OVERNIGHT SPELL. CREME DE LA CREME MIGHT LOOK GOOD. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO NORTH LAKE
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TOWN COUNCIL MEETING. WE HAVE ALL COUNCILORS EXCEPT FOR ONE PRESENT. MR. GANS IS ABSENT TODAY. WE WILL START WITH THE INVOCATION. MR. CORRINE, PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS. DEAR LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS WEATHER AND ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WEATHER AND THE GLORY OF YOUR CREATION. WE ASK THAT YOU WATCH OVER ALL THOSE WHO ARE IN HARM'S WAY, PROTECTING US. AND WE ASK THAT YOU WATCH OVER THEM, GUIDE THE COUNCIL AND OPEN THEIR HEARTS AND MIND TO YOUR WILL AND THEIR GOAL OF MAKING MAKING NORTH LAKE A BETTER PLACE. IN JESUS NAME I PRAY. AMEN. THANK YOU, MR. CORN. ALL RIGHT. PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A FEW BRIEFING ITEMS TONIGHT. DREW. YOU CAN COVER A, B, C, AND D. HOW ABOUT I GOT I GOT YOU. YES.WE'VE WE HAVE CANCELED THE SECOND MEETING. WHICH IS WHY I APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING TODAY SO
[2.A. Employee Anniversary - Lora Hutchings, Development Services - 10 Years]
WE CAN KEEP THINGS MOVING IN THE TOWN. THESE ARE THE ITEMS WE'RE GOING TO SKIP THE EMPLOYEE ANNIVERSARY. WE'LL BRING LAURA BACK IN FEBRUARY TO HONOR HER. AND THERE SHE IS. YAY! ALL[2.B. Briefing - Fiscal Year 2025 Debt Service Issuance]
RIGHT, SO FOR JOHN, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR UPCOMING DEBT SERVICE. WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF THINGS IN MOTION. WE'VE GOT THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEBT ISSUANCES COS GEOS AND OUR FIRST TIME DOING REVENUE BONDS. AND THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT PROCESSES THE CEOS HAVE AS WE'LL GET INTO, HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE. THERE'S NOT ACTUALLY A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT THERE ARE TWO NOTICES THAT WE HAVE TO PUBLISH. GEOS ARE ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF. THE VOTERS SPOKE. AND SO THOSE ARE MOVING FORWARD. THIS IS THE SECOND TRANCHE OF THAT FOR THE STAR CENTER. AND THE REVENUE BONDS IS A UNIQUE BOND BECAUSE IT'S SOLELY SUPPORTED BY THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, WHICH BECAUSE OF ITS KIND OF THE ISOLATING THAT REVENUE HAS A DIFFERENT REQUIREMENT AS WELL. BUT HERE'S A LIST OF THOSE PROJECTS. I'LL GO IN MORE DETAIL HERE. SO HERE'S OUR CO BONDS OR CO SORRY. AND A LOT OF THESE ARE THE FIRST ONE. THE CATHERINE BRANCH IS KIND OF TOPPING OFF SOME OF THESE PROJECTS BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF INFLATION A LOT OF COST INCREASES. WE'VE WE'RE DOING THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AS PART OF THE OVERALL PROJECT FOR THE RETAIL AND CHADWICK FARMS, FORT ROAD. REMEMBER, WE'VE EXTENDED THAT PROJECT AND THIS ACTUALLY SHOULD BE FROM 407 ALL THE WAY UP TO ROBESON RANCH. IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY.IT'S GOING TO BE A WATER LINE, WHICH IS THE NEXT ONE THERE. AND THAT WATER LINE WILL DELINEATE OUR TWO PRESSURE PLANES UP NORTH, STARTING THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING. AND THIS IS WE DECIDED TO PUT THE SEWER PROJECT, WHICH WAS GOING TO BE PART OF THE RETAIL AREA. WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT IN THE UNDERNEATH THE CONTRACTOR WITH THE STAR CENTER TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CLEAR PATH OF DELIVERY, PUT ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO GET THE STAR CENTER BUILT ON TIME UNDER ONE PROJECT MANAGER, AND THEN OUR SOUTHWEST ELEVATED STORAGE TANK IN THE IN THE PETRUS AREA DEVELOPMENT. AND HERE ARE THE HERE'S THE GEO AND THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND THE REVENUE BOND AND DOCTOR SESSION. AS YOU ALWAYS ASK, CAN WE PAY FOR THIS. AND YES SIR WE CAN. THIS SHOWS YOU IT'S TIGHT, BUT WE'RE USING MONEY WISELY AND EFFICIENTLY. AND AS YOU SEE IN THE FUTURE, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY. AND I GUARANTEE YOU THERE WILL BE MORE PROJECTS COMING UP IN THE FUTURE. AND SO THIS PROCESS TO TWO DIFFERENT PROCESSES AND OUR, OUR, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR IS NOT HERE, BUT THIS IS THIS IS THEIR RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE OF THE TWO DIFFERENT PROCESSES TO SEPARATE THE TWO DELIVERIES OF FUNDS. THE FIRST ONE IS A CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. YOU'RE APPROVING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA A NOTICE OF INTENT. IT DOES NOT COMMIT THE COUNCIL TO ISSUE THE DEBT. IT JUST STARTS
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THAT PROCESS. AFTER THOSE TWO NOTICES OF INTENT ON MARCH 13TH IS WHEN YOU WILL ACTUALLY APPROVE ISSUING THE DEBT, AND THEN THE FUNDS WILL BE DELIVERED ON APRIL 10TH. THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND THE REVENUE BOND, THE OBLIGATION BONDS BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN ELECTION THE REVENUE BONDS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC REVENUE SOURCE FOR THEM WHERE WE'LL GET THOSE PRICED ON FEBRUARY 27TH, YOU'LL HAVE YOU'LL AUTHORIZE THOSE AND THEN WE'LL DELIVER THE FUNDS MARCH 27TH. AND DID I MENTION THE REVENUE BONDS FOR THE HOTEL CONFERENCE CENTER? WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO USE PART OF WE'RE GOING TO THE BUILDING ITSELF IS $5.9 MILLION. WE REMEMBER WE BOUGHT LAND FOR 1.8. THAT GETS YOU TO THE 7.7. THE 5.91.3 WILL BE CASH ON HAND. REMEMBER WE ALWAYS KIND OF DO AN UPFRONT PAYMENT. WE'LL DO CASH ON HAND AND THEN THE REST OF IT WILL BE FINANCED WITH HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. AND THIS IS FROM EXISTING HOTELS. THIS IS NOT COUNTING ON ANY NEW HOTELS. AND IT ACTUALLY IS ONLY 5% OF OUR 7%. BECAUSE REMEMBER WE'RE GOING TO DO THE 2% FOR THE STAR CENTER. SO ANYWAY, FOLLOWING FOLLOWING ALL YOUR POLICIES AND RULES AND EXPECTATIONS ON THIS, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE DEBT SERVICE. AND THERE'LL BE THERE. THERE'S AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT FOR A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION.TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO, IF WE HAVE ANY EXPENSES BEFORE WE ACTUALLY ISSUE THE DEBT AND WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT, AND THEN STARTING THOSE NOTICES OF INTENT OKAY, NEXT ISSUE NOISE. AND LIGHTS. SO
[2.C. Briefing - Regulation of Noise and Outdoor Lighting Nuisances Beyond Town Limits]
THAT YOU WERE BRIEFED ON NOVEMBER THE 14TH. YOU YOU GAVE US SOME INITIAL DIRECTION, SOMETHING THAT HAS CHANGED. THIS WAS A FEW YEARS BACK. BUT BECAUSE WE'RE A HOME RULE MUNICIPALITY, BECAUSE WE HAVE A CHARTER, WE CAN ACTUALLY MONITOR AND ENFORCE NUISANCES 5000FT BEYOND OUR LIMITS, AND WE CAN ENFORCE THOSE OUTSIDE THE TOWN LIMITS. WE'RE NOT. THE GOAL IS IF IT IF IT'S AFFECTING A NORTH LAKE RESIDENT AND IT'S HAPPENING IN OUTSIDE OF THE TOWN. THIS GIVES US THE ABILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT'S HAPPENING. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO PURPOSEFULLY INTO THE ETJ AND ENFORCE ANYTHING OR MONITOR THOSE. THIS IS IF THERE IS A IF THERE'S A NORTH LAKE RESIDENCE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BE AN INCONVENIENCE WITH LIGHT OR NOISE. AND SO HERE IS THE KIND OF THE FOLLOW UP ON THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS OUR ATTORNEY ADVISED US ON WAS TO HAVE AN OBJECTIVE STANDARD. WE'VE USED THE 85 DECIBEL AS A STARTING POINT. COUNCIL SAID THAT THEY'D LIKE A DIFFERENT LEVEL FOR RESIDENTIAL AND A DIFFERENT LEVEL AT NIGHT. SO HERE IS THE PROPOSED STANDARDS. RESIDENTIAL DURING THE DAY 70 AT NIGHT 60 NON RESIDENTIAL 80 AND AT NIGHT 70.AND THEN JUST AS A REMINDER HERE'S KIND OF WHAT THOSE SOUNDS ARE. AND SO SOME AS WE WERE INTERVIEWING OTHER CITIES SOME OTHER THINGS OR SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE COME UP AND IN REVIEWING OTHER ORDINANCES, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE EXCEPTIONS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, KIND OF ONE TIME EVENTS AT A, AT A, AT SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT HAS BEEN SOUGHT. IT'S BEEN APPROVED.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU CONSIDER EXTENDING PAST 10 P.M. OR ALLOWING THOSE TO GO UP TO THE 85 STATE STATUTE LIMIT? SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING TO OTHER TOWNS OR SEEING WHAT OTHER TOWNS HAD, HOW DOES WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING OR WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED COMPARED TO WHAT OTHER TOWNS HAVE? LET ME LET ME SWITCH OVER TO THIS. SO SOME OF THE INITIAL FEEDBACK IS ARGYLE ACTUALLY ON. SOUND. ACTUALLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER COMPLETE A FORM AND FILE A REFERRAL FORM TO THE PROSECUTOR, AND HAVE THE MUNICIPAL PROSECUTOR TAKE THE CASE AGAINST THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNER. SO INSTEAD OF KIND OF A CITATION, IT'S AN ACTION THAT THE NEIGHBOR TAKES AGAINST THE NEIGHBOR OR THE NEIGHBOR TAKES AGAINST WHOEVER'S THE OFFENDING PARTY IS. SO THAT'S A VERY UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT TYPE. WE DON'T WE KNOW
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THEY DON'T HAVE TO RESTRICT. SO THAT'S LESS RESTRICTIVE OVERALL, BUT THAT A MORE HARSH WHATEVER IT IT SEEMS LIKE IT PUTS THE BURDEN OF ADDRESSING IT. LIKE YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT PRETTY SERIOUSLY WHEN IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT AS A NEIGHBOR. RIGHT, RIGHT. AND IT PUTS THE ONUS ON THE ON THE RESIDENT INSTEAD OF A, AN ACTUAL NUMBER THAT WE CAN MEASURE AND ENFORCE, IT'S GOING TO PUT SOME BURDEN ON THEIR COURT SYSTEM. RIGHT. BECAUSE YEAH. YES. YES.IS IT DOESN'T REALLY DO A LOT OF THESE THIS IT'S AN AVAILABLE FORM. AND ESPECIALLY NOW WHEN WE PUT KIND OF MORE NUMBERS ON IT, IT'S SOMETHING THEY COULD THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO ANYWAY I JUST I DON'T, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S THE RIGHT. HE'S JUST SHOWING YOU AN OPTION THAT IS IN ANOTHER TOWN. BECAUSE I DON'T LOVE THE MAKING OUR POLICE BE THE SOUND POLICE. WELL, WE'LL WE'LL SEE. AND THEY DON'T LIKE IT EITHER. AND LET ME FINISH THIS SLIDE ABOUT THE BASS THAT IS THAT YOU CAN'T MEASURE. YOU CAN JUST FEEL IT. AND SO THIS IS ROANOKE. AND SO IF YOU CAN FEEL IT 30FT AWAY FROM THE SOURCE AND, AND THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S KIND OF A TOUGH CALL.
IT'S, IT'S IT CAN BE SUBJECTIVE. WE WERE JOKING. YOU PUT A GLASS OF WATER LIKE IN JURASSIC PARK AND YOU SEE IT MOVING. BUT THAT'S THAT'S ANOTHER ONE. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL MAY WANT US TO LOOK AT. QUESTION. I KNOW THIS CAME UP A FEW MEETINGS AGO. A HOMEOWNER WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE MUSIC BEHIND HIS HOUSE. IS THAT A NUISANCE? I MEAN, IS THAT A BIT LIKE WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH IF THE IF THE NOISE IS OVER AT NIGHT? HE'S IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. IF IT'S OVER 60DB, IT'S IT. IF YOU FOLLOW THESE PROPOSED STANDARDS, IT'S A NUISANCE AND IT'S ACTIONABLE. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. WITH THE MUSIC, IT WOULD BE OVER THAT. YEAH. AND I GUESS MY CONCERN IS. AND THAT'S ETJ RIGHT. BUT IT'S WITHIN 5000FT. YEAH. SO WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY SALES TAX OFF THEM CURRENTLY. NO SIR. OKAY. AND THEN SO SOME QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASKED IS THIS WHAT KIND OF BURDEN WOULD THIS PUT ON. POLICE ALREADY RESPOND TO NOISE COMPLAINTS QUITE A BIT. THIS WOULD ACTUALLY. SO IN TALKING WITH THE CHIEF AND THE CAPTAINS YOU KNOW IT'D PROBABLY BE A VISIT. HEY, YOU'RE TOO LOUD. PUT IT DOWN OR TURN IT DOWN. BUT IF IT CONTINUES, WE WOULD HAVE AN AUDIOMETER AT HEADQUARTERS AND THEY COULD COME BACK AND ACTUALLY MEASURE IT AND THEN GIVE THE TICKET. IF IT'S DURING THE DAY, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WOULD HAVE THE AUDIOMETER. WE'LL PROBABLY GET 2 OR 3 AND THEN MEASURE THAT. SO WE ALREADY HAVE A STAFF THAT CAN DO THIS. WE'RE ALREADY RESPONDING TO THESE. THIS WOULD JUST KIND OF GIVE US THE TOOLS TO ENFORCE THIS MORE, YOU KNOW. YEAH. THAT THAT LEADS ME TO MY QUESTION, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WITHOUT THE TOOLS, WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP IN DEALING WITH IT OUT IN THE PUBLIC IF YOU IF THEY GET A CALL. LIKE WHAT BEING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MEASURABLE NOISE LEVEL RIGHT NOW. HOW IS IT CURRENTLY BEING HANDLED. IT'S MORE SUBJECTIVE. AND WE COULD STILL ISSUE A CITATION, BUT WE JUST THE OUR ATTORNEY WOULD LIKE FOR THERE TO BE A NUMBER TO IT.
SO YES A CITATION CAN BE ISSUED. THIS WOULD JUST BE A BETTER CITATION. CORRECT. IF WE'D FOLLOW THE STATE STATUTE IT SAYS 85DB. AND IF IT'S UNREASONABLE, SOMEBODY'S GOT THEIR STEREO BLASTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, WE CAN TAKE ACTION. THEN YOU. OKAY? I'M SORRY. WE SAID THAT WE WOULD GO TALK TO THEM AND TRY TO GET THEM TO TURN IT DOWN. HOW ABOUT IF WE'RE HAVING TO GO THERE EVERY NIGHT? WELL, THAT WOULD BE. THAT'S NOT WE'VE. HE'S ALREADY TALKED. THEY'VE ALREADY TALKED TO HIM ONCE. IT'LL BE IN THE IN IN THE RECORD. I FORGOT WHAT Y'ALL CALL IT. THE RECORDS THAT THEIR LOG BOOKS AND SO THEY'LL KNOW IF IT'S NIGHT TWO. THERE WON'T BE A WARNING. IT'LL THERE'LL BE ENFORCEMENT. OKAY. THIS IS ALREADY ENFORCEABLE IN NORTH LAKE AT A CERTAIN DB LEVEL. OKAY. THE STATE STATUTE 8585 IS REALLY, REALLY LOUD. AND RESIDENCES SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THAT. THIS JUST GIVES US THE POWER FOR IF A HARVEST RESIDENT IS, YOU KNOW, BOTHERING A RESIDENT ON THEIR SIDE OF THE FENCE OR HARVEST IS BOTHERING SOMEBODY IN PRAIRIE VIEW, IT EQUALIZES THINGS AND GIVES OUR RESIDENTS THE ABILITY TO SLEEP
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IN THEIR HOMES AND DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY THERE. AND LIKE I SAID, THIS ISN'T PROSECUTORY.THIS IS IF THERE'S A COMPLAINT, THE POLICE NEED ACTIONABLE NUMBERS THAT THEY CAN SAY, YES, THEY'RE BREAKING. NO THEY'RE NOT. THE EQUIPMENT HERE IS VERY INEXPENSIVE. THIS IS NOT HIGH END EQUIPMENT. RADIO SHACK, YOU SELL THESE FOR 20 BUCKS. I MEAN, WHERE. RIGHT. YEAH, EXACTLY. SO AMAZON, THERE'S STILL $20 ONES OUT THERE TOO. SO ANYWAYS, THIS IS THE TYPE OF THING THAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON QUALITY OF LIFE FOR SPEEDING AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. AND YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAVE THE GLARE THING I'M SURE DREW'S GOING TO ADDRESS AS WELL. SO JUST REMEMBER THAT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE QUALITY OF LIFE THERE. AND WHEN A RESIDENT COMPLAINS THE POLICE SHOW UP AND THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THE COMPLAINT. SO OUR POLICE ARE VERY, VERY GENEROUS IN THEIR COURTESY, I WILL SAY, AND I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT MALICIOUS TICKETING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, I'VE DEALT WITH THIS AS A POLICE OFFICER, AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF OFFICERS DO A FANTASTIC JOB OF OFFICER DISCRETION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THE NUMBER ISN'T AS MUCH FOR THE OFFICERS AS IT IS FOR THE RESIDENTS. AND SO BECAUSE THEN IT IT ALLOWS THE OFFICER TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THEM SOMETHING THAT, HEY, THIS IS WHAT IT SAID, THIS IS THE CODE AND THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE AT. AND SO IT IT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THE WILL.
THERE STILL BE SOME ARGUMENTS. SURE. BUT IT IT CUTS THAT DOWN AND IT MAKES THE JOB EASIER FOR THE OFFICER. ULTIMATELY. CONTINUE OUTDOOR LIGHTING REGULATIONS. WE ALREADY HAVE THEM. BUT WE SPECIFICALLY SAY IN OUR ORDINANCES WITHIN THE TOWN LIMITS. AND NOW, SINCE WE'RE A CHARTER ORGANIZATION, WE CAN WE'LL REMOVE THAT AND MAKE THAT SO WE CAN ENFORCE OUTSIDE THE TOWN LIMITS WITHIN THE 50,000. SO OUR ATTORNEY HAS ADVISED US TO WORK TOWARD DARK SKY COMMUNITY CERTIFICATION. AND SO WE THERE'S AN ITEM TO OR WE'LL BRING BACK AN ITEM TO DO THAT.
THAT IS A VERY LONG AND EXPENSIVE PROCESS. BUT WE WILL GET STARTED ON THAT. AND SO THAT RESOLUTION SO THAT WE CAN ENFORCE LIGHTING RESOLUTION REGULATIONS, WE CAN POINT TO THAT TO THE STATE REGULATORS AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE WORKING. WE'RE WORKING TOWARD THAT. IN FACT, A LOT OF OUR LIGHTING STANDARDS, ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT A CERTIFIED DARK, WE HAVE A LOT OF THEIR ELEMENTS IN OUR LIGHTING STANDARDS. AND THEN SO THAT ONE'S THAT ONE'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER. SO THERE'LL BE A SO COMING UP IF WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. AND ROGER, LIKE WE'VE DONE A LOT OF TIMES WE, WE PUT IT IN AND THEN WE TWEAK IT AS WE GO ALONG. BUT THIS GIVES US THE NUMBERS THAT WE NEED AND KIND OF THE DARK SKY. CERTIFICATION PATH. SO THAT'S, THAT'S OUR, OUR RECOMMENDATION. AT LEAST GET STARTED AND MAKE SURE WE CAN ENFORCE THIS WITHIN 5000FT OF OUR TOWN LIMITS. I THINK YOU'RE SAYING THAT IF WE TRY TO GET CERTIFIED, IF WE TAKE THE FIRST STEPS, WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE, THERE'S NO THERE'S NO TIMELINE ON IT. IT'S BUT WE WILL AND WE CAN PROVE UP THAT WE'RE TAKING ELEMENTS OF THAT AND WORKING TOWARDS THAT. COUNCIL.
ANY ANY OBJECTION MOVING FORWARD. I THINK THE NUMBERS ARE RIGHT AS, AS A AV GUY AND AUDIO GUY, THE NUMBERS ARE MUCH BETTER EVERY THREE DECIBELS. IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THAT IS A DOUBLING OF SOUND. OKAY, SO MOVING FROM 85 TO 70 IS A VERY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE. AND PECAN SQUARE, THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT NEIGHBORS IN THAT AREA AND MUSIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN CHASING THE QUALITY OF LIFE. LET'S LET'S TRY TO IMPROVE THAT FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHERE WE CAN. I JUST MY ONLY IT'S NOT A GREAT CONCERN. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING I THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT IS THERE'S BUSINESSES THAT THRIVE OFF OF DOING EVENTS TO GET PEOPLE TO COME IN. IF THEY WERE TO COME INTO OUR TOWN AND RECEIVE SALES TAX, IS THAT GOING TO INHIBIT THEM FROM DOING THAT? AND IF THEY WERE THERE. YEAH.
SO, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE MUSIC VENUES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, ARE WE GOING TO REQUIRE THEM EVERY TIME THEY HAVE SOMEBODY TO GET A SPECIAL PERMIT AND ONLY TO A CERTAIN TIME? THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY NOT REALLY CONCERN. IT'S NOT A CONCERN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN THE TOWN LIKE SO.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR RESIDENTS. BUT IF WE WERE TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME INTO TOWN AND THAT'S PART OF THEIR VENUE AND WE WANT THEM HERE, ARE WE GOING
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TO MAKE EXCEPTIONS FOR CERTAIN TIMES, EXTENDED TIMES MAYBE, OR YEAH, WE WOULD. YOU WOULD HAVE A, YOU WOULD HAVE A PROBABLY A SPECIAL USE PERMIT THAT WOULD BE ONGOING. AND YOU, YOU, IT WOULD GO FOR P AND Z AND THEN BACK TO COUNCIL AND YOU'D PUT SPECIAL CONDITIONS ON IT. SO YOU COULD SAY THE TIME OF THE DAY OR, OR EVENING AND EVEN YOU COULD EVEN GET TO THE LEVEL OF KIND OF ACOUSTICS AND BAFFLING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO NO, THAT DOESN'T PROHIBIT US FROM RECRUITING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OKAY. AND ANY OF THESE ORDINANCES, A FUTURE COUNCIL CAN CHANGE. I WILL SAY MY ONLY COMMENT IS ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING REGULATION TO INCREASE QUALITY OF LIFE. AND I THINK THAT THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK LIKE THAT. A LOT OF TIMES FOR ME, I KNOW I FEEL LIKE MORE RESTRICTION USUALLY SOMETIMES IMPACTS MY QUALITY OF LIFE. SO I WOULD ON THE SIDE OF NOT OVERREGULATING THINGS THAT WE DON'T NEED TO REGULATE, THAT THERE'S ALREADY RULES THERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BETTER WAY IF WE HAVE A BETTER WAY TO TRACK IT.LIKE IF WE HAVE AN AUDIOMETER NOW, I'D RATHER GIVE THEM THE TOOLS TO ENFORCE THE STATUTE THAT ALREADY EXISTS RATHER THAN ADDING MORE REGULATION. BUT THAT'S KIND OF LIKE MY $0.02 FOR HOW WE AS WE GO FORWARD ON THE NOISE. WE'RE WE'RE PUTTING NUMBERS TO IT. YEAH. AND ON THE LIGHT WE'RE, WE'RE REMOVING THAT OLD THAT PRE CHARTER LANGUAGE THAT SAID WITHIN THE TOWN LIMITS. SO WE'RE THESE ARE VERY SO WE'RE NOT CHANGING. WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE IN THE DARK SKY THING IS THE DARK SKY. THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS A CHANGE. YES. YEAH. THAT IS WELL THAT IS A NEW DIRECTION OR SOMETHING WE'LL STRIVE FOR. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PAST COUNCILS AND MYSELF HAVE WORKED ON WITH THE STREET LIGHT DESIGNS TO REDUCE GLARE. AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER STEP IN THERE. BUT IT'S A KEY FACTOR TO HAVING THE LIGHTING. LIKE, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS OF NORTHRIDGE ESTATES HAVE THE PROBLEM WITH CHURCH ACROSS THE STREET AND THE LIGHTING THERE. IT WAS PITCH BLACK OUT THERE UNTIL THE CHURCH CAME, AND NOW IT'S A NUISANCE. SO IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY A NUISANCE UNTIL THERE'S AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS WE ENFORCE IT. BUT I AGREE WITH YOU ON THE PREMISE OF MORE REGULATIONS. NOT ALWAYS GOOD. I THINK WE'RE TIDYING IT UP A BIT. YEAH. SO IT'S CLEANER AND THE POLICE CAN WHEN THE RESIDENT COMPLAINS, THE POLICE CAN'T SAY, WELL, THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT THAT. I DO LIKE THE MINIMIZING LIGHT POLLUTION OUT HERE. RIGHT? I AGREE, AND I ALSO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN FOWLER'S STATEMENT AS FAR AS BEING CAUTIOUS OF WHAT'S COMING INTO TOWN AND NOT PROHIBITING ANY OF THAT. SO I THINK GOING FORWARD, IT'S A GOOD STEP TO PROTECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT. I WOULD SAY MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE NUMBERS. COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THERE'LL BE MULTIPLE OUT OF AGREEMENT BACK TO YOU. YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN WE'VE KIND OF IN THE LAST COUPLE OF STEPS WITH NORTHLAKE BUSINESS PARK. THE THERE AT KIND OF BEHIND THE SUN SUNBELT SELF-STORAGE THAT AREA. AND SO
[2.D. Briefing - Northlake Business Park Development Update]
THIS IS. THESE WERE THE THESE WERE THE STEPS ANNEXATION ZONING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND A TAX ABATEMENT. SO THE LAST TWO STEPS ARE ZONING AND THE TAX ABATEMENT. AND THOSE REQUIRE A BOARD MEETING AND SOME PUBLIC HEARINGS. SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT REAL QUICK TOO. THIS IS THE PROPERTY. AND THEN JUST THIS IS THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROJECT AND WE'VE HEARD FROM THE DEVELOPER HIMSELF. SO THIS STARTED IN 2021. PROJECT WAS BOUGHT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, KIND OF AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS, THE DEVELOPER FLOATED A TRIAL BALLOON ABOUT POTENTIAL MULTIFAMILY. AND THAT KIND OF FOCUSED HIS TIME AND OUR TIME ON SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT THAT WHAT WE INITIALLY AGREED TO AND WHAT WE WANTED. WE STARTED DRAINAGE STUDY, THAT THERE'S A PRETTY LARGE CARRYING OF WATER THROUGH THAT AREA THERE. WE TALKED TO, AND THAT BEGAN EVEN BEFORE WE DID THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. FINALLY, IN SUMMER OF 2023, WE'VE GOT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. IT IS WAS EXECUTED TOWARD THE END OF THAT YEAR, AND THEN THE DEVELOPER PURCHASED THE AREA ABOVE THAT. SO KIND OF BEHIND CREEK MEADOWS NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THAT DIVERTED ATTENTION OF STAFF AND HIM AND HIS STAFF AWAY FROM THE CORE PRODUCT. AND SO JUST KIND OF MENTIONING KIND OF THE TIMES THAT WE GOT OFF TOPIC AND WHERE OUR ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED AND[00:25:02]
OUR EFFORTS WERE DELAYED. SO THE PLAT WAS APPROVED AND PER THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WELL, THIS THEN. WE HAVE PLANNING AUTHORITY IN OUR ETJ WE BEGAN PLATTING NORTHLAKE ACRES. THEN THE OWNER PETITIONED TO RELEASE IT. AND THEN WE GET BACK TO NORTHLAKE BUSINESS PARK, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT. IT WAS IT WAS ANNEXED. WE'VE GONE THROUGH FIVE REVIEWS OF THE DRAINAGE STUDY BY OCTOBER. I JUST HEARD FROM OUR ENGINEER. WE HAVE ANOTHER REVIEW, BUT EVERY TIME YOU CHANGE THE ROADS AND EVERYTHING, IT CHANGES THE DRAINAGE. AND THERE'S TWO SEPARATE ENGINEERS. AND SO THERE'S NOT THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE COOPERATION THERE.BOTH HIS ENGINEERS, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE COOPERATION BETWEEN THOSE TWO. SO HERE WE ARE DECEMBER. WE HAVE A FEW TWEAKS TO THE DRAINAGE STUDY. ONCE THAT'S APPROVED, WE CAN WE CAN GET GOING ON THAT AS AS I SAID, THE ANNEXATION WAS IN 2024. WE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN WORKING AS A TOWN TO HELP THIS DEVELOPMENT. WE ACQUIRED RIGHT OF WAY SO THAT PECAN PARKWAY WILL CONNECT AND GIVE A SECOND POINT OF ACCESS TO THIS DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER OF PECAN SQUARE AND THE CHURCH TO GET A SEWER LINE EASEMENT FOR THIS TO DEVELOP. SO THE TOWN HAS BEEN WORKING PER PER HOUR. WHAT WE'VE AGREED TO IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THE ZONING, WE HAVE A NEED TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. A LOT OF TIMES, THESE ZONING CASES, IF THEY'RE ALREADY DETERMINED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, SEEMED LIKE KIND OF A MINISTERIAL ACTION. OF COURSE, THE P AND Z OR THE COUNCIL COULD REJECT THE ZONING, BUT IT WOULD UNRAVEL THE ANNEXATION AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS. BUT THAT'S A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH PER STATE LAW. AND THEN THAT WOULD BE THE P AND Z ACTIONS, AND THEN THEY WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN THAT WOULD BE THE TOWN COUNCIL ACTION TIME FOR THE ZONING, WHICH WE AGREED TO. AND WE'VE AND WE'VE SEEN THE SITE PLAN AND WHAT HE INTENDS TO BUILD THERE.
AND THEN THE LAST STEP IS A TAX ABATEMENT. TO HAVE A TAX ABATEMENT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A REINVESTMENT ZONE. TO CREATE A REINVESTMENT ZONE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN UPDATED ECONOMIC INCENTIVE POLICY. SO BACKING UP FROM THERE, IN FEBRUARY WE'LL UPDATE OUR. POLICIES AND GUIDELINES. ACTUALLY, NEXT WEEK THE EDC AND CDC WILL BE LOOKING AT THOSE GUIDELINES AND MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL. AND THEN COUNCIL WILL WILL SEE THOSE ON FEBRUARY 13TH. WE ALREADY HAVE THESE EXIST. WE WITH A NEW STATE LAW. WE HAVE TO UPDATE THOSE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE DOING IS ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER UPDATING TITLE CHANGES. BECAUSE OF OUR COMP PLAN, WE'VE NAMED OUR CHARACTER AREAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO, YOU KNOW, RELATIVELY MINOR CHANGES. JUST UPDATING THEM AND GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS ASKED US TO DO.
AND THEN FOLLOWING MONTH, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CREATE THE REINVESTMENT ZONE SO THAT WE CAN OFFER THOSE TAX ABATEMENTS. AND IF YOU'LL RECALL, THIS WAS THE NEGOTIATED TAX ABATEMENTS THAT THE DEVELOPER WAS SEEKING TO BRING THIS PROPERTY INTO THE TOWN LIMITS. AND, YOU KNOW, NOT ALL THE PROPERTY WILL BE DEVELOPED IN YEAR ONE OR 2 OR 3. BUT SO THAT'S WHY IT KIND OF HAS A SLIDING SCALE. THERE'S PROBABLY BE A 5 TO 10 YEAR BUILD OUT FOR THIS, FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. YES, SIR. AND DID THOSE ABATEMENTS CANCEL IF HE SOLD THE PROPERTY OFF? I FORGET THERE WAS SOME SORT OF TRIGGER WHERE IF HE SOLD A PROPERTY. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GET BACK TO US ON THAT. I MIGHT HAVE TO. I KNOW THERE WAS A NUMBER OF ITERATIONS OF GOING THROUGH THIS, BUT I. YEAH, I'LL GET BACK WITH YOU ON THIS. IF IT RUNS WITH THE LAND OR IF IT'S WITH A SPECIFIC PARTY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR BRIEFING ITEMS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. CORN. I WILL OPEN
[3. PUBLIC INPUT]
THE PUBLIC INPUT SESSION AT 5:59 P.M. MISS HARTMAN. HI, I'M MARINA HARTMAN. I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT THE ENTIRE ACTIONABLE PART OF THE AGENDA IS CONSENT AND EXECUTIVE SESSION.[00:30:05]
WHAT THAT DOES IS ALLOW THE COUNCIL TO PASS ALL OF THE SIX ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, WITH ZERO DISCUSSION OF ANY OF THE ITEMS, UNLESS IF THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S DISCRETION, HE OR SHE PULLS THE ITEM FOR DISCUSSION. I'D LIKE TO READ TO YOU FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON HIS LETTER ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS HANDBOOK 2024. THIS IS AVAILABLE ONLINE, AND I ENCOURAGE EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO READ THE HANDBOOK. I'VE READ IT. IT'S NO LONGER IT IS NOT LONGER THAN TYPICAL AGENDA PACKET. AND WHAT YOU'LL FIND IS THAT THERE IS A LETTER OF THE LAW AND THERE'S A SPIRIT OF THE LAW. WHILE NORTH LAKES ATTORNEY IS LIKELY SEEN TO IT THAT THE LETTER OF THE LAW IS FULFILLED, THIS AGENDA DOES NOT, IN MY OPINION, FULFILL THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW. SO PLEASE ALLOW ME TO READ FROM GENERAL PAXTON'S LETTER. FOUNDING FATHER JAMES MADISON ONCE WROTE THAT DEMOCRACY WITHOUT INFORMATION WAS QUOTE, BUT PROLOG TO A FARCE OR TRAGEDY, END QUOTE. AND HE REGARDED THE DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE AS, QUOTE, THE ONLY GUARDIAN OF TRUE LIBERTY. END QUOTE. TEXAS LAW HAS LONG AGREED THE INHERENT RIGHT OF TEXAS TEXANS TO GOVERN THEMSELVES DEPENDS ON THEIR ABILITY TO OBSERVE HOW PUBLIC OFFICIALS CONDUCT THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS. THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT WAS ENACTED TO ENSURE THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT IS TRANSPARENT, OPEN, AND ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE. AT ITS CORE, THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT REQUIRES GOVERNMENT ENTITIES TO KEEP OFFICIAL BUSINESS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT HANDBOOK HELPS PUBLIC OFFICIALS COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TOMA AND FAMILIARIZES. OUR CITIZENS WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR GOVERNMENT. THE LETTER GOES ON TO LIST RESOURCES FOR THOSE WANTING MORE ABOUT THE TOMA, PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE PROCEEDINGS AND DECISION MAKING PROCESSES OF GOVERNMENT IS ESSENTIAL TO THE PROPERLY FUNCTIONING AND FREE STATE. IT'S MY SINCERE THIS IS STILL HIS LETTER. IT'S MY SINCERE HOPE THAT THIS HANDBOOK WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND AND COMPLY WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. IF IN FIVE YEARS, TEN YEARS, 20 YEARS FROM NOW, FROM THE DESCRIPTION OF THESE CONSENT ITEMS, WILL ANY OF YOU BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHAT YOU PASSED UNDER SUCH AS THIS ITEM? BE. CONSIDER RESOLUTION FOR THE TOWN OF NORTH LAKE, TEXAS, EXPRESSING INTENT TO REIMBURSE CERTAIN TOWN OF NORTH LAKE EXPENDITURES FROM THE PROCEEDS OF DEBT OBLIGATIONS TO BE ISSUED ISSUED IN THE FUTURE GIVES US NO CONTEXT. ITEM E CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF TOWN OF NORTH LAKE AUTHORIZING PUBLIC PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. APPROVING THE PREPARATION OF PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT IN THE NOTICE OF THE SALE, AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF. I UNDERSTAND YOUR DESIRE TO GET THROUGH YOUR MEETING, BUT I BELIEVE THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA AND AT THE BARE MINIMUM, KNOW THE CONTEXT OF THESE ITEMS WITHOUT DIGGING INTO THE PACKET. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MISS HARDEMAN. ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC INPUT SESSION. ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX ITEMS ON[4. CONSENT ITEMS]
CONSENT AGENDA. AS MR. CORN COVERED EARLIER, NONE OF THESE ARE BINDING BECAUSE WE'RE ISSUING A NOTICE OF INTENT FOR BONDS, WHICH WE DISCUSSED IN THE BRIEFINGS, AND WE WILL TAKE ACTION ON THAT AT A FUTURE MEETING. SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE CONSENT ITEMS AS PUBLISHED. UNLESS ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO PULL SOMETHING. SECOND, I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR HOLMES. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ON. ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, WITH ONE ABSENT.[5. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
AND WITH THAT, WE WILL GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION NUMBER 551071551072 AND 551087. I'M NOT EXPECTING ANY ACTION THIS EVENING. NO, SIR. AND IT SHOULD BE A SHORT EXECUTIVE SESSION.SHOULD BE VERY BRIEF. YES, THANK YOU SIR. WITH THAT WE'LL JUMP TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE SHOULD BE BACK VERY SOON. SO I GOT WORD BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
NO PROBLEM. WE CAN DO IT. YOU DO IT. OH.
[6. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]
IT'S 6:16 P.M. WE RETURN FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH NO ACTION. WITH BY GENERAL CONSENT.[00:35:03]
I WILL CONVENE THE MEETING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.