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IT'S OFFICIAL. 631 IS DOWN ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
[Board of Adjustment -- Special Meeting]
SPECIAL MEETING. SPECIAL MEETING IN ORDER.AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 551071, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
THIS MEETING MAY BE CONVENIENTLY CLOSE.
EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF SEEKING CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY ON ANY AGENDA ITEM HEARING ZERO BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RECONVENE, RECESSED OR REGULAR SESSION OR CALL EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR ORDER OF BUSINESS.
ANY ADJOURNMENT. THE PROCESS FOR PUBLIC INPUT.
IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON, YOU MAY COMPLETE THE CITIZEN INPUT FORM ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE BY 3:30 P.M.
THE DAY OF THE MEETING. ALL FORMS WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. FOR IN-PERSON COMMENTS.
REGISTRATION FORM INSTRUCTIONS ARE IN THE BACK AND ON THE DOOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS MEETING TWO TODAY FOR CITIZEN INPUT.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S REALLY ANY CITIZENS PRESENT HERE TODAY, SO WE'LL CLOSE CITIZENS MOVE ON TO A WORK SESSION FOR AGENDA ITEM THREE.
THE BUDGET REQUEST AND JUSTIFICATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 TO THE CITY BOARD.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING TODAY IS TO DISCUSS THE FISCAL YEAR, THE BUDGET FOR 2027, AND AS AN INTRODUCTION TO THAT, WE HAVE TO DISCUSS WHAT TRANSPIRED LAST YEAR RELATED TO YOUR BUDGET, WHICH YOU USED. NONE OF IT.
YOU HAD REQUESTED $1,000 AND NONE OF IT WAS USED.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING TODAY IS TO PROVIDE TO YOU ALL A RECOMMENDATION OF WHAT YOU COULD BE USING YOUR BUDGET FOR AND IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL REQUESTS.
SO AS FAR AS AS YOU CAN SEE, ANYTHING RELATED TO TRAINING OR BUDGET FOR YOUR WE HAVE $120 ALLOCATED FOR FOOD, 600 ALLOCATED FOR ANY APA TRAINING AND ANY ADDITIONAL TRAINING WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL $280 IF YOU WOULD LIKE ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL BUDGET REQUEST FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD THAT TO OUR, YOU KNOW, REQUEST RECOMMENDATION.
BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN FRONT OF YOU ALL TONIGHT.
THIS IS OCTOBER, SO YOU HAVE TO RAISE YOUR HAND TO SPEAK.
BUT PAST EXPERIENCE, I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, PRETTY KIND OF NOT REALLY MUCH OF A NEED FOR THIS.
I THINK THE TRAINING MENTIONED REQUEST, BUT WE DIDN'T I DON'T WANT TO SAY YOU COULDN'T FIND IT. IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE LIKE WHICH ONES WOULD QUALIFY FOR AND WHICH ONES WOULD BE APPLICABLE. BUT WE HAVE POTENTIALLY LIKE BUDGET REQUESTS OR SOME TYPE OF LIKE LIST OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE FROM THE STATE GOVERNMENT RECOMMENDATIONS OR DALLAS COUNTY RECOMMENDATIONS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THESE TYPES OF BOARDS AND WHATNOT AND LIKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH AND APPROPRIATELY USE THE ACTUAL TRAINING BUDGET. SURE.
AND GOOD EVENING, BOARD CHAIRPERSON.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION TODAY. MY NAME IS MANUEL.
I'M THE INTERIM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
AND THE REASON WE'RE HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE WE ABSOLUTELY WANT TO TRY AND REALIZE SOME OF THESE TRAININGS FOR YOU, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. OF COURSE, WE ARE DIVING INTO BUDGET SEASON TWO, AND WE WILL BE ADOPTING OUR FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET IN OCTOBER, OCTOBER 1ST. THAT BEING SAID, I AGREE WE SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD SOME OPPORTUNITIES. EXAMPLES OF TRAINING LAND USE TRAINING, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO DEALING WITH VARIANCES AND WHAT HAVE YOU, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CAN I EXPECT, BUT ALSO SOME TRAINING ON HOW TO AND WHAT TO WHAT TO AS A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, GIVEN THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT IS ONE OF THE MOST, AS I SAY, POWERFUL BOARDS THAT EXIST, GIVEN THE ACTIONS THAT YOU CAN TAKE, YOU ARE NOT A RECOMMENDING BODY.
YOU ARE AN ACTING BODY IN A QUASI JUDICIAL.
OF US. SO THAT BEING SAID, WE WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE FUTURE TRAININGS.
AND OUR GOAL IS TO WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY PROPOSE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, CORRESPONDENCE AND WHAT HAVE YOU ON EITHER SOME OPPORTUNITIES WOULD BE INTERESTED AND THEN WE COULD SCHEDULE THAT.
AND OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S A QUORUM, WE'D POST A QUORUM THAT THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT HAVE YOU. SO WE WOULD LOVE TO START SEEING IF THAT'S ENGAGED IN SOME TRAININGS ONLINE OR JUST, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THESE WILL BE IN PERSON, WHICH WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK AND SEE HOW OTHER CITIES DO WHAT OTHER CITIES DO. AND OF COURSE, HAVING THAT DISCIPLINE EXPERTS AT THESE CONFERENCES PROVIDING APPROPRIATE INFORMATION ON DISTILLING, FOR INSTANCE, THE TEXAS AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION TEXAS CHAPTER HAS SOME GREAT SEMINARS ON THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, FOR EXAMPLE.
IS IT FOCUSED NORTH TEXAS, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL THEMSELVES GREAT HALF A DAY, ONE DAY SEMINAR WHERE YOU CAN ATTEND AND PICK AND CHOOSE DIFFERENT
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TYPES OF SESSIONS AS WELL.SO THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD, HEALTHY COMPETITION THAT WOULD BENEFIT ALL OF US HERE. YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK LIKE FOR THESE SESSIONS, LIKE, WOULD THEY BE LIKE, LIKE DURING BUSINESS HOURS? SO I WOULD, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WORK AROUND MY DAY JOB.
YEAH. AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS, YOU KNOW, YOU RAISED A VERY VALID POINT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE, YOU KNOW, EVENING MEETINGS, BUT IF THERE IS SOME FORM OF CONFLICT, WE CAN TRY AND SEE IF WE CAN DO SOME KIND OF WEBINARS AS WELL AS PART OF YOUR TRAINING AND ACTUALLY CONVENE AS A BOARD.
WE CAN CALL IT A SPECIAL MEETING.
OR IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, NOTHING ON THE AGENDA, WE CAN STILL CONVENE AND DO A TRAINING SESSION IF YOU LIKE. NOT AN ISSUE.
OKAY. IS THERE ANY TYPE OF DATABASE? BECAUSE I'M NOT FAMILIAR, BECAUSE I'M FAIRLY NEW, THAT SHOWS THE TYPE OF EASEMENTS THAT THE BOARD HAS ALLOWED IN THE PAST THAT WE COULD USE A PROTOCOL FOR THE FUTURE. SO YES AND NO.
WHEN YOU SAY DATABASE, I'M SURE WE HAVE THE HISTORICAL DATA.
WE CAN IN TERMS OF DO WE HAVE 2018 ONWARDS? WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE THE LEGAL SYSTEM WHICH SHOWS THOSE VARIANCES.
OF COURSE, WE ALSO HAVE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE GONE TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. YOU DON'T MEET THAT FREQUENTLY REGARDLESS.
I WILL EMPHASIZE THAT EACH VARIANCE REQUEST OR BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT REQUEST THAT COMES FORWARD TO SOMETIMES IS UNIQUE IN ITS OWN.
BUT ABSOLUTELY, WE CAN SHARE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION.
SO GIVEN THAT THERE WAS NO FORWARD MOVEMENT, FOR WHATEVER REASON, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING CAME FORWARD TO TO THE BOARD.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE'LL TRY AND SCHEDULE.
AND I WILL BE LETTING THE CITY COUNCIL KNOW THAT WE WILL START MAKING FORWARD MOVEMENT TO SCHEDULE SOME OF SOME OF THESE TRAININGS OR SEMINARS WILL PRESENT THE SAME BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 27. YEAH. I AGREE WITH THAT.
AND OF COURSE, WE TOTALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME FOR COMING OUT FOR JUST ONE MORE SESSION ITEM. BUT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION TONIGHT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER POTENTIAL BUDGETARY REQUESTS YOU'D LIKE TO BRING FORWARD? I KNOW IN THE PAST WE'VE ASKED ABOUT LIKE SOME TYPE OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS, LIKE A PORTFOLIO. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TO SOME PORTFOLIO JUST FOR NOTE TAKING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK WE'VE ASKED FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS AGO LINE ITEM OUT EVERY TIME.
BUT IF WE COULD, IF EVERYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I'D BE FINE WITH PUTTING THAT ON A POTENTIAL ITEM.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY AS A STATIONARY.
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
SO AND YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN FINE TUNE.
IN FACT, SINCE WE ARE TALKING AND TODAY, ALL I NEED IS CONSENSUS.
NOT EVEN A VOTE BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING ON AN ACTION ITEM.
YOU KNOW, I'M SEEKING BOARD CONSENSUS AT THIS TIME, BUT WE CAN ABSOLUTELY ADD A BULLET POINT IN THERE AND TALK ABOUT THOSE ELEMENTS TO MISCELLANEOUS. AND WE'LL SEE IF WE ACTUALLY WE HAVE SOME.
MAYBE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS SOME OF THAT.
SO IT WOULD BE A GOOD. YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET YOU SOME.
REGARDLESS OF IT BEING IN THE BUDGET, WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE A PERFECT NETWORK.
BUT ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN THINK OF.
I DON'T AGREE WITH THE FUNDING REQUEST AS IT IS.
SO. WELL WHAT ARE THESE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE OR I MEAN, HAVE THEY COME UP. SO WE WILL HAVE SCHEDULED IN TERMS OF WHEN SEMINARS COME OPEN, WHEN SESSIONS COME OPEN, WHEN THE TEXAS A P A, I DON'T KNOW THE OFFICIAL DATE FOR THAT FOR THE LOCAL CHAPTER.
SO WE WILL START COMMUNICATING WITH YOU ON CALENDARS AND DATES AND TIMES AND SEE NOW AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND CERTAIN CONFLICTS TOO.
SO WE'LL TRY TO START COMMUNICATING WITH THE BOARD ON THESE DATES AND DETERMINE SCHEDULING. SOUNDS GOOD.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO DISCUSS ABOUT IT OR.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. I WANTED TO GET CONSENSUS FROM THE BOARD.
SHOULD THERE BE? YEAH, PRETTY MUCH IN AGREEMENT THAT THE BUDGET MAKES SENSE FOR WHAT IT IS AND REQUESTED ITEMS. YES. I THINK I'D LIKE FOR US.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. YOU CAN CLOSE OUT THE WORK SESSION AND MOVING TO GERMANY.
THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.