[1.Call to Order]
[4. Citizens’ Input ]
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>> GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN TODAY IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2026.
THE CITY COUNCIL. PRESENT WORK SESSION. THIS IS OUR SPECIAL WORK SESSION MEETING.
I DO HAVE A FEW REQUESTS TO SPEAK FORMS AND OUR 1ST SPEAKER THIS EVENING WILL BE THE KNEES.
AND IF YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES. >> (INAUDIBLE) AND THE CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL ORDERS FOR 6602 DRIVE TO REMOVE A STRUCTURE OR TO BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE FOR THE SETBACK TWICE ALONG WITH THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND DENIED TWICE IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER. THAT IS NOT THE THING ANYWHERE AND THAT DOESN'T EXIST. THIS IS THE ONE-PERSON ISSUE. WE ARE GOING TO PUT IT (INAUDIBLE) WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE WE DOING. IT YEARS, I'VE NEVER SEEN THE SITUATION LIKE THIS. WERE NOT ABOUT TO PUT THE CITY IN THAT REALLY SIMPLE. IT'S JUST 1 PERSON WANTS US TO. THE PREVIOUS MAYOR HIMSELF QUESTION OF THIS MOVE ON NOVEMBER 18, 2024. (INAUDIBLE) HE WAS NOT COMFORTABLE CHANGING THE COORDINATE FOR 1 PERSON.
>> THANK YOU. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE ABOUT 6602 EXTENDED. THIS APPEARED TO BE A CASE OF ONE'S PARKING FILM SO I HAVE TO CREATE A NEW LAW SECTION (INAUDIBLE) TO BYPASS UNITED ADJUSTMENT FOR 1 INDIVIDUAL. LAW SHOULD BE PROTECTED THE COMMUNITY NOT PROVIDING A SINGLE PROPERTY. 1ST OF ALL, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 211 ALSO IRC R703, & THIS NEIGHBOR CUT A HOLE IN THE STRUCTURE AND LIFTED A PARTIAL
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DEMOLITION. THE 1 THAT IS IN THE ROOM FROM NOVEMBER 23 2 APRIL 2025. THIS IS A HARDSHIP, IT IS CALCULATED BYPASS. THE NAME OR MAYBE HAVE PUT THE FIREWALL INSIDE BUT THE EXTERIOR IS ROBIN FINAL FACING. THE CODE ARE 7, FINAL FACING IS NOT APPROVED. IS THAT THE STRUCTURE CATCHES FIRE, THE VINYL WILL MELT AND THE FIRE AGAINST MY HOUSE. WE ONLY HAVE 2 1/2 LESS THAN 3 FEET OPENING. WE DON'T HAVE OR NO ICE REQUIRED BY ADDING SECTION 5 OR 3. AS LONG AS IT IS FIXED AND NOT OVER WIDE, THE NEIGHBOR SHOWS TO BUILD WITHOUT PERMIT AND CHOSE TO LEAD THAT DEMOLISH. (INAUDIBLE) A MISTAKE IS NOT THE LEGAL HARDSHIP.THIS IS A DECISION REQUEST AND THE BUILDING OFFICIAL PROVIDE SAFETY FINDING WHETHER THE
BUILDING IS 0 SETBACK. MY SAFETY IS NOT LIMITED EXCEPTION. >> MARK. 27 YEAR IN ROWLETT.
THAT'S 2 OTHER LOCATION, OUR NEIGHBOR ALSO IT ON FOR A RIDE. IT WAS TO ADDRESS HIS OBLIGATION TO BE SINGLE THE PRAISE AND SOME EARLY ONES. FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS, BEEN RUNNING A MALICIOUS ONGOING HARASSMENT CAMPAIGN TO TERMINATE US. & (INAUDIBLE) A SMALL BUT WARM LIGHT OVER SMALL TABLE AT THE LIBERAL. THE PERMITTED STORAGE PATTERN THAT HA BEEN THERE FOR 20 YEARS PERMITTED THROUGH (INAUDIBLE). FOR DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED FOR A SMALL FIRE THAT HOLDS PARKING REGISTER AND 30 FEET AWAY FROM THIS PROPERTY LINE. OUR DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED ON CHRISTMAS DAY 2025. SMOKING A HAM FOR DINNER. SO I WOULD HAVE TO MOVE AROUND THEM WHICH THE GIVEN RESEARCH AND TO EITHER SUE OR CALL THE CITY. IT TOOK SEVERAL 24TH 3 BRANCHES THAT HAD FALLEN ON
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HIS PROPERTY AND ROLLED THEM ONTO MINE. JUST MAKE SURE THAT WERE THE PROPERTY LINES ARE. HE COMPLAINED OF THE CITY ABOUT THE ABOVE THAT I HAD IN MY DRIVEWAY.AFTER HE COMPLAINED, HE RECEIVED NOTICE TO REMOVE THE BOAT. THE NEIGHBOR INSTALLED EXTREMELY BRIGHT LIGHTS ENOUGH TO LIGHT UP 3 PROPERTIES, 100 FOOD TREES AND 300 FEET AWAY. OVER SEVERAL LOCATIONS, 2 MALE FAMILY MEMBERS WITH THE SAND ON THE AREA SHARED PROPERTY LINE. WAIT FOR IT, DRIVE-BY WITH MY (INAUDIBLE) AND START YELLING AND SHAKING THEIR FISTS AT ME. MANY OF THESE ISSUES ARE PRESERVED ON VIDEO VIA HARD DISK. IN CONCLUSION, MOST IMPORTANTLY IS HARASSMENT. CONFIRMATION WILL NOT STOP AFTER 5 YEARS. THIS IMMEDIATELY GOAL SEEMS TO BE MOTIVATED CITY COUNCIL TO CANCEL MY SHARED PERMIT. THE CITY COUNCIL LEGALLY PASS THE ORDINANCE. CITY STAFF ISSUE THE PERMIT AND I COME FILED WITH THE REQUIREMENTS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS, MAYOR THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY. JOHN, ACTUALLY I AM A NEIGHBOR OF BOTH OF THESE GENTLEMEN. I'VE SEEN THROUGH THE YEARS, THE PROGRESSION OF WHAT'S GOING ON. WE'VE GOT AN INSIDE AT SOME POINT. WERE TALKING ABOUT 12 TO 14 FEET OF LAND BETWEEN BOTH PROPERTIES. WE GOT DIFFERENCES PART OF THE SHARED BUT IT'S BEEN PASSED AND BEEN PERMANENT.
WE ALSO HAVE A DOWNSPOUT I WENT OVER. HE HAD ASKED ME TO COME OVER AND WITNESS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW IT IS STRAIGHT AND ALL THAT BECAUSE I'M A HOME SCREEN.
HE ASKED ME WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO MOUNT THIS. SO I WENT OVER AND WE TALK ABOUT IT . I WATCHED THE SESSION ON THE 20TH AND TALK ABOUT STANDING WATER. THERE'S NO WAY WATER COULD STAND THERE. IT RUNS OFF RIGHT TO THE LAKE.
THE BIG FIX HERE IS SAME WILL PUT THAT HER ON THAT SIDE AND MOVE THE AC UNIT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. I JUST THINK IT'S JUST THERE A LOT OF BAD BLOOD, I WISH IT WOULD JUST STOP. I'VE SEEN THE FIRE TRUCKS, I'VE SEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'VE SEEN THE CITY OVER THERE, MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, CODE ENFORCEMENT,
AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SAME THING. >> THANK YOU SIR. JOHN, ROWLETT. IT'S KIND OF APPROPRIATE BECAUSE SOME OF THE STAFF WITH THE ABOUT IS TERRAIN. MATTHEW 5, 43 45. YOU HAVE HEARD IT SAID, THOU SHALL LOVE THY NEIGHBOR WERE, AND HATE THEY ENEMY. LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, BLESS THEM THAT CURSE YOU AND DO THEM THAT HATE AND DO GOOD TO THEM AND PRAY FOR THEM. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A LOT
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RIGHT AFTER MY MOVE IN. THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH SOME TREES IN THE BACKYARD THAT WERE ON THE LINE OR IN THE PROPERTY LINE. MARK CALLS BEING OR HAVING SOME KNEE PROBLEM AND HE COULDN'T DO IT AND ASKED ME TO HELP HIM MOVE THIS WRIST TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUEST TO GET THEM OFF THE PROPERTY LINE. WE GET OUT THERE AND WORK AND WERE DIGGING THIS WRIST UP AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW THAT PEOPLE DON'T REPORT OUT AT ME AND OR ASKED ABOUT BEING ON THE PROPERTY. I'M JUST TRYING TO DO A 3 SO WE CAN RELOCATE THIS STORY AND GET IT IN THE PROPERTY. SO, RIGHT FOR A YEAR AND HAVE THEY HAD HALF OF IT. HOW DO I KNOW BECAUSE I WENT TO TOWN AND HELP HIM CUT THAT OUT AND HELP HIM REMOVE IT. SO THAT IT COULD BE CUT OUT. WHAT EVER IT STARTED DOING THAT, I WAS THERE WHENEVER WE PUT IN THE FIREPROOF AND STUFF INSIDE OF IT TO KEEP IT FROM BURNING. HE COMPLIED WITH THE NEW REQUIREMENTS. ISN'T ALL THIS THINGS TRYING TO BE THAT NEIGHBOR THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE. WHEN HE HEARD THE MESSAGE ABOUT THE FLOOD, USE THE TERM THAT, FOR THE WATER THAT HE PUT ON THE SPOUT. WERE TRYING TO DO IT FROM UP IN THE AIR AND ON THE SIDE AND DO ALL THIS THINGS TO GET THIS GATHER UP SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THE WATER OF THEIR PROPERTY AND OF THEIR HOUSES. (INAUDIBLE) WE ARE JUST TRYING TO DO WHAT YOU'RE FOLLOWING OR ASKING AND DO YOU WANT THE WATER WHEN YOU'RE PROBABLY TRYING TO FIX THIS.[5.A. Discussion of change in numbering format for ordinances and resolutions. ]
WELL, YOU KNOW, FINALLY, HE WAS ASKED WHO IS THE MESSENGER? I RESPONDED PERSON IS THE NEIGHBOR THAT DOES FEEL SAFE FROM THE EVIL. & I PUT ON A PARTY A FEW YEARS AGO TO HAVE EVERYBODY MEET BECAUSE WE HANDED OUT BROCHURES ALL AROUND THE COMMUNITY ANDASKED EVERYBODY TO COME. >> NEXT WERE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR WORK SESSION ITEM 5A, DISCUSSION OF CHANGE IN THE NUMBERING FORMAT FOR THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION.
THIS WAS AN AGENDA ITEM THAT WAS BROUGHT FORTH BY COUNCILMEMBER. I KNOW OUR CITY
SECRETARY PUT TOGETHER THE PRESENTATION. >> THIS IS ABOUT THE CHANGE IN THE NUMBERING FORMAT AND THE ORDINANCE AND THE RESOLUTION. I WANT TO EXPLAIN THE CHANGE IN THE NUMBERING FORMAT IN THE CITY ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION AND PROVIDE CLARITY ON THE NEW FORMAT. THE PREVIOUS NUMBERING FORMAT IS THE ORDINANCE THAT 037 2503 7 STANDS FOR THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE $0.25 FOR THE YEAR OF ADOPTION. ON THE RESOLUTION THE SAME SET UP AS FOR RESOLUTION 127 25.
THE 127 IS THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF THE RESOLUTION AND 25 WAS THE YEAR OF ADOPTION. AND THIS NUMBER IS SET EACH CALENDAR YEAR. THE NUMBER FORMAT, THE ORDINANCES, THE 1ST DIGITS 26 REPRESENTS FOR THE YEAR OF ADOPTION. THE 2ND SET OF THE NUMBER 01 REPRESENT THE AMOUNT OF ADOPTION AND 01 OF THE LAST SET OF NUMBERS REPRESENT
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THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF THE ORDINANCE. FOR RESOLUTION, IT FOLLOWS ALMOST SAME FORMAT. 26 STANDS FOR THE YEAR IT IS ADOPTED. 01 DISTANCE FOR THE MOMENT IT WAS ADOPTED. 01 DISTANCE FOR THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF THAT RESOLUTION FOLLOWED BY OUR, AND THOSE NUMBERS WITH RESET EACH YEAR CALENDAR. AND EACH MONTH, THE 2ND SET OF NUMBERS WILL CHANGE ACCORDING TO THE MONTH THAT WAS APPROVED. THIS IS A COMPARISON SIDE-BY-SIDE OF THE CHANGES AND AS YOU CAN SEE, ORIGINALLY, WE HAVE THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE NUMBER RESOLUTION NUMBER. 1ST, ALONG WITH THE 1ST YEAR, 1ST MONTH APPROVE AND THEN THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF THE ARGONAUTS AND RESOLUTION.THIS HELPS IMPROVE CLARITY AND CONSISTENCY. AND KEEPING IT EMBEDDED WITH THE INDEXING AND DOCUMENT TRACKING PROVIDES ACLEAR HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND FACILITATES FASTER SEARCHING. >> I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
AND I FEEL LIKE IT IS LITERALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE TRANSPARENCY AT 1ST CITY COUNCIL AND CERTAINTY WITH OUR PUBLIC. THIS NUMBERS ARE USED BY EVERY DEEP OINTMENT THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT USES THE PROCUREMENT USES THEM.
THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT USES THEM. TO JUST HAVE THEM CHANGE REALLY STARTLED ME. I HAVE WORKED IN THE CITY FOR 10 YEARS AND I'M USED TO SEEING THINGS IN CERTAIN MATTER.AND I SEE THEM CHANGE WITHOUT NOTIFICATION IF THE STRUGGLE ME.
I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE AN EXPLANATION LIKE THIS. I DO FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD TAKE SOME SORT OF RESOLUTION OR AN ORDINANCE SO IT GOES IN THE BOOKS THAT THIS IS HOW WERE GOING TO CHANGE OUR NUMBERING SYSTEM. SO THAT IN 30 YEARS FROM NOW, THEY ARE SOME CITY COUNCIL ISN'T GOING TO SAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CHANGE THAT.
SO I DO THINK IT IS MY JOB AS A COUNCILPERSON TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A COOKIE TRAIL TO HOW WE HAVE DONE THINGS AND SOME PEOPLE 20 YEARS FROM NOW WILL UNDERSTAND THE CHANGE.
I KNOW WE HAVE DONE THIS WAY FOR 25 OR 20 YEARS, I CAN SEE THAT HELPFULNESS OF ADDING THE MONTH, AND I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO BE NOTIFIED BEFORE CHANGES LIKE THIS TAKE PLACE.
>> THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION? >> I THINK THE ONLY FEEDBACK I HAVE
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.