Mar 17, 2026 City Council Meetings

[1. Call to Order]

[2.A. City Council Statement regarding Private Civil Disputes.]

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

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T ANIMAL SHELTER FOR MEANINGFUL MORNING WALK. WE WILL VISIT THE INCREDIBLE

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WE WILL MEET IN DART STATION AT 9:30 A.M. AT MARCH 25TH AND THE TRAIN WILL LEAVE ABOUT 9:45.

TO REGISTER CALL. THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, AND MR.

>> YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR. LET'S PIECE ROSEMARY, SHE'S A SWEET 6-MONTH-OLD PYRANES AND SHEPHERD MIX. 30-POUND GIRL LOVES CUDDLES AND GENTLYIEST PERSONALITY AND OBVIOUSLY SHE KNOWS HOW TO POSE WELL FOR PICTURES SO THAT'S A REALLY GREAT SMILE.

MOWS MARY WILL BRING WARMTH AND HAPPINESS IN EVERYDAY LIFE WITH CURIOUS SPIRIT AND LOYAL EXAMPLE OWNSHIP. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FLUFFY BEST FRIEND ROSEMARY IS PERFECT ADDITION TO YOUR FAMILY. PLEASE CONTACT ANIMAL SERVICES AT (972)412-6219 OR COME BY THE SHELTER AT 4402 INDUSTRIAL STREET FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. TUESDAY TO SATURDAY AND IF YOU HAVE PETS AT HOME AND HAVEN'T DONE SO, PLEASE DON'T EXPERT TO SPAY OR NEUTER THEM.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCIL, ANYTHING TO SHARE? >> YES, MAYOR, I HAVE SOMETHING.

ANNIVERSARY OF SERVING AS CITY SECRETARY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS SO I APPRECIATE DEBBIE FOR HER

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>> THANK YOU, THAT'S A VERY SPECIAL RECOGNITION. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER UPDATES TO SHARE? ANY OTHER BIG ANNIVERSARIES, NO. OKAY.

[3. Citizens’ Input]

AT THIS TIME COMMENTS TAKEN FROM THE AUDIENCE ONFULLY TOPIC NO ACTION DURING CITIZENS INPUT.

I DO HAVE A NUMBER OF REQUESTS TO SPEAK FORMS SO WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME PLEASE STEP UP TO THE MIC AND CITY OF RES DEPOSITION AND FIRST SPEAKER DARRELL HEST FOLLOWED BY TONY HENSHAW.

>> YES, MY NAME IS TERRELL TEST. I LOVE AT 9002 LAKE AVENUE IN ROWLETT.

I'VE GOT TWO ISSUES. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A CITY ROAD REGARDING PARKING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE STREET AND PEOPLE PARKED ON THE LEFT SIDE. I DROVE OUT, A BLOCK AND A HALF AND I COUNTED TEN CARS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE STREET. I'M WONDERING WHY THIS CODE IS NOT ENFORCED. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A 20-DOLLAR FINE.

THE CITY COULD MAKE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BY ENFORCING THIS. THAT'S MY FIRST ISSUE.

MY SECOND ISSUE IS BEHIND ME BETWEEN WHERE I LIVE AND THE LAKE AND THIS AREA IS BORDERED BY DUCK POND LAKE POINT AND SENIC. THERE'S A BIG GREEN AREA WITH A LOT OF TREES AND MANY BRANCHES HAVE COME DOWN OVER THE YEARS. SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS INCLUDING MYSELF WILL PICK UP THE SMALL ONGOINGS, TAKE THEM OUT TO THE CURB FOR BULK PICKUP BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF LARGE ONES OUT THERE. PEOPLE PUT THEM IN PILES.

THERE ARE AT LEAST A DOZEN PILES THIS HIGH AND AS BIG AS THIS AREA FILLED WITH BRANCHES AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF TREES RECENTLY THAT HAVE COME DOWN, BIG -- AND I'M WONDERING, WE HAVE TRIED TO TALK TO THE CITY, NEIGHBORS HAVE TRIED TO DALLAS, TRYING TO FIND OUT LOST RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING, YOU KNOW, A NICE, CLEAN AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY SUCCESS. SO I'M WONDERING WHAT YOU CAN DO TO SEND SOMEBODY OUT TO CLEAN UP THE MESS OUT THERE. AND LOOK AT THE DEAD TREES, I HAVE ONE THAT'S 65 FEET TALL AND IT'S DEAD. SOME DAY IT'S GOING TO FALL AND EASILY COME DOWN IN MY HOUSE SO I'M VERY CONCERNED. HOW DO WE GET THAT TAKEN CARE

OF? >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION.

I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT THE FIRST ITEM THAT YOU SPOKE ABOUT, SIR, IS -- SIR, MR. TEST, THE FIRST ITEM THAT YOU SPOKE ABOUT WOULD RELATE TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR POLICE CHIEF IS ACTUALLY SITTING RIGHT THERE IN THE BACK ROW. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK WITH THEM BRIEFLY I THINK HE COULD PROBABLY HELP ADDRESS THAT FIRST ITEM WITH REGARD TO CARS THAT ARE PARKED ON THE STREET. ALL RIGHT, NEST SPEAKER IS TONY HENSHAW.

>> CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE WEBSITE STATE THAT IS YOUR VALUES RESPECT INTEGRITY SERVICE AND EXCELLENCE. I'M HERE FOR THE THIRD TIME BECAUSE IN MY CASE, THE CASE MY FRIEND COLLIN JOHNSON I HAVE YET TO SEE VALUES IN ACTION. IN SEPTEMBER 2023 COLLIN DIED ON SCOOTER ROWLETT DESCRIBED THE VIDEO PROVIDED TO ME AS WELL AS COLLIN LOSING CONTROL FOR NO REASON. I WENT TO THE SITE, EXACT LOCATION OF THE ACCIDENT WHICH I HAVE HERE, I BELIEVE Y'ALL HAVE A COPY OF THAT TOO AND THERE'S 75-FOOT EXPANSION JOINT WITH HEIGHT DIFFERENCE. COLLIN DIDN'T LOSE CONTROL, HE HIT MASSIVE UNMAINTAINED LEDGE THAT VIOLATES EVERY SAFETY STANDARD. TXDOT MAINTAINS MAINTENANCE MANUAL STATE THAT IS ABSOLUTE -- THE ABSOLUTE VERTICAL DROPOFF IS LESS THAN 3 INCHES.

THE GAP WAS 4 INCHES. I'M SORRY, THIS GAP IS 4 INCHES, THIS CLASSIFIES SPECIAL DEFECT WHICH MEANS THE CITY DOESN'T GET TO CLAIM THAT THEY WEREN'T NOTIFIED AND DOESN'T APPEAR -- KILLED COLLIN. UNDER THE LAW, THIS IS CONSTRUCTIVE KNOWLEDGE.

YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN IT EXISTED ACCORDING TO YOUR OWN MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, ROWLETT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SIGNS AND YOU HAVE POWER TO DIRECT SIGN DANGER UNEVEN LANES AND YET YOU DIDN'T AND MARCH 17TH, TODAY YOU STILL HAVEN'T AND THOUGH I STOOD WARNED YOU ABOUT IT A MONTH AGO

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I'M ASKING YOU THE TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR YOUR PAST AND TO PLEASE JUST DO YOUR JOB THAT YOU'RE PAID TO DO. FIX THE JOB AND SHOW THE FAMILY THE RESPECT THAT YOU CLAIM.

THIS ISN'T PERSONAL, I LOVE ROWLETT. I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE '79.

COME ON, HELP ME OUT. >> THANK YOU, SIR. I DO KNOW THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER -- YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT SPEAKER DENNIS FOLLOWED BY HASSAN ALGI

MI. >> DENNIS, ROWLETT, TEXAS. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AS AUTHORIZED FOR TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.007. THIS LAW REQUIRES YOU TO ALLOW ME TO ADDRESS THE BODY AND SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITS THE COUNCIL FROM STOPPING ME BASED ON THE CONTENT OF MY CONCERNS.

TONIGHT THE CITY COUNCIL MADE A STATEMENT THAT THE ISSUE DID NOT BEGIN AS A DISPUTE.

IT BEGAN AS A CODE COMPLIANT MATTER HANDLED BY THE CITY. ON OCTOBER 1@, 2022 THE BOARD OF ADJUST MEANT HEARD VARIANCE REQUEST FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND THE VARIANCE DID NOT RECEIVE REQUIRED VOTE TO BE APPROVED. AT THAT TIME, THE STRUCTURE WAS NOT COMPLIANT WITH THE ORDINANCE. AFTER THE CITY DISCUSSED ORDINANCE CHANGES RELATED TO NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES IN 2025, A PERMIT WAS ISSUED FOR NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE.

AT THE SAME ADDRESS FROM THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT BECAUSE OF THAT SEQUENCE THE CURRENT SITUATION EXIST AS A RESULT OF CITY DECISIONS NOT A PRIVATE DISAGREEMENT.

SINCE THEN, WE'VE ASKED FOR WRITTEN ADMINISTRATION, DETERMINATION EXPLAINING HOW A STRUCTURE THAT REQUIRED A VARIANCE BECAME COMPLIANT WITHOUT A NEW VARIANCE AND WHAT SPECIFIC ORDINANCE ALLOWED -- ALLOWS IT TO REMAIN WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A CLEAR WRITTEN ANSWER.

IF THE CITY INTENTS TO CLASSIFY THIS AS PRIVATE CIVIL DISPUTE THEN THE CITY ALSO NEEDS TO EXPLAIN WHY THE BOARD ADJUSTMENT AND THEN APPROVAL INVOLVED. AND IDENTIFYING THE SPECIFIC ORDINANCE THAT MAKES IT COMPLIANT. WITHOUT THAT DETERMINATION, IT AMS THE RULES ARE BEING APPLIED DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING ON THE PROPERTY AND THAT IS CONCERN FOR ANYONE WHO RELIES ON THE CITY TO ENFORCE ITS OWN ORDINANCES CONSISTENTLY.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HASSAN

FOLLOWED BY DAN. >> HASSAN, ROWLETT, TEXAS. FIRST OF ALL, THIS STRUCTURE BEING FROM THE BEGINNING WITH THE PERMIT, IT WASN'T REALLY VALID.

[INAUDIBLE] >> IN THAT PERMIT, A LOT OF FALSE INFORMATION IN THAT PERMITS, CLEAR FROM THE BEGINNING. MATERIAL OUTSIDE THE SHAG

DOESN'T MATCH THE HOUSE. [INAUDIBLE] >> A LOT OF VIDEOS HOW MUCH IS THE WATER TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU YOU'VE SEEN IT AND YOU ARE TELLING ME DISPUTE -- IT'S UNBELIEVABLE WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE. YOU WISHING TO GIVE HIM PERMIT SINCE 2023-24, EVERYBODY HELPING HIM TO GET HIS PERMIT PASSED AND HAVE BEEN DECLINED TWICE BY BODY ADJUSTMENT. IT'S WATER -- DID YOU GUYS SEE THE VIDEOS? I GAVE TO EVERYBODY OF YOU. YOU SEE HOW MUCH WATER COMING DOWN IN MY LAND? YOU CAN'T EVEN WALK. I'VE GOT NOT EVEN 3 FEET TO ACCESS MY YARD.

THERE'S NO ALLEY. IF THERE'S A FIRE, THAT'S THE ONLY EXIT TO THE BACKYARD.

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NOBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HE HAS THAT SHACK. YOU APPROVED IT --

[INAUDIBLE] >> HE'S GONE. HE RESIGNED.

ALL OF THEM. SINCE -- SINCE WE START TALKING, NOBODY REPLY BACK TO US.

WE CALLED, WE TALKED TO YOU GUYS, NOBODY ANSWERED OUR QUESTION.

IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT HIM, WHAT HE WANTS. WE HAVE NO RIGHTS.

I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING GOOD JOB WITH THE DOGS, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM AWAY AND TAKE CARE OF THEM BUT HUMAN BEING SUFFERING EVERY DAY AND THIS GUY LAUGHING AT US AND MAKING FUN OF US AND HARASSING US EVERY DAY. HIM AND HIS WIFE. WE HAVE PICTURE OF HER, SHE

COMES OUTSIDE -- [INAUDIBLE] >> SHE SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH HER CAMERA IN MY SIDE. WE NEED SOME JUSTICE IN HERE.

WHAT IT TAKES TO TREAT US LIKE THE NEIGHBORS, THE OTHER NEIGHBORS, WHY WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS? I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY.

WHAT IT TAKES. TELL US WHAT WE DID WRONG. WHY YOU APPROVING SOMETHING ILLEGAL FROM THE BEGINNING. FOR A LONG TIME. HE WORK TO SESSION ALL OF THE TIME AND TALK TO YOU GUYS. HE'S NOT A ROOKY, HE KNOWS ABOUT PERMIT.

HE SLAPPED CONCRETE PERMITS IN 2004. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAN HAPT. AND DAN, YOU'RE SPEAKING ON ITEM 5B, CORRECT? OKAY. 5A IS A PUBLIC HEARING SO YOU ARE GOING SPEAK THAT SEPARATELY,

YES, SIR. >> DAN HAPT, ROWLETT, HELLO, MAYOR, COUNCIL, HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY. I'M SPEAKING -- I'M AGAINST THE REAPPRREMOVAL OF THE TREES THATN 5B. I JUST DON'T WE CAN KEEP REMOVING THEM AND IF WE ARE, HOW MUCH IS IN THE FORE STATION FUND NOW, WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR THIS FUND AND CAN WE CONSIDER MAKING THE MITIGATION BE HIGHER BECAUSE THE DEVELOPERS ARE FAR TOO QUICK TO PAY THE MITIGATION FUND TO WIPE OUT THE TREES AND LEFT NOTHING. I JUST THINK WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHEN WE ARE REMOVING TREES AND DON'T HAVE A GOOD PLAN TO PUT THEM BACK OR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE MONEY THAT'S IN THE FUND NOW. I THINK THE FUND IS IN EXCESS OF $400,000 AND KIND OF LIKE TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON WHAT IS THE INTENTION WITH THIS FUND,

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> AND THEN I DID RECEIVE ONE SPEAKER CARD FOR MICHAEL, IF I MISPRONOUNCED YOUR LAST NAME, I APOLOGIZE.

AND IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE, THREE MINUTES.

>> MY FLAME IS MICHAEL ZALAKOFER, RESIDENT SINCE 2018. WE PURCHASED OUR HOUSE AND I STARTED A BUSINESS IN FEBRUARY OF 2023, TWO BUSINESSES, IN FACT.

ONE OF THEM IS A MUSIC RECORDING AND BROADCASTING STUDIO AND THE OTHER IS A YOGA MEDITATION AND SOUND THERAPY STUDIO. THEY ARE BOTH LOCATED ON THE SECOND FLOOR ABOVE THE -- WHENEVER I HEARD ABOUT THIS LOCATION, I THOUGHT, I TOURED IT, LOOKED ON THE PATIO AS THE SUN WAS SETTING AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IN MY LIFE.

HOW COULD I LOSE? SO I -- BUT WHEN WENT TO BUILDING DEPARTMENT, ASKED THEM, IS THERE ANY ISSUE WITH WHAT I'M PLAN TO GO DO HERE, I'D LIKE TO HAVE PEOPLE COME TO THIS PLACE, ATTEND OUR SESSIONS AND HOPEFULLY MAYBE HAVE EVENTS HERE AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT DIDN'T GIVE ME ANY ISSUES. THEY SAID EVERYTHING WOULD BE GREAT. I SPOKE WITH THE SECRETARY AND CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME.

DOES THIS SOUND LIKESOME WOULD BE BENEFIT TO ROWLETT, YOGA STUDIO ON THE LAKE OVERWATCHING THE SUNSETS AND MUSIC STUDIO, SAME THING, GREAT IDEA. WE WENT FORWARD WITH IT, SIGNED TWO-YEAR LEASE AND IT'S GONE AS GOOD AS IT COULD GO. NOW, OCTOBER I DID START INTERACTING WITH THE CITY OF ROWLETT, WENT TO THE OCTOBER TRUNK OF TRADE AND IN JANUARY OF

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SO WE STOPPED DOING THAT AND SO WHEN IT CAME TIME TO REFLEW MY LEASE I REALLY STRUGGLED AND DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO AND I DOUBLED DOWN AND THE INVESTMENT IN ROWLETT BY CHOSING THIS LOCATION, SIGNED THE LEASE AND I LITERALLY A WEEK LATER I -- I GET FORWARDED A LETTER THAT THAT ROAD IS ABOUT TO BE DESTROYED. IT'S ABOUT TO MILLER ROAD IS ABOUT TO JUST BE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN AND THERE WAS A PROJECTION OF WHEN IT WOULD BE DONE AND I THOUGHT, WELL, GREAT, I GUESS WE WILL JUST HOPE FOR THE BEST. WELL, AND THEN COME FRIDAY, I GET ANOTHER NOTICE THAT NOW IT'S GOING TO BE MAYBE INDEFINITE. THERE'S GOING TO BE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS INVOLVED. THE ONLY TWO BUSINESSES THAT ARE BEING HEAVILY IMPACTED BY THIS IS ME, BEAUTIFUL NATURE LOCATION. I'M TRYING TO HELP THEM CALM AND FIND PLACES TO BREATHE AND NOW HALF OF THE COMMUNITY SHUT OFF FOR ME.

THAT'S MY -- >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> ALL RIGHT THAT IS THE LAST SPEAKER CARD I HAVE THIS EVENING. ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK

[4. Consent Agenda]

A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OR A CITIZEN MAY REQUEST ITEMS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

4C. ANY OTHER TO BE REMOVED FROM THE COUCOUNCIL OR FROM THE PUBLIC?

>> 4A CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING THE MINUTES. >> 4B, AUTHORIZE REPRESENTATIVES

FOR THE TEX POOL INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS. >> I SEE MOTION FOR CONSENT

AGENDA FOR MR. BRITAIN. >> THANK YOU, I MOVE THAT THE ITEMS BE APPROVED AS READ.

>> SECOND BY MR. BOWERS. >> MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ.

LET'S CALL A VOTE, PLEASE. >> AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT 4C WHICH IS AN INDIVIDUAL

[4.C. Consider action to approve the purchase of Capital Budget & Project Management software.]

OKAY. AND I DO WANT TO MENTION THERE WAS A RATHER SUBSTANTIAL DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ITEM DURING LAST NIGHT'S WORK SESSION TO TUNE TO HOUR LONG, IT'S ABOUT HOW LONG WE SPENT ON THIS ITEM. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE ANSWERED AT THAT MEETING AS WELL SO IF YOU DON'T HEAR A QUESTION THAT WE SHOULD ASK TONIGHT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT

IT WAS ASKED YESTERDAY EVENING. GO AHEAD, DAVE. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T ME I AM DAVID LEWITZ, CITY IT DIRECTOR. TONIGHT OVERVIEW OF OPEN GOV CAPITAL BUCKET AND MANAGEMENT APPLICATION. BEFORE LOOKING AT THE SOLUTIONS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES OF OUR CURRENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS.

THE CITY OF ROWLETT RELIANCE ON SPREADSHEETS, PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND MANUAL RECON SILLATION BETWEEN ENGINEERING AND FINANCE CREATES SIGNIFICANT INSUFFICIENCIES AND PROJECT EXECUTION AND FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY. RIGHT NOW OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS RELY ON SPREADSHEET BASED PROJECT TRACKING, INCONSISTENT FINANCIAL DATA, LIMITED CROSS DEPARTMENT COLLABORATION AND GOVERNANCE. PORTFOLIO LEVEL OVERSIGHT SHORTCOMINGS WHICH INCLUDE DIFFICULT REPORTING DASHBOARDS, ET CETERA, INSUFFICIENT TRANSPARENCY TO THE RESIDENTS AND INCONSISTENT GEO SPACIAL CONTEXT, GRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS BASICALLY MAPPING AND STANDARDIZED MAPPING FOR PROJECT PORTFOLIO.

TO FIND THE RED SOLUTION WE CONDUCTED EVALUATION AND INCLUDED COMPILING OF PRIORITIZED REQUIREMENTS, CROSS-REFERENCING THAT LIST OF REQUIREMENTS AGAINST TOP PROJECT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS, MUNICIPALITY VENDERS AND WE SELECTED FOUR CANDIDATES FOR

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OPEN GOV HAS 2100 PUBLIC SECTOR AGENCIES THAT UTILIZE THEIR SUIT OF APPLICATIONS AND LOCAL MUNICIPALITY IMPLEMENTATIONS INCLUDING COPPEL WHICH ALSO SHARES OUR SAME MUNICE FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AS WELL AS MCKENNIE. OPENGOV, MODERN PLATFORM THAT ADDRESSES EVERY CHALLENGE WE OUTLINED. CENTRALIZED PLATFORM FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SCHEDULES, CHARTING, BUDGETS, CONTRACTS AND EXPENSES INTEGRATION WITH PROVEN INTEGRATION WITH MUNCIE EERP SYSTEMS AND INTEGRATION WITH ESRI, GIS MAPPING SYSTEM. ROLL-BASE DASHBOARDS FOR STAFF, LEADERSHIP AND COUNCIL, POOR PORTFOLIO LEVEL DASHBOARDS, REALTIME BUDGET AND TO ACTUAL VISIBILITY, IMPROVE TRACKING OF MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES, STANDARDIZED MILESTONE TRACKING, ENHANCE TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC REPORTING AND SCALABLE TO FUTURE NON-CIP CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY. SO FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE INVESTMENT REQUIRED FOR THE SOLUTION. OVERALL THE ENTIRE -- THIS IS LICENSED ON A THREE-YEAR TERM, THE TOTAL TERM LICENSING IS $322,387.

YEAR ONE IS 66,192 FOR LICENSING AND -- I'M SORRY, $113,715 FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS TO INTEGRATE IT WITHIN OUR ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND WITHIN OUR GIS SYSTEMS. SECOND YEAR IS -- WE PASSED THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE AND IT'S $69,502 AND YEAR THREE IS $72,977. TIMELINE, HERE IS WHAT THE IMPLEMENTATION AND INTEGRATION LOOKED LIKE FROM A -- FROM KICKOFF TO LAUNCH. BASICALLY I'M NOT GOING TO GET TOO DEEP INTO THE METHODOLOGY BUT IT'S A -- FIVE-PHASE APPROACH, FIRST PHASE IS THE INITIATION PHASE, PROVISION ACCESS FORMS AND SYSTEMS. TWO IS VALIDATE, BASICALLY THAT'S WHERE OPEN GOV WORKS WITH THE CITY TO CONFIRM THE REQUIREMENTS AND REVIEW THE INITIAL CONFIGURATIONS. PHASE THREE IS TO CONFIGURE, THE TIME THAT THEY TAKE AND LOOK AT THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND -- AND IMPLEMENT THEM PER SPECIFICATIONS THAT ARE DEFINED IN PHASE 2. TRAIN, OPEN GOV GOES THROUGH ENTIRE TRAINING PROCESS TO ENSURE THE STAFF UNDERSTAND HOW TO UTILIZE THE SYSTEM AND ENSURE THAT THE WORK FLOW IS INTUITIVE AND UNDERSTOOD BY EVERYONE. AND PHASE 5 IS THE LAUNCH, PROVIDES PROOF GO LIVE SUPPORT AND TRANSITION THE CUSTOMER TO OPEN GOV'S CUSTOMER SUCCESS TEAM.

STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION IS WE RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF OPEN GOV CAPITAL BUDGET AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPLICATION. AND WITH THAT, IF ANYBODY HAS

ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE. >> THANK YOU, DAVE.

I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION BUT I WAS THE ONE LAST NIGHT ASKED FOR THIS TO BE, YOU FLOW, PULLED OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND BE TALKED ABOUT AND PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE PLAY BE WONDERING WHY DO I CARE ABOUT PRODUCT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE AND I THINK YOU DO CARE BECAUSE THE WAY THAT DAVE DESCRIBED IT OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE A LOT OF STOVE PIPE SYSTEMS. MEANING, YOU GOT -- YOU GOT SPREADSHEET THAT IS HAVE BEEN MANUALLY UPDATED.

THERE'S NO GOOD WAY OF A PROJECT MANAGER ENGINEERING TO GO TO A SYSTEM AND LOOK AT THE COST OF THE PROJECT OR WHATEVER WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO FINANCE OR WHATEVER, SO THERE'S A LOT OF

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>> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL, OTHER QUESTIONS? >> YES, AS WELL AS THE UNDERSCORE OF COMMUNICATION, RIGHT, LIKE DAVE LIKE YOU PENSIONED IF ALL OF THE MUNIS TECHNOLOGY AND OPEN GOV COMMUNICATES WORKS TOGETHER MAKES OUR ENVIRONMENT BETTER.

THANK YOU. >> YES, SO KIND ON THE FLOAT OF MUNIS BECAUSE I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP THIS IS INTEGRATING WITH MUNIS BUT THIS IS NOT A -- THIS SOFTWARE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT MUNIS CAN DO, RIGHT? MUNIS DOESN'T PROVIDE WHAT THIS

PIECE OF SOFTWARE PROVIDES? >> NO, SIR, NOT EVEN CLOSE. WE LOOK AT ALL THEIR MODULES AND DETERMINED THAT NONE OF THEM PROVIDE PROJECT MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES.

THERE ARE SOME VERY -- I'M JUST GOING TO SAY WEAK MODULES THAT GIVE YOU SLIGHT INSIGHT INTO CAPITAL -- TRANSPARENCY INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS BUT NONE THAT -- NONE THAT PROVIDE PROJECT

MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES AT ALL. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> MR. BOWERS.

>> JUST TO ADD INTO THAT. MUNIS DOES HAVE CAPITAL PROJECT MODULE.

ALL THAT DOES IS MANAGE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THE PROJECT. IT DOESN'T -- ANY OF THE PROGRESS OR THE PROJECT MILESTONES OR ANYTHING THAT THIS -- THIS SOFTWARE HANDLES.

SO WE DID LOOK AT THAT STRONGLY. OF COURSE, WE HAVE MODULE WE ARE GOING USE IT.

WE ARE ALREADY USING THAT IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO MANAGE OUR PROJECT FUNDS BUT NOTHING

FURTHER. >> RIGHT AND I THINK THAT'S -- IT SEEMS LIKE WE GENERALLY HAVE A DECENT HANDLE ON THE FINANCIAL PIECE OF THE PROJECTS. IT'S WHEN IT COMES TO WHERE WE ARE AT THE STAGE OF SOMETHING THAT'S WHERE WE TEND TO BE LOST, RIGHT, FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN

MY EXPERIENCE? >> OF COURSE, THIS WON'T CHANGE HOW WE MANAGE MONEY.

THAT CONTINUES TO BE IN THE MUNIS SYSTEM. SO WHEN SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE PAID, INVOICE WILL HAVE TO BE ENTERED INTO MUNIS AND FLOW THROUGH THE STANDARD WORK -- APPROVAL PROCESS TO BE THEN ACCOUNTED FOR IN OUR SYSTEM AND OUR CURRENT CAPITAL PROJECT MODULE. WHAT THIS DOES IT TAKES THAT INFORMATION AND MAKES IT AVAILABLE IN REALTIME THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO THE PROJECT MANAGER.

SO THE PROJECT MANAGER DOESN'T HAVE TO CALL FINANCES AND SAY, WHERE AM I, IT'S RIGHT HERE IN THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE AND WHAT HAS BEEN PAID AND WHAT HASN'T BEEN PAID, ET CETERA.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THEM CALL OUR ACCOUNTANTS TO SAY WHERE AM I ON THERE AND ALSO ALLOWS YOU SEE THIS INFORMATION AND ME TO SEE THAT INFORMATION SO I DON'T HAVE TO CALL FINANCES WHERE ARE WE ON THIS PROJECT AND WE CAN PULL IT UP AND SEE IT AS IT UPDATES, SO, AGAIN, WE HAVE BEEN ASKED HOW DO WE UPDATE, FINANCIAL SYSTEM IS INDEPENDENT, IT'S AUDITED, WE'RE NOT MESSING WITH THAT. WE ARE PULLING INFORMATION OUT OF THAT, FEEDING INTO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT WE ARE GOING CREATE HERE SO THAT WE CAN TRACK MILESTONES AND

WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROJECT ON CONSISTENT BASIS. >> AND -- AND WHAT IF I UNDERSTAND IT RIGHT ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WHEN YOU HAVE A CITY WITH VARIOUS ENTITIES THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH, IT'S HARD FOR A PROJECT MANAGER TO WORK ACROSS A MATRIX SYSTEM, IF YOU WILL, AND GET ALL THE UPDATES THAT PERSON MAY NEED, PROJECT INVOLVES SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT AS CROSS THE CITY AND SO THIS -- THIS WILL GIVE -- THIS TOOL WILL GIVE US BETTER CLARITY THAT YOU CAN GO IN THERE AND SEE AND MAYBE WHERE SOME OF THE -- THE GAPS ARE WHEREVER, YOU KNOW, APPLYING EFFORT WITHOUT HAVING GET PEOPLE AND SEE WHERE THEY'RE AT, YOU CAN

SEE IT IN THE DASHBOARD. >> IF I CAN JUMP IN TOO. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY.

ONE OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS, THIS IS A GREAT SYSTEM OPERATIONALLY.

THIS IS GOING TO MAKE THINGS WORK A LOT BETTER. ONE THING WE TALKED ABOUT LAST NIGHT AT BIG GAP THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE I'VE BEEN OUR COUNSEL, IS WE GET PEOPLE ASKING FOR UPDATES ON PROJECTS, WHERE ARE WE AT, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO GET THAT INFORMATION JUST FOR THE REASONS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. SO THERE WILL BE CITIZEN VISIBILITY TO THIS AND TO ME THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS AND IT WILL BE HIGHER LEVEL. IT'S NOT -- PEOPLE WILL BE RATHER THAN ASKING COUNSEL WHERE WE ARE AT PROJECT AB, C, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO IN REALTIME SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH ANY AND ALL PROJECTS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE -- THAT WE, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THAT AND LET PEOPLE KNOW BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE -- FOR THE CITIZENS, ONE TO

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>> NOT THAT WE DON'T MIND BEING ASKED. [LAUGHTER]

>> FIRST OFF, YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS PROJECT IS NOT TRACKING THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THINGS BUT TRACK THE PROGRESS AND BIG PROJECTS WHETHER IT'S A GEEO PROJECT OR CO PROJECT AS LONG AS IT'S CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE -- CAPITAL PROJECT OF ANY NATURE, I GUESS.

>> A PROJECT OF ANY NATURE. I WANT TO CLARIFY, IT CERTAINLY WILL TRACK THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION, GETTING THE INFORMATION FROM MUNIS. FINANCIAL SYSTEM OF RECORD IS MUNIS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AND THIS ALLOWS US TO GET INFORMATION OUT INTO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH SOME SORT OF MANUAL PROCESS.

PULLS INFORMATION FROM IT AN UPDATES ON REGULAR BASIS SO WE CAN SEE WHERE IT IS ATFULLY

GIVEN TIME. >> ALL RIGHT, PERFECT. THAT HELPS.

>> DAVE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, KIND OF TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW THIS VENDOR GOT SELECTED? IT'S OPEN GOV WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A BIG PROVIDER. WHAT STUCK OUT ABOUT THEM, WHAT

MADE THEM UNIQUE THROUGH THE SELECTION PROCESS? >> WE SELECTED FOUR VENDERS WITH THE REQUIREMENTS. THE VEND OTHERS ULTIMATELY WHEN YOU DUG DEEP THEY WERE -- THEIR SOFTWARE VENDERS, THEY ARE SOFTWARE RESELLERS. WHAT I -- WHAT REALLY STUCK OUT ABOUT OPEN GOV WAS THE FACT NOT ONLY THEY SELL SOFTWARE THAT MEETS OUR REQUIREMENTS BUT THEY ALSO HAVE AN INTEGRATION DIVISION THAT HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD IN IMPLEMENTING THESE -- THEIR SYSTEMS WITHIN MUNICIPALITIES AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND WHEN I SAY A PROVEN TRACK RECORD, SOME OF IT IS EVEN HERE LOCALLY AND SO THAT'S WHAT STUCK OUT ABOUT THEM AND EVEN THE OTHER SOFTWARE VEND OTHERS, ADMITTEDLY, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY SAYS THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN IMPLEMENT IT BUT DO THEY HAVE THAT IN-HOUSE EXPERTISE AND SUBJECT ATTER EXPERTS TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE INTEGRATIONS WITHOUT GETTING TECH FLICKAL THERE'S A LOT OF DETAILS THAT GO INTO THAT AND SINCE THEY HAD THAT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE,

IT STUCK OUT. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. AND I THINK THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS JUST ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE PURCHASING AGREEMENT WE HAVE WHICH IS PART A, COOPERATIVE PURCHASING, DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES AND SO FIRST OUT OF OFF, CAN YOU TALK TO US AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF USING COOPERATIVE PURCHASING ARRANGEMENT WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH BIDDING PROCESS JUST TOUCH ON ALL THAT IF YOU WOULD.

>> THIS IS A CONTRACT UNDER STATE LAW AND DOESN'T REQUIRE A BIDDING PROCESS BECAUSE YOU'RE BUYING SOMETHING THAT IS UNIQUE SO YOU REALLY CAN'T BID THINGS AGAINST IT BECAUSE YOU'RE COMPARING APPLES TO ORANGES AND THE REASON WE SELECT VENDERS BECAUSE YOU HAVE UNIQUE SKILLS THAT OTHERS DID NOT AND PROVEN RECORDS THAT OTHERS DID NOT AND THERE ISN'T ANYWAY TO BID THAT.

THE BENEFITS OF SOMETHING GOING THROUGH STATE CONTRACT IS, AGAIN, THEY HAVE COMPETE TO GO SOME LEVEL, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE ACTUALLY HAD TO PUT IN THEIR INFORMATION, PROVIDE INFORMATION IN A BROADER AGAINST SORT OF COMPETING ENTITIES AND GUARANTY PRICES AN TERMS AND AGREEMENTS SO ALLOWS US TO RELY ON THE WORK DONE BY, AGAIN, DIR, AND USE THE BENEFIT OF THAT COLLECTIVE

BARGAINING. >> COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> YES, I'VE GOT SOMETHING.

>> MR. GIBBS. >> DAVE, HOW SOON WILL CITIZENS AND COUNCIL SEE THIS FULLY

OPERATIONAL? >> THE IMPLEMENTATION AVERAGES AROUND 6 MONTHS.

A LOT OF THE REQUIREMENTS ARE -- A LOT OF THE DETAILS OF THE REQUIREMENTS ARE BROUGHT -- ARE GATHERED IN PHASE 2 AND BUT THE AVERAGE IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE FOR A CITY OUR SIZE IS SIX MONTHS. SO IT'S GOING TO BE BETWEEN 5 AND 6, 7 MONTHS.

THERE'S A LOT COMPLEXITY IN INTEGRATING THIS WITHIN THE MUNIS SYSTEM AND THE GIS SYSTEM.

>> IN SEVEN MONTHS I SHOULD GET ON WEBSITE, CLICK ON THE LINK AND SEE THE INFORMATION AND HOW

IT'S ENTERED AND OUR PROJECTS? >> YES, SIR. >> OKAY.

>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A

MOTION SEE A MOTION BY MR. BRITAIN? >> YEAH, THANK YOU, MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF OPEN GOV AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

SOFTWARE. >> AND SECOND BY -- MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. ANY DISCUSSION? LET'S CALL A VOTE, PLEASE.

[5.A. Conduct a public hearing on a request to amend the zoning for an approximately 1.47 acre tract located within an approximately 7.73 acre parcel in the Reason Crist Survey, Abstract No. 225, and the U. Mattusen Survey, Abstract No. 1017, Dallas County, Texas, and being more commonly known as 2801 Main Street and 2700 Lakeview Parkway, from Planned Development District with base zoning of General Commercial/Retail (PD-C-2) to Planned Development District with base zoning of modified General Commercial/Retail to allow an outdoor storage use and to amend the development regulations for the planned development district relating to screening, building orientation, setbacks, and landscaping requirements.]

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>> LILIANA, PLANNER TWO, REQUEST IN FRONT OF YOU CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING TO CONDUCT AND TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF REPAIR SHOP WITH STORAGE. I ALSO WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT STAFF ORIGINALLY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING FOR APRIY NOTICED AGAIN TO BE HEARD TONIGHT. DUE TO THIS WE ARE HAVING TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING TODAY BUT ACTION HAS TO BE TAKEN ON APRIL 7TH AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL HAVE TO BE CLOSED THEN.

>> MOVING ON WITH THE PROJECT THE SUBJECT SITE IS 1.47-ACRE LOT AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL C2 USES. PRIOR TO 2024, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WAS ZONED GENERAL MANUFACTURING FOR M2 USES. THE SITE IS CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED.

THE SITE HAS ACCESS FOR MAIN STREETS, MAIN STREET IS CURRENTLY A TWO-LANE UNDIVIDED ROADWAY APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET IN WIDTH. ACCORDING TO MASTER THOROUGH FAIR PLAN MAIN STREET IS PLANNED FOR FOUR-LANE UNDIVIDED WITH 65-FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY.

THERE'S FOLLOW SCHEDULED OF IMPROVEMENT FOR MAIN STREET AND DEDICATION AS PART OF NEW ADDITION WHICH INCLUDES THIS PROPERTY. THERE'S AN EXISTING 15-FOOT EASEMENT AND THE EASEMENT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY INFRASTRUCTURE AND WILL BE ABANDONED AT THE TIME OF THE PROPERTY'S FINAL PLATTING. YOU CAN SEE TO THE IMAGE TO MY LEFT HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE WHERE THE EASEMENT IS CROSSING THE PROPERTY.

THE USE OF PROPERTY ON THERE CURRENT ZONING IS THE HEAVY -- THIS PROPOSED USE HEAVY VEHICLE AND REPAIR SHOP IS PERMITTED USE INCLUDING ALL USES IN THE C2 AND M2 DISTRICT.

IT ALSO INCLUDES -- ANOTHER ALLOWED USE IS RESTAURANT W WITHOUT DRIVE THROUGH.

THE OUTDOOR STORAGE IS NOT A PERMITTED USE. WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SURROUNDING LAND USE PATTERNS TO THE NORTH, THERE'S UNDEVELOPED LAND WHICH FORMS PART OF THIS PD THAT THE LOTS WITHIN THE PD, YOU SO COVER GENERAL AREA. ZONE PDC2 OR PD USES.

TO YOUR WEST YOU HAVE SINGLE-FAMILY -- SICKLE FAMILY HOME AND RIGHT ACROSS AUTO SHOP.

THE ZONED M2 AND C2. TO THE SOUTH YOU HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, TRACK AND SERVICE ROAD AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY REPAIR SHOP. NOW THE IMAGE IN FRONT OF YOU IS SHOWING WHAT EXISTING VEHICLES WITHIN HALF MILE RADIUS THAT IS LIGHT AND HEAVY.

NOW AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION DURING THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION COMMISSIONERS WERE CONFUSE TODAY WHAT IS EXACTLY HEAVY VEHICLE REPAIR AUTO SHOP VERSUS A LIGHT -- LIGHT SERVICE, RIGHT. SO I'M ADDING THE DEFINITION TO THIS PRESENTATION BUT ESSENTIALLY ANY MAJOR REPAIR ENGINE OR TRANSITION CHANGES OR BODY WORK UPHOLSTERY WORK AND ASSOCIATED REPAIRS WITHIN THAT CATEGORY QUALIFY AS A HEAVY AUTO REPAIR.

LIGHT REPAIR WOULD MEAN OIL CHANGES, LUBRICATION, BRAKE REPAIRS, TIRE SALES, INSTALLATION, DETAILING POLISHING AND THINGS OF THAT MATTER.

AND THE IMAGE THAT I'M SHOWING TO MY RIGHT ANYTHING WITHIN THAT OUTLINED BLUE BOX IS WHAT WE CONSIDER HEAVY VEHICLE SERVICE REPAIR SHOPS. NOW, THE CONCEPT PLAN PROVIDED

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THIS OUTDOOR STORAGE AGAIN IS LOCATED TO THE REAR TO HAVE PROPERTY PRIMARILY WHERE THE OUTLINE BOXES ARE LOCATED TO THE EAST OF THE PROPERTY YOU ARE GOING -- WHAT YOU SEE IS 14 ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES FOR STAFF. TO YOUR WEST OF THE COMPANY, WHAT YOU WILL FIND PACES PROVIDED OUT OF REQUIRED 16 THAT THE RDC REQUIRES FOR -- RATIO OF FOUR SPACES PER BAY. THERE'S TWO MAIN ACCESS TO THE SITE.

ONE IS CLOSEST ONE FOR MAIN STREET AND DESIGNATED FOR PUBLIC ACCESS, FURTHER DOWN MAIN STREET YOU'LL FIND THE SECONDARY POINT WHICH WILL BE RESTRICTED TO STAFF AND PLA EMERGENCY ACCESS.

THE APPLICANT ALSO PROVIDED A LANDSCAPE CONCEPT PLAN WHICH PRIMARILY SHOWS 10-FOOT BUFFER RIGHT-OF-WAY BUFFER NO CANOPY TREES ARE PROPOSED AND SHRUBBS ABOUT 96 OF THEM.

THE COMPATIBILITY BUFFERS YOU'RE LOOKING PER THE PD ARE FROM -- WITHIN THE SITE PROPERTY LINES AND THE REAR PROPERTY LINE AND WHAT WE FIND IS WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 4-FOOT -- REDUCTION TO 4-FOOT BUFFER TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE PROPERTY LINE, 6-FOOT BUFFER WITHIN THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE, 3-FOOT BUFFER TO THE REAR PROPERTY LINES AND PROPOSING CANOPY WHICH IS WILL INCLUDE 9 -- REQUIRED 9 CANOPY TREES THAT ARE TO BE PLACED AS AT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY BUFFER. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PROPOSING 225SHRUBBS WHICH COMPLY WITH OUR CODE STANDARDS. ADDED WHAT'S REQUIRED PER THE PD15 -- PER RIGHT-OF-WAY BUFFER YOU REQUIRE 15 FEET, 9 CANOPY TREES AND 96SHRUBBS, COMPATIBILITY BUFFER, THE REQUIREMENT IS 6 FEET, 15 CANOPY TREES AND 225SHRUBBS. NOW THE FIRST POINT OF CONSIDERATION AND WHAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING IS THE OUTDOOR STORAGE TO BE ALLOWED BY RIGHT AND AS OF NOW APPROVED SUP AND NECESSARY FOR CALIBER COLLISION BUSINESS.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING DEVIATION FROM THE BUILDING ORIENTATION WHICH THE RDC STATES PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT CONSIST OF BUILDINGS SHOULD BE PRIMARY -- PROPOSING BUILDING FROM MAIN STREET FACING THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. THE APPLICANT HAS STATED THAT THE CHANGE IN ORIENTATION IS NECESSARY TO ACCOMMODATE THIS PROPOSED USE.

THE APPLICANT -- THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUESTING REDUCTION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND THE -- REDUCTION TO THE COMPATIBILITY BUFFER FROM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY BUFFER FROM 15 FEET TO 10-FOOT AND THE COMPATIBILITY BUFFER FROM THE 6 FEET REQUIRED TO 10-FOOT AND FROM THE 4-FOOT REQUIRED -- FROM THE 6-FOOT REQUIRED TO THE 4-FOOT -- FEET NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.

THE JUSTIFICATION IS THE PLODFICATIONS ARE NEEDED TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED ACCESS TO ACCOMMODATE SITE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE SITE. THE APPLICANT, SO THE RDC REQUIRES THAT TREES AND SHRUBBS BE PROVIDED ONE CANOPY FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY BUFFERS, TREES SERVE BUFFER BETWEEN COMPATIBLE AND INCOMPATIBLE LAND USES AN CONTRIBUTE TO OVERALL ESTHETICS AND BEAUTIFICATION. NOW THE APPLICATION IS REQUESTING TO OMIT THE REQUIRED RIGHT-OF-WAY TREES AND INSTEAD PROPOSING PLANTING 7 WITHIN CATTABILITY BUFFER INCLUDING INCREASING ONE TO EVERY 25 FEET AND TWO ADDITIONAL TREES ARE PROPOSED AT THE SITE -- AT THE SITE SECONDARY ACCESS ON MAIN STREET BRINGING THE TOTAL TO THAT 9 REQUIRED.

THE APPLICANT HAS STATED THAT SITE LIMITATIONS PREVENT COMPLIANCE WITH RIGHT-OF-WAY LAND TREE REQUIREMENTS. FINALLY, THE RDC REQUIRES AMEN PLUME OF 10-FOOT SEPARATION BETWEEN THE PARKING AND THE BUILDINGS, THIS IS DUE -- THIS SEPARATION IS TO ALLOW FOR SIDEWALKS AND LAN ESCAPING. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 5-FOOT MINIMUM SEPARATION

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THEY ALSO MENTIONED MAINTAINING 10-FOOT SEPARATION WOULD REDUCE REQUIRED DIMENSIONS FOR THE DRIVE AISLE WITH EAST TO PARKING ON SITE. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DENIED THIS REQUEST. FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATES ONE THAT PROVIDES GOOD AND SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC SERVING NEARBY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

A HEAVY SERVICE AND REPAIR SHOP IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THIS DESIGNATION.

STAFF DID SEND OUT PUBLIC NOTICES ON FEBRUARY 28TH AND RECEIVED ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO IN OPPOSITION WITHIN 200 LEGAL NOTICE BUFFER AND 500 COURTESY BUFFER.

DO I WANT TO ADD THAT WE DID RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT BUT NONE WERE WITHIN THE -- THE REQUIRED BUFFERS FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING. THE MAJORITY WERE IN OPPOSITION. IT IS JUST -- THE USE IS NOT WHAT THE PUBLIC INTENDS TO HAVE THERE. THIS ITEM WAS PRESENTED IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION MARCH TENTH.

THE COMMITTEE VOTED 7-0 TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL, BUILDINGS FROM 10 TO 5 FEET BE DENIED.

YOU COUNCIL AS GOVERNING BODY MAY TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS APPROVER, APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS OR DENY THIS REQUEST. AND I'M HERE TO ANSWERFULLY QUESTIONS THE APPLICANT IS ALSO

HERE WIT WITH A PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU, CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY, I THOUGHT I HEARD THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAD DENIED THE REQUEST. SORRY?

JUST THE ONE PIECE. >> THAT ONE PIECE, CORRECT. >> OKAY.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> MR. SHEW, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION?

>> I HAVE A COUPLE. I RECALL WHEN WE WERE ORIGINALLY LAYING THE WHOLE CORNER OUT THIS WAS GOING TO BE STORAGE AREA THAT WOULD SORT OF TIE INTO THE EXISTING STORAGE AREA.

I MEAN, THIS IS QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT USE THAN WE ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT.

IS THAT RIGHT OR I DON'T KNOW IF I REMEMBER THAT CORRECTLY, NO? >> I THINK I RECALL IT BEING AN

AUTO PARTS STORE. >> IS THAT WHAT IT WAS? >> ADVANCED AUTO OR O'REILLY OR

SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> OKAY, ALL RIGHT. >> OKAY.

AND THEN THE OTHER -- I GUESS PART OF MY CONCERN IS VISIBILITY AND ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE KIND OF BEHIND EVERYTHING AS YOU COME OFF OF MAIN STREET AND IT'S FACING NORTHWEST, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT -- THAT THEY WANTED THAT. DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE ELEVATIONS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT IS GOING -- FACING MAIN STREET? QUITE HONESTLY HEAVY EQUIPMENT STORAGE IS NOT -- YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S NECESSARY AND IT CAN BE IN THE RIGHT SPOT I JUST -- I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MITIGATE, I GUESS, THE VISIBILITY OF THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING GOING ON FOLLOW THE BACK WHETHER IT'S SOME KIND OF SHIELDING DOORS, SLIDING DOORS OR SOMETHING ON THAT SOUTH END, THAT'S REALLY MY MAJOR CONCERN IS JUST THE VISUAL IMPACT THAN THE BUILDING ITSELF. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANSWERS OR T THE APPLICANT WANTS TO ANSR

THAT. >> IS THE APPLICANT HERE TODAY? LET'S HAVE THE APPLICANT ANSWER THAT QUESTION. DEBBIE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE THE PRESENTATION? OKAY, LET'S WORK THROUGH THAT. I WANT TO CIRCLE BACK TO YOUR QUESTION AND I WANT TO HAVE A MAP OF THE SITE BECAUSE I WANT TO UNDERSTAND MORE VISUALLY.

I'M A VISUAL THINKER. I WANT TO UNDERSTAND MORE VISUALLY.

>> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THANK YOU, THANKS TO THE PRESENTATION. I'M SORRY, I WAS SORT OF SCATTERED BRAND, I WAS FLIPPING BETWEEN MY NOTES, THE PACT AND YOUR PRESENTATION, DID YOU MENTION THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE BUILDING SETBACKS AS WELL AS THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR TONIGHT?

>> YES. >> OKAY. I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I DIDN'T MISS SOMETHING SO THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT WITH ME.

I'LL LISTEN TO THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION AND THEN ASK THOSE QUESTIONS, THANK YOU.

>> GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, MAYOR. MY FLAME IS CARLOS SWANSON, I'M FROM CROSS DEVELOPMENT OUT OF CARLTON, TEXAS. WE ARE THE DEVELOPER FOR CALVERT COLLISION, SO WITH ME TODAY IS DAVID, MY ENGINEER, ALSO BRIAN FROM REKING IS ALSO HERE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.

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WE'VE GOT THE OVERALL LAYOUT KIND OF WHAT'S TEMPORARILY PROPOSED AT THE MOMENT.

OUR SITE IS HERE, THE ONE AT THE BOTTOM AND WE ARE PROPOSING THE CALIBER COLLISION THERE.

TO TALK A LITTLE BIT -- I'M NOT SURE WHICH -- >> MAKE SURE HIS -- IS IT ON IN.

>> IT SHOULD BE ON. >> DEBBIE CAN ADVANCE YOUR SLIDE DECK IF NEEDED.

>> OKAY. >> UNLESS IT'S STUCK. >> IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU JUST HIT THE NEXT SLIDE FOR ME, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. I WILL LET YOU KNOW, THANK YOU.

FOR CALIBER COLLISION ACROSS 41 STATES RIGHT NOW. WE DEVELOP HALF OF THE COUNTRY FOR THEM. THEY GENERATE A LOT OF REVENUE. WHY AM I SHARING THAT, T T THEYE REPUTABLE COMPANY, THEY WANT TO PROVIDE A QUALITY SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY GO INTO.

THEIR MOTTO IS THAT RESTORE YOU TO THE RHYTHM OF YOUR LIFE AND ONE OF THE VISIONS THAT THEY HAVE IS THAT THEY WANT TO -- I LOOKED IT UP, THEY WANT TO REFACE THE -- HOW THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY IS PERCEIVED AND GIVE IT A FACELIFT SO THAT WE TRY TO BUILD A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, WE HAVE GREAT STAFF AND WE JUST PROVIDE A GOOD SERVICE. FLEXION SLIDE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. GENERAL OPERATING INFORMATION, THEY OPERATE BLOND THROUGH FRIDAY, 7:30 A.M. TO 5:30 P.M. THERE'S GENERALLY ABOUT 15 TO 20 EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED BY THE SITE.

ONE TO HAVE THINGS I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON IS CALIBER COLLISION DOES HAVE SOME LOCATIONS WHICH REPAIR TOTALED VEHICLES. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE THAT. THIS IS JUST REPAIRING EVERYDAY CONSUMER, YOUR CAR, MY CAR, IT DOESN'T -- AND THOSE CARS ARE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN IN ACCIDENT BUT NOT SERIOUS ACCIDENT WHERE IT'S TOTALED. IT COULD STILL BE DRIVABLE, IT MIGHT NOT BE STREET LEGAL OR IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU T TOWED OFF AND TRYING TO REMOVE DENSE, THEY ARE UNBOLTING PARTICIPANTS AND PUTTING ON FLU PARTS AND SO IT'S A PRETTY STREAMLINE BUSINESS, NO SIMILAR TO WHAT A REGULAR AUTOMOTIVE SHOP WOULD DO JUST BASICALLY CHANGING OUT PARTS AND REPAIRING THE VEHICLE. CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE, SORRY. I DO WANT TO ADD ONE CLARIFICATION, P&Z, I WAS ASKED IF CARS WOULD BE DROPPED OFF 24/7 AND BASICALLY WE HAVE ABOUT 8 TO 10 CUSTOMERS A DAY.

THERE'S MAYBE TWO TO THREE CARS THAT GET DROPPED OFF EACH DAY. I WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT BECAUSE THE -- WHEN I WAS ASKED I SAID, WELL, I KNOW OUR OPERATING ARE 730 TO 5:30 AND I HADN'T BEEN ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE. A TOW TRUCK ABLE TO DROP CARS AFTER HOURS, AT NIGHT, THE TOW TRUCK WOULD HAVE OPTION TO -- IF SOMEHOW THEY COULD LEAVE IT ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, THEY COULD BRING IT TO YOUR HOUSE, BRING IT TO YOUR YARD AND LESSEE WITH INSURANCE AND SO OR THEY COULD BRING IT TO ONE OF OUR SHOPS IF YOU CLOSE TO DO THAT. SO THEY WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO IN BEHIND THE ENCLOSED FENCED AREA, DROP OFF YOUR CAR, IT'S NOT A BIG LOUD SCRAPE, IT'S A DRIVABLE CAR THAT'S BEING OFF LOADED IN NEUTRAL IN A SAFE WAY SO THEY WOULD JUST SHUT OFF SHOP AFTERWARDS AND THEN THERE'S THE ABILITY FOR CUSTOMERS TO DROP OFF THEIR CAR IN THEY DRIVE IT TO THE CAR, THEY COULD LEAVE IT IN A KEY DROP AND THREATEN THE EMPLOYEES WOULD PULL IT AROUND IN THE MORNING. AND MOST OF THE CARS THAT ARE STORED ARE GOING TO BE MORE LATE MODEL CARS WITH MINOR DAMAGE, BASED ON STATISTICS THEY NOTICED AS CARS GET OLDER THERE'S FEWER AND FEWER INSURANCE LIKE FULL COVERAGE ON A CAR SO THERE'S GOING TO BE LESS OLD CARS AND NEWER CARS THAT ARE GOING TO BE STORED AT CULL BETTER. I DO ALSO WANT TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION, WE WOULD HAVE -- CARS WOULD ONLY STAY ON SITE FOR UP TO SEVEN DAYS AND I HAVE SPOKE WITH MY TEAM ON THAT TO SEE IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD HIT.

NORMALLY WE WOULD TRY TO DO -- TURN AROUND A CAR IN TEN DAYS, MAYBE TWO WEEKS, BUT IN THE CASE THAT YOU HAVE TO ORDER A PART, INSURANCE TAKES LONGER, IT COULD BE UP TO 30 DAYS.

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COULD YOU GO THE FLEXION SLIDE PLEASE AGAIN. PREVIOUSLY THERE WERE ELEVATION OF WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING. WE ALWAYS HAVE A FENCED OFF AREA FOR STORAGE YARD, OUTDOOR STORAGE, THIS ALLOWS THE CARS TO REMAIN IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT, NO TAMPERING FROM OUTSIDE PEOPLE, BLOCK IT IS VIEW, WE HAVE A SCREENED FENCE THERE WITH THE SLATS TO KEEP ANYBODY FROM SEEING THROUGH AND WE HAVE A NICE MASONRY EXTERIOR WHEREVER THAT'S VISIBLE FROM THE MAIN ROADS THERE AND WHEN YOU PULL UP TO THE FRONT. IT'S LIKE A METAL BUILDING.

THE ONLY PERSON THAT IS GOING SEE THAT IS THE STORAGE -- SELF-STORAGE THAT'S ALREADY THERE. IF YOU GO THE NEXT SLIDE I WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THE EXISTING FACILITIES AT THE TOP. YOU HAVE THE SELF-STORAGE UNITS THAT ARE THERE.

THEN FURTHER -- LITTLE JUST BARELY DOWN THE STREET IS THIS PUBLIC UTILITY'S COMPANY THAT WILL GO THROUGH AND I THINK DO UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS SO THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF ITEMS STORED OUT FRONT AND THERE'S ALSO THIS LAST PHOTO OF THE PAINT AND BODY SHOP THAT IS ACROSS THE STREET THAT IS CURRENTLY STORING VEHICLES OUTSIDE OF THE FENCE AND THAT'S THEIR CURRENT OPERATION BUT OURS WOULD ALL REMAIN INSIDE THE FENCE THAT WE WOULD BE PUTTING UP.

IF YOU GO TO THE FLEXION SLIDE I'VE GOT OUR LANDSCAPE PLAN PROPOSED HERE, TRYING TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL COLORS TO WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO DO. THERE'S A FEW EXISTING TREES ON SITE RIGHT WHERE THE BUILDING IS. THOSE ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN DOWN AND DO MITIGATION AND COMING BACK TO PLANNING, AS MANY TREES AND SHRUBBS THAT WE CAN FIT IN THE SITE TO MAKE UP FOR THAT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND WE ALSO

DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGNIFICANT TREES. >> LET'S PAUSE ON THAT SLIDE FOR JUST A MOMENT BECAUSE I THINK THIS MAY BE WHERE YOUR QUESTION COMES UP.

SO WHEN YOU'RE TALK ABVISIBILITY I'M ASSUMING YOU WERE KIND OF TALK ABOUT MAIN STREET.

>> YES, YES, VISIBILITY FROM MAIN STREET. >> GO AHEAD.

>> AND SO, YEAH, IT WOULD BE THAT -- THAT BOTTOM CORNER THERE PARTICULARLY TO HAVE SOME SORT

OF SCREENING, AGAIN, GATE OR SOMETHING -- >> THAT'S THE GATE.

SHUT DURING NONBUSINESS HOURS. >> OKAY. >> AND DURING BUSINESS HOURS IT WILL OPEN AND SHUT KIND OF AS NEEDED AND LILIANA SAID IT'S EMPLOYEE ACCESS OR FIRE OR TOW

TRUCK COMING THROUGH. >> GOT YOU. >> BUT WE WE DO HAVE GATES THERE

ON BOTH POINTS AT THE TOP AND AT THE BOTTOM VIA SCREEN GATE. >> LET ME SHIFT GEARS JUST FOR A

SECOND BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT CARS. >> YEAH.

>> CARS, CARS, CARS. WHEN I READ ALL OF THE -- THE THINGS IN THE PACT ALL I'M READ ASKING HEAVY, HEAVY EQUIPMENT. NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO BE THE MAJORITY IF YOU'RE COVERING AND THAT'S WHAT I FIND MORE ALARMING THAN REGULAR COLLISION REPAIR SHOP.

>> IT IS REGULAR COLLISION REPAIR SHOP. OURS USED TO BEING ABLE TO FIT IN DEFINITION GETS INTO THE HEAVY AUTO USE SO IT'S BEING DEFINED AS THAT BUT IT'S JUST

REGULAR YOUR CAR, MY CAR. >> OPERATIONALLY THAT'S NOT THE MARKET THAT YOU GUYS ARE REALLY GOING AT? YOU'RE NOT BRINGING DIESEL TRUCKS?

>> NO. YOU COULD DO F250 BUT THAT'S MAYBE ABOUT IT.

>> OKAY. JUST ONE LAST QUESTION, THERE IS A CALENDAR ALREADY ON -- ON 66.

IS THAT GOING TO CONTINUE THERE? >> YES. >> SO BOTH LOCATIONS WILL BE --

WILL BE IN PLAY? >> YES. >> THANK YOU.

>> I GUESS TO KIND OF CLARIFY THE THREE MAIN POINTS THAT WE ARE COMING HERE FOR TODAY, SETBACK THAT'S BEING DECREASED PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY. WE ARE REQUESTING THAT BECAUSE IF WE MOVED OUR BUILD TO GO THE REAR, WE COULD STILL FIT THE SPACE THAT IS WE WOULD NEED TO FIT IN ORDER TO MEET CALIBER'S REQUIREMENTS BUT THEN YOU HAVE A WHOLE STORAGE YARD IN FRONT AND, YES, IT WOULD BE FENCED OFF BUT IT JUST KIND OF -- WE THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BETTER SCREEN THE VEHICLES THAT ARE THERE, GOING TO BE STORED IN THE REAR SPACES AND SO WE'RE PROPOSE TO GO HAVE THE BUILDING UP CLOSER TO THE ROAD TO HELP SCREEN THAT STORAGE AREA.

AND LIKE MIND ALONG WITH THAT REQUIREMENT IS WE ARE TRYING TO REDUCE LANDSCAPE.

WE ARE MEETING VOLUME OF LANDSCAPE BUT WE HAVE TO REPOSITION IT THROUGHOUT THE SITE IN ORDER TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF -- I GUESS WHAT WE'RE ASKING.

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AND THAT IS MY MAIN PRESENTATION. >> CAN I ASK ANOTHER QUESTION?

>> SURE THING. >> YOUR OTHER LOCATION, WHAT'S THE STORAGE REQUIREMENTS ON THE

CURRENT LOCATION YOU HAD THERE ON 66? >> YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE WE DID THAT ONE AND IT WAS -- IT WAS NOT ONE THAT I DID AND I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH IT.

BUT I CAN -- I CAN FIND THAT OUT FOR SURE. >> YEAH.

MAYBE CAN FIND THAT OUT WHEN YOU COME BACK NEXT -- >> YEAH.

>> WHAT SORT OF COMPATIBILITY BUFFER OR JUST BUFFER IN GENERAL IS THERE BETWEEN THE BUILDING

AND MAIN STREET? >> RIGHT NOW WE ARE PROPOSING LIKE A HEDGE ROW.

WE WOULD BE WILLING TO PLANT MORE IN BETWEEN -- IN THAT LOW RIGHT-OF-WAY AREA BUT IT IS EITHER SEVERAL UTILITY LINES RUNNING THROUGH THERE OR WE CAN DO LIGHTER TREES THROUGHOUT THERE BUT RIGHT NOW I BELIEVE IT'S CURRENTLY JUST A ROW OF SLRUBBS.

CAN YOU GO TO NEXT SLIDE? THERE WAS A RENDERING OF WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING.

THAN WHAT ORIGINALLY PLANTED AND YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE AS WELL.

WE DIDN'T GET ONE FROM THE MAIN ENTRY UNFORTUNATELY BUT THAT'S WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING RIGHT

THERE. >> YEAH, THIS IS HELPFUL. THOSE TWO IMAGES.

SO I THINK THE MAIN CONCERN I HAVE IS WITH THE COMPATIBILITY BUFFER ALONG MAIN STREET.

I APPRECIATE THE SHRUBB SERVING. I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL BUT WHEN I LOOK AT YOUR OVERALL SITE PLAN AND YOU'VE GOT FOUR PARKING SPACES THAT ARE PARALLEL TO THE BUILDING AND I'M WONDERING IF THOSE SPACES COULD BE ELIMINATED, THE BUILDING COULD BE SHIFTED TO THE NORTHEAST BY 6 OR 8 FEET AND THEN THAT GIVES YOU AN ADDITIONAL 6 OR 8 FEET ALONG MAIN STREET IN WHICH YOU

COULD PUT SOME PROPER TREES. >> RIGHT. >> AND MAYBE YOUR ENGINEER CAN SPEAK TO THAT, I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST SPITBALLING HERE AS FAR AS -- I UNDERSTANDING THERE'S A TURNING RAID USING FOR TOW TRUCKS GOING AROUND THE CORNERS AND CERTAINLY THAT COMPLICATES THINGS AND I WONDER IF THERE'S MORE THAT COULD BE GIVEN THAT WOULD MAKE THAT --

>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I APPRECIATE YOU HEARING OUR CASE TONIGHT.

I THINK THERE'S A CONSIDERATION WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT AND UNDERSTOOD THIS CASE WILL BE HERE NEXT WEEK SO WE HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT THAT. DO I THINK CALIBER JUST LIKE ANY STORE COMING IN HAS SOME BUSINESS METRICS THEY ARE TRYING TO HIT RIGHT, AND SO STORAGE SPACES ARE KEY DRIVER FOR THEM FOR THEIR FINANCIALS. SO I THINK WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW IS AT THE BARE MONEY MALE THAT CALIBER LOOKS FOR A NUMBER OF STORAGE OF SPACES ON SITE.

REMOVAL OF THE FOUR PARALLEL SPACES WOULD HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE FINANCIALS THEY'RE LOOKING AT MOVING FORWARD. I ALSO IF I COULD, WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE CONDITION ABOUT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FROM LAST WEEK IF THAT'S OKAY, IF IT'S APPROPRIATE TIME TO DO SO. THERE'S A LIT OF ITEMS HERE THAT WE HAVE PRESENTED INCLUDING IN PD STANDARDS WITH THIS APPLICATION AND ONE TO REDUCE THE FRONT SIDEWALK FROM 10-FOOT TO 5-FOOT PLANNING COMMISSION LAST WEEK RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITION TO DECLINE THAT SPECIFIC CONDITION. THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT CONVERSATION AT THE MEETING BUT THERE'S SOME DOWN STREAM IMPLEMENTATIONS THAT -- MAYBE THOUGHT OUT.

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS IN PARTICULAR, THE DISCUSSION AROUND MOVING THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO FURTHER NORTH 5-FOOT TO 10-FOOT SIDEWALK. DOING SO THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD WITH STAFF SO FAR, GOING TO THE NORTHWEST IS A FIRE LANE AS WELL AND SO JUST WITH THE FIRE LANE REQUIREMENTS THERE IN THE TURNING RADIUS, IF WE SHIFT TO H CROSS PROPERTY LINE AND IT'S GOING REQUIRE OFF-SITE CONSTRUCTION WORK, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION WITH PROPERTY OWNER, NOTHING THAT CAN BE HURDLED BUT FURTHER COORDINATION WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY.

YOU HEARD IN THE PD STANDARDS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING A REQUESTED REDUCTION FROM 6-FOOT TO 4-FOOT FOR THAT COMPATIBILITY BUFFER THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE. THAT COMPATIBILITY BUFFER WOULD BE COMPLETELY REMOVED IF WE INCREASE THAT SIDEWALK TO 5-FOOT AND SHIFT EVERYTHING NORTH AS THERE WOULD NO LONGER BE SPACE TO FIT THE COMPATIBILITY BUFFER. WITH THAT, MEANS THAT WE PLANT

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THE CONCERNS THAT WE HEARD WERE SPECIFICALLY AROUND LARGE VEHICLES PARKING AT THE FRONT OF THE STORE. I THINK THERE'S SOME PROVISIONS WE CAN TRY TO PUT IN PLACE, APPROPRIATE WHEEL STOPPING, THINGS LIKE THAT TO HELP PRESERVE THAT FRONT SIDEWALK SPACE SO PEOPLE CAN MANEUVER AS THEY NEED TO THERE. SO JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT A LITTLE BIT AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

>> GO AHEAD. >> JUST REAL QUICK, DO YOU HAVE ANY BALLPARK NUMBER ON WHAT THE

ANNUAL REV F REVENUES ON A FACILITY LIKE THIS WOULD BE? >> I DO NOT HAVE AT THIS TIME.

>> COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO THE APPLICANT. MR. GIBBS.

>> HELLO, Y'ALL. WHEN VEHICLES ARE BROUGHT TO THE SHOP DO THEY OFTEN HAVE FLUID

LEAKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT? >> USUALLY MINOR COLLISION, REPAIR THAT INSURANCE WOULD COVER. SO IF YOU HAD A FENDER-BENDER AND YOUR BUMPER IS DENTED IN, YOU TAKE YOUR CAR, GET IT FIXED SO THERE'S A CHANCE BUT I THINK NORMALLY THAT WOULD BE ADDRESSED BY THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER WHENEVER IT'S PICKED UP BY THE VEHICLE AND THEN WHEN IT'S DROPPED OFF IT WOULDN'T -- THERE COULD BE, I GUESS, A CONCERN. I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S A PRETTY -- THAT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN AND CALIBER STARTED IN CALIFORNIA WHERE -- THAT'S WHERE THEY SPREAD OUT FROM, SO THEY MEET CALIFORNIA REQUIREMENTS AND THEY MAINTAIN THOSE THROUGHOUT THEIR SITES FOR OPERATIONAL CONSISTENCY. SO I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A PLAN

FOR IT BUT I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT PLAN AS TO WHAT THAT IS. >> WELL, IT IS A CONCERN BECAUSE AS YOU FLOW THERE'S NO GUTTERS. IT'S JUST A LITTLE DITCH AND GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO RAILROAD AND THEN GOES IN THE LAKE AND SO THE STUFF WOULD BE FLOWING RIGHT IN THERE SO I JUST WONDER WHAT KIND OF STEPS Y'ALL TAKE TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING?

>> I WILL FIND THAT OUT FOR SURE AND BE READY NEXT TIME. >> THE OTHER THING IS THAT I APPRECIATE YOU POINTING OUT THE OTHER VEHICLES THAT ARE IN VIOLATION DOWN THE ROAD.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR CODE NEEDS TO ADDRESS BECAUSE IT'S NOT OKAY TO BE PARKING STUFF OUT ON THE STREET AND STUFF BECAUSE I WOULD BE SAYING THE SAME ABOUT YOU WITH YOUR VEHICLES INSIDE THERE BECAUSE I DO HAVE CONCERN IF WE COME BY THERE AND DRIVING -- I GO BY THE LOCATION EVERY DAY. I HAVE TO GO TO MY WAL-MART. GOING TO WAL-MART AND AS I'M GOING THROUGH THERE AND I SEE VEHICLES INSIDE THE COLLISION PLACES AND I DON'T KNOW THE OTHER WORD LOOKS LIKE A WRECKING YARD IS SITTING THERE AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE. IF YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO LIMIT THAT, PUT THEM BEHIND THE BUILDING OR WHEREVER SO THEY ARE OUT OF SITE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT BUT OTHERWISE I DON'T KNOW

IF I COULD SUPPORT IT IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT WAY. >> YEAH.

CARS ARE ONLY GOING TO BE STORED IN THAT BACK AREA AND THERE'S THE SCREENING FENCE AND THERE'S LANDSCAPE AND GATES SHUT DURING OPERATION AND ONLY WHEN CARS GO IN AND OUT.

>> ELEVATION, YOU DON'T KNOW THE ELEVATION, DO YOU? >> IN TERMS --

>> THE STREET FROM THERE, YES. >> LET'S SEE. I THINK -- ACTUALLY I DO HAVE

IT. >> THERE'S NOT A LOT OF GRAY CHANGE ON SITE.

>> THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. >> SO BOTH THE FENCING AND THE GATE WILL BE OPAQUE? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S DEFINED IN THE -- IN THE PD STANDARDS. I SEE -- IT DOES MENTION OPAQUE

FENCING MATERIAL. >> THAT'S CORRECT. THE FENCING AND THE GATES, ALL

PRIVACY SLOTS. >> OKAY. YOU KNOW ONE THING THAT COUNCIL WE CAN APPROVE OR NOT TONIGHT OBVIOUSLY BUT WHEN THIS COMES BACK TO US IS A CHANGE IN THAT SUGGESTED FENCE HEIGHT AND WE COULD EVEN MENTION THAT IF WE WANT TODAY GO TO 9 OR 10 FEET THAT COULD BE A REQUIREMENT OF THERE AS WELL WITHIN THE PD STANDARDS.

OKAY. I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR STAFF BEFORE WE GET TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. WAS THERE -- BEFORE THE -- YEAH. MR. REEVES, I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS. QUESTION ON WHEN YOU GUYS BUY AND DEVELOP PROPERTY, WHAT'S

YOUR AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY? >> IN TERMS OF -- HOW LONG -- >> HOW LONG YOU PLAN TO STAY IN A PLACE THAT YOU BUILD UP BEFORE YOU SELL IT OR ABANDON IT OR WHATEVER?

>> YEAH, THEY SIGN A LEASE FOR 20 TO 25 YEARS. >> OKAY.

>> AND THREATEN THEY HAVE SOME OPTIONS TO REFLEW RENEW OR NEGOE SOMETHING WITH THE CURRENT OWNER

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REPURPOSE THE LAND. >> SO IN THIS CASE IS IT A 20-YEAR LEASE THAT YOU GUYS ARE

TRYING TO -- >> IT HASN'T BEEN FINALIZED YET. THE LONGER THE LEASE THE BETTER,

SO WE GENERALLY SHOOT FOR 25. >> QUESTION FOR STAFF ON THAT, ON THE PD, IF THIS IS APPROVED WITH OUTDOOR STORAGE AND IF THEY GO FOR 20-YEAR LEASE AND THEN 20 YEARS THEY LEAVE, DOES THE PD STAY WITH THE LAND, IN OTHER WORDS, ANOTHER TENANT COME IN AND STORAGE -- OKAY.

DISCRETION OF HOW THE LAND IS USINGED ON APRIL 7TH? >> YES, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME

BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ANY AMENDMENTS. >> GOT IT.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER REEVES, THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS DID NOT MAKE IT TO THIS PRESENTATION.

>> I'M NOT CRAZY. I FEEL VALIDATED. >> I HAD TO --

>> THE FIRST TIME AT THIS DIAS I FEEL VALIDATED. I GOT IT RIGHT.

>> IT IS A REDUCTION FROM 50-FOOT REQUIRED TO 10. >> JUST AS SORT OF A SIDE QUESTION, I GUESS I WILL GO BACK TO THAT QUESTION AND I SORT OF IN MY HEAD HAD A QUESTION ABOUT IN THE PACTS IT TALKED ABOUT ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS DOWN MAIN STREET AT SOME POINT IN TIME.

AND SO -- THE SETBACK ISSUE WAS A CONCERN TO SOME EXTENT FOR ME ON THIS AND THEN I STARTED THINKING THROUGH IT WHEN I WAS WRITING MY NOTES I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THE BRIDGE THAT YOU HAVE TO BASICALLY BOTTLENECK TO GET TO SO THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH OF A WIDENING OF THE ROAD THAT WE WILL REALLY ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO DO, RIGHT? AND I GUESS MY MAIN CONCERN WITH THE SETBACK 50 TO 10 IF THAT WOULD HAVE ANY IMPACT FOR FUTURE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS FROM NOW, TEN YEARS FROM NOW, WHATEVER WHEN IT CAME TO PLAY AND THAT WOULD BE MY MAIN CONCERN THERE. AGAIN, SINCE THE ROAD NARROWS AT THE BRIDGE AND MAYBE THAT'S NOT

A CONCERN AT ALL, ANYWAY. R MR. BOWER. >> QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.

JUST THINKING OF MARKET SATURATION HAVING WORKED WITH CALIBER FOR A WHILE.

BEING ACROSS FROM THE OTHER BODY SHOP, WHAT CONCERN DOES THAT GIVE YOU? I THINK WE ATTRACT TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLIENTS. I THINK THEY MIGHT BE MORE SPECIFIC ON WE CAN MAYBE PAINT YOUR CAR A SPECIFIC COLOR, DO LITTLE CUSTOM THINGS AND/OR FRIENDS REPAIR OR IF YOU'RE NOT LOOKING TO GO THROUGH INSURANCE AND COULD BE MORE COST-EFFECTIVE ROUTE WITH THAT WAY AND COLLISION REPAIR GOES THROUGH INSURANCE.

IT'S NOT THE BEST BUT WE CAN WORK WITH THAT. >> GOT YOU AND THEN LAST QUESTION, SO STAFF I KNOW MENTIONED LIKE OBVIOUSLY THE AMENDMENT TO THE PD IS NECESSARY FOR THE BUSINESS TO OPERATE THE RIGHT WAY SO IF THIS WASN'T APPROVED IT WOULD BE HARD FOR

YOU GUYS TO KIND OF WORK ESSENTIALLY? >> YEAH, I MEAN, WITHOUT THE OUTDOOR STORAGE, I MEAN, CALIBER CAN'T -- WE DON'T HAVE A BUILDING BIG FLUFF TO STORE CARS IN AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE BASICALLY MEETING THE -- A SCREENING REQUIREMENT WHERE YOU REALLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE IT. THE BUILDING IS BLOCKING A LOT OF IT AND THEN THAT JUST KIND OF PLAYS INTO THE SETBACK, IT PLAYS INTO LANDSCAPE AND THEN, I GUESS, THE -- THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ITEMS. IT'S A WATERFUL EFFECT WHERE PRIMARILY IT'S THE OUTDOOR STORAGE THAT NEEDS TO BE LEWD AND IF Y'ALL WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR THE BUILDING TO BE IN THE BACK AND TO HAVE THE STORAGE UP FRONT, WE CAN DO THAT, BUT I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST OPTION TO WORK WITH STAFF TO TRY TO GET TO THERE POINT.

>> THANK YOU. >> MR. SHOP AND I WERE HAVING A CONVERSATION.

WE ARE THINKING IS THE CALIBER CAR WASH. >> OKAY.

>> ON THE WEST END OF TOWN AND NOT CALIBER COLLISION. THERE'S COLLISION REPAIR SHOP DOWN THAT WAY, WEST OF WHERE YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT BEING, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANOTHER CALIBER COLLISION IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT SO I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT.

YOU MENTIONED -- YOU KIND OF WENT BY KIND OF QUICKLY OR MAYBE STAFF DID CHANGE FROM 7 TO 30

DAYS FOR THE OUTDOOR STORAGE? >> YEAH, RIGHT NOW I THINK THERE'S A PIECE THERE WE HAVE TO MEET SEVEN-DAY REQUIREMENT WHERE YOU BROUGHT A CAR ON MONDAY, BY THE FOLLOWING MONDAY IT WOULD HAVE TO BE PICKED UP SINCE OUR STORAGE IS BEHIND THE BUILDING, IT'S FENCED IN, IT HAS LANDSCAPE

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>> AND THAT'S NOT DEFINED IN THE PD AS ITS WRITTEN, CORRECT? >> I BELIEVE --

>> I'M SORRY. YEAH, THAT IS CORRECT. IT'S ACTUALLY NOT A STANDARD.

IT WAS PART OF THE PACT AND DISCUSSED IN MEETING INCLUDING IN THE REPORT -- SOMETHING WE WERE LOOKING TO CLARIFY THIS MEETING BUT IT'S NOT PART OF THE ACTUAL PD STANDARDS REQUESTED,

THAT'S CORRECT. >> SO HOW DO WE GO ABOUT CODIFYING THE FACT THAT THAT

TAKES EFFECT? >> SO STAFF -- YES, THE CONDITIONS WERE PL MADE ON THE , IT WOULD BE ONE TO SEVEN DAYS, WHAT THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR TO BE EXTENDED SO IT WOULD BE

ADDED AS PART OF PD CONDITIONS. >> GOT IT, THAT'S HELPFUL, THANK YOU.

>> LILIAN, THIS IS THE QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU, THE PD OVERRIDES SUP THAT EXISTS FOR

THIS TYPE OF FACILITY? >> FOR THE OUTDOOR STORAGE. >> OUTDOOR STORAGE SPECIFICALLY?

>> YES. >> AND WE ONLY HAVE SUP REQUIREMENT FOR LIGHT VEHICLE

SERVICE FACILITIES NOT FOR HEAVY VEHICLE REPAIRS FACILITIES? >> WITHIN THE DISTRICT THEY'RE

BOTH ALLOWED. REPAIR. >> THAT'S RGHT BECAUSE THERE'S AN EXEMPTION FOR THOSE IN THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT, CORRECT. THANK YOU FOR JOGGING MY MEMORY

ON THAT. >> SO IS THE REQUEST -- NEXT MONTH?

>> I WILL PUT THAT IN THE PD ORDINANCE. IT'LL BE PROBABLY IN THE EXHIBIT

WHICH WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. >> OKAY.

>> MR. SHUTE. NOT THAT WE'RE NEGOTIATING BUT IS 14 DAYS AN ACCEPTABLE NUMBER?

>> THAT'S THEIR GOAL, TO HAVE A CAR TURNED AROUND WITHIN 14 DAYS.

SO BUT IF YOU HAVE TO ORDER A PART AND THE PART CAN BE HARD TO GET TO IT COULD TAKE A LITTLE

BIT LONGER SO THAT'S THE MAIN REASON WE ASK FOR 30 DAYS. >> OKAY.

>> I WOULD THINK THERE'S A STORAGE LIMITATION THERE'S FINANCIAL INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO TURN CARS AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN AND IN SOME RESPECTS THEY WANT A CAR THERE AS LITTLE TIME AS

POSSIBLE -- VERY VERY TRUE. >> AND NOT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. >> THEY DO HAVE NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP WITH SUPPLIERS SO THEY ARE ABLE TO GET PARTS QUICKER, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S

ALWAYS THE RARE PART THAT HAS TO TAKE SOME TIME TO GET DELIVERED. >> OKAY.

MY REQUEST TO YOU, GUYS, WOULD BE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE DRAWING AND TALK TO CALIBER AND JUST SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO GET THE BUILDING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF SETBACK IN MAIN STREET BEFORE OUR FLEXION ENGAGEMENT. I DON'T NEED FULLY DRAWN UP DRAWINGS OR ANYTHING FROM LIKE THAT UNLESS IT'S LIKE, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY WE CAN DO THAT, YES, PLEASE COME WITH SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE CONCRETE BUT IDEALLY, IN ANY MIND, THOSE FOUR SPACES GO AWAY AND I REALIZE THERE'S VALUE TO THOSE FOUR SPACES BUT OUT OF 58 SPACE THAT IS YOU HAVE, THAT'S ONLY 6 AND A HALF% OF TOTAL PARKING I FEEL LIKE THAT CAN BE MADE TO WORK. SO IF THERE'S ANY POSSIBILITIES OF THAT HAPPENING, I WOULD LOVE FOR TO BE TREES ABOVE MAIN STREET RATHER THAN SHRUBBS.

>> OKAY. >> COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND MENTIONED BY LILIANA AND WE WILL KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN BECAUSE THIS ITEM WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED OPEN FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU, SIR.

ALL RIGHT, SO I DO HAVE ONE -- WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:29 P.M., I DO HAVE ONE REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM AND THE SPEAKER IS DAN HAPT AND MR. HAPT IF YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW THE DRILL AND I WILL LET YOU TAKE IT

AWAY. >> DAN HAPT, ROWLETT. APPLICANT IS DEPENDING ON A TOW TRUCK DRIVER TO ASCERTAIN DAMAGE TO A VEHICLE LEAKING AND THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DO AT THE TIME OF AN ACCIDENT TOW TRUCK DRIVER CARES ABOUT PICKING UP DRIVERRING AND PICKING UP AN DRIVERRING, HE DOESN'T CARE WHAT THE VEHICLE LOOKS LIKE, WHAT IT'S DRIPPING, WHAT IT'S DOING, THERE'S NO WAY TO CONTROL WHAT'S GOING TO RUN OFF WHEN IT RAINS. IT'S GOING TO BE DOWN THE CREEK, IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE LAKE, IT'S JUST -- THIS IS JUST NOT A GOOD USE OF THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH, THERE'S 20 BODY SHOPS IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT. HOW MANY DO WE NEED? I DON'T THINK WE NEED ANOTHER ONE. PLEASE DENY JUST ON THE STORAGE PORTION OF THIS ALONE.

ETTER WITH THE LAND, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. Select to skip to this part of the video">ETTER WITH THE LAND, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC THIS EVENING? ALL RIGHT, AGAIN, WE WILL KEEP

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[5.B. Consider action to adopt a resolution approving and granting a Tree Removal Permit for an approximately 1.801 acre tract of land situated in the William Crabtree Survey, Abstract 347, City of Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas and being more commonly known as 4310 Main Street and 4311 Kirby Street for the removal of 18 protected trees totaling 328 protected caliper inches and requiring, in addition to replanting of 13 trees totaling 39 caliper inches, a contribution to the tree mitigation fund to satisfy the full mitigation requirement in the amount of $4,401.79.]

>> THE NEXT REQUEST IN FRONT OF YOU APPROVAL FOR TREE REMOVAL PERMIT TO ALLOW 61 MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL FAMILY UNITS AND LIT ILL BIT OVER 2,000 SQUARE FEET OF GROUND RETAIL SPACE AND INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT DEVELOPMENT. THE PROPERTY ZONE URBAN VILLAGE DISTRICT AND IT'S LOCATED SPECIFICALLY AT 4310 MAIN STREET AND 4311 CURBY STREET.

ON JULY OF LAST YEAR, THE COUNCIL APPROVED AN SUP FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS MIXED USE PROJECT WHICH CONSISTS OF THE MULTIRESIDENTIAL UNITS AND THE GROUND RETAIL SPACE.

ON DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR STAFF APPROVED THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

SO ARTICLE 211 OF THE FOREIGN BASE CODE MODIFIES TREE PRESERVATION REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH OF THE ROWLETT DEVELOPMENT CODE. YOU ALL HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS SECTION. IT SPECIFY WHAT IS THE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR TREE REMOVAL REQUESTS AS WRITTEN BY THE CODE. SO SECTION 77504 OF THE REC REQUIRES TREE REMOVAL PERMITS BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IF MORE THAN THREE TREES ARE REMOVED. AS DEFINED THE FORM BASE CODE, ONLY TREES OVER 8 CALIBER INCHES THAT ARE OAK ELM OR PECAN TREES IS WHAT'S CONSIDERED PROTECTED HAVING THAT SAID, THE APPLICANT SHOWED TRIMMING AND SURVEY, TOTAL TREE ARE THE 46 PROTECTED TREES OUT OF THOSE 23 THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REMOVE 18. ELM AND PECAN TREES.

FIVER OF THE 23 TREES ARE TO BE PRESERVED. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO PLANT 13 TREES ON SITE TOTALING 39 CALIBER INCHES TO COUNT TOWARDS THE MITIGATION.

THESE TREES WILL BE PLANTED IN ADDITION TO THE 27 TREES APPROVED FOR THE LANDSCAPE PLAN RESULTING IN COMBINED TOTAL TREES PLUS 8 ADDITIONAL OR NOTMENTAL TREES AND 11 EXISTING TREES, THE APPLICANT IS PLANNING TO KEEP THAT INCLUDES THE 5 PROTECTED TREES THAT I MENTIONED. AND THE CALCULATION IN FRONT OF YOU SHOWS THE 23 TREES EQUATING TO 391 CALIBER INCHES. OUT OF THOSE 23 THE 18 REMOVED EQUAL TO 328 CALIBER INCHES, THE FORM BASE CODE PROVIDES CREDIT FOR TREES ONE TO FOUR THAT ARE KEPT ON SITE WHICH CALLS -- CALIBER INCHES TOWARDS THAT 328 THAT NEED TO BE MITIGATED. AS A PART OF THAT, THE 13 TREES PROPOSED TO BE PLANTED ON SITE EQUATE TO 39 CALIBER INCHES LEAVING A REMAINING, 37 WHICH IS LOOKING FOR FUND AT RATE WITH $4,501 AND 79 CENTS FOR THE 37 CALIBER I INCHES.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HEARD THIS ITEM FEBRUARY 24TH AND THE COMMISSION VOTED FOR APPROVAL WITH THE 4 TO 3 VOTE. APPROVING BODY MAY APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS OR DENY THIS REQUEST. AND THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.

>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL, QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? DOES THE APPLICANT -- IS THE

APPLICANT HERE? NO. >> THEY MENTIONED THAT THEY

WOULD BE BUT THEY'RE NOT. >> AN HOUR AND 40 MINUTES. THEY'RE NOT HERE.

THE APPLICANT IS NOT. OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? MR. REEVES.

>> YEAH, LET ME GO BACK TO MY PRESENTATION. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE MAP.

WHICH -- DOES IT SHOW ON THE MAP WHICH FIVE OF THE PROTECTED TREES WHERE THOSE ARE THAT ARE

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BEING SAVED? >> THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THE >> SO TO THE WEST OF THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY, IT'S AN L SHAPED -- THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT ONE, YES.

THE WEST PROPERTY BOUNDARY, THE TREES ARE -- IT'S HARD TO SEE BUT TOWARD THE 811 FIGURE, THAT'S -- THAT'S ABOUT WHERE THROES TREES -- THE EXISTING TREES ARE LOCATED AND THERE'S SOME ON THE PROPERTY. IF YOU CONTINUE ON THE WEST PROPERTY BOUNDARY TOWARDS MAIN STREET, SOME OF THE TREES ARE ALSO PLANNING -- THE APPLICANT IS PLANNING TO KEEP.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY SPECIFY WHICH IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, COUNCIL.

>> I GUESS THE REASON I WAS ASKING, WITH CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, TREES -- THEY'RE ALWAYS -- GOT TO BE REMOVED TO SOME EXTENT. I WAS JUST LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE'S REASONABLE SAVING OF WHERE IT'S REASONABLE TO SAVE THEM, SAVE THEM WHERE THEY COULD IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. AGAIN, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL FOR THE APPLICANT.

I REALIZE IT'S NOT YOUR JOB. THANKS FOR ANSWERING THAT QUESTION AS BEST YOU COULD.

>> SO I WILL TRY TO ANSWER THE QUESTION BECAUSE DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

PAGE 124 OF THE PACKET SHOWS THE TREES THAT ARE SAVED AND EACH TREE IS NUMBERED AND THEN THERE'S A LITTLE TABLE OFF TO THE SIDE THAT HAS WHICH OF THOSE TREES ARE PROTECTED AND WHICH ONES ARE NOT AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, TREE NUMBER 3109 IS ONE TREE THAT IS BOTH PROTECTED AND REMAINING AND THAT TREE SITS ON THE FAR WESTERN BORDER OF THE PROPERTY JUST NORTH OF CURBY STREET. JUST STRING OF TREES IN PARKING SPACES THAT WOULD REMAIN, SO IT'S IN THERE, IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT CLUNKY, SO THEY ARE PROTECTING A NUMBER OF TREES, NOT ALL -- EXCUSE ME, THEY'RE PRESERVING A NUMBER OF TREES, NOT ALL OF THEM ARE PROTECTED TREES SO IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE PRESERVING 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 9, 10, 11, AT LEAST 11 THAT I'M SEEING ON HERE. HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT.

YEAH. IT'S 11 IN TOTAL THAT THEY'VE PRESERVING.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE AS FAR AS THE SITE -- THERE'S A NUMBER OF CONSTRAINTS THERE, THAT'S ONE THING I RECOGNIZE WHEN WE APPROVED THIS ORIGINALLY, THEY ARE USING EMPLOYEES OF THE SITE FOR EITHER THE STRUCTURE ITSELF OR THE PARKING LOT. DOES MAKE IT DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY WHEN THE TREES ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY ARE BASICALLY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS. AS FAR AS PARKING REQUIREMENTS, DO YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT?

>> I DON'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER OFF OF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. >> LET ME ASK THAT A DIFFERENT WAY, DO YOU REMEMBER IF THEY JUST BARELY MET THE PARKING REQUIREMENT OR THEY GREATLY EXCEEDED THE PARKING REQUIREMENT, IN OTHER WORDS, THEY COULD ELIMINATE PARKING

SPACES? >> MY UNDERSTAND ASKING THAT THEY BARELY MADE IT.

>> OKAY. WHICH TELLS ME THAT THEY CAN'T GO BACK AND PULL OUT PARKING SPACES AND ADD ISLANDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO PRESERVE TREES?

>> SO PART TO HAVE ORIGINAL SUP APPROVAL THERE'S A WARRANT FOR REDUCTION TO HAVE TREE, OF THE

TREE ISLAND, THE TREE ISLANDS, SO -- >> SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT REASON

BECAUSE PARKING WAS -- OKAY, COUNCIL, ANY OTHER -- >> YEAH.

JUST A STATEMENT. IT'S DIFFICULT TO MAKE THE DECISION WITHOUT THE APPLICANT BEING HERE. I GET WHAT YOU SAY COUNCILMAN REEVES.

SOMETIMES WITH CONSTRUCTION YOU HAVE TO TAKE TREES UP. I REALLY WISHED THEY WERE HERE TO EXPLAIN THE RATIONALE WHY THEY ARE TAKING SO MANY, IT'S REALLY HARD WITHOUT THEM EXPLAINING OR THEM EXPLAINING THE RATIONALE. JUST LEV LEAVE IT AT THAT.

>> COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ALL RIGHT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I SEE A MOTION BY MR. SHUTE. >> I MOVE WE -- I MOVE WE APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY MR. SHUTE, SECOND BY MS. BOWERS.

>> I SECONDED IT. >> MOTION TO APPROVE ALONG WITH A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? MS. GIBBS. >> IT'S JUST A STATEMENT.

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BE VOTING NO, THANK YOU. >> UNDERSTOOD. YEAH.

YOU KNOW, MR. BRITAIN I THINK YOU RAISED A VALID POINT. AGAIN OUR ORDINANCE, I THINK I MENTIONED AT LAST MEETING OUR ORDINANCE PROVIDES TREE REMOVAL PROCESS AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS DEVELOPER IS DOING, THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE PROCESS ORDINANCE, I REALLY AGREE WITH THE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE EARLIER, THOUGH, ABOUT THE TREE PRESERVATION FUND AND THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT ARE IN THAT, I THINK WE ALL RECEIVED AN E-MAIL THE OTHER DAY THAT KIND OF GAVE US THE SUGGESTION ABOUT HOW THAT COULD BE USED AND I'M TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF EXPLORING AT FUTURE MEETING AND I KNOW WE HAVE BIG ROCKS IN FRONT OF US NOW BUT I THINK THAT'S A GREAT CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AT SOME POINT, TO LOOK AT HOW THE TREE MITIGATION FUND IS LEVERAGED AND NOT SIT ON THE I ASSUME HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT'S IN THAT FUND GIVE OR

TAKE. >> IT'S -- IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF 5 --

>> HALF MILLION. THERE WE GO. WITH THAT, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, LET'S CALL THE VOTE, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT, THAT ITEM CARRIES BY

VOTE OF 5-2. MR. GIBBS VOTE IN OPPOSITION. >> CONSIDER OPTION TO ADOPT

[5.C. Consider action to adopt a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an Interlocal Agreement with Dallas Area Rapid Transit ("DART") for General Mobility Program Funds.]

AM I PRESENTING THIS ITEM? YOU ARE, PERFECT. >> I GUESS I HAVE TO TURN THE PRESENTATION ON SO I CAN SEE IT. THERE WE GO. [LAUGHTER]

>> NOW WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM THAT DART HAS PROVIDED TO US AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT YOU CONSIDER ADOPTING A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AGREEMENT TO MAKE THE FUNDING AVAILABLE TO THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND BASICALLY IT'S AN AGREEMENT, SIX-YEAR AGREEMENT $4.6 MILLION OF FUNDING, LITTLE BIT OF FUNDING EACH YEAR AND WE HAVE TO APPLY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND HAS TO BE USED FOR ELIGIBLE PROJECTS, GO INTO MORE DETAIL.

IT'S REVENUE-SHARING AND THIS IS SORT OF REVENUE THAT IS ESTIMATED TO BE AVAILABLE, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE 4.73 IN ORDER TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS WE HAVE TO THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO TELL THEM HOW WE ARE GOING TO USE IT AND LAS TO BE APPROVED AND THEN WE HAVE EXPENDITURE DEADLINE AS WELL SO IF WE DON'T TAKE A PROJECTS PROPOSAL FORWARD, WIN OR LOSE SITUATION.

SO IT HAS TO BE USED TO SUPPORT THAT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM SO IT CAN BE EITHER, YOU KNOW, ON PROPERTY OWNED BY DART OR SUPPORT FACILITIES, SIDEWALKS, OTHER THINGS THAT SUPPORT DART SERVICES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. HERE IS HOW WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. JUNE 30TH DEADLINE SO SUBMIT THE DEADLINE AND THEY HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT IT AND GET APPROVAL AND IF NOT, IF THEY DO, THEN WE HAVE A DEADLINE TO ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD AND SPEND THOSE FUNDS. SO EACH SEGMENT OF FUNDING HAS TO BE IDENTIFY WHAT PROJECT HOW WE ARE GOING TO USE IT AND GO THROUGH THE CYCLE OF GETTING THAT APPROVED AND THEN, OF COURSE, THEY CONTRACT THOSE FUNDS AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE EXTENDED AS AUTHORIZED.

IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE FUNDS WE HAVE TO BE IN GOOD STANDING WHICH MEANS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY OUTSTANDING DEBTS TO DART, THAT WE, YOU KNOW, ALSO HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING TO INTERFERE WITH OUR DART PARTICIPATION. WE ARE NOT SEEKING LEGISLATIVE CHANGES TO OUR CURRENT DART AGREEMENT. SO, OKAY, YOU WANT TO PARTNER, THEN YOU'RE A PARTNER AND WE WILL PROVIDE SOME FUNDING OR SHARE SOME OF THE TAX DOLLARS THAT WE GENERATE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY. THERE IS A TIMELINE HERE.

SO THROUGH THE WHOLE SIX-YEAR PROGRAM EVERYTHING HAS TO BE EXTENDED ALL THE WAY COMPLETELY EXPENDED BY 36 SO EVEN THOUGH WE GET THE AUTHORIZATIONS ON ANNUAL BASIS WE DO HAVE SOME TIME TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS AN COMPLETE THOSE PROJECTS. NOW IF ANYTHING CHANGES, SO ONE OF OUR PARTNERS HAS BETTER NEGOTIATION POSITION THAN WE ARE AND WE GET A POSITIVE CHANGE TO THIS AGREEMENT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPLIED TO US AS WELL. EVERYBODY IS TREATED FAIRLY AND WE GET THE MOST FAVORITE NATION CLAUSE AND THEY MAKE SOMETHING SOUNDS BETTER TO US, WE ALL GET THE BENEFIT OF THAT. THAT'S THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE

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WILL DO THE BEST TO ANSWER THEM. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. COUNCIL, KIND OF A PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH YOU A FEW WEEKS AGO WHERE I KIND OF LAID OUT THE WHOLE DART TIMELINE AND ALL THE ELECTIONS THAT HAD HAPPENED AND THE NEGOTIATIONS AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAD BEEN GOING ON SOMEWHAT BEHIND THE SCENES WITH DIFFERENT CITIES AND THEIR DART LEADERSHIP AND SO THIS IS KIND OF THE CULMINATION OF ALL OF THAT WORK, AGAIN, ALL THE MEMBER CITIES ARE BEING AFFORDED THIS SAME INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AS MR. BOWER SAID IF ANY CITY IS ABLE TO NEGOTIATE ANYTHING BETTER IT WOULD BE APPLIED TO ALL OF US GOING FORWARD.

SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THAT. ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? >> MAYOR, I HAVE A COMMENT.

YOU KNOW, DART HAS BEEN A HOT-BUTTON ISSUE. IT'S BEEN IN THE NEWS QUITE A BIT. AND IN DFW WE HAVE THE BLESSING OF A REALLY STRONG ECONOMY IN DFW AND THAT ALSO COMES WITH THE CURSE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE HERE AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE DART WANTING TO PARTNER WITH US AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE CURSE, I MEAN TRAFFIC. I BELIEVE HAVE A VIABLE FUNCTIONING PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM IS VITAL TO THE REGION, YOU FLOW, IN A PERFECT WORLD I THINK I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, ALL THE METROPLEX WILL BE A MEMBER CITY SO IT WOULDN'T BE ON THE SHOULDER OF THE 13, THAT WOULD BE, I THINK, MAKE TRANSPORTATION MUCH MORE VIABLE IN THE WHOLE METROPLEX AND WOULD LOWER TRAFFIC BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO DART FOR -- FOR, YOU KNOW, INVESTING BACK IN THE PARTNER CITIES AND I THINK THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT FUTURE PARTNERSHIP LOOKS LIKE AND SO FOR THOSE REASONS I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING FOR US.

>> COUNCIL, OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION?

MR. BOWERS. >> I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT FOR GENERAL MOBILITY

PROGRAM FUNDS. >> MOTION AND A SECOND BY MR. REEVES.

>> I SECOND THAT. >> ALL RIGHT, MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. ANY DISCUSSION? MENTION ALSO THIS IS SIDE ISSUE, BUT DART HAS LISTED AS SOME POINT TO COME MAKE PRESENTATION BACK TO US ON SOME OTHER MATTERS AND REALLY NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS NECESSARILY OR AT LEAST I DON'T THINK IT IS, BUT IT'S REALLY TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT JUST WHERE THEY ARE SO WE SHOULD BE SEEING THEM WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF PLEATINGS. THAT'LL BE A GOOD ONE TO ATTEND AS WELL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS OR COMMENTS? LET'S CALL A VOTE, PLEASE.

AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, WITH THAT, WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING AT THIS POINT MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL MAY REQUEST TOPICS BE PLACED FOR SUBSEQUENT MEETING. ANY DELIBERATION OR DECISION SHALL BE LIMITED TO A PROPOSAL TO PLACE TOPIC ON THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING. DO WE HAVE ITEM REQUEST,

MISCELLANEOUS BOWERS? >> SO AS OUR IT DIRECTOR WAS TALKING, I GOT TO THINKING ABOUT WE HAVE A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE A LOT OF SOFTWARE NEEDS AND I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD GET SOME SUPPORT TO HAVE AND AD IT OF ALL OF OUR SOFTWARE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS WORKING TOGETHER AND TRANSPARENT SO IF -- IF YOU ARE USING TWO DIFFERENT SYSTEMS ARE ALL THE SYSTEMS TALKING TOGETHER? I JUST LIKE TO SEE SOME SORT OF AUDIT OF THAT.

>> DO YOU HAVE A EXCELLENT MR. -- >> I DO.

WE CAN CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES AND THINGS WORK BETTER.

IF WE GOT A REQUEST TO LIST ALL THE SOFTWARE WE HAVE, WE WOULD RECOMMEND AGAINST THAT FOR

SECURITY REASONS. >> OI CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT.

MY CONCERN IS I KNOW PERSONALLY IN THE PAST I HAVE HAD TO DO QUITE A FEW WORKAROUNDS OCCASIONALLY AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE SOFTWARE WE ARE USING WORKS TOGETHER SEAMLESSLY AND ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS TALK TO EACH OTHER THAT NEED TO TALK TO EACH OTHER.

>> OKAY. I WILL SUPPORT YOU ON THAT ONE. ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT'LL BE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM. ANYTHING ELSE? THAN WE ARE ADJOURNED

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.