Jul 10, 2025 Town Council

YOU. GOOD EVENING IS JULY 10TH. WELCOME TO THE NORTH LAKE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING. ALL COUNCILORS

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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LORD GOD, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU AND WE ASK YOUR COMFORT AND PEACE FOR FAMILIES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH UNIMAGINABLE LOSS AND SUFFERING AND PAIN. BRING YOUR PERFECT PEACE IN YOUR SON JESUS. WE ASK YOUR BLESSING ON THESE PROCEEDINGS THAT YOU WOULD PROVIDE WISDOM, THAT THERE WOULD BE RESPECT, THERE WOULD BE DEBATE, AND THAT YOUR WILL WOULD BE DONE. AS YOU EMPOWER THIS COMMUNITY TO DO WHAT'S BEST IN SERVING ALL OF ITS CITIZENS. AND WE PRAY THIS IN JESUS STRONG AND PRECIOUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, WE'LL STAND FOR OUR PLEDGES. 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. TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU ALL. DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE WE GET STARTED? I KNOW SOMETIMES YOU HAVE. WE JUST HAVE A BUSY SUMMER AHEAD OF US. GET THE BUDGET OUT.

SO PLEASE, HOPEFULLY ALL OF Y'ALL HAVE GONE ON VACATION AND SO GET GET READY TO WORK WITH US ON ON GETTING THAT BUDGET OUT, BUT NO FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, SIR. THANK YOU. DREW. OUR FIRST

[2.A. Proclamation - Recognition of Police Chief Robert Crawford - State of Texas Law Enforcement Achievement Award]

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[2.B. Briefing - Summary of Banking Request for Applications Project and Investment Policy Update]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD. GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU. SO AS JOHN MENTIONED, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITIES AND TOWNS HAVE TO GO THROUGH ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS. SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU DO VERY OFTEN. AND SO WE'D LIKE TO JUST KIND OF GIVE A BRIEF KIND OF OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS, WHAT'S INVOLVED. SO THIS CURRENT AGREEMENT, THE CURRENT CONTRACT ENDS SEPTEMBER 30TH. THE NEW CONTRACT WILL START OCTOBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR, AND IT'S A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT. BUT WE BREAK IT UP INTO A TWO YEAR CONTRACT FOLLOWED BY THREE ONE YEAR RENEWALS. THE REASON FOR THAT IS IT JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU A GOOD CHECKPOINT. SO IF MAYBE THE SERVICE IS CHANGED, MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T KEPT UP WITH THE INTEREST RATES. IT GIVES YOU KIND OF AN EASY EXIT RAMPS. LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT, WE WANT TO KIND OF GO BACK OUT AND SEE IF SOMETHING ANOTHER BANK WOULD SERVE US BETTER. SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE STRUCTURING THAT WAY. SO JOHN MENTIONED THIS IS KIND OF STATUTORY. IT'S A REQUIREMENT. CHAPTER 105 IS THE ONE THAT SPECIFICALLY SAYS CITIES AND TOWNS NEED TO DO THIS EVERY FIVE YEARS. AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER CODES AS WELL THAT WE FACTOR IN WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO WE LOOK AT THE TOWNS USAGE OF BANK SERVICES. WE PUT TOGETHER A FEE SCHEDULE BASED ON WHAT THE TOWN IS ACTUALLY USING. AND THE NEXT THING WE DO IS WE LOOK AT ELIGIBLE BANKS. WE DECIDED BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF NORTHLAKE, WE WANT TO GO A LITTLE BIT LARGER JUST TO INCORPORATE MORE BANKS INTO THAT PROCESS. SO WE SELECTED AN 11 MILE RADIUS OF TOWN HALL, AND THERE WERE 12 BANKS THAT WERE WITHIN THAT RADIUS. SO WE CONTACTED ALL OF THOSE BANKS, WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT BANKER, BECAUSE IF YOU SEND IT OUT BUT IT DOESN'T GET TO THE INTO THE RIGHT HANDS, IT MAY NOT BE RESPONDED TO. SO IN ADVANCE, MAKE SURE WE'RE TALKING TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE. DRAFTED THE RFA WITH JOHN AND HIS TEAM AND WE POSTED THE NOTICE, SENT IT OUT, DISTRIBUTED IT TO THOSE IDENTIFIED INSTITUTIONS. AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO IS WE HAVE A NON-MANDATORY PRE-APPLICATION ZOOM CALL. THAT'S GOOD. JUST BECAUSE IT LETS THE BANK SEE OKAY, OTHER BANKS ARE INTERESTED IN THIS. WHO AM I COMPETING AGAINST? SO THAT A LOT OF TIMES HELPS THE TOWN GET A MORE COMPETITIVE RESPONSE FROM THE BANKS? SO THAT CALL WAS ATTENDED BY FIVE OF THOSE 12 BANKS THAT ARE LISTED HERE. SO GOOD TURNOUT. ALMOST HALF OF THE BANKS CAME TO THAT MEETING. AND THEN AT THE END WE RECEIVED PROPOSALS FROM THREE BANKS WAS FIRST FINANCIAL POINT BANK AND WELLS FARGO, WHO IS THE TOWN'S CURRENT DEPOSITORY. SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF CRITERIA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHEN WE'RE DOING THE EVALUATION FOR US. IN THIS CASE, PROBABLY A KEY ONE IS THAT FIRST ONE, AND THAT'S THE ABILITY TO PERFORM AND PROVIDE THE REQUIRED AND REQUESTED SERVICES. SO YOU WANT IT'S NOT JUST RATES AND FEES, IT'S ALSO BANK CAPABILITIES. SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND ALSO JUST REFERENCES. BUT YEAH COST INTEREST RATES. THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS AS WELL. SO WE GET THE RESPONSES IN FROM THE BANKS. AND THEN WE DO A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS LIKE OKAY THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE CHARGING FOR THE FEES. THIS THESE ARE THE RATES YOU'RE PAYING. AND THEN THESE ARE KIND OF THE NET.

WHAT'S THE NET TO THE TOWN AFTER YOU DEDUCT ANY FEES INTEREST BEING PAID. AND SO WE KIND OF RANK THEM THAT WAY TO LOOK AT IT. SO OF THE THREE POINT BANK ACTUALLY GAVE THE HIGHEST TWO YEAR AND FIVE YEAR RETURN. SO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAN WELLS FARGO. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LIKE TO LOOK AT TOO IS THE RATE BASIS. SO THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND A LOT OF TIMES BANKS LIKE TO DO WHAT'S CALLED A BANK MANAGED RATE, MEANING THE RATE IS WHATEVER THEY TELL YOU IT IS. WE PREFER IT WHEN IT'S AN INDEXED RATE OR SOMETHING THAT'S DETERMINED BY THE MARKET. AND ALL THREE OF THE RESPONSES MET THAT CRITERIA. SO REALLY GOOD RESPONSES THERE. SO POINT BANK

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WHAT THIS DOES IS CONVERTS THAT TO AN ACH PAYMENT. SO THE NEXT DAY THE TOWN GETS AN ACH PAYMENT RATHER THAN A CHECK. A WEEK LATER, AND IT'S JUST A FILE THAT THE UTILITY BILLING GROUP JUST UPLOADS INTO THE SYSTEM. SO THERE'S A LOT OF EFFICIENCY THERE. IT ALSO HELPS CUT DOWN ON SOME OF THE LATE PAYMENTS THAT YOU GET, BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE TO SEND THOSE PAYMENTS IN LIKE, HEY, WELL, IT CAME OUT OF MY ACCOUNT. THE TOWN HAS IT, YOU DON'T. BUT YOU KNOW, IN THEIR MIND IT'S LIKE, WELL, IT'S NOT IN MY ACCOUNT ANYMORE. YOU'VE GOT IT. WHY ARE YOU CHARGING ME A LATE FEE? AND SO THIS WAY YOU GET IT THE NEXT DAY. SO IT ALSO JUST KIND OF HELPS UTILITY BILLING DOESN'T GET THE FRUSTRATED PHONE CALLS. AND THE CITIZENS AREN'T FRUSTRATED TOO. SO IT'S THERE'S KIND OF A LOT A LOT TO THAT ONE. SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT POINT. BANK DOESN'T HAVE IT. WELLS FARGO DOES. PAYEE VALIDATION IS ANOTHER THING THAT THEY DON'T OFFER AND THAT'S CHECK FRAUD. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ALL VERY AWARE THAT FRAUD IS A HUGE ISSUE. SO WITH POSITIVE PAY, WHAT THE SCAMMERS ARE DOING NOW IS THEY'RE STEALING CHECKS AND THEY ARE SCRUBBING THE NAME SO THAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THE CHECK NUMBER ALL MATCH UP. BUT THEY'VE CHANGED THE PAYEE NAME. AND SO NOW BANKS ARE ADDING PAYEE VALIDATION. SO IT'S LIKE, HEY, WE'RE TELLING YOU WE WROTE IT TO THIS PERSON OR THIS COMPANY. AND SO THAT NEEDS TO MATCH AS WELL. WHAT BANK DOESN'T OFFER THAT. SO THAT CREATES SOME EXPOSURE FOR THE TOWN JUST FROM A FRAUD PERSPECTIVE. SO THAT WAS AN ISSUE AS WELL. AND THEN CONVERTED CHECK BLOCK IS ANOTHER ROUTE THAT SCAMMERS CAN USE. LIKE WHEN YOU GO TO WALMART AND YOU GIVE THEM A CHECK AND THEY SCAN IT THROUGH AND THEY GIVE YOU THE CHECK BACK BECAUSE THEY CONVERTED IT TO AN ACH. WHEN YOU DO THAT, THAT CAN BYPASS THE POSITIVE PAY. SO IF YOU'VE GOT A SCAMMER THAT GOT A HOLD OF YOUR THE TOWN'S ACCOUNT NUMBER, ROUTING NUMBER, WHICH IS ALL THEY NEED, THEY CAN CREATE A FALSE CHECK LOAD UP AT WALMART. AND THEN THAT KIND OF BYPASSES WALMART. SO THOSE THERE ARE JUST SOME SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE THERE THAT ARE MISSING WITH POINT BANK. SO YES, THE RATES ARE BETTER. BUT THOSE ARE SOME DRAWBACKS THAT WE LOOKED AT. AND THEN THEY DON'T EVER OFFER SEVERAL SERVICES THAT THE TOWN ISN'T CURRENTLY USING, BUT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT USING. ONE IS SECURITY SAFEKEEPING. SO IF THE TOWN IS INVESTING FUNDS IN, SAY, TREASURY BILLS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, YOU NEED SOMEONE KIND OF LIKE A TO HOLD THOSE SECURITIES FOR YOU. IT'S NICE WHEN YOU'RE DEPOSITORY DOES THAT. WELLS FARGO OFFERS THAT POINT BANK DOES NOT ACCOUNT VALIDATION IS ANOTHER SECURITY FEATURE THE TOWN'S NOT CURRENTLY USING. BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT ADDING THAT SO THAT WHEN YOUR VENDOR COMES IN AND SAYS, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BUILDING THE FIRE STATION FOR YOU, HERE'S OUR ACCOUNT NUMBER, ROUTING NUMBER.

THIS PRODUCT LETS YOU GO IN AND SAY, OKAY, IS THIS REALLY ABC CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES? THEY GAVE US THIS ACCOUNT NUMBER. ROUTING NUMBER. DOES THAT MATCH UP. AND SO THIS COMES BACK AND SAID YES THAT'S A GOOD MATCH. SO YOU KNOW IF IT DOESN'T MATCH UP YOU NEED TO DO MORE DUE DILIGENCE BECAUSE IT COULD BE FRAUDULENT. AND THEN INTEGRATED DISBURSEMENT SERVICES A LOT OF TIMES IT'S CALLED CHECK OUTSOURCING. AND THAT'S THE WAY THE TOWN CAN WHEN THEY SEND THEIR POSITIVE PAY FILE TO THE BANK, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND CUT A CHECK AND MAIL IT OUT. AND IT JUST IT TAKES SOME IT TAKES SOME OF THE KIND OF MANUAL LABOR FROM CITY STAFF, OUTSOURCES IT TO THE BANK AND JUST STREAMLINES THAT PROCESS. SO JUST SOME EFFICIENCY ADDS THERE. SO THOSE WERE THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT THAT KIND OF ARE MORE THAN JUST THAT BOTTOM LINE NUMBER THAT ARE ALSO VERY IMPORTANT. SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO RENEW OR TO DO THE NEW CONTRACT WITH WELLS FARGO, KEEP THEM AS THE DEPOSITORY, JUST THEIR PROVEN BUSINESS PARTNER. THEY HAVE ALL THE SERVICES THAT THE CITIES OR TOWNS CURRENTLY USING, AND THEY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE TOWN. AND WHILE NOT THE BEST RATE IN THIS COMPARISON, REALLY THE RATES WE SEE, THE INVESTMENT SWEEP THAT WELLS FARGO OFFERS IS REALLY COMPETITIVE AND PROVIDES A REALLY GOOD COMPETITIVE RATE TO THE TOWN. NO TRANSITION COST, AND THERE'S NO IMPACT TO THE CITIZENS ON THE UTILITY BILLING, WHICH THERE WOULD BE IF YOU WENT AWAY FROM THE ELECTRONIC LOCKBOX. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MAY HAVE ON ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS. THE WELLS FARGO RATE, CAN THEY NEGOTIATE THAT? NO, NOT REALLY. AND I'LL GO BACK TO THAT. SO BECAUSE SO WHAT THE WELLS FARGO RATE IS, IS IT'S A IT'S ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH TEXT POOL. THE TEXT POOL IS LIKE A LOCAL GOVERNMENT POOL. IT'S JUST A KIND OF A SHORT TERM MONEY MARKET FUND THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS APPROVED FOR MUNICIPALITIES AND SCHOOLS TO USE. SO IT'S A VERY SECURE FUND.

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ANYONE ELSE. AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION ON THAT. THANK THANK YOU THANK YOU. AND I KNOW WE HAD WE ALSO HAD THE INVESTMENT POLICY. IT'S UP FOR THE ANNUAL REVIEW AS WELL. WE HAD TWO REALLY MINOR CHANGES. SO I'LL JUST TOUCH ON THOSE REALLY QUICKLY. WE'LL THAT'LL TAKE ABOUT 60S. SO POLICIES IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE. AND SO WE JUST DO AN ANNUAL REVIEW AND THEY'RE USUALLY A COUPLE OF LITTLE THINGS TO TWEAK. IN THIS CASE WE CHANGED IT FROM WE FOUND A TERM THAT'S BEEN CHANGED BEEN UPDATED FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECURITY DEALERS TO BASICALLY FINRA. AND IT'S KIND OF SPELLED OUT THERE. SO WE JUST MADE THAT UPDATE IN THE POLICY. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS JUST KIND OF ADDING A CLARIFICATION THAT THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION WILL BE USING THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE TO MATURITY SHALL BE THE PORTFOLIO'S PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT STANDARD. SO JUST KIND OF ADDED A LINE IN THERE. SO REALLY REALLY IT'S A REFLECTION THAT YOUR POLICY IS IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE, THAT YOU JUST NEEDED A COUPLE OF REALLY SMALL CHANGES THERE. SO AND I THINK BOTH OF THESE ITEMS ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. BUT I KNOW JOHN AND I WAS LIKE WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL JUST TO KIND OF DO A QUICK BRIEFING ON THAT, JUST TO BRING YOU GUYS UP TO DATE ON WHAT WHAT WAS INVOLVED IN THAT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAPITAL

[2.C. Briefing - Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Capital Improvement Program and Funding]

THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, IS THAT COST CONTINUES TO RISE. RIGHT NOW WE'RE ESTIMATING WITH PACE WHO IS OUR CURRENT PROVIDER. THAT WOULD BE ABOUT 290,000 A YEAR IN FEES THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO THAT WOULD BE CHARGED. AND THAT'S BECAUSE ONLINE PAYMENTS ARE INCREASING, WHICH IS GREAT.

THAT WAS THE GOAL OF THE POLICY. TRANSACTION AMOUNTS ARE ALSO INCREASING. AND THEN PROBABLY EVEN MORE OF A FACTOR IS THE FACT THAT THE SERVICE PROVIDER HAS CONTINUED TO RAISE THEIR FEES FOR COSTS. AND WE'VE SPOKEN TO THEM. THEY'VE PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF PROBABLY THE TOWN'S SIZE, HAVE SAID IT'S NON-NEGOTIABLE. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE CHARGING. AND SO WE'VE GONE OUT AND WE HAVE LOOKED AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A POTENTIAL VENDOR WHO WORKS WITH THEIR CURRENT FINANCIAL SYSTEM, WHO COULD POTENTIALLY SAVE UP TO $70,000 A YEAR IN BILLING COSTS.

WE'RE CURRENTLY IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM ABOUT WHAT THAT IMPLEMENTATION WILL LOOK LIKE AND CONTRACT. AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT, WE PLAN TO BRING THAT TO COUNCIL AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN NOVEMBER IF EVERYTHING WORKED OUT. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT SPECIFICALLY. AND IF WE WERE TO DO AWAY WITH THIS, WE WOULD NEED HOW MANY MORE STAFF MOST LIKELY TO HANDLE THOSE PAYMENTS. WE WOULDN'T IF WE DID AWAY WITH COVERING, COVERING, COVERING ONLINE. PEOPLE WOULD MAYBE NOT WANT TO PAY THAT AND WANT TO START WRITING CHECKS. I WOULD SEE MORE. I'D SEE CHECKS INCREASE. YOU'D PROBABLY LOOK AT NEEDING AT LEAST A PART TIME BILLING PERSON, POTENTIALLY A SECOND ONE, JUST TO HELP WITH PROCESSING OR FINDING A WAY TO GET OUR ACCOUNTING TEAM WHO'S CURRENTLY THERE, ENDURING ADDITIONAL TRANSACTIONS FROM PAYABLES AND INVOICES AND THINGS TO SEE IF THEY COULD FIND SOME TIME TO HELP OUT. SO AND YOU'D STILL HAVE ONLINE PAYMENTS. SO YOU STILL NEED A SERVICE, SO YOU'D BE PAYING DOUBLE. YEAH.

AND THEN WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE RECENTLY CHANGED A PAYMENT SYSTEM. AND SO THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A HICCUP IN THE UTILITY BILLS. SO THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE WE WANT TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE MAKE ANOTHER CHANGE, BECAUSE THIS WILL AGAIN BE A LITTLE BIT DISRUPTIVE. AND SO WE'RE AWARE OF THAT AND WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE TIME TO ADJUST BEFORE WE MAKE ANOTHER CHANGE. WOULD THIS ALSO AFFECT THE BILLING? BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD SPOKEN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DETAIL MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IN THE BILLS, THINGS LIKE THAT. WOULD THIS ALSO BE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT COME FROM A NEW VENDOR, OR IS THAT JUST THE. THAT'S A DIFFERENT THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROCESS? YES, SIR. SORRY. YEAH. THAT ONE UNFORTUNATELY IS WITH OPENGOV. AND THEY'RE SET UP FOR HOW THE BILLS ARE PRINTED. SO THEY HAVE LIMITED SPACE ON AND OPTIONS. SO WE'RE DOING THIS AS A CONVENIENCE AND AT THE COSTS KEEP GOING UP FOR THAT CONVENIENCE. DO YOU BILL THE CUSTOMER FOR THAT CONVENIENCE FEE. I MEAN THAT'S SOMETHING

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DEVELOPMENTS DONE ARE PRETTY MUCH DONE. THERE'S THE AREA IN HARVEST. THERE'S THE 114 HUFFINES AND ALSO GIBBS AND ROBSON RANCH, AND THOSE ARE PLACES THAT THE MONUMENTS COULD GO IN TODAY. AND THE OTHER, THE OTHER THREE SITES OUT OF THE SIX IDENTIFIED, WE WOULD WANT TO DELAY UNTIL CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN DONE AND UTILITIES ARE AVAILABLE THERE AT THOSE SITES.

BUT THAT GOING FORWARD WITH THOSE THREE NOW WOULD HELP TO PREVENT THOSE COST INCREASES THAT COME WITH DELAYING A PROJECT DUE TO INFLATION, ON LABOR, INFLATION, ON MATERIALS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? I HAVE KIND OF A QUESTION OR A COMMENT REALLY, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ASKED ABOUT. SO I WAS APPRECIATIVE OF THE RESPONSE. I LIKE THE SPLITTING IT INTO KIND OF TWO PHASES OF DOING THIS NOW OR DOING LESS OF THEM NOW. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT RECENTLY, WHETHER IT'S IN OUR MEETINGS, PRNS OR WHATEVER, IS THE CLARIFYING THE IDENTITY OF THE TOWN. AND SO I KIND OF WANT TO STATE THAT I FEEL LIKE IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN I THOUGHT AT THE TIME, BECAUSE I WAS READY TO SAY, WE DON'T EVEN NEED TO DO THIS, BUT THAT IF WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH PEOPLE KNOWING THIS IS OUR TOWN, THIS IS WHAT THE IDENTITY IS, AND THAT WE CAN SPLIT UP THE COST. I AM MORE IN FAVOR OF IT THAN I WAS BEFORE, AND I APPRECIATE YOU BREAKING THAT DOWN. ABSOLUTELY. SO WE CAN ESPECIALLY THE ONE ON HARVEST SO WE CAN TELL PEOPLE YOU'RE IN NORTHLAKE NOW. IT IS A CONFUSION ON OUR UTILITY BILLING. SO I WILL SAY THAT OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST REQUEST FROM THE PRIOR BUDGET MEETING WAS LOOKING AT THAT OVER 65 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. SO CURRENTLY THAT'S AT 100,000. IT AFFECTS ABOUT 450 INDIVIDUALS OR RESIDENTS HERE WITHIN NORTH LAKE. AND THE CURRENT FISCAL IMPACT IS ABOUT $135,000. DECREASE IN THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. SO LOOKING AT THE OPTIONS, THERE'S A COUPLE HERE LOOKING AT RAISING IT TO 125,000 150,000 AND THEN 200,000. IF YOU GO WITH THE 125, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ADDING AN ADDITIONAL ABOUT 34,000 IN FISCAL IMPACT. ON TOP OF THAT, 135,000, 66,000, ROUGHLY, IF YOU GO WITH OPTION TWO AND THEN OPTION THREE IS ESSENTIALLY DOUBLING THAT 135,000 IN TERMS OF THE REVENUE THAT WOULDN'T BE COLLECTED WITH PROPERTY TAXES. AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER TAXING ENTITIES IN ADDITION TO OURSELVES THAT HAVE THESE OPTIONS AVAILABLE? ALL TAXING ENTITIES BESIDES OUTSIDE OF MUNICIPALITIES? YEAH, EITHER DENTON COUNTY OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. DO THEY ARE THEY ALLOWED TO? I DON'T BELIEVE THE COUNTY HAS A HOME. DO THEY HAVE AN OVER 65 EXEMPTION? I THINK SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER ON CAMPUS. IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, SIR. I DO KNOW THAT THEY ALL HAVE A OVER 65 FREEZE. ALL THREE OF THOSE ENTITIES AND THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT. BUT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT JUST CAME OUT WITH A PRINTOUT AND 200 WOULD BE PROBABLY WE'D TIE FOR THE HIGHEST IN DENTON COUNTY. BUT THEY'RE THEY RANGE ALL OVER THE PLACE. EVERYBODY KIND OF DOES THEIRS DIFFERENTLY. WE'RE DEFINITELY THE WE'RE ONE OF THE ONLY ONES THAT MAX OUT THE PERCENTAGE BASED ONE FOR EVERYBODY AT 20%. WE'RE MAXED OUT THERE. SO BUT WE CAN I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE REST OF THE SUMMER TO WORK ON THE BUDGET. BUT I GET YOU THAT

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YES. SO I WOULD SAY MY PREFERENCE IS ACTUALLY FOR OPTION TWO. I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST MAX OUT THE TAX RELIEF. BUT I THINK OPTION TWO TOES THE LINE BETWEEN GIVING A REPRIEVE TO OVER AN ADDITIONAL REPRIEVE TO FAMILIES THAT ARE OVER 65 OR HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE OVER 65, AND THEN BALANCING IT WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, MAKING PUTTING THE BURDEN, MAKING IT A HAVEN TO WHERE WE AGE OUT OUR SCHOOLS AND HAVE EMPTY SCHOOLS IN 20 YEARS. I'M ALSO IN THE OPTION TWO CAMP HERE, SO YOU DON'T HAVE FULL CONSENSUS, BUT IT'S BETWEEN 2 AND 3. SO WE ELIMINATED TWO OF THE OPTIONS FOR YOU. OKAY. HOW'S THAT? YES. THANK YOU. RAISE IT TO ONE QUESTION. THANK YOU. MR. BROADWAY. SO OKAY. AND WITH THAT WE'LL ACTUALLY DIVE INTO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND WE'LL START WITH THE PROJECTS. SO I DO HAVE THIS PRESENTATION STRUCTURED INTO LOOKING AT THE PROJECTS FIRST AND THEN LOOKING AT WHAT THE FUNDING SOURCES ARE FOR THOSE PROJECTS FOR SUPPORTING THAT. BUT WE'LL GO THROUGH THE CURRENT PROJECTS THAT ARE THAT WE'VE CURRENTLY SPENT MONEY ON. SO STARTING WITH THE CAPTAIN KATHRYN BRANCH PHASE TWO, WE SPENT ABOUT 6.5 MILLION OUT OF AN $8 MILLION BUDGET. IT'S CURRENTLY ON TRACK, AND THIS IS AIMED AT PROVIDING THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT DOWN NEAR I-35 WEST WITH THE WITH THE SEWER THAT THEY NEED, AND GROWTT AREA SO THAT WE CAN DIVERSIFY THE TAX BASE BY BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX. THERE'S FORT WORTH PHASE ONE A, WHICH IS LOOKING TO TAP INTO THE FORT WORTH WHOLESALE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM. THAT PROJECT RIGHT NOW, WE'VE REALLY ONLY SPENT MOSTLY JUST ON ENGINEERING. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING ABOUT 300,000 OUT OF THE BUDGET, 3 MILLION FOR THIS. IT'S EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN SPRING OF 2026, AND IT'S CURRENTLY ON TRACK. THERE IS THE SOUTHWEST OR CATHERINE BRANCH ELEVATED STORAGE TANK THAT IS CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT. ONCE AGAIN, CONSTRUCTION HASN'T STARTED. WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE BID PHAS, COMPLETING THE BID PHASE. THE PURPOSE FOR THIS PROJECT IS TO MAINTAIN THAT WATER PRESSURE IN CATHERINE BRANCH AND ONCE AGAIN ENCOURAGE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH IN THAT AREA TO HELP WITH BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL PROPERTY AND SALES TAX THAT'S NOT TIED TO RESIDENTS. AND THAT'S A WATER PROJECT, AND IT'S CURRENTLY ON TRACK. THERE'S THE FORT ROAD RECONSTRUCTION. RIGHT

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NO LATE FALL 2026. YEAH I'M SORRY I WAS LOOKING I GOT TO MY EARS WRONG. WE MIGHT MAKE THAT.

WE MIGHT MAKE THAT. IT MIGHT BE WINTER OF 2026. BUT WE'LL GET YOU AN UPDATED ESTIMATED COMPLETION TIME. THE NEXT ONE IS THE FLORENCE ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. I THINK THIS ONE HAS BEEN KIND OF AN ON AND OFF ON AGAIN PROJECT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF VERSIONS OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S LABELED AS A MAJOR DISRUPTION. WE'RE TRYING TO GET RIGHT AWAY. THAT'S BEEN THE HOLDUP AND IT'S BEEN THE ISSUE. SO IT'S STILL STUCK IN IN THAT PLANNING PHASE. AND IN THAT RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION PHASE. WE BUDGETED 5.5 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT, REALLY ONLY SPENT A MINOR AMOUNT RELATED TO ENGINEERING COSTS. AND THAT GOES FROM ROPES AND RANCH ROAD ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH TO YARBOROUGH WAY. ONE THAT YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF FOR SURE IS THE STAR CENTER BUILDING. I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT PLENTY, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEETINGS RIGHT NOW. IT'S ON TRACK. WE'VE SPENT ABOUT 17 MILLION OF THAT, 45 MILLION. IT'S SLATED FOR SUMMER OF 26. AND RIGHT NOW THAT DEBT SERVICE, IT'S A LARGE DEBT SERVICE, BUT THAT'S SUPPORTED BY THINGS OUTSIDE OF PROPERTY TAX WITH THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, SALES TAX, EDC, CDC MONEY AND ALSO LEASE PAYMENTS TO THE TOWN FROM THE FROM THE STARS FOR THAT BUILDING. ALONG WITH AS THE STAR SITE INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH SURROUNDS THE BUILDING AND ALSO SUPPORTS IT. SO THAT IS GOING TO HELP ENCOURAGE COMMERCIAL GROWTH THERE IN THAT AREA AS WELL AS SUPPORT THE BUILDING ITSELF. BUT WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE INCREASED PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX REVENUE AS COMMERCIAL ENTITIES COME IN. ONCE THAT CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED, AND WE SPEND ABOUT 10 MILLION OF THE $17.2 MILLION BUDGET, THERE'S ALSO THE CHADWICK COMMONS INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS JUST TO YOU CAN SEE THE STAR CENTER, MULTI-SPORT NORTH LAKE IN THAT IMAGE, JUST TO THE LEFT OF THAT BIG BLUE AREA THAT IS ALSO AIMED AT HELPING TO DEVELOP OUT THAT ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS AREA OF THE SPORTS DISTRICT OF THE TOWN, AND ONCE AGAIN EXPECTING INCREASED PROPERTY AND SALES TAX AS COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COME INTO THAT AREA. SO MOVING INTO PLANNED PROJECTS FOR 2026. SO THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN ON OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND THAT ARE SLATED TO START THIS YEAR. YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED IN THE PAST, BUT WE ALWAYS WANT TO BRING THEM BACK EACH YEAR TO GET YOUR APPROVAL AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD. SO THE FIRST ONE IS THIS FORT ROAD WATERLINE PROJECT. IT'S ESTIMATED AT 1.8 MILLION. IT'S FUNDED BY CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION FROM 2025. WE'RE EXPECTING TO SPEND ABOUT 1,000,000 IN 26. AND ESTIMATED COMPLETION YEAR IS 2027. AND IT'S GOING TO BE INSTALLING WATER LINES ALONG FORT ROAD. I THINK THIS IS ALSO NOW SPLIT INTO TWO PHASES. IS THAT CORRECT, DREW? RIGHT. AND IT'S NOT GOING TO GO ALL THE ALL THE WAY DOWN. IT'S GOING TO THIS WILL HELP US SEPARATE THE TWO PRESSURE PLANES. SO IS THAT CORRECT. IS THIS THIS WILL START STOP AROUND SOUTH BAY CIRCLE. SO BUT ANYWAY IT STILL $1 MILLION EVEN THOUGH THE LINE IS LONGER OR LONGER, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT QUITE THAT LONG. THE NEXT PROJECT IS FORT WORTH PHASE ONE B, SO THAT'S FOLLOWING UP ON FORT WORTH. PHASE ONE A SO THIS IS THE LARGER SECTION. IT'S ESTIMATED AT OR LARGER COST SECTION THAT'S ESTIMATED AT 12.8 MILLION. WE'RE EXPECTING TO SPEND ABOUT 11.8 MILLION IN 2026 USING CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION TO HELP PAY FOR THAT. BUT ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT EXPANDING THAT CAPACITY FOR ADDITIONAL FLOWS TO HELP SUPPORT THE GROWTH WITHIN THE TOWN AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WATER SERVICES ARE EFFECTIVELY PROVIDED. CURRENTLY. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN THE FINAL DESIGN FOR THIS PROJECT. SO IT'S MOVING ALONG FORT WORTH PHASE TWO. THIS IS ONCE AGAIN ALONG

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AND THAT ONE IS WOULD BE COMPLETED IN 2026 ALONG WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING OR PRIOR TO IT. THERE IS THE THOMPSON ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. SO THAT IS ABOUT 10.2 MILLION.

WE'RE LOOKING AT FUNDING OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AS WELL AS CONTRIBUTIONS FROM DEVELOPERS. ABOUT 2 MILLION IN SPENDING IN FY 26 RELATED TO ENGINEERING AND MAYBE SOME CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED IN 2028. THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MASTER PLAN. IT PROVIDES THAT COLLECTOR CONNECTION BETWEEN FM 407 AND OLD JUSTIN, AND ALSO THE RECONSTRUCTION BETWEEN FM 407 AND THOMPSON ROAD AND TO HARVEST. THERE'S ALSO A ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. THIS WOULD COVER BINGHAM, SCHOBER AND MULKEY. THOSE OLDEST SECTIONS OF THOSE ROADS THAT'S EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT $2 MILLION. CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. THE DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD ACTUALLY BE TAKEN OFF THIS. THAT WAS PROBABLY A COPY AND PASTE JOB BY ME FROM THE PRIOR SLIDE. BUT SPENDING FOR THIS WOULD BE 2,000,026. WE FINISH THE PROJECT IN 26. THIS IS A THIS IS AN EXCITING TRAIL PROJECT. THIS IS THE HARVEST AND NORTH LAKE COMMONS TRAIL CONNECTOR. IT'S ONLY ESTIMATED AT 200,000. WE USED THE GENERAL FUND TO FUND THIS PROJECT, AND SPENDING IN FY 26 WOULD BE JUST THAT 200,000. WE EXPECT TO GET IT ALL DONE, BUT IT WOULD CONNECT THE HARVEST SUBDIVISION HERE WITH NORTH LAKE COMMONS. THERE'S THAT EMPTY AREA KIND OF HERE BEHIND TOWN HALL WHERE THERE'S I BELIEVE IT'S A SEWER SEWER LINE, SEWER EASEMENT RUNNING THROUGH THERE. NOTHING'S EVER GOING TO BE BUILT ON TOP OF IT, BUT THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLACE A PATH ON THERE THAT COULD BE USED FOR GOLF CARTS OR FOR PEDESTRIANS TO ACCESS IT FROM THE HARVEST NEIGHBORHOOD HERE INTO NORTH LAKE COMMONS AND CREATE THAT MORE, MORE CONNECTIVITY AS WELL AS POTENTIAL FOR CUSTOMERS HERE FOR TO COME, COME SPEND, INCREASE THE SALES TAX OF THIS AREA AS WELL. THIS IS ONE THAT'S GOING TO, I BELIEVE, BE DISCUSSED LATER ON IS THIS CANYON FALLS TRAIL AND RETAINING WALL REPAIR PROJECT. SO IT'S ESTIMATED RIGHT NOW $1 MILLION. IT'D BE FUNDED VIA THE GENERAL FUND, BUT WITH REIMBURSEMENTS BY THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE THAT COVERS CANYON FALLS WITH SOME INTEREST AS WELL. AND THAT WOULD BE COMPLETED IN 2026. THE REASON THE WALL HAS FAILED IS WATER INFILTRATION. IT'S CAUSED EROSION, SETTLEMENT AND DISPLACEMENT OF THE STONE. AND SO THIS PROJECT WOULD HELP TO RESTORE THAT WALL, AS WELL AS HELP LIMIT FUTURE DAMAGE AND PREVENT MORE COSTLY REPAIRS.

ANOTHER, SMALLER COST PROJECT IS THIS AMERICAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT COMPLIANCE STUDY. WE HAVE IT HERE AS 170,000 MAJOR ACTUALLY JUST UPDATED ME ON IT. SO IT'D BE MORE ABOUT 150,000. THIS IS ONE THAT'S MANDATED BY THE AMERICAN DISABILITIES ACT AND TITLE TWO, AND IT'S ENFORCED BY

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WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS. OR I GUESS I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS STAY TIGHT TO THE REQUIREMENTS. I, I, I TRUST YOU FOR THAT. I JUST KIND OF WANT TO KNOW, ARE WE DOING THE CHEAPEST VERSION OF THE MANDATED SELF EVALUATION? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WHEN I COULD BARELY WALK, THAT I WALKED AROUND THE TOWN AND THAT I'LL SIGN OFF AND SAY I COULD GET IT, BUT YEAH, WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN THAT PASS THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE JUSTICE MUSTER. SO WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ACCEPT AND RECOGNIZE. WE BELIEVE WE HAVE NEGOTIATED THIS. WE BELIEVE THIS IS A FAIR PRICE, AND WE DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE MANY IMPROVEMENTS. WE REGARDLESS, WE KIND OF LIKE A $150,000 TO GET A GOLD STAR AND MAKE A COUPLE TWEAKS. OH, 150,000 PROVE UP THAT WE ARE A NEW COMMUNITY, AND ALL OUR BUILDING STANDARDS HAVE INCLUDED ADA REQUIRED RAMPS AND CROSSWALKS. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE. BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS NOT GOING TO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE A LARGE STUDY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO IN AND GO OUT IN THE FIELD AND INVESTIGATE ALL THESE SPOTS.

AND OUR STAFF IS BUSY DOING ALL THIS STUFF. SO, I MEAN, WE COULD DO IT IN-HOUSE. WE DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE. ENGINEERING FIRMS DO THIS QUITE REGULARLY, AND THEN THEY HAVE THE STAFF THAT KNOWS WHAT TO LOOK FOR TO. THEY'LL PROBABLY SUBCONTRACT WITH SPECIALTY SPECIALISTS IN THIS FIELD, JUST LIKE WITH ANY KIND OF GOVERNMENT REGULATION. THERE'S A BEVY OF SUBCONTRACTORS THAT ARE THAT THAT THAT ARE WHAT THE DOJ WANTS TO SEE. COOL. THANK YOU. AND THEN THESE ARE JUST THE FUTURE PROJECTS. THESE HAVE BEEN ON OUR CAPITAL. MOST OF THESE HAVE BEEN ON OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. THEY'RE ALL SLATED FOR 2027 OR LATER. BUT THERE'S THE DIN CREEK CONNECTOR, THE SEWER INTERCEPTOR, A THIRD GROUND STORAGE TANK THAT WOULD GO WHERE THE OLD PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING IS. SO IT CAN'T START UNTIL THAT BUILDING IS FINISHED.

THERE'S ALSO THE TOWN HALL AND POLICE FACILITY, AND THEN POTENTIALLY A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION. AND THAT IS JUST RUNDOWN OF ALL THE PROJECTS. HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE OR I CAN MOVE INTO THE FUNDING SOURCES. I DO HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT, JUST BECAUSE I KNOW YOU SHARED WITH US BEFORE THE WEBSITE WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT UPDATES AND ALL OF THIS. SO ONCE THESE ARE APPROVED, WILL THESE ALL BE UP THERE JUST IN CASE? THE RESIDENTS YES. REMEMBER ALL OF YOUR UPDATES TODAY AND ALL THE DETAILS. THEY HAVE A PLACE THEY CAN GO CHECK. YES THEY WILL. SO ONCE THEY'RE APPROVED, AND ESPECIALLY ONCE THE PROCESS HAS BEGUN ON THE PROJECTS AND MOVING FORWARD, THEY'LL BE UPDATED ON THAT SITE SO THEY CAN SEE AND TRACK AND CHECK OUT WHERE IT'S AT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. OKAY. SO LOOKING AT THE FUNDING SOURCES. SO RIGHT NOW THE TOWN HAS SECURED 94.3 MILLION FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES FOR THESE PROJECTS. WE'VE SPENT ABOUT 37 MILLION OF THAT ON CURRENT PROJECTS.

THERE'S STILL 57 MILLION REMAINING. A LOT OF THAT'S STILL TIED TO THE STAR CENTER. AND THAT CONSTRUCTION DOWN IN THAT AREA FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECTS. ASSUMING ALL PROJECTS ARE APPROVED AND STARTED ON TIME, I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS A KEY WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS IS DO THEY START ON THE TIME THAT WE PROJECT? THEY WILL. WE'RE PROJECTING ABOUT 32 MILLION NEEDED FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECT COSTS. SO THE CURRENT PRELIMINARY DRAFT OF THE BUDGET AND LOOKING AT THE PRELIMINARY SOURCES SHOWS ABOUT 42.1 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2026, WHICH IS MORE THAN THAT 31.9. THAT'S REALLY JUST DUE TO THE TIMING OF INCOMING SOURCES AND OUTGOING PROJECT EXPENSES. SO WE TEND TO COLLECT A LOT OF OUR SOURCES UPFRONT SOURCES AND REVENUE UP FRONT. SO A GOOD EXAMPLE IS ALWAYS LOOKING AT A DEBT ISSUANCE. WE GET ALL OF IT AT ONCE. WE DON'T GET IT AS WE NEED TO SPEND IT. SO THAT TENDS TO PLACE US AHEAD OF EXPENSES. BUT THIS CHART OVER HERE, JUST ON THE SIDE, JUST SHOWS WHAT WE EXPECT THOSE EXPENSES TO BE, ASSUMING EVERYTHING GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN, AND THEN HOW MUCH WE HAVE AVAILABLE CURRENTLY AND HOW MUCH WOULD BE NEEDED TO MATCH THOSE EXPENSES. IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL FUNDING BREAKDOWN.

HAVE THIS LITTLE CHART HERE ON THE RIGHT THAT SHOWS JUST WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. MAJORITY

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AND THEN THE REST IS FUNDED IS RELATED TO ROAD PROJECTS WE'RE BUILDING. YOU HAVE THE PUBLIC WORKS IS KIND OF THE ONLY BUILDING PROJECT THAT STILL NEEDS ADDITIONAL FUNDING. THE STAR CENTER IS FULLY FUNDED OR IS CURRENTLY FUNDED AND MOVING ALONG, AND 22% OF THIS PROJECTED CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION IS MADE UP OF NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED. JUST TO TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT CURRENT DEBT SERVICE, JUST TO UPDATE YOU ON THAT AND WHAT YOU CAN LOOK AT, WHAT YOU CAN SEE COMING IN 2026, ABOUT 10.8 MILLION IN DEBT SERVICES CURRENTLY. WHAT THE TOWN DOES, THAT'S SUPPORTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES. IT'S NOT ALL FROM PROPERTY TAXES, SALES TAX, TAX, UTILITY REVENUES, LEASE PAYMENTS, DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEN SPECIAL DISTRICT REVENUES. SO OUR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND OUR TOURS, THE PROPERTY TAXES ARE PROJECTED DEPENDING ON HOW THE TAX RATE PANS OUT. AS WE GET CLOSER HERE, WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT RATE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. AND ANY ADDITIONAL DEBT SERVICE IS ABOUT 40 TO 45% OF OUR DEBT IS SUPPORTED BY PROPERTY TAXES. AND THEN THE 2026 CERTIFICATES OBLIGATION OBLIGATIONS, SPECIFICALLY THOSE WOULD BE SPLIT ABOUT 61% BETWEEN UTILITY REVENUES AND ABOUT 39% BETWEEN PROPERTY TAXES. AND THEN THERE'S JUST THIS LAST LITTLE ADD ON.

ONCE AGAIN, I MENTIONED THE CANYON FALLS TRAIL RETAINING WALL REPAIR IS UP FOR DISCUSSION LATER IN THIS COUNCIL MEETING, BUT THAT WOULD BE A 2025 BUDGET FUNDING AMENDMENT WHERE WE WOULD MOVE THAT MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP THE PROJECT GET STARTED THIS YEAR, TWO OTHER POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT COULD GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED THIS YEAR, WHERE WE CAN MOVE FUNDING FROM THE GENERAL FUND, IS THAT HARVEST AND NORTH LAKE COMMONS TRAIL CONNECTOR, AS WELL AS THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT COMPLIANCE STUDY, AND THOSE IF NEEDED, WE COULD BRING THOSE FORWARD AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM. THAT WOULD BE A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO JUST GO AHEAD AND MOVE THOSE FUNDS DURING THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND JUST HAVE THOSE PROJECTS GET STARTED, AND THEN ONE MORE, JUST ONE MORE ITEM RELATED TO FUNDING SOURCES. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE STORMWATER DRAINAGE FUNDING FEE. AND THIS IS THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP PROVIDE SOME DEDICATED REVENUES FOR STORMWATER PROJECTS AND REQUIREMENTS, ESPECIALLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO RIGHT NOW, OUR STORMWATER ACTIVITIES AND FOR THE STORMWATER FUND HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND. SO BY PROPERTY TAXES, THE GENERAL FUNDS COVERED ABOUT 340,000 IN STORMWATER EXPENSES TO DATE SO FAR, 150,000 FOR THAT MANDATED STUDY. ONE OF THOSE UNFUNDED MANDATES, AGAIN, 70,000 FOR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT. AND THEN SO FAR 120,000 RELATED TO PERSONNEL AND INTERNAL SERVICE COSTS. WE'RE EXPECTING ABOUT ANOTHER 120,000 IN FY 26. SO ONCE THOSE ALL SAID AND DONE, 460,000 TO BE SPENT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND BY THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2026 FOR STORMWATER ACTIVITIES, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A DEDICATED REVENUE SOURCE WITH THE STORMWATER DRAINAGE FEE. THAT WOULD BE A $5 FLAT MONTHLY FEE PER HOUSEHOLD FOR RESIDENTS, AND THEN COMMERCIAL WILL BE CHARGED BASED ON IMPERVIOUS, IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA. AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE DID A STUDY. IT'S BEEN PROBABLY A YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS NOW, BUT WE DID A STUDY THAT LOOKED AT HOW MUCH WOULD IT GENERATE AT THAT TIME.

IT PROJECTED MORE ABOUT 300 TO 320,000, WITH ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL GROWTH AND WITH ADDITIONAL RESIDENTS HAVING MOVED IN, HOUSEHOLDS BEING HOUSES BEING CONSTRUCTED, WE'RE LOOKING MORE AT 350 TO $400,000 ANNUALLY. SO AND THAT COULD BE USED TO GO AHEAD, AND IT WOULD ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THESE GENERAL FUND TRANSFERS AND FUNDING BY PROPERTY TAX TO CREATE A DEDICATED UTILITY REVENUE FOR STORMWATER PROJECTS, SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT. AND IT WOULD FREE UP THAT 120,000 PER YEAR THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY TRANSFERRING TO COVER STORMWATER, STORMWATER ACTIVITIES. AND THEN THAT FEE CAN ALSO BE USED TO GO AHEAD AND RETROACTIVELY REIMBURSE THE GENERAL FUND. SO IT WOULD TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE WE COULD ACTUALLY DO STORMWATER PROJECTS, BUT WE COULD ALSO REIMBURSE THE GENERAL FUND FOR WHAT'S BEEN SPENT ON STORMWATER ACTIVITIES. AND THIS IS JUST A LIST OF THE PROJECTS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN. THERE'S CEMENT PILOT CHANNELS FOR STARDUST RANCH, PRAIRIE FARMS AND CREEK MEADOWS STREET SWEEPING SERVICE, DRAINAGE CREW, STORM DRAIN, INLET LABELING, AND THEN ALSO ANY ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE STUDIES THAT NEED TO BE DONE. AND WITH THAT, HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. CAN YOU POP BACK TO SLIDES? YES. SORRY. ONE MORE. YEP. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE TWO ITEMS ARE GENERAL FUND IS FAIRLY FLUSH. AND EITHER THESE THINGS GET DONE THIS YEAR OR THEY GET

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THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS PUT UPON US THAT WE HAVE NO FUNDING SOURCE FOR.

AND IT OUR GENERAL FUND WILL HAVE CONTRIBUTED ALMOST 10% OF OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. WE'RE LOSING ABOUT TEN, A LITTLE LESS. WE'LL CALL IT 9% OF OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE TO THIS UNFUNDED MANDATE. THE QUESTION IS, DO WE KEEP DOING THAT? OR SINCE THE LARGER GOVERNMENT IS AT AT FAULT HERE, DO WE JUST MOVE THAT INTO A FEE THAT WE COLLECT? I MEAN, I PERSONALLY HATE THE IDEA OF PAYING $5 A MONTH. I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT OUR LEGISLATURE HAS PUT THIS UPON US. I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT FOR OUR CITIZENS TO HAVE TO DO IT, BUT COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, WE ARE ALL FUNDING IT ANYWAYS AND LOSING CITY SERVICES. I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE A TOUGH DECISION AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AND FUTURE FUTURE ITEM AS WELL. I'D LIKE TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND BETTER TO, YOU KNOW, ON THE NEXT SLIDE WHERE IT WAS $5 FLAT FEE AND THEN COMMERCIAL CHARGE BASED ON THE IMPERVIOUS SERVICE AREA. BUT, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A DIFFERENT MODEL THAT'S BEING DONE OR BASED OFF OF WATER USAGE? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT WATER USAGE WITH STORM WATER, BUT ARE THERE ANY OTHER MODELS THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT FLAT FOR THAT? AND THEN COMMERCIAL GETS A THERE IS A PIECE OF THAT. THERE'S A WAY YOU COULD USE LIDAR AND YOU COULD MEASURE EVERYBODY'S ROOF AND DRIVEWAY. IT BECOMES VERY EXPENSIVE. AND YOU HAVE ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND IT'S CONSTANTLY CHANGING OR PEOPLE INCREASE THEIR DRIVEWAY. THIS IS THE THIS IS JUST ASSUMING THAT EVERY HOUSE IS ABOUT THE SAME AS FAR AS IMPERVIOUS SURFACE. THEY HAVE A DRIVEWAY, THEY HAVE A ROOF. IT'S NOT PERFECTLY FAIR, BUT NO TAX REALLY CAN BE THE COMMERCIAL WILL. THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE STATIC. THERE'S NOT AS MANY AND THEY HAVE HUGE PARKING LOTS, ESPECIALLY THESE WAREHOUSES, HUGE ROOFTOPS. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, YOU WOULD SPEND QUITE A BIT. YOU'D WE'D BLOW UP THIS FEE. WE'D PROBABLY NEED A BIGGER FEE TO PAY FOR THE STUDY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EVERYBODY'S TRUE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE IS. SO IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S PUSH ME, PULL ME TYPE. WELL, YEAH. WONDER THAT TOO IS LIKE, IS IT IS THERE A WAY TO USE LIKE, SQUARE FEET OR FOR THE FOR EACH PROPERTY YOU'D HAVE TO GO CALCULATE ANALYZE BY PROPERTY TAX RECORDS. RECORDS. YEAH. AND THAT'S ALL TIME AND EFFORT TO WHEREAS WE KNOW THE TYPICAL COMMERCIAL BUILDING IS ALREADY TWO, THREE, FOUR, 20 TIMES BIGGER THAN A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. SO I LIKE BECAUSE SO HOMEOWNERS HAVE TO HOMEOWNERS ARE PAYING FOR IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. AND I ALWAYS IF I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING, I'D RATHER IT BE A LINE ITEM THAT I KNOW WHAT IT IS. BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE IF WE DO CONSIDER DOING THE MONTHLY FEE PER HOUSEHOLD, I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE, YOU KNOW, LIKE CLARIFIED WHAT IT IS WITH AN ASTERISKS BECAUSE THE AND I'M SAYING THIS BECAUSE OUR FRIENDS AT THE STATE HOUSE ARE ALSO EQUALLY. PREPARED TO MAKE SURE TO CLARIFY WHOSE FAULT IS WHAT. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE DO THE $5 FEE TO HAVE AN ASTERISK THAT SAYS, THIS IS WHY YOU'RE PAYING FOR THIS AND WHAT IT IS. AND I'M NOT JOKING. WE WILL TRY. JOHN MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF ROOM ON THAT BILL.

THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT JUST PUT THE MOST PETTY STUFF AT THE TOP. AND THEN I MEAN IMPORTANT.

JOHN, IF YOU GO ONE MORE SLIDE, I MEAN, THIS IS JUST THE LOW HANGING FRUIT. WE AND ALL THESE PROJECTS WOULD BE COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND. SO THIS IS I MEAN IT'S JUST ANOTHER POT OF, OF, OF FUNDS TO PULL FROM. SO IF WE WERE, WE WERE TO DO ANY OF THESE FUNDS AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, AS WE AGE, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO SOME RECLAMATION OF DRAINAGE CHANNELS THAT HAVE SILTED UP, LARGER ONES, CULVERTS THAT BLOCK UNDER ROADS. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE AND MORE OF THESE PROJECTS. THEY'RE GOING TO COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND, OR WE CAN HAVE THIS SPECIFIC FUND SET ASIDE FOR THESE ACTIVITIES. BUT IT'S STILL EXPENSES. I DO LIKE THE IDEA, EVEN THOUGH I

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. EXCELLENT PRESENTATION SIR. AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATION.

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SO AND MOST PLACES HAVE FREEZES ON ALL THAT. LIKE I THINK DREW MENTIONED THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL BOTH FREEZE YOUR TAXES AT 65, SO I THINK IT'D BE COOL IF WE DID THAT. A LOT OF CITIES DO TOO. DENTON DOES, I THINK, AND QUITE A FEW DO DO THE FREEZES. SO MORE COMMENTS LATER ON. THE OTHER SUBJECTS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU JOE MR. REDDICK. OR SHOULD I SAY FORMER MAYOR? STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL DAVID REDDICK, 6111 PRAIRIE BRUSH TRAIL, NORTH LAKE. OF COURSE, IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. IT'S BEEN 6 OR 7 YEARS NOW SINCE I WAS ON THIS SIDE OF THIS DAIS. BUT IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE, HERE TONIGHT FOR TWO SUBJECTS REAL QUICKLY. ONE, NOT AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY YET, BUT I HAVE BEEN APPOINTED BY DENTON COUNTY TO BE THE NEXT DIRECTOR ON THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER ONE BOARD, SERVING WITH KEITH MASHBURN, WHO'S BEEN DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB ON THAT BOARD AND LOOKING FORWARD TO STEPPING IN THERE.

THE COUNTY IS, AT LEAST IN PART DUE TO THE COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP THAT NORTH LAKE, AS A COUNCIL, AS A GOVERNMENT HAS HAD WITH DENTON COUNTY, ALONG WITH RECOGNITION THAT NORTH LAKE IS THE SINGLE LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO THE ESD AND IS IN THE FUTURE WILL BE A SUBSTANTIAL GENERATOR FOR PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE ESD HAS GIVEN US TWO SEATS OF THE FIVE ON THE ESD BOARD.

AND SO THAT'S A THAT'S AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY FOR US. ALSO, IN RECOGNITION OF THE FACT THAT THEY'RE THE MOST KIND OF SERIOUS SITUATION THEY'RE FACING AT THE MOMENT, THE NEXT CHALLENGE ON THE HORIZON IS CHALLENGES RELATED TO THE ACQUISITION OF A NEW FIRE STATION FOR THE SOUTH PART OF NORTH LAKE, AND SO WITH WITH RECOGNITION OF THOSE ISSUES THEY'VE THEY'VE ASKED ME TO SERVE. I'M HAPPY TO DO SO. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COOPERATING WITH ALL OF YOU AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE A VERY POSITIVE APPROACH TO MAINTAINING FIRE SERVICE IN THE SOUTH AND NORTH LAKE. WITH REGARD TO THE OVER 65, JUST A GENERAL COMMENT. I'LL THROW YOU A LITTLE CHALLENGE. I ALSO SERVE FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS ON THE CANYON FALLS WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD, AND WE JUST PASSED TAX RELIEF THIS PAST MONTH WORTH $160 FOR

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JUST APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU SO MUCH AND ALL YOU DO. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DAVE, DO I HAVE ANY OTHER CARDS FOR THIS EVENING? HI, I'M MARINA HARTMAN, I LIVE IN NORTH LAKE. A COUPLE OF ITEMS REAL QUICKLY, THE WELLS FARGO VERSUS THE POINT BANK. DID YOU ALL DO THE DIFFERENCE IN INCOME IS ROUGHLY 16.8%. AND I'M WONDERING IF STAFF DID ANY KIND OF ANALYSIS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE INCREASE IN THE REVENUE TO NORTH LAKE WOULD BE, WOULD BE BENEFICIAL AND OVERCOME THE NEGATIVES THAT THAT POINT BANK OFFERS VERSUS WHAT WELLS FARGO OFFERS. THE NEXT THING IS THE STORMWATER DRAINAGE. I'M WONDERING IF THERE ARE ANY LIKE CARBON CREDITS. WOULD WE GET ANY CREDITS FOR EXPONENTIALLY LESS IMPERVIOUS SURFACE? IF YOU LIVE ON A RANCH, YOU HAVE SO MUCH LESS IMPERVIOUS SURFACE THAN ANYONE ELSE, AND MAYBE A LARGER PLOT OF LAND AND YOU'RE TAKING IN OTHER PEOPLE'S. I MEAN, WE TAKE IN A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S RUNOFF. AND SO THINK ABOUT THAT, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE, FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE STILL FARMING AND RANCHING. JUST A SIDE NOTE. SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA IS THE IDEA OF A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE COUNCIL AGREED TO DO A TOPICAL AMENDMENT ON FLORENCE ROAD, AND IT WAS A IT WAS A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH ANOTHER TOWN. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE TOWN WAS RICHARDSON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEY HAD SOME EXCESS OF THIS, THIS TOPICAL AMENDMENT THAT THEY PUT ON THE ROAD. AND WE HAVE SEEN FLORENCE ROAD FAIL OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

ANYBODY WHO DRIVES FLORENCE ROAD KNOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHILE PUBLIC WORKS DOES A GREAT JOB TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH IT, YOU CAN'T HARDLY KEEP UP WITH THE FAILURES ON THAT ROAD. AND SO I WONDER IF THERE WAS ANYTHING DONE ABOUT THAT, IF THAT EXACERBATED THE PROBLEMS OR IF THAT JUST DIDN'T HELP. KAITLYN JUST WONDERING WHY IS THAT ROAD NOT STRAIGHT NORTH LIKE OWNS EVERYTHING TO THE WEST OF IT, BASICALLY WEST OF KAITLYN. SO I'M WONDERING WHY THERE'S A CURVE ON THAT LANE AND WHY WE CAN'T MOVE THAT OVER AND SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE THREE DRIVEWAYS INSTEAD OF CURVING? IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME, I DON'T KNOW, I DIDN'T STUDY IT, BUT SEEMS LIKE TO ME THAT YOU'RE TAKING FRONTAGE FROM THE CHURCH OR ONE OF THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS BY CARVING THAT ROAD OVER, AND SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE A MORE EFFICIENT USE JUST TO GO STRAIGHT. THE HARVEST NORTH LAKE CONNECTOR. HOW DO THE ADJACENT HOMEOWNERS FEEL ABOUT THAT CONNECTOR GOING THROUGH THEIR THROUGH THEIR HOUSES? HAS ANYBODY TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THAT? THAT'S A $200,000 PROJECT, AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THOSE PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT PUTTING THE CONNECTOR THROUGH. I KNOW THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEACH ACCESS THROUGH THEIR HOMES HATE IT.

OKAY, SO JUST WONDERING, THE OVER 65 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, A SOLUTION TO A LOT OF THAT WOULD BE TO, AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, DISCONTINUE THE EDC AND CDC BEYOND WHAT IS CURRENTLY PLEDGED AND PUT THAT INTO THE GENERAL FUND. AND THEN WE'D SEE A DECREASE IN THE LOSS OF THAT.

THE OTHER THING IS. I WANT TO DISCUSS THE SUP. I KNOW THERE'S A HEARING FOR THAT, BUT I MAY OR MAY NOT BE HERE FOR THAT. SO YEARS AGO, WHENEVER, IF I'VE GOT TIME. MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE LEFT. OKAY. SO THE HISTORY OF THAT IS THAT MOYER, WHO'S A DEVELOPER OF NORTHRIDGE ESTATES, CAME TO NORTHLAKE WITH THE IDEA SKETCHED ON A PAPER NAPKIN FOR NORTHRIDGE ESTATES. AND THEN A DEVELOPER AGREEMENT WAS PUT TOGETHER ON THAT. AND WHAT WAS NOT ALLOWED WERE ALL THESE ACCESSORY BUILDINGS. SO EVERYONE WHO WAS IN NORTHLAKE AT THAT TIME WAS INTRODUCED TO A DEVELOPER AGREEMENT, WHERE NONE OF THOSE ACCESSORY BUILDINGS WERE ALLOWED. AND THEN THE COUNCIL CAME IN AFTER THE FACT, AFTER WE AFTER THE COUNCIL HAD AGREED, THEY CAME IN AFTER THE FACT AND THEY CHANGED THAT AND ALLOWED ACCESSORY BUILDINGS. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO WELL, I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER. IT LOOKS LIKE MY TIME IS UP. SO BUT I'LL TALK ABOUT FROM HERE. OKAY. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY. WELL, ONE POINT ABOUT CAITLYN BECAUSE IT'S FACTUAL BASIS IS TO IT HAS TO BE MOVED OVER TO A LINE TO THE ROAD ACROSS FROM IT AT 407 OFFSET ROADS AT 407. ARE THAT IT? ABSOLUTELY. I WAS GRANTING YOU ANOTHER MINUTE IF YOU WANTED IT. I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU DID OR NOT. YEAH. I'D BE HAPPY JUST TO FINISH DISCUSSING THIS. SUP. SO AS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS A RIGHT. IT'S A USE THAT'S NOT PERMITTED BY RIGHT. OKAY. SO WHENEVER THEY CHANGE THE BASICALLY THE ELEMENTS OF THE

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THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CAR REPAIR PLACES OR WHATEVER PEOPLE HAVE, YOU KNOW, COMPLAINED TO ME ABOUT IT BECAUSE AT THE TIME I WAS COUNCIL MEMBER. AND SO THAT WAS WHAT WAS INTENDED TO BE AVOIDED BY NOT ALLOWING ALL OF THESE ACCESSORY BUILDINGS, IS THAT YOUR HOME DOESN'T TURN INTO ALSO YOUR BUSINESS BECAUSE IT'S NOT ZONED FOR THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S AN ISSUE. BUT FURTHER THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO ALLOW THIS, YOU SHOULD LET EVERYBODY HAVE IT. YOU SHOULDN'T ALLOW ONE PERSON TO HAVE IT OVER ANOTHER PERSON. I THINK WE SEE A LOT OF THAT IN NORTHLAKE, WHERE WE SAY, HERE'S THE RULE, BUT THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THAT RULE, AND A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS SUPPOSED TO BE TO HELP COMBAT A AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENT OR SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T OVERCOME OTHERWISE. OKAY, A SINKHOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR PROPERTY. YEAH. YOU CAN HAVE A SPECIFIC USE TO BUILD YOUR, YOU KNOW, HOUSE CLOSER TO YOUR PROPERTY LINE. OKAY. NOT THAT YOU'D WANT TO, BUT THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE. SO THIS IDEA AND I MEAN INTERESTED IN LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION ON THIS, BUT LIKE I SAID, IF IT WAS ORIGINALLY NOT ALLOWED, DON'T NOW ALLOW IT FOR JUST ONE PERSON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MISS HARTMAN. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WE

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MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, WITH ONE ABSENT. ALL RIGHT. IT IS 6:37 P.M. I'M GOING TO

[5. TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE BOARD MEETING]

EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE HOA NOTIFIED US OF SOME FAILURES IN THE TRAIL SYSTEM, RETAINING

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SO THE REASON THIS AMENDED PLAN IS HERE BEFORE YOU. THIS ADDS THAT RETAINING WALL REPAIR PROJECT AS A PROJECT IN THE PLAN. IT ALSO PRIORITIZES REIMBURSEMENT TO THE TOWN OVER OVER HOA MAINTENANCE COST. SO WHAT THIS DOES IS THIS ENABLES THIS ENABLES THE TOWN TO TRANSFER $1 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE TOURIST FUND FOR THE REPAIR PROJECT. THEN REVENUE FROM THE TOURS WOULD REPAY THE TOWN FOR THE PROJECT COST WITH WITH INTEREST, WITH THE ESTIMATED PAYBACK OF ABOUT 3 TO 5 YEARS. IT ALSO UPDATES EXHIBITS WITH. WE'VE GOT SOME ACTUAL NUMBERS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN A FEW YEARS INTO THE TOURS AND WE HAVE SOME MORE ACCURATE ESTIMATES. MOVING ON FROM HERE, I WILL POINT OUT THAT IN YOUR PACKET YOU HAD A DRAFT OF THE AMENDED PLAN. THERE WAS A COUPLE OF NOTES OF EXHIBITS TO BE UPDATED. WE ACTUALLY GOT EXHIBIT B IN THERE IN TIME. IT WAS UPDATED SO THAT ONE'S BEEN UPDATED AND ACTUALLY REPLACES EXHIBIT B AND EXHIBIT C. SO YOU CAN BASICALLY REMOVE EXHIBIT C IN THERE. EXHIBIT B HAS BEEN UPDATED AND REPLACES BOTH OF THOSE. SO TONIGHT AS THE TOURS BOARD YOU'LL NEED TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THIS AMENDED PLAN. AND THEN YOU'LL GO BACK TO ACTING AS COUNSEL. AND THEN YOU'LL GET TO DO THE SAME THING ALL OVER AGAIN AND RATIFY THAT ACTION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. BEFORE I OPEN PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS, JUST TO REMIND YOU ALL, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT, YOU KNOW, GETTING THIS REPAIRED SOONER THAN LATER IS IT'S VERY TIME CRITICAL. THAT'S WHY WE'RE MOVING IT AHEAD TO AMENDING OUR BUDGET WITH FIRST AMENDING THE TOURS BUDGET SO WE CAN TAKE THAT TRANSFER AND HELP GET THIS PROJECT STARTED. STEPS. AFTER THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS GOING BACK WITH THE HOA AND WORKING OUT SOME OF THE FINER POINTS ABOUT THOSE REIMBURSEMENTS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO SCHEDULE THOSE, AND WE WILL COVER THAT. WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT EXECUTIVE TONIGHT, AND THEN FUTURE DREW AND I AND THE HOA BOARD WILL HOLD A MEETING TO GO OVER WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION FAIR. OKAY. WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. TODD I'LL INVITE YOU UP FOR A THIRD TIME. APOLOGIES FOR GETTING YOUR STEPS IN THERE TONIGHT. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO GET YOUR STEPS IN. WORKS GOOD. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL. TODD TEN 845 PEDERNALES FALLS IN FLOWER MOUND, BUT I'M HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CANYON FALLS HOA ON THE BOARD TONIGHT.

SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU. ALL I KNOW IT'S WE'VE HAD A LOT OF COMMUNICATION GOING BACK AND FORTH. I'M A LOT SMALLER THAN STEVE, WHO'S NORMALLY HERE REPRESENTING ME. HE'S ON VACATION TODAY, SO I WAS VOLUNTOLD. NO, I'M I'M ACTUALLY GLAD TO BE HERE. BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. AND THIS HAS BEEN A LOT GOING ON WITH THIS. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO RESEARCH IT AND WORK THROUGH IT. MANY OF YOU HAVE COME OUT AND ACTUALLY TAKEN A LOOK AT THE PROPERTY ITSELF AND SEEING ALL THE ISSUES GOING ON, AND IT DEFINITELY IS EXTENSIVE AND STUFF THAT WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT. SO LOOKING THROUGH THE PACKET, I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING IN THERE. AND THERE'S A LOT OF AMBIGUITIES OBVIOUSLY WITH TOURS. I KNOW EVEN THOSE THAT WROTE THE TOURS PROBABLY ARE CONFUSED WITH IT.

SO I CAN DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT ALL GOES. BUT TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE GOING TO BE LONGER TERM, AT LEAST WITH WITH THE FUNDING PLANS AND HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK. SO AS WE MENTIONED LAST TIME, OUR HOA, WE'RE STILL CAPITALIZING. WE HAVEN'T FULLY BUILT OUT YET, SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE CAPITAL TO BE ABLE TO SUBSTANTIATE AND TAKE CARE OF ALL THESE REPAIRS. SO WE'D LIKE THE PLAN YOU GUYS ARE PROPOSING OUT THERE IN TERMS OF LOANING THE MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO HELP FUND THE TOURS, TO TAKE CARE OF THIS. THE ONLY CONCERN THAT WE HAVE AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU BRING IT UP, IS UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE STILL IF YOU PRIORITIZE OVER THE MAINTENANCE, THERE'S ALSO THE PORTION THAT GOES BACK TO THE TO THE BUILDERS OR DEVELOPERS. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN

[01:15:02]

AND WE WILL HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THOSE MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE JUST THANK YOU BABY, STEPPING THROUGH THIS RIGHT NOW. UNDERSTAND. DOES ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON TOURS? YOU JOEL PLEASE COME ON UP. JOEL MCGREGOR 89, 21 EAST SANDY LANE. AND I MAY BE SHOOTING MYSELF IN THE FOOT HERE BECAUSE CANYON FALLS IS MY PRECINCT. BUT, YOU KNOW, BACK WHEN THIS WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED, I SPOKE VEHEMENTLY AGAINST IT BECAUSE AND I DIDN'T EVEN REALLY DIDN'T EVEN CONSIDER THAT THE ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS IS, YOU KNOW, BACK THEN IT WAS PRESENTED AND JUST LIKE IT WAS ON HERE NOW AS NONSENSE, THE 29.5 CENTS. BUT AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER IN THIS MEETING, IF YOU TAKE OUT THE 20% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, IT'S REALLY NONSENSE OF $0.23. SO IT'S 40% OF THE PROPERTY TAX IN CANYON FALLS IS GOING NOT TO NORTH LAKE ASSETS TO CANYON FALLS ASSETS. YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE 40% OF MY TAXES GO TO SOME PROJECT IN MY AREA. THAT'S JUST FOR ME THAT I LIKE. YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A SOUND BARRIER UP ALONG DALE EARNHARDT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE TO BLOCK ALL THE NOISE FROM ALL THE TRUCKS, WHY CAN'T WE HAVE A 40% OF MY TAXES PAY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? THAT DOESN'T BENEFIT ANYBODY BUT ME AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE OVER THERE BY ME, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE. WE ARE HEAVILY SUBSIDIZING A AMENITIES FOR ONE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THAT'S JUST WRONG. YOU KNOW, I REALIZE THAT OTHER NORTH LAKE PEOPLE CAN USE IT, BUT YOU GUYS GO OVER TO THE DOG PARK EVERY DAY, DRIVE ALL THE WAY OVER TO CANYON FALLS TO USE THE DOG PARK? I DON'T THINK SO. IT'S MAINLY FOR THOSE PEOPLE AND THAT'S FINE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR IT AND YOU GUYS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. NOBODY SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT IS A. NON NECESSITY FOR SOMEONE ELSE. YOU KNOW? IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S NICE FOR THEM TO HAVE. AND YEAH, I REALIZE ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THINGS NEED TO BE FIXED NOW RATHER THAN LATER AND ALL THAT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. I'M TALKING ABOUT WE'RE SUBSIDIZING THEIR TAXES BECAUSE THEY'RE ONLY PAYING 60% OF WHAT ALL OF US ARE PAYING, OF THE 100% WE'RE PAYING. SO THAT'S THAT'S CLOSE TO DOUBLE THAT WE'RE PAYING IN NORTH LAKE GENERAL FUND TAXES.

THAT CANYON FALLS IS NOT PAYING. AND THAT REALLY UPSETS ME. AND THE TOWN BEING REIMBURSED.

THAT'S SMOKE AND MIRRORS, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S WE'RE BEING REIMBURSED OUT OF THE TAX MONEY WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN COLLECTING IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO THAT'S NOT REALLY A REIMBURSEMENT.

THANKS. THANK YOU. JOEL. ANYBODY ELSE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FIRST BOARD. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE.

IT'S 6:49 P.M. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY DISCUSSION, ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT WITH

[5. VOTE]

[01:20:04]

[6.A. Consider approval of an Ordinance of the Town of Northlake, Texas, amending the Project and Financing Plan for Tax Increment (Financing) Reinvestment Zone Number One, to increase or decrease the total estimated project costs related to maintenance, repair, and construction of trail system and park and recreational facility improvements; providing a severability clause; and providing an effective date]

[6.A. VOTE]

[6.B. Consider adoption of an Ordinance of the Town of Northlake, Texas, amending the Adopted Budget for Fiscal Year October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025; providing that expenditures for the said fiscal year shall be made in accordance with the said Amended Budget]

AND THIS IS TO AMEND OUR BUDGET FOR THE ACTION WE JUST CARRIED. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS WILL OFFICIALLY ALLOW THE STAFF TO TRANSFER THE MONEY TO START THE PROJECTS. DO I HAVE A MOTION?

[6.B. VOTE]

[6.C. Consider approval of a Resolution of the Town of Northlake, Texas, authorizing the Town Manager to execute an amendment to the professional services contract with Halff Associates, Inc, for Survey and Engineering Services for Canyon Falls Retaining Wall Repair in an amount not to exceed $130,000]

AND IT'S KIND OF JUST SHOWS YOU THE OVERALL AREA. I'LL HAVE SOME. OOPS SORRY. I ALWAYS LOOK UP AT THE SCREEN, I FORGET THIS ONE'S HERE. THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE AREA WHERE THIS IS AT. AND THESE ARE SPECIFIC PICTURES OF THE AREA SHOWING WEST WALL SURFACE FAILURES. YOU'LL SEE WHERE ALL THE EROSION HAS ERODED THE STONE AWAY, UNDERMINING THAT FALLING OVER IN SOME AREAS. SOME OF THE PONDING THAT'S THAT'S OCCURRING FROM WATER COMING AND THE POOR EROSION GOING ON THERE, PONDING SOUTHEAST WALL. JUST A NUMBER OF ISSUES. YOU'LL SEE THE AREA THERE NEXT TO THE SIDEWALK WHERE IT'S WHERE IT'S STARTING TO FAIL. A LOT OF THAT STONE IS UNDERMINING THAT THERE AS WELL. A LOT OF SEPARATIONS AND JUST SOME MORE AREAS SHOWING THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE THERE, CONNECTING THE THAT'S NOT REALLY THE BRIDGE SHIFTING ITSELF. WHAT THAT IS, IS BASICALLY WHEN IT WAS INSTALLED, THE BOLTS GOT HIT. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THAT IS. THERE'S NO STRUCTURAL ISSUES WITH THE BRIDGE ITSELF. IT'S JUST MOSTLY THE EROSION TO THE TO THE STONE UNDERMINING. TO. GET BACK TO. THERE WE GO. AND THAT'S IT. AND THIS IS BASICALLY WE'LL GO OVER PROJECT. IT'LL 130,000 COVERS THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION PLAN SPECIFICATIONS PERMITTING BIDDING AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR AFTER THIS IS ALL REPAIRED. OBVIOUSLY WATER

[01:25:02]

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, COUNSELORS? QUESTION. IS THIS 130,000 INCLUDED IN THE MILLION DOLLARS THAT WILL BE REIMBURSED? YES. OKAY. WELL, RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT NUMBERS.

ORIGINAL ESTIMATE WAS 850,000 FOR THE. SO THE TOTAL PROJECTS A MILLION. BUT THE ENGINEERING IS PART OF THAT TOTAL PROJECT COST. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU ERIC. AND WITH THAT I WILL TAKE MOTIONS.

[6.C. VOTE]

MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 1 WITH ONE ABSENT. ALRIGHT. AND FINALLY, ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA TONIGHT.

[6.D. Consider approval of an Ordinance of the Town of Northlake, Texas, amending Chapter 9A, the Northlake Unified Development Code as amended, by approving a Specific Use Permit ("SUP") to authorize an addition to an accessory structure which would cause it to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the area of the primary structure on a 1.07-acre lot being Lot 15, Block 7, North Ridge Estates - Case # 25-SUP00001]

[01:30:08]

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. DARYL RIGGL, 7610 WILLOW RIDGE DRIVE. MY WIFE JAMIE, WE PURCHASED THE HOUSE BACK IN OCTOBER AND EXCUSE MY ATTIRE, I CAME STRAIGHT FROM WORK. I MISSED THE DRESS CODE MEMO. BUT ANYWAY, WE MOVED TO THIS LOCATION BECAUSE WE COULD BUILD A SHOP AND I GOT A BASS BOAT AND WE GOT AN ATV. OF COURSE WE GOT THE TOYS AND EVERYTHING. WELL, THEY'RE ALL INSIDE. SO YOU DRIVE THROUGH OUR SUBDIVISION, PEOPLE GOT BOATS SITTING OUTSIDE. THEY GOT RVS SITTING OUTSIDE. AND REALLY, I ALREADY BOUGHT THE BUILDING BEFORE I EVEN CHECKED WITH IT, WHICH WAS MY WIFE WILL TELL YOU I'M AN IDIOT, BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE BECAUSE THERE'S SEVERAL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE JUST LIKE WHAT I'M REQUESTING.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS, IF I WALKED IN HERE TODAY AND MY HOUSE WAS 5000FT■!S OR EVEN 4000FT■!S, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE. IT WOULD BE APPROVED. BUT BECAUSE MY HOUSE IS SMALL, THEN I GOT THAT MEANS I GOT MORE LAND AND BUT WITH THE RULE WITH BEING 50%, EVEN THOUGH I GOT MORE LAND TO USE, I CAN'T USE IT BECAUSE MY HOUSE IS SMALL AND WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ALREADY IN THE SUBDIVISION, AND THAT'S THE REASON WE MOVED HERE. WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT OUR INVESTMENT ON OUR RV. IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE AND IF YOU SET THEM OUTSIDE, WE HAD IT IN COVERED STORAGE FOR YEARS, AND THAT WAS WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, TO TRY TO GET OUT OF THE COVERED STORAGE. AND ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO. YOUR CHOICE IS EITHER LOOK AT AN RV WITHOUT A ROOF, OR LOOK AT AN RV WITH A ROOF BECAUSE THE RV IS ALLOWED, AND I WOULD PREFER THAT WE HAVE A ROOF OVER IT, AND WE HAVE MAJOR HAILSTORMS AND SUN DAMAGE. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AFTER. I THINK IT'S A BEST LOOKING BUILDING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I REALLY DO, I'M PROUD OF IT. IT LOOKS NICE. WE BRICKED THE FRONT OF IT TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE OUR HOUSE. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DO SOMETHING CHEESY OR CHEAP. WE'RE NOT RUNNING A BUSINESS OUT OF IT. WE MOVED OUT HERE TO HAVE STORAGE FOR OUR THINGS, AND WE'D APPRECIATE YOUR APPROVAL. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON PAPER, HERE I HAVE MR. NICHOLSON. MY NAME IS BRIAN NICHOLSON. I LIVE AT 7801 MEADOW RIDGE DRIVE IN NORTH RIDGE ESTATES. I'M FRIENDS WITH DARRYL. I'VE WATCHED THIS BUILDING GO UP. I'M IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THE SAME THING, THE SLABS BEING POURED ON MINE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, AND I. I'M ASKING FOR A VARIANCE OF MINE, BUT I'M IN. I'M IN FAVOR

[01:35:03]

JOEL MCGREGOR, 89, 21 EAST SAM LEE LANE. I BET YOU CAN GUESS WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY. I THINK THE OWNER MADE A REALLY GOOD POINT THAT HE'S BEING PENALIZED FOR HAVING MORE LAND TO PUT SOMETHING ON, AND ALSO IT'S GOING TO LOOK A LOT BETTER, LIKE HE SAID, TO HAVE A COVERED RV INSTEAD OF ONE JUST SITTING OUTSIDE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONE SITTING OUTSIDE AND THE TEXAS SUN IS GOING TO START LOOKING RATTY PRETTY QUICK. AND IF IT'S COVERED UP, IT'S GOING TO LOOK MUCH NICER. IT'S GOING TO LOOK NEW FOR FOREVER. AND I THINK PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE A BIG DEAL.

YOU KNOW, FREEDOM AND HAVING PROPERTY RIGHTS AND BEING ABLE TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO WITH YOUR OWN PROPERTY, AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT HURTING SOMEONE ELSE IS HUGE. YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FREE SOCIETY, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE WANT WITH OUR OWN PROPERTY. IF WE'RE NOT HURTING SOMEONE ELSE, AND THIS DOES NOT HURT ANYONE ELSE, IT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY LOOK BETTER THAN THE RV SITTING OUTSIDE. SO I'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU GUYS WOULD FIND IN FAVOR OF THIS GUY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU JOEL. I'M RENA HARDIMAN AND I HADN'T SEEN THOSE IMAGES BEFORE I MADE MY STATEMENTS. BUT ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME AND I DIRECT THIS TO MR. RIGGLE, ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME KNOWS THAT I'M A HUGE PROPONENT OF PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS. ENORMOUS PROPONENT.

HOWEVER, WHEN YOU BUY INTO A DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS A DEVELOPER AGREEMENT AND HAS RULES ATTACHED TO IT, YOU EITHER FOLLOW THOSE OR YOU GET RID OF THOSE RULES. AND SO I THINK HIS STRUCTURE IS VERY NICE. I THINK I AGREE WITH MR. MCGREGOR THAT IT WOULD LOOK BETTER WITH A, WITH A, A ROOF OVER IT, AND IT WOULD PROBABLY PROTECT HIS VEHICLE BETTER. BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS IDEA THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND OTHERS DON'T. I THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO EITHER FOLLOW THE RULES OR THE RULE DOESN'T NEED TO BE THERE. BUT AND WITH DUE RESPECT TO THAT. BUT LIKE I SAID, WE ALL WERE IN NORTH LAKE OR I WAS IN NORTH LAKE WHENEVER THIS DEVELOPMENT CAME UP AND NONE OF THOSE ACCESSORY BUILDINGS WERE ALLOWED AT THAT TIME. THAT WAS A DEVELOPER AGREEMENT. IT WAS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THE DEVELOPER THAT THESE THINGS WOULD NOT HAPPEN. THE MORE PEOPLE WHO MOVED IN, THEY CHANGED THE RULES. OKAY. THE TOWN ABSOLVED THE DEVELOPER OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS LIKE FENCING AND ALLOWED THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN. SO WHEN YOU HAVE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN A TOWN AND A DEVELOPER, THAT'S ALSO, BY EXTENSION, AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT IS COMING INTO YOUR TOWN, AND IT'S GOING TO FOLLOW CERTAIN RULES AND REGULATIONS. AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE RULES AND REGULATIONS, CHANGE THEM. BUT DON'T JUST OFFER THEM UP TO 1 OR 2. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WELCOME, SIR. MY NAME IS ROD HOGAN. I LIVE AT 7600 WILLOW RIDGE, WHICH IS IN THAT PICTURE.

I'M THE HOUSE JUST TO THE RIGHT. WE SHARE A COMMON FENCE THERE, SO I JUST WENT THROUGH THE CRITERIA. I CAN'T SPEAK TO ALL OF THEM, BUT I CAN SPEAK TO A FEW ESTHETICALLY. WHAT HE'S PROPOSING HERE WILL FIT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT FITS WITH HIS HOUSE. IT'S NOT OVERBEARING TO THE SIZE OF. IT'S THE APPEARANCE OF HIS HOUSE ON THE OUTSIDE. SO IT FITS IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S NO ANY THE ADVERSE IMPACTS THAT ARE OUTLINED THERE IN NUMBER THREE, INCLUDING DRAINAGE OR VISUAL, IT'S ALREADY CONCRETE. SO THE WATER THAT WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, DRAINED OFF THE CONCRETE WILL NOW JUST BE DRAINING OFF THE ROOF. IT'S GOING TO HAVE GUTTERS ON IT. SO THE CHANNEL IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD THERE. IT'S GOING TO BE VISUALLY APPEALING. NUMBER FOUR AND FIVE ALSO DON'T KNOW IMPACT NUMBER SIX. IT INCORPORATES FEATURES TO MINIMIZE EFFECTS INCLUDING VISUAL IMPACTS. IT LOOKS GOOD.

AND IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP BY MR. MACGREGOR. IT'LL LOOK BETTER OVER TIME WITH A COVER THAN IT WILL WITHOUT A COVER. AND I'VE HAD AN RV SO I KNOW HOW THEY AGE. IF THEY SET OUT, AND I KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS TO PUT THEM IN A STORAGE. SO I'M IN FAVOR, I HAVE TO LOOK AT IT ALL THE TIME.

SO I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING? DAVID REDDICK, 61, 11 PRAIRIE TRAIL, JUST HAD A THOUGHT ABOUT THIS,

[01:40:04]

[01:45:07]

OKAY. I MEAN, I, I'M A RULE FOLLOWER. I ALWAYS GET YELLED AT BY MY WIFE BECAUSE I DRIVE THE SPEED LIMIT AND I STOP AT EVERY STOP SIGN, EVEN IF IT'S NOT MARKED STOP ON THE ROAD.

HOWEVER, I. I KIND OF AGREE A LITTLE BIT WITH SOME COMMENTS DOWN HERE THAT I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING TO LAND UP YET. MR. LORENZ. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK. I'M JUST GIVING EVERY OPPORTUNITY. I HAVE SOME CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS ALSO ABOUT WHETHER THIS IS ACTUALLY PERMITTED WITH THE CCNR'S IN NORTHRIDGE ESTATES, I WAS UNCLEAR. DO THEY NOT CONSIDER THE AWNING PART OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE? IS THAT CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY THAT FOR ME? WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT THERE'S A LIMIT OF 1200 SQUARE FEET THAT JUST APPLIES TO ENCLOSED BUILDINGS. THAT'S THE WAY THEY'VE INTERPRETED IT OR NOT. BUT I DO KNOW THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR HAS GOTTEN THE HOA APPROVAL. THE OTHER TWO THAT ARE BEING REVIEWED AND WILL BE COMING BEFORE YOU SOON OF BOTH GOT HOA APPROVALS. SO IT IS APPROVED BY HOA AND I, I WILL SAY I DROVE THE AREA, I'VE LOOKED AT THE STRUCTURE, I'VE, I DON'T HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE CURRENT RESIDENT AND HOW THEY KEEP THEIR PROPERTY. IT'S IMMACULATE AND WELL MAINTAINED, BUT I, I STRUGGLE WITH, YOU KNOW, A SLIPPERY SLOPE HERE OF WHERE DO WE GO FROM FROM HERE.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. IF THERE'S GOING TO BE MAYBE IT'S WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR ORDINANCE. MAYBE WE NEED TO RECONSIDER, YOU KNOW, WHETHER AN AWNING IS PART OF THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE. THOSE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS RIGHT NOW. AND I JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, TOO. SO FOR FUTURE CHANGE OPTIONS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW, WITH THE ROOF THERE WOULD A SEPARATE PERMIT BE REQUIRED IF IT WERE THEN TO BE CLOSED IN AT ANY TIME AT A FUTURE DATE? YES, THIS WOULD BE OKAY. THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WOULD JUST APPLY TO IS HOW YOU SEE IT HERE. OKAY. UNLESS YOU CHOOSE TO ADD ANY OTHER CONDITIONS ON IT. ALL RIGHT. SO YEAH, I MEAN AND THAT'S WHERE I MEAN LOOKING THROUGH THIS, I MEAN I SEE SOME OF THESE ORDINANCES LIKE YOU LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOME HAVE SAID IS GUIDES. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TO UNDERSTAND THIS, YOU KNOW, OPENING AND CHANGING THE RULE BROADER OPENS IT UP BROADER WITHOUT SOME OF THESE UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE INTENT OF WHAT WAS TRYING TO BE DONE OR THIS THIS TYPE OF GUIDANCE OR HELP. AND SO. I DON'T KNOW. THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE HOLD THE TAKE MOTIONS

[6.D. VOTE]

SO IF WE SAY NO, WE'RE SAYING NO TO DENYING THIS MOTION. CORRECT.

ALL RIGHT. A MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT. MOTION TO NOT MOTION TO DENY. FAILS. CAN I SECOND HOLD ON ONE SECOND A WE DO HAVE THREE. WE HAVE ONE COUNSELOR ABSENT TONIGHT. IF THEY MOTION TO APPROVE FAILS, THE MOTION FAILS COMPLETELY. AND IT'S NOT A APPLICATION IS DENIED. CORRECT.

OKAY. YOU HAVE A TIE. IT'S A NO VOTE. CORRECT? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. JUST WANTED TO LAY IT OUT FOR EVERYBODY UP HERE SO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT I DO HAVE A MOTION. YOUR QUESTION. QUESTION.

OBVIOUSLY WE CAN APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS. ARE THERE ANY CONDITIONS THAT WE CAN ADD TO THIS TO MAKE SURE. I'M JUST OPENING THAT UP TO YES. IS ARE THERE CONDITIONS THAT WE CAN ADD TO MAYBE SAY, BUT THAT'S ALREADY IN OUR THING ABOUT ADDING IT TO MAKE A WALL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT HAS TO GO THROUGH FURTHER PERMIT PROCESS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S NECESSARY. IT ALREADY DOES. YEAH. WELL, THERE'S WHAT WAS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE COVERED PORCH,

[01:50:04]

YEAH. I JUST DIDN'T DO THE MATH IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW. IS THERE A SECOND ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE? THERE WAS NO SECOND YET. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES. OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THIS? I'M GOING TO SECOND. ALL RIGHT, A SECOND FOR MR. FOWLER.

WE WILL HOLD A VOTE ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. YOUR BUILDING IS APPROVED. CONGRATULATIONS, SIR. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE WILL NOW ENTER

[7. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

[8. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]

THIS IS ACTUALLY SOME VERY POSITIVE NEWS FOR US. SOME TIME AGO, WE DID SOME ROADWAY ASSESSMENT FEES FOR PEOPLE IN ETJ TO PAY FOR THEIR SECTIONS OF ROAD AND ON CLEVELAND, GIBBS OR YES, STILL CLEVELAND, GIBBS AND WE HAVE PROPER CLEVELAND GIVES IT. YES. YES. AND NOW WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE TENANTS COMING FORWARD AND ASKING TO ANNEX INTO TOWN. SO THAT'S WORKING WELL. SO WE'RE GOING TO START THAT PROCESS IF, IF SO APPROVED THIS EVENING. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM 8AI HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM MISS HOLMES. SECOND A SECOND FROM MR. PIZZUTO. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH ONE ABSENT ITEM. EIGHT B IS APPROVAL RESOLUTION. TOWN NORTH LAKE AUTHORIZING TOWN MANAGER PUBLISHING ANY PUBLIC NOTICES AND NEGOTIATED WITH THE MAYOR OR TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT CREATION OF A NORTH LAKE FRESH WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT. THIS WILL BE OUT IN THE MOST WESTERN PART OF TOWN, ALONG 156, IN THE VERY NORTHWEST CORNER THAT'S CORNERED BY JUSTIN THERE FOR A SMALL DEVELOPMENT. WITH THAT, DO I HAVE ANY MOTIONS MOTION TO APPROVE? I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM MISS HOLMES. I'LL SECOND THE SECOND FROM MR. PIZZUTO.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS. THIS EVENING IS 8:11 P.M. I WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING. THANK YOU VERY

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.