[1.CALL TO ORDER]
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          GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING OF THE TOWN OF NORTH LAKE. IT IS JANUARY. 12TH 5 30 PM WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED RIGHT ON TIME. WE HAVE A VERY FULL PLATE TONIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO MOVE THIS MEETING ALONG AND TO BE RESPECTFUL TO EVERYONE WHO'S HERE AND COME FOR THE DIFFERENT TOPICS. WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED OUR ROLL CALL TONIGHT WE HAVE A QUORUM TO GET STARTED. DOCTOR SESSIONS IS HERE. HE'S ON HIS WAY DOWN. SO DO WE HAVE AN INDICATION TONIGHT? MR CORN. WE DID. I DON'T. I DON'T SEE HIM, PASTOR. AND HE CONFIRMED. ALL RIGHT. YOU WANT TO FILL IN OR WE JUST SMOKE EM? YOU'RE THE CHAIR IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAY THAT, LET'S HAVE A WORD OF PRAYER IF YOU DON'T MIND. HEAVENLY FATHER WE THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE TO SERVE OUR TOWN, FATHER AND LORD, WE LOVE IT. WE LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SURVIVE. PRAY JUST BLESS EACH AND EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT THOSE OF US THAT HAVE SOME DISCUSSION TO HAVE I PRAY THAT WE DO SO RESPECTFULLY. AND IN ORDER, I PRAY THAT EVERYONE HERE WOULD WOULD SEE AND HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE COME TO YEAR HERE AND FATHER AND I PRAY THAT THEY WOULD, UH BEING JUST HAVE A GOOD EVENING WITH US AND I THANK YOU FOR THEIR ATTENDANCE. JUST ASK YOU TO BLESS US AND HELP US TO MAKE WISE CHOICES ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY. PRAY THESE THINGS IN CHRIST'S NAME. AMEN. IF YOU'D STAND WITH ME FOR THE PLEDGES, PLEASE. READY. MY PLEASURE EDUCATIONS FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONORABLE TEXAS FLAG DAY. ONE VISIBLE. THANK YOU MAY BE SEATED. IT'S OUR CUSTOM TO RECOGNIZE OUR STAFF WHEN THEY 
          [2.A. A.Presentation - Employee Service Awards i.Shannon Gummelt - 5 years of Service ii.Gabriel Puhak - 5 years of Service]
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
          LET'S DO IT TO FIRST. WRITE THESE GUYS, ALL RIGHT? MHM CAN'T CAN BRING IT IN. BRING IT IN 2ND 2ND UP. OKAY OKAY. GABE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PERSONS THEY SAT WITH WHEN I CAME AND DID MY SORT OF INTRO TO ALL THE STAFF FEW YEARS AGO, SO WE HIT IT OFF FOR A WHILE AND KIND OF GREAT RELATIONSHIP EVER SINCE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU. THANKS, RICHARD . YOU BACK THERE, SHANNON AS WELL. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO WORK WITH HIM OR GET OUT THERE. BUT ERIC APPRECIATE YOUR TEAM AND YOU HAVEN'T WORKED THE ROADS READING ROAD CREWS. NO I HAVEN'T . I OBSERVED ONE DAY, BUT THAT'S THAT'S ALL. ME TOO. THAT'S ALL AFTERNOON WAS ALL I HAD IN ME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          GENTLEMEN LET'S GET LET'S GET ON OUR WAY. SO WE'D BE EXPEDITIOUS WITH OUR TIME TONIGHT. KICK IT AWAY. FINGER ROLL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF BRIEFING ITEMS TO GET TO 
          [2.E. Briefing - Denton County Emergency Services District No. 1 Update]
TONIGHT. I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IF YOU DON'T MIND. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE DENTON COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT UPDATE UP TO OUR FIRST UPDATE TONIGHT. WE'LL JUST DO THAT ONE AND THEN WE'LL DO THE OTHER THREE AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GET THE PUBLIC INPUT, AND I'M ALSO GOING TO PULL ITEM. OH, UP RIGHT AFTER WE DO PUBLIC INPUT AND CONSENT ITEMS. WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT ON THOSE TWO TOPICS, AND I WANT TO GET TO THOSE BECAUSE THOSE ARE SOME CRITICAL THINGS THAT ARE FACING OUR TOWN, SO I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME ON 
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THOSE AND WE'LL GET TO THE REST OF OUR STUFF WITH LATER IN THE EVENING, ALRIGHT, SO LET'S START WITH THE E S D UPDATE. UM LAST YEAR, OUR COUNCIL DID AN OFFSITE AND WE SPENT SOME TIME ARTICULATING WHAT OUR GOALS WERE FOR THE TOWN. ONE OF THEM WAS TO PLAY A BIGGER ROLE IN THE REGION AND ALSO AT THE STATE LEVEL, THE COUNTY AND ALSO WITH OUR NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS, AND THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT WE FACED OVER THE LAST YEAR SINCE THEN, AND BEFORE THEM AS WELL. THAT REQUIRE SOME OF THE CITY'S COME TOGETHER AND DO SOME WORK THE COUNTY AND THE CITY AND WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF GREAT PROGRESS IN TERMS OF BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS TO AFFECT GOOD CHANGE IN THE AREA. THIS IS ONE WHERE THERE'S BEEN SOME SOME BAD THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. 
          AND IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE NEWS, YOU KNOW THAT THE FIRE CHIEF FROM THE THEN COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE RALPH VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. THERE'S TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES. 
          IT'S A VERY COMPLEX ARRANGEMENTS, SKIP PAST ALL THAT, AND WE HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES HERE TO TALK ABOUT FURTHER, BUT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE NEWS. THE FIRE CHIEF WAS INDICTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT FRAUD. UM MISS FILING OF GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS. AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS VERY DIFFICULT TO HEAR. VERY DEMORALIZING TO THE FIREFIGHTERS . THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THIS SPACE AND OVER THE LAST 56 WEEKS NOW SINCE THAT CAME ABOUT AND WAS MADE KNOWN, THERE'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK AND PART OF THE COUNTY AND THE S. D A NEW MEMBERS THAT ARE STEPPING UP TO TAKE SOME LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. IT WAS OUR POSITION FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THAT WE NEED NEW LEADERSHIP. IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS HAPPENED ON THE WATCH. WE DON'T OR AREN'T ASSUMING THAT THERE'S OTHER ACTIVITY. OTHER PERSONS INVOLVED OTHER THAN THE CHIEF. BUT THERE'S A NEED FOR CHANGE. AND SO IN ORDER TO HONOR WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO DO, WE'VE STEPPED OUT VERY AGGRESSIVELY FROM THE BEGINNING TO WORK WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES. WITHIN THE SD, WHICH IS ARGYLE BARTON VILLE , DOUBLE OAK, COPPER CANYON, CROSS CITY AND LANTANA BY CONTRACT AND ROPES AND RANCH BY CONTRACT. UM SO THAT'S THE AREA SERVED BY THE SD. SO THE OUTLINE FOR WHAT WE HAVE ASKED FOR AND WE PASSED A RESOLUTION TO THIS EFFECT ABOUT A MONTH AGO WAS FOR CHANGES IN THE LEADERSHIP. FOR THE FOLDING OF THE F D, WHICH IS A SHELL KIND OF A SHELL CORPORATION. THAT KIND OF HOUSED THE FIRE APPARATUS. WE'VE ASKED FOR THAT TO BE SHUT DOWN BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE INABILITY TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS GOING ON OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND THAT THAT'S BEEN OUR DIRECTION, SO I'M NOT GOING TO GET ALL THE DETAILS WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST FIVE WEEKS OR SO, WHICH HAS BEEN HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF PHONE CALLS AND MEETINGS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THIS TO GET IT TO WHERE IT IS TODAY. WHAT I'VE ASKED TODAY AS WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF MEMBERS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT, AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM AND GIVE THEM EACH A CHANCE, SEVERAL OF THEM THE CHANCE TO SPEAK TONIGHT. BUT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR PART THAT THEY PLAY. SO WE HAVE SHELDON GILBERT HERE TONIGHT FROM LANTANA. HE IS IN E S D CONSULTANTS AND 30 YEARS IN FIRE. I BELIEVE WELL, BACKGROUND . HE HAS JUST BEEN APPOINTED ON JANUARY. 1ST YOU KNOW IT WAS IT WAS JENNY FIRST WASN'T FOR AS FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT AS THE AS ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. CLIFF TRAVIS, WHO HAS SERVED NORTHLAKE FOR SEVERAL YEARS ON THIS BOARD HAS BEEN TRYING TO UNCOVER THIS ISSUE ON BEHALF OF THE FIREFIGHTERS FOR SOME TIME. AND FINALLY HE'S BEEN HELPING US GET THERE AND SO APPRECIATE HIS SERVICE. HE'S A BOARD MEMBER AND REAPPOINTED. WE HAVE KEITH MASHBURN HERE AS WELL . 30 2030 YEARS AND FIRE. UM AND ALSO MUNICIPAL LEADER, MAYOR AND HIMSELF AND HE HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO THE BOARD AND WE HAVE OUR NEW FIRE CHIEF IN THE BACK HERE TONIGHT, SO I'D LIKE THE FIRE CHIEF TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE HIMSELF. LET'S START WITH YOU ACTUALLY. CHIEF ON SO IF YOU COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF WHAT HAPPENED IS THEY WERE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSITIONING TO A NEW CHIEF, SO HE GOT HIRED. AND THEN NOT LONG AFTER THIS BUSINESS WITH THE OTHER FIRE CHIEF CAME TO LIGHT AND I HAVE TO SAY, VERY APPRECIATIVE YOU CONTINUING TO COME AND SERVE IN SPITE OF THE SITUATION. WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO. YOU HAD A WONDERFUL CEREMONY. AND JUST A WEEK AGO, WAS IT UM THAT WE'RE ALL THESE GENTLEMEN WERE SWORN IN? AND JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO RESET THE SITUATION. I BELIEVE WE HAVE MY MISSING SOMEBODY. WHERE'S SAM? HERE WAS HE LIKE ALREADY? OKAY SO SAM JOHNSON, ONE OF THE FIREFIGHTERS WAS HERE A MINUTE AGO. HE'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS PROCESS AS WELL. BUT SHE FINE. WOULD YOU JUST GIVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION? INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND EVENING, MAYOR COUNCILOR GLAD TO BE HERE AND I JUST WANT TO FIRST SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING TIME, BUT YOUR SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL. WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE, BUT I AM ACTUALLY THE FIRST OFFICIAL EMPLOYEE OF THE SD. SO I'M NOT PART OF THE A. B F D AND THAT WAS ONE PURPOSE WAS TO READ BACK THEIR PEOPLE AND TO SHOW THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS , AND EVENTUALLY ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS WILL BE TRANSITIONED TRANSITIONED OVER TO THE E S G ONE. WE ARE HITTING 
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THE GROUND RUNNING. WE'VE BEEN A WEEK AND A HALF. I'VE HAD TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND WE'RE COMING UP WITH A TIMELINE OF ALL THE EVENTS THAT THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION. MY PERSONAL AGGRESSIVE GOAL WOULD BE TO HAVE THIS TRANSITION COMPLETE IN THE 1ST 90 DAYS, BUT NOT KNOWING ALL THE ROCKS TURNED OVER AND GIVING MYSELF UP SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 90 TO 120 DAYS. WE'RE MAKING SOME PROGRESS. THE GOOD NEWS IS SOME OF THE REGULATORY ISSUES THAT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT. WITH THE BAR COMMISSION, THE STATE AND WITH THE PARAMEDICS. A LOT OF THAT REGULATORY STUFF ALREADY BEEN KIND OF TRANSFERRED, SO SOME THINGS WERE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO DO OR HEALTHCARE BENEFITS ARE ALREADY SECURED. WE DO NOT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING THERE. THE COMPLICATED THINGS ARE GOING TO BE THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, WHICH IS UNDER SCRUTINY . UH ANYWAY, HE'S GOING THROUGH A FORENSIC LOGIC BUT ALSO OUR PAYROLL AND OUR BUDGET. WE'RE TRYING TO COMPILE THAT WE'RE BEING VERY CAREFUL IN HOW WE DO THAT. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL OUR T S ARE CROSSED AND I'S ARE DOTTED BUT I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE WITH WE WILL PREVAIL AND, UH AND I'LL BE COMING BACK AND GIVING YOU MORE GOOD NEWS IN THE FUTURE. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. JUST LET MY BACKGROUND I SHOULD PROBABLY START WITH WHO I AM AND FORMER ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF FOR THE CITY OF CARROLLTON. I WAS THERE FOR 28 YEARS LIVED THERE FOR MANY, MANY OF THOSE YEARS AND BUT THE OPPORTUNITY CAME. OF COURSE IT WASN'T UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. THE FORMER CHIEF WAS SUPPOSED TO RETIRE AND I WAS HARD TO BE HIS REPLACEMENT, OF COURSE, THE UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT I TRULY BELIEVE THEY'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD THING DOING. THEY'VE GOT SOME GREAT FIREFIGHTERS. IT HAS NOT. THEIR RESILIENCE AND DEDICATION HAS BEEN UNWAVERING, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF HIM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND THEM AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS THAT PROMISE THAT THAT'S ALL I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF GENTLEMEN? ALL RIGHT, SHELDON, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND GIVE US AN INTRODUCTION AND IN A REVIEW. I KNOW I STOLE A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR THUNDER. BUT GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON WHAT YOU'RE LEADING FORWARD AND HOW THAT CHANGES YOU'RE PROPOSING AND WE'RE AT AT THIS POINT. HONORABLE MAYOR COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I WILL ONLY TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND BUILD UPON WHAT THE MAYOR WITH THE FIRE CHIEF OF ALREADY STATED, BUT I COME WITH THE BACKGROUND OF BEING A COUNTY FIRE CHIEF AND SPENDING 30 YEARS IN A REGIONAL COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVING MANY JURISDICTIONS AND DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES AND I ALSO WAS A CONSULTANT FOR EIGHT YEARS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS, FORCING EXTENSIVELY WITH THE SD. SO I DO HAVE SOME HISTORY IN THE REGIONAL MODEL AND CERTAINLY THE SD FUNCTIONS. 
          BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I'M PART OF A VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE PART OF A REALLY GOOD TEAM THAT IS APPROACHING THIS WITH A GREAT AMOUNT OF ENERGY, A GREAT AMOUNT OF INTEGRITY AND A GREAT AMOUNT OF TRANSPARENCY. AND SO WE ARE GOING TO BE ABOUT THE EIGHT PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE COMMITTED OURSELVES TO THAT. I'LL JUST COME JUST SHARE WITH YOU REAL QUICKLY, AND THAT IS NUMBER ONE. WE'RE ABOUT IMPLEMENTING TRANSPARENCY AND RESTORING TRUST BETWEEN ALL OF OUR JURISDICTIONS AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS. AND YOU'RE GONNA YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT MORE OF US AS WE GIVE UPDATES TO THE DIFFERENT TOWN COUNCILS AS WELL AS TO THE WATER BOARDS AND CERTAINLY AT OUR MEETINGS, MAKING THEM MORE ACCESSIBLE AND MORE TRANSPARENT. WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN A VERY COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ALL OF THE PAST AND CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL POLICIES WITHIN THE E S. D. AS WELL AS WITHIN THE FIRE DISTRICT . WE HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF THE FIRE DISTRICT BOARD AND NOW HAVE THOSE SLOTS AND STARTING NEXT WEEK, WE'LL BE DOING THAT SAME PROCESS WITH THEM. WE HAVE SECURED THE FINANCIAL AUDITOR, BDO AND INTERNATIONAL FORENSIC AUDITING FIRM THAT'S GOING TO BE WORKING WITH US TO DO A FULLER FORENSIC AUDIT ON THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE FIRE DISTRICT AND TAKING A LOOK AT EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND WHERE WE NEED TO BE TOMORROW. WE'RE GOING TO BE INSTITUTING SOME CONTROLS AND SOME GUARDRAILS INTO THE SYSTEMS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. WE STARTED DOING THAT, EVEN TODAY DOING A THOROUGH REVIEW OF OUR PAYROLL AND OUR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND RECEIVABLE PROCEDURES AND STARTING TO WORK ON THOSE KIND OF ISSUES, TOO, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK EXTRAORDINARILY CLOSE WITH THE NEW FIRE CHIEF IN THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE THAT WE GIVE THEM THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO PROVIDE SUSTAINABLE AND APPROPRIATE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES TO ALL THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE NORTH LIKE BEING ONE OF PRIMARY. UM AS FAR AS THE U. S PROFILE AND WHAT YOU HAVE GOING ON OUT HERE WITH GROWTH. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT AS WELL AS MOVING THE FIRE DISTRICT OPERATIONS OVER TO THE SD AND DISSOLVING THE FIRE DISTRICT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THE CHIEF SAID . WE'VE SET A TARGET OF HAVING THAT. TRANSFERRED OVER WITHIN 100 AND 20 DAYS AND DISSOLVING THE FIRE DISTRICT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THAT. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED AS THIS MOVES ALONG, SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. 
          UM, I THINK CLIFFS HERE WITH ME TODAY AND IS HERE. THEY'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH US ALSO . AND IF I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A FEW MINUTES TO KIND OF BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR MAYOR HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN 
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INITIATING THIS CHANGE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MOVING THIS FORWARD IN A TIMELY MANNER WITH THE PROPER SENSE OF URGENCY, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SHALL I APPRECIATE YOU? ANY QUESTIONS? MR HITLER. VERY GOOD. SO THANK YOU FOR THE SLIDE. BY THE WAY, I FORGOT TO MENTION THEIR TITLES, BUT SHELDON WAS ELECTED. THE BOARD ELECTS THEIR OWN OFFICERS AS FAR AS THE TITLES ARE CONCERNED, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT APPOINTS THEM EACH TWO OR TWO YEAR TERM. 
          AND THEY SERVED DURING THAT PERIOD, AND THEN EACH YEAR THEY SELECT THEIR OWN OFFICERS, BUT THEY ELECTED CHILDREN'S THE PRESIDENT, OBVIOUSLY WITH HIS BACKGROUND. HE'S OBVIOUSLY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING VERY QUICKLY , AND WE'RE MAKING SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS. SO THE IMPORTANT THING THAT I SUPPOSE WE SHOULD SAY HERE IS NUMBER ONE FIRE SERVICE IS NOT DIMINISHED. IT IS DEFINITELY STRAINED FINANCIALLY LEGALLY ADMINISTRATIVELY LEADERSHIP IS STEPPING UP THE LEADERSHIP OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THEMSELVES, ASSISTANT CHIEFS AND THE OPERATORS THAT ARE HELPING IN THE MIDDLE ARE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB. HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THEM A LOT MORE RESPECT FOR THEM EVEN NOW, FOR WHAT THEY'VE GONE THROUGH. WHAT THEY'VE SUFFERED IN TERMS OF LOSSES AND THEIR TRUST IN THE NEW LEADERSHIP TO RECTIFY THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE STAND BEHIND AS WELL THAT FIREFIGHTERS MUST BE MADE WHOLE IN THIS PROCESS FOR THE THINGS THAT THEY LOST THE MONIES AND THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM THAT THEY LOST. THROUGH THE EMBEZZLEMENT, SO THOSE HAVE TO BE MADE RIGHT AND THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS OF MOVING THEM OVER TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ALL GETS RECTIFIED. EVERYTHING GETS CLEANED UP, AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH TRUSTWORTHY ORGANIZATION. THE APPARATUS ITSELF, ADMINISTRATION AND THE AND THE FIREFIGHTERS THEMSELVES. THERE'S BEEN NO INDICATION OF ANY WRONGDOING ON ANY PART OF THEM. THEY WERE THE VICTIMS OF THIS AS WE ARE. AS TAXPAYERS, AND SO THIS IS A PROCESS OF CLEANING HOUSE REBUILDING AND THEY'RE DOING IT AT A PACE THAT IS UNHEARD OF FOR GOVERNMENT WORK. BUT I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE FROM NORTH LAKE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR SERVING. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. AND OF COURSE TO ALL OF YOU THAT ARE PART OF IT. WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE YOU. OKAY SO THAT'S THE UPDATE THEIR COUNSELORS. DID YOU HAVE ANY DIRECTION FOR US OR ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS? OKAY WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED. I THINK WE'RE KIND OF PAST THE. THE CRITICAL POINT HERE TO WHERE THIS IS NOW ON THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE AS WE GO. THAT'S GOING TO BE DISTURBING AS THE CASE UNFOLDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME FINANCIAL STRAIN THIS YEAR, BUT I BELIEVE THAT BY THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR THERE'S GOING TO BE GROWTH IN THE DISTRICT. THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE FUNDS AVAILABLE. I THINK THINGS WILL BE SET RIGHT BY THAT TIME, AND LARGELY MOST OF THE WORK WILL HAVE BEEN DONE THE FIRST PART OF THIS YEAR. THAT'S MY EXPECTATION , BUT CARRY ON WITH YOUR PLAN FULLY SUPPORTED. AND IF 
          [2.B. Briefing - Development Services Department Update]
ANYTHING, ANYTHING YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME. ALRIGHT UH, MR CORNYN, LET'S GO BACK TO ITEM B DEVELOPMENT SERVICES UPDATE AS TYPICAL. WE BRING YOU QUARTERLY OR SO UPDATES FROM EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF DO A RECAP OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING EVENT AS WELL. AND SO NATHAN WILL COME UP. I DON'T KNOW IF NATHAN WILL DO IT ALL OR HIM SOME OFF TO LAND SEEN BUT LET'S GIVE IT A SHOT. I'LL GET IT STARTED AND I WILL HAND IT OFF TO LANSING FOR THE RECAP OF THE CHRISTMAS EVENT. ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU TURN IT ON. QUICK UPDATE ON DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT START OFF WITH JUST OUR CORE FUNCTIONS. WE DO EVERYTHING FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRYING TO BRING IN BUSINESSES AND NEW DEVELOPMENT. 
          TO THE PERMITTING AND INSPECTIONS TO EVEN CODE COMPLIANCE AND MAKING SURE THAT ONCE IT'S BUILT THAT IS MAINTAINED PROPERLY. WE ALSO, UM , SUPPORT MANY DIFFERENT BOARDS ARE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. 
          PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. SO THERE'S UH SEVERAL OF COUNCILS GOALS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN LINE UP WITH WHAT WE DO. THESE ARE JUST REALLY A FEW OF THEM THE BEST ALIGN WITH IT. AH! SO THIS IS OUR STAFF. ONE THING I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT NOW IS THAT THERE'S A STAFF MEMBER FOR EACH OF OUR CORE FUNCTIONS. NOW YOU SEE, WE'RE ABLE TO HIRE TWO NEW POSITIONS LAST FISCAL YEAR. WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OUR PLANNER. TO ASSIST WITH PLANNING AND ZONING AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY BOTH HERE AND SEEN BENTLEY AS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GRANTS ANALYST AND JACOB ROJO IS OUR PLANNER. SO EXCITED TO HAVE THEM BOTH. UM. THERE'S A LOT OF 
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DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY IS YOU CAN SEE SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT JUST ON OUR OWN WITH THE IN HOUSE STAFF, SO WE DO, UH, CONTRACT FOR MANY SERVICES AND USE CONSULTANTS, ONE OF THOSE IN PLANNING AND ZONING. WE DO USE HALF ASSOCIATES FOR OUR ENGINEERING REVIEW. AND THEN IN WITH PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS. WE CONTRACT WITH SAFE BUILT FOR BUILDING PERMITTING. AND BUREAU VERITAS WAS FOR OUR HEALTH INSPECTIONS FOR PUBLIC POOLS AND FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS. I JUST WANT TO GO OVER SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SOME KIND OF MOST PROUD OF AND EXCITED ABOUT FROM THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. NUMBER ONE ON THAT LIST IS MOVING INTO A NEW OFFICE SPACE. 
          JUST A COUPLE OF BUILDINGS DOWN IF YOU HAVEN'T VISITED, PLEASE COME BY ANYTIME I'LL TAKE YOU OVER THERE AFTER THE MEETING TONIGHT, IF YOU'D LIKE, AND SO YOU AROUND BUT THE BIG THING ABOUT IT IS A NICE BASE, BUT IT GAVE US MORE ROOM THAT WE COULD HIRE THOSE TWO NEW POSITIONS AND WE REALLY NEEDED THAT HELP. A COUPLE OTHER THINGS IS THAT WE'VE NOW FULLY IMPLEMENTED NEW ONLINE PERMIT PORTAL CALLED COMMUNITY CORE, AND IT'S A BEEN GREAT TO USE, AND IT'S ACTUALLY FREE OF CHARGE PROVIDED FROM SAFE BILL WHO WE CONTRACT WITH TO DO OUR BUILDING INSPECTIONS AND IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO COORDINATE WITH THEM. THEY USE IT AND HAVE ALL THE INSPECTION RESULTS AND RECORDS IN THERE. UM ALSO THROUGH THAT PORTAL, WE'VE ESTABLISHED ONLINE PAYMENT OPTIONS, WHICH IS BEEN HUGE FOR OUR DEPARTMENT AND UM, BEEN VERY CONVENIENT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND CONTRACTORS AND HELPED US ALSO. SO I JUST WANT TO GO OVER SOME OF THE GOALS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. UM THE TOP THERE IS TO UPDATE SOME PLANS AND IMPACT FEES. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UH UPDATE IS JUST GETTING STARTED, SO YOU'LL START TO SEE THAT ROLLED OUT. STAFF HAD FIRST MEETING ON THAT AND THAT WILL PROCEED THROUGHOUT THIS FISCAL YEAR WITH THE PLAN TO BE COMPLETED AND READY TO ADOPT BEFORE THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. UM WATER AND SEWER IMPACT FEES. STUDY IS UNDERWAY TO UPDATE THOSE AND THAT'LL BE COMING BEFORE COUNCIL HERE PRETTY SOON, UM AS WELL. UM. ANOTHER GOAL IS TO IMPROVE REPORTING ON DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY, AND ONE WAY TO DO THIS IS THROUGH AN ONLINE DASHBOARD WITH G I S MAPPING INTERFACE. 
          WE'RE WORKING WITH HALF TO PROVIDE THIS AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO ROLL THIS OUT PRETTY SOON. UM AND THEN, FINALLY AND, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOAL TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE RETAIL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO RECRUIT NEW BUSINESSES AND ALSO RETAIN AND POTENTIALLY EXPAND OUR EXISTING BUSINESSES AND BETTER PROMOTE THEM. I JUST WANT TO GO OVER SOME OF OUR ACTIVITY MEASURES SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING AND COMPARISON TO PAST YEARS. UH YOU SEE, BUILDING PERMITS HAVE FALLEN OFF CONSIDERABLY. UH, PART OF THAT WAS. 2021 FISCAL YEAR WAS JUST GANGBUSTERS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL EVER SEEN QUITE SEE THAT AGAIN. UM AT LEAST HERE WE ALSO THERE ARE SEVERAL ISSUES WITH SUPPLY CHAIN AND. WITH THE ABILITY TO GET THESE HOMES COMPLETED, SO THE NUMBER OF PERMITS KIND OF SLOWED DOWN AS IT TOOK LONGER TO GET THESE PROJECTS DONE, AND WE ALSO STARTED TO RUN OUT OF AVAILABLE LOSS. SO IT'S KIND OF ALL OF THOSE PLUS THE ECONOMY AND THE COST OF HOMES. I THINK LED TO THIS. IT'S NOT JUST ANY ONE OF THOSE THINGS. BUT AS YOU SEE THE ACRES OF PLANTED LAND WENT UP CONSIDERABLY. SOME OF THIS IS INDUSTRIAL LAND. BUT A LOT OF THIS IS, UH, NEW PHASES OF OUR SOME OF OUR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS. AND SO I EXPECT WHEN THOSE COME ONLINE, MANY OF THOSE SOMETIME THIS YEAR THAT THE PERMIT NUMBERS WILL START GOING BACK UP. UM, JUST NOT TO 2021 NUMBERS. SEE THAT THE CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY. THESE ARE KIND OF A MEASURE OF NEW BUSINESSES WE GIVE TO NEW BUSINESSES. THOSE WENT DOWN. SOME 2021 WAS A BIG YEAR FOR NEW 
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BUSINESSES. THAT'S WHEN, MUCH OF, UH IT'S NORTHLAKE COMMONS OPEN THE CHADWICK COMMENTS, BUILDING TWO AND THEY STARTED TO GET FILLED UP, SO HE HAD LARGE NUMBERS. THOSE YEARS. THAT'S KIND OF SLOWED DOWN IN THE LAST YEAR, BUT HAPPY TO SAY WE'RE ALREADY AT EIGHT SO FAR, WITH JUST ONE QUARTER DONE THIS FISCAL YEAR, SO THAT'S STARTING TO GO BACK UP. YOU KNOW, HAND IT OVER TO LANSING. UH THIS WAS A NEW ONE FOR OUR DEPARTMENT TO GET TO PLAN AN EVENT AND I AM VERY EXCITED THAT WE HAD HIRED LANSING. SHE WAS PERFECT TO BE THE ONE THAT HAD THIS UP. IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN NEARLY AS GOOD AS FUN IF I HAD PLANNED IT THANK YOU, NATHAN. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UM. AS NATHAN SAID, I'M GOING TO DO A REVIEW OF THE EVENT. JUST KIND OF A LOOK BACK AT SOME THINGS AND ALSO LOOK FORWARD SOME THOUGHTS GOING GOING INTO THE FUTURE, SO WE DID DO WE DID SURVEY WE SURVEYED ACTUALLY, AT THE EVENT WE HAD OUR NBC AND CBC BOARD MEMBERS GO AND TALK TO ALL THE VENDORS AND ALL THE BUSINESSES AND I DID THE SAME. AND I ACTUALLY THINK DREW AND NATHAN ALSO WENT AROUND AND TALKED TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE. SO WE GOT FEEDBACK RIGHT THERE THAT EVENING FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THEN AFTER THE FACT WE MAILED OUT SOME SURVEYS AND EMAILED SURVEYS AND THAT KIND OF THING, SO WE GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK. SO OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THAT, UM, PLANNING. IT WAS VERY QUICK. IT WAS TWO MONTHS, WHICH IS REALLY FAST FOR THE EVENT. BUT WE HAD WE HAD A GOOD COMMITTEE. I DO WANT TO THANK THEM. IT WAS AN INCLUSIVE COMMITTEE. WE HAD MEMBERS FROM THE CPA. A WE ALSO HAD MEMBERS FROM THE E. D. C AND THE CDC. WE HAD STAFF AND THEN WE HAD BUSINESS MEMBERS FROM DOWN ON THE PLAZA. SO ABOUT 10 PEOPLE THAT REGULARLY ATTENDED OUR MEETINGS. AND THEN WE HAD A LOT OF INPUT. WE WORKED WITH PUBLIC WORKS REALLY CLOSELY. THEY WERE SUPER HELPFUL. IN THE PD WAS WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH. WE MET WITH THEM VERY REGULARLY, INCLUDING THE CHIEF. SO THE VENUE TURNS OUT ACTUALLY TURNS OUT TO BE A GOOD VENUE, THE LAYOUT AND DESIGN AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE QUITE A GOOD VENUE. WE GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON THE VENUE. EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE IT IS. IT'S VERY CONVENIENT, VERY FAMILIAR TO THE CITIZENS TO THE RESIDENTS. IT'S ACCESSIBLE AND WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE. SOMEONE JUST COMMENTED IN THE SURVEY. THERE'S ROOM TO ROAM. SO IT WASN'T JUST EVEN THAT WAS BUSY AND CROWDED. YOU DIDN'T FEEL OVERWHELMED, YOU KNOW, WITH PEOPLE RIGHT UP NEXT TO YOU. THE VENDORS REALLY LIKE THE VENDOR SPACES THEY THOUGHT THE LAYOUT WAS GREAT AGAIN. THEY SAID. THERE WAS PLENTY OF ROOM AT THEIR INDIVIDUAL SPACES THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO BE SEEN AND THAT THEY WERE ACCESSIBLE SO PEOPLE APPRECIATED. THE VENDORS APPRECIATE THE SPACES AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT MORE ROOM, SO WE HAVE ROOM FOR MORE VENDORS. ATTENDANCE IT WAS WELL ATTENDED. WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW. WHO WOULD COME BESIDES STAFF AND THE VENDORS, AND BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME. WE CAN'T SAY THE AMOUNT BUT WE FEEL LIKE IT WAS WELL ATTENDED FOR FIRST YEAR, UM , PARKING WAS A CONCERN, SO WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO ADDRESS PARKING FROM THE BEGINNING. WE HAD ENOUGH PARKING AT THE COMMONS, BUT WE ALSO HAD OVERFLOW PARKING DOWN AT THE NORTH TEXAS CHURCH OF CHRIST. AND VERY THANKFUL TO THEM FOR ALLOWING US TO USE THAT SPACE, AND IT TURNED OUT THAT PEOPLE APPRECIATED THAT OFFSITE PARKING . THE MAIN PEOPLE THAT USED IT WERE FAMILIES WITH SMALL CHILDREN. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY SAFE, VERY EASY AND SO THEY APPRECIATED THAT. ACTIVITIES AND ENTERTAINMENT. OF COURSE SANTA WAS THERE AND, UM WE HAD A VERY SHORT SMALL PARADE, SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE, AND WE HAD A TRAIN. WE HAD A LOCAL CHOIR FACE PAINTERS AND A BALLOON ARTIST. AND ONE THING THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE AND WE PUSHED IT AND EMPHASIZED IT AND THEY REALLY CAME THROUGH FOR US. 
          IS THAT OUR VENDORS AND OUR BUSINESSES? UM DID A LOT OF CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES. THEY DID ARTS AND CRAFTS AND THEY DID GAMES. UM ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS. SO IT KEPT THE CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS AND EVERYONE OCCUPIED. AND SO THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD THING, AND WE APPRECIATE THEM FOR DOING THAT AT THEIR BOOTH AND IN THEIR BUSINESSES. UM SO WE GOT A LOT OF BUSINESS RESPONSE. AND THEY SAID THAT THEY ACTUALLY THAT THE TOWN WAS EASY TO WORK WITH. WE COMMUNICATED WITH THEM. AN AWFUL LOT. I HOPE NOT EXCESSIVELY, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNEW EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE TO BE AND WHEN AND WHAT THE REGULATIONS WERE AND THAT TYPE OF THING, WHAT THEY COULD AND COULD NOT DO, AND WE DID WORK WITH HIM A LOT ON HO ONE THING THAT WAS REALLY APPRECIATED WAS THE VOLUNTEERS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT C P A DID A GREAT JOB THE DAY OF THE EVENT, UM WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL AND GETTING VENDORS TO THEIR BOOTHS, AND WE HAD THEY ACTUALLY HELPED VENDORS UNLOAD AND GET SET UP AND GET OUT OF THE COMMONS AREA. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS ON THAT THAT PEOPLE FELT REALLY ASSISTED TO GET SET 
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UP. THAT IT KIND OF RELIEVE THEIR ANXIETY AND THAT THERE WAS MUCH APPRECIATED. IT WAS AN EXPEDITED SETUP PROCESS FOR MOST OF THEM. THE ONE THING THAT BUSINESSES COMMENTED ON IS THAT THEY FELT LIKE THEY GOT A LOT OF PROMOTION THAT THEY MET POTENTIAL PATRONS AND CUSTOMERS AND CLIENTS AND WHAT THEY REALLY LIKED WAS THAT THEY GOT TO NETWORK WITH OTHER BUSINESSES. 
          AND I EVEN HEARD THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STATE THAT THEIR POLICE OFFICERS GOT TO MEET BUSINESS OWNERS AND MANAGERS AND EVERYONE THAT THEY HAD NEVER MET BEFORE AND MEET HIM IN A REALLY WARM AND INVITING ENVIRONMENT. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE VERY MAIN THINGS THEY REALLY APPRECIATED ABOUT. THE EVENT WAS THE EXPOSURE AND THE NETWORKING. NO BOOTH BEES. IT WAS REALLY WELL ADVERTISED. I'D LIKE TO THANK JENNIFER FOR HER BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK AND JUST A LOT OF ADVERTISING FOR ONLY TWO MONTHS , AND I THINK THAT SHOWED WHEN ALL THE PEOPLE ATTENDED. GOOD SALES. WE HAD SEVERAL OF THEM SAY THAT THEY HAD A GOOD AMOUNT OF SALES THAT NIGHT, AND THEY WERE REALLY THRILLED ABOUT THAT. AND NOBODY THAT I TALKED TO HER THAT WE GOT SURVEYS BACK FROM WHICH WERE A GREAT NUMBER. ALL OF THEM SAID THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE NEXT YEAR. SOME OF THEM STRONGLY SUGGESTED WE KEEP IT ON THE SAME NIGHT, SO THEY REALLY APPRECIATED IT AND DO WANT TO PARTICIPATE NEXT YEAR. UM AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE THAT AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE THEM THIS YEAR . UM YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE CONSTRUCTION WAS AN ISSUE, AND THAT WAS ONE THING THAT WE REALLY FOCUSED ON. WE WORKED WITH THE US AND WE WORKED WITH THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR ON SITE AND I FEEL LIKE WE MITIGATED THAT WELL, BUT IT WAS A DARK VENUE, EVEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL LIGHTING THAT WE BROUGHT IN. SO WITH ELECTRICAL COMING IN WITH THE BUILD OUT OF THE NEW FRONT BUILDING UP THERE, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS WILL BE IN AND THEN WE NEED TO ASSESS WHAT IS THE LIGHTING LOOK LIKE? DO WE NEED ADDITIONAL LIGHTING? SOUND SYSTEM. WE WERE VERY LUCKY THAT WE GOT TO ACTUALLY PECAN SQUARE LENGTH THAT SOUND SYSTEM TO US. 
          WE'RE GRATEFUL, BUT WE'LL NEED TO LOOK IN THE COMING YEAR AS TO HOW TO REALLY IMPROVE THAT SOUND SYSTEM, QUALITY AND VOLUME ACROSS THE ENTIRE VENUE. AND THEN ESSENTIALLY JUST MORE OF EVERYTHING RIGHT LONGER, BIGGER , BETTER PARADE. MORE MUSIC, MORE BALLOON ARTISTS, MORE FACE PAINTERS OR CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES. MORE FOOD, YOU KNOW. AND THEN LAY OUT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SEPARATE SANTA AND THE TRAIN A LITTLE BECAUSE THEY WERE A HIT AND REALLY ORGANIZED THOSE LINES AND MAYBE MAYBE ACTUALLY HAVE LINES. THAT WOULD BE GOOD, SO WE'LL WORK ON THAT NEXT YEAR. AND SO THESE ARE SOME OF OUR CONSIDERATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR THIS YEAR THIS YEAR SORRY AT THE END OF THIS YEAR WE'LL BEGIN EARLIER AND WE'LL WORK WITH. OH, YES, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. WE DID THIS TIME, BUT WILL CONNECT MUCH EARLIER IN THE PROCESS AND SEE HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE. THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEW BUILDING AT 10,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, GOING UP IN THE MIDDLE OUT THERE. AND SO HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE VENUE? THE SCOPE SIDES OF THE VENUE? THE LIGHTING, THE SOUND PARKING EVERYTHING. HOW DOES THAT AND THAT BUILDING IS SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO BE THERE BY THE END OF MAY, SO THAT'LL GIVE US TIME TO REALLY LOGISTICALLY. LOOK AT IT ALL AND SEE. WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO PLAN AROUND THAT, AND THERE'LL BE NEW BUSINESSES HERE, ALSO IN THE COMMONS. AND HOPEFULLY IN THAT BUILDING, SO WE'LL SEE. HOW THAT IMPACTS THE EVENT ASSESS THE PARADE ROUTE. ADDITIONAL LIGHTING. BETTER SOUND SYSTEM. INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TYPES OF ACTIVITIES AND INCREASE THE LENGTH OF THE EVENT. MAYBE JUST ADD A FEW HOURS ONTO THE BEGINNING OR THE END. GIVE PEOPLE MORE TIME TO GET HERE. ENJOY THE EVENT, NOT FEEL HURRIED TO LEAVE. THAT KIND OF THING. AND UM AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD AS WE BEGIN OUR PLANNING A LITTLE BIT LATER. UM, THE INPUT AND SUGGESTIONS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE GOING FORWARD AS WE BEGIN WITH PLANNING. AND THAT IS IT WAS A FANTASTIC EVENT. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW YOU MANAGED TO CONTROL THE WEATHER TO BE THE WARMEST CHRISTMAS EVENT I'VE EVER BEEN TO CLEAR SKIES. IT WAS IT WAS STUNNING. WHAT? THIS MOON UP THERE? UM EVERYTHING ABOUT IT WAS BETTER, MUCH BETTER THAN I EXPECTED. IT WAS VERY WELL EXECUTED FOR THE TIME FRAME AND THE RESOURCES HE HAD TO WORK WITH. THE VOLUNTEERS WERE AMAZING. WE DIDN'T EXTRAORDINARY JOB, BUT THIS TOGETHER ON SHORT NOTICE. AND I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH YOUR WORK ON THIS. THANK YOU FORWARD TO YOU KNOW MORE IN THE FUTURE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LANSING. ALRIGHT ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANKS THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE COUNCIL HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS OR SOMETHING KIND OF STUDENTS, PLEASE EMAIL US AND WE'LL TRY TO INCORPORATE IT. AND I BELIEVE THE FIRE CHIEF WAS THERE BEFORE HE HAD EVEN STARTED, SO THAT'S PRETTY COOL, TOO. YES AND WE ABSOLUTELY ENJOYED THE FIREFIGHTERS BEING THERE AND BRINGING SOME OF YOUR EQUIPMENT THAT'S CERTAINLY LENDS SOME SOME FUN TO THE EVENT AS WELL. ALRIGHT VERY GOOD. LET'S 
          [2.C. Briefing - Proposed Fats, Oils, and Grease Ordinance]
LET'S KEEP MOVING ITEMS. SEE WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT FATS, OILS AND GREASE AND ARE SERIOUS 
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SYSTEM SO AND CAN BE ERIC, WOULDN'T IT? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. GIVE US GIVE US A BRIEF UPDATE HERE. FOG. NOT NOT THE SAME AS THE WEATHER FOG, SO UM REASON WHY WE'RE KIND OF STAFF HAS BEEN LOOKING AT THIS, UM, STARTING TO GET A LOT MORE RESTAURANTS AND WE'VE WE'VE NOTICED THAT WE'RE STARTING TO GET A LOT MORE OVERFLOW FROM RESTAURANTS. HOTELS ANYTHING THAT KIND OF PROCESSES FOOD THEY GO THROUGH THE GREASE TRAPS UNTREATED GETS INTO THE SYSTEM. UM WHEN THOSE, UH START TO INTERFERE WITH THE WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM WILL SEE BACKUPS. WITHIN THE SYSTEM ITSELF WILL GET OVERFLOWS WILL HAVE WASTEWATER COME UP ABOVE GROUND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW , WE WANT TO ELIMINATE THAT. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A PRETTY PROACTIVE WASTEWATER CLEANING CREW THAT GOES OUT DAILY. UM DOES THAT SO THIS WOULD BASICALLY, UM HELP PREVENT POLLUTANTS FROM PASSING THROUGH THE TREATMENT WORKS INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. ESTABLISHED STANDARDIZED PROCESSES FOR TRACKING REPORTING AND CLEANING, WHICH WE DO ON EVERYTHING ELSE ALREADY WOULD JUST BE CAPTURING THOSE SPECIFIC RECAPTURING COST ASSOCIATED WITH ADDRESSING THE BLOCKAGES AND OVERFLOWS. UM T C Q E P A. THEY DO NOT REQUIRE UM, WASTE WATER DISTRICTS TO IMPLEMENT THIS, BUT IT'S ENCOURAGED ■BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO DO SO. AND THEY HAVE STANDARDS MODEL STANDARDS THAT WE GO BY, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN, UH WORKING OUR ORDINANCE TOWARDS. HONEST. UM WHO WOULD THIS AFFECT? THIS DOES NOT AFFECT RESIDENTIAL HOMES SURROUNDING THIS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE GREASE TRAPS OR INTERCEPTORS. THIS BASICALLY AS ANY MANUFACTURING PROCESSING, PREPARING, PROVIDING FOOD. SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS, BASICALLY, LIKE I SAID RESTAURANTS, HOTELS, GROCERY STORES, ANYTHING THAT'S UH, DOING ANY TYPE OF FOODS THAT CREATE FATS, OILS AND GREASE OPERATIONS. THAT, UH, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE CAUGHT BY THE GREASE TRAP OR INTERCEPTOR. UM THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL FIND THAT, UH UM SOME ARE NOT GETTING THEIR GREASE TRAPS PUMPED OUT. AS FREQUENTLY AS THEY SHOULD. TYPICALLY YOU'LL DO IT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. SUMMER ON A MONTHLY BASIS JUST DEPENDS HOW MUCH UM, PRODUCT THAT PUTTING IT OUT FROM THEIR BUSINESS. AND THESE ARE JUST SOME SOME PENALTIES. VIOLATIONS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT. WE LOOKED AT ABOUT FOUR DIFFERENT UM, FOG ORDINANCES WITH DIFFERENT CITIES IN THE METROPLEX AND SOME OUTSIDE OF THE METROPLEX. AND ALTHOUGH WE DIDN'T GO HIGH, WE DIDN'T GO LOW. WE KIND OF WENT FOR THE MEDIUM ROUTE ON WHAT WE SAW OUT THERE ALREADY. SO THESE ARE THESE ARE THE PENALTIES THAT WE LOOKED AND VIOLATIONS ARE CONSIDERED IN A TWO YEAR PERIOD. SO THAT THEN THAT WOULD START OVER. AND CIVIL PENALTIES WILL BE IN ADDITION TO REIMBURSEMENT TOWN COSTS INCURRED BY RESPONDING TO THE BLOCKAGES OVERFLOW. SO IN NO WAY DOES THIS, UM GO WHAT THE HEALTH HEALTH PERSON DOES WHEN THEY GO OUT AND DO THE INSPECTIONS FOR THE RESTAURANTS. THIS IS A TOTALLY SEPARATE ITEM FOR THE WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM ITSELF. UM BUT WE CAN'T TRACE BACK TO WHICH BUSINESS THAT IT COMES FROM, UM FOLLOWING THAT TRAIL OF PRODUCT THAT GETS INTO THE COLLECTION SYSTEM. UM SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE ORDINANCE KIND OF GOING THROUGH THAT AND PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. 
          IT IS A LEGAL NOW GETTING LOOKED AT JUST TO MAKE SURE UM YOU KNOW WE'RE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES ON THAT ANY FEEDBACK BY COUNSEL WOULD BE GREAT IF IT'S IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OR NOT, OR WHAT, BUT THIS IS JUST SOMETHING STAFFS SEEN. UM YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT HAVING A REAL BIG PROBLEM RIGHT NOW, IF THAT'S OILS AND GREASES, BUT WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THAT AS WE GET MORE RESTAURANTS COME ALONG INTO THE SYSTEM, SO THIS IS JUST SOMETHING TO GET AHEAD. HAVE ANY PROBLEMS THAT WE MAY WE MAY SEE IN THE FUTURE. SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE SIMPLE VERSION OF THIS A GREASE TRAP IS REQUIRED. FOOD PROCESSING, AND THIS IS SIMPLY A PENALTY IF IT'S FOUND NOT TO BE IN PLACE AND FUNCTIONING AS IT SHOULD CORRECT IF IT IF IT'S PUMPING FATS, OILS AND GREASE FOG INTO THE WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM, 
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WHICH WE MAINTAIN, THEN WE KNOW THAT THE SYSTEM IS EITHER FAULT. THE GREASE TRAP IS EITHER FAULTY OR IT'S NOT BEING PUMPED OUT. AH! AS IT SHOULD BE FAST ENOUGH . SO, LIKE I SAID, SUMMER QUARTERLY, SUMMER MONTHLY, YOU KNOW YOUR LARGER RESTAURANTS. OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE GETTING PUMPED OUT MORE THAN WHAT DO YOU WANT? A COFFEE SHOP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR CONVENIENCE STORE. 
          UM SO. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING LOOKING TOWARDS. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY DO FAIL AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT HAPPENS EVEN THE BEST GREECE TRAPPER INTERCEPTOR AS THEIR MAINTAINED ITS MECHANICAL. UM, YOU KNOW IT COULD IT COULD FAIL AT ANY TIME. SO THIS IS JUST A PREVENTION AND IT HELPS THE BUSINESSES. TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE MAINTAINING, UH THEIR DEVICES. OKAY HOW HOW, UH, TYPICAL. ARE THESE ACROSS CITIES IN THE METROPLEX. THE ORDINANCE ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS THEM YOUR SMALLER MUNICIPALITIES. UM THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESTAURANT. UH, MULTITUDE OF RESTAURANTS THAT WE'RE STARTING TO GET SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ONE. BUT UH, YOU CAN PICK ANY OF THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN THIS 15 MILE RADIUS. THEY HAVE A FOG ORDINANCE. OKAY? CANCERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH RETROFITTING OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORT THAT ARE ALREADY OPENED? RESTAURANTS WOULD HAVE TO DO, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. THEY JUST HAVE TO BASICALLY MAINTAIN WHAT THEY HAVE. UH, CURRENTLY THEY WERE ALL ALL THE GREASE TRAPS THAT ARE IN THE CURRENT BUSINESSES RIGHT NOW. ALL MET STANDARDS AT THE TIME WHEN THEY TURNED IN PLANNED, SO WHEN THE HEALTH INSPECTOR GOES OUT THERE INSPECTS THEIR DEVICE ON THERE. UM YOU KNOW IT WAS UP TO STANDARD AT THE TIME WHEN IT WAS PUT INTO THERE SHOULD BE NO RETROFITTING IT. THEY MAY HAVE SOMETHING THAT VARIOUS FAULTY ON THERE, AND I WOULD JUST NEED TO BE A REPAIR ON THE EXISTING. I'D LIKE TO SEE A DRAFT ORDINANCE PRESENTED BACK TO US. IT'LL BE THE NEXT MEETING OR WE CAN'T WAIT. IF YOU'VE GOT ANY COMMENTS , WE CAN EMAIL YOU A DRAFT IF YOU'D LIKE TO REVIEW IT AT LENGTH. THAT WE WANTED TO INTRODUCE THE TOPIC TO YOU THE REASONS WHY WE'RE DOING THIS AND WE WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THIS, BUT BEFORE IT COMES A PROBLEM, BUT YES, THAT WILL BE OUR NEXT STEP. I APPRECIATE THE PRODUCTIVITY. DEFINITELY. AS SOON AS YOU HAVE ONE READY GET IT SENT OUT. GIVE IT SOME TIME TO RESPOND BACK TO YOU IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS, BUT WE CAN EVALUATE AT A FUTURE MEETING WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT 
          [2.D. Briefing - Road Assessment Fee Policy]
ITEM IS ROAD ASSESSMENT FEED POLICY. WE HAVE STARTED DISCUSSIONS ON THIS IN THE PAST IS AN UPDATED BRIEFING. MR GORDON. YES, SIR. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT AT YOUR SEAT AT YOUR DIOCESE, A REDLINE VERSION OF THE ASSESSMENT POLICY . WE'VE OUR TOWN ENGINEER HAS REVIEWED THIS AND THAT WITH OUR TOWN ATTORNEY. WE'VE CHANGED THE LANGUAGE TO MEET OUR DESIGN STANDARDS. UM. I ACTUALLY HAD A TEMPLATE FROM ANOTHER CLIENT, AND NOW WE HAVE IT FITS. OUR NOMENCLATURE. AGAIN THIS IS ADVERTISED IN THE TRANSPORTATION ARE AUTHORIZED IN THE TRANSPORTATION CODE. UM IT ONLY APPLIES TO PROJECTS THAT YOU WANT TO APPLY IT TO TOTALLY AT THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION. UM YOU CAN USE IT TO PAY FOR A MAJORITY OR SUPPLEMENT HOW WE IMPROVEMENTS, ROADWAY AND IMPROVEMENTS. THERE IS A LIMITATION ON DID WE GET THOSE SWITCHED? IS THAT RIGHT? THERE IS A LIMITATION ON PERCENTAGE OF ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT THAT YOU CAN SUBSIDIZE WITH THE ASSESSMENT FEE UP TO 90. EVER ON CURB AND GUTTER. YOU CAN DO 100. AGAIN. 
          IT'S A AND. THIS IS A MAXIMUM, SO THE COUNCIL DECIDES THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO 50% FOR THIS PROJECT THAT THAT'S UP TO THEM AS WELL UP TO YOU AS WELL. UM NOW THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE FRONT FOOT RULE. USUALLY THIS IS FRONTAGE ON HOW MUCH FRONTED YOU HAVE ON THIS, BUT IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES THAT THAT IS NOT APPROPRIATE IF THE APPORTIONMENT ARE NOT FAIR AND THEIR MIND THEY'RE GIVEN. DESCRIBE YOUR GIVEN DISCRETION AS WELL ON HOW YOU WANT TO, UH, APPROPRIATE THOSE COSTS. THERE'S A SET OUT IN THE STATUTE. ON COLLECTING THESE OR INTEREST THAT CAN BE CHARGED THERE COULD BE A LIEN PLACED ON THE PROPERTY. AND THEN, UM FINALLY, THERE'S RULES FOR BORDER ROADS THAT ARE ON THE BOARD OF YOU, MISS MISS PALETTE E. BUT. THIS 
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ISN'T THIS DOESN'T AFFECT THE SPECIFIC CASE WE'RE LOOKING AT BECAUSE THE COUNTY IS THAT CONSIDERED A MUNICIPALITY. SO AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE WOULD ACTUALLY THERE'S NO ACTION TONIGHT BUT ACTUALLY EXECUTED CAN CONTINUE TO CONSIDER THE ROAD ASSESSMENT. 
          THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE TO IT ADOPTED ASSESSMENT POLICY. UM. ANY ANY ROAD THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS WOULD NEED TO BE ANNEXED. BEEN THE ENGINEER WOULD DEVELOP A COST ESTIMATE. 
          COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO DO ALL THOSE PERCENTAGES AND DECIDE ON THE APPROACH APPORTIONMENT. 
          AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION. FILE NOTICE AND GIVE NOTICE TO THOSE BUDDING PROPERTY OWNERS GIVE THEM HOLD HEARINGS. UM SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT THEY KNOW AND THEN ADOPT A FINAL ORDINANCE AND ASSIST ASSESS THOSE ROAD ASSESSMENT FOR FEES. AND AGAIN. THE EXAMPLE WE'RE LOOKING AT IS IMPROVING DYLAN HER WAY FOR THE AREA THAT BORDERS ARE TJ. ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS GETTING THEIR , UM, NEED TO TAKE SOME TIME TO READ IT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, BUT THIS THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME IMPROVEMENTS HERE. A FEW THINGS I NOTICED THIS CAN BE THIS DISCRETIONARY. 
          AND IT CAN BE KICKED OFF BY REQUESTS FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS AS WELL. WHICH IS GOOD, AND WE HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF E. T. J IN THE TOWN. BORDERING THE CITY LIMITS, AND IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM FOR US AS WE LOOK AT FINISHING UP THE TOWN'S INFRASTRUCTURE. TO HAVE A TOOL LIKE THIS WOULD BE HELPFUL. UM BECAUSE OF THOSE SITUATIONS. WE HAVE TO HAVE A WAY TO BE ABLE TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S PARTICIPATING. 
          AND THOSE THAT AREN'T IN THE TOWN, BUT CLOSE TO IT AREN'T ABLE TO DO SO OR AREN'T GOING TO PARTICIPATE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD TOOL FOR A TOOLKIT. I THINK IT DOES NEED. WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT THIS AND IN DETAIL TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHEN AND WHY THIS WOULD BE USED. BUT LIKE MANY OF THE TOOLS IN OUR TOOL KIT, IT'S ONE THAT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED BASED ON OUR UNIQUE SITUATION. SO I DON'T MIND BRINGING THIS BACK FOR CONSIDERATION. AND WE CAN WE CAN DISCUSS IN MORE DETAIL WITH THE PUBLIC. BUT THIS IS THIS IS GETTING THERE. WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S POSTED SO FOLKS CAN READ IT THIS THIS DRAFT IF IT'S READY TO GO. OKAY YEAH, WE'LL UPDATE THE COUNCIL PACKETS WITH THIS. WE'LL DO IT. WE'LL DO A CLEAN LINE VERSION OF THIS AND WE APOLOGIZE AND GETTING TO USE RIGHT FOR THE MEETING. BUT AGAIN, THERE'S NO ACTION. WE'LL HAVE THAT POSTED. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE FOR THE NEXT ACTION ON THIS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE POLICY, OR WOULD YOU LIKE ANOTHER BRIEFING? COUNSEL ARE YOU READY TO DISCUSS THIS ONE FOR ACTION ON A FUTURE MEETING? I AM. OKAY? I MEAN, IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH IT, WE CAN ALWAYS PUT IT OFF AND CONTINUE TO ITERATE ON IT. BUT I THINK THIS IS AT A POINT WHERE IT'S IN A COMPLETE STATE. JUST OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT QUITE READY FOR TONIGHT. BUT IF WE POST IT IN THE PACKET AND UPDATE IT, SO IT'S OUT THERE. AND FOLKS CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE PUBLIC AT A FUTURE MEETING THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. I THINK WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE COMING UP, I THINK JUST PRIORITIZE WHAT WE PUT ON THE SCHEDULE FOR THE END OF JANUARY AND INTO FEBRUARY. BASED ON WHAT? WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN FIRST? LET'S TRY TRY NOT TO PACK THE MEETINGS TOO TIGHT WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S COMING UP, BUT THESE CAN BE DISCRETIONARY AND THE NEXT COUPLE OF MEETINGS. THANK YOU. IT'S A GOOD BYE, ALL OF YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          [3.PUBLIC INPUT]
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH GETTING THROUGH THOSE BRIEFINGS . LET'S GET STARTED WITH PUBLIC INPUT AT 6:18 P.M. I GOT A COUPLE HERE TONIGHT. NUMBER ONE, MR. MCGREGOR, COME ON DOWN. DOLE MCGREGOR, 89 21 EAST SAM LEE LANE, AND I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE FIREWORKS ORDINANCE. I DON'T DON'T LIKE IT. I DON'T THINK WE NEED ONE AT ALL. I THINK THAT, UM BEING REACTIONARY AND MAKING MORE STRICT RULES. TO FIX PROBLEMS THAT WERE ALREADY ILLEGAL. ISN'T THE RIGHT WAY TO FIX THINGS, UM, AND DOESN'T WORK. AND YOU KNOW, VOTING TO DEPRIVE PEOPLE OF THEIR RIGHTS THAT'S CALLED COMMUNISM. THAT'S NOT WHAT OUR COUNTRY IS BASED ON, YOU KNOW. 
          UM WE'RE BASED SUPPOSED TO BE BASED ON CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC , WHERE INDIVIDUALS HAVE RIGHTS THAT CAN'T BE TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM. AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE JUST KEEP GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER AND TAKING AWAY MORE AND MORE RIGHTS ALL THE TIME. UM AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD THAT 
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QUOTE THAT ALL LOOSELY PARAPHRASE. PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO GIVE UP FREEDOM. FOR PERCEIVED SAFETY DESERVE NEITHER. UM. AND I THINK EXTENDING THIS TO E. T. J IS A GROSS OVERREACH OF POWER. YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY AND PUTTING RULES ON THEM. UM, IS REALLY NOT GONNA WANNA ENTICE THEM TO EVER BE PART OF THE CITY. I TALKED TO LARRY LIPS COME THE OWNER OF DFW ADVENTURE PARK DOWN THERE. AND HE'S NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. AND HE'D BE HERE TONIGHT. EXCEPT HE'S BEEN IN AUSTIN YESTERDAY AND ALL DAY TODAY FIGHTING FOR YOUR RIGHTS. WELL, YOU CONSIDER TAKING HIS AWAY. SO HE'S NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN DO SOMETHING DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU SHOULD. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S RIGHT. SO I HOPE YOU GUYS WILL STEP UP AND DEFEND OUR RIGHTS. THAT'S THE GOVERNMENT'S JOB REALLY IS, YOU KNOW? PROVIDE ROADS, DO THINGS LIKE THAT AND DEFEND PEOPLE'S RIGHTS, NOT CHIPPED AWAY AT HIM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JOEL. MR TRAVIS. I JUST SAID THANK YOU, JOEL. MR MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. CLIFF TRAVIS 32 64 GLENMORE AVENUE. I'M HERE ON ACCIDENT ITEM. FIVE M CONSIDERATION OF THE LEAST PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR LICENSE PLATE READERS. I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS, UH ALTERNATIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK IT ENHANCES THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. I WISH THAT ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES WOULD EVENTUALLY HAVE THIS. I BELIEVE THAT THEY CONTROLS THAT ARE IN PLACE AS I UNDERSTAND THEM FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STANDPOINT, THAT IT'S A TIGHT CONTROL. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT ANYONE CAN GO INTO AND FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. SO IT'S NOT LIKE A BIG BROTHER WATCHING OVER YOU. I KNOW FOR IN MY COMMUNITY OR MY SUBDIVISION OF THE HIGHLANDS. THERE'S AT LEAST FOUR EVENTS THAT I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE BUILDING NEW HOMES AND PEOPLE HAVE COMING IN TAKING LUMBER. UM AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS. WHATEVER. WHAT HAVE YOU SO THEY'RE HAVING TO PUT UP FENCES TO TRY TO DEFEND FOR THAT? I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TO DETERRENT TO HELP US TO MOVE FORWARD AS A SAFER COMMUNITY AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW , AND WE'RE ALMOST THERE, I THINK UM SO. IN CLOSING. I'D LIKE TO ALSO SAY THAT IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TO SERVE THE TOWN OF NORTH LAKE AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR TRAVIS. ALRIGHT ANYONE ELSE TONIGHT? ALRIGHT THERE BEING NONE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE CARDS, SO IT'S 6. 22 PM, WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THIS 
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TIME, GENTLEMEN WILL MOVE TO OUR CONSENT ITEMS WE HAVE. DID YOU WANT TO GO TO ITEM? OH, GET THAT AFTER THE CONSULTANT. LET'S DO ITEMS F G H I N J. IS THERE A MOTION TO CONSIDER THESE FIVE PROPOSED ITEMS FOR CONSENT TONIGHT? I'M MAKING MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCILOR GANZ HAVE A SECOND FROM THEIR PROTEIN. MONTINI. OPEN THE MOUTH. THE VOTING, PLEASE. 
          ALRIGHT THOSE RECORDED UNANIMOUS THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE ACTION 
          [5.N & O.  Consider a Resolution of the Town of Northlake, Texas, approving and authorizing the Town Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement/contract with Thomas Brocato, with the Lloyd Gosselink Law Firm, for legal services in connection to the Ramhorn Hill-Dunham 345 kV Transmission Line Project O. Consider a Resolution of the Town of Northlake, Texas, expressing strong concern regarding the Ramhorn Hill-Dunham 345 kV Transmission Line Project proposed by Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC, and authorizing the Town Manager to negotiate an alternate "southern route" for construction of the transmission line project]
ITEM. OH UP TO THE PRESENT. THIS ONE IS A HOT TOPIC IN OUR AREA, MULTI CITY AREA. WE HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES HERE FROM ENCORE . I'LL GIVE JUST A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THIS AND THEN I'LL ASK THEM TO SPEAK FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE SOME Q AND A WITH THEM. SO THERE'S BEEN QUITE A FEW MEETINGS ON THIS TOPIC. THE THIS IS REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT. FROM OUT WEST OF US, TOO LITTLE BIT EAST OF US IN FLOWER MOUND. AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF ROUTES THAT CROSS NORTHLAKE AS PROPOSED FOR CONSIDERATION. SO TONIGHT I WANT TO HAVE ENCORE REPRESENTATIVES EXPLAINED TO US THE PROJECTS THE NECESSITY BASICS OF IT, AND THEN , MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE PROCESS BY WHICH THIS COMES ABOUT WHO THE PLAYERS ARE, UM AND WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND THEN I'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AS A JOINT JOINT CITY OPERATION BETWEEN FLOWER MOUND JUSTIN ARGYLL, NORTHLAKE AND PARTICULARLY WITH ARGYLE, WHO'S KIND OF LEADING THE CHARGE ON THIS ONE BETWEEN MAYOR LIVINGSTON AND I, WE'VE KIND OF PARTNERED UP AND WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON. I TOOK POINT ON THE SD MATTERS. HE'S TAKING POINT ON ENCORE MATTERS AND WE'RE HELPING EACH OTHER GET THROUGH ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH BOTH THESE BIG PROPOSALS AND PROJECTS AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT TONIGHT. WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE FROM ENCORE HERE. JARED TAYLOR, THE ATTORNEY, I BELIEVE IS YOUR YOUR TITLE. OKAY SUFFICIENT. WE HAVE FAA EDITORIAL. HE'S THE PROJECT MANAGER, AND THEN WE HAVE SABRINA EASILY. WHO'S THE AREA 
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MANAGER? THERE WAS A MEETING HELD A PUBLIC MEETING HELD WHERE THIS WAS ALL ROLLED OUT WITH BIG PLACARDS AND INFORMATION AT THE MARRIOTT AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, AND SINCE THEN THERE'S BEEN AN AWFUL LOT OF COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH AND A LOT OF STUFF BEING PUT OUT. 
          FIRE AMOUNT IN ARGYLL PUT OUT WEBSITES WITH THE INFORMATION THAT ENCORE HAS BEEN PROVIDING, AND SO WE APPRECIATE BEING PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION AND OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND BACK. SO AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO ASK MR TAYLOR IF YOU COME FORWARD, INTRODUCE YOURSELF. AND GIVE US THE AS THEY OUTLINED TO YOU EARLIER THE COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD FOR YOU TO GET IT STARTED AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE. SOUNDS GOOD. MY NAME IS JARED TAYLOR. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ENCORE ELECTRIC TO WALK THROUGH THE POINTS. THE MAYOR'S KIND OF LINED OUT. WHAT ARE WE BUILDING, THEN THE PROCESS THAT IT HAS TO GO THROUGH AND THEN THE THIRD ONE ALL KIND OF GET INTO THE DETAILS OF WHERE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS. SO WHAT NEEDS TO BE BUILT THE ROANOKE AREA PROJECTS, WHICH IS HOW WE REFER TO THOSE PROJECTS, AND IT HAS LESS TO DO WITH THE CITY AND MORE TO DO WITH A SPECIFIC STATION THAT'S CALLED ROANOKE. IT'S A COMBINATION OF FOUR SEPARATE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO REBUILD EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE TO INCREASE ITS CAPACITY AS WELL AS ADD SOME ADDITIONAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. WHY DOES IT NEED TO BE BUILT? WHAT IS THE WHAT WE WOULD CALL THE ELECTRICAL NEED FOR IT? IT'S REAL SIMPLE. IT'S ALL AROUND YOU. TEXAS IS ELECTRICAL DEMAND IS INCREASING DRAMATICALLY. YOUR MUNICIPALITY IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS. THE LARGE MILLION SQUARE FOOT BUILDINGS YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING UP ON THE SCREEN. A LOT OF THOSE ARE VERY LARGE CONSUMERS OF POWER AS THEY HAVE DATA CENTERS IN THEM IN DIFFERENT MANUFACTURING PROCESSES, ALL OF THE GROWTH THAT HAS HAPPENED UP IN AROUND ALLIANCE AIRPORT. THIS AREA HAS EXPERIENCED TREMENDOUS ELECTRICAL GROWTH INFRASTRUCTURE IS REQUIRED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE. THAT ELECTRICAL GROWTH THE SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT THE MAYOR WAS REFERRING TO IS CALLED RAM HORN HILL TO DUNHAM. IT CREATES AN ADDITIONAL TRANSFER CAPACITY ESSENTIALLY TO BYPASS AN AREA THAT IS OVERLOADED ON THE TRANSISTOR TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. TODAY IT CREATES A SECOND PATHWAY FOR BULK POWER TO FLOW SO THAT IT CAN SERVE THE NEEDS OF YOUR COMMUNITIES. FLOWER AMOUNTS, ARGYLE'S ALL THE SAME CITIES. THAT WE'RE JUST WALKED THROUGH. LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS. 
          THE PROCESS THAT HAPPENS HERE IS REGULATED BY THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE REAL CLEAR ABOUT. IT IS THEIR PROCESS. ENCORES AN ELECTRIC UTILITY ON CORE IS THE ONE CHARGED BY STATE LAW TO BUILD THESE FACILITIES, BUT OUR JOB IN THIS PROCESS IS REAL SIMPLE. IT IS TO STUDY THE AREA. TAKE INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC DETERMINE WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY BUILD SO FEASIBILITY. AND THEN PROVIDE THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS WITH A SLATE OF OPTIONS. ONCE WE PROVIDE THAT THAT'S CALLED AN APPLICATION, AND IT'S AN APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND ASSESS IT WILL COMMONLY HEARD IT REFERRED TO AS A CCN. WE WILL PREPARE THAT WE WILL FILE THAT DOWN IN AUSTIN AT THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS, AND THEN FROM THAT POINT, THERE WILL BE A SIX MONTH LONG, ESSENTIALLY LITIGATED PROCESS THAT HAPPENS PURSUANT TO THE RULES OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION AT THE END OF WHICH THEY WILL MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT GETS BUILT AND WHERE IT GETS BUILT. AND I WANT TO BE REAL CLEAR ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION. THAT WE GET TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. WE DON'T WE GET TO PROVIDE OPTIONS, AND THEN THEY TELL US WHAT NEEDS TO BE BUILT AND WHERE TO BUILD IT. UM, SO WHERE ARE WE AT IN THAT PROCESS TODAY? WE HAVE. AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED. WE HELD MEETINGS IN NORTH FORT WORTH ON DECEMBER 7TH AND EIGHTH. WE HAD SEVERAL 100 FOLKS COME OUT TO THOSE MEETINGS. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE RECIEVED HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF ADDITIONAL PIECES OF CORRESPONDENCE FROM DIFFERENT LANDOWNERS, FRANKLY, ACROSS WHAT I'LL CALL NORTHWEST FOR WORTH ABOUT THE PROJECT. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING IN ALL OF THAT DATA. IF THERE ARE ANY CITIZENS IF YOU HAVE FOLKS REACHING OUT TO YOU ASKING HOW TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. UM I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE THEM. GET THAT DATA TO US QUICKLY. WHILE THIS CASE WILL BE FILED IN MAY OR FINALIZATION OF THOSE ROUTES HAPPENS MANY, MANY MONTHS BEFORE THAT, WE WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE ANY CORRESPONDENCE THAT ANY COMMENTS FEEDBACKS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO PROVIDE. BASED ON THOSE ROUTES. PLEASE GET IT TO US AS SOON AS YOU CAN, IDEALLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WOULD REALLY BE THE MOST FRUITFUL. WE ARE TAKING THAT DATA. WE WILL FINALIZE ROUTE AND THEN WE WILL COMPLETE WHAT'S CALLED AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT. IT IS A VERY LARGE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT THAT LOOKS INTO IMPACTS BOTH FROM IT'S CALLED AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, BUT IT DOES A LOT MORE THAN THAT. IT ALSO LOOKS AT KIND OF SOCIO ECONOMIC IMPACTS. IT LOOKS AT CULTURAL IMPACTS. IT LOOKS AT A SLATE OF FACTORS THAT ARE ALL 
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LAID OUT BY THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS AS TO WHAT HAS TO BE CONSIDERED. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS. THE NEXT LARGE THING YOU WILL SEE HAPPEN IS THE FILING OF THE APPLICATION THAT WILL HAPPEN SOMETIME IN THE MONTH OF MAY. I DO NOT KNOW AN EXACT DATE YET. 
          THAT DEPENDS A LOT ON HOW THINGS DEVELOP OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. MAYOR I BELIEVE I'VE HIT ALL THREE OF YOUR THINGS BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. YOU ALL MAY HAVE. SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU CAN ASK SOME QUESTIONS OF THE PROCESS AND WHERE IT'S AT ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ASK. ENCORE I DO HAVE MORE MATERIAL TO SHARE WITH US TO WHAT I AM PROPOSING THAT YOU RECOMMEND DOING ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF PR AND ALSO SOME RESOLUTIONS AND THINGS THAT WE'LL DO, BUT WE DON'T NEED MR TAYLOR OUT FOR THAT. BUT RIGHT NOW, I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS. ABOUT THE PROJECT AND ANYTHING ELSE RELATED TO IT. 
          THAT IS INTERESTING. YOU HAVE A PROPOSAL MAP. WE HAVE THE MAPS THAT ARE PRESENT WERE PRESENTED AT THE PUBLIC MEETINGS. THOSE ARE THE ONLY MAPS WE HAVE CURRENTLY AND THOSE ARE ALL AVAILABLE ON THE ENCORE TRANSMISSION WEB PAGE. THEY SHOULD BE VERY EASY TO GET A HOLD OF FROM THE ENCORE WEBSITE. PROBABLY THE BIGGEST QUESTION THAT I'VE HEARD FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND OTHER TOWNS IS WHAT'S WHAT'S THE RATIONALE? WHEN YOU GOT POINT A AND POINT B. COME AND TRAVERSE THROUGH ALL THESE NORTHERN REGIONS INSTEAD OF MORE DIRECT LINE. WHAT DOES THAT RATIONALE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAS PEOPLE MOST UPSET. I BELIEVE. IT'S A FAIR QUESTION, AND THE SHORTEST POINT BETWEEN A AND B WILL ALWAYS BE A STRAIGHT LINE. RIGHT? UM THE SHORT ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OR CONSTRAINTS AND LET ME WALK THROUGH WHAT A COUPLE OF THOSE ARE. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THEM THAT I THINK ARE PREDOMINANT IN THIS STUDY AREA. ONE OF THOSE WOULD BE EXISTING SUBDIVISIONS, EXISTING DEVELOPMENT, VERY TIGHT SUBDIVISIONS THAT YOU CANNOT FIND THE 100 FT OF RIGHT OF WAY NECESSARY TO GET THROUGH. SECOND ONE WOULD BE A LARGE AIRPORT SOMETHING LIKE AN ALLIANCE AIRPORT. THERE IS SPACE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR SOMETHING LIKE ALLIANCE AIRPORT, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT HAS MILITARY DOD REQUIREMENTS TO IT AS WELL AND THEN THE THIRD ONE THAT'S PREDOMINANT IN THIS STUDY AREAS. FEDERAL LAND, THERE IS A LARGE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. OWNED LAND THAT KIND OF PROCEEDS NORTH AND WEST OUT OF LAKE GRAPEVINE. AND THAT IS ALSO CONSTRAINTS. SO SHORT ANSWER IS CONSTRAINTS OF A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PIECES. THE OTHER PART THAT'S PROBABLY RELEVANT TO ANSWER TO. YOUR QUESTION IS WE HAVE TO PROVIDE OPTIONS WE HAVE TO. WE CAN'T PUT ALL OF THE ROUTES IN ONE LITTLE CORRIDOR WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF TEXAS WITH A LET ME TRY THIS AGAIN. WE HAVE TO MEET A STANDARD THAT'S CALLED RIGHT ADEQUACY, AND THAT STANDARD REQUIRES US TO HAVE A REASONABLE NUMBER OF GEOGRAPHICALLY DIVERSE ROUTES THAT GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY REQUIRES US TO HAVE THEM. WITH SOME SPACE BETWEEN THEM. UM AND THERE'S A LOT OF CASTLE ON EXACTLY HOW TO MEET THAT STANDARD. BUT THAT'S THE ANSWER. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO HAVE VARIOUS CORRIDORS AVAILABLE. TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B. WHILE AGO YOU SAID SOMETHING THE FACT THAT YOU WOULD PAIR THE DOCUMENTARY SENATOR, THE STATE ARE YOUR DOCUMENTS THAT YOU'RE FORWARDING? CONTAINING. ANY PREFERENCES FROM COAST SERVE, OR ARE THEY JUST A LIST OF OPTIONS? FROM THE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CO. SERVED THE STATE. THEY WILL NOT INCLUDE A PREFERENCE FROM CO SERVE. THANK YOU. PERHAPS ADD ON THAT I THINK HE'S ALSO MEANS FROM ENCORE AS WELL FROM ENCORE . SO SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS WE ARE REQUIRED WHEN WE FILE AN APPLICATION TO PROVIDE WHAT IS CALLED A BEST MEET THROUGHOUT. AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS IN THE OPINION OF THE UTILITY. WHAT ROUTE DO WE THINK BEST COMPLIES WITH THE COMMISSION'S STANDARDS ? AS THEY HAVE BEEN ARTICULATED OVER THE YEARS WE PROVIDE THAT, AND THAT IS ONE PIECE THAT GOES IN. BUT WHAT YOU WILL HEAR FROM ENCORE IN THAT PROCEEDING WHEN IT IS FILED. IS THAT EVERY ROUTE WE FILING. THE APPLICATION IS A ROUTE THAT WE BELIEVE WE CAN BUILD IS CONSISTENT WITH THE BUCS RULES AND MEETS THEIR STANDARDS. THE FIRST. I APPRECIATE DAVID CLARIFYING WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO ASK, UH AND I DO. SO WHEN? WHEN IS THAT PROPOSAL THAT YOU INTEND 2% IN IN MAY WILL THAT BE OPEN TO ALL OF THE ENCORE CUSTOMERS? THEY WILL THEY KNOW WHAT YOU SENT TO THE STATE. IT WILL BE PUBLICLY FILED AT THE STATE OF TEXAS. YES LIKE ON YOUR WEB PAGE OR ANYTHING AVAILABLE TO THE ENCORE PEOPLE IT WILL BE ON THE BUCS WEBSITE. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT , EVERYONE WHO IS AND THERE'S A STANDARD AT THE COMMISSION CALLED DIRECTLY AFFECTED ANYONE WHO IS UNDER THAT STANDARD DIRECTLY AFFECT AFFECTED WILL RECEIVE DIRECT MAIL NOTICE WHEN 
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THAT APPLICATION IS FILED. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, ON COURSE, SERVES APPROXIMATELY FOUR MILLION TEXANS. ALL OF THOSE FOLKS WILL NOT RECEIVE THAT NOTICE, BUT ANYONE IN PROXIMITY TO THAT TRANSMISSION LINE UNDER THE COMMISSION'S RULES WILL RECEIVE THAT NOTICE. APOLOGIZE EVERY HOUSE THAT MIGHT NOW NOT BE UNDER THE WIRE. IT WOULD BE MOVED. HAVE A WIRE MOVED OVER THEIR HOUSE, THEY'D BE NOTIFIED. IF THERE WOULD BE A WIRE OVER THEIR HOUSE. THEY WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE, BUT THERE THERE WON'T BE WIRES OVER ANYONE'S HOUSE. WELL THEY WILL BE PLACED ON THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT WOULD BE 100 FT WIDE AND JUST BE CLEAR THE LINE WILL NOT BE ROUTED OVER THE TOP OF ANYONE'S HOME. IT MAY BE IN PROXIMITY TO SOME HOMES, THE STANDARD THAT THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS USERS IS DIRECTLY AFFECTED LANDED AND IT'S DEFINED IN TWO WAYS. IT'S ONE IF PROPERTY REAL ESTATE WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT TRANSMISSION LINE. SO THAT WOULD BE A DIRECTLY AFFECTED LANDOWNER WHO WOULD RECEIVE NOTICE AND TWO IF THERE IS A HOME HABITABLE STRUCTURE. THERE'S A WHOLE DEFINITION OF WHAT THAT IS, IF THERE IS A HABIT OF STRUCTURE WITHIN 500 FT OF THE CENTER LINE OF THAT PROJECT, IF YOU MEET ONE OF THOSE TWO CRITERIA, YOU WOULD RECEIVE DIRECT MAIL NOTICE. AND THEN THE SECOND NOTICE THAT'S PROVIDED. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LONG ANSWER. IT WILL BE PUBLISHED IN NEWSPAPERS OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN EVERY COUNTY THAT THE TRANSMISSION LINE TRAVERSES. SO THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER OR DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FOLKS WITH NOTICE THAT THE PROCEEDING HAS COMMENCED AT THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS. SO WE JUST TALKED ABOUT RESIDENTIAL. HOW ABOUT RELIGIOUS LIKE CHURCHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THEY UNDER THE SAME RULE, YOU'LL SEND INFORMATION TO THEM IS THAT LINE INFRINGES ON THEIR AREA CHURCH WOULD BE CONSIDERED A HABITABLE STRUCTURE AND THEREFORE IT WOULD MEET THAT CRITERIA. THANK YOU. I KNOW THE ARMY CHORUS MEMBER BIG ISSUE ON THIS SUBJECT AS A WHOLE, AND THERE WERE QUOTES THAT I'VE HEARD AROUND THAT WE USED TO WORK WITH THEM, BUT NOW THEY'RE DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH, AND WE DON'T WORK WITH THEM ANYMORE. 
          HENCE THE NEED FOR FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL SUPPORT. THE MAYOR AND OTHERS BEEN TRYING TO GET FOR US HERE. IF THE ARMY CORPS WERE INDEED EASY TO WORK WITH, AND HOWEVER, YOU WANT A TERM THAT AVAILABLE TO YOU. DO YOU SEE THAT AS A DOABLE ROUTE. MAYBE ROUTES THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED. OR OTHER THINGS THAT HELP ALLEVIATE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF RESIDENCES FROM BEING AFFECTED. SO THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO THAT DISCUSSION. UM FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD SAY WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THEM SEVERAL TIMES, AND THAT OUTREACH IS CONTINUING TODAY. UM THE DIFFICULTY OF CROSSING FEDERAL LAND IS WHAT I WOULD SAY BOTH PROCEDURAL AND THEN THERE'S A TECHNICAL PIECE TO IT. LET ME ADDRESS THOSE IN TANDEM PROCEDURAL PIECES. IT'S THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THEY CAN TELL, YOU KNOW, AND JUST TELL, YOU KNOW. AND THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY APPEAL PROCESS TO THAT. SO THAT'S PROBLEM NUMBER ONE AND THE THEY HAVE A VERY STERN STANDARD ON WHEN YOU CAN CROSS THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS LAND AND FOR THE MOST PART, AND THESE ARE MY WORDS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART IS YOU CAN CROSS CORE ENTERED IN THE YEAR LAND WHEN THERE IS NO FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO IT. IT'S NOT A LEGAL STANDARD. THAT'S MY RECITATION OF IT, BUT THAT'S REALLY THE STANDARD THAT GETS APPLIED IN A LOT OF CIRCUMSTANCES, NOT AT ALL. AND SO THERE'S THAT PROBLEM. IT'S THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE SECOND PIECE AND THIS IS PARTICULAR TO THIS STUDY AREA. IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THAT ARMY CORLETT OF ENGINEERS LAND IS, IF WE ARE ABLE TO OBTAIN APPROVAL FROM THE CORE TO ROUTE AND BUILD A LINE THROUGH THAT, THAT STEP ONE. THAT'S THE PROCEDURAL PIECE, BUT THE OTHER THING THAT HAS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THAT PIECES THAT IS HEAVILY WOODED. AND VERY, VERY WET LAND TO WHICH THERE IS NO ACCESS. THERE'S NO THERE'S NO ROADS GETTING THROUGH THERE, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL ADD SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE COST TO BUILD THROUGH THOSE AREAS THAT ARE NOT DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE. THOSE ARE FACTORS THAT WE PROVIDE THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS FOR THEM TO CONSIDER, SO IT'S THOSE ARE TWO OF THE OBSTACLES THAT EXIST. TWO ARMY CORPS CROSSING BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE WORKING ON NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS TRYING TO OBTAIN APPROVAL TO BUILD. TO THAT POINT, I BELIEVE ALONG 3 77 . THERE'S SOME HEAVY TRANSMISSION LINES THAT COME UP THROUGH. AREA IF ACTUALLY KNOWS THE SWAMP OR THAT CREEK AREA, BUT THOSE PILLARS ARE CONSTANTLY FLOODED. EVERY YEAR. WE HAVE HEAVY RAIN, SO THE DEGREE OF THE STATEMENT OF BEING VERY WETLANDS AND VERY HARD TO TRAVERSE. WE'VE SEEN THAT DONE ALREADY IN OUR AREA AND SOME OF THESE LOGICAL POSSIBLY PARALLEL SOME OF THOSE LINES. I'M SURE THEIR STANDARDS FOR DISTANCE AND ALL THOSE THINGS. BUT I THINK THINGS ARE 
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MOST PRESIDENTS ARE MOST CONCERNED WITH IS THERE ARE MORE MORE DIRECT ROUTES, POTENTIALLY WITH COOPERATION. AND THERE'S A LOT OF BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO PROVIDE SO MANY ROUTES. IT'S SCARING THE HECK AVALON RESIDENTS. I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING THROUGH A STATE STYLE PROPERTY WITH POWER LINES, THE DIMINISHING VALUE ON THOSE PROPERTIES WOULD BE IMMENSE. NOBODY MOVES TO THE FARMLANDS AND RANCHES HAVE HORSES AND ANIMALS TO BE AFFECTED BY MF INTERFERENCE AND THE RADIATION THAT COMES FROM THOSE TYPES OF LINES SO THAT SOME OF THOSE ROUTES SEEM VERY IMPROPER IN MY MIND. BUT THAT'S JUST STUFF I WANTED TO SHARE THAT I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE. I BELIEVE THAT THE ROUTES THAT THE MAYOR WILL BE PRESENTING AND HAS BEEN WORKING ON OR VERY FEASIBLE WITH THE PROPER GUIDANCE FROM OUR ELECTED LEADERS. BUT I'LL END WITH THAT. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. FIND BOUGHT IT BEFORE IT THAT I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED ABOUT AND MY OLDEST DAUGHTER. WAS OVER HERE, CAN YOU FALL? IN THE FIRST PLACE. SHE'S GONNA LIVE WOULDN'T BUY THE HOUSE BECAUSE IT WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE WIRE. YOU WANT OVERHEAD? IS THERE. PHYSICAL. VERY OF BEEN IN LINE WITH ONE OF THESE. TRANSMISSION LINE. SIR RESPECTFULLY, THAT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION FOR ME TO ANSWER. THERE ARE DEFINITELY PEOPLE WHO HAVE A FEAR AND THERE ARE ALSO SUBDIVISIONS. THEY HAVE POPPED UP ALL OVER THIS STATE AND ALL OVER THIS AREA THAT ARE BUILT DIRECTLY UP AGAINST TRANSMISSION LINES. I WOULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION BY SAYING THERE ARE MANY VARIED OPINIONS. WHAT'S ON COURSES. OUR OPINION IS THAT WE HAVE A RIGHT OF WAY THAT IS DESIGNED TO ENCOMPASS THAT TRANSMISSION LINE AND KEEP IT ENCOMPASSED IN THERE DURING ALL SITUATIONS OF VARIOUS WIND AND TEMPERATURE ISSUES, AND THAT IS THE ONLY GROUND THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT TRANSMISSION LINE. DIDN'T ANSWER ME, BUT I'LL LET YOU OFF THE HOOK. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU. WELCOME. LET ME GET MY MIC ON. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT RELATE TO THIS TOPIC, AND I JUST NOTICED THE OTHER ONE A MINUTE AGO ITEMS AND IT END YOU KNOW, WHERE IS IT? L AND P. YES WE'RE ON OLD NOW AND IN YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH THE STEPS THAT WE'VE BEEN TAKING. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. SO RIGHT NOW, AS YOU HEARD THIS IS A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SAY. EVERYTHING THAT WE WANT TO SAY AND GET IT. ON THE RECORD. THE RECORD IS BEING PREPARED RIGHT NOW. AND TECHNICALLY, THE FIRST DEADLINE WAS JANUARY 1ST TO DECEMBER 31ST . WE'VE BEEN GIVEN A LITTLE LITTLE GRACE THERE FOR CONSIDERATION WHILE THEY'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, BUT WE DO NEED THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE IN NORTH LAKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THESE MAPS AND SEE HOW YOU'RE AFFECTED AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU PUT YOUR SITUATION ON THE RECORD. AND THAT MEANS EVERYTHING FROM AESTHETICS TO CONCERNS ABOUT THE MF TWO ACTUAL IMPACT OF PROPERTY TO, UM YOU KNOW, IMPACTS THE SCHOOL'S IMPACTED PLACEMENT. WHAT WILL THE RIGHT OF WAY DO GIVING A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES? SO I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE MAP OF THE FULL ROUTE MAP FOR THIS. BUT IN CROSSING NORTH LAKE, THERE'S ROUGHLY FIVE MAJOR LINES THAT GO EAST TO WEST. AND THEN THERE'S SOME VERTICALS IN BETWEEN. SO IT'S A PRETTY MUCH A SPAGHETTI MAP OF OPTIONS WILL CALL THEM OUT THERE. ONE OF THEM COMES DOWN 407 WRAPS AROUND THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTHRIDGE ESTATES, BUT IT WOULD CUT DIRECTLY DOWN THE MIDDLE OF 407, AND IT MIGHT GO UP INTO THE AREA WHERE THE GROCERY STORE MIGHT BE. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH PECAN SQUARE. SO ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CON SQUARE, THERE'S ONE UM, THE ONE UNDERNEATH PECAN SQUARE WOULD GO DOWN THE NEW MULKEY. I BELIEVE IT IS, AND THAT WOULD BE BETWEEN THE RESIDENCES AND THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL COMPLEX. SO IF THERE'S CONCERN ABOUT HAVING A 120 FT, UM, POWER LINE RUNNING BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND THE RESIDENCES. WHETHER THAT'S AESTHETICS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY OR WHATEVER THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE PUT ON THE RECORD IF YOUR PROPERTY IS IN THE MIDDLE OF PECAN SQUARE IN THE MIDDLE OF HARVEST, AND YOU SAY THIS DOESN'T AFFECT ME IT'S A QUARTER MILE HALF A MILE AWAY. UM, YOU STILL MIGHT BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ROUTE IMPACTING THE NUMBER OF LANES. WE'RE GOING TO GET ON 407 OR THE SETBACKS OR IMPACTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
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OVERALL, PECAN SQUARE HARVEST IS ALREADY IN PLACE NORTHRIDGE ESTATES WRAPPING IN NORTHRIDGE ESTATES. THERE'S CONCERNS FROM FOLKS THAT LIVE ON THE PERIMETER . BUT IF YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE, AND YOU HAVE CONCERN ABOUT THIS FOR ANY REASON, OR YOU HAVE FAMILY SOMEWHERE ELSE YOU MIGHT BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT IF YOU'RE AWARE OF OLD CEMETERIES INDIAN BURIAL GROUND. I MEAN, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF THAT DOWN ON THE TURN ON 407. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY MIGHT BE OF CONCERN TO SOME FOLKS AND THEN TREES. NATURE ALL THOSE THINGS ANOTHER ROUTE, SO THE FIRST ONE IS NORTHERN ONE IS 407. THE SECOND ONE IS MULKEY. THE THIRD ONE IS KIND OF I WOULD SAY PARALLEL TO THE NEW OUR LITTLE NORTH OF THE NEW 11 71, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE CLOSE TO 11 71. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE. THAT KIND OF GOES A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH, SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE PRETTY MUCH ACROSS THE BREADTH OF NORTH LAKE NORTH AND SOUTH. FROM 407 DOWN TO TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, BASICALLY UM, AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OTHERS PROBLEMATIC ROUTE, SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF VERTICALS. SO I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF OUR MAJOR NEIGHBORHOODS. THERE'S ANOTHER LINE THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY WRAP AROUND THE UNDERSIDE OF KENYAN FALLS IN THE LAUREL COMMUNITY, SO THERE'S SOME HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT ONE ON THE EDGE. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT WOULD PROPOSE THAT WOULD CUT THROUGH THE GREENBELT IN CANYON FALLS ON THE TRAIL SYSTEM THAT'S BEEN MULTIMILLION DOLLAR TRAIL SYSTEM BUILT THERE. BY THE WAY, THIS IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD, SO I'M TALKING ABOUT MY NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THAT ONE WOULD CUT DOWN THROUGH OUR GREEN BELT AND CUT 100 FT SWATH OF TREES OUT. AN IMPACT THE TRAIL SYSTEM AND ALL THAT SO THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF THESE AND THEN THAT'S JUST NORTH LAKE . SO THERE'S IMPACTS TO JUSTIN IMPACTS TO OUR GOOGLE. THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE IMPACTS IN ARGYLE. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE NOTED WHEN HE STARTED LOOKING AT THIS AS A GROUP OF MAYORS AND AFFECTED LEADERS HERE ACROSS THE FOUR CITIES IS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE VERY RARELY. THIS OCCURS A EFFECTIVELY A PARTNERSHIP THAT COULD BE FORMED BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY DO ALL OF YOU IT IN A SIMILAR FASHION. THE FURTHER SOUTH. WE GO IN THESE PROPOSALS, THE BETTER OFF. MOST OF US ARE AND SO FOR ONCE, WE'RE ACTUALLY ALIGNED. CITY TO CITY ON SOMETHING IN TERMS OF SOMETHING WE CAN AGREE ON. NOW I'M LOOKING AT THESE ROUTES PART OF OUR INITIAL PHASE RIGHT NOW. IT'S JUST PR. JUST GET THE ROUTES OUT THERE THAT ARE PROPOSED. MAKE SURE WE GET THE COMMENTS ON THE RECORD. THAT IS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING WE'RE FOCUSED ON AT THE MOMENT FROM A PUBLIC STANDPOINT. BEHIND THE SCENES. WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING ALL OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT THE REST OF THE LEVEL SO THE COUNTING IS ALL SUPPORTIVE OF US AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS A GROUP OF CITIES, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, THE JUDGE. WE ALSO HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO ALL OF OUR DENTON COUNTY DELEGATION AT THE STATEHOUSE WAS JUST DOWN THERE FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS TALKING TO ALL OF OUR NEW STATE LEVEL REPS AND THEY ARE ALL ON BOARD 100% WITH HELPING US. AT LEAST FOUR OF THEM. THE FIFTH ONES AND THE OTHER PART OF THE COUNTY. JUST HAVEN'T TALKED TO HIM ABOUT IT YET, BUT THE FOUR THAT REPRESENT THIS AREA, ROUGHLY SPEAKING, ARE ALL WITHIN 100% IN TERMS OF PUSHING PUC AND ENCORE TO DO THAT, TO CONSIDER OUR PROPOSALS AND OUR CONCERNS. WE ALSO HAVE, UM TAN PARKER'S FULL SUPPORT OUR NEW STATE SENATOR, HE'S BEEN VERY ENGAGED IN THIS AND TALKING WITH BRIAN LIVINGSTON AND I, THE MAYOR FROM ARGYLL AND HELPING US IN TERMS OF PROPOSALS. WE ALSO HAVE SUPPORT FROM STRONG SUPPORT FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL LEVEL FROM THE D. C LEVEL WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS. WE'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS THAT ON BEHALF OR ON BEHALF ON BEHALF OF US BUT WERE SET UP BY CONGRESSMAN BURGESS OFFICE AND HE'S BEEN A FULL SUPPORT FROM US FROM DAY ONE ON THIS WHEN HE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT. WE ALSO HAVE SUPPORT AND HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM SENATOR CRUZ OFFICE AND SENATOR CORNYN'S OFFICE. ON THE CALLS WITH US, SO THEY'RE WORKING ON THE INTERACTION AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS. UM AND WHERE? USING OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES HERE AT THE STATE LEVEL TO TALK TO THE PUC ENCORE. HERE'S WHERE WE WANT TO BE. AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR PROPOSAL PACKET. WHEN THIS GETS SUBMITTED TO THE PUC, WE'RE GOING TO NEED REPRESENTATION, DEPENDING ON WHAT ROUTE IS SELECTED AND ANY IMPACTS ALONG THE WAY THAT WE WANT TO ENGAGE IN AS A CITY. DEPENDING ON WHERE IT FALLS. PROPERTY OWNERS WILL BE DIFFERENT ON THE LIST, AND THE CONCERNS WILL BE DIFFERENT. 
          BUT AS THE CITY WE WANT TO BE PREPARED TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF ANY OF THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY IMPACT THE ROUTE ITSELF IS WELL. IT'S WRITTEN IN HIS LINE ACROSS PROPERTY. THERE CAN BE WAYS TO NUDGE IT A FEW FEET HERE AND THERE TO GET IT TO A PROPERTY LINE OR DO SOMETHING THAT THERE'S PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OR SOMETHING THAT THE RANCH OR A BARN OR WHATEVER THERE, THERE ARE WAYS TO AFFECT THAT WHEN IT GETS TO THE PUC. THAT'S WHERE WE'LL NEED. SOME REPRESENTATION . ARE GIRLS GONE OUT AND HIRED AN ATTORNEY FOR THAT, WHO SPECIALIZES IN ADVOCATING BEFORE THE PUC. AT THIS POINT, THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THEY'VE 
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GOT THAT WE WERE GOING TO PARTNER ON THAT. THAT WAS MY PROPOSAL TO THEM THAT WE WOULD PROPOSE IT TO OUR COUNCIL AND THEN GO IN ON THAT COST OF THAT ATTORNEY AND USE THEM DIRECTLY. 
          ATTORNEYS ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED TO US JUST TO LOOK AT ENGAGING HIM, BUT NOT NECESSARILY HIRE HIM AT THIS POINT, AND THAT WAY YOU CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OF US, AND YOU CAN REPRESENT EACH CITY INDIVIDUALLY, EVEN AS HE COLLECTIVELY BARGAINS FOR WHATEVER WE NEED. SO FOR RIGHT NOW HE'S GIVING US KIND OF THE FREE CONSULTING TO NORTH LAKE ON BEHALF OF ARGO. HE'S CONSULTING WITH ARGYLE ARGYLE'S ALSO HIRED A PR ATTORNEY. APPEAR. ATTORNEY PR. COMPANY AND AN ATTORNEY THAT THE PR FUNCTION IS ACTUALLY MAILING MAILERS TO THEY'RE ACTUALLY MAILING TO THE ENTIRE TOWN OF ARGYLE TO GET COMMENTS IN AND WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING IN NORTHLAKE AS WELL TO GET THE WORD OUT. WE WANT TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA AS BEST WE CAN, BUT WE DO NEED TO GET THE WORD OUT TO GET COMMENTS IN AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO HAVE A SAY WILL PUT A SAY IN AND SO WE'RE PARTNERING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIALS. 
          THERE'S A WEBSITE THAT ARGYLE'S PUT OUT ON THIS, SO THEY'VE COLLECTED A LOT OF THE MAPS AND THE ROUTES AND THE MEMOS THAT THE OUR GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN PUTTING OUT ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND HIM AND THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. THEIR FLOWER MOUND. MAYOR IS PUTTING TOGETHER A JOINT MEETING HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS IN WHICH WE NEED SOME REPRESENTATION AT BECAUSE I WON'T BE AVAILABLE FOR THAT MEETING, SO I MAY NEED ONE OF YOU TO STEP IN AND GO THAT OR MULTIPLE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO MULTIPLE, THEN YOU JUST NEED TO NOTICE A QUORUM. BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO BE CONNECTED TO THIS. HE'S LOOKING FOR THE FOUR CITY REPRESENTATION AS A PANEL, POTENTIALLY AND THEN, OF COURSE ON CORD BE INVITED TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS WITH THE BROADER COMMUNITIES. SEE WHAT ELSE SO THEN FINALLY WE GET TO OUR COUNTERPROPOSAL. SO WE'VE ALSO PREPARED SOME COUNTER PROPOSALS BASED ON OUR RESEARCH BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT, PROPERTY OWNERSHIP, UM. AIRCRAFT APPROACHES TRAFFIC PLAN DEVELOPMENT EVERYTHING THAT WE KNOW LOVE AS A CITY. AND WHAT ARGYLE AND JUSTIN MILLER THEIR PLANS WITH REGARD TO THESE ROUTES. WE'VE TAKEN IT UPON OURSELVES TO LOOK AT THIS LITTLE MORE CRITICALLY, AND SAY THERE MIGHT BE A BETTER WAY. SO CAN WE GOTTA SLIDE IN HERE THAT WE CAN SPLASH? OKAY SO THE GRAPHICS AREN'T AREN'T AREN'T GREAT ON THIS, BUT THIS IS YEAH. OKAY THIS ONE'S EVEN BETTER. SO THANK YOU, LANSING FOR HELPING ME OUT. BUT THIS IS HER VERSION OF MY MAP, WHICH I PUT TOGETHER AND JUST A FEW MINUTES. JENNIFER. SORRY. SORRY. LANSING WAS UP HERE AND THAT'S GREAT, TOO. SHE IS GREAT. JENNIFER IS GOOD TOO. THANK YOU. SO UM, THIS IS JUST THE SAME THING AS THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, BUT THIS ONE WAS A LITTLE CLEANER. BUT ALL THESE LINES ACROSS HERE JUST EXPLAIN WHAT THEY ARE. THE BLUE ONES ARE A FUTURE MASTER PLAN. AND THESE ARE MIND YOU THEY'RE JUST SKETCHED. SO THIS IS NOT OFFICIAL. OKAY BUT THESE ARE THE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR MASTER PLAN AS WELL AS SOME SKETCHES OF WHERE WE THINK THEY'RE GOING TO END UP BASED ON PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS. WHAT WE HAVE IN THE MIDDLE HERE. THE ORANGE LINES ARE CONNECTORS THAT CONNECT TO THE ROUTE MAP THAT'S PROPOSED BY ENCORE. SO ON THE RIGHT AT 3 77 ONCE ACROSS OVER 3 77. THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF ROUTE LINES OVER THERE THAT GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER, WHICH IS WHERE THE SWITCH WOULD BE. ON THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN PAST. I 35 THERE'S A NUMBER OF CONNECTOR POINTS WHERE THOSE ORANGE LINE'S DEAD END THE TOP THREE AND THOSE ARE CONNECTORS WHERE IT TIES INTO THE EXISTING PROPOSED ROUTE MAP. 
          OUR PROPOSALS THAT PUSHED US OFF OF 11 71. BECAUSE THE ONE OF THE MAJOR PROPOSALS IS TO RUN DOWN 11 71 FROM 35 TO 3 77. AND OR ASK, IS TO PUSH PUSH THE SOUTH WERE AWARE OF SOME INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS IN THAT AREA. WHERE WHERE THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRPORTS, PLANS AND THEIR FLIGHT PATHS AND THE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS THAT THEY NEED. THE DISTANCE FACTOR FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY TO 11 71, WHERE THE ONE ROUTE IS PROPOSED, IS SIMILAR TO THE ONE IN THE SOUTH THAT WE'VE PROPOSED. WE'VE ALSO DISCOVERED SOME EXISTING UTILITY CORRIDORS THROUGH THE CORE PROPERTY. FOR THOSE PURPOSES. WE WOULD LIKE THOSE TO BE INVESTIGATED FULLY AND COMPLETELY. AND THE SOUTHERNMOST ROUTE THAT CROSSES I 35 IS NOT ONE THAT'S ON THEIR ROUTE MAP, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S OUTLINED THERE. BUT THESE ARE ALL WAYS IN WHICH WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT THE AREA AT THE PROPOSALS AT THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE PROPOSED BY THESE PROPERTY OWNERS, UM AND THEN TRIED WAYS TO SKIRT HIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THE CORE LAND SOME OPTIONS TO GET AROUND IT. 
          WE CAN'T FULLY AVOID IT. AND SO WE CAN SEE THAT THAT PROCESS IS IT TAKES TIME. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. UM ARE ASKED IS AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PUSHING THROUGH. OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GETS FULLY EVALUATED AND PUT ONTO THE ROUTE MAP. NOW THAT'S A TALL ASK FOR 
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NOT ASKING REPRESENTATIVES HERE TO COMMIT TO ANY OF THAT, HOWEVER, THAT IS THE PROPOSAL THAT WE ARE ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO AGREE TO US ADVOCATING FOR IS TO PROPOSE TO EVALUATE THESE AREAS. THESE AREN'T HARD. IN STONE. THEY WRAP AROUND PROPERTIES, AND THERE'S OTHER IMPACTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DETERMINED. AND DISCOVERED ALONG THE WAY, AND WE NEED THOSE ALL NEED TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD, BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, IN A PUBLIC WAY, WE HAVE TO GET THEM ONTO THE PROPOSED ROUTE THAT FOR ENCORE, SO THAT COMMENTS CAN BE PUT IN SO THAT THE STUDIES CAN BE DONE SO THAT IT CAN BE TREATED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE PROPOSALS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUT FORWARD. BUT OBVIOUSLY TAKES SOME TIME. WE'RE RUSHING THAT PROCESS THROUGH WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS. THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MAP. ENCORE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MAP, OR AT LEAST THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF IT. BUT THESE ARE THIS IS OUR PROPOSAL. 
          SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET TONIGHT? COUNSELORS ARE JUST SUMMARIZE AS ONE OF RESOLUTION TO ALLOW OUR TOWN AND MINISTER TOWN MANAGER TO ENGAGE WITH MR BRUCATO, IF NECESSARY IN THE FUTURE. SO AT THIS POINT, WE ARE NOT PLANNING TO ENGAGE IN BUT WE WILL WHEN IT'S NECESSARY, AND IF IT'S NECESSARY, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US. WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A MEETING TO GET THAT PROPOSAL DONE. BUT AT THIS POINT WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON SPENDING ANY MONEY. WE'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT AT A FUTURE MEETING IF NECESSARY, BUT IF WE HAVE TO ENGAGE HIM AND WE NEED TO SECURE HIM, I JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. IN SHORT ORDER IN CASE SOMETHING COMES UP AT THE MOMENT, WE'RE GETTING HIS ADVICE AND COUNSEL THROUGH ARGYLE. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE PROPOSALS. THE SECOND ONE UM, PUTS IT PUTS A RESOLUTION OUT. THAT BASICALLY SAYS, IN OUR VIEW, THESE HAVEN'T BEEN EVALUATED SUFFICIENTLY IN TERMS OF ROUTES THROUGH THE SOUTHERN CORRIDOR UNDER 11 71, AND WE'RE ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THESE ROUTES. 
          THIS WILL BE PROVIDED TO OUR STATE LEVEL DELEGATION. WE'VE ALREADY KNOWS ABOUT IT. THEY'VE SEEN THIS BUT A FORMAL ASK OF THEM THAT THEY CONTACT ENCORE AND PC TO HELP US ENCOURAGE THIS PROPOSAL. AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, THIS IS ALREADY BEING EVALUATED BY THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS RELEASED REVIEWED AND LOOKED AT. IT'S NOT A DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO SIGN THEM UP FOR AN OFFICIAL REVIEW OR EVALUATION, BUT THEY'RE TAKING A QUICK LOOK AT IT TO SEE WHAT THEY THINK THE PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE AND GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK THROUGH OUR DC DELEGATIONS. OFFICES. I THINK THAT SUMMARIZES. THE HIGH LEVEL UNDERNEATH THAT HAS BEEN JUST HUNDREDS OF HOURS WORK, UM BY PARTICULARLY THE ARGYLE STAFF, ARGYLE MAYOR. BUT ALSO MYSELF AND THEN FEEDBACK FROM A LOT OF FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY WE WANT TO. AS I SAID, PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR COMMUNITIES. GET ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I'D LIKE YOUR AUTHORIZATION TO USE THE TOWN. I WANTED TO GET THAT FROM YOU FORMALLY TONIGHT TO ANNOUNCE THIS AND MORE FORMALLY MAKE SURE THAT THE EMAIL ADDRESSES OUT THERE. PUT THIS PROPOSAL OUT THERE PUT LINKS TO THE OFFICIAL ROUTE MOUNTS FROM ENCORE. GIVE PEOPLE A PACKAGE PLACE FOR NORTH LAKE TO BE NORTH LIKE RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GET INFORMATION FROM OUR GOVERNMENT. SO ONE ASKS THAT YOU GIVE PERMISSION FOR THAT TO AUTHORIZATION FOR THE ATTORNEY THREE. THE RESOLUTION TO ENCOURAGE THIS ROUTE CONSIDERATION. AND THEN FOUR. I NEED ALL OF YOU TO HELP ME WITH BOTH THE MEETING AND ALSO CONTACTING YOUR COMMUNITIES. AND GETTING THEM TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SHARE THE ENCORE MAPS IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE THOSE COVER THE AREAS THAT ARE LARGELY AFFECTED BY MANY OF YOU. UM AND JUST GET THIS OUT THERE AND GET TO WORK. THERE WAS PREVIOUS MAPS THAT I'VE SEEN, BUT THIS COVERS A LOT OF THE 35 SOUTH ABOUT THE WESTERN SIDE OF TOWN. THAT RED LINE MAP THAT YOU HAD AT ONE POINT MHM, SO THE ONES ON THE LEFT THERE'S MULTIPLE EXISTING ROUTES THAT THAT GO AROUND THE AUTO AUCTION SITE. THEY GO ALONG 11 71 THAT CUT UNDER. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ONE THAT CUTS UNDER THE AUTO AUCTION SITE. I THINK IT GOES OVER AND AROUND AND THEN FURTHER NORTH. THOSE ARE THE OFFICIAL ROUTE MAPS AND THOSE ARE ALL AVAILABLE VIA THE ENCORE SITE OR THE ARGYLE SITE OR EVEN FIREMAN'S, I THINK, PUT IT OUT NOW. AND WE WANT TO GET THAT OUT AS WELL. BUT THESE ARE ALL INTENDED TO CONNECT TO THOSE. AND THEN THOSE PROPOSALS GOING WEST AGAIN. IT'S OUR VIEW THAT WITH THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL, THAT'S ALL GOING UP. THERE'S SPACE BETWEEN THOSE BUILDINGS ARE SEPARATED BY LARGE DISTANCES, THE ROAD STRUCTURES ALREADY IN PLACE. THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE PLACE TO PUT SOME CROSSINGS CUT DOWN SOME PROPERTY LINES WHERE THEY WON'T IMPEDE ANY OF THE PLANS THAT ARE IN PLACE MIGHT ACTUALLY GIVE SOME OF THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS A FEW EXTRA DOLLARS AS THEY'RE BUILDING OUT THOSE BUILDINGS. WE HAVEN'T HAD FORMAL COMMUNICATION WITH ALL OF THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT THOSE ROUTES ARE PROPOSED BY ENCORE, SO THEY'RE GETTING ENGAGED. BY VIRTUE OF THOSE NOTIFICATIONS, SO OUR VIEW IS THAT THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR IT TO RUN IT THROUGH AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT WHERE EXACTLY NOT TAKING A HARD LINE ON THAT. I DON'T WANT IT TO AFFECT BUILDING PLANS OR CAUSE ANY PARTICULAR PROPERTY DEVELOPER PARTICULAR COSTS. I 
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WANT THIS TO MOVE THROUGH IT AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. AND EVEN THE ENCORE PROPOSALS. THEY DO RESPECT THAT IN A LOT OF WAYS AND WHERE THEY'VE PUT SOME OF THE LINES. SOME OF THEM WOULD CUT THROUGH PROPERTY AND DEFINITELY NOT OPPOSED TO OPPOSED TO THOSE CUTTING EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE AT. BUT THAT'S PART OF THE KIND OF THE PROCESS IN THE FUTURE IS LAYING OUT THOSE PLANS AND MAKING SURE THEY GO THROUGH SOMEWHERE. THAT'S APPROPRIATE THAT DOESN'T IMPACT THE BUILD OUT FOR THE BUILD OUT PLANS FOR THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS. THAT MAKES SENSE. SO NOT TAKING REALLY HARD LINE OVER THERE. WHAT THE ASK HERE IS NOT BUILDING HERE THEY ASK HERE IS MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS ON THE MAP FOR THE PUC TO CONSIDER. AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE PC. WHO ARE THE DECISION MAKERS WERE NOT TRYING TO BEND ENCORES ARM TO SAY WE WILL BUILD HERE. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ASKING. THAT'S NOT THEIR JOB. BUT THEIR JOB IS TO EVALUATE ALL OPTIONS. WE THINK THAT THERE'S MORE THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED THAT WOULD ADD TO THE GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, AND MY GOAL IS TO GET THIS ON THEIR MAP. 
          WHICH I KNOW IS A TALL ORDER HAVE ALREADY BEEN TOLD THAT BUT THAT IS WHY WE'RE CALLING IN THE HIGHER UPS TO HELP US. BUT IF YOU IF I WERE TO PUT A YOU KNOW, A THE OVERARCHING GOAL IS TO PUSH THESE LINES SOUTH. WHETHER THAT ENDS UP BEING 11 71 OR PARTLY ON 11 71 11 71 IS A BETTER ROUTE. THEN DOWN 407. IT'S A BETTER ROUTE THAN CUTTING BETWEEN OUR FUTURE SCHOOL COMPLEX. AND MUNICIPAL COMPLEX, POTENTIALLY AND POLICE AND FIRE . I MEAN, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF STUFF THAT MAY BE GOING IN IN THAT AREA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOWN. ALONG ALONG RIGHT ALONG PECAN SQUARE. I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION. I DEFINITELY DON'T THINK THE PROPOSALS THROUGH ARGYLL. I MEAN, THOSE THOSE ARE ABHORRENT AND I KNOW WHY THEY'RE FIGHTING SO HARD AND WE'RE PARTNERING BECAUSE IF WE PROTECT 407 IT PROTECTS ARGYLE. AND IF WE PROTECT 407 AND ACTUALLY PROTECTS JUSTIN TO SOME DEGREE THE NORTHERN ROUTES SO THE FURTHER WE GO DOWN, WE IMPACT MORE INDUSTRIAL AREAS AND LESS RESIDENTIAL AREAS, AND THAT INCLUDES FORT WORTH TO SOME DEGREE AS WELL. SO I THINK WE'RE BEING RESPONSIBLE NOT TO PUT FORWARD A SELFISH PROPOSAL. FLOWER MOUND DOES LIKE THIS, TOO. BY THE WAY, WE'VE TALKED TO TRAIL WOULD, UM, FIREMAN MAYOR DOESN'T WANT TO SEE YET ANOTHER TRANSMISSION LINE CARVING UP THE CORNERS OF 3 77 11 71, WHICH IS ALREADY A SPAGHETTI OF TRANSMISSION LINES. WE WOULD LIKE THIS TO HUG THE CORE PROPERTY AS IT HEADS DOWN TO THE SWITCH, AND WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY WORK, TOO. YOU KNOW? ASKED THEY MOVED THE SWITCH OR ANYTHING CRAZY LIKE THAT SHIPS KIND OF SAILED, SO WE'RE TRYING TO JUST GET THIS PART BETWEEN 35 3 77 UNDER CONSIDERATION AND THEN LATER IN THE FUTURE MONTHS WILL ENGAGE ATTORNEY AND GET TO THE PUC TO FIGURE OUT YOU KNOW WHERE WHERE THEY END UP WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION OR THEIR BEST MEETS LINE. THEN WE WILL EVALUATE THAT AND PUT FORWARD OUR CONSIDERATION OF THE PC AS AN INTERVENER, IF NECESSARY. BUT I WANT YOU ALL TO KIND OF FORMALIZE THE ACTION IN THE OPINION OF THIS COUNCIL. BECAUSE I'VE DONE ALL THIS. KIND OF INDEPENDENT LITTLE BIT WITH OBVIOUSLY FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. BUT THIS IS FORMALIZING YOUR OPINIONS ON THIS SO THAT I CAN CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE IT AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERY PERSON ADVOCATE WITH KNOWS THAT THIS IS THE VIEW OF OUR CITY AS A WHOLE, NOT JUST MY OPINION. NOW WHAT? THANK REPRESENTATIVES FROM ENCORE FOR BEING HERE AND ANSWERING THE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS. MOSTLY THAT'S BILL WOULD SAY. BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND HERE IN THE SUMMER THAT FEEDBACK BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S YOU GUYS WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT. I MEAN, YOU WANT TO MAKE THE RIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS AND EFFECTIVE AS FEW PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. AT LEAST I HOPE THAT'S YOUR GOAL. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT YOUR GOAL, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. YOU MENTIONED. GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS AND SOMEBODY FROM JUST ABOUT ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS SITTING HERE. TONIGHT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN SEE WOULD SEE COMING FROM YOUR OFFICE THAT WE WERE SO WE'D ALL BE ON THE SAME TRACK AND NOT CONFUSING THINGS. YES SO WHAT I'VE YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO FORMALIZE THIS WITH THE STAFF DID PUT OUT A SOCIAL MEDIA POST THAT SAID, HEY , TRANSMISSION LINES COMING, YOU KNOW AS A BRIEF POST AND FELT THAT WAS APPROPRIATE, JUST INFORMATIONAL. IF YOU FORMALIZE YOUR RECOMMENDATION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PUBLISH, YOU KNOW THE MAIN DOCUMENT FROM ENCORE AT LEAST A LINK TO IT. THE WHAT ARE ASK IS AS FAR AS THE RECOMMENDATION OF LINKED TO THIS RESOLUTION. JUST AGGREGATE A COUPLE OF THOSE IN A SOCIAL MEDIA PUSH AND PUT THAT OUT THERE WHICH YOU CAN ALL THEN SHARE WHEREVER WITH YOUR COMMUNITIES USE THOSE ASSETS TO HELP THE CONVERSATION WITH ANYBODY. YOU SPEAK WITH. BUT I FELT LIKE I NEEDED YOUR BACKING TO SOLIDIFY THIS FIRST BEFORE WE WENT TOO FAR WITH PUSHING. RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I HAD PUT TOGETHER WITH ARGYLE. THAT MAKES SENSE. SO YES TO ASK IS THAT OUR STAFF WOULD PUT SOME KIND OF 
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SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS TOGETHER WITH THIS COLLATERAL AND TALKING WITH THE ATTORNEY. WE BELIEVE THIS RESOLUTION DOES THAT IT SHOWS THE COUNCIL IS MY SOUTHERN ROUND . IT AUTHORIZES THE TOWN MANAGER TO USE TOWN FUNDS FOR COMMUNICATION. AND LIKE YOU SAID THAT OTHER RESOLUTION IS A JUST IN CASE WE WOULD WAIT UNTIL WE NEEDED TO ENGAGE RICARDO, BUT I HAVE THE GIVE ME THE AUTHORITY IF WE NEED TO DO THAT, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT QUICKLY. YEAH, I'VE BEEN ASKED. YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE HELP FROM CITIZENS AND WHAT WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL WAS KIND OF LOCKSTEP ON THIS AS WELL. SO WE'RE NOT TUGGING AT THE ROPE IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. I HAD A LOT OF CONCERN AT THE OUTSET OF THIS PROPOSAL AND HOW WE WERE GOING TO ENGAGE AS A CITY. OBVIOUSLY WE CAN PUT INFORMATION OUT, BUT TAKING AN OPINION ON IT OBVIOUSLY PITS ONE PROPERTY OWNER AGAINST ANOTHER. AND BUT IN THE CASE OF OUR RESIDENTS, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF NUMBERS, THE VAST NUMBER OF IMPACT ON SOME OF THESE ROUTES I THINK GIVES US SOME SOME AUTHORITY TO GO AHEAD AND TRY TO EXPLORE ALTERNATIVES. SO THAT'S THE. LITTLE BIT OF HESITATION AT THE START THAT WE WOULD PICK ONE PROPERTY OWNER AGAINST ANOTHER. 
          NOW I THINK LOOKING AT THEM ALL. I THINK WE'RE HELPING THE PROCESS BY ADDING TO THE POSSIBILITIES. BUT THEN ALLOW THE PUC WHEN WE GET THERE TO HELP EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE. 
          HAVE IT GO THE WAY THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE THE SD. AND IN THIS ENCORE TRANSMISSION LINES ARE KIND OF THE TUBE. BURNING ISSUES THAT FOR THE LAST SIX WEEKS OR SO HAS JUST BEEN CONSUMING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENERGY AND EFFORT BY A LOT OF FOLKS ACROSS THE REGION. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO PRESENT ALL THIS AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON IT, I WOULD CALL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ITEMS AND LOGICALLY, I YOU TAKE. OH FIRST , BECAUSE THAT'S YOU KNOW, THE ALL IN FOR THE COUNCIL AND THEN WELL OKAY AS A ALRIGHT, SECONDARY MEASURE. SOMEONE LIKE TO OFFER CONSIDERATION FOR THAT. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PRO TIM AND SECONDED BY COUNCILOR LAWYER LET'S OPEN THE VOTING. 
          ANYBODY ELSE AGAIN? THERE GOES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UNANIMOUS ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE CONSIDERATION FOR ITEM N HAS GIVE HIM A SECOND TO RESET THAT. ALRIGHT CONSIDERATION BY COUNCILOR SESSIONS AND SECONDED BY COUNCILOR KICKER. ALRIGHT LET'S OPEN THEM UP THE VOTING FOR THE ATTORNEY. ALRIGHT. UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WHERE DID WE LEAVE OFF? OKAY WE HAVE K L AND M OKAY. ALRIGHT OKAY IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FIREWORKS 
          [5.K Consider an Ordinance of the Town of Northlake, Texas, amending Article 6.03, "Fireworks," of the Code of Ordinances of the Town of Northlake, Texas; declaring the use or detonation of fireworks within Town limits and within 5,000 feet of Town limits to be a nuisance pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Section 217.042; prohibiting said use or detonation]
ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF NORTH LAKE? IT'S DECLARING FIREWORKS AND NUISANCE. OKAY THERE, THE FIREWORKS ARE ALREADY PROHIBITED IN THE TOWN LIMITS. OKAY THANK YOU. SO THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTED BY TWO COUNSELORS, SO I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM THE FLOOR TO PRESENT THEIR MOTION. AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. SO COUNSELOR SESSIONS, COUNSELOR GANZ FOR YEARS. I WASN'T THE FIRST. TO BRING THIS BACK UP. I WAS A SECOND, BUT ANYWAY, UM. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH COMMUNISM. 
          BUT EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS OF BRIAN'S PLACE TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT. UM. THE BIG ISSUE IS COMING FROM HARVEST. THE H O A. THEIR PROHIBITS FIREWORKS. RESIDENTS THERE DON'T CARE. THEY DON'T WANT TO LAUNCH FIREWORKS WERE NEAR THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL TIGHTLY PACKED TOGETHER. SO THEY COME OUT TOWARDS THE AREA BY BRIAN'S PLACE. AND BECAUSE WE'RE WIDE OPEN PASTURES. WE HAD A FIRE LIST THIS MOST RECENT JULY 4TH FROM MISUSE OF FIREWORKS BURNT DOWN THE FIVE ACRE LOT. UM RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE HARVEST IS IN THE E T. J. NORTHLAKE POLICE. I HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AND, UH, FEW NIGHTS AGO, WE WERE ENTERTAINED AGAIN WITH THE RISK OF FIRE. UM WE HAVEN'T HAD 
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RAIN IN AWHILE, PASTURES BACK TO BEING CRUNCHY AND DRY. AND. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING BEYOND REASONABLE. PROTECTIONS WERE BEING GROUP WE'RE BEING ASKED TO SPEND $23,000 FOR LICENSE PLATE CAMERAS FOR CERTAIN SUBDIVISIONS. WHERE IF WE ENACT THIS OFFER ZONE. IT WON'T COST THE CITY ANYTHING. MAYBE A FEW $100 AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS THAT'S ABOUT IT. UM, SURE. THE FIRE. CHIEF. I'M SURE THE POLICE CHIEF I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THIS HEADACHE, EITHER. SO WHY WE STILL CONTINUE WITH THIS? I DON'T KNOW. LIKE I SAID. 
          BASICALLY, PEOPLE IN BRIAN'S PLACE HAVE NO PROTECTIONS, BUT THIS ISN'T JUST FOR BRIAN'S PLACE. ANY NORTH LAKE RESIDENT. WERE THEY A BUT. A T J SUCH AS HARVEST YOU HAVE THE RIDGE. I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT PRIMARY VIEW THAT A BUT HARVEST CREEK MEADOWS. THIS IS NOT JUST FOR ONE SUBDIVISION AND BRIAN'S PLACE. THIS THIS AFFECTS MULTIPLE SUBDIVISIONS IN TOWN. 
          TAXPAYERS IN TOWN. SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO GET SOME PROTECTION FROM. MISUSE OF FIREWORKS. YOU SAID WE HAD A FIRE LAST JULY, 4TH. AND. IT'S JUST IT'S TOO AGGRAVATING, TO BE HONEST WITH THE RESIDENTS IN BRIAN'S PLACE. AND LIKE I SAID, I'M SURE THE POLICE CHIEF FIRE CHIEF, THEY DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THIS EITHER. AT LEAST I HOPE THEY DON'T SO I GUESS THAT'S. THAT'S MY LITTLE SPIEL AGAIN. I'M ALL FOR SAFETY ON I SUPPORT THE LICENSE PLATE CAMERAS FOR THE OTHER SUBDIVISIONS. THIS WON'T COST TAXPAYERS AT NORTH LAKE. ANYTHING. TO ENACT A BUFFER ZONE. IT'S OVER, ASKING. FOR EMMA IS MY MICHAEL. YES, OKAY. I ABSTAINED TO BEGIN WITH, BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK WE KNEW OR AT LEAST I DIDN'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS. I DON'T THINK THIS IS COMMUNISTIC. AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS GUARANTEED IN THE CONSTITUTION TO BEGIN WITH. I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FIREWORKS ON MORE DATES. I THINK WE'RE DOING RESIDENTS OF THIS SERVICE TO LIMIT ON IT AS MUCH AS WE DO, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE RULES WE ALL HAVE THE SAME RULES FOR THOSE JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS AS WE HAVE WITH THOSE IN THE CITY LIMITS. WHY? BECAUSE YOU LIVE ACROSS THE STREET DID YOU HAVE TO PUT UP WITH FIREWORKS? THAT'S MY SPILL. 
          YOU KNOW, UM TAKING TO STAY WITH THAT POINT. I VERY MUCH SUPPORT FIREWORKS IN TOWN. I STILL DO. I DON'T BELIEVE THE LAST VOTE COUNCIL WAS PRUDENT TO EVERYONE , BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE. UM BUT IF THE COUNCIL SAYS THAT EVERYBODY IS NOT GOING TO HAVE FIREWORKS WITHIN TOWN, NORTH LAKE AND I CONCUR. WHY? BECAUSE YOU LIVE ACROSS THE STREET. 
          SHOULD THEY BE ABLE TO DO IT? UM AND PARTICULARLY HARVEST IS AN ISSUE. WE HAVE SOME OTHER AREAS OF TOWN THAT THERE'S BEEN ISSUES TRESPASS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO YEAH. IF IT'S GOOD FOR ONE COUNCIL DEEMS IS GOOD FOR ONE. I BELIEVE THE OTHER MAKES SENSE AS WELL. SO AT OUR POLICE CAN ENFORCE THAT AND DO THINGS THAT ARE THE WORLD COUNCIL. HOW MANY PIECES OF HARVEST HAVE YET TO BE PLANTED? I BELIEVE THEY'RE ALL PLANTED. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING BUILT. WE'RE WE'VE GOT ABOUT HARVEST TOUCHES. BRAINS PLACE, FOUR PHASES LEFT UNDER CONSTRUCT. AND SO THE LOTS THAT SOME OF THESE FIREWORKS ARE BEING SHOT OFF FROM WILL CEASE TO BE EMPTY LOTS IN THE NEXT SOME AMOUNT OF TIME AND THESE WILL BE HOMES WHERE THIS IS HAPPENING. AND THAT BECOMES A MOOT PROBLEM IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER, AND THEN IT JUST BECOMES. THE QUESTION STOPPED IN THE STATEMENT BEGUN, RIGHT? YES. OKAY, THANK YOU. RIGHT SO THEN IT JUST BECOMES LIKE NOW WE'RE AFFECTING LAYER LIPS COME DOWN THERE ON 1 14 FAR FROM CITY CENTER. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. I'M A FAN OF FIREWORKS HAVE BEEN PRETTY CLEAR ON THAT. I'M NOT A FAN OF ENACTING ENTIRELY TOO MANY RULES ON PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT IN THE TJ. THAT DOESN'T MAKE THEM WANT TO JOIN THE TOWN. SO YEAH. ALRIGHT I THINK I GET I GET YOUR POINT. AND YOU KNOW, 11 RULE FOR ALL BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YEAH. I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M DOWN WITH CONTINUING TO 
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HELP. CONSTRAINED FIREWORKS WHEN I WANT THE OPPOSITE, WOULD RATHER JUST GO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. CONCUR I'D LIKE TO HAVE THEM OPEN AS WELL. I THINK THERE WAS A FIRE AT HARVEST WAS NEW YEAR'S EVE. YES AT THEIR AMENITY CENTER AROUND THE POOL. AND THEY SET THE PLACE ON FIRE. 
          SO THAT'S AH. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T. I DON'T WANT TO ADD SOMETHING ELSE WE GOTTA UNDO IF WE MANAGE TO PULL THIS BACK IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. NO. I'M TORN THERE AS WELL TO THINGS THAT UNDUE IF WE HAD ANOTHER LAYER, I AGREE. I THINK THEY'D BE RELATED. IF YOU ALLOWED FIREWORKS. YOU COULDN'T. IT COULDN'T BE A NUISANCE ANYMORE. SO THEY HAVE TO GO AT THE SAME TIME, NO MATTER WHAT. WELL I THINK IF FIREWORKS BECOME LEGAL AGAIN, IT WOULD UNRAVEL THE NUISANCE CLAUSE AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE STRICKEN FROM THE BOOKS JUST DEFAULT TO ACTIONS. 
          BUT YOU REALLY CAN'T HAVE TWO CONFLICTING ARGUMENTS IN THE CASE OF MR LIPSCOMB. WHO SUBMITTED THAT LETTER. HE OWNS DFW ADVENTURE PARK, RIGHT, CORRECT, SUBMIT FOR A PERMIT TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS PROFESSIONALLY CORRECT. HE COULD. AND THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THIS TO BEGIN WITH IS WE WEREN'T OPPOSED TO HAVING PROFESSIONAL SAFE SHOWS WERE OPPOSED TO EVERY RESIDENT. WHO DOESN'T KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS HOME OR NOT SHOOTING THEM OFF. 
          THEY ACCIDENTALLY GO OVER THE BACK FENCE. SET THE PLACE ON FIRE. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE OPPOSED TO. WE WEREN'T OPPOSED TO A PROFESSIONAL SAFE SHOW GOING ON. SO DOING DO ENOUGH DFW ADVENTURE PARK DOES A ANY OLD SEMIANNUAL GROUP THING OR IF THAT'S JUST A PROPERTY OWNER LIVES ON THE PROPERTY AND WANTS TO SHOOT OFF IN HIS BACKYARD. YEAH WE DON'T KNOW HIS INTENT, RIGHT? ANYBODY KNOW HE TALKED TO ME. HE TALKED TO ME FOR QUITE A WHILE. AND I SUGGESTED THAT HE EMAIL YOU COULDN'T FIND THE FORM TO EMAIL ME OUT FORWARDED TO YOU AS CONCERNS. HE SAID HIS SONS GO DOWN TO 1 14 TO THE STORAGE UNIT THAT'S MADE INTO A POP UP FIREWORKS STAND. THEY BUY SOME FIREWORKS. THEY RUN ONTO THEIR PROPERTY, AND THEY SHOOT OFF FIREWORKS. DOING WHAT I WISH I COULD DO. DON'T LOOK AT ME. I WANT TO SAY ONE THING ABOUT NOT BEING HARVEST, NOT BEING AN ISSUE. OUR PEOPLE WILL BE. THAT FAR AWAY FROM HARVEST ALL THE WAY AROUND. EAST. AND PART OF THE SOUTH SIDE. IN ADDITION, COUNCILMAN. GANZ. HIS BACKYARD WITH BACK UP TO THE TOP OF THE HILL, WHICH WILL BE OPEN STILL WITH PASTURED. PROMINENT FROM THE BACKSIDE OF HARVEST. THE WEST SIDE OF HARVEST. WILL BE RIGHT NEXT TO THE LINE OF EVERYBODY. THE STREET UP THERE. 
          SO IT ISN'T LIKE THEY'RE ALWAYS AWAY. YOU'RE LEAKING OUT. YOU JUST ASK HIM FOR THE SAME KIND OF CONSIDERATIONS FOR SAFETY. YOU EVERYBODY ELSE IS ASKING. I'VE GOT SEVERAL NEIGHBORS WITH LIVESTOCK THERE BACK FENCE IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE IS HARVEST. AND THEY'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH THE FIREWORKS AND REACTIONS WITH THE LIVESTOCK AND HORSES. I'M DEFINITELY HAPPY TO CONSIDER FIREWORKS AT ANY POINT IN TIME, AND IF THEY COME BACK, I WOULD BE FULLY AWARE OF THE CONFLICT THERE SO WE CAN RELEASE HARVEST, BUT AT THIS TIME, WHEN IF WE'RE RESTRICTED HERE, I BELIEVE I SHOULD BE. THE SAME ACROSS. SO I GOT A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS HERE. SO I'M I'M STILL OF THE OPINION THAT WE'RE STILL WE'RE ALL ENOUGH THAT I WANT TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THIS FIREWORKS LEGAL IN THE TOWN AGAIN IN A SAFE MANNER, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO THAT YET. BUT THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO END UP. THAT SAID. I'M NOT REAL THRILLED. 
          WE'RE BRINGING THIS BACK BECAUSE WE HAD THE SAME BODY. NOT LONG AGO WHERE WE WENT OVER THIS ORDINANCE DECIDED NOT TO PASS IT SO I'M NOT REAL THRILLED ABOUT BRINGING SOMETHING BACK UNTIL WE HAVE A NEW COUNCIL. IF THERE'S A CHANGE IN THE COUNCIL THAT I'M OPEN THE CHANGING IT AND CONSIDER IT AGAIN. BUT MY IN MY VIEW JUST AS A GENERAL POLICY, I PERSONALLY WOULDN'T BRING ANYTHING BACK THAT WE'VE ALREADY DECIDED AS A GROUP WITH THIS BODY. THAT'S JUST ME. UM I CONCUR. WITH MAYOR PRO TEM ON THE FACT THAT WE DO NEED CONSISTENCY. I DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE CONSISTENCY IN WHAT WE DO AS A BODY AND HOW WE APPLY IT TO THE LIMITS BECAUSE OUR LIMITS ARE CRAZY. IF YOU LOOK AT OUR MAP THERE, A CHECKERBOARD AND SO IT'S SIMPLY NOT FAIR TO HAVE DIFFERENT STANDARDS FOR EFFECTIVELY THE FOLKS WHO ALL LIVED TOGETHER IN THE SAME AREA NOW WHEN WE GET TO THE PERIMETER THAT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT DISCUSSION. 
          BUT AS FAR AS THE CORE OF THE TOWN, UM IT'S A PROBLEM HAVING A T J AND TOWN LIMITS, WHICH IS A 
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DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. SO I DO BELIEVE IN STANDARD AND UNIFORMITY. I'LL ALSO CONCEDE THAT ALMOST EVERY CITY IN OUR AREA HAS A PROHIBITION. AND IT'D IT'S BECAUSE THIS THESE DO BECOME A PROBLEM AND FOLKS DON'T TAKE CARE. AND THERE'S ALWAYS ENDS UP BEING PROBLEMS. THAT SAID. I STILL THINK WE'RE ALL ENOUGH THAT WE CAN DO THIS FOR A WHILE YET. BUT I DO THINK SOME THINGS HAVE TO CHANGE FROM WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. AND SO I WANTED TO BUILD ON SOMETHING THAT COUNSELOR KICKER SAID HE TALKED ABOUT THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR DFW ADVENTURE PARK. I IF I WERE TO SUPPORT THIS, BASICALLY WHAT I WOULD WANT TO SEE AND THEN THROWING THIS OUT THERE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. I WANT AN S U P PROCESS THAT'S NOT SO STRINGENT AS TO PREVENT RESIDENTS FROM TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT. I ACTUALLY DO THINK THAT SOME NEIGHBORHOOD SHOWS NOT BY PROFESSIONALS BUT BY A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORS GETTING TOGETHER ON A COLD. THE SACK. AND PUTTING IN A PERMIT. YEAH. 
          SO YOU'RE ASKING ME NOT TO TALK ABOUT SCP PROCESS, OKAY? ALL RIGHT. MY VIEW IS THEN I'M ABSOLUTELY OPPOSED TO THIS UNTIL I CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. I WOULD COUNSEL LIKE TO SPEAK TO FACT, IF WE'D LIKE TO HEAR THE OPINION OF THE PROCESS. I KNOW I CERTAINLY WOULD BROTHER CONNOR. 
          YES, IT WOULD BE ANOTHER TIME. OBVIOUSLY. I LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS STATED. 
          OKAY, THAT'S YOUR RIGHT. THIS ISN'T WORKING. ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU PUSH YOUR BUTTON? SOMEONE WISHED YOU SECOND THAT. RIGHT COUNSELOR, GANZ MOTIONS. COUNCILOR KICKER SECONDS. MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE. ESTABLISHING A NUISANCE OUTSIDE THE TIME LIMITS FOR FIREWORKS. SO THEREFORE, YES MEANS ESTABLISHED A NUISANCE AND NO IS TOO FRAME, SO PLEASE VOTE. 
          WE'RE MISSING SOMEBODY. NO, WE'RE NOT. ALRIGHT 43. THE MEASURE PASSES. SO FIREWORKS DECLARED A NUISANCE. THANK YOU. I WOULD REQUEST AN ITEM WE PUT ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSING AN SCP PROCESS. BEYOND PROFESSIONAL FIREWORKS. ALRIGHT I CONSIDER ITEM L 
          [5.L. Consider an Ordinance of the Town of Northlake, Texas, amending the Adopted Budget for Fiscal Year October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023; providing that expenditure for the said fiscal year shall be made in accordance with the said Amended Budget]
ORDINANCE TOWN NORTHLAKE AMENDING THE ADOPTED BUDGET. A FEW OF THE NUMBERS ON THERE HAD TO BE AMENDED. MR. CORN CAN GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF THIS. WE COULD GO BACK. UM OKAY FOR JUST A SECOND. THERE IS A PRIVATE DISPLAY PROCESS. BUT WE CAN. WE CAN BRING THAT AS A BRIEFING ITEM. GO OVER IT. MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS IT AND THAT IT'S FITS WHAT THE COUNCIL'S VISION IS. OKAY WITH IT. I THINK IT IS A LITTLE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN NEIGHBORS GETTING TOGETHER . I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE LICENSED. THERE'S A THERE'S A LARGE INSURANCE REQUIREMENT. 
          THERE'S AN OCCUPATION CODE, SO WE'LL BRING THAT FORWARD. BUT YOU HELP US YES, I WILL. OKAY THANK YOU. PEOPLE WANT TO BURN THEIR OWN HOMES DOWN. THAT'S FINE. I JUST DON'T WANT HIM IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD OR MY NEIGHBORS NEIGHBORHOOD, BURNING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS DOWN. OKAY ALTHOUGH WE'LL DISCUSS IT AT THE FUTURE MEETING. ALRIGHT, LET'S TALK BUDGET. DO WE NEED TO TALK ITEM AND FIRST BEFORE WE DO L LIKE I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THEM TOGETHER. AND UM AND I'M IF WE NEED WE CAN BRING JOHN UP HERE TO HELP WITH THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE BUDGET, OR WE CAN BRING CAPTAIN COLEMAN TO TALK ABOUT THE LICENSE PLATE READERS, BUT THE BUDGET. UH THIS IS RECOGNIZING UH, THE MISTAKE THAT WAS FOUND IN OUR APPRAISALS. YOU ALREADY CORRECTED THAT WITH A TAX RATE. THIS IS SO THE TAX RATE WAS SET THE M AND A RAID AND RYAN'S RIGHT. WE'RE SET 
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CORRECTLY. THIS IS THE COMPANION. PEACE TO WITH THE BUDGET AND WHAT THIS DOES IS IT RECOGNIZES AN INCREASE IN REVENUE. A DECREASE? UH MM. NO TAX REVENUE DECREASE IN RYAN'S TAX REVENUE. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO AS PART OF THIS ASK YOU TO CONSIDER AN INCREASE. AND, UH MM. NO EXPENDITURE. AND SO YOU'RE YOU'RE SAYING WELL THAT 1 33 IS A LOT MORE THAN 31. THE PROCESS WE'RE DOING IS AS NEIGHBORHOODS COME FORWARD TO ASK FOR LICENSE PLATE READERS COUNCIL DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD UM, THERE IS AN AVAILABLE BALANCE DUE TO THIS. TO COVER THE ENTIRE TOWN. BUT WE'RE SO WE HAVE THE BUDGETARY ABILITY TO DO THIS. BUT THE METHODOLOGY THAT THE COUNCIL HAS SET FORTH TO ASK EACH NEIGHBORHOOD TO PULL THEMSELVES DISCUSS IT. THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH THEIR H O A. AND THEN COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL REQUESTS THIS SO I'M KIND OF DOING TWO THINGS HERE. WE'VE WE'RE GONNA WE'RE GONNA AMEND THE BUDGET TO DO THESE. 11 LICENSE PLATE READERS. THERE'S EIGHT TONIGHT THERE WERE THREE FROM THE RIDGE AND EARLIER MEETING. REMEMBER THOSE? UM BUT IF ADDITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS COME FORWARD GO THROUGH THE PROCESS HAS BEEN PRACTICE. THERE IS AVAILABLE RESOURCES AVAILABLE BUDGET TO DO THAT WE'LL DO ANOTHER EXPENDITURE. BUDGET AMENDMENT EACH TIME WE HAD MORE LPR S. BUT THE REVENUE IS WILL BE IS RECOGNIZED NOW. THE INCREASE IN REVENUE IN THE DECREASE IN I N S REVENUE. CLEAR AS MUD. YEAH, DON'T WE ALSO HAVE SOME LAST SUPPLY TRIGGERS OVER AND SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS ALREADY CORRECT. WE HAVE 10 ALREADY DOWN. THERE THEY WERE. THEY WERE ALREADY PART OF THE ORIGINAL BUDGET. THEY WERE BUDGETED, SO THEY'RE ALREADY INCLUDED. SO WE HAVE ABOUT 20 MORE. THE. THE TOTAL TO COVER THE TOWN IS ROUGHLY 40. WE MET WITH THE PROVIDER OF THE LICENSE PLATE READERS. AND SO YOU KNOW, PART OF KIND OF THE DISCUSSION WAS WE HAVE THIS PROCESSED FOR NEIGHBORHOODS TO ASK FOR HIM, BUT A CONCERN WITH THE COUNCIL IS WHEN WE GET TO INTO THIS ROAD WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE TRYING TO PLANNED FOR IN THE EVENT THAT ALL NEIGHBORHOODS REQUEST IS WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO COVER THAT WE HAVE THE PLANS TO COVER THE ENTIRE TOWN WITH LICENSE PLATE LEADERS IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL. WHEN I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS WE'RE NOT JUST ADDING SOME 23. WE'RE ACTUALLY ADDING HALF AGAIN ABOUT WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE. EXACTLY RIGHT. WE'RE ADDING WE'RE DOUBLING WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE. AND WE COULD DOUBLE AGAIN AND WE BELIEVE IN WORKING WITH A VENDOR THAT WE CAN COVER THE ENTIRE TOWN AND WE HAVE THE BUDGETARY RESOURCES TO DO THAT. THANKS TO THE ERA OF THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. ALL RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. IT WAS, UH DRIVER RIGHT HERE. UM AND THEN THIS IS THIS IS THE RECAP. WE'VE JUST CHANGED IT INTO REQUEST TO PROPOSED. YOU'VE SEEN ALL THIS BEFORE. THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO COVER THESE AREAS AND THE COST OF THAT 20. 2800 PLUS THE AMOUNT FROM THE RIDGE IS THE BUDGETED INCREASE OF 31 3 50. SO THESE. TWO ACTUALLY THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS A LARGER ONE. IT'S RECOGNIZES THE CHANGE IN REVENUES. BUT THERE'S A THERE'S A PORTION OF THAT RECOGNIZES THE CHANGE AND EXPENDITURE FOR THESE PLATES, AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RELEASE OF THE NEXT 11 LICENSE PLATE. THE NEXT EIGHT. WE ALREADY DID THE THREE GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO YOU WANT US TO TAKE ACTION ON THESE SEPARATELY OR TOGETHER? HOW SEPARATELY, OKAY? ALL RIGHT. I'M GONNA CALL FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS SO WE CAN GET THE BUDGET LOCKDOWN AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE L P. R S. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 
          I HAVE A MOTION BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM, SECONDED BY COUNCILOR KICKER LET'S OPEN THE VOTING UNLESS THERE'S ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALRIGHT, JOHN, YOU'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT NOW, 
          [5.M. Consider a Resolution of the Town of Northlake, Texas, approving the Town Manager to enter into an agreement to lease/purchase license plate readers for Creek Meadows, Prairie View Farms, and The Highlands, at an amount not to exceed $22,800]
LET'S GET ON TO ITEM M. SO THIS IS THE L. P R. S FOR CRETE. MINOS PRAIRIE FARMS ON THE HIGHLANDS AT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 22 800. SO WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS DISCUSSION LITTLE 
          [02:00:04]
BIT. WE'VE HAD A BRIEFING. WHERE YOU COUNSELORS? DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BRING OKAY? THAT ALL RIGHT? YES YOU CAN. ALRIGHT AIRPORT, 10 HAS MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECONDED BY COUNCILOR BOYER. OKAY SO NOW WE'RE BACK TO OPENING DISCUSSION. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO WEIGH IN. WE'RE GOOD. OKAY, LET'S VOTE. ALRIGHT. IT'S UNANIMOUS. ARE WE? I CAN'T QUITE SEE WHEN WE DO THE VOTING. THERE'S A VOTE PANEL COME UP ON THE SCREEN FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE ON ON ONE OF THESE ON THE OTHER ONE. IT STAYS ON THE PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. 
          OKAY Z FIGURED THAT OUT. ALL RIGHT, OKAY. ALL RIGHT, AND WE'RE GETTING JUST GOT A NOTE SAYING WE GOT SOME STATIC ON BILLS MIKE THERE, SO IF YOU COULD LEAN IN WHEN YOURS COMES ON, AND I'LL DO MY BEST TO TRY TO MAKE SURE MINE'S OFF. BUT I THINK I THINK WE'RE OKAY. 
          SOMEBODY WATCHING US. HOW MAY SING IF I'M ON TV. ALRIGHT KEEP ME HONEST HERE. DID WE GET THAT WE GET THROUGH ALL OUR ACTION ITEMS HERE. YES SIR. AND WE DO HAVE AN ACTION ITEM COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. YES, WE HAVE ONE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE AGENDA. YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT 
          [6. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
THAT. IT IS 7 31. PM BY GENERAL CONSENT WILL RETIRE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER SUBJECT. UM EXCUSE ME UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 555 SUB CHAPTER D 5.1071 DOT 07 TO 087. AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT WILL RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION TO CONSIDER ITEM SEVEN. A. AND IF YOU'RE HERE F IT IS 8 49 PM AND WE'VE RETURNED FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION BY 
          [7. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]
GENERAL CONSENT WILL PICK UP WITH ITEMS. SEVEN. A. AS WE RE CONVENIENT OPEN SESSION. THIS ITEM IS A NOTIFICATION OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER OF THE TOWN'S INTEND TO HOLD A LOCAL OPTION ELECTION. PURSUANT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CO CHAPTER 334 TO USE SPECIAL REVENUES TO FUND A SPORTS VENUE PROJECT AT THIS TIME WERE NOW FREE TO STATE. THE TERMS OF THIS WITH THE SPORTS VENUE PROJECT IS AND FOR THAT OF THE MAYOR, PRETEND OUTLINED THIS THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THIS ITEM ENTAILS 100 AND 65 SQUARE FOOT SPORTS FACILITY WITH TWO SHEETS OF ICE AND SIX HARD COURTS FOR BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, PICKLEBALL AND OTHER HARDCOURTS. SPORTS. AH THIS LAND THIS BUILDING WOULD BE OWNED BY THE TOWN. AND LEASED TO A TENANT TO OPERATE IT. AH AS SUCH, THIS WILL BE A FACILITY THAT HAS A LOT OF VALUE TO THE TOWN AND IN ORDER TO FUND THIS WITH ZERO PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS AND ZERO GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. AH WE CAN USE A SPORTS TAX REVENUE, WHICH IS A POTENT, BASICALLY BASED ATTACKS ON THE HOTEL BILLS. AH AS YOU SEE IN MANY CITIES WHEN THERE'S A SPORTS FACILITY FEE OR SPORTS VENUE FEE ON A HOTEL, SO NO RESIDENTS UNLESS THEY STAY WITHIN ONE OF OUR TOWN HOTELS WILL PAY THIS TAX. THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND WE NEED TO SUBMIT THIS TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER FOR APPROVAL. SO WE NEED TO PUT THIS UP NOW AND THEN CONTEND TO HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION IN THE FUTURE, POTENTIALLY ON THE MAY BALLOT. AT THIS TIME AIR PRETEND IS THIS LOCK US INTO ANY DECISION ON THIS OR WHAT EXACTLY IS A STEP WE'RE TAKING THIS STEP ONLY NOTIFIES THE CONTROLLER THAT WE INTEND TO HOLD A SPECIAL ELECTION IN THE FUTURE AND NO CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN SIGNED OR CONTRACTS AWARDED TO ANYBODY. OKAY THANK YOU. SARAH. 
          DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL WISHES TO HAVE AT THIS TIME. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          RIGHT? I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE WHEN THE MAYOR PRO TEM MONTINI AND SECONDED BY COUNCILOR BOYER. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? RIGHT? THE ITEM IS OPEN FOR VOTING. WHO IS STILL OUTSTANDING. WALK US INTO ANYTHING, DOES IT? OF COURSE, STILL MISSING ONE THERE IT GOES. 
          ALRIGHT, WE HAVE 51 AND ONE ALRIGHT. COULD YOU GIVE ME THE ROLL CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE? WHO'S THE NEW AND ABSTAIN PLACE. 
          [02:05:17]
THANK YOU APPRECIATE THAT, ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NO FURTHER ACTION ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING. SO BY GENERAL CONSENT, WE STAND ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.