[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
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          LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING THE TOWN IN NORTH LAKE. WE'RE EXCITED THAT YOU'RE HERE THIS EVENING. APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT FOR OUR GUESTS AND RESIDENTS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT. WE ALWAYS GET STARTED WITH AN INVOCATION. I'LL INVITE OUR PASTOR UP IN JUST A SECOND. FEEDBACK. 
          TESTING SO I WORK. ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'M FILLING IN FOR DR SESSIONS TONIGHT, I GUESS. ALRIGHT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS. HE CAN'T BE WITH US TONIGHT. JUST MAKING SURE THAT HE'S ALL HEALTHY AND GOOD, BUT IF YOU'RE OUT THERE, DOCTOR SESSIONS. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. BE WELL. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GET STARTED WITH OUR INVOCATION. WE HAVE PASTOR VAL DO FROM THE ST PETE'S CHURCH DOWN AT CHADWICK PARKWAY ON THAT AREA. PETERS OKAY, ST PETER'S PETER NO. NO S ST PETER. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL COME UP HERE AND COME UP HERE AND COME UP HERE AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOUR CHURCH SO THAT I GET IT RIGHT AND OPENNESS IN PRAYER FOR PASTOR ROBERT VALUE FROM ST PETER CHURCH IN, UH, WELL, WE'RE ROANOKE. WE'RE WE'RE IN THE E. T. J OF FORT WORTH, BUT WE'RE ALSO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT AN ANNEXATION REQUESTS TO THE TOWN OF NORTH LAKE SO THAT WE CAN BECOME RESIDENTS OF NORTH LAKE. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT, BECAUSE WE FEEL GREATER AFFINITY TO NORTH LIKE THAN WE DO TO FORT WORTH, AND IT'LL BE MUCH EASIER AS WE LOOK TO BUILD SOME THINGS IN THE FUTURE TO DEAL WITH NORTH LAKE. THEN IT WOULD BE TO DEAL WITH THE CITY OF FORT WORTH AS WELL. SO I CAN JUST CALL DREW UP WHENEVER I'VE GOT AN ISSUE, SO YEAH. YES MAKE ARE BEGINNING THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND SON AND HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN LORD GOD! HEAVENLY FATHER. WE THANK YOU THAT YOU GIVE US GIFTS AND ABILITIES. WE THANK YOU, FATHER FOR GOOD LEADERS. WE THANK YOU FOR THESE LEADERS HERE THAT YOU'VE PLACED AS SHEPHERDS IN THIS COMMUNITY. LORD, GIVE THEM WISDOM. GIVE THEM COURAGE. AND PATIENTS GIVEN DISCERNMENT AND EMPATHY. AND LORD, GIVE THEM A BOLD VISION FOR WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH IN THIS COMMUNITY TO MAKE IT SAFE AND PROSPEROUS AND MAKE IT A LOVING AND CARING PLACE. AND LORD. WE PRAY THAT THIS WOULD BE A LIGHT THAT WOULD SHINE ON A HILL AND WOULD BRING YOU GLORY AND WE ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. IT'S TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. CLICK FOR WHICH IT SAYS ONE NATION UNDER GOD. 
          INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. CITY TEXAS ONCE DAY, REMEMBER YEAH. ALL RIGHT. 
          WE HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF BRIEFINGS TO ATTEND TO THIS EVENING. AND THESE TEND TO BE SOME OF THE MORE INTERESTING ITEMS THAT WE COVER IN OUR AGENDA GIVES US SOME SOME SOME FORWARD LOOK ON SOME OF THE DECISIONS WE MIGHT BE MAKING, BUT THERE'S SOME GREAT STUFF ON 
          [2.A. Intergovernmental Affairs Update - Argyle Independent School District Attendance Zone Boundary Revisions Affecting Northlake ]
HERE THIS EVENING. I WANT TO GET STARTED WITH ITEM, A INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UPDATE, SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A COUPLE OF THESE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. UM DEPENDING ON HOW FREQUENTLY HAVE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT, BUT THIS ONE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU SOME ADVOCACY THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM DID ON BEHALF OF OUR GLOBALIZED RESIDENTS IN NORTHLAKE RELATED TO ATTENDANCE ZONES. SO WE HAD TO WIN THERE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE. WE'VE DECIDED THAT OUR OFF SITE WHICH WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT LATER, SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO IS TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFLUENCE IN MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS AROUND US. UM AND REALLY COORDINATE THAT ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING ON BETWEEN US. WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE A REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL REGION, NOT JUST THE TOWN, SO I'M GONNA LET HIM HAVE A MINUTE TO UPDATE WHAT HAPPENED THERE. AND WHAT WAS ABLE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED. SO PRETEND THANK YOU, MARY. YOU KNOW? 
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THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE YOU INVOLVING YOURSELF IN THAT AND PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE, WHICH, OF COURSE, IS VERY HELPFUL. WE HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT HAVE DONE THAT FOR US. FROM TIME TO TIME, COLLECT FEEDBACK FROM CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS WHEN THERE'S AN ACTION ITEM IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, AND SO THAT'S THAT'S HELPFUL TO CONSOLIDATE THE FEEDBACK, SO WE HAVE A PICTURE OF WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS AS A WHOLE. AND SO 
          [2.B. Briefing - Town Calendar, Election Location and Town Holidays ]
APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A BRIEFING REGARDING TOWN HOLIDAYS . WE HAD SOME, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS AT OUR LAST MEETING DIDN'T COME TO ANY DECISIONS, BUT WE ASKED FOR MR CORNER DO SOME RESEARCH. AND HE WENT A LITTLE OVER AND ABOVE. I THINK HE GOT HE GOT A LOT AND IT DEFINITELY IS A MORE COMPLICATED DISCUSSION THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING TOGETHER SOME RESEARCH FOR US. GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU FOUND WHAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING. THANK YOU. MY RESEARCH WAS DONE BY CHANCE. 
          WILLEFORD OR HR COORDINATOR AND JOHN THOMPSON, OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYST. SO THOSE ARE THE GUYS THAT DID THIS? UM UM. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT, UM, ELECTION CALENDAR IN THE ENTIRE TOWN CALENDAR. BUT YES, WE WENT GOD PRETTY DEEP AND YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR ATTACHMENT WITH PRETTY DEEP INTO WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING IS THAT ON THE OIL. YEAH. WELL. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 13 HOLIDAYS. AS WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME WE WERE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL HOLIDAYS. UM SO WHATEVER RECOMMENDED IS THAT THL HOLIDAYS TO FLOATING HOLIDAYS. AND, UM, TO THE. THE END OF THE DAY, THE STAFF WILL HAVE ONE LESS HOLIDAY, BUT TWO OF THOSE WILL BE FLEXIBLE TO WHATEVER HOLIDAY ACTUALLY DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE A HOLIDAY. THE BENEFIT TO THE RESIDENTS IS THE TOWN HALL WILL BE OPEN THREE ADDITIONAL DAYS. IT'LL BE OPEN PRESIDENT'S DAY, COLUMBUS DAY AND VETERANS DAY FOR BUSINESSES RESIDENTS WANT TO CONDUCT BUSINESSES CONNECT BUSINESS SO YOU KNOW, KIND OF THAT SURVEY THAT WE DID OF THOSE 20 SOMETHING DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, DIFFERENT CITIES. THESE 10 HOLIDAYS ABOUT 70% OF THEM. OBSERVE THESE 10 HOLIDAYS, SO WE CONFORM WITH THE VAST MAJORITY OF OTHER COMMUNITIES. THE TWO FLOATING HOLIDAYS ARE JUST KIND OF BALANCE THAT OUT AND GIVE THEM EMPLOYEES, SOME FLEXIBILITY AND AGAIN. WE HAVE THREE DAYS WE'RE CONDUCTING BUSINESS. SO THAT WAS THE THAT WAS A HOLIDAY END OF THAT. I CAN PAUSE FOR A SECOND ON HOLIDAYS AND WE GO BACK TO THE ELECTIONS AND SOME OTHER CALENDAR IMPACTS. QUESTION WHEN YOU SAY FLOATING HOLIDAYS. DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE EMPLOYEE GETS TO CHOOSE WHICH HOLIDAY? THEY CELEBRATING IT SO ONE DAY? YES WELL, 18 HOUR SHIFT. YES, TWO OF THEM ACTUALLY. AND IT'S REALLY JUST PAID TIME OFF. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE. IT COULD BE FESTIVALS OR WHATEVER THEY DECIDED JUST TODAY. IT'S JUST ANOTHER DAY. BUT THIS WAY WE YOU KNOW, HOLIDAYS ARE GROWING AND TRYING TO PICK WHICH ONES WE JUST WENT WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ONES THAT ARE RECOGNIZED, YOU KNOW, LABOR DAY MEMORIAL DAY. PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY'S OFF . IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO BE OPEN THE ONES IN RED THERE. PRESIDENCY COLUMBUS DAY VETERANS DAY THEY WERE LESS THAN 50% OBSERVED BY THEIR COMMUNITIES. BUT IF SOMEBODY OBVIOUSLY FEELS VERY STRONGLY ABOUT VETERANS DAY OR PRESIDENTS DAY. THEY HAVE THAT FLOATING HOLIDAY AND THEY'RE WELCOME TO OBSERVE IT AND TIME TIME OFF, BUT WE'LL HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE STAFFING TO REMAIN OPEN ON THOSE DAYS FOR BUSINESS. UM THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. IT SEEMS LIKE THE RIGHT DIRECTION AGO. YOU BASICALLY GAVE TWO MORE PTO DAYS AND SO PEOPLE CAN JUST USE THAT FLEXIBILITY. HOWEVER, THEY WANT TO SO THERE ARE SOME OTHER HOLIDAYS ON HERE THAT MOST PEOPLE MOST ENTITIES AS I'M READING THROUGH THIS CHART. DON'T YOU KNOW? TAKE OFF, BUT IF SOMEONE FELT LIKE THEY WANTED THAT DAY OFF. THEY COULD SIMILAR FOR WHATEVER. MAYOR I'M INCORRECT ON THE CONSENT. IS A 
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ACCIDENT. THIS IS THIS IS YOUR CALENDAR. THESE ARE YOUR HOLIDAYS, SO I APOLOGIZE. 
          STARTED INTERRUPT WEST. HOW MANY PTO DAYS DO OUR EMPLOYEES CURRENTLY HAVE? NONE. WE HAVE WE HAVE VACATION EARLY. WE HAVE SICK LEAVE. AND THEN WE HAD WE HAD OR WE CURRENTLY HAVE 13 HOLIDAYS. WE DON'T HAVE A PURELY FLEXIBLE UM PTO. IT'S GOT TO BE A PLANNED VACATION OR A, UM THE DOCTOR VERIFIED ILLNESS. WE WENT TO THE ELECTIONS OFFICE AND TOLD THEM THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO LOCAL ELECTIONS IN GENERAL ELECTIONS AND NOT ANY PARTY PRIMARIES PARTY PRIMARY TO WORK. 
          ELECTIONS AND THEY SAID THAT THEY AGREED TO IT SO YOU ASKED, AND THEY SAID YES. AND SO THAT AFFECTS OUR CALENDAR. UM I HAD JOHN COME ACROSS THROUGH IF THERE ARE LOCAL RUN OFFS. THERE WILL BE SOME SOME CONFLICTS, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD THOSE IN THE PAST THERE VERY WELL COULD BE SO JUST RUNNING THROUGH THE CALENDAR. IT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE WE HAVE THE HOLIDAYS IN YELLOW. SO WE'VE GOT HIM IN THERE. FEBRUARY WOULD HAVE BEEN SOME EARLY VOTING FOR THE PRIMARY. BUT NOW THAT'S ALL FOR ME, THERE'S NO CONCEPT CANCELATIONS. THE SAME WITH MARCH. AND THEN IN APRIL, WE BEGIN EARLY VOTING FOR THE LOCAL ELECTIONS. AND THERE WILL BE SO WE'VE CROSSED HATCHED THE MEETINGS THAT EITHER NEED TO BE MOVED OR CANCELED. SO BY THIS TIME IN APRIL, WE WILL HAVE HAD TWO MEETINGS PER MONTH. UM, IF WE DON'T CANCEL ANY OTHER MEETINGS, SO IF IT'S COUNCIL, YOU KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SCHEDULE WORKING WITH THE MAYOR , MAYOR PRO TEM IF IT LOOKS LIKE WE CAN CANCEL THIS, WE WILL TO AVOID ANOTHER MEETING. IF WE DO HAVE TO MEET WILL RESCHEDULE OR CALL A SPECIAL MEETING. UM HERE IT IS IN MAY, NZ WILL NEED TO BE RESCHEDULED, BUT THAT COULD BE RESCHEDULED TO THAT NEXT WEDNESDAY. AND STILL BE RELATIVELY ON SCHEDULE. WE JUST NEED TO GIVE NATHAN AND ENOUGH ADVANCE NOTICE SO HE CAN PLAN FOR OUR SHOT CLOCK ARE SCHEDULING OF RECEIVING PLANTS. AND THEN OF JUNE. IF THERE IS A LOCAL RUNOFF ELECTION, THOSE A NUMBER OF MEETINGS WILL BE AFFECTED. AT LEAST SELL THROUGH JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND THEN FINALLY THE GENERAL ELECTION AGAIN A SECOND MEETING A SECOND COUNCIL MEETING IN THE MONTH IF WE CAN AH! YOU KNOW, GET ALL OUR BUSINESS DONE ON THE 13TH. WE'LL LOOK AT CANCELING THAT MEETING. UM THE NZ WAS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT AT NOVEMBER TO RESCHEDULE BECAUSE THAT EARLY VOTING THAT'S THE SECOND WEEK OF EARLY VOTING. ALL THAT WEEK. 
          COURT WILL BE AFFECTED, BUT THEY HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO SO ALL TOLD THERE WERE SIX MEETINGS AFFECTED AH, ONLY TO COUNSEL METER. EXCUSE ME. FIVE MEETINGS AFFECTED ONLY TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS, SO AND WE CAN WE CAN WORK AROUND THAT AND WORK WITH THAT. SO THERE'S YOUR SORRY IN DECEMBER, SO THERE'S YOUR CALENDAR. UM. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ALREADY HAVE ANY ANY MODIFICATIONS REVISIONS. YOU CAN PULL THAT OFF CONSENT AND, UH AND WE CAN. YOU CAN MAKE THAT AN EMOTION GOING TO CHANGE. SO AGAIN, AS I SAID THE HOLIDAYS OR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. THE ELECTIONS ARE BASED ON THE RESPONSE FROM THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATION THAT MET CHARGE REQUESTS SO HOPE THIS MEETS. ALL YOUR DIRECTION. GREEN. THIS WAS THIS WAS A WIN TO GET THIS. 
          CREATIVE APPROACH THROUGH. WE WERE WORRIED THAT WE WAS GOING TO BE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL AND VERY IMPACTING OR NOT GET A CHANCE TO DO ELECTIONS HERE. SO THIS IS DEFINITELY GOOD. WE'LL HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE FUTURE BECAUSE I IMAGINE THEY'LL IN FUTURE YEARS TO COME BACK AND SAY. NOW WE WANT YOU TO GO A LITTLE FURTHER. AND OF COURSE, THE CALENDAR. ISN'T THAT FLEXIBLE, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO IN FUTURE YEARS. BUT FOR NOW, THIS IS A WIN. SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. MM. ALRIGHT. LET'S GO INTO ITEM C 
          [2.C. Briefing - Review of Strategic Planning Session Report ]
REVIEW OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION. WE HAD A DAY AND A HALF OFF SITE WITH THE COUNCIL AND STAFF VERY PRODUCTIVE. THE OUTDOOR LEARNING CENTER BEAUTIFUL FACILITY HERE IN NORTH LAKE. GOT A CHANCE TO ENJOY THAT FACILITY AND SEE GREAT SUNSET ON FRIDAY EVENING. UM WE DID HAVE A 
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CONSULTANT COME IN AND GAVE US A REALLY GREAT COUPLE DAYS. OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY HONE OUR OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE TOWN REALLY ENJOYED THE SESSION WITH THE COUNCIL AND HOPEFULLY THEY ENJOYED IT AS WELL. BUT A LOT OF GREAT CONTRIBUTION. THERE'S A LOT OF LOT OF MATERIAL RELATED TO THIS. IS THERE SOME ITEMS YOU WANT TO HAVE A SUMMARY YOU WANT TO PRESENT OR WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US TONIGHT? YOU HAVE THE FULL REPORT IN YOUR PACKET. THIS IS YOUR THIS IS YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN. YOU GUYS WORKED ON THIS STAFF WAS THERE AS A AS A RESOURCE. UM, I COULD JUST FLASHED THROUGH THESE REAL QUICK. THIS IS THE VISION STATEMENT AND THE MISSION STATEMENT. THAT WAS, UM WORKED ON AGREED TO, UM THIS IS THE CONSULTANTS UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOUR VISION AND MISSION WERE HONOR ITS RURAL HERITAGE, NOT HORNING. IT. I BELIEVE IT'S HONORING. YES UM, THAT IS A MISSPELLING. I TRY MY HARDEST TO CATCH ALL THESE, UH, EVERY NOW AND THEN I GET I MISS ONE. SO, YES, IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE HONORING. I'M NOT SURE WHAT HORNING SOMETHING IS. I DON'T I DON'T THINK I WANT TO KNOW. ALL RIGHT, MOVING RIGHT ALONG, UH, HERE, YOUR CORE VALUES. UM. THE GOALS AND THEN I DIDN'T LIST ALL THE OBJECTIVES THERE IN YOUR PACKET, AND THEN SOMETHING NEW FROM LAST TIME WE DID THIS IN 2018 IS THE TOP PRIORITIES. AND LATER ON THE AGENDA. ACTUALLY CONSENT IS, UH, THE CONSULTANT FOR TEXT DOT SO WE'RE STAFF IS MOVING VERY QUICKLY. EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY ADOPTED THIS YEAR. WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO WORK ON SOME OF THESE TOP PRIORITY ITEMS. SO, UM THAT'S THAT'S IN A NUTSHELL. 
          THAT'S A QUICK SUMMARY OF THAT. AND AGAIN. THIS IS THIS IS COUNCIL'S PLAN, BUT WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO ADOPT IT. AS THE COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN FOLLOW THIS AND WE'RE LOOKING. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THESE AND THESE IN MY CAREER. I'VE EXPERIENCED THESE MANY TIMES AND YOU NEVER YOU NEVER GET EXACTLY WHAT YOU CAME IN TO PRESENT. IT IS ALWAYS INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE OUTPUT IS. THE ALLEGATION OF EVERYBODY'S CONTRIBUTIONS. SO YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT? YOU'RE NOT. UM I DO THINK THAT WE CAME TO BROAD AGREEMENT ON THIS AND WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT. BUT THERE'S SOME KEY THEMES HERE. I WOULD SAY THAT IN GENERAL I'M NO. THE OTHER COUNSELORS YOU WEIGH IN AFTER ME HERE ON THIS. I DO THINK THAT THIS IS SOUND. I DO THINK WE COVERED A BROAD ARRAY OF TOPICS. I DO THINK THAT IT IT DOESN'T CHANGE A LOT. IT REALLY. IT STARTS TO DEFINE A FEW ACTION STEPS WHICH WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. I LIKE TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO TRANSLATE A GOAL INTO ACTION STEPS. AND SO THIS IS INTERESTING LIST HERE. TOP PARODIES. YOU WILL BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE PRETTY BROAD AND SOME OF THEM ARE PRETTY SPECIFIC. SOME ARE BIG. SOME ARE SMALL. IT IS, BUT IT IS AREAS WHERE WE FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO MOVE ON THAT WERE CRITICAL TO US RIGHT NOW. SO IT MAY NOT BE THIS IT SAYS TOP PRIORITIES. I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S THE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF TOP PRIORITIES, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY THE SPECIFICS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE PUT ON THE LIST TO TRY TO GET GOING ON. SO WE DID WANT TO PUT THIS BACK IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL FOR A CHANCE TO SAY FEW THINGS ABOUT IT. THERE'S SOME GOOD MATERIAL HERE INVITES YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR PACKET ONLINE. YOU CAN PULL IT UP ON YOUR PHONES, YOUR PDS OR WHATEVER YOU GOT OUT THERE. BUT I INVITE THE COUNCIL TO WEIGH IN ON. WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE OFFSITE? WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE OUTPUT OR YOU? YOU KNOW, DO YOU LIKE DO YOU LIKE WHAT WE CAME UP WITH? NOW THAT YOU'VE GOT A CHANCE TO DIGEST IT ALL LITTLE BIT MORE TIME SINCE THE OFFSITE THINK ANOTHER TERMINOLOGY WAS USED FOR TOP PRIORITIES AS BOLD STEPS, AND MAYBE THAT'S THE BETTER WORDING FOR THAT. MAYBE I'LL RUN THROUGH THESE REAL QUICK, SO THE CONSULTANT WILL TALK ABOUT A MINUTE. BUT GIVEN HOW MANY TECH START ROADS WE HAVE IN THE TOWN IN THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING, WE NEED TO GET THOSE DONE AND THE TIMING THAT THESE THINGS CAN TAKE UP TO A DECADE TO COME TO PASS OR MORE. BEEN WAITING ON SOME OF THEM FOR A WHILE. WE FEEL THE NEED TO GET A STRONG SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE EXECUTING EVERY STEP WE CAN TO PUSH FORWARD ALL THE ROADS IN OUR AREA. THAT ARE OUTSIDE OUR CONTROL, THE UPDATES ACCORDINGLY UPDATES ONE OF THEM WE DID TONIGHT. UM AND UPDATE ITS NOT A QUARTERLY UPDATE, BUT WE DID A POLICE UPDATE AT ONE OF OUR LAST MEETINGS. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THOSE AND GET SPECIFIC TOPIC. UPDATES FROM STAFF ON CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE NON THEY'RE NOT ACTION ITEMS THEIR BRIEFINGS THAT HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE GOING. HOW HOW ARE WE DOING ON THINGS LIKE CRASHES AND CRIME. WHAT ARE 
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THE METRICS? AND ARE WE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? THEY'RE HOTSPOTS. WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US AS RESIDENTS SOME OF THAT GETS LOST IN THE FOCUS ON ACTION ITEMS. SO WE WANTED TO STEP BACK AND START TO PROVIDE SOME BROAD SOMATIC UPDATES TO THE COUNCIL AND ULTIMATELY TO OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL. TONIGHT FINANCE WILL DO AN UPDATE AND HUMAN. YOU'VE. GIVEN GIVEN FINANCE AND THE TOWN, THE BUDGET AND THE DIRECTION TO MAKE A NUMBER OF PROCESS IMPROVEMENT. SO JOHN'S GOING TO UPDATE YOU ON THAT, AND THEN NEXT MONTH WILL WILL REVIEW PUBLIC WORKS AND SOME OF THEIR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. MHM. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF MASTER PLANS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THE ROAD PLAN AND PLAN TO USE AND CALM PLAN. THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM THAT ARE COMING UP OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, BUT THERE'S SEVERAL THAT ARE UNDERWAY OR ARE UNDERWAY THIS YEAR. AND SO ONE OF OUR KEY ACTIONS THIS YEAR IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE MOVE FORWARD RESPONSIBLE, FASHION EFFICIENT FASHION. AND GET THOSE UPDATED FOR THIS TIME PERIOD. AND THEN DEFINITION AROUND COMMUNITY IDENTITY. THAT ONE WE HAVE STRUGGLED DOWN FOR A LONG TIME. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES AROUND US THAT HAVE A REALLY DEFINED IDENTITY. THAT'S DISTINCTIVE. JUSTIN HAS WON. IT HAS WON. THERE ARE THOSE ARE GREAT THINGS THAT WE ASSOCIATE WITH THOSE CITIES. WE DON'T HAVE ONE OF THOSE YET. WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE THAT WE CALL THE CENTER. NECESSARILY YET SOME OF THOSE ARE EVOLVING, BUT AT THIS POINT WE DON'T QUITE HAVE A DEFINITION OF WHAT WE WANT IT TO BE. AND SO WE WANTED TO TAKE SOME TIME. THIS YEAR TO DEFINE THAT AND CREATE SOME SENSE OF SPACE. AND SO THERE'S A BUNCH OF ACTIVITIES AROUND THAT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. WE WANT TO START PUTTING IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL ON THE RESIDENTS. UM I HAD AN IDEA FOR IT. ONLINE CITIZEN'S PORTAL. SEVERAL SEVERAL CITIES HAVE KIND OF TICKET SYSTEMS. IF YOU WILL. FEEDBACK SYSTEMS, TAKE A PICTURE . SEND IT IN. I GOT A POTHOLE CAN GET AFTER THIS. HOW DO YOU STATUS? IT? THAT TAKES A LOT OF OUR TIME TO BE ABLE TO GET AN ANSWER, RESPOND TO IT AND THEN CONTINUALLY GET STATUS. UPDATES UNTIL THAT'S DONE ON PROJECTS OR ON SPECIFIC, SMALLER THINGS. AND SO WE WOULD. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE US HAVE SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A GREAT GREAT TOOL FOR SENTENCE TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT'S GOING ON. ON ON THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO SEE HAPPEN. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE THIS KIND OF ONCE AGAIN BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IDENTITY. WE REALLY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING SPECIFIC AND CONCRETE. AND SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE IDEAS ON THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF SMALL SCALE THAT WE CAN JUST GET US MOVING FORWARD, SO AROUND OUR IDENTITY WITH THE LOGO AND WITH SOME MONUMENT ATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE WANTED TO START SMALL, SO WE GET THE BALL ROLLING ON WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. SO WE HAD A FEW THINGS THAT WE GET. WE TALKED ABOUT THE OFFSITE. BUT THOSE WERE, I GUESS IT'S KIND OF A SMATTERING OF SOME OF THE KEY TOPICS WE HAD THAT WE CAME OUT WITH WHAT WE WANTED TO ATTACK. THE REST OF THE DOCUMENT GOES INTO A LOT OF DETAILS. I'M NOT GOING TO DRAIN ALL THE BULLETS ON HERE. OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE IDENTIFIED. BUT AS I SAID, I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS LARGELY FOLLOWS WHAT WE'VE HAD BEFORE, AND THEY UPDATE THE LANGUAGE A LITTLE BIT AND BUILD IT OUT A LITTLE BIT. BUT I DO THINK THAT IT'S LARGELY PRETTY CLOSE TO WHERE WE'VE BEEN FOR MOST OF OUR HISTORY, AND THAT'S THAT'S CONSISTENT AND THAT'S I WOULD THINK IT WAS A GOOD THING. SO I'LL STOP THERE ACTUALLY SPENT MORE TIME ON THIS SLIDE THAT I INTENDED TO, BUT COUNCIL WHAT? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN ON ON THIS BLACKED ON IT A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT THE IDEA IS JUST TO KIND OF ANOINT THE GOALS AND GIVE THE STAFF THE CLARITY TO OPERATE UNDER THIS STRUCTURE THAT WE'VE CREATED AND THEN START TO BRING BACK THINGS THAT MEET THIS THIS PRIORITY STRUCTURE. UM. I WOULD RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN IDENTITY. I THINK WE'VE HAD AN IDENTITY SINCE THE DAY THAT NORTH LIKE WAS INCORPORATED BACK IN 1960, WHICH WAS TO STAVE OFF THE ENCROACHING DEVELOPMENT FROM THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, NAMELY LOS COLINAS IN THAT AREA. THAT WAS THE FEAR BACK IN THE DAY, BUT I THINK WE DO HAVE AN IDENTITY. I THINK ANYTIME SOMEONE THINKS OF NORTH LIKE THEY THINK OF THAT BEAUTIFUL PLACE OUT THERE ON THE 35 THAT HAS A LOT OF LARGER RANCHES AND PEOPLE CAN DRIVE OUT HERE AND SEE CATTLE AND HORSES AND FARMLAND, AND THEY CAN SEE YOU KNOW, UM, GRASS GROWING AND ALFALFA AND ALL THE THINGS THAT FEED THESE ANIMALS, SO I THINK WE DO HAVE AN IDENTITY. I THINK WE'VE HAD A HARD TIME IN OUR HISTORY. WITH THE VARIOUS COUNCILS ADHERING TO THAT IDENTITY, AND THAT VISION THAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN AND AGREED TO BY THOSE COUNCILS, AS EVIDENCED BY THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT SOMETHING HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO COUNCIL, AND THERE'S BEEN OVERWHELMING. OUTCRY FROM CITIZENS ON THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, SO I THINK WE DO HAVE AN IDENTITY. I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO BUILD UPON THAT IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME THAT, UM THERE'S ANOTHER THING I THINK AND I MADE THIS KNOWN IN THE WORKSHOP IS 
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THAT I BELIEVE IN A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I TALKED TO ON A DAILY BASIS BELIEVED THAT TRAFFIC IS A QUALITY OF LIFE KILLER, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS BOLD STATEMENT THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THE TEXT THAT ISSUES IN THE TOWN. I THINK THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK AN EVEN BOLDER STATEMENT WOULD BE A MORATORIUM ON ALL HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MULTI FAMILY. I THINK THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT CROWD OUR STREETS RIGHT NOW AND UNTIL WE GET A HANDLE ON ROADS AND TRAFFIC. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT FOR THE CURRENT RESIDENTS OF NORTH LAKE. I THINK I THINK, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT EACH OTHER AND OUR GOALS THAT WEEKEND. SO I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD THING BECAUSE IT FOR THE MOST PART THAT ALLOWS US TO OBVIOUSLY SPEAKING IN PUBLIC PLACE AND GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND SEE WHERE ALL OF US WANT THE TOWN TO GO IN THE DIRECTION THAT THAT THAT WE HAVE IN OUR MIND, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WE'RE JUST DOING THE CITIZENS BIDDING, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A YOU KNOW WHERE WE GOT INVOLVED IN THIS ON PURPOSE, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO HELP THE TOWN SO UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT WAS A GOOD EVENT BECAUSE WE ALL GOT TO KIND OF SHARE OPINIONS AND ARE EMOTIONS ABOUT WHERE THE TOWN'S GOING AND I MEAN, I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, JUST TO COUNTER WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I MEAN, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF SLOWING THE YOU KNOW. HIGH DENSITY NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME ONE WAS APPROVED? SAW ME. THAT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS. FIVE YEARS, ALMOST. SO I MEAN, IT'S IT SOUNDS LIKE FOR THE MOST PART. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, I'M I'M THE NEW GUY HERE, BUT IT'S BEEN FOUR OR FIVE YEARS SINCE THE HIGH DENSITY HAS BEEN APPROVED BASICALLY, A DEFACTO MORATORIUM IS HAS HAPPENED. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO WE'RE STILL JUST HAVE A WHOLE, UM A GOOD PORTION OF ENTITLEMENTS THAT ARE COMING AND AT THIS POINT WE CAN'T REALLY STOP THOSE ENTITLEMENTS, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO STOP THE RIDGE FROM BUILDING OUT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP THE CON SQUARE FROM BUILDING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP HARVEST FROM BUILDING OUT. SO THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN, SO THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE MORE TRAFFIC COMING. THAT CAN'T BE STOPPED. AND AT THIS POINT, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY UNLESS UNLESS, YOU KNOW, KNOW OF ANYTHING ELSE. THERE'S NO MAJOR DEVELOPER TRYING TO BUILD THAT LEVEL OF DENSITY. AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THINGS WE'VE HAD OUR GROUP PLUS THINGS BROUGHT TO US IN THE RECENT TIMES, SO WITH THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING TO CANCEL MEETINGS AGO WE APPROVED MULTI FAMILY DONE AT 1 14. SO THAT WOULD BE THE MOST RECENT. YES SO I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT AT 1 14 IS A NOT THE RANCH PRESERVATION ZONE, SO NOT QUITE THE SAME. YOU'RE RIGHT. THAT'S GOING TO ADD TRAFFIC DOWN THERE, BUT THAT HIGHWAY'S COMING AND COMING QUICK. I'D SPEAK TO THAT TRAFFIC ISSUE. WHEN WE FIRST MOVED TO TEXAS. WE LIVED DOWN AT EAGLE MOUNTAIN. AND A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC WAS COMING FROM THE NEXT COUNTY. EVERYBODY COMING DOWN THE SAME STREETS TO GET TO THE HIGHWAY. WE HAVE THE SAME THING FOR SEVEN. YOU SEE, JUSTIN BUILDING AND LOTS OF HOMES OVER THERE, AND THAT'S INCREASING. WHAT'S COMING DOWN FOUR OR SEVEN? SO IT ISN'T ALL WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT HERE, SO I THINK WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN DO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK. APPRECIATE IT. THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF DIALOGUE WE HAD AT THE OFF SITE AND IT'S INTROSPECTIVE, AND IT'S THINK INTO THE FUTURE. AND I DO THINK WE DID, YOU KNOW, FIND A LOT OF A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THAT. TEXT COORDINATION AND THAT'S WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT TRAFFIC WAS CERTAINLY TOP. WEEKEND, AND I THINK WE CAN TOGETHER ON SOME IDEAS ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT, SO I'M EXCITED TO 
          [2.D. Briefing - Master Thoroughfare Plan/Roadway Impact Fee Update ]
GET THOSE GET THOSE ROLLING. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET ON TO OUR NEXT BRIEFING ITEM. UM MR CORN. WE GOT AN UPDATE FOR US ON THE PROGRESS OF THE P N Z ON THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLANE. YES SIR. THEY'VE COMPLETED THEIR WORK THEY HAVE IN YOUR PACKET. I RECOMMENDATION LETTER THEY RECOMMEND WITH NO COMMENTS. THE LAND USED ASSUMPTIONS AND THE ROAD IMPACT FEE UPDATE. THERE WERE SOME CLARIFICATIONS AND THEY'RE LISTED IN THE LETTER FROM MICHAELA MONSOON, WHO. UM CHAIRED THAT COMMITTEE IS ALSO THE CHAIR OF THE PAIN, Z. UM THERE WAS SOME POPULATION NUMBER 
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THAT WERE MADE MORE CONSISTENT. THEY HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE TRAFFIC COUNTS ON FOR SEVEN. UM WE WENT THROUGH THOSE AND THEN THERE WAS SOME WE NEEDED TO CLARIFY THE ACCUMULATIVE EFFECT ON SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT FIGURES. SO WE WORKED THERE THERE. THOSE WITH THEM MADE THOSE UPDATES. UM WITH THAT THEY HAD NO FURTHER COMMENTS. THEY. THE UPDATES ARE AVAILABLE. 
          THEY'VE BEEN AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE SINCE DECEMBER 22ND. THEY'LL REMAIN UP THERE. THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON JANUARY 27TH AT YOUR COUNCIL MEETING. IF YOU RECALL, WE DECIDED BECAUSE THIS IS TELEVISED AND A LITTLE BIT LARGER MEETING AND THE DNC AGREED TO HAVE THAT PUBLIC HEARING IN A COUNCIL MEETING VERSUS A COULD. IT COULD HAVE BEEN HELD AT EITHER EITHER ONE EITHER VENUE. AND THEN. I THOUGHT HEARING YOU HOPE FROM THE PUBLIC AND, UM, ACT ON THAT , UM, BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. WE HAVE DENNIS HERE WITH HALF ASSOCIATES WHO HAVE BEEN HELPING US. WITH ALL THESE CALCULATIONS AND COMING UP WITH THE, UM, THE TRAFFIC COUNT WHERE THE TRAFFIC COUNTS COME FROM THE STATE, BUT UNDERSTANDING THE VOLUME FROM THE VARIOUS LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS AND THEN DEVELOPED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SO THERE'S YOUR NUMERATOR AND YOUR DENOMINATOR. TO COME UP WITH YOUR ROAD IMPACT FEES. MR CORN. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF MATH TO GET TO THIS. I THINK ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR TOPICS WHEN IT COMES TO THE PLAN IS CHANGES. WHAT CHANGED? WHAT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES SO I WOULDN'T MIND HEARING JUST A MINUTE ON IF THERE'S ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES HERE THAT WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC. UM SURE, ROADS COSTS. TRAFFIC CONTRIBUTIONS. I THINK THE TRAFFIC IS PRETTY MUCH STAYED THE SAME OR THERE'S BEEN HIGHER VOLUMES, BUT NOT TO A GREAT EXTENT, THE COST OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS HAVE OBVIOUSLY INCREASED. THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGER CHANGES. AND UM, WE HAVE COMPLETED SOME ROADS, SO WE'VE WE'VE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL ROADS, AND WE'VE REFLECTED THOSE ROADS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT BY DEVELOPMENT. 
          DENNIS OR NATHAN, DO YOU? DO YOU REMEMBER ANY MAJOR ROADS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE ADDED TO THIS DID WE INCLUDE WAS IT CLEVELAND GIBBS. THE. OKAY LET ME BACK UP A LITTLE LITTLE BIT, AND LET'S START WITH HELP. LET ME START WITH THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN. AH THAT PLAN IS PRETTY WELL CONSISTENT WITH THE OLD PLAN. IF YOU WILL LOOK ON YOUR EXHIBIT. THERE'S SOME PURPLE HIGHLIGHTED ROAD ROADS, AND I THINK WE ADDED THREE ROADS. EXTENSION IN CLEVELAND GIBBS ON THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF TOWN AND THEN TO ONE OF THE SMALLER ROADS BELIEVE UP ON THE NORTH SIDE. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ROAD IT IS. BUT THERE'S SOME. THERE WERE JUST SOME MINOR TWEAKS TO YOUR OVERALL MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN. WHAT DREW WAS ALLUDING TO WAS THE CHANGES IN OUR 10 YEARS? CLP PLAN WE WERE ABLE TO, UH SINCE THE LAST FIVE YEARS WE COMPLETED TWO PROJECTS , ONE BEING THE IMPROVED SURFACE ON FLORENCE AND THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN. THE BIGGEST EDITION WE DID TO THAT IS ADDED THE SECTION OF CLEVELAND GIBBS TO YOUR 10 YEARS PLAN FROM FROM, UH, BASICALLY WHITE ROAD ALL THE WAY DOWN. TO THE SOUTH OF THE SOUTH OF THE CREEK. THEY LEARN HOW WAY BEFORE THE PLAN HAD THEY LEARN ART WAY AND THE BRIDGE, BUT WE WERE MISSING THAT SECTION FROM THE BRIDGE UP TO WHITE ROAD JUST BECAUSE WE HADN'T SEEN ANY DEVELOPMENT. WE WEREN'T EXPECTING DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL. IN THAT AREA AND SINCE IN 2016, BUT AS OF, UH THIS LAST YEAR, WE'VE HAD DEVELOPERS SHOWING INTEREST IN THAT AREA. SO WE ADDED THAT TO THE COUNTY PARTNERSHIP PROJECT. YES, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT THE NORTHERN SECTION OF CLEVELAND GIBBS FROM 11 71 DOWN THE WHITE ROAD. THE COUNTY PARTNERED WITH THE CITY ON THAT PROJECT, AND ONCE WE GET THE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, CLEAR, UH , FINALIZED ON THAT PROJECT, IT WILL BEGIN. BEGIN CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR. SO YOU MENTIONED CLEVELAND GIBBS IN THE NORTH PART OF TOWN. I DIDN'T IS IT JUST THAT SECTION DOWN IN THE SOUTH? THAT CHANGED NOT SEE ANY OTHER PORTION THAT'S 
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HIGHLIGHTED. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT MISSING SOMETHING. I KNOW THAT GENERAL AREA FOR PLANT. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. THE REST OF CLEVELAND GIVEN HAS EITHER BEEN CONSTRUCTIVE. MHM. I SEE A LITTLE BIT OF REALIGNMENT AND THE RIDGE THINK IT'S HARVEST WAY AND ONE OF THEIR INTERIOR SO THOSE THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT HAVE CHANGED THAT HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED. YES THAT IS CORRECT. THE HIGHLIGHTED IN PURPLE TYPE. AND WE'VE UPDATED FOR 407 11 71. YES. 1 56 IS HIGHLIGHTED WHAT. CONSIDER REALIGNMENT OF 1 56? NO I THINK THAT'S BASIC THAT THAT SHOULD BE JUST TEXTILE IMPROVEMENTS ON 1 56. OKAY SO YOU JUST HIGHLIGHTING IT, JUST HIGHLIGHTING IT FOR IMPROVEMENT FOR IMPROVEMENT. OKAY FROM THE TEXT OUTSIDE. OPENED SO I'M SEEING FLORENCE ROAD TO THE NORTH ROBES AND RANCH. I KNOW WE'RE DOING THE IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WOULD MAKE SENSE IF YOU'RE HIGHLIGHTING THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING IMPROVED, BUT THE SECTION ABOVE STARDUST THAT GOES UP ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF THE PAGE THERE. WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE REST OF THAT SECTION. HMM I DON'T KNOW WHAT? LET ME VERIFY WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT ONE. I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT ONE IS SHOWING IS REALIGNMENT SHOULDN'T BE SHOULD BE OKAY. 
          VERY GOOD. PLANE. CALCULATION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IT'S JUST DRAFTING ON THE MAP. GET THAT CLEANED UP. OKAY ALL RIGHT. YEAH I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, AS A DIGESTING THESE YOU JUST LOOKING FOR MOST OF THE TIME. I'M LOOKING FOR DIFFERENCES, SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS THE CALCULUS ? WHAT WAS THE THOUGHT PROCESS AND WHAT? WHAT MATH DROVE THAT CHANGE. BUT I SEE A LOT OF THEM ARE INTERIOR TO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MAKES SENSE AS THEY BUILD OUT. SOMETIMES THE ROAD ALIGNMENT CHANGES A LITTLE BIT, DEPENDING ON THE PACE OF CHANGE. BUT FOR THE PRIMARY ONES, IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT THEY'RE LARGELY INTACT ACROSS THE TOWN. COUNCIL. WHAT? WHAT DO YOU OBSERVE IN HERE? YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SERIOUS WHEN WE HAVE A 10 YEAR. BURNING NORTH. OH, WHAT WE SEE. 
          I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU COME UP THERE. THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED. THE NEAR GLOBALLY. YES, IT'LL. 
          IT WILL BE BUILT BY DEVELOPERS THAT WILL. DRAG EXTREME THREE. SO I KNOW WHAT I'M READING THIS ONE THAT HAS TRAFFIC COUNT NUMBERS ON IT. THOSE PER WHAT? NEXT ON PER THE AVERAGE AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC COUNTS PER AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC COUNTS. YES AVERAGED 100 AND 20 CARS GO DOWN. UH WHAT IS THAT? YARBOROUGH, YOUR HEART BOROUGH. THERE'S NO WAY JUST IN THAT SAME VEIN. WOULD YOU WALK US THROUGH YOU GET OFF OF 35 ON THE FOREST SEVEN. THERE'S A 15,367 CAR COUNT RIGHT THERE. AND THEN WE GO DOWN. TO THOUGHT AND IN FLORENCE, AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO HOME FOR SEVEN WEST OF DENTON CREEK. IT'S DOWN TO 5634. OKAY THOSE NUMBERS JUST DOING QUICK MATH IN MY HEAD THAT 22 97 ON CLEVELAND GIVES PEOPLE PEELING OFF FROM THE 15,000, RIGHT? OKAY SO EXPLAIN IT TO ME, WILL YOU? YES MA'AM, PLEASE. OKAY IF WE WANT TO START WITH THE 22 2297 ON CLEVELAND, GIBBS. WHAT THESE ARE ARE REPRESENTATIONS OF COUNTS OF TRAFFIC THAT PASSED THAT CERTAIN POINT. SO WHAT THAT IS THAT'S AN AVERAGE OVER A THREE DAY COUNT, USUALLY SO WHAT YOU HAD IS YOU HAD A COUNTER AND WHATEVER TRAFFIC PASSED EITHER NORTH OR SOUTH ON THAT LEG OF THAT INTERSECTION, IT WAS COUNTED. SO AT AT THIS COUNT OVER THAT PERIOD, IT AVERAGED TWO JUST ABOUT 2300 CARS A DAY PASSING THAT POINT. AND THAT SO ? SO THESE COUNTS. DON'T DON'T 
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THEY DON'T THEY INCLUDE THE LEFT TURN ALL THE TURNING MOVEMENTS, BUT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION FROM THESE TO GIVE YOU AN ADDITIVE FOR THOSE BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO THAT DOWN, WE WOULD HAVE WOULD HAVE TO DIG DOWN ANOTHER LEVEL. TO GET THOSE SPECIFIC COUNTS TWO TO CAPTURE THOSE TURNING MOMENTS MOVEMENTS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND EXPECT THE 2300 IS PROBABLY A LOT OF SCHOOL TRAFFIC GOING NORTH AND SOUTH. RATHER THAN TURNING ON 247 SO THAT THAT MIGHT BE PART OF THE REASON WHY YOU CAN'T BACK IN. I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING. IS IT SAFE TO ASSUME THAT AS IT DWINDLES DOWN TO 5000 CAR PASSES A DAY DOWN AT THE AT OUR WEST END OF 407, BUT THAT'S PEOPLE TURNING INTO THEIR DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER HOME IS OR GOING NORTH OR SOUTH ON ANY OF THOSE ROADS. YES MA'AM, BECAUSE WHAT YOU'D BE LOOKING AT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT THAT 15,367. RIGHT THERE JUST WEST OF 35 ON FOUR OF SEVEN. SO YOU'VE HAD A LARGE TRAFFIC VOLUME THERE , SO THAT'S THAT'S TRAFFIC, GOING EAST AND WEST RIGHT THERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF 35, SO THAT SO AND WITH THESE COUNTS, WE DON'T KNOW WHICH THEY DON'T DIVIDE IT UP TO EAST AND WEST. 
          IT'S JUST A POINT. SO UH, A LOT OF THAT TRAFFIC COULD BE COMING IN THE TOWN AND PART OF HIS PEELING OFF CLEVELAND, GIBBS, AND THEN IT'S DOWN TO THE 5300 ON THE WEST SIDE. OR THAT 5300 COULD BE JUSTIN COMING THROUGH, TOO. WEST CITY ANYMORE. ONE MORE WAS THIS. UM THIS SAYS, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT FATALITY CRASHES AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES. BUT AGAIN, IT DOESN'T GIVE A TIMELINE SO THESE ARE. AVERAGE OF COURSE, ON THE YOU KNOW, THE RED AND THE GREEN AND THE AMBER, BUT IS THIS FOR THE LAST YEAR FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND SEE WHAT THE DURATION WAS. UH AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THIS. MAYBE ALL OF THE CRASHES THAT WERE RECORDED IN THE TEXT. UH C C R. I S, UH, DATABASE. GENERALLY WHEN WE DO THESE, IT'S WHATEVER THEY HAVE IN THAT DATABASE. AH DEPENDING ON THE INFORMATION IT COULD. IT COULD GO BACK 10 15 20 YEARS IS IT FIVE YEARS? OKAY SORRY. IT'S FIVE YEARS BECAUSE THAT PAINTS A DIFFERENT PICTURE. IF THIS IS FATALITIES IN SERIOUS ACCIDENTS IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR THE LAST DECADE. WELL THAT'S THAT'S TWO DIFFERENT. THAT'S TWO DIFFERENT IMAGES. ONE HAS IN MY MIND, YOU KNOW. REGARDLESS WAS. YEARS AGO OR SIX MONTHS AGO. THE HOT SPOTS ARE THE SAME. CORRECT SO, YES, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON COLLECTOR ROADS. WHAT'S THE RIGHT AWAY REQUIREMENT FOR A COLLECTOR? COLLECTORS USUALLY 60 FT. 60 FT, SO 30 ON EITHER FROM CENTER. GET A FIGURE SIX OF THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN. UM, I SEE ONE OF THE M 40. AND BLUE, RUNNING NORTH SOUTH BETWEEN 47 AND RUB SOME RANCHES CLEVELAND GIBBS AND AS YOU MOVE WEST, IS THAT NEXT? UM COLLECTOR IS THAT K LANE BECAUSE I COULDN'T IT LOOKS. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S AROUND THE LOCATION OF K LINE, BUT I COULDN'T MAKE IT OUT ON THE WHAT IS IT? THOMPSON ROAD. OKAY THOMPSON IS THE BETTER ROAD BECAUSE OF THE SIDELINES THERE AT THE CREST OF THE HILL. SO IT'S THAT ROAD THAT CURRENTLY TURNS AS A 90 DEGREE. TURN BACK EAST AS YOU GO NORTH ON IT IN THE HARVEST DEVELOPMENT AS I WAS LOOKING AT IT ON GOOGLE MAPS. UH, CONSTANT ISN'T CONNECTED. JUST KIND OF MAKES A LOOP BACK TO K. AT THIS POINT. OKAY I'M THINKING OF A ROAD INSIDE OF HARVEST. SO ARE WE CONNECTING TO A ROAD INSIDE OF HARVEST? YES OKAY, BECAUSE IT GOES THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTUALLY, MASTER PLAN WOULD BE FOR IT TO SO THAT'S THOMPSON ROAD. THEN THERE'S FOUGHT. AND THEN FLORENCE. THERE'S A COLLECTOR ROAD RIGHT THERE, WHICH I'M ASSUMING IS FAITH LANE. YOU'RE EXTENDING THAT E EAST. POTENTIALLY DEPENDING ON DEVELOPMENT. OKAY AND THEN ALSO WEST. HERE'S MY QUESTION. WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE. WHY THAT ROAD JOGS NORTH AS IT RUNS ALONG. THE SCRIVENER AND WEST PROPERTY. TO FLORENCE ROAD. AND IF THAT COLLECTOR ONLY REQUIRES A 30 FT RIGHT AWAY THE GAS WELL, NO BECAUSE THE GAS ONE ANOTHER'S A GAS WELL THERE, BUT THERE'S GAS WELLS ALL OVER CLEVELAND GIVES AND THE ROAD IS 25 FT. OFF OF THOSE GAS WELLS. THERE'S 70. 
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LET'S SEE. MIND NOTE HERE. 76 FT FROM THE FENCE LINE TO THE WELLHEAD RIGHT THERE, SO WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF ROOM TO DO A ROAD. WITH RUFF PROPORTIONALITY BEING ON BOTH SIDES. 30 FT. ON EITHER SIDE. YOU WON'T EVEN HIT THE STORAGE TANKS ON THAT WELL, SO WHAT'S THE YEAH, I KNOW THE PLANNERS LIKE TO HAVE COLLECTOR ROADS SHOWN SO THAT THE DEVELOPERS IF THEY DEVELOP AT A HIGHER DENSITY, NOWHERE TO PLACE THESE ROADS AH, I'M NOT A PLANNER OR AN ENGINEER. UM BUT I DO KNOW WHY THE ROADS NEED TO BE THERE. THE EXACT ALIGNMENT THIS IS JUST THIS IS JUST A MASTER PLAN DOESN'T DENOTE AND EXACTLY LINEMAN. I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS. AH COUNSELOR HARD ON NUMEROUS NUMEROUS TIMES, SO MAYBE A PLANNER OR ENGINEER CAN HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTION BETTER. I'LL LOOK INTO THE ALIGNMENT AND GET BACK WITH YOU. FROM WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT ON THE MAP THAT THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM FOR A LET'S SEE, YOU SAID ON A ON A COLLECTOR OF. 60 FT RIGHT AWAY RIGHT THERE IF WE'RE FOLLOWING PROPORTIONALITY, AND IT'S NO CLOSER TO THE WELLHEAD THAN ANY OF THE ONES ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF CLEVELAND GIVES YOU CAN GO AND MEASURE THEM. I'D LIKE THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT IF WE COULD JUST BECAUSE IT GOES ACROSS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THE OWNER TOLD ME PRIOR TO HIS PASSING THAT HE DID NOT WANT CURVING UP AROUND THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT APARTMENTS OR THAT WELL WE DID DISCUSS THIS RECENTLY. I THINK LOOKING CLOSER THAT IT COULD GO THROUGH THEIR STRAIGHT AND I THINK THE REASON IT IS CURVED AS A REMNANT FROM PREVIOUS THOROUGHFARE PLAN WHEN IT HAD SOME THOROUGHFARES, COLLECTORS STONE GOING WEST OF FLORENCE DOES HAVE SINCE BEEN REMOVED, SO IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO CONNECT LIKE THAT. RIGHT SO CAN WE STRAIGHTEN IT UP? SO I THINK WE CAN DO THAT. YES THEY'RE JUST GENERAL ALIGNMENTS . THE EXACT ALIGNMENT WOULD BE DETERMINED. WHENEVER THE DEVELOPMENT COMES IN, OR IF THE TOWN DECIDES TO GO OUT THERE AND DO IT AT THAT TIME. BUT BUT THAT COULD BE STRAIGHTENED OUT. MHM. 
          NO. EXACTLY. MHM. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, JOHN. LET'S TALK SOME NUMBERS. 
          [2.E. Presentation - Purchasing Card Policy Update ]
ALRIGHT FOR THE RECORD WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT HERE. JOHN'S GOING TO PRESENT A PURCHASING CARD POLICY UPDATE CLARIFYING SOME OF THE WAYS WE USE OUR PURCHASING CARDS, PUTTING THEM KIND OF DOCUMENTING THEM. AND THEN ALSO FINANCE UPDATE ON PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH I'M VERY KEEN TO HEAR WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON. AND I'D LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE BACK WALL. THERE. WE HAVE PLAQUE FOR THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS DISTINGUISHED BUT BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD. SO WE'VE GOT DEAD. HARD. NO RISK. ALL RIGHT. SO UM, OUR PROCUREMENT POWER POLICY IS AN EXTENSION OF OUR PURCHASING POLICY. SO IN THE PAST, WE'VE NEVER HAD A FORMAL PURCHASING CARD POLICY. OUR LAST AUDIT ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED THAT WE ADOPT ONE BECAUSE WE DO USE CREDIT CARDS ON A REGULAR BASIS , AND SO PROVIDING THAT KIND OF BACKGROUNDS AND POLICY WAS ONE OF THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS. IT WAS A BIG PART OF SOMETHING I WANTED TO DO. BUT TO DO THIS, I ACTUALLY NEEDED TO GO IN STANDARDIZED WHAT PURCHASING CARDS WE WERE USING, AND SO THIS COMES ALONG WITH US IMPLEMENTING A PURCHASING CARD PROGRAM THROUGH LAMAR NATIONAL BANK, WHICH SERVES LOCAL BANK. THEY PROVIDED US A PURCHASING CARD. 
          AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO STANDARDIZE FROM USING A THREE SEPARATE CREDIT CARDS DOWN TO ONE AND SO, WITH THOSE WE WERE ABLE TO SET APPROPRIATE LIKE PURCHASING LIMITS AND GEAR IT TOWARDS OUR PURCHASING POLICY AND THEN STANDARDIZED THAT AND THEN THE LAST PART OF THIS IS SUPERVISED, CLEAR DIRECTION OF STAFF. AND SO BEFORE I CAN ISSUE CARDS TO PEOPLE I NEED TO MAKE THEM SIGN THIS POLICY. SO BEFORE WE EVER GET TO THAT WE WANT TO PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S STILL ALIGNS WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU BELIEVE IN THE PURCHASING POLICY. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING WHAT'S IN THIS POLICY, OR HAD ANYTHING YOU SAW ON IT THAT YOU 
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NEEDED NOTED. JUST PLEASE LET US KNOW. BUT PROCUREMENT CARDS ARE A EASIER WAY TO PROCESS THING THAN JUST PUSHING PAPER THROUGH A PIECE. SO IF SOMEONE IS BY A STAPLER IF THEY NEED TO GO INSERT AN INVOICED BY A STAPLER. THAT IS SOMETHING THEY CAN ADD RED TAPE. TIME STAFF TIME WASTE ALL THESE THINGS WHERE THEY CAN GO PERCENT AND PURCHASING CARD AND THEN YOU KNOW, CODE THE INVOICE. AND WE CAN AUTOMATE THE CODING OF THAT PROCESS SO THAT THE PROCESS TIME GOES DOWN. THE RED TAPE GOES DOWN, AND WE'RE STILL FUNCTIONING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE SAME PURCHASING REQUIREMENTS, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO AUTOMATE THE PROCESS OF IT A LOT QUICKER. I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE. IT'S A PRETTY DRY SUBJECT PURCHASING CARDS. BUT THIS WAS AN RFP WE DID ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND LUCKILY WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR LOCAL BANK TO GET THIS DONE. AND SO IT WAS REALLY, REALLY HAPPY TO WORK WITH LAMAR AND THEN TO AUTOMATE THIS AND THEN BRING US INTO OUR FINANCIAL SOFTWARE SYSTEM AND BE ABLE TO PULL THOSE TRANSACTIONS IN AND THEN AUTOMATE SOME OF THE CODING OF THAT. MY ONLY COMMENT IS I LOVE AUTOMATION. I KNOW VERY HAPPY. THIS IS THIS IS MY BACKYARD. YEP YEAH, I'M WAITING FOR THIS IS A TEASER. UH ALRIGHT . ANYTHING ANYTHING ELSE FOR JOHN ON THIS ONE? WE'LL SEE MORE ABOUT THIS IN THE FUTURE IS WHAT YOU SAID. NO THIS IS IT. OKAY, SO ONCE YOU HAVE THIS TONIGHT, THIS WILL BE ATTITUDE'S AMENDMENT TO OUR PURCHASING POLICY. IT CHANGES NOTHING ABOUT IT OTHER THAN IT STANDARDIZES SOME LANGUAGE THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS POLICY AND PROVIDES A FORUM FOR EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED. RECOGNIZING THEY AGREED TO ALL THE THINGS WITHIN OUR PROCUREMENT POLICY. IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE POLICY THAT IS PUNITIVE IF THEY DON'T OR DOES IT BECOME CRIMINAL? YES IF SOMEONE GOES INTEREST COMMIT FRAUD, THAT'S THAT'S A CRIMINAL CASE THAT HAS ITS OWN BRAND. BUT IF SOMEONE'S MISAPPROPRIATE FROM THIS USES OR ANY OF THOSE THINGS, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO WITHDRAWAL FROM PAYCHECKS. WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE THINGS. WE STILL HAVE THAT AUTHORITY BEFORE THEN. THIS JUST FORMALIZES AND MAKE THEM AWARE THAT WE WILL DO THIS. I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT HAPPENING. ABSOLUTELY. GOOD CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU AND THE OTHERS, AND THIS IS THE ACTUAL THIS DOCUMENT THIS PURCHASING POLICY WITH THE THING THAT HAVE TO SIGN YES. AND IT'S ALL THROUGH LAMAR NATIONAL BANK. 
          YES, SIR. NOT WELLS FARGO. CORRECT IT SAYS WELL FOR GROW AND D ERRONEOUS DECLINES CALLED CALL WELLS. FARGO I WON'T GET THAT EVERY. YEP. THAT'S OUR MAIN BANK THAT WE USE REPOSITORY SO THAT VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ONE? ONLY BE WITH LAMAR. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THESE CARDS WOULD ONLY BE ISSUED FROM LAMAR. WE WON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL ONES ISSUED FROM WELLS FARGO. CORRECT YES, WE'LL BE REMOVING THOSE AND DECOMMISSIONING ALL OF THOSE WHO WAS IN GETTING THESE ISSUED OUT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, JOHN. ALRIGHT. IF YOU GUYS ARE READY, 
          [2.F. Presentation - Finance Update on Process Improvements ]
THEN I'M GOING TO JUMP RIGHT INTO THE NEXT ONE. UM SO I'VE BEEN HERE ROUGHLY 2.5 YEARS. UM I WANT TO START THIS BY LIKE I'M SAYING I BUT I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SOME GREAT PEOPLE HERE, AND I HAVE FOUR WONDERFUL STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE HELPED ME WITH THIS. I ALSO YOU ALLOWED ME TO FIND AN INTERNSHIP POSITION AT FULL TIME FOR ABOUT 3 TO 4 MONTHS AT THE END OF LAST FISCAL YEAR TO HELP ME GET A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS MOVING IN. I'LL EXPLAIN WHAT THE NEXT SLIDE OF WHY THAT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT THAT WE'VE GOT TO DO, BUT WITHOUT THAT INTERNSHIP THAT IS EVENTUALLY TRANSFER FORMED INTO OUR HUMAN RESOURCES COORDINATOR . I COULDN'T HAVE DONE A LOT OF THESE. AND SO IF I SAY I KNOW THAT I MEAN WE AND BECAUSE I DID NOT DO ANY OF THIS BY MYSELF. AS FINANCE. WE PROCESS UTILITY BUILDING, ACCOUNTING, BUDGET, PAYROLL AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, SO A LOT OF OUR STUFF IS YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE DAILY THINGS PAPER FLOWING IN AND OUT. SO OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN THE AMOUNTS AND WORKLOAD THAT WE'VE HAD. JUST IT'S RAPIDLY INCREASED, HAS DOUBLED IN A LOT OF WAYS AND WE'VE SEEN HOW MANY PEOPLE WE SERVE DOUBLE. WE'VE SEEN THE NUMBER OF CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS THAT WE HELP THEM, AND DURING THAT TIME WE DIDN'T ADD STAFF AND SO 2008 TEAMS THE LAST TIME AND HE WAS ADDED TO FINANCE AND SO DURING THAT TIME WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP UP. BUT THE ONLY WAY YOU BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT, WITHOUT ADDING STAFF IS THROUGH AUTHORIZATION IS THROUGH. A LOT OF THESE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS AND SO YOU CAN SEE THIS LINE. IT'S FOLLOWING OUR POPULATION, SO AS OUR POPULATION INCREASE IN OUR SERVICE AREA POPULATION INCREASES, SO DO OUR WORKLOAD MEASURES. AND SO IT'S NOT A DIRECT REFLECTION TO STUFF IT. THAT LINE TICKS ALMOST PERFECTLY. PROBABLY THE CLOSEST ALIGNMENT I'VE EVER SEEN OF THIS. CHART BUT YOU CAN JUST SEE IT FOLLOWING ALL THE WAY UP. THE LARGEST INCREASE PROCESSING IS OUR PAYMENTS, UTILITY BILLING PAYMENTS AND HOW MANY OF THOSE TRANSACTIONS WE PROCESS AND SO A LOT OF IT WAS WE WERE WORKING TO AUTOMATE THOSE PROCESSES AND TO MAKE THOSE ELECTRIC PROCESSES INSTEAD OF PAPER AND MANUAL PROCESSES. SO FOR PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS. WE HAD THREE FOCUS AREAS, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, TRANSPARENCY AND RESILIENCE. SO FOR CUSTOMERS WE WANTED YOU TO BE ABLE TO SIGN UP FOR UTILITY 
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SERVICE WITHOUT BEING TO COME HERE IN PERSON. SO THIS BECAME A BIG THING EVEN BEFORE COVID BEFORE EVERYBODY, YOU CLOSER OFFICES AND DID ALL OF THOSE THINGS. WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING IN FROM OUT OF STATE THAT SAID, HEY, I CAN'T COME IN YOUR OFFICE AND 600 MILES AWAY. 
          THERE'S NO WAY THAT I CAN GET UTILITY SERVICE. BUT I'M MOVING IN NEXT WEEK, AND I REALLY NEED WATER ON AT MY HOUSE, AND SO UM WE FIRST THING WE DID WAS. PDF ARE IN DIGITAL MOMENT FOR HIM, AND THEN THEY WERE SENDING THAT TO PEOPLE. BUT THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH THAT TO FILLING OUT OF FORMS GAINING IN AND DOING THAT. THAT'S STILL A HARD PROCESS. AND SO WHAT? WE FOUND WAS WITH OUR SOFTWARE COMPANY THEY PARTNER WITH ANOTHER ONE CALLED REMIT, PLUS ARE SORRY TO TURN ON TO DIGITALLY ENROLL PEOPLE IN THAT IMPORTS INTO OUR SYSTEM. SO INSTEAD OF MANUALLY ENTERING EVERY APPLICATION FOR UTILITY BUILDING THAT WE GET IN PEOPLE PUT IT IN THEIR INFORMATION, AND IT SENDS IT OVER TO US. AND THEN WE PUT THAT IN THAT CREATES THE FILE. ALL THAT CREATES THE USER ACCOUNT. AND SO NO ONE HAD TO COME IN. WE DIDN'T HAVE TO MANUALLY ENTER THEIR INFORMATION. AND NOW WE'RE ABLE TO SET PEOPLE UP WITH THEM DOING IT ON THEIR PHONE OR COMPUTER, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO MAINLY ENTER ALL THAT PAPERWORK. SO IF WE'RE ADDING 1000 COUNTS THE YEARS 1000 PLUS PIECES OF PAPER WE DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH AND MANUALLY ENTER. AND WE'RE PUSHING ALMOST EVERYBODY TO GO THROUGH THAT DIGITAL TO TURN IT ON DIGITAL ENROLMENT. WE STILL OFFER THE PAPER APPLICATION, BUT MY PREFERENCE WILL STILL ALWAYS BE THE LET'S GET YOU DIGITALLY ENROLLED FOR SERVICES. THE NEXT ONE IS REMIT. PLUS THIS ONE'S GOT A BIG ONE THAT I'LL SHOW YOU THE WORKLOAD MEASURE NEXT REMIT PLUS ALLOWED US TO TAKE EVERYONE WHO PAYS THEIR UTILITY BILL BY CHECK. AND DIGITALLY SCANNED THAT IN WITH THEIR USER STUB, AND NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO MANUALLY ENTER THAT CHECK IN SO 6000 UTILITY ACCOUNTS. PEOPLE WERE PAYING ROUGHLY ABOUT HALF OF THOSE WERE PAYING THE CHECK. AND SO EVERY SINGLE CHECK WE HAD A MANUALLY ENTER THE UTILITY BILLION LINE THAT IT WENT TO GO INTO OUR SYSTEM AND CLICK THROUGH SO EVERY MONTH. WE HAD TO DO THAT. THAT WAS TAKING UP A LOT OF TIME. SO I LOOKED AT OTHER UTILITY SYSTEMS, AND WE FOUND THAT THEY WERE USING CHECK SCANNERS WITH STUB READERS. ANDS REMIT PLUS WAS DOING IT AND I'LL SHOW YOU HOW EFFECTIVE THIS ACTUALLY WAS IN THE NEXT SLIDE. OUR DIGITAL WORK ORDER SYSTEM, SO THIS IDEA CAME FROM ONE OF MY ITALY BILLING CLERK. STREET ATTENDED A TRAINING THROUGH OUR FINANCIAL SOFTWARE. AND THEY SAID, HEY, YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO PASS PAPER. YOU GUYS CAN DO THIS DIGITALLY. WE HAVEN'T BUILT INTO OUR SYSTEM. TELL ME ABOUT A YEAR TO GET THAT IN PLACE JUST BECAUSE I HAD TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IT AS A CAPABILITY BUILT INTO OUR SYSTEM WHERE OUR PUBLIC WORKS. PEOPLE CAN GO OUT IN THE FIELD. AS LONG AS THEY HAVE A TABLET THEY CAN FILL FULFILL THE WORK ORDERS OUT THERE. BEFORE WE STARTED THIS PROCESS. WE WERE PASSING ONE PIECE OF PAPER THE WORK ORDER 16 TIMES. AND SO IMAGINE THAT FOR EVERY ACCOUNT TO SET UP 16 TIMES, WE GOTTA TRACK IT. SCAN IT. TRY TO FIGURE IT. RECONCILE IT. WE WERE DOING ALL THOSE THINGS. THIS TAKES ALL THAT AWAY AND SO WE'VE GONE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND NOW CAN DIGITALLY FULFILL THOSE MASSIVE TIME SAVER FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND US AS WELL. THE OLD SON. ANYTHING LIKE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE TIME FRAME THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? IT USED TO TAKE US ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO CLEAR OUT WORK ORDERS ON A MONTHLY BASIS TWO WEEKS OF TIME BECAUSE OF PHONE CALLS, EVERYTHING INTERRUPTING TOOK US 20 MINUTES ONE DAY. SO THAT WAS A HUGE, HUGE TIME SAVING FOR US, AND SO IT ALSO HELPS THEM. IT HELPS THEM SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND WE CAN. WE CAN GET CAUGHT UP A LOT QUICKER IF WE GET BEHIND ON AND WE CAN FLEX OUR TIME, A LITTLE BIT BETTER TRASH BUILDINGS, SO THIS WAS ONE THAT CUT COUNSELOR. WANTED PEOPLE WANTED A UNIFIED BILL. PEOPLE WERE GETTING A LOT OF DIFFERENT BILLS AND SO TAKING ON TRASH BUILDING WAS A BIG IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME FOR RENOWNED HOWARD TRANSITION CUSTOMERS AND THEN HOW HE SET UP NEW CUSTOMERS SETTING EXPECTATIONS. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT TAKING ON TRASH BUILDING WAS A LARGE CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE. IT IS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF CUSTOMER SERVICE TIME. AND SO WE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT ONE TOOK IT ON, SO WE SPEND A LOT MORE TIME WORKING THE CUSTOMERS SETTING EXPECTATIONS WHEN THEY GET BENDS. WHEN THINGS ARE GOING TO ARRIVE, AND SO IT'S A LOT OF THE NEW PEOPLE COMING ONLINE. THAT'S WHERE IF YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME NOT AS MUCH ON THE MONTHLY THINGS, BUT NEW PEOPLE COMING IN. HEY, WHAT? I'M GOING TO GET MY BEN. MOST OF THE QUESTIONS WE'VE ENTERED. WE PUT IN FX'S WE PUT IT IN THEIR STARTUP. EMAILS WE TRY TO INFORM HIS BEST POSSIBLE. IT'S JUST IT'S GOING TO BE A PART OF THE PROCESS THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH CUSTOMERS CONNECT WITH US TO EXPLAIN THIS TO THEM. UM NEXT ONE IS CARE FLIGHT ON ENROLMENT. 
          WE USED TO HAVE TO TRACK WHEN SOMEONE WANTED TO DROP CARE FLIGHT OFF THEIR BILL NOW THROUGH REQUESTING IT THROUGH CARE FLIGHT. WE WERE ABLE TO DIGITAL AND ENROLL. THIS WAS ANOTHER ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS SAID. WHY SHOULD WE TRACK PIECES OF PAPER? IF THEY CAN DO IT DIGITALLY AND SO REACHED OUT FOUND IT AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO DIGITAL CARE FLIGHT ON ENROLLMENT, WHICH WE SEND TO PEOPLE WHENEVER THEY START SERVICE WITH US. ONLINE PERMIT PAIN. THIS ISN'T UTILITY BILLING, BUT OUR PERMIT SERVICE WENT COMPLETELY DIGITAL TO A NEW SYSTEM ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, AND WHENEVER THEY DID, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WAS THEY WERE STILL ACCEPTING PAYMENTS IN PERSON. AND THOSE PAYMENTS HAD TO BE DUPLICATE ENTERED INTO OUR SYSTEM. AND SO THEY WERE ENTERING THEM TWICE. THAT WAS KIND OF A BIG HASSLE. AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE ALLOWED FOR DIGITAL PAYMENTS OF THOSE THINGS, UM, ITEMS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN PAY THEIR PERMANENCE AND EVERYTHING ONLINE. THERE IS A USER FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          BUT FOR OTHER BUILDING PERMITS, IT'S BEEN A GREAT WAY TO CUT DOWN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING INTO THE OFFICE. WE COLLECTED GOOD FEE ON IT, AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO DIGITALLY REMOVE THAT 
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INFORMATION FROM ONE SOFTWARE TO THE OTHER WITHOUT MANUALLY INTERNET TWICE AND SO, WHICH IS A TRANSFER OF DATA. ONE TO THE OTHER, AND SO WE'RE TRANSITIONING THAT AS WELL. 
          TRANSPARENCY PROJECTS. TRANSPARENCY WAS A BIG THING FOR ME. BUDGETS WHERE I CUT MY TEETH GROWING UP GOING INTO GOVERNMENT FINANCE, SO QUARTERLY FINANCIALS ALL OF YOUR FINANCIALS OF INDIGENOUS DIGITAL SINCE I'VE GOTTEN HERE NOW. ALAN IMPLEMENTED OPEN GOLF AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT THOSE FINANCIALS ONLINE AND THEY'RE CUSTOMIZABLE, NOT NEARLY AS INTIMIDATING IF I GIVE YOU A SPREADSHEET WITH 400 LINES, OR ROSE OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT THE US SORT THROUGH. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AN ACCOUNTANT TO GO THROUGH AND FIND ALL OF THOSE YOU CAN GO EXPLORE ON YOUR OWN TIME. IT'S MOBILE FRIENDLY, AND I THINK IT PROVIDES A LOT BETTER INFORMATION, DEPENDING WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. AND SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THE BIGGER THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR MORE AND MORRIS UTILIZING THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THAT IF SOMEONE REALLY IS INTERESTED IN IT AND NOT BIRDIEING HIM OF HAVING TO LEARN GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING JUST TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT OUR FINANCIALS. IT'S VERY CLEAR, VERY CLEAR LANGUAGE AND EASY VISUALIZATIONS YOU CAN COLLECT THROUGH. NEXT ONE WAS THE DIGITAL BUDGET BOOK. SO THE GOVERNMENT AWARD WE WENT AFTER WITH DISTINGUISHED BUDGET AWARD . WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF CRITERIA TO MEET THAT, BUT, UM, WE WERE PROBABLY IF WE ARE THE FIRST CITY IN TEXAS THAT'S EVER GOTTEN THE WORD FOR A DIGITAL BUDGET BOOK. WHILE I LIKED THE DIGITAL BUDGET BOOK IS BECAUSE I HATED THE PAPER BUDGET BOOK. UM I DON'T THINK I CAN REPRESENT AND TRANSPARENCY 300 PAGES. 300 PAGES ISN'T TRANSPARENCY. IT'S THE BEST I CAN DO, MEANING THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDE THEM TO YOU. BUT IF I GIVE THAT ANY CITIZEN I'M THROWING RED TAPE AT YOU. SO A DIGITAL BUDGET BOOK IS A LOT LESS INTIMIDATING. IT'S STILL A LITTLE BIT CLIQUEY, BUT IT'S NOT SPREADSHEETS IN YOUR FACE. IT'S NOT ROSEN ROWS OF INFORMATION, AND IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT CAN BE CLICKED THROUGH AND UNDERSTOOD AND IT'S GOT CONTEXT, ALL OF IT AND SO THIS WAS KIND OF A BIG THING FOR ME IS MOVING TOWARDS THE DIGITAL BUDGET, BUT BECAUSE MY PROFESSION BUT ALSO IN TOWN, IT SHOULDN'T BE SO INTIMIDATING TO LOOK AT OUR FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND IF CITIZENS WOULDN'T PARTICIPATE THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE A HUGE BARRIER. THEY'RE HERE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A KNOWLEDGE BASE OF GOVERNMENT FINANCE. LASTLY OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT WE SUBMITTED FOR THIS AWARD IN APRIL, AND BY THE END OF JANUARY, WE SHOULD FIND OUT WHETHER WE GOT THIS. AND SO THIS WAS OUR ANNUAL AUDIT, AND WE SUBMITTED IT FOR THE AWARD. WE SUBMITTED AN EXTRA BIT OF INFORMATION THAT HAVE LONGITUDINAL DATA ABOUT FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT TOWN THIS MAKES OUR PEOPLE WHO RATE US FOR DEBT. OUR MOST RECENT DEBT RATING. WE WENT UP OUR BOND RATING. AND SO THAT WAS A RESULT OF PROVIDING EXTRA INFORMATION LIKE THAT IN LONG TERM INFORMATION. THE NEXT STEP FOR ME IS CREATING DIGITAL VERSIONS OF THAT THAT ARE NOT SO INTRUSIVE BUT HAVE LONG FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE AND KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT AS LONG CHANGES OVER TIME. AND THEN, LASTLY, RESILIENCE PROJECTS. UM WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THESE. WHENEVER THE ICE STORM HIT. WE LOST THE ABILITY TO PROCESS PAYROLL WITHOUT BRINGING PEOPLE THROUGH AN ICE STORM INTO THE OFFICE. THAT WAS A BIG LIFT TO GET PEOPLE FROM OTHER POINTS AND TO GET THEM HERE AND SO CLOUD BASED SOFTWARE IS ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO WORK REMOTELY AND FROM ANYWHERE AND AS LONG AS PEOPLE OF THEIR LAPTOPS AND THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE THEIR HOME COMPUTERS THEY CAN GET ON AND PROCESS THINGS REMOTELY. AND SO THIS PROVIDES US RESILIENCE FOR PANDEMIC. FOR AN ICE STORM. BUT IT ALSO MEANS THAT WHEN OUR SYSTEMS THAT GO DOWN HERE, WE LOSE POWER HERE. WE DON'T LOSE THE ABILITY TO PROCESS AS LONG AS WE GET A COMPUTER WITH THE BATTERY AND HOTSPOT WE CAN GET ON AND FOR RUSSIA'S FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN A TIMELY MANNER. THAT MEANS UPPING KEYCARD LIMITED FOR A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND BEING ABLE TO DO EMERGENCY PURCHASING TO GET RESOURCES WHERE WE NEED THEM. THAT ALSO MEANS THAT IF YOU KNOW, FLOOD TORNADO OR ANYTHING HAPPENS HERE, JUST BECAUSE THIS BUILDING GOES DOWN DOESN'T MEAN OUR FINANCIAL PROCESSES, SOFTWARES AND UTILITY BUILDING CHANGES. 
          LASTLY DIGITAL TIME SHEETS. THIS WAS ANOTHER PART BECAUSE THE ICE STORM AND THE NICKY WIRE'S BETWEEN THINGS PROCESSING TIME SHEETS FOR PEOPLE WAS MUCH MUCH . UM THIS PAPER IT'S JUST WHO YOU'RE STILL IN A PAPER SYSTEM AND SAID THIS WAS MOVING US INTO A DIGITAL PROCESS. WHERE INFORMATION FEEDS THROUGH CERTAIN PEOPLE, AND THAT'S ONE PERSON ENTERING AND THEY ALSO ALL OF THEM HAVE REMOTE CAPABILITIES TO WORK REMOTELY, AND NOW THEY CAN DO IT WITHOUT HAVING A VPN TO OUR SERVER, WHICH ALSO MAKES US MORE RESILIENT. IF POWER AND THINGS GO DOWN HERE. AND THE NICE THING IS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO BACK UP OUR DATA AND EVERYTHING THEY HAVE BACK UP SO THAT IF THERE'S STUFF GOES DOWN IN ONE PLACE, BECAUSE AN ICE STORM OR SOMETHING THEY HAVE TO HAVE US LIVE IN SOME PLACE ELSE AT THE SAME TIME, SO WE HAVE PROTECTION NOW FOR THE FUTURE. A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN TOWARDS EFFICIENCY. AND SO I WANT TO KIND OF SHOW YOU AN ACTUAL LIVE YOUR DATA THAT SHOWS YOU HOW EFFICIENT WE'RE BECOMING, AND WE PROCESS THINGS. SO, AS I SAID, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST WORKLOADS IS PROCESSING PAYMENTS, PEOPLE PAYING THE UTILITY BILLS PROCESSING TO USE IN ANY OTHER FEES OR FRANCHISE FEES OR EVERYTHING ELSE COMING IN. SO WHENEVER I STARTED, IT WAS 19. BUT EVEN BEFORE THEN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS WE'D ONLY HAD ABOUT 700 PAYMENTS THAT WERE ACTUALLY PAID ELECTRONICALLY NEXT YEAR DOUBLED NEXT YEAR THAT DOUBLED AND NOW YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE WAY PAST THE 50 50 MARK, AND WE'RE NOW GETTING IN THE 64 40 RANGE, AND SO WHAT WE'RE GETTING IS A LOT MORE EFFICIENT ABOUT PROCESSING. WE'VE ACTUALLY PROCESSED MORE DIGITAL TRANSACTIONS. NOW THEN WE 
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ACTUALLY PROCESSED IN THE WHOLE TRANSACTIONS BEFORE FIVE YEARS AGO, AND SO BY DOING THIS, THIS MEANS THAT SOMEONE'S NOT MAINLY IN INFORMATION THAT DATA DOESN'T GET WRONG BECAUSE YOUR HAND KEYING IT WRONG. IN THAT WE'VE AUTOMATED THE PROCESS OF THOSE PAYMENTS SO THAT WE HAVE MORE TIME TO DO OTHER THINGS. I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FUTURE. SO WITH ALL OF THIS WITH TRYING TO PLAN AND DO IMPROVEMENTS AND UPDATES , WE HAVE CHALLENGES. THEY'RE COMING DOWN THE ROAD. AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I KEEP LOOKING FOR. UM ISN'T TRYING TO FIND THINGS WITH ACCOUNTS PAYABLE. WE HAVE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE CHANGING AND EVOLVING. PURCHASING AND GOVERNMENT HAS NEVER BEEN HARDER, AND SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING, INCLUDING HOW WE PROCESS ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS, THE BIGGEST VULNERABILITY FOR FRAUD FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IS A CH PAYMENTS. TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS THAT AS WELL. YOU NEED GOOD DOUBLE CHECKS AND OVERLAPS IN YOUR SYSTEM. AND THOSE USUALLY JUST REQUIRED PEOPLE. YOU NEED A GOOD DOUBLE CHECK THAT THE PERSON THAT'S PAYING THE BILL. 
          IT'S NOT THE SAME PERSON THAT SETTING UP THE VENDOR FILE AND ALL OF THOSE, AND SO HAVING THOSE LAYERS ARE REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT THEY'RE ALSO SPECIALIZED TRAINING PEOPLE AND SO PROCESSING THESE. IT'S CHANGING. THIS IS ACTUALLY EVOLVING WORLD RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF BLOCKCHAIN AND 10,000, OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON WITH EFFICIENCIES AND HOW PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO PROCESS THIS. IT'S A BIG AREA THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS IN THE FUTURE AS WE PURCHASE MORE AND AS WE KEEP PROVIDING SERVICES AND DOING BUSINESS, THIS QUESTION TO YOUR ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS JUST REQUIRE THE ROUTING NUMBER AND ACCOUNT NUMBER WAS THE ONLY TWO BITS OF INFORMATION BANKING NAME. THEY'VE GOT FIVE POINTS OF VERIFICATION AND THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHENEVER WE CH SOMEONE. IF YOU HAVE TO WIRE IT, IT'S MORE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO GO THROUGH A VALIDATION PROCESS. RIGHT NOW. IT'S JUST REALLY, REALLY TIME CONSUMING. WE NEED TO FIND WAYS TO AUTOMATE AND IMPROVE THE PROCESS BY WHICH WE DO THAT. BUDGET AND CAPITAL PLANNING SO BIG THINGS THAT WHEN WE'RE AGRO STAGE IS LONG TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE DO. YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT IF YOU'RE MAKING A DECISION TODAY HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT YOU FIVE YEARS AGO AND THE FUTURE OF FINANCIALLY IF YOU GO AT A POLICE OFFICER OR SOMETHING, HOW DOES THAT CHANGE YOUR IMPLICATION WHEN BUILDING STOPS, AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON IN THE FUTURE AND GOING TO KEEP PRESSING FORWARD AS LONG TERM STAFFING AND FINANCIAL PLANNING BASED AROUND UNDERSTOOD DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING, NOT BIG PIE IN THE SKY DREAMS, BUT WHAT WE KNOW IS COMING AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR DEVELOPMENTS AND REVENUES IN THE LONG TERM AND START THINKING ABOUT THIS IS VERY LONG TERM. 
          WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHILE NOW AND PROJECTING OUT YEARS BUT NOW WITH SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE OPENING OF SOFTWARE AND MOVING TO THE CLOUD THEY HAVE A BUDGETING SUITE THAT I CAN REALLY DO SOME NICE, LONG TERM PERSONNEL PLANNING AND THEN LONG TERM REVENUE PLANNING THAT I DIDN'T HAVE. AND THOSE CAPABILITIES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. SO I'M GONNA BE DEDICATING A LOT OF TIME TO WORKING ON THIS, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN FUTURE BUDGET PRESENTATIONS AS WELL. UTILITY BILLING. ROUNDING 2000 ACCOUNTS A YEAR THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY TRANSLATE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE TAXPAYERS. SOME OF THAT IS IN HARVEST AND ARI TJ AREAS, BUT WE'RE ADDING ROUGHLY 1000 ACCOUNTS HERE. THAT IS A CHALLENGE. THAT VOLUME IS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE EACH ONE OF THOSE THINGS COMING IN AS YOU SEE, WE CAN DIGITIZE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THAT VOLUME IS, UM, IT IS IF YOU GET BEHIND IT, YOU CAN GET REALLY BEHIND AND THAT'S WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES UTILITY BLANK. THAT'S A VERY BIG PRIORITIES. SO WHAT I'M SEEING IS, UM, WE'RE GOING OUT FOR A NEW STAFF MEMBER. RIGHT NOW. 
          WE'RE FEELING A ROLE AS SOMEONE TRANSITIONS OUT. BUT WE'RE RETHINKING THE ROLES WE HAVE, LIKE CHANGE UNION ACCOUNTING CLERK TO A UTILITY BILLING CLERK AND FOCUSING IN ON CERTAIN AREAS THAT WE KNOW WE NEED RESOURCES MORE THAN OTHERS. AND SO IN THE PAST HOW WE'VE USED STAFF FLEXIBLY, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR CLERKS IS WE'VE HAD THE DUAL TRAINED IN ACCOUNTING AND UTILITY BILLING, AND SO THEY FLEX BETWEEN THEM. WELL BECAUSE OF HOW WE'RE SEEING THE VOLUME CHANGE. WE'RE HAVING MORE AND MORE INTENSE REFLECTIONS ON USUALLY BUILDING BECAUSE THOSE KIND OF NUMBERS NEED A LOT MORE TIME. NEED A LOT MORE REFLECTION. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO, LIKE, MAKE CHANGES THAT REFLECT THAT AND KEEP STAFFING IN FOCUSING ON THESE AREAS, SO THAT WE DON'T YOU KNOW THERE ARE BURDENED BY THIS AND THEN UTILITY RECONCILIATIONS. USUALLY RECONCILIATIONS ARE VERY BIG, IMPORTANT THING. THEY'RE GROWING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS KEEPS CHANGING RULES. SO A NICE NEW ONE THAT THEY DID. AND HE WAS THE REALLY HELPFUL AND I'M SHOWING ME THIS ONE IS, UM THEY USED TO HAVE A REQUIREMENT THAT IF ANYONE ANYONE WANTED TO OPT OUT AND SAY, DON'T SHOW MY INFORMATION ON ANY OR OURS OR ANYTHING, YOU NEED TO SUBMIT A FORM TRUSTS. AND SO THAT WAS IT. NOW THEY'VE GOTTEN COMPLETELY OPPOSITE WAY AND SAYS, WELL, YOU NEED BASICALLY, IF YOU WANT YOUR STUFF TO SHOW UP, YOU HAVE TO OPT IN. WELL, BOTH OF THOSE REQUIRE US TO SUBMIT PAPERS. SO THEY GAVE US AN UNFUNDED MANDATE AND SAID, GO FIND A WAY AND ASK ALL YOUR CITIZENS IF THEY WANT TO SHOW UP ON OPEN RECORD REQUESTS WITH REGARD TO THEIR USUAL LABELS. I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY THAT'S GOING TO DO THAT. BUT I'M GOING TO CREATE A PROCESS WHICH PEOPLE DO THAT AND SO JUST LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT UTILITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND THE STATE HOW THEY KICK SOME OF THAT STUFF DOWN ON US. THOSE ARE CHANGES THAT WE'RE SEEING IN UTILITIES AND WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE AND UTILITIES IS THE STATE AND HOW THEY INTERFERE WITH HOW WE INTERACT WITH OUR CUSTOMERS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ALRIGHT ERICA. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNS ANYTHING LIKE THAT OR THE PRESENTATION? NOT CONCERNS, BUT APPRECIATION FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. JUST THIS IS I REALLY 
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LIKE THIS STUFF. YOU CAN SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF IT. YOU KNOW, TALKING TO YOU OVER THE LAST YEAR, AND THIS IS THIS IS GREAT STUFF. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. KEEP KEEP IT UP. ELSE AND YOU SAY YOU'VE BEEN SAME SET OF EMPLOYEES SINCE 2000 AND 17 OR SAME NUMBER ONE OR JUST NOW GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE EVEN THOUGH LITERALLY THE POPULATION IN THE WORKLOAD HAS DOUBLED SINCE THEN, WHERE YOU NEED TO TAKE ON SO OBVIOUSLY, SOME OF THOSE DIGITAL PROCESSES PROBABLY CAME A SOME AMOUNT OF FEE THAT CAME WITH THE COMPANY THAT'S PROVIDING THAT, BUT OVERALL, YOU SAVE THE TOWN MONEY BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T NEEDED 10 EMPLOYEES IN THAT DEPARTMENT. WE CAN CONTINUE SURVIVING WITH CORRECT RIGHT FOUR. SO WE'RE JUST NOW GETTING TO THAT POINT, SO IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN REALLY NICE. YOU PARADED ME AND REALLY GOOD BUDGET, ROBUST BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN INVEST IN TECHNOLOGY INSTEAD OF JUST INVESTING IN MORE AND MORE PEOPLE, SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY NICE. YOU'VE BEEN VERY FORWARD THINKING YOU'VE ALLOWED US BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ESPECIALLY OPEN GOVCLOUD. A LOT OF THOSE YOU YOU'VE GIVEN ME THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND MAKE THAT SHIFT AND YOU'RE RIGHT. IT IS COSTLY. MOST OF THEM ARE HIGH ONE TIME COST, BUT THAT ONE TIME COSTS SOMETIMES SAVES YOU A LOT AND ADDING THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE. YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          DURING THAT TIME. WE DIDN'T DOUBLE OUR STAFF. EVEN THOUGH OUR WORKLOAD DOUBLE WHAT WE DID WAS DOUBLE DOWN ON INVESTMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY. THE BIG THING THAT HELPED ME WAS HAVING SPARE PEOPLE TO LIKE THE INTERN AND THAT POSITION TO BE ABLE TO FLEX IN AND HELP US FILL SOME OF THOSE GAPS WHEN WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE PROJECTS FORWARD AND STILL GET BUSINESS DONE. SO I APPRECIATE THAT FLEXIBLY. YOU'VE GIVEN ME AND ALL THE TOOLS AND TOLD ABOUT AND I HOPE YOU SEE THAT WE'RE USING THOSE THAT THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY IS SINCE YOU SAY THAT 300 PAGES IS A DOCUMENT IS NOT TRANSPARENT OF YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT RUNNING FOR CONGRESS? NO, NO, SIR. NO. GET RID OF HIM, WES. THANK YOU, JOHN APPRECIATE COUNSEL. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET TO PUBLIC INPUT. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TONIGHT? I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS IN FRONT OF ME. Z. DO WE HAVE ANYONE? ANYONE WANT TO WAVE AT ME? ALRIGHT IT IS DECLARED THE TIME IT IS 6 46 43 PM IT'S ALRIGHT. 6 42. OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT AND SEEING NONE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS. 6 43 PM. 
          [4. CONSENT ITEMS ]
ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CONSENT ITEMS, COUNSELORS. DO YOU WANNA ENTERTAIN THESE AT THIS TIME? WE HAVE FOUR. I'LL READ THESE THROUGH FOR THE RECORD. THE FIRST ONE ITEM G IS OUR TOWN COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM DECEMBER, 9TH ACTUALLY NEED TO PULL THAT ONE. I APOLOGIZE. I FORGOT IT WAS GOING TO DO THAT. I ITEM H IS THE CONTRACT FOR INNOVATIVE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS TEXT CONSULTANT AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 50,000 AND ALSO LIKE TO PULL THAT ONE. 
          ITEM. I RESOLUTION SETTING THE TOWN MEETING IN HOLIDAY CALENDAR AND THEN ITEM J APPROVING THE GOALS AND ACTIONS DISCUSSED IN THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION COUNSELORS I AND J IS OPEN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. ALRIGHT. USE YOUR PANEL, PLEASE. CAN YOU CLICK TRYING TO MAKE MOTION BUTTON AGAIN? BRAHMA, HERE WE GO. GOT IT. ALRIGHT. VOTING IS OPEN COUNSELORS. MAYBE. HERE IT IS. DID WE GET THEM ALL? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, SO I PULLED THESE SO TOWN COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES ON THE MEETING MINUTES. IT NOTES THAT I HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR THE BOND DISCUSSION. I NEED TO CLARIFY THAT IT IS NOT ILLEGAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REFLECT THAT. IT'S AN ABSTENTION DUE TO, YOU KNOW, PERSONAL EMPLOYMENT REASON. SO THAT'S NOT A FORMAL CONFLICT OF INTERESTS. WANT TO CLARIFY THAT ON THE MINUTES ON ITEM H. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS ONE BECAUSE WE MENTIONED IT EARLIER. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT INNOVATIVE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS HAS ALREADY DONE FOR THE TOWN AS A JUST JUST TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SERVICE THEY PROVIDE IS SO THEY CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY CONSULTANT TO DOES A LOT OF WORK ON THE KIND OF THE BACK CHANNELS OF FIGURING OUT HOW TO POSITION ROADWAYS WITHIN DENTON COUNTY FOR UM, FOR FUNDING AND THAT'S KIND OF THE KEY GAME IS HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU GET FUNDING FROM THE STATE FROM TECH STOCK, AND IT IS A PRETTY COMPLICATED PROCESS AND SO A COUPLE PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH FROM THE COUNTY COUNTY LENDING US KIND OF THEIR HELP. ONE WAS FOR THE 407 EXPANSION RIGHT OUT HERE IN FRONT OF US IN COMBINATION WITH THE GROCERY PROJECT. THEY WERE THE ONES THAT HELPED US PUT TOGETHER KIND OF 
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THE PLAN ON HOW TO PITCH THIS TO TEXT DOT AND WE BELIEVE AT THIS POINT, HE BELIEVES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET FUNDING FOR THE STATE FROM THAT AND NOT HAVE TO COST THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ANY MONEY ON THAT. WHICH IS UP TO A $12 MILLION PROJECT. SO THAT'S THAT'S A BIG WIN. THE SECOND PROJECT THAT SPECIFICALLY IN OUR AREA HE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN. HE GOT INVOLVED WITH A COUPLE OF US, MEANING THE MAYOR FROM OUR GROUND MYSELF, UM, APPROACH THE COUNTY. ABOUT THE NEED FOR A PLAN FOR 3 77 OVER THE SWAMP SECTION BETWEEN 11 71 AND 1 14. 
          AND THAT SECTION HAD NOT YET HAD A PLAN PUT IN PLACE FOR WHEN IT WAS GOING TO BE BUILT OR EXPANDED. AND THAT CORRIDOR IS ACTUALLY PRETTY IMPORTANT. NOW THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF TRAFFIC FROM PECAN SQUARE. AND FROM KENYAN FALLS THAT ARE OUT THAT WAY, AND IT BACKS UP QUITE CONSIDERABLY. THAT'S OUR ONLY OTHER NORTH SOUTH ROUTE OTHER THAN I 35 SO THERE'S AN ISSUE ON IT. 35 THAT BECOMES A VERY BIG CHOKEPOINT. SO WE ACTUALLY PITCHED THAT TO THE COUNTY AND SAID, WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MOVE FORWARD THE PLANNING ON THIS SO THAT IT'S AVAILABLE FOR FUNDING FROM THE STATE. AND SO THIS THIS GROUP ACTUALLY WORKED WITH US, AND THEY WENT OUT AND GOT THE COUNTY TO PUT IN $2 MILLION FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, AND THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED IN ORDER TO KICK START THE PROJECT AND GET FUNDING FROM SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY THAT'S COMING TO THE STATES BOTH INTERNALLY AND FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THIS THIS YEAR. SO YOU KNOW A LOT OF LOT OF MONEY THERE. IT'S AMAZING HOW QUICKLY A CONVERSATION CAN TURN INTO FUNDING FOR ROADWAY AND MOVE IT FORWARD THE SAME PROJECT AREA FOR A SEVEN IF WE HAVE TO MENTION THE MAIN $200 MILLION PROJECT FROM LANTANA TO JUSTIN 16 MILES SECTION, I BELIEVE IT IS. THAT WAS MOVED FORWARD AND PLANNING AS MUCH AS FIVE YEARS AS THE ESTIMATE AT THIS POINT, AND SO THAT WAS ALSO DONE WITH USING THIS CONSULTANT TO HELP US DO THAT. SO AT THIS POINT, WE HAVEN'T HASN'T COST US ANYTHING FOR THAT. BUT OUR COUNCIL FELT LIKE WELL IF WE CAN GET THAT KIND OF VALUE IN TERMS OF TIMETABLE AND FUNDING FOR THESE PROJECTS, AND WE'RE PROBABLY SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF AT LEAST $2 BILLION FOR THE TEXT DOT ROADS JUST THAT BOUND NORTH LAKE. NOT ALL OF THEM ARE COMPLETELY IN NORTHLAKE, BUT I 35 1 56, 3 77, 471 14 AND 11 71 ALL THOSE BUILT OUT TO THEIR FULL CAPACITY AND DESIGN IS GOING TO BE IN THAT IN THAT BALLPARK. THAT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF MONEY. CERTAINLY NOT SOMETHING WE WANT TO PAY FOR LOCALLY, THEREFORE, AND NEEDS TO COME FROM THE STATE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ALIGNED AND READY WHEN THERE IS FUNDING AVAILABLE IS KEY. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE STRATEGY HERE . WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. THE OFF SIDE A LITTLE BIT FELT THAT PERHAPS HAVING DIRECT ACCESS TO THIS GROUP WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO US WHENEVER THE NEXT PROJECT COMES UP AND ALSO TO BRING THEM HERE TO GIVE US THESE UPDATES DIRECTLY, SO WE CAN A COUNCIL CAN DIRECTLY ASK QUESTIONS AND FIND OUT WHAT EXACTLY AND WHAT EXACTLY THE STEPS BECAUSE IT IS PRETTY COMPLICATED AND THERE ARE STEPS ALONG THE WAY THAT WE WANT TO BE A PART OF. WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR 35 USED THE WORD BEAUTIFICATION . IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN UP BY U N T, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT THOSE GREAT BIG KIND OF DESIGN FEATURES LIGHTED DESIGN FEATURES FOR U. N. T ON THE ROADWAY. 
          THOSE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO THAT ON. I 35 HERE IN OUR CORRIDOR. OBVIOUSLY SIGNIFICANT MONEY WE HAVE TO SEE IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME IF YOU DON'T GET INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN PROCESS UP FRONT, YOU MISSED YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SORT OF POSITION THOSE TYPE OF BEAUTIFICATION MONUMENTS, SO WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THOSE WILL LOOK LIKE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTRIBUTE TO THEM IF THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME AND SO THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THOSE ARE THE SMALLER ONES, BUT WE WANT TO BE INFORMED AND INFORM THE PUBLIC AT EACH STEP OF, ESPECIALLY I 35 IN PARTICULAR 407. WHAT ARE THE STAGE GATES? WHAT'S GOING ON? THEY RECENTLY DID AERIAL SURVEYS IN OUR AREA. AND WE WEREN'T INFORMED OF THAT. AND SO IT KIND OF CAUSED A LITTLE BIT OF A RAUCOUS WAS FOLKS DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. WE DIDN'T KNOW EITHER, AND SO WE WANT TO BE AHEAD OF THOSE THINGS. WE HAVE TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT STEPS THEY'RE TAKING. AND WHEN THEY'RE OUT HERE, CRAWLING AROUND THE ROADS. WHAT'S GOING ON? THAT'S ALWAYS THE QUESTION WE GET. SO WE WANT TO BE MORE AHEAD OF THAT. AND WE THINK THAT THIS IS A POSSIBLE WAY FOR US TO DO THAT. SO THAT WAS PRETTY BIG PREAMBLE BUT COUNCIL IT'S OPEN, TRYING TO QUICKLY TRYING TO WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE DROVE THROUGH THAT AREA LAST NIGHT AT NIGHT, WHILE THOSE BIG DISKS AS U N T DISH WERE LIT, AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, AND I THINK IT'S IN LINE WITH OUR MONUMENT PLAN AND OUR ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY NORTHLAKE AND WHERE WE ARE EXACTLY ON THE MAP. UM THE OTHER THING IS AND I THINK HE DIDN'T KNOW BUT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS IS A YEAR OF FUNDING FOR THIS GROUP. IT'S THE TERM AS UNTIL NEXT JANUARY, SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE OTHER THING IS ON ADAM. G. THAT YOU PULLED AND YOU SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER. I HAD ONE CLARIFICATION REAL QUICKLY. IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE THIS A CORRECT DOCUMENT 
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BECAUSE IT IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT UNDER ADAM G. ON THE MEETING MINUTES FROM DECEMBER, 9TH, UM THERE. WE APPROVED THE ITEM AS AMENDED TO INCLUDE ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TIMES OF COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE IT HELPS WHENEVER YOU'RE GOING BACK IN YOUR SEARCHING THROUGH MINUTES. 
          BUT YOU KNOW WHAT TRANSPIRED AT THE COUNCIL MEETING SO ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE ON THESE THINGS AS IT IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT. DO WE HAVE? DO WE HAVE THAT TO AMEND? WE SHOULD WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY RIGHT? OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, GOOD. APPRECIATE THAT. ALRIGHT COUNSEL. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE CONTRACT? WE WILL LET ME JUST CLARIFY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT HERE AT THE NEXT MEETING OR THE FOLLOWING ONE. TWO MEETINGS OUT SO IT SHOULD BE FEBRUARY. OKAY SO FEBRUARY, 10TH WILL BRING ITS OUT HERE AND SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TALKING THROUGH SOME OF THE KEY ROADS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE UP TO SPEED WITH ALL THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD AND THEN KEEP A REGULAR CADENCE, SO BRINGING THEM OUT HERE TO TALK TO YOU, AS WELL AS TO ADVOCATE FOR ALL OF THE ROADWAYS. IN OUR AREA. SOME OF THEM OBVIOUSLY WILL BE COUNTY LED DISCUSSIONS LIKE 3 77, BUT HE CAN GIVE US AN UPDATE ON HOW THAT'S GOING OR 1 56 THINGS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS DIRECTLY TOUCHED NORTHLAKE, BUT IT DOES. IT'S THE FEEDER TRAFFIC. AND SO WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING 1 14 AS WELL, PARTICULARLY THE INTERSECTION, IMPROVEMENTS FOR 1, 14 AND 3 77. THAT'S MOVING AHEAD. AND THEN WHEN DOES THE MAIN LINES FOR 1 14 ALL THE WAY UP TO 35? THOSE ARE ALL QUESTIONS THAT YOU STILL KNOW ALL THIS THUNDER. HE MAY NOT NEED TO COME. WELL, I WANT TO KNOW WHEN ALL THE DATES ARE WHAT I NEED TO KNOW FROM HIM. SO ANYWAY, I MEAN, I WOULD SAY IF THE GUY IS ALREADY KIND OF GIVEN US SOME OF HIS EXPERTISE AND SAVED US. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ALREADY AND MOVE PROJECTS FORWARD. I MEAN, TO BE FAIR, WE WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THESE, BUT THEY WERE SITTING NOT GOING ANYWHERE. I DON'T RIGHT AND SO IN THAT SENSE, MOVING THEM AHEAD IN THE TIMETABLE DOES ABSOLUTELY HELPED WRITE THE EXPERTISE OF THAT PERSON SEEMS THE COST FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR AS A DROP IN THE BUCKET. IN COMPARISON TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF IT. THIS WAS IDENTIFIED AS OUR NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN THE TOWN, SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE BOLD. LET'S DO IT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. RIGHT. THANKS, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. WELL WE KNOW THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CONSENT ITEM, AND I PULLED IT. 
          SO UM, THANK YOU FOR THE EXTRA DISCUSSION. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SAY? YOU GRABBED YOUR MIKE, YOU DIDN'T ACT ON THE MINUTES AS WELL. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO COMBINE THEM OR WHATEVER IS EASIEST FOR JULY. ANNA. SEPARATE, OKAY. UM LET'S UH ALL RIGHT. WE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THEIR PRETEND MONTINI. I'LL SECONDS JUST TO CLARIFY THAT AS MODIFIED, CORRECT AS AMENDED, OKAY? CAN WE OPEN THE VOTING? THANK YOU. THERE. IT IS VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. AH ITEM H CONTRACT WITH ITS SMART NOT TO EXCEED 50,000 FOR THE NEXT FOR NEXT YEAR FOR THIS YEAR. AS ERA . ALRIGHT, SOMEBODY PUSHED THE BUTTON, RIGHT? WE HAVE A MOTION. WE GOT A SECOND VERY GOOD, CAN WE UP. THAT'S PNC. THERE WE ARE GOING TO GO AGAIN. ALRIGHT THERE WE GO. MOTION BY AMERICAN MONTINI, SECONDED BY COUNCILOR HARDIMAN, WE CAN OPEN THE VOTING. WE'RE MISSING ONE DID WE ALL GET IT? BUILT. WE'LL TRY AGAIN. WE GO. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, MISS. ALL RIGHT. SO WE ARE AT OUR REGULAR MEETING NOW. 6 55. PM SORRY. THEM. SORRY I LOST MY PLACE. I'M LOOKING AT THE MEETING MINUTES ON THE PAGE HERE. OKAY WHATEVER. I NEED TO GO BACK HERE. ALRIGHT, ITEM K. CONSIDER THE APPOINTMENT OF A 
          [5.K. Consider the appointment of a member to the Planning and Zoning Commission for the Unexpired Term, ending on May 31, 2022 ]
MEMBER TO THE PNC COMMISSION FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING ON MAY 31ST 2022, SO THIS IS A SHORT TERM. APPOINTMENT TILL THE END. ACTUALLY, THIS IS NEXT YEAR, SO WE'VE GOT A YEAR. AND FIVE MONTHS HERE A YEAR AND FOUR MONTHS AND SO WE NEED TO CONSIDER FILLING THE UNEXPIRED TERM VACATED BY MS PARKER WHEN SHE CAME ON BOARD AS OUR SECRETARY. AND SO WE HAD TABLED 
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THIS ITEM AT THE LAST MEETING. UM YOUR APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED FOR THOSE RECEIVED SINCE THAT TIME. ALL OF THESE HAD TO BE VALIDATED. AND SO THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE NOW ARE ALL VALIDATED, CORRECT. THERE'S NOBODY IN THE PACKET. THAT'S NOT INELIGIBLE. OKAY THEY'RE ALL ELIGIBLE. SO COUNCILORS YOUR DISCUSSION. ON THE APPLICANTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT. AS A STATE OF LAST MEETING. I TOOK TIME TO CALL EVERY APPLICANT THE END. WENT THROUGH THAT SO I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION PERSONALLY, BUT SOMETHING UP THIS FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL THERE'S MUCH TO HAPPEN FIRST. NO ONE HERE WHO APPLIED IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO APPLIED THAT'S WILLING TO SPEAK. TWO. ANYWAY. MY NAME IS MERYL LAWRENCE. I'M THE ONE FROM THE RIDGE. I AM RECENTLY MOVED HERE IN JUNE. I WAS VERY ACTIVE IN MY COMMUNITY THAT I LIVED IN CALIFORNIA. SO WHEN I CAME HERE TO ME. IT'S JUST A IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. YOU HAVE TO GET INVOLVED, AND THAT'S HOW I FEEL. AND I FEEL THAT'S A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY. WITH THE WAY NORTH LAKE HAS GROWING THAT YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE AND A LOT OF SAY AND WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND, UM I REALLY LOVE IT HERE. I LOVE THE LAND THAT YOU TALK ABOUT, AND I WANT TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE SURE IT CONTINUES TO STAY THAT WAY FOR THE RESIDENTS. SORRY. IT WASN'T REALLY PREPARED TO SPEAK. SORRY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT MY RESUME THAT WAS IN THERE. AND I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE ATTENDING. I AM A TEACHER AS A PROFESSION. THAT'S WHAT I DO. I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN CITY COUNCIL ATTENDING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. I WAS ON NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL IN THE CITY OF SIMI VALLEY, SO WE SAW A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS COME THROUGH. WE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL. SO I HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THAT SENSE AND HOW THE MEETINGS ARE RUN AS WELL. I READ YOUR APPLICATION. IT'S VERY NICE. THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING TO US. THANK YOU. SORRY, I WASN'T MORE PREPARED. BUT YES, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COUNSELOR FOR LIMITS HERE. OKAY? COULD WE GET THE I DO HAVE A QUESTION? ACTUALLY, COULD WE GET THE MAKEUP OF THE OF THE PNC RIGHT NOW, AS IT STANDS. MAKEUP MEANING NAMES. AND THEY ARE OKAY NEIGHBORHOODS, NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE MR WEST BOYER, WHO IS CANCELED. FAULT CANYON FALLS CANCEL FALSE WEST JEFF. WE HAVE TAKEN WEST HIGH ALRIGHT. I'M THINKING ONE PERSON SAYING ANOTHER. ALRIGHT SO JEFF IS HERE TONIGHT. HE'S FROM KENYAN FALLS. HE'S THE VICE CHAIR BELIEVE MICHAELA MONSON'S THE WHAT WE CALL OUR PRESIDENT. CHAIR, OKAY? SHE'S FROM STARDUST . WE HAVE ERIN FROM FOWLER FROM PREVIEW FARMS. THEN WE HAVE DANNY SIMPSON FROM FLORENCE ROAD. UM, WE HAVE. WHO'S WHO'S PLACED FIVE. TORONTO, RIGHT, CHRIS? I'M ANTI FROM NORTHRIDGE ESTATES. AH, THE NEXT PLACES. 
          CHRISTIE. YES, KRISTEN DIXON AND SHE'S ALSO KENYAN FALLS. OKAY? STREET, TOO. DID I GET THEM ALL? I FEEL LIKE I'M MISSING LUNCH. OKAY ALRIGHT, RIGHT. I WAS LOOKING FOR THE SEVENTH. THE SEVENTH IS VACANT. RIGHT IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? MISS HARDIMAN? YES THAT'S IT. UM I THINK THIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO ADD ANOTHER. PERSON FROM UNKNOWN NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S NOT REPRESENTED. SO I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU WERE THINKING OF BRIAN. 
          GOING TO BE QUICKER ON THE BUTTON THERE. ALL RIGHT, SO LET IT STAND. THAT'S THE WAY THE RULES WORK. ALL RIGHT? VERY GOOD. LET'S OPEN THE VOTING, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. WELCOME TO THE PNC. ALL RIGHT, UM, CONSISTENT WITH THE WAY I NORMALLY TREAT ITEMS RELATED TO 
          [5.L. Consider Resolution 22-04, approving a five (5) year Capital Improvement Budget and giving consent to the issuance of Unlimited Tax Utility Bonds and Unlimited Tax Road Bonds (the “Bonds”) by Northlake Municipal Management District No. 2 of Denton County, a Conservation and Reclamation District located within the corporate boundaries of the Town (Part 1 of 2)]
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BONDS. I'M NOT GOING TO DISCUSS ITEM L TONIGHT ABSTAINED FROM THIS ONE. UM SO I'LL LEAVE THAT ONE FOR THE MAYOR PRETEND TO HANDLE BUT SINCE WE'VE GOT ONE MORE ITEM AFTER THAT BEFORE WE 
          [5.M. Consider Ordinance 22-0113A, amending the Town of Northlake Unified Development Code, from C– Commercial to C-PD – Commercial Planned Development for an approximately 5.2725-acre tract of land situated in the L. Medlin Survey, Abstract No. 830, and known as Lot 3, Block 3, Northport Addition, generally located on the southwest corner of Northport Drive and Dale Earnhardt Way. Northlake Innkeepers, Ltd. is the owner. Town of Northlake is the applicant. Case # PD-21-007 i. Public Hearing ii. Consider approval ]
RETIRE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER ITEM AND NEXT, AND THEN THE MAYOR. 
          PRETEND CAN TAKE OVER FRIDAY, MEL SO WE HAVE A AMENDMENT TO, UM THE ZONING DOWN ON 1 14 FOR OUR HOTEL PROJECT. THIS IS TO SUBDIVIDE THE TWO PROPERTIES ONE FOR THE ONE THAT'S TOWN OWNED VERSUS THE ONE. THAT'S THE HOTEL OWNED. AND THIS WOULD CHANGE THE PROJECT FROM COMMERCIAL TO COMMERCIAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT. MISTER ED AND GIVE US THE SPECIFICS. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER, A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE HOTEL DEVELOPER IN THE TOWN. UMT THE HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER BE, UH, BE CONNECTED BEING BUILT AS IF THEY ARE ONE, BUT THE TOWN WILL RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER AND THE LAW ASSOCIATED WITH THAT SO THAT WOULD REQUIRE THAT THERE NOT BE ANY SETBACK BETWEEN THE TWO LOTS , WHICH IS CURRENTLY REQUIRED IN COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. SO THAT'S REALLY THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS PD THAT REMOVES THAT SETBACK REQUIREMENT FROM THE INTERIOR HOTLINE ALLOWS THE BUILDINGS TO BE CONNECTED. UM ALONG WITH THAT WE'VE SPECIFICALLY ADDED THAT CONFERENCE CENTER USES PERMITTED . THERE'S NOTHING SPECIFICALLY SAYING CONFERENCE CENTER. WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. THERE'S SOME USES THAT COULD PROBABLY FALL WITHIN, BUT WE THOUGHT WE WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR, AND WE ALSO SET A SPECIFIC PARKING STANDARD FOR IT AS WELL SINCE THAT WASN'T SPECIFICALLY IN THE UDC. THOSE ARE THE THREE CHANGES FROM THE TYPICAL COMMERCIAL ZONING OTHERWISE ANY DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE, INCLUDING THE HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER WOULD HAVE TO MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS THAT APPLY TO COMMERCIAL ZONING. COUNSELORS. QUESTIONS FOR MISTER ED. NICKY WANTS THE HOT REQUIREMENT OR THE HUT. THE HIGHEST THEY CAN GO WITH THE BUILDINGS IN THAT AREA. 60 FT. 
          16. IS IT IN? COMMERCIAL 60 FT THAT STAYS THE SAME TRAINING. ANYTHING FURTHER COUNSELORS. 
          SOMETHING SEEMS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. ALL RIGHT. WE GOT A MOTION AND SECONDLY GOT TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING FIRST, AND , UH, PNC DID CONSIDER THIS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL . THEY HELD A PUBLIC HEARING. NOBODY SPOKE AT THAT PUBLIC HEARING, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED NO WRITTEN COMMENTS ON THIS EITHER. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. AND WELCOME BACK. BY THE WAY, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. UM, IT'S BEEN A LONG RIDE FOR YOU. SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. STILL ON PART OF THE RIDE. I JOKED WITH HIM EARLIER. I HAVE TO SAY THIS. I TOOK A LOOK IN HIS OFFICE AND HIS PAPER STACKS WERE WAY DOWN. THE PLACE WAS CLEANED UP AND I WAS LIKE, MAN, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GETTING ON TOP OF THINGS. HE SAID. YEAH, LORE HAS BEEN WORKING HERE. OKAY SO I THINK WE FOUND OUR NEXT DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. JUST KIDDING. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. ALL RIGHT. IT'S 7474 P. M. LET'S OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANY THAT WE SHOULD SPEAK ON THE TOPIC OF THE HOTEL CONFERENCE CENTER THIS EVENING? GIVE A FEW SECONDS AND THERE BEING NONE WILL CLOSE. THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 74 P. M. ARE WE GOOD TO TAKE ACTION? OKAY. ALRIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE VOTING. 
          ALRIGHT, WE HAVE EMOTION AND SECOND MOTION FROM COUNCILOR GANZ SECONDED BY MAYOR PRETEND. 
          MONTINI. YOU MAY VOTE COUNSELORS. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. MAYOR. PRETEND MEETINGS YOURS DISMISS US WITH APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE AND I'LL STAIN FROM THIS ITEM AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ITEMS EXPECTED FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION COMING OUT TONIGHT. SO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT AROUND UNTIL AFTER THAT TO SEE IF WE DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN DISMISSED THAN IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU OUT THIS EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATIONS. REALLY GOOD MEETING. THANK YOU. 
          [5.L. Consider Resolution 22-04, approving a five (5) year Capital Improvement Budget and giving consent to the issuance of Unlimited Tax Utility Bonds and Unlimited Tax Road Bonds (the “Bonds”) by Northlake Municipal Management District No. 2 of Denton County, a Conservation and Reclamation District located within the corporate boundaries of the Town (Part 2 of 2)]
NUMBER NUMBER L. SO UM, AND ACTUALLY, UM MAYOR PRO TEM AND I HAD HAD 
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SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. YOU HAVE CONSENTED TO DEBT FOR THE MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS BECOMING SQUARE. AND AS THEY MOVE FORWARD , THEY BRING THAT CONSENT. 
          THAT'S REQUIRED BY TC Q. A DISTRICT CANNOT ISSUE DEBT UNTIL THEY HAVE ENOUGH ASSESSED VALUE TO ISSUE THAT DEAD AGAINST, UM THERE'S ANOTHER OPTION IN STATE STATUTE IS IF YOU APPROVE THEIR FIVE YEAR BUDGET, THEY CAN ISSUE DEBT WITHIN THAT FIVE YEAR BUDGET AS LONG AS THEY KEEP TO THAT BUDGET. MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO IS THE RIDGE. IT'S THE ONE THAT OUR NEW P N Z. UM YOUR PERSON IS FROM, UM THIS IS A MUCH LESS COMPACT, UH, NO LESS COMPLEX, ALTHOUGH VERY LOVELY DEVELOPMENT. UM THIS DISTRICT AND WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THERE, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY NO, BUT THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT AND THEIR FINANCIAL ADVISORS THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND REQUEST THAT YOU APPROVE THEIR PLAN. THIS MEANS THAT AS LONG AS THEY STAY WITH THEIR PLAN, THEY DON'T NEED TO COME BACK EACH TIME TO CONSENT TO ISSUE DEBT FOR UTILITY BONDS AND ROAD BONDS. THE ENTIRE FIVE YEAR BUDGET IS A LITTLE OVER $56 MILLION. THESE ARE FOR ROADS, WATER LINES, SEWER LINES, DRAINAGE, ALL THIS STUFF THAT ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THESE DISTRICTS BUILD. THEY'RE AVAILABLE. WE HAVE. WE HAVE JOHN BETH YOU FROM THE COACH ROADS, UM, FIRM THAT REPRESENTS THE DISTRICT AND RYAN NESMITH IS THEIR FINANCIAL RISES. BAIRD IS THAT YES. SO THEY'RE HERE ALSO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT THE ACTION BEFORE COUNCIL IS IF YOU CHOOSE TO APPROVE THEIR FIVE YEAR BUDGET THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO ISSUE DEBT AGAIN. IT STILL HAS TO BE VETTED THROUGH THE T. 
          C. Q IT STILL HAS TO HAVE THE ASSESSED VALUE REQUIRED OF IT. UM THESE ARE ALL CONTEMPLATED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH TAYLOR MORRISON, WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL PARTNER IN THE RIDGE DEVELOPMENT. AND THESE ALL MITOS MITOS REQUIREMENTS. CAN YOU SINCE THE. UM THE RIDGES, UM IS HAS ALWAYS BEEN, UM, WELL, YEAH , IT'S BEEN PART OF THE TOWN LIMITS. IT HAS A P D. WE ALSO HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. FOR ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY'RE BUILDING. UH, IT'S ROUGHLY 1100. HOW MANY. JUST UNDER. YEAH I THINK THEY HAVE A CLOSE TO 1100 TOTAL PART OF THE NEGOTIATION WAS A COUNCIL AT THE TIME AS YOU MOVED WEST. AH AND ACTUALLY, THE FAR END THEY MAINTAIN THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL TO FIVE ACRE THERE IS A ONE ACRE RULE ESTATE SECTION IN THERE, UM THEY'VE AGREED TO COMPLETE CLEVELAND GIVES UP TO ROBSON RANCH HARVEST WAY UP TO WELL, THEY CALL IT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I THINK IT I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THAT. BUT THAT CONNECTS TO HARVEST WAY BUILD ALL THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN YES, ROUGHLY 1100 ENTITLED LOTS IS THAT. UM THEN THEY'D HAVE TO COME BEFORE YOU FOR EACH EACH ISSUANCE. YEAH. AND. I DON'T KNOW THERE ANY OTHER RAMIFICATIONS ASHLEY FOR THE FIVE YEAR PLAN APPROVAL. NO I'M THE D A THAT WAS APPROVED WHENEVER IT WAS APPROVED YEARS AGO. CONTEMPLATES OF COURSE, WHEN YOU CREATE WITH THAT COUNCIL CONSENTED TO THE CREATION OF THE DISTRICT. PART OF THE DISTRICT WAS TO ISSUE THE DEBT SO. 
          THERE IS CURRENTLY THE DISTRICT CHARGES 70.5 CENT TAX RATE THAT'S BEEN APPLIED FROM INCEPTION. SO YOUR NEW PNC MEMBERS PAYING THAT TAX AS WELL. MY ONLY QUESTION WOULD BE I MEAN 
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AGAIN. THIS IS A FIVE YEAR PLAN, AND I'M SURE THAT VERY SMART PEOPLE HAVE GONE INTO CREATING THIS $56 MILLION NUMBER. MM. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INFLATION IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS THAT ACCOUNTED FOR THE CONCEPT THAT FIVE YEARS FROM NOW $56 MILLION MIGHT NOT BE $56 MILLION. WELL, I DON'T KNOW THEY HAVE A TEAM OF ENGINEERS. LOOK AT THIS. I, UM I LOOKED AT. I LOOKED AT THE ORIGINAL. I LOOKED AT THE ORIGINAL NUMBER BACK FIVE YEARS AGO AND WAS AROUND 36 MILLION. 
          SO JUST IN THAT 56 YEARS FROM WHEN THEY FIRST, UM KIND OF ENVISIONED THIS. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING EARLY CONCEPT PLAN, YOU'VE SEEN THE AMOUNT OF INFLATION AND THEN I KNOW ALL ENGINEERS ARE INCLUDED. MAN THEY PUT A HUGE CONTINGENCY ON THESE THINGS. THIS IS A THIS IS AN ESTIMATE. IT'S A NOT TO EXCEED OBVIOUSLY, TOO YOU KNOW? YEAH BUT I THINK THEY'RE I THINK 56 IS IT'S A BIG NUMBER. IT'S BIGGER, MUCH BIGGER THAN YOU KNOW THE ORIGINAL THOUGHT PROCESS. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THEY'VE ACCOUNTED FOR INFLATION. ALL THE COSTS INCREASES. YES, SIR. BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT 10,000,010 YEAR OVER FIVE YEARS, BASICALLY, BUT MY QUESTION IS AND WHAT YOU SPOKE ABOUT IS THAT IF WE APPROVE THIS, THEY ADHERE TO THE PLAN. WHO MAKE SURE THEY ADHERE TO THE PLAN WE DO IN THE T C Q. YEAH CQ DOES REVIEW WHAT YEARLY EXPENDITURES OR WHAT DO THEY DO ? THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN AUDIT. THEY HAVE TO VERIFY THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH VALUE. TO MEET THE DEBT SERVICE. UM OKAY, SO THEY CAN'T ISSUE ANYTHING WITHOUT THE ACCOMPANYING VALUATION TO MEET THAT DEBT SERVICE, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY? AND THEN WHO ASSURES THAT MONEY'S INTENDED TO BE SPENT FOR PROJECT X. Y Z WAS ACTUALLY SPENT FOR THAT. SO WE ACCEPT THE TOWN ACCEPTS ALL THIS INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WHEN WE ACCEPT THAT WE REVIEW THAT AND VERIFY THAT IT IT'S BUILT. IT'S BUILT PROPERLY, AND WE INSPECT THAT. THE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. WE BOOTS ON GROUND. WE INSPECT THAT AS AS BEING BUILT. SO THE ONLY THING THEY'RE ASKING FOR US FOR THEM NOT TO HAVE TO COME BACK EVERY YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS. IS THAT EVERYTHING? ASHLEY AND WOULD YOU LEGALLY RECOMMEND THIS? YES. 
          IS THERE. 
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PARAMOURS. 
          ALL RIGHT. TESTING. IT IS 8:15 P.M. AND WE RETURNED FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AND NO ACTION 
          [7. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]
TO TAKE
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