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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
IT IS 5:30 P.M.M. THIS IS THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING OF THE TOWN OF NORTH LAKE.
A QUORUM IS PRESENT. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED TONIGHT.
IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK TONIGHT AND YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK.
OUR PUBLIC COMMENT FORMS ARE JUST BEHIND THE DOOR, OUT IN THE ENTRYWAY.
I'LL CALL FOR THAT AND YOU CAN GET ONE OF THOSE FILLED OUT AFTER THE FACT.
BUT IF YOU WOULD FILL THOSE OUT WHILE YOU HAVE A MINUTE, I APPRECIATE IT.
LET'S GET STARTED WITH OUR INVOCATION.
GOT ONE OF OUR OUR PASTORS HERE TONIGHT.
YOU'RE ON THE SPOT. SO COME ON UP.
INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND LET'S GET STARTED.
THANK YOU, GUYS. MY NAME IS JUSTIN.
I AM THE CAMPUS PASTOR AT FELLOWSHIP OF THE PARKS.
SINCE I HAVE THE FLOOR, I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT I HAVE A NEW NEIGHBOR WHO'S PRETTY SHADY.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE HIS FULL NAME DE CORN.
LET'S GO AND PRAY WE'LL GET THIS THING STARTED.
LORD, I ALSO PRAY FOR EVERYONE HERE THAT IS IS SERVING THIS COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT BE THE CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR OR ANYBODY THAT WORKS BEHIND ME OR THE POLICE OR PUBLIC WORKS.
LORD, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR WHAT THEY DO AND JUST FOR THEIR SERVANT HEARTS.
AND SO, LORD, WE LIFT THEM UP TO YOU AS WELL.
TODAY, LORD, WE PRAY AS AGENDAS ARE SET FORTH, THAT WE ALWAYS LOOK TO YOU.
WE LOOK THROUGH WHAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH YOUR LENS.
LORD, I'M SO JUST JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE BLESSINGS THAT THIS COMMUNITY PROVIDES.
THANK YOU. IT'S IN YOUR NAME. WE PRAY.
AMEN. LET'S STAND FOR THE PLEDGES.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I'M HONORED TO TAKE THIS PLACE.
ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS STATE, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
[2.A. Presentation - Citizen’s Police Academy Alumni Association Update]
CHIEF, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE LAURA WEBER.
SHE'S OUR FIRST CITIZEN'S POLICE ACADEMY ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT.
WE STARTED THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021.
THEN AFTER THE GRADUATION, THEY ORGANIZED THE ASSOCIATION.
SO, LAURA, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY, ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND ON BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATION.
IT'S AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU.
THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS THE TOPICS THAT I'LL BE COVERING.
AND IT ALL STARTED WITH THE GEORGE FLOYD INCIDENT.
AND WHEN THAT HAPPENED AND I SAW HOW THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WERE BEING TREATED, MY HEART LITERALLY BROKE BECAUSE THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR ALL OF US EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND AND I JUST I WAS JUST REALLY MOVED TO BECOME INVOLVED.
AND SO I REACHED OUT TO THE CHIEF AND I STARTED TO BRING FRUIT TO THE POLICE STATION.
AND SO WHEN I SAW THE APPLICATION FOR THE FIRST CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY, IT WAS A NO BRAINER FOR ME.
I SUBMITTED MY APPLICATION AND HOPING THAT I WOULD BE ACCEPTED.
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AND I WAS.LET ME TALK ABOUT THE FIRST CLASS IN THE SECOND CLASS.
SO THE FIRST CLASS, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 12 STUDENTS THAT WENT THROUGH THE ACADEMY.
TEN OF THOSE STUDENTS MOVED ON TO JOIN THE CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
THE SECOND CLASS HAD TEN STUDENTS AND ALL TEN OF THEM JOIN OUR ASSOCIATION.
A FEW MONTHS AGO, THINGS THAT THE FIRST CLASS LEARNED.
WE LEARNED ABOUT TRAFFIC, WE LEARNED ABOUT PATROL.
WE DID RIDE ALONGS, WHICH WAS MY FAVORITE CLASS WAS RIGHT ALONG.
THEY ACTUALLY WENT TO DISPATCH.
AND, AND THEY ALSO GOT TO DO SOME TRAINING AT THE POLICE ACADEMY AND DOING LIKE ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING AND ALSO HOW TO CLEAR CLEAR THE BUILDING.
AND AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE THE CLASSES.
FEEDBACK FROM THE BOTH CLASSES WERE ABOUT THE SAME.
WE WERE SAD THAT IT CAME TO AN END IN SUCH A HURRY.
AND AND THAT WAS PARTICULARLY MOVING AS WELL.
SO AFTER THE FIRST CLASS GRADUATED, IT WAS UPON US TO FORM THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
AND SO WE GOT TOGETHER AND WE STARTED MEETING AND WE FORMED, WE WROTE BYLAWS.
WE GOT INCORPORATED AS A NONPROFIT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WE'RE ALSO RECOGNIZED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS A NONPROFIT.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE GOING THROUGH OUR 501 C THREE APPLICATION PROCEDURE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO GET TO GET THAT STATUS AS AS A RECOGNIZED CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION.
WE OPERATE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER NONPROFIT.
WE WE HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS EVERY MONTH.
WE WE DO WE VOTE ON ITEMS AND ISSUES.
I MEAN, IT'S RUN JUST LIKE A NORMAL NONPROFIT WOULD BE.
WELL. WE PROBABLY ALL REMEMBER THIS DAY.
I REMEMBER IT WELL BECAUSE I JOKINGLY TELL ALL OF THE MEMBERS THAT I, I LIVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY, AND THIS HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
AND ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY, I TOOK MY USUAL MORNING BREAK.
AND THIS PARTICULAR DAY, I FOLLOW DFW SCANNER ON FACEBOOK, AND THEY WERE OUTSIDE TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY AND THEY WERE DOING A LIVE FILMING OF THIS PARTICULAR EVENT.
AND INITIALLY, ALL I KNEW WAS THAT IT WAS AN ACCIDENT AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
BUT THEN A FEW MINUTES LATER, THEY ACTUALLY MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE OFFICERS INVOLVED.
SO I IMMEDIATELY REACHED OUT TO DETECTIVE PRAYER AND I SAID, WHAT IS GOING ON? AND SO SHE TOLD ME AND AND THEN THAT THE NEWS STARTED TO SPREAD AMONG OUR ALUMNI.
AND THEN WE WE JUST STARTED ORGANIZING EVENTS.
SO. WHAT IS INTERESTING, THIS GROUPME APP IS IS AN APP THAT ALLOWS GROUPS JUST TO COMMUNICATE AND HAVE FAST COMMUNICATION WITH EACH OTHER.
THEY TIED TO PRAYER A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, SAID, HEY, WE NEED THIS GROUPME APP, SO IF THERE'S EVER A CRISIS, WE HAVE A WAY TO COMMUNICATE.
AND SHE JOKINGLY SAID, WE WILL NEVER HAVE TO USE THIS.
I'LL TELL YOU, THAT APP THAT DAY IS THE REASON WE WERE ABLE TO MOBILIZE SO QUICKLY AS AS AN ORGANIZATION WE DID WITHIN 2 TO 3 HOURS AFTER THE ACCIDENT, WE HAD FOOD AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT ALL OF THE OFFICERS THAT WERE COMING IN.
ONE OF OUR MEMBERS ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK, HE ACTUALLY STOPPED BY.
HE GOT FLOWERS AND HE DELIVERED THEM TO OFFICER MARTINEZ AT THE HOSPITAL IN GRAPEVINE.
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ANOTHER MEMBER, SHE WENT AND STARTED TO ORGANIZE A MEAL TRAIN.WITHIN 8 HOURS OF THAT MEAL TRAIN BEING SET UP, WE HAD ALREADY RAISED $8,000 FOR THE OFFICERS.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE WE RAISED JUST OVER $17,000 TO SUPPORT THE OFFICERS.
AND SHE ALSO THROUGH THE MEAL CHAIN, WE WE SET UP MEALS FOR THE TWO OFFICERS FOR 14 DAYS AFTER THE ACCIDENT. AND WE ACTUALLY GOT THE MEALS AND WE ACTUALLY DELIVERED THEM TO THEIR HOMES BECAUSE WE HAD COLLECTED SO MUCH MONEY SO QUICKLY.
I HAD TO CONSULT WITH OUR ACCOUNTANT AND SAY, OKAY, WE HAVE THIS, WE HAVE THESE MONEY.
THAT'S MONEY. HOW HOW DO WE HANDLE IT? YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? AND SHE SHE SAID THAT WE NEEDED TO SET UP A BENEVOLENCE FUND WHERE THESE THESE MONIES COULD BE EARMARKED FOR THE OFFICERS.
WE HAD TO CHANGE OUR BYLAWS AND WE DID ALL OF THIS.
AND I THINK IT WAS LIKE FOUR DAYS AFTER THE ACCIDENT.
WE ARE JUST SO THANKFUL THAT BOTH OF THE OFFICER, KAPOR AND OFFICER MARTINEZ, THEY'RE BOTH BACK AT FULL TIME DUTY AND AND I AND I KNOW AND I THINK I SPEAK FOR EVERYONE IN THE ASSOCIATION THAT IT WAS SUCH A HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM. I WILL SAY WE DO HAVE MONEY LEFT OVER IN THE BENEVOLENCE FUND.
WE WE HELP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE OFFICER CEREMONIES.
WE, WE HELP WITH THE CPA GRADUATION BY PROVIDING FOOD AND ACTUALLY SERVING.
WE PARTICIPATE IN SPECIAL EVENTS.
THIS YEAR WE PARTICIPATED IN THE NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AND WE PECAN SQUARE.
THEY HAD THE CHILDREN ACTUALLY DRAW LIKE ARTWORK AND WROTE NOTES TO THE POLICE OFFICERS.
AND THEN WE WE PRESENTED ALL OF THAT TO THE CHIEF BEFORE A CLASS MEETING AT THE CPA.
AND WE LOVE TO DO FOOD DELIVERIES TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE WILL DO FOODS LIKE ON CHRISTMAS, THANKSGIVING RACE WEEKEND.
WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SUPPLIED WITH WATER AND GATORADE, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS HOT SUMMER.
I AM ALWAYS EITHER ASKING DETECTIVE PRAYER OR CHIEF, YOU KNOW, DO YOU NEED ANY DRINKS? HOW HOW ARE THINGS GOING? AND AND IF THERE'S IF THEY NEED SOMETHING, THEY JUST LET US KNOW.
OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WE WE ARE INVOLVED IN.
WE JUST RECENTLY APPROVED OUR LOGO.
AND SO NOW WE WE HAVE HATS THAT WE CAN SELL.
WE WE HAVE OUR, OUR SHIRTS THAT THAT THAT WE WEAR.
THIS THIS IS A SPECIAL PROJECT OF THE CHIEF THAT WHERE HE HE WOULD LIKE JUST COLLECT FOOD AND PUT THEM IN LITTLE LUNCH SIZE BAGS AND THEN DELIVER THEM TO CHILDREN IN NEED AT THE LOCAL SCHOOLS.
AND SO WE'VE WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE CHIEF AND WE WE HELP HIM DO THAT NOW.
AND WE STILL HAVE THIS FOOD LEFT TO.
AND WE'RE READY TO MOBILIZE FOR FOR THIS YEAR.
THE FIRST CLASS HAS HAD SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING.
LIKE I SAID, THE SECOND CLASS GOT TO GO TO THE POLICE ACADEMY.
AND WE ALSO HAVE HAD THE SPECIAL DRIVING SCHOOL TRAINING.
AND I THINK SOME OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN THE VIDEO OF MR. MARTIN DRIVING AROUND THE COURSE PRETTY RECKLESSLY.
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NO, HE WAS CHASING SOMEONE.SO AND WE ALSO ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY DID A NZSIS TRAINING.
SO SO NOW THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT TRAINING, WE ARE ABLE TO GO INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NOW UNSUPERVISED AND PROVIDE ANY TYPE OF ASSISTANCE THAT THAT THEY MAY NEED.
AND I KNOW THE SECOND CLASS IS SCHEDULED TO DO THAT TRAINING IN SEPTEMBER.
WHAT IS NEXT? I MEAN, WE'VE WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT MORE TO DO.
AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE GEARING UP TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE, WHICH COULD BE FROM FILING PAPERWORK TO SHREDDING PAPER, VEHICLE MAINTENANCE, DOING CLEANING.
I MEAN, BASICALLY, WE WE HAVE SAID TO THE CHIEF, WHATEVER YOU NEED, WE'RE THERE TO HELP.
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS JUST LET US KNOW.
WE'RE GETTING INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, TOO.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PD AND PLANNING THIS BULLY AWARENESS MONTH FOR OCTOBER.
WE ALSO JUST DISCUSSED IN OUR MEETING THIS PAST TUESDAY.
WE'RE PUTTING THESE GRAB GRABBING, GO BAGS TOGETHER, AND I MIGHT SAY THAT THE CHAMPIONS ROTARY JUST THIS WEEK APPROVED TO PROVIDE THE BAGS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
AND SO WE WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM TO PROVIDE THESE BAGS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND WHAT THOSE ARE, THEY'LL HAVE LIKE HYGIENE PRODUCTS IN IT.
AND THE OFFICERS CAN HAVE THESE BAGS IN THERE AND THEIR VEHICLES.
AND THEN IF THEY SEE A PERSON OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS A NEED, THEN JUST GIVE THEM A BAG.
SAME THING WITH THE GIFTS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
A LOT OF TIMES THEY SEE PEOPLE IN NEED THAT JUST NEEDS A SPECIAL GIFT OR SOMETHING.
WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THAT FOR THEM SO THAT THEY THEY HAVE THAT.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'LL DO SPECIAL FUNDRAISERS.
I WILL SAY PERSONALLY THAT THIS HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND I AM SO HAPPY THAT I GOT INVOLVED AND I FEEL THROUGH THIS ORGANIZATION AND MY INVOLVEMENT, I FEEL MORE CONNECTED TO THE TOWN AND I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS NOW IF THERE ARE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, LAURA. I APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH.
I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR BEING A GREAT REPRESENTATIVE, STEPPING INTO THAT ROLE.
SO I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING A SPOKESPERSON FOR THIS.
AND I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO THE TOWN.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING PART OF THE INAUGURAL AND SECOND CLASS.
ALL RIGHT, MR. KORN, WHAT HOW EXTENSIVE A BRIEFING DO YOU HAVE THIS EVENING FOR BUDGET? WELL, I THINK EVERYBODY'S HERE TO SEE THE BUDGET, RIGHT? EVERYBODY'S HERE. IF YOU WANT TO GO OUT OF ORDER, I CAN GO WHENEVER YOU NEED ME TO.
OR I CAN GO THROUGH THIS SLIDE PRESENTATION VERY QUICKLY.
DO YOU HAVE A VIEW ON THIS, FOLKS? ARE YOU ALL HERE TO HEAR THE FULL AGENDA, OR ARE YOU HERE FOR THE FIREWORKS ITEM? JUST WAVED AT ME. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S JUST KEEP GOING.
MR. CORN, I'VE NEVER HAD SO MANY PEOPLE HERE FOR A BUDGET.
[2.B. Briefing - Proposed Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Budget]
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO HEAR THIS.
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BEEN DOING ALL ALONG, BUT OUT OF NECESSITY.AND NOW THAT WE'RE IN A BETTER PLACE AND A LOT OF OUR PLANS ARE COMING TO FRUITION, AND ALL THE THINGS WE'VE DONE HAVE SET US UP FOR SUCCESS, THIS DISCIPLINE WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN AND CONTINUE.
SO THANK YOU FOR FORMALIZING THESE.
I THINK THE MAYOR IN PARTICULAR HAD THE INSIGHT TO TO DRAW THESE OUT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
SO JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, KIND OF TYING THE PAST WITH THE PRESENT AND MOVING INTO THE FUTURE.
AND YOU GUYS ARE MORE AWARE OF THIS, ESPECIALLY SMALL BUSINESSMEN AND AND UNDERSTAND THIS.
WE'VE HAD LOTS OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION.
THAT BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY NUMBER IS IS STAGGERING.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THAT COMPLETELY AS WE GO THROUGH ALL THE PROTESTS.
THESE ARE THE ONES THAT GET CHALLENGED THE MOST.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE SOME INCREASES ACROSS THE BOARD.
NOW PART OF THAT IS PART OF YOUR LEADERSHIP AND INVESTING IN THE KATHERINE BRANCH AREA.
AND YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE GET A NEW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT GOING, KNOW THE GOAL IS TO KEEP IT BALANCED AND IN THOSE OUT YEARS WE MAY BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE RESIDENTIAL.
BUT OUR GOAL AND YOUR GOAL IS IS TO KEEP IT BALANCED.
JUST REAL QUICKLY, HOW THE DE MINIMIS WORKS.
AND HERE'S THE STEPS WE'RE ALLOWED BECAUSE OF OUR SIZE AND OUR SIZE OF OUR BUDGET TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 500,000 FOR OPERATIONS.
AND THANK GOODNESS WE NEED THOSE AS FAST AS WE'RE GROWING.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE ADDING.
SO MISTY AND JOHN, HELP ME WITH THIS FLASHBANG TAX RATE.
LOOK HERE, BUT THIS IS OUR NO NEW REVENUE.
SO FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, $0.12 OF YOUR 29 AND A HALF CENTS WOULD BE WHAT THE STATE WOULD CAP US AT. AND THEN WITH THAT DE MINIMIS, WE'RE ABLE TO GET TO $0.14 OF THE 29 AND A HALF CENTS, ROUGHLY A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF.
AND SO THE GOAL IS TO MAINTAIN THE THE CURRENT TAX RATE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO PUT THAT TO WORK AND THEN JUST TO COMPARE 22 TO 23.
DID YOU SEE THAT? OKAY, THERE WE GO.
SO IT DIDN'T MOVE MUCH, BUT IT DID.
IT DID MOVE. AND THEN WHAT THAT MEANS IN DOLLARS AND CENTS IS.
YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S A BIG INCREASE.
SO AN ADDITIONAL FROM OUR FROM OUR KIND OF NO NEW REVENUE, TAX RATE AND REVENUE, WE'RE ADDING AN 868,000 TO MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS, BUT THEN WE'RE ADDING ALMOST 2 MILLION TO OUR DEBT SERVICE.
AND NOW WE'RE WE'RE PLANNING TO DO A PAYDOWN.
SO WE'VE DONE THAT A LOT IN THE PAST, TOO.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT COMING UP AS WELL.
2021 AND 2022 WERE STRADDLING THAT CALENDAR YEAR WHERE IT WAS 5500 BUILDING PERMITS.
AND THAT CREATED THAT THAT BUBBLE.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO MORE.
AND WE HAVE THAT BULGE THERE IN 2021 THROUGH 21, 22.
SO. THIS IS KIND OF OUR DEVELOPMENT REVENUE.
NOW, THIS ISN'T TO SCALE OR WITH NUMBERS, IT'S JUST FOR DRAMATIZATION PURPOSES.
AND THEN HERE'S OUR KIND OF ANTICIPATED POPULATION AND STAFFING.
IT'S GOING TO BE A STEADY CLIMB.
AND SO WE HAVE THIS SHORT TERM REVENUE.
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AND REMEMBER, WE CHARGE OUR DEVELOPMENT FEES ONE TIME UPFRONT AND WE HAVE COSTS THAT GO SOMETIMES A YEAR, 18 MONTHS, TWO YEARS AFTER THAT DEVELOPMENT.SO THERE'S ALREADY KIND OF A NATURAL.
YOU KNOW, YEAR TO YEAR OVERAGE THERE.
BUT WE CATCH UP IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS.
SO WE'RE WE'RE SLOWLY GETTING OFF RELIANCE OF DEVELOPMENT REVENUES AND WE'RE POSITIONING OURSELVES.
AND YOU SEE THAT CONTINUES TO GROW.
A 2021 AGAIN IS KIND OF A BULGE THAT ONE THAT WAS ALL THE PEOPLE ORDERING ONLINE.
AND SO BUT THIS 2023 PROJECTION IS MORE KIND OF OUR RESTAURANTS AND ALL THE ACTIVITY, INCLUDING ALL OUR ONLINE SALES AS WELL.
TO MAINTAIN OUR SERVICE LEVELS WE'RE IN OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY OUR STAFF.
AND SO OUR STAFF MORE, MORE OR LESS HAS TO MATCH OUR POPULATION NOW EARLY.
AND SO PROPORTIONAL TO THE POPULATION, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER PER POPULATION.
RIGHT. BUT AS WE'VE GROWN AND AS WE HAVE ECONOMIES OF SCALE, WE'RE STARTING TO SLOW DOWN.
NOW, THIS THESE GRAPHS ARE DIFFERENT SCALES.
SO IT'S ARBITRARY WHERE WE PUT THAT LINE, JOHN JUST HAD THAT 2023 LINE STAFFING AND POPULATION KIND OF TIE UP, BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW IT TRENDS BACKWARDS AND OUR PLANS ARE KIND OF ON THAT LINE.
AS POPULATION INCREASES, WE NEED TO INCREASE STAFF.
OUR LARGEST DEPARTMENTS ARE POLICE AND PUBLIC WORKS.
THOSE ARE OUR TWO CORE SERVICES AND THOSE ARE MOST OF THE ADS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TO TO DO THAT.
SO HERE'S THE PERSONNEL REQUEST.
IS THIS CID SERGEANT? YEAH, THIS WILL BE THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION.
THIS WILL PROVIDE LEADERSHIP IN LINE.
THEY WILL HAVE A PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OFFICER.
I MEAN, WE HAD COMMENTS EARLIER ABOUT THE GEORGE FLOYD INCIDENT.
OFFICE COORDINATOR IT'S A LOT MORE THAN JUST PATROLS.
THERE'S PAPERWORK, THERE'S VIDEO REQUESTS, THERE'S OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS FOR CITATION.
SO IT'S JUST GETTING BUSIER THERE.
AND ROBERT NEEDS HELP IN THAT AREA.
AND THEN JOHNNY DANIEL WILL BE THE FIRST SCHOOL IN OUR TOWN LIMITS.
WILL BE OUR FIRST SCHOOL IN TOWN LIMITS AND WILL NEED TO PROVIDE SERVICES.
NOW IT'S ONLY AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER OF THE FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE OUR FISCAL YEAR IS SEPTEMBER 30TH.
SO THIS WILL BE PARTIAL FUNDING AND THESE WILL BE PART TIME POSITIONS.
PUBLIC WORKS EQUIPMENT OPERATOR TWO MAINTENANCE WORKERS.
THOSE TWO MAINTENANCE WORKERS WILL BE OUT OF THE UTILITY FUND AND THEN IN ADMINISTRATION.
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT HAIRCUT, BUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR WILL ASSIST ME WITH KIND OF DAY TO DAY OFFICE AND OPERATIONS AND HELP ME KIND OF TAKE SOME LOAD OFF SO I CAN BE MORE IN THE LEADERSHIP, BE MORE AVAILABLE TO COUNCIL, HELP WITH POLICY, DIRECT STAFF TO FOLLOW YOUR POLICY, AND THEN A BUDGET ANALYST.
SO WE'LL ADD A BUDGET ANALYST.
WE HAVE SOME OTHER LARGE REQUESTS WE HAVE.
A NEW CAMERA SYSTEM IN PUBLIC WORKS THE DUMP TRUCK.
AND I'M SORRY, THAT SHOULD SAY SAND SPREADER, NOT SALT SPREADER.
YEAH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPREAD SALT ON OUR ROADS.
THAT WOULD BE THAT'D BE VERY FOOLISH.
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TO CREATE EFFICIENCIES AND TO STAVE OFF HIRING A PERSONNEL.AND SO WE'VE SET ASIDE SOME MONEY TO LOOK AT THAT.
AND THIS COST WILL BE SHARED BY OUR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS AND THE GENERAL FUND.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAY AT 50%.
MARKET THAT 50% WAS WHEN WE DID THE STUDY AND NOW IT'S WHO KNOWS WHAT'S HAPPENED.
BUT WE WE BELIEVE THAT THESE ARE REASONABLE ESTIMATES.
THEY'LL KEEP US. WE DON'T WANT TO GET BEHIND.
THE FURTHER YOU GET BEHIND, THE MORE EXPENSE THAT IT GETS.
SO I ONCE THE DUST SETTLES WITH ALL THE INFLATION AND ALL THIS STUFF, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE BEHIND 50%, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE CLOSE.
AND WE'VE COMMUNICATED THAT WITH EMPLOYEES AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO, TO WORK AT THIS.
BUT YEAH, THE NEW POSITIONS, A 6% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, WE'VE HEARD INFLATION IS 8.9, BUT DIFFERENT DIFFERENT PRICES OF DIFFERENT THING ARE MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT.
AND WHEN YOU DO THESE STUDIES, YOU CAN'T HIT EVERYTHING.
AND SO BUT THIS THIS IS A GOOD NUMBER FOR US.
NOW, THOSE THOSE THREE NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP TO 849 BECAUSE WE NORMALLY BUDGET AT A MID RANGE WITH THE FULL BENEFITS PACKAGE.
AND SO THESE ARE SAVINGS THAT WE'VE HAD AND WHAT WE BUDGETED IN THE PAST.
SO IT'S KIND OF A 22 TO 23 DIFFERENCE SAVINGS THERE.
AND THEN FINALLY INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLY AS WELL.
BUT THIS COMING YEAR, WE NEED TO GET THE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FROM FORT WORTH THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE US TO PAY FOR THAT CAPACITY, WHICH IS TO GET US FROM 1.63 TO 3.63.
BUT IT'LL ALSO INCLUDE PAYING ABOUT 8 MILLION TO UPSIZE THEIR SYSTEM TO PUSH THAT WATER TO US.
AND THIS IS JUST PHASE ONE OF OF THE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY WE ARE WE'LL START WE ARE IN THE DESIGN OF WE'RE ABOUT 60% DESIGN OF THAT MAIN TRUNK LINE.
AND THEN KATHERINE BRANCH WASTEWATER TREATMENT.
I'VE BEEN UP HERE TWICE NOW WITH ALL THE COST INCREASES WITH THAT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AND THEN WE'RE ANTICIPATING BECAUSE COSTS ARE GOING UP EVERYWHERE TO ADDING SOME MORE MONEY TO THE FLORENCE AND FORT ROAD PROJECTS BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING, THE PROJECTIONS THAT OUR ENGINEERS HELPED US WITH.
AND THEN JUST LOOKING AHEAD AND WE'VE GOT THIS OUT MUCH FURTHER, I THINK JOHN'S HAS A SEVEN YEAR PROJECTION, BUT LOOKING AHEAD, THERE IS THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THAT TRUNK LINE TO HANDLE OUR ALL OUR ULTIMATE SEWER FLOWS ALONG KATHERINE BRANCH AND DENTON CREEK AND THEN OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE BOND PROGRAM.
WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT ROADS WE'RE GOING TO DO, SO WE KIND OF PLUGGED A NUMBER IN THERE.
AND THEN THAT PHASE TWO OF OUR OUR WATER TO GET THE REMAINING FIVE MGD, WE'LL NEED TO BUILD A POINT AND DELIVERY A GROUND STORAGE TANK, A PUMP STATION.
AND THEN HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS? ALL WELL, WITH WITH THIS GROWTH, WITH YOUR INVESTMENTS, WITH THE NEW COMMERCIAL BASE, WE HAVE THE CAPACITY AND YOU SEE IN THERE KIND OF OUR PLANNED LUMP SUMS TO USE THAT CAPACITY TO PAY DOWN FUTURE DEBT TO FLATTEN OUT THOSE OUT YEARS.
AND THIS IS BASED ON EXISTING ENTITLED DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE THAT HAVE STARTED.
IT'S NOT ANY TYPE OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO WE'LL ENDEAVOR TO STAY UNDER THE LINE.
SO I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT FAST ENOUGH.
MAYOR THAT WAS A GOOD OVERVIEW.
YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE WHEN YOU DISTILL THIS DOWN TO SOMETHING WE CAN DIGEST AS A AS A ESPECIALLY FOR THE PUBLIC COUNCILORS YOU'VE GOT OBVIOUSLY IN YOUR PACKET. FUN BY.
A LOT OF DETAIL THAT YOU NEED TO DIG INTO.
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HAVE PRACTICED, AS MR. KORN SAID IN THE PAST, IS THERE ANYTHING I'D FIRST LIKE TO ASK? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO SEE IN THE NEXT ITERATIONS OF THIS BUDGET? ARE THERE SPECIFIC TOPICS OR ARE THERE SPECIFIC VIEWS THAT YOU NEED IN ORDER TO DIGEST THIS? AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF STAFF ALL THE TIME TO ASK YOUR QUESTIONS AT ANY TIME.AND MAYOR, BASED ON THE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE, WE HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TO CALL FOR THE BUDGET HEARING AND THE BUDGET ADOPTION FOR AUGUST 25TH WHERE WE MET ALL OUR DEADLINES, WE HAVE THE PROPER ASSESSMENTS.
SO IF YOU'RE READY, WE'VE GOT THAT LINED UP.
IF IF YOU WANT MORE DETAIL, IF YOU WANT ANOTHER BRIEFING, JUST JUST DON'T ACT ON THAT.
AND WE'LL WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER BRIEFING AND WE STILL HAVE TWO DATES IN SEPTEMBER.
WE JUST NEED TO YOU NEED TO ADOPT THE BUDGET BY OCTOBER 1ST.
SO COUNCILORS, IF AS YOU LOOK AT THE CIP PLAN, ONE OF THE THINGS I'D RECOMMEND YOU DO IS TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING AND MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE TRAJECTORY OF THOSE PROJECTS.
SO IF YOU NEED TIME TO TALK TO MR. CORN ABOUT THOSE AND GET FAMILIAR WITH THOSE, BUT BE VERY WELL BRIEFED ON ON YOUR CAPITAL PROGRAM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF OUR DISCRETIONARY TOPICS ARE.
THE BUDGET ITSELF DIG INTO ADDITIONAL POSITIONS.
WE SET OUT THE SAME FRAMEWORK EVERY YEAR TO THE STAFF TO SAY, GIVE US THE GIVE MR. CORN, THE DETAILS ON WHAT YOU THINK YOU NEED AND WHY AND THE DATA BEHIND IT TO PROVE WHY THAT POSITION IS NEEDED AND WHY THAT'S THE RIGHT POSITION AT THIS TIME.
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS EACH YEAR AND THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS THE SAME.
SO WE'RE NOT HIRING NECESSARILY PATROL OFFICERS EVERY YEAR.
OBVIOUSLY THIS YEAR THERE'S A COUPLE FILL IN POSITIONS.
AND, OF COURSE, ON THE TAX RATE, CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON WHETHER THAT IS THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO WITH HOLDING OUR TAX RATE, WHERE IT'S BEEN FOR FOR 20 YEARS. THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THE PRINCIPLES.
THIS IS THE MATH, BUT UNDERNEATH IT IS THE DETAIL.
AND SO YOU HAVE TO BE READY TO TALK TO THAT DETAIL.
SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK FOR ANYTHING NEW THAT YOU NEED AND THEN AN OPPORTUNITY THEN WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD NEXT NEXT MEETING OR TO CONTINUE TO ITERATE ON THIS BUDGET.
THE SLOT SLIDE YOU SHOWED US WITH THE DEBT CAPACITY, IS THAT WITH OR WITHOUT FUTURE PROJECTS? I THINK YOU SAID IT WAS WITHOUT.
IT IS IT IS PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN ENTITLED.
THAT ARE KIND OF ON THE BOOKS THAT HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS.
SO THERE'S STILL OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE THAT ARE FURTHER OUT THAT.
THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY COUNTING ON.
SO WE COULD BUMP THAT BLUE LINE A BIT MORE.
IF WE AS MORE DEVELOPMENT COMES IN, WE'LL WE'LL WE COULD CHANGE THAT.
YES, SIR. OR IT WOULD WE WOULD ADJUST IT APPROPRIATELY.
AS I SAID, I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS MANY TIMES, SO I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS ON IT.
BUT IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO BRING UP? ALL RIGHT. WELL, I HOPE ALL I'LL RETURN FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL, SO.
DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE FOR US OR IS THIS NATHAN ALL RIGHT?
[2.C. Briefing - Proposed Agricultural Zoning District Update]
AND IF YOU THOUGHT THE LAST ONE WAS INTERESTING, THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE EVEN.IS THIS WHAT EVERYBODY CAME FOR? NO. SO JUST WANTED TO BRIEF YOU ON A PROPOSAL FOR A NEW ZONING DISTRICT.
AGRICULTURAL ZONING DISTRICT? AND BECAUSE AGRICULTURAL HAS SO MANY SYLLABLES, I'LL JUST BE ABBREVIATING IT TO TO AG THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION.
SO FIRST, I JUST WANT TO GO OVER BRING YOU UP TO DATE WITH OUR COMP PLANS AND WHERE WE ARE.
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AND THEN JUST DISCUSS HOW WE'RE CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTING THOSE PLANS WITH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS, SOME ISSUES WITH THOSE CURRENT IMPLEMENTATIONS, AND HOW THIS PROPOSAL FOR AG ZONING DISTRICT COULD HELP THAT.SO GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1997, THIS WAS OUR FIRST COMP PLAN.
THIS WAS JUST RIGHT AFTER THE TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY WAS BUILT.
AT THE TIME, THE PLAN WAS FAIRLY SIMPLE SPLIT UP THE TOWN INTO KIND OF THREE PRIMARY LAND, USES RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND PARKS, OPEN SPACE AND THE MAJOR THE MAJORITY OF THE LAND AREA WAS IN RESIDENTIAL, DIVIDED IN TWO DENSITIES, ONE ACRE AND FIVE ACRE.
THEN IN 2002, THE STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN WAS ADOPTED.
AND AGAIN, A GOAL OF IT WAS TO PRESERVE OPEN SPACES AND RANCHES.
BUT IT INCLUDES IN HERE, YOU KNOW, IT REFERENCES THE FIVE ACRE AND ONE ACRE LOTS.
ITS IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY INCLUDED THAT BASE OF ONE ACRE AND FIVE ACRE LOTS THAT DID HAVE AN ALLOWANCE FOR SOME HIGHER DENSITY THROUGH CALLED CLOSELY SUPERVISED AND CONTROLLED CONDITIONS, WHICH ALLOWED SOME PLAN DEVELOPMENTS, MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENTS THAT COULD GET APPROVED AND ALSO INTRODUCED A CLUSTERING CONCEPT.
THESE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES FROM THAT PLAN DO A GOOD JOB OF SHOWING HOW THAT COULD WORK.
SO THIS IS A KIND OF A CONVENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF 45 ACRES WITH NINE FIVE ACRE LOTS.
AND THIS IS THE WAY IT COULD LOOK.
CLUSTERING. THE LOTS ARE SMALLER, BUT IT PRESERVES A LARGER AREA OF RANCHLAND OR OPEN SPACE, BUT THE SAME OVERALL DENSITY ONE ONE UNIT PER FIVE ACRES.
THIS PLAN HAD ABOUT 50% OF THE LAND AREA OF THE TOWN AND RURAL, RESIDENTIAL OR OPEN SPACE.
IT ALSO MENTIONED THE CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT AND RECOMMENDED THAT AS AN ACTION ITEM.
THEN WE COME TO THE THE CURRENT PLAN, WE ARE UNDER THE PATHWAY TO 2040 PLAN.
THIS WAS ADOPTED IN 2016, KIND OF BUILT ON THAT LAST PLAN.
IT CALLED THAT RURAL CORE AREA.
THE RANCH PRESERVATION CHARACTER AREA CALLED FOR THE PRESERVATION OF RANCHES FARMS AND IT MENTIONED TYPICALLY GREATER THAN 20 ACRES AND WANTING TO PRESERVE AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY.
AND THE DETAILS ON DENSITY AND USES.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BACKGROUND OF THE PLANS WHERE WE'RE AT.
HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT THAT? WE USE ZONING TO IMPLEMENT THAT, AND WE HAVE THESE TWO ZONING DISTRICTS.
RURAL RESIDENTIAL IS IS THE BASE OUR LOWEST DENSITY ZONING DISTRICT WITH FIVE ACRE MINIMUM LOT SIZE.
IT ALLOWS AGRICULTURAL USES AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES AS WELL.
IT'S ALSO USED AS KIND OF AN INTERIM HOLDING DISTRICT FOR AREAS THAT AREN'T READY TO DEVELOP BUT ARE SHOWN AS ANOTHER USE ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND THE COMP PLAN.
SO THERE'S AREAS LIKE AROUND THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL AIRPORT THAT'S SHOWN FOR BUSINESS PARK USES, THERE'S AREAS OFF OF 35 W THAT ARE IDENTIFIED FOR MIXED USE OR NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL IN THE FUTURE BUT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED RURAL RESIDENTIAL.
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SO THE IDEA IS WHEN THOSE AREAS ARE READY, THEY CAN COME IN WITH A ZONING APPLICATION AND P AND Z AND COUNCIL WILL REVIEW IT AGAINST THAT PLAN AT THAT TIME.AND THEN THE CROW, THAT'S THE OVERLAY DISTRICT THAT ALLOWS FOR CLUSTERING.
IT'S OVER THAT RANCH PRESERVATION RURAL CORE AREA AND ALLOWS FOR ONE ACRE LOTS IF THERE'S WATER SERVICE THERE, TWO ACRE LOTS IF NOT IN COMBINATION WITH OPEN SPACE.
SO IT KEEPS THAT OVERALL DENSITY OF ONE HOME PER FIVE ACRES.
SO HERE'S SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH THAT CURRENT IMPLEMENTATION.
I THINK EITHER IT'S JUST KIND OF UNKNOWN OR MISUNDERSTOOD.
WE'VE TRIED TO INTRODUCE THE CONCEPT TO LANDOWNERS AND DEVELOPERS LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE RURAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND LOOKING AT IDEAS TO DEVELOP IT.
BUT I THINK PART OF THE PROBLEM MAY BE JUST THE STRICT LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS AND OPEN SPACE PERCENTAGES THAT ARE REQUIRED, MAYBE A HINDRANCE.
AND IF WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY, YOU COULD GET VERY SIMILAR PROJECTS.
AND I THINK DEVELOPERS ARE MORE USED TO THAT PROCESS.
IT'S KIND OF ONE ACRE LOT ON THE FRONT AND VERY LONG, DEEP LOTS IN THE BACK.
FOUR ACRES IS KIND OF IN FLOODPLAIN.
ANOTHER ISSUE IS THIS DOESN'T REALLY PROTECT OR PRESERVE LARGER OPEN SPACES AND RANCHES.
IT'S SINCE IT HADN'T BEEN DEVELOPING.
WE DO STILL HAVE A LOT OF THESE OPEN RICHARDS, BUT THERE ARE OPEN SPACES AND RANCHES.
BUT THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT COULD BECOME AND COME IN AND DEVELOPED AND CUT UP AT FIVE ACRE LOTS DEVELOPED AREAS OF THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL ZONING, LIKE OUR BRIANS PLACE SUBDIVISION OFF A SCHOBER ROAD AND NORTH LAKE COUNTRY ESTATES AND BINGHAM ROAD AND STUFF. THOSE ARE MORE RESIDENTIAL FOCUSED WHEN THEY'RE DEVELOPED, BUT THE UNDEVELOPED AREAS THAT ARE ZONED RURAL RESIDENTIAL ARE PRIMARILY AG USE.
BUT WE APPLY THE SAME STANDARDS TO BOTH WHEN THAT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE APPROPRIATE.
SO THE PROPOSAL IS TO CREATE A NEW AG ZONING DISTRICT.
SO THE PERMITTED USE USES WOULD BE PRIMARILY AG USES WITH SINGLE FAMILY AS A SUBORDINATE USE AND ALSO KEEP USES THAT REALLY AREN'T SUITABLE.
ALTS LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT RECENTLY, WE COULD KEEP OUT SCHOOLS FROM THESE AREAS.
CHURCHES MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF FEDERAL LAW, BUT PROPOSALS TO SET A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF 20 ACRES, AS YOU SAW THAT 20 ACRES MENTIONED IN THE PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT IN THIS ZONE COULD BE LESS RESTRICTIVE DUE TO THE VERY LOW DENSITY NATURE OF AND NATURE OF AG USES.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS WOULD BE TO BETTER IMPLEMENT THE COMP PLAN BY PRESERVING THESE LARGER TRACTS.
WE'D HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REZONE EXISTING RURAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES OR THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REZONE TO BACK TO RURAL RESIDENTIAL.
THEY'D LIKE TO DEVELOP FIVE ACRE LOTS OR THEY COULD GO THE CLUSTER ZONING ROUTE WITH THE ONE HOME PER FIVE ACRES AND THIS MAY BE HELPFUL, CAUSING THEM TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH A ZONING PROCESS AND WE CAN WORK WITH THEM.
ON HOW THE CLUSTERING CONCEPT COULD BRING A BETTER PRODUCT.
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ALSO, IT COULD SERVE AS A HOLDING ZONE FOR AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE RANCH PRESERVATION CHARACTER AREA.IT WOULD BE PRIME PROPERTY AND UNDERSTAND THIS LIKELY TO REDEVELOP AND NOT STAY AG FOREVER.
IT WOULD REDUCE CONFUSION AND KIND OF A FALSE IMPRESSION.
SOMETIMES WHEN WE'VE SEEN SOME ZONING CHANGES, THERE'S THE IMPRESSION THAT BECAUSE IT WAS ZONED RURAL, RESIDENTIAL, IT WAS ALWAYS INTENDED TO BE RESIDENTIAL AND PLAN THAT WAY. SO THE PROCESS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN WOULD TAKE TWO STEPS.
THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE CREATING THE DISTRICT THROUGH A UDC AMENDMENT.
THAT WOULD BE THE SOMEWHAT EASY PROCESS.
AND THEN AFTER THAT'S DONE, THEN GET GO THROUGH REZONING PROPERTIES TO TO THE AG ZONING DISTRICT.
SO A COUPLE OF WAYS IT COULD HAPPEN.
IT COULD WORK AT WORKING THROUGH ALL OF THE UNDEVELOPED RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND CHANGE THAT.
THE EXISTING, OF COURSE EXISTING FIVE ACRE LOT SUBDIVISIONS WOULD REMAIN ZONED RURAL RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDER THAT 20 ACRES OR THEY FIT WITH THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL IS REALLY INTENDED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS IS THAT.
SOME SOME OF THOSE THINGS COULD BE FENCE STANDARDS CAN'T DO EXTERIOR BUILDING MATERIALS ANYMORE, BUT MINIMUM HOME SIZE ACCESSORY BUILDINGS, IT COULD LOOSEN UP A LITTLE BIT ON THOSE AND KIND OF PROVIDE SOME DIFFERENTIATION AND MAYBE A REASON WHY SOME PROPERTY OWNERS MAY RATHER HAVE THAT AG USE AND THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING.
ALSO, ANOTHER IDEA IS THAT WE COULD JUST REMOVE THE CRO THE OVERLAY AND ACCOMPLISH THIS ACCOMPLISH THE SAME IDEA EITHER THROUGH HAVING A CONSERVATION RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT ON ITS OWN.
FINALLY, THIS WAS BRIEFED TO PNC AT THEIR AUGUST 2ND MEETING.
AND BASED ON THAT BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION, THE CONSISTENT, CONSISTENT CONSENSUS FROM THE P AND Z WAS THEY WOULD LIKE TO CREATE A ZONING DISTRICT. THEY WANTED MORE A MORE DETAILED PLAN OF ACTION ON HOW PROPERTIES WOULD WE BE RE ZONED TO THIS DISTRICT.
AND SOMETHING THAT I REMINDED P AND Z ON THAT ANY OF THESE ZONING REZONING PROCESSES, WE WOULD WORK WITH THE OWNERS UP FRONT, BUT EVEN THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS THEY WOULD BE NOTIFIED BECAUSE THEIR PROPERTY IS BEING REZONED.
THEY WOULD HAVE THE THE RIGHT AND ABILITY TO ATTEND THE PUBLIC HEARING, TO HAVE WRITTEN, WRITTEN PROTEST AGAINST IT. AND MOST LIKELY THEY WOULD OWN 20% OF THE LAND IN THE NOTIFICATION AREA BECAUSE THEY OWN THE PROPERTY BEING REZONED.
AND THAT WOULD KICK IN A SUPERMAJORITY REQUIREMENT.
SO IT WOULD IT WOULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO DO IF A PROPERTY WAS AGAINST IT AND YOU WOULD BE PANSY AND COUNCIL B FULLY AWARE IF THE IF THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS AGAINST IT AS WELL.
THIS WON'T AFFECT THE EXEMPTION OF OUR PROPERTIES, CORRECT? NO. NO.
RIGHT. THAT'S A USE OR THAT'S AN ACTIVITY.
THEY DID A GOOD JOB. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR ASHLEY.
SO THIS TALK OF SUPERMAJORITY, ISN'T IT? MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE RIGHTS ON ZONING TO FORCIBLY ZONE SOMEONE WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION.
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YOU DO HAVE THAT ABILITY.ALL RIGHT. THEN THAT'S GOING TO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO SEPARATE THESE TWO CONVERSATIONS AND FOCUS ON THE CREATION OF A ZONE WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CHANGES, AS YOU SAID, TO MAKE IT AN APPETIZING ONE SO FOLKS COULD CHOOSE BETWEEN THE TWO.
SO GO BACK TO WHERE? A COUPLE OF SLIDES THERE, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
AS OF NOW, WE'VE HAD NOTHING DEVELOP IN THIS CROW CATEGORY BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY A DEVELOPER COMES IN, BUYS 50 ACRES AND WANTS TO BUILD 50 HOMES OR MORE.
AND SO THE CONCEPT OF HAVING GRASS NOT WITH A HOUSE ON IT JUST ISN'T IN THEIR REALM, RIGHT? SO THEY END UP WE END UP NEGOTIATING A PLANE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS ANYWAY.
NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CROW DISCOVERS, THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL AREA, THAT RURAL CORE AND REALLY THE ONLY AREAS IN THAT GENERAL AREA THAT HAVE DEVELOPED HAVE BEEN AREAS IN THE AREA WHERE THERE'S NO ZONING CONTROL BUT NO AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN ZONED RURAL, RESIDENTIAL, HAVE BEEN HAVE HAD THEIR ZONING CHANGE OTHER THAN STARDUST RANCH REALLY THAT'S IN THAT AREA.
YES. I THINK PART OF THE CROW THAT HESITANCY OR WE DON'T GET FOR THE KIND OF ONE ANCHOR TO FIVE ACRE, WE DON'T HAVE KIND OF THE MORE SOPHISTICATED, LARGER DEVELOPER.
AND HOW DO YOU HOLD THAT LAND IN TRUST? WHO TAKES CARE OF IT? KIND OF THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS.
IT'S EASIER FOR KIND OF THE DEVELOPERS OF STARDUST AND THEY BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT IT IS IT YOU KNOW, IT COULD REQUIRE CREATING A A LAND TRUST OR SEEMS LIKE A SEE.
ARE THINGS BASICALLY NEVER GOING TO GET USED? WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
IT'S USED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
BUT IT'S IT CAN BE VERY COMPLICATED.
AND HOW DO YOU SET THAT UP IN PERPETUITY THAT PRESERVES THAT? AND THE DEVELOPERS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED THE HIGHLAND STARDUST RANCH PURVIEW FARMS, THEY ALL OWN A PD.
AND SO THAT WAS MORE OF THE GIVE AND TAKE THERE.
OKAY. I WOULD CONCUR WITH THE P AND Z THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET THE UDC UPDATE SO WE CAN TAKE FURTHER ACTION HOW WE DO THAT.
WE'LL HAVE TIME TO DISCUSS THAT.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT CONVERTING UNDEVELOPED CRO TO AG DIRECTLY IS PROBABLY NOT THE EASIEST TO DIGEST, BUT IT MAKES THE THINGS HAPPEN AND WE GIVE FULL PRIVILEGE TO COME BACK.
BECAUSE EVEN IF SOMEBODY HAS AN UNDEVELOPED, UNDEVELOPED 50 ACRE RANCH, HUNDRED ACRE RANCH OR WHATEVER, THEY HAVE TO REZONE RIGHT NOW TODAY TO GET TO A PD OR ANYTHING ELSE.
AND SO WHAT'S DIFFERENCE OF REZONING FROM RR AS TO REZONING FROM AG? I THINK ONE OTHER THING THAT COMES TO MIND FOR ME, JUST ON A PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS IS I'VE SEEN AROUND THE REGION, AS GROWTH STARTS APPROACHING, CITIES AND THESE RURAL AREAS START TO GET PRESSURE EITHER TO SELL OR TO DEVELOP IN BOTH CITIES AND PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND THE RATCHETING UP OF THE CONVERSATION, BOTH BECAUSE THE DOLLARS GET MORE AND MORE.
WHAT I'VE SEEN AROUND THE REGION HAS BEEN THE LATITUDE WITHIN A ZONING WHERE YOU HAVE ONLY A FEW ZONES CAN END UP YOU CAN END UP WITH A USE IN THERE THAT OVER TIME IS INAPPROPRIATE ANYMORE FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
SO I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING THIS DISTRICT.
I'M NOT YET SURE WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH IT OTHER THAN A VOLUNTARY ACTION.
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AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT.BUT I DO THINK WE NEED IT IN OUR PORTFOLIO BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT IS LAID OUT IN THE COMP PLAN, WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE TOOLS AS THE GROWTH HITS US AND IT IS ALREADY HERE AND WE'RE SEEING CHALLENGES TO IT.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE NUANCE IN WHAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT THERE.
AND I THINK ADDING ANOTHER DISTRICT IS GOOD OR RATHER ADDING THE THE ZONING TYPE IS GOOD TO OUR UTC AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT, SEE HOW WE CAN USE THAT IN OUR PORTFOLIO.
ALL RIGHT. DO IT AND DO IT RIGHT.
OKAY. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FOR STAFF? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
[3. PUBLIC INPUT]
AND SO I'VE GOT A NUMBER OF THEM HERE, WHICH I'LL TAKE AN ORDER THIS EVENING.I'VE GOT FIVE IN MY HAND AND I IMAGINE THERE MIGHT BE A FEW MORE OUT THERE.
AND YOU CAN COME UP. WE'LL ASK THAT YOU DO FILL OUT A CARD.
PLEASE DO THAT ON THE HONOR SYSTEM HERE BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL START WITH MR. TIM. RIGHT. YOUR FIRST STEP TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MY NAME IS TIM WRIGHT.
I LIVE AT 7701 VALLEY RIDGE DRIVE HERE IN NORTHLAKE.
FIREWORKS ARE ALL FUN AND GAMES UNTIL SOMEBODY LOSES AN EYE OR A HAND OR A HOME.
I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME UP HERE TONIGHT AND SPEAK IN FAVOR OF FIREWORKS.
AND JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY WANTS SOMETHING DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT HAS TO BE PERMITTED.
WAS ELECTED TO DO THE JOB OF DECIDING WHAT IS BEST FOR THE TOWN OF NORTHLAKE.
NOW, WHEN WHAT IS BEST FOR THE TOWN OF NORTH LAKE COINCIDES WITH WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT.
THEN LIFE'S THE BOX OF PUPPIES AND EVERYBODY'S HAPPY.
BUT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE HARD DECISION TO SAY NO.
WHAT'S BEST FOR THE TOWN IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE TOWN.
AND IF THAT COST ME A VOTE OR TWO, THEN SO BE IT.
SO IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE WHAT'S BEST FOR THE TOWN AND TO ACT ACCORDINGLY.
I LIVE AT 7701 CLOVER RIDGE DRIVE.
SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME TONIGHT.
I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THE FIREWORKS POLICY AS IT CURRENTLY IS, AND THEN SEND IN A REQUEST TO ALL OF YOU THROUGH THE CURRENT PORTAL THAT WE JUST CAME OUT WITH. AND I APPRECIATE MAYOR REDDING'S AND COUNCILMAN MANCINI'S RESPONSE TO THAT.
SO I BELIEVE THAT THE FIREWORKS POLICY OUGHT TO STAY AS IS.
NORTH LAKE IS A UNIQUE TOWN WITH A RURAL FEEL.
AND ONE OF THOSE THAT MY FONDEST MEMORIES OF FIREWORKS ON THE 4TH OF JULY.
NOW, GRANTED, THERE WERE SOME VERY POOR DECISIONS MADE THIS YEAR.
ONE OF THOSE BEING THAT THEY DIDN'T DECLARE A BARN.
BARN. PLEASE FOCUS ON THE FUTURE.
I SEE A FUTURE WHERE? NEXT JULY WE'VE HAD AMPLE RAIN.
WHAT FUTURE DO YOU VISUALIZE? PLEASE DON'T PUNISH THE MAJORITY BECAUSE OF SOME POOR DECISIONS THAT COULD BE MITIGATED IN OTHER WAYS.
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IF YOU BAN FIREWORKS, THAT'S NOT GOING TO FIX STUPID.THIRD FORM I HAVE TONIGHT IS EMIR SANABRIA.
MAYOR AND GENTLEMAN, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE TODAY.
I'LL BE BRIEF BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT ON YOUR PLATE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S ABOUT THE NUMBERS, THE MONEY OR HOW MUCH THE BUDGET HAS INCREASED.
I DON'T THINK IT'S EVEN ABOUT STAFFING.
IF IT IS ABOUT STATISTICAL DATA THAT COULD HAND OUT TO YOU GUYS, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN RECEIVING THAT DATA, DEMONSTRATING JUST HOW MUCH WE NEED EMPLOYEES THERE FOR MY FROM THE OTHER MINUTES THAT I'VE HEARD.
THE REAL PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE IN QUESTION IS THE LEADERSHIP.
THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR EMPLOYEES, THEIR PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE ENTITIES.
IN MY 20 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.
I HAVE SEEN TOXIC ENVIRONMENTS.
I'VE WORKED WITH TOXIC LEADERS.
I KNOW WHAT A TOXIC LEADER IS, AND IT ISN'T FOR ME.
I COULD SAY THAT THE CHIEF APPRAISER IS NO TOXIC LEADER AND THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE A TOXIC CULTURE.
THE CHIEF APPRAISER HAS IMPLEMENTED A CHANGE, AND WITH CHANGE THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF RESISTANCE.
HOWEVER, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE, I COULD SAY THAT DCAD HAS MOVED PAST THAT RESISTANCE PERIOD AND EMPLOYEES ARE TAKING AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE NEW CULTURE, WHICH IS THE NEXT STEP IN IMPLEMENTING AND TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE.
I KNOW YOU RECEIVED A LETTER THAT IMPLIED WHAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING AT THE FED FROM A PERSON THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE ACADEMY, BUT BEING HAVING FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE AND WORKING THERE THAT ISN'T GOVERNED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.
EXCUSE ME. DCAD IS GOVERNED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS, NOT BY THE COUNTY.
I KNOW THAT CHIEF APPRAISER HAS INVITED THE COUNTY TO COME AND TALK AND TOUR OUR FACILITY, TO SPEAK WITH OUR STAFF, TO SIT IN OUR ARB MEETINGS AND TO SIT WITH OUR APPRAISERS. WE'VE ASKED THEM TO COME AND LEARN OUR PROCESSES, PROCESSES AND TO COME AND OPENLY SPEAK WITH OUR MANAGERS AND WITH OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM TO SEE IF WE CAN BUILD A BRIDGE.
UNFORTUNATELY, TO THIS DAY, THAT HASN'T HAPPENED.
BEING AT DECATUR EVERY DAY, I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND I CAN TELL YOU IT IS NOT WHAT YOU'RE READING.
DEKALB WELCOMES YOU TO COME VISIT.
I ASKED YOU TO COME TO GET TO KNOW OUR LEADERSHIP.
I BELIEVE YOU'LL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THAT THAT IS NOTHING LIKE WHAT YOU'VE HEARD.
AND TO AND TO LEARN THAT MISS MCCLURE IS NOT THE LEADER THAT SHE'S PORTRAYED TO BE.
INSTEAD, SHE'S KIND. SHE CARES ABOUT DENTON, KAT, AND HER EMPLOYEES.
TODAY, I ASK YOU TO TAKE AN OBJECTIVE VIEW AND WEIGH WHAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM WHAT I'VE TOLD YOU.
THANK YOU FOR COMING AND TALKING TO US.
I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SALLY LANE I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR AGENDA ITEM THAT'S GOING TO BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ABOUT ME AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY. I KNOW SOME OF YOU GUYS, THREE YOU GUYS WERE HERE, SO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE BATTLE FROM THE WORD GO.
I MOVED INTO NORTH LAKE IN 2013 AND I CAME HERE AND BOUGHT THE PROPERTY SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I COLLECT ANTIQUE CARS AND NORTH LAKE HAD AN EXEMPTION FOR ANTIQUE CARS.
SO I MADE. ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT I WAS 100% LEGAL.
THE RV PARK NEXT DOOR IMMEDIATELY.
THEY THEIR PLAN, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IS TO INCORPORATE MY PROPERTY.
THEY HAVE A ROAD THAT RUNS RIGHT INTO MY FENCE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DIDN'T BUY IT, BUT THEY DIDN'T.
I DID. AND I HAD A MEETING WITH THEM.
THEY SAID IT WAS FINE WHAT I WAS DOING.
THEY ASKED ME, PLEASE DO NOT BUILD A FENCE.
AND I ASKED THEM TO CONTACT ME IF THEY EVER HAD ANY ISSUE WITH WHAT I WAS DOING.
AND I TRY TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND GET ALONG AND DO WHATEVER THEY NEEDED.
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WELL, THEY IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE CITY AND TURNED ME IN FOR HAVING JUNK CARS AND I WAS NOT IN VIOLATION OF THAT.BUT THE CITY CHARGED ME ANYWAY, AND THAT ENDED UP BEING A THREE AND A HALF YEAR COURT BATTLE.
AND THE JURY FOUND ME NOT GUILTY BECAUSE I WASN'T I WAS NOT IN VIOLATION.
BUT THE RV PARK WAS TRYING TO GET RID OF ME BECAUSE THEY WANT MY PROPERTY.
WELL, THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO GET RID OF ME.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE THE ONES COMPLAINING NOW OR IF THEY HAVE RECRUITED OTHER PEOPLE TO COMPLAIN.
BUT I DID TALK TO THEM A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
AND I SAID, WELL, THAT'S FUNNY, I'M THE OWNER AND NOBODY'S EVER TALKED TO ME ABOUT IT.
SO I SUSPECT THERE'S AN ISSUE THERE.
SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU GUYS CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT FOR ME.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TOLD YOU CAN'T BY ANY FUTURE COUNCILS.
YOU KNOW, THE PREVIOUS MAYOR ASSURED ME THAT THIS WOULD NEVER BE AN ISSUE AGAIN.
HE PROMISED ME THAT SOME OF YOU GUYS HEARD THEM IN COUNCIL MEETINGS.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS BIND FUTURE COUNCILS ALL THE TIME.
WHEN YOU VOTE ON DEBT, FUTURE COUNCILS HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR THAT.
AND I KNOW THIS MAY NOT BE ONE OF THEM, BUT NORTH LAKE SHOULD BE KNOWN FOR BEING HONEST AND DOING WHAT THEY SAY, YOU KNOW? AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT THAT WAS PROMISED ME.
AND NOW WE'RE BACK AT THIS AGAIN.
AND I'D REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS JUST INSTRUCTING WHOEVER IT NEEDS TO BE THAT THIS IS DONE.
IT WAS A DECISION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MADE.
LEAVE ME ALONE. BECAUSE I TRY TO GET ALONG.
I'VE TRIED TO GET ALONG ALL ALONG.
I HAVE NEVER FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST ANY OTHER CITIZEN IN THIS TOWN.
I JUST DEAL WITH STUFF THAT I DON'T LIKE.
YOU KNOW, THE WAREHOUSES CAME IN AROUND ME.
ALL KINDS OF NOISE, ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
I JUST WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE, TOO.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, I MOVED IN WAY AWAY FROM EVERYBODY.
I DON'T HAVE I'M NOT IN A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
YOU KNOW, ALL I'VE GOT NEXT TO ME IS AN RV PARK.
THERE'S NO OTHER HOUSES WITHIN I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MILES IN NORTH LAKE.
I APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT, MR. TRAVIS. GENTLEMEN, GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.
MY NAME IS CLIFF TRAVIS LIVE AT 3264 GLENMORE AVENUE HERE IN NORTHLAKE.
I THINK THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE STEPPED UP TO THAT.
I'M NOT BLAMING YOU. I'M JUST SAYING IT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED.
THERE ALSO NEEDS TO BE SOME TYPE OF MODIFICATION, YOU GUYS.
I THINK THERE SHOULD BE CONSIDERATIONS AS TO ARE WE.
IS THE WEATHER LEADING UP TO IT.
APPROPRIATE? IF IT'S NOT, THEN JUST CALL THE BURN BAN.
I THINK THAT WHEN PEOPLE SEE THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, NORTH LAKE, WE CAN DO FIREWORKS.
THEY DON'T READ THE FINE PRINT.
AND THE FINE PRINT SAYS YOU CAN'T BURN FIRE.
YOU CAN'T SHOOT OFF FIREWORKS OUT IN THE STREET IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE.
IT NEEDS TO BE ON YOUR PROPERTY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WHEN YOU SHOOT OFF FIREWORKS, YOU CAN'T CONTROL WHERE THEY GO SOMETIMES.
SO THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HAZARD THERE.
THIS YEAR WE HAD FOR AT LEAST FOUR, MAYBE FIVE OR SIX INCIDENTS WHERE.
PROPERTY CAUGHT FIRE AND WHETHER THAT'S JUST A GRASS FIRE OR WHATEVER HAPPENED.
AND IT'S A SHAME THAT THAT THAT IT WENT DOWN THAT WAY BECAUSE WORKING WITH DENTON COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT, I DON'T WANT TO SEE THOSE GUYS GO OUT THERE TO HAVE TO FIGHT A FIRE THAT WAS UNNECESSARY, YOU KNOW.
SO I'M SAYING LET'S PLEASE TRY TO KEEP IT IF WE CAN, BUT LET'S MODIFY IT IF WE NEED TO.
AND WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE BETTER TO THE RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY LEADING UP TO JULY 4TH.
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SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I DO APPRECIATE IT.ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THE FIVE CARDS THAT I HAVE SO FAR AS ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
I LIVE IN NORTHLAKE ASKING WHAT'S BEST FOR NORTH LAKE? OR ASKING ALWAYS WHAT'S BEST FOR NORTH LAKE NEGATES OUR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS WHAT'S BEST FOR THE NORTH.
LIKE, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SUBJUGATE MY WILL TO WHAT'S BEST FOR NORTH.
LIKE THAT NEGATES OUR PERSONAL LIBERTIES.
IT NEGATES THE ENTIRE FOUNDING OF THIS COUNTRY.
SO I WOULD I WOULD TAKE ISSUE WITH THAT.
I AM ALL ABOUT PERSONAL LIBERTIES.
AND THE DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE GONE ON THUS FAR HAVE REVOLVED AROUND TAKING AWAY OUR LIBERTIES BECAUSE WE'RE GROWING AS A TOWN. I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU ALL OUR COUNCIL, THAT YOU LOOK AT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN PRESERVE OUR PERSONAL LIBERTIES DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE'RE GROWING.
I KNOW THAT ISSUES COME WITH GROWTH, BUT ALSO WHAT MAKES A DESIRABLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 28 TOTAL CALLS, A FULL ONE THIRD OF WHICH WERE NOT EVEN IN NORTH LAKE.
OF THOSE CALLS, FOUR WERE LEGAL.
FIVE CITATIONS OR WARNINGS WERE WRITTEN, FOUR WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE.
AND THIS TO ME, IS NOT AN OVERWHELMING FLOOD OF CALLS ABOUT THIS IDEA OF FIREWORKS.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING AWAY SOME EASY PERSONAL LIBERTY FOR THE SAKE OF OF WHAT THESE TEN CALLS THAT OCCURRED OR 18 CALLS, RATHER.
ALSO, SWITCHING TO ANOTHER SUBJECT I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS OR TALK ON THE THE AG ZONING.
AS YOU KNOW, I'M A FAN OF PERSONAL LIBERTY AND I'M NOT A FAN OF FORCING ZONING ON SOMEONE.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE TOWN NOT FORCE THIS ON PEOPLE.
THE THIRD SUBJECT I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS IS THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
THAT IS THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AGENDA ITEM TWO A THE VIOLATION OF THE PROPERTY AT 8921 STANLEY LANE I WAS HERE FOR THAT AND I DID SEE MY FELLOW RESIDENT, MR. JOEL MACGREGOR GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
HE SAT THROUGH A LENGTHY COURT BATTLE AND AND HE PREVAILED.
IT JUST SEEMS IT JUST SAYS THE VIOLATION AT THIS ADDRESS.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE YOU KNOW, HE'S A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
HE COMES TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEETINGS.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE LEAVE HIM ALONE IF HE'S NOT IN VIOLATION OF ANYTHING.
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THESE TOPICS.
LET'S LET'S KEEP NORTH LAKE DIFFERENT.
LET'S KEEP IT A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE IN AND LET'S PRESERVE OUR LIBERTIES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
MY NAME IS ALEX. I LIVE AT 3716 WATERMILL WAY HERE IN CANYON FALLS.
I DO LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE FIREWORKS ISSUE AGAIN AND LIKE A FEW PEOPLE HAVE TOUCHED BASE ON.
WE ARE A SMALL TOWN OR FAIRLY BIG NOW.
A LITTLE OVER 5000 PEOPLE, I THINK.
LIKE SHE TOUCHED BASE ON AND THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS AND I'M LOOKING AT HIS GRAPH THAT HE POSTED DURING THE LAST TOWN CALL, EIGHT CALLS WHICH HE SAID BOGGED DOWN OUR 911 SYSTEM, OVER 5000 PEOPLE AND WE ARE GETTING BOGGED DOWN.
AND A LOT OF AND A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE MR. MARTINI AND MR. GANTZ WERE.
Y'ALL GOT A LOT OF EMAILS ON HOW PEOPLE WERE AGAINST ALL THE FIREWORKS.
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Y'ALL HAD HUNDREDS OF EMAILS.WERE THESE VERIFIED AT ALL? FACEBOOK. THERE IS A LOT OF SPAM OUT THERE.
DO Y'ALL BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ ON FACEBOOK? MR. SPEAKER, FINALLY.
NICE TO MEET YOU. FINALLY COME OUT.
CAN YOU FOLLOW THE CAMPAIGN? WE MIGHT GET YOUR VOTE FOR US.
WE'RE A SMALL TOWN, AND I KNOW OUR FAMILY.
AND OUR WHOLE BLOCK WAS OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LITTLE SPARKLERS, NOTHING BIG.
THERE WASN'T BIG SUBDIVISIONS LAUNCHING OFF, WHICH MR. MARTINI SAID, WE WERE GOING TO HAVE COMPETITIONS.
THERE'S NO SUBDIVISION THAT WE CAN SEE FROM FROM ONE ANOTHER.
OH, WE CAN PLAY YOU BACK THE TAPE IF YOU WANT.
BUT PLEASE, GUYS, VOTE THE RIGHT WAY.
LET US KEEP WHAT OUR TOWN IS KNOWN FOR, WHAT LITTLE WE'RE KNOWN FOR.
DON'T TAKE THOSE THINGS AWAY FROM CITIZENS.
1776, WE SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
SO, ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT. SORRY.
SURE. NO PROBLEM. YOU CAN FILL IT OUT AFTERWARDS.
YEAH. MY NAME IS DAN BRADY. I JUST MOVED IN THE HIGHLANDS.
THREE, TWO, TWO EIGHT. BRIDGEGATE.
I JUST LOOKED UP ON YOUTUBE SPEAKING TO MY FRIEND.
HE JUST SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
IF YOU JUST GOOGLE A YOUTUBE YOUTUBE VIDEO OF LA FIREWORKS.
SO LA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, I MOVED TO THE WEST COAST TO HEAR L.A.
AND IF YOU JUST GOOGLE YOUTUBE LA FIREWORKS, THERE'S HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FIREWORK SHOWS BY.
YOU CAN MAKE RULES THAT YOU WANT.
PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO DO IT.
AND THEN ANOTHER SECOND POINT TO THE GENTLEMAN BACK HERE.
IF EIGHT CALLS BOGGED DOWN OUR SYSTEM, ME BEING A NEW RESIDENT HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IN NORTH LAKE, WE NEED TO FIX THAT AND NOT TELL 5000 PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE.
AND I BELIEVE I SAW THE NUMBERS.
THEY ANTICIPATE 18,000 COMING IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS.
SORRY FOR MY THROAT. WE NEED TO CHANGE WHAT WE CAN CHANGE AND NOT FORCE CHANGE ON 5000 AND GROWING PEOPLE BECAUSE OF WHO KNOWS WHAT IF THEY'RE VERIFIED PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO BE.
I THINK SHE SAID FIVE FIVE CITATIONS WERE WRITTEN.
SO I DON'T THINK THIS IS THAT BIG OF A DEAL.
THANKS, GUYS. HAVE A GREAT DAY.
THANK YOU. IT'S ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. SIX 4650 3:00 PM.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[4. CONSENT ITEMS]
LET ME GO THROUGH THESE FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYBODY HERE.WE HAVE FOUR CONSENT ITEMS D, F AND G.
D IS THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR JULY 14TH.
THIS IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED BRIDGE PROJECT.
IT USUALLY COMES WITH A 10% LOCAL AMOUNT CONTRIBUTED TO THAT.
IN THIS CASE, WE DO NOT HAVE TO PAY THAT.
IS THAT CORRECT? IN CASH, WE HAVE CREDITS OR DO WE NEED TO PULL IT FIRST? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT.
OKAY. WE'LL PULL THAT JUST SO I CAN CONFIRM THAT I WAS GOING TO DO THE OVERVIEW.
GIBBS ROAD DOES NOT INVOLVE ANY MONEY FROM THE TOWN FOR THIS INCREASE.
ALL RIGHT, DNG COUNCILORS, YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THESE ITEMS. I JUST MADE A MOTION BEFORE WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILOR SESSIONS, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM MONTINI.
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SO EVERYBODY IN. THERE WE ARE, 770.I APOLOGIZE. GOT A LITTLE TOO DETAILED.
LET'S GO BACK TO THAT. I DO WANT THIS TO BE CLEAR, BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY, PRETTY NEAT.
[4.E. Consider Resolution 22-43, approving and authorizing the Town Manager to execute an Advance Funding Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation, for design and construction of the bridge replacement located at Elizabeth Cemetery Road and Elizabeth Creek, in an amount not to exceed 10% of project costs]
SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE FUNDING FOR THIS IS AN 80, TEN, TEN, 80% FEDERAL, 10% STATE, AND 10% LOCAL IS THE GENERAL FUNDING MECHANISM FOR OFF SYSTEM BRIDGES. IN THIS CASE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WE'RE GETTING TO APPLY CREDITS FROM OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE FUNDED THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.IS THAT CORRECT? YES. IT'S A MATCH.
WE HAVE WE HAVE THE PROJECT IN KATHERINE BRANCH.
THERE'S REMEMBER THE ADDITIONAL 500,000 FOR THE FUNDING GAP FOR THAT BRIDGE OVER KATHERINE BRANCH? IT WAS GOING TO BE AHMANSON.
SO WE CAN WE'VE TALKED TO OUR TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANT AND SAID THAT'S AN ELIGIBLE USE.
SO WE'LL JUST SHOW THEM THAT EXPENDITURE AND THAT WILL BE OUR MATCH.
VERY GOOD. SO WE GET A NEAR MILLION DOLLAR ROAD AND BRIDGE WITHOUT ANY CASH OUTLAY.
IS THAT THE BOTTOM LINE? ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S A GOOD PROJECT ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.
ALL RIGHT. SO NOW, COUNCILORS, WE HAVE TO AUTHORIZE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT.
ALL RIGHT. MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNSELOR SESSION SECOND HAND BY COUNSELOR BOYER.
UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN, GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
VERY GOOD. OUR LOCAL GHOST ROAD.
ALL RIGHT, SO NOW BACK TO THE MAIN EVENT HERE.
[5.H. Consider approving Ordinance 22-0811A amending Article 6.03, “Fireworks,” of the Code of Ordinances of the Town of Northlake, Texas; prohibiting the detonation of fireworks in certain situations; providing a severability clause; providing a savings clause; providing that this ordinance is cumulative; providing a penalty for violation; providing for publication; and providing an effective date]
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO ACT ON THIS IF YOU WANT TO, AND I THINK THE DESIRE IS TO ACT ON THIS TONIGHT.I HAVE SOME THAT I'M GOING TO DO, BUT I WON'T JUMP OUT IN FRONT.
IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO START, YOU CAN GO IN ANY ORDER YOU WANT.
IF YOU'VE GOT A POINTS TO MAKE.
BUT I'VE GOT SEVERAL THAT I WANT TO MAKE.
BUT I AS I SAID, I WON'T JUMP OUT IN FRONT.
BUT IF ANYBODY WANTS TO START, LET'S LET'S GET THE BALL ROLLING.
OKAY. WE RECEIVED QUITE A FEW, I GUESS, INPUT FROM RESIDENTS.
I READ EVERY ONE OF THEM AND ALL THE ONES THAT WERE IN FAVOR OF FIREWORKS HAD A COMMON THEME.
ONLY TWO INPUTS, ONE BY MR. RIGHT AND ONE BY A LADY FROM I THINK HIGHLANDS.
NOT ONE PERSON IN FAVOR OF THEM MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT THE RISK TO OTHER PROPERTIES.
IT WAS ALL I MEAN, SOME WENT SO FAR AS TO SAY, WELL, WE TOOK PRECAUTIONS, WE WET OUR GRASS.
WELL, THAT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE DOWNSTREAM OF YOUR FIREWORKS? WHERE IS THEIR PROTECTION? THEY SUPPOSED TO BE UP ALL NIGHT HOSING THEIR YARD DOWN SO A FEW PEOPLE CAN ENJOY SOME FIREWORKS.
AND WHAT WENT ON ON JULY 4TH AND THIRD WASN'T A COUPLE OF DADS ENTERTAINING THEIR KIDS.
ONE PERSON SUBMITTED A FORM, WAS BRAGGING HE SPENT $5,000 TO PUT A SHOW ON AT PRAIRIE VIEW.
AND PRAIRIE VIEW FARMS IS NO MORE THAN 30 FEET AWAY FROM RURAL FARMLAND IN BRIAN'S PLACE, AND WITH PREVAILING WINDS THAT ARE SOUTH TO NORTH AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN THE RURAL AREAS ARE MORE AT RISK.
AND WE DID HAVE A FIRE ON MY STREET, IRONICALLY, CAUSED BY A FIREMAN.
I MEAN, HIS CHINESE ROCKET DIDN'T GO VERTICAL.
IT WENT SIDEWAYS AND TOOK OUT FOUR ACRES OF A NEIGHBOR'S FIVE ACRE LOT.
SO DO WE NEED A COUNTY BURN BAN FOR PEOPLE TO USE COMMON SENSE? AND THIS WAS A FIREFIGHTER.
THERE'S NOTHING MORE HE CAN DO ABOUT THAT.
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THE THE FIREWORKS ONE GENTLEMEN MENTIONED YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID.BUT THOSE OF US THAT ARE ON ACREAGE OR THOSE THAT HAVE ACREAGE, WHY SHOULD THEY BE AT RISK OVER SOMEONE ELSE'S STUPIDITY? THIS HAPPENS EVERY YEAR.
WE HAVE PEOPLE SHOOTING FIREWORKS OFF FROM THE STREET.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK WE SHOULD GET RID OF IT, PERIOD.
THERE'S JUST THE HOUSES NOW ARE TOO DENSE AND THE OPEN AREAS ARE RIGHT NOW ARE MORE AT RISK.
I JUST THERE ARE FORT WORTH PUTS ON A BIG SHOW.
I BELIEVE LEWISVILLE PUTS ON A SHOW.
I MEAN, THERE'S SAFER ENTERTAINMENT VENUES.
I THINK LAST TIME THE CHIEF SPOKE, HE SAID, I THINK IT WAS.
WELL, IT'S HARD TO PINPOINT WHO'S DOING IT.
IF WE CAN'T CATCH THE PERSON IN THE ACT, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO.
NOW, IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE VICTIMS DOWNSTREAM WHO MIGHT GET DAMAGED BY THE FIREWORKS, WHETHER IT BE A GRASS FIRE OR YOUR ANIMALS GET KILLED, GOD FORBID, OR YOUR HOUSE BURNS DOWN, YOU HAVE NO LEGAL RECOURSE.
IT'S JUST THERE'S TOO MUCH GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH THE DENSITY IN TOWN.
AND THE HARVEST SHOW WAS ANOTHER ISSUE WHERE THEY'RE ON FACEBOOK SAYING, WELL, WE GOT TO GO.
LET'S GO OVER OLD JUSTIN ROAD.
WE DON'T WANT TO SHOOT FIREWORKS OFF IN FRONT OF OUR HOMES.
OURS ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER, SO THEY COME OVER NEAR THE RURAL AREAS AND PUT ON QUITE A SHOW.
SO AGAIN, IT'S THE LACK OF CONSIDERATION FOR OTHERS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF AND CITIZENS.
ONE THING IS THAT EACH COUNCIL PERSON AND THE MAYOR REPRESENTS THE INTEREST OF ALL OF NORTH LAKE, NOT JUST A CERTAIN DEDICATED AREA, WHICH WE RAN ON SOME OF THE WRITEUPS AND THAT I'VE HEARD.
I WANT TO GIVE CITIZENS SOME IDEAS OF WHAT AND HOW.
I CONSIDERED THIS QUESTION AND ARRIVED WITH THE INFORMATION THAT I FOUND.
IT'S PLENTY OF IT. BUT THAT DIDN'T INTERVIEW WITNESS.
WHEN WE LEAVE, WE CAN LEAVE THE ORDINANCE LIKE IT IS AND MODIFY IT.
WE CAN DRAW THE AUTHORIZATION FROM WITHDRAW THE AUTHORIZATION FROM ANY ORDINANCE.
IN MY 50 YEARS WORKING, I'VE SERVED ON STATE AND FEDERAL PANELS, WORKED WITH THE FBI, THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY IN LRB DOL OR LMS I RB IN THE IDU EDO AND SEVERAL LEVELS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ENFORCEMENT AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL.
I WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT HERE.
I HAVE HEARD OR READ FROM ALL ANGLES OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE ISSUE.
FIRST, I DISREGARDED THOSE WITH PERSONAL POLITICAL ATTACKS THAT WERE ATTACKING COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE MAYOR OR OTHERS WITHOUT OFFERING INTELLIGENT POSITIONS ABOUT THE FACTS OF FIREWORKS.
YES, WE DO HAVE RIGHTS OF LAW, BUT WE ALSO HAVE AN ORDINANCE.
I HAVE TWO HONORABLE DISCHARGE, ONE FROM THE US NAVY AND ONE FROM THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.
AND I DON'T FIND DISREGARD FOR ORDINANCE OR LAW TO BE HONORING OUR MILITARY OR OUR COUNTRY.
[01:35:07]
POLITICAL GROUP ATTACKED THE MAYOR FOR LEAVING LAST MEETING.AND I THINK THAT MR. MONTINI APTLY HANDLED THE REST OF THE MEETING.
WE HAVE CHANGED THE AGENDA ORDER OFTEN IN THE PAST, WHICH WAS NOT ANYTHING NEW.
THE POSTER FAILED TO SAY THAT THE OTHER MEETING THE MAYOR WENT TO HELPS THE TOWN THROUGH THE MAYOR'S EFFORTS TO NETWORK WITH OTHER AREAS AND TOWNS TO BUILD A BIGGER ENTITY, AN INTIMATE ENTITY AMONG THE CITIES.
WHERE WERE THE NAYSAYERS WHEN THE MAYOR MISSED A MEETING WHILE TRAVELING ON HIS OWN MONEY AND RISKED TO GO TO ROMANIA AND CROSS THE BORDER INTO UKRAINE WITH A TRUCKLOAD OF SUPPLIES? IS THIS GERMANE? I APOLOGIZE.
IT'S. IS THIS GERMANE TO THE TOPIC? I THINK I'M ANSWERING WHAT PEOPLE PUT IN THERE TO YOU ON THE MEETING.
I THINK UNDER THE POSTING IT'S OKAY, BUT.
SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, BILL, BUT I JUST WE'RE KIND OF NOT READING IT, I THINK.
I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT.
BUT LET'S LET'S JUST GET TO THE FIREWORKS.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE? THAT'S THAT'S GERMANE TO THE FIREWORKS.
THANK YOU. THE ORDINANCE IN THE FIRST PLACE GREW OUT OF POLITICS WHEN IT WAS USED TO GATHER VOTES WHEN THREE PEOPLE WERE RUNNING FOR COUNCIL. NO THOUGHT WAS GIVEN TO ENFORCEMENT.
THAT ORDINANCE DECISION LACKED THOUGHT THEN.
IT LACKS THOUGHT TODAY, AND IT WILL BECOME EVEN MORE APPARENT IF THIS COUNCIL KICKS IT DOWN THE ROAD FOR NORTH LAKES FUTURE AS IT CONTINUES TO GROW A MORE HIGH DENSITY IN ONE ACRE LOT. AS PREDICTED, THERE WERE THOSE THAT WERE IN FAVOR OF HALTING THE FIREWORKS, BUT SOME THAT WERE RELUCTANT TO SAY ANYTHING FROM NOT WANTING TO BE ATTACKED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE ONE LADY WROTE HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR WHOEVER RESPECTFULLY ASK US NOT TO SHOOT FIREWORKS UNTIL THE 4TH OF JULY.
SO WE SHOOT OFF FIREWORKS ON THE 3RD OF JULY.
ANYWAY, EVEN THOUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S PATROLLING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ASKING US TO STOP, WE, THE RESPONSIBLE ADULTS, CONTINUE SHOOTING OFF FIREWORKS WHILE SCOFFING AT FIRE WORKERS AND FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE ATTEMPTS TO PROTECT US.
THEN, WHEN POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS FIRE BREAKS, FIRE BREAKS OUT BEHIND MY HOUSE.
WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSES AND THE LIVES OF INNOCENT ANIMALS.
AND YET THE FIREWORKS CONTINUE.
WE HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES TO THANK WHO HAVE HEROICALLY PUT OUT FIRES WHICH WE CREATED, WHICH COULD HAVE EVENTUALLY DESTROYED MY HOME AND OTHERS BECAUSE SOMEBODY WANTED TO SHOOT FIRE WORKERS FIREWORK FIREWORKS DURING A RECORD DROUGHT.
WE WENT. WE WANT OUR YOUTH TO RESPECT OUR AUTHORITY AND RESPECT OTHER AUTHORITIES, POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, DON'T WE? WE LEAD OUR YOUTH BY EXAMPLE.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID THEIR JOB.
AND I POINT THAT OUT TO SHOW THAT THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PRESSURE ON ANYBODY THAT DISAGREES.
ANOTHER HOMEOWNER POSTED TONGUE IN CHEEK, BUT ALSO SERIOUS.
ALL ABOUT THE TRASH LANDING ON MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW.
I WILL SAY THE STATE LAW SAYS THAT FIREWORKS ON YOUR PROPERTY WHEN ALLOWED BY LOCAL ORDINANCES ARE OKAY AS LONG AS THEY ARE CONTAINED ON YOUR PROPERTY WHEN ALLOWED. SOME WERE SETTING OFF FIREWORKS IN A CUL DE SAC WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS LAST NIGHT.
SO I HAD ASH DEBRIS RAINING ON MY HOUSE, POOL AND PATIO AND THEY WERE A MESS THIS MORNING.
THIS IS JUST ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF WHY IT ISN'T JUST ABOUT THE PERSON SHOOTING THE FIREWORKS.
ONE PERSON ACTUALLY DID CARE ABOUT A FIRE.
THEY SAID, THAT'S MRS. MOORE'S HOUSE, NOT MINE.
I DON'T KNOW HER. ANYWAY, WHO TAUGHT? YOU MIGHT KNOW IF SHE LIVES ACROSS FROM MR. GAINES. SHE WAS OUT OF TOWN THIS WEEKEND.
WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN WHY? IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET THE GATES OPEN.
I PRAY HER HORSE AND COWS ARE OKAY.
[01:40:05]
I THOUGHT I'D BEEN SHOT ALREADY.IT'S GOOD FOR ME AND I'M MIXING THE OTHER SIDE.
I POST FROM THOSE SHOOTING POSTS, FROM THOSE SHOOTING ON THE THIRD, ALL WERE OKAY ON THE THIRD.
THERE WAS NO FIRES THAT I READ ABOUT AND THEN ALL WERE ON THE FOURTH.
I DON'T RECALL ANY FIRES ON THE THIRD AND ALL WERE ON THE FOURTH.
FURTHER POSTS ON THE THIRD FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS GREAT.
THANKFULLY, NO HOUSES WERE DAMAGED.
ANOTHER ONE SAID, CAN WE COME LIGHT OUR STUFF AT YOUR HOUSE SINCE THE POLICE LEFT YOU ALL ALONE? HA HA. THEY CAME HERE TO.
HA HA. YOU ALL WANT TO SPLIT A POTENTIAL TICKET? THE EVENING OF THE THIRD POST SAID.
ON THE THIRD. THEN ON THE FOURTH.
IS ANYONE DOING FIREWORKS AGAIN TONIGHT OR DID EVERYBODY RUN OUT LAST NIGHT? WELL, ONE SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO HIS ANOTHER AND SAYS WE'LL BE FINISHING OFF TONIGHT SINCE WE STOPPED WHEN THE COPS WERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE FOLLOWING FOLLOWING WERE FURTHER IMMEDIATE RESPONSES.
WELL, IT'S NOT RIGHT, BUT IT'S NOT AGAINST THE LAW.
ON THE FOURTH. IT IS, ISN'T IT RIGHT FOR PEOPLE TO BE SHOOTING PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY EITHER? LOOK AT CHICAGO. THEY'RE SHOOTING PEOPLE UP THERE.
AND THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT OR CONTROLLABLE ACCIDENTS.
CAN'T BLAME THE SPOON FOR EATING TOO MUCH AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT IT MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT ME.
SO BECAUSE I CAN'T CONTROL MY SPOON.
AND ANOTHER SAID, WELL, HERE'S THE FACTS.
THE FIREWORKS DID NOT COME FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID THEIR JOB, AND THANKFULLY, NOBODY AND NO ANIMALS WERE HURT.
NOT SURE WHICH SIDE THIS ONE'S ON.
FIRES SAYING FIRES HAPPENED WITH THE ORDINANCE IN PLACE.
PRO FIREWORKS CITIZENS WITH REMARKS ABOVE INCLUDED PEOPLE THAT SHOULD BE THINKING OF A GLOBAL COMMUNITY HERE, A MULTI STATE SECURITY DIRECTOR OF AN INTERNATIONAL CLOTHING APPAREL COMPANY, AND HARRY, A REALTOR WHO DID A LOT OF BUSINESS IN NORTH LAKE, A FAMILY OF A REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF A NATIONAL CHAIN OF GROCERY STORES, A DENTON COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT FIREMAN SHOOTING FIREWORKS IN A CUL DE SAC IN FRONT OF HOUSES DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF A SOUTH WIND.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THAT, MA'AM.
ME DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE IT.
IN OTHER WORDS, SAYING MAKE IN FRONT OF THE LADY THAT DID POST.
WE CANNOT DEPEND ON THOSE WITH SELF-SERVING INTENTIONS TO HONOR AND RESPECT THE LAW.
THERE IS A BLAME TO GO AROUND AND THAT SEEMS TO BE POPULAR PASSION.
AS A COUNCIL WE SHOULD NOT BE DRAFTING ORDINANCES WE CANNOT ENFORCE.
AGREED. THE TOWN COULD HAVE PUT IN ITS OWN BURN BAN THIS TIME, BUT NOT.
DOES ANYONE BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THOSE FIRING FIREWORKS WERE EVEN LISTENED TO? THAT MANY VIOLATED THE PROPERTY RULE ON DISCHARGE OF FIREWORKS IN ALLEYS, STREETS, CUL DE SAC WITH LESS THAN 50 FEET FROM HOUSES.
SOME SCOFFED AT OR IGNORED OUR NORTH NORTH LAKE POLICE JUST BECAUSE WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE ONLY ONE GRASS FIRE IN OUR AREA THIS YEAR, AS MANY AS THE OTHER FIVE POINTED OUT, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT LUCK OVERRIDES COMMON SENSE.
OUR TOWN IS TOO BIG TO BE TREATED OTHERWISE.
AND LET ME QUOTE A PERSON THAT I HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR.
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PROPERTY WITHOUT ANY POLITICAL INFLUENCE PERSONALLY OR FROM THE OUTSIDE.AND I APPRECIATED THAT WHEN IT CAME FROM THE ONE OF THE SPEAKERS THAT SAID THAT WE SHOULDN'T ALLOW POLITICS TO MAKE OUR DECISION, AND I'M NOT MAKING THE BLATANT POLITICS MAKE MINE.
COMMON SENSE GOES A LONG WAY TO BAD IS NOT COMMON ANYMORE.
THAT ESPECIALLY GOES FOR FIREWORKS.
WE HAVE AN AMAZING POLICE FORCE HERE.
WE HAVE SOME DEDICATED POLICEMEN.
WE HAVE A GREAT CHIEF, AND OUR CAPTAIN DOES A WONDERFUL JOB.
BUT WE CANNOT EXPECT THEM TO DO MAGIC AND TOLERATE DISRESPECT AND DISREGARD FROM OUR CITIZENS.
IF AN ORDINANCE STANDS TO PROVIDE FOR ALLOWING FIREWORKS OR NOT ALLOWING THEM, THE ORDINANCE WILL NEED TO BE COMPLETELY REWORKED TO CONSIDER THE FACTS BROUGHT TO LIGHT ON THESE ISSUES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR RESPECT AND LISTENING TO MY FINDINGS OVER THE LAST OF MY FINDINGS THAT I FOUND OVER THE LAST MONTH.
AND MY INTENTION IS TO VOTE TO DELETE THE OC.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
I THINK IT'S A FOOT. MINE SAYS SPARE.
JUST. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE.
AS I KNOW, IT'S BEEN A HOTLY DEBATED TOPIC IN THE TOWN AMONGST LOTS OF PEOPLE.
PEOPLE WANT TO BRING UP LIBERTY AND YOUR RIGHTS AND ALL OF THAT, AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT.
I WAS IN COLLEGE WHEN 911 HAPPENED.
HAVING A GREAT TIME. I WITHDREW AND JOINED THE MARINE CORPS.
AND I WENT OVERSEAS AND I SAW PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ANY LIBERTIES.
SO US HAVING THIS ARGUMENT ABOUT THIS BEING A LIBERTY THAT NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED IS FUNNY TO ME BECAUSE WE CAN GO TO THESE SHOWS THAT THESE TOWNS PUT ON BY PROFESSIONALS AND WATCH THEM SAFELY WITH FIRE CREWS ON SCENE READY TO GO.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, LIBERTIES DO NOT EXTEND TO THE TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN HARM SOMEONE ELSE.
SO WHEN LIBERTY, YOU START IMPACTING OTHER PEOPLE'S WAY OF LIFE OR THE WAY THEY WANT TO LIVE THEIR LIFE, IT'S NOT OKAY WITH ME AND IT SHOULDN'T BE OKAY WITH PEOPLE IN SOCIETY TYPICALLY NOWADAYS.
AS MR. MOORE SPOKE TO AND MR. GANS SPOKE TO, WE HEAR A LOT OF I WHAT'S BEST FOR ME, WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR SOCIETY, WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR TOWN, WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR NEIGHBOR.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S THE SAME THING AS SAYING, WHY DO WE HAVE A LAW AGAINST DRINKING AND DRIVING? PEOPLE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE. THEY'LL ONLY HAVE TWO OR THREE, RIGHT? I'M SURE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HEARS THAT ALL THE TIME.
IT'S THE SAME THING. YOU DON'T DO IT BECAUSE YOU CAN HARM SOMEONE ELSE.
THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY ABOUT IT. BUT THAT'S IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GET DOWN TO IT.
IT'S NOT RESTRICTING ANYONE'S FREEDOMS OR LIBERTIES.
IT'S PROTECTING OTHER PEOPLE'S.
AND I SUGGEST THAT PERHAPS WE FIND OTHER WAYS TO HAVE JOY.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT OUR FOREFATHERS IN 1776 FOUGHT THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR FOR FIREWORKS.
THEY MAY HAVE FOUGHT THEM FOR FIREARMS, BUT NOT FIREWORKS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE REGULATIONS AGAINST FIREWORKS, WHY DON'T WE WHY DON'T WE ALLOW THEM FOR TWO DAYS? WHY DON'T WE ALLOW THEM 365 DAYS A YEAR? BECAUSE IF YOU REALLY WANT FREEDOM, YOU COULD SHOOT THEM OFF EVERY NIGHT, SAY, TILL 10:00, PROVIDING THERE'S NOT A BURN BAN.
SO WE'VE MAGICALLY PICKED TWO DAYS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR FREEDOMS BACK.
SO I HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THIS, BUT I BASICALLY AGREE WITH WHAT EVERYBODY SAID.
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IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH A TO ALLOW FIREWORKS, WE NEED TO APPOINT A COMMITTEE OF MAYBE THE MAYOR OF THE CITY MANAGER AND A COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO BURN BAN.BECAUSE I DON'T NOT PLAN ON DEPENDING ON DENTON COUNTY ANYMORE.
I MEAN, WE HADN'T HAD RAIN AT THAT POINT SINCE JUNE THE FOURTH.
WE'VE GOT TEMPERATURES OVER 100 DEGREES AND THE WIND'S BLOWING 20 MILES AN HOUR.
AND WE THINK WE TELL PEOPLE IT'S SAFE TO SHOOT FIREWORKS.
AND I WANT ALL OF YOU HAVE YOUR FREEDOMS, BUT I THINK THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN JUST YOUR FREEDOMS. ALL RIGHT. I'LL JUMP IN NEXT.
BUT I'M JUST GOING TO GO BY MY OUTLINE FOR HERE FOR NOW.
I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF REPEALING THE ORDINANCE AS IS RIGHT NOW.
I THINK IT MAKES US FEEL GOOD TO SAY BAN THE FIREWORKS.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S THERE WAS SOME ENORMOUS RISK.
THERE WERE SOME INCIDENTS THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED.
THERE WAS SOME RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED.
WE HAVE GAPS INSIDE THE TOWN WHERE WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ALREADY BAN THESE FIREWORKS.
IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE IS ALL HAVE IT.
WE'VE ALL SIGNED AGREEMENTS TO THAT EFFECT AND LOTS OF US DO IT.
CITATIONS WERE ISSUED AND IN SOME CASES WITHOUT WITHOUT WARNINGS.
BUT THAT THAT IS ENFORCEMENT, THAT'S OUR ONLY WAY OF ENFORCING IS TO GO FIND IT, TO PROVE IT.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE VERY WELL WRITTEN.
IT IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME WHAT THEIR INTENT IS.
IT'S THE WILL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED ON THE DOCUMENT.
AND SO MY SECOND POINT IS FIRST EFFICACY.
WE HAVE SOME THINGS WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS, BUT A TOTAL BAN IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
MOST OF THE BEHAVIOR WE SAW, THE RECKLESS BEHAVIOR WILL CONTINUE BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT RECKLESS BEHAVIOR WAS ALREADY BANNED BY VIRTUE OF WHO WAS TRESPASSING, WHICH IS ANOTHER ISSUE WHICH WE'VE DEALT WITH FOR A LONG TIME, AND WE TRY TO GET AFTER IT WITH ENFORCEMENT.
BUT IT IS A DIFFICULT MATTER IN SOME CASES.
BUT BACK TO THIS IDEA OF PUBLIC.
WELL, I WOULD COUNT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO'VE SPOKEN HERE TONIGHT, THE COUNSELORS, MY WIFE AND ALL THE OTHERS THAT SUBMITTED COMMENTS TO ME, ABOUT 100 PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN SOME KIND OF FORMAL COMMENT, AND THAT'S NOT COUNTING FACEBOOK THREADS, JUST 100 IN TERMS OF MESSAGES, DIRECT MESSAGES, DIRECT ONLINE COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL OR PRESENTATIONS HERE OF THOSE, I'M GOING TO COUNT A DOZEN THAT WERE AGAINST THIS ORDINANCE.
THE OTHER NIGHT, ALMOST ALL OF THEM SAID THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A BURN BAN BY DENTON COUNTY.
BUT IN GENERAL, FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THEY HAVE THEY'VE ASSESSED IT.
THEY CHECK THE MATH, THEY CHECK THE WEATHER, THEY CHECK THE WINDS.
AND THEY HAVE A FORMULA TO DETERMINE WHEN THERE'S A BURN BAN.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS AN EFFECTIVE MEASURE THAT TAKES IT OUTSIDE THE POLITICAL REALM.
THIS SHOULD NOT BE A POLITICAL DECISION EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT THERE'S NEW YEAR'S OR 4TH OF JULY, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE FOR OUR TOWN TO GO THROUGH THIS CONVERSATION EVERY TIME WE COME UP TO A HOLIDAY WHERE IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE AND THERE'S NO BURN BAN FROM DENTON COUNTY, WE DON'T NEED THAT.
WE DO NEED SOMEBODY THIRD PARTY TO DO IT.
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE PUBLIC WILL HERE IS OVERWHELMINGLY FOR IT.
AND I WILL SAY THERE'S A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS WHO DIDN'T WEIGH IN ON THIS.
VERY FEW PEOPLE FROM THE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES WEIGHED IN ON THIS AND ANY SIZABLE WAY.
BUT I HAVE ONE OTHER POINT HERE.
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CITY AND THE COUNTIES AS WELL.THEY DEFINE WHAT OUR RULES ARE AND WHAT WE WHAT PARAMETERS WE CAN OPERATE UNDER.
AND IT'S ALSO THEIR POWERS THAT ARE DELEGATED BY THE PEOPLE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL.
SO THAT'S THE CORE ENTITY FROM WHICH SOME OF OUR POWERS FLOW.
NOW, I KNOW THEY DELEGATE TO US THE RIGHTS TO DO SOME THINGS.
I KNOW A LOT OF CITIES JUST JUST SAY, NO, WE CAN'T HANDLE IT.
WELL, I'D LIKE US TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HANDLE IT.
AND I THINK WE CAN I THINK WE'VE DONE IT FAIRLY WELL IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
THE SYSTEM DID WORK, BUT NOT WELL ENOUGH.
BUT IN ORDER TO SAVE SOME TIME HERE, THE STRUCTURE BY WHICH WE'RE GOING TO DO WE'RE GOING TO VOTE UP OR DOWN ON THIS ON THIS ORDINANCE HERE IN A MINUTE WHEN EVERYBODY GETS DONE TALKING. AND IF WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH SUSPENDING IT, THEN I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THESE PROPOSALS THAT I HAVE FOR ADDRESSING THESE GAPS.
I THINK THEY WORK AND I THINK THEY'LL ALLOW RATIONAL PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE.
AND I THINK THEY'LL GIVE ENFORCEMENT CAPABILITY TO OUR OFFICERS FOR PLACES THAT THEY DON'T TODAY.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE BAN IT JUST TO MAKE OURSELVES FEEL GOOD.
IT WON'T CHANGE THE EFFECTIVENESS BY CHANGING THE ORDINANCE.
SO I DO BELIEVE THAT LAND IMPLIES SOME CONVEYANCE OF RIGHTS TO ENJOY IT.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE IS SOMETHING THEY WANT TO ENJOY ON THEIR PROPERTY BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT THEY BOTH ARE EXPRESSING IT ACROSS OUR TOWN IN NUMBERS APPROACHING 90% OF THE COMMENTS THAT I GOT.
AND ALSO BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT WE DO BELIEVE IN PROPERTY RIGHTS AND PEOPLE DOING SOME THINGS ON THEIR PROPERTY THAT THEY CAN CONTAIN, I UNDERSTAND HAS BEEN SAID CONTAINING IS THE KEY. AND THERE DOES HAVE TO BE SOME SOME RULES FOR GOOD ORDER.
AND I DO THINK TWO DAYS A YEAR IS MORE THAN ENOUGH.
THERE'S A LOGICAL PIECE TO THAT.
AND I DO THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO CELEBRATE OUR COUNTRY.
AND I THINK THIS IS A WAY THAT WE HAVE FOUND CULTURALLY ACCEPTABLE TO DO SO.
SO I DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS GO AWAY YET.
I UNDERSTAND THAT CITIES GROW.
AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO SAY NO IF YOU'RE AS DENSE AS THE INNER CITY.
AND WE'VE GOT TO GET CONTROL OF THAT AND WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO DO THAT.
BUT I WANT TO CONTINUE TO RELY ON DENTON COUNTY, AND I DO THINK THERE'S A FEW TWEAKS TO THE ORDINANCE WE CAN MAKE, BUT I'LL STOP THERE BEFORE WE GET INTO NUANCES OF FIXING THE ORDINANCE.
COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. DO THEY ALLOW FIREWORKS? TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE? WE DIDN'T REALLY COME PREPARED.
WE THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE AN UP AND DOWN VOTE.
BUT PICK ON TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, KNOWLEDGE THAT JUST CAME IN TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE.
SO THERE WENT THE MAJORITY OF THE CITIZENS IN THE ENTIRE CITY THAT CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEIR WAY BEING MAD AT THEM FOR SOME REASON.
RIGHT. IS THERE A LAW THAT MAKES IT SO IF YOU CATCH YOUR NEIGHBOR'S YARD ON FIRE, YOU'RE HELD LIABLE? SO THERE'S SOMETHING THAT ADDRESSES THAT.
SO IF SOMEBODY CATCHES SOMEBODY'S YARD ON FIRE, THEY CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT.
AND THAT WON'T CHANGE IF WE UNDO THIS.
THERE'S NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
WHAT'S THE POINT OF AN ARSON LAW SO THAT IF YOU CATCH YOUR NEIGHBOR'S YARD ON FIRE, YOU CAN BE HELD LIABLE? YOU SHOULDN'T STAY? IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO HOLD SOMEONE REBEL UNLESS THEY ARE CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF DOING IT.
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YES. AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.THAT'S MY POINT. AND THAT BRINGS IT INTO.
RIGHT. WELL, I'M JUST SAYING YOU'RE SAYING A COUPLE OF Y'ALL MADE THE COMMENT THAT YOU CAN'T THAT THIS MAKES IT SO THAT YOU CAN CATCH YOUR NEIGHBORS OUT IN THE YARD ON FIRE? NO, THAT MAKES US YOU CAN'T CATCH YOUR NEIGHBOR'S YARD ON FIRE.
THAT'S THE THING THAT PROTECTS YOU AGAINST THAT.
THERE'S A LAW FOR THAT SPECIFIC THING, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. THE THE.
RIGHT. THEY'RE TOTALLY SET UP FOR THAT.
THAT'S THE ISD'S JOB, RIGHT? WE NEED TO INCREASE AWARENESS TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO, THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE HELD LIABLE IF THEY SET THEIR NEIGHBOR'S YARD ON FIRE. RIGHT.
THAT THEY MUST DO IT FROM THEIR OWN PROPERTY.
THAT THEY HAVE TO DO IT IN THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF TIME.
RIGHT. LIKE THEY CAN'T DO IT ON THE THIRD.
PEOPLE ARE DOING IT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE THIRD, BUT THEY DID IT ANYWAY.
I MEAN, HOW CAN WE TRULY ENFORCE IT IF WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ENFORCE OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE? I REALLY DOUBT THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO ENFORCE ONE IF WE COMPLETELY BANNED IT.
RIGHT. WE GET TO FOCUS PEOPLE'S EFFORT, PEOPLE'S THE POLICE EFFORT TOWARDS, HEY, DO IT AT THIS TIME.
YOU'RE FREE TO DO IT THIS TIME, THEN STOP.
I DON'T THINK THAT AT OUR DENSITY YET.
I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT AT ONE POINT IT SHOULD GO AWAY.
AT LEAST ARIEL'S RIGHT IS THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO.
RIGHT. I MEAN, WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME ENFORCING THAT EVEN IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW YOU END UP ENFORCING IT ACROSS BIGGER LOTS.
AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM WHEN THIS HAPPENED IN 2018, WHEN THIS GOT APPROVED, IS THAT CORRECT? AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS A FIRE CHIEF HERE THAT SAID SOME WORDS ABOUT WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES.
IT WAS LONG, TALL, DEAD GRASS.
INTERESTING HOW WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS CONVERSATION AROUND JULY 1ST.
AROUND JANUARY 1ST? WHY? BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S WET AND DEAD AND IT'S NOT VERY FLAMMABLE YET.
THIS YEAR PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BURNED BURN BAN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT SPARKED THIS CONVERSATION.
I THINK THAT WAS ISD'S PROBLEM AND NOW WE'RE ALL FREAKING OUT AND TRYING TO TAKE AWAY THIS.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD TAKE IT AWAY.
I THINK THIS IS I THINK IT MAKES NORTH LAKE UNIQUE.
I THINK IT IT ACTUALLY MAKES IT SAFER BY HAVING A WINDOW TO DO IT WHERE THE POLICE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SAFE, WHERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ON EDGE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SAFER.
I THINK IT'S SAFER DOING IT IN THIS.
NOW, DOES THAT MEAN WE NEED TO EDUCATE, EDUCATE, EDUCATE? YEAH, I THINK THAT I THINK THAT WAS NEED TO EDUCATE AND THE PLACES THAT NOT ALLOWED, I THINK THE HIGHER DENSITY NEIGHBORHOODS NEED EDUCATE.
DON'T DO IT, DON'T DO IT, DON'T DO IT.
YOU CAN'T KEEP IT ON YOUR PROPERTY.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE.
I MEAN, I THINK EDUCATION IS THE KEY BECAUSE WE HAVE A UNIQUE ORDINANCE.
I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY ELSE HAVE AN ORDINANCE LIKE THIS.
THIS IS THE STUDY WE DID THAT DISCH IN AN AREA DISCH IN MARTINVILLE WERE THE TWO COMMUNITIES WITH SOMETHING SIMILAR THAT ALLOWED FIREWORKS OR DIDN'T SPEAK DIDN'T SPEAK TO FIREWORKS.
I ASKED MR. HERMAN AND MR. LAMBERT TO SUPPORT THAT AS WE CAME INTO OFFICE, AND I WAS CHASTISED BY SOME AND SUPPORTED BY OTHERS.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT POLITICS TONIGHT.
THIS IS ABOUT PEOPLE RESPECTING THE LAW AND THE ORDINANCE.
THE COMMENTS THAT MR. MOORE READ, THE PEOPLE LAUNCHING ON JULY 3RD.
YES, THERE'S A LOT OF BAD SCENARIOS THAT HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
BURN BAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED.
WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PREPARED TO BACK THAT UP WHEN IT WASN'T.
THIS IS A RIGHT THAT I FOUGHT FOR THAT I SUPPORT.
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BUT YOU CAN'T ASK A COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE TO SUPPORT THIS IF PEOPLE AREN'T WILLING TO FOLLOW THE RULES THAT ARE SET IN PLACE.WE NEED TO PROBABLY MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
WHEN WE FIRST MADE THIS RULE AND ALLOWED THIS, WE WERE TOLD BY OUR ATTORNEY THAT THE THE HIGHER DENSITY NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE CANYON FALLS HARVEST IS OUTSIDE OUR JURISDICTION.
BUT THESE HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENTS TYPICALLY HAD RULES STOPPING FIREWORKS, AND THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED BY THE NEIGHBORHOODS THEMSELVES.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M NOT TAKING AWAY A PERSONAL FREEDOM THERE.
THAT'S NOT THE NORTH LAKE I KNOW NORTH LAKE THAT I KNOW IS PEOPLE RESPECTING THEIR NEIGHBORS, RESPECTING THE LAWS AND THE RULES OF THIS TOWN, RESPECTING EACH OTHER AND BY RESPECTING EACH OTHER.
I AM VERY UPSET THAT PEOPLE LAUNCH FIREWORKS AND THEY LAND ON OTHER PEOPLE'S ROOFS AND POOLS.
A BULLET CANNOT TRESPASS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
YOU ARE EFFECTIVELY LITTERING ON SOMEBODY'S HOUSE.
IF WE IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO GRANT THESE RIGHTS THAT HAVE ONLY BEEN AROUND FOR FOUR YEARS, THEN THE NEIGHBOR, THEN THE NEIGHBORS AND THE PEOPLE IN THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE TO RESPECT THOSE.
OTHERWISE, PEOPLE WILL BE KICKING AND SCREAMING NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER OR SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, ASKING COUNCIL TO BAN THEM AGAIN AND EVENTUALLY IT WILL HAPPEN.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TONIGHT.
I'M GOING TO ADVISE COUNCIL TONIGHT THAT I SUPPORT THIS WITH MODIFICATIONS.
HOWEVER, I THINK FIRST WE NEED TO HAVE AN UP OR DOWN VOTE TO ALLOW OR DISALLOW.
IF IT'S NO, IT'S A DONE DISCUSSION.
IF IT'S ALLOW, THEN WE GO INTO FURTHER TOPICS LIKE THE MAYOR SUGGESTED.
IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO HEAR SOME OF THESE SUGGESTIONS, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT I BELIEVE ANY COUNCILOR VOTES YES OR NO.
IF IT GOES TO A YES, WE'LL SUPPORT TALKING ABOUT MODIFICATIONS.
I KEEP HEARING, WELL, IF WE MAKE IT ILLEGAL, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY.
THAT LOGIC KIND OF BAFFLES ME.
I MEAN, WHY DON'T WE JUST MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO SHOOT GUNS IN THE AIR ON JULY 4TH? BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY? I MEAN, THAT LOGIC IS JUST SOMETHING I DON'T UNDERSTAND AS AN ENGINEER.
THAT LOGIC JUST TOTALLY BAFFLES ME.
LIKE I SAID, LET'S JUST MAKE HANDGUNS LEGAL IN THE AIR, TOO, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO IT.
THEY DO IT. NOW LET'S MAKE THAT LEGAL.
WHERE DOES IT STOP? AND I BELIEVE MAYBE I'M WRONG, BUT IF WE LEAVE THIS ORDINANCE IN PLACE, WE LOSE THE ABILITY TO ESTABLISH THE NUISANCE BOUNDARY.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT WE SAID AT THE LAST MEETING, ACCORDING TO OUR ATTORNEY.
IF YOU WANT TO CONTROL WITHIN 5000 FEET OF YOUR TOWN LIMITS, YOU DECLARED SOMETHING A NUISANCE.
WE'VE DONE THAT WITH LIGHT POLLUTION.
BUT IF IT'S IT'S KIND OF A 365 VERSUS TWO.
IF IT'S NOT A NUISANCE TWO DAYS, IS IT REALLY A NUISANCE? SO WE THINK THAT'S A KIND OF A LEGAL HURDLE THAT WE CAN'T PASS.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE BELIEVE TO TO DO THAT EXTRA TERRITORIAL CONTROL 5000 FEET OUT OF THE TOWN, LIMIT THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED A NUISANCE. IF IT'S A NUISANCE, IT WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED.
THAT'S THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE.
YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER.
FURTHER POINT TO MR. BOYER'S POINT.
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GIVING PEOPLE AN OUTLET TO THOSE TWO NIGHTS A YEAR AND HAVING SOME PRETTY CLEAR THAT PEOPLE COULD FOLLOW.IN PAST YEARS, BEFORE 2018, I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE 2013.
EVERY YEAR I DID OBSERVE FIREWORKS.
THEY WERE ILLEGAL. WE HAD VERY, VERY SMALL POLICE FORCE.
IT DOES HAPPEN LIKE PEOPLE SAY, YOU CAN'T CONTROL STUPID.
YOU CAN'T CONTROL PEOPLE BREAKING THE LAW.
THAT'S A PERSONAL CHOICE, I GUESS.
AND BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE CURRENT ORDINANCE AND ITS CURRENT FORM, WE NEED TO LEARN FROM WHAT WE DID. WE NEED TO LEARN FROM THE EVENTS THERE.
AND I HAVE NOT PERSONALLY SHOT FIREWORKS EXCEPT FOR A VERY FIRST YEAR.
THEY ARE LEGAL BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK CONDITIONS AT MY HOME WORK PROPER AND RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. HAVE WE ALL HAD OUR PIECE? GO AHEAD. IF MR. CORN WILL AGREE TO WHAT I SAID TO HIM, DID I NOT CALL YOU A MONTH OR SO BEFORE JULY THE FOURTH AND ASK YOU TO BE SURE THAT WE EDUCATED PEOPLE ABOUT OUR RULES? AND DID YOU NOT COME TO THE COUNCIL MEETING AND YET PEOPLE DIDN'T LISTEN THIS YEAR? WHAT MAKES US THINK THEY'LL LISTEN NEXT YEAR? I THINK THERE'S A RHETORICAL QUESTION.
WE DID WE DID BRIEF BEFORE, AND WE HAD A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN ABOUT THE RULES.
AND WE DID OUR STAFF DID OUR BEST PER COUNCIL'S DIRECTION TO EDUCATE THE PEOPLE AND THE RESIDENTS.
AND COULD WE HAD DONE MORE? SURE. BUT YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE TRIED.
YES, SIR. YO, Y'ALL MULTIPLY THAT MESSAGE OUT.
ALL RIGHT, COUNCILOR GANZ, YOU'VE.
YOU'VE PUT A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
SO THE MOTION TO APPROVE IS TO BAN IT.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A NEGATIVE.
HE'S WITH US. MOTION TO APPROVE TO PROHIBIT FIREWORKS IN NORTH LAKE.
ALL RIGHT. EMOTION AND THE SECOND'S BEEN MADE.
DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTARY ON THIS? ALL RIGHT, LET'S VOTE.
ALL RIGHT. SO THE VOTE IS 4 TO 3.
IS THAT CORRECT? ALL RIGHT, COUNSELOR.
MAY I SAY ONE MORE THING ON THAT ISSUE? BRIEFLY, REAL BRIEFLY.
AND THEY SAID WE WOULDN'T GET TO THAT TONIGHT.
I'M GLAD I DIDN'T BRING THE SUGGESTIONS THAT I HAD FOR THE OTHER END TO THIS.
AND I'LL SEND IF THAT'S LEGITIMATE, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
I MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE SOMETHING A DIFFERENT WAY.
ALL RIGHT, SO YOU CAN'T SEND ME ANYTHING, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A POTENTIAL FUTURE ACTION.
YOU MAY RESEARCH WITH ASHLEY AND DREW ON YOUR PROPOSALS AND DISCUSS WITH THEM ALONE.
BUT THE ITEM IS CLOSED, SO NO, I'M NOT GOING TO SEND IT TO YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNSELORS. WHERE ARE WE? ITEM I CONSIDER APPROVAL AND SETTING THE DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.
[5.I. Consider approval on setting the date for public hearings for the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Proposed Tax Rate and Town Budget and set the adoption of the proposed tax rate and budget during the Regular Town Council Meeting on August 25, 2022]
THIS IS JUST SETS THE DATE FOR AUGUST 25TH.IT DOES NOT IMPLY THAT WE ARE PASSING A BUDGET OR A TAX RATE.
WE'RE CALLING THE HEARINGS FOR AUGUST 25TH.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. COUNCILOR SESSIONS MADE THE MOTION.
MAYOR PRO TEM MANCINI HAS MADE THE SECOND TO DO TO SET THE DATE AS AUGUST 25TH, I PRESUME.
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OKAY. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILORS, YOU MAY VOTE.[5.J. Consider approval on setting the date for public hearings for the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 service and assessment plans of Northlake Public Improvement District No. 1 (Harvest) and Northlake Public Improvement District No. 2 (The Highlands) and set the adoption of the plans during the Regular Town Council Meeting on August 25, 2022]
ONE HARVEST AND NORTH LAKE PITT.MAYOR IN THE EVENT THAT THE PYD IS DISSOLVED.
WE'D ALSO WE'D OBVIOUSLY NOT HOLD THIS.
THERE'LL BE AN ITEM THAT SAME MEETING PRIOR TO THIS.
ALL RIGHT. I'M A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM CONTINUE TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR.
WE HAD A SECOND. WHEN DO YOU WANT TO DO AGAIN? ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR MOORE.
[5.K. Consider denial of Denton County Appraisal District Annual Budget for Fiscal Year 2022]
I APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT, SIR.GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF THE OTHER STORY THAT'S MUCH APPRECIATED.
THIS ITEM I REQUESTED THIS SPRING BE BROUGHT FORWARD.
IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DENY THE BUDGET.
I DO ACTUALLY CONCUR WITH YOU, SIR, ON MOST OF YOUR POINTS THAT THE THIS IS NOT A REFLECTION OF THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING, BECAUSE THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF PROTESTS GOING ON AND WE DO NEED TO FUND THAT.
HOWEVER, IN THIS PROCESS, WE CAN'T GO FORWARD UNTIL WE FIX WHAT'S BROKEN.
MCCLURE. WE DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE IN HER BECAUSE FOR TWO YEARS WE'VE GOT CERTIFIED ESTIMATES.
WE HAVE HAD A FIASCO WITH THIS THE LAST TWO YEARS.
WE HAVE TO RELY ON THESE NUMBERS THAT COME TO US.
IT'S OUR WE WE SUFFER WHEN THIS JOB ISN'T GOTTEN DONE.
AND LAST YEAR WE WERE PROVIDED SORT OF CERTIFIED ESTIMATES.
IT WAS TOLD TO US AND OUR CITIZENS THAT MOST OF THE PROTESTS WERE DONE.
COME TO FIND OUT, THERE WAS MANY HUNDREDS, EVEN THOUSANDS MORE THAT WERE STILL CONTINUING.
NOW, WHAT THIS WILL DO IS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TAXING ENTITIES.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER ACROSS DENTON COUNTY.
THAT MEANS ONE VOTE PER TAXING ENTITY.
DISH HAS A VOTE IN EQUAL PROPORTION.
SO IT'S RATHER AN INTERESTING SITUATION HERE.
AND THEY CAN RESUBMIT IN 30 TO 60 DAYS.
I BELIEVE THE REQUIREMENT IS THEY RESUBMIT WITHIN 30 TO 60 DAYS.
AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING LEVEL BECAUSE IF THE TRUST IS RESTORED, THEN PEOPLE WILL TRUST THE PROCESS IS MORE FAIR, THE PROTESTS WILL ACTUALLY COME DOWN AND PART OF THE PROBLEM WILL RESOLVE ITSELF.
SO THAT'S MY POSITION ON THIS.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M CALLING FOR SOMEONE TO BE FIRED OR A BOARD MEMBER TO STEP DOWN.
THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR AND I'M NOT THERE YET.
BUT I MIGHT TAKE YOU UP OR TAKE YOUR ENTITY UP ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME VISIT, BECAUSE I DO APPRECIATE SEEING HOW IT WORKS, BUT WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE SERVICE WE NEED AND THAT HAS TO BE STATED UNEQUIVOCALLY AND THAT'S PROCESS HAS TO BE FIXED BECAUSE IT'S CORE TO EVERYTHING WE DO.
WE HAVE TO HAVE CERTIFIED TOTALS.
AND THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR WE'VE GOTTEN CERTIFIED ESTIMATES.
SO I'M A LITTLE PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS TOPIC.
I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS TOPIC.
MY OBJECTIONS ARE VERY NARROW ON THIS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP.
I'M NOT PRIVY TO A BUNCH OF THOSE, BUT THE ONES I'M PRIVY TO ARE THE ONES THAT AFFECT THIS ENTITY.
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AND THAT'S ALL I'M RESPONDING TO TONIGHT.SO, COUNSELOR, THAT'S MY THAT'S MY PITCH.
YOU. I'LL OPEN IT AND I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR THE REST OF YOU TO SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT ABOUT THAT.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL SECOND. BUT COUNCILOR GANS.
ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY YOU ALL WANT TO WEIGH IN ON THIS? HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING? WHAT'S YOUR I UNDERSTAND WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON IT.
AND YOUR YOUR OPINIONS ARE MADE KNOWN.
ANY OTHER ISSUES THAT YOU'VE SEEN THAT YOU WANT TO ADDRESS? BECAUSE THIS IS OUR PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO SEND A MESSAGE BACK TO SAY WHAT IT IS WE NEED TO BE FIXED BEFORE WE CAN SIGN OFF ON THE BUDGET.
WHAT, 20 SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS, DREW, 20 SOMETHING MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET ON THESE NUMBERS.
AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD BUDGET WHEN WE CAN'T GET THOSE NUMBERS? PUBLICLY. I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT THIS IS A I UNDERSTAND OUR TOWN'S NEEDS, AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE MAYOR ON THAT.
BUT THIS TOOL HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORTH IN A VERY POLITICAL, POLITICIZED MANNER.
AND I REALLY IT REALLY DOESN'T SIT WITH ME.
WELL, THAT IT'S A POLITICAL HIT, NOT REALLY TO THE CORE OF WHAT WE NEED HERE AS A TOWN.
I AGREE. I THINK THERE'S TWO THINGS HAPPENING HERE AND I DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE OTHER ONE.
RIGHT. LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR A PLAN FROM THE DISTRICT AND THAT'S IT.
I NEED THE BOARD ITSELF AND MS..
AND I UNDERSTAND, BUT THE ANSWER CAN'T JUST BE WE NEED MORE PEOPLE.
THERE HAS TO BE A CULTURE CHANGE THAT RESTORES THE TRUST.
AND I DON'T HAVE I'M NOT DEFINING IT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS GOING TO BE.
I'LL KNOW IT WHEN I SEE IT, BUT I NEED SOME INTERACTION AND WE NEED TO BE COMFORTABLE ON BEHALF OF OUR CITIZENS THAT THIS PROCESS IS NOT GOING TO BE AS PAINFUL AS THAT THEY'VE SUFFERED THROUGH. ALL RIGHT, MOTION.
COUNSELORS. UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, PLEASE VOTE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES.
ALL RIGHT. THAT LEADS US TO THE END OF OUR PUBLIC ACTION ITEMS FOR THIS EVENING.
WE DO HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO RETIRE INTO UNDER SECTIONS 551071551074 AND 551087.
[6. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
DO WE HAVE ANY EXPECTATION THAT WE HAVE ACTIONS TO TAKE COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT, MR. KORN. MR. GORDON, DO WE HAVE ANY EXPECTATION OF ACTION ITEMS? POSSIBLY ONE. YES, SIR.WHICH ITEM? THE PERSONNEL MATTERS.
BUT WITH THAT, I'LL THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.