Oct 13, 2022 Town Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY WELCOME TO NORTH LAKE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING OUR MAYOR READING IS IN DUBAI TRAVELING. WE WISH HIM SAFE TRAVELS. WE HAVE ALL OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. PRESIDENT WON VIRTUALLY MR WEST. BOYER IS VIRTUAL TONIGHT. CAN YOU HEAR US? OKAY. HE LOOKS FROZEN. THERE HE IS. ALL RIGHT. I'LL TRUSTED STAFF IS MANAGING THAT. PRO TIM. JUST THE HOUSEKEEPING. BE SURE TO SPEAK INTO YOUR MICROPHONES. AND SO WES CAN HERE AND ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT STREAMED SO THANK YOU. YES, EVERYBODY MUST USE THEIR MIX. ALRIGHT WITH THAT WE'D LIKE TO START WITH THE INVOCATION. HI, BEN. HOW ARE YOU? LET'S PRAY. AH LORD GOD, THIS IS THE DAY THAT YOU HAVE MADE. WE REJOICE AND WE ARE GLAD IN IT, LORD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER THAT YOU HAVE BLESSED US WITH. THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL TOWN OF NORTH LAKE. LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH MAYOR REDDICK AND KEEP HIM AND HIS FAMILY SAFE IN THEIR TRAVELS. I THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL THE STAFF HERE IN THIS TOWN. UM WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND PRAY THAT YOU WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO POUR YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR DISCERNMENT UPON THEM AS THEY THEY LEAD THIS TOWN. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE CITIZENS WHO ARE A PART OF NORTH LAKE LORD AND PRAY YOUR BLESSINGS UPON THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES GUIDE ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE SAID AND DONE TONIGHT, LORD, THAT THOSE THINGS WOULD BE BE PLEASING TO YOU AND BENEFICIAL FOR EVERYONE CONCERNED, LORD, WE LIFT UP OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO YOU AND PRAY THAT YOU WOULD PROTECT THEM AND GUIDE THEM AND KEEP THEM SAFE AS THEY WORK HARD TO KEEP US SAFE.

LORD WE LIFT UP ALL OF THESE THINGS TO YOU. AND WE PRAY THIS IN THE PRECIOUS NAME OF JESUS.

AMEN. PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. SAYS. ONE NATION. AUTHORITY STRONG TEXAS PLEDGE. DISPLAY. REGIONS. ONE STATE DOLLARS. WHY? IT IS. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A FULL AGENDA TONIGHT. A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS AND A PROCLAMATION . SO WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED

[2.A. Presentation - Employee Service Awards]

5TH 2017 SHE IS DEFINITELY A TRUE ASSET TO THE TOWN AND, OF COURSE TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT.

UM PLEASANT, HELPFUL TO EVERYBODY THAT COMES IN AND SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE A DIFFICULT JOB. IF YOU'VE GOT A TICKET THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY, SO I APPRECIATE HER AND ALL THE COURT STAFF THAT HAVE SO MUCH PATIENCE. UM SO WHILE SHE WAS HERE SHE EARNED HER ASSOCIATES DEGREE WAS CONFERRED IN AUGUST OF 2021. SHE'S WORKING ON HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE. AND SO THE COUNCIL PROVIDES TUITION REIMBURSEMENT TO OUR EMPLOYEES. AND THAT IS A GREAT THING AND A NUMBER OF OUR EMPLOYEES SEEK HIGHER EDUCATION . AND SO IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED, NOT ONLY HER DEGREE SHE'S WORKING ON HER CERTIFICATIONS, YOU KNOW, JUST A FEW YEARS AFTER JOINING US IN 2019, YOU GOT OUR LEVEL ONE COURT CLERK CERTIFICATION. AND SO ONE SECTION AWAY FROM LEVEL TWO. SO AWESOME. SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING BRITTANY ON HER FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY. PICTURE YOU TO BE THERE ALL THE WAY. OKAY ANOTHER ONE. THE REST OF THE GAME. COME ON. OKAY, BACK. FACE FINE. THANK YOU.

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OKAY? NEXT STOP. UH WE'D LIKE TO MAKE A PROCLAMATION ON THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. WE DO HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM DENTON COUNTY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. YES.

FRIENDS AND FAMILY. I'M SORRY. AND, UM. LET ME GET THROUGH EVERYTHING FIRST. AGENDA. MY FIRST MISTAKE, BUT YOU'RE IN CONTROL. YOU TAKE IT OUT OF ORDER IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW YOUR

[2.B. Proclamation - Municipal Court Week, November 7-11, 2022]

THE GANG BACK TOGETHER. THANK YOU FOR ALL DESERVED. THIS IS WHAT THEY SO. NOW I WILL

[2.C. Proclamation - Domestic Violence Awareness Month]

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[2.D. Briefing - Innovative Transportation Solutions on Texas Department of Transportation Projects and Denton County Bond Program]

UM BILL COOK ON THE WEST SIDE OF JUSTIN. THE STATE OF JUST FINISHED THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.

WE HAD THE COUNTY. THEY ASKED THE TEXT THAT FOLKS TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE CIVIL ASSOCIATES ON THE NEXT PHASE, WHICH IS THE ACTUAL ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE, WHICH YOU SEE. IS SCHEDULED FOR JUST GOT STARTED. SO WE'RE TALKING 2025. WORKING ON THE SCHEMATIC. THIS IS PROPOSED TO BE A SIX LANE DIVIDED URBAN FACILITY ONCE IT'S COMPLETED, BUT WE'LL BUILD INITIALLY THE PROJECT IN A FOUR LANE CONFIGURATION. THE. TO OUTSIDE LANES WOULD BE BUILT FIRST AND AS THE THERE WAS THE TRAFFIC WARRANTS. WE WILL, UM. THERE'LL BE OTHER BUILDINGS 62. I DON'T NEED HELP. OKAY IT IS A PART OF THIS SUBSTANCE. I'M GONNA GO BACK SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS GOES ALL THE WAY FROM 18 30. CROSSES 3 77 GOES ALL THE WAY TO 35. THEN IT GOES ALL THE WAY OUT TO 1 36, THEN AH TO BILL CUT, BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE NEXT PROJECT IS WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT ON ON 407 IN THIS AREA BETWEEN CLEVELAND GIBBS AND GATEWAY. AND SO NORTHLAKE IN ARGEL CAME TO THE COUNTY TODAY WE NEED TO DO A BREAKOUT JOB DEVELOPMENT GOING ON. THAT REQUIRES A ROADWAY TO BE DONE SOONER THAN LATER. UH AND SO WE ALL GOT OUR HEADS TOGETHER.

AGAINST CIVIL ASSOCIATES, WHO'S DOING THE LARGER PROJECTS. SO THE TAKES THAT PICKED UP SEVERAL ASSOCIATES TO DO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE BREAKOUT FOR THIS PROJECT. AND THEN DIDN'T COUNTY PICKED UP CIVIL ASSOCIATES TO DO THE DESIGN. AH PHASE OF THIS PROJECT, SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING WE'RE GOING TO INITIALLY BUILD THE FOUR LANES OF THE SIX WE'RE GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY TO SIX LANES SAYS ALL RIGHT THERE. IN THIS SECTION BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND MESS UP THE ROAD ONCE ALL THE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS. SO WE ARE ON TRACK TO HAVE THE SCHEMATIC. PROVE NEXT MONTH OR GOAL IS HAVE IT CLEARED AT THE END OF THE YEAR. AND THEN THE RIGHT AWAY WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE UTILITIES RELOCATED AND WE WILL START THE PROJECT SOMETIME AROUND SEPTEMBER. 23 TIMEFRAME. THAT'S AN ASTERISK BECAUSE WE STILL DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF IT'S AUGUST SEPTEMBER BORN NOVEMBER, BUT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT. AND IT IS A $12 MILLION JOB WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IN THE INTERIM, AND SOON AS I SAW THIS AS A SENATOR , YOU GUYS I RECOGNIZE, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE PUT IN ANOTHER REPORT YOUR NEXT REPORT THAT I GIVE YOU WILL HAVE IT. WE'RE ONLY GONNA BE FORCING FOUR LANES UNDERNEATH THE EXISTING RAILROAD TRACK, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING SIDEWALKS, PATHS BEHIND THE COLUMNS. TO ALLOW PEDESTRIANS TO ARE CRAZY ENOUGH TO TRY. TO HAVE A PROTECTED COURT ORDER. WALK ON YOU SAID RAILROAD TRACKS. YOU MEANT THE INTERSTATE, RIGHT? YEAH. THE INTERSTATE. 35 SO.

ULTIMATELY, 35 W IS GOING TO BE WIDENED. AND IF I HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION, I WOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU THE NEXT LAB, WHICH WE JUST LITERALLY IN AUGUST. SO LAST MONTH. MONTH AND A HALF

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SOMETHING LIKE THAT RIGHT? AH! SO HERE IN JUSTIN, AND THIS PROJECT IS BEING DONE BY BY TAKING ALL WE ARE LOOKING AT HAVING ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEARED MARCH OF NEXT YEAR, AND THAT'S WHY THAT'S CRITICAL IS ONCE IT'S ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEARED. WE CAN START THE RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION THE UTILITY RELOCATIONS AND BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF GAS WELLS AND A, UH, FOOT PLAYING AREA THAT WE HAVE TO CROSS AND THE COORDINATION WITH THAT TAKE A LITTLE LONGER THAN NORMAL, BUT WE ANTICIPATE HAVING ALL OF THE RIGHT AWAY ACQUIRED IN THE UTILITIES. UM RELOCATED BY. SAYS JANUARY 2026. I'M GOING TO TRY TO PUSH THAT CLOSER IN UM. BUT AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT $80 MILLION JOB AND WE FEEL FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT UM ONCE WE GET THE PROJECT ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEARED THE RIDE. WE ACQUIRED UTILITIES DONE THAT. WE'LL FIND $80 MILLION TO BUILD THE PROJECT BEGAN SIX LANE DIVIDED URBAN STOP ME IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I ALREADY KNOW WHAT I KNOW. UH RUN OUT. SEX IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOUTH OF YOU, BUT EVERYBODY GOT DRIVES UP DOWN 3 77 IN THIS AREA . IT'S CLOGGED AND WHEN THEY CAN'T GET THROUGH HERE, THEY TRY TO FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. UM THIS IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IT'S A FOUR LANE GOING. IT WILL BE AN ULTIMATE SIX. BUT WE'RE DOING THE FORD NOW AND TEXT THAT HAS A REPORT. OKAY, I'LL GO BACK. SAYS THE PROJECT SHOULD BE DONE. UM WHEN I SAY DON, I MEAN OPEN TO TRAFFIC SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF

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IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ROADS IN AND AROUND THE RAILROAD TRACK, AND SO ALL THE RAILROADS OR WERE HERE FIRST, AND THEY ACT LIKE IT. AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT EXHIBIT A. UTILITIES ARE CRITICAL PATH. THIS NEXT SECTION IS STILL A LITTLE BIT FURTHER NORTH OF RONA GETTING CLOSER. WE? I USED TO CALL THIS THE SWAMP, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE MINUTE YOU GET SOUTH 11 71 YOU SEE THIS? BASICALLY WE'RE BUZZARDS HANGING OUT AND UNTIL YOU GET THERE OH, NO. UM AND WE CALL IT THE SWAMP UNTIL TEXT OUT IN THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS ASKED US TO CHANGE IT. TO THE CREEK, BUT WE JUST HIRED JACOBS WILL BRACE IS THE PROJECT MANAGER. AND, UH, WE HAVE NO DATE YET BECAUSE WE JUST GOT THEM ON CONTRACT. PROBABLY ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO. WE'RE DOING OUR KICKOFF MEETINGS. WE'RE DOING OUR SCOPING MEETINGS . WE MET WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND TOLD US WHAT THEY WANT US TO DO. AND SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE ALL THAT INFORMATION COME BACK AND THEY WILL FILL IN THE SCHEDULE. WE CALL IT SANDBOX SCHEDULE WHERE WE ANTICIPATE WHEN THE SCHEMATIC WILL BEING DONE, WHICH TELLS US WHEN WE CAN DO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE, AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE RUNS AFTER THAT, AS A STANDARD SCHEDULED WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT YET. WE JUST GOT STARTED. AND THE REASON IS HE'S NOT ALLOWED DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT. IT'S A ABLE TO BE DONE HERE. BUT IF WE DON'T DO THIS SECTION RIGHT. IT WILL GO SIX LANES DOWN TO 18 30 FROM 18 30 TO 2 CRAWFORD ROAD WILL STILL BE TOO AND THEN CROPPER ROAD 11 71 34. THEY WOULD STAY TO GET INTO ROANOKE AND BEFORE, SO, YOU GET 6 TO 4 TO SIX AND EVERYBODY BE CALLING US STUPID. SO WE DECIDED AT LEAST DO THE SECTION TO THE SOUTH BECAUSE TRAFFIC FLOWS THAT WAY, SO EVENTUALLY WE'LL GET THAT DONE AND AGAIN. IT'S A WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ESTIMATED COSTS ON THIS PROJECT. BECAUSE WE WEREN'T REALLY PLANNING ON DOING IT UNTIL WE REALIZED MOBILITY.

REQUIRES US TO GET IT STARTED ON AND AGAIN THE COUNTIES COVERING THE COST OF THE ENGINEERING ON IT. 1 14 EAST. GOOD NEWS HERE IS JULY OF THIS YEAR WE NEEDED TO COME UP WITH $92 MILLION TO FUND THE MAIN LANES ON 1 14 BETWEEN THE 3 77 AND 35 W. IN AUGUST. THE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION PLAN WAS APPROVED. AND BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS THAT DIDN'T COUNT IS DONE WITH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL GOVERNMENTS. BASICALLY WE TOOK $30 MILLION OF OUR ORIGINAL TOTAL REVENUE FUNDS AND 2020 RIGHT AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE COVID. CRISIS AND COUNCIL GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT WAS LOOKING FOR PARTNERS TO HELP THEM IN THEIR COVID RELIEF PROGRAM, WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO GO OUT AND TRY TO KEEP CONTRACTORS MOVING BY. USING NON FEDERAL DOLLARS SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THE REGULATORY PAPER TRAIL. WE GAVE HIM $30 MILLION AND THEY SAID, WHAT DO YOU WANT? IN RETURN? WE SAID, WE WANT THE MAIN LANES BETWEEN 3 77. AND 35 . W AND BACK THEN WE GAVE HIM 30 MILLION AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE ABOUT 50 45 $50 MILLION, BUT BETWEEN APRIL 20 AND AUGUST OF 22. THE PRICE WENT FROM THAT TO 91 MILLION THEY HONORED THEIR COMMITMENTS ARE 30 MILLION GENERATED, YOU KNOW. $19 MILLION IN RETURN ON ITS INVESTMENT AND WE GOT IT APPROVED IN AUGUST AND THEY TOLD US JUST THE LAST WEEK OR SO THAT THE LET DATE WILL BE APRIL OF 2023. SO, APRIL NEXT YEAR, THIS SECTION OF 1 14 GOES UNDER THE

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WE'RE GOING TO BREAK THE NEXT SECTION SO YOU CAN'T GET OUT. AND THEN. DREW AND HIS STAFF AND YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT HERE, SO I'LL JUST GO BY MY NOTES. UM WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY AND IN OUR STAFF TO COME UP WITH LIST OF SLIDE. ONE MORE SLIDE. OH, I SEE. SO WHAT I DID THERE, OKAY. OKAY. OKAY SO ALREADY ALREADY BURIED A PUNCHLINE. SO INITIALLY, NORTHLAKE SUBMITTED LARGEST TECH STOCK PROJECTS. I WANT TO SAY, HEY, LISTEN, ALL THOSE PROJECTS WERE EITHER DOING OR GOING TO DO RIGHT MAINLAND'S SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THAT EITHER IN THE JUDGES OR WITH TEXT PARTNERSHIP, SO LET'S FOCUS ON WHAT YOU NEED LOCALLY. AND SO WE WERE SUBMITTED FOR PROJECTS AND SO WE. ENDED UP COUNTY COLORADO BOMB ELECTION IN AUGUST 650 MILLION THAT'S YOUR DATES. NOVEMBER MAKES THE ACTUAL OCTOBER 24 3. NUMBER FOUR IS THE OLD I SHOULD NEVER GET TOO COMPLACENT. EARLY VOTING IN ALL THE PROJECTS SUBMITTED ABOUT NORTH LAKE WERE INCLUDED IN THE COUNTIES AND THE JUDGES AND PRECINCT FOR ALLOCATIONS. SO I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU HOW TO GO VOTE, BUT I WOULD SAY GOOD VOTE. AND. VOTE IF YOU'RE IN SUPPORT OF IT, IT'S NOVEMBER 8TH. IF YOU'RE NOT IT'S NOVEMBER, 9TH. ABOUT TO YOU ON THAT. I THINK THIS THAT'S IT. CAN YOU SPEAK ON THE IMPACT OF THE TAX RATE WHAT COMMISSIONERS YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

SO, UH, 10 YEARS AGO, 2012 AND TAX RATE WAS LIKE 28 SOME NUMBER IN FACT, 21 NOW THE COURT HAS HISTORICALLY AND I DON'T SEE WHY THEY WOULD CHANGE. WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING IS ALL WHEN YOU AUTHORIZE THEM TO SPEND THAT $650 MILLION, JUST LIKE AUTHORIZATION TO ENCUMBER THE DEBT. THEY DON'T DO THAT ALL AT ONCE. YOU DO IT OVER TIME AND A ROLL IT IN. YOU'VE GOT MARTY SHOE. SHE'S SHE WORKS FOR US, TOO, AND DIDN'T COUNTY UM. WE WORK WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS , AND THEY ROLL IT IN SO THAT IT DOESN'T IMPACT THE TAX RATE FOR THE WAY WE DO THE DEBT SERVICE AND DENTON COUNTIES GROWING AT SUCH A LEVEL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ROLL OUT THESE PROJECTS. IN A MANNER THAT DOESN'T IMPACT THE TAX RATE AND WE ARE THE COUNTY HAS BASICALLY SAID FROM THE DIOCESE. THEY INTEND ON DOING THIS BOND PROGRAM IN A MANNER THAT DOES NOT RAISE TAXES ISSUE THESE DEBTS BECAUSE THEY'LL JUST HOLD OFF BECAUSE LIKE THEY DID IN THE 2008 TIMEFRAME. WHEN THE COMEDY WENT TO CRAP FROM 10 8 TO 10 TO 12. THEY JUST PUT OFF THEIR WORK. USE RESOURCES ELSEWHERE, AND THEY WE'RE ABLE TO MINIMIZE OUR IMPACT ON THE TAX RATE. SO NO NEW TAXES IF THIS GETS PASSED, AND IF YOU'RE ALREADY 65 OLDER YOU'RE FROZEN ANYWAY. GOOD QUESTION. JOHN THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION . I THINK THAT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PROJECTS FOR A TOWN RIGHT NOW IS THAT BREAKOUT PROJECT AND I THINK THE MAYOR HAS CONVEYED THAT TO YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE INVOLVED METICULOUSLY. COUNCIL. DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR POLLSTER? JOHN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. GREAT JOB, ORANGE, JUST APPRECIATE IT, JOHN. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM E. WE HAVE A BRIEFING ON SYRIA'S 2022 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. LET

[2.E. Briefing - Series 2022 Certificates of Obligation Preliminary Official Statement]

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YOU DECIDE. YOU WANT A HOUSE AND THEN YOU SAY, OKAY, HOW MUCH CAN I AFFORD FOR A HOUSE? WHAT ARE MY ANNUAL PAYMENTS GONNA BE? WHO AM I GOING TO USE AS A LENDER? THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SECURE YOUR LOAN, AND THERE'S A MILLION DOCUMENTS THAT YOU HAVE TO PREPARE. YOU SIGN YOUR LIFE AWAY, AND THEN YOU CLOSE ON THE TRANSACTION AND YOU RECEIVE THE HOUSE. WELL, THE BOND INSURANCE PROCESS IS VERY VERY SIMILAR. YOU'RE DEVELOPING YOUR FINANCING PROGRAM AND WE'VE GOT ALL THE PHASES HERE FOR YOU. YOU'RE SETTING YOUR TERMS THROUGH. YOU'VE GOT SERVICE PROVIDERS.

YOU'RE ULTIMATELY TAKING OUT A BOND ISSUE, WHICH IS ALONE. IT'S A DEBT INSTRUMENT AND IS PROVIDING YOU MONEY. A BIG PART OF THE PROCESS IS, UH, THE CREDIT RATING PROCESS. UM, A NORMAL PART OF THE BOND INSURANCE PROCESSES TO APPLY FOR THE PURCHASE OF BOND RATING.

CREDIT RATINGS ARE MUCH LIKE YOU OR I ARE OWN PERSONAL CREDIT RATINGS. SO THE HIGHER YOUR PERSONAL CREDIT RATING IS THE LOWER THE INTEREST RATE IS WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GO TO BUY A HOUSE OR CAR. SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR THE TOWN. THE HIGHER YOUR CREDIT WRITING THE LOWER THE COST OF BORROWING IS WHEN YOU ISSUE YOUR DEBT. WE'VE GOT ALL OF THE WRITING CATEGORIES OVER THERE IN THE BOX TO THE RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT EVERYTHING ABOVE THE LINE IS CONSIDERED INVESTMENT GRADE. EVERYTHING BELOW IS NOT INVESTMENT GRADE RATINGS REALLY REPRESENT THE LIKELIHOOD OF DEFAULT, SO ANYTHING ABOVE THE LINE IS A LESS OR LOWER LIKELIHOOD OF DEFAULT AND ANYTHING BELOW THE LINE IS A HIGHER LEVEL OR LIKELIHOOD OF DEFAULT. I WILL NOTE THAT THE TOWN HAS, UH CREDIT RATINGS FROM ONE OF THE AGENCIES THAT STANDARD AND POOR'S. IT'S THE MIDDLE COLUMN, AND I THINK IT'S SIGNIFICANT TO NOTE THAT THE TOWN'S CURRENT CREDIT RATING IS THAT THE DOUBLE A LEVEL YOU'LL SEE THAT ALL THE WAY AT THE TOP YOU ARE ONLY TWO NOTCHES AWAY FROM A PERFECT SCORE, SO YOU'RE IN A VERY ELITE CATEGORY OF CREDIT RATINGS. YOU SHOULD BE VERY PLEASED. UM AND AGAIN. AH RATINGS ARE REVIEWED PERIODICALLY. IT'S NOT A PREREQUISITE TO ISSUE DEBT YOU BUT IN ORDER TO SECURE THOSE LOW INTEREST RATES YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY PUT OUT FOR INVESTORS. WHAT YOUR CREDIT RATING IS BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A HIGH RATING. IT'S GOING TO TRANSLATE TO LOWER RATES, SO YOU WANT TO APPLY FOR IT RIGHT? WRITING SO THAT THEY CAN ASSIGN THAT FOR YOUR ISSUE. THERE IS TYPICALLY AN OUTLOOK ASSIGNED STABLE, POSITIVE OR NET. NEGATIVE THOSE ARE PRETTY SELF EXPLANATORY 95% OF RATINGS ARE GOING TO BE STABLE, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, JUST KIND OF INDICATING IF IT COULD GO UP OR DOWN. AND AGAIN THE RATING PROCESSES MULTIPHASE . UM DON'T LET THE MODESTY OF STAFF FOOL YOU AT ANY POINT. IT'S A LOT OF WORK. THEY HAVE TO PREPARE A LOT OF INFORMATION AND ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS SO THAT THE AGENCIES CAN SIT DOWN AND CONDUCT A FULL CREDIT ASSESSMENT. SO THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU ALL THE STEPS IN THE PROCESS OF HOW THEY THEY GO THROUGH THEIR ANALYSIS, AND THEY DO SIT DOWN WITH STAFF AND HAVE AN ACTUAL MEETING. UM EVER SINCE COVID. THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN ON THE PHONE, BUT ONCE UPON A TIME, THEY USED TO BE IN PERSON, SO THEY STILL THEY BEAT BEAT UP THE TOWN FOR A LOT OF INFORMATION TO ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS. AND THIS IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE AGAIN TO GET YOU THE LOWEST POSSIBLE INTEREST RATE CREDIT SPREADS VARY OVER TIME AND CHANGE WITH MARKET CONDITIONS. SO THIS CHART MORE OR LESS ILLUSTRATES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INTEREST RATES IN THE THREE MAJOR INVESTMENT GRADE CATEGORIES OVER TIME, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S SPECIFIC TIMES THAT CAN GARY VERY THAT CAN VARY VERY GREATLY, OR IT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, TIGHTER, COMPRESSED BUT AGAIN. YOU KNOW, THE LOWER THE LOWER LINE HERE BEING, UH, WHERE YOUR LOWEST INTEREST RATES ARE AND THEN EDGING UP AS YOU GET DOWN TO LOWER CREDIT RATINGS. WHEN YOU ISSUE DEBT, WE CATEGORIZE IT INTO TWO DIFFERENT UMBRELLAS, GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT AND REVENUE DEBT. AND THE PRIMARY DISTINCTION BETWEEN THOSE UMBRELLAS OR CATEGORIES AS THE UNDERLYING SECURITY PLEDGE GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT IS

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YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO USE YOUR PROPERTY TAXES. BUT IT'S JUST AGAIN YOUR UNDERLYING SECURITY PLEDGE. UM THIS IS A LOOK AT WHAT THE RATING HISTORY IS FOR THE TOWN. UM I THINK ONE OF THE INTERESTING, UH, NOTES ABOUT THIS IS THAT TYPICALLY WE DON'T SEE CREDIT RATINGS CHANGE OVER TIME VERY QUICKLY. IT'S USUALLY A LONG PROCESS FOR THE RATINGS TO CHANGE. IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE OUR OWN PERSONAL CREDIT RATINGS IN SOME CASES, TOO. I FEEL LIKE MY NEVER CHANGES OR WHEN I WANTED TO GO OUT THERE WILL TAKE LIKE YEARS. UM SIMILAR TO THE TOWN, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY SIGNIFICANT TO NOTE THAT YOU'VE ACTUALLY HAD TWO UPGRADES OR TWO RATING, NOTCHES UPGRADES AND SEVEN HISTORY IN SEVEN YEARS, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND KIND OF TESTIMONY TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE TOWN AND AS WELL AS YOUR GROWTH AND KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON. IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. THL RATING REPORT IN CONNECTION EVERY TIME THEY ASSIGN A RATING.

THEY RELEASED A REPORT. THIS IS JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM YOUR MOST RECENT. I APOLOGIZE.

THERE'S A TYPO AT THE TOP OF THE THIS SLIDE BECAUSE IT SAYS TRIPLE A STABLE YOUR DOUBLE A STABLE. WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET. WE'RE GETTING FOR IT. EVENTUALLY YOU'LL GET THERE. UM AND AS PART OF THOSE REPORTS, THERE'S USUALLY AN UPSIDE OR DOWNSIDE SCENARIO. LIKE WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO MAKE YOUR RATING GO UP OR DOWN. BUT AS I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED, THEY DON'T WE DON'T SEE THE MOVEMENT. YEAH REALLY QUICKLY THAT USUALLY TAKES TIME, AND THERE'S USUALLY INDICATIONS THAT IT'S GOING TO MOVE UP OR DOWN. UM THIS IS IN AN ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE SOME TRANSPARENCY. EACH OF THE RATING AGENCIES PROVIDE A SCORECARD FOR HOW THEY EVALUATE THE UNDERLYING ASSESSMENT. AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE AND SO WE'VE PUT UP STANDARD AND POOR'S RATING SCORECARD MODEL AND ONE OF THE INTERESTING, UH, NOTES ON THIS IS THAT I THINK A COMMON MISCONCEPTION IS THAT WRITINGS ARE PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY THE DEBT LEVELS OR IT'S YOU KNOW THEY'RE COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH DEBT. BUT IF YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE SCORE CARD DEBT IS ACTUALLY ONLY 10% OF THE OVERALL SCORING METHODOLOGY FOR THE RATING AGENCIES. THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES. WE'VE JUST PUT UP SOME OF YOUR JUST FOR SOME FUN, PEER COMPARISONS. UM SOME OF YOUR PEERS, THE NEIGHBORING CITIES. YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT WE HAVE SUCH A STRONG ECONOMY, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA, WHERE JUST BOOMING AND SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT A LOT OF YOUR NEIGHBORING PEERS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF HIGH CREDIT RATINGS. AROUND HERE. UM AND AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, ON THAT SCORECARD, METHODOLOGY, DEBT BEING SUCH A SMALL COMPONENT OF THE BREAKDOWN ONE OF THE LARGER COMPONENTS THAT I DON'T THINK YOU NECESSARILY ALWAYS HAVE FULL CONTROL OVER IS THE WEALTH AND INCOME LEVELS OF THE TOWN THAT'S REALLY REALLY THE LARGEST DRIVING FACTOR OF THE CREDIT RATING PROCESS. AND SO THIS IS JUST THESE WE PULLED OUT SOME FUNDS STATISTICS SO YOU COULD SEE KIND OF WHERE YOU ARE IN TERMS OF YOUR MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME AND YOUR CAPITA MARKET

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THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THEY BREAK OUT WHERE WE BREAK DOWN ALL YOUR FINANCIAL INFORMATION. THE TOWN IS REQUIRED TO UPDATE THAT ANNUALLY. COVENANT TO YOUR BONDHOLDERS. YOU'RE GOING TO RELEASE THAT INFORMATION AS PART OF YOUR CONTINUING DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS. UM AGAIN. NOT A LOT OF WORK, THE RATING AGENCIES THEY START. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP OF THE BOND ISSUERS PROCESS PREPARING THIS DOCUMENT. THE RATING AGENCIES START THERE, AND ULTIMATELY, THIS IS WHAT GOES OUT. WE WILL RETURN ON NOVEMBER 10TH. THAT IS WHEN WE ARE SCHEDULED TO PRICE YOUR BONDS.

SO ONCE THE RATING AGENCIES THE TOWN HAS MET WITH STANDARD AND POOR'S, AND THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF CONDUCTING THEIR RATING ANALYSIS RIGHT NOW, ON THE ON THIS NEW DEBT, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE ANY CHANGES. I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO AFFIRM YOUR DOUBLE A RATING. DON'T HOLD ME TO THAT BECAUSE I'M NOT A REPRESENTATIVE THERE, BUT I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT YOU'RE GONNA STAY STABLE AND WHERE YOU'RE AT UM AND THEN WHEN WE COME BACK ON NOVEMBER 10TH, WE WILL HAVE THE FINAL INTEREST RATES. THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE YOU WILL GO OUT INTO THE MARKET. THE UNDERWRITERS WILL PROVIDE YOU A BID FOR THE RIGHT TO PURCHASE AND SELL YOUR BONDS WHERE ALL OF YOUR INTEREST RATES WILL BE FIXED, WILL BE ABLE TO REPORT THAT THE COUNCIL AND THEN YOU WILL BE ACTING AS PART OF THE FINAL STEP OF THE BOND ISSUANCE PROCESS, WHICH MEANS YOU'LL ADOPT THE BOND ORDINANCE , WHICH WILL LOCK THOSE INTEREST RATES INTO PLACE, AND THEN THE BONDS WILL GO TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THEIR APPROVAL, AND THE CLOSING WILL OCCUR. DECEMBER 8TH. THAT'S THE DATE AT WHICH THE TOWN WILL ACTUALLY RECEIVE THE FUNDS. SO THAT'S THE BOND ISSUANCE PROCESS. IN A NUTSHELL . YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ME AGAIN. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU FOR WONDERFUL PRESENTATION THAT VERY MUCH SIMPLIFIED THE PROCESS FOR COUNCIL COUNCIL. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU'RE YOU'RE ON PAGE 92 SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE YOU'RE ON THIS STATEMENT. ALL OF US ARE WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE

[2.F. Briefing - Monumentation Proposed Locations]

HERE'S A OVERVIEW OF THE TOWN AND THE SIX LOCATIONS TRYING TO HIT ALL THE MAJOR ENTRYWAYS INTO NORTH LAKE FROM THE SOUTH FROM THE EAST, THE NORTH AND THE WEST. SO WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS. THE FIRST ONE IS IT'S GOT TWO OPTIONS ON IT. THERE IS UM. AS YOU'RE HEADING WEST ON 407. UM, THE. YOU COME INTO THE TOWN KIND OF A DIFFERENT TIMES ON THE NORTH SIDE. YOU COME IN AT HARVARD JUST A LITTLE BIT BEFORE HARVEST. YOU KNOW THE SOUTH SIDE . THE TOWN LIMIT IS AT CLEVELAND GIFTS, SO WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THE DEVELOPER ACTORS TO BE THE DEVELOPER FOR BOTH OF THESE PROPERTIES AND FINDING SOME ROOM FOR THAT. SO, UM YOU KNOW EACH OF THESE HAVE ISSUES. ONE A IS GOING TO BE A RETAIL AREA. UM THERE'S GOING TO BE A SIX LANE DIVIDED, HITTING A FOUR LANE DIVIDED SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE PLENTY OF VISIBILITY ON THIS AND IT WILL PROBABLY BE IN TEXT UP RIGHT AWAY. THIS IS ALLOWED, BUT THEY'LL NEED TO HAVE APPROVAL OF THIS, UM AND YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO HINDER THE RETAIL. THAT'S GOING

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NOTHING GOOD, GOOD INPUT. WE'LL HAVE A BUSINESS HERE WILL HAVE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THE TOWN NORTH LIKE ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS INTERSECTION, SO THEY COULD KNOW IMMEDIATELY THERE IN THE TOWN OF NORTH LAKE. WHILE WE'RE ON THAT POINT, SINCE IT'S AN A OR B SITUATIONS, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER INPUT FOR A OR B ON THIS? WEST. WE DIDN'T FORGET ABOUT YOU, EITHER. IF YOU WANT TO CHIME IN JUST TO CLARIFY IT IS A OR B, NOT BOTH CORRECT. IT COULD BE. IT COULD BE A OR B OR IT COULD BE A AND B. I MEAN, I GUESS EITHER WAY WOULD WORK FOR ME. I PERSONALLY A LITTLE MORE OF A FAN OF YOU KNOW, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HARVEST WAY IF WE'RE KEEPING THAT CORNER UM OKAY? THANK YOU, BUT EITHER WAY WORKS. HARBERT, MIKE. OKAY? UM THIS IS AT THE SOUTHERN INSTANCE TOO. DON'T WE SHOULD HAVE GONE CLOCKWISE OR SOME OTHER ORDER. SO WE'RE GOING ALL THE WAY BACK DOWN TO THE SOUTH PART OF TOWN. THIS IS NEAR DOWN, ROD. ACTUALLY THERE IS A RESTAURANT, TWIN PEAKS THAT IS BEING BUILT KIND OF WHETHER YOU SEE THE DIRT DISTURBED THERE IS ONE OF OUR HOTELS. THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE POPEYE'S IS IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THAT, ARIEL THAT WOULD BE IN TECH START RIGHT AWAY. IT WOULD CATCH ALL THE TRAFFIC COMING IN. NOW. REMEMBER IT. THIS INTERSECTION YOU'RE GONNA YOU'RE GONNA EXIT OFF 35 W PRETTY EARLY BEFORE YOU GET TO 1 14, SO PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY IS COMING NORTH WILL BE DRUGGED BY THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY HERE. AND THIS. THIS IS A MORE ACTIVE AREA . THERE'S UH, PILLAR SIGNS. THERE'S A LOT OF APARTMENTS.

THERE'S A LOT OF LIGHTS DOWN HERE, SO THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE NOTICEABLE TO COMPETE. AND, OF COURSE, ACROSS THE STREET, YOU'VE GOT BUCKY'S WHO'S GOT SOME LIGHTS ON THERE, TOO. SO UM, THIS IS, UM ARE. EASTERN ENTRANCE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN. THIS IS A CLEVELAND GIVES IN 1 14. THERE'S A 7 11 THERE. THERE'S A THERE'S A POTENTIAL. CAR WASH THERE AT THE CORNER. WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO TRY TO GET SOME PROPERTY THERE. BEHIND THAT IS THE HOTEL CONFERENCE CENTER. AND SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT INTEREST FOR US AS WELL, BECAUSE WE WANT TO LET THEM KNOW THEY'RE IN NORTH LAKE AND KIND OF DRAW THEM VISUALLY TO OUR CONFERENCE THERE AS WELL, WHICH WILL HAVE SOME NORTHLAKE SIGNAGE ON IT. THIS. THIS WILL BE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT WE HOPE WE CAN WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER OF THIS PROPERTY. FOUR IS, UM ARE. EASTERN ENTRANCE AT 11 71. THIS WILL BE RIGHT WHEN YOU PASS THE CREEK. UM VERY CLOSE TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE LOVANO APARTMENTS THAT RIGHT, NATHAN. LOVANO APARTMENTS IN KENYAN FALLS, SO IT WILL BE RIGHT THERE. THAT CREEK IS RIGHT RIGHT PAST THAT CREEK. THAT IS OUR TOWN LIMITS, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE FIRST YOU HIT THERE, THE ENTRANCE THAT CANYON FALLS IS ACTUALLY IN THE TOWN OF FLOUR AMOUNT, SO THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE THE BEGINNING OF OUR TOWN LIMITS HERE. THIS AREA GETS QUITE A BIT OF TRAFFIC AND THEN IN THE FUTURE THE ONCE YOU GET PAST CLEVELAND GIVES AND BETWEEN

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YEAH WE CAN. ACTUALLY WE CAN PUT THIS IN THE TEXT THAT RIGHT AWAY . THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM THERE, SO WE COULD PUSH IT OFF THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT. UM BUT I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH ROOM HERE BECAUSE IT'S A PRETTY IT'S A PRETTY EXTENSIVE RIGHT AWAY. THEY'RE 11 71 TO PUT THAT INJURY FEATURE ACTUALLY IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. I NOTICED WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON 1 56. AS YOU ENTER FROM THE SOUTH AND THEN LEAVE AND THEN REENTER NORTHLAKE GOING NORTH AND THEN LEAVE AGAIN OR IS THE OPPOSITE IF YOU'RE GOING IN OTHER DIRECTIONS. RIGHT 1 56, AT LEAST FOR A TOWN LIMITS IS A BIT OF A CHALLENGE, BECAUSE WE DON'T WE DON'T TOUCH IT YET, EXCEPT UP NEAR DISH. UM AND THEN THERE'S NOT MUCH ACTIVITY THERE. WE WERE JUST TRYING TO KIND OF BEING REASONABLE AND TRY TO PICK THE AREAS WHERE THE MOST TRAFFIC AND ANOTHER THING 1 56 IS WE'RE, UH WE'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS, SO PUTTING SOMETHING KIND OF NORTH BONG. YOU'VE GOT THE RAILROADS RIGHT THERE, SO AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA THEY'RE NOT GONNA ALLOW US TO DO THAT. SO IT IS A BIT OF A CHALLENGE. WE WERE HOPING WITH NUMBER SIX AS YOU KIND OF COME INTO THE HEART OF NORTH LAKE.

YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING SOUTH OF THERE IS A LOT OF FLOODPLAIN. AND BEING DEVELOPED NOW AS INDUSTRIAL. UM BUT ONCE ONCE 407 KIND OF CUTS ACROSS, WE'D HAVE SOMETHING RIGHT ON 1 56 AT THE INTERSECTION 1, 56 AND 407 IT DEPENDING ON WHAT OUR COUNT LIMITS DO BY THEN, BUT YEAH, AGREED. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT 1 56 IS A BIT OF A CHALLENGE. JUST THE WAY WE ARE CURRENTLY, AND THIS WOULD BE THIS WOULD BE KIND OF PHASE ONE OF THE GATEWAYS WE CAN, OBVIOUSLY AND IF YOU WANT US TO LOOK AT TRYING TO FIND A SIDE ON 1 56. WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL COMING FROM THE NORTH FROM THE SOUTH. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY POINTS ON THIS? I KNOW IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. WE ARE IDENTIFIED HIS LOCATIONS. I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL START. IT'S A GREAT WAY TO, UH LOOK AT THIS. I THINK PERSONALLY THAT THE ONE BE COMING INTO TOWN IS PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE APPROPRIATE. BUT THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL. I BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE. I'M A LITTLE BIT

[00:55:02]

[2.G. Briefing - Resident Survey Results]

WE JUST HAD JOHN POSTER UP HERE. KIND OF EXPLAINING HOW WE'RE GONNA WORK OUR WAY OUT OF THAT MESS. WE KNEW ABOUT THE RETAIL AND GROCERIES, BUT FOR SOME REASON THEY PICKED OTHER TO LET US KNOW THAT IT'S MORE THAN PROXIMITY RESIDENTIAL GROWTH. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE

[01:00:05]

BUT HERE WE ARE, AND THEN MOVING TO RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, SO YOU KNOW WE IN OUR LAST COMPLAINT, WE WANTED TO BE A MULTI GENERATIONAL COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S PROBABLY ONE PLACE WHERE MISSING, BUT WE'RE COMPETING WITH PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGEST RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA, SO THAT KIND OF MAKES SENSE AS WELL. SO UM, HERE'S OUR RETAIL PREFERENCES AGAIN. NO SURPRISE OF THOSE GROCERY STORES NUMBER ONE HARDWARE STORE. NUMBER TWO IT'S FUNNY. MY WIFE ALWAYS GETS EXCITED. WHEN YOU GO TO HARDWARE STORE. I GET DEPRESSED BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A JOB COMING UP AHEAD. AND THEN HERE'S OUR HERE'S OUR SUGGESTED RETAILERS AND AGAIN NO SURPRISE THERE. UM AND WE'VE IN OUR GREAT DEVELOPMENTS DEFINITE IN AND LANSING HAVE BEEN YOU KNOW, BEATING DOWN THE DOORS TO TRY TO TALK THEM INTO COMING. WE DON'T REALLY JUST HAVE A GREAT SITE FOR SOME OF THESE BIG BOXES, BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT. SO, UM YOU KNOW, NO SURPRISES. QUALITY OF LIFE IS MORE OR LESS GOOD AND IN NORTHLAKE, VERY SATISFIED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE HIGHEST NUMBER THAT WANT TO REMAIN IN NORTH LAKE AND, UH GROCERY STORE GROCERY STORE GROCERIES, TOO, SO WE'RE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AS I SAID , THERE'S GOING TO BE A LINK. YOU CAN DRILL DOWN TO ANY OF THIS. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW. THANK YOU DREW AND QUESTIONS. NO, NOT NOT MUCH OF A SURPRISE THERE ON THE WANTS AND DESIRES BUT VERY PROUD OF OUR POLICE FOR

[3. PUBLIC INPUT]

WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET THAT UP HERE. FIRST ONE. I HAVE BRUCE MCDONALD. OKAY, WHICH ITEMS THAT MM. OKAY? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, JOEL NOW. JOE MCGREGOR RATING AND 21 EAST FAMILY LINE. UM A COUPLE OF COUPLE OF ITEMS HERE. THE EGG THING. I DON'T SEE THE REASON FOR CREATING A NEW ZONING DISTRICT. THAT'S FINE. I HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH TAKING AWAY CURRENT RIGHTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN THEIR CURRENT ZONING. I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE THAT ALONE. PEOPLE MOVED IN UNDER CERTAIN RULES, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT TO CHANGE THOSE MIDSTREAM ON SOMEBODY. PEOPLE MAY HAVE FUTURE PLANS THAT THEY WANT TO DO, AND THEY MIGHT HAVE MOVED INTO AN AREA WHERE THEY THINK THEY CAN DO THOSE THINGS. AND TAKING THOSE AWAY OR MAKING IT WHERE THEY HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH EXTRA HOOPS TO DO THE THINGS THAT THEY COULD HAVE DONE LAST WEEK IS WRONG. UM THE SECOND THING. AND THIS ONE. DOESN'T REALLY BURNS ME. $110,000 ON A CHRISTMAS TREE AND RELATED STUFF. YOU KNOW THAT. THAT'S WAY OUTSIDE OF GOVERNMENT'S PURVIEW IN MY FROM MY UNDERSTANDING OF GOVERNMENT. YOU KNOW? THAT TAXING SOMEBODY AND SPENDING THEIR MONEY ON A OPTIONAL THING THAT A FEW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LIKE, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA LIKE AND EVEN A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY OFFENDED BY YOU KNOW WHAT I REALLY COULD CARE LESS IF PEOPLE ARE OFFENDED, BUT WE SHOULDN'T BE SPENDING PEOPLE'S MONEY ON THINGS. THAT DO NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC NEED IN THE CITY. WE'VE ALREADY GOT PLENTY OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO SPEND MONEY ON.

YOU KNOW, WE NEED ROADS. WHEN YOU POLICE. WE NEED THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT STARTING TO SPEND MONEY ON PARTY ITEMS, YOU KNOW, UM IF PEOPLE WANT THAT WE'VE GOT A CHUA'S. WE'VE GOT CLUBS. WE'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT CAN DO FUNDRAISERS GET DONATIONS TO DO THINGS LIKE THAT? BUT FRANKLY

[01:05:08]

OKAY WELL, CONCERN THAT THE SAME THANK YOU. PUBLICANS. FOR YOUR TOPIC. OKAY OKAY. CAN YOU CAN DO IT NOW? THE REPUBLIC INPUT OR YOU CAN ALLOW HIM TO YOU CAN YOU CAN DO IT WITH WITH RIGHT WITH THE NEW RULES FROM THE FROM THE LEGISLATURE OF YOU. CAN THE CHAIR CAN HAVE YOU SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC INPUT OR HE CAN HAVE YOU SPEAK BEFORE YOUR ITEM? IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING. COME NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS BRUCE MACDONALD LIVE IN NORTH NORTH LAKE OPEN CANYON FALLS. I CONCUR WITH JOEL THAT THE CITY DOES NOT NEED TO BE SPENDING $100,000 ON CHRISTMAS ITEMS. THE TOWN DOES NOT HAVE A CENTRAL LOCATION THAT YOU WANT TO PUT UP A TREE OR WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT UP THE TREE AND THE DECORATIONS. WE'VE GOTTA YOU KNOW, BRAND NEW CAN SQUARE AND HILLWOOD HAS SPENDING TONS OF MONEY TO MAKE THAT AN ATTRACTIVE LOCATION. AND BELIEVE ME, THEY ALL GO ALL OUT FOR CHRISTMAS LIKE THEY'VE DONE BEFORE. THEY GOT THEIR HARVEST.

I'M SURE THEY DO THE SAME. WE LOST $1.2 MILLION DUE TO THE COUNTY. ASSESSING OUR TAXES WRONG. I DON'T SEE WHERE SPENDING $100,000 ON. SOMETHING LIKE THIS, EVEN IF IT'S $30,000 OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THE CITY IS LOOKING AT BUYING THE NEW AH SAND TRUCK. EASY WAY TO PUT THAT MONEY. UM AGAIN. I WOULD URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE AGAINST THAT IF THE CDC WANTS TO SPEND THAT MONEY LET THEM FIND SOME INTERESTING BUSINESSES. MAYBE. THE REASON WE LOST SOME OF THEIR BUSINESS OVER TO TANGIERS WAS THAT WE ONLY HAD $25,000 TO GIVE THEM INSTEAD OF 50. I THINK THE TWO. COMMITTEES ARE DESIGNED TO BRING ECONOMIC INPUT TO THE CITY AND HMM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, BRUCE MISHEARD HIM. HI I'M RINA HARTMAN. I LIVE IN NORTH LIKE JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS. I WOULD CONCUR WITH BOTH THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE MING WITH REGARD TO THE EXPENDITURE OVER $100,000 ON CHRISTMAS ITEMS. GOVERNMENT AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, IN PARTICULAR, IS INTENDED TO DO FOR PEOPLE WHAT THEY CANNOT DO FOR THEMSELVES. EACH ONE OF US CAN PUT A CHRISTMAS TREE UP IN OUR OWN HOUSE. WE'RE NOT A BIG ENOUGH TOWN. WE'RE NOT DALLAS.

WE'RE NOT FORT WORTH TO HAVE A LIKE MR MCDONALD SAID OF CENTRAL LOCATION FOR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. IT'S AN ENORMOUS EXPENDITURE. I UNDERSTAND IT'S OVER THREE YEARS, BUT IT IS DOING FOR PEOPLE WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR THEMSELVES, AND THEY CAN DO THAT FOR THEMSELVES. THEY CAN DO THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT THE TOWN OF NORFOLK NEEDS TO BE SPENDING THAT MONEY ON A SECOND NOTE WITH REGARD TO SIGNAGE, ADAM F. BRIEF THE MONUMENT PROPOSAL LOCATIONS I WOULD SUGGEST LOCATION, 341 B AND POSSIBLY LOCATION TO IF IT'S HIGH PROFILE ENOUGH. I KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DEPRESSION IN THAT AREA. GEOGRAPHY WISE. UM SO I THINK THOSE LOCATIONS BEST. I DON'T THINK WE NEED ONE ON 407 HEADING WEST BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE CHANGED THE LOCATION THAT'S GOING TO BE CHANGED. UM AND ONE A WOULD PROBABLY GET IN THE WAY OF THE RETAIL THERE AT THE CORNER OF CLEVELAND, GIBBS AND 47. I'LL ADDRESS MY THE OTHER ITEMS DURING PUBLIC HEARINGS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MISS HARDEN. ALL RIGHT, UMF

[4. CONSENT ITEMS]

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MOTION APPROVED FROM MR GANZ AND A SECOND FROM MR MOORE. UM I'LL TAKE A VOTE ON THAT. THANK YOU, MR. OKAY, WES. YOU CATCHING THAT ? YOU NEED TO VOICE VOTE ON THIS. SO WE'LL START THE ELECTRONIC VOTE HERE AND YOU CAN SPEAK YOUR VOTE. NOW, IF YOU WISH. COMES UP IN HEIGHT FROM MR BOYER. OKAY AND WE HAVE UNANIMOUS. OKAY WITH THAT WE WILL START OUR ACTION ITEMS TO

[5.M. Consider Ordinance 22-1013A, amending the Town of Northlake Code of Ordinances, Article 5, Zoning Districts, of the Unified Development Code (UDC) by creating a new Agricultural (AG) zoning district and establishing and updating certain related development standards and permitted uses. Case # UDC-22-004]

YOU GOT IT. SORRY FOR THE AUDIENCE. AH YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF THIS. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF BRIEFINGS ON THE BACKGROUND AND JUST WANT TO STRESS. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP OF THE TWO STEP PROCESS, JUST CREATING THE ZONING DISTRICT THROUGH UDC AMENDMENT THAT ALLOWS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE ON TO THE TO THE SECOND PHASE. UM. THE DIMENSIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL STANDARDS PROPOSED FOR THE NEW EGGS. THE DISTRICT. AH REALLY HAVE MADE REMAINED THE SAME SINCE THE LAST PRESENTED UH, COUNCIL AND. AND P AND Z. WE'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THESE PROPOSALS. REAL RESIDENTIAL IS STAYING THE SAME. IT'S JUST UP THERE TO KIND OF SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENCES. UM. ONE THING THAT HAS CHANGED HERE IS IN THIS KEY REFERENCES IN THESE IN THIS TABLE. OUR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS TO LEAVE OFF THE A UNDER THE AG ZONING DISTRICTS, AND THAT'S A REFERENCE TO ARTICLE NINE, WHICH HAS VARIOUS DESIGN REQUIREMENTS. INCLUDES FOR LANDSCAPING. UH.

BUILDING DESIGN REQUIREMENTS. UH, FENCING. UM SO THE MAYOR ASKED THE LAST MEETING. HE WANTED TO SEE MORE DETAIL ON THAT. AND AS I WAS KIND OF LOOKING THROUGH THAT AND CONSIDERING IT I FELT IT WAS PROBABLY APPROPRIATE TO GO AHEAD AND KEEP THAT IN THERE. STILL, INSTEAD OF NOT HAVING ANY DESIGN REQUIREMENTS AT ALL. WE DO ALREADY HAVE SOME DIFFERENTIATION AND DESIGN REQUIREMENTS BASED ON AD USES, UH, USED AREAS AND OTHER USES SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO UPDATE THAT, IF NECESSARY TO ADDRESS ANY DIFFERENCES THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, BUT OTHERWISE EVERYTHING ELSE STAYS THE SAME AS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED HERE.

AH, THE PERMITTED USE TABLE. UMD BEFORE. THERE'S A FEW ADDITIONAL USES IN HERE. WE KIND OF JUST WENT OVER THE MAJOR ONES BEFORE , BUT THE IT'S KIND OF KEEPING IN SPIRIT WITH WHAT COUNSEL AND PNC DISCUSSED AT THEIR LAST MEETINGS AND BRIEFING THE AND REVIEWING THE DRAFT PROPOSAL OF KIND OF REMOVING THE. COMMERCIAL MORE COMMERCIAL TYPE ACTIVITIES FROM BEING A PERMITTED USE IN THE AG ZONING DISTRICT. AND HAVING THOSE REQUIRE S U P AND MOVING SOME OF THOSE OVER THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT CURRENTLY OVER TO BE ALLOWED IN THE ACT DISTRICT. SO AND IN THIS TABLE. ANY OF THE BOLD LETTERS P IS PERMITTED AS REQUIRE SPECIFIC

[01:15:04]

THEY'RE ALL SPECIFIC USE PERMITS. BOTH CATEGORIES. I BELIEVE I BELIEVE USE SPECIAL REVIEWS. HOW TO TAKE DIFFERENCES. I CAN TELL. NO, I THINK IT'S OUR LAST MEETING. WE WENT THROUGH SOME OF THESE AND DECIDE WHICH ONES TO KEEP AND DELETE IF I RECALL. LIKE WE PULLED OUT SOME OF THEM LIKE A PUBLIC. COLLEGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SPECIAL, I THINK IF YOU COULD CATEGORIZE THEM MOST OF THE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES WERE TAKEN OUT OF RURAL RESIDENTIAL SO LIKE A DUDE RANCH OR AN AUCTION OR SOME TYPE OF COMMERCIAL GREENHOUSE, WHERE THEY GENERATE A LOT OF TRAFFIC, THAT IS AN ARGUES, BUT IT WOULD BE MOVED TO AG AND THEN JUST KIND OF. FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER ONLY ACTIVITIES WOULD STAY IN REAL RESIDENTIAL ALRIGHT. I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE NEW DESIGNATION, BUT I STILL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON HOW WE GO ABOUT IT. THAT I'M STILL MUDDLING THROUGH. SO I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE DESIGNATION. IT'S HOW WE GET TO IT. I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES THERE IS THAT IT WILL BECOME DEFAULT ZONING TYPE FOR NEWLY ACQUIRED PROPERTY IS THERE'S A HOLDING BASICALLY. UM AND THEN IT WILL ALLOW US TO CONTROL SOME OF THOSE USES DENSITY DESIRABLE IN THE MOST RURAL AREA ERRORS OF THE TOWN. DID YOU GET YOUR QUESTIONS? YEAH ABSOLUTELY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, NATHAN. WE WILL START THE PUBLIC HEARING IN A SECOND. I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS ON ONE OF THE RESIDENTS CONCERNS TALKED ABOUT ACTION OR THINGS THAT WERE ALLOWED BEFORE AND NOT LATER. I HOPE THAT WE SHOWED THOSE TO YOU IN A WAY THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT ONES THEY ARE. UM SO I HOPE YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE PLANNING STARTED CEMETERY OR ANYTHING OR NOT, BUT YOU KNOW THOSE TYPES OF THINGS I THINK ARE APPROPRIATE AT THIS POINT. JUST WHEN HOPE YOU COULD SEE THE ONES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT CHANGING. WITH THAT WE IT IS 6 49 PM WE CAN START THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE EGG? I THINK IT'S HARD TO MAKE YOU WANT TO COME UP FOR A LITTLE MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT.

WAS THAT CORRECT? BEFORE I STARTED LIKE TO ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS. IF YOU DON'T MIND AND FIRST OFF. I'D LIKE TO QUOTE NATHAN WHEN HE SAID THIS IS STEP ONE OF THE TWO STEP PROCESS TAKEN WHEN YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE OTHER PROCESS, WHICH WAS GETTING THE LAND IN THE TOWN OF

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REGARDING EGGS OWNING DISTRICT. UM WOULD YOU PLEASE ANSWER WHERE YOU GOT THE LANGUAGE FOR THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING TONIGHT? DID YOU TAKE IT FROM ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY? NO DID YOU CONSULT ANYONE WHO OWNS 20 ACRES OR MORE AS SPECIFIED BY THE ORDINANCE? NO I GATHER AND IF NOT, HOW DO YOU EXPECT THAT THIS ORDINANCE WILL MEET ANYONE'S NEEDS BUT YOURS. THERE ARE ONLY A HANDFUL OF LARGE LANDOWNERS LEFT IN NORTH LIKE THAT AREN'T DEVELOPERS AND I'VE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL OF THEM REGARDING THIS PROPOSED ZONING AND WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE. NO ONE WANTS THIS FORCED UPON US. AND DESPITE THAT IT IS NOT HAPPENING TONIGHT. YOU ARE CREATING THAT OPPORTUNITY OF FORCED ZONING BY NOT ELIMINATING THAT FROM THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE. FROM THE DOCUMENTS IN THE PACKAGE. IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S YOUR DESIRE TO PUNISH THOSE WHO OWN 20 ACRES OR MORE, AS EVIDENCED BY TABLES 51 IN FIVE TO LARGE LANDOWNERS CAN'T USE AS MUCH OF THEIR LAND AS SMALLER LANDOWNERS. LARGER LANDOWNERS CAN'T BUILD STRUCTURES ON THEIR LAND THAT OCCUPY AS LARGER PERCENTAGE AS SMALLER LANDOWNERS . SETBACKS ARE DOUBLE AND QUADRUPLE. THE FIVE AND TWO ACRE PARCELS FROM YOUR TABLE. MAXIMUM COVERAGE FOR LARGE PARCELS IS 40% LESS THAN FOR SMALLER PARCELS. THE ONLY PERMITTED USES ON 20 ACRES OR MORE IN THIS AG DISTRICT OR STABLES, FARMS, RANCHES, SOME ORCHARD SINGLE, FAMILY DETACHED ACCESSORY BUILDING, BASIC UTILITIES, HOME OCCUPATION. OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL USE. EVERYTHING ELSE IS BY SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, INCLUDING LIGHTING THE OUTDOOR RECREATION AREA. ALL OF THIS DISCOURAGES LARGE ACREAGE OWNERSHIP RATHER THAN ENCOURAGES IT. LARGE LANDOWNERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO ASK FOR A SPECIAL PERMISSION TO DO SOMETHING ON HAGLUND THAT IS AGGRAVATED YOUR TABLES SHOW THAT THOSE IN AG ZONING HAVE TO COME TO COUNCIL FOR ANYTHING THE LANDOWNER WANTS TO DO ON THEIR LAND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CONSISTENT WITH TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE PRACTICES. A LOT OF NON EGG PEOPLE LOOK AT EGG LANDED AND THEY SEE THAT AS PRETTY UNDESIRABLE AND IT IS, BUT IT'S ALSO A BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. CRIPPLE THE INDUSTRY WHEN YOU DEMAND THAT PEOPLE COME TO THE COUNCIL FOR EVERYTHING THEY NEED OR WANT TO DO ON THEIR PROPERTY. WE HAVE TENDED TEXAS SOIL FOR FIVE GENERATIONS IN DENTON COUNTY AND DID SO JUST FINE WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A MUNICIPAL RULE OR REGULATION. NO ONE FROM NORTH LAKE REACHED OUT TO OUR FAMILY, OR ANY OF THE FAMILIES I SPOKE WITH REGARDING THIS, SO THIS IS JUST ABOUT CONTROL. IT'S WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER MONTINI SAID. THIS ALLOWS US TO QUOTE, CONTROL PROPERTY AND USES END QUOTE. CONTROLLING WHAT EGG PEOPLE HAVE DONE FOR DECADES AND GENERATIONS AS OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING OUT FOR THE CITIZENS IN THIS EQUATION, NOT DEVISING NEW METHODS OF CONTROL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MISS HARTMAN. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC? AND. MCGREGOR, 18 AND 21 ASSEMBLY LINE. YES AND AS TO WHAT I WAS SAYING EARLIER, YOU SAW THE LIST OF THINGS THAT THEY'RE TAKING AWAY THAT I CAN NO LONGER DO ON MY PROPERTY, AND I CANNOT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ACREAGE. I CANNOT APPLY FOR THE EGG CHANGE OVER EVEN IF I WANTED TO, WHICH I DON'T AND GRANTED. SOME OF THOSE ARE STUFF. I'VE NEVER DID IT, BUT SOME OF THEM LIKE BARNES AND WHATNOT I HAD DON'T LIKE THAT BEING CONTROLLED . IF I WANT TO BUILD A BARN OUT TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A BARN, YOU KNOW I CAN TODAY. BUT I'M NOT READY TO BUILD ONE YET SO I THINK THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL NEEDS TO STAY THE SAME. AS IT IS NOW AND THAT WAY. BIG LANDOWNERS CAN CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING. AND IF. NEW PEOPLE.

COME ON, YOU CAN HAVE THIS EGG ZONING AND PUT IT ON NEW THE NEW DEFAULT OR WHATEVER, BUT AS FAR

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UH, 100 ACRES. DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE TOWN CAN COME IN? AND DECIDED THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE 5 20 ACRE. AGRICULTURAL ZONE AREAS. OR CAN THAT BE PREVENTED? SO LIKE THE SCENARIO IS 100 ACRES 100 ACRES IF IT IF IT WAS CHANGED, EITHER MY VOLUNTARY BY THE PROPERTY OWNER OR BY THE TOWN AND THE TWO SCENARIOS WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE SUPER MAJORITIES. THE PROPERTY COULD SUBDIVIDE INTO 5 20 ACRE OR THE PROPERTY OWNER COULD STAY AT 100 OF THE PROPERTY OWNER COULD DO TO 50 ACRE TRACTS. IT'S JUST THE MINIMUM ACRES SIZE IS 20 ACRES, BUT WE ARE ALLOWING THE TOWN TO DECIDE THAT THE GUYS LAND GETS DIVVIED UP IF THE TOWN WANTS TO DO THAT, WITH A SUPERMAJORITY.

NO NO, NO, IT WOULD. IT WOULD STAY. I WOULD SAY 100 ACRES IF THE PROPERTY OWNER DECIDED TO GO TO THE PLANNING PROCESS, THEY COULD SUBDIVIDE INTO FIVE. UH TO A MINUTE TO A MAXIMUM OF 5 20 ACRE TRACTS. SO ARE YOU TELLING ME THE SCENARIO I JUST HEARD COULDN'T HAPPEN. I DON'T I DON'T QUITE REMEMBER THE SCENARIO, BUT , UH SO THERE'S MULTIPLE STEPS. IF YOU CREATE AN AGS OWNING THE PROPERTY OWNER IN THIS SCENARIO HAS 100 ACRES AND CHOOSES TO CHANGE THAT ZONING 200 ACRES AND THEN THEY LATER DECIDE THEY'RE YOUR CHILDREN DECIDE OR WHOEVER WE WANT TO SUBDIVIDE THAT EGG ZONING WOULD BE LIMITED TO A 20 ACRE SUBDIVIDED TRACK, OR THEY COULD REZONE TO RURAL RESIDENTIAL OR TO WHATEVER THE COUNCIL DECIDES THE P N Z. AND THEN THE COUNCIL DECIDED OKAY, SO THE TOWN CANNOT DECIDE THAT SOMEONE WHO OWNS 100 ACRES IS ALL OF A SUDDEN GONNA HAVE 5 20 ACRE PLOTS. CORRECT CORRECT. OKAY? SO YOUR POINT, MR SESSIONS ARE DOCTOR SESSIONS IS TO THE TOWN CANNOT FORCE A SUBDIVISION OF PROPERTY AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU AT TOWN HAS NO PART TO DO SO. UNLESS YOU RESORT TO SOMETHING ELSE, AND THAT'S THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION. RIGHT? FOR AGRICULTURAL ZONING TYPE MINIMUM LOT SIZES. 20 ACRES IF YOU WISH. IF YOU WISH TO MOVE TO WORLD RESIDENTIAL OR SMALLER, YOU WOULD REZONED. FIRST YOU HAVE TO BE IN AGRICULTURAL TO BE THERE. BUT WE TAKE YOUR POINT. BUT NO, THEY'RE THE TOWN CANNOT FORCE YOU TO SUBDIVIDE YOUR PROPERTY. IF YOU WANTED TO SUBDIVIDE ONLY SUBDIVIDED INTO 20 ACRE LOTS IF YOU WERE IN THAT ZONING TYPE, YES. OR IS IT INTO IT? LEAST 20 ACRE LOTS. YOU COULD DESIGN INTO 2 50 ACRE 4 25 . WE COULD WE COULD DO WHAT'S THAT ANYTHING THAT'S AT LEAST TWO DOMINATORS OR AT LEAST COMING FACTOR? I DON'T KNOW. OKAY FOR LEGAL REASONS, LET'S SAY I WANT TO HEAR THAT WE CAN'T MAKE SOMEBODY SUBDIVIDE THEIR PROPERTY INTO 20 ACRES. CORRECT YOU CANNOT FORCE A PROPERTY

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[5.N. Consider Resolution 22-58, ratifying the actions taken by the Northlake Economic Development Corporation and Northlake Community Development Corporation Board of Directors, approving a 3-year contract with Premier Christmas for the purchase of Christmas/Holiday Tree and related services, in a total amount not to exceed $109,525]

THIS THIS ACTION CAME OUT OF AN INITIAL CONVERSATION AT THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY. THEY ASKED. WHERE CAN WE HELP? I SAID, WELL, MAYBE THERE'S A FUTURE OF TOWN CHRISTMAS AT HAND. AND THEY'VE GOT VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND THEN THE CDC STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT, AND DREW WILL GO INTO DETAIL THERE. BUT ONE THING IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND ON THIS.

THIS IS NOT PROPERTY TAXES. THIS IS NOT FUNDED BY PROPERTY TAXES IS NOT TOUCHED BY PROPERTY TAXES . C D. C AND E D C ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO SPEND THEIR FUNDS ON VERY SPECIFIC USES. THEY CAN'T PAY FOR OUR POLICE. THEY CAN'T PAY FOR OUR WATER. THEY CAN'T PAY FOR THINGS LIKE THIS AND THAT SO WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THINGS TO SPEND THEIR FUN. ONE OF OUR BOARDS IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT IS BUILT AROUND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES. SO THAT'S WHERE THIS CAME FROM ELECTRIC TAKE OVER FROM THERE. THANK YOU.

AND AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM SAID, THIS WAS VOLUNTEERS. THIS WAS BOARDS. UM BUT I WILL SAY THAT ONCE THE DIRECTION WAS GIVEN TO STAFF. HORSE STAFF, ESPECIALLY LANSING AND JENNIFER DID A GREAT JOB INCLUDING PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT, BUT AS MY PRO TEM SAID, AH, WHEN WE WHEN WE WERE SMALL, WE DID THAT. THERE'S AN OLD RAGGEDY TREE THAT WE THROW SOME LIGHTS OVER. WE HAD A PARKING LOT THERE. WE JUST ALGORITHM SPACE, SO I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN 2016. BUT THE THING THINGS CHANGED. UM AND AS THE MAYOR PRO TEAM SAID, UM, AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A ASIDE NOW TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT. THIS SHOPPING CENTER IS NOT OURS. WE DON'T OWN THIS PROPERTY. WE HAVE A VERY BIG FOOTPRINT IN THE PROPERTY AND THIS THIS SIDE IS NOT QUITE FINISHED. THERE'S NOT QUITE ENOUGH. WERE THE ARGUMENT. SEE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE SIGNING LEASES, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME TO FILL UP AND THERE'S ONE BUILDING LEFT TO BUILD. UM SO, AS THE MAYOR PROJECT SAID THIS WAS BROUGHT UP AT ABC TDC MEETINGS. WE HAVE THE CDC BOARD PRESIDENT AND I BELIEVE HE HAS SOME COMMENTS. IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THEM. LET ME GET THROUGH MY PRESENTATION. WE HAVE ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER.

THEY'RE BOTH ON THE PLANNING COMMITTEE, AND I'LL GO THROUGH THAT IN A SECOND AS WELL. UM, SO THE ANIMALS PLACED ON THE THEY REQUESTED INFORMATION STAFF DUTIFULLY PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION. THEY CALLED A SPECIAL MEETING. THE NORMALS LOST, AND SO THEY LOST, LOST SOME TIME TO CALL ANOTHER SPECIAL MEETING AND THEY REVIEWED THE OPTIONS AND THEY WENT FORWARD WITH A TREE PACKAGE NOW. THIS IS A TREE THAT WE'RE BUYING FOREVER. IT'S NOT A THREE YEAR LEASE. IT'S A FOREVER TREE, BUT THEY HAVE A THREE YEAR OPTION TO ALLOW US TO ALLOW THE TOWN TO PAY IT OVER TIME. AND I WASN'T THERE AT THE MEETING, BUT I THINK THAT THE CDC THEN

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OKAY BRADWELL HAS AN INSURANCE AGENCY ANONYMOUS AND KYRA IS THE ACCESSIBLE TEAK AND SO AND AS MANY PRO TEAM SAID, THERE'S SOME POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ON THERE AS WELL. UM AND. AGAIN THE TREE KIND OF WAS THE LEADER AND SO THERE'S STILL ARE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT IN THIS, IT IS PRETTY QUICK. IT IS A PRETTY QUICK PLANNING OF THIS. I THINK THE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND STAFF HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER BUT AGAIN TO BE TRANSPARENT. THIS IS THIS IS A BIT OF A RUSH JOB, AND THEY KNEW THAT GOING IN UH HUH. AND THEY'VE DONE THAT. BUT THIS IS THE KIND OF THE DETAILS OF THE EVENT WILL BE ON MONDAY, THE FIFTH, IT'LL BE AFTER MOST BUSINESSES CLOSE. IT'LL MONDAY IS WHEN THE BISTRO'S CLOSED SO THAT WE CAN A LITTLE BIT MORE AVAILABLE PARKING AND A LOT OF ACTIVITIES THAT KIND OF RECREATING. THE SMALLER CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING WE HAD YEARS AGO. WHEN I WHEN I FIRST STARTED HERE UM ANYWAY. THAT'S SOME OF THE. SOME OF THE PICTURES SANTA POLAR EXPRESS. HERE'S SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY MARKETING FOR THIS, UM AND, UM. THERE WILL BE, UH, WILL BE VENDOR TABLES OR BE CHARITY DONATION TABLE, AND ALL OF THE BUSINESSES WILL OPEN THEIR DOORS AND PROMOTE THEIR BUSINESS AS WELL AS WELL. UM YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH THE REALITY IS THERE'S GOING TO BE A CONSTRUCTION

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EVEN WITH CLOSING THE PLAZA DOWN , THERE'LL BE 783 PARKING SPACES . ROUGHLY THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD EXACT NUMBER THERE. UM WE'LL HAVE FOUR STALLS. TOWN HALL WILL BE ALSO BE OPEN. UM AND THEN YOU'RE AWARE OF THE PLAZA SO AND THERE'S THE BOOST THE PLAZA WHERE THE TREE WOULD BE IN THAT KIND OF BLANK SPOT IS THERE IS GOING TO BE THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. UM JUST JUST JUST KIND OF TELL YOU THE REALITY OF THIS. THIS IS LIKE, AS I SAID, IT'S NEAR A CONSTRUCTION SPOT. THE AND I THINK I PUT IT IN THE WORKS. I THINK, UH, LANSING HAS BEEN WORKING. CONTINUOUSLY ON THIS. I THINK WE REACHING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CHURCH OF CHRIST. THEY HAVE JUST NOW YOU KNOW THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THEY PAID THEIR PARKING LOT. WE'VE GOT SOME SHUTTLES IF THERE'S ANY OVERFLOW PARKING NEED THIS TO RUN IT THROUGH COUNCIL, THIS WILL NEED A PERMIT FOR COUNSEL. BECAUSE YOU KNOW THIS. THIS THIS IS AN EVENT SO IT NEEDS TO BE THE APPROVAL OF COUNCIL. WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO GET INSURANCE COVERAGE ON THIS. UM THIS IS GOING TO BE, UH, STAFF TIME, BUT A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS ARE GOING TO HELP US, ESPECIALLY THE POLICE ACADEMY AND THE BOARDS. UM THE THIS WILL NEED A COMMITMENT FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER TO ALLOW THE ON GOING EVENT THERE. THEY'RE ALL THEY'RE OPEN TO THAT THIS HELPS THEIR CENTER AS WELL. SO WE DON'T WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THAT. BUT THAT'S JUST A POTENTIAL. IF THAT CHANGES WHERE WE HAVE A TREE WITHOUT A PLACE TO PUT IT, SO THAT'S JUST ANOTHER REALITY. I'M MAKING THE COUNCIL AWARE OF AND THEN, UH, TONIGHT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE RATIFICATION OF THAT PURCHASE. AND AS WITH ANY DCC DCC RECOMMENDATION, YOU CAN VOTE IT UP. OR YOU CAN VOTE IT DOWN. YOU CAN'T MODIFY IT. IF YOU DO, VOTE IT DOWN AND YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM BACK INSTRUCTIONS. YOU COULD DO THAT AS WELL. SO, UM. AGAIN THEY'RE HERE. THEY'RE MORE THAN CAPABLE OF SPEAKING FOR HIMSELF. YOU'D LIKE TO CALL ON ANY OF THESE. THIS WAS A VOLUNTEER. GENERATED ACTIVITY. THE STAFF HAS DONE ITS BEST TO DO THAT. I'M VERY PROUD OF STAFF ON AND IN THE PLANNING COMMITTEE AT SHORT NOTICE OF PULLING THIS TOGETHER. I THINK WHAT I'VE SEEN. I THINK IT WILL BE A GREAT EVENT. THERE ARE THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF AND WORK AROUND. BUT BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND I'D LOVE FOR GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS TO SPEAK ANY QUESTIONS FOR DREW BEFORE WE CALL IT THE BOARD MEMBERS. YEAH I THINK YOU MENTIONED EARLY AND THE PRESENTATION THAT THIS IS AN EVENT THAT WILL PROMOTE THE LOCAL BUSINESSES AS WELL. ANY BUSINESSES CONTRIBUTE TO THIS $110,000. EXPENSE I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL GIVEN GRANTS, MOST LIKELY. AH! NO NO, THIS IS A THIS IS AN ALLOWED EXPENSE THAT THE CDCS CAN SPEND UP TO 10% OF THEIR BUDGET ON PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES, BUT NO, SIR. THERE ARE QUESTIONS BEFORE I CALL THE PORTS UP HERE. WHERE DID THE CAN WE. WHERE THE FUNDS COME FROM. I UNDERSTAND WHAT MAYOR PRO TIM DISCUSSED EARLIER. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF DRILL DOWN TO WHERE THESE FUNDS ARE ACTUALLY COMING FROM, OKAY? THESE ARE WHAT IT'S CALLED TYPE A AND TYPE B SALES TAX. IT'S IN THE IT'S IN THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE IS AN ADDITIONAL SENT THAT WE CHARGE SO THE TOWN CHARGES 2% ON ALL SALES IN THE TOWN. 1% GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND THAT'S USED TO PAY FOR POLICE AND TOWN STAFF. THE OTHER 1% WHICH IS A HALF PERCENT FOR TAIPEI, WHICH IS WE CALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TAX B, WHICH WE CALL THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. IT IS USED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH CAN INCLUDE PROMOTIONS. IT ALSO CAN COME INCLUDE INFRASTRUCTURE PARTICIPATION TO BRING ON A BUSINESS TO BRING ON JOBS. ALSO THOSE ADCS AND CDCS HAVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT FUNDS AS WELL. BUT THIS IS PRIMARILY, UH, THIS IS A. THIS FOCUSES PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITY IN THESE ARE FUNDS THAT CANNOT BE SPENT.

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THERE'S ABOUT 25,000. FILLED RIGHT NOW. IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESS IT IS A TOUGH QUESTION. YEAH UM, SO WHAT WAS THE WHAT WAS THE RECENT GRANT FOR BELLA ITALIA. 50,000 I THINK NORTHLAKE CAFES PROBABLY. DO IT DOING ABOUT THE SAME. THOSE WERE ABOUT 10 15,000 SALES TAX. UH THOSE 22 OF THOSE. WE'VE GOT A 7 11. UM. PROBABLY THIS THIS IN JUST AH SALES TAX.

THERE'S PROBABLY VERY CONSERVATIVE 50,000. ANNUALLY. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT YOU'VE GOT PROPERTY TAXES WELL, AND THAT'S UM. THAT'S THAT'S EACH YEAR, SO PROBABLY IN A COUPLE OF YEARS OR AT LEAST THE LIFE OF THIS PURCHASE. IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LEADING TO YEAH, YOU MORE OR LESS GET GET PRETTY CLOSE TO COVER THAT EVENT NOT HAVE MORE FROM WHAT THEY WERE WHAT THEY BROUGHT IN AND WE'RE GOING TO ADD TO THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALREADY HERE. CORRECT THE HOPE IS THAT IT GENERATES INTEREST IN THESE BUSINESSES AND HELPS THEM BE MORE SUCCESSFUL. AND THEN THE ANYBODY IS KIND OF SITTING ON THE FENCE OF WHETHER TO COME TO THIS SHOPPING CENTER, THEY SAY SO WE WOULD HOPE THAT THIS $100,000 INVESTMENT WOULD BRING US BACK EVEN MORE THAN $100,000.

YOU SAID YES, SIR. I'LL LET YOU PONDER ON THAT FOR A SECOND. IS THAT GOOD? YOU HAVE MORE THERE.

I'M THROUGH ALL RIGHT WITH THAT. LET'S HAVE THE BOARDS COME UP AND SAY PEACE. AN INVENTOR, GIBSON AND THE PRESIDENT OF CDC, AS HAVE A FEW COMMENTS THAT VERY GOOD. PRETTY MUCH COVERED EVERYTHING THAT THAT I KNOW. CURRENTLY FOR EACH BOARD. WE HAVE ABOUT 1.5 MILLION EACH. THE SEA, AND THIS PROJECT ALONE IS GONNA ONLY GONNA COST EACH BOARD 18,000. EACH YEAR, SO IT IS VERY SMALL. WHAT WE HAVE AND THE VOTING IN THE COMMITTEE'S UNANIMOUS IT WAS NO DISSENTERS.

AND. IN LACK OF OVER HERE. THIS IS OUR SALES STAGNATED PROPERTY TAX. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HI RACHEL. SHORT FOR THIS. GOOD EVENING, SONIA BULLY. I AM A MEMBER OF THE EC. I AM ALSO TAKING THIS DISTANCE POLICE ACADEMY THIS YEAR AND I'M ON THE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL POINTS I'D LIKE TO MAKE. WE ARE NOT JUST TARGETING. THE RETAIL BUSINESSES HERE AT

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WE'RE TARGETING THE BUSINESS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN AS WELL. THIS WE ARE BUYING THIS TREE.

THIS IS A $17,000 INVESTMENT PER PER ORGANIZATION FOR THREE YEARS , AND THEN WE OWN THE TREE AND I BELIEVE, FRANCINE, DO YOU KNOW HOW OLD THE TREES ARE THERE, LIKE SEVEN YEARS, EIGHT YEARS, NO ISSUES WITH THE OTHER TREES THAT HAVE BEEN PURCHASED BY THE SAME VENDOR IN THE IN THE COMMUNITIES, SO WE CERTAINLY CONSIDER THIS TO BE AN INVESTMENT IN A LONG TERM PROJECT FOR THE TOWN OF DOOR FLAKE AND I JUST WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE. YOU KNOW, WE PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THIS. WE REALLY FEEL PASSIONATE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD TRULY BENEFIT THE TOWN AS A WHOLE RETAIL BUSINESSES, COMMUNITIES COMING TOGETHER AND CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SONIA. UM ONE THING THAT WAS PRETTY UNIQUE IS I BROUGHT UP THE POINT WHEN WE HAVE POLICE ACADEMY MEET ONE NIGHT MEETING AND PECAN SQUARE. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE INPUT ON SQUARE PARTICIPATE WITH THIS AND THEY SAID YES, WE HAVE A TREE. THAT'S GREAT. BUT WHERE IS OUR SENSE OF COMMUNITY WITH THE REST OF THE TOWN WITH TIME? THIS BIG ISLAND OVER HERE AND THEN YOU TALK SOME PEOPLE FROM HARVEST, WHICH IS ARE YOU? T? J UM I DID NERVE BENEFIT PECAN SQUARE RECENTLY AND WE SAW RESIDENTS FROM NORTHRIDGE ESTATES. WE SAW RESIDENTS FROM ALL OVER TOWN, SO PEOPLE DO WANT TO COME TOGETHER AND DO WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE THINGS. UM SO IT'S AN OLD TRADITION I'D LIKE TO SEE BROUGHT BACK PERSONALLY. BUT WITH THAT WE HAVE A MORE COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL WEST. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? ALRIGHT WITH THAT. UM YES, I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS. SORRY. PLEASE GO AHEAD. I THINK THAT I THINK THAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A YEAR PREMATURE. THE SITE THAT'S SELECTED FOR THIS WILL BE A MUD PIT. LANDSCAPING AND SIDEWALKS. SO THE LAST THING TO GET BUILT SO EVEN IF THEIR ESTIMATE ON THE ON. YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACT OF THE DEVELOPER SAYS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THAT BUILDING BUILT IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS, WHICH IS I MEAN POSSIBLE, BUT ALSO NOT POSSIBLE, WHICH MEANS THEY WOULDN'T HAVE IT DONE IN TIME FOR THIS EVENT. AND THAT'S JUST THE FOUNDATION FOR THE BUILDING , LANDSCAPING AND SIDEWALKS OR THE LAST THING TO GET BUILT.

THEY WILL BUILD THE FOUNDATION. THEN THEY WILL BUILD THE BUILDING. THEY'LL DRIVE THE BUILDING IN THEN THEY'LL DO EVERYTHING ELSE. THIS IS GOING TO BE A MUD PIT. IT'S A YEAR OR TWO PREMATURE. IT'S NOT GONNA LOOK THE WAY WE WANT IT TO LOOK BECAUSE THE SITE WILL NOT EXIST.

IT'S A YEAR TOO EARLY. OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S A GREAT IDEA. THANK YOU, WES. NOW, DREW IS THERE NOT THE AREA IN FRONT THAT ALREADY HAS CONCRETE AND ACTUALLY SAYS NORTH LAKE IN THE CONTINENT AND ITS GRASP, AND THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE MUCH ACTIVITY THERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO SECURE THE SITE. UM YOU KNOW, AND THE ONLY THING IN AGAIN TO BE TRANSPARENT IS THE DELIVERY OF THE MATERIALS. WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH. THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY . OH, YES, IS WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR WHO'S BUILDING THE BUILDING FOR THEM ON STAGING THAT EQUIPMENT, BUT, UM IT'S JUST IT'S JUST ROUGHING IN THE UTILITIES AND DOING THE SIDEWALK AND LOADING THE MATERIAL. THERE WON'T BE. THE FOUNDATION WON'T BE POURED, PROBABLY UNTIL AFTER THIS, SO, UM. BUT THE SITE WILL BE SECURED AND INSIDE THAT SIDE . IT WILL BE A MARSH PIT. BUT THEY'VE THEY'VE ASSURED US THAT THEY CAN SECURE THE SIDE AND THEY'LL STAY OFF THAT GRASS AREA AND OUT OF THE. THE RIBBON ROAD AROUND THE AREA BASED ON THE MAP YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY MOST OF THE TABLES AND SUCH WOULD BE SET UP AROUND THE PARKING LOT CORRECT. SO YOU KNOW THAT WHOLE AREA WILL

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ALRIGHT I BELIEVE WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR PAYBACK ON A LOT OF THESE GRANTS ON TAX MONEY COMING BACK IN RIGHT, APPROXIMATELY. IT'S NOT A PAYBACK. IT'S JUST A ROUGH ESTIMATION OF HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TWO TO RECOUP THAT MONEY, RIGHT? RIGHT SO WE GOT FIVE YEARS AND THEN THIS PROMOTION MIGHT INCREASE THEIR SALES 10. IN DECEMBER. AND THEN WE GOT FIVE YEARS ALREADY. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD EVER BE FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE FOR AN INVESTMENT OF ANY KIND, BUT THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, JOE. JUST REAL BRIEFLY. UM, I THINK YOU HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB PLANNING THIS. SO, UM IT'S A GREAT PLAN. MY QUICK QUESTIONS ARE NUMBER ONE. I BELIEVE. I DON'T WANT TO MISS PUT ANYONE BUT I BELIEVE THAT DREW DID YOU SAY THAT YOU CAN SPEND A MAXIMUM OF 10% OF THE DC AND CBC FUNDS ON PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES. OKAY, SO AND MY CORRECT IN ASSUMING THAT I HEARD CORRECTLY, THAT EACH OF THEM HAS 1.5 MILLION IN THEIR ACCOUNTS. THAT IS THE FUND BALANCE. IN EACH OF THE EEC AND THE CBC. YES ALSO WILL NOT OUR MONUMENTS SOUNDS THAT WAS THAT WERE DISCUSSED TONIGHT AT THE COUNCIL WON'T BE PAID OUT OF DC CDC FUNDS. NO, NOT WHAT? GENERAL FUND? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT WITH THAT. I'LL TAKE MOTIONS ON THIS AND I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A MOTION HERE. I BELIEVE IT'S A GREAT IDEA FOR A TOWN. ALL RIGHT . I HAVE A SECOND FOR MR MORE.

DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, SO THAT'S A NEGATIVE NAME FOR WEST. THANK YOU, WES. AND YOU CAN CAST YOUR VOTES. WE'LL TRY AGAIN. BILL, TRY ONE MORE TIME. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A 33. NO UH, THAT MEANS THE MOTION FAILS, FAILS AND. YOU DON'T HAVE TO, BUT IF YOU COULD PROVIDE DIRECTION TO THE BOARDS DO WE HAVE DIRECTION FOR THE BOARD'S ANYBODY WHO VOTED KNOWS THEIR DIRECTION. I JUST WANTED TO, UM I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT WAS PUT INTO PLANNING IT. UM BUT I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE MORE DETAILS ABOUT IT PRIOR TO MAKING THE FINAL VOTE. UM WHICH WERE REQUESTED YESTERDAY BY ME, AND I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY. UM SO IF I COULD GET THOSE DETAILS THAT MIGHT SWAY ME ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. I MEAN, HAVING SMALL CHILDREN EVENT LIKE THIS WOULD BE GREAT. HAD ANOTHER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE NEED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY TO BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN. UM THOSE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T IN THE MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITIES. UM SPEAKING OF, UM, BUT JUST AT THIS TIME WITH THE INFO THAT I HAVE, I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S RESPONSIBLE DECISION TO APPROVE IT. COUNSELOR WHAT DID WHAT DID WE FAIL TO GET YOU THAT YOU I JUST ASKED FOR ALL THE DETAILS ABOUT WHERE ALL THE MONEY WAS GOING.

$109,000 THE TREE BEING PLACED UNDERSTAND IT'S OVER THREE YEARS, $30,000 A YEAR ROUGHLY.

WHAT'S THE COST? THEN WE OWN THE TREE? WELL, WHAT'S THE ANNUAL COST ON CONSTRUCTING THE TREE, PUTTING IT UP EACH YEAR, TAKING IT DOWN STUFF LIKE THAT? UM THE BOARDS WERE GOING TO COME BACK AT YOUR NOVEMBER MEETING WITH WITH THE FULL DETAILS. THEY HAVE ANOTHER MEETING. THERE'S ANOTHER PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING. THERE WAS GOING TO BE THE FEE WAIVER, BUT THE TREE WAS KIND OF THE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS, U. SEE IF WE CAN MAINTAIN THE RESERVATION ON THE TREE. BUT BRING BACK, UH MORE DETAILS AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. LIKE I SAID, I'M OPEN TO THAT. I THINK IT'S A AGAIN. I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT WAS PUT INTO IT. THE

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SO THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY CAVEAT TO THAT. I UNDERSTAND. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE TIGHT TIMELINES ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS, UM BUT I DON'T WANT TO. BE RUSHED INTO A DECISION LIKE THIS. I MEAN, IT IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY , SO WHATEVER THEY I MUST SAY, I'M A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTED.

WE ALWAYS ALWAYS HERE UP. YOU'RE CONSTANTLY THAT WE TRUST OUR BOARDS TO MAKE DECISIONS. AND WE TRUST THEM MOVE FORWARD, AND THERE'S A LOT OF ENERGY WORK PUT INTO THIS. AT THE TIME, AND IT'S COMING OUT OF THE RIGHT FUNDS RIGHT THINGS. I'M PERSONALLY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS ONE. BUT THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL DOES IS . WE MAKE DECISIONS AS A BODY. UM SO I GUESS MOVING ON. LET ME COMMENT. MY PROBLEM IS THE TIMING. IF YOU HAD BROUGHT IT THIS TO US BEFORE YOU SPENT $7500. PERHAPS IT WOULD ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. BUT I HAVE A HARD TIME WITH IT, AS IS TRUE, AND AS WE EXPLAINED BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, IN HINDSIGHT, WE COULD HAVE DONE A SPECIAL MEETING JUST ARE ADDED THIS TO THE WELL. WE ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT IT BACK IN JULY.

IF IT'S THAT IMPORTANT. YEAH I DON'T THINK THE IDEA WAS SEATED UNTIL LATE AUGUST. EVEN YOU KNOW, THIS WHOLE THING CAME UP WITH AS FAR AS I KNOW, WITH THE CPA ALUMNI AND THEN SPREAD THE OTHER TWO. I EVEN MADE THE MOTION OF THE C P A THAT, UH MONTINI PAY FOR THE TREE. HE HAPPENED TO BE GONE. I'LL TEACH YOU MISSED A MEETING. BUT I VOTED. YES, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SOLIDIFY ALL OUR PARKING PLACES JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE SOLID AND GUT SOME AGREEMENTS ON HIS SINCE YOU'RE GOING TO. WE'RE GOING TO DELAY THIS THING A LITTLE BIT JUST TO MAKE SURE WE GET ROOM FOR EVERYBODY TO GET UP HERE, AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO WORK REAL HARD WITH. THE SHERIFF'S OR THE CHIEFS DEPARTMENT ON TRAFFIC AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF TO SPEAK. WES PLEASE, UH, LOOKS LIKE HE WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK. YEAH, MY DIRECTION WOULD BE, UM, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A YEAR TOO EARLY AGAIN. I THINK THAT THAT WHERE THAT TREE IS IN THE RENDER, THAT IS A PIECE OF DIRT RIGHT NOW, AND IT WILL STILL BE A PIECE OF DIRT THEN SO IF THEY COULD BREATHE, YOU KNOW THE DEVELOPER GOT MOTIVATED ENOUGH TO MAKE THAT CONCRETE AND GRASS. OKAY WELL, THEN THAT CHANGES MY OPINION BECAUSE I LIKE THE ENTIRE AREA. THAT'S DIRT. CAN WE BRING UP YES . WHEN ARIEL THE AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS GRASS AND CONCRETE. IT IS NORTHLAKE LOGO AND BOLD. IT'S NEXT TO A CONSTRUCTION SITE, BUT IT IS NO , LET'S LET'S ACTUALLY GO TO GOOGLE MAPS AND JUST DRILL DOWN ON THAT. I CAN'T SEE IT ANYWHERE. WHILE THEY'RE PULLING UP THE MAP LANSING FROM TOWN STAFF. ONE THE MAP THAT WAS JUST UP THERE. ACTUALLY THE SITE WE MET WITH PREMIER CHRISTMAS OUT OF THE SITE AND SO IN THE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COMMONS THERE, THERE IS ACTUALLY A GRASSY AREA THE SIDEWALKS AROUND IT. THERE ARE FOR THERE MIGHT EVEN BE EIGHT PARK BENCHES. THERE'S LAMPPOSTS AND LIGHTING. IT IS ENTIRELY COMPLETELY DONE HAS BEEN DONE, PROBABLY FOR A YEAR YEAR AND A HALF THE AREA SOUTH OF THAT WHICH WAS I GUESS NOW WE'VE KIND OF MOVED FROM THAT THE AREA SOUTH OF THAT IF YOU IF YOU LOOK AT THAT TONIGHT, IT'S DIRT, BUT IT'S GRADED. IT'S GREAT AND DIRT AND WHAT THEY DO PLAN TO HAVE IN PLACE BY THE TIME THIS EVENT OCCURS IS TO HAVE THE PARKING SPACES AROUND THERE. POURED AND SO THAT BASICALLY PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR THAT DIRT. THERE'S CONCRETE UP TO THAT POINT HERB AND CONCRETE CURBED CURB PARKING SPACES SO THEY WOULD HOPE TO HAVE THAT CONCRETE FOUNDATION THERE, BUT THEY MAY NOT. IT MAY STILL JUST BE DIRT THERE, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO SECURE THAT SITE. WE WORKED WITH O ES BEFORE EVEN BRINGING THE INFORMATION TO THE DC AND THE CDC TO ASSURE THAT OS WAS FINE. WITH US HAVING THE FUNCTION OUT THERE AND THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE ELECTRICAL FOR THE TREES. SO THE SITE WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE IS ACTUALLY A GRASP COMMON AREA WITH LIGHTING WITH SIDEWALKS AND ONE OF THE SIDEWALKS HAS A BIG NORTH LIKE EMBLEM IN IT VERY, VERY LARGE NORTHLAKE EMBLEM ALREADY OUT THERE. THAT'S WHERE THE TREE WAS GOING TO GO. UM AND YES, THE BOOTHS AND THE TABLES WOULD BE ON THE PARAMETERS. THE STREETS ARE VERY WIDE AND IN THE PLAZA, AND SO THAT WOULD BE FOR THE TRAIN AND FOR THE BOOTHS AND TABLES WE HAVE MET WITH THE P D POLICE CHIEF IS AWARE OF THIS IS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A YOU KNOW, POLICE PRESENCE

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UM SO YES, THE PART THAT YOU SEE THAT'S IN IN THE NORTHERN PART RIGHT THERE THAT HAS THE TREES AROUND IT. THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE THAT, UM THE TREE LIGHTING WILL BE, UM THE SPACE BELOW IS WORTH DIRT RIGHT NOW. BUT AGAIN, IT'S GREAT, BUT IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE PARKING SPACES AROUND IT CARBON GUTTERING AROUND IT, AND THEN A SECURED SITE. AND WE WORKED WITH CRAIG WILKINSON WITH O ES, EVEN PRIOR TO BRINGING THIS TO NBC AND CBC ON SEPTEMBER 1ST JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SOMETHING AND VOTING ON SOMETHING, AND OS DIDN'T WANT OUR PRESENCE THERE, NOR COULD THEY PROVIDE ELECTRICITY. OR THAT IT WAS GOING TO CONFLICT WITH THEIR CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE. SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS. UM REALLY? WE ARE WORKING . UM WE HAVE FOUR MEMBERS OF O E S THAT GET OUR AGENDAS. GET OUR MINUTES WE ASK CAME TO OUR FIRST MEETING. I'VE MET WITH CRAIG TWO OR THREE TIMES. THEY'RE VERY IN THE LOOP ON THIS AND ASSISTING US WITH THIS. I DID HEAR SOMEONE STATE THAT THERE WOULD ONLY BE A 10% MAY BE INCREASED FOR THE BUSINESSES ON THE PLAZA. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE BUSINESSES THAT WE'VE TALKED TO HONESTLY OR BEGGING FOR SOME PROMOTION OF THE PLAZA. THEY WANT SOME PROMOTION DOWN THERE. THEY WANT PEOPLE TO COME DOWN THERE. THEY WANT FAMILIES DOWN THERE. THEY WANT KIDS DOWN THERE. THEY WANT PEOPLE TO SEE THAT IT'S THE THRIVING PLACE AND THEY ALSO WANT TO GENERATE INTEREST AND POSSIBLY MORE BUSINESSES COMING THERE. IT'S EXACTLY HOW WE GOT NORTHLAKE CAFE. THEY WERE IN FLOWER AMOUNT. AND THEY CAME OVER HERE. THEY BOUGHT A HOME HERE AND WHEN THEY SAW THE COMMONS, THEY CLOSED DOWN THEIR RESTAURANT AND FLOWER MOUND, AND NOW THEY'RE OVER HERE, BUT THEY HAD TO GET OVER HERE AND SEE THIS PLACE FIRST. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN REALIZE HOW THRIVING NORTHLAKE IS. SO, UM ANYWAY, BUT TO SAY THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF BENEFIT TO THE BUSINESSES, AND I KIND OF WISH THAT AMY GODWIN OR KYRA NEVER HERE THIS EVENING, OR EVEN K BREATH AS WELL. BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. UM ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW BUSINESS IN THE SHOPPING CENTER. I UNDERSTAND THAT CONCEPT. YES EXACTLY. YES YEAH. THE ONLY REASON I'M CONTINUING DISCUSSION HERE IS BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE TREE AND THE RENDERING THAT SHOWN IN THE PACKAGE. AH IS FULLY FINISHED GRASS PILLARS, CONCRETE LIGHTING . IT'S 100% IT'S LIKE A LITTLE MINI PARKS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT. IF YOU WISH. TWO. DO ANYTHING WITH THAT ALL ENTERTAINMENT. AND IF YOU WISH TO MOVE ON WHERE YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME YOU'RE READY TO MOVE ON BECAUSE IT FAILED. CAN I CAN'T SEE THAT I CAN'T SEE WHERE YOU'RE POINTING TO. SO LOOK IN YOUR PACKET. DO YOU HAVE YOUR PACKET WITH YOU IS THE THING IS A SLIDE SHOWING WITH NO, SIR.

ALRIGHT SO THAT CAME OFF. WAS IT SHOWING EARLIER? I CAN SEE I CAN SEE THE SLIDE. BUT WHEN YOU PULLED UP THE GOOGLE MAP, I COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING. IF YOU'RE WAS AN OLD IT WAS AN OLD PICTURE AS WELL. THEY WERE STILL, UM, POURING THE SIDEWALKS. SO WHERE THAT RED DOT IS ON THAT SLIDE.

THAT'S WHERE THE GRASS BEGINS. AND THAT'S THE SIDEWALK. SO THERE THERE IS GRASS AND BUT YES, IT'S HALF OF ITS GRASS AND SIDEWALK WITH ITS CENTRAL'S THE OTHER HALF. THE SOUTH HALF IS THE FUTURE BUILDING SITE. THAT TREE IS THE ONLY THING THAT'S RENDERED HERE. THE GRASS AND CONCRETE OR NOT. OKAY? I MEAN, I GUESS. IF ALL OF THAT THERE AND IT'S GOING TO BE A SECURE SITE, THEN I, YOU KNOW, I'M MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. IT'S REALLY THE CONCEPT THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE. THAT MAKES ME VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? YEAH I MEAN, I I'M LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE HE NEEDS TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE, RIGHT? YEAH. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER.

OKAY, OKAY. OKAY SO WE HAVE A LAWYER HERE TONIGHT? YEAH ACTUALLY ACTUALLY SAYS TO DO IT , IT SHOULD BE RECONSIDERED, RECONSIDERED. OKAY SO NO VOTER CAN MAKE THAT. YES AND HE HAS NO VOTERS. HE CAN MAKE THAT ACTION. UM SO WHERE SHE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT FIRST MOVE MOTION TO RECONSIDER BASICALLY. OKAY YES, I WOULD. AND I WILL. DO WE NEED THIS ELECTRONICALLY? WE'LL HAVE

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OKAY, MR GANZ. YES. YES. OKAY ALRIGHT FOR MYSELF. NO. NO FOR DR SESSIONS. YES, FOR MR. THAT IS FOR THAT ITEM. IT'S NOW YOU. NO ITEM UP. NO THAT WAS THE MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY TO RECONSIDER PASSED AND YOU'RE GOOD. PASSES. THANK YOU, WES. ALRIGHT WITH THAT THAT ENDS THE

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WEST. HAS A YES VOTE. AND PASTORS, YOU NAME MISS LEAST SIX WITH ONE ABSENT WITH THAT WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING TONIGHT AT 8 49

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