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>>> GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. TODAY IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2025. IT IS 7:02 P.M. THERE'S A QUORUMQUORUM PRESENT. DO OPEN WITH AN INVOCATION. I INVITE YOU TO STAND WITH ME.
>> LET'S PRAY. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. WHAT A IFUL DAY YOU HAVE GIVEN US, AND FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER TOGETHER TO ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING AND GUIDANCE FOR OUR CITY. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS, FOR ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, ALL OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS OUR CITY. WE ASK THAT AS THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTED, WATCH OVER OUR SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATION.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD KEEP THEM SAFE AND GIVE THEM A HEART TO LEARN AND TO GROW. LORD, TONIGHT, WE COMMIT THIS MEETING YOUR BLESSING OF GUIDANCE AND WISDOM BE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR CON CONGREGATION ON YOUR NEW WORSHIP PLACE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STARTS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, DIVISIBLE INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU. THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS
[4.A. Presentation of Rowlett Veterans Recognition Program certificate to United States Marine Corps. Major Bruce Thompson-Bowers.]
2A, EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE WILL MOVE ON TO 4, PRESENTATIONS. START WITH 4A, PRESENTATION OF ROWLETT VETERANS RECOGNITION PROGRAM.THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST SPECIAL PART OF ANY OF OUR MEETINGS. IT'S A CHANCE WHEN WE TAKE TO RECOGNIZE THE VETERANS FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS VETERAN IS EXTRA SPECIAL. BRUCE, I WANT TO SAY BEFORE WE GET STARTED, THAT I DID ASK ALISA AND SHE WANTED ME TO DO IT. SHE WORE MARINE CORPS COLORS.
RED AND YELLOW. THAT'S AWESOME.
A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON OUR VETERANS RECOGNITION PROGRAM. THE CITY STITUTED THIS PROGRAM TO SHOW APPRECIATION WHO HAVE DEDICATED TIME AND SERVICE TO OUR NATION.
ASSISTING WITH THE RECOGNITION IS THE VETERANS OUTREACH CENTER.
THE RECOGNITION PROGRAM ALSO HELPS TO BRING AWARENESS TO ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY. WHAT IS BEING DONE AND WHAT IS STILL NEEDED.
I AM HONORED TO CONTINUE RECOGNIZING VETERANS AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
THE 42ND VETERAN IS MAJOR BRUCE THOMPSON-BOWERS. HE SERVED IN THE MARINE CORPS.
I'M GOING TO INVITE CHRIS TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT MR. BOWERS AND DELIVER A BIO.
>> GOOD EVENING. TO START WITH, MY GRANDDAUGHTER WHO LIKES TO COME DOWN, SENDS HER APOLOGIES.
SHE LOVES DOING THESE THINGS. SHE COULDN'T BECAUSE SHE'S MOVING IN HER BROTHER. NOT SURE THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
THEY ARE ALL YOUNG AND ALLED ADVENTUROUS. SHE'S SAID TO EXTEND APOLOGIES SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TO DELIVER THIS MOMENT.
I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DELIVER IT.
OUR 42ND -- THIS TALLIES UP TO BE QUITE A FEW YEARS.
WE ARE BLESSED. WE ARE BLESSED WHEN IT COMES TO HELPING AND BEING A PART OF THOSE WHO GIVE MORE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS THE CASE HERE THIS EVENING.
BRUCE THOMPSON- BOWERS' LIVE HAS BEEN DEFINED BY
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SERVICE, ADVENTURE AND DEVOTION TO FAMILY AND COMMUNITY. BORN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, BRUCE JOINED THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN 1967, TWO WEEKS AFTER HIS 17TH BIRTHDAY.HE COMPLETED BOOT CAMP IN SAN DIEGO, AND IN 1968 DEPLOYED TO VIETNAM. HE SERVED AS A TRUCK DRIVER DURING HIS FIRST TOUR OF DUTY. AFTER RETURNING HOME, BRUCE SERVED IN THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE AT A RECRUITING DEPOT IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.
IT WAS THERE HE LEARNED HE COULD BECOME AN OFFICE WE ARE A TWO- YEAR DEGREE, A CHALLENGE HE TOOK ON WITH DETERMINATION. EARNING HIS ASSOCIATE DEGREE, HE RETURNED TO ACTIVE DUTY THROUGH THE OFFICERS CANDIDATE SCHOOL BECOMING WHAT THE CORPS PROUDLY CALLS A MUSTANG. A MARINE WHO BEGINS ENLISTED AND LATER EARNS A COMMISSION. I HAD JUST RECENTLY HEARD ABOUT THAT. DIDN'T KNOW THAT UNTIL RECENTLY. YOU ARE FIRST ONE WE RECOGNIZED I KNOW OF.
HE ROSE TO RETIRE AS MAJOR. HIS CAREER TOOK HIM ACROSS THE GLOBE. AFTER OCS, HIS OFFICER ASSIGNMENT WAS IN OKINAWA, JAPAN. FOLLOWED BY DEPLOYMENT TO SAIGON, DURING THE FINAL EVACUATION IN APRIL 1975.
BACK IN THE U.S. , HE SERVED PRIMARILY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING THE MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT IN SAN DIEGO AND CAMP PENDLETON. ALONG THE WAY, HIS WORK EVEN LED HIM TO SERVE AS A CONSULTANT FOR THE POPULAR 1980S TELEVISION SERIES "MAJOR DAD. " THIS IS OUR FIRST HOLLYWOOD VETERAN, I CAN TELL YOU. NEVER HD ONE BEFORE. I LOVE THESE FIRSTS.
FOR HIS SERVICE, HE RECEIVED THE NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL, NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDAL, SEA SERVICE DEPLOYMENT RIBBON, COMBAT ACTION RIBBON, LETTER OF PREEGSATION, NAVY UNIT ACCOMMODATION. NAVY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL AND HUMANITARIAN MEDAL. HE RECEIVED THE ARMED FORCES MEDAL, THE REPUBLIC OF VICE-PRESIDENT CROSS OF GALLANTRY AND THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CIVIL ACTION UNIT CITATION.
THAT'S A FEW THINGS. ALL RIGHT.
WHEN BRUCE RETIRED FROM THE CORPS, HE TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO THE SEA. PURCHASING A 35- FOOT SAIL BOAT, HE SAILED EXTENSIVELY ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST AND COMPETED IN THE PACIFIC CUP RACE TO HAWAII. THIS IS OUR FIRST SAILOR IN THIS INTERPRETATION. MADE VOYAGES ALONG THE COAST OF MEXICO AND CALIFORNIA. IN 2000, WHILE WORKING AT WEST MARINE IN SAN DIEGO, BRUCE MET ALISA, HIS BOSS.
>> OF COURSE, THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE.
THEY MARRIED IN 2002 AND SHARED THE ADVENTURE OF SAILING TOGETHER, INCLUDING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. IN 2012, THEY SETTLED IN ROWLETT, TO BE CLOSE TO HER AGING PARENTS.
BRUCE IS A PROUD FATHER TO HIS DAUGHTER LAURA AND GRANDFATHER TO HIS TWO BELOVED GRANDDAUGHTERS.
HIS LIFE IS A TESTAMENT TO COMMITMENT, COURAGE AND UNSHAKABLE SENSE OF PURPOSE.
VALUES THAT HAVE LEFT A LASTING MARK ON EVERYONE FORTUNATE TO KNOW HIM.
LET'S STAND UP AND PLEASE WELCOME OUR 42ND ROWLETT VET, MR. BRUCE THOMPSON-BOWERS, MAJOR.
THANK YOU, CHRIS. Y'ALL CAN BE SEATED.
THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO ASK A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE AMONG US TONIGHT, IF YOU HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES, WE ASK YOU STAND SO WE RECOGNIZE YOU AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. SORRY I NEGLECTED TO DO THAT AT THE BEGINNING. NEXT, I WANT TO PRESENT YOU, BRUCE, WITH A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND ON BEHALF OF ME.
IT READS THAT THE FREEDOM AND SECURITY THAT CITIZENS OF
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THE UNITED STATES ENJOY TODAY ARE RESULTS OF THE BLOODSHED AND VIGILANCE OVER THE HISTORY OF OUR GREAT NATION, DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION AND PAYING THE PRICE OF FREEDOM FOR US ALL. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN THE HORRORS OF WAR AND THE WORST IN SOCIETY, YET CONTINUE TO SERVE AND SHOW THE BEST OF WHAT HUMANITY CAN BE.THAT IS PRESENTED TO YOU WITH TODAY'S DATE. SO THANK YOU, SIR.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL GIFT FOR YOU AS WELL.
IF WE CAN GET LORI COATS TO COME ON DOWN.
I WILL AVOID THE OBVIOUS "PRICE IS RIGHT" REFERENCE.
>> THANK YOU. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING US.
THIS IS GREAT. ACTUALLY, THIS IS MICHELLE.
SHE'S VERY BUSY AS WELL. I MENTIONED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS ABOUT HOW IT'S BEEN HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO USE THE SPACE TO GET SOME OF OUR STITCHING DONE.
I AM A VOLUNTEER WITH THE QUILTS OF VALOR FOUNDATION, AN ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE QUILTS OF COMFORT AND HEALING TO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY WAR.
I THINK YOU FIT THAT CRITERIA, SIR. IT'S AN HONER OR TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE A QUILT OF VALOR TO YOU. THE ORGANIZATION WAS STARTED 22 YEARS AGO AND HAS DED 425,000 QUILTS OF VALOR.
DONE BY VOLUNTEERS. IT'S A NON- PROFIT ORGANIZATION. THERE MIGHT BE COMMUNITY SERVICE GROUPS. THERE MIGHT BE CHURCH GROUPS.
THERE MIGHT BE SENIOR OR YOUTH EDUCATION GROUPS THAT WORK ON QUILTS OF VALOR.
IT SPANS ALL DEMOGRAPHICS. THERE'S MEN WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH QUILTS OF VALOR AS WELL. THAT'S FUN TO KNOW THAT. I MENTIONED LAST MONTH -- THE MONTH BEFORE WHEN I WAS HERE THAT WE RECENTLY GOT A GROUP STARTED HERE ROWLETT THAT MEETS EVERY MONTH TO WORK ON QUILTS OF VALOR.
I HAVE BEEN REALLY -- IT'S REALLY FILLED ANY HEART TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
THIS EVENING, EXTRA FUN STORY ABOUT THE QUILT OF VALOR WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU.
THERE'S A WOMAN THAT HAS JOINED OUR GROUP IN ROWLETT.
I HAVE KNOWN HER FROM ANOTHER ORGANIZATION.
TWO OR THREE AWARDS BACK, HER HUSBAND, WHO IS A VIETNAM VETERAN, WAS RECOGNIZED.
SHE ACTUALLY MADE THE QUILT FOR HIM, WHICH WAS VERY COOL. THEN SINCE THEN, THIS LITTLE BUSYBODY, MISS WILLIE, SHE HAS PROVIDE FOUR MORE QUILTS. WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE HER HELPING WITH US.
I'M GOING TO NOW GET THIS OUT AND SHOW YOU ALL.
THEN I HAVE A CERTIFICATE TO READ.
ANYBODY OUT THERE WHO IS A QUILTER, YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS TO RECOGNIZE WHAT THIS PATTERN IS. I WON'T DING DONG, DING DONG.
THIS SAY NINE PATCH. IF YOU LOOK, YOU CAN SEE A SERIES OF NINE LITTLE BLOCKS THAT KIND OF MAKE A PATTERN. THERE YOU GO.
YOU CAN ADD THAT TO YOUR TRIVIA GAME THIS NEXT WEEKEND.
OKAY? WE HOPE THAT THIS QUILT OF VALOR PROVIDES YOU JUST THE TINIEST PERCENTAGE OF GRATITUDE THAT WE WISH TO SHARE TO YOU TO EXTEND TO YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. WE KNOW THAT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO HELP PROTECT OUR COUNTRY IS, FOR THOSE THAT HAVE NOT SERVED, MYSELF INCLUDED, WE CANNOT IMAGINE. CANNOT IMAGINE.
ESPECIALLY THE VIETNAM ERA. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I'M GOING TO -- WE'RE GOING TO WRAP YOU WITH IT.
I KNOW YOU MAY NOT NEED THE EXTRA LAYER.
>> WHO IS GOING TO DO THE BACK RUB?
>> STICK AROUND. I HAVE A CERTIFICATE AS WELL.
THERE'S A LABEL ATTACHED TO IT. IT'S GOT YOUR NAME, BRUCE THOMPSON- BOWERS, U.S. MARINE MAJOR, 9/2/25.
QUILTED BY LORI. ACTUALLY, A LADY LET ME USE HER QUILTING MACHINE TO DO THE QUILTING ON IT.
IT WAS A MULTI- FACETTED, LOTS OF VOLUNTEERS INVOLVED. THE CERTIFICATE READS, QUILTS OF VALOR, QUILTING TO HONOR AND COMFORT AWARDED TO BRUCE THOMPSON- BOWERS, IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE FOR THIS NATION.
IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE HONOR AND COMFORT UPON YOU THROUGH THE AWARD OF THIS QUILT OF VALOR.
WE MAY NEVER KNOW THE DEPTH OF YOUR SACRIFICE TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS A GESTURE OF GRATITUDE FROM A GRATEFUL NATION, WE AWARD YOU THIS QUILT OF VALOR.
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WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.>> THANK YOU, ALL YOU HAVE THAT ARE HERE TODAY.
IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE -- 50 YEARS AGO, WHEN I CAME BACK FROM VIETNAM IN 1969, THERE WEREN'T ANY PARADES. THERE WEREN'T ANY -- NOTHING.
I MEAN, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. THROUGH THE YEARS, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOURS , PEOPLE HAVE STARTED SAYING, HEY YOU KNOW SOMETHING, YOU ALL THESE BAD THINGS WEREN'T THE MARINES, WEREN'T THE ARMY.
IT WAS PRIMARILY STUDENTS IN PLACES LIKE BERKELEY.
SO FINALLY, PEOPLE -- I THINK IT'S COMPLETELY RECOGNIZED THAT THE MARINE CORPS VETERANS SERVED EQUALLY AS WELL, IF NOT BETTER THAN AT ANY TIME OF A CONFLICT. I HAVE ONE OTHER THING TO SAY , I'M MAD AT YOU. IF YOU GO INTO THE RESOURCE CENTER THERE, YOU WILL NOTICE THERE'S A SERIES OF BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS. IT'S AROUND THE CENTER THERE.
THERE MUST BE AT LEAST 50, 60 PHOTOGRAPHS.
I FRAMED THEM ALL. THEY WERE COMMON THINGS THAT MARINES DID IN VIETNAM THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE DID.
ONE OF THE PICTURES THOUGH DISTURBED SOMEBODY.
I DON'T KNOW WHO. IT WAS MORE OF NOT REALLY A BAD THING, BUT IT WAS CERTAINLY FUNNY.
THERE WAS A MARINE, HIS PICTURE WAS CAPTURED .
WE HAD A LITTLE RIVER BEHIND ONE OF OUR COMPOUNDS.
HE WAS TAKING A SHOWER OR A BATH. THERE'S NO WATER. SO HE HAD HIS FLAK JACKET ON.
HE HAD HIS HELMET ON. HE HAD HIS RIFLE. HE PUT HIS RIFLE IN THE LEFT HAND. HE TAKES HIS HELMET AND RINSES OFF HIS REAR END.
HIS REAR END WAS COMPLETELY RIGHT THERE, RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.
EVERY MARINE THAT HAS SEEN THAT PICTURE LAUGHS, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS.
THERE WAS A LOT OF LAUGHTER. THERE WAS A LOT OF CAMARADERIE.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT GOT US THROUGH, THE CAMARADERIE.
I'M FORTUNATE THAT THIS COMING NOVEMBER, ON THE MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY, THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS INVITED MY PLATOON BACK IN RECOGNITION OF WHAT WE DID IN SAIGON WHEN THE WAR WAS OVER.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY HERE. MAYOR, IT'S SO REWARDING TO HAVE SO MANY PATRIOTIC, CARING AMERICANS. THANK YOU.
>> LET'S GRAB A PHOTO REAL QUICK. Y'ALL COME UP, TOO.
>> IF YOU WANT TO COME UP REAL QUICK.
>> RIGHT OVER HERE. THREE, TWO, ONE.
>> ONE MORE PIECE OF NEWS THAT I AM COMPELLED TO DELIVER.
AS SOME HAVE KNOWN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH HABITAT
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FOR HUMANITYHAVE BEEN IN A PUSH TO BUILD OUR FIRST VETERAN'S HOUSE. I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE TODAY THAT WE HAVE CLEARED ALL OF THE HURDLES. CONCRETE IS ABOUT TO BE DROPPED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WE ARE EXPECTING THE NEXT PROBABLY 2 1/2, 3 MONTHS THAT WE WILL BE HAPPY AT THE VETERAN'S TIME LINE TO MAKE THE BIG -- WE ARE HAPPY IT HAS TAKEN US ALMOST THREE YEARS TO GET TO THIS POINT. THE WHEELS OF THIS THING MOVES VERY SLOWLY.WE ARE VERY HAPPY AND VERY EXCITED TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE WILL BE CHOOSING A VETERAN THAT WILL OCCUPY THAT HOUSE.
THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW THAT WE ARE THERE AND THIS IS GOING TO GO UP RIGHT HERE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, IT WILL START GOING UP. NEED TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT.
THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[4.B. Presentation of Proclamation recognizing the month of September 2025, as Library Sign-Up Month.]
>> THE NEXT ITEM IS B, RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 2025 AS LIBRARY SIGN- UP MONTH. MR. GIBBS ALONG WITH OUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR AND MEMBERS OF OUR LIBRARY BOARD.
>> THIS IS MY FIRST PROCLAMATION. IF I SPEED DATE THIS, Y'ALL LET ME KNOW. LIBRARY CARD SIGN- UP MONTH IS CELEBRATED EACH SEPTEMBER WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE ROLE IES PLAY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN.
IT'S A GREAT TIME TO REMIND PARENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR YOUNGSTERS ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT SCHOOL SUPPLY OF ALL, A LIBRARY CARD. BACKGROUND, IN 1987, THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION TEAMED WITH THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES TO START A CAMPAIGN TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF LIBRARY CARDS TO EDUCATION AND COMBAT ILL LITERACY. SINCE THEN, THOUSANDS OF LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS HAVE PARTICIPATED.
HERE WE GO. THE PROCLAMATION, LIBRARIES ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO EDUCATION, IMAGINATION AND OPPORTUNITY OFFERING EVERYTHING FROM EARLY LITERACY PROGRAMS TO DIGITAL TOOLS THAT SUPPORT LIFE- LONG LEARNING AND PERSONAL GROWTH AND LIBRARIES WELCOME ALL PEOPLE, SERVING AS INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE HUBS THAT CONNECT INDIVIDUALS.
LIBRARIES CURATE COLLECTIONS AND DESIGN PROGRAMS THAT REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF POPULATIONS THEY SERVE, ENSURING ACCESS TO INFORMATION, TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE FOR ALL.
LIE IES HELP INDIVIDUALS NAVIGATE CHALLENGES BY PROVIDED INFORMATION, DIGITAL ACCESS, JOB SEARCH SUPPORT AND CONNECTIONS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND LIBRARIES CONTRIBUTE TO THRIVING LOCAL ECONOMIES BY EQUIPPING JOB SEEKERS, ENTREPRENEURS, STUDENTS AND CREATORS WITH TOOLS AND TRAINING TO SUCCEED.
LIBRARIES' RESOURCES HELP HOUSEHOLD SAVE MONEY AND MAKE SUSTAINABLE CHOICES THROUGH THE POWER OF A SHARED PUBLIC GOOD.
A LIBRARY CARD OPENS DOORS TO ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES FROM BOOKS AND TECHNOLOGY TO LIFE-LONG LEARNING AND IMAGINATION. THEREFORE, BE RESOLVED THAT I, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR OF ROWLETT, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DO PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER AS LIBRARY CARD SIGN- UP MONTH IN ROWLETT AND ENCOURAGE ALL TO SIGN UP FOR A LIBRARY CARD AND EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES IT OFFERS. THANK YOU.
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>> THANKS. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TO THE LIBRARY, THERE'S NO BETTER TIME THAN TODAY. IT'S A GREAT PLACE
[4.C. Update from the City Council and Management: Financial Position, Major Projects, Operational Issues, Upcoming Dates of Interest and Items of Community Interest.]
WITH LOTS OF RESOURCES. COOL PLACE TO BE.NEXT, 4C, UPDATE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND MANAGEMENT.
MAKING THAT PRESENTATION TODAY IS MR.
LOVE TO SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THESE MEETINGS.
IT'S GREAT THAT Y'ALL ATTEND. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
FROM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, LIVE ON MAIN RETURNS THIS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH, FROM 7:00 P.M.
TO 9:30 P.M. IN DOWNTOWN ROWLETT, FEATURING THE WANDA KING ALL STAR REVIEW BAND.
CLOSING MAIN STREET AND TURNING IT INTO A FESTIVAL.
GRAB A BITE TO EAT FROM RESTAURANTS AND FOOD TRUCKS. SHOP FROM OUR BUSINESSES AND LOCAL VENDORS. JOIN US EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT IN SEPTEMBER. I WILL SAY, I HAVE BEEN GOING TO THESE. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN, CHECK THIS OUT. IT'S BECOMING QUITE A SCENE. IT'S REALLY SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WE HAVE THE LIGHTS GOING UP AND EVERYTHING.
THIS IS GOING TO GET BETTER AND BETTER.
PERSONAL COMMENT, GIVE IT A SHOT.
IT REALLY IS A LOT OF FUN. THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH IT. THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND CARTER HOSTING A BLOOD DRIVE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 12:00 P.M. AT THE ROWLETT COMMUNITY CENTER. THIS IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
ALL DONORS WILL RECEIVE A FREE T-SHIRT WHILE SUPPLYING LAST.
SIGN UP AT ROWLETT.COM. THE RESOURCE FAIR FROM 9:00 A.M.
TO 12 P.M. AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SENIORS CAN ENJOY FOOD, CONNECT WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, LEARN ABOUT SERVICES AND EVEN WIN PRIZES. BEST OF ALL, IT'S FREE. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL PLEASE CALL. THE PARKS BOARD WILL DEDICATE THE ARCHER HILL MEMORIAL FIELD ON SEPTEMBER 11 AT 5:30.
THE HILL FAMILY IS SCHEDULED TO UNVEIL THE SIGNAGE PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE 2025 FALL YOUTH BASEBALL SEASON.
FROM THE LIBRARY, AGAIN, SEPTEMBER IS LIBRARY CARD SIGN- UP MONTH. VISIT TO GET YOUR FAMILY MOST IMPORTANT SCHOOL SUPPLY, A LIBRARY CARD. IN SEPTEMBER, THE LIBRARY RESUMES THEIR REGULAR CHILDREN PROGRAMMING WITH SCORERY TIME ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AT 10:00 AND 11:00. PROGRAMS FROM 5 TO 8-YEAR-OLDS WEDNESDAY AT 4:00. FIRST LEGO LEAGUE FOR 9 THROUGH 13 ON THURSDAY AT 6:00.
VISIT ROWLETT.COM/LIBRARY FOR MORE DETAILS. FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, 15 NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE REGISTERED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL NIGHT OUT 2025.
AS A REMINDER, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT 2025 IS ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2025.
DO NOT LET YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD MISS OUT.
THE ROWLETT FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE PARTICIPATING AND VISITING NEIGHBORHOODS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, ANY SPECIAL REQUESTS OR TO REGISTER YOUR EVENT, GET IN TOUCH WITH OFFICER ERIC MITCHELL.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE FEATURED PET OF THE MEETING.
MEET TITO. I MIGHT CONVINCE COUNCILMEMBER GIBBS TO ADOPT THIS DOG.
THIS 1-YEAR- OLD SHEPHERD MIX IS A FUL PUP.
HE IS SMART, SWEET AND EAGER TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS, HUMAN AND CANINE. HE IS AVAILABLE FOR FOSTERING OR FOSTER TO ADOPT.
CONTACT ANIMAL SERVICES TO MEET TITO. COME BY THE SHELTER AT 4402 INDUSTRIAL STREET FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M.
NOTE, THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS AT CODE RED.
ALL KENNELS ARE FULL. ALL ADOPTIONS ARE $25 AND INCLUDE SPADE, NEUTER, MICROCHIP AND UP TO DATE VACCINATIONS.
A COUPLE MORE THINGS. HAVE YOU CONSIDERED FOSTERING OUR SHELTER DOGS FOR THE WEEKEND? DO YOU HAVE A FREE WENT? CONSIDER GIVING A SHELTER PET A SLEEPOVER. A COUPLE OF DAYS AWAY FROM THE SHELTER CAN HELP THEM RELAX, RECHARGE AND SHOW OFF THEIR TRUE PERSONALITY, WHICH HELPS THEM GET ADOPTED FASTER. IT'S A SHORT- TERM COMMITMENT, BIG IMPACT AND LOTS OF CUDDLES. GIVE THEM A BREAK AND RECEIVE LOVE IN RETURN. SIGN UP TO BE A WEEKEND FOSTER BY CONTACTING THE EMAIL ADDRESS ANIMAL SERVICES@ROWLETT.
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ADOPT-A-ON THIS EVENT SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 3:00 P.M. AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER. WHICH IS 4402 INDUSTRIAL STREET.BOB BARKER HAD IT RIGHT, DON'T FORGET TO SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR PETS. THANK YOU.
HAVE AN UPDATE FROM MR. HALL. >> THANK YOU.
I'M WEARING A RED TIE TODAY. IT IS MEANT TO MAKE ONE STATEMENT. IT'S IN RECOGNITION OF OUR FIRE CHIEF. TODAY I RECEIVED THE OFFICIAL NOTICE OF HIS RETIREMENT. HE IS NOT RETIRING TODAY.
IT WILL BE SEVERAL MONTHS. HE IS STAYING ON TO FACILITATE THE SEARCH AND THE EVENTUAL ONBOARDING OF HIS SUCCESSOR. IN RECEIVING THAT NOTICE TODAY, IT IS SWEET. HAPPY FOR TIM, SAD FOR US.
GRATEFUL TORE HIS SERVICE DURING MY TIME.
I CAN THINK ABOUT HE AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ON THIS TOPIC. TO REMIND HIM OF THE GREAT THINGS HE HAS DONE WITH HIS GLOBAL APPROACH TO THIS POSITION, WE WILL PURCHASE THREE ENGINES.
TIM HAS BEEN CHIEF A YEAR AND THREE MONTHS, FOUR MONTHS.
IN HIS TIME, WE WILL -- BY THE TIME HE LEAVE, PURCHASE THREE FIRE ENGINES, TWO MEDIC UNIT, FIRST BLOCKER TRUCK.
I AM SURE I'M MISSING OTHER THINGS.
IF IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE GONE FIRE DEPARTMENT SPENDING CRAZY, WE HAVEN'T.
IT HAS BEEN -- HE IS TAKING A VERY CREATIVE APPROACH TO HOW WE ARE FUNDING WHAT WE DO. THERE WERE THINGS SLATED THAT MAYBE WE DIDN'T NEED. HE HAS BEEN WILLING TO SACRIFICE FOR THE LARGER CITY GOOD IN PURCHASING.
I SAY THIS BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF EQUIPMENT TO GET IN A YEAR AND FOUR TO TWO TO SIX MONTHS.
NONE CAME AT THE SACRIFICE OF NIFRG ELSE.
HE SHOULD GET A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THAT.
HE SHOULD GET CREDIT FOR THE 27 PLUS YEARS HE HAS SERVED THIS COMMUNITY. IF YOU WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO READ HIS LETTER OF RETIREMENT, YOU READ A VERY HEARTFELT, HONEST AND VULNERABLE LETTER.
HE GREW UP IN THIS CITY. HE HAVE TO TAKE THE MOMENT AS I WANTED TO DO TODAY TO RECOGNIZE TIM, TO THANK TIM. HE BECAME OUR CHIEF DURING A TRANSITIONAL TIME THAT NONE OF US EXPECTED. I HAVE TO JUST TAKE -- I DON'T WEAR RED EVER. I WORE THIS BECAUSE I WANTED TIM TO KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATED HIM. MY GRATITUDE FOR HIS SERVICE, KNOWING WE WOULD GET THIS NOTICE TODAY. I HOPE THAT EVERYONE UP HERE RECOGNIZES TIM'S SERVICE. ANYONE WHO HAPPENS TO HEAR OR SEE THIS CAN APPRECIATE THE 27 YEARS HE SERVED THE CITY. I AM APPRECIATIVE OF THE ADDITIONAL THREE TO FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS HE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE, BECAUSE IT WILL JUST PAY SIGNIFICANT DIVIDENDS IN TERMS OF SMOOTHLY TRANSITION.
TIM, I WANTED TO TELL YOU THANK YOU, RECOGNIZE YOU, AND LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOU.
>> ANYBODY WHO KNOWS THE CHIEF KNOWS HE LOVES THE SPOTLIGHT.
I'M SURE HE APPRECIATED THAT RECOGNITION.
CHIEF, WE WILL MISS YOU. WE HAVE A FEW MONTHS LEFT WITH WHICH TO RECOGNIZE YOU. I THINK WE WILL TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER UPDATES TO
[5. Citizens’ Input]
SHARE? SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO 5, CITIZENS' INPUT.COMMENTS WILL BE TAKEN ON ANY TOPIC.
NO ACTION CAN BE TAKEN. I HAVE AT LEAST ONE REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM. I'M GOING TO CALL OUT -- I HAVE TWO. HAYES.
DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING? THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO REQUESTS TO SPEAK FORMS. ALICIA TURNER. STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
>> GOOD EVENING. I AM A CITIZEN OF ROWLETT AND A BUSINESSOWNER IN ROWLETT. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THIS TO YOU COUNCIL'S
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ATTENTION. I APPRECIATE THE CITY TRYING TO BRING IN NEW BUSINESS. I WOULD LIKE FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER SUPPORTING ITS LOCAL BUSINESSES INSTEAD OF OUTSOURCING TO OTHER COMMUNITIES.CASE IN POINT, THE CITY OUTSOURCED WITHOUT ALLOWING ROWLETT BUSINESSES TO BID.
I WOULD APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL PUTTING THIS ON THEIR AGENDA TO ADDRESS A FORMAL BIDDING PROCEDURE WITH PRIMARY EMPHASIS ON SUPPORTING ROWLETT SERVICES. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND TIME.
>> THANK YOU. OUR SECOND SPEAKER IS JUSTIN MARSDEN. I THINK YOU KNOW THE DRILL.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING OUR CITY AND PARKS. I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT PARKS. I WANT TO SHARE CONCERNS REGARDING THE MASTER PLAN.
THE BOARD IS MADE AWARE THERE'S A MASTER PLAN IN JULY AND SEVERAL CONCERNS WERE RAISED AT THAT MEETING.
THE FEELING WAS THAT THE PLAN LACKED KEY ELEMENTS NEEDED TO MAKE THE PARK A COMPLETE SUCCESSFUL PARK.
WHILE REPRESENTATIVES STATED THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS WERE A PARTPART OF TEAM, IT DIDN'T REFLECT A COHESIVE OR WELL- DESIGNED SPACE.
THE PROGRAMMING BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND PARK ALMOSTS ARE ALMOST NON-EXISTENT. WHAT'S MISSING ARE MOST BASIC NEEDS WHICH PROVIDE SHADE PAVILIONS, PLAYGROUNDS AND SMALLER COMMUNITY SERVING AMENITIES. THESE ARE THE AMENITIES NECESSARY FOR THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH THIS PARK WILL SERVE.
THE DESIGN RAISED MANY CONCERNS. THERE'S A TRAFFIC CIRCLE AND BRIDGE ACROSS A RETENTION PAND THAT MAY LOOK APPEALING ON PAPER BUT IS UNNECESSARY. IT WOULD EDGE COURAGE THE PARK TO BE USED AS A CUT-THROUGH. THE CENTRAL ACCESS DOES NOT PROVIDE A FUNCTIONALITY TO CONNECT THE PARK AND DOESN'T ALLOW FOR A CLEAR LINE OF SIGHT BECAUSE OF THE PLACEMENT OF TREES AND SIDEWALKS.
THE PUBLIC SPACE OUTSIDE CITY HALL FEELS NOT CONNECTED, IT WOULD ALLOW THE DOWNTOWN TO FUNCTION ACTION THE MAIN ATTRACTION.
THERE ARE CONCERNS REGARDING THE FUNDING.
THE PLAN IS ABOUT $2 MILLION OVER THE PROPOSED $4 MILLION BUDGET. IN JULY, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THE TREE FUND HAD $250,000 AVAILABLE TO OFFSET THE COSTS. THAT WAS HELPFUL.
IT WOULD BE BETTER IF THERE WAS MORE MONEY IN THAT TREE FUND AND NOT BEING SO LENIENT ON ANY SORT OF TREE MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS. THOSE FUNDS COULD BE REALLOCATED, FOR IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE PARK.
THAT WOULD HELP ENHANCE OUR PARK SYSTEM. IT REQUIRES THOUGHTFUL INTEGRATION OF LAYOUT, PROGRAM AND USER NEEDS. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT LEADERSHIP. IF THIS IS THE RESULT OF A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT'S INVOLVEMENT RATHER THAN JUST AN ARCHITECT, I WOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER THAT THE CITY BRING IN SOMEBODY NEW TO ENSURE THIS PARK AND MUNICIPAL CORE JUST EAST OF DOWNTOWN BECOMES FUNCTIONAL, CONNECTED AND COMMUNITY FOCUSED.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY OR ADD A POINT OF CONTEXT, THAT WILL COME -- THE PROJECT WILL COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR A FINAL STAMP OF APPROVAL. WE WOULD LOVE INPUT FROM THE PARKS BOARD OR ANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE THE CITY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK FOR THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU.
I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS SHARED BY THE PARKS BOARD HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE ARCHITECT AS WELL. PERFECT.
I DO NOT SEE ANY MORE REQUESTS FOR CITIZEN INPUT.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF COMMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THE MEETING.
[6. Consent Agenda]
ANY MORE? WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OR CITIZEN MAY REQUEST ITEM BEZ PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. WE HAVE HAD A REQUEST TO PULL 6B, TO CONSIDER APPOINTMENT TO THE GULF ADVISORY BOARD.WE WILL CONSIDER THAT SEPARATELY.
WHICH LEAVES ONE ITEM WHICH IS TO CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING THE MINUTES.
SINCE I READ THAT INTO THE RECORD, THAT'S 6A, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE. A MOTION FROM MR. REEVES.
>> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE. THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY BY A VOTE OF 6-0. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT
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SINCE I WAS REMINDED IN LOOKING AT THE VOTE TALLY THAT MR. BRITON WAS EXCUSED.[6.B. Consider appointments to the Golf Advisory Board.]
HE HAD AN EMERGENCY TONIGHT. HE IS NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US.NEXT WE WILL MOVE ON TO 6B, CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO THE GOLF ADVISORY BOARD. I BELIEVE MR. GIBBS HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS ONE OF THE APPOINTMENTS IS HIS RELATIVE.
WITH THAT, MR. GIBBS, DID YOU WANT TO STEP OUT OF THE ROOM FOR THIS ITEM? COUNCIL, EVERYTHING IN HERE WAS WITHIN THE PACKET.
IS THERE ANY QUESTION OR DISCUSSION ABOUT THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE GOLF ADVISORY BOARD? SEEING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> I MOVE WE ACCEPT THE NOMINATIONS AS READ.
>> SECOND BY MR. REEVES. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. SOMEONE WILL NEED TO PUSH THE ABSTAIN BUTTON FOR MR. GIBBS, PLEASE. THAT CARRIES BY A VOTE OF FIVE YES AND ONE ABSTENTION. MR. GIBBS.
THANK YOU, ASSISTANT CHIEF. NEXT WE MOVE ON TO
[7.A. Consider action to adopt a resolution amending the Master Fee Schedule for rate and fee changes to the following sections: Miscellaneous, Solid Waste, and Utilities.]
OUR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS FOR THE EVENING. 7A, CONSIDERATION ACTION TO ADOPT A MASTER FOR MISCELLANEOUS AND SOLID WAIST AND STE AND UTILITIES.>> GOOD EVENING. THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE FEES GENERATING REVENUE FOR THE RE REFUSE FUND.
THREE SECTIONS WITHIN THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE ARE PROPOSED TO BE ADJUSTED TONIGHT OF THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED, INCLUDES THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED IN TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION.
SOLID WASTE, CHANGES TO REFLECT THE REMEMBER MAGSS PRESENTED BY STAFF AND AGREED BY COUNCIL AT THE JULY 12 COUNCIL BUDGET STRATEGY SECTION. IT REFLECT PASSING THROUGH THE REPUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACT INCREASES OF 7% FOR THE ADJUSTED BULK SERVICES PLUS AN ANNUAL 5% CONTRACTUAL CPI INCREASE. THESE CHANGES IN FEES REPRESENT A 10% INCREASE TO RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS, EQUATING TO $2 PER MONTH FOR RESIDENTS WITH ONE POLLY CART AND 11% INCREASE TO COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS.
UTILITY SECTION, CHANGES TO WATER AND SEWER RATES REFLECT THE RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENTED BY CITY'S RATE CONSULTANT AND AGREED BY COUNCIL AT THE JULY 12 COUNCIL BUDGET STRATEGY SESSION AS WELL. THE RATE CHANGES REFLECT PASSING THROUGH CONTRACT INCLEESS FROM THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT FOR OUR WATER SUPPLY AND THE CITY OF GARLAND FOR OUR WASTE WATER TREATMENT. THESE CHANGES IN FEES REPRESENT AN 8% WATER RATE INCREASE AND 10% WASTE WATER INCREASE TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS.
USING THESE PROPOSED RATES, A RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER WOULD SEE ABOUT A 9% OR $11 INCREASE IN THEIR BILL.
ADDITIONAL, EACH YEAR THE BUDGET PROCESS, DEPARTMENTS REVIEW THEIR FEE SCHEDULES.
TO ENSURE THE FEES THAT THEY CHARGE ARE SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE COST OF THE SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE AND ALSO IF IT'S IN LINE WITH OUR SURROUNDING CITIES. THE MISCELLANEOUS SECTION OF THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE INCLUDES 56 EXISTING FEES THAT ARE ADMINISTEED BY VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT CITY.
WITHIN THE SECTION, THE LIBRARY IS PROPOSING TO CREATE A NEW $3 DAMAGE FEE TO BE ASSESSED WHEN REPAIR OF LIBRARY MATERIALS THAT ARE RETURNED NEED TO BE REPAIRED BUT A FULL REPLACEMENT IS NOT NECESSARY.
THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION.
IING I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> COUNCIL, QUESTIONS? SEEING NO QUESTIONS, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CONSIDER ACTION ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION. SEE A MOTION BY MR.
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SHOOP. >> I MOVE WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE. ANY DISCUSSION? I DO WANT TO ADD IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD THE CHANCE TO WATCH OUR BUDGET STRATEGY SESSION AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS SAYING, MY GOSH, WHY IS THERE A SO % INCREASE IN TRASH SERVICE AND 10% INCREASE OR 8% INCREASE IN WATER AND 9% IN SEWER? MANY OF THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES. IN MOST CASES, WHERE HE PASSING ALONG COSTS THAT ARE INCURRED BY THE CITY.
THE SERVICES THAT WE PASS ALONG TO YOU AS RESIDENTS.
WITH REPUBLIC, WE MADE A DIFFICULT BUT I THINK VERY IMPORTANT DECISION EARLIER THIS YEAR TO SWITCH TO A WEAKLY BULK PICKUP.
CLEARLY THE MONTHLY BULK WAS NOT WORKING.
ANYBODY WHO WAS DRIVING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS NOTICED THAT. WITH THAT CAME AN ADDITIONAL COST. I WANT TO APPLAUD OUR CITY MANAGER AND RICK, WHO IS OUR REPRESENT TICK FROM REPUBLIC, FOR WORKING HARD TO HAMMER OUT A SOLUTION.
IT WAS A MAJOR PROBLEM THAT WE WERE FACING.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT MEANT THAT WE HAD INCREASED COSTS AS A RESULT.
ALONG WITH OUR ANNUAL RE- UP OF THE CONTRACT WITH THEM, A 5% RATE INCREASE, THAT RESULTS IN THE BIG INCREASE THAT YOU SAW ON THE SCREEN OF 10%.
WATER AND SEWER IN THE SAME WAY HAVE SHOWN INCREASES. BETWEEN THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF GARLAND, HAVING THE COST INCREASES WITH THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE ORGANIZATIONS IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO PUT OUR RESIDENTS IN THAT POSITION. BUT WE HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE. OUR CITY HAS CHOSEN TO MITIGATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THE COST INCREASES ASSOCIATED WITH WATER AND SEWER. WE HAVE USED OUR FUND BALANCE.
WE ARE TO THE POINT WHERE THAT'S NO LONGER SUSTAINABLE. THAT HAS TO BE PASSED ALONG TO RESIDENTS. IT'S NOT A DECISION WE TAKE PLEASURE TO RAISE RATES. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S A COMPONENT OF WHAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AS FAR AS PAYING FOR THE COST OF SERVICES.
THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, COUNCIL? LET'S CALL THE VOTE.
[7.B. Conduct a public hearing on a request by Roberto Nuñes, on behalf of property owner 1800 Dalrock LLC, regarding a Special Use Permit to allow for a smoke shop on a property classified as Planned Development with a General Commercial/Retail (C-2) base zoning. The subject property is situated at 1800 Dalrock Road, Suite #400, in the City of Rowlett, Rockwall County, Texas.]
THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY BY THOSE PRESENT.NEXT 7B, A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST ON BEHALF OF PRORT OWN 108 DELL ROCK LLC REGARDIN A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR A VAPOR SCORE ON A PROPERTY WITH PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WITH A RETAIL C2 BASE ZONING. IT'S AT 1800 DALROCK ROAD.
MAKING THIS PRESENTATION IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
>> THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
WE WILL PULL THE PRESENTATION. YOU MAY RECALL THAT THIS WAS A CASE THAT COUNCIL ASKED TO POSTPONE UNTIL SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
I BELIEVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SENT THAT INFORMATION IN.
WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH AS A REMINDER THE FACTS OF THE CASE. THIS WILL BE FAIRLY BRIEF. BY WAY OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO ESTABLISH A CONVENIENCE AND VAPOR STORE IN AN ESTABLISHED RETAIL STRIP CENTER ALONG DALROCK, 1800, SUITE 400.
THE PROPERTY IS ZONED C2 FOR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
ON AUGUST 16, 2022, COUNCIL APPROVED ORDINANCE 027- 22, WHICH REQUIRED ANY SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR ANY BUSINESS SELLING ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES, VAPORS OR CBD-RELATED PRODUCT. MOVING ON IN THE PRESENTATION, AS A PART OF OUR ANALYSIS, WE IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY 12 VAP AND CBD STORES OPERATING CURRENTLY IN ROWLETT. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A SITE THAT'S LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES FROM THE CLOSEST LOCATION.
WE INDICATE THE LOCATIONS CITYWIDE IN THE MAPS TO THE LEFT. THE PROPOSED BUSINESS WILL OCCUPY APPROXIMATELY 1,000 SQUARE FEET.
THERE'S A TWO- PART PERCENTAGE BREAKDOWN.
THIS WAS INITIALLY SUBMITTED, THE BREAKDOWN BEFORE YOU, WAS SUBMITTED AT THE TIME THAT THIS CASE WENT TO PNZ. THE BREAKDOWN INCLUDED 25% CIGARETTES, TOBACCO 10%. CBD 45% AND NOVELTY ITEMS AND
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MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS. HOURS WERE FROM 9:00 TO 10:00 P.M. AS WAS MENTIONED THIS WASWAS AT PLANNING AND ZONING ON MARCH 25.THE COMMISSION VOTED ON A VOTE OF 4 HER 2 TO RECOMMEND DENIAL.
FOLLOWING THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED UPDATED INFORMATION PROPOSING REVISED PRODUCT SALES BREAKDOWN. THIS WAS THE LATEST BREAKDOWN STAFF RECEIVED SHARING WITH COUNCIL AT THIS TIME.
THE VAPE ITEMS WILL REPRESENT 65% OF THE TOTAL SALES.
CBD OILS AND CBD VAPES 20%. AN GENERAL CONVENIENT STORE ITEMS WILL ROUND OUT THE REMAINING 15%.
PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT AS OUTLINED IN THE ROWLETT DEVELOPMENT CODE AND THE FORM- BASED CODE IS TO LOOK AT CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND REGULATIONS.
ALLOW FOR RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT WITH 16 SHOPPING CENTER ON DALROCK ALIGNING WITH THE INTEND, WITH THE PURPOSE AND INTENT, INTENDED FOR RETAIL SALE USE, UNDERLINING ZONING DISTRICT PURPOSE, ADDRESSING CHANGING CONDITIONS OR PROPOSED FOR SUP.
OBVIOUSLY, THE HEALTH, SAFETY, MORAL AND AGAIN WELFARE CITY ORDINANCE MENTIONED 0, 27 HFR 22. ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION AND ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACT FROM STORES SELLING CBD PRODUCTS.
ROUNDING OUT THE APPROVAL CRITERIA, SUFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION UTILITY SERVICES IMPACT TO NEARBY PROPERTY AS IT RELATES TO RETAIL USE AND SUITABILITY FOR ZONING AND PROPOSED USE.
THE PROPOSED USE ALIGNS WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN USE DESIGNATION AND PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE UNDERLINING ZONING OF C2 RETAIL COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE.
AS IT RELATES TO NOTIFICATION. INITIAL NOTIFICATION WENT OUT MARCH 13, 2025.
WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS. FIVE NOTICES SENT OUT.
IN RESPONSE TO THE PROPOSED USE. AT THAT TIME, STAFF RECEIVED NONE IN OPPOSITION OR IN FAVOR. 11 RESPONSESRESPONSES -- 11 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT.
AGAIN, NONE IN OPPOSITION OR IN FAVOR WERE RECEIVED BY STAFF.
THERE WAS ADDITIONAL PUBLIC INPUT FROM SOME ONLINE SUBMITTALS. STAFF DID RECEIVE 17 IN OPPOSITION OF THE PROPOSED USE. THEREFORE, STAFF COMES BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ASKING TO EI APPROVE, APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS OR DENY THE ORDINANCE 027- 22, WHICH WAS ADOPTED TO ENSURE THAT NEW BUSINESSES SEEKING TO SELL VAPE AND CBD BE IN WELL- SUITED AREAS.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS RELATED TO OPERATIONS.
>> THANK YOU. DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE A PRESENTATION?
>> THE APPLICANT DOES NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION.
>> IF YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION, WE WOULD WELCOME IT.
>> I'M ROBERTO NUNES. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE CLIENT FOR 1800 DALROCK.
OUR APPLICATION HAS NOT CHANGED. THE ONLY THING WE DID CHANGE WAS WAS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
IT WAS A MISTAKE. I TOLD YOU LAST TIME I WAS HERE IT WAS A MISTAKE ON OUR COMPANY THAT WE GAVE THEM THE WRONG INFORMATION THROUGH THE PLANNER AS FAR AS THE PERCENTAGES. THE CLIENT DID COME TO US AND LET US KNOW, LOOK AT MY STORE IN PLANO. WE CAME TO NEW JULY. WE CHANGED OUR PERCENTAGES. THIS IS NOT A SMOKE SHOP.
THIS IS A VAPE SHOP. ALL THE ITEMS SOLD, VAPE-RELATED ITEMS. THERE'S DIFFERENT BRANDS.
THERE'S DIFFERENT STYLES. THERE'S OILS.
THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT E-CIGARETTE STYLE ITEMS.
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PRIMARILY, THAT'S WHAT THE BUSINESS IS.IF YOU GUYS JUST -- LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, I TOLD YOU HIS EXPERIENCE IN THE STORE AND HOW HE RUNS THE STORE OVER THERE. HIS LANDLORD IS VERY HAPPY WITH HIM. IF YOU LOOK AT HIS STORE, IT'S RUN REALLY WELL. HE HAS CAMERAS EVERYWHERE.
HE HAS MULTIPLE PEOPLE RUNNING THE BUSINESS.
THERE ARE NO ISSUES WITH CRIMINALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT HE HAS MULTIPLE PEOPLE RUNNING THE BUSINESS, HE IS ABLE TO CONTROL SOME OF THE PEOPLE. WHAT HAPPENS IN A LOT OF THESE VAPE SHOPS -- SMOKE SHOPS ARE FARTHER THAN VAPE SHOPS.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE HANGING AROUND. BECAUSE YOU HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE WORKING, HAVE ONE PERSON OR TWO PEOPLE FOCUSING ON THE BUSINESS ASPECT AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER PERSON THAT'S BASICALLY STOCKING, CREATING ORDER AROUND THE STORE. THEN OUTSIDE OF THE STORE AS WELL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE DOES DO AS WELL IS HE HAS A LOT OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HANGING AROUND.
HE HAS A GOOD COMMUNICATION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IF YOU LOOK AT -- HE IS HERE AS WELL. HE CAN SHOW YOU HOW CLEAN HIS STORE IS AND HOW WELL TAKEN CARE OF IT IS.
HASN'T HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. HADN'T HAD ANY ISSUE WITH THE TENANTS OR LEASING AGENTS. THAT'S ONE THING I WOULD LINE -- HIS EXPERIENCE WITH TYPE OF BUSINESS IS THE SAME. HE IS NOT SELLING ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT HE SELLS IN PLANO.
THAT'S IT. ALSO THE ADVERSE AFFECT.
HE SIGNED A LEASE WITH THIS STORE.
I BELIEVE IT'S A YEAR LEASE. YOU GUYS CAN ASK HIM SOME QUESTIONS IF YOU LIKE. HE IS HERE AS WELL.
YOU CAN -- I KNOW THE LANDLORD WAS HERE LAST TIME.
HE TALKED TO YOU AS WELL ABOUT THE BUSINESS ASPECT AND HOW HAPPY HE IS WITH THE INCOME AND BUSINESS TO HIS SHOPPING CENTER. THAT IS OUR PLEA IS THAT WE HAVE A GOOD BUSINESS MODEL.
WE RAN IT WELL IN NO. WE BELIEVE WE CAN DO THE SAME HERE.
>> COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE APPLICANT FOR THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I WILL -- IT'S 7:59 P.M. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AT THIS TIME, ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, IF YOU CAN BRING A REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM. I HAVE ONE REQUEST TO SPEAK FROM TIFFANY GILMORE. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS, YOU CAN GRAB A REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM FROM THE BACK LEFT CORNER OF THE ROOM.
>> GOOD EVENING. I'M TIFFANY GILMORE.
IN THE BAYSIDE AREA, A LITTLE OVER FOUR YEARS AGO, I BROUGHT MY DREAM HOME, MY FIRST HOME HERE IN ROWLETT. I'M INVESTED IN THE SAFETY, THE CHARACTER AND THE OVERALL WELL-BEING OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY STRONG OPPOSITION OF THE PROPOSED VAPE SHOP AT 1800 DALROCK. OUR COMMUNITY IS SATURATED WITH VAPE SHOPS. I SEE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON FAMILIES, SPECIFICALLY CHILDREN. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES REPORTED 95% OF TOBACCO USERS STARTED WITH E-CIGARETTES. THE OWNER JUST SAID 65% OF THE ITEMS SOLD WILL BE VAPES. PEOPLE HANG AROUND. WHICH IS A CONCERN FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS PUT IN BY SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS.
WE DO NOT WANT THIS. I KNOW THE PROPERTY MANAGER HAS PRESENTED THAT SOME OF THE NEARBY APARTMENT RESIDENTS MIGHT BE INTERESTED.
THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE HOMEOWNERS IN THE LONG TIME, THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY.
IT CONFLICTS WITH THE ZONING INTENTIONS. IT DOESN'T REFLECT THE FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT.
MANY OF THE RESIDENTS SUBMITTED COMMENTS.
THE VISION OF THE COMMUNITY WAS A VIBRANT MIXED USE WATERFRONT COMMUNITY WITH PARKS, HOUSING, RETAIL SPACES. A VAPE SHOP DOESN'T ALIGN WITH THAT. NOR DOES IT ALIGN WITH THE GOAL TO PROTECT NEIGHBORHOOD FROM BUSINESSES THAT NEGATIVELY IMPACT SAFETY AND COMMUNITY CHARACTER.
APPROVING THIS SPECIAL PERMIT SETS A PRECEDENT TO BUSINESSES ALLOWING THEM TO MOVE INTO AREAS THAT THE CITY CAREFULLY PLANNED FOR MORE RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT.
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IN ADDITION, I KNOW ROWLETT AND GARLAND ISD HAS TAKEN STEPS TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE VAPING CRISIS AMONG CHILDREN.I JUST RESPECTFULLY URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THIS.
WE HAVE ENOUGH VAPE SHOPS FOR THOSE INTERESTED.
JUST CONSIDER THE LONG- TERM HEALTH AND RECEIVETY ISSUES OF OUR COMMUNITY. JUST DENY THE PROPOSED VAPE SHOP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION.
>> THANK YOU, MISS GILMORE. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER MEMBERS WHO SPEAK TO
[7.C. Consider action to adopt an ordinance regarding a request by Roberto Nuñes, on behalf of property owner 1800 Dalrock LLC, regarding a Special Use Permit to allow for a smoke shop on a property classified as Planned Development with a General Commercial/Retail (C-2) base zoning. The subject property is situated at 1800 Dalrock Road, Suite #400, in the City of Rowlett, Rockwall County, Texas.]
SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE ACTION ITEM, 7C, THE CONSIDER ACTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE.I WILL ENTERTAIN AND MOTION, UNLESS THERE'S QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE APPLICANT.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. A SECOND BY MR. BAUERS.
>> A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION?
POSITIVE MOTION, CORRECT? >> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER REEVES ASKED THAT THIS ITEM BE TABLED EARLIER FOR EXAMINATION, PARTICULARLY CONCERNING CRIME DIRECTLY RELATED TO VAPE AND SMOKE SHOPS.
HE DID CONTACT CHIEF DENNING. DENNING RESPONDED BACK, WITHOUT GOING INTO GREAT DETAIL, PRETTY MUCH SAYING THERE'S A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN AN INCREASE IN CRIME AND VAPE SHOPS. ALSO THERE'S AN INCREASE IN CRIMES WITH JUVENILES IN WHICH VAPE PURCHASED PRODUCTS ARE PART OF THE SITUATION, IF YOU WILL. I WOULD TAKE MY CUE FROM CHIEF DENNING WHO RESPONSIBLY HAS IDENTIFIED THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR CITY AND HAS A DIRECT AFFECT ON CRIME. FOR THAT REASON, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS ITEM.
>> I THINK EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT, THE RESEARCH THAT CHIEF DENNING DID SUPPORTS THE COUNCIL'S PRIOR RESOLUTION TO REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT WITH STORES OF THIS NATURE. I WILL READ THE RECITAL FROM THAT RESOLUTION. THAT'S IMPORTANT AND REALLY SUPPORTING THE POINT YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE, HAD IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL FINDS AND DETERMINES THE PROLIFERATION OF STORES AND SHOPS THAT SELL ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES AND VAPOR PRODUCTS TO MINORS AND INCLUDING CBD OIL AND RELATED PRODUCTS HAS AN AFFECT ON BUSINESSES, DECREASES PROPERTY VALUES. THAT'S FROM THE RECITAL OF THE ORDINANCE IN 2022 WHERE WE REQUEST A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR ANY ADDITIONAL VAPE SHOPS OR OTHER SHOPS THAT FALL UNDER THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE.
WITH THAT SAID, AND WITH THAT RESEARCH IN MIND AS WELL, I ALSO CANNOT BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ITEM.
IN ADDITION BECAUSE OF THE -- WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT MIXED USE IS AND THE SPACE AND THE IDEALS I HAVE FOR BAYSIDE AND SAPPHIRE BAY AND WHAT I WANT THAT AREA TO BE, IT'S NOT CONGRUENT WITH THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK THAT HAVING AN SUP REQUIREMENT IN PLACE MAKES SENSE TO CHECK THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT GO IN THESE PARTICULAR AREAS.
THAT'S MY COMMENT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WITH THAT, WE WILL CALL THE VOTE, PLEASE.
THAT ITEM IS -- THAT MOTION VEIL -- FAILS BY FIVE NOS AND ONE YES.
APPARENTLY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A UNANIMOUS DENIAL.
WE HIT THE WRONG BUTTON. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS,
[7.D. Conduct a public hearing regarding amending the Comprehensive Plan, Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, and Zoning Map of the City of Rowlett for an approximately 16.607 acre tract situated in the Henry H. Hall Survey, Abstract No. 663 in the City of Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas, being generally located north of Carroll Lane and east of President George Bush Highway from Single-Family Residential - 9/18 (SF-9) to Planned Development District with a base zoning of Single-Family Residential - 9/18 (PD - SF-9) ; approving development regulations; approving a concept site plan for 53 single-family residential lots; approving a landscape plan; approving a building elevation plan; and approving a tree preservation/planting plan.]
THAT WAS A 5 NO AND 1 YES VOTE. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO 7D. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARD AMENDING THE PLAN, ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT FOR AN APPROXIMATELY 16. 607 ACRE TRACT IN THE HENRY H. HALL SURVEY, NUMBER 663 IN ROWLETT, DALLAS, COUNTY, TEXAS, NORTH OF CARROLL[01:05:03]
LANE TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WITH SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, APPROVING DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, APPROVING CONCEPT SITE PLAN FOR 56 SINGLE- FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS, APPROVING A BUILDING ELEVATION AND TREE PRESERVATION PLAN. MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.>> THIS PROJECT BEFORE YOU IS LOCATED 6106 LIBERTY GROVE ROAD.
IT'S A REQUEST TO CHANGE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS WELL AS ZONING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 56 SINGLE-FAMILY LOTS.
THE AREA IS GENERALLY BOUNDED BY NORTH OF CARROLL LANE AND EAST OF BUSH HIGHWAY. IT'S ZONED SF9.
THE FEATURE LAND USE OR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION IS A STATE RESIDENTIAL.
THERE'S A REQUEST TO CHANGE BOTH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE ZONING.
I WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE SLIDES RELATED TO THE LAND USE. START WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE -- THE ZONING CHANGE. CURRENT ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SF9 AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE RED TO THE LEFT.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT WITH THE UNDERLINING ZONING DISTRICT OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. I WILL NOTE JUST FOR THE ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES TO THE NORTH OF THIS IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. TO THE SOUTH OF THIS IS CURRENTLY LAND THAT'S ZONED SF9. AS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE COMPLEN RECEIVE PLAN IDENTIFIED THIS IDENTIFY AREA AS LOTS OF 20,000 SQUARE FEET.
OVER 20,000 SQUARE FEET. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REDUCE THE LAND USE FROM OVER 20,000 SQUARE FEET TO LAND USE DESIGNATION BETWEEN 7,000 AND 20,000 SQUARE FEET. AGAIN, JUST TO THE NORTH OF IT ARE PROPOSED -- ARE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL UNITS THAT HAVE THIS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USE DESIGNATION. TO THE SOUTH OF IT ARE EXISTING PROPERTY THAT HAVE DESIGNATION OF ESTATE RESIDENTIAL.
THE ILLUSTRATION BEFORE YOU IS THE CONCEPT PLAN, INCLUDING 53 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND 3 OPEN LOTS. THESE WILL BE INDIVIDUALLY PLATTED.
CURRENTY, IT MEETS REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ZONING DISTRICT OF SF9. THE PROPOSED ACCESS IS OFF THE GEORGE BUSH HIGHWAY ACCESS ROAD.
THE PRIVATE LOTS WILL BE MAINTAINED BY AN HOA.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AS PART OF THE CONCEPT YOU'LL SITE LANDSCAPE PLAN TWO TREES IN FRONT OF EACH LOT.
THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE IS PROPOSED TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF 5,000 SQUARE FEET, 2,500 SQUARE FEET ON EACH SIDE AND TWO CANOPY TREES PER 500 SQUARE FEET. THE MINIMUM FOR PRIMARY ENTRY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE IS 7,200 SQUARE FEET FOR THE SHRUB. THERE'S ALSO SOME PRIVATE COMMENT OPEN SPACE DEVELOPMENT OVER 2 5 LOTS, MINIMUM OF 30% SHALL PROVIDE FOCAL POINTS IN THE FORM OF TRAILS, PLAY EQUIPMENT, GAZEBOS AND SIMILAR FEATURES.
THIS ELEVATION SHOWS THE VARIOUS TYPES OF HOUSING PRODUCTS THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING.
THESE ARE ALL FRONT ENTRY GARAGES.
AS IT RELATES TO THE RECALL ET DEVELOPMENT CODE, THIS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT REQUIRES EITHER AN L OR REQUIRES HOOK DRIVE ENTRANCES WHERE PERMITTED.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTED FRONT ENTRY GARAGES.
THE REFERENCE SECTION IS 77- 603D1, REQUIRES ALLEY FOR REAR ACCESS GARAGES. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THAT THERE BE NO ALLEYS AND WILL INSTEAD PROVIDE FRONT ACCESS. THE STREET RIGHT-OF- WAY WIDTHS, ROWLETT DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIRES MINOR STREETS TO BE A MINIMUM OF 0 FEET IN
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WIDTH, MINOR STREET WECHTED TO A SECOND DAIRY THOROUGH DL FARE.THE STREETS HAVE A RIGHT-OF- WAY WIDTH OF 60 FEET AND A PAVEMENT WIDTH OF 31 BACK TO BACK FOR MOST OF THE INTERNAL STREETS EXPANDING FROM BUSH HIGHWAY APPROXIMATELY 1,100 FEET. TRANSITIONING TO 50 FEET RIGHT-OF-WAY WITH A PAYMENT WITH A 31 FEAT BACK TO BACK FOR THE REMAINING EASTERN SECTION -- STREET SECTION OF APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET GIVE OR TAKE.
SOME ADDITIONAL DEVIATIONS TO THE ROWLETT DEVELOPMENT CODE INCLUDE BLOCKS. SECTION 77-603E 77-603D34.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A MAXIMUM BLOCK LENGTH SHALL BE NO GREATER THAN 2,100 FEET.
WE MENTIONED THE PRIMARY ENTRYWAY.
THE MINIMUM ACTUALLY IS 9,600 SQUARE FEET.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 5,000, WITH 2,500 ON EACH SIDE.
AS IT RELATES TO THE TREE MITIGATION, REFERENCE IN CODE 77- 504H, A MINIMUM OF 31,000 SQUARE FEET SHALL BE DEDZ IGE NATURED AS A TREE PRESERVATION AREA IN THE LOCATION DEPICTED ON EXHIBIT H.
IF YOU RECALL FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE -- I WILL GET TO ANOTHER SLIDE -- THAT'S THE AREA THAT'S ALMOST AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SUBDIVISION COMING IN FROM THE ACCESS ROAD FROM BUSH.
100% OF THE PROTECTED TREE IDENTIFIED ON EXHIBIT H WITHIN THE TREE PRESERVATION AREA SHALL BE PRESERVED. THE DEVELOPER IN ADDITION WILL PLANT A MINIMUM OF 66 TREES, WHICH IS REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 77-504D8. A ONE - TIME PAYMENT OF $250,000 FOR TREE MITIGATION. THOSE WERE ALL OF THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND DEVIATIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE PUBLIC NOTICES SENT OUT.
JUNE JUNE 13TH THEY WERE SENT OUT.
STAFF RECEIVED SEVEN IN OPPOSITION, NONE IN FAVOR.
WITHIN 500 FEET, 152 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT.
A FIVE IN OPPOSITION, ONE IN FAVOR. WE THEN RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL LETTER OF OPPOSITION OUTSIDE THE NOTIFICATION BUFFER. THEN FINALLY, A PETITION FROM 42 RESIDENTS APPROXIMATELY 42 WAS SENT TO STAFF IN OPPOSITION OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
THIS PARTICULAR CASE WAS HEARD AT PLANNING AND ZONING AT THE JUNE 24TH MEETING. ON A VOTE OF 3- 2, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST WITH THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE THREE TREES ON EACH LOT AND 20 ADDITIONAL TREES IN THE ENTRANCEWAY.
THE ITEM FOR CITY COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION IS TO CONSIDER APPROVING, APPROVING WITH CONDITIONS OR DENY THE REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT. THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT AND THE APPLICANT HAS A PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL, QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ONE QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A PETITION SUBMITTED.
I BELIEVE IT IS STATE LAW THAT IF A CERTAIN LAND MASS OF PROPERTY OWNERS SUBMITS APETITION OPPOSING A REZONING, IT REQUIRES A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE BY THE GOVERNING BODY. DID THAT PETITION RISE TO THAT LEVEL? WAS IT NOT ENOUGH?
>> A COUPLE OF THINGS. THAT'S GREAT QUESTION, MR. MAYOR. A COUPLE OF THINGS HAVE OCCURRED. THERE WAS A NEW LAW IMPLEMENTED I BELIEVE ON SEPTEMBER 1ST.
I WILL HAVE TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AS IT RELATES TO THE THRESHOLD. I THINK THE NUMBER HAS CHANGED.
>> THE THRESHOLD IS NOW FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, IF I CAN GET THE DEVELOPER TO CONFIRM, THAT IT WILL BE MORE DENSE THAN IT WOULD BE IF THE PD IS NOT GRANTED, IS THAT CORRECT? THEN THE PERCENTAGE WOULD BE 60%.
IT WOULD HAVE -- WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE WRITTEN PROTEST FROM 60% OF THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY IN THE AREA WITHIN 200 FOOT RADIUS
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TO TRIGGER A SUPER MAJORITY.>> TO BE CLEAR, PRIOR TO THIS LAW PASSING,
IT IS STILL 20% IF IT DOESN'T MAKE IT MORE DENSE BY ADOPTING IT.
>> SOUNDS LIKE THE MOTIVATION IS TO MAKE OUR URBAN AREAS --
>> WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR FOR OUR AUDIENCE OUT THERE.
THAT'S THE MOTIVATION OF THE STATE OF TEXT, TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES MORE DENSE.
WITH THAT SAID, COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
>> SO I THOUGHT PLANNING AND ZONING RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITHOUT CONDITIONS.
BUT THEN IN YOUR PRESENTATION, IT LOOKED LIKE IT SAID THEY DID HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS.
I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THE ONLY CONDITIONS THAT PLANNING AND ZONING MADE WAS THE ADDITION OF TREES.
>> I BELIEVE IT WAS TO ADD ONE EXTRA TREE, THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO HAVE TWO PER LOT.
THE REQUEST WAS TO ADD ONE ADDITIONAL TREE.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? APPLICANT HAS A PRESENTATION?
>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JOHN ARNOLD.
APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME BACK. IT'S BEEN AN ADVENTURE OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS TO TWO YEARS TO GET BACK TO Y'ALL WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FROM PNZ. IT'S CORRECT, THEY ASKED FOR AN ADDITIONAL TREE ON EACH LOT. THEN IN THE FRONTAGE ALONG BUSH, WE HAVE PLANNING BEDS AND OPEN SPACE RIGHT BEHIND THAT.
WE GOT INTO A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING TO BE IN THE OPEN SPACE BEHIND THAT. WE DISCUSSED ED ADDING MORE TREES FOR A BUFFER BETWEEN THE HOMES AND GEORGE BUSH.
WE DECIDED TO ADD A MINIMUM OF 20 TREES THERE.
A TOTAL OF A MINIMUM OF 20. WE WILL HAVE OUR LANDSCAPER LOOK AT HOW THEY FIT IN THERE. WE HAVE BEEN IN THE SITUATION WHERE WE WERE REQUIRED TO ADD MORE TREES FOR THE ORDINANCE AND STACKED TREES UP THERE AND IT DIDN'T LOOK NICE.
WE WILL BRING THAT BACK LATER ON.
THOSE WERE THE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS AT THAT TIME. LIKE I SAID, I'M -- TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR PROJECT, OUR COMPANY BACKGROUND.
OUR HISTORY IN ROWLETT. HAVE I BEEN HERE BEFORE.
MOST OF YOU KNOW ME. WE HAVE SOME NEW FACES.
A QUICK HISTORY OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN ROWLETT.
GO THROUGH ADDITIONAL REPRESENTED PRODUCT.
WE WILL GET ON THE PROPERTY LOCATION, ZONING, THE PROJECT HISTORY, DIVE INTO THAT A LITTLE DEEPER. THE VARIANCES WE ARE REQUESTING.
WE ARE LOCAL, PRIVATELY OWNED DEVELOPMENT FIRM WITH OVER 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
DONE OVER 140 PROJECTS IN 30 MUNICIPALITIES IN DFW METROPLEX. FIVE TO SIX IN ROWLETT.
IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, SINCE I HAVE BEEN WITH THE COMPANY. WE STARTED WORKING IN ROWLETT AND FIVE TO SIX THAT I HAVE HEADED UP IN THE LAST TEN YEARS. OVER 25 CURRENT PROJECTS IN ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE A REPUTATION FOR BUILDING HIGH QUALITY, LONG- LASTING COMMUNITIES.
OUR PROJECTS RANGE FROM SMALLER PROJECTS LIKE INFILL FROM 30 TO 50 LOTS TO LARGE 400- ACRE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES. OUR MAX IS ABOUT 1,500 LOTS, 2,000 LOTS. THOSE ARE OUT IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF DFW. OUR PROJECTS IN ROWLETT, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE DONE SIX PROJECTS IN ROWLETT IN THE LAST TEN TO 12 YEARS.
THIS WOULD HOPEFULLY BE OUR SEVENTH.
MANORS ON MILLER WAS ONE OF OUR FIRST PROJECTS. 39 LOTS. WE HAD A 50- FOOT BY 150- FOOT TYPICAL LOT. OUR SISTER COMPANY, WINDSOR HOMES, BUILT THE HOMES.
>> CAN I STOP YOU? GO BACK ONE SLIDE.
THERE'S A BUTTON ON THERE TO GO BACKWARDS.
THERE WE GO. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS
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ZONING CASE. BUT I DRIVE BY THIS SIGN ALONG MILLER ROAD ALL THE TIME. THAT SIGN IS BROKEN.>> IT IS. VERY MUCH BROKEN. IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD JUST FROM A -- IT NEEDS TO BE
REPAIRED. >> I HAVE NOT BEEN MADE AWARE OF THAT.
I WILL GET ON IT MYSELF. IT'S AN OLD PICTURE I WAS GIVEN. WILLOW WOOD ESTATES.
ABOUT 15. 5 ACRES, 59 LOTS. WINDSOR HOMES BUILT IN THAT SUBDIVISION. THAT WAS 50-FOOT BY 125 TYPICAL.
WOODSIDE ESTATES, ABOUT SIX ACRES, 27 LOTS.
WINDSOR HOMES, 60 BY 115 TO 145. VILLAS AT LONG BRANCH, ONE OF OUR PATIO HOME PROJECTS. ON MILLER AND ROWLETT.
WINDSOR HOMES, 40 BY 115. MERIT VILLAGE, IN THE NORTH SHORE DISTRICT. 33 ACRES, 131 LOTS.
WINDSOR AGAIN. THESE WERE 60 BY 120 AND 50 BY 110. LAKE SHORE VILLAGE, OUR MOST RECENT. IT IS IN SELLOUT TODAY. WINDSOR AND GRAND, 4. 5 UNITS, 50S AND 60S, 99 LOTS THERE. 21 ACRES.
REPRESENTATIVE PRODUCT, SHOW THIS PRODUCT, INTERIOR PICTURES AS WELL. GRAND AND LAKESHORE.
THAT'S GRAND AND LAKESHORE. YOU SAW WINDSOR PRODUCT.
I THROUGH IN GRAND BECAUSE I KNEW WHAT HE HAD.
INTERIORS. THE PRODUCT THAT WE WOULD BE BUILDING ON THIS SITE.
SUBJECT PROPERTY, EAST OF GEORGE BUSH, NORTH OF CARROLL LANE.
16.5 ACRES. TO THE NORTH OF US IS MARINER PARK. THEIR MINIMUM LOT SIZE IS 8,000 SQUARE FOOT.
TO THE SOUTH OF US, FLAMINGO BAY AS WELL, SF9.
ZONED FOR 9,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS.
WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING IS TO EXCEED OR MEET BOTH OF THE CURRENT ZONE ING CATEGORIES ON BOTH OF THOSE PIECES OF PROPERTY. TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF US.
AGAIN, MARINER PARK IS AN AVERAGE LOT SIZE OF APPROXIMATELY JUST UNDER 8,500 SQUARE FOOT.
JUST NORTH OF US. ALFRED ESTATE, A MINIMUM OF 9,000.
THAT'S SOME OF THE LOTS THAT PARE DOWN.
MINIMUM IS 9,000. AVERAGE LOT SIZE OVERALL IS OVER 10,000 SQUARE FOOT IF THE TAKE THEM AND AVERAGE THEM TOGETHER. AS I SAID, THIS PROJECT, A LITTLE HISTORY WITH IT.
HAD HARDSHIPS ON IT. IT'S BEEN DEVELOPED TO THE NORTH AND TO THE SOUTH OF IT.
WHEN WE FIRST CAME FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT, WE LOOKED AT ITIT A 50 FOOT LOT PROJECT LIKE I SHOWED YOU.
I SHOWED YOU 60 OF OUR PROJECT THAT 50 OR 40S IN IT.
WE CAME BEFORE Y'ALL WITH CREATIVE IDEAS.
OVER 18 MONTHS AGO. WE REALIZED THAT THIS AREA FROM OUR NEIGHBORS THAT SPOKE IN THE BACK THAT 50 FOOT LOTS WERE NOT GOING TO KILL THE HARDSHIPS WITH DENSITY.
WE WILL LOOK AT THIS, THE TREES, NARROWNESS OF THE PROPERTY NORTH TO SOUTH, ALL THE HARDSHIPS. HOW DO WE GET THIS DONE WITH SIMILAR LOT SIZE TO THE NORTH? SIMILAR ZONING FOR WHAT'S TO THE SOUTH AND WHAT'S ALLOWED TO THE SOUTH? WITH A LOT OF HELP FROM OUR LAND OWNERS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER, WORK WITH STAFF, WORK WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, WITH P AND Z MEMBERS TO COME UP WITH A PROJECT THAT MEETS THE INTENDED ZONING OF SF9, PUTS EMPHASIS ON SAVING TREES, ORIGINALLY WE CAME BACK WITHWITH SITE IS 55 9,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS. WE LOOKED FOR WAYS TO SAVE TREES. I WANT TO SAY, WHEN WE CAME IN
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HERE, WE CAME -- JUST A TYPICAL PROJECT.AT THIS TIME, OVER 18 MONTHS, WE HAVE COME IN TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THIS THE BEST PROPERTY THAT COULD HAPPEN FOR THE LAND OWNERS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR BEFORE MARINER PARK, BEFORE GEORGE BUSH, BEFORE FLAMINGO BAY. THE OWNERS THAT OWN THIS PROPERTY, THE HOUSES USED TO BE ON GEORGE BUSH.
THEY REMEMBER GETTING THEM MOVED.
THEY COULD HAVE SOLD TO THE DEVELOPER TO MARINER PARK.
WE WOULD LOOK AT 8,000 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM LOTS AND A ROAD THAT LOOPS IN AND MAYBE A CONNECTION.
THEY WEREN'T GIVEN A CONNECTION TO THE NORTH.
THEY WEREN'T GIVEN A CONNECTION TO THE SOUTH TO DEVELOP WITH.
HOW DO WE MAKE THIS PROJECT THE BEST IT IS WITH WHAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS WERE LEFT WITH? WHAT WE CAME BACK WITH ORIGINALLY, WE WENT TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS WITH 56 LOTS. 3.4 UNITS DENSITY.
WE GOT A 3- 2 POSITIVE VOTE. WE DIDN'T REALIZE WE NEEDED A FULL SUPER MAJORITY FOR THAT. WE GOT A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS THAT THEY SAW THE VARIANCES NEEDED FOR THIS PROPERTY. THEY SAW THE HARDSHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT ON THIS PROPERTY. HOW YOU CAN'T DEVELOP IT WITHOUT -- FOR THE SF9 ZONE INTENDED WITHOUT DOING THE VARIANCES WE HAVE REQUESTED. WHAT WE ARE BACK WITH IS 53 LOTS. 3.22 UNITS PER ACRE.
WE TOOK OUT THREE LOTS. I WILL SHOW YOU WHERE WE HAD THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF LARGE TREES. WE DIDN'T LOOK FOR THE MOST TREES. WE LOOKED FOR SPECIMEN TREES, FOR HERITAGE TREES, THOSE TREES THAT WE COULD SAVE.
WE HAD BIG ONES IN THE BACK THAT WERE ONE OFF.
WE LOOKED FOR WHERE WE COULD FIND THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION.
THE STAFF THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH BEFORE, WE SENT THEM THREE OPTIONS OF AREAS THAT HAD CLUMPS OF TREES.
THIS WAS THE MOST DENSE AND BEST AREA TO SAVE TREES WITH THE TOPOGRAPHY AND EVERYTHING.
AS I SAID, IT'S 53 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. AVERAGE LOT SIZE IS OVER 10,000 SQUARE FOOT. MEN MUM LOT SIZE IS 9,000 SQUARE FOOT. 37 OF THE 53 LOTS HAVE DEPTHS OF 150 TO 210 FOOT. THESE ARE GOING TO HAVE PREMIUM BACKYARDS. GREAT LOTS.
HIGH- PRICED LOTS OF BECAUSE DEEP AND HOW NICE THE BACKYARDS ARE GOING TO BE. THE PLAN MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF SF9 ZONING. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A ZONING REQUIREMENT ON THE LOT, ON THE HOME. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A SMALLER SETBACK, A TALLER HOUSE, FRONT, REAR SETBACKS.
WE'RE NOT ASKING TO CHANGE THOSE.
WE ARE ASKING FOR HARDSHIP -- VARIANCES ON THE PROPERTY ITSELF THAT ARE HARDSHIPS.
OPEN SPACE ENTRYWAYS, FEATURES IN THE FRONT, LANDSCAPING.
THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN UPDATED. YOU CAN SEE THE BLANK SPACES BEHIND THE PLANTINGS, WE HAVE TREES. THAT'S THE AREA WE WERE ASKED TO PUT 20 TREES IN. WE WILL RELAY THAT OUT.
WE PUT IN THE TREE PLANNING AND PRESERVATION.
WE WILL DO GRAVEL TRAIL, DECOMPOSED GRANITE THROUGH THERE SO WE DON'T CUT INTO THE ROOTS OF THE TREES WITH CONCRETE.
PUT BENCHES IN THERE. A WALKING AREA TO PRESERVE THE TREES. LIMB UP THE TREES SO IT LOOKS PRETTY THROUGH THERE.
AGAIN, BACK TO THE PERIMETER, VERY FIRST TIME WE SHOWED YOU THIS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, WE'RE COMMITTING TO THAT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT -- IT'S BACK TO SF9. WE ARE PLANNING ON KEEPING THE TREES ON THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE TO ACT AS A BUFFER BETWEEN OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH.
THESE ARE DEEP LOTS. WE CAN KEEP A LOT OF THE AREA AT ITS CURRENT ELEVATION. WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE WALLS JUST ABOVE THE SOUTH SIDE AND NORTH SIDE.
IT WILL BE BUFFERED. BE ABLE TO ACCESS BY THE HOMEOWNERS.
ON THE PERIMETERS, WE ARE SAVING 12 TREES THAT ARE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 INCHES, 5 BETWEEN 30 AND 40 INCHES IN THOSE AREAS.
BOTH OF THOSE AREAS THAT WE PRESERVE WILL BE MAINTAINED BY THE HOAS. THIS MOVES AND IT DOESN'T MOVE.
ON TO THE VARIANCES. DEREK WENT THROUGH THESE.
FIRST VARIANCE WE WILL TALK ABOUT IS THE BLOCK LENGTHS.
I THINK YOU HAVE SEEN THE IMAGE
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A COUPLE TIMES. THIS GOES FROM GEORGE BUSH INTO MARINER PARK. THERE'S NO ENTRANCE, EXIT.NOWHERE FOR A BLOCK BREAK FOR US TO GO NORTH OR SOUTH.
WE HAVE GIVEN ENOUGH OPEN SPACE. WE COUL HAVE GONE NORTH AND SOUTH. THERE'S NOWHERE TO GO.
WE DID ACQUIRE THE RIGHT-OF- WAY TO CONNECT INTO MARINER PARK. WE ARE ASKING FOR BLOCK LENGTH OF 2,100 FEET, BECAUSE THE PROPERTY HAS NOWHERE -- WE DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO EXIT.
ALLEYS PROVIDED. THERE'S NO ALLEYS TO LOTS TO THE NORTH OF US. NO ALLEYS ON THE LOTS TO THE SOUTH OF US. WE ARE KEEPING WITH LINE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE ARE IN.
THE SITE GEE OMETRY IS NARROW. DECREASE THE SIZE OF THE LOTS, BRING THE SIZE DOWN. TOPOGRAPHY, 20 TO 30 FOOT OF CHANGE FROM THE NORTH TO SOUTH.
IF WE TRIED TO DO AN ALLEY IT WOULD BE ON A BIG WALL ALONG OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH. YOU WOULD LOOK AT A WALL.
THIS IS A VARIANCE THAT'S BEEN GRANTED ON MULTIPLE PROJECTS THAT I HAVE SEEN COME THROUGH.
CITIES GRANTED VARIANCES ON ALL SIX OF OUR PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENTS AND NOT REQUIRED ALLEYS.
DO WE HAVE AN ISSUE? ENTRYWAY, THIS IS WHERE I THINK WE HAVE DISCREPANCY WITH STAFF. I MENTIONED THIS.
IT DIDN'T GET RELAYED. THE FRONTAGE --
>> I'M SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE- MINUTE RECESS.
WE NEED TO VERIFY EVERYTHING IN OUR DOCUMENTS.
I DON'T -- IT'S NOT ANYTHING YOU DID. IT'S ON OUR END. IF YOU CAN GIVE US ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. WE WILL TAKE A RECESS AND RECONVENE. I WILL LET YOU CONTINUE YOUR PRESENTATION. I APOLOGIZE.
I DON'T WANT THIS DISTRACTION FROM WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO PRESENT AND PEOPLE ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION. THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARENT. WE WILL RECONVENE.
WE HAD A BELIEF THERE WERE DOCUMENTS MISSING FROM OUR POCKET AND FROM THE ORDINANCE.
WE WILL COVER WHAT THOSE -- THEY MIGHT BE MISLABELED.
WE WILL COVER WHAT THOSE ARE WHEN WE GET TO THE ACTION ITEM. WE ARE STILL GOOD TO MOVE AHEAD AND CONSIDER THIS TONIGHT. WITH THAT, PLEASE CONTINUE. I WOULD RATHER NOT.
>> BACK TO OUR ENTRYWAYS. THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE TALKED TO STAFF BEFORE, I THINK WE HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON HOW MUCH SQUARE FOOTAGE WE ARE PUTTING IN UP FRONT. IF YOU LOOK ON THE IMAGE, THERE'S A SMALL IMAGE ON THE UPPER RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN.
THERE'S A RED LINE. IT'S DIMENSIONAL.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE 9,600 SQUARE FOOT.
IT'S IN THAT SHAPE THERE. THAT'S 80 FOOT FROM THE EXTERM STREET BY 40 FEET FROM THE INTERNAL RESIDENTIAL STREET PLUS AN ADDITION 1,600 LANDSCAPE AREA ALONG THE EXTERNAL STREET AND ADJACENT TO THE REQUIRED 3,200 SQUARE FEET. I DON'T -- I CAN'T GET THAT OUT OF THAT, BUT THAT'S THE RED LINE, THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS BY THAT. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE HAVE ACTUALLY JUST -- WE MADE THAT GO STRAIGHT. IT HAS ALLOWED US TO HAVE A LARGER TREE PRESERVATION AREA.
A LANDSCAPE AREA THAT'S MORE APPEALING UP FRONT WHERE WE CAN PUT TREES BEHIND IT INSTEAD OF JUST THE FLOWERBEDS AND EVERYTHING.
WE HAVE RESHAPED IT. WE ARE ACTUALLY PUTTING 12,500 SQUARE FEET UP FRONT, WHICH IS MORE THAN -- 30% MORE THAN THE REQUIRED SQUARE FEET.
WE ARE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE FROM THE SHAPE, NOT THE SIZE.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE HAD CONVERSATION WITH STAFF AFTER THIS LAST TIME.
I DON'T THINK IT MADE IT THROUGH. THAT'S A CLARIFICATION I WANT TO MAKE AND CLARIFICATION WE ASKED WITH P AND Z. RIGHT-OF- WAY WIDTH, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS THE LAST TIME I BROUGHT THIS PROJECT IN. WE ARE DOING 60 FOOT RIGHT-OF- WAY, WHICH MATCHES THE REQUIREMENT OF THE STREET -- OF THE CITY, UP UNTIL -- I DON'T
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KNOW IF THIS POINTS. THE FOURTH LOT ON YOUR SCREEN, WE START NARROWING -- FOURTH LOT FROM THE LEFT, WE START NARROWING DOWN TO A 50 FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY.THE PROJECT STARTS PINCHING HERE.
IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR 25 FOOT SETBACK ON THE FRONT OF THE LOTS AND KEEP A REAR YARD SETBACK, WE REQUESTED THAT THE RIGHT-OF- WAY COMES DOWN 50 FOOT. WE ARE GIVING A FIVE- FOOT EASEMENT NORTH AND SOUTH. THE CITY HAS THE 60 FOOT FOR THEIR FRANCHISE UTILITIES, WATER, SEWER, EVERYTHING HAS ITS ROOM.
IT'S JUST FROM THE CURB IT'S GOING TO BE THAT 25- FOOT OFFSET. WE'RE ASKING TO GO TO 50 FOOT.
WE HAD A TRANSITIONTRANSITION LAKESHORE.
MOST OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS -- I THINK ALL OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS , ALL OF THOSE WERE CONSTRUCTED WITH A 50- FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY.
SOME HAD A SMALLER SETBACK. WE ARE ALLOWING UTILITIES FOR -- AREA FOR UTILITIES. WE ARE ASKING FOR THAT AREA WHERE WE NARROW DOWN TO BE 50- FOOT RIGHT-OF- WAY TO KEEP LOT DIMENSIONS.
FRONT ENTRY, AGAIN, THIS IS MORE OF -- WE'RE NOT DOING ALLEYS. THE J- HOOK, WE HAVE MORE NARROW LOTS. WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP BACKYARDS HERE.
I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH OUR PROJECTS.
THAT BACKYARD IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF OUR HOMEOWNERS. J- SWING PUSHES THE HOME BACK ALMOST 15 FOOT, CUTS OUT OF THE BACKYARD. IT'S A MORE DESIRED PRODUCT BECAUSE OF THE SPACE YOU GET IN YOUR BACKYARD, KIDS TO PLAY AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. WE DID PUT IN OUR PD ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES THAT WE PUT IN THE OTHERS SO YOU GET THE SAME PRODUCT YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE FROM US.
THE PRODUCT WILL BE THE SAME. WE HAVE HAD THIS VARIANCE ON ALL SIX OF OUR PROJECTS PREVIOUSLY.
THREE P AND Z, WE TALKED TO A COUPLE MEMBERS WHO SAID, ALLEYS BREED TRASH, THEY BREED CRIME, THEY BREED ALL OF THAT.
THAT'S JUST NOW GOING TO BE A BACKYARD.
THE FRONT ENTRY PRODUCT IS JUST OUR SIMILAR PRODUCT IS WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR.
NEXT SLIDE. I DON'T THINK I'M DOING THIS ANYMORE. TREE PRESERVATION. I HAVE TALKED AT LENGTH ABOUT ÷÷THIS. I WILL GO INTO IT AGAIN. THIS IS THE TREE AREA THAT WE ARE PRESERVING. YOU CAN SEE THE RED DOTS ARE ANYTHING BETWEEN 20 AND 30 INCHES.
BLUE DOTS ARE ABOVE 30 INCHES.
OTHER DOTS ARE LESS THAN 20 INCHES.
WE REMOVED THREE LOTS FROM THE PROJECT.
WHEN WE FIRST CAME WITH THIS PROJECT, 75 LOTS, REMOVING TREES, IMPROVE THE PARK.
INSTEAD OF GOING INTO THE TREE FRONT. THAT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AT THAT TIME.
IT WASN'T WELL RECEIVED. IT WASN'T WELL RECEIVED BY THE NEIGHBORS. THEY SAID WE DON'T WANT A PARK THERE. WE DON'T WANT YOU TO PUT MONEY INTO THE TREE FUND FOR PARK. WHAT WE DID HERE IS WE TRIED TO BALANCE THAT OUT. HOW CAN WE SAVE LOTS -- REDUCE LOTS, SAVE TREES? WE INCREASED THE BUFFERS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH. WE INCREASED THIS TREE PRESERVATION AREA AND LOST THREE LOTS.
WE WILL PLANT TREES ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH, SAVE THIS. WE WILL MAKE A $250,000 PAYMENT INTO THAT FUND. WE WILL STILL BE PAYING INTO THE FUND. WE CAME UP WITH THAT NUMBER WAS IT'S THE VALUE OF THE LOTS WE TOOK OUT, THREE LOTS, THE LOTS HAVE BEEN ICED FOR YEARS. REDUCTION AND MITIGATION FROM SAVING THESE TREES. THE TREES WE ARE PLANNING AND AND ADDING. THAT'S WHERE THAT 250 COMES FROM. IT CAME DOWN TO 250.
WHAT WE NEED IS SOME KIND OF CERTAINTY ON WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE SO WE CAN MAKE SURE OUR LANDOWNER GETS THE MOST VALUE OUT OF THE PROPERTY AS THEY CAN.
WITHOUT ANY KIND OF GUESS WORK IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE SAVED THIS AREA IN HERE IS TO MEET THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL AND P AND Z HAS BEEN ASKING FROM US IS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE FOUND AN AREA THAT WE DID SAVE SOME OF THE SPECIMEN TREES.
LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE GAVE THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
WE WENT WITH THAT WITH STAFF. THIS HAD THE MOST LARGE TREES THAT WE COULD PRESERVE AND CONTIGUOUS TO EACH OTHER.
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THAT'S IT. THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE.THIS WAS -- IF WE HAD A DISCUSSION ON OUR BOUNDARY DISPUTE. THAT'S MY PRESENTATION.
WE CAN GO BACK TO ONE OF THE EARLIER SLIDES OF THE PROPERTY.
COUNCIL, QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? MR. ARNOLD, YOU MIGHT HAVE TOUCHED ON THIS.
THE DRIVEWAY LENGTH, CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT THE LENGTH OF THE SHORTEST DRIVEWAY ON ONE OF THE LOTS, WHAT THAT MIGHT BE?
>> IT WILL BE THE MINIMUM 25 FOOT.
ALL OF OUR FRONT SETBACKS WILL REMAIN THE 25 FOOT.
>> COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE APPLICANT? IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, IT IS 8:51.
I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. I HAVE A NUMBER OF REQUESTS TO SPEAK FORMS. WOULD INVITE THOSE THAT I CALL UPON TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM.
>> WILL I BE ABLE TO SPEAK IF THERE'S ANYTHING --
>> IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.
>> NOT TO ADDRESS COMMENTS MADE. NOT UNLESS THEY ARE ASKED BY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
>> YOU CAN COME UP AND HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. STATE YOUR NAME.
>> GOOD EVENING. I LIVE AT 5509 FLAMINGO, ROWLETT, TEXAS. I LIVE THERE WITH MY WIFE, MY SON AND MY DAUGHTER WERE RAISED THERE. WE HAVE BEEN THERE 44 YEARS.
WE ARE ALL PROUD TO LIVE IN ROWLETT. WE HAVE HAD TWO GREAT OPPORTUNITY DURING THAT 44 YEARS TO MOVE FROM ROWLETT.
MY WIFE AND EVEN KIDS WERE SO HAPPY WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR FRIENDS AND FLAMINGO, SOME OF THE GREATEST NEIGHBORS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT MEANS AN AWFUL LOT TO US.
I HAVE BEEN HERE IN THE PAST MANY TIMES TALKING ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL. I AM STRNGLY OPPOSED TO IT.
WHEN I WAS DRIVING HERE TONIGHT, GOING AROUND THE CIRCLE, THAT LITTLE STATUE SAYS A GREAT TIME TO LIVE IN ROWLETT. IT WAS TO MY FAMILY THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO.
WITH THE INCREASE OF THE TRAFFIC AND THE APARTMENTS, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO GET OFF OF OUR ROAD ON FLAMINGO TO GET ON THE SERVICE ROAD.
WE HAVE TO WATCH OUR TIME BETWEEN 3:00 AND 6:00, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO LEAVE.
THERE'S TOO MUCH TRAFFIC. PRAISE THE GOOD LORD THAT WE HAVE NEVER HAD TO HAVE AN AMBULANCE FOR MY WIFE TO GET OUT AT THAT TIME.
IT'S JUST -- IT'S HORRIBLE. I CAN ALMOST SEE TARGET ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. IT'S SO CLOSE.
IF I HAD A GOLF BALL, I COULD HIT IT WITH A 5 IRON AND A DRIVER. WE HAVE TO PLAN EVERY TRIP TO TARGET FROM THE SOUTH SIDE AS WE MAKE THE LONG LOOP AND GO BACK AROUND.
IT'S JUST -- BESIDES THE TRAFFIC, I KNOW THAT THIS CITY IS SO PROUD OF THE TREES. I KNOW THEY HAVE ADDRESSED SOME OF IT. IT'S JUST SUCH A BEAUTIFUL AREA. WE ARE PROUD OF THE TREES.
WE ARE SIGNS UP ON THE BRIDGES SAYING WE ARE A PROUD TREE CITY. I'M REAL PROUD OF THAT.
AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE THINGS THAT LIVE THERE. THE FEDERALLY PROTECTED BUZZARDS AND OWLS. WE LOVE THE BUZZARDS.
IF ANYBODY GO DOWN THE STREET AND HITS A SQUIRREL, THEY ARE THERE TO CLEAN IT UP. THEY ARE FULL THE BUZZARDS.
THAT'S WHERE THEY HABITAT. WHEN I GO OUT TO FEED, I LOOK DOWN TOWARDS THE LAKE, JOANNE DAVIS IS HERE, HER HOUSE, I HAVE SEEN A COUPLE EAGLES IN THE MORNING AND EVENING DOWN THERE. THIS IS REALLY AN IMPORTANT OPEN SPACE TO ME AND MY FAMILY.
WE HAVE LIVED HERE FOR, LIKE I SAID, 44 YEARS.
I LOVE THIS TOWN. IT'S UP THERE, OUR MISSION STATEMENT. I HOPE WE TAKE TIME TO READ THAT BEFORE Y'ALL MAKE A DECISION.
I KNOW FOR A FACT FAMILIES AND LAND OWNERS IN ROWLETT ARE
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YOUR GREATEST THIS CITY. WE PRAY THAT IT'S THE WAY THAT IT'S BEST FOR EVERYONE. GOD BLESS Y'ALL.I APPRECIATE BEING HERE TONIGHT TO HEAR ABOUT THE LIBRARY. THAT'S A WONDERFUL FACILITY AND ONE WE LOVE.
HONOR THE VETERANS, THAT WAS IMPORTANT.
GOD BLESS Y'ALL AND HAVE A GOOD DAY.
>> THANK YOU. HOPEFULLY, WE DON'T CATCH YOU TRYING TO HIT GOLF BALLS ACROSS GEORGE BUSH. NEXT SPEAKER IS JUSTIN MARSDEN FOLLOWED BY -- LAST NAME IS BROTHERS. I CAN'T READ THE FIRST NAME.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR BEING HERE. I'M SORRY IT'S LONGER THAN I FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN LIGHT OF THE NEW INFORMATION THAT EVERYBODY HAS RECEIVED. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY, I'VE BEEN HERE THE LAST 18 MONTHS.
I HAVE SPOKEN SEVERAL TIMES, EVEN WHEN IT HASN'T BEEN PUT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL, IT'S BECAUSE OF CARE ABOUT THE CITY I CALL HOME THAT I MOVED HERE TEN YEARS AGO. THIS YEAR, ACTUALLY. I HAVE HARPED ON THE FACT THAT THIS PROPOSAL DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I HAVE HOUNDED THAT BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE IN THE BLUE AREA, THAT AREA HAS STARTED TO CHANGE FROM WHAT WE HAD IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SEVERAL HOMES AS WELL AS THE WAREHOUSES THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED THERE. THAT WAS NOT PLANNED AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THERE'S EVEN A GOAL THAT SAYS TO ACHIEVE WHAT YOU WANT IN THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, YOU SHOULD REFERENCE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN EVERYDAY DECISIONS.
THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN -- THEY HAVE BEEN DEVIATED FROM QUITE A BIT. WHETHER OR NOT YOU WERE PART -- ANY OF YOU WERE A PART OF THOSE SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN THE MULTI- FAMILY KIND OF WAVE CAME, WE HAVE SEEN THE IMPACTS IT HAS CREATED.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO IGNORE THE AMOUNT OF HOMES THAT IS PLANNED HERE IS THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT THAT IT HAS FOR THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. HALF ACRE LOTS OR MORE. THEY HAVE DONE SOME REDUCTIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL.
IT DOESN'T ADDRESS THE REAL PROBLEM.
THERE SHOULD BE COMPROMISE. IT SHOULDN'T COME AT THE EXPENSE AND QUALITY AND CHARACTER OF ROWLETT. WE HAVE MENTIONED TRAFFIC CONCERNS THEY HAD IN THE PACKET. THAT'S OUTDATED.
THEY HAD 75 HOMES ORIGINALLY. PRODUCE OVER 700 ADDITIONAL DAILY TRIPS.
DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT. RIGHT? IT'S A LOT. THAT'S NOT JUST THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING AND GOING. THAT'S DELIVERY TRUCKS.
YOU KNOW WHAT? IT CREATES A DRAG STRIP DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE STRIP. I LIVE ON FLAMINGO, THAT'S A CUL-DE-SAC. WOULD YOU BE SURPRISED HOW FAST PEOPLE GO DOWN THAT CUL-DE-SAC. THE BIGGEST THING IS, IF YOU WERE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROPERTY, THERE ARE OVER 1,000 TREES THAT WERE SURVEYED. AT THE TIME, THERE WERE 13,000 INCHES. INCHES THAT ARE BEING REMOVED -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE UPDATED NUMBER.
IT'S AROUND 11,000, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ABOUT 900 LINEAR FEET OF TREE TRUNKS LAID SIDE BY SIDE. THAT'S THE ONLY ONES THEY ARE COUNTING. THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT ARE UNDER THAT. WHAT THEY ARE ASKING IS TO BYPASS HALF A MILLION DOLLARS THAT COULD GO INTO THE CITY'S TREE FUND.
SOMEBODY MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT NOT BEING LENIENT ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND MAKING SURE WE ARE BEING PART OF THAT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STACIA BROTHERS.
>> HI. I LIVE AT 5514 BAY DRIVE. I WANTED TO SPEAK TODAY BECAUSE I KNOW THE DECISION WILL AFFECT EVERYONE IN AND AROUND ROWLETT. THIS IS AN ONGOING MULTI- YEAR DEVELOPER WHO VARIES THEIR PRESENTATION AND CLAIMS IT'S THE BEST THEY CAN DO TO COMPLY WITH OUR CITY PLANNING.
THEY MAKE ONE OR TWO CHANGES AND SAY THEY ARE TRYING TO DO WHAT THEY CAN TO MEET OUR PLANNING NEEDS. THEY COULD PUT FEWER HOMES ÚON THE LAND, WHICH IN TURN WOULD ALLOW THEM TO EASILY COMPLY WITH OUR CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THE COST AND SIZE FOR THESE HOMES THEY ARE PROPOSING IS WELL OUTSIDE OF THE MARKET AND AESTHETIC FOR THE AREA. EVEN IF THEY COULD FIND BUYERS
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FOR THE HOMES, WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING FOR PRICES WILL PUT PRESSURE ON OUR TAX VALUES.USING 26-YEAR- OLD MARINER PARK AS A REASON FOR EXCEPTION IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS WRITTEN TO ESTABLISH FUTURE STANDARDS AND GIVE A METRIC FOR CURRENT DECISIONS.
THE CURRENT PLANNING RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE LAW FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WOULD MAINTAIN THE AESTHETIC OF THE COMMUNITY. APPROVING THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT ONLY CAUSE OBSTRUCTION OF FOREST LAND BUT THE TRAFFIC THAT WOULD RESULT WOULD EXACERBATE ISSUES ALL OVER ROWLETT.
THIS DEVELOPMENT CAN RESULT IN 100 MORE VEHICLES WAITING AT THE GEORGE BUSH HIGHWAY 66 TURNAROUND. YOU HAVE A CHANCE RIGHT NOW TO PREVENT FURTHER COMPOUNDING THIS ISSUE. AS A RESIDENT, I MOVED TO ESCAPE THE CONCRETE LIVING CONDITIONS OF SOME OTHER METRO AREAS. I CAN SAY THAT THE NATURAL GENE SPACE AND THE COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO PROTECT THE VISION OF WHAT ROWLETT WILL LOOK LIKE HELPED US MAKE THE DECISION TO MOVE OUR.
OUR CITY DEVELOPMENT WAS PLANNED WAS MEANT TO PREVENT CIRCUMSTANCES JUST LIKE THIS.
TO GIVE YOU A BASIS TO VOTE FROM.
DO NOT ALLOW THIS TO BE A PRECEDENT FOR FEW SUR EXCEPTIONS. VOTE AGAINST THIS AND PREVENT THIS DEVELOPER FROM DISREGARDING OUR CITY'S VISION. DO NOT APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S INFLATED FOR THE SAKE OF PROFIT. WE HAVE A VISION FOR ROWLETT.
DEVELOPING THIS LAND CAN BE DONE RESPONSIBLY. I ALSO WANT TO SAY, YOU ALL COULD HAVE MADE A DECISION ON THIS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
HAD THIS BEEN ON AGENDA AND WE COULDN'T HAVE THIS CONSIDERATION OF THIS NEW 60% SITUATION.
THE STATE OF TEXAS WANTING TO HAVE HIGHER DENSITY DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S WHAT'S BEST FOR ROWLETT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS SHERRY HARMON FOLLOWED BY DARRYL HALL.
>> MEMBERS, MAYOR, AS OF TODAY, THERE WERE 515 HOMES AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN ROWLETT, TEXAS.
1,508 OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES. THE MEDIAN HOME PRICE IN ROWLETT IS $408,100. THE AVERAGE LISTING PRICE IS $400,000.
THE MEDIAN INCOME IS $115,000. HIS HOMES ARE GOING TO SELL FOR $600,000 TO $800,000 IN THIS PARK. THAT'S OUT OF RANGE. EVERY TIME HE HAS PRESENTED, IT HAS BEEN DIFFERENT. IT HAS GONE FROM 76 HOMES TO 56 HOMES TO 53 HOMES. THE LOT SIZES HAVE CHANGED. THE TREE MITIGATION HAS GONE FROM 750,000 TO 500,000 NOW IT'S DOWN TO 250,000. TONIGHT IS THE FIRST I SAW SOMETHING ABOUT TREE MITIGATION, THE PRESERVATION. THAT'S THE FIRST I HAVE SEEN OF THAT IN THREE PRESENTATIONS HE HAS DONE.
ONE OF YOUR MEMBERS AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS SET SOMETHING ONE NIGHT. HE SAID, CHANGE IS HARD. LET ME TELL YOU, BEING A FIREFIGHTER, PARAMEDIC WHO RETIRED FROM THE FIRE SERVICE, I HAVE SEEN CHANGE AND HOW IT HAS AFFECTED PEOPLE'S LIVES. IN AN INSTANT.
HERE IS WHAT'S HARD ABOUT CHANGE.
YOU PUT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN PLACE.
YOU ARE THE ONES WHO PLACED IT. HE IS ASKING FOR EIGHT VARIATIONS ON YOUR PLAN. THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT US.
WHAT'S HARD IS FOR YOU TO FOLLOW THE PLAN THAT YOU LAID DOWN. ALL I'M ASKING, FOLLOW THE RULES THAT YOU YOURSELF HAVE LAID DOWN AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION EVERY TIME THIS HAS BEEN PRESENTED, IT HAS CHANGED.
I WOULD HATE TO SEE WHAT THE BROKEN SIGN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN FRONT OF THIS ONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT AND LAST SPEAKER FOR THIS ITEM THAT I HAVE A CARD FOR IS DARRYL HALL.
IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE WHO DOES WISH TO SPEAK, GRAB A CARD FROM THE BACK LEFT CORNER OF THE ROOM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
GOOD EVENING. I'M PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT EVERYBODY HAS SAID THIS TIME AND MULTIPLE VISITS BEFORE. I THINK WHERE SHE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THE VARIANCES, THAT'S WHERE I KIND OF HAVE THE PROBLEM WITH. I LIVE 5418 OASIS BAY.
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MY PROPERTY BACKS UP TO THIS DEVELOPMENT.ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I SEE IS THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE A ONE-WAY STREET.
IT'S GOING TO BE A ROCKET SHIP LAUNCH FOR CARS TO GO DOWN. THERE'S NO TURNAROUND, NO AVAILABILITY FOR ANYBODY THAT COMES IN.
ALL OF THE VEHICLES THAT ARE LARGER THAN A CAR OR SUV ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO MARINER PARK AND COME BACK OUT. REPUBLIC, AMAZON, U.P.S. , ANYBODY THAT'S GOT TRASH, ANYTHING LIKE THAT OR TREE COMPANIES, ANYBODY THAT MOS YARDS, TRAILERS, ALL OF THEM WILL HAVE TO CIRCLE THROUGH MARINER PARK TO GET OUT.
THE TREE MITIGATION IS THE OTHER VARIANCE THAT I CAN'T SEE. LIKE SHE WAS SAYING, THE VARIANCES, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT THEY DO EVERYTHING THE WAY YOU WANT DO IT. I'M JUST FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS SAYING ON OPPOSING THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS THIS EVENING? I WANT TO QUICKLY ADDRESS -- YOU GAVE ME ANOTHER SPEAKER CARD FOR ITEM 7E. I WON'T BE ABLE TO ALLOW YOU TO SPEAKER AGAIN SINCE YOU HAVE SPOKEN DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON÷÷ THIS ITEM. IF YOU DO WANT TO SHARE THOSE COMMENTS WITH SOMEONE ELSE AND HAVE THEM MAKE A CASE FOR IT, I WILL GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO GRAB A CARD FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL.
>> IT'S STATE LAW YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE EACH ITEM. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE CITIZEN INPUT ON THE AGENDA, TO GIVE TIME TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA FOR THE EVENING.
I'M IN FAVOR OF OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO SPEAK.
BELIEVE ME. IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
I DON'T WANT TO SET A PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO SPEAK DURING A COUPLE OF THE SAME ITEMS ESSENTIALLY SAYING SAME THINGS OVER AGAIN.
I DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE EMAILED US.
I WANT TO MENTION DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING TIME WE DID RECEIVE A NUMBER OF EMAIL COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THIS ITEM AS WELL AS ONE ITEM THAT WAS SUBMITTED THROUGH OUR CITIZEN INPUT PORTAL AS WELL. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER REQUESTS TO SPEAK, THEN WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:07 P.M.
[7.E. Consider action to adopt an ordinance amending the Comprehensive Plan, Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, and Zoning Map of the City of Rowlett for an approximately 16.607 acre tract situated in the Henry H. Hall Survey, Abstract No. 663 in the City of Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas, being generally located north of Carroll Lane and east of President George Bush Highway from Single-Family Residential - 9/18 (SF-9) to Planned Development District with a base zoning of Single-Family Residential - 9/18 (PD - SF-9) ; approving development regulations; approving a concept site plan for 53 single-family residential lots; approving a landscape plan; approving a building elevation plan; and approving a tree preservation/planting plan.]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO 7E, THE ACTION ITEM THAT ACCOMPANIES THIS PARTICULAR ZONING REQUEST. COUNCIL, I WILL -- ANY QUESTIONS FOR SFAF STAFF OR THE APPLICANT BASED ON WHAT RESIDENTS SHARED? MR. REEVES? I WANT TO GIVE YOU A SECOND.I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF. MAYBE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
THE EXISTING ZONING OR THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY, THE ENTIRETY OF IT IS SF9.
>> THE BASE ZONING UNDER THE PD IS SF9?
>> THAT'S WHAT THE PD IS BASED OFF OF.
ESSENTIALLY WESHGS ARE TALKING ABOUT SIMILAR LOT SIZES TO THE EXISTING ZONING IN PLACE.
THE REAL ISSUE AND COMPLICATION ARE THE VARIANCES MENTIONED DURING YOUR PRESENTATION BY ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THE DIFFERENCES THOSE HAVE.
THINGS LIKE STREET LENGTH, BLOCK LENGTH AND DRIVEWAY ENTRANCES AND THE ENTRANCE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE SIZE AND SHAPE THAT PARTICULAR FEATURE, ALONG WITH THE TREE MITIGATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AM I CORRECT IN SAYING THAT IF THE APPLICANT WERE TO CREATE OR DESIGN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH MET ALL OF THE RDC REQUIREMENTS, THEY COULD BUILD A NEIGHBOR AS IT STANDS TODAY? THEY COULD HAVE -- HOPEFULLY, YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH WHAT I'M IMAGINING.
IF THE ROADWAY INTO THE DEVELOPMENT HAD A JOG IN IT WHERE IT CHANGED DIRECTIONS AND CONTINUED ON THROUGH THE LENGTH OF THE PROPERTY AND CONNECTED INTO THE BACK SIDE, THAT WOULD SHORTEN THE BLOCK LENGTH, CORRECT?
>> THE DEVELOPER COULD ALSO REALIGN THE ENTRANCE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE IT BE IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT MEETS THE RDC REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF THE WIDTH AND SHAPE. THEN THERE WOULD BE NO COMPLICATION THERE, RIGHT?
>> TREE MITIGATION IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE.
RDC ALLOWS FOR A TREE MITIGATION PROCESS BY WHICH THE DEVELOPER CAN PAY INTO THE MITIGATION FUND, PROVIDED COUNCIL APPROVES
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IT AND GO FORTH, CORRECT? >> YES.
>> DRIVEWAYS COULD BE SITUATED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE AN L HOOK OR J HOOK PROVIDED LOT SIZE WAS CONFIGURED IN THE RIGHT SHAPE AND IT WOULD NOT REQUIRE A VARIANCE?
>> I THINK WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS, EVERYTHING WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST COULD BE MITIGATED BY THE DEVELOPER IF THEY CHOSE TO. IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? IS IT POSSIBLE, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M GETTING AT.
NOT WHETHER DID MAKES SENSE FOR THE COST OF THE DEVELOPMENT. IN THEORY, THE DEVELOPMENT COULD BE REORIENTED, REALIGNED IT COULD MEET THE EXISTING SF9 ZONING REQUIREMENT AS IT STANDS?
>> YES. SOME DEVELOPMENT CHANGES IT COULD BE.
>> CERTAINLY. NOT UNDER THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT.
LOT SIZES WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE, ORIENTATIONS WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE. GOT IT TOTALLY.
I THINK THAT IS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE FOR STAFF.
COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE APPLICANT? GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. I DO THINK THIS WAS -- I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS UP.
THIS ACTUALLY WAS ONE OF MY MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS WAS, THIS DEVELOPMENT COULD GO FORWARD UNDER JUST SF9, AND THEY COULD ACTUALLY HAVE ADDITIONAL HOMES UNDER JUST SF9 IS MY UNDERSTANDING, LISTENING TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING.
>> THEY ARE ACTUALLY BUILDING LESS HOMES THAN WOULD BE POSSIBLE THAN DOING STRAIGHT SF9, WHICH WOULD NOT COME BEFORE COUNCIL OR P AND Z AT ALL, THEY CAN JUST DO IT WITH THAT CURRENT ZONING.
TREE MITIGATION, RIGHT? >> RIGHT.
ENSURING THAT THETHE DEVELOPMENT COULD BE PROPOSED MEETING ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE, THEN, YES. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO COME BEFORE THIS BODY.
>> COULD I INTERJECT? FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, I THINK IT'S DIFFICULT FOR EITHER MR. HULL OR I TO COMMENT ON A HYPOTHETICAL ALTERNATIVE BUILDING ARRANGEMENT, A PLAT OR SURVEY, ET CETERA, CONCEPT PLAN.
I THINK IF THE QUESTION IS, COULD IT BE DEVELOPED AS SF9 WITHOUT A PLAN DEVELOPMENT, THE ANSWER IS YES, IT COULD BE. IT'S DEVELOPABLE.
WHETHER THERE WOULD BE MORE HOMES OR LESS HOMES, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A HYPOTHETICAL WE CAN'T ANSWER FOR YOU.
>> OKAY. I THINK THAT'S REASONABLE.
I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY.
>> JUST SOMETHING BROUGHT UP THAT MAYBE TO GET A LITTLE MORE CLARITY ON. WITH SF9 TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S POINT, THAT IS WHAT IT IS.
WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS AROUND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TREE MITIGATION SPECIFICALLY THAT STAND OUTSIDE OF THE SF9 PROCESS? ARE WE BACK HERE COUNTING TREES? I'M NOT BEING FLIP. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IS IT PUTTING A DOLLAR VALUE ON THINGS? IS IT -- I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS. I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THAT ARE.
>> THE CODE ALLOWS FOR AT LEAST TWO WAYS IN WHICH A DEVELOPER CAN ACHIEVE THE REQUEST IN TERMS OF PRESERVATION. PRESERVE THE TREES AS THEY ARE AND DO A DEVELOPMENT -- BUILD A DEVELOPMENT IN WHICH THAT'S INCORPORATED AND/OR PAYMENT IN LIEU OF PRESERVING THE TREES.
IN THIS CASE, THIS APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
>> THAT IS A FAIRLY -- I DON'T WANT TO SIMPLIFY, A FAIRLY MATHEMATICAL PROCESS, IF YOU WILL? THERE'S X NUMBER OF DOLLARS OR X NUMBER OF TREES? IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S A SUBJECTIVE TYPE OF AN ISSUE? IT'S PRETTY MUCH BETWEEN THE LINES, I GUESS, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE,ENTERTAIN A
MOTION. >> CAN I CLARIFY ABOUT THE
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EXHIBITS? >> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I MEANT TO COVER THAT.
>> THE ORDINANCE ACTUALLY HAS EXHIBITS A THROUGH F.
A, B AND C ARE ATTACHED TO THE ORDINANCE IN YOUR PACKET AND ARE CORRECTLY LABELED.
D, E AND F ARE IN THE PACKET, BUT THEY ARE INCORRECTLY LABELED. LET ME TELL YOU WHERE THEY ARE.
D IS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. IT IS LABELED AS ATTACHMENT 3 AND ALSO HAS EXHIBIT F LABEL ON IT. EXHIBIT E TO THE ORDINANCE IS THE BUILDING ELEVATION PLAN.
IN THE PACKET, IT IS INCORRECTLY LABELED AS ATTACHMENT 4 AND EXHIBIT G ON IT.
FINALLY, EXHIBIT F TO THE ORDINANCE IS THE TREE PRESERVATION PLAN. IT IS IN THE PACKET LABELED AS ATTACHMENT 5, EXHIBIT H.
>> COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE CHANGES? OR THOSE CLARIFICATIONS. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> I MOVE WE APPROVE THE ITEM AS
PRESENTED. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND BY ONE OF BAUERS.
MISS BAUERS IS THE SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED ALONG WITH A SECOND.
>> I CAN DISCUSSION A LITTLE BIT.
NOT SPEAKING AS A FORMER RESIDENT OF THE AREA, BUT THAT SINGLE PASSAGEWAY CAUSED ME CONCERN AND HEARTBURN FOR HOW MUCH I KNOW LIVING THERE IN THE MARINER PARK AREA THAT -- THERE'S A LOT OF ROAD USAGE THERE.
ALSO, THINKING ON PAST COUNCIL MEETINGS HOW WE HAVE HAD A SIMILAR DISCUSSION OF ONE INGRESS AND EGRESS ON MILLER ROAD THAT DID FAIL AS WELL.
THINKING ABOUT HOW THAT ROAD ITSELF WILL CAUSE A LOT OF DENSITY. THAT DOES GIVE ME CONCERN.
>> I WILL TELL YOU, I DON'T THINK I HAVE HAD AN ITEM COME BEFORE ME SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL THAT'S CAUSED ME AS MUCH SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, CONSTERNATION, FLIP- FLOPPING, EVERYTHING ELSE, AS THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
IT'S HIGHLY EMOTIONAL FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO THE CITY ON A LOT OF LEVELS. I'M GOING TO -- I'VE MADE NOTES HERE. IF YOU BEAR WITH ME. MAYBE HIGHLIGHT SOME OF MY THOUGHTS AND HOW I'M ARRIVING AT THE DECISION I'M GOING TO MAKE. I THINK A -- MY BACKGROUND -- I'M AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT.
MY SPECIALTY WAS MITIGATION/RESTORATION OF COMMERCIAL PROJECTS NOT UNLIKE THIS. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE DONE FOR OVER A DECADE. THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT BEFORE ME PROBABLY IN MY SECOND YEAR ON COUNCIL. THE VERY FIRST TIME.
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON A LONG TIME.
I MET WITH JOHN. QUITE HONESTLY, IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE STARTED TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, I COMMEND THEM. I THINK THEY HAVE ACTED IN GOOD FAITH AND TRIED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES WE HAVE HAD. I THINK WE AGREE, MAYBE FIRST ONE WAS REALLY KIND OF A STAB IN THE DARK. AS THEY ARE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER, I WANT TO TELL THEM, I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING.
THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK ABOUT QUITE A LOT AND TRY TO RECONCILE ARE THE LAND OWNERS. TEXAS VERY MUCH, A LANDOWNER STATE. WE HAVE LANDOWNERS WHO -- I THINK THIS PROPERTYWAS DEEDED OVER IN '83, BEEN PAYING PROPERTY TAXES ON THIS PROPERTY FOR 40 YEARS. I THINK THE LATEST I HEARD, IT'S $40,000 A YEAR THAT THEY ARE PAYING IN TAXES. THEIR FINANCIAL POSITION, I THINK, HAS TO BE CONSIDERED. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
THE HOMES, THESE ARE NICE HOMES. WE CAN ARGUE WHETHER THEY ARE TOO NICE FOR ROWLETT.
I HOPE THAT'S NOT TRUE. THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP.
I THINK WE ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR HOUSING INVENTORY -- I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR HOUSING INVENTORY IMPROVE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE HIGHER
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DOLLAR HOMES FOR A LOT OF REASONS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP.ONE THING THAT'S BROUGHT UP QUITE A BIT IS THE DISCUSSION OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN -- IF YOU LISTEN TO THE P AND Z MEETING, THEY WENT INTO IT.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS AN OVERARCHING PLAN FOR THE CITY THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.
THE FACT IS, THE LEGAL SITUATION IS, IT IS ZONED AS SF9.
THOSE ARE THE PROS. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I REALLY -- I THINK ABOUT. THAT I TRY TO BALANCE.
WHEN I TRY TO BALANCE THAT WITH, IT'S AS AN ENVIRONMENTALIST AND AS SOMEBODY WHO IS INVOLVED IN THIS -- HAS BEEN INVOLVED PROFESSIONALLY AT THIS FOR YEARS, WHAT IS THE PRICE AND WHAT IS THE WORTH OF A LARGE PIECE OF HARDWOOD BOTTOM LAND THAT EXISTED IN THIS CITY? ONCE IT'S GONE, IT DOESN'T GET REPLACED BY PLANNED R PLANTING TREES AND BY SAVING TREES. THAT IS WHAT I STRUGGLE WITH.
FOR ME, IT KIND OF COMES DOWN TO, WHAT'S IMPORTANT? WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT? EVERY DECISION I MAKE, I TRULY TRY TO MAKE FOR WHAT IS THE BEST FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT.
ME AS A CITIZEN, ME AS SOMEBODY TRYING TO DO MY BEST, ME AS A COUNCIL MEMBER TRYING TO BALANCE EVERYBODY'S OPINIONS AND WANTS AND WISHES. HOW DO I BALANCE THAT? WHAT IS THE BEST THING FOR ROWLETT? I JUST CAN'T -- MY PERSONAL BELIEF, I CAN'T SACRIFICE A HARDWOOD FORWARD FOR EST FOR 53 HOMES. I WISH I COULD.
THEY HAVE DONE GREAT JOB TO TRY AND ANSWER ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE THROWN AT THEM. I DO APPRECIATE THEM.
I WANT THEM TO TRULY UNDERSTAND THAT IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP, COUNCIL MEMBER BAUERS BROUGHT IT UP, THIS LAND IS ZONED AS SF9. THAT IS WHAT IT IS. IT IS ZONED SF9.
I UNDERSTAND THE LIMITATIONS OF -- AS THE DEVELOPER ARE LOOKING AT IT. FOR THEM, IT IS GOING TO BECOME A DECISION, IS IT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE FOR THEM TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY WITH THE PARAMETERS THAT LAID IN PLACE AS SF9? IF IT IS, THEN WE ARE DEALING WITH ANOTHER SITUATION. WE ARE NOT MAKING VARIANCES.
WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE RULES. WE'RE NOT -- AT THAT POINT, WE ARE DOING WHAT WE ARE BOUND TO DO.
I THINK THAT'S FAIR. THERE ARE THINGS SET IN PLACE.
WE WILL UPHOLD OUR END OF THE BARGAIN.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, I JUST -- I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU.
I DIDN'T KNOW THIS MORNING WHERE I WAS GOING TO COME DOWN ON THIS.
PROBABLY AM NOT SURE I KNEW TWO HOURS AGO WHERE I WAS GOING TO COME DOWN ON THIS. I HAVE REALLY STRUGGLED WITH THIS.
I WON'T SAY THAT THIS IS NECESSARILY THE RIGHT DECISION. I KNOW FOR ME, THE VALUE OF THAT FOREST ON BALANCE FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT IS FOR ME PERSONALLY MORE IMPORTANT THAN PUTTING A DEVELOPMENT IN THERE. JOHN, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE. I REALLY MEAN THAT.
TO ALL OF THE CITIZENS THAT HAVE SPOKEN HERE -- WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE SPEAKERING AT A LOT OF MEETINGS, A LOT OF TIMES. WE HAVE HAD MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF EMAIL. THIS IS NO SMALL ISSUE.
IT IS MORE ISOLATED TO THE FOLKS IN MARINER PARK AND ON FLAMINGO. BUT IT'S CITYWIDE.
YOU TALK ABOUT TEST CASES. WHAT IS THE TEST CASE? HOW FAR -- WE SAY, YEAH, WE'RE A TREE CITY. WE LOVE OUR TREES. BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND WIPE OUT ENTIRE HARDWOOD BOTTOM LAND FOREST FOR 53 MORE HOUES, NO MATTER HOW NICE THEY ARE.
FOR ME, FOR THOSE REASONS, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS.
>> THANK YOU. I CERTAINLY AGREE.
I HAVE ALL OF THOSE SAME CONCERNS.
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ANIMALS. I HATE TO THINK OF THIS FOREST BEING GONE. ON THE OTHER HAND, MY FEAR IS THAT THERE IS SOMETHING HERE THAT DOES PRESERVE SOME SOME OUR TREES.IT SEEMS LIKE IT DOES SERVE MORE HOUSING IS IMPORTANT. BUT IT IS A DIFFICULT DECISION.
I FEEL FOR MISS ALFORD. WE ARE A STATE THAT BELIEVES IN PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS.
FOR ME TO TELL HER, I'M NOT GOING TO APPROVE THIS, WHICH MAY COST HER THE SALE OF THE LAND, I FEEL LIKE THAT WEIGHS HEAVILY ON ME AS WELL. I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS IS A DIFFICULT DECISION. I THINK PROPERLY MY VOTE WILL BE BASED ON THE FEAR OF WHAT COULD COME -- COULD BE WORSE.
>> COUNCIL, OTHER COMMENTS? I WILL SHARE SOME REMARKS THAT MIGHT INSPIRE SOME OTHER CONVERSATION.
WHEN I LOOK AT THIS DEVELOPMENT AND ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED EARLIER ABOUT THE NATURE OF WHAT COULD BE BUILT UNDER THE EXISTING ZONING, I ASKED THOSE BECAUSE I THINK WHAT I'M REALLY ASKING FOR IS A LITTLE BIT MORE CREATIVITY WITH THE DESIGN OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING ATAT HAS TAKEN SOME STEPS IN THAT DIRECTION. THE ADDITION OF THE BLOCK OF PARKLAND THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY SAVE THOSE TREES IS GREAT. BUT I THINK WE CAN -- I WOULD ASK THAT THE DEVELOPER CONSIDER ADJUSTING SOME OTHER THINGS WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT TO ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THESE OTHER VARIANCES THAT ARE BEING ASKED FOR.
I BELIEVE AS A CITY, WE HAVE COMPROMISED MANY, MANY TIMES ON OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND SEE SF9 AND WE SEE ESTATE LOT ZONING, THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO IN.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ALMOST STAYING ON THE SAME PANEL. I STRUGGLE A LOT WITH THE STREET LENGTH, BECAUSE I LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE HAVE A LONG STREET. CARS GO VERY FAST DOWN THAT STREET. IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A PARK NEXT TO IT, ADJACENT TO IT, LIKE THIS WILL BE. THERE'S REAL CONCERN ABOUT WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF SAFETY AND OTHER THINGS. I STRUGGLE WITH THE GARAGE SITUATION. I THINK THAT'S TOTALLY SOLVABLE WITH THE RIGHT ORIENTATION OF HOMES AND THE RIGHT LOT SITUATIONS.
I STRUGGLE WITH THE ENTRYWAY. I THINK THE ORDINANCE IS CLEAR ABOUT WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE ON THE ENTRYWAY.
THERE'S DISAGREEMENT ABOUT ACCOMPLISHING THE SQUARE FOOTAGE VERSUS THE ORIENTATION.
TO ME, THAT IS A PART OF OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR A REASON.
COMPROMISING ON THAT AND CONTINUING TO COMPROMISE ON SO MANY OTHER THINGS AT THE SAME TIME IS DETRIMENTAL.
I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE AND THE DEVELOPMENTS YOU BUILT OUT. THERE ARE MANY, MANY DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE COME AND ARE OF A BENEFIT TO OUR CITY, I BELIEVE.
I ALSO SEE DOWNSIDES TO SOME OF THOSE. F1 THE DEVELOPMENT ALONG WOODSIDE, CARS ALONG THE STREET ALL THE TIME ON THAT DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S BECAUSE THERE'S INSUFFICIENT PARKING IN THE DRIVEWAYS. SEEING THAT FRONT ENTRY GARAGE WITH CARS ALONG THE STREET AND KNOWING YOU ARE ASKING FOR A NARROW STREET WIDTH, ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE EAST, ALSO GIVES ME CONCERN. ABOUT THE SPEEDING CARS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS DEVELOPMENT IN THE CURRENT ORIENTATION.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED BY MY COLLEAGUES AND APPRECIATE THE TIME OUR STAFF PUT INTO THIS DEVELOPMENT. IT'S A HUGE INVESTMENT NOT ONLY FOR YOU BUT FOR THE STAFF THAT HAVE WORKED ON THIS THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING TWICE, CITY COUNCIL TWICE, ALMOST THREE TIMES I GUESS. DEFINITELY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S WORK ON THIS. I JUST CAN'T SUPPORT THIS IN ITS CURRENT STATE. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOT QUESTIONS, JUST COMMENTS.
SEEING NONE, LET'S CALL THE VOTE, PLEASE.
THIS IS A VOTE TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED.
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VOTE YES WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THAT VOTE.NO, AGAINST THAT MOTION. THAT IS FAILED BY A VOTE OF 6-0.
[7.F. Conduct a public hearing to consider adopting the 2025 Water Conservation Plan and Water Resource and Emergency Management Plan for the City of Rowlett and directing staff to submit the adopted plans to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB), and the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD).]
WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 7F.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTING THE 2025 WATER CONSERVATION PLAN AND WATER RESOURCE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN ROWLETT AND DIRECTING STAFF TO SUBMIT THE PLANS TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL EQUALITY. THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPALWATER DISTRICT. PRESENTING THAT ITEM IS ADAM CONNOR.
>> THANK YOU. TO OUR RESIDENTS VISITING -- IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING TODAY.
I DON'T THINK THEY CAN HEAR ME BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT LOOKING. THAT'S OKAY.
TAKE IT AWAY. >> GOOD EVENING.
AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, I'M ADAM CONNOR.
I'M A WATER RESOURCES PLANNER. I LIVE AT 13123 GRAY BOLD TRAIL IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
PLAN TO BE BRIEF ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT ITEM. IN ADDITION TO WATER RATES THAT YOUR FINANCE DIRECTOR PRESENTED ON, I THINK THE WATER PLAN AND YOUR DROUGHT CONSERVATIO PLAN ARE POTENTIALLY THE MOST TANGIBLE CONNECTION YOUR RESIDENTS HAVE TO YOUR WATER UTILITY.
I WAS PLEASED TO HAVE A CO-CAPTAIN OVER THERE IN THE UTILITIES DEVELOPMENT WHO IS RESPONSIVE AND GREAT. I APPRECIATE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S REVIEW OF THE PLANS AND BEING VERY RESPONSIVE AS WELL.
LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET THIS TO WORK.
QUICKLY, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE WILL GO OVER HERE.
THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PLAN. FIVE- YEAR CYCLE THAT YOU HAVE TO UPDATE ON. VERY QUICKLY ON THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS THAT WE ARE IN.
WE WERE IN AT THE START OF THE PLAN.
AN OVERVIEW OF THE TWO PLANS THEMSELVES.
REQUIREMENTS OF THE DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN.
THIS PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INPUT, COMMUNICATION OR COORDINATION WITH REGIONAL WATER PLANNING GROUP.
BIG ITEMS THERE ARE PROCEDURES FOR INITIATION AND TERMINATION OF DROUGHT STAGES.
ALSO THE REDUCTION, GOAL FOR REDUCING WITHIN THOSE STAGES.
THAT BOTTOM ONE, I WANT TO POINT OUT ENFORCEMENT OF THE DROUGHT STAGES AS WELL.
REGARDING WATER CONSERVATION PLAN, THE BIG ONE ON THIS ONE IS SETTING YOUR GPCD GALLONS PER PERSON PER DAY.
ALSO SHOW THAT YOU HAVE A WAY TO TRACK IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT.
THERE'S ALSO SOME MEASURES ON WATER LOSS AND METERING AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL AS PUBLIC INPUT. REAL QUICKLY, I WANT TO SHOW THIS SLIDE. THIS IS THE CLOSEST U.S.
DROUGHT MONITORING STATION. IT IS A PROXY FOR WHAT WE EXPERIENCE HERE IN ROWLETT. YOU CAN SEE VERY CLEARLY THE DARKER THE RED, THE DEEPER THE DROUGHT.
YOU CAN SEE THE 2011 AND 2015 DROUGHT IS OUR DROUGHT OF RECORD.
I WANTED TO SHOW -- THIS IS SHOWING 2000 AND 2025.
WE STARTED THIS PLAN IN LATE 2024. WE WERE STILL IN A PRETTY SUSTAINED AND DEEP DROUGHT.
THAT HAS BROKEN SINCE KICKING OF THIS PROJECT OFF. TO KIND Y'ALL IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PLAN ITSELF AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF IT. WE HAD THE LUXURY THAT A LOT OF UTILITIES DON'T HAVE OF HAVING NEXT NORTH TEXAS' PLAN THAT THEY DEVELOP AS A BLUEPRINT TO START WITH FOR YOUR PLAN.
BOTH THE WATER CONSERVATION AND THE DROUGHT PLAN, THEY PROVIDE THAT TO THEIR CUSTOMERS. WE CERTAINLY LOOKED AT YOUR SITUATION AND TWEAKED IT TO BE TAILORED TO ROWLETT.
THIS IS YOUR PER PERSON USAGE. TOTAL IS IN BLUE AND RESIDENT SLAL RESIDENTIAL IS IN ORANGE.
LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS, Y'ALL'S USAGE AND THE GOALS THAT WE'RE SETTING FOR THIS PLAN. AN IMPORTANT THING TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS, THIS IS POTENTIALLY -- WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT IT IS ONE OF THE LOWEST USAGES IN ALL OF NORTH TEXAS' CUSTOM BASE.
IT'S LOWER THAN CONSERVATION LEADERS ACROSS THE STATE AND NATION. HATS OFF TO THE CITY FOR PUTTING THIS -- MAKING THIS A PRIORITY.
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AN OVERVIEW OF THE PLAN, WE DID LOOK AT HOW TO REDUCE YOUR GALLONS PER PERSON PER DAY. SINCE YOU ARE SO LOW, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF LOW HANGING FRUIT LEFT.IT WASN'T AS AGGRESSIVE AS YOU WOULD FOR SOMEONE IN THE 2 00 OR 300.
WE DOCUMENTED YOUR METERING PROGRAMS OR WATER LOSS.
IT SERVES AS A YBOOK FOR YOUR STAFF.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES OUT THERE TO USE TO FURTHER YOUR CONSERVATION. OBVIOUSLY, IDENTIFIES THE PROGRAMS THAT NORTH TEXAS REQUIRES YOU ALL TO IMPLEMENT. ON THE DROUGHT PLAN SIDE OF THINGS, THIS IS A TABLE THAT SHOWS YOU WHEN NORTH TEXAS TRIGGERING THEIR DIFFERENT STAGES.
THEY TRIGGER ON COMBINED STORAGE OF THE LAKES THAT THEY OWN AND OPERATE. THIS DIDN'T CHANGE A LOT FROM THEIR LAST PLAN. IT SHOWS YOU KIND OF WHAT CUSTOMERS ARE ASKED TO DO, THE RETAIL CUSTOMERS. YOU ALL ALSO HAVE TRIGGERS THAT -- ABOVE AND BEYOND WHEN NORTH TEXAS TRIGGERING -- GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE -- THAT SHOWS IT'S MORE SPECIFIC TO ROWLETT'S WATER SYSTEM.
IT'S BASED ON WHEN DEMAND EXCEEDS 95% OF YOUR PUMPING CAPACITY. YOU ARE ABLE TO TRIGGER STAGE ONE. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH LAKE STORAGE. IT'S MORE OF AN OPERATIONAL STRATEGY.
WE HAVE THAT IN YOUR PLAN AS WELL.
I HAVE A COUPLE MORE SLIDES LEFT.
WE DID TRY TO ADD TEETH INTO THE ENFORCEMENT LANGUAGEIN YOUR PLAN. ADDING SOME SPECIFICS ABOUT FINES, WHEN -- HOW THEY ARE IMPOSED, THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
THERE ARE -- WE TRY TO DO AA BIT BACK AND FORTH HERE.
THERE ARE SOME WAYS FOR CUSTOMERS TO GET A WAIVER OF A FINE BY HAVING A CONSULT FOR THEM.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE RESIDENT IN MIND IN THAT ENFORCEMENT SECTION.
HERE IS A FEW TAKEAWAYS. I WOULD ALSO ADD TO THIS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST PER PERSON USAGES IN NORTH TEXAS' SERVICE AREA.
I DON'TWANT TO SAY IN DFW. I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THAT WHEN I STARTED LOOKING AT YOUR NUMBERS.
I USED TO WORK AT SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM.
FOR THEM, 120 IS A WIN. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S ATTENTION.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
I'M CURIOUS HOW THE PER CAPITA COMES INTO PLAY.
IS IT A FACTOR OF WATER USAGE DIVIDED BY POPULATION? IS THAT HOW IT WORKS?
>> IT'S NOT ON A CONNECTION BASIS.
YOU ARE RIGHT, WHEN SOME UTILITIES CONSIDER A COMPLEX ONE CONNECTION. THAT THROWS THE NUMBERS OFF.
POPULATION. >> I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT GRAPH HAS OUR GOAL DECLINING IN FUTURE YEARS.
IS THAT SOMETHING NORMAL THAT YOU SEE WHEN GENERATING THESE PLANS? IS THAT AN ANOMALY?
>> THE GOAL IS TO CONTINUE REDUCING.
AS I SAID, IF YOU ARE IN THE 300S, I WOULD -- WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. IT'S MORE LIKE A 1% PER YEAR REDUCTION.
WE HEDGED THAT BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE SO LOW TO BEGIN WITH.
>> THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
COUNSEL, QUESTIONS? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S 9:39 P.M. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? I DO NOT HAVE IN REQUEST TO SPEAK FORMS. SEEING NONE, WE
[7.G. Consider action to adopt an ordinance adopting the 2025 Water Conservation Plan and Water Resource and Emergency Management Plan for the City of Rowlett and directing staff to submit the adopted plans to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB), and the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD).]
WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:39 P.M. MOVE ON TO 7G, THE ACTION ITEM THAT ACCOMPANIES THIS.COUNCIL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS.
>> I MAKE A MOTION WAE PROVE THIS AS READ.
>> A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.
ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, LET'S CALL THE VOTE.
[7.H. Consider action to adopt a resolution approving and ratifying change orders to the construction contract with Circle H Contractors, LP, for the Liberty Grove Sewer Line Replacement (Emergency Purchase), in the amount of $361,599.01, and approving a contract with Vortex for additional work on that project in the amount not to exceed $643,510; authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and the Mayor to execute the agreement for said services; and providing an effective date.]
THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY BY THOSE MEMBERS PRESENT.NEXT, 7H. CONSIDERATION ACTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APROVING AND RATIFYING CHANGE ORDERS WITH CIRCLE H CONTRACTORS FOR THE SEWER LINE, IN THE AMOUNT OF 361,599.01 AND APPROVE ING WITH
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VOR TEXT NOT TO EXSEAT 361 -- EXCEED $643,510.>> WE HAD A MEMBER HERE BUT HE COULDN'T WAIT LONG ENOUGH.
THIS IS AN UPDATE ON THIS PROJECT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
TRYING TO PAUSE WHILE I GET THE PRESENTATION UP.
IS THIS NOT WORKING? THERE WE GO.
QUICKLY, WE WILL GO OVER THE RECOMMENDED CHANGE ORDERS.
CIRCLE H IS THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE PIPING AND VORTEX FOR PHASE 2. TALK ABOUT THE SCHEDULE UPDATE.
GO OVER TRAFFIC PLANS, THE ACTUAL CONTRACT AND THEN ANY OTHER CHANGE ORDER DETAILS AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. WE HAVE CHANGE ORDER RATIFICATION WE ARE ASKING.
FOR CHANGE ORDERS TO CIRCLE H CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $361,000. I WILL GO OVER IN MORE DETAIL WHAT THAT ENTAILS AND WHAT'S CAUSED THAT. WE WILL TALK ABOUT AUTHORIZATION FOR VORTEX NOT TO EXCEED $643,000. WE WILL PUT THAT IN CONTEXT.
ORIGINAL ESTIMATE FOR BOTH WAS BETWEEN $10 MILLION AND $14 MILLION, IF YOU RECALL WHEN WE FIRST TALKED ABOUT THIS HAPPENING.
OUR TOTAL UPDATE COST IS JUST ABOUT $6. 1 MILLION.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND WAYS TO REDUCE THE COST OF THIS PROJECT.
EVEN THOUGH IT HAS BEEN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. RIGHT NOW, ON PHASE ONE, CIRCLE H IS RIGHT THERE, RIGHT ON THE INTERSECTION, READY TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE LAST PHASE.
THE CITY PAVING CREW IS RIGHT THERE AT OLD PRINCETON.
THEY ARE WORKING VERY HARD. THEY ARE REALLY THE HEROES OF THIS STORY, WHO HAVE MADE AMAZING THINGS HAPPEN. WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO ON PHASE TWO IS WE HAVE ADDED CIRCULATION OF SCOPE. I WILL EXPLIN THAT IN A SECOND.
PART OF THE WORK IS BEING DONE BY CIRCLE H.
PART OF IS DONE BY VORTEX, WHICH IS SLIP LINING.
CIRCLE H IS ADDING MORE THERE. VORTEX WILL JOIN THE PROJECT AFTER WE HAVE EXECUTED THEIR CONTACT.
COME IN AND DO THEIR PIECE. THE PROJECT SCHEDULE.
OUR EXPECTATION NOW IS THAT WE WILL HAVE ALL OPEN BY MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK. THAT IS DUE TO CIRCLE H MOVING FORWARD FASTER THAN WE ANTICIPATED AND OUR OWN ROAD CREWS COMING IN AND DOING THE CONCRETE WORK BEHIND THEM AND WORKING LONG HOURS, A COUPLE WEEKENDS, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.
WE WANTED -- WERE DIRECTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THOSE TWO INTERSECTIONS OPEN BEFORE WE STARTED TO IMPACT NEW PRINCETON.
NEW PRINCETON WILL BE IMPACTED ON THAT SAME POINT AT THE SAME TIME, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE THE LAST PIECE FOR CIRCLE H TO MOVE IN. WE WILL BE REMOVING THE BYPASS PUMP FROM A PORTION OF THE AREA LATER THIS WEEK SO WE CAN OPEN UP THE INTERSECTIONS.
THAT PIPE GOES ACROSS THOSE INTERSECTIONS.
WE WILL NEED TO SHORTEN THAT BYPASS IN ORDER TO OPEN THOSE INTERSECTIONS. WE WILL SEE THAT HAPPEN THIS WEEK. THEN THE TOTAL BYPASS WILL BE REMOVED SEPTEMBER 19TH WHEN CIRCLE H COMPLETES THEIR WORK.
WE WILL COME BEHIND THEM AND FINISH CONCRETE WORK AND BE OUT THERE WAS BY SEPTEMBER 29, ROUGHLY A MONTH AHEAD OF OUR PREVIOUS SCHEDULE.
>> ONE MORE TIME, CAN YOU SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME, THAT LAST
SENTENCE. >> WE ARE COMPLETING THIS WORK ABOUT A MONTH AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
PHASE 2, WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER. AGAIN, WE ARE ABLE TO COMPLETE ALL THE PROJECTS AND GET OUT OF THERE.
THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WILL HAVE TO BE DONE.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT THERE, YOU HAVE SEEN THAT THE WORK HAS TAKEN A TOLL ON THE MEDIANS.
THERE WILL BE RESTORATION WORK THAT WILL HAVE TO BE DONE.
WE WILL WAIT A WHILE. WE NEED TO STABILIZE IT PERHAPS WITH SOME CONTRACTOR MIX TO STABILIZE THE SOIL. THEN WE WILL COME BACK WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT RESTORATION IN THE SPRING. WE WON'T BE IMPACTING PROJECT FURTHER RIGHT NOW.
>> ONE QUESTION ABOUT THIS TIME LINE.
YOU HAVE NORTH WHERE THAT CONTINUES NORTH IS INTO THE HOMESTEAD NEIGHBORHOOD. WILL THAT BE OPEN, INCLUDING THE ENTRANCE TO HOME SAID HOMESTEAD ON SEPTEMBER 8?
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>> THANK YOU. THIS IS WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE AT THAT POINT. YOU CAN SEE THE HOMESTEAD IS COMPLETELY OPEN.
WHAT WE DO IS OPEN UP ONE LANE BETWEEN THE TWO ON THE NORTH SIDE. OPENING UP BOTH LANES GOING TO THE EAST ON THE SOUTH SIDE. THEN WE WILL STILL -- BETWEEN OLD PRINCETON AND NEW PRINCETON, WE WILL HAVE THE SAME CURRENT CONDITION WHERE WE HAVE ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION. A LITTLE BLOWUP OF THAT AREA.
WE WILL HAVE TO CLOSE OFF THAT CURRENT ACCESS TO NEW PRINCETON OR JUST PRINCETON, I GUESS, IF YOU PREFER. THE TRAFFIC WILL HAVE TO ACCESS TO THAT SHOPPING CENTER BY GOING OLD PRINCETON AND COME BACK AROUND. WE WILL BE DOING SIGNAGE TO TRY AND SUPPORT THAT. THAT SITUATION WILL BE IN PLACE FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS.
WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO MINIMIZE THE ADDITIONAL IMPACT AND GET THE PROJECT CLEANED UP, AS I SAID EARLIER, A MONTH EARLIER THAN WE ANTICIPATED. DOWN HERE, AGAIN, FULL OPENING OF THE HOMESTEAD AND LIBERTY GROVE. MOSTLY OPENING OLD PRINCETON AND LIBERTY GROVE THERE.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE? LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CONTRACT DETAILS.
THIS IS FOR SLIP LINING. A LITTLE GRAPHIC WHICH SHOWS YOU WHAT THAT MEANS. A PIPE INSIDE A PIPE. THAT IS EXTENDED -- LIKELY TO EXTEND THE LIFE 40 TO 50 YEARS.
IT'S NOT -- IT'S AN EXPENSIVE LOW IMPACT WAY BUT NOT INEFFECTIVE WAY OF REPAIRING THAT.
THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT TECHNOLOGY IS YOU CAN'T BRIDGE EXISTING BREAKS.
PLUS, IT'S LIMITED TO 900 LINEAR FEET, UNLESS YOU DO A SPECIAL ORDER.
WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 1,000 FEET THAT WE NEED TO FIX.
THAT'S WHERE CIRCLE H COMES IN. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS CONTRACTED WITH CIRCLE H TO DO -- REPLACE 100 LINEAR FEET WITH A PIPE. WE HAD A BREAK IN THE FIRST 100 FEET. WE HAD A FAILURE IN THE FIRST 100 FEET OF PHASE TWO. THIS WILL FIX THAT.
PUT IN A NEW MANHOLE. FROM THAT NEW MANHOLE ON, THEY WILL DO THE SLIP LINING.
IT ALLOWS US TO USE THIS TECHNOLOGY THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY.
CIRCLE H HAS ALMOST COMPLETED THEIR PORTION OF THAT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE PIECES WE ADDED TO THE CHANGE ORDER FOR CIRCLE H. THAT'S THAT COST THAT'S PART OF THE INCREASE OF THE $361,000.
IN PHASE ONE CHANGE ORDER, WE HAVE THE PHASE TWO PHASE.
WE HAD A CREDIT FOR REMOVING PAVING AND PAFING.
WE TOOK THAT ON AS CITY WORK. OUR CITY WORKERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT FASTER AND MORE EXTENSIVE THAN PREVIOUSLY IN THE CONTACT.
PREVIOUSLY, A PATCH. NOW WE REMOVE SOME SIGNIFICANT PANELS AND REPLACING THE PANEL.
WE DID A FULL OVERLAY OF THE SECTION.
MORE DURABLE PATCH. WE FOUND SOME CONNECTIONS THAT WE WEREN'T AWARE OF THAT NEEDED TO BE REATTACHED TO THE MAIN LINE.
THAT WAS ADDED. THERE SOME ABANDONED INFRASTRUCTURE WE NEEDED TO STABILIZE, FILL IT WITH MATERIAL TO MAKE SURE IT DIDN'T CAUSE PROBLEMS LATER ON.
THAT'S WHAT CAUSED THE INCREASES IN THE COST ON CIRCLE H CONTRACT.
THIS IS FOR MORE INFORMATION. IF ANYBODY -- WE HAVE BEEN UPDATING THIS. THIS WILL GO ON THE WEBSITE TOMORROW. WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. WE WILL BE COMPLETE SEPTEMBER 29TH.
>> THANK YOU. ONE QUICK QUESTION.
I KIND OF COVERED THIS WITH DAVID.
I WANT TO SAY IT OUT LOUD SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IT. LET'S MAKE SURE WE COMMUNICATE THIS WITH GARLAND ISD. IF WE HAVE, THAT'S GREAT.
SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE TIMELINE.
>> WE WILL GIVE A HEADS UP TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE WILL MAKE THEM AWARE TOMORROW, IF THEY'RE NOT LISTENING RIGHT NOW.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL, QUESTIONS? I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. THIS IS -- TO FINISH A MONTH EARLY, NUMBER ONE, IS NO CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FINISHES A MONTH EARLY, ELSE NOT AN EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
TO ME, THAT'S DOWNRIGHT PHENOMENAL.
IT'S A TESTAMENT TO YOU, YOUR TEAM.
WILLIS WHO I KNOW IS STILL HERE, I KNOW THAT GUY HAS BEEN CRITICAL TO THIS ENTIRE PROJECT.
CIRCLE H HAS DONE GREAT JOB AS A PARTNER TO THE CITY. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THEM.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH GOOD I CAN SAY ABOUT THIS.
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MAYOR, REALLY, I JUST DRIVE THIS.
LET ME MAKE SURE -- YOU TALK ABOUT WILLIS, THE NIGHT OF THE BREAK WILLIS WAS THERE.
I THINK 24 STRAIGHT HOURS, HIM AND HIS CREW, BRETT, CHRIS PATTERSON, ALL OF THOSE GUYS THAT ARE WORKING THAT ROAD CREW, BECAUSE REALLY PART OF WHAT'S MAKING THIS A SUCCESS -- WE OVERLOOK THIS A LOT IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE AT BUILT TO DO INTERNAL ROAD PROJECTS OF A SIGNIFICANT MAGNITUDE. HERE IT IS AGAIN PAYING DIVIDENDS. IF YOU HAVE DRIVEN DOWN INDUSTRIAL, NEW ROAD.
RIGHT? WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION BUT FOR THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE GOT THIS ROAD ANYONE LISTENING, IF YOU NEED WORK AND YOU CAN FINISH CONCRETE, COME SEE US.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A TON OF OPENINGS. I'M SAYING THIS -- I'M NOT BEING -- MAYBE IT'S FUNNY BUT I DON'T MEAN TO BE. THEY'RE DOING THIS SHORTHANDED.
THAT EFFORT -- THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING. I GET THE CREDIT AND THE BLAME.
BUT THE REAL EFFORT IS HAPPENING IN THE STREETS WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS CREW.
SPECIFICALLY, IN THIS CASE, THE STREETS CREW. IT'S REALLY A TEAM EFFORT.
THEY ARE PULLING GUYS EVERYWHERE FROM WILLIS' CREW WHEN THEY HAVE TO TO DIG AND DO THINGS.
IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE EFFORT ON THE PART OF THAT TEAM.
I WAS GOING TO THANK THEM. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP. THEY DESERVE ALL THE PRAISE.
BUT FOR THEM PUTTING FORTH THE EFFORT THAT THEY DO, WE MIGHT BE TELLING YOU WESHGS WE FINISH THREE MONTHS LATER VERSUS A MONTH EARLIER. THANK YOU AND THE PUBLIC WORKS GROUP.
>> THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT ORIGINALLY, WORST CASE SCENARIO WAS $10 MILLION TO $14 MILLION.
WE GOT A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. MAYBE MORE LIKE 10, THEN 8.
NOW WE ARE DOWN TO 6.1. THAT'S PHENOMENAL, THE CREATIVE TO DO THE SLIP LINE IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANOTHER SMALLER REPLACEMENT, THE ADDITION OF THE MANHOLE. YEAH.
>> I DROVE BY THERE THIS AFTERNOON. I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS SAYING. I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION SITES. YOU KNOW WHEN DIRT IS FLYING.
DIRT IS FLYING. IT WAS GOING EVERYWHERE.
I LOOK, I COULDN'T BELIEVE THERE WAS CONCRETE AND ROADS BEING PUT IN PLACE.
IT WAS AMAZING. WHAT I REALLY -- THIS IS JUST SUCH A CONCRETE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT OUR CITY MANAGER HAS BEEN TRYING TO DO FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN TRYING TO DO FOR THIS COUPLE YEARS, OF WHAT SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE CITY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO.
IT'S STARTING TO LEAD AND TO OPERATE WITH FORESIGHT. THIS WAS AN EMERGENCY.
THIS IS AS BAD AS IT GETS. RIGHT? BECAUSE OF FORESIGHT AND PLANNING, AND BECAUSE CONCRETE CREWS WERE PUT IN PLACE AND BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN BEEFED UP AND BECAUSE ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE TAKEN ON MORE IMPORTANCE, AND THIS IS ONE CONCRETE EXAMPLE. THIS IS GOING ON ALL THROUGH THE CITY. I REALLY, REALLY HOPE THE CITIZENS APPRECIATE -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY APPRECIATE, RECOGNIZE -- THAT THEY RECOGNIZE THIS, TAT THIS WAS A DISASTER.
IT WAS NOT FUN WHEN IT WAS HAPPENING.
IT'S REALLY NOT FUN NOW. IT HAS INCONVENIENCED A LOT OF PEOPLE. UNDER BUDGET, AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, IT DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN THAT.
THE BETTER THING,I BELIEVE THIS IS THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY. THIS IS THE THINGS YOU WILL START SEEING ALL THROUGH THE CITY EVERYWHERE.
I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF EVERYBODY. I'M PROUD OF ROWLETT. I JUST FEEL REALLY, REALLY GOOD ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INVOLVED.
>> BECAUSE YOU MADE A POINT -- I TRY TO SHUT UP AND LET DO YOU YOUR BUSINESS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE. YOU MADE A POINT OF THIS IS WHAT WE DO. I WAS REMISS -- I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT COMPLETION DEADLINE. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT ITSELF. I'M LOOKING AT CHIEF DENNING.
YOU TALK ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE ENGAGE IN AS A CITY.
OUR POLICE OFFICERS WERE NOT CONTENT TO JUST -- THE TYPICAL, LET ME STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND DIRECT TRAFFIC. ON THEIR OWN VOLITION, THEY RECOGNIZED THAT THEY COULD PERHAPS BE MORE EFFECTIVE IF THEY TOOK OVER MANUAL CONTROL OF THE SIGNAL.
THAT IS -- CERTAINLY, THE LIBERTY GROVE AREA IS ALWAYS PRETTY JAMMED AS CERTAIN TIMES.
THIS EXACERBATED THAT ISSUE. WHATEVER RELIEF WE FELT --
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I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE MITIGATED THE MAGNITUDE OF THE ISSUE.THAT WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE OUT THERE LITERALLY IN THE BAKING SUN, SOME OFFICER THERE WITH TH ORDINATED EFFORTS, BUT AGAIN I THINK THAT PERSONIFIES WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THE WAY WE CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS NOW.
STANDING OUT THERE, YEAH, YEAH, COME THIS WAY, THAT WASN'T ACCEPTABLE TO THEM.
AGAIN, ON THEIR OWN, THEY ARE THE ONES WHO DECIDED, LET'S START MOVING THIS TRAFFIC, CONTROLLING THE SIGNAL.
THAT REALLY I THINK WAS THE FACT TORE THAT CHANGED THE GAME IN TERMS OF HOW THE TRAFFIC WAS ABLE TO FLOW IN AND OUT. WHILE WE STARTED THIS PROCESS WITH A LOT OF COMPLAINTS, YOU SAW HOW QUICKLY THEY DIED DOWN. IT WASN'T BECAUSE THEY FELL ON DEAF EARS. PUBLIC WORKS WOULD WORK TO CHANGE SIGNS, PUT UP THE TEMPORARY TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
THROUGH THAT PROCESS, PD WAS OUT THERE.
ALL OF THAT TO SAY, I COULD NOT BE MORE GRATEFUL OF THE TEAM WORK THAT THIS PROJECT EXHIBITED FOR RESIDENTS, THE COUNCIL, AND FOR THE TEAM ITSELF.
IT IS HOW WE'RE DOING OUR BUSINESS.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE AND I WOULD EXPECT IT TO. I THINK THIS EXEMPLIFIED IT.
>> ALL RIGHT. I DO WANT TO ALSO GIVE -- YOU MENTIONED IT -- THANKS TO OUR RESIDENTS. THERE HAS BEEN NOT ONLY AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF PATIENCE BY OUR RESIDENTS, BUT AN EQUALLY EXTREME AMOUNT OF UNDERSTANDING, I THINK. THEY HAVE BEEN COLLABORATORS THROUGH THIS PROCESS. OUR RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN AT THE TWO INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS WE HELD AT THE WATERVIEW GOLF COURSE SPACE.
THEY WERE THERE OFFERING UP SUGGESTIONS, OFFERING SOLUTIONS. AS YOU MENTIONED, THOSE DID NOT FALL ON DEAF EARS. THERE'S A TEMPORARY TRAFFIC SIGNAL. THE ALIGNMENT WITH GISD WAS BUT IN PLACE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE SOMEONE ASKED THE QUESTION, HAS THIS BEEN SHARED WITH GISD? THIS STARTED THE SNOWBALL OF COMING UP WITH A CREATIVE SOLUTION THAT GISD WAS ABLE TO DEPLOY. IT LED TO THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT -- WITH SERGEANT RAY AND THE LIGHTS AND TRAFFIC VOLUME AND LED TO OFFICERS BEING OUT THERE ON SITE EVERY DAY MAKING SURE THE LIGHTS ARE CYCLED APPROPRIATELY AND SAFETY FOR THE KIDS CROSSING THE STREETS.
OUR RESIDENT HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF BEING UNDERSTANDING, PATIENT AND COLLABORATIVE AND HELPFUL.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR OUR NEIGHBORS IN HOMESTEAD, WATERVIEW AND OTHER AREAS IMPACTED.
THANK R THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
WITH THAT, COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT ON THE WEBSITE AND SHARING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
NEXT 7I, CONSIDERATION ACTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION FOR APPROVAL OF COSTS NOT TO EXCEED $500,000 FOR THE DISTRICT TO REN NATURE AND COMPLETE THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE APPRAISAL OFFICE AT 841 JUSTIN ROAD, ROCKWALL, TEXAS. I APPARENTLY IN THE MIDST OF THE EXCITEMENT NEGLECTED TO VOTE ON 7H. WE WILL PAUSE 7I AND REVERT BACK. THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT.
I HEARD YOUR VOICE OVER THERE AMONGST ALL OTHERS. WE ARE -- I'M GOING TO READ AGAIN, ACTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND RATIFYING CHANGE ORDERS TO THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH CIRCLE H, IN THE AMOUNT OF 361,599. 01 AND WITH VORTEX FOR WORK IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $643,510, NEGOTIATE AND THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE.
>> I MOVE WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION AS READ.
>> WEHAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE. THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY BY
[7.I. Consider action to adopt a resolution for approval of costs not to exceed $500,000 for the Rockwall County Appraisal District to renovate and complete the second floor of the current appraisal office located at 841 Justin Road, Rockwall, Texas, as required by Sec. 6.051 of the Texas Property Tax Code.]
THOSE MEMBERS PRESENT. BACK TO 7I, WHICH I JUST READ INTO THE RECORD.BRIEF INTRODUCTION ON THIS ITEM, WE DID GET A LETTER OR I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM MR. PASSINS, THE CHIEF APPRAISER.
HE LET ME KNOW THAT THEY ARE PLANNING TO DO A RENOVATION ON THE SECOND FLOOR, I BELIEVE, OF THEIR PROPERTY AT 841 JUSTIN ROAD.
A BUILDING THEY PREVIOUSLY BUILT AND RENOVATED THE LOWER FLOOR. THEY WANT TO RENOVATE THE SECOND FLOOR TO ADD OFFICE SPACE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THIS WAS DETAILED IN THE PACKET AS WELL. THERE WAS NOT A COPY OF THE LETTER IN THE PACKET.
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I HAVE SUMMARIZED IT PRETTY WELL.MAYBE I DIDN'T SEND IT TO YOU. I APOLOGIZE.
NONETHELESS, THAT'S THE REQUEST. ACCORDING TO STATE LAW, THE TAXING JURISDICTIONS WITHIN THE COUNTY HAVE TO APPROVE ANY SORT OF EXPENDITURE OF THIS NATURE FOR THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY OR UPGRADE OF REAL PROPERTY.
WE ARE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE THAT.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT WE DID RECEIVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT EMAIL THROUGH THE CITY'S WEBSITE THAT WAS OPPOSED TO THIS ITEM, OPPOSED TO THIS ITEM. WITH THAT, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT I'M ABLE TO. OR ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU COULD PRESENT THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH US. I HAVE NEVER MET YOU AND DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU.
IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON YOUR WORK. SAT BACK THERE AND LISTENED TO THIS MEETING. I'M IMPRESSED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. JUST A LITTLE BACK STORY.
IN 2020, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADOPTED A RESOLUTION TO BUILT THE CURRENT BUILDING THAT WE ARE IN. WE DID NOT FINISH THE SECOND FLOOR TO MITIGATE COSTS THERE.
TO WITHHOLD FUNDS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE BORROWED TO BUILD. HERE WE ARE TODAY, NEEDING TO FINISH THE SECOND FLOOR. AS THE COUNTY HAS CONTINUED TO GROW BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS, WE HAVE GONE BEYOND THE PARCEL COUNT, THE PROJECT CITIZEN COUNT FOR ROCKWALL COUNTY WE PROJECTED IN 2020 WHEN WE CAME BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR THE RESOLUTION TO BUILD THAT BUILDING. HERE WE ARE NEEDING TO ADD STAFF TO CONTINUE TO FACILITATE THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT'S OPERATIONS AS IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE. TO FINISH THE SECOND FLOOR IS NECESSARY TO HOUSE OUR STAFF IN ONE BUILDING VERSUS HAVING TO BE BROKE UP IN A COUPLE OF BUILDINGS.
THE COST OF THE RESOLUTION IS NOT TO EXSEAT $500,000.
THERE'S NOT A BUDGET IMPACT TO ANY OF OUR ENTITIES FOR 2026 OR ANY YEARS MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE OF THIS PROJECT.
WE ARE ASKING FOR A RESOLUTION GIVING US, APPROVING THE RESOLUTION TO FINISH THAT FLOOR SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR IES AS WE DO.
I'M PROUD TO WORK FOR THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
PROBABLY NOT MANY PEOPLE THINK IT'S AN HONORABLE JOB. SOMEBODY HAS TO DO IT RIGHT.
I'M HONORED TO SERVE IN THE CAPACITY OF CHIEF APPRAISER. I THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. ASKING FOR A RESOLUTION SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE THE TAXING ENTITIES OF THE COUNTY.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. I APPRECIATE -- I HAD EMAILED YOU ABOUT A PARTICULAR PROPERTY ON A MAP WAS SHOWING INTERESTING STUFF ON THERE OVER IN OUR SIDE OF ROCKWALL COUNTY. YOU WERE RESPONSIVE. IT'S A HARD JOB, NO DOUBT.
YOU PROBABLY DON'T GET MANY ACCOLADES.
>> COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? ANY DISCUSSION ITEMS? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ITEM AS READ.
>> A MOTION TO AOF PRO AND A SECOND BY MR. GIBBS.
>> I SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION? LET'S CALL THE VOTE. THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE LATE INTO THE EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY.
COUNCIL, AT THIS TIME, BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SECTION, I WILL DO THIS LAST AGENDA TOPIC.
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL MAY ASK TOPICS TO BE PLACED FOR THE MEETING.
>> I DO HAVE AN ITEM I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO A FUTURE AGENDA.
THIS HAS COME FROM A NUMBER OF CITIZENS, PARTICULARLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN, THE SOUTH SIDE OF ROWLETT ROAD.
PARTICULARLY WHERE THE BRIDGE COMING OUT OF GARLAND COMES INTO ROWLETT. SPEED IS A BIG PROBLEM DOWN THERE.
>> ANYWAY, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM THAT WE WOULD LOOK INTO LOWERING THE SPEED ON ROWLETT ROAD FROM 40 MILE AN HOUR TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.
>> I WILL SECOND THAT ITEM. WE WILL GET THAT ON A FUTURE AGENDA. THANK YOU, SIR.
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COUNCIL, ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS TO REQUEST?>> I WOULD LIKE TO -- BASED ON PUBLIC COMMENT EARLIER, ROWLETT LOCAL BUSINESS, MAYBE HAVE A DISCUSSION ON HOW WE LOOK AT RFPS IN THE CITY.
IF WE CONSIDER ROWLETT -- HOW WE RANK LOCAL BUSINESSES AS PART OF THE BUY LF IN CRITERIA.
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
ARE YOU SEEKING TO LOOK AT THE PURCHASING POLICY OR YOU WANT TO PASS A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD SOMEHOW GIVE FAVORABLE CRITERIA --
>> SEE WHAT THE CRITERIA IS. THEN WE CAN DISCUSS POLICY BASED ON THAT CRITERIA.
>> WE HAVE THAT ITEM AS WELL. THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS FOR FUTURE MEETING? IN THAT CASE, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR EXECUTIVE SECTION 2A. CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONVENE INTO CONSECUTIVE SESSION. TO DISCUSS COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THE CITY RECEIVED FROM BUSINESS PROSPECTS THAT THE COUNCIL SEEKS TO HAVE, LOCATE, STAY OR EXPAND IN THE CITY AND WITH WHICH THE CITY IS CONDUCTING NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING PROJECT READ.
WITH THAT, WE WILL CONVENE OUR EXECUTIVE SECTION IN THE WORK SESSION ROOM SHORTLY. IT'S 10:06.
WE WILL RECONVENE AND CONCLUDE OUR MEETING WHEN WE ARE FINISHED
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.