSELING, COMMUNITY RESOURCING. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THEIR VISION IS TO SEE ALL PEOPLE HEALED. RESOURCE MINISTRY. POWER RESTORED. THEY HELP AS MANY PEOPLE WOUNDED FROM THE PAIN OF ABORTION AND PAST TRAUMA AS POSSIBLE TO EMPOWER THEM TO WALK IN THEIR GOD-GIVEN FREEDOM. SO I WOULD LIKE, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THE PROCLAMATION? SHARE THE WEALTH. SHARE THE WEALTH. >> I AM SHORTER. WHEREAS THE INHERENT VALUE INTEGRITY OF EVERY HUMAN LIFE FOR FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES THAT DESERVE RECOGNITION AND RESPECT AND WHEREAS THE COMMITMENT TO UPHOLDING THE DIGNITY OF ALL INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF AGE, RACE, ABILITY OR CIRCUMSTANCE, IS A CORNERSTONE OF OUR SHARED HUMANITY. AND WHEREAS THIS MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO REAFFIRM OUR DEDICATION TO FOSTERING A CULTURE THAT CHERISHES AND SAFEGUARDS THE SANCTITY OF LIFE IN ALL ITS FORMS. WHEREAS THROUGH ADVOCACY, SUPPORT, AND PASSION WE CREATE COMMUNITIES THAT UPHOLD THE INTRINSIC WORTH OF EACH PERSON. NOW THEREFORE I AM BEHALF OF MAYOR PRO TEM WINGET AND BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF JANUARY AS SANCTITY OF LIFE MONTH IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT. LET US UNITE IN HONORING, PROTECTING, AND CELEBRATING THE VALUE OF EVERY LIFE, PROMOTING A SOCIETY WHERE EMPATHY, INCLUSIVITY, AND RESPECT THRIVE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> >> NOT MANDATORY, BUT IF ANY OF MY GUESTS WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, FEEL FREE TO DO SO. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO. >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY, I SPEAK FOR EVERYONE HERE. WE ARE HONORED TO BE HERE AND THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF ROWLETT. OUR THEME LAST YEAR WAS BETTER TOGETHER AND THAT COULD NOT BE MORE FITTING TONIGHT. WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND SUPPORTING LIFE. >> THANK YOU. >> >> CAN WE KIND OF SKEW GIN. -- SKEWED IN. >> READY? ONE, TWO, THREE. ONE, TWO, THREE. AWESOME. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MUCH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. [4B. Presentation of a Life Saving Award to Detective Jeff Freeman. ] >> THANK YOU. RATHER THAN WALKING ALL THE WAY AROUND TO MAKE AND INTRODUCE THE NEXT ITEM, PRESENTATION OF LIFE SAVING AWARD TO DETECTIVE JEFF FREEMAN. IF I COULD HAVE YOU COME UP, ALONG WITH ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ROWLETT POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE COME UP AND PARTICIPATE. >> WE WILL BRING A FEW OF OUR TEAM UP HERE. I THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE, ESPECIALLY ON A NIGHT WHERE WE ARE RECOGNIZING GIVING PROCLAMATION FOR SANCTITY OF LIFE, THAT I HAVE THE HONOR TO PRESENT THE AWARD TONIGHT. TO DETECTIVE JEFF FREEMAN. A LITTLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON WHAT BROUGHT US HERE, ON AUGUST 27TH, 2024 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:15 P.M., ROWLETT POLICE DEPARTMENT DETECTIVE JEFF FREEMAN, AFTER HOME FROM WORK IN A LONG DAY IN AN UNMARKED APARTMENT VEHICLE, DRIVING ON STATE ROUTE 66 AS HE DOES EVERY NIGHT AFTER WORK HAPPEN TO HEAR OVER THE RADIO DISPATCH BROADCAST OF AN UNCONSCIOUS BABY ON THE 6200 BLOCK OF NASSAU DRIVE. DETECTIVE JEFF FREEMAN WAS BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE CALL AND IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED HE COULD PROBABLY BEAT THE POLICE OFFICERS AND PARAMEDICS IF HE RESPONDED TO THE HOME. HE DID WHAT WE CALL JUMP THE CALL AND DISPATCHED HIMSELF. 1021 ARRIVED ON SCENE WITHIN THREE MINUTES OF HEARING THE CALL AND IN FACT THE MARKED POLICE AND FIRE AND RESCUE UNITS DISPATCH TO THE SCENE. UPON HIS ARRIVAL HE ENTERED THE HOUSE AND OBSERVED AND UNCLOTHED MALE INFANT BABY ON THE COUCH, [00:10:01] UNRESPONSIVE AND NOT BREATHING. HE WAS ADVISED BY FAMILY MEMBERS THAT THEY JUST PULLED THE BABY OUT OF THE BATHTUB. UNCONSCIOUS. DETECTIVE JEFF FREEMAN IMMEDIATELY BEGAN CPR. ONCE MEDIC 3 ARRIVED ON SCENE AMUSEMENT RESTORATION COMPANIES LLC CARRIED THE INFANT OUTSIDE AND MET WITH PARAMEDICS. MEDICS INSTRUCTED IN 21 TO STEP INSIDE THE AMULETS AND CONTINUE COMPRESSIONS, WHICH HE DID. DETECTIVE FREEMAN LEAVE THE INFANT ON A STRETCHER AND PARAMEDICS TOOK OVER. AT APPROXIMATELY 6:25 P.M. , APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES AFTER THE DISPATCHED CALL, THE BB REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS AND BEGAN CRYING. THE BABY WAS THEN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THE HOSPITAL AND LATER TO A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN DALLAS. ROWLETT FD MEDICS AND THE AFTERMATH OF THIS ADVISED THAT IF NOT FOR DETECTIVE FREEMAN'S ACTIONS, ACTING AS SWIFTLY AS HE DID, THE BABY WOULD LIKELY NOT BE HERE WITH US TODAY. SO THE ROWLETT POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A REVIEW BOARD AND THEY REVIEWED THIS INCIDENT. AND UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO BESTOW OUR DETECTIVE FREEMAN WITH THE LIFE SAVING AWARD AND I CONCUR. I WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH DETECTIVE FREEMAN, IN THE DEPARTMENT ALMOST 30 YEARS. 29. 25 WITH ROWLETT, 29 TOTAL. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN HIS ALMOST 30 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAS OCCURRED. AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HIM. FOR HIS ACTIONS. AND IT IS MY HONOR TO AWARD HIM WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICE DEPARTMENT LIFE SAVING AWARD ACTIONS FOR TAKING A , ACTIONS FOR SAVING A HUMAN LIFE. CONGRATULATIONS. >> >> Y'ALL COME DOWN. >> BRING THEM ALL. HANG ON. THEY WILL ALL SHOW UP. IT WILL ALL COME DOWN. >> >> HERE WE GO. ONE, TWO, THREE. ALL RIGHT. ONE, TWO, THREE. >> ] >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> ONE MORE QUICK SIDE NOTE . I HAVE TO MENTION THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE FAMILY. JUST A FOLLOW-UP. THE BABY IS HEALTHY AND HAPPY AND THRIVING. THANK YOU. >> THAT IS TRULY REMARKABLE. AS A FATHER OF FOUR, LET ME TELL YOU, I WOULD WANT NO ONE ELSE WATCHING OVER OUR CITY THAT A [4C. Update from the City Council and Management: Financial Position, Major Projects, Operational Issues, Upcoming Dates of Interest and Items of Community Interest. ] GENTLEMAN LIKE THAT. THANK YOU DETECTIVE FREEMAN. KNOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO, I LOST MY PAPER. ITEM 4C, UPDATE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL POSITION, MAJOR PROJECTS, OPERATIONAL ISSUES, UPCOMING DATES OF INTEREST, AND ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. MAKING THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT IS COUNCILMEMBER BOWERS. >> FROM THE CITY SECRETARY OFFICE, THE GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD MAY 3RD. THE FILING PERIOD FOR CANDIDATES FOR CANCEL MEMBER PLACES 2, 4, 6, AND STUBBY REPORTING. THE FILING PERIOD FOR CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR AGAIN ON FEBRUARY 5TH, AND WILL END ON MARCH 3RD. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN RUNNING YOU MAY REQUEST A CITY COUNCILPACKET FROM THE CITY SECRETARY OFFICE ON THE CITY WEBSITE. FROM ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE LITTLE SWEETHEART DANCE IS THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 25TH, FROM 7:00 UNTIL 9:00 AT THE ROWLETT COMMUNITY CENTER. TICKETS INCLUDE A KEEPSAKE PHOTO, REFRESHMENTS, AND UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES. SPACE IS LIMITED, FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER, VISIT ROWLETT.COM. [00:15:04] JOIN US FRIDAY, JANUARY 31ST, FROM 5:30 UNTIL 8:30 P.M. AT THE IMMUNITY CENTER FOR OUR LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION. THIS IS OUR FIRST EVENT IN OUR NEW CULTURAL ROWLETT INTRINSIC SERIES. HIGHLIGHTING SERIES AND TRADITIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. THIS YEAR WE WILL CELEBRATE WITH A VIBRATE DANCE, AUTHENTIC CUISINE, FUN GAMES. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ALL OF OUR UPCOMING HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES, VISIT ROWLETT.COM OR FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND FINALLY, FROM THE LIBRARY, JOINED THE LIBRARY 'S YAK AND YARN CLUB. I FOUND THAT AMUSING. ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 25TH, 11:00 A.M. THE GROUP IS FOR THOSE THAT CROCHET OR KNIT, BEGINNERS LEARNING THE BASICS OR CRAFTERS LOOKING TO REFINE TECHNIQUE . HELP YOUR STUDENT EXCELLING 2025, FREE ONLINE TUTORING AVAILABE FROM THE LIBRARY'S BRAIN FUSE APP. SKILL TESTING, FLASH CARDS, WRITING ASSISTANCE, START TEST PREP AND MORE ARE AVAILABLE WITH YOUR LIBRARY CARD. ONCE AGAIN IT IS TIME FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITY COMMISSION ANNUAL WRITING CONTEST WITH CATEGORIES FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS ALONG WITH CASH PRIZES. ENTRIES ARE DUE FEBRUARY 28TH. >> THANK YOU. LET ME TELL YOU, THAT SWEETHEART DANCE IS A GREAT EVENT, ONE OF MY FAVORITE THE CITY PUTS ON EVERY YEAR. IF YOU ARE A MOM OR DAD AND WANT TO BRING YOUR LITTLE ONE OUT TO BE PART OF THAT, YOU CAN WATCH MY THREE GIRLS DANCE AND ME TRY NOT TO MAKE A FOOL OF MYSELF. I THINK WE ALSO HAVE AN UPDATE FROM COUNCILMEMBER REAVES. >> ALL RIGHT EVERYBODY, TAKE A LOOK UP THERE. MEET STELLA, ENERGETIC 1-YEAR-OLD BELGIAN MIXED. SHE IS ALWAYS AND VERY FOR ADVENTURE. WEATHER A THRILLING RUN OR STROLL, SHE IS LARGE AND EAGER TO LEARN AND WILL MAKE A PERFECT COMPANION. LOVING PERSONALITY AND PLAYFUL SPIRIT, SHE IS EXCITED TO BE YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND. ARE ONE OF YOU READY TO CREATE AMAZING MEMORIES WITH HER? LET'S GIVE STELLA THE FOREVER HOME SHE HAS BEEN DREAMING OF. THEY DO NOT TELL ME HOW MUCH SHE WEIGHS, I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG SHE IS BUT SHE HAS A GIANT SMILE. THAT WILL MAKE YOU HAPPY. TO MEET STELLA OR HER COMPANIONS, THESE CONTACT ANIMAL SERVICES AT 972-4126 TO 19 OR COME BY THE SHELTER ANYTIME FROM 10:00 A.M. UNTIL 5:00 P.M. TUESDAYTHROUGH SATURDAY. WE ARE: BREAD, THE SHELTER IS FULL. EIGHT WE ARE CODE RED, THE SHELTER IS FULL. ADOPTIONS ARE $25 AND THAT INCLUDES STERILIZATION, MICROCHIP , VACCINES. THERE ARE A TON OF OTHER DOGS IF YOU HAVE ROOM IN YOUR HEART AND MAYBE STELLA IS NOT THE ONE, THERE ARE PLENTY OF OPTIONS TO CHECK OUT. THANK YOU. >> WE ALSO HAVE AN UPDATE FROM COUNCILMEMBER SCHUPP. >> THANK YOU. THOSE OF YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT THE NATURE TRAIL FOR MANY YEARS. RIGHT? FINALLY LAST WEEK OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND PARK DEPARTMENT WERE OUT THERE AND SPENT THREE DAYS GOING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TRAIL. THEY WERE CLEARING OUT BASICALLY YEARS AND YEARS OF BRUSH AND TREE LIMBS THAT WERE ALL ALONG THE SIDE OF THE TRAIL AND REALLY UNSIGHTLY AND HELD A LOT OF SNAKES. IT NEEDED TO BE CLEANED UP. THEY BEGAN THE PROCESS LAST WEEK AND IT TOOK THREE DAYS. THEY GOT THE MARGINS CLEANED UP AND IT LOOKS BETTER. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW WHERE THE ROWLETT NATURE TRAIL IS, WHICH I THINK IS A LOT OF PEOPLE, IF YOU TAKE MILLER ROAD WEST FROM ROWLETT ROAD, YOU WILL GO ACROSS ROWLETT CREEK. YOU HAVE TO CIRCLE BACK , THE PARK SITS ON THE EAST SIDE OF ROWLETT CREEK AT THE MILLER BRIDGE ON THE WEST SIDE. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT. I THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC WORKS AND PARK DEPARTMENT FOR THE WORK THEY DID. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER [5. CITIZENS’ INPUT] UPDATES? ALL RIGHT, SEE NONE. WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 5, CITIZENS' INPUT. COMMENTS WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE AUDIENCE AND NO ACTION CAN BE TAKEN AS A. I HAVE THREE REQUEST TO SPEAK FORMS. IF YOU DO WISH TO SPEAK THERE ARE FORMS IN THE BACK CORNER OF THE ROOM. YOU CAN DROP THEM OFF WITH THE CITY SECRETARY. THE FOR SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS MARK -- IF YOU WILL COME FORWARD AND SPEAK YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE, YOU ARE THREE MINUTES. FOLLOWING WILL BE DAVE --. >> GOOD EVENING. I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT ITEM 60. [00:20:04] CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 28, REGARDING PARKING SERVICES OR VEHICLES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THAT PARTICULAR ORDINANCE IS ONLY TWO PAGES. THERE ARE DISCREPANCIES WITHIN IT BESIDES THE PARKING SERVICES. SPECIFICALLY SUBSECTION 263 LINE ITEM 7. IT TALKS ABOUT BASICALLY NONE OF THESE VEHICLES TRAILERS, CAMPERS, HAULERS, VOTES, SHALL BE PARKED ANYWHERE IN THE FRONT YARD OF ANY RESIDENCE. THE DEFINITION IN YOUR DOCUMENT, FRONT YARD, IS EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING LINE. INCLUDING DRIVEWAY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT SUBSECTION, 264, OFFENSES, IF A PERSON EMITS AN OFFENSE, ALLOWS ANY OF THE VEHICLES TO BE PARKED ON THE SURFACE, BUT THE VERY LAST PART SAYS OTHER THAN YOUR DRIVEWAY. THESE TWO SECTIONS CONFLICT . I CAN PROVE THEY CONFLICT BECAUSE I HAD A SANITATION EIGHT CITATION FROM THE CITY THAT SHOULD BE CLEARED UP. ALL I AM SAYING IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO UPDATE THIS DOCUMENT FOR WHATEVER REASON, SURFACES, CONCRETE, GRAVEL, WHATEVER, IT IS ONLY TWO PAGES, LET'S UPDATE THE WHOLE DOCUMENT. CORRECT ERRORS THAT ARE IN THERE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WEEK OR WILL BE DAVE -- AND FOLLOWING THAT WILL BE SUSAN TREND --. >> DAVE --, ROWLETT. FOR EIGHT YEARS I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE STAFF TO CREATE A DRIVE TO ACCESS MY OUTPOST ON MILLER. EXHIBIT 1 FROM THE CITY, A FOURTH POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE DRIVE. IT ALSO REQUIRES ANOTHER PAINFUL MEETING WITH NO ASSURANCE FOR APPROVAL. THE DRIVE WAS PERMITTED ON APRIL 18TH 2018 WITH PERMIT 012675 DASH 201 DASH -- ALSO PLEASE NOTE THE FIRE HYDRANT BY THE PARK ENTRANCE. IT IS NOT THERE AS RESULT OF MORE UNDOCUMENTED CHANGES MADE BY THE CITY. ASKING ME TO MOVE THE HYDRANT IN FRONT OF THE OUTPOST. ALSO THE FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK THE CITY REQUIRED ME TO BUILD IN FRONT OF THE OUTPOST. A SIDEWALK THAT THE CITY TOLD ME I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR REMOVING SO THE CITY COULD DO THE SEWER LINE IN FRONT OF THE OUTPOST. PLACE EXHIBIT THREE. I CONTACTED ANOTHER FIRE MARSHAL FOR EXISTENCE WITH THE DRIVE. EXHIBIT 4 SHOWS WORK WITH MY TEAM FROM THE DRIVE TO THE OUTPOST. EXHIBIT 5 SHOWS THE INITIAL RESPONSE FROM THE NEW STAFF FOR THE DRIVE. INCLUDES THE APPROVALS FOR THE CITY ENGINEER AND CHIEF BUILDING OFFICER. IT STATES QUOTE, THERE WAS NO ISSUE WITH THE RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY. I DON'T SEE ANY REASON FOR FURTHER DELAY. AND OF DISCUSSION. END QUOTE. EXHIBIT 6 IS COREY'S FIRST INVOLVEMENT WHERE SHE BEGINS TO GATHER INVOLVEMENT WITH THE ISSUE. IT SHOWS THE REMOVAL OF CITY ISSUE ABOUT. THE EIGHT YEAR PROCESS HAS BEEN ONE OF CONFUSION AND CONTRADICTIONS FROM THE CITY STAFF. EXHIBIT 7 SHOWS ONE EXAMPLE OF STAFF UNABLE TO FIGURE OUT A FEE. THERE ARE MANY MORE EXAMPLES OF STAFF CONFUSION WHICH ONLY DELAY THE COMPLETION OF THIS DRIVE. SO FAR IT HAS GONE UNNOTICED BUT THE DRIVE WILL ALLEVIATE SOME VEHICLE CONGESTION AND PETAL POINT PARK. TO SUMMARIZE I AM BEING ASKED TO SUBMIT A FOURTH PD FOR A PROJECT THAT HAS TAKEN EIGHT YEARS TO DATE. THERE HAS BEEN GREAT TURNOVER WITH THE STAFF WORKING ON THE PROJECT WITH ME. THERE HAS BEEN A LACK OF STAFF DOCUMENTATION WITH THE PROJECT. EVERY TIME A NEW STAFF INDIVIDUAL ENTERS WE NEED TO START OVER. HE RELIED ON THE WORK OF A STAFF CITY ENGINEER WITH THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER CERTIFICATION WHO HAS WORKED ON THIS PROJECT RELYING ON WORK WITH A DISCLAIMER SAYING QUOTE, IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY WORK ON THE RAILROAD OR ASPHALT SURFACE OF MILLER ROAD IN THE PAST 30 YEARS, AND THIS REPORT CANNOT BE RELIED UPON. ANY OF YOU AWARE OF WORK ON MILLER ROAD IN THE PAST 30 YEARS? HOW ABOUT LAST WEEK? THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE [00:25:03] COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS. >> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS SUSAN --. >> HELLO. IT EVENING. SUSAN -- CITY OF ROWLETT. I SPEAK TO YOU ALL TONIGHT AND TAKE A MOMENT ASK YOU TO THINK OF SOME OF OUR CITIZENS WHO DON'T OFTEN GET A LOT OF RECOGNITION. BECAUSE THE MONTH OF JANUARY WAS DESIGNATED IN 2009 BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AS NATIONAL POVERTY IN AMERICA AWARENESS MONTH. AND BECAUSE PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY LACK ACCESS TO BASIC ESSENTIALS SUCH AS FOOD, SHELTER, EDUCATION, AND HEALTHCARE. AND BECAUSE THE STATE OF POVERTY LEADS TO FEAR, HOPELESSNESS, THAT CAN ONLY BE ADDRESSED WHEN EFFORTS ARE MADE TO UNDERSTAND ITS CAUSES AND SEEK SOLUTIONS. AND BECAUSE POVERTY IS CAUSED BY INEQUITIES SUCH AS GENDER, RACIAL , OR ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CONFLICT, BY EXPECTATION AND FLAWED GOVERNANCE. SO THE DI COMMUNITY PROJECT URGES AWARENESS BY ALL IN THE COMMUNITY THAT POVERTY EXISTS IN OUR NATION, OUR STATE, AND OUR CITY. AND FOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT, THAT AS OF 2024 7.4% OF ROWLETT CITIZENS OVERALL AND 9% OF ROWLETT CHILDREN LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL. WE CALL ON OUR CITY LEADERS TO CONSIDER THESE VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AS PLANS AND POLICIES ARE MADE TO IMPACT THOSE THAT ARE SELDOM HEARD BUT ARE IMPACTED SOMETIMES NEGATIVELY BY YOUR ACTIONS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER REQUEST TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? ALL RIGHT, [6. CONSENT AGENDA] COUNCIL DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC INPUT FORMS SINCE THE LAST MEETING FOR THIS MEETING AS WELL. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 6, CONSENT AGENDA. THE FOLLOWING MAY BE ACTED UPON ON ONE MOTION. A COUNCILMEMBER OR CITIZEN MAY REQUEST ITEMS TO BE REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL OR PUBLIC DO WE WISH TO PULL ANY AGENDA ITEMS ? COUNCILMEMBER TRAINING? >> 6B, PLEASE. >> OKAY, WE WILL PULL 6B FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ANY OTHER ITEMS? DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER. >> 60. >> WE WILL ALSO PULL 6 C. ANY OTHER ITEMS? IT IS JUST THE MINUTES. I AM GUESSING NOT BUT WANT TO CHECK. CITY SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE SINGLE CONSENT AGENDA INTO THE RECORD? >> YES. ITEM 6 A. CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE MINUTES. >> COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS RED? WE HAVE MOTION MADE BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND TO APPROVE AS RED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, I WILL CALL THE VOTE, PLEASE. AND THAT CARRIES BY A VOTE OF [6B. Consider action approving the acceptance of a grant. ] 6-0. NEXT WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 6B, FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, CONSIDER ACTION FOR APPROVAL OF A GRANT. "THE PRESENTATION WILL BE CHIEF DENNING. >> THANK YOU DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER. I WILL HAVE LIEUTENANT STEPHEN YOUNG, PEER TO PRESENT THE ITEM AND I WILL BE HERE TO ANSWER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. LIEUTENANT YOUNG? >> THE CITY HAS BEEN AWARDED $95,000 FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR AFTER APPLYING FOR THE 2024 DJ EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT. THE GRANT AWARD IS MEANT TO FUND A MOBILE SURVEILLANCE TRAILER FOR THE TV TO UTILIZE LIVE VIDEO FOOTAGE AND MONITORING. THE PURPOSE IS TO SEEK COUNCIL APPROVAL ON ACCEPTING THE AWARD. BE AWARDED FUNDS FOR THE TRAILER AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. BE FUNDING REPRESENTS A STRATEGIC AND PROACTIVE STEP TOWARDS ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY AND APPROVING THE ABILITY OF THE ROWLETT POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS CRIME, PUBLIC DISTURBANCES WITHIN THE CITY. THE MOBILE SURVEILLANCE TRAILER WILL ALLOW FOR FLEXIBLE REAL TILE MONITORING OF HOTSPOTS WHERE STATIONARY CAMERAS ARE EITHER IMPRACTICAL OR COSTIN PREVENT TO INSTALL. EIGHT COST PREVENTATIVE TO INSTALL. THIS COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTION [00:30:04] PROVIDES IMMEDIATE BENEFITS WHILE MINIMIZING ONGOING OPERATIONAL EXPENSES. THAT IS A PHOTO OF IT. IT IS ABOUT 35 FEET TALL. THE ENTIRE POLL. THE 2024 DJ EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE GRANT PROGRAM HAS NO REQUIREMENT WHICH MEANS THERE WILL BE NO FINANCIAL LOCATIONS FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT. QUESTIONS? >> QUESTIONS FOR THE LIEUTENANT? >> THANK YOU. DID NOT MEET PUT YOU ON THE SPOT THERE. I KNOW IT WAS UNDER CONSENT. I THINK THE PICTURE MAY HAVE ANSWERED MY QUESTION BUT MY QUESTION WAS ON THE PACKET IT SAID IT LISTED THE THINGS THAT WERE INCLUDED BUT NOT LIMITED TO. MY QUESTION WAS, IN LIGHT OF PROTECTING OUR CITIZENS RIGHT TO PRIVACY, WITH THERE BE ANY TECHNOLOGIES LIKE STINGRAY, -- TECHNOLOGY OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD CAPTURE LOCATION DATA, BLUETOOTH, WI-FI, CELLULAR DATA? INCLUDING DEFACE EIGHT DEVICE IDENTIFIERS THAT WOULD LIMIT THEIR PUBLIC RIGHT TO POLICY PRIVACY? >> NO, SIR, THAT IS SOMETHING WE DO NOT HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF. >> THAT IS GREAT AND ANSWERS MY QUESTION. TO BUY. >> ONE QUESTION REALLY QUICK. SORRY. GOOD TRY! I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE $95,000 DOES IN FACT TURNKEY, THAT IS EVERYTHING, THERE WILL NOT BE ANY COME BACK WHERE WE NEED TO BUY EXTENSION CORDS OR SOMETHING. >> CORRECT, WE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY EXTERNAL DAMAGE AFTER THE PURCHASE. OTHER THAN THAT, NO SIR. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. FOR ITEM 6B. >> I DO NOT SEE. OH. SORRY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER AND SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER REAVES. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? CALL TO VOTE. OH. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? I APOLOGIZE. LET'S GO BACK ONE SECOND AND HOLD THE VOTE. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER. >> YES . I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO WHOMEVER FOUND THE GRANT AND WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR THE GRANT, I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO THEM. BECAUSE THIS IS GREAT, $95,000 FOR THE TRAILER, NO COST, NO MATCHING FUNDS. THIS IS A GREAT THING, DO MORE OF IT, WHOMEVER DID IT. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, NOW LET'S CALL THE VOTE. AND [6C. Consider action approving an amendment to the Code of Ordinances.] THAT ITEM CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY, 6-0. NEXT ITEM 6C, CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING AMENDMENT TO CODE OF ORDINANCES. CONSIDERING ALLOWING PARKING SERVICES FOR VEHICLES ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. >> GOOD EVENING. COREY RAMM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. I WILL RUN TO THE PRESENTATION AND IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM AS WELL. THIS ITEM YOU HAVE SEEN PREVIOUSLY AND IT WAS BROUGHT BACK TO YOU TONIGHT WITH WE HOPE SOME FINAL REVISIONS BASED ON CONCERNS ADDRESSED IN THE LAST MEETING. THIS SLIDE RUNS THROUGH THE HISTORY OF HOW WE GOT WHERE WE ARE TODAY. THE FEW ITEMS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP IN THE LAST MEETING, ONE WAS SPECIFIC , I AM SORRY, THIS IS THE SUMMARY OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE ORDER INTO RIGHT NOW. ANY CHANGES THAT WERE MADE WOULD REQUIRE PARKING IN THE FRONT YARD, THERE WAS A DEFINITION OF APPROACH, WHICH IS FROM THE , SORRY, FROM WHERE THE PROPERTY LINES ON THE DRIVEWAY, TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, SORRY, TO THE ALLEY OR THE STREET OR WHATEVER CONNECTS TO. THE PORTIONS WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WOULD BE WITHIN THAT APPROACH DEFINITION. THAT WE MADE THE ADJUSTMENTS ON THE ALTERNATIVE SERVICES ALLOWED WITH THE REAR YARD. THE PRESENTATION WAS IN YOUR PACKET, WE HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO READ THROUGH THAT A LITTLE. CHANGES SINCE THE LAST MEETING, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO ADDRESS WHAT WE THINK ARE YOUR CONCERNS AT THE LAST MEETING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. THERE WERE ISSUES ON THE WAY IT WAS WORDED FOR DRIVEWAYS WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE A DRIVEWAY IN THE REAR ACCESS OF THE HOME. WITH THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOMEONE COULD COME IN AND PUT CONCRETE FOR THE APPROACH BUT THEN THE REMAINDER OF THE DRIVEWAY UP TO THE HOME WHERE THE GARAGE AND SOME OTHER MATERIAL. GOING BACK THROUGH NOTES IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS AND CONVERSATIONS WE HAD, IT SEEMS THE INTENT FOR THE UPDATE WAS REALLY FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES AND NOT REALLY TO MAKE CHANGES NECESSARILY TO A [00:35:03] PRIMARY DRIVEWAY. SO RATHER THAN TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOME CONVOLUTED WAY TO REALLY ADDRESS THAT, WE JUST DECIDED TO ADD THAT ANY PRIMARY DRIVEWAY REGARDLESS OF LOCATION, WOULD BE REQUIRED IN CONCRETE. WE ALSO HAD THE DISCREPANCY WITH THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN FOR ANY ALTERNATIVE SURFACES TO BE USED IN A REAR YARD. WHERE IT DID NOT REQUIRE SCREENING, BUT ALSO SAID IF IT WAS VISIBLE FROM THE PUBLIC ROADWAY AND INDICATED THAT IT MIGHT NEED TO BE SCREENED. WE LEFT IN THAT IN A SIDE YARD, BETWEEN THE FRONT AND BACK LINE OF THE HOME, ON EITHER SIDE OF THE HOME, IT WOULD NEED TO BE SCREENED IF YOU ARE USING ALTERNATIVE SURFACES. IN THE REAR YARD YOU WOULD NOT NEED IT SCREENED. WE REMOVED THAT SECTION OF VISIBLE FROM THE ROADWAY. THERE ARE OTHER ORDINANCES WE HAVE PLACED IN WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE A KEY LOT WHERE IT FACES ONE WAY IN ITS BACKYARD FACING THE SIDE OR BACKYARD OF ANOTHER HOME. ALL OF THOSE HAVE REFERENCES TO TREATING THAT TO AS A FRONT YARD. ANY OF THAT IN THIS ORDINANCE WOULD APPLY. JUST TO GIVE SOME EXAMPLES HERE, FROM THE LAST MEETING, THIS FIRST HOUSE , ADDITIONAL PARKING IN THE SIDE YARD, IT WOULD NEED TO BE OF CONCRETE. UNLESS WE HAD A FENCE. THAT IT WOULD BE AN ALTERNATIVE SURFACE THAT MIGHT BE ALLOWED. ALTERNATIVE SURFACE ALLOWED IN THE REAR YARD REGARDLESS OF SCREENING, EVEN IF IT EXTENDS OUT TO KIND OF ASIDE THE HOME. AS LONG AS IT IS ON THE BACK LINE OF THE HOME. YOU CAN SEE HERE IF WE HAD THE FENCE, THE ALTERNATE SURFACE WOULD BE ALLOWED. THIS IS JUST A DEPICTION TO KIND OF GIVE YOU THAT VISUAL OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THE CONCRETE APPROACH. SPECIFICALLY IN THE MIDDLE HOME HERE , THE PRIMARY DRIVEWAY GOES TO THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND THAT MAY BE WHERE IT ENTERS THE GARAGE, FOR EXAMPLE. YOU CAN SEE WITH THE LIGHT GRAY OR WHITE PICTURE THAT IS DEPICTING CONCRETE. IF THEY WERE TO ADD ADDITIONAL PARKING OR DRIVE ON THE BACK OF THE HOME, WE STILL SHOW THE CONCRETE FOR THE APPROACH SECTION WRITE UP TO THE CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY PROPERTY LINE BOUNDARY. THAN THE ALTERNATIVE SURFACE WOULD BE ALLOWED FOR THE HOME ON THE RIGHT , THE PRIMARY DRIVEWAY CONCRETE. IF THEY ADDED ON ADDITIONAL PARKING BESIDE THAT IT COULD BE ALTERNATIVE SURFACES. THE NEXT UP, IF YOU WERE TO APPROVE IT TONIGHT, THIS WOULD BE TO PROCESS THE APPLICATION THROUGH THE BUILDING INSPECTION TEAM AND WOULD BE READY TO APPROVE ANY APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN. ARE THERE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK? >> TO BUY FOR THE PRESENTATION. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER, FIRST STAB AT THIS. SINCE YOU ASKED THE ITEM TO BE PULLED. >> I ASKED IT TO BE PULLED PRIMARILY BECAUSE WE HAD SOMEONE FROM THE AUDIENCE WHO SPOKE ON IT. AND JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU COREY FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DID ON THIS. I KNOW MOST CHANGES WERE MADE IN RESPONSE TO MY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS. AND YOU DID A GOOD JOB WITH THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT. THE DEFINITIONS. AND AT ONE POINT, I DID NOT INTEND FOR YOU TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE PRESENTATION AGAIN. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE MADE THAT CLEAR SOMEHOW. BUT AT ONE POINT WHEN YOU DID GO THROUGH IT, YOU SAID THE ALTERNATIVE SURFACE MIGHT BE ALLOWED IF THERE WERE SCREENING. I THINK YOU MEANT IT WOULD BE AS LONG AS IT COMPLIED WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ALTERNATIVE. JUST TO BE SURE. >> I MUST HAVE MEANT THAT. >> I UNDERSTAND. IN REGARD TO THE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP BY MR. -- I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD. I AM NOT TRYING TO HOLD UP THE ORDINANCE, WE CAN MAKE THE CHANGES TO THE ALTERNATIVE SERVICES, AND IF THE ORDINANCE NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED IN REGARD TO OTHER THINGS, I KNOW SOMETIMES WE GET TUNNEL VISION AND WE WANT TO FIX THAT AND WE MAY NOT GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE AND SEE IF THE WHOLE THING, IF THERE ARE ANY DISCREPANCIES. AND I DON'T KNOW. BUT, I WOULD APPRECIATE IF STAFF WOULD GO THROUGH IT AND JUST, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT IT AFTER WE PASSED THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE. IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO COME BACK WE COULD ALWAYS DO ANOTHER ORDINANCE. >> I THINK WE HAVE SOME COMMENTS FROM OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. >> OF COUNCIL WANTS TO REGULATE THE WAY THAT WE HAVE TRAILERS, THAT WOULD GO TO COUNCIL. IT WAS NOT INTENDED TO DO SO. I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS CHANGES THE REGULATION, IT JUST ADDRESSES THE SURFACES AND THE ABILITY TO PUT TRAILERS ON THE SURFACES. IT DOES NOT CHANGE OTHER REGULATION IN THE CODE. >> I UNDERSTAND. I JUST WANTED FOR THE PURPOSE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE TOO. IF WE PASS [00:40:03] THIS IT DOES NOT MEAN WE CANNOT COME BACK AND ADDRESS OTHER ISSUES LATER. >> CERTAINLY THAT IS AN INTEREST OF COUNCIL. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. CITY MANAGER, DAVID HALL. >> I WANTED TO BE EVEN CLEARER. THERE WAS AN ALLEGATION THAT THIS WAS INCORRECT OR INACCURATE. AND IT WAS. IT WAS AN ERROR. AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE. I THINK IT IS A MATTER OF HOW ONE IS READING THIS AND THESE CHANGES. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THIS WAS NOT A MATTER OF STAFF MAKING IN ERROR AT THIS TIME AND THEN WE COME BACK AND FIX IT LATER. THAT IS NOT THE CASE, IT IS SIMPLY A PARTY READING IT IN A WAY THAT WE DO NOT BELIEVE IS THE ACCURATE READING. INTO CHRISTOPH'S POINT, IF COUNCIL DESIRES TO COME BACK AND ADDRESS POINTS THAT WERE MADE, LET US MEET AND WE ARE HAPPY TO DO THAT. >> ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THE ITEM? I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE I CAN SOMEWHAT UNDERSTAND WHERE MR. -- IS COMING FROM. I THINK IT IS PERHAPS TOO , TWO SEPARATE SECTIONS THAT ARE RELATED BUT NOT NECESSARILY COMBINED IN TERMS OF THEIR PURPOSE. SO, I APPRECIATE THAT BEING BROUGHT UP. THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN HAVE STAFF GO BACK AND LOOK AT. BUT AS DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER SAID, WE CAN APPROVE THE ORDINANCES TONIGHT TO GET THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE BEHIND US. I KNOW IT HAS BEEN ONE THAT HAS BEEN WAITING ON US FOR A WHILE AS A COUNCIL. AND I KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN SEVERAL COUNCILMEMBER THAT WOULD BE UPSET IF WE DID NOT MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM IF THERE IS NO OTHER QUESTION FOR STAFF. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER BOWERS AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER 20. ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER BOWERS. >> NO, I WAS JUST GONNA READ THE MOTION. >> VERY GOOD. THAT WAS THE MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCILMEMBER BOWERS AND HE SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER REAVES. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. >> >> LET'S TAKE A HAND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR BY SHOW OF HANDS. THAT HAS A 6-0 AS WELL. THANK YOU STACEY FOR HANDLING [Items 7.A & 7.B] THAT. ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS THIS EVENING. FIRST IS 70, EIGHT 7 A. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF SERVICES FOR THE WET ZONE WATER PARK, FROM BG INTERPOOL INC., THROUGH A BUYBOARD COOPERATIVE CONTRACT, FOR A PRICE NOT TO EXCEED $662,057.00, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO EFFECTUATE SAID PURCHASE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS BRITTANY FAVRE. >> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I WILL TAKE 7 A AND B AND COMBINE THEM IN ONE PRESENTATION. >> BEFORE WE DO THAT. LET ME READ 7B INTO RECORD. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF SERVICES FOR THE WET ZONE WATER PARK, FROM AMUSEMENT RESTORATION COMPANIES LLC, THROUGH A BUYBOARD COOPERATIVE CONTRACT, FOR A PRICE NOT TO EXCEED $137,959.60, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO EFFECTUATE SAID PURCHASE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE . THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. IT IS JUST EASIER, THIS IS PART OF A CONTINUING CONTINUITY OF HER PEERS GOING ON AT THE 24 RIGHT NOW. IT'S EASIER TO GIVE YOU THE WHOLE PICTURE. I WILL NOT BELABOR THE POINT IS YOU READ BOTH OCEANS AND. WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE ITEMS TODAY, ONE WITH AMUSEMENT RESTORATION COMPANIES LLC THAT PRIMARILY FOCUSES ON THE WATERSLIDES. AND THEN WITH BG INTERPOOL INC.. I WILL COVER WHAT BOTH CONTRACTS ENTAIL. SO THE WATER ZONE IMPROVEMENTS, FOCUSING PRIMARILY ON THE RED AND YELLOW SLIDES. AT ALL OF THEM ARE GETTING A FACELIFT. INCLUDING THINGS LIKE PAINTING THE SLIDES, THE RED AND YELLOW SLIDES WILL GET A NEW INTERIOR RESTORATION, GELCOAT APPLICATION, WHICH AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL THROUGH TRACING BACK OTHER AGREEMENT HAS NOT BEEN DONE SINCE 2019. WE ARE INSTALLING NEW SPLASH GUARDS AT THE BOTTOMS OF THE BLUE AND GREEN POOL. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN AT THE WET ZONE, THEY COME OUT OF THE SLIDES IN THE SPLASH RIGHT IN. IT IS A WASTE OF WATER AND A SAFETY PRECAUTION. INSTALLATION OF SPLASH GUARDS AT BOTH SLIDES. ANY GENERAL RESTORATIVE CLEANING AND WAXING. WE ARE DOING SOME RUST REMOVAL ON THE STAIRCASES FROM THE YELLOW AND RED SLIDES, THEY ARE GETTING AN [00:45:02] OVERALL OF EVERY SURFACE THAT THE COMPANY PROVIDES WITH MAINTENANCE ON THE WEAR-AND-TEAR FOR THE BLUE AND GREEN SLIDES. >> FOR THE MECHANICAL IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH BG INTERPOOL INC. IT IS COVERING A VARIETY OF THINGS. NONE OF THEM ARE ESPECIALLY'S AS THE PICTURES THAT I SHOWED LAST TIME BUT IT IS THINGS THAT ENHANCE THE MECHANICAL OPERATIONS, THE SAFETY AND OVERALL AESTHETICS OF ALL OF OUR POOLS. IT WILL INCLUDE THINGS LIKE REPLACEMENT OF ALL OF THE POOL MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT, PUMPS, MOTORS, STRAINERS, VALVES, IT ALSO INCLUDES REPLASTERING OF THE SHELLS FOR THE LAP POOL, THE LEISURE POOL, LAZY RIVER AND THE TOP POOL. IT WILL REPLACE THE WATER LINE TILES AND BE INCLUDED WITH INSTALLATION OF A NEW A.D.A. POOL CHAIRLIFT THAT HAS BEEN OUT OF COMMISSION AND IS NEEDED FOR THE OVERALL ENJOYMENT OF THE PARK AND FOR FEDERAL COMPLIANCE. SO OVERALL EACH ONE OF THE PROJECTS, WITHIN SCOPE OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TARGETING, WE HAVE AN EXISTING PROJECT FUN FOLLOWING THE COUNCIL OF APPROVAL. OF APPROXIMATELY 1.8 MILLION. WATERSIDE IMPROVEMENT CONTRACT WILL BE A LITTLE SHY OF 138,000. THE MECHANICAL IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH BG INTERPOOL , INC. WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $662,057.00. THAT GIVES US A REMAINING PROJECT FUND OF $387,314. SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO MOVE TO APPROVE BOTH THE ITEMS. AND WITH THAT I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. >> COUNCIL, WHAT QUESTIONS DO WE HAVE? COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. MY ONLY QUESTION IS BARRING REALLY BAD WEATHER OR ANYTHING, ARE WE ON TRACK TO OPEN? >> ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE BEEN AGGRESSIVE IN PURSUING THE ITEMS AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE BRINGING THE BEFORE YOU. WE ARE ALREADY WORKING ON INSTALLATION FOR THE CONTRACTS PARTICULARLY. THEY WILL START ON APRIL 1ST AND ARE SCHEDULED TO BE DONE BY MAY 1ST. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER. >> THANK YOU ALSO. IS THE FUNDING FOR THIS OUT OF THE BOND THAT WAS APPROVED IN MAY OF 23 FOUR? >> YES, A COMBO OF BOND FUNDS AND OTHER SOURCES. >> AND HOW MUCH OF THAT IS BOND MONEY? >> I DO NOT KNOW THAT NUMBER BUT I CAN LOOK AT IT AND GET BACK. >> I THINK IT WAS 1.5 MILLION IN BOND FUNDING AND WE COMBINED INTO ONE PROJECT FUND. WE HAVE NOT NECESSARILY SAID THIS IS FOR THIS BUT WE SPEND THE FUNDING DOWN UNTIL IT IS SPENT. IT WAS 1.5 MILLION FOR THE BOND. >> YES, THAT IS CORRECT. >> ALL RIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BRITNEY, I HAVE A SMALL HANDFUL OF QUESTIONS I WILL ASK. I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE. I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER TO COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON'S QUESTION, WHICH IS HOW ARE WE COMING ALONG AND ARE WE ON TRACK? I KNOW IN THE FIRST ITEM WHICH WAS THE LARGER OF THE TWO, IT INCLUDED A THREE-YEAR VENDOR WARRANTY. THAT DOES REQUIRE -- IT PUTS ONUS ON US IN TERMS OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO ENSURE THE WARRANTY REMAINS VALID. CURRENT WATER TRACKING, SOMETHING THAT WE ARE DOING TO MAINTAIN THE WARRANTY? AS WELL IS THERE IS THE DESCRIPTION THAT YOU CAN NEVER DRINK PULPAL. I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES DURING THE WINTER SEASON WE MIGHT DRAIN THE LAZY RIVER, PART OF THE REPAIR. I AM CURIOUS IF THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY AVOID SOME OR ALL OF THE WARRANTY. >> WE NEVER COMPLETELY DRAIN THE POOL FOR THAT REASON. IN FACT, THE PHOTOS WHICH I HAD MY STAFF TAKE FOR YOU WERE TAKEN LAST WEEK. EVEN WITH SUBZERO TEMPERATURES WE NEVER COMPLETELY DRAIN THE POOL. YOU ARE RIGHT, IT WILL DAMAGE THE PLASTER WHEN DOING SO. I WILL PUT AN ASTERISK'S WITH THAT BECAUSE WE WILL COMPLETELY DRAIN THE POOL IF WE REPLACE THE PLASTER. WE DO DAILY CHEM CONTROL AND IS PART OF THE WET ZONE IMPROVEMENTS AND ONE OTHER ITEM WE WILL IMPLEMENT, THAT IS A DIGITAL TRACKING SYSTEM SO WE HAVE MORE UP-TO-DATE DATA. WE DO MONITOR THAT INFORMATION DAILY. >> THAT IS GREAT, THANK YOU. AND WITH MAINTENANCE LIKE THIS IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT WARRANTY INTACT. WITH THE SAME ITEM THERE IS RESPONSIBILITIES WITH REGARD TO STARTING OF THE POOL. PAGE 110 OF THE PACKET HAS THAT IN THERE AND TALKS ABOUT WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN ONCE THE REPAIRS AND EVERYTHING ARE DONE. WE HAVE TO START THE POOL. WE HAVE THE EXPERTISE ON STAFF TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN? AND TAKE CARE OF THAT? WE CONTRACTING THAT TO A CONSULTANT? >> WE HAVE THAT EXPERTISE ON [00:50:03] STAFF. IN THE PARKS AND REST. EIGHT PARKS AND REST -- PARKS AND REC STAFF. >> IT LOOKS LIKE THEY DO STONE TYPE POOLS, VERY ATTRACTIVE WORK. CLEARLY. BUT THERE IS NOT TOO MANY EXAMPLES ON THEIR PORTFOLIO HAVE THIS TYPE OF A LAYOUT. A MASSIVE WATERPARK. THEY HAVE SOME COMMUNITY POOLS WHERE THERE IS A SINGLE SLIDE BUT NOT WHERE THERE IS THIS OTHER STUFF GOING ON. HAVE WE DONE VETTING TO ENSURE THIS IS THE RIGHT VENDOR? >> YES, WE DID, THE VENDOR HAS DONE PROJECTS WITH HOAS AND OTHER FACILITIES BUT THIS IS NOT THEIR FIRST RODEO WHEN IT COMES TO DOING LARGE-SCALE WORK FOR CITIES AND UNIVERSITIES. >> THANK YOU. THAT HELPS A LOT. YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION ON THE LAST TIME GEL COATING HAPPENED, 2019. A LOT OF YEARS AGO. THAT IS ALLEGEDLY. YOU ARE RIGHT. THE JOE COATING ALSO PROVIDES A ONE YEAR WARRANTY. IN THAT IT GETS EXTENDED ONE YEAR PROVIDED WE HAVE THEM AS A VENDOR COME BACK OUT AND PERFORM MAINTENANCE AGAIN ON THE SLIDES. SO DID WE PRICE OUT WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE TO HAVE THEM SET UP A PLAN. >> THEIR PRICE IS APPROXIMATELY $17,500 ANNUALLY. THERE IS THE CAVEAT THAT IT COULD FLUCTUATE WITH SHIPPING AND PRODUCT MATERIALS. WE DID GO AHEAD AND PRICE OUT THE ONE YEAR MINUTES REQUIREMENT FROM THEM. >> THAT IS HELPFUL. THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE WERE ALLOCATING TO WET ZONE MAINTENANCE PRIOR TO THIS PAST YEAR? >> I DO NOT KNOW. >> DO YOU KNOW? >> APPROXIMATELY $35,000 A YEAR. >> WE WERE ALLOCATING $35,000 A YEAR TO MAINTENANCE AND ONE SLIDE OF , ONE SET OF SLIDES TO MAINTAIN A $17,000 A YEAR. THAT RUN THROUGH YOUR HEAD ON HOW UNDERFUNDED WE WERE AT THE WET ZONE. AND WHY IT IS IN ITS CONDITION. WILL THERE BE OTHER REPAIRS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THE SLIDE STRUCTURE? I KNOW WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR WE WERE LOOKING AT RUST STAINS AND CRACKED PIPES AND MAYBE EVEN SOME STRUCTURAL ISSUES WITH THE FOUNDATION. IS THERE ANY OTHER REPAIRS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN AMONGST THE SLIDE STRUCTURE? >> NOT AT THIS TIME, PART OF THE AGREEMENT AS OF THE REMOVAL OF THE RUST YOU SAW. PUBLIC WORKS, ONE OF THE FIRST TASKS THAT THEY UNDERTOOK WAS TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THE SUPPORT AND THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN HOUSE. AT THIS TIME FROM A PARKS AND REC PERSPECTIVE THERE IS NOTHING ADDITIONAL BUT NEEDS TO BE DONE. THERE IS SOME TML DISCUSSIONS WITH ENGINEERING WITH REGARD TO AQUATIC FEATURES. NOT SOMETHING TML HAS LOOKED AT BEFORE BUT WE ANTICIPATE HAVING MORE GUIDANCE FROM THEM COMING OUT IN THE FUTURE. RIGHT NOW WE BELIEVE WE HAVE EVERYTHING COVERED WITH GUARDS TO STRUCTURAL FOR THE SLIDES. >> FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. THAT IS ALL THE QUESTIONS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER SCHUPP. >> THANK YOU THE. AS I RECALL IN FEBRUARY WE WENT INTO THE PUMP HOUSE AND I THINK ON ONE SLIDE YOU TALK ABOUT SOME PUMP RESTORATION. HERE WE GO. WHAT IS -- WHEN WE WENT IN THERE THERE WAS NO WAY TO TELL WHAT THE REAL CONDITION IS OF THE PUMPS , FILTERS, EVERYTHING WITHIN THE EQUIPMENT ROOM. WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF REPLACEMENT? ARE WE BASICALLY REPLACING THE SYSTEM? ARE WE JUST IDENTIFYING PARTICULAR MOTORS AND PARTICULAR PARTS OF THE SYSTEM? HOW EXTENSIVE IS THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL PUMP HOUSE GOING TO BE? >> I WILL TURN TO BRIAN TO MAKE SURE I AM NOT TELLING YOU FIBS BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE CONTRACT IS PUMPS AND MOTOR REPLACEMENT. A LOT. >> THAT IS A BIG TICKET PART OF THIS. >> DOING ALL THE PLUMBING. INAUDIBLE ] >> OKAY. THAT IS MOST OF IT. >> A MAJORITY OF THE STATEMENT OF WORK IS PUMPS AND MOTORS. >> THAT IS WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW. THANK YOU. >> LET ME ADDRESS THAT A LITTLE TOO. WHEN WE WENT IN THERE IN FEBRUARY, TO YOUR POINT WE WERE NOT SURE OF THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE AND HOW FAR. THERE WAS HOPE AT THE TIME WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS THAT THERE MAY BE SOME DEGREE OF SALVAGE, WE MAKE BE ABLE TO RECONDITION PUMPS AND OTHER THINGS. WE ARE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS EVEN MORE THAN WHAT WE INITIALLY INTENDED TO. WE HAVE OVERHAULED EVERYTHING AND BRITNEY MADE THE POINT INCLUDING THE PLASTER. INCLUDING NOT ONLY REPAIRING THE PUMPS BUT IN FACT REPLACING THEM. SO WE ARE PROBABLY, THE REASON I HAVE NOT COME TO YOU YET IS BECAUSE WE HAVE REMAINING PROJECT FUNDS AND HAVE GOT A FEW OTHER THINGS. WE [00:55:03] MAY NOT BE OVER AND I SAY OVER BECAUSE WE EXPANDED THE SCOPE OF THIS THING. WE DID NOT WANT TO COME BACK TO YOU AND SAY MY GOODNESS, WE REHABBED THE WHITE ZONE AND BY THE WAY NEXT YEAR I NEED $300,000 IN PUMP MONEY. WE HAVE GONE AHEAD AND WE HAVE DONE THAT NOW. I AM PRIMING THE PUMP SO TO SPEAK BECAUSE ONCE WE MOVE WITH ARE DONE WITH THIS PROJECT WE WILL STATUS AND WE M BACK IN FRONT OF YOU. WE CAN EXPLAIN TO YOU AND I WANT TO TELL YOU NOW THAT THIS IS THE EXTENT TO WHICH WE EXPANDED THAT WAS BEYOND THE ORIGINAL CONVERSATIONS. THAT WOULD BE WHY IF WE END UP IN THAT PLACE. >> PLEASE DO NOT EVER USE A POND LIKE THAT AGAIN. PLEASE. COUNCILMEMBER REAVES. >> THIS 2025 WILL BE A GREAT YEAR FOR SWIMMING IN ROWLETT. WHICH WILL BE FANTASTIC. BUT I THINK CITY MANAGER HALL, YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION. OUT OF THE $387,000 LEFT, ASSUMING THE TWO ITEMS WERE APPROVED, WHAT ALLOCATION WOULD BE SET ASIDE FOR ANY SURPRISE COST OVERRUNS? I GUESS THAT IS YET TO BE SEEN. >> TO THAT POINT THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT KIND OF FELL OUTSIDE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. I THINK BRIAN POINTED OUT THERE ARE BRANDING THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN. SIGNAGE AND OTHER THINGS. THEY ARE NOT TRULY CAPITAL IN NATURE, IF WE DON'T GET TO THEM THIS YEAR WE WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR AND THEY NEED TO HAPPEN. BUT WE WERE REALLY FOCUSED ON FOUNDATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS, AND I HOPE I ANSWERED THE QUESTION HERE AND THERE. I DO NOT WANT TO SURPRISE YOU LATER ON WHEN WE ARE BACK IN A MONTH SAYING I HAVE IDENTIFIED AN ADDITIONAL $300,000 AND HERE IS WHAT IT IS FOR. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. I WILL NOT ENTERTAIN , I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM 7A. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON. A MOTION TO APPROVE? GO AHEAD. >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON. TO HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER BOWERS. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 7A AND A SECOND. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL RIGHT. THAT CARRIES BY A VOTE OF 6-0. NOW I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM 7B. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER REAVES TO APPROVE THE ITEM AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER BOWERS. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 7B? LET'S CALL THE VOTE . AND THAT ITEM ALSO CARRIES BY A [7C. Receive an update from the Rowlett Housing Finance Corporation Executive Director on the status of the property located at 7420 Lakeview Parkway, better known as Lakeview Pointe Senior Living.] VOTE OF 6-0. LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 7C. RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM THE ROWLETT HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ON THE STATUS OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7420 LAKEVIEW PARKWAY, BETTER KNOWN AS LAKEVIEW POINTE SENIOR LIVING. MAKING THE PRESENTATION IS PETER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE RH OC. >> WE ARE HERE TO GIVE YOU A BREACH OF DATE . IT HAS BEEN A PROCESS TO SAY THE LEAST. WE HAVE VERY GOOD NEWS, WE HAVE RECEIVED OUR CEOS AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF STARTING THE MARKETING PLAN. TO FILL THE VACANCIES FOR THE PROPERTY. THERE IS A LOT OF WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE, THE LAWSUIT, THE SLOW CONSTRUCTION, A HOST OF THINGS WE CAN DISCUSS. AS I SAID A FEW SECONDS AGO IT IS WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE NOW, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. ALYSSA, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK UP AND TALK ABOUT WHERE THE PROPERTY IS? AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING, IN THE SHORT TERM. WE WILL DO THAT BEFORE WE GET TO THE RESIDENTIAL. >> MELISSA FISHER WITH RISE DEVELOPMENT. EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GREAT. WE ARE DIFFERENT -- WE HAVE OUR COS. WE ARE FILLING THE BUILDING. WE SUFFERED A FIRE IF YEARS AGO. AS WE WERE ABOUT TO OPEN THE FIRST BUILDING, BUILDING NUMBER TWO. AND AFTER WHICH WE BILL SICKLY HAD TO REBUILD THE BUILDING. THE OTHER TWO HAVE BEEN IN SERVICE AND THEY ARE AROUND 80% LEASED AT THIS TIME. SO WE RECEIVED OUR CO TWO WEEKS AGO. AND WE ALREADY HAVE 16 RESIDENTS LIVING IN IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. WE KNOW THE NUMBER WILL GROW OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TIME. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO CALL. PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ON OUR WAITING LIST FOR A LONG TIME. AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED. WE HAVE A WAD OF EXCITEMENT AROUND THE FINAL GRAND OPENING. NOW THAT ALL OF OUR AMENITIES ARE IN PLACE, EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GREAT. I WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A VERY HEALTHY LEASING SEASON. >> THANK YOU PETER AND MS. FISHER. WE APPRECIATE THE REMARKS AND COMMENTS. THIS IS [01:00:05] AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM COUNCIL. YOU ARE WELCOME TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE PROJECT. THE REASON THIS ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA IS THAT IT IS RELATED TO ITEM 7D AS WELL. WE WANTED TO PROVIDE JUST AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECT AND STATUS OF THAT TO KIND OF, AS A SEGUE INTO ITEM 7D. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS ON THIS PROJECT IN PARTICULAR I WOULD ASK THAT THOSE BE BROUGHT FORWARD. [7D. Discuss and consider a resolution approving a tax-exempt bond issuance to be undertaken by the Rowlett Housing Finance Corporation.] ALL RIGHT. THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 7D. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING A TAX-EXEMPT BOND ISSUANCE TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE ROWLETT HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. INTRODUCING THE ITEM WILL BE PETER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ROWLETT HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AND HE WILL ALSO INTRODUCE RYAN COHEN WITH OUR LAW FIRM AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. WE HELD THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS MORNING FOR THE BOND ISSUANCE TO RISE CONSTRUCTION. IS, FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES, IT IS NOT ANY DEBT THAT THE HOUSING AND FINANCE CORPORATION HAS TAKEN ON. NOR IS IT ANY DEBT THAT THE CITY OF ROWLETT HAS TAKEN ON OR IS RESPONSIBLE. THE RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF YOU IN YOUR PACKET WITH THE WATCHFUL EYES OF VICTORIA'S CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, AND OUR COUNCIL FOR THE HFC, WENT THROUGH IT MANY TIMES TO MAKE SURE WE CANNOT BE INTERPRETED BY ANYONE THAT EVENTUALLY SOMEONE WOULD SEE AS ONE OF THE ENTITIES TAKING ON THE DEBT. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT BY THE IRS FOR RISE RESIDENTIAL AND LAKEVIEW SENIORS. WITH THAT BEING SAID I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU ADDRESS THOSE TO OUR COUNCIL, BRIAN BOWMAN. AND I REQUEST APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. >> DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A PRESENTATION? I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE COUNCIL TO HEAR WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY. >> RYAN BOWEN, THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BOND COUNCIL AND GENERAL COUNCIL. THE PURPOSE OF THE RESOLUTION IS TO AUTHORIZE THE ACTING MAYOR TO SIGN WHAT IS CALLED AN APPROVAL, WHICH IS A FEDERAL TAX REQUIREMENT IN ORDER TO ISSUE THESE BONDS. AS WAS EXPLAINED, PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD THIS MORNING. TELEPHONICALLY PURSUANT TO IRS GUIDELINES. THERE WERE NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO DIAL INTO THE CALL. WERE NO COMMENTS RECEIVED. WE HELD THE HEARING OPEN FOR 15 MINUTES AND THEN CONCLUDED IT. REALLY THE REASON FOR THIS IS, I DO NOT WANT TO GET TOO TECHNICAL. BUT WHEN WE DO ONE OF THESE BOND ISSUANCE IS, THERE IS A FEDERAL TAX REQUIREMENT CALLED THE 50% TEST. 50% OF WHAT WE CALL ELIGIBLE BASIS, IN OTHER WORDS PROJECT COSTS, IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, NEED TO BE FINANCED WITH TAX-EXEMPT BONDS. IT IS A WAY THAT THE IRS HAS PUT IN PLACE TO KIND OF GOVERN THE LOCATION OF THE 4% LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS THAT COME ALONG WITH THESE BONDS. THE TAX CREDITS IS THE MECHANISM FOR INJECTING THE EQUITY INTO THE DEAL, WHICH MAKES A STRONG DEAL, THE HIGHER AMOUNT OF EQUITY YOU HAVE, THE EQUITY INVESTOR WHICH IS A BIG INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR, WILL PURCHASE THE TAX CREDITS AND THEY WILL DO THAT FOR EQUITY CONTRIBUTIONS. THIS DEAL, LIKE MANY OTHERS WE ARE SEEING, NOT ONLY IN TEXAS BUT NATIONWIDE, OVER THE LAST HANDFUL OF YEARS, IT IS NOT MEETING THE 50% TEST. THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS FOR THAT. I THINK LARGELY MELISSA WOULD TELL YOU THE FIRE WAS THE MAIN CONTRIBUTOR TO THAT. BUT MANY DEALS THAT WERE ISSUED IN THAT COVID-19 ERA WHERE YOU HAD DELAYS WITH CONSTRUCTION, BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT YOU WORK IN, AND AT THE SAME TIME WE HAD INCREASED CONSTRUCTION COSTS. SO THERE ARE OTHER DEALS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, THIS IS NOT A UNIQUE SITUATION. THIS ISSUANCE IS REALLY TO PUT THE DEAL IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT TEST. AND THERE IS ALSO AN ADDED BENEFIT OF A CHANGE IN TAX LAW THAT OCCURRED AT THE END OF 2020, WHICH MAKES THE TAX CREDITS MORE VALUABLE. [01:05:04] THERE WILL BE AN ADDED BOOST OF EQUITY COMING INTO THE DEAL. IT MAY SEEM COUNTER INTUITIVE BUT BY ISSUING THIS ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF BONDS THE DEAL WILL BE FINANCIALLY MORE SOUND. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER SCHUPP. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU RYAN. I WANTED TO POINT OUT ALSO I AM ON THE 1024 BOARD, BEEN IN THIS PRETTY DEEP. IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND TOO WE ARE A GENERAL PARTNER IN THIS PROJECT. SO WHAT WE ARE BASICALLY HERE FOR, WE ARE HOPEFULLY GOING TO BE APPROVING THIS BOND THAT ACTUALLY WITHOUT THIS BOND WE BASICALLY LOSE THE TAX CREDITS. THAT IS WHERE THE MONEY IS. THAT IS FOR US. AS A GENERAL PARTNER AND FOR OUR PARTNERS WITH RISE. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS IN OUR BEST INTEREST AS A CITY TO GO AHEAD AND DO THIS. EVERYBODY KIND OF FREAKS OUT WHEN THEY HEAR THE WORD BOND AND FIGURES WE WILL TAKE ON A BUNCH OF DEBT THAT THE CITY HAS TO HANDLE. THAT IS NOT THE CASE HERE. SO I STRONGLY, STRONGLY HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL SEE THE VALUE IN THIS AND GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS. I HOPE THE CITIZENS UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING DONE, THAT THIS IS IN OUR BENEFIT. IS A BUSINESS DECISION. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER REAVES . >> THANK YOU. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS PERFUNCTORY. I TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT THAT THIS IS OUR BEST INTEREST. I'M JUST CONFUSED. THE BONDISSUANCE , ROWLETT DOES NOT HOLD THAT, THE -- DOES NOT HOLD THAT, WHO HOLDS THE DEBT? >> IT IS DEBT ISSUED AT THE ROWLETT HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BUT IT IS WHAT WE CALL A SPECIAL LIMITED OBLIGATION. AVON HOLDER, THE BONDS WOULD BE BOUGHT BY A BONDHOLDER. MINDFUL DICTATION AND MELISSA CAN CORRECTLY IF I AM WRONG, THEY WILL BE PRIVATE PLACED WITHIN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR. THAT INVESTOR CAN ONLY LOOK TO THE SOURCES OF REVENUE PLEDGED FOR IT. IN THIS CASE OUR PROJECT REVENUES. AND MORTGAGE ON THE PROPERTY. IN OTHER WORDS THEY CANNOT COME TO THE HFC AND ASK IF THE HFC MAKE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. IT CERTAINLY CANNOT COME TO THE CITY FOR ANY RECOURSE ON THE BONDS. IT IS STRICTLY REVENUE PLEDGED BY THE PROJECT. >> UNDERPERFORMS FINANCIALLY AND IS NOT MAKING THE DEBT OBLIGATIONS, WHAT IS THE IMPACT TO THE HFC HERE IN ROWLETT? >> WELL I GUESS IT IS TWO FOLD YOU HAVE THE IMPACT AS THE BOND ISSUER, THE IMPACT OF ROWLETT HFC IS A PARTNER IN THE DEAL. AS A BOND ISSUER, REALLY NOTHING. THERE IS NO RECOURSE TO THE HFC IS A BOND ISSUER. THEY ARE WHAT WE CALL A CONDUIT ISSUER IN THIS INSTANCE. THEY ARE FACILITATING THE FINANCING ON A TAX-EXEMPT BASIS. SO THE BOND HOLDER, IF THE DEAL FAILED WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO FORECLOSE AND TAKE OWNERSHIP AND DO IT IN AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR TAKING OWNERSHIP OF A PROPERTY LIKE THAT, THAT IS THE EXTREME SITUATION AND THESE ARE VERY CONSERVATIVELY UNDERWRITTEN. AND THEIR IS A COMMITMENT BY FREDDIE MAC TO BUY THE DEBT THAT IS ALREADY OUT THERE. SO THAT WOULD BE A. RIGHT? >> 70 BONDHOLDER COULD TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THE PILOT PAYMENTS IF WORST CASE THAT WERE TO HAPPEN. >> I THINK THE PACKETS INTO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER SCHUPP WAS REFERRING TO IS A GENERAL PARTNER. IN THAT SITUATION, OWNERSHIP WOULD TRANSFER , THE HFC WOULD LIKELY BE OUT OF THE DEAL AND THE DEAL WOULD GO BACK ON THE TAX ROLLS. >> NORMAL PROPERTY TAX? >> THEY COULD APPROACH THE HFC AND NEGOTIATE TO KEEP THE HFC IN THE DEAL. TO MAINTAIN THE EXEMPTION. BUT IN OTHER WORDS [01:10:05] IF THEY WERE TO SIMPLY FORECLOSE AND TAKE OWNERSHIP IT GOES BACK ON THE -- >> THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. VERNA. THANK YOU. >> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. THAT IS WHY WE HAD 7C ON THE AGENDA, TO URGE THOSE QUESTIONS TO HAPPEN. WE WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT THE PROJECT HAD COMPLETED A STATUS. >> COUNCILMEMBER REAVES COVERED SOME OF MY QUESTIONS BUT I HAD A COUPLE MORE. ONE WAS WHEN COUNCILMEMBER SCHUPP SAID WE ARE A GENERAL PARTNER, THAT WE REFER TO THE HFC, COUNCIL IS THE MEMBER, NOT WE. CORRECT? >> THAT IS CORRECT, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. >> OKAY. IN THE PUBLIC HEARING. YOU SAID THAT WAS TELEPHONIC. AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH IRS GUIDELINES. I HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE QUESTION ABOUT THAT . IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS DESIGNED TO DISCOURAGE PUBLIC INPUT. DOES THE IRS REQUIRE IT TO BE TELEPHONIC OR JUST ALLOW IT TO BE TELEPHONIC? >> THEY ALLOW IT. PRIOR TO COVID-19 THE REQUIREMENT WAS , IT WAS A PHYSICAL HEARING. AFTER COVID-19 THEY MADE A CONCESSION TO PERMIT TELEPHONIC HEARINGS SO LONG AS YOU HAD ACCESS TO A TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBER. THEY MADE THAT PERMANENT AFTER COVID-19 RESOLVED ITSELF. >> BUT WE COULD HAVE HELD A PHYSICAL PUBLIC HEARING? >> YOU COULD HAVE. YES. >> WHAT WOULD BE THE CONSEQUENCE IF THE COUNCIL DID NOT APPROVE TONIGHT? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? >> FAILURE TO MEET THE 50% TASK , I AM A LAWYER AND NOT A BIG BUT THE FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES ARE SEVERE. IT WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TAX CREDITS AVAILABLE TO THE PROJECT. IT WILL RESULT IN LESS CREDITS AVAILABLE TO THE EQUITY INVESTOR, WHICH MEANS EITHER LESS OF AN EQUITY CONTRIBUTION OR REPAYMENT BACK TO THE INVESTOR. IT IS A SEVERE SITUATION THAT OWNERS OF THE PROPERTIES TAKE EVERY MEASURE THEY CAN TO AVOID. >> WITH THERE BE CONSEQUENCES TO THE CITY AND/OR THE HFC? >> THE CONSEQUENCES TO THE HFC WOULD BE RELATED TO THE SCENARIO WE WERE TALKING TO. >> A FAILURE. >> A PROJECT THAT IS NO LONGER FINANCIALLY VIABLE. SO WHEN THERE IS THE EQUITY INVESTOR TO EXERCISE REMEDIES, THERE REALLY WOULD BE NO IMPACT TO THE CITY. I MEAN THE CITY IN THIS INSTANCE IS SIMPLY THE SPONSOR OF THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. IT IS NOT IN ANY WAY OBLIGATED ON DEBT ISSUED BY THE HFC. >> SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY WHAT YOU ARE TELLING ME IS THE HFC BASICALLY JUST ACTS AS A ALMOST GO-BETWEEN IN ORDER TO GIVE THE TAX EXEMPTION TO THIS BOND ISSUANCE. >> THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT, THERE ARE CONDUIT ISSUER'S. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ] COUNCILMEMBER REAVES. >> ONE MORE. SORRY. YOU ARE ON THE HOT SEAT TONIGHT. I APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS. WHAT IS THE LENGTH OF THE BOND? IT IS THE LENGTH OF THE BOND REPAYMENT IMPACT PILOT PAYMENTS THAT WOULD COME TO THE CITY? >> THE LENGTH, THE BONDS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING ARE 18 YEAR BONDS. THAT IS THE TYPICAL FREDDIE MAC TAX-EXEMPT HOUSING PRODUCT. AT THIS POINT I AM NOT SURE THE DEBT STRUCTURE HAS BEEN SETTLED ON. I GUESS I WOULD ASK MELISSA WHETHER IT WOULD BE PUT. MY EXPECTATION IS THAT IT WOULD BE THE SAME DEBT SOURCE AS THE 2017 BONDS. BUT THAT IS NOT REQUIRED. >> OKAY. FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING IN TVLAND I SEE NODDING HEADS. I GUESS THAT IS AFFIRMATIVE. >> CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT QUESTION IN THE WATERFALL OF WHERE THE PAYMENTS FALL WITHIN THAT? >> WE HAVE THE SAME BONDHOLDER TO PURCHASE THESE BONDS. IT WILL BE THE SAME BANK ESSENTIALLY. I AM ASSUMING IT IS THE SAME TERMS. BUT THESE BONDS ARE REALLY JUST A REALLY SHORT TERM FIX FOR THE 50% TEST BECAUSE WE EXPECT TO CONVERT TO THE PERMANENT MORTGAGE BY JULY OUTSIDE. AND AT THAT POINT WE WILL PAY THESE OFF MOSTLY AND [01:15:04] WE WILL HAVE OUR $28 MILLION PERMANENT MORTGAGE. THIS IS VERY SHORT-LIVED PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE WILL HAVE THIS FULL BOND AMOUNT. WHICH IN TOTAL WILL BE $35 MILLION. 25 ORIGINAL PLUS THIS 10 TO GET US TO THE 50% MARK. DOES THAT HELP? >> THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. >> AND THE PREVIOUS QUESTION OF THE WATERFALL. >> WITHIN THE DEALS THERE IS THE WATERFALL PAYOUT STRUCTURE THAT GOVERNS WHO GETS THE MONEY FIRST. THE BENEFIT OF THE PROPERTY. RIGHT? PILOT PAVEMENT LIVES IN THERE SOMEWHERE AND THERE IS A SERIES OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. OR ENTITIES THAT BENEFIT FROM THIS BEING SUCCESSFUL. IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT WHERE THE PILOT SITS IN THE WATERFALL AND WHEN THE BUCKET STARTS TO FILL UP FIRST. >> I WISH I HAD THE LPA IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE THAT IS IN THERE. I DO BELIEVE IT IS CASH FLOW TO THE HFC AND THEN RESIDUAL CASH FLOW GOES TO THE PILOT PAYMENT. I WILL SAY ONCE WE CLOSE THE PERMANENT MORTGAGE AS AN ASIDE, IN JULY, THAT WILL TRIGGER OUR CATCH-UP PAYMENT TO THE CITY. AS FAR AS THE END WILL, I DO NOT KNOW OF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I CAN CHECK FOR YOU. IT IS ALL IN THERE. THERE IS CASH FLOW, PILOT PAYMENTS TO THE CITY, RESIDUAL VALUE AT THE END FOR HFC. >> DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? >> DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER. >> YES, YOU MENTIONED CATCH-UP PAYMENT. IS THE PROJECT CURRENT ON PILOT PAYMENTS NOW? >> THEY ARE NOT DUE UNTIL THE CONVERSION. AT THAT POINT WE MAY ALSO PLAY CATCH-UP FOR A CERTAIN YEAR PERIOD. AND WE MAKE THAT -- >> THAT IS A STANDARD? >> YES IT IS. >> SOMEWHAT STANDARD. IT WOULD NOT BE MY PREFERENCE THAT WE DO THAT. IF WE DID ANY OTHER DEALS TO NOT DO IT THAT WAY. BECAUSE UP UNTIL NOW THE CITY HAS NOT GARNERED ANY TANGIBLE TAX REVENUE FROM THIS PROPERTY. CORRECT. >> CORRECT. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA ITEM? MS. THOMAS I WANT TO AFFORD YOU THE OPPORTUNITY IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS BECAUSE YOU WORKED CLOSE WITH THE LEGAL COUNCIL, I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT TO SHARE AS WELL. >> I WILL JUST SAY THAT BE TELEPHONIC HEARING IS ALLOWED AND IT WAS PROPERLY NOTICED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE IRS RULES. AND ALSO I WANT TO MENTION WE DID, YOU KNOW WE IRONED THIS OUT TO MAKE CLEAR IN THE RESOLUTION THAT THE CITY IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION. IS PRETTY MUCH PERFUNCTORY APPROVAL. AND FINALLY IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION ALTERNATIVE 2, THAT YOU WOULD LOOK AT FOR APPROVAL. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THAT ONE STATES IN THE PREAMBLE THAT NO MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WAS PRESENT. AND NO PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE PROVIDED. COULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THAT AHEAD OF TIME. >> THANK YOU. WITH REGARD TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE DID ACTUALLY DISCUSS AND COUNCILMEMBER SCHUPP, HOPEFULLY YOU RECALL THIS, WE DISCUSSED HOLDING THAT IN A COUNCIL MEETING AND DETERMINE THAT IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE CONFUSING TO DO IT IN SUCH A WAY. BECAUSE AGAIN IT IS NOT BE CITY ISSUING ANY DEBT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. AND ELECTED TO DO IT THIS WAY BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF REMOTE PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THE CALL TO ATTEND. AND TO POTENTIALLY ADDRESS ANY COMMENTS MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. JUST TO CLARIFY WHY THE APPROACH WAS TAKEN. IT WAS INTENTIONAL AND DELIBERATE. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM 7D? ALL RIGHT, THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND THIS WILL NEED TO BE A VERBAL MOTION ALONG WITH THE RTS BUTTON. I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER SCHUPP. AND IF YOU WILL JUST SAY THE MOTION. GO AHEAD. >> I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE ITEM AS READ. NO. I MOVE WE ACCEPT RESOLUTION 2 , VERSION 2 AS PRESENTED. >> THAT WILL TEACH YOU TO MAKE [01:20:03] A MOTION. AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER BOWERS, IF YOU WILL HIT YOUR BUTTON. >> I SECOND THAT. >> WE HAVE A SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ALTERNATIVE NUMBER TWO AND THEN A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER BOWERS. MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER SCHUPP. ANY DISCUSSION? DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER. >> YES, I AM VOTING FOR THIS RELUCTANTLY. BUT IT APPEARS TO BE BASICALLY THE ONLY CHOICE WE HAVE. UNLESS WE WANT TO SEE THE PROJECT FAIL. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE THE PRODUCT FAILED. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS I DO NOT LIKE ABOUT IT. BUT THAT IS ALL WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE. SO I WILL BE VOTING FOR IT BUT NOT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT. >> COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, LET'S CALL THE BOAT. -- VOTE. THE ITEM CARRIES AN ENDLESSLY -- UNANIMOUSLY, 6-0. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL MAY REQUEST TOPICS TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR A SUBSEQUENT MEETING. ANY DIVERSION OR DECISION SHALL BE LIMITED TO PROPOSAL TO PLACE TOPIC ON THE AGENDA FOR SUBSEQUENT MEETING. >> I WOULD LIKE TO REVISE SECTION 31 OF THE ROWLETT CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING POSSESSION OF FIREARMS. ON THE SECOND MEETING IN FEBRUARY. I THINK THAT IS THE 17TH. >> ALL RIGHT , COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON. >> I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER AND WHAT SHE IS REQUESTING. >> WE WILL GET THAT ADDED TO THE SECOND MEETING IN FEBRUARY. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER ITEMS TO REQUEST FOR A FUTURE MEETING? ALL RIGHT. THEN WE WILL ADJOURN AT 8:21 P.M. THANK * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.