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

GOOD REPORT APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.

>> WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE ONTO ITEM NUMBER 2B.

FINANCIAL POSITION MAJOR BUDGETS UPCOMING ISSUES AND ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST MAKING TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS

COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN GIBBS. >> FROM THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE NEWLY CREATED DOWNTOWN ADVISORY BOARD. AND THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY TASK FORCE COMMITTEE. GO TO WWW.DOTROWLETT.COM.

EVER WONDER HOW THE CITY RESPONSE DURING EMERGENCIES OR PROVIDE SERVICES THAT KEEP OUR COMMUNITY THRIVING? ROWLETT CITY ACADEMY GIVES RESIDENTS AN INSIDE LOOK THROUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY LEADERS AND STAFF.

PARTICIPANTS LEARN HOW EACH DEPARTMENT SERVES THE COMMUNITY WHILE GETTING AT OPERATIONS BEHIND THE SCENES.

OPERATIONS FOR FALL 2026 SESSION ARE OPEN NOW THROUGH AUGUST 31ST. CLASSES BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER.

HEADS UP TO OUR FAITH AT FRIDAY AT FIVE READERS.

THE CITY'S NEWSPAPER IT WILL BE TAKING A SHORT HIATUS ON AUGUST SEVENTH AND AUGUST 14TH FRIDAY AT 5:00 RETURNS ON AUGUST 21ST. WITH THE LATEST CITY NEWS AND UPDATES. AND THE MEANTIME FOLLOW THE CITY OF ROWLETT ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO KEEP UP-TO-DATE ON NEWS AND EVENTS AND EVERYTHING HAPPENING AROUND TOWN.

FOR THE LIBRARY IF YOU ENJOYED LISTENING TO AUDIOBOOKS CONSIDERED THE LIBRARIES THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO ENJOY FREE AUDIO BOOKS ONLINE THROUGH THE HOOPLA, LIBBY OR CROWN LIBRARY TABLETS. ONCE YOU HAVE A LIBRARY CARD

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CONNECTED IS FREE AND EASY. LIBRARY STAFF CAN ASSIST YOU.

TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS HELPS TO DESIGN THE PROGRAMS YOU LOVE, OFFER THE SERVICES YOU NEED AND BUILD A COLLECTION THAT REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY.

THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION HAS TWO OPPORTUNITIES IN AUGUST 2 ENJOYED THE TALENT IN THE CITY.

AUGUST EIGHTH IS THE DEADLINE FOR ADMISSION FORMS. THE LIVE COMPETITION WILL BE AT 6:30 P.M. ON SATURDAY AUGUST 29TH AT THE SHRINE EVENT CENTER.

ENTRIES FOR THE ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THE ROWLETT LIBRARY ON AUGUST SEVENTH FROM 3:00 P.M.

AND AUGUST EIGHTH FROM 10:00 A.M. UNTIL NOON.

ENTRY FORMS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM BOTH CONTESTS CAN BE FOUND AT ROWLETT.COM FORWARDS THE CHARTS THANK YOU,

MAYOR. >> THANK YOU MR. GIBBS.

AND WE HAVE AN UPDATE. >> WE HAVE A COUPLE THINGS HERE TO TALK ABOUT. ONE IS ACTUALLY CARTER.

DURING -- JAMIE IS IT TWO OR THREE YEARS OLD SWEET GIRL THAT ENJOYS GOING ON WALKS AND HAS A CALM PERSONALITY THAT MAKES HER A JOY TO BE AROUND. SHE LOVES TREATS AND LOVES TO TAKE THEM GENTLY. SHE IS LOOKING FOR A SWEET AND CARRY THEM -- CARING FAMILY THAT IS JUST LIKE HER TO MAKE HER PART OF THE FAMILY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT HER OR ARE INTERESTED AND ANY OTHER ANIMALS AT THE ROWLETT ANIMAL SHELTER WE WELCOME YOU TO TAKE A VISIT.

LOCATED AT 4402 INDUSTRIAL STREET FROM 10:00 A.M. UNTIL 5:00 P.M. ON TUESDAYS AND SATURDAYS.

ALSO THE PERSON REMEMBER I TOLD YOU ABOUT CARTER? I GOT A MESSAGE FROM HIS WIFE JUST BEFORE I WALKED IN.

IF YOU ADOPT HIM SHE WILL COVER VET BILLS AND FOOD FOR SIX MONTHS. DON'T MISS THAT OPPORTUNITY IT DOES NOT TAKE A LOT JUST A COUPLE PETS HE IS GOOD FOR THE NIGHT. ALSO AN UPDATE WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT JUICE BOX IS ROCKING THE NEW ADOPTED LIFESTYLE AFTER HE FOUND HIS FOREVER HAIRSTYLE AND IS HAPPY TO CALL A PLACE HOME AS WELL. YOU AS WELL CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS AN OPTION BY FOSTERING.

THIS IS A POWERFUL WAY TO SHELTER DOGS IN NEED.

IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE GO BY THE SHELTER AND WALK IN THERE.

I SAW AN ATM OVER THERE. I SAW SOMEBODY GOING TO TOWN ON A BIG BULL DOG I DON'T KNOW WHO IS ENJOYING IT MORE HER OR HIM.

>> THANK YOU. I BELIEVE WE ALSO HAVE AN UPDATE FROM OUR MAYOR PRO TEM. MAKE THAT FROM THE PODIUM.

>> I USUALLY DO NOT DO THIS UP FRONT BUT I HAVE A VERY UNIQUE COUPLE I WOULD LIKE TO FLAG DOWN.

AS THEY ARE WALKING DOWN I WOULD LIKE TO THINK A COUPLE PEOPLE.

PAM VALE AND DIANE WHO MADE ME WEAR THE FOLLOWING.

I'M TOLD MANY OF THE FOLKS OVER AT THE LOCKS WERE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO HAVE FUN. THEY ARE CURRENTLY COMPETING IN A NATIONAL CONTEST CALLED AMERICA'S FAVORITE... ALTHOUGH IT IS A COMPETITION IT IS PRIMARILY A CHARITY EVENT.

THIS COUPLE IS CURRENTLY IN THE TOP SIX OF THE GROUP JUST A FEW DAYS AGO AS OF TODAY. I THINK THE VOTING ENDS ON AUGUST THE 6TH. THURSDAY.

SO HERE IS WHAT THEY WOULD DO IF THEY WIN.

YOU WILL PLAY A PART IN THIS TONIGHT.

IF THEY WIN THE PRIZE IS $25,000.

YES. NICE.

AND THEIR LOVE STORY IT WILL BE FEATURED IN AN ARTICLE AND "VARIETY" MAGAZINE. THEY WILL ALSO GET TO HAVE DINNER IN HOLLYWOOD HILLS WITH JEFF AND EMILY GOLDBLUM.

SO THE STORY OF HOW THEY KIND OF MET AND ALL OF THEIR KIND OF INTERACTION OR RENT -- INTERACTIONS THAT IS ON AMERICA'S FAVORITE COUPLE.ORG AND 2026 THAT IS IT, RIGHT? I'M GOING TO ASK YOU IF YOU WANT TO COME AND SAY A FEW WORDS.

I WILL TRY TO GET THEM TO GO TO THE WEBSITE AND CAST A VOTE.

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>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO OUR FRIENDS BILL AND DIANE FOR DOING THIS. WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER ALMOST 45 YEARS. WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED ALMOST 39.

AND WE MET BY HIM STEALING MY SHOES.

THAT IS JUST THE STORY. BUT THE REASON WE GOT AND THIS I GOT A STRANGE INVITE TO SIGN UP AND WE ARE IN THE OLDER AGE GROUP. SO I JUST WANT TO HAVE A CHANCE TO SHOW THAT LOVE CAN MAKE IT THROUGH 45 YEARS AND THAT THERE IS REASONS TO MAKE IT THROUGH THOSE HARD TIMES IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING FEEDING THE HOMELESS AND OUR OCEANS.

SO THE CHARITIES I SUPPORT I BELIEVE IN.

JUST GET A CHANCE TO SHINE LOVE CAN STILL BE GREAT AT ALMOST 70.

SO. [LAUGHTER]

[APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT SO HERE AND IF YOU ARE LISTENING ON STREAMING DO YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO CAST A VOTE FOR THEM THURSDAY IS THEY DEADLINE.

IF YOU GET IN THE TOP FIVE YOU GO HOME, RIGHT? THAT IS AMERICA'S FAVORITE COUPLE.ORG/PROTOSANDY.

ANTI-SANDY. OKAY.

SHE WILL BE GLAD TO GIVE YOU THOSE I AM SURE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> IT IS A SHAME THAT THEY DID NOT HEAR ABOUT THAT CONTEST SOONER BECAUSE I THINK THEY COULD BE AMERICA'S FAVORITE COUPLE.

>> I AM HONORED TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE COUPLE. IF YOU GUYS ARE IN DOWNTOWN JUST TO GIVE SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO OUR STUDENTS THEY WILL BE GOING ON AUGUST NINTH SO IF YOU HAVE ANY PENS OR PENCILS OR PAPERS PLEASE

DROP THOSE OFF THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL.

[3. Citizens’ Input]

ANY OTHER UPDATES TO PROVIDE A? SEEING NONE WE WILL MOVE ONTO OUR NEXT ITEM ITEM THREE CITIZENS AND PUT.

AT THIS TIME COMMENTS WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ANY TOPIC NO ACTION CAN BE TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL ON CITIZENS OUTPUT.

-- INPUT. I DO HAVE A COUPLE REQUESTS TO SPEAK I DO BELIEVE I HAVE PULLED ASIDE THE CARDS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF I DO NOT CALL YOUR NAME LET ME KNOW I WAS THAT YOUR CARD ASIDE AND LET YOU SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING. STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE WE WILL HAVE 3 MINUTES.

>> I AM HERE WITH NEIGHBORS WHO LOVE THE CITY AND ARE EXCITED ENOUGH ABOUT OUR DOWNTOWN STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE CAME TO REVIEW THE PARTS THAT MATTER THE MOST FOR WHAT IS AHEAD.

GIVING THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY BOARD AND CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BRANDING. THIS PLAN IS NOT A CONSULTANT FIND IT BELONGS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS CONTRIBUTED.

INDIVIDUAL PERSONAL INTEREST AS IT REPRESENTS SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER INPUT ON VISION GOALS AND ACTIONS FOR DOWNTOWN. ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE AND ESTABLISH DOWNTOWN AS AN ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION.

WITH THE ORGANIC INTEREST WE HAVE A REAL CHANCE TO MAKE THESE GOALS REALIZED. ACTIVATED GREEN THE WALK ON TWO MAIN AND VIBRANCY YOU WILL GET FAST REACHING EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS. THE TWO WILLS TO FUND IT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE. $4.2 MILLION REMAINING IN THE DEBT FUNDING ABOUT $700,000 IN BONDS AND DOWNTOWN WITH NEARLY $2 MILLION THIS YEAR AND ROUGHLY $42 MILLION PREDICTED OVER ITS LIFE SPAN. WE LEARNED THAT THERE IS NO SHOT CLOCK THIS IS AMAZING NEWS WE DO NOT HAVE TO RUSH AND WE

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CAN PLAN WELL. WHETHER WE HAVE THINGS TO FOCUS ON AND THE DOWNTOWN STRATEGIC PLAN I THINK FOCUSING ON BUILDING INTENTIONAL MATERIALS TO ATTRACT QUALITY RETAIL INVESTMENTS AND THE FIRST FEW PLACE MAKING PROJECTS IN THE DOWNTOWN STRATEGIC PLAN SO WE CAN SEE THE BIG PICTURE AND TAKE ONE STEP A DAY AT SEEING A REVITALIZED DOWNTOWN AND DIVERSIFIED TAX BASE. I PUT A FEW VISUALS ON THE MAP BASED ON THE PLAN AND IT IS SO FUN TO IMAGINE IT COMING TO LIFE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE DAVE WHOLE FOLLOWED BY AINSLEY.

I APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCED YOUR LAST NAME.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU OF THE RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE AN INTERNAL AUDITOR REPORTING DIRECTLY TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

THIS SERVES AS A CHECK TO PREVENT THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF FROM MAKING SELF-SERVING DECISIONS TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE REST OF CITY COUNCIL. NOW ALL SHOULD REALIZE A 20 YEAR LEGACY OF BAD DECISIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE.

THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE AN INTERNAL AUDIT REPORTING TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS CONTINUES THE LEGACY OF ALLOWING DECISIONS TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE RESIDENTS.

WE WILL LET STAFF TRANSFER ASSETS WITHOUT APPROPRIATE INTERIM CONTROLS. ESTABLISH THE RED ZONE AS AN ENTERPRISE FIRM. UTILITY FUND TO THE RED ZONE WHICH WILL BE DULY PAID HER. THE WET ZONE WAS REMOVED FROM THE ENTERPRISE AND BECAME PART OF THE GENERAL FUND.

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SPENT OUTSIDE THE LIMITED PRICE FUND TO SUPPORT THIS ASSET WITHOUT THE NECESSARY TRANSFER AND SHOWN TO THE RESIDENTS. 2002.

UTILITY IS REPAID AS PLANNED. CORRECTLY REMOVED FROM THE ENTERPRISE FIRM TO THE... FIRM HOW MUCH IS INVESTED IN THE CITY OVER ITS ENTIRE LIFE SPAN. WE NEED A SHARP PROBABLY QUALIFIED INTERNAL AUDITOR ON AN AUDIT PROGRAM.

WE NEED ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE SUBSTANCE OF THIS TRANSACTION AND CAN COMMUNICATE WITH CITY COUNCIL, THE RESIDENTS, AND STUFF. THIS POSITION SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONDUCT BOTH FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL AUDITS.

UNBIASED INFORMATION. THE CURRENT BOND AUDIT HAS NOT PROVIDED THAT NEEDED INFOR INFORMATION.

LAST YEAR THE SKATING RINK CONSUMED 3000 STAFF HOURS OR AT ONE POINT FIVE FTE, FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS.

YOU SHOULD ASK THE QUESTION THIS YEAR SHOULD WE CANCEL THE ICE SKATING RINK IT LEAVES THE 1.5 FTE TO HIGHER INTERNAL.

>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AINSLEY FOLLOWED BY DAN.

>> MY NAME IS ENSLEY SELLING. ON JUNE SEVENTH OF 2026 MY BROTHER LOST HIS LIFE FIRST UP I WANT TO THANK THE FIRST RESPONDERS FROM ROWLETT FURTHER EFFORTS THAT NIGHT A RESCUE FOR THE RETRIEVAL CANNOT BE AN EASY DAY'S WORK.

I'M NOT HERE TO EXCUSE MY BROTHER'S POOR CHOICES THAT EVENING OR BLAME ANYONE FOR HIS ACTIONS OTHER THAN HIM.

HOWEVER, I AM HERE TO REQUEST YOUR HELP ENSURING ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER DOES NOT HAVE TO COME BEFORE YOU IN THE SAME SITUATION. MY HUSBAND AND I DROVE OUT TO SAPPHIRE BAY ON SUNDAY. A SINGLE RIGHT TURN IN THE EASTBOUND SERVICE ROAD TAKES YOU INTO A CONSTRUCTION AREA.

A FEW HUNDRED FEET LATER WHICH THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY AROUND PUT YOU STRAIGHT INTO THE WATER. NOT A CHANGE OF PAYMENT REFLECTIVE VEHICLE. TO A DESTRUCTIVE OR DISORIENED DRIVER IN THE DARK OF NIGHT IN A VEHICLE LACKING MODERN SAFETY TECHNOLOGY. IT TAKES 60 TO 120 SECONDS FOR

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OUR CAR SUBMERGED. BY THE TIME THE TRUCK IS THAT THE WATER COGNITIVE DELAYS TURNED INTO A DEATH SENTENCE.

I CANNOT HELP BUT WONDER IF ANY VISUAL ARE TACTILE WARNING INDICATORS ALONG THAT 1200 FEET FROM THE ROUNDABOUT TO THE LAKE.

IS MY BROTHER MIGHT STILL BE HERE.

IT FEELS LIKE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR THE CITY YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEMAND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT FORGIVES HUMAN ERROR RATHER THAN PUNISHING.

TONIGHT I AM ASKING YOU TO REVIEW THIS IS -- SAFETY OF THIS BOAT RAMP AT SAPPHIRE BAY ARENA IT IS WITHIN YOUR RIGHT AS A MUNICIPALITY TO REQUIRE MINIMUM SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ARE ON PUBLIC LIKE ACCESS. SIGNAGE PAYMENT -- PAVEMENT MARKINGS, LATE-NIGHT BARRIERS THESE ARE ALL QUICK AND EASY FIXES OF FATHER WILL NOT SEE HIS YOUNGEST DAUGHTER GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL. A GRANDSON WILL NEVER KNOW HIS GRANDFATHER AND MY MOTHER CANNOT HUG HER ONLY SUN ONE LAST TIME.

MY BROTHER IS GONE AND WE CANNOT CHANGE THAT BUT YOU HAVE THE POWER TO ENDURE ANOTHER FAMILY DOES NOT HAVE TO STAND AT THIS PODIUM BROKEN GRIPPING AND ASKING GOD WHY THIS HAPPENED.

WE PRAY FOR YOUR DISCERNMENT AND ACTION IN THIS MATTER AND

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS FOLLOWED BY RACHEL ASHWORTH.

>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THE FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IS BRYAN MULLINS IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION. IT LOOKS AWESOME.

AND PLANNING AND ZONING WHERE MOTORISTS CAN READ THEM WITHOUT GOING DOWN THE ROAD. INSTEAD OF POINTING THEM OR JUST NOT VERY WELL DISPLAYED. JUST TAKING SOME ADVICE ON THAT.

I AM GLAD TO SEE NOT TO PASS A LONG LICENSES I KNOW THIS EXTENDS THE ORDINANCE WAS MADE TO CORRECT FOR INTENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT. BUT THIS VARIANCE THAT HAS BEEN ASKED FOR HAS RED FLAGS THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS.

ELEMENTARIES ACROSS THE STREET TO CROSSWALKS TO EACH END OF THE WATERVIEW PLAZA. RHINESTONE PUBLIC SCHOOL AND GROWTH COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE STATE.

THE TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE SECTION 10933 STATES THIS REQUEST IS TOO CLOSE TO SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.

AND THOUGH THIS VARIANCE WAS APPROVED IN 2014 I SEE NO GOOD VALUE IN ALLOWING. THERE ARE BETTER PLACES TO BUY BEER AND LIQUOR ONLY HALF A MILE AWAY.

I FEEL CERTAIN THERE IS NO VALUE FROM WATERVIEW OR HOME LIMITED GROWTH. THE LIMITED DRIVE RESPECTS THE TIME AND A HALF MILE AWAY. ALSO THE PACKET CLAIMS THAT BUSINESS IS EARNED BUT PROVIDES NO EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THAT CLAIM AND DOES NOT IDENTIFY WHICH IS THE... THE LETTER IS NOT SIGNED MUCH OF THE PACKET HAS MANY DISCREPANCIES.

PLEASE VOTE NO ON THIS ORDINANCE.

>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RACHEL ASHWORTH.

>> GOOD EVENING RACHEL ASHWORTH, I AM HERE TO TACK NTO MY NEIGHBORS COMMENTS AND ENCOURAGE THE EXISTING DOWNTOWN STRATEGIC PLAN SOMETHING THAT I AGREE SHOULD BE REALIZED AND NOT REPLACED SO EASILY ON A WHIM BITE WHATEVER IT IS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE PITCHING THEIR FORKS AT.

I JUST WANT TO REINFORCE THINGS THAT MIGHT ALREADY BE IN THE PLAN BUT IN MY OWN WORDS HERE. THESE ARE VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO ME. SO AMENITIES THAT MAKE IT VERY SEAMLESS. TO BRING MY FAMILY TO DOWNTOWN AND NOT HAVE TO PACK UP MY ENTIRE LIFE IN A MINIVAN TO DO SO. WHAT THAT MEANS PRACTICALLY SPEAKING IS THERE SHOULD BE CREATIVE WAYS FOR MY FAMILY TO SURVIVE DINNERTIME MELTDOWNS WHICH ARE AN EVERYDAY THING.

NOT BE A NUISANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHEN THEY DO

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HAVE BEEN GUARANTEED RELIEF OF ENDLESS BREAKS WHICH WE ALL KNOW ABOUT. AMENITIES LIKE HAVING A LOT OF OPTIONS TO STATE -- SATIATE HUNGER AND THIRST WHICH I DO NOT THINK WE HAVE MANY OPTIONS RIGHT NOW.

GENERALLY JUST BUILDING PLAY AND ACTIVITY AREAS TO LET THE WIGGLES OUT FOR THE KIDS. LIKE MOMMY AND ME TYPES OF ACTIVITIES OR WHATEVER DADS DO ONLINE WITH THEIR KIDS.

LET'S NOT REINVENT THE WHEEL HERE.

LOTS OF GREAT EXAMPLES HERE THAT WE LOVE TO COOK OUR FAMILY TOO BUT IF I'M GOING TO PACK UP THAT MINIVAN TO DRIVE EVERYBODY UP THERE I WOULD RATHER JUST DRIVE HERE.

>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TRACY

>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNSEL, AND STAFF.

MY NAME IS TRACY AND I AM FROM ROWLETT.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WILL DETERMINE WHETHER OUR DOWNTOWN PLAN SUCCEEDS OR STRUGGLES FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. PUBLIC SAFETY.

FIRST I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THE DISCUSSION LAST NIGHT. YOUR QUESTION SHARE YOU RECOGNIZE UNIQUE CHALLENGES ROWLETT FACES IS THE LAST STATION ON THE RAIL LINE. THAT CONVERSATION GAVE ME HOPE.

OUR DOWNTOWN PLAN ALREADY IDENTIFIED THIS ISSUE.

DURING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RESIDENTS REPEATEDLY RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT HOMELESS, PROBLEM WITH HOMELESS THAT WANDER AROUND FROM DARK, PANHANDLING, THE PLAN ALSO REMINDS US TO HAVE HUMAN COMPASSIONATE CONSIDERATION OF HOPELESS.

-- THE HOMELESS. THOSE STATEMENTS ARE TRUE WE SHOULD TREAT EVERY PERSON WITH DIGNITY AND PASSION BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN IGNORING THE IMPACT ON OUR RESIDENTS OR VISITORS OR SMALL BUSINESSES. MANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS CREATING CHALLENGES DOWNTOWN ARE NOT ROWLETT RESIDENTS.

THEY ARE ARRIVING BY DARK BECAUSE WE ARE AT THE END OF THE LINE. IF WE DO NOT HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE WE ARE SIMPLY ALLOWING THE PROBLEM TO GROW WHILE EXPECTING POLICE OFFICERS BUSINESS OWNERS AND RESIDENTS TO MANAGE THE CONSEQUENCES. A VIBRANT DOWNTOWN AS PART OF THE SOLUTION. BUSY STREETS, ACTIVE BUSINESSES, EVENTS, GOOD LIGHTING, AND PEOPLE ENTERING PUBLIC SPACES NATURALLY DISCOURAGE CRIME AND DISORDER.

ACTIVATION ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH. WE NEED A COORDINATED STRATEGY AS DOWNTOWN CONTINUES TO GROW. THAT MEANS WORKING TO IMPROVE SECURITY AND FAIR ENFORCEMENT. PARTNERING WITH HOMELESS OUTREACH ORGANIZATIONS THAT CONNECT PEOPLE WITH SERVICES, ENGAGING OUR CHURCHES IN NONPROFITS, AND ASSURING DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES HAVE THE% SUPPORT THEY NEED.

DART MUST BE PART OF THE SOLUTION NOT JUST THE TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER. THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FACING DOWNTOWN BUT ALSO ONE WE CAN ADDRESS IF WE ACKNOWLEDGE REALITY AND PLANNED FOR IT INSTEAD OF REACTING LATER. LET'S BUILD A DOWNTOWN THAT IS WELCOMING, SAFE, COMPASSIONATE, UNSUCCESSFUL FOR EVERYONE

THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING COUNCIL AND MAYOR. TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING AND PRACTICAL IDEAS IN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN. TRANSFORMING COIL STRAIGHT INTO ROWLETT'S DEDICATED FESTIVAL STREET.

WHEN PEOPLE HEAR FESTIVAL STREET THEY SIMPLY THINK IT IS A PLACE FOR CONCERTS OR SPECIAL EVENTS BUT IT IS MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

THE DOWNTOWN PLAN DESCRIBES FESTIVAL STREETS AS PLACES THAT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER THE MARKETS, FESTIVALS, CELEBRATIONS, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS.

THE GREAT ECONOMIC GROWTH. I'M LOSING MY WORDS TONIGHT.

THEY BUILD CIVIC PRIDE AND MAKE DOWNTOWN A DESTINATION.

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT ROWLETT HAS BEEN WORKING TOWARDS.

I ALSO SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ON OUR HISTORY.

FOR YEARS WE TALK ABOUT PRESERVING THE LEGACY OF THE FAMILY AND UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE NOT ALWAYS DONE THE BEST OF DROPS OF HONORING THAT LEGACY THROUGH PRESERVATION.

BUT HERE IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING VERY MEANINGFUL.

LET'S MAKE COIL STRAIGHT THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN ROWLETT.

LET'S MAKE IT A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES GATHER FOR CHRISTMAS, FESTIVALS, HOLIDAY EVENTS, MARKETS, CONCERTS, WALKS, FOR MANY GENERATIONS TO COME. WHAT A BETTER WAY TO HONOR THE FAMILY THAT HELP SHAPE ROWLETT THAN MAKING THEIR NAME SYNONYMOUS WITH BRINGING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

THIS ALSO MAKES GOOD FINANCIAL SENSE.

TODAY EVERY MAJOR EVENT REQUIRES CLOSING MAIN STREET, COORDINATING TRAFFIC, SET IT UP THEY WERE KIDS, FOR STAFFING AND DISRUPTING BUSINESSES. WE SPENT MONEY OVER AND OVER AND OVER CREATING TEMPORARY EVENTS BASIS.

BUT A PURPOSE BUILT FESTIVAL STREET CHANGES THAT.

INSTEAD OF PAYING FOR TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS EVERY TIME A HOST AN EVENT WE INVEST ONCE AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS DESIGNED FOR EXACTLY THAT PURPOSE. THAT UTILITIES, AND PEDESTRIAN SPACES, BETTER TRAFFIC FLOW, BETTER LIGHTING, BUT HER EXPERIENCES. THAT MEANS LOWER LONGER-TERM COSTS FOR INVESTMENT SERVICES. THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR

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ECONOMY AND OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND IN THE INVESTMENT IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE. AND IT IS AN INVESTMENT IN PRESERVING ROWLETT'S HISTORY WHILE CREATING NEW TRADITIONS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO MAKE THE FESTIVAL STREET A PRIORITY AS WE BEGIN IMPLEMENTING THE DOWNTOWN PLAN. LET'S HONOR THE FAMILIES LEGACY NOT ONLY BY REMEMBERING OUR PAST BUT BY CREATING A SPACE WHERE ROWLETT'S FEATURE WILL COME TOGETHER AND MEMORIES WILL BE MADE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DENISE

FOLLOWED BY HASSAN. >> DENISE, ROWLETT, TEXAS.

AT EVENING. AT THE JULY 28TH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING REGARDING ONE ITEM A COMMISSIONER REFERENCED ANOTHER CASE THAT HAS BECOME A SHOOTING WAR BETWEEN NEIGHBORS. I WONDER WHAT IS REFERENCED BY THAT COMMENT. THIS IS NOT A SHOOTING BETWEEN NEIGHBORS. THIS MISSES THE CITIES GOAL.

IT PROLONGS THE MESS THEY CREATED.

BY ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN A SUBJECT OF ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS BY THE POA. THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL BURTON... ORDINANCE 01025.

CREATED... PREVIOUS COMPLAINT STRUCTURE TO SATISFY THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AFTER THE FACT. THAT ORDINANCE IS NOT BEING USED TO PROTECT THE STRUCTURE. THE ORDINANCE DID NOT GET MARKET APPROVAL AND REQUIRED FULL COMPLIANCE SERIOUS QUESTIONS REMAINING. ATTACHMENT MATERIALS AND WHETHER THE FARE STRUCTURE MATCHES WITH THE CITY APPROVED INSTEAD OF CONDUCTING INVESTIGATIONS CITY OFFICIALS REPORTEDLY PUT IT INTO A PAST INSPECTION. PRIVATE CIVIL MATTER.

THAT THE CITY HAD EXAMINED PERMITTING WITH PUBLICLY ADMITTED MISTAKES WHILE COMMISSIONERS ARE QUESTIONED WITH THE UNION WAS TOLD. ALL PERMITS WERE REVIEWED, WHICH PERMITS WERE MISSED, AND HOW THEY ARE KEPT ON THE RECORD.

NO REVIEW HAS EVER BEEN PROVIDED IN THE CASE.

MORE EVER... CANNOT CREATE AMENDMENTS ANY FURTHER IN THE..

STRUCTURE THEY TREAT THE RESULTING PROPERTY... AS A DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO NEIGHBORS. THE REGISTRATION ACTION CHANGE THE POSITION AND THAT STRUCTURE. LOCALLY IT AFFECTED... TO PROTECT MY PROPERTY. I DID NOT CAUSE THE SITUATION BY REPORTING... IN THE CITY TO REVERSE ITS CODES.

THE CITY MADE PERMITTING ENFORCEMENT AND INSPECTIONS AND REGISTRY OF DECISION. PUBLICLY EXPLAINED WHITE... IS CREATED WHO PARTICIPATED IN... WHAT EVIDENCE SUPPORTED IT AND WHY THE CITY CONTINUES... WHILE MY PROPERTY IS BEING DAMAGED.

RESIDENCE, PLEASE WATCH THE CITY COUNCIL NEXT SESSION APRIL 18TH, 2023. AND YOU WILL BE SHOCKED.

I AM FLABBERGASTED WITH WHAT I HAVE HEARD.

THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HASSAN

FOLLOWED BY STEPHEN. >> I AM JUST WONDERING WHY THERE IS NO INSPECTION DONE TO THAT STRUCTURE THE ONE IN MY SIDE OF THE YARD. GETTING A LOT OF DAMAGE.

IT IS A FIRE HAZARD. A LOT OF PROBLEMS. GOT ALL THIS MOSQUITOES AND I CAN'T EVEN WALK THROUGH.

BY THE WALLS. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS.

THAT BUILDING IS VERY FLAMMABLE. NO FIREWALLS NOTHING.

IT GOT PLUMBING IT GOT A FOUNDATION.

METAL WHICH IS THE CHEAPEST METAL YOU CAN GET.

THE BUILDING DOES NOT MATCH YOU NOTE THE HOUSE.

IT JUST REALLY BAD. A BUNCH OF STUFF OUTSIDE AS IT IS GETTING TOO MUCH. THIS IS WHILE IT SHOULD BE AN INVESTIGATION. AND COUNCIL TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE NECESSARY STUFF TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT.

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IT SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. IT SHOULD BE IN FAIRNESS TO EVERYBODY. SOMEBODY YOU KNOW THAT MIGHT BE LAUGHING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO US AND WHAT THEY ACHIEVED IS NOT A LAUGHING MATTER. WILL BE APPRECIATED.

'S FOUNDATION CATS BY AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY IT HAS TO BE DONE. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. AND TWO EVER MADE THESE DECISIONS THEY MUST RECONSIDER. WHY CAN'T WE GET THE INSPECTIONS. EXPECTED THAT HAVE COME SINCE 2021. TO GET THIS APPROVED.

GET ALL THE RULES DISAPPROVED. JUST TO MAKE IT PAST.

ALLOWED THEM TO HAVE THIS NEXT TO MY HOPES -- HOUSE.

HOW CITIZENS IF YOU CAN'T SOLVE THIS PROBLEM IT COULD BE

HAPPENING TO ANYBODY ELSE. >> I'M GOING TO TRY TO MAKE GOOD USE OF MY TIME I KNOW I ONLY HAVE 3 MINUTES BUT I HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

ONE IS THE SAFETY CONCERN AND I GOT A REPLY EARLIER TODAY ABOUT THOSE SIGNALS DO NOT WORK. ALL RIGHT? AND I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I WAS JUST ON THAT CORNER THIS MOR MORNING. NOTHING HAPPENS THERE IS NO CALM DOWN -- COME DOWN. STUDENT START MONDAY THERE IS THOUSANDS OF KIDS THAT GO TO ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL.

I KNOW IT MIGHT BE A HIGH SCHOOL BUT KIDS ARE DOING A LOT OF ACTIVITIES BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL.

RIGHT NOW NOTHING HAPPENS THE TOLL IS RIGHT THERE.

TRY TO GET TO MAIN STREET AS ALL IN THAT.

A QUICK REPLY THAT I SENT TODAY. I STILL POINT ON BRINGING UP THE CITIZENS AND PUT TODAY. SO THAT IS NUMBER 1.

NUMBER 2 FILLERS AT THE ROWLETT RECREATION CENTER.

KIND OF A SIMPLE THING BUT ALSO I WANTED TO BRING IT UP AS CITIZENS AND PUT TODAY BECAUSE I HAD A NICE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ISSUE WITH ERIN MILLS-REID. YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH HER FROM THE RECREATION CENTER.

I DON'T WANT TO PUT HER OUT THERE BUT SHE SAYS SHE HAS TRIED TO GET IT DONE BEFORE FOR WHATEVER REASON IT DID NOT GET DONE. SO I AM JUST I SUPPORT HAVING..

I SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT THE ROWLETT RANK AND MY DAUGHTER PLAYS BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL WITH THE SPORTS PROGRAMS THERE.

TRYING TO REFILL A WATER BOTTLE WITH JUST THOSE WATER FOUNTAINS IS A LITTLE BIT CUMBERSOME AND WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO GET THAT DONE. IF YOU CAN FIND A WAY TO AT LEAST EXPLORE GETTING SOME BOTTLE FILLERS AT LEAST AT THAT ONE THAT IS CLOSEST TO JIM BE UPSTAIRS THAT WOULD BE A GREAT THING A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT IS NUMBER 2. SINCE I HAVE SOME TIME LEFT I WILL TALK ABOUT MY THIRD THING THAT I'M GOING TO BE DOING.

I RECENTLY HAVE DISCOVERED OR M KIND OF INDULGING A LITTLE BIT MORE ZEAL FOR THE HISTORY OF ROWLETT.

WITH THAT BEING SAID THE ROWLETT CEMETERY AT 4600 CHEESE THE ROAD IS KIND OF A PERSONAL PROJECT THAT I'M GOING TO BE TAKING ON.

YOU GUYS WILL BE HEARING A LOT ABOUT THAT FOR ME.

RIGHT NOW THE PLAN IS TO GET A HISTORICAL MARKER PLACED AT THE CEMETERY. I HAVE ALREADY BEEN HAVING A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE REQUIRED PARTIES.

THE DIFFERENT HISTORICAL COMMISSIONS.

THE CHURCH THAT ACTUALLY OWNS THE CEMETERY.

SO THAT MEANS YOU WILL BE HEARING A LOT MORE FROM ME ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC PROJECT. IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE MY

3 MINUTES RIGHT ON THE NOSE. >> NEXT SPEAKER.

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>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CAROL.

I AM A PROUD RESIDENT OF ROWLETT.

I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT CAN HELP PAY FOR EVERYTHING ELSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE VIBRANCY THAT DRIVES. THE PLAN STATES THE PRINCIPAL AND REVITALIZATION OF DOWNTOWN ROWLETT IS TO IMPROVE ITS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY BY CREATING A VIBRANT MIXED-USE OPEN ENVIRONMENT THAT ELEVATES DOWNTOWN AS A CULTURAL ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATIONAL DESTINATION.

IT DOES NOT HOPE FOR GROWTH IT PROJECTS.

712000-900000 OF OCCUPIED RETAIL SPACE DOWNTOWN BY 2045.

WE DON'T EVEN NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW OLD I WILL BE BY THEN.

THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT REPRESENTS RESTAURANTS, SHOPS, BUSINESSES, JOBS, VISITORS, ADDITIONAL TAX REVENUE.

THE PLAN TELLS US HOW TO GET THERE.

THE DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATIONS AND COMMUNITY SPACES CAN SPREAD THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND SOCIAL COHESION AND UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL OF DOWNTOWN. THAT IS PAGE 79.

VIBRANCY IS NOT DECORATION. IT IS THE ECONOMIC ENGINE AND WE ALREADY HAVE ANOTHER ECONOMIC ENGINE SITTING RIGHT DOWNTOWN.

THAT PLAN ACKNOWLEDGES ROWLETT HAS NOT YET TAPPED INTO THE POWERFUL ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT THE DART STATION CAN BECOME THROUGH TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.

THAT IS PAGE 75. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS STREET THE PUBLIC AND GATHERING SPACES THESE ACT SIMPLY AS NICE THING.

THESE INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT TOOL SPECIFICALLY CONTEMPLATED BY THE PLAN. OPPORTUNITIES TO LEVERAGE PRIVATE INVESTMENT DART FUNDING AND THE TIR SAID RATHER THAN EXPECTING THIS TO COVER THE ENTIRE BURDEN.

WE SPENT MONEY DEVELOPING THIS PLAN FOR REASON.

THE PLANET DREW THE MAP NOW LET'S FOLLOW.

LET'S CREATE THE VIBRANT DOWNTOWNAND VISION PLAN ONE THAT ATTRACTS INVESTMENT, GENERATES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, STRENGTHENS OUR TAX BASE AND OPPORTUNITY PAYS FOR ITSELF.

I WILL PUT THIS AWAY THIS NICE LITTLE PLAN.

I BURIED MY 98-YEAR-OLD FATHER THIS MORNING AT 10:00 A.M.

YOU SERVED AS A CITY ALDERMAN AND JEFFERSON TEXAS.

HE WAS ON THE STATE WATERBOARD. I KNOW POLITICS I WAS RAISED BY.

BUT THIS TOWN NEEDS THIS WE NEED TO BE LOOK TO GET BREWERIES.

WE HAVE ONE WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT WINERIES AND DISTILLERIES VINTAGE AND ANTIQUE SHOPS.

HAVE YOU SEEN DOWNTOWN. LET'S GET IT GATHERED TOGETHER, PEOPLE. IS MY 98-YEAR-OLD...

>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BROOKE

ALLEN. >> ON PAGE 262 OF THE DOWNTOWN STRATEGIC LET IT SPECIFICALLY STATES EXAMPLES OF DESTINATION ATTRACTIONS INCLUDE A FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, A CONFERENCE CENTER, PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, MOVIE THEATER, AND RESTAURANT SPORTS VENUES SUCH AS CHICKEN AND PICKLE.

EATING AND DRINKING PLACES AND ENHANCE RECREATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS WOULD ALSO SERVE AS A DESTINATION ATTRACTION FOR THE PLANET. THE ROWLETT STRATEGIC PLAN IDENTIFIES PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL ATTRACTIONS.

THE CITY SHOULD TRY TO RECRUIT ELECTRIC AND PICKLE MOVIE THEATRE SPORTS FACILITIES. THESE ARE INTENDED TO BE PRIVATE NOT ON ANY PUBLIC LANDS. WHILE I APPRECIATE IT, BECAUSE I AM A PICKLEBALL PLAYER I WAS OUT THERE TODAY AT 3:30 WHEN IT IS HOT. I APPRECIATE PICKLEBALL BEING CONSIDERED FOR DOWNTOWN I HAVE SOME CONCERNS I JUST WANT TO BRING. THE PLAN SAYS BRING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES THAT WAS THE PLAN. ALSO, CITIZENS VOTED TO PAY FOR THAT AND FIND THAT. THE DOWNTOWN A GREEN SPACE WAS INVENTION -- ENVISIONED AS A FLEXIBLE PUBLIC GATHERING PLACE THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE A WIDE VARIETY OF COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE FARMERS' MARKETS, CONCERTS, PERFORMANCES, FESTIVALS, HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS. PICKLEBALL AND THAT'S I KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT THEY CAN BE REMOVED I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS THOUGHT ABOUT PICKLEBALL IS JUST LIKE TENNIS.

THERE IS OFFENSES AND WHEN SCREENS.

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THOSE ARE NOT EASILY REMOVABLE. IF THEY ARE NOT THERE MY CONCERN IS THE SAFETY OF MAIN STREET WITH OUR COOL CROWD THERE.

LET'S MOVE NOT TO PICKLEBALL UNDER PAVILION YES AT THE SHADE WOULD BE NICE. OKAY.

OKAY. I LOVE WHAT THE PLAN IS BUT LET'S STICK WITH... FOR THE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

AND NOT PUT UP THINGS THAT IS GOING TO REDUCE WHAT THE DOWNTOWN SPACE IS A FORT. WE WANT THEM TO HAVE OUR DOWNTOWN TO HAVE THE INVESTMENT ALL THE PUBLIC AND PUT THAT WE HAVE HAD TO CREATE THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

WE SHOULD HONOR THAT VISION AND KEEP THE SPACE OPEN, ADAPTABLE, AVAILABLE FOR LOTS OF COMMUNITY EVENTS.

AT THE SAME TIME LET'S COMPLETE WHAT WE PLAN FOR THE PARK AND

GET THAT DONE THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS FOR CALENDAR FOLLOWED BY PATRICK.

>> HELLO I LIVE IN ROWLETT GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU.

OH, NO, WHERE DID MY NOTE GO? HERE WE GO.

THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO THE RESIDENCE AND HOLDING LISTENING SESSIONS. THESE ARE ALL THINGS I HAVE WITNESSED AND EXPERIENCED JUST THIS SUMMER.

I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DOWNTOWN GREEN. I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED THE TRANSFER TAKE -- TRANSFORMATION OF THE GREEN OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS. MOVIE NIGHTS FARMERS' MARKETS LIBRARY EVENTS THE CHRISTMAS PARADE AND MORE.

HERE IS A QUOTE FROM THE PLAN ABOUT THE GREEN THAT ESTABLISHES WHERE THE CITY'S PRIORITIES AND VISION SHOULD BE.

A MAJOR SOURCE OF ATTRACTING LARGE CROWDS SO CREATING EVENT SPACE IS IMPORTANT TO ESTABLISHING DOWNTOWN AS A COMMUNITY ACTIVITY AND EVENT CENTER.

THE CITY DOWNTOWN GREEN SERVES AS DOWNTOWN'S PRINCIPAL PUBLIC EVENT SPACE. HOWEVER, THE PARK COLLECTS AMENITIES THAT WOULD ACTIVATE THIS IS BASED ON A NONEVENT DAYS. THE PARK AMENITIES INCLUDE PERFORMANCE STAGE PLAYGROUND, SHADED SEATING AREAS, BIKE RACKS, AND PUBLIC RESTROOMS. HEAR ARE SOME OF THE WAYS I HAVE SEEN THE CITY SUCCESSFULLY PUT THIS STRATEGIC INTO PLACE.

THE DOWNTOWN STREET LIGHTS THAT MY FAMILY AND I ADMIRE EVERY TIME WE ARE DOWNTOWN AFTER DUSK AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN DID ENCOURAGE THAT ON PAGE 112 SO WE WOULD AGREE.

THE RECENT SUCCESSFUL ART SHOW THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES THE VENDORS THE RESIDENTS ALL SHOWED UP IT IS GREAT.

HEAR ARE SOME AREAS WHERE I BELIEVE WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO CONSULT THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND STAY FOCUSED.

A PLAYGROUND PLAY STRUCTURE. DOWNTOWN GARLAND LIKE WE HAVE ALL TALKED ABOUT I GO THERE OFTEN MY FRIEND GOES THERE OFTEN WE DID NOT GO TEN YEARS AGO WE GO NOW BECAUSE AND PART THERE IS A PLAY STRUCTURE FOR FAMILIES HAVE A GOOD PLACE WHERE KIDS CAN PLAY WHILE ADULTS TALK TO FRIENDS OR RELAX IS A HUGE DRAW.

ON PAGE 60 THE PLAN SAYS COVERED APPLIANCES SPACES SHOULD BE ATTRACTED AND PROGRAMMABLE. IF WE GO TO PAVILION AT LET'S MAKE SURE WE DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO MAKE IT AN ATTRACTIVE ACRE IN DOWNTOWN. LASTLY START AND END WITH PUBLIC INPUT AND DO NOT OFFEND AND EXIT PLANS.

WHEN IT COMES TO PRIORITIZING PUBLIC INPUT WE WANT TO ENSURE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE'S PET PROJECTS OR PREFERENCES ARE NOT DRIVING CITY PROJECTS. A PUBLIC HEARING SIX MONTHS LATER. ASK THAT YOU MOVE FORWARD TO

PUBLIC INPUT. >> THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER. >> I'M HERE CONCERNING THE CITY TAKING OVER THREE YEARS NOW. AS OF JULY 22ND THE MEETING HAS TAKEN PLACE UNFORTUNATELY THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE NOTE FOLLOW-UP PROVIDED A CHARGE TO REFLECT THE SCHEDULE AND THE CITY HAD ENVISIONED A PERMIT JUNE 30TH.

UNFORTUNATELY THAT HAS COME AND GONE.

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS TO HIT THE 90% DESIGNED BEFORE YOU WERE CONFIRMED YOU NEEDED EASEMENT RATES.

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NO SUPPLIES THERE THAT THIS CITY COULD NOT LOCATE THOSE RECORDS AND THE CITY FILES. THAT IS THE THIRD TIME IN THIS PROJECT ALONE THE CITY HAS BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE SOMETHING.

IT SEEMS TO BE A TREND. ON A POSITIVE NOTE THE EASEMENT DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN PREPARED AND PROVIDED TO A REAL ESTATE CONSULTANT. ONE OF THOSE BEING DELIVERED I HAVE HEARD OF BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD OF OTHERS RECEIVING THOSE ARE THEY ARE DELIVERED. THE FACT THAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT ENTAILS I'M STILL ONE OF THE RESIDENTS WHO REFUSES TO ENTER THE DOOR WITHOUT SOME CLARIFICATION AS TO WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. THAT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE THEIR DE60 DAYS TO COMPLETE THE ACQUISITION.

THIS AGAIN PUSHES BACK ALL PREVIOUS DATES.

THERE SEEMS TO BE NOTHING OUT CITIZENS CAN DO MAKING SURE YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE AND NOT GIVING.

MEANWHILE THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER CONCERNS FOR OUR CITY THAT I HAVE AND I WANT TO VOICE MY OPINION AND MAKE YOU AWARE.

CERTAINLY IT WILL BE PUSHED ASIDE LIKE MANY OTHER THINGS.

I WISH TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SITUATION IN THE DOWNTOWN PAVILION. KNOWING FULL WELL THERE IS AN INDOOR COURT ON THE SAME ROAD LESS THAN A MILE AWAY.

AND NOW WITH THE COST OF WHAT THE MONEY WILL PROVIDE.

OR HOW THE CITY GETS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF WITH THIS ROAD PROJECT AND HOW YOU WILL REDO IT WITH NO REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE COMPANY THAT DID IT WRONG? I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF WE USE THEM AGAIN AND PAY THEM EVEN MORE MONEY WHAT A WASTE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS. JUST YESTERDAY ROWLETT WAS ON THE VIDEO AS THEY SPOKE WITH CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY BUILDERS WHO PROMISED TO MAKE LAGOONS AND NEVER PROVIDED. IT SEEMS WE ARE THE BUTT OF THE JOKE. HERE I AM AGAIN GOING INTO MY 17TH MONTH WASTING TIME PUSHING TO GET THIS PROJECT TO COMPLETION WITH THE HOPE THAT SOMEDAY WE CAN FINALLY MOVE ONTO OTHER TACTICS. I GUESS YOU ARE STUCK WITH ME UNTIL SHOVELS HIT THE DIRT AND BRICKS FINALLY GET LAID.

>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KATHY KIRK FOLLOWED BY BETH.

>> KATHY KIRK, ROWLETT. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT CITY DECISIONS, PROJECTS, AND SPENDING, RIGHT NOW THAT IS REALLY TOO DIFFICULT.

THIS IS INCOMPLETE PUBLIC CALENDARS DO NOT INCLUDE EVERY BOARD AND COMMISSION INFORMATION ABOUT BONDS OR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. PROJECTS AND TIMELINES ARE SCATTERED AND UPDATED OR MISSING.

RESIDENT SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SEARCH HUNDREDS OF PAGES OR FILE OPEN RECORD REQUEST TO LEARN HOW PUBLIC RECORD IS BEING SPENT.

THE MEETING PACKETS ALSO NEED BETTER REVIEW.

TONIGHT'S PACKET DESCRIBES IN BUDGET FIGURES AND THREE DIFFERENT WAYS. I SENT YOU AN EMAIL ABOUT THAT BUT THEY POSTED THE PACKET TODAY BUT THE FIGURES ARE STILL THERE AND CORRECT. THE ALCOHOLIC VARIANCE MATERIALS SAY THE ISSUE INVOLVES PROXIMITY TO A SCHOOL.

AND THEN THE ORDINANCE SAYS THAT IT IS BASED ON THE PROXIMITY TO OUR CHURCH. SO THE COUNCIL SHOULD NOT BE ASKED TO VOTE USING CONTRADICTORY DOCUMENTS.

THE COIL HOUSE RAISES ANOTHER QUESTION.

THE CITY MANAGER SAID ENEMY THINK IT WOULD NOT HAVE FUNDING UNTIL 2028 AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE.

ALONG WITH MANY OTHER ISSUES. THE ROWLETT NATURE TRAIL NEEDED TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE THIS WAS REPAIRED? THAT IS NOT TRUE THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL RODE AND APPROVED AN ORDINANCE IN ROWLETT. YOU CAN GO BACK AND SEE WHERE EVERYBODY WAS SAYING DO NOT DO IT BUT YOU WENT AHEAD.

YOU APPROVE THAT ORDINANCE AND THE NEXT DATE YOU ISSUED A PERMIT. IT IS SHE -- A PERMIT THAT DID NOT EVEN MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF YOUR ORDINANCE.

WHAT EVIDENCE DID YOU HAVE TO APPROVE THAT PERMIT? YOU SAW NO INSPECTIONS, YOU SOUGHT NOTHING THAT TOLD YOU YOUR ORDINANCE MATCHED THAT PERMIT.

YOU COULD HAVE ISSUED A PERMIT FOR IT.

THESE ARE REPEATED FAILURES INVOLVING QUALITY CONTROL, RECORD KEEPING ENFORCEMENT, AND PUBLIC ACCESS.

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I AM ASKING FOR ACCURATE PACKETS, A COMPLETE PUBLIC CALENDAR, A SOCIABLE BOND, CRP DASHBOARD, PRESERVATION PLAN FOR THE COIL HOUSE AND A WRITTEN EXPLANATION OF THE WAR WORK PERMIT. RESIDENTS CANNOT HOLD GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE WIN THE INFORMATION NEEDS TO DO SO IS INCOMPLETE

CONTRADICTORY OR UNAVAILABLE. >> OUR LAST SPEAKER IS BETH CROCKETT. 'S.

>> BETH CROCKETT, ROWLETT. I CAME TO CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT TO ASK ONE QUESTION, TWO QUESTIONS.

THE FIRST ONE THE MAYOR PREEMPTED ME.

I WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE 40% INCREASE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET. I HAVE A CERTAIN IT HAD TO DO WITH THE SEVERANCE PAY AS A CITIZEN I WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THE FINAL PAYMENT WAS. FOR TRANSPARENCY CITIZEN SHOULD KNOW THIS AMOUNT. A LITTLE OVER 300,000 BUDGETED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND PREVIOUS BUDGETS WITH THE COYLE HOUSE REPAIRS IN THE 2026 BUDGET.

HAS THIS MONEY BEEN SPENT ON SOMETHING ELSE.

THIS HEALTH COULD BE AN ASSET TO ROWLETT.

IF REPAIRS ARE NOT MADE TO THE HOUSE WILL CONTINUE TO... IT COULD BE RAN FOR ME THINGS WE USED.

AT THE COYLE HOUSE. IT COULD ALSO BE RERENTED FOR THINGS LIKE SHOWERS AND WEDDING RECEPTIONS.

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT.

THE COYLE HOUSE WOULD BE A CENTERPIECE OF THAT.

I USED TO LIVE IN FARMERS BRANCH WHERE WE HAD A HISTORIC PARK WERE EVENTS LIKE I MENTIONED ABOVE WHERE HOUSES WERE IN HIGH DEMAND FOR THESE GATHERINGS. THIS IS AN ASSET THAT HAS BEEN RESTRICTED FOR FAR TOO LONG. EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE MONEY AND HIGH BUDGETS. I ASKED THE COUNCIL TO TAKE CARE OF THE COYLE HOUSE. MAKE AT THE GYM IT COULD BE.

[4. Consent Agenda]

>> THAT IS ALL OF THE SPEAKER CARDS WE HAVE FOR THIS WHICH OF THE MEETING WE WILL MOVE ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR CONSENT AGENDA.

A CITY COUNCIL OR CITIZEN MAKE A REQUEST TO BE REMOVED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. WE HAVE A REQUEST TO PULL ITEM 4B FOR A PRESENTATION THERE ANY OTHER REQUESTS TO PULL CITY AGENDA ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION? SEEING NONE WOULD YOU PLEASE

READ THOSE INTO RECORD. >> CONSIDER ACTIONED APPROVING THE MINUTES. CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE ROWLETT YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.

NUMBER 4D, CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. NUMBER 4E, CONSIDER ACTION TO VACATE AND ABANDON A 4.5-FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT.

NUMBER 4F, CONSIDER ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR 23 SANITARY SEWER MANHOLES.

4G, CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE ADDING SECTION 34 -- FIVE TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 34, MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES.

>> COUNCIL? SEEING A MOTION FROM TIMBER AND.

>> THANK YOU. I MOVE THAT THESE ARE APPROVED

AS READ. >> SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO

TEM. >> I SECOND.

>> EMOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS READ ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE LET US CALL THE VOTE. THOSE ITEMS CARE UNANIMOUSLY.

[4.B. Consider action to receive the investment report.]

NEXT WE MOVE TO ITEM 4B. CONSIDER ACTION TO RECEIVE THE INVESTMENT REPORT LET ME READ THE FULL AGENDA ITEM.

CONSIDER ACTION TO RECEIVE THE THIRD QUARTER INVESTMENT OF

REPORT FOR JUNE 30TH, 2026. >> THERE WE GO.

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ALL RIGHT. AT EVENING COUNCIL.

WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS THE THIRD-QUARTER INVESTMENT REPORT.

SO AS WE GET TO THE DETAILS OF THE REPORT THE INVESTMENT ACT INVESTMENT ACT REQUIRES ANNUAL ADOPTION OF OUR INVESTMENT POLICY AS WELL AS A QUARTER INVESTMENT PRESENTATION THE COUNCIL. INVESTMENT POLICY LAST SEEN IN OCTOBER 2025. PREPARED BY PFM INVESTMENT ADVISOR. FIRST AND FOREMOST SAFETY IN PRINCIPAL. NOTICE OF LIQUIDITY'S.

THAT THE FUNDS BE AVAILABLE TO REASONABLY EXPECTED CASH FLOW REQUIREMENTS. PUBLIC TRUST FROM OFFICERS TO AVOID ANY TRANSACTION WHICH MAY INVOLVE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN THE CITY'S ABILITY TO GOVERN EFFECTIVELY.

WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF HITTING THE MARKET RATE OF RETURN.

WITH ACCEPTABLE RANGE OF ESTABLISHED BENCHMARKS CONSIDERING THE INVESTMENT RISKS AND LIQUIDITY NEEDS.

WE HAVE RECEIVED PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS.

WE GAGE OUR SHORT-TERM MEASUREMENTS AGAINST SMP GOVERNMENT INDEX AND LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS AGAINST THE TREASURY BENCHMARKS. PRESENTING THIS IS THE THIRD QUARTER MARKET OVERVIEW. THIS STORY CAN BE SUMMARIZED IN THE CHART BY IN RED YOU HAVE T THE... AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS ARISEN VERSUS DECEMBER AND MARCH.

AS WE HAVE SEEN THE CONFLICT IN IRAN AS WELL AS MARKET EXPECTATIONS FOR RATES SHIFTING WITH INFLATION, WE HAVE GONE FROM RATE CUTS TO RATE HIKES. ON THE SIDE WE HAVE THE PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX THAT UTILIZE INCLUDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOLS ARE DEPOSITORY BANK AS WELL AS MANAGED PORTFOLIOS WITH PFM. THE BALANCE DROPPED ABOUT $10 MILLION OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS.

A REFLECTION OF US RECEIVING OUR MONEY IS AT THE OF THE YEAR.

OVER TIME IT IS ALL PROPERTY TAX RECEIPTS.

SO THE SLIDE COVERS OUR PORTFOLIO COMPENSATION.

INVESTMENT POLICY OUTLINES WITH% CREDIT CONCENTRATION.

WE NEED ALL OF THEM. >> THE LONG-TERM PORTFOLIO SHE'LL BE CUT PERFORMANCE ON BOTH THE QUARTERLY AND ANNIE WILL BASIS. THINGS THAT WE -- ON AND ANNIE WILL -- ANNUAL BASIS. COST IS WHAT IT IS PURCHASED AT.

IN THE MARKET CONDITIONS. CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS PUT BEFORE THE PUBLIC.

THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THIS. I GATHER FROM THE FINANCIALS THAT THERE IS A POSITIVE VARIANCE IN OUR RETURN ON

INVESTMENT. >> WHEN WE BUDGET EVERY YEAR WE HAVE A SEASONALITY MODEL THAT I BUILT BASED ON THE FUND BALANCES FOR CASH. BACK IN MAY WE LOOKED AT MARKET EXPECTATIONS WHICH WERE RATE CUTS.

ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT.

A POSITIVE VARIANCE ACROSS THE PORTFOLIO.

>> IN LAYMAN'S TERMS WE TAKE OUR APPROACH TO OUR BUDGET.

>> THAT IS ALL I HAVE THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

>> I HAVE A MOTION. >> I CONSIDER TO RECEIVE THE

THIRD-QUARTER INVESTMENT REPORT. >> ANY DISCUSSION? WHAT'S CALLED THE VOTE, PLEASE. THAT ITEM CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

[5.A. Continue the public hearing and consider action to adopt an ordinance amending the Rowlett Development Code, as previously amended, by amending Chapter 77 "Development Code," Chapter 77- 500 "Development and Design Standards" by repealing and replacing in its entirety section 77-510 "Exterior Lighting"; Providing for a Savings Clause; Providing for a penalty of fine not to exceed the sum of Two Thousand ($2,000.00) dollars for each offense; and providing for an effective date.]

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NEXT WE WILL MOVE ONTO ITEM 580 -- 5A.

5A, CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ACTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ROWLETT DEVELOPMENT CODE, AS PREVIOUSLY AMENDED, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 77 "DEVELOPMENT CODE," CHAPTER 77- 500 "DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS" BY REPEALING AND REPLACING IN ITS ENTIRETY SECTION 77-510 "EXTERIOR LIGHTING"; PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND ($2,000.00) DOLLARS FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

>> THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO CONDUCT AND TAKE ACTION ON SECTION 77-510 REGARDING LIGHTING.

REDUCING SAFETY AND IMPACTS ON A JUICING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO REVIEW THE CITY LIGHTING REGULATIONS AFTER CONCERNS WERE RAISED REGARDING IMPACTS ON NEARBY HOMES. DURING THAT REVIEW STAFF FOUND THAT WHILE THE CURRENT ORDINANCE ESTABLISHED GENERAL EXPECTATIONS, THAT LACKED MEASURABLE RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS AND CLEAR DEFINITIONS FOR SEVERAL TECHNICAL LIGHTING TERMS. MULTIPLE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WORK SESSIONS. THIS ITEM WAS INITIALLY EARNED ON JUNE 16TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

WHERE CITY COUNCIL REQUESTED AN ADDITIONAL WORK SESSION AND PUBLIC HEARING ARE MADE OPEN. BEFORE DISCUSSING SOME SPECIFIC ATTACHMENTS THESE TABLES WILL SUMMARIZE COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 2023 AND 2026.

THEY ARE SEPARATED INTO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CATEGORIES. AND AS SHOWN THOSE COMPLAINTS WERE RESOLVED THROUGH INSPECTIONS AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. THE PROPOSALS BEFORE YOU WILL PROVIDE CLEAR TOOLS. PURPOSE OF THE AMENDMENTS ARE TO IMPROVE CLARITY FOR APPLICANTS FOR ITS STAFF WITHOUT CHANGING THE OVERALL INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE AS IT STANDS TODAY.

THE CURRENT ORDINANCE PROVIDES GENERAL LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT ESTABLISH MEASURABLE RESIDENTIAL LIGHTING LIMIT. ON SEVERAL TECHNICAL TERMS AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED ARE UNDEFINED.

LEAVING STAFF WITH LIMITED OBJECTIVE CRITERIA WHEN RESPONDING TO COMPLAINTS ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

THE GOAL OF THESE AMENDMENTS IS TO PROTECT NEIGHBORING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES FROM EXCESS OF LIGHT AND GLARE.

WHILE MAINTAINING ADEQUATE LIGHTING FOR SAFETY AND SEC SECURITY. THEY ALSO CREATE GREATER CONSISTENCY DURING DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND PROVIDE THESE MEASURABLE STANDARDS AS DISCUSSED FOR ENFORCEMENT AFTER CONSTRUCTION. AND THEN IT BEFORE GETTING TOO FAR INTO THE AMENDMENTS. THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT TERMS OUT OF THAT TO HIGHLIGHT IN REGARDS TO THE LIKING ORDINANCE.

FIRST AND FOREMOST ALUMINUM. THIS MEASURES THE AMOUNT RELEASED BY A FIXTURE ESSENTIALLY HOW BRIGHT THAT FIXTURE IS. HOWEVER, LUMEN DOES NOT INDICATE HOW MUCH LIGHT WOULD REACH A NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.

NEXT A FOOT-CANDLE THIS MEASURES THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT WHICH REACHES A SPECIFIC LOCATION. THIS IS THE MEASUREMENT STAFF WHEN HE IS THAT THE PROPERTY LINE BECAUSE IT REFLECTS THE ACTUAL LIGHT THINK IMPACT. EXPERIENCED BY THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. UNLIKE LUMEN'S MEASURES IMPACT RATHER THAN THE FIXTURE OUTPUT. ANOTHER IMPORTANT CONCEPT IS CLEAR. GLARE OCCURS WHEN LIGHTING SHINES DIRECTLY INTO SOMEONE'S EYES OR A NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.

OFTEN BECAUSE FIXTURES ARE IMPROPERLY AIMED OR UNSHIELDED.

THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE REQUIRES A LIGHTING TO BE DIRECTED A WAY FROM ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS. ONE OF THE PRIMARY THE PRIMARY AMENDMENTS TONIGHT ESTABLISHES A MAXIMUM ELIMINATION LEVEL OF 0.5 TO FOOT-CANDLES THAT THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LINE.

THIS STANDARD REFLECTS PREVIOUS COUNCIL DIRECTION.

PROVIDE STAFF WITH A CLEAR ENFORCEMENT STANDARD.

LIGHTING PLANS WILL BE REVIEWED BEFORE CONSTRUCTION.

VERIFY COMPLIANCE USING THESE MEASURABLE FIELD READINGS.

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>> OVERALL WE ARE REMOVING EXPECTATIONS TO CLEAR REASONABLE STANDARDS. REPLACING SUBJECTIVE INTERPRETATION WITH OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT TOOLS.

IT DOES SEEM THAT A SLIDE WAS LEFT OUT SO I DO WANT TO TOUCH ON WITH FIXED IN COMPLIANCE. FIXTURES THAT COMPLIED WITH THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE MAY REMAIN LEGALLY NONCONFORMING.

HOWEVER, FIXTURES THAT ARE ALREADY CREATING GLARE AND LIKE TRESPASS OR LACK REQUIRED SHIELDING ARE NOT GRANDFATHERED.

ADJUSTMENTS OR SHIELDING CAN BE ADDED THOSE WILL BE REQUIRED AND STAFF INTENDS TO PROVIDE A 90 DAY COMPLIANCE PERIOD BEFORE PURSUING ENFORCEMENT. I GUESS THAT WAS IN THE WRONG ORDER I APOLOGIZE. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REVIEWED THESE AMENDMENTS THROUGH MULTIPLE WORK SESSIONS AS I HAD MENTIONED. FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS ON PUBLIC HEARINGS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF 6-1. AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. BASED ON STAFF'S REVIEW THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ESTABLISH% MEASURABLE RESIDENTIAL LIGHTING STANDARDS. IT IMPROVES CONSISTENCY DURING DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROVIDES OBJECTIVE ENFORCEMENT CRITERIA AND REDUCES LIGHTING IMPACTS ON ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WHILE MODERNIZING SECTION 77-510 OF THE ROWLETT OF A LIMITED CODE. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.

SO PROPER PUBLIC NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE LAW AND THE ROWLETT OF A LIMITED CODE.

AND TONIGHT WE ASK THAT YOU MAKE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS TO APPROVE THE REQUEST TO TEXT AMENDMENT, APPROVE THE CONDITIONS OR DENY. AT THIS TIME I WILL TAKE IT A

QUESTIONS. >> WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE

FOR STAFF. >> IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC YOUR INK YOU CAN PUT A SPEAKER CARD IN THE BACK LEFT CORNER OF THE ROOM. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MARK.

>> AT THE AUGUST THIRD WORK SESSION I SENT A VIDEO TO EVERYBODY REGARDING GLARE AND FOOT-CANDLE LEVELS.

DID ANYBODY IN THE COUNSEL REVIEW THESE PRIOR TO

YESTERDAY'S WORK SESSION? >> WORK SESSION DISCUSSION THAT THESE WOULD BE DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED.

>> I'M WONDERING IF ANYBODY ACTUALLY READ OR PERSONALLY AFFECTED 27 YEAR AT RESIDENTIAL INPUT.

I SEE NO TRANSPARENCY EITHER AND WE DO NOT WORK FOR YOU.

>> I WENT TO SEVERAL MEETINGS. TRY TO GET INPUT AT THE READING.

MEMBERS JUST SAT THERE AND NOT RESOLVING ANY ISSUES.

LAST YEAR I HEARD THAT THEY THOROUGHLY REVIEWED THE COMMISSIONS THIS IS THE FABRICATION I WAS AT THIS MEETING. FABRICATION WITH CITY MANAGEMENT AND DELIVERED THE PUBLIC OFFICIAL.

THIS AFFECTS THE TRUST IN THE SAFETY WITH CERTAIN PARTIES.

PERSONALLY WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE CITY THAT THEIR PRIMARY CONCERN IS BEING SUED. WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THE

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DALLAS COUNTY RECORDS. NOT HARD TO FIND.

THE FAMILY HAS DANGLED A CARAT IN FRONT OF THE CITY.

AND THE CITY HAS COMPLIED. NO LONGER WILL DISCONTINUE.

RETALIATION IS CRIMINAL. THE LATEST TACTIC IS A DELIBERATE. AUGUST SECOND 6606 FINALLY

PLACED THE SPOTLIGHT. >> IF YOU CANNOT MAKE REFERENCES TO INDIVIDUALS OR OTHER RESIDENTS, PLEASE.

>> OKAY. MY NEIGHBORS PLACED 3-4 SPOTLIGHTS DIRECTLY ON THE TAKE AREA.

THE GOAL... >> THANK YOU THAT IT'S ALL THE TIME. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DENNIS.

FOLLOWED BY HASSAN. >> GOOD EVENING DENISE, ROWLETT, TEXAS. I CAME TO THE MEETING LAST NIGHT I SEEMED REALLY CONFUSED. THE CITY STAFF ON ZONING AND OTHER THING. I DON'T KNOW IF THESE ARE GRANDFATHERED. YOU MADE THAT POINT ABOUT SAFETY. MY GROUND FAULT IS -- MY GRANDFATHER IS A WORLD WAR II VETERAN.

I THINK EXACTLY LIKE HE THINKS. I THINK SECURITY SHOULD BE NUMBER 1 TOP PRIORITY. WE ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE LIGHTS.

WE DO NOT PUT LIGHTS ON PEOPLE. WE JUST LIVE IN AN AREA WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF WOODS AND A LOT OF BAD,'S THAT ARE OPERATING AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SAFE.

AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS NOT GOING TO BE USED TO WEAPONIZED US. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE A LIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR CONCERNS.

OUR HOUSE IS ACTIVELY BEING DAMAGED.

CHIEF OFFICIAL BILL JACKSON. WITH THE 5-FOOT SETBACKS.

WHO WOULD NOT BE UPSET IF THEIR HOUSE WAS BEING DAMAGED? BECAUSE IT IS A GOOD INVESTMENT. AT 0.25 THAT IS KIND OF LOW.

MUCH BIGGER CITY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. THE MEASUREMENTS THAT WE WILL BE USING. THAT WE WILL BE USING TO MEASURE. AND THIS IS A FORM OF INVASION OF PRIVACY. WE HAVE A RIGHT OF THE PEACEFULLY IN OUR OWN HOME. AND WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT SINCE WE MOVED IN. THAT WE ARE REALLY, REALLY AWESOME PEOPLE IF YOU GET TO KNOW US.

WE DO A LOT FOR PEOPLE. WE DO NOT THINK ABOUT IT WE JUST DO. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. HER NECK SPEAKER IS A SIGN.

>> HASSAN. WHAT ABOUT THE PUBLIC LIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE? I MEAN ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PUBLIC LIGHTS? YOU KNOW INSIDE MY HOUSE AND SIGN MY BEDROOM.

THAT IS KIND OF LIKE THE SITUATION TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THAT. AND THEN ALSO IT IS 102.

FROM 2023 JANUARY UNTIL NOW. ALMOST FOUR MONTHS SHY.

ALSO I WAS WONDERING WHY SHE PUT THIS 2023 AND ALL THESE YEARS AND CAN'T COME UP WITH THE NUMBER.

AND THE SITUATION HAPPENING TO ROWLETT AND UNDER ONE YEAR.

IS THIS WHY IS THIS 2023. THAT IS WHEN THE FIRST START DOING THAT LIGHTING THINGS IN MY BACKYARD.

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THAT IS WHEN IT STARTED. NOT MANY PHONE CALLS.

THAT COMPLAINT OR COME TO THE RIGHT.

I ALSO WANT TO SEE 2020 HOW MANY COMPLAIN ABOUT THE LIGHTS BEFORE THEN. I CAN'T CALL AND COMPLAINT 20 TIMES. MAKE IT A HUNDRED TIMES.

WHICH WITH THAT FULL RECALL KEEP CALLING CALLING CALLING.

HOW MANY PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE LIGHTS AND STUFF.

ALSO WE HAVE THE BACKYARD IS A VERY DARK.

CANNOT REALLY SEE WHAT IS OUTSIDE.

STRAIT TO MY HOUSE. AND IS IN THE GROUND.

SPOTLIGHTS YOU KNOW IN THE GROUND.

WITH SOMEBODY ELSE. ALWAYS A COMPLAINT.

YOU KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.

I FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME SOMEBODY THAT COMPLAINTS COMPLAIN AND COMPLAIN AND COMPLAIN. THIS IS GOING TO STOP.

EVERYBODY ELSE. I NEVER HEARD NOBODY

COMPLAINING. >> THANK YOU.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

SEEING NONE WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:28 P.M.

COUNCIL DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS POINT. SEEING NONE I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I SEE A MOTION.

>> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS RED.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A SECOND ON THE MOTION.

MOTION DIES FOR LACK OF THE SECOND.

DO I HAVE A NEW MOTION? ALL RIGHT SEEING NONE.

HOLD ON. OR YOU TRYING TO MAKE A MOTION? STACY CAN YOU RESET THE MOTIONS. THANK YOU, GO AHEAD.

MOTION BY MR. BURTON. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

JUST A FEW COMMENTS. STAFF HAVE DONE AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK ON THIS THING. WE TABLE THIS THING.

>> SORRY. >> OKAY, YEAH.

>> YOU DON'T GET THE COMMENT, SORRY.

>> MAYOR I MOVE THAT WE DENY THE ACTION AS WRITTEN.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY THIS ITEM DO I HAVE A SECOND?

SECOND BY MR. BOWERS. >> I SECOND.

>> MOTION TO DENY THE ITEM ALONG WITH THE SECOND.

COUNCIL COMMENT. >> AGAIN WE PUT YOU THROUGH A LOT OF WORK ON THIS THING. AND WE TABLE HAD BEFORE.

WE TALK ABOUT IT LAST NIGHT. I JUST REMAIN VERY CONCERNED ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES I WON'T GO ON TO ALL OF THEM.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT COMPLIANCE. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE GRANDFATHERING CLAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT AND BASED ON THAT I CANNOT

SUPPORT THIS. >> COUNCIL OTHER COMMENTS?

>> JUST AT SOME COMMENTS BEEN THANKFUL TO STAFF FOR THE WORK AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT. I DO KNOW THAT SPEAKING... WE HAVE... SO THERE WAS A TIME WHEN WE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION.

BUT ULTIMATELY JUST THINKING ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION AND WHERE THE ENFORCEMENT CURRENTLY IS WHAT IS GOING ON AND HOW TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE BEING USED BY CANNOT SUPPORT THIS AT THIS

TIME. >> COUNCIL OTHER COMMENTS?

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>> I DO THINK THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR MAKING THE MOTION TODAY NIGHT. I THOUGHT WE HAD A VERY LIVELY DISCUSSION LAST NIGHT AND THE WORK SESSION A LOT OF GOOD POINTS WERE MADE. THE POINT I KIND OF COME BACK TO THERE IS TWO THINGS. ONE IS SECURITY.

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BUT THE SECOND THING IS COMMUNITY.

WE WANT TO BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS. AND ROWLETT WANTS TO BE KNOWN AS A BUSINESS FROM THE CITY. SO THIS ORDINANCE MOVED FROM TWO PAGES THE 14 PAGES. I WANT TO GET OUR HANDS AROUND ALL OF OUR RESTRICTIONS. SO THAT WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS. FOR THAT I WILL MOVE TO DENY

THIS MOTION, THANK YOU. >> COUNSEL, OTHER COMMENTS? I WILL CLOSE THE COMMENT PORTION WITH RESPECT TO WHAT I SAY.

NUMBER 1, 1ST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO THINK STAFF FOR THE TIME THEY PUT INTO THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LONG-STANDING DISCUSSION WE HAVE HAD DATING ALL THE WAY BACK TO JANUARY. I KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC BUT MORE HOURS THAN ANYBODY CANNOT REALLY RECOGNIZE GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF REPEATING THAT HAS TO GO INTO TURNING TWO PAGES INTO 14 PAGES IT DOES NOT HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. IT CERTAINLY GOES THROUGH A PRETTY LARGE AMOUNT OF LEGAL REVIEW TO GET TO THAT POINT WHERE IT CAN BE JUSTIFIED LEGALLY AND PRACTICALLY.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

I AM DISAPPOINTED TO HERE THERE ARE THOSE IN THE COMMISSION THAT THINK THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID NOT DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE ON THIS ITEM BECAUSE YOU HOLD THREE WORK SESSIONS WOULD SOMEHOW NOT HAVE DUE DILIGENCE.

PLANNING AND ZONING NUMBERS THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK HARD FOR OUR CITY AND THEY DO IT 40 PAY.

SO I THINK THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE TO BE COMMENDED FOR WORKING ON THE SITE ABOUT COUNCILS DIRECTION AND NOT CHASTISED.

LASTLY, CONTINUED TO BE FRUSTRATED BY WHAT AN ORDINANCE REVIEW HAS TURNED INTO AND IT REPRESENTS.

WHEN THIS WAS INITIALLY BROUGHT FORTH FOR CONSIDERATION IT WAS BROUGHT FORTH LIKE I SAID LAST NIGHT WITH GOOD INTENT.

IT WAS BROUGHT FORTH TO LOOK AT AN ORDINANCE TO DID NOT HAVE CLEAR DELINEATIONS BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL LINES. DID NOT HAVE CLEARED DELINEATION BETWEEN WHAT CONSTITUTES GLARE AND WHAT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE GLARE AND IT LEFT A LOT TO THE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER VISITING THE SITE OF THE OFFENSE.

IT IS DIFFICULT TO CONTINUE TO PUT THEM IN THAT POSITION.

BASED ON IN PARTICULAR THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE GRANDFATHERING OR LEGAL NONCONFORMING SITUATION.

I FIND THAT INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING.

BECAUSE IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO JUSTIFY WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE. AND AS A LEGITIMATE FIXTURE AND WHAT HAS BEEN INSTALLED AND IS NOW AN ILLEGITIMATE FIXTURE FOLLOWING AN ORDINANCE LIKE THIS ONE.

WITH THAT IN MIND I CANNOT SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE AS IT IS PRESENTED. I WILL BE IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION TO DENY THE ITEM BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS THE CORRECT ANSWER IN THIS CASE. I DO WANT TO THINK COUNCIL FOR GIVING THIS DUE CONSIDERATION BE -- BECAUSE WE HAVE NOW SAT THROUGH MANY WORK SESSIONS. WITHOUT A PUBLIC HEARING CAN RECEIVED PUBLIC COMMENT FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND I THINK WE HAVE GIVEN THAT DUE CONSIDERATION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE? SEEING IT ON IT BEFORE WE TAKE THE BOAT LET ME BE CLEAR THIS IS A MOTION TO DENY.

A VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION BY PUSHING THE YES BUTTON YOU ARE VOTING TO DENY THE ITEM ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL THE VOTE? THAT'S CALLED THE VOTE, PLEASE.

[5.B. Conduct a public hearing and consider action to adopt a resolution adopting the City’s 2026 Community Development Block Grant Annual Action Plan; and authorize the City Manager to execute and submit all documentation and certifications to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).]

-- LET'S CALL IT THE VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY THE ITEM IS DENIED. NEXT WE MOVE THE ITEM 5B.

5.B. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ACTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CITY'S 2026 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ANNUAL ACTION PLAN; AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND SUBMIT ALL DOCUMENTATION AND CERTIFICATIONS TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD).

>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. OF COURSE THE PURPOSE OF THIS ITEM HAS CLEARLY BEEN ARTICULATED BY YOURSELF, MAYOR, I APPRECIATE THAT. WE DO WANT TO KNOW THAT SOME ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSED 2026 AND HE WILL ACTION PLAN.

WE ARE AND IN TITLED CITY BY HUD AND BASED ON THE ACTION THEY GRANT TO US THAT IS 316,070 -- $79.

THAT BEING SO ACCORDING TO HUD PARAMETERS WE ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT THE PLAN ANNUALLY. WE HAVE A CONSOLIDATED PLAN WHAT WE CALL A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. BASED ON THAT WE COME BEFORE

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YOU, COUNCIL. HUD REQUIRES US TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CAN OF COURSE FOR COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION AND IMPROVE OUR RESOLUTION. A LITTLE BIT OF RESOLUTION -- INFORMATION RELATED. AGAIN, IT IS A NATIONAL PROGRAM THERE ARE THREE OBJECTIVES TO THIS PROGRAM.

ONE IS TO DIRECTLY ASSIST LOW INCOME PERSONS, ANOTHER IS TO MITIGATE... AND ALSO IT TENDS TO COMMUNITY NEEDS SOME FORM OF DISASTER RELIEF AS WELL. SO AS WE START DIVING DEEPER INTO THIS AND HE WILL -- YEARLY ACTION PLAN A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION FOR THE AUDIENCE AND TO REFRESH HER OF US TONIGHT.

THE PROGRAM IS INDEMNIFIED ON THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU.

IT IDENTIFIES HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND BASED ON THAT IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT THAT LOW INCOME LEVEL WORKS LIKE.

I WILL NOT VERBATIM READ ALL OF THOSE BUT THEY ARE JUST FOR EDIFICATION ON THE SCREEN. THAT BEING SAID AS PART OF OUR PROGRAM GRANT HUD ALLOW SPECIFIC USES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE.

ONE IS PUBLIC SERVICE. OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE, THERE IS A 15% CAP. NO MORE THAN 15% CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO PUBLIC SERVICES. WHAT ARE PUBLIC SERVICES? SERVICES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, CRIME PREVENTION, OF COURSE THOSE LISTED THERE.

ADDITIONALLY THERE ARE OTHER ACTIVITIES.

THE OTHER ACTIVITY QUALIFIES AS PUBLIC FACILITIES.

THE CAVEAT HERE IS THAT PUBLIC FACILITIES APPLY TO AREAS WITHIN OUR CENSUS TRACT. AND I WILL PROVIDE AN ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

SO PUBLIC FACILITIES INCLUDE THE ACQUISITION, THE REHABILITATION, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STREETS AND ALLEYS THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN UTILIZING HERE AFTER YEAR.

THEY CAN BE UTILIZED FOR PARKS, INFRASTRUCTURE, UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS, DRAINAGE, WHAT HAVE YOU.

AGAIN, CODE ENFORCEMENT. DIFFERENT IN THAT LMI AREA.

THERE IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMPONENT TO THIS OF COURSE.

WE HAVE SOME IN-HOUSE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS AND WE DO HAVE A CONSULTANT AND THERE IS A LIMIT ON THAT AS WELL.

SO THAT BEING SAID THE PROPOSED BUDGET ALLOCATION IS A LISTED THERE, COUNSEL, FOR YOUR REVIEW AND HOPEFULLY YOUR ACTION TONIGHT. PUBLIC FACILITIES BEING IN THE FORM OF THE FUNDING OF RANDY ROAD ALLEY RECONSTRUCTION.

WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER COMPONENTS OF CRIME PREVENTION AT SALVATION ARMY. ASKED FOR PUBLIC SERVICES WE HAVE A ROBUST CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM, AFTER-SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAM, TO PROVIDE THAT POSITIVE INTERACTION FOR COMMUNITY POLICING. AND OF COURSE WE HAVE ASSISTANCE FOR RENT AND MORTGAGE TO THE SALVATION ARMY.

WE HAVE A LONG-STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL SO WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THAT. SO TO SUM THE CONVERSATION UP THUS FAR WE HAVE A TOTAL OF $316,079 AND THE ALLOCATIONS THERE WITH THE MINIMUMS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED ON THE TABLE IN FRONT OF YOU. COUNSEL, I MENTIONED TO YOU REGARDING THE LMI CENSUS BLOCK GROUPS OR THE TRACKS PROVIDED ON THE MAP. I CALL IT A COLD, SOME CALL IT YELLOW, BUT THOSE ARE THE AREAS WHERE WE CAN CONDUCT PUBLIC FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. I MENTIONED TO YOU THE ALLEY AT THE ROAD. I APOLOGIZE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THERE IS THE ALLEY.

THAT BEING SAID I KNOW IT IS NOT VERY VISIBLE FROM THERE BUT THIS IS A BETTER PICTORIAL ILLUSTRATION OF THAT WHERE HAT WOULD COMMENCE. PROCEDURES AND NEXT STEPS, COUNSEL, AS I MENTIONED TO YOU AS REQUIRED BY HUD AND IN PREPARATION OF THE 2026 YEARLY ACTION PLAN WE HAVE TO HOLD IT TO PUBLIC MEETINGS. NO INPUT WAS RECEIVED.

AGAIN AFTER JUNE WORK SESSION, COUNSEL, THERE WAS A CONSENSUS BASED ON THE PROJECTED FUNDING MECHANISMS WE WERE PROPOSING FOR THAT GRANT MONEY. AND THEN A PUBLIC HEARING AND ASSOCIATED RESOLUTION FOR THE 2026 AND HE WILL -- ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. THIS WILL BE DELIVERED TO HUD NO LATER THAN AUGUST 16TH. AGAIN, STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT

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THIS BE APPROVED I DO NOT NEED TO READ THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.

WITH THAT I WILL TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE I ALSO HAVE SUSAN NEXT, SHE IS ESSENTIAL AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS PROGRAM SO WE WILL TRY TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS YOU

HAVE, IF ANY. >> WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?

>> THANK YOU. I THINK WE HAD A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT CDBG AND WORK SESSIONS SO APPRECIATE THIS COMING FORWARD. NO IT IS A LOT OF WORK.

APPLYING FOR THESE GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATING.

HATS OFF TO THE CITY AND STAFF ARE DOING THAT AND OUR ASSOCIATES A LOT OF GOOD WORK IS BEING DONE THROUGH SALVATION ARMY. DOING ROADS AND STUFF.

I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY HERE IS TO LOOK AT THIS IN THE FUTURE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAXIMIZING THE UTILIZATION FOR OUR CITIZENS. I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THIS ITEM. BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN THAT AREA. AGAIN I THINK THIS IS A CONVERSATION IN THE FUTURE FOR HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE IT AND MAKE SURE WE ARE ABSOLUTELY USING EVERY FEDERAL DOLLAR WE CAN FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR CITIZENS THANK YOU.

>> WELL AND NOTED WE ACTUALLY NOTED THAT AT THE WORK SESSION SO MOVING FORWARD THAT WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

>> THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS.

BUT JUST THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, SUSAN, FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. I SIT ON THE SALVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL. AND YOU GET A LOT OF KUDOS OVER THERE BECAUSE THEY ENJOY WORKING WITH YOU AND YOU ARE ALWAYS VERY HELPFUL A VERY QUICK TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE

SOMETHING. >> COUNCIL ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SEEING NONE WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:33 P.M. ON THIS ITEM.

ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? SEEING NONE WE WILL CLOSE THE ITEM AT 8:43 P.M.

>> I MOVE WE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED AND SECOND BY MINISTER

GIBBS. >> MOTION TO APPROVE ALONG WITH A SECOND. I JUST WANT TO BE SURE, IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC AGENDA LANGUAGE OR MOTION LANGUAGE THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE FOR THIS MOTION. THERE IS NOTHING IN THE PACKET

BUT I KNOW SOMETIMES ON. >> LITERALLY WITH THE CAPTION OF

THE TITLE READS. >> PERFECT SO MOVED TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED SO THAT SHOULD COVER THAT.

AND A DISCUSSION. LET'S CALL THE VOTE, PLEASE.

THE ITEM CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. WITH THAT WE WILL TAKE ABOUT A

TEN MINUTE RECESS AND THE >> LET US RESUME ARMY THINK IT

[5.C. Consider action to adopt an ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Article XI "Short-Term Rentals" Chapter 10 “Businesses”, Article XI “Rental Housing”, Division 7 “Short Term Rentals” by adding Section 10.453 to add a definition of “Serious Incident;” by adding a new Section 10.458A “Density Regulations; Exceptions”, by amending Section 10–459 to require an exterior sign; by amending Section 10-460 “Proof of Insurance;” by amending Section 10-477 “Revocation of Permit;” providing a severability clause; providing a conflict clause; and providing an effective date.]

IS 8:55 P.M. WE WILL COME BACK TO ORDER.

5C, CONSIDER ACTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, ARTICLE XI "SHORT-TERM RENTALS" CHAPTER 10 "BUSINESSES", ARTICLE XI "RENTAL HOUSING", DIVISION 7 "SHORT TERM RENTALS" BY ADDING SECTION 10.453 TO ADD A DEFINITION OF "SERIOUS INCIDENT;" BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 10.458A "DENSITY REGULATIONS; EXCEPTIONS", BY AMENDING SECTION 10—459 TO REQUIRE AN EXTERIOR SIGN; BY AMENDING SECTION 10-460 "PROOF OF INSURANCE;" BY AMENDING SECTION 10-477 "REVOCATION OF PERMIT;" PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A CONFLICT CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING

AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE NIGHT WE WILL ASK YOU TO CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AND AMENDMENTS TO THE CURRENT SHORT-TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE.

ON APRIL FIRST 2025 CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A SHORT-TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE AND SINCE THEN THIS COUNCIL HAS APPOINTED SUBCOMMITTEES TO ADDRESS ONGOING CONCERNS RELATED TO REGULATIONS, CODE COMPLIANCE CONCERNS SUCH AS PARKING, NOISE, AND OTHER PROPERTY MAINTENANCE VIOLATIONS. ON JANUARY FIFTH THERE WAS A WORK SESSION AND ENSURING THAT WORK SESSION STAFF RECEIVED RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS BODY. TONIGHT WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THOSE WITH YOU. ON MAY FIFTH WE BROUGHT IT TO COUNCIL BUT IT WAS TABLED FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION TO GIVE THIS BODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK. ON JUNE 15TH WE HAD AN

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ADDITIONAL WORK SESSION. AND WE OFFERED RECOMMENDATIONS AGAIN. THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS.

THEY WERE DESIGNED TO ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS.

ADDRESS OWNER OCCUPIED S TR'S, ADDRESS ENHANCED PROOF OF INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN INCLUDE ADDITIONAL REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION PARAMETERS. THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE TO ALLOW SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTY OWNERS TO SUBMIT ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS. ESTABLISHING 1000-FOOT SEPARATION DENSITY REQUIREMENT. REQUIRED LOCAL CONTACT INFORMATION WITH THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS SUCH AS NAME, AVAILABILITY REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN ALSO THE ABILITY TO ACCEPT CITATIONS. THIS ALSO INCLUDED SIGNAGE ON THE EXTERIOR IN THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTY.

ASIDES OF 8 INCHES BY 10 INCHES. WITH THE ADDITIONAL CONTACT INFORMATION AND THEN IT YOUR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO EXEMPT THE SIGNAGE REQUIREMENT FROM THOSE FULL-TIME OWNER OCCUPIED.

WE ALSO PRESENTED TO YOU TO RECOGNITIONS ONE FOR SERIOUS INCIDENTS WHICH WOULD ENCOMPASS THOSE WHICH WOULD REALLY BOAST A HIGH LEVEL OF SAFETY CONCERNS. THE OWNER OCCUPIED DECISION AS WELL SO THERE COULD BE CLEAR MEASUREMENTS.

WE ALSO BROUGHT TO YOU THE RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE THE LIABILITY INSURANCE COVERAGE WHICH RIGHT NOW IS AT 1 MILLION AND INCREASES UP TO 2 MILLION. AND THEN WE ADDED THE GROUNDS FOR REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION. IF THERE WAS A SERIOUS INCIDENT THE STR PERMIT COULD BE PLACED ON HOLD WHILE THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION. CONVICTIONS THAN THE STR COULD BE SUSPENDED FOR UP TO ONE YEAR. AND IF THERE WAS AN EXISTING STR ONGOING INVESTIGATION THE PERMIT WOULD BE SUSPENDED AND POTENTIALLY PLACED ON HOLD WHILE THE INVESTIGATION IS CARRIED OUT AND COULD BE REINSTATED IF THERE IS NO PROOF.

SO THIS EVENING WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE APPROVE, APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS, WERE DENIED THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.

>> I KNOW WE HAD A VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS LAST NIGHT BUT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR STAFF?

>> THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD WHICH I BELIEVE I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER BY JUST HAVING A QUICK CONVERSATION IS WITH RESPECT TO THE ALLOWANCE SO THERE IS A DISTANCE REQUIREMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY BETWEEN STR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE BASE SIDE SPECIAL DISTRICT. AND THE BAYSIDE SPECIAL DISTRICT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE KNOW OR REFER TO AS THE BAYSIDE SAPPHIRE BAY MEANING THE NORTH SIDE OF I30.

>> THE EXCEPTION IS FOR BAYSIDE. >> YES BAYSIDE SPECIAL DISTRICT.

A LOT OF WORDS IN THAT DESCRIPTION.

JUST REALLY -- REALLY TRYING TO MAP OUT AND PEOPLE'S MINDS WHERE THAT LIES. SO THEN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY, 1000-FOOT RADIUS IS ESTABLISHED WITH THE EXCEPTION

OF THAT AREA. >> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SAPPHIRE

BAY, CORRECT? >> SO THE NORTH SIDE OF I30.

>> JUST SAPPHIRE BAYSIDE, OR SAPPHIRE SIDE.

>> COUNCIL, PERHAPS CLARIFICATION IS NEEDED BECAUSE WIN WE REFER TO THE BAYSIDE IT IS CALLED THE BAYSIDE DISTRICT WHICH FOLLOWS THE DISTRICT CODE. THAT ZONING DISTRICT IS APPLICABLE TO BOTH SAPPHIRE BAY AND BAYSIDE.

SO IF THEY CLARIFICATION NEEDS TO BE MADE TONIGHT IF WE ARE BIFURCATED AND GOT THAN ABSOLUTELY YOU CAN REFER TO SPECIFICALLY DEVELOPMENT AND SAPPHIRE BAY.

BUT THE WAY THE ZONING DISTRICT STANDS AND ACCOMMODATES THOSE

TWO DEVELOPMENTS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THE SUBCOMMITTEE GOING BACK TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER WE TALK ABOUT

SAPPHIRE BAY AND OUR INTENTION. >> I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE CHRISTOPH DID WE MADE EYE CONTACT AND I THINK THAT IS CORRECT THAT YOU ARE SPECIFICALLY ONLY LOOKING AT SAPPHIRE BAY BUT BY DISTRICT DESIGNATION IT INCLUDES BOTH.

>> I AM NOT GOING TO CORRECT YOU BUT I'M GOING TO OFFER SOME

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. I'M LOOKING AT A MAP HERE THAT IS A ZONING MAP OF THE CITY. THE AREA SOUTH OF I30 IS SHADED IN ORANGE. IT IS SPECIFICALLY REFERRED TO AS A FORM BASED BAYSIDE SPECIAL DISTRICT.

BOTH TO THE NORTH ARE FORM-BASED URBAN VILLAGE DISTRICT AND FORM-BASED NEW NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT.

I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THIS. >> I STAND CORRECTED.

THANK YOU. >> I THINK THE LANGUAGE WE HAVE IS GOOD AND IT DOES ONLY APPLY TO THE SOUTHERN SAPPHIRE BAY

PORTION OF THE PENINSULA. >> I FEEL LIKE I JUST INTRODUCED A PROBLEM AND THEN SALTED IT WAS NOT MY INTENT.

I WANTED TO ADD THAT 30. >> THANK YOU.

-- I WANTED TO APPLY THAT CLARITY.

>> THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING OVER THIS THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS OF WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE STAFF FOR ALL OF THE DUE DILIGENCE YOU HAVE DONE AND PUTTING UP WITH

US. >> I KNOW I ASKED THIS QUESTION LAST NIGHT BUT THANK YOU FOR ENGAGING GET THAT.

COUNCILMEMBER IT WAS A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE AS WELL AS FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER WE APPRECIATE THAT. THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT IF WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC REQUEST FOR INFORMATION BECAUSE THERE IS BIG NEWS ABOUT DATA COLLATION IF WE COULD PROVIDE

THAT. >> THANK YOU.

COUNCIL, OTHER QUESTIONS. SEEING NONE I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. THANK YOU, ANDREW.

I SEE A MOTION BY MR. GIBBS. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT AND

HAVE IT BE READ INTO THE RECORD. >> MOTION TO ADOPT AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND. >> COMMENTS? I THINK PERHAPS THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE AND AND I COACH THIS IN THE FACT THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THE FEE WE ARE CHARGING IS REALLY TO RECOUP CITY RESOURCES. BUT THE 2000-DOLLAR FEE CAN BE PENALIZED THINK. I THINK WHEN WE INITIALLY PASSED THE PREVIOUS ITERATION OF THIS ORDINANCE THE INTENT WAS TO PROVIDE A FEE THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE COST OF THE SERVICES BUT ALSO PROVIDE A BARRIER OF ENTRY FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO PROVIDE A STR TO ME NOW THE BARRIER TO ENTRY IS MORE ABOUT THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT AND LESS ABOUT THE FEE.

AND KNOWING THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK THAT THE FEE IS SOMEWHAT PROHIBITIVE TO PEOPLE TRYING TO OPERATE AN OWNER OPERATED STR I'M WONDERING IF IT MIGHT BE WORKING -- WORTH LOOKING AT A LOWER FEE. CERTAINLY I KNOW THERE IS SUPPORT FOR THIS. I KNOW MAYBE IF WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY AROUND THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES SPENT ON ADMINISTERING THE STR PROGRAM THAT MIGHT HELP ME BETTER UNDERSTAND AND SUPPORT THAT ITEM.

AT THAT LEVEL. IS THAT SOMETHING WE MIGHT HAVE SOME INSIGHT ON? I'M NOT ASKING FOR EXACT DOLLAR

AMOUNTS BUT SOME INSIGHT. >> CERTAINLY SOME INSIGHT WE DO HAVE A SPECIALIZED PEACE OF SOFTWARE SPECIFICALLY FOR MANAGING THESE STR. WE DO ALSO DO INSPECTIONS REGULARLY. I THINK THE $2000 IS JUSTIFIABLE BECAUSE OF THE COST FOR THE PROGRAM.

SO. >> SO IS THAT SOFTWARE FUNDED THROUGH THE HUD TAX OR THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND AND OFFSET OF THESE FEES? I'M FEELING THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A HUD FUNDED PEACE OF BUSINESS SOFTWARE.

>> I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION EVEN IF IT IS NOT TAX IT IS STILL JUSTIFIABLE. I DO NOT THINK IT COULD BE USED AS THAT TAX. ACTUALLY THE OPPOSITE POTENTIALLY SO IT IS NOT THE HUD TAX.

>> OKAY. TO ME THAT JUSTIFICATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND ESPECIALLY THOSE OWNER OPERATING STR.

WHILE IT IS A SOMEWHAT PROHIBITIVE COST TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE A STR AT THE END OF THE DAY IT IS A COST THAT WE ARE DEPLOYING TO RECOUP WHAT IT TAKES TO ADMINISTER.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? >> I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM HOW

MANY STR WE HAVE IN THE CITY. >> I BELIEVE IT IS 40.

>> COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

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LAST TIME AROUND THAT REPORT IT WAS A 43.

>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WITH THAT IN MIND WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AN SECOND CALL THE BOAT, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT, THAT ITEM CARE IS

[5.D. Consider action to adopt an ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Article IV "Regulation of Sex Offender Residency" Ordinance Chapter 34 by amending Section 34.71 to provide for an additional offense prohibiting property owners from renting certain real property to registered sex offenders; providing a severability clause, providing for a fine not to exceed the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars for each offense; and providing an effective date.]

UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT REMOVED ITEM 5D.

-- WE MOVE TO ITEM 5D. 5D, CONSIDER ACTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, ARTICLE IV "REGULATION OF SEX OFFENDER RESIDENCY" ORDINANCE CHAPTER 34 BY AMENDING SECTION ADDITIONALROVIDE FOR AN- OFFENSE PROHIBITING PROPERTY OWNERS FROM RENTING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY TO REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING FOR A FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED ($500) DOLLARS FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

>> SO THIS EVENING WE WILL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER TO TAKE ACTION ON AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE REGULATION OF THE SEX OFFENDER CITY ORDINANCE. THIS IS FOUND IN CHAPTER 34 UNDER MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES. THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD TO HELP US ADDRESS ONGOING COMMUNITY SAFETY CONCERNS, TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN. REDUCE REPEAT OFFENSES, DETER CRIMES, AND AGAIN, PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE.

SO WHAT WOULD CHANGE? PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO LEASE, RENT, OR SUBLEASE TO UNKNOWN SEX OFFENDER IF THEIR PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1000 FEET FROM WEAR CHILDREN TO COME AND GATHER. DAYCARES, SCHOOLS, PUBLIC PARKS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THIS WOULD INCLUDE AN PART OR PORTION WHETHER TEMPORARY ARE PERMANENT RESIDENCE, STRUCTURES, HOMES, APARTMENTS, MANUFACTURED HOMES, AND TRAILERS, AGAIN WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.

THE CODE WOULD BE UPDATED TO AMEND AND REGULATE ALL RENTAL PROPERTIES.ÚSO WE WOULD PUT THEE PROPERTY OWNER TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT RENTING TO A SEX OFFENDER WHEN THEY COME WITHIN THAT THOUSAND FOOT RADIUS.

WE WOULD MODIFY OUR RENTAL PERMIT APPLICATIONS AND MOVE FORWARD IF YOU APPROVE THIS CHANGE.

SO THIS EVENING WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE APPROVE, APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS, OR DENIED THE AMENDMENTS.

>> THANK YOU. BEFORE WE GET INTO QUESTIONS BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WILL BE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

LAST TIME WE DISCUSSED THE SITE AND WE TALKED ABOUT INCREASING BE FINE THE $2000. VICTORIA LET ME KNOW TODAY THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER ORDINANCE ON THE BOOKS.

I DON'T KNOW OF THE EXACT NUMBEI THINK.

>> 34-75. >> THERE IS A 75 IN THERE SOMEWHERE. 34-75 WHICH IS THE OFFENCE FOR REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER LIVING WITHIN THE RADIUS THAT WOULD BE OTHERWISE RESTRICTED. THE LIMIT THAT FINE IS A $500.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IT WILL LIKELY NEED TO MAKE AN UPDATE TO THAT ORDINANCE AS WELL BUT WE CANNOT DO THAT TONIGHT.

NOW, I AM NOT, I THINK WE PROBABLY ALL RECOGNIZE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE WERE TO DENY THIS ITEM AND THEN BRING IT BACK AT A FUTURE MEETING WE DO NOT WANT TO DENY THE ITEM BECAUSE IT IS VERY VALID. MY RECOMMENDATION WILL BE THAT WE CONSIDER APPROVING THIS ITEM AT THE 500-DOLLAR LEVEL AND THEN AT OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING CONSIDER AN UPDATE TO BOTH ITEMS TO BRING THEM UP TO THE 2000-DOLLAR LEVEL THAT WOULD MAKE IT CONSISTENT WITH I THINK WITH THE COUNCIL'S DESIRE WAS% LAST NIGHT. I KNOW THAT IT IS A LITTLE BIT CLUNKY. NOT A PERFECT SOLUTION.

I THINK TABLING THE ITEM ALSO DOES NOT PROVIDE GOOD OPTICS.

THIS IS NOT AN ITEM WE WANT THE TABLE WE WANT TO GET IT ON THE BOOKS AND HAVE IT BE ENFORCEABLE IMMEDIATELY ON THE WAY TO DO THAT IS THROUGH THAT OPTION. I AM OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS CERTAINLY IF THERE WAS QUESTIONS I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR.

>> I THINK THAT IS VERY IDEAL WE CAN COME BACK LATER.

>> DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE OF OF WHEN WE COULD HEAR ABOUT THIS?

>> I WOULD DEFER TO VICTORIA BUT I WOULD THINK AUGUST 18TH.

>> PERFECT THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR

STAFF? >> I THINK WE DISCUSSED THIS LAST NIGHT I KNOW IT IS INCUMBENT ON THE OWNER TO CHECK THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY. IT ALSO APPLIES TO THE OPERATION

OF THE STR, CORRECT? >> CORRECT.

>> AND STAFF WOULD DO DUE DILIGENCE AS WELL ACTUALLY PERMITTING STR AND OTHER RENTAL PROPERTIES.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. WITH THAT I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. AND AGAIN BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN AT THE 500-DOLLAR LEVEL SIMPLY NEED TO APPROVE AS

IS. >> I MOVED WAY OF PROOF AS

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PRESENTED AND AS READ. >> I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS

READ. >> I SECOND.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE WITH A SECOND ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE LET US CALL THE BOAT.

THAT ITEM KARIS TEETAN -- THE VOTE.

THAT ITEM CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. I THINK WE HAVE MADE THE AGENDA

[5.E. Consider action to adopt an ordinance granting a variance to the City's alcoholic beverage distance requirements to allow the sale of wine and malt beverages for off-premises consumption at the retail sales establishment located within Waterview Plaza, situated at the intersection of Liberty Grove Road and Princeton Road.]

ITEM FOR NEXT MEETING I DO NOT THINK WE NEED TO COVER THAT AT THE END. NEXT WE MOVE ONTO ITEM 5E.

5E, CONSIDER ACTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A VARIANCE TO THE CITY'S ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS TO ALLOW THE SALE OF WINE AND MALT BEVERAES FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION AT THE RETAIL SALES ESTABLISHMENT LOCATED WITHIN WATERVIEW PLAZA, SITUATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF LIBERTY GROVE ROAD

AND PRINCETON ROAD. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.

I AM MAKING THIS PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF DEBBIE.

I HOPE SHE IS WATCHING. [LAUGHTER] SO THE PURPOSE TONIGHT IS TO ADD A VARIANCE TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY THAT YOU MENTIONED WITHIN THE WATERVIEW PLAZA, MAYOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS VARIANCE IS BASICALLY TO ALLOW THE SALE OF WINE AND MALT BEVERAGES FOR OFF PREMISES CONSUMPTION. BY WAY OF BACKGROUND THE APPROVAL OF BEER AND WINE SALES WHICH NOW REFERS TO WINE AND MALT BEVERAGES. IT IS OUTLINED THE SPECIFIC DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS AND HOW THE DISTANCES ARE MEASURED FOR THE SALE OF BEER AND WINE. AND OF COURSE IT ALSO GRANTS THE MUNICIPALITY IN THIS CASE, THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND YOURSELVES THE ABILITY TO GRANT VARIANCES TO SPECIFIC DISTANCE OR ADJACENCY REQUIREMENTS. AS IT RELATES TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OR THIS SUITE IN PARTICULAR, IN 2014 THE COUNCIL APPROVED A VARIANCE ALLOWING OFF PREMISE BEER AND WINE SALES FOR THIS SUITE AND SINCE THEN THIS FACILITY HAS CONTINUOUSLY OPERATED WITH THE SAME OWNER. HOWEVER, JUST UNTIL VERY RECENTLY THE OWNERSHIP HAS CHANGED HANDS WHICH IS THEN TREATED AS A REQUEST BECAUSE IT DOES NOT GO WITH THE PROPERTY IT GOES WITH THE BUSINESS OWNER. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE APPLICANTS ARE PRESENT TONIGHT SO SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM THEY WILL BE HERE IN ATTENDANCE AND TRY TO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS. THIS SLIDE LOOKS VERY HEAVY BUT REALLY IT IS FOR THE VIEWING AUDIENCE AND OF COURSE YOURSELVES AS WE TALK ABOUT THE VARIANCE AUTHORITY THAT YOU MENTION TO YOU. YOU, AS COUNCIL, HAVE THAT AUTHORITY. YOU CAN REVIEW AND APPLICATION, CONDUCT A HEARING, DETERMINED WHETHER THAT VARIANCE IS APPLICABLE OR JUSTIFIED. WE NEED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS. AND THE EXCEPTIONS ASSOCIATED.

AGAIN, THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO THE HOLD OVER LICENSE OR PERMIT OF WHO HOLDS FOOD AND BEVERAGE CERTIFICATE.

AND OF COURSE A LICENSE OR PERMIT WHERE MINORS ARE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING UNDER THE SECTION OUTLINED IN THERE.

AND IS LOCATED WITHIN 300 FEET OF PRIVATE SCHOOL AND OF COURSE OF LIKABILITY TO DAY CARE CENTERS AND CHILD CARE FACILITIES. AGAIN, THESE ARE THE EXCEPTIONS.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROPERTY THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

THIS SUITE IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 236 FEET FROM...

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE I WILL BE SHARING A RUDIMENTARY MAP WITH YOU AND JUST A BIT. THE SALE OF BEER AND WINE IS NOT PERMITTED IF YOU ARE LOCATED WITHIN 300 FEET OF A SCHOOL, UNLESS A VARIANCE IS GRANTED. THERE'S THAT TOP-HEAVY SLIDE, SO TO SPEAK,, WITH THE REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS.

DISTANCE, IN THIS INSTANCE, IS MEASURED FROM THE FRONT DOOR TO PROPERTY LINE. FURTHERMORE, T ABC DISCUSSES ADJACENCY TO CHURCHES. THEY REQUIRE THAT THE SALE OF BEER AND WINE TO BE LOCATED NO CLOSER THAN 300 FEET.

IN THIS CASE THIS IS MEASURED FROM THE FRONT DOOR AT THE FRONT DOOR ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE. WHEN WE MEASURE THIS IT IS APPROXIMATELY 721 FEET. SO AS I MENTIONED TO YOU, COUNCIL, I SAID I WOULD HAVE A MAP AND I AM TRYING TO USE THE POINTER AGAIN AND IT IS NOT WORKING.

YOU CAN SEE THE RED LINE IS THE DISTANCE OF THE DOOR OF THE SWEET SPACE. SUITE 800 TO THE NEAREST PROPERTY LINE OF THAT SCHOOL. AND THEN OF COURSE THE DISTANCE TO THE CHURCH WHICH IS FROM THE DOOR ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE TO THE FRONT DOOR OF THE CHURCH. THOSE ARE THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ISSUE AGAIN LIES WITH THE SCHOOL PROXIMITY.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I MADE AN ERROR IN THE ORDINANCE.

THE ORDINANCE SHOULD READ SCHOOL AND A NOT CHURCH.

SO IF WE MAKE A DETERMINATION TONIGHT WE WOULD AMEND IT IN THAT MAN. AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED TO YOU THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED VARIANCE DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERRED TO THE NEW OWNER.

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THE NEW OWNER IS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF A VARIANCE I CALL IT A NEW VARIANCE THERE SO THAT T ABC CAN ISSUE A PERMIT. THE APPLICANT DID SPEAK TO SOME CHURCH MEMBERS REGARDING THE USE OF THEIR SUITE.

THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO COORDINATE, AND THIS IS ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT, WE CAN VERIFY, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO COORDINATE CONVERSATION WITH THE SCHOOL.

I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.

SHOULD THIS VARIANCE BE APPROVED THE APPLICANT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PUBLISH DAILY EXPLAINING OR DESCRIBING THAT THEY WOULD BE SELLING THE BEER AND WINE FROM THE PREMISES.

AND THEN POSTED THAT IN ASSOCIATION WITH A VARIANCE.

PERMIT THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT IS HOW THE PROCESS WORKS. BASED ON THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE STAFF DOES RECOMMEND ADOPTING THIS ORDINANCE AND GRANTING THE VARIANCE ADJACENCY TO SCHOOL.

I WILL TRY AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

>> THANK YOU. HOW LONG HAVE THE NEW OWNERS MAINTAINED OWNERSHIP OF THE BUSINESS?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO D FOR THAT TO THE APPLICANTS.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO THERE WAS MADE MENTIONED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT THERE WAS A DISCREPANCY THAT WAS THE DISCREPANCY WITH THE ORDINANCE STRICTLY THAT IT SAYS CHURCH AS

OPPOSED TO SCHOOL. >> IN THE ORDINANCE, CORRECT.

>> THAT IS BECAUSE THE DISTANCE FROM THE CHURCH'S FRONT DOOR TO

FRONT DOOR. >> ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE.

>> VRSUS THE SCHOOL BEING FRONT DOOR TO PROPERTY LINE.

>> AND, MAYOR, I CANNOT LET MISS MULLAH DINED TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT ARROW THAT WAS MY ERROR. I APOLOGIZE.

>> DON'T WORRY IT IS OKAY. >> I JUST TRIPPED ON A COUPLE ON

MY WAY HERE SO I'M SORRY. >> WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE,

COUNCIL? >> ARE WE AWARE OF ANY QUESTIONS THAT WERE VALID OR NOT VALID ON THE ESTABLISHMENTS LIKE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WITHIN THAT BUSINESS BEING THERE.

>> FROM MY PERSPECTIVE I HAVE NOT COME ACROSS ANY THERE BUT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE I DO NOT KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY PD REPORTS. I DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

>> OKAY. >> WE ARE GOING TO CHECK FROM THE PD STANDPOINT. I WAS GOING TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP THAT IS EXTREMELY VALID TO THIS DISCUSSION.

WHILE WE ARE TRYING TO GET THAT INFORMATION IF WE CAN HAVE THE APPLICANTS COME UP I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR THEM WE CAN CERTAINLY GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THEM AS WELL.

OR YOU AWARE OF ANY VARIANCE FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL NEAR ANY

OTHER SCHOOLS IN ROWLETT. >> I AM NOT.

>> THANK YOU. IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. THANK YOU.

SO YOU ARE THE OWNER OF THE BUSINESS CURRENTLY?

>> CO-OWNER YES. >> HOW LONG AGO DID THE TRANSACTION TO CHANGE OWNERSHIP TAKE PLACE?

>> THE TRANSACTION TOOK PLACE ON JUNE 15TH 2026.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN PURSUING THIS LICENSE SINCE THAT HAPPENED.

>> YES, SIR,. >> OKAY.

AS FAR AS THE STAFF ACTUALLY WORK IN THE STORE, WILL IT BE THE SAME STAFF OR IS IT OWNER OPERATED?

TELL ME ABOUT THAT. >> PREVIOUSLY THE STORE HAD ONE EMPLOYEE THAT WAS WORKING IN THE STORE SO WE ARE STILL KICKING IN. APART FROM THAT WE ARE MOSTLY FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED BUSINESS.

SO FAR WE ALL HAVE YOU NOTE TRAINING AND LICENSES FROM T ABC. WE ALSO HAVE OTHER STORES IN OTHER CITIES. LOUISVILLE, BERLIN DALLAS SO MOSTLY IT WILL BE FAMILY% OPERATED BUSINESS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE EMPLOYEE WHO IS ALREADY WORKING THERE FOR YEARS.

>> THANK YOU. CAN YOU TELL ME WITHIN THE STORE THE LAYOUT OF THE STORE YOU KNOW CERTAINLY AFTER SCHOOL YOU PROBABLY HAVE A LOT OF FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS THAT MIGHT COME ACROSS THE STREET AND VISIT YOUR SHOP AND WALK AND HOW EASY IS IT FOR THEM TO ACCESS THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES THAT ARE FOR

SALE IN YOUR STORE? >> ASKED FOR THE LAY OUT THE BEER AND WINE THE SECTION IS TOWARDS THE END OF THE STORE SO WHEN YOU ENTER THE STORE YOU% WILL PRETTY MUCH SEE IT LIKE THE ICE CREAM, SNACKS, YOU KNOW REFRESHMENTS, SO DOES, GATORADE, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND THERE IS ALL THE WEIGHT TO

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THE CORNER OF THE COOLER AND THEN THERE IS EIGHT WINE SECTION THAT IS PRETTY MUCH HIDDEN AND IT IS NOT VISIBLE BY PUBLIC WENT

TO THE STORE. >> THE PIERCE EXIT IS REFRIGERATED THE WINE SECTION IS NOT REFRIGERATED.

>> CORRECT. DEPENDING ON WHAT ARE CUSTOMER IS LOOKING FOR AND THEN A DEDICATED CUSTOMER SECTION IS THERE THAN IT IS COVERED. BY THE PUBLIC TO THE WINDOW WHEN THEY FIRST COME TO THE STORE. AND THE BEER SECTION IT IS THE

END OF THE COOLER. >> SO WHAT SORT OF PROTECTINS DO YOU HAVE WITHIN THE STORE TO RESTRICT ACCESS TO THOSE THINGS? NOT SO MUCH FROM A ADOLESCENT WALKING IN AND PURCHASING SOMETHING THAT MAY BE STICKY GET IN THEIR BACK, THEIR POCKET OR

SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> WE MAINTAIN HIGH DEFINITION CAMERAS AND EVERYTHING. SO WE HAVE CAMERA ACCESS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES SO THEY CAN TRACK AT ANYTIME ON MINOR COMES TO THE STORE AND IF THEY ARE WALKING AROUND THE COOLER WE MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT GOING TOWARDS THE BEER AND WINE SECTION.

WE MAKE SURE THEY HAVE AN I.D. ON THEM AND THEY ARE NOT A MINOR IF WE MAKE THE SALE. OTHER THAN THAT PRETTY MUCH LIKE MOST OF OUR WE HAVE FIGURED THAT MOST OF 90 5% OF OUR CUSTOMERS THEY ARE THE REGULARS FROM COMMITTEE AND PRETTY MUCH WE KNOW HALF OF THEM ALREADY. AND AS A FATHER MYSELF YOU KNOW IT IS A MY YOU KNOW TOPMOST PRIORITY THAT I MAKE SURE IT LIKE NO MINERS GET THEIR HANDS ON THE MALT ARE BEER OR WINE IN THE STORE. SO PRETTY MUCH WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES MAKE SURE LIKE THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEBODY WHENEVER SOMEBODY LOOKS LIKE A MINOR YOU KNOW WHEN THEY GO TOWARDS THE BEER SECTION OR THE COOLER EVEN BEFORE THEY GET THERE WE NORMALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT A MINOR AND EVEN AT THE COUNTER WE MAKE SURE THEIR IDEAS OUT AND PROPERLY SCANNED. WE IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE SOFTWARE'S INTO THE REGISTRY THAT SCANS THE I.D. AND MAKES SURE THE PERSON BUYING THE PRODUCTS THEY ARE NOT A MINOR.

>> I'M GLAD YOU MENTION YOUR CUSTOMER BASE BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY GOT AN EMAIL THIS WEEK FROM I THINK ONE OF YOUR REGULAR CUSTOMERS WHO WAS AN SUPPORT OF THIS PARTICULAR VARIANCE.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU DEFINITELY HAVE SOME FANS WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD I BELIEVE.

QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT TO? >> WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE SALES

IS THE ALCOHOL IN YOUR STORE? >> ON A DAILY BASIS I WOULD SAY AROUND 15-20% MOSTLY WE SELL THE DRINKS THAT GATORADE, SO DOES,

ALL THESE KIND OF THINGS. >> LIKE OTHER CITIES YOU

MENTIONED. >> THIS IS THE FIRST ONE.

YOUR SIGNAGE ON THE FACADE WHAT IS IT SAY WHAT IS THE NAME OF

YOUR STORE WHAT DOES THAT SAY. >> WE HAVE REALLY CHANGE THE SIGN FROM THE PREVIOUS OWNER. THE ONLY SIGN WE PUT UP RIGHT NOW AS A TEMPORARY SIGN THAT SAYS IT IS A VETERAN OWNED

BUSINESS. >> THE CURRENT LIT SIGN ON THE FACADE IS FAIRLY FACADE -- IS A FAIRLY PROMINENT IS THAT

CORRECT? >> THE BEER AND WINE IS SMALLER

THAN THE COUNTRY MARKED. >> SAY THAT AGAIN?

>> THE SIGN IS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN THE ACTUAL NAME.

>> IS THIS SHOW OF THE NIGHT? >> WE ARE NOT PLANNING TO

OPERATE IT. >> IT IS NOT BACK LIKE NOW.

>> THANK YOU. >> JUST TO BE CLEAR BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THE BUSINESS THE BUSINESS WAS OPERATING WITH A LICENSE TO SELL MALT BEVERAGES. THIS IS JUST AN EFFORT TO

CONTINUE OPERATING. >> EVEN BEFORE WE STARTED TALKING TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER WE DID RESEARCH WITH T ABC SO ALL OF THESE YEARS YOU KNOW THEY NEVER HAD ANY COMPLAINTS ANY

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MISCONDUCT WHEN IT COMES TO SELLING THE BEVERAGES.

ALSO AS A NEW OWNER ARE TOP PRIORITY WILL BE TO MAKE SURE NOBODY CONSUMES ALCOHOL WITHIN THE PREMISES.

IT WILL BE NO EVEN WHEN WE LIKE SOME CUSTOMERS THAT THEY PREFERRED TO TAKE THE ALCOHOL WITH THEM NOT IN THEIR BAG SOMETHING LIKE THAT BUT WE TRIED TO MAKE SURE LIKE YOU NOTE WHEN YOU HAVE A CUSTOMER OUT OF THE STORE IT IS NOT IN THE YOU KNOW ANY PUBLIC. LIKE I SAID WE DID OUR RESEARCH.

AND ALSO T ABC ESPECIALLY WE HAVE VARIANCE SPECIFIC TO THE OWNERS OF THE PREVIOUS VARIANCE REQUEST PERMIT ONLY APPLIES TO THE PREVIOUS OWNERS SO THAT IS THE ONLY REASON WHY WE ARE IN

FRONT OF YOU TODAY. >> THANK YOU.

VICTORIA CAN YOU PROVIDE A LITTLE LIGHT OR SHINE A LITTLE LIGHT FROM THE T ABC STANDPOINT WHAT WOULD RESULT IN THE REVOCATION OF LICENSE OR PERMIT? IF YOU NEED TO LOOK IT UP I AM HAPPY TO GO ONTO OTHER QUESTIONS I WOULD LOVE AN ANSWER TO THAT IF WE JUST HAD SOME IDEA OF ONE OF VIOLATION OR TEN VIOLATIONS.

>> I HAVE A FEELING I WILL NOT FIND THAT IN THE REGULATIONS I THINK IT IS KIND OF REGULATORY. AGAIN IT IS MOSTLY IF THEY ARE

SELLING OUTSIDE OF THEIR PERMIT. >> I THINK THE APPLICANT HAD

ANOTHER COMMENT ON THAT MATTER. >> YOU NOTE WITH THE SPACE IF WE HAD ANY LIKE SELLING TO MINORS T ABC WOULD IMMEDIATELY CLOSE OUR STORE OR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PERIOD AND WILL HEAVILY FIND US.

THAT IS JUST THE FIRST YOU KNOW MISCONDUCT.

IF WE DO IT FOR A SECOND TIME THEY WILL TOTALLY REVOKE HER LICENSE. THERE IS A PRETTY HEAVY YOU KNOW FINE ASSOCIATED. PLUS YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO OPEN THE STOREFRONT. I BELIEVE IT IS 90 DAYS RIGHT

NOW. >> WERE YOU ABLE TO GET ANY INFORMATION FROM THE PD ON THAT OR NOT AVAILABLE.

I KNOW WE ASK THAT QUESTION WE DID NOT ASK THAT AN ADVANCE IT IS TOUGH TO PUT PEOPLE ON THE SPOT WITH.

>> NO COMPLAINTS IN THE AREA. >> THAT IS UNDERSTANDABLE.

BASED ON WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THE SHOP BECAUSE I AM IN THAT AREA I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SHOP.

CERTAINLY NOTHING THAT WOULD GIVE ME CAUSE FOR ALARM.

I DO NOT SEE AN ISSUE WITH THAT. THAT IS WHY I ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHO WILL OPERATE THE STORE I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT IF YOU HAVE AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS WORKING THERE AND DILIGENT AND CONSISTENT AND RELIABLE AND ENSURES THOSE PRODUCTIONS ARE IN PLACE I THINK YOU ARE DOING A GOOD JOB.

THE ONLY THINK I MIGHT SUGGEST OR ASK WOULD BE THAT YOU HAVE NUMBER 1 AND OFFICE STAFF IN THE STORE TO BOTH SERVE A CUSTOMER BASE AND MONITOR THE CAMERAS. BECAUSE IF IT IS ONLY ONE OR TWO EMPLOYEES AND THEY ARE BUSY TAKING CARE OF CUSTOMERS AT THE COUNTER IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO MONITOR THE CAMERAS.

NUMBER 2, MAY BE CONSIDER RESTRICTING BACKPACKS THAT THEY PERHAPS HAVE TO STAY OUTSIDE. JUST SO KIDS DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT A POOR CHOICES.

>> WE WERE ACTUALLY DISCUSSING THIS THE OTHER DAY.

WE ARE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT HAVING ALL THE CUSTOMERS PUT THEIR BACKPACKS AT THE DOOR WHEN THEY ENTERED THE STORE.

ALSO AS INITIATED TO PREVENT ALL THIS INCIDENT WE HAVE ACTUALLY CHANGED THE LAYOUT WHEN WE FIRST TOOK OVER THAT WAS THE REASON WHY WE HAD THE WIND A SECTION ALL THE WAY AT THE END AND COVERED. THAT WAS JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NO DIRECT VISIBILITY. AND ALSO THE BACKPACK IT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. ALSO WE HAVE YOU KNOW A COUPLE OF OTHER IDEAS WE ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.

FOR EXAMPLE WHENEVER WE SEE A MINOR ARE SOMEBODY LIKE YOU KNOW WE ALSO MONITORING THE SPACES AROUND.

SO THEY ARE NOT ACTUALLY ASKING SOMEBODY ELSE TO BUY MALT BEVERAGES OR WINE. BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE WE ARE PRETTY MUCH DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT COME UNDER THE LIGHT FOR ANY IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE FOR ALL OF THESE 14 YEARS THERE HAS BEEN NO REPORTED INCIDENT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT STAYS THAT WAY.

>> THANK YOU. >> A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

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I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA AS WELL.

SO ONE CLARIFICATION. THE DRAWING AND PUT THE -- INPUT THAT THE CHURCH FOR CLARIFICATION IT IS A SCHOOL, IT IS NOT A CHURCH ANYMORE. WHATEVER THAT PRIVATE DAY CARE.

>> IT IS A DAY CARE IN THE CONFINES OF THE FACILITY.

SO WE WANTED TO SHOW THAT NEAREST DISTANCE BUT ABSOLUTELY IF YOU WENT TO DO YOU WOULD ACTUALLY GO FURTHER DOWN THE PROPERTY LINE FOR THE FRONT DOOR WHICH WOULD INCREASE THAT

DISTANCE AS WELL. >> THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE GETS INTO THE APPLICANT MENTIONED IT HAS BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME I KNOW IT HAS FOR MANY YEARS.

BUT THERE IS A QUESTION THAT COMES INTO A COUPLE DOORS DOWN THERE IS A KARATE PLACE FOR ALL OF THE KIDS BEHIND THE COURSE.

A BUNCH OF KIDS. ALL OF THESE KIND OF PLACES ALL CAME IN WAY AFTER THE INCEPTION OF THAT.

SO I'M GOING TO ASSUME THERE IS NO ORDINANCE THAT DEALS WITH AAIN THEY ARE ALL LEARNING% PLACES THEY ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE.

I WOULD ASK THAT QUESTION AS TO DOES THAT COVER THAT.

BECAUSE THERE ARE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THEY ARE JUST NOT

SCHOOL AS IN. >> CORRECT.

>> AGAIN HOW DO YOU WANT TO PHRASE THIS THAT IS THE QUESTION. IS THAT NOT A PROBLEM.

>> BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING CAN BASED ON THE DEFINITIONS BY T ABC THOSE DO NOT QUALIFY AS SCHOOLS OR THE JUDO SCHOOL.

OPEN FOR A MYRIAD OF AGE GROUPS AS WELL.

IT IS JUST ONE OF THOSE KIND OF QUESTION MARK THAT YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS OVER THERE BUT NONE OF THESE PLACES WHERE THERE WHEN THAT PLACE FIRST OPENED.

JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE COVER OUR BASES.

>> NOTE TO THANK YOU. >> JUST TO CLARIFY LITTLE EINSTEINS THAT FOLLOWS ONTO SCHOOL CATEGORY DOESN'T IT A?

>> THAT WOULD BE A DAY CARE. >> OKAY.

> IT DOES NOT FALL UNDER THAT. Select to skip to this part of the video">SO THAT IS A "YES" OR "NO". >> IT DOES NOT FALL UNDER THAT.

IT IS AN EXCEPTION IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN.

>> LET'S SAY IT IS THE LITTLE EINSTEINS LEARNING CENTRE.

JUST TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEAR ON THAT.

I JUST DO NOT KNOW THAT PART OF. BUT IT IS A DAY CARE.

WOULD THEY DEFINE THEMSELVES AS MUCH, MUCH MORE AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOWARDS THOSE YOUNGER AGES.

SO IT DOES NOT APPLY. OVER 700 FEET ANYWAY.

JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR BUT THE DEFINITION.

>> THIS FOLLOWS UNDER THE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE IF I AM

NOT MISTAKEN. >> COUNCIL, OTHER QUESTIONS.

>> I DID FIND A LITTLE BIT OF THE INFORMATION IT IS.

>> I DO NOT THINK YOUR MICROPHONE IS ON, VICTORIA.

>> IS THAT BETTER? >> THAT IS BETTER, THANK YOU.

>> THE T ABC REGULATIONS ARE PRETTY BYZANTINE BUT IT APPEARS THAT REVOCATION OF A LICENSE FOR A FIRST OFFENSIVE SELLING TO A MINOR IS GENERALLY NOT DONE. THEY GENERALLY PROVIDE A STANDARD PENALTY OF 5-SEVEN-DAY PERMIT SUSPENSION AND A FINE.

SUKHA DEFENSE IS USUALLY A 10-SIXTY-DAY PERMIT SUSPENSION AND A HEAVY CIVIL FINE. THIRD OFFENSE IS A PERMIT REVOCATION. AND OF COURSE THERE ARE OTHER REASONS THAT A PERMIT CAN BE REVOKED.

IF THERE IS A BREACH OF THE PEACE THAT IS A SERIOUS ENOUGH CAN BE AN IMMEDIATE REVOCATION. SELLING OUTSIDE OF PERMITTED HOURS, EMPLOYEE ING MINORS A LEGALLY.

THE STRUCTURE FOR REVOCATION GENERALLY ALLOWS A TIERED SYSTEM

BEFORE REVOCATION. >> DID YOU GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR

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EITHER THE APPLICANT OR STAFF? IF THERE IS NO OTHER QUESTIONS THEN I WILL CONSIDER A MOTION. THANK YOU BOTH.

I SEE A MOTION BY MR. GIBBS. >> I MAKE A MOTION WE ADOPT AN ORDINANCE BEARING THE VARIANCE TO THE CITY'S ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS TO ALLOW THE SALE OF WINE AND MALT BEVERAGES OFF PREMISES CONSUMPTION TO THE RETAIL SALES ESTABLISHMENT LOCATED WITHIN WATERVIEW AREA.

SITUATED IN THE INTERSECTION OF... WROTE AND PRINCETON ROAD.

>> ADD AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION NINE TO CHANGE CHURCH TO SCHOOL.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD AMENDMENT TO CHANGE CHURCH TO SCHOOL.

>> A MOTION BY MR. GIBBS AS AMENDED.

>> SECOND. >> A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS AMENDED, CHANGING THE REFERENCE TO CHURCH TO SCHOOL WITHIN THE ORDINANCE AND A SECOND.

COMMENTS? DISCUSSION? FOR ME PERSONALLY THIS IS A PRETTY CUT AND DRY.

IT IS THE CONTINUANCE OF AN OPERATION THAT HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 12 YEARS NOW. IT HAS BEEN OPERATING IN THIS MAN. CERTAINLY THERE HAS BEEN NO ISSUES THAT I AM AWARE OF NO ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATED AND I WOULD THINK THAT THERE WERE CONTINUED ISSUES FOR ANY SORT OF PROBLEMS THAT WE WOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT I FEEL CONFIDENT WITH WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS SHARED TODAY WITH RESPECT TO THE STEPS THEY ARE ALREADY TAKING AND HAVE TAKEN TO PREVENT THOSE ITEMS BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO KIDS. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD BUSINESS.

COMMENTS? >> I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. OBVIOUSLY HAVING ATTENDED THE ELEMENTARY AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT WAS ACROSS THE STREET ALONG WITH CITIZENS CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONGESTION THINGS LIKE THAT THAT COULD BE ENTICED UPON WHATEVER THAT AND I AGREE WHERE DO WE WANT THE CONSUMPTION TO BE WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WE CANNOT CONTROL EVERYBODY. THAT IS KIND OF WHERE I SEE THINGS. SOMEBODY DECIDES TO USE THEIR FREE WILL AND DRINK SOMETHING BECAUSE I MENTIONED THE... AND THAT COULD BE THAT COULD BE CATASTROPHIC.

OF SOMETHING LIKE... I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE... THERE HAS AN ADVISORY, RIGHT? I'M JUST SAYING BUT THAT IS WHERE I STAND. WHERE I STAND FOR THIS ISSUE.

>> COUNCIL, OTHER COMMENTS? MY ONLY REBUTTAL TO THAT WOULD BE I WOULD ACTUALLY BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT OPERATING A PART WHICH IS AN ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION OF ESTABLISHMENT.

WITH THE LICENSE AND OPERATING IN THE SAME PARKING LOT AS THIS

OTHER SHOT. >> IF THEY WERE HERE I WOULD BE

IN THE SAME CONDITION. >> I APPRECIATE THAT THANK YOU.

>> LET ME JUST COME IN AND YOU KNOW THIS IS A TOUGH ONE.

IT REQUIRES SOME WISDOM. I JUST LOOK TO THE T ABC AND TWO PUTS OUT THE REGULATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS AND BASICALLY SETS THOSE LIMITS. IF IT WERE REVERSED THAT THEY WERE 300 FEET WITHIN A CHURCH I WOULD PROBABLY SAY, OKAY, THAT IS OCCUPIED ONCE A WEEK NOT A THREAT.

BUT BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND THE SCHOOL I'M GOING TO STAY FIRM ON IT BEING AGAINST ALCOHOL SALES NEAR A SCHOOL AND I WILL FOLLOW THE REGULATIONS ON THAT THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALLED THE VOTE. THAT MOTION FAILS BY A VOTE OF 4-3. GIVEN THAT THE MOTION FAILED THE ITEM FEELS AND IS DENIED. THAT ITEM IS DENIED.

[5.F. Consider action to adopt a resolution authorizing the award of a contract for Bid No. 2026-77-B, Toler Business Park Phase 1 and Phase 2 Reconstruction, to DDM Construction Corporation, for a price not to exceed $7,570,289.10 (base bid price of $6,882,081.00 with a 10% contingency of $688,208.10); authorizing the Mayor or his designee to execute the contract and all necessary documents to effectuate said purchase; and providing an effective date.]

NEXT WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 5F. 5F, CONSIDER ACTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT FOR BID NO.

2026-77-B, TOLR BUSINESS PARK PHASE 1 AND PHSE 2 RECONSTRUCTION, TO DDM CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, FOR A PRICE NOT TO EXCEED $7,570,289.10 (BASE BID PRICE OF $6,882,081.00 WITH A 10% CONTINGENCY OF $688,208.10); AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT

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AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO EFFECTUATE SAID PURCHASE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS ITEM TONIGHT IS TO CONSIDER AN ACTION TO AWARD CONTRACT FOR TOTAL BUSINESS RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO DDM CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION. IN 2021 AND 2024 APPROVED POSITIONS RELATING TO BUILDING $7.3 MILLION.

2023, 2025, CITY ALSO RECEIVED 1.15 MILLION REVENUE BOND FOR REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING WATER AND SEWER LINE IN THE AREA.

SEPTEMBER 20TH 21 TO DO DESIGN WORK FOR THIS PROJECT.

THIS PRESENTS THE PROJECT. NORTH OF MILLER ROAD.

THE PROJECT SCOPE INCLUDES 3500 FEET OFF THE SIDEWALK.

REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING STONEWORK FOR ALL OF THE FOUR ROADWAYS. OFF WATER LINE AND SEWER LINE IN THE AREA. IMPROVEMENTS UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE CROSSING. THE PROJECT HAS 7.8 MILLION PROXIMITY AND AFTER THIS CONTRACT WHICH HAS INCLUDING BASE PRICE WHICH IS 7.5 WE WILL HAVE REMAINING BALANCE OF 253K.

A Y THINK THIS CONTRACT TO DDM CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS.