[1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:03] AND COLD WORK SESSION ORDER. THIS IS THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27 2020. THE FIRST THING WE WANT TO DO IS DISCUSSED THE CITIZENS INPUT FOR ANY OF THE CITIZENS TO PROVIDE COMMENT FOR THE MEETING. PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO CITIZEN INPUT AT ROWLETT.COM BY 30 3:30 P.M. THE DAY OF THE MEETING AND PLEASE STATE WHETHER YOUR COMMENT IS REGARDING A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM OR A GENERAL COMMENT TO THE COMMISSION. YOU CAN SPEAK ON ANY TOPIC YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON IN YOUR COMMENT WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD DURING THE MEETING.ND HAS A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. AND THERE WILL BE NO COMMENTS TAKEN DURING THE MEETING.ONLY THOSE THAT ARE SUBMITTED AND THEY WILL BE READ IN. ITEM TO A FOR THE WORK SESSION IS TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION [2A. Receive a presentation providing an overview of the Robert’s Rules of Order.] PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF ROBERTS RULES OF QUARTER. I BELIEVE THIS IS BY MS. BRADLEY? >> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. THE SCREEN IS POPPED UP. I WILL GO OVER THIS OVERVIEW OF THE ROBERTS RULES. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE WANT TO START OUT WITH WITH THE ROBERTS RULE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, LAURA. NEXT SLIDE. IS CREATING A MEETING. HOW DO THE WHOLE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AT THE MEETING. WITH THAT WE HAVE WHERE IT IS A QUORUM. IS A QUORUM WE HAVE A MINIMUM OF FOUR MEMBERS MUST BE PRESENT TO CONDUCT A MEETING. IF A REGULAR MEMBER IS ABSENT, AND ALTERNATE MEMBER CAN PARTICIPATE TO MAKE OF ÃTO MAKE THAT QUORUM. IN QUORUM MUST BE PRESENT FOR A MEETING TO BE CONSIDERED VALID FOR ANY MOTIONS THE GROUP DOES DECIDE TO ACT ON. IF A QUORUM IS NOT AVAILABLE, MEMBERS MAY ONLY SET A TIME FOR ANOTHER MEETING DATE. THOSE ITEMS WILL BE MOVED OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING DATE. NEXT SLDE, PLEASE.BUT THAT WE HAVE THE CHAIRPERSON WHO HAS A RESPONSIBILITY IN ENSURING THE COMMISSION RULES THE PROCEDURES ARE FOLLOWED IT ALSO, A SYSTEM MAINTAINING PROTOCOL AND PRESERVES THE DIGNITY OF THE MEETING AND SPEAKING TIME. IT PROVIDES EVERY CHANCE FOR THE COMMISSION TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK DIFFERENT MOTIONING OR PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE DIFFERENT HEARINGS WE MAY HAVE FOR A COMMISSION MEETING. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.SO WITHOUT WE HAVE THE STANDARD ORDER OF BUSINESS. IT IS A STANDARD ORDER OF BUSINESS AND SOMETIMES IT MAY NOT BE THE SAME AS THE LIST SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL ALWAYS OCCUR IS THE MEETING IS ALWAYS CALLED TO ORDER BY THE CHAIR AT THIS TIME, THAT IS SPECIFIED ON THE AGENDA. SO WITH THE ORDER OF BUSINESS YOU HAVE THESE ITEMS YOU ARE READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES. YOU ARE FOLLOWING AN AGENDA OR AS A CHAIRPERSON WILL READ A MAJORITY OF THE ITEM, THE TITLE INTO THE RECORD TO BE RECORDED. OFTEN WITH THE PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE OPENING AND CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING CURRENT AND CLOSING THE MEETING AND ADJOURNING THESE MEETINGS. THIS IS BASICALLY YOUR STANDARD ORDER OF OPERATION. THERE MAY BE OTHER ITEMS IN THIS LIST, BUT THE CHAIRPERSON WILL ALWAYS BE THE ONE THAT WAS WITHOUT THIS PROCESS AS WE MOVE THROUGH ANY MEETINGS WE MAY HAVE. SLIDE, PLEASE, LAURA. ONE OF THE VERY IMPORTANT THINGS WE HAVE HERE IN ORDER FOR A MEMBER TO MAKE A SIGNAL TO ACT ON A DECISION OR OPEN A DISCUSSION IS THE MOTION. A MOTION IS A SIGNAL TO THE SCARE AND IS RECOGNIZED MAKES A MOTION TO OPEN UP THE DISCUSSION TO MAKE ON IT I DIDN'T. WHEN THERE IS A MOTION ON THE TABLE, NEEDS TO BE SECOND BY ANOTHER MEMBER IN THE WHATEVER MEMBER PROVIDES A SECOND MOTION. WITH THAT, ONCE A MOTION IS ON THE TABLE AND WE HAVE COME TO AGREE WITH THIS ITEM, THE CHAIR MEMBER WILL RESTATE THE MOTION SO THAT THE AUDIENCE IS ABLE TO HEAR THE RESTATED MOTION AND [00:05:01] ALSO AS THE COMMISSIONERS WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR AND DECIDE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO ACT ON IT. SO WITH THAT MOTION, THE MOTION CAN BE DEBATED OR CAN BE REVISED. IN ORDER FOR A MOTION TO PASS, IT HAS FOUR VOTES REQUIRED FOR IT TO PASS. YES COMMISSIONER COTE? WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THIS.O BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T THINK WE IT FOLLOW THE INTENT OF THIS. THAT IS FOR US TO DISCUSS ANYTHING WE NEED TO HAVE AN ACTIVE MOTION ON THE TABLE. >> THAT IS CORRECT TO SECOND THAT MOTION, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO AGREE WITH IT. ALL YOU ARE SAYING IS I AGREE TO DISCUSS IT, I AGREE TO HAVE IT ON THE TABLE FOR DISCUSSION. PRIOR TO THE MOTION, THE ONLY THING WE SHOULD BE DOING IS ASKING QUESTIONS TO EITHER STAFF OR THE PERSON, THE APPLICANT BASED ON THEIR PRESENTATIONS. >> YES. THE NEXT SLIDE WILL PROBABLY PROVIDE CLARIFICATION ON THAT AS WELL GIVE ESPECIALLY DURING PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT USUALLY THIS MOTION ACTIVITY OFTEN HAPPENS. SO4 A PUBLIC HEARING, THE CHAIR WILL READ THE AGENDA ITEM, STAFF PRESENTS THE ITEM AND PROVIDES A RECOMMENDATION ONCE THE ITEM IS PRESENTED BY STAFF, QUESTIONS MAY BE ASKED OF STAF . AND THAT MAY BE ASKED BY THE COMMISSION MAY ASK THE STAFF QUESTIONS. AFTER THAT, THE APPLICANT DELIVERS THEIR PRESENTATION THE ONES APPLICANT IS FINISHED THEIR PRESENTATION, QUESTIONS TO THE APPLICANT MAY BE ASKED APPEARED ONCE ALL THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN CLEARED OUT, THE CHAIRPERSON OPENS A PUBLIC HEARING AND SOLICITS COMMENTS. ONCE THOSE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AND EVERYBODY HAS HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CHAIRMAN CLOSES THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEKS COMMENTS ON THE COMMISSIONER. THAT IS WHERE WE DO OUR OPENING MOTIONS. THROUGH THOSE MOTIONS AND THAT DISCUSSION THAT WE ARE TALKING THROUGH, CLARIFICATION CAN BE SOUGHT FROM STAFF OR APPLICANT. ND THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE ADDED ONCE A PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. A MOTION IS REQUESTED BY THE CHAIR AND A MOTION IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER GIVEN A MOTION TO SECOND THROUGH THAT CAN BE THROUGH AMENDMENTSOR ANY CLARIFICATION. IF THERE'S ANY , THERE MOTION DOES NOT PASS THE CHAIR MAY REPEAT MOTIONS AND CALL FOR VOTES. GO AHEAD, CHAIRMAN COTE ACCORDING TO OUR RULES, ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER, ONCE THE CHAIR CLOSES THE HEARING, HE SHOULD NOT SEEK COMMENT FROM THE COMMISSION. BECAUSE THAT IS US DEBATING. AND THE WHOLE IDEA HERE IS YOU CAN BE FOR OR AGAINST AN ITEM. WE SHOULD, AS COMMISSIONERS, BE DISCUSSING OR DEBATING WITH EACH OTHER OVER THE ITEM. AND IF WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE. >> THAT IS CORRECT. FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE A DISCUSSION. THAT WOULD BE AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. WOULD BE A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE COMMISSIONERS HAVING THEIR DISCUSSION. >>JOHN COTE : BUT YOU CAN ONLY DO THAT AFTER THE ITEM MOTION AND SECONDED. AND THE CHAIRMAN REPEATS IT. >> THAT IS CORRECT.>JOHN COTE : THEN WE CAN HAVE A DEBATE. >> YES. >> CAN I ASK A QUESTION? WHAT YES. GO AHEAD. >>LISA ESTEVEZ: IT WAS MADE CLEAR TO US AT A PRIOR MEETING SOMETIME BACK BY THE MAYOR. SHE SAID WE WATCHED THE MEETINGS, WE ARE INTERESTED TO KNOW WHY THE VOTING MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AT THE MEETING THEIR THOUGHTS AND REASONS BEHIND WHY THEY ARE VOTING THE WAY THEY ARE. AND NOT HAPPENED. >> THAT SHOULD HAPPEN WHEN YOU ARE HAVING YOUR SPOKEN DISCUSSION, BUT ALSO WHEN YOU ARE MAKING YOUR RECOMMENDATION FOR YOUR APPROVAL, YOU ARE ALSO MAKING. OVERVIEW OF RULES TO HOW TO GUIDE YOUR MEETINGS, BUT AS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION GUYS ALSO HAVE YOUR RULES TOO THAT YOU ARE WORKING TOWARDS TO CLOSE AT MEETINGS AND THINGS [00:10:06] THAT YOU WILL DO. YOU WILL BE STEP-BY-STEP WITH THE ROBERTS RULES. >>LISA ESTEVEZ: THAT IS PROBABLY TRUE, BUT IT WOULD BE, I THINK, VERY PROACTIVE FOR US TO GO AS CLOSELY TO THE RULES AS WE CAN. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR THE COUNCILMEMBERS REVIEWING THE MEETING, THAT AT THE PROPER TIME WE DO GIVE THEM SOME INFORMATION BEHIND THE THOUGHTS WE ARE HAVING RELATED TO THE WAY WE ARE VOTING. GO AHEAD, JOHN. >>JOHN COTE : AND SO I THINK THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS IS AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE WITH ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER, WHICH IS THE SLIDE SHE HAS ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS EXCELLENT RIGHT UP UNTIL CHAIR CLOSES THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEKS COMMENT FROM THE COMMISSION. THE CHAIR SHOULD CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION. >> COMMISSIONER, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I THINK WE INADVERTENTLY LEFT THAT OUT, BUT ABSOLUTELY THATIS THE INTENT OF THAT BULLET WE ARE REFERRING TO PARIS AND AND THINK WE ACCIDENTALLY LEFT THAT OUT. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT . >>JOHN COTE : OKAY, BECAUSE ONCE THAT MOTION IS MADE AND SECONDED, THE CHAIRMAN REPEATS THE FACT WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THIS ITEM FOR THE DISCUSSION.OKAY. AT LEAST DURING THAT POINT IN TIME WE AS COMMISSIONERS, WE ARE GOING TO EXPRESS TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS WHY WE ARE FOR THE ITEM. AND ANOTHER COMMISSIONER MAY BE AGAINST THE ITEM AND HE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS WHAT HE IS AGAINST IT AND WE CAN GO AGAIN. IT IS UP TO YOU HOW MANY TIMES YOU WILL HEAR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS. BUT THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND THIS EXCHANGE IS FOR US TO COME TO A CONSENSUS FOR AN AGREEMENT OR A MAJORITY OF WHAT OUR OPINION IS GOING TO BE. AND DURING THAT DISCUSSION IS WHEN CITY COUNCIL GETS ALL THE ÃI THINK THE WAY I THINK AND WHY I IMPORTANT OR WHY I AM AGAINST IT. WHEN WE ARE DONE DISCUSSING, >> DURING THAT DISCUSSION, WHAT IF ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS WANTS TO ASK STAFF OR THE DEVELOPER ANOTHER QUESTION? >>JOHN COTE : THAT SHOULD BE DONE AS THE STAFF PRESENTS IT. >> I UNDERSTAND, BUT WE HAVE HAD TIMES WHERE IT HAS COME BACK UP AND IT WAS ALLOWED.O I WANT CLARIFICATION. >>JOHN COTE : THAT WOULD BE PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE FOR ME TO SAY WELL, I'M CONFUSED ABOUT THIS ONE POINT. MAYBE WE SHOULD ASK THE APPLICANT. >> OKAY. ALL THE RIGHT. >>: >> OKAY. YOU WANT TO CONTINUE? >> OUR NEXT THE SLIGHTEST QUESTIONS. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS WE CAN DISCUSS THAT. DISCUSS SOME OTHER ITEMS. >> CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE? >> SURE. >>ROBERT SWIFT : WE HAVE A MINUTE LEFT HERE. PI WILL BE BRIEF. WE ARE JUST DISCUSSING IF WE HAVE A MOTION WE ARE HAVING A DISCUSSION, WE CAN ASK MORE QUESTIONS.UT IN READING THE BULLET POINT IN THE MIDDLE THIS IS NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ADDED ONCE A PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSE TOTHE PUBLIC TO THE APPLICANT . >> FROM THE PUBLIC. BUT WE CAN CLARIFY THAT YOU CAN ASK THE QUESTION IF ANY CLARIFICATION FROM THE APPLICANT OR STAFF. >>ROBERT SWIFT : THAT'S ALL I NEED IS NO. I AM 100 PERCENT ON BOARD WITH IT. >> OKAY. PERFECT. THAT WAS A GOOD PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, TARA. >> THANK YOU. >>MIRANDA MORGAN: OKAY. IT IS RIGHT AT 6:40 P.M. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.