Mar 04, 2025 City Council Meetings

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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>> LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN, GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

WELCOME TO TONIGHT'S MEETING CITY COUNCIL IT IS NO 7:07 P.M.

TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2025 AND WE CAN CHECK THAT OFF THE LIST AND NOW ATTEND TO THE COUNCIL MEETING PURSUANT TO CODE 551.127 ARE NONEMERGENCY MAY ATTEND REMOTELY BY VIDEOCONFERENCE.

NOTED ABOVE ON THIS AGENDA AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 551.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE THE MEETING MAY BE CONVENED AT SESSION TO SEEK CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY. CITY OF ROWLETT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REALIGN REGULAR SESSION OR CALLED EXECUTIVE SESSION OR ORDER OF BUSINESS AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT. FOR IN-PERSON COMMENTS REQUEST TO SPEAK ARE ON THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR ON THE BACK LEFT CORNER OF THE ROOM. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING THIS EVENING WE WILL HAVE INVOCATION FROM THE PASTOR WITH FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND I INVITE YOU TO STAND WITH ME, FOR THAT.

>> LORD OF ALL CREATION AS WE BEGIN THIS COUNCIL MEETING GRANT US THE WISDOM TO LISTEN DEEPLY, THE COURAGE TO SPEAK HONESTLY AND HUMILITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR STRENGTH LIES IN COLLABORATION. IN THE SPIRIT OF UNITY MAY WE REMEMBER THE DIVERSITY OF VOICES IN THIS ROOM IS OUR GREATEST STRENGTH AND THROUGH GRACE AND COMPASSION WE TRULY BUILD A THRIVING INCLUSIVE CITY FOR ALL. LETTUCE BE REMINDED EACH DECISION WE MAKE HERE TODAY IMPACTS NOT ONLY INDIVIDUAL LIVES, BUT THE LIVES OF THOSE WE SERVE. MAY BE LEAD WITH EMPATHY AND INTEGRITY RECOGNIZING IN UNITY THERE IS POWER AND IN GRACE THERE IS PEACE. GUIDE HEARTS AND MINDS SO WE MAY WORK TOGETHER TOWARD A CITY THAT REFLECTS THE VERY BEST OF WHAT WE ALL ASPIRE TO BE IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. SO THANK YOU, I INVITE YOU TO JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGES 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. NOW THE TEXAS PLEDGE. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE, TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU, YOU MAY BE SEATED. WITH THAT WE WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. JUST ON A NOTE TO WE ARE ON GENERATOR POWER, IN THE EVENT FOR SOME REASON WE SWITCH BACK TO REGULAR POWER THERE COULD BE A MOMENTARY OUTAGE. I HOPE NOT BUT ANYTHING

[4A. Presentation of Rowlett Veterans Recognition Program certificate to Veterans Master Sergeant Heriberto Recio and Technical Sergeant Yvonne Recio.]

IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE THEM COME UP, CHRIS. SURE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. YEAH. IF THERE IS ANY FAMILY THAT WOULD LIKE TO JOIN YOU, YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN THEM ALSO . THEY ARE HAPPY BACK THERE ? OKAY THAT'S FAIR. I AM JOINED TODAY BY THE VETERANS RESOURCE AND OUTREACH CENTER THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THE CITY INSTITUTED THIS PROGRAM IN 2017 IN ORDER TO SHOW PRECISION TO MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY OF DEDICATED TIME IN SERVICE TO THE NATION ASSISTING WITH SELECTION AND RECOGNITION OF THE HONOREES IS THE VETERAN RESOURCE AND OUTREACH CENTER. THE VETERANS RECOGNITION PROGRAM HELPS TO BRING AWARENESS TO VETERAN ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY. WHAT IS BEING DONE AND WHAT IS NEEDED.

HAPPY TO PRESENT CERTIFIATE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT TO THE 30TH AND 39TH VETERANS BEING RECOGNIZED MASTER SERGEANT HERIBERTO RECIO AND TECHNICAL SERGEANT YVONNE RECIO.

THEY BOTH SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND WITH THAT I WILL INVITE CHRIS TO GIVE A LITTLE BIO IF THAT'S OKAY IF I DO THE PRESENTATION OF THE CERTIFICATE.

>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. AS ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU, THANK

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I WENT TO NINE MONTHS OF TECH SCHOOL IN BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI FOLLOWED BY MY FIRST DUTY STATION AIR FORCE BASE IN RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA. FROM THERE SERVING IN OMAHA , FAIRBANKS AND MIDWEST CITY OKLAHOMA. SOME OF THESE I CANNOT PRONOUNCE THE AIR FORCE BASES SO I CHOSE TO BE THE CITY'S.

SORRY, YOU CAN ELABORATE LATER. I WAS ASSIGNED TO A MOBILE COMBAT UNIT, THE THIRD HEARD. SHE DEPLOYED TWICE TO SAUDI ARABIA TO PROVIDE MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS DURING DESERT STORM. SHE MET HER NOW HUSBAND DURING HER FIRST TOUR. SHE WAS SURPRISED WHEN HE SAID HE WAS SCHEDULED FOR A SECOND TOUR AT THE SAME TIME AS HERS. I GUESS WE WERE MEANT TO BE TOGETHER.

SHE JOINED HER HUSBAND AT THE BASE IN SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA .

DURING HER TIME THERE. SHE WAS OFFERED EARLY RETIREMENT WITH

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SHE QUALIFID FOR THE VA RETRAINING PROGRAM AND IN 2000 GRADUATED FROM SORRY, COLLEGE WITH THE EDUCATION DEGREE FOR MOST OF MY TEACHING CAREER I TAUGHT MATH SIX CRITTERS, SHE RETIRED FROM TEACHING IN 2019 RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. SHE HAS RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING MEDALS. SERVICE MEDAL WITH ONE DEVICE AIR FORCE ACCOMMODATION MEDAL WITH TWO DEVICES, NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL SOUTHWEST ASIA SERVICE MEDAL WITH ONE DEVICE. HER HUSBAND AND HER SHE SAYS MY HUSBAND AND I ARE HIS, MINE AND OURS BLENDED FAMILY TOGETHER WE HAVE FIVE CHILDREN AND WELCOMED OUR 10TH GRANDCHILD IN FEBRUARY. SO THAT'S A BLESSING. NOW I WILL READ. HE LIKES TO BE CALLED EDDIE SO WE WILL HONOR THAT BY CALLING HIM EDDIE. IS KNOWING MS. HERIBERTO RECIO EASY TO CALL ME EDDIE. HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LAREDO, TEXAS. GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AT 16, MOVED TO SAN ANTONIO TO GIVE COLLEGE A TRY FOUND IT WAS NOT FOR HIM THEN DECIDED TO ENLIST IN THE AIR FORCE ON MARCH 5, ON MARCH 5, 1973. AT THE AGE OF 17 . HE DOES MAKE A NOTE IN HERE WITH MY PARENTS CONSENT OF COURSE. AIR FORCE THEY WAS VOICE TELECOMMUNICATIONS WHICH EVOLVED INTO DESKTOP AND MAINFRAME COMPUTER SYSTEMS. THIS TRACK LET THEM INTO A GREAT 19 YOUR CAREER WITH RAYTHEON AFTER MY MILITARY SERVICE. PERMANENT DUTY STATIONS THROUGHOUT MY MILITARY CAREER INCLUDED , I'M GOING TO GO BACK WITH THE OTHER NAMES OF CITIES.

OKLAHOMA AT TINKER. WHAT IS IT? HE HUNG OUT AT THE AIR FORCE BASE IN THAILAND. I AM SO SORRY. EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE IN CALIFORNIA WHERE HE SAW THE SPACE SHUTTLE'S MAIDEN FLIGHT.

AIR FORCE BASE IN ALASKA AND BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE IN LOUISIANA AND NUMEROUS TTY'S TO THE UNITED STATES AND OVERSEAS SUCH AS AIRFIELD IN FLORIDA, AIR FORCE BASE IN FLORIDA, MARCH AIR FORCE BASE IN CALIFORNIA. AIR FORCE BASE IN FOR AIRBASE IN SPAIN, THE EMBASSY IN BOLIVIA AND THE AIRBASE IN SAUDI ARABIA DURING DESERT STORM. TO NAME A FEW. SOME OF THE MEDALS AND DECORATIONS INCLUDED SERVICE MEDAL AIR FORCE ACCOMMODATION, AIR FORCE ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL WITH ONE DEVICE, SOUTHWEST ASIA SERVICE MEDAL WITH ONE DEVICE, THE KUWAIT LIBERAL -- LIBERATION MEDAL AND COMBAT READINESS MEDAL. DURING HIS FIRST APPOINTMENT TO SAUDI ARABIA HE MET HIS WIFE YVONNE. AS FIRST SERGEANT FOR THE 4040 FOURTH COMMUNICATION SQUADRON UNDER THE 4040 FOURTH COMPOSITE WING IT WAS MY DUTY TO MEET INBOUND AIRCRAFT BRINGING IN FRESH TROOPS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND BRIEF THEM FOR WHAT TO EXPECT . IT WAS THEN I FIRST SAW AND MET YVONNE. WHO IS LEADING THE 24 PERSON CONTINGENT OF TROOPS FROM THE THIRD, COMMUNICATIONS GROUP IN TINKER AIR FORCE BASE. WHAT STRUCK ME ABOUT TRENTO IS BOTH HER HANDS WERE WRAPPED IN WRIST SUPPORT CAST, MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS WHERE THEY SEND ME HANDICAP TROOPS? TWO DEPARTMENTS LATER WE REALIZED THERE WAS A SPARK. WE MARRIED NOVEMBER 11, 1993 ON VETERANS DAY IS A SMALL CHANCE I WOULDN'T FORGET OUR ANNIVERSARY. VERY SMART WE HAVE A BLENDED FAMILY WITH ONE, 30-YEAR-OLDS IN BETWEEN US NOW ASSISTANT PROGRAM MANAGER AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY. THE REST OF THE KIDS ARE BUSINESS MANAGERS TECHNOLOGISTS AND ARTISTS. ARE USED TO JOKE ABOUT HOW MY OWN PTSD SO I HAD NO ONE TO BLAME BUT MYSELF INTEREST LEADING AND MING YVONNE HAS BEEN THE BLESSED REWARD OF MY AIR FORCE CAREER. SO THAT BEING SAID EVERYBODY JOIN US IN CONGRATULATING AND HONORING OUR 38TH AND 39TH HONOREES MR. EDDIE AND YVONNE RECIO.

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>> HE SAID HE WASN'T MUCH OF A PUBLIC SPEAKER. YVONNE YOU WANT

TO SAY SOMETHING? >> I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT FOR VROC AND ALL THEY DO FOR THE VETERANS AND I'M REALLY REALLY THANKFUL TO LIVE IN A CITY LIKE ROWLETT. WE HAVE BEEN HERE 24 YEARS WHO RECOGNIZES THEIR VETERANS AND SUPPORTS THEM THROUGH CHRIS AND HIS FACILITIES. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE LOVE LIVING HERE.

>> WITH THAT I WILL PRESENT CERTIFICATES THIS EVENING AND I'VE ONLY READ ONE CERTIFICATE ONE TIME BECAUSE THEY SAY THE SAME THING. SO, EDDIE , THE FREEDOM AND SECURITY CITIZENS OF UNITED STATES ENJOY TODAY ARE DIRECT RESULT OF THE BLOODSHED AND CONTINUED VIGILANCE GIVEN BY THE ARMED FORCES OF THE HISTORY OF THE GREAT NATION DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION PROTECTING THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY AND BRING THE PRICE OF FREEDOM FOR US ALL.

WE WERE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN THE HORRORS OF WAR AND THE WORST IN SOCIETY AND CONTINUE TO SERVE AND SHOW THE BEST ABOUT HUMANITY CAN BE. THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

>> WE ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION FROM LORI COATS WITH QUILTS OF VALOR WAS RIGHT THERE AND THEIR COMES. THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN TO MORE THAN ONE OF THESE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH LORI AND THE WORK HE DOES BUT IT WILL LATER INTRODUCE

HERSELF AND TALK ALL ABOUT IT. >> THIS IS A FIRST AS WELL FOR ME, I HAVE DONE SOME GROUP AWARDS . ONE WAS 27 RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL FORCES GROUP BUT THERE WERE NO COUPLES IN THE GROUP. SO AGAIN VERY COOL, GREAT TO HEAR YOUR STORY.

AS MENTIONED, I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST ALL THE AWARDS OR RECOGNIZED INDIVIDUALS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. MY NAME IS LORI COATS, VOLUNTEER WITH QUILTS OF VALOR FOUNDATION WHICH HAS BEEN AROUND 20 PLUS YEARS. THE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE QUILTS OF COMFORT AND HEALING TO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY WAR.

THERE TWO FOLKS RIGHT THERE TOUCHED BY WAR WITHOUT A DOUBT.

THE ORGANIZATION'S VOLUNTEER, NONPROFIT, THE WORK DONE TO CREATE THE QUILTS IS GREETED BY VOLUNTEERS, YOUTH GROUPS, COMMUNITY SERVICE, YOU NAME IT. UNTIL IT GIVES A REALLY NICE OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO KIND OF GET BACK AND SHOW SOME THANKS TO THE FOLKS THAT HAVE LITERALLY PUT THEIR LIFE OUT THERE TO PROTECT THE REST OF US. SO THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING.

SINCE ITS INCEPTION THE ORGANIZATION HAS AWARDED 400,000 QUILTS OF VALOR, 45,000 AS OF LAST MONTH. THAT'S A PRETTY AMAZING THING. I'VE GOT A CERTIFICATE FOR EACH OF THE QUILTS AND THERE IS A LABEL ON THE BACK OF IT. AND I'VE ONLY READ ONE OF THEM BECAUSE THEY DO SAY THE SAME THING EXCEPT FOR THE NAMES. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO. I WILL BRING OUT THE FIRST ONE.

AND I WANT TO TELL THE STORY. OKAY SO THE STORY ABOUT HOW THE ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED. CATHERINE ROBERTS IS THE FOUNDER OF THE ORGANIZATION AND HER SON WAS IN IRAQ AT THE TIME. SHE HAD A DREAM ONE NIGHT SEEING A YOUNG SOLDIER OBVIOUSLY IN HIS BARRACKS IN SOMEPLACE IN A DREAM. SO, SHE SAW THAT HE WAS ON THE EDGE OF THE BED VERY DISTRAUGHT. YOU KNOW YOUR DREAMS ARE COMING TO COME IN AND OUT TRYING TO PUT THEM TOGETHER WHAT DO THEY MEAN. THE NEXT PART OF THE DREAM SHE REMEMBERED WAS SEEING THIS YOUNG MAN WITH A QUILT AROUND HIM AND HE WAS MUCH MORE AT EASE NOW MS. ROBERTS IS A QUILTER SO SHE SAID THIS MUST MEAN SOMETHING TO ME. SO SHE STARTED THE ORGANIZATION AND FOUND WAYS TO ENCOURAGE QUILTERS AND CRAFTERS AND VOLUNTEERS TO PULL TOGETHER TO MAKE THESE QUILTS AND A■WARD THEM CCORDING

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EVERYTHING WAS PRECUT AND THEY GIVE ME THIS AND I THOUGHT I WANT TO LOOK AT THIS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT PATTERN TO USE. I GOT GOING TO THE FABRIC AND IT WAS ALL LAID OUT SO I WENT TO TOWN ON IT. SO IT WAS VERY NICE AND I DON'T KNOW WHO IT CAME FROM ORIGINALLY BUT HAVE A NETWORK OF PEOPLE WHERE PEOPLE KEEPS GETTING PASSED ALONG. THIS ONE IS LARGER, THE LABEL SAYS THE SAME THING. WE WILL WRAP EDDIE. HOW ABOUT THAT? THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER. WHAT DO YOU THINK? I PUT MY OWN PERSONAL TOUCH ON IT.

TAKE A LITTLE CREATIVE LICENSE ON THIS ONE BECAUSE THE KIT CAME WITH YELLOW FOR THE BINDING WHICH IS THE OUTER PART AND THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT MADE THEM SEEM TOO STARK SO USED GRAY INSTEAD. QUILTED VALOR AWARDED TO TECHNICAL SERGEANT YVONNE RECIO U.S. AIR FORCE SEPTEMBER 1997 TO MARCH 1995 AT THE ROWLETT CITY COUNCIL MADE AND QUILTED BY NORTH TEXAS QUILTED VALOR VOLUNTEER ON THE HAVE THE FOUNDATION IN RECOGNITION OF SERVICE AND SACRIFICE FOR THIS NATION IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE HONOR AND COMFORT UPON YOU THROUGH THE AWARD OF THIS QUILT OF VALOR THOUGH WE MAY NEVER KNOW THE DEPTH OF YOUR SACRIFICE TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THE UNITED STATES AS A GESTURE OF GRATITUDE FROM A GRATEFUL NATION WE AWARD YOU THIS QUILT OF VALOR. SIGNED WITH TODAY'S DATE. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. JUST A LITTLE GIVEBACK FROM VOLUNTEERS AND FOLKS . NOWHERE NEAR THE SACRIFICE YOU MADE.

>> SORRY WE ARE TAKING UP SO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.

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>> CHRIS GAVE ME THE OKAY TO MAKE A LITTLE ANNOUNCEMENT.

REMEMBER WHAT I SAID ABOUT VOLUNTEERS , ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE TO DO IS CREATE EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE AND CONTRIBUTE TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND I WILL BE WORKING WITH MICHELLE AT THE VROC TO SEE ABOUT A COUPLE OF SESSIONS.

MAYBE STARTING WITH A INFO SESSION TO FIND OUT WHAT'S INVOLVED IN HELPING WITH ONE OF THESE AND JUST LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE KIT SOMEBODY PASSED ON TO ME. EVEN HAVING SOMEBODY CUT AND PREPARE PIECES OF FABRIC CAN BE A STARTING POINT. STAY TUNED I WILL SEE WHAT WE CAN GET INTO THE VROC PAGE AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED TO HELP WE WOULD LOVE TO BRING YOU ALONG.

>> ALL RIGHT I KNOW EDDIE APOLOGIZE FOR TAKING UP SO MUCH

[4B. Receive Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Update from DART Leadership. ]

>> WHAT A GREAT EVENT I JUST WITNESSED. THAT IS FANTASTIC.

YOU GUYS HAVE SOME NICE THINGS GOING ON IN ROWLETT FOR SURE. SO WE ARE HERE BECAUSE DART STARTED A JOURNEY WHEN NADINE JOINED THE ORGANIZATION, GARY THOMAS RETIRED DURING COVID AND SO WE BROUGHT IN NADINE TO CARRY THINGS FORWARD. SHE HAS BEEN WORKING ON A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS AND STARTED OUT BY GOING TO EACH OF THE CITIES THAT WERE PART OF DART TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO IN THE FUTURE WITH DART? SUBSEQUENT TO THAT A COUPLE OF CITIES DECIDED THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME MONEY BACK FROM DART AND CREATED A RESOLUTION THAT SIX CITIES SIGNED TO TALK ABOUT REMOVING DOLLARS FROM DART. ONE QUARTER OF A CENT, THAT ACCELERATED INTEREST IN HAVING MEETINGS WITH THE CITY SO WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. WE FELT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEHIND THAT AND SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY. SO WE DID THAT AND I GUESS IN OCTOBER, I AM A MEMBER OF THE RTC, THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL REPRESENTING DART ON THAT. THE COUNCIL SAID LOOK WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT WE WANT TO DO REGARDING THIS ITEM, BUT WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO WORK WITH THE CITY'S TO RESOLVE ANY ISSUES WE MAY HAVE AND I STARTED A JOURNEY WHERE WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING WITH ADDISON AT THE END OF OCTOBER. AND THEN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER WE MADE THE TWO PEOPLE BEHIND ME, NADINE AND MYSELF MADE THE ROUNDS TO EACH OF THE CITIES TO TALK TO THE CITY MANAGERS AND THE MAYORS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE GOING. WE USE THE FIRST MEETING AS A INPUT, OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE INPUT AND THEN WENT BACK, REGROUP AND SAID WE NEED TO GO OUT BACK NOW AND MAKE SURE WHAT WE HEARD WAS -- TO MOVE FORWARD. WE HAD A COUPLE OF WORKSHOPS JANUARY 8 AND 10TH. AND THEN 28 JANUARY, WE TOOK SOME POSITIONS ON A FEW THINGS. THE BOARD AFTER RECEIVING WERE LISTENING TO WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE CITIES AND HAD GONE BACK AND MADE A COUPLE ROUNDS WITH THOSE CITIES, LISTEN TO WHAT WE HAD TO

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>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF DART DELIGHTED TO BE HERE TONIGHT. SO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A FROG IN MY THROAT TODAY. I WANTED TO RUN THROUGH A NUMBER OF THINGS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM SPECIFIC TO ROWLETT AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE WITH 13 CITIES IN THE SERVICE AREA EACH CITY HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE BRAND AND UNIQUE NEEDS THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THEIR SERVICES WE OFFER TO EACH OF OUR CITIES. SO I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE SPECIFIC ISSUES OF CONCERN THAT YOUR LEADERS HAD THAT WE WANTED TO ADDRESS. FIRST OF ALL THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT FUND THAT DART DISTRIBUTED TO EACH MEMBER CITY FOR PARTICULAR TRANSPORTATION USE CONSISTENT WITH 452 WE DID A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND ALL OF OUR CITIES HAVE BEEN EXECUTING ON THE PROJECTS AND DRAWING DOWN THE FUNDS , THE CITY OF ROWLETT UNDER DAVID HALL'S LEADERSHIP ACTUALLY UNDER SPEND THE MONEY YOU HAD ALLOCATED TOWARD YOUR CITY TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT VALUE ENGINEERING EXERCISES THAT YOU DID AND KUDOS FOR DOING THAT. HARDLY EVER HEAR OF THAT HAPPENING. WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS CITY MANAGER HALL IS MAKE SURE ROWLETT IS ABLE TO USE THE REMAINDER OF THE FUNDS AND BECAUSE YOU REALIZED THE SAVINGS PAST THE DEADLINE FOR WHEN YOU COULD ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO ONE OF YOUR PROJECTS WE THOUGHT THERE'S NO REASON THE CITY SHOULD BE PENALIZED FOR DOING THE THING EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO WHICH IS VALUE ENGINEERING AND SAVE MONEY SO WE AMENDED THE PTI, ILA AND EXTENDED THE DEADLINE SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO THE CITY OF ROWLETT TO APPLY TO OTHER PROJECTS CONSISTENT WITH THE USE UNDER 452 WHICH ARE ENABLING STATUTE. THE SECOND THING WE WANTED TO DO WITH THE CITY IS WE UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE SOME PARKING ISSUES IN YOUR WONDERFUL DOWNTOWN THAT YOU HAVE DEVELOPED AND BECAUSE PARK AND RIDE IS JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA ACROSS MARTIN DRIVE OF COURSE MOST OF THE TIME WHEN IT'S NOT DURING THE DAY PARKING IS UNDERUTILIZED SO THERE'S NO REASON FOR US TO LEAVE THE PARK AND RIDE UNUSED AND EMPTY. SWING FEBRUARY WE SIGNED A SHARED USE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ROWLETT FOR THE JOINT USE OF THE PARK AND RIDE FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND TO PROVIDE OVERFLOW PARKING FOR DOWNTOWN BUSINESS. WE ARE HAPPY TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT IS A WONDERFUL USE OF RESOURCES AND A GREAT PARTNERSHIP FOR US AND WE HOPE IT'S HELPFUL FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. ANOTHER ITEM THAT WAS QUITE EASY FOR US TO PROVIDE IS THERE WAS A REQUEST FROM YOUR PREVIOUS MARRIAGE HAVE ACCESS TO THE FIRE WHEEL TOWNCENTER THREE OR GO LINK SERVICE IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT. THAT IS ADDING A DOG, ACCESS POINT FOR THOSE FOLKS COMING FROM ROBERT WHO WANT TO GET TO FIRE WHEEL. WE HAVE ADDED THE JOT AND I THINK WE ACTUALLY REVIEWED WITH THE BOARD FEBRUARY 11 AND WILL START TO LOOK AT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ADDING THAT LOCATION AS ONE OF THE PLACES YOU CAN ACCESS THROUGH THE GO LINK SERVICE. ANOTHER THING WE

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>> THANK YOU FOR HEARING AS I KNOW TIME IS LIMITED SO I WILL BE BRIEF. I HAVE ENJOYED LIVING IN MY CITY 43 YEARS. I BUILT MY HOUSE, MY KIDS WERE BORN HERE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL, WENT TO ROWLETT ELEMENTARY. ALL THE WAY THROUGH. ON OUR STREET I HAVE VERY FEW NEIGHBORS WHO WERE HERE WHEN WE MOVED HERE. I LOVE THE CITY. AFTER WAS THE MAYOR AND TERM LIMITED, THE MAYOR ASKED ME TO CONSIDER SERVING ON DART. AT THE TIME I HAD NO INTEREST IN TRANSPORTATION, ZERO BUT MY MARE CALLED ME AND ASKED ME TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP AND I SAID YES I WILL DO THAT. I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT TRANSPORTATION. IS THE ONE THING I THINK I CAN LEAVE BEHIND BESIDES CHARACTER FOR MY CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN AND YOUR GRANDCHILDREN THE LAST AND BE HERE 100 YEARS FROM NOW. WE WILL NOT BE OF THE BUILD NEW ROADS, CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY IMAGINE ANOTHER LEVEL WITH THE REAL ESTATE REQUIRED, IT IS INSANE. THE IDEA OF UBER AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, I LIKE THE IDEA BUT IT DOES NOT GET VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET MORE THAN ONE PERSON IN THE VEHICLE, WHETHER BY STOPLIGHTS THAT ARE LIKE AMBULANCES SO THE BUS CAN GET TO THE STOP LIGHT FASTER THAN THE SINGLE-FAMILY CAR.

WHETHER IT'S THE RAIL OR THE GO LINK WE ARE ALL ABOUT THAT. I AM SO PLEASED THAT MANY OF YOU DECIDED TO MEET WITH ME AND TALK ABOUT IMPORTANCE OF THE RESOLUTION YOU PASSED IN JULY.

I'M SORRY I WAS NOT HERE, I WAS OUT OF TOWN. I THINK I EXPLAINED THAT TO YOU AND I THINK YOUR RESOLUTION YOU ARE CONSIDERING IS WONDERFUL AND WE THANK YOU. HAVE BEEN TWO BUILDS IN AUSTIN, BOTH OF WHICH WOULD LEAD TO 25%, AT LEAST, CUT IN REVENUE. AT LEAST BECAUSE THERE'S SOME CONFUSION AS TO WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE OTHER 75% WHICH COULD MEAN AS LITTLE AS 50% OR 55% LEFT OVER SO IMAGINE SOMEONE COMING BEFORE YOU LOOKING ON YOUR BUDGET TO SAY NEXT YEAR YOU NEED TO DO OF WHAT YOU HAVE. IT WOULD BE CATASTROPHIC AND WE THINK IT WOULD BE FOR US.

SO IN FACT WE HAD A PRESENTATION THIS LAST WEEK. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE MORNING NEWS ARTICLE TODAY ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE METROPOLITAN SECTION ABOUT THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE HAVE THAT CUT. THEY WILL AFFECT MY CITY AND THE OTHER CITIES I REPRESENT, AS WELL AS ALL THE 13 DART CITIES. I APPRECIATE YOUR

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YOU VERY MUCH. >> WE DO HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS OR WE CAN WAIT UNTIL THE AGENDA ITEM TO DISCUSS THE RESOLUTION. WE WILL MOVE ON ITEM

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

>> THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM WINGET. WHEN APOLOGIES IT'S TWO FULL PAGES BOOTH IN. FROM CITY SECRETARY OFFICE. ARE YOU READY FOR THE MAKE THEIR GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS? I KNOW I AM.

LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE AND MAKE CHANGES TO VOTER REGISTRAION IS THURSDAY, APRIL 3 EARLY VOTING WILL BE TUESDAY, APRIL 22 RUNNING THROUGH TUESDAY, APRIL 29. FROM OUR ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO JOINED FOR THE MARDI GRAS CULTURAL ROULETTE EVENT LAST FRIDAY. BE SURE TO MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE FIRST OUTDOOR EVENT OF THE SEASON, ST. PATRICK'S DAY FRIDAY, MARCH 14 FROM 6:00 UNTIL 9:00 LEAD ON THE DOWNTOWN GREEN.

THIS FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENT IS PACKED WITH FUN FOR ALL AGES INCLUDING LIVE MUSIC FROM SLUGGERS ROLE, DRINKS AND UNIQUE CRAFT BOOTHS, THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE, DON'T FORGET TO WEAR YOUR GREEN. CALLING ALL ANGLERS SEASONED AND NEW. GET READY TO HAVE A REAL GOOD TIME AT THE 10TH ANNUAL KID FISHING TOURNAMENT. SATURDAY, MARCH 22 AND:00 UNTIL 1:00 LEAD AT THE COMMUNITY PARK. COMMUNITY PARK WILL BE STOCKED TO THE GILLS WITH 500 POUNDS OF CATFISH. WILL HAVE A KID ZONE WITH GAMES AND ACTIVITIES. FOOD TRUCKS AND TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE INTERPRETER SHARING NATURE INSIGHTS. FREE FISHING RODS AND TACKLE BOXES WHILE SUPPLIES LAST SO ARRIVE EARLY. YOU CAN LEARN MORE PREREGISTER FOR THE EVENT ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PAGE ON ROWLETT.COM. IF YOU WANT MORE FROM THE GREAT OUTDOORS STICK AROUND FOR THE ROWLETT FAMILY CAMP OUT MARCH 22 THROUGH MARCH 23 AT COMMUNITY PARK. TUNIS FOR DINNER SCISSOR AND FUN UNDER THE STARS. CAMP SET UP BEGINS AT 3:00 P.M. AND THE COST IS EIGHT DOLLARS PER PERSON. LEARN MORE BY VISITING THE ROWLETT PARKS AND REC PAGE. SPRING IS ALMOST HERE AND SO IS YOUR CHANCE TO TEE OFF WITH LPGA CERTIFIED GOLF INSTRUCTOR AT WATERVIEW GOLF CLUB. IS A VARIETY OF BEGINNER FRIENDLY CLASSES DESIGNED FOR JUNIORS AND WOMEN. IF JUNIORS ARE LOOKING FOR A FUN WAY TO SPEND SPRING BREAK THEY CAN JOIN LEXI SPRING BREAK CAMP FOR THE UNFORGETTABLE INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF GOLF. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER, VISIT THE ROWLETT PARKS AND REC PAGE OR YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE . FROM OUR LIBRARY, THE ROWLETT ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION INVITES ALL YOUNG ARTISTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ANNUAL ART PROJECT THE YOUNG ARTIST EXHIBIT. THIS CONTEST IS OPEN TO CHILDREN IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE ENROLLED IN PUBLIC OR PRIVATE OR HOMESCHOOL.

THERE MULTIPLE AGE DIVISIONS ALONG WITH SPECIAL NEEDS DIVISION. ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED ON FRIDAY, APRIL 11 AND SATURDAY, APRIL 12. VISIT ROWLETT .COM FOR ENTRY FORM AND ADDITIONAL DETAILS. PAGE 2. SAVE THE DATE ON THE CALENDAR FOR THE ROWLETT SINGING EVENT 6:30 P.M. SATURDAY, MARCH 29 I ROWLETT HASKELL. ARTS AND HUMANITIES HAS ROUNDED UP SOME AMAZING SINGERS THIS YEAR'S DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY SOME OF THE INCREDIBLE TALENT ROWLETT HAS TO OFFER. RIGHT FOR

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S.T.E.M. SQUAD PROGRAMS ARE THURSDAY AT 6:00 FOR KIDS AGE 9 TO 13 DEVELOP CRITICAL SKILLS, CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, LEARN TO COLLABORATE AND UNLEASH THEIR IMAGINATION. FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FEBRUARY 27 STATE COMPTROLLER RECOGNIZES THE CITY OF ROWLETT AS DISTINGUISHED TRANSPARENCY TRAILBLAZING. THIS DESIGNATION HIGHLIGHTS ROWLETT COMMITMENT TO FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. KEEP RECOGNITION INCLUDING THE TRANSPARENCY TRAILBLAZER, DESIGNATION THAT HONORS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE ACHIEVED ALL POSSIBLE TRANSPARENCIES STARS FEWER THAN 20 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AVERAGE THE PINNACLE OF THE PROGRAM WHICH SETS NATIONAL STANDARD FOR FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. ROWLETT DISTINGUISHED TROUBLE USING STATUS SUCH A HIGH STANDARD NOT JUST FOR COMMUNITY BUT FOR TEXAS AND BEYOND. FINALLY FROM THE MUNICIPAL COURT, MUNICIPAL COURT HAS BEEN PREPARING FOR THE ANNUAL CASE RESOLUTION CAMPAIGN FORMERLY KNOWN AS WARRANT ROUNDUP THIS CAMPAIGN IS AN EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE DEFENDANTS TO RESOLVE OUTSTANDING WANTS, COLLECTION AGENCY HAS MAILED POSTCARDS TO ALL ACTIVE DEFENDANTS. POSTCARD INFORMS RECIPIENT OF THE CAMPAIGN IN A CONCERTED EFFORT TO RESOLVE THE CASE. THE MARSHALS HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY CONTACTING DEFENDANTS VIA PHONE AND IN PERSON WITH OPTIONS FOR THE DEFENDANT TO RESOLVE THE CASE. AND WE ARE DONE, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. THIS DID NOT MAKE THE TWO PAGE BECAUSE IT WOULD'VE MADE IT THREE PAGES BUT I WAS NOTIFIED BY CITY MANAGER ON THEIR OWN ACCORD PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES WORK TOGETHER TO PULL AND DONATE OVER 116 , 116 RODS, REELS AND TACKLE BOXES. 167.

IT'S LIKE THE FISH KEEP GETTING BIGGER, 167 RODS REELS AND TACKLE BOXES. KUDOS TO PUBLIC WORKS. THAT DESERVES . AND YOU MAY KNOW THE ANSWER, WE HAVE EARNED OTHER TRANSPARENCIES STARS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW HOW MANY YEARS IN A ROW? IT'S A LOT IT'S A LOT. MINIMUM OF 10 YEARS IN A ROW TO QUALIFY SO THAT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE. FINANCES DOING EXCELLENT WORK. FROM COUNCILMEMBER REEVES WE HAVE TWO

DOGS AS I UNDERSTAND. >> TWO DOGS. FIRST , HE IS A PLAYFUL PUP AT ONE-YEAR-OLD AROUND 40 POUNDS, WE MAY NOT KNOW HIS EXACT MIX, HE HAS LAB AND GREAT BUT IT'S GOING ON.

MEDIUM ENERGY LEVEL WHICH MEANS HE ENJOYS COZY MOMENTS AND ALSO ADORES EXPLORING NEW PLACES AND HAVING FUN WITH HIS FAVORITE TOYS. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A FRIEND EAGER TO SHARE LOVE AND JOY COME MEET HIM READY FOR A FOREVER HOME WE CAN EMBARK ON A IN THIS ADVENTURE WITH YOU. NEXT A DELIGHTFUL ONE-YEAR-OLD BELGIAN MIX. THIS WEEK , A PERFECT BLEND OF ENERGY AND RELAXATION. THAT IS A PERFECT BLEND. WHETHER ZOOMING AROUND THE PARK ON A DAILY RODS, EAGERLY EXPLORING EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY OF HER SURROUNDINGS OR SOMETHING OF THE SUN DURING THOSE CHERISHED LAZY DAYS SHE NEVER FAILS TO BRING JOY TO EVERYONE SHE ENCOUNTERS. PLAYFUL SPIRIT AND AFFECTIONATE NATURE MAKER THE ABSOLUTE TREASURE. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MEET EITHER OR ONE OF THEIR BUDDIES PLEASE CONTACT ANIMAL SERVICES AT 972-412-6219 OR COME BY THE SHELTER ON INDUSTRIAL STREET 10:00 UNTIL 5:00 TUESDAY TO SATURDAY.

>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE DISNEY REFERENCES. DEPUTY PRO

TEM MAYOR SHINDER. >> ONE VERY SHORT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THOSE CITIZENS IN ROCKWELL COUNTY, AFTER OVER 60 MEETINGS OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE, WE WILL FINALLY BE PRESENTING THE FINAL VERSION OF THAT STRATEGIC PLAN TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, NEXT TUESDAY ON MARCH 11 AT 9:00

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[5. CITIZENS’ INPUT ]

YOU CAN HAVE A LOOK AT THAT. >> THANK YOU, ANY OTHER UPDATES? I DON'T 5 CITIZEN INPUT AT THIS TIME, WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ANY TOPIC WITH NO ACTION TAKEN DURING CITIZEN INPUT. A NUMBER OF REQUEST TO SPEAK FORMS AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU HAVE NOT TURNED IN A FORM YOU CAN FIND ONE ON THE BACK TABLE IN THE BACK LEFT CORNER OF THE ROOM.

FIRST SPEAKER THIS EVENING WILL BE ANDREW MASSEY FOLLOWED BY NAME ]. COME TO THE FRONT TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND

CITY RESIDENT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS AND RECONSIDERING. TRENTON IS FACING A THREAT RIGHT NOW WITH THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE. IF ENACTED THE CUTS HAVE SEVERE CONSEQUENCE INCLUDING PRODUCTIONS TO ZONES, DECREASED RAIL FREQUENCY, CLOSURE OF THE TEARY, ELIMINATION OF BUS ROUTES. I RECOGNIZE NOT EVERYONE USES DART REGULARLY BUT VALUE EXTENDS TO ALL OF US AND REMAINS AVAILABLE AS A CENTRAL SERVICE PROVIDING MOBILITY , REDUCING CONGESTION AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF THE COMMUNITY. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO RED. FOR THE PAST YEAR THE SYSTEM HAS BECOME CLEANER SAFER AND THE FARES ARE CHECK MORE OFTEN, A MAJOR CHALLENGE TODAY IS THE TRAIN FLEET , A MAJOR CHALLENGE FACED TODAY IS THE AGING TRAIN FLEET LEADING TO SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS BUT TRENTON IS WORKING ON MODERNIZATION PLAN TO FIX ALL OF THAT. IN LIGHT OF THESE CHALLENGES A CHURCH COUNCIL TO RESCIND THE RESOLUTION AND CONSIDER TAKING A PROACTIVE STANCE BY OPPOSING THE PROPOSED FUNDING CUTS ON HB 3137 AND SB , LESLIE WANT TO COMMEND THE COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF FOR OUTSTANDING WORK ON THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN WITH PROGRESS MADE EXCITING AND IT'S CLEAR THE STATION IS A KEY ELEMENT.

PRESENCE OF LIGHT RAIL ENHANCES THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT FOSTERING THE VIBRANT SMALL-TOWN FEEL THAT WHEELCHAIRS. SOMETIMES REVIEW PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND SMALL-TOWN FEEL IS CONTRADICTORY BUT THEY CAN BECOME A MENTOR AND THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN IS A GREAT EXAMPLE, A WELL-CONNECTED TREND OF IS A POWERFUL ECONOMIC DRIVER. TOWN DEFINED BY ITS PEOPLE AND ENSURING ACCESS TO RELIABLE TRANSIT HELPS TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT SMART SUSTAINABLE GROWTH BY PREDICTING AND INVESTING IN THE LATERAL STATION WE ARE NOT DESERVING TRANSPORTATION WE ARE SECURING THE FOUNDATION FOR A THRIVING CONNECTED AND DYNAMIC DOWNTOWN. THANK YOU.

>> NEXT SPEAKER IS

>> GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS OVER 40 YEARS. I ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF ROWLETT HOCKEY AND A BEEN A BOARD MEMBER OF ROWLETT HOCKEY OVER 25 YEARS NOW. IN 1999 THE CITY OF ROWLETT WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ENVISIONED A HOCKEY LEAGUE WHICH GOT ITS START OF THE SMALL RINK AT SHOREWOOD PARK THEN WE WERE MOVED TO WHERE WE ARE NOW. AFTER THE INITIAL SEASON, CHARLES GOT TOGETHER A FEW OF US DADS WHO COACHED THE FIRST SEASON AND INFORMED THE LEAGUE AND THEN TURNED THE KEYS OVER TO US. RECENTLY THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITY REGARDING THE FUTURE OF THE HOCKEY RINK IN THE FUTURE OF THE LEAGUE AS A WHOLE. ROWLETT HOCKEY IS TRYING TO BRING THE SPORT TO OUR SMALL CENTRAL COMMUNITY FOR 25 YEARS NOW AND IN THOSE 25 YEARS PLUS WE HAVE SURVIVED ALL OTHERS GOING AWAY. WE ARE NOW THE ONLY RINK IN THIS PART OF DALLAS COUNTY THAT HAS OUTDOOR IN-LINE HOCKEY , YOU HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO ALAN TO FIND THE CLOSEST RINKS WITH TWO FULL-SIZED RINKS THAT CAN ONLY SUSTAIN A YOUTH LEAGUE WHEREAS WE HAVE BOTH YOUTH AND ADULT LEAGUES WE HAVE PLAYERS BOTH YOUTH AND ADULT THAT COME FROM AS FAR AWAY AS MCKINNEY, LOUISVILLE AND SULFUR SPRINGS TO PLAY OUTDOOR HOCKEY WITH US. TO OUR OWN RINK MAINTENANCE REPLACING ROTTING WOODED BOARDS, ALL THE LABOR

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SPEAKER WILL BE

>> STACY CAN YOU GET THE MICROPHONE? NEVERMIND, THANK

YOU. >> MY GRANDSON PLEASE AT THE PARK. THAT IS A PLACE FOR KIDS AND ADULTS TO PLAY AND IF YOU TAKE THAT AWAY, YOU ARE TAKING DREAMS AWAY FROM THE YOUNG KIDS.

MY GRANDSON STARTED PLAYING AT FIVE YEARS OLD AND HE IS 10 NOW.

AND HE LOVES THAT GAME AND THAT IS WHAT HE IS STRIVING FOR. IF YOU WILL TAKE THE PARKWAY, WHERE KIDS GOING TO PLAY, WHERE THEY GOING TO SKATE AT? WE NEED SOMETHING FOR THEM. DON'T TAKE IT AWAY, GIVE US ANOTHER PLACE. PUT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. I HAVE LIVED HERE THREE YEARS NOW, I LOVE ROWLETT. THEY COME ALL THE WAY FROM RALEIGH CITY TO PLAY AND IT MEANS A LOT TO MY GRANDSON AND ME AND OUR FAMILY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALECIA MORENO FOLLOWED BY NAME ].

>> GOOD ENDING MY NAME IS ALECIA MORENO. WE LIVE IN MURRAY CITY, MY SON'S NAME IS ETHAN MARINO. HE STARTED HIS HOCKEY CAREER AT THE ROWLETT HOCKEY RINK. HE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD, HE WAS 10 TODAY.

THIS RINK MEANS SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST HOCKEY, HIS FAMILY, MY LATE HUSBAND WAS A BOARD MEMBER FOR THREE YEARS AT THE RINK. WE COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND REPAIR THE RINKS, WE DON'T ASK FOR HELP, WE DO IT OURSELVES. THIS RINK IS MUCH MORE THAN HOCKEY TO A LOT OF THE FAMILIES THAT PLAY OUT THERE. WE ARE FAMILY. MY SON HAS GOALS IN LIFE AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE ROWLETT HOCKEY LEAGUE. WE HAVE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO ALAN .

IT'S NOT FAIR. THESE KIDS, EVERYBODY ENCOURAGS THEM TO GET OUT AND PLAY. GET OFF THEIR PHONES . WE CANNOT AFFORD TO PLAY ICE , THIS IS AFFORDABLE , FOR MORE THAN MULTIPLE FAMILIES.

THIS PARTICULAR RINK MEANS A LOT TO OUR FAMILY. AND TO MANY

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NEXT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE

AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. >> I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF ROWLETT FOR 10 YEARS, WE WERE WELCOMED BY NEIGHBORS AND FORMED FRIENDSHIPS QUICKLY. BY AND LARGE ROWLETT IS A BRAND-NAME TOWN FOR MANY YEARS WITH THE ONLY OPTIONS FOR EATING OUT PROFESSOR CHANCE, SHOPPING WAS LIMITED TO TARGET AND WALMART AND IN RECENT YEARS WE HAVE BEEN THRILLED TO SEE UNIQUE LOCAL SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS FILLED THE STREETS, OUR PERCEPTION ALSO CHANGED WHEN WE DISCOVERED ROWLETT HOCKEY LEAGUE. WE LEARNED ABOUT THE LEAK FROM POSTERS AND BANNERS AROUND TOWN AS WELL AS FROM A PERSONAL STUDENT OF MINE AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL. WHERE I WAS TEACHING.

THIS ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN THE MOST IMPACTFUL PART OF OUR TIME AND ROWLETT PROVIDING US WITH UNIQUE AND CHALLENGING SPORT TO PLAN WATCH AND A COMMUNITY OF GREAT PEOPLE. THE LEAGUE PRIDES ITSELF ON A MISSION TO TEACH KIDS A NEW SKILL AND HEALTHY RESPECTFUL COMPETITION. THEY DO THIS BY NOT ALLOWING STACKED TEAMS BUT INSTEAD RECRUITING NEW TEAMS EVERY YEAR. THIS HAS TAUGHT OUR SON TO BE A GRACIOUS WINNER AND LOSER AS THEIR GOOD CHANCE HE WILL BE ON A TEAM NEXT YEAR WITH HIS CURRENT OPPONENT.

THIS IS IN DIRECT OPPOSITION TELL MOST OF ROWLETT SPORTS AND RECREATE THEIR TEAMS. IN ADDITION TO WHAT IS OFFERED ATHLETICALLY, ROWLETT HOCKEY IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION I AM AWARE OF THAT GIVES BACK DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE MASSIVE FOOD DRIVE. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THE BOND PACKAGE HURT FOR THE PARK IS NOT PASSING UNTIL YOU ADDRESSED OUR GROUP ENCOURAGING US TO VOTE YES. THAT VERY YEAR IT PASSED AND NOW WE FEEL LIKE FOOLS. WE FEEL DUPED BY THE CITY. REFUSING TO HOLD UP YOUR END OF THE DEAL I FEEL CITY COUNCIL IS FAILING ITS CITIZENS IN TWO IMPORTANT WAYS. NUMBER WHEN YOU DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND OR RECOGNIZE THE GEM THAT THE LEAGUE IS, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT ANYWHERE NEAR HERE. THE LEAK PULLS PLAYERS FROM AS FAR AS SULFUR SPRINGS. THERE BEEN AS MANY AS ONE IN EIGHT THERE BEEN AS MANY AS ONE IN 8 TO 110 PLAYERS IN A GIVEN SEASON AND I'VE WELCOMED SUPPORTERS FROM PLANO AND ROCKWELL AS WELL AS KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. WHO ARE ALL INTERESTED IN SEEING A UNIQUE SPORT IN OUR CITY. NUMBER TWO IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING CITY COUNCIL AGREED TO BUILD A NEW RINK TO MAKE WAY FOR THE EVENT AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUES IN ITS LOCATION, GOING BACK ON THE PROMISE EMMETT IS A REPETITION AND CREDIBILITY WITH YOUR CITIZENS. TELLING US THERE MAY BE A YEAR GAP BETWEEN CLOSING ONE AND OPENING THE NEXT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND WILL ME THE END OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS SERVED THE CITY FOR 25 YEARS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WE WILL BE SURE TO LET YOU KNOW HOW WE FEEL ABOUT YOUR DECISION AT

THE POLLS IN MAY. >> THANK YOU.

>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE IF I MISS PRONOUNCE HER NAME, I APOLOGIZE. THIS GREEN INK IS

DIFFICULT TO READ. >> MY NAME IS CHRISTINA RITTER .

MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED IN ROWLETT 16 YEARS. WE BUILT A HOME HERE AND HAVE LOVED LIVING IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE HAVE HAD THE JOY OF RAISING OUR BOYS HERE AND DESPITE NOW WORKING IN ANOTHER TOWN HAVE CHOSEN TO REMAIN IN ROWLETT FOR MANY REASONS. ONE OF THOSE BRING THE ROLLER HOCKEY RINK AT THE PARK.

FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS THE HOCKEY RINK HAS BEEN A CONSTANT SOURCE OF JOY FOR OUR FAMILY. I WATCHED MY SON'S PROGRESS FROM WOBBLING AROUND ON THEIR IN-LINE SKATES, TWO SKATING LIGHTNING FAST WHILE HANDLING AND SHOOTING A PUCK AT THE SAME TIME, MY BOYS HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH ON THIS RINK. WE HAVE MADE SO MANY MEMORIES, WE HAVE MADE FRIENDS THAT ARE MORE LIKE FAMILY THAN FRIENDS. MY BOYS HAVE LEARNED FROM WONDERFUL VOLUNTEER COACHES THAT HAVE NOT

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BOWERS . THERE SHE IS. FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING FROM HOME WE APOLOGIZE WE LOST POWER BRIEFLY AGAIN AND TOOK A SHORT RECESS.

CHRISTINA RITTER WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF HER COMMENTS WILL GIVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO START OVER OR SHE CAN PICK UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF, TOTALLY AT YOUR DISCRETION.

>> I WILL GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE PARAGRAPH.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN THE CITY BEGAN PLANS TO ORGANIZE THE PARK THE HOCKEY LEAGUE WAS INVOLVED AND PROACTIVE SHOWING THE CITY THAT A THRIVING HOCKEY LEAGUE STILL DESERVED A PLACE TO PLAY IN THE CITY, THE CITY AGREED MISSING THEY WOULD BUILD A NEW RINK BEFORE THEY REMOVED THE OLD ONE. WE HAVE CONTINUED A RELATIONSHIP WITH NEW CITY OFFICIALS TO MAINTAIN THE ORIGINAL PROMISE OF BUILDING A NEW RINK BEFORE DEMOLISHING THE OLD, MAYOR PRO TEM HIMSELF STATED IN A RECENT FACEBOOK POST THAT, I HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY VOCAL ABOUT ENSURING WE HAVE A HOCKEY RINK IN PLACE BEFORE THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING LOCATION. I MAINTAIN THAT POSTURE TO THIS DAY. HOWEVER, THE CURRENT RINK IS SCHEDULED TO BE DEMOLISHED IN APRIL AND THERE IS NO REPLACEMENT RINK. SOIL TEST AT THE INITIAL RELOCATION SITE HAVE SHOWN THAT THE SOIL WILL NOT SUPPORT THE BUILD OF THE NEW RINK AND A NEW SITE FOR RINK RELOCATION HAS YET TO BE ANNOUNCED. THIS HOCKEY RINK IS THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND EAST OF DALLAS COUNTY WOULD SERVE FAMILIES FROM ALL AROUND OUR AREA. THE FAMILIES THAT PLAY HOCKEY IN ROWLETT FROM SURROUNDING AREAS BRING COMMERCE SINCE OUR CITY BY EATING IN OUR RESTAURANTS, BUYING FROM SHOPS AND SPENDING AT THE CONVENIENCE STORES. OUR RINK IS NOT ONLY GOOD FOR SPORTS AND FAMILIES UP PLAY HOCKEY, IT IS GOOD BUSINESS FOR ROWLETT. I BELIEVE A PROMISE IS A PROMISE.

SO PLEASE, KEEP THE PROMISE THAT YOU MADE TO YOUR CITIZENS.

FOLLOW UP YOUR WORDS WITH ACTION. SO THE COMMUNITY YOUR MEN AND WOMEN OF INTEGRITY AND SAVE OUR ROLLER HOCKEY RINK.

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>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSIAH RITTER AND AFTER JOSIAH WILL BE ISAAC RITTER.

IF YOU CAN TELL US YOUR NAME AND STATE THE CITY YOU LIVE IN.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN. SO I AM HONESTLY JOSIAH RITTER. I LIVE IN ROWLETT. I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PARK HOCKEY LEAGUE. I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE ROWLETT HOCKEY LEAGUE FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW. IT IS TRULY THE EXPENSE OF A LIFETIME ONCE YOU JOIN THE LEAGUE YOU WILL NOT WANT TO STOP. IN THE LEAGUE I HAVE HAD MADE SO MANY FRIENDS THAT HAVE BECOME LIKE FAMILY WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THE HOCKEY LEAGUE I HAVE NOTICED DEVELOPMENT AMONG THE TENNIS COURTS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS BUT THE THING I'M MOST FRUSTRATED ABOUT IS THE CITY AGREED TO LET US KEEP THE OLD RINK UNTIL THEY COMPLETELY FINISHED THE NEW ONE.

KNOW I HAVE HEARD THEY BROKE THE PROMISE AND PLAN TO DESTROY THE THING I LOVE MOST ABOUT HERFURTH PARK AND ROWLETT. WHEN YOU JOIN THE LEAK WE ALL KNOW AND APPRECIATE EACH OTHER. KNOW WHEN IS SAME FOR HOW BAD THEY ARE AT HOCKEY, THE RINK IS A PLACE FOR YOU TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW FROM THE COACHES. PRACTICE MAKES PROGRESS AND WE PRACTICE AND WE ALSO MAKE PROGRESS. OUR LEAGUE ALSO RUNS CANNED FOOD DRIVES THAT RAISES THOUSANDS OF POUNDS FOR LIFE MESSAGE FOOD PANTRY EVERY SINGLE YEAR. WE ARE TAUGHT TO GET BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY. OVER MANY YEARS, ME MY BROTHER MY DAD AND SOMETIMES MY FRIEND WILL ALL GO TO PLAY AT THE HOCKEY RINK WHILE GOING OUT TO PLAY WE MADE SO MANY MEMORIES OF US LAUGHING WHEN WE TOOK A WILD SHOT, US GETTING ANGRY WHEN WE HAD THE PUCK TAKEN OFF OF US. ALSO, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE PARTS OF SPORTS, BUT MOST OF ALL THE RINK HAS BROUGHT SO MANY PEOPLE SO MANY GOOD MEMORIES. IF YOU DESTROY THE RINK WE WILL MISS OUT ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO LEARN , IMPROVE AND MAKE NEW MEMORIES FOR YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MR. RICHARD. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE ISAAC RITTER FOLLOWED BY BETSY WHITE .

>> I AM ISAAC RITTER OF ROWLETT. I ALSO HAVE GROWN UP ON THE RINK SINCE I WAS FIVE I AM NOW 15, BEING OUTPLAYED HERE FOR TENURE STRAIGHT. EVERYBODY PART OF THE HOCKEY LEAGUE PRACTICES EVERY DAY LIKE ONCE A WEEK MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. GETS BORING AND REPETITIVE EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK I LOOK FORWARD TO HOCKEY PRACTICE AND ONE PRACTICE IS OVER I LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT WEEK'S HOCKEY PRACTICE. ON THE WEEKEND EVERY TEAM PART OF THE HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYS A GAME FROM 8:00 UNTIL 2:00. EVEN WHEN MY FAMILY DOES NOT HAVE HOCKEY PRACTICE THAT DAY OR GAME TOMORROW WE GO TO THE RINK TWICE A WEEK IN THE FREE TIME FOR ABOUT ONE HOUR TO TWO HOURS SKATING AND PRACTICING. WE WATCHED THEM UPDATE THE TENNIS COURTS UP THE STREET FROM THE RINK EVEN MAKING THEM SO THEY CAN BE USED FOR PICKLEBALL. I HAVE HAD A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING BY THE CITY WOULD SAVE AND IMPROVE TENNIS COURTS NOT SAVE THE ONLY HOCKEY RINK THAT EXISTS IN OUR PART OF DALLAS COUNTY. REFERENCE FROM ROY CITY, TERRELL AND ROCKWALL THAT ALL TRAVEL TO MY TOWN TO PLAY HOCKEY. THIS HOCKEY RINK HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF NOT JUST ME AND MY FAMILIES LIVES, BUT EVERY OTHER FAMILY THAT PARTICIPATES. I ASK YOU TO PLEASE SAVE THIS AWESOME AMENITY THAT FAMILIES FROM ALL OVER THE TROUBLE TO USE DAY IN AND DAY OUT. YOU DID PROMISE YOU WOULD DO THE SAME NEW RINK BEFORE TEARING DOWN THE OLD ONE AND I HOPE YOU ARE TRUE TO YOUR WORD.

THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE BETSY WHITE FOLLOWED BY

YOU KNOW THE DRILL. >> I KNOW THE DRILL, GETTING IN COUNCIL, STAFF, CITY MANAGER. TAKE MY GLASSES OFF FOR THIS.

THE HOCKEY RINK AND FUTURE OF THE LEAK. BETSY WHITE, ROWLETT IN TEXAS , 27 YEAR RESIDENT. THE HOCKEY RINK AND FUTURE OF THE LEAGUE HAS BECOME FRONT AND CENTER ON A CERTAIN FACEBOOK

PAGE. >>

>> THIS ISSUE HAS FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS WITH PAST CITY STAFF.

SINCE COMING ON BOARD, CITY MANAGER DAVID HALL CITY STAFF HAVE BEEN TACKLING ONE

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>> ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RESUME. OUR STAFF ARE WORKING ON GETTING THE LIGHTS BACK ON HERE, SO I APOLOGIZE THAT WE DO NOT KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE UNORTHODOX BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S LACKS ABILITY AND PATIENCE. AGAIN, I'M GOING TO LET YOU RESTART YOUR COMMENTS BUT BEFORE I DO THAT I DO WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT THAT FOLLOWING PUBLIC COMMENT HERE , WE WILL BE HAVING OUR CITY MANAGER JUST ADDRESS THIS MANAGER -- MATTER. ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT AND THE COUNSEL CANNOT DISCUSS IT, WE DO ISSUE STATEMENTS OF FACT IN OUR CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO DO THAT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS BUT AGAIN WE DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE SPEAKER CARDS. ONCE WE DO THAT WE WILL

TAKE CARE OF THAT. BETSY WHITE. >> I'M GOING TO ROLL IN THE DARK HERE. I GOT THIS. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS ISSUE HAS FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS WITH PAST CITY STAFF. SINCE COMING ON BOARD, CITY MANAGER DAVID HALL AND STAFF HAVE BEEN TACKLING ONE ISSUE AFTER ANOTHER, ALL OF THE MAJOR. LAST TIME HE SAID INFRASTRUCTURE, THE LIGHTS WENT OUT, SO. INFRASTRUCTURE, CONCRETE, STREET AND ALLEY REPAIR, AND BALANCING THE BUDGET. I HAVE MUCH FAITH AND CONFIDENCE IN OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BRITNEY FAR AND ASSISTANT PARTS DIRECTOR. THEY HAVE BOTH DONE GREAT WORK SINCE COMING TO ROWLETT. THE HOCKEY LEAGUE IS A WONDERFUL ASSET TO OUR CITY AND HAS BEEN A VITAL PART OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR ALMOST THREE DECADES NOT TO MENTION THE POSITIVES OF SPORTS SUCH AS SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND THE BENEFITS OF BEING OUTDOORS. I FEEL CERTAIN THE HOCKEY LEAGUE WILL CONTINUE FAR INTO THE FUTURE UNDER THIS NEW LEADERSHIP AND ENCOURAGE EACH MEMBER OF COUNSEL TO WORK WITH STAFF TO CONTINUE THEIR LEGACY. SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO SAY IS WE WENT OUT LAST NIGHT AFTER DINNER, MY HUSBAND AND I AND AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT, STOPPED BY THERE.

WE NOTICED SOME PEOPLE PLAYING AND I WAS SADDENED TO HEAR THAT THEY HAD NOT HAD A MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL, AND SEE THEIR RINK AND SEE THEIR LEAGUE IN ACTION. THAT COULD'VE BEEN MISSPOKEN. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY FROM COUNSEL HAS BEEN OUT THERE, BUT IT IS A REALLY AWESOME ENVIRONMENT. YOU HAVE KIDS AND ADULTS AND PLAYERS AND IT IS VERY WELCOMING AND I ENCOURAGE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO GO OUT AND TAKE A VISIT. OF COURSE IT IS THE END OF THE SEASON, BUT

THERE WILL BE SOMETHING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU, MS. WHITE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER OF THE SEASON WILL BE SHANNONMONK FOLLOWED BY DUSTIN CARPENTER. SHANNON, IF

YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. >> MY NAME IS SHANNON MONK AND I LIVE IN ROW LIT ON THE FIRST OF ALL WANT TO THANK EVERYONE, ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF FOR THE WORK YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT. AFTER GROWING UP IN DALLAS, MY WHOLE LIFE, AND THEN WHEN I GOT MARRIED I MOVED TO THE PAWNEE WOODS OF EAST TEXAS THEN SPENT 25 YEARS THERE RAISING MY KIDS AND WAS INVOLVED IN CITY GOVERNMENT THERE AND THEN WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LIVE TO BE CLOSER TO MY AGING MOTHER, I WAS SO HAPPY TO FIND ROWLETT . I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU WHY I CHOSE ROWLETT, AND ALSO WITH REGARD TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, I AM SO GLAD I CAME TO THIS MEETING TONIGHT . I AM SO GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THE PASSION BEHIND THIS HOCKEY LEAGUE AND I REALLY HOPE THAT SOMETHING CAN BE FOUND FOR THEM SO THEY DON'T LOSE A YEAR BUT THIS IS A GREAT CITY AND TWO REASONS I CHOSE ROWLETT.ONE WAS BECAUSE IT IS RIGHT OFF THE BUSH AND TWO IT IS JUST MY TOE IN THE METROPLEX BECAUSE MY KIDS ARE STILL IN EAST TEXAS. THE OTHER REASON WAS BECAUSE I KNOW I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO DOWNTOWN AT SOME POINT. I LIKE TO GO TO THE STATE FAIR. I LIKE TO -- AND I DO NOT LIKE TO DRIVE ON I-30.

I'M 63 YEARS OLD SO I DON'T LIKE TO DRIVE AN I-30 AT ALL. I DON'T LIKE TO DRIVE ON 75 ALMOST EVER AND SO DART IS A GREAT OPTION FOR ME AND I HAVE BEEN SO EXCITED ABOUT THE SILVER LINE AND THE WAY THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE EVERYTHING. I HAVE SEEN WHAT IT HAS DONE FOR DOWNTOWN CARROLLTON. I'VE SEEN WHAT IT'S DONE FOR DOWNTOWN GARLAND. WE KNOW THAT ROWLETT IS GETTING THERE BUT I MEAN COMPARATIVELY, YOUR TAX BASE IS MUCH SMALLER. I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YOU ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY A POSTAGE STAMP OF THE CITY SURROUNDED BY GARLAND AND DALLAS AND ALL THESE OTHER REALLY BIG PLACES AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT MAKES ROWLETT SPECIAL. I CHOSE

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WE HAVE ONE LAST SPEAKER. HE WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> MY NAME IS DUSTIN CARPENTER.

I CURRENTLY LIVE IN ROYSE CITY. I GREW UP IN ROWLETT, WENT TO ROWLETT ELEMENTARY, COYLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, GRADUATED FROM ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL. I PLAY IN THE ROWLETT HOCKEY LEAGUE AND MANY TIMES TONIGHT I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE GET DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE THE LIGHTS WENT OUT . PLEASE KEEP

OUR LIGHTS ON AT THE ROLLER RINK. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. CARPENTER. ALL RIGHT, THAT IS ALL THE SPEAKER FORMS THAT I HAVE THIS EVENING, AND AS MENTIONED, I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CITY MANAGER TO ISSUE SOME STATEMENTS OF FACT WITH REGARD TO THE HOCKEY RINK.

>> WELL, OKAY. LET ME START BY SAYING , THIS IS WHY YOU DON')T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ ON THE INTERNET. THE CITY HAS NEVER MADE A STATEMENT THAT WE INTEND TO CLOSE THE HOCKEY RINK AND NOT REOPEN IT. IN FACT, WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE AND I'VE BEEN NONCOMMITTAL. THAT IS FOR A REASON. THE REALITY IS, THERE WAS A BOND PAST. THE FUNDING IS INSUFFICIENT. THE ORIGINAL PROJECT, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WAS SLATED TO BE PLACED OR REPLACE THE HOCKEY RINK AT KATIE PARK. NOT THE IDEAL LOCATION FOR MULTIPLE REASONS. FIRSTLY, DIRECTLY BEHIND AN ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH HAS ITS OWN CHALLENGES FOR TOPOGRAPHY TO OTHER THINGS, BUT SECONDLY, THE PROJECT IS NOT SCOPED PROPERLY. IF YOU WERE TO SEE THE ORIGINAL PLANS, THEY ONLY ACCOUNT FOR THE RINK, NOT ADDITIONAL PARKING, NOT ADDITIONAL LIGHTING AND APPROXIMATELY TWO TO FOUR SETS OF BLEACHERS SO I DON'T THINK ANY OF YOU WOULD WANT US TO BUILD THAT SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR SOME TIME BUT NO, WE HAVE NOT MADE STATEMENTS BECAUSE WE CAN'T. I KNOW THAT IS FRUSTRATING AT TIMES , AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IN AN INFORMATION VACUUM IS THAT STORIES BEGIN TO GROW LEGS AND LIFE OF THEIR OWN AND THIS IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS HAS DONE SO BECAUSE THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE IS TRUE. HERE RECENTLY, AS THIS THING STARTED GAINING LESS OVER THE WEEKEND OR WHENEVER, I ASKED OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE COMMUNICATED VERY CLEARLY WITH YOU, WHICH I HE DID SATURDAY, THAT WE BELIEVED OUR PLAN WOULD ENSURE THAT THERE WAS NO NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE LINK'S PLAYING SCHEDULE I WAS SCHEDULED TO START SOMETIME IN APRIL. WE SCHEDULED OUR GROUNDBREAKING FOR AFTER THAT, NOT UNTIL THE SEASON HAS CONCLUDED. SO, I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THE RELOCATION, THE PRIOR PLANNED RELOCATION IS UNDER SCOPED AND ADDITIONALLY, AND SOMEONE ALLUDED TO THIS EARLIER, WITH RESPECT TO SOIL ISSUES AND OTHER THINGS, IT IS ALSO UNDER-FUNDED AND SO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IS HOW TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS, WITHOUT ADEQUATE FUNDING AND SO WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AT THE NEXT MEETING AND LAY OUT OUR PLAN, AND WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS, HERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHERE THE PUBLIC WORKS CREW AND HOUSES PAYING DIVIDENDS BECAUSE BUT FOR THEIR EFFORTS, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THIS PROJECT BUT WE CAN. OUR CONCRETE CREW IS GOING TO BUILD THE RINK. WE ARE GOING TO TENTATIVELY ASK THE COUNCIL TO ALLOW US TO MOVE IT TO COMMUNITY PARK. IT IS IDEAL FOR MULTIPLE REASONS, FIRSTLY IT HAS AN EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. WE WILL BE ABLE TO PLACE LIGHTS THERE.

IT HAS EXISTING PARKING. OUR CREW CAN ENHANCE THE PARKING AND THIS WILL POTENTIALLY ALLOW US TO CREATE A SECONDARY ACCESS POINT IN THE COMMUNITY PARK. I HAVE BEEN OUT THERE. YOU GET 50

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[6. CONSENT AGENDA ]

WITH THAT PROJECT. >> THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR CITIZEN INPUT THIS EVENING. WE WILL NEXT MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM SIX ON THE FOLLOWING MAY BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION. A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OR CITIZEN MAY REQUEST ITEMS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION. WE HAVE HAD ONE REQUEST FROM MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER TO PULL ITEMS SEE CONSIDERING THE ACTION TO PURCHASE ONE MPV ARMORED RESCUE VEHICLE SO THAT ITEM WILL BE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. CITY SECRETARY, IF YOU CAN READ THE REMAINDER OF THE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD, PLEASE. MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER.

>> YES, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY. THE MINOR CORRECTIONS THAT I DISCUSSED WITH HER, DO WE NEED TO PULL THAT OFF AND MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THOSE TYPOGRAPHICAL

ERRORS? >> FOR THE MINUTES, YES. >> OKAY, THEN I WOULD ALSO LIKE

TO PULL THE MINUTES. >> WE ALSO HAVE A REQUEST FROM MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER TO PULL 6A, CONSIDERING ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES , FOR ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION.

ALL RIGHT, IF YOU CAN READ THE REST OF THE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD.

>> 6B, CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING AN ELECTION CONTRACT WITH THE DALLAS COUNTY. 6D, CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF A CAT 13 -- 313 EXCAVATOR. 6A CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF CONCRETE PICKUP AND DELIVERY SERVICES. 6F CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING AWARD OF GRANTS. AND, 60, CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING AGREEMENT WITH ONCOR RELATED TO THE INSTALLATION AND

MAINTENANCE OF STREETLIGHTS. >> DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO, IF WE CAN DO A SHOW OF HANDS FOR MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER REAVES AND THE SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER SHUPP.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? LET'S TRY CALLING THE VOTE DIGITALLY AND IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, WE CAN DO A HAND VOTE. ALL RIGHT, OUR CONSENT AGENDA CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY 6-0.

JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE MOTION WAS COUNCILMEMBER REAVES, THE SECOND WAS COUNCILMEMBER SHUPP FOR THE

[6A. Consider action to approve minutes from the following City Council meeting(s): February 18, 2025, City Council Meeting and February 17, 2025, City Council Special Work Session.  ]

>> YES, ON THE FEBRUARY 18 MINUTES THERE ARE SEVERAL JUST - MINOR TYPOS WHERE IT SAYS IS INCENTIVE HAS IN THAT KIND OF THING AND I HAVE DISCUSSED THOSE WITH THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE MEETING, SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I NEED TO READ EVERY ONE OF THOSE ? YES I DO. OKAY, LET'S SEE. VERY LONG MINUTES. CITIZENS INPUT, ITEM 16, THE SECOND LINE, AND IT SAYS SIMPLY BECAUSE THAT DID NOT GET THEIR WAY. I THINK IT SHOULD BE THEY DID NOT GET THEIR WAY. THEM, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM SIX A AND 6C WERE REMOVED. THE CONSENT AGENDA. SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE WERE MORE. I SHOWED THEM TO YOU BEFORE. OH, THERE IT IS. ALSO,

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STATED. >> TRY TO HIT YOUR MOTION BUTTON. IT'S NOT WORKING. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS AMENDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER. SECOND

[6C. Consider action to approve a Resolution authorizing the purchase of one MPV Armored Rescue Vehicle (ARV) from Terradyne Armored Vehicles, Inc., a sole-source vendor, for a price not to exceed $342,845, along with a Motorola APX 6500 radio for $6,807.30, for a total cost not to exceed $349,652.30; authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute all necessary documents to effectuate said purchases; and providing an effective date. ]

>> I AM LIEUTENANT YOUNG, COMMANDER OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION. I JUST WANT TO GO OVER AND GIVE YOU GUYS SOME BACKGROUND OF WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY USING AND WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING THE PURCHASE OF. QUICK BACKGROUND ON THE MR AP. IT STANDS FOR MINE RESISTANT ARMORED VEHICLE CALL. IT WAS BUILT FOR A WAR ZONE. WE ACQUIRED IT BACK IN MARCH OF 2019. IT WAS GIVEN TO US BY THE GOVERNMENT ON LOAN. IT IS AN ARMORED VEHICLE BUT WE'VE ALL SEEN IT IS VERY BIG. IT'S VERY IMPRACTICAL, AND IT IS VERY HEAVY. IT TYPICALLY WEIGHS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 35,050 5000 POUNDS, SO THE MAINTENANCE CHALLENGES, IT IS VERY CUMBERSOME. IT KEEPS THE VILLAGE TO KEEP THAT THING RUNNING. LIEUTENANT BALDWIN IS ACTUALLY IN CHARGE OF THAT. HE HAS TO ROUTINELY CHECK IT. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT IS ALWAYS OPERATIONAL. THE BATTERY IS ALWAYS DYING. IT WILL RANDOMLY LEAK FLUIDS IN STOCK. IT IS A PROJECT, SO. AGAIN, THE PURPOSE IS TO SEEK CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF THE MULTIPURPOSE ARMORED RESCUE VEHICLE TO REPLACE THE CURRENT MRAP WE ARE USING. IN ADDITION WE NEED THE MOTOROLA RADIO TO BE INSTALLED INSIDE OF IT. I WANT TO TOUCH QUICKLY -- AGAIN, THE MRAP IS DESIGNED ORIGINALLY FOR MILITARY PURPOSE, NOT FOR A MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENT USED IN AN URBAN SETTING. WE HAVE A LOT OF MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THAT, AGAIN, AND THE WEIGHT. WE HAVE CERTAIN LOADBEARING BRIDGES WE CANNOT CROSS IN IT. IT IS AN EYESORE. WHEN WE DRIVE INTO THE CITY IT IS VERY INTRUSIVE. WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE IS TO BEGIN THE TERADYNE ARMORED RESCUE VEHICLE. THAT WEIGHS ANYWHERE FROM 17,500, NO MORE THAN 19,500 POUNDS. IT IS ABOUT HALF THE WEIGHT. IT IS LITERALLY HALF THE SIZE OF THE MRAP. ALSO WITH THE TERADYNE, WE HAVE THE FIVE-YEAR 100,000 MILE WARRANTY FROM FORD SO IT IS COVERED. ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES WITH THE MRAP IS THE MAINTENANCE. IT IS AN INTERNATIONAL MANUFACTURER. WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CITY THAT CAN EVEN CHANGE THE OIL. TO CHANGE THE OIL ON IT JUST TO START OUT IS ABOUT $800.

THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE WHAT THEY WOULD CHARGE TO REMOVE THE ARMOR. IT HAS ABOUT SIX BATTERIES FOR THE TERADYNE HAS TWO . IT IS LOW-POWERED, SO. IT ALSO IS -- WE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS WITH THESE ARMORED VEHICLES. TERADYNE IS ONE OF THE FEW THAT KEEP THE ORIGINAL CHASSIS , AND THIS IS ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS FROM LEAD TIME TO DELIVERY FOR OTHERS

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FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OBVIOUSLY THE INITIAL COST, IT IS BIG. OVERALL IT IS MUCH SAFER FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT IS LESS INTRUSIVE IT IS SAFER FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. HOW DO I GO BACK? .

IT IS, OKAY. AGAIN IT IS A MUCH LIGHTER WEIGHT. AGAIN IT IS HALF THE SIZE OF THAT MRAP. NONE OF US LIKE SEEING IT ROLL THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY . IT IS VERY INTRUSIVE. WE WANT SOMETHING THAT IS MORE PRACTICAL, LIKE THE TERADYNE, SO. I THINK IT FROZE UP ON ME. AND THEN QUESTIONS?

>> COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON. >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS WHAT

WOULD WE DO WITH THE MRAP AND CAN WE GET ANYTHING FOR IT? >> NO, WE DON'T OWN IT SO WHAT WE WILL DO IS CONTACT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ASK THEM IF THEY WANT BACK. GENERALLY WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN THE PAST WITH DEPARTMENTS THEY HAVE LEARNED THOSE TWO AS THEY WILL ASK US TO ASK SURROUNDING AGENCIES IF THEY WOULD LIKE IT AND THEY WILL SET UP THE PAPERWORK TO TRANSFER IT. ULTIMATELY, THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO COME GET IT, SO.

>> OKAY, APPRECIATE IT. MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER. >> YES, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR THAT I PULLED THIS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA NOT BECAUSE I HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE PURCHASE , BUT BECAUSE I GOT SEVERAL QUESTIONS FROM CITIZENS ASKING WHY DO WE NEED TO SPEND $400,000 ON A TANK, AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY I KNEW THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE HAD US BUT THERE ARE PROBABLY OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE WONDERING THE SAME THING SO I WANTED THEM TO GET AN EXPLANATION OF WHY WE DO NEED THIS, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT DOES AND I KNEW THAT AN ARMORED VEHICLE IS THESE DAYS NOT JUST A FUN TOY. AS SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT THIS IS JUST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHY. THIS IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR OFFICERS, FOR THE SAFETY OF CIVILIANS IN CASES OF A HOSTAGE RESCUE OR S.W.A.T. OPERATIONS OR OTHER HIGH RISK SITUATIONS. IT JUST IS ESSENTIAL AS THE VESTS THAT THEY WEAR. SO I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT OUT THERE TO THE PUBLIC AND LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MILITARIZATION OF THE POLICE AND THIS IS A STEP BACK FROM THAT.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MAKES THE POLICE LOOK LESS MILITARIZED WHEN OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY,

SO I THINK IT IS A GOOD THING. I AM TOTALLY IN SUPPORT OF IT. >> I THINK IT IS A LEGITIMATE CONCERN , AND WHEN WE ARE COMPARING THE TWO, AGAIN, MRAP IS BOOKED FOR A COMBAT ZONE. THE TERADYNE IS BUILT FOR MUNICIPAL YOU SO I ABSOLUTELY CAN SEE THE COMPARISON. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE TERADYNE IS NOT A TANK. IT DOES NOT HAVE HEAVY ARTILLERY. IT DOES NOT HAVE DEFENSIVE WEAPON AREA. IT IS MEANT FOR PROTECTION AND RESCUE OPERATION, NOT FOR COMBAT, SO.

>> COUNCILMEMBER SHUPP. LET'S GO OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER REAVES WHILE WE HAVE STAFF TRY TO WORK

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THAT OUT. >> PERSONALLY I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A TIE LIKE THAT. I THINK IT LOOKS AWESOME. I WANT TO WRITE IN IT BUT I JUST HAD A QUESTION. I THINK THAT IN THE PACKET TO TALK ABOUT THE PURCHASE THIS FROM A COMBINATION OF CITY FUNDS AND THE FEDERAL SEIZURE ASSET FUND AND I WAS CURIOUS HOW MUCH OF THAT IS BEING PAID FOR BY THE FEDERAL ASSET SEIZURE FUND IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY IDEA AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO PROBABLY PUT YOU ON THE SPOT SO YOU MAY NOT PERSONALLY KNOW THAT BUT I AM CURIOUS IF SOMEONE KNEW WHAT THAT WOULD BE .

>> IT IS GOING TO BE A JOINT PURCHASE SO WE ARE GOING TO USE HALF FROM THE SEIZURE FUND.

>> NO, OKAY, GREAT. >> LET'S TRY AGAIN. COUNCILMEMBER SHUPP.

>> THERE WE GO. THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK. I KNOW THERE WERE TWO FORMS OF FUNDING FOR THIS. ONE WAS GOING TO BE THROUGH THE CITY. THE OTHER ONE WAS FROM FEDERAL SEIZURE. I DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT BROKE DOWN SO I DON'T KNOW BUT I ASSUME -- ARE THE FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL SEIZURE SIDE A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE PAYMENT

FOR THIS UNIT, IS THAT CORRECT? >> WE ARE SPLITTING COSTS. >> OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS -- AND TO YOUR POINT, I REMEMBER WE HAD NOT BEEN IN ROWLETT FOR LONG WHEN I FIRST SAW THE MRAP GOING DOWN THE STREET AND I WAS THINKING GOOD LORD, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY THAT THEY NEED A TANK, SO IT IS A LITTLE STARTLING WHEN IT RUNS DOWN SO YEAH. I JUST

WANTED TO CHECK ON THE FINANCES THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER .

>> IT IS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE FUNDING, TOO BUT I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO LIEUTENANT YOUNG, AND APOLOGIZE TO HIM, BECAUSE I KNOW HE DOESN'T LIKE TO GIVE THESE PRESENTATIONS, BUT

HE IS SO GOOD AT IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> COUNSEL, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON. SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBR REAVES TO APPROVE THE ITEM IS PRESENTED. ANY DISCUSSION? I WILL SAY I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THAT YOU MADE , DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM WE HAD THE DISCUSSIONS MIDYEAR LAST YEAR I THINK I WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO SAID I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS THE BEST USE OF $400,000 IN THE MOMENT HOWEVER THEY HAVE COME IN BELOW BUDGET BECAUSE I THINK THE ORIGINAL BUDGET LINE FOR THIS WAS VERY CLOSE TO 400,000, AND WE WERE LOOKING AT 350. THE SEIZURE FUND SPLIT IS A HUGE WIN AND I HAVE ALSO SEEN HOW MUCH WE HAVE USED ROCK WALLS EQUIPMENT OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST EIGHT TO 10 MONTHS. WE NEED OUR EQUIPMENT. WE DON'T NEED TO ROLL ON HER NEIGHBORS EVERY TIME WE HAVE A CRISIS SITUATION WE NEED TO ATTEND TO. I APPRECIATE THIS PRESENTATION, LIEUTENANT. I THINK YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB AND SUPPORT THIS ITEM. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? LET'S CALL THE VOTE. MOMENTARILY. ALL RIGHT, THAT ITEM CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY VIA -- BY A VOTE OF 6-0. NEXT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 7C. CONSIDERATION OF ACTION TO

[7C. Consider action to adopt a Resolution rescinding City Council Resolution No. 044-24 and supporting the full funding of Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) System and urging continued investment in public transit. ]

REAVES. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A STATEMENT THAT I WROTE BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SAID EVERYTHING CORRECTLY SO I WOULD LIKE TO READ THAT REAL QUICK. I KNOW YOU ARE ALL HANG IN SO I WILL LET YOU KNOW I AM IN

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AS I HAVE MADE THE ASSUMPTION FOR, BUT RATHER, WE ARE GETTING MORE THAN WHAT WE ARE PAYING FOR, SO REGARDLESS OF THAT FINDING, PART OF THE ISSUE WHEN YOU ARE MUNICIPAL AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL YOU GET A LOT OF THINGS THROWN AT YOU THAT MAYBE YOU ARE NOT COMPLETELY EDUCATED ON AND OFTENTIMES WERE ASKED TO VOTE ON THINGS THAT MAYBE WE HAVE JUST NEVER DEALT WITH BEFORE SO I WAS IGNORANT ON THAT ISSUE GOING BACK TO THAT TIME, AND I HAVE SINCE MADE THAT TIME TO EDUCATE MYSELF AND TO LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE, SO I'VE HAD A CHANGE OF HEART IN REGARDS TO THAT SO NOW I SEE D.A.R.T. IS A VITAL PART OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE DFW METROPLEX. I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT I APPRECIATE FORMER MAYOR MARGOLIS'S EFFORTS ON THAT ISSUE. I'M NOT SURE WITHOUT THE EFFORTS WE WOULD HAVE THE ISSUE WE WOULD HAVE. SOMETIMES POLITICAL PRESSURE CAN BE A GOOD THING FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED. FURTHER, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK OUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE D.A.R.T. BOARD FOR WORKING WITH THE CITY OF ROWLETT TO MOVE OUR PARTNERSHIP FORWARD. I APPRECIATE YOUR EDUCATING ME AND TAKING TIME OUT TO PERSONALLY TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT. LASTLY, ROWLETT INITIALLY JOINED AS A MEMBER CITY OF D.A.R.T. OVER 40 YEARS AGO AND IF YOU THINK 40 YEARS BACK, MUCH HAS CHANGED IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT. MUCH HAS CHANGED IN THE ENTIRE METROPLEX AND I THINK THAT CHANGE HAS ACCELERATED AND THE PACE OF CHANGE HAS QUICKENED OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS IN THE WHOLE METROPLEX AND I BELIEVE THAT ACCELERATION OF CHANGE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE AS WE LOOK FORWARD, WHAT OUR REGION IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE NEXT YEARS GOING FORWARD SO CHANGE WILL HAPPEN AND I BELIEVE THE CHANGE WILL 1 QUICKEN AS WE GO FORWARD THEREFORE I SUPPORT THIS NEW RESOLUTION TO CONTINUE FULLY FUNDING D.A.R.T. FOR THE TIME BEING BECAUSE WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT 40 YEARS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE AREA, I DON'T THINK THAT OUR ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP PACE WITH THE POPULATION GROWTH. 40 YEARS FROM NOW WHEN I AM AN OLD MAN, I DON'T WANT TO LOOK BACK AND THINK ABOUT TODAY IS A TIME WHERE I PLAYED A PART TO STYMIE THE ONLY REGIONAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WE HAVE , SO AS PART OF THIS RESOLUTION, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK D.A.R.T. TO CONTINUE OUR PARTNERSHIP AND WORK WITH US TO IMPROVE NOT ONLY THE D.A.R.T. RIDERSHIP EXPERIENCE WHICH OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE DONE BUT ALSO THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH US IN OUR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT IN THE BILATERAL PARKING AGREEMENT AND

EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING HERE WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER SHUPP.

>> YES. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY, TO BE IN HERE. I SOMEWHAT ECHO COUNCILMEMBER REAVES' STATEMENTS. I ALSO VOTED FOR THE REDUCTION, AND I WILL SAY 40 YEARS AGO I VOTED FOR D.A.R.T., SO YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN VOTING ON AND OFF FOR D.A.R.T. FOR A LONG TIME. I GUESS YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT INCOMPLETE INFORMATION. SOMETIMES WE ARE UP HERE AND WE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING AND FOR MYSELF, I SOMETIMES GO BY GUT FEELING AND QUITE HONESTLY MY GUT FEELING TOWARDS D.A.R.T., PARTICULARLY D.A.R.T. AS RELATED TO ROWLETT WAS PARTICULARLY POSITIVE AND THAT WAS A MORE PERSONAL FEELING. I DID NOT FEEL LIKE WE NECESSARILY GOT THE ATTENTION, IF YOU WILL , OR JUST THAT WE WERE NOT REALLY ON D.A.R.T.'S RAIDER AND THAT WAS QUITE HONESTLY THE READERS -- REASON THAT I VOTED FOR THAT, WAS MORE ATTENTION-GETTING , IS THE TERM, RIGHT? I WANT THEM TO PAY ATTENTION TO US AND TO D.A.R.T.'S CREDIT, THEY HAVE. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH MISS REYNARD CAN WE HAD A NICE VISIT AND I INDICATED ALSO THE SAME THINGS, THAT I AM FOR D.A.R.T.. I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF D.A.R.T., AS COUNCILMEMBER REAVES SAID. I DON'T WANT TO BE THE GUY THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN IS PART OF BLOWING UP AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM OF THIS REGION SO I AM SUPPORTIVE

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>> AND COUNCILMEMBER SHUPP, JUST TO BE VERY CLEAR, THE STAFF REPORT THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER, WAS PUT TOGETHER BY ME SO IF THERE IS AN ERROR IN THERE, THAT IS ON ME, THAT IS NOT ON OUR DARK PARTNERS AND I WILL ADMIT THAT YES WHEN I SAID CITY EVENTS, IT WAS NOT TO BOX THAT IN AS BEING ONLY FOR CITY EVENTS, BUT THE ONLY TART AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM

TO USE THE PARKING FACILITY IS ALL-INCLUSIVE. >> THAT IS CORRECT AND THE PRIMARY REASON THAT WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT LIKE THIS IS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE AN ACTIVE OPERATION THAT IS HAPPENING ALL THE TIME AND SO WHEN THE CITY DESIRES TO USE THE PARKING SPACES AND THAT SORT OF THING, WE JUST WANT TO HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH THE CITY STAFF TO ENSURE WE DON'T HAVE DISRUPTION TO THE SERVICES AND OPERATION AT ANY GIVEN TIME SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE IN COMMUNICATION ALL THE TIME AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE THE PARKING AGREEMENT IS SO WE KEEP THOSE LINES OF COMMUNICATON OPEN SO IT IS A TRUE PARTNERSHIP. WE DID NOT INTEND IN ANY WAY TO LIMIT USE OF THE PARKING BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT BUSINESSES ARE OPEN. A LOT OF THE TIMES GREATER COMMUTERS MAY BE USING THE PARKING LOT AS WELL, WE DO HAVE EXCESS CAPACITY RIGHT NOW AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THAT CAPACITY TO ITS HIGHEST AND

BEST USE. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM

SHINDER. >> I DO HAVE AN ACTUAL QUESTION. IN THE RESOLUTION ITSELF, AND THIS IS PROBABLY A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY, IN THE SECOND WHEREAS PARAGRAPH, IT SAYS THE 13TH CITY DART SERVICE AREA OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED A REFERENDUM TO USE THE 1% SALES TAX COLLECTIONS. THAT WOULD BE ONE CENT. THAT WOULD BE ONE PERCENT OF THE COLLECTIONS, ACTUALLY? BECAUSE, IT SOUNDS TO ME AS IF -- IT IS 1% OF THE SALES, WHICH WOULD BE ONE CENT.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 50% OF THE COLLECTION, SO THAT SHOULD PROBABLY BE -- YEAH, CORRECTED.

SO, SORRY ABOUT THAT. I AM NITPICKING. >> GOOD OBSERVATION. YOU SAID

THE SECOND AND THE THIRD BOTH SAY THAT, RIGHT? >> YES.

>> I WOULD AGREE IF SOMEONE WERE TO MAKE A MOTION, THEY MIGHT MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION WITH THOSE AMENDMENTS IN THE SECOND AND THIRD PARAGRAPH.

>> YES, AND THEN I ALSO HAD A STATEMENT WHICH I GUESS WE ARE DOING HERE INSTEAD OF AFTER THE MOTION, THAT I ALSO VOTED FOR THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION AND IN FACT, I THINK EVERYONE HERE DID.

I THINK IT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE. I VOTED FOR THAT FOR MANY OF THE SAME REASONS THAT WERE MENTIONED BY COUNCILMEMBERS REAVES AND SHUPP, AND BECAUSE I DID NOT LIKE THE FACT THAT THAT ONE CENT OF SALES TAX PREVENTED US FROM BEING ABLE TO FORM A REAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AS SOME OF THE CITIES HAVE, AND IT FELT LIKE WE WERE LOSING OUT ON SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDING THAT WE COULD HAVE HAD OTHERWISE. SOME OF THE CONCESSIONS THAT D.A.R.T. HAS MADE HERE, I THINK THEY ADDRESS THAT IN A LOT OF WAYS BECAUSE THEY ARE ACTUALLY HELPING US TO FUND THESE DIFFERENT PROJECTS, AND THINGS THAT WE WOULD BE DOING WITH THAT MONEY IF WE WERE DOING IT THROUGH AND EDC , SO THAT HELPS RELIEVE MY WORRIES ABOUT THAT ARE MY CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. ONE OF MY OTHER CONCERNS WAS ABOUT SAFETY AND CRIME. THAT IS BEEN -- WHETHER IT IS THE PERCEPTION OR WHETHER IT IS THE REALITY, THAT IS BEEN SOMETHING CITIZENS OF BROUGHT UP TO ME IS

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>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER BOWERS. >> THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR COMING TO THE TABLE . I BELIEVE ALL OUR OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE CLEARLY STATED MY FEELINGS, AS WELL, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I AM DELIGHTED TO WRITE D.A.R.T..

I HAVE WRITTEN IT PROBABLY FOUR TIMES IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, AND SOMEBODY HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN MY CAR AND CHECKED MY TICKET, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. IT HAS BEEN CLEAN. IT HAS BEEN SAFE. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A HUGE PROPONENT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LOOKING OUT FOR OUR

FUTURE. >> COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON . >> I WILL BE THE LAST. I WILL

SIMPLY SAY DITTO. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SHINDER BROUGHT UP A GREAT POINT ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CITIES THAT DO HAVE AN EDC, THEY HAVE THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WHERE THEY ARE PAYING INTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COFFERS, SO TO SPEAK, BUT WHAT D.A.R.T. AFFORDS US IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT THOSE CITIES DON'T HAVE AN IT IS A MASS TRANSIT OPTION AND IT CAN DRIVE PEOPLE INTO OUR DOWNTOWN PROVIDED WE HAVE THE RIGHT PARTNERSHIP WITH D.A.R.T. AND WE HAVE THE RIGHT BUSINESS IS GOING IN AND MR. MASTIC, HE TOUCHED ON THE DOWNTOWN PLAN AND THAT IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THAT. AS A CITY WE NEED TO EXECUTE THAT DOWNTOWN PLAN AND THAT IS HOW WE WILL HOLD UP OUR BARGAIN WITH THE PARTNERS OF D.A.R.T.. WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER . DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER REAVES. DEPUTY

MAYOR PRO TEM, CAN I ASK YOU TO STATE YOUR MOTION? >> YES, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION RESCINDING CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NUMBER 044-24, AND SUPPORTING FULL FUNDING OF THE DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM AND URGIG CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC

TRANSIT . >> WITH THOSE AMENDMENTS THAT YOU MENTIONED.

>> WITH THOSE AMENDMENTS TO THE RESOLUTION IN THE SECOND AND THIRD WHEREAS PARAGRAPHS.

>> CITY ATTORNEY, DOES THAT SURPRISE? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MOTION AS AMENDED. MR. ENOCH, MR. SLAGLE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. I HOPE YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE OTHER MEMBER CITIES OF D.A.R.T. WITH THIS RESOLUTION IN HAND AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BEAR SOME WEIGHT. HOPEFULLY IT WILL BEAR SOME WEIGHT WITH THE LEGISLATURE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR D.A.R.T.. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. THAT ITEM CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY BY A VOTE OF 6-0. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 7A,

[7A. Conduct a public hearing on adoption of an Ordinance amending the nonconformity section of the Zoning Code. ]

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PRO TEM SHINDER. >> YES. ONE QUESTION JUST TO CLARIFY . IF WE PASS THIS ORDINANCE, THIS DOES NOT ACTUALLY GRANT THIS STATUS TO ANY PARTICULAR PROPERTY AT THIS TIME. THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TO DO THAT, CORRECT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT. WITHIN THIS PROPOSED SECTION, 77-908 PARAGRAPH B SUBPARAGRAPH ONE, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY UPON PRESENTATION OF AN APPLICATION FOR A BUILDING PERMIT MEETING CONDITIONS OF FURTHER DOWN IN THE DOCUMENT, GRANT A BUILDING PERMIT UPON SHOWING HARDSHIP CONSISTENT WITH THOSE ITEMS, SO IT WOULD REQUIRE A PARTICULAR APPLICANT TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. IT DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY EXEMPT ANY PROPERTIES. COUNCILMEMBER SHUPP.

>> MAYBE YOUR COMMENTS RIGHT THERE HAVE A LITTLE BIT TO DO WITH MY COMMENTS. I THINK I'VE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT SINCE THIS FIRST CAME ABOARD ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND I WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF IT AND AS MUCH AS ANYTHING, IT IS THE PROCESS THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH THAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH. IT IS NOT A PARTICULAR INSTANCE, IT IS JUST A PROCESS. THE ORIGINAL ITEM THAT SORT OF LED TO THIS ONE BEFORE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND WAS DENIED, AND IN THE CITY, THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS IS ARE THE ARBITER OF THESE KIND OF THINGS AND HAS THE BINDING DECISION . IN ORDER TO GET AROUND THAT, THE NEXT STEP WOULD OF COURSE HAVE TO BE TO HAVE AN ORDINANCE CHANGE AND THAT HAS SORT OF BEEN AGGRESSIVELY PURSUED FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS NOW. AND YOU KNOW, NOW WE ARE KIND OF TO THAT NEXT STEP. OKAY, NOW WE HAVE GOT IN HERE,

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GOOD WAY TO RUN BUSINESS AND I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS. >> COUNCILMEMBER BOWERS.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER SHUPP. I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID IN

MY APPRECIATE YOUR ELOQUENCE. >> COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MAYOR PRO TEM

SHINDER. >> I WOULD JUST COMMENT THAT IN THE CASE OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ACTUALLY, A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEMBERS DID VOTE TO GRANT THE REQUEST, BUT THE STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT FOR ALL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE A SUPER MAJORITY, AND THAT IS WHEN IT FAILED THERE. IT WAS NOT UNANIMOUS LIKE THE PNZ.

I DON'T THINK THE PNZ ENTIRELY UNDERSTOOD THE BACKGROUND OR THE EFFECT OF THE ORDINANCE. THAT IS

JUST MY OPINION. >> COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, EXCUSE

[7B. Consider action to adopt an Ordinance Amending the Nonconformity Section of the Zoning Code. ]

ACCOMPANIES THIS ITEM. MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON . >> THANK YOU. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE NONCONFORMITY SECTION OF THE ZONING CODE.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, LET'S CALL THE VOTE. THAT ITEM CARRIES BY A VOTE OF 4-2. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON

[7D. Discuss and consider action on appointment of committee members to Recode Rowlett Committee to review and make recommendations to the City Council regarding revisions to the City’s zoning and development code. ]

INTRODUCE THIS OR SHOULD I TAKE IT FROM HERE? >> CURRENTLY WE HAVE EIGHT APPLICATIONS FOR RECODE ROW LIT COMMITTEE. WE HAVE ONE PLACE FOR THE CITIZEN AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS, TWO PLACES FOR THE ROW LET NONPROFIT LEADERS, TWO PLACES FOR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. I HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS FOR DEVELOPERS, AND WE NEED TWO MEMBERS OF CITY

COUNCIL. >> ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL. WE HAVE A LIST OF NAMES IN FRONT OF US THAT OUR CITY SECRETARY HAS PROVIDED. THERE IS ONE OPEN POSITION IN THE CITY , CITIZEN AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS POSITION. I DID REACH OUT TO ANOTHER PERSON TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO SERVE IN THE UNFORTUNATELY WERE NOT SO I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER NAMES TO PUT FORTH FOR THAT OPEN POSITION. DOES ANYONE HAVE A NAME OF SOMEONE WHO MIGHT HAVE

AGREED ? MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER? >> I HAVE A QUESTION. IN THE ORIGINAL , WHAT WE GOT BEFORE THIS, AND IT DOES NOT SAY THAT IN THIS PACKET, BUT WHAT WE GOT BEFORE SAID TWO NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS PARENTHESIS HOA, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT YOU HAD TO BE ON AN HOA BOARD IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR THIS. IN FACT, THERE WAS A GOOD BIT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE REGULAR CITIZENS BEEN LEFT OUT SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, DOES THIS

HAVE TO BE AN HLA LEADER? >> CONSIDERING THE COUNSEL IS MAKING ITS APPOINTMENTS, CITY ATTORNEY, UNLESS YOU DISAGREE, I THINK WE HAVE THE DISCRETION TO APPOINT. I WILL SAY THAT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE UNDER RECODE ROW LET IT DOES HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADER THEN IN PARENTHESES, HOA,

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HAVE DISCRETION THERE TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVES. >> AND, I ALSO DID ASK A COUPLE OF HOA LEADERS WHO WERE NOT INTERESTED, SO AT THIS POINT I GUESS WE CAN GO BACK AND ASK

OTHERS. >> COUNCILMEMBER REAVES. >> I THINK DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT ON THAT BUT EVERYONE ELSE IS GREAT. I DID HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH. WHAT IS THE TIMELINE OF HOW LONG WE CAN EXPECT THIS COMMITTEE TO LAST FOR? LIKE

START AND END IN TERMS OF HOW MANY WEEKS, MONTHS -- >> AT THE MOST ABOUT SIX MONTHS.

>> OKAY, SO ON THE COUNSEL I WILL JUST STATE I DON'T REALLY WANT TO DO THIS. LIKE, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY INTEREST TO DO THIS, BUT I WILL DO IT BECAUSE THERE ARE ONLY THREE OF US THAT ARE NOT UP FOR ELECTION RIGHT NOW AND SO TO ME, AND I DON'T WANT TO BALL AND TELL ANYONE ELSE THEY SHOULD DO IT BUT THERE ARE ONLY THREE OF US, THAT TO ME, IT MAKES SENSE TO EVEN BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS, SINCE SOMEONE MAY NOT BE ON THE COUNSEL AFTER THIS. NOW AGAIN, I HAVE ZERO INTEREST IN DOING THIS BUT I WILL SERVE. I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH VALUE I WILL ADD BUT I WILL SERVE AND DO MY BEST. IF MY OTHER NONE UP FOR ELECTION COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD PREFER TO DO IT, THAT IS GREAT WITH ME BUT I'M JUST THINKING JUST LOGISTICALLY, IT ONLY MAKES SENSE FOR TWO OF THE THREE OF US TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE. I WILL ENDED THAT.

>> THAT IS SAGE ADVICE. COUNCILMEMBER SHUPP. >> YES, I AM ALSO EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT DOING THIS, BUT THAT DOES MAKE SENSE UNLESS COUNCILMEMBER BOWERS WOULD JUST

LOVE TO JUMP ON SITE OF IT, I WILL TAKE THE OTHER SEAT. >> ALL RIGHT, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE OUR TWO CITY COUNCIL APPOINTEES WOULD BE COUNCILMEMBER REAVES -- COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON, SORRY.

>> I WILL MAKE IT EASY BECAUSE THAT IS A GOOD POINT THAT YOU MADE SO BECAUSE I AM UP FOR

ELECTION, I WILL WITHDRAW MY NAME FOR THIS. >> SAME FOR ME.

>> OKAY, THEN OUR TWO COUNSEL APPOINTEES WILL BE COUNCILMEMBER REAVES, COUNCILMEMBER SHUPP.

LET'S GO BACK TO THE TOP. WE HAVE SHARON READ, WHAT HAVE SPOKEN WITH A NUMBER OF TIMES AND MY COLLEAGUES APPEAR HAVE, AS WELL. I THINK SHE IS VERY INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY AND WANTS WHAT IS BEST FOR ROW LIT SO I THINK SHE WOULD BE A GREAT CITIZEN FOR THIS BOARD. I'M SEEING A LOT OF HAD NOT SO LET'S CHECK MARK NEXT TO HIS -- HER NAME. WE HAVE APPLICANTS KELLY MCKEE AND WHITNEY LINING. I DID REACH OUT TO WHITNEY EARLIER TODAY AND ENCOURAGED HIM TO JOIN SINCE HE IS A LEADER OF CERTAIN PAST COUNCILMEMBER. AT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS VERY VALUABLE IN UNDERSTANDING CODE SO HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS. THERE IS A SEPARATE NONPROFIT THAT HAS BEEN SET OUT , THE ROUTE. DEI COMMUNITY PROJECT THANK YOU. AND WHITNEY LINING WITH THE CITIZEN COURT COUNSEL. ARE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION APPLICANTS ARE JOHN CONTE AND STANLEY POLLARD, BOTH OF WHOM I COULD NOT RECOMMEND MORE HIGHLY THAN I AM GOING TO RECOMMEND BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH INCREDIBLY TENURED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT CODE. ANY OBJECTION TO THOSE TWO? EXCELLENT. OUR LAST SLOT HERE IS FOR DEVELOPERS, AND WE HAVE THREE APPLICANTS ON DEVELOPERS. PRESTON FROM THE WARNER GROUP, ART, AND STANLEY MARTIN.

EVERYONE WAS PROVIDED WITH COPIES OF APPLICATION SO I WILL ENTERTAIN COMMENTS ON THOSE

INDIVIDUALS. COUNCILMEMBER SHUPP. >> YES, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE ACCEPT STANLEY MARTIN FOR THE POSITION. WITHOUT GOING TOO DEEP, I KNOW CROWLEY HAD BEEN PUT ON PNZ AND WAS TAKEN OFF BECAUSE OF PERCEIVED CONFLICT OF INTEREST, WHICH I BELIEVE CONTINUE S WITHIN THIS POSITION SO I WOULD FEEL MUCH BETTER HAVING MR. MARTIN TAKE

THAT SPOT. >> ALL RIGHT, SO YOUR TWO RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PRESTON AND STANLEY, IS THAT CORRECT? PRESTON AND STANLEY. COUNSEL, ANY OBJECTION TO THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS FROM THE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY? OKAY, WE HAVE AGREEMENT FROM DEPUTY MAYOR PRO

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>> I MOVE THAT WE ACT TO APPOINT SHARON READ, KELLY MCKEE , WHITNEY LANNING, JOHN CONTE, STANLEY POLLARD, PRESTON WALL HAD, STANLEY MARTIN AND COUNCILMEMBERS REAVES AND SHUPP

TO THE RECODE ROW LET AD HOC COMMITTEE. >> WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER BOWERS TO APPROVE THOSE MEMBERS. ANY DISCUSSION? LET'S CALL THE VOTE. THAT ITEM CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY 6-0. I SHOULD NOTE THAT MR. LANNING DID REQUEST THAT HE NOT BE MADE CHAIR OF THAT PARTICULAR COMMITTEE SO TO MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES WERE GOING TO BE SERVING, MAYBE DON'T NOMINATE WHITNEY TO BE CHAIR. I THINK YOU HAVE US -- A COUPLE OF STRONG PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS ON THERE WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO

[7E. Consider action to adopt an Ordinance amending Ordinance Number ORD-026-24 (the Budget Adoption Ordinance for Fiscal Year 2025) to approve a budget amendment to transfer $58,502.00 from SP2136 – Project Cost Overruns Fund to the Project Fund for the Wet Zone Water Park. ]

COST OVERRUNS FUND TO PROJECT FUND FOR THE WETZEL WATERPARK. >> THE RELEVANT CODE OF ORDINANCES CALLS THE TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE WHICH REQUIRES PUBLIC POOL OPERATORS TO COMPLY WITH RELEVANT POOL SAFETY STANDARDS. ACCORDING TO STATE LAW, THAT STANDARD MUST BE AT LEAST AS STRINGENT AS THOSE OPPOSED UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNING LAW . THAT ACT MANDATES THAT MANUFACTURERS MUST LABEL THEIR DRAIN COVERS WITH LIFE EXPECTANCY AND ALL PUBLIC POOL OPERATORS MUST REPLACE THOSE DRAIN COVERS ONCE IT REACHES THAT LIFESPAN, FROM THE MANUFACTURERS, TO ENSURE SAFETY STANDARDS COMPLY WITH THE LAW. WHY IS THIS RELEVANT? AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING WORK ON THE WET ZONE, REMOVING THE EXISTING PLASTER TO REPLACE IT, STAFF BECAME AWARE THAT WE ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE DRAIN COVERS. SOME OF THEM DATA FROM 2017. SOME DID NOT HAVE DATES ON THEM AT ALL VIOLATING BOTH ROHIT CODE OF ORDINANCES AND STATE LAW BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, FEDERAL LAW. THE LIFESPAN OF THESE COVERS IS FIVE YEARS AND IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH ALL THREE LEVELS OF LAW, THOSE COVERS NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS WAS AN UNEXPECTED COST. IT WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED BY THE THREE PREVIOUS AQUATIC PROFESSIONALS WE HAD AT THE CITY AND BECAUSE OF THAT WE ARE HERE TODAY TO ASK THAT BUDGET TRANSFER FROM THE SP 2136 PROJECT COST OVERRUNS FUND FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE ARPA FUND BE TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE WET ZONE PROJECT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SACRIFICE ANY OF THE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS TO OPEN THAT PARK ON THE 17TH OF MAY. THESE ARE JUST THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS, MOVING THE FUNDS, WHICH WE DO HAVE VALIDATED FROM FINANCE, OVER TO THE WET ZONE CAPITAL AND MAINTENANCE FUND. YOU WILL SEE THE REMAINING AMOUNT WOULD GO UP TO $160,982.61 BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS THAT HAVE NOT HIT THE BOOKS YET , SEATING,

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ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, BRITTANY. ONE QUICK QUESTION. MR. HALL'S ALSO PRESSES BUTTON BUT I WANT TO ASK THIS QUESTION FIRST. THAT IS, THE ARPA FUNDING, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS JUST A BUCKET. THERE ARE NO ARPA DOLLARS LEFT.

>> NO, IT'S JUST A BUCKET. >> CITY MANAGER DAVID HALL. >> YOU INTO PART OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO ADDRESS. THE SECOND PART IS, THIS IS ACTUALLY AN ACTION I HAD ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE SO IN CASE ANY OF YOU WERE WONDERING WHY THIS IS IN FRONT OF YOU WHEN YOU RECALL ACTUALLY GIVING ME THAT AUTHORITY, IT IS THE NATURE OF THIS PROJECT. IT IS VERY HIGH-PROFILE PROJECT AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, AS I WILL TELL YOU FROM TIME TO TIME, I MAY BE ABLE TO BUT I DON'T BECAUSE IT IS NOT SMART BUSINESS. WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT YOU HAVE THE

ABILITY TO APPROVE THIS ISSUE. >> COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON. >> THANKS, BRITTANY. WE'VE GOT

TO REPLACE ALL OF THEM, RIGHT? >> MOST OF THEM DO NEED TO BE REPLACED, AND THE MANUFACTURER IS RECOMMENDING WE REPLACE ALL OF THEM SO WE DON'T GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AGAIN.

>> WE HAVE TO DO THIS EVERY FIVE YEARS? >> YES, SIR.

>> I'M SURE YOU ARE ALREADY WAY AHEAD OF THIS THING. THAT'S GOING TO BE LIKE $50,000 EVERY

FIVE YEARS? >> YES. >> HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT INTO THE OPERATING BUDGET. IT IS KIND OF A BIG THING EVERY FIVE YEARS. IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE

HAD THEM STAGGERED BUT THAT IS >> COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM. THE MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER SHUPP TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED.

>> YES. I MOVE WE ACCEPT THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. >> I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER SHUPP AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER REAVES TO APPROVE THE ITEM. ANY COMMENT? LET'S CALL THE VOTE. THAT ITEM CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY 6-0, AS WELL. MEMBERS OF THE CITY

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

[2. EXECUTIVE SESSION ]

WAS SOMEONE LIKE TO SECOND? >> I SECOND THAT. >> ALL RIGHT, WAS THAT BOTH OF THEM? THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM FOR THE EVENING, ITEM 2A, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONVENE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.0712 RECEIV

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

>> ALL RIGHT, CITY COUNCIL HAS CONCLUDED EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 10:21 P.M. AND I WILL ENTERTAIN

A MOTION. >> I MOTION WE DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF TERMINATION TO GREGORY STRATEGY IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND ALSO TO DISSOLVE THE WATER

SUBCOMMITTEE. >> WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SHINDER, A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER BRITTON TO TERMINATE AN AGREEMENT WITH GREGORY STRATEGIES LLC AND TO DISSOLVE THE COUNSEL WATER SUBCOMMITTEE. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, AL

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