Aug 28, 2025 Town Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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START THE NORTH LAKE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING FOR AUGUST 28TH. WE'RE GOING TO START TONIGHT WITH A ROLL CALL. EVERYBODY IS HERE AND PRESENT AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR INVOCATIONS. WELCOME, SIR. LET'S PRAY. LORD JESUS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JUST THE RAIN YOU'RE SENDING OUR WAY. AND THE REMINDER OF YOUR PROVISION, YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR LEADERSHIP OVER OUR COMMUNITY. GOD, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THESE CIVIL SERVANTS AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE WORKING SO HARD AS TRAFFIC PILES UP OUTSIDE. LORD, I, I JUST ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE OVER OUR COMMUNITY FOR DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE. WE ASK FOR WISDOM, LORD. WE ASK FOR UNITY. AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND DEVELOP, WE PRAY THAT MORE AND MORE FAMILIES WOULD FIND A SAFE PLACE TO CALL HOME AND HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND FLOURISH. THANKS TO THE DECISIONS OF THESE WHO ARE SERVING ON THIS BOARD AND BRINGING PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT. SO GOD, WOULD YOU BRING UNITY, CLARITY AND PEACE IN THE NAME OF JESUS? WE ASK THESE THINGS. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. LET'S STAND FOR OUR PLEDGES, PLEASE.

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. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU VERY

[2.A. Briefing - Denton County Emergency Services District No. 1 and No. 2 Update]

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU JUST KIND OF A I'LL KEEP THIS BRIEF. I KNOW YOUR TIME IS IMPORTANT, SO I DON'T WANT TO I'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS BRIEF. AND I WANT TO ALLOW SOME TIME FOR SOME QUESTIONS, BUT I WANT TO KIND OF JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A REAL QUICK STATE OF THE ESD. I WILL KIND OF RECOGNIZE WE DO HAVE SOME NEW COMMISSIONERS. WE APPOINTED TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS ON JULY 8TH. I'M GOING TO TALK A LOT ABOUT THE NEW FIRE STATION IN NORTH LAKE. I WANT TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT. TELL YOU ABOUT THE PROGRESS. SOME OF YOU WENT TO THE GROUNDBREAKING IN FEBRUARY. AND SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT. AND THEN I'M JUST GOING TO END IT WITH SOME BRIEF KIND OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH, SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN SEPTEMBER AND EVEN IN OCTOBER. WE'RE HERE NEXT SLIDE OKAY. SO WE'RE 35 OR 65MI. WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 45,000 POPULATION. THAT POPULATION CONTINUES TO GROW, AS YOU CAN SEE, JUST BASED ON OUR CALL VOLUME FOR 2024, WE WE INCREASED BY ALMOST 19%, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE. IT'S IT'S REALLY ALMOST UNHEALTHY GROWTH.

TYPICALLY YOU WANT YOUR GROWTH ABOUT 3 TO 5%. SO BUT FOR FY 25 YEAR TO DATE WE'RE ABOUT FOUR A LITTLE OVER 4%. SO I DO THINK WE'LL HIT OVER 4000 CALLS. BUT WE'RE GROWING EACH MONTH. WE'RE GETTING BUSIER AND BUSIER, BUT WE'RE NOT GROWING AS CRAZY AS WE WERE LAST YEAR. SO THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE WANT TO GET A NEW STATION, BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING THIS IMPENDING GROWTH THAT WE'RE HAVING. SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO DO THAT. SO AS YOU RECALL BACK LAST YEAR, I BRIEFED YOU ON OUR COMMISSIONERS ADOPTED A 20 2025, 2027 STRATEGIC PLAN. THEY HAD A WORKSHOP BACK AT THAT SUMMER. WE WORKED ON IT. THEY ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER, WENT INTO EFFECT IN OCTOBER, AND 11 MONTHS LATER WE WERE ALREADY 42% COMPLETE. I JUST UPDATED THAT DASHBOARD. AND SO WE ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG. JUST KEEP IN MIND THERE ARE THERE ARE SIX INITIATIVES, 24 GOALS AND SETTING OUT OBJECTIVES. AND SO WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME JUST 11 MONTHS. HERE'S SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WE PRESENTED THIS TO OUR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER MEETING IN APRIL.

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LOOKING AT EVERYTHING FROM TAKING ALL THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS FROM ALL THE TOWNS WE SERVE, THE GIS DATA FROM DENTON COUNTY LOOKING AT DEMOGRAPHICS, COMMUNITY RISK PROFILES, ALL THAT INFORMATION TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, AND LOOKING AT A PLAN FOR WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHAT WE BELIEVE WOULD BE OUR FIRE STATIONS FOR THE NEXT 4050 YEARS. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WHENEVER YOU'RE LOOKING IN THE CRYSTAL BALL, YOU KNOW IT GETS A LITTLE FUZZIER THE FARTHER OUT YOU TRY TO PREDICT. SO, BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE LOOK AT BASED ON THE DATA WE HAVE. SO WE PRESENTED THAT TO OUR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS IN AUGUST AND APRIL. SO GLAD TO HAVE THAT. BUT THE ONE WE'RE MOST PROUD OF, THE OBJECTIVE WE'RE MOST PROUD OF, IS YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH ALL THE AUDITING AND THE BEST PRACTICE WE'VE IMPLEMENTED AND CHECKS AND BALANCES AND THINGS WE PUT IN TO TO SUSTAIN OUR FINANCIAL STABILITY. ONE OF OUR OBJECTIVES WAS, HEY, WE SAID, LOOK, EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN THROUGH, WE WE WANT WITH THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, WE WANT TO HAVE NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES ON OUR THIRD PARTY AUDIT. AND SO OUR VERY FIRST AUDIT COMES BACK, NO MATERIAL WEAKNESS. SO WE'RE VERY IMPRESSED, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. OUR STAFF DID A REALLY GOOD JOB WORKING REALLY HARD ON THAT. IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK TO GET THERE. BUT AND I'M NOT AN ACCOUNTANT, I DON'T EVEN REALLY KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. BUT I'VE HEARD IT. THAT'S A PRETTY BIG DEAL. SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. MORE RECENTLY WE'VE RESTRUCTURED SO THE ASSET OWNERSHIP OF OUR ASSETS. SO BETWEEN ESD ONE AND TWO. SO ESSENTIALLY ESD TWO WHICH IS EMS ONE IS FIRE HAS GOT A VERY LARGE LOAN AND THEY PURCHASED HALF THE FIRE STATIONS AND ALL THE ANIMALS. SO NOW THEY HAVE SOME SKIN IN THE GAME. THEY HAVE SOME OWNERSHIP OF THE ASSETS. WE'RE STARTING TO MELD THOSE TWO TOGETHER, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE STRUCTURALLY WORKING TOGETHER. SO THAT'S IN THE WORKS. AND THAT WAS A BIG STEP FOR US. THE TRANSACTION FROM THAT ALSO ALLOWED US TO COMPLETE ANOTHER OBJECTIVE THAT I THOUGHT WOULD TAKE 3 TO 5 YEARS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO, OUR COMMISSIONER SAID, WE WANT AN 180 DAY RAINY DAY FUND. WE NEED TO HAVE RESERVES IN CASE WE HAVE ANOTHER COVID. IN CASE ANY KIND OF SITUATION COMES UP. WE CAN GET THROUGH THAT. SO WE NOW HAVE THAT. WE LIVE WITH THIS NEW BUDGET WE'RE PASSING. WE WILL HAVE A 90 DAY RESERVE FUND. AND WE ALSO FROM THAT THIS BUDGET WILL ALLOW SOME SOME FUNDS ASIDE FOR FUTURE LAND. SO WE'LL BE LOOKING TO PURCHASE LAND IN THE FUTURE AS SOON AS MAYBE EVEN NEXT YEAR FOR OUR NEXT STATION. JUST KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE MASTER PLAN.

IN THAT MASTER PLAN, WE ALSO IDENTIFIED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE NEEDED TO IDENTIFY THE TOP FOUR LOCATIONS WHERE WE THINK THE NEXT STATIONS WILL BE IN THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS. TWO OF THOSE ARE IN NORTHLAKE, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE. SO THIS WILL HELP US TO TO WORK TOWARDS BUILDING THOSE STATIONS. WE'LL TALK REAL QUICKLY ABOUT OUR COMMISSIONERS. SO FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO DON'T KNOW, THIS IS OUR GOVERNING BODY. I HAVE FIVE COMMISSIONERS ON ESD, ONE FIVE COMMISSIONERS ON ESD, TWO ONE FIRE, TWO EMS. THEY ARE NOT ELECTED. THEY'RE APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. SO JUDGE EADES, DON EMERSON, BOBBY MITCHELL, THOSE THEY DECIDE WHO OUR COMMISSIONERS ARE. THEY DO TWO YEAR ROTATING TERMS AND THAT'S WHO I REPORT TO. THAT'S KIND OF MY MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO HERE'S OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS. WE WE ONE OF THEM YOU'LL RECOGNIZE RIGHT AWAY FORMER MAYOR OF NORTH LAKE DAVID REDDICK. HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. DON'T KNOW IF HE MADE IT IN. HE WAS HE SAID HE HAD ANOTHER CONFLICT, BUT HE WAS GOING TO TRY HIM HERE. BUT I KNOW SCOTT THUNDERBIRD. HE'S HERE AND HE'S ALSO HERE AS WELL.

BUT WE ADDED THEM. THEY WERE APPOINTED ON JULY 8TH, AS YOU KNOW, OR MAY NOT KNOW, OUR FORMER PRESIDENT, SHELDON GILBERT. HE MOVED OUT OF THE DISTRICT. AND THAT'S A REQUIREMENT BY STATUTE. HE HAS TO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. SO HE HAD TO RESIGN. SO WE APPOINTED THEM. JUST KIND OF FYI, THOSE POSITIONS, ARE THEY BY STATUTE, EVERY YEAR THEY ELECT THEIR POSITIONS AS FAR AS THEY DON'T COME IN AND AUTOMATICALLY BE A POSITION. THEY APPOINT THOSE TO EACH OTHER THROUGH AN ELECTION. AND IT'S IMPORTANT THE REASON WHY THESE ARE NOT ELECTED, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. TWO OF THEM ARE MAYORS, ONE OF THE FORMER CITY MANAGER. THREE OF THEM HAVE FINANCE BACKGROUNDS. FOUR OF THEM, TWO ON EACH BOARD, HAVE FINANCE, FIRE AND EMS BACKGROUNDS. SO THEY HAVE THEY BRING A LOT OF LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE AND HELP US PROVIDE OVERSIGHT FOR THE ESD. OKAY. TALK REAL QUICK ABOUT THE STATION. I WANT TO KIND OF DIG INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT. SO THE NEW STATION, WE DID THE GROUNDBREAKING BACK IN FEBRUARY. IT IS A MODULAR FIRE STATION. WE DID. THERE'S A COUPLE REASONS WHY WE DID THIS. ONE, IT WAS GOING TO SAVE THE TAXPAYERS ABOUT 10% IN COST. SO IT WAS ALSO GOING TO BE REALLY QUICK. THEY PROMISED THAT THEY COULD DELIVER THIS THING IN LESS THAN A YEAR. AND SO WE'RE ALL EXCITED. WE SIGNED THE DOCUMENTS ALL LIKE IN EARLY JULY. SO WE'RE THEY CAN BY JULY OF THIS YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE OPEN. WELL THAT DIDN'T EXACTLY HAPPEN. IT IS 5200FT■!S MODULAR STATION. IT SITS ON 1.7 ACRES THAT WE PURCHASED FROM HILLWOOD.

IT'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A WASTE. WE DID HAVE TO BUILD SOME RETAINING WALL. IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE SLAB WORK AND THE DRIVEWAY FOR IT DOES HAVE TWO BAYS AND WE WILL HAVE OUR VERY FIRST AERIAL LADDER. SO WE CALL THAT A QUINT IN THE FIRE SERVICE.

THAT'S KIND OF A HYBRID BETWEEN A FIRE ENGINE AND A LARGER LADDER TRUCK, WHICH HAS A LOT MORE COMPARTMENT SPACE. SO THIS WILL BE OUR VERY FIRST ONE. BUT WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A VERY APPROPRIATE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FOR THIS AREA OF OUR DISTRICT. AS YOU KNOW, THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTHLAKE ARE VERY INDUSTRIAL HOTELS, APARTMENTS. SO WE THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY

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BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE MANUFACTURER, THEY KIND OF THEY JUST UNDERESTIMATED SOME OF THE LICENSING REGULATIONS. SO TO ADDRESS THAT, THEY HIRED A THIRD PARTY INTERNATIONAL FIRM CALLED INTERTEK. THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE UL LIKE UNDERWRITER LABORATORY. SO THEY BASICALLY PUT THEIR DESIGN PACKAGE INTO A PLAN TO SUBMIT TO THE STATE OF TEXAS. THOSE PLANS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO 738 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT EACH PAGE IS STAMPED BY ENGINEERS. AND SO THAT'S ALL COMPLETED. AND SO NOW THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE STATE. AND SO WE'RE NOW KIND OF WAITING PATIENTLY AS THE STATE AUDITS THAT AND DOES SOME INSPECTIONS. WE'RE WORKING ON SEEING THAT PROCESS. THAT'S KIND OF THE PART. WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE STATE WILL TAKE ON THAT BECAUSE OF THOSE DELAYS. THE ESD COMMISSIONER DID APPROVE EXTENDING OUR SERVICE AGREEMENT CONTRACT FOR THE TOWN OF ROANOKE. SO THAT AREA WE PAY ROANOKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO COVER THAT AREA. AND SO WE DID LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS. WE WERE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING FROM PORTABLE BUILDINGS TO EVEN SOME OF YOUR NICE HOTELS IN THAT AREA. BUT WE DECIDED FOR THE SHORT TERM, THE BEST DECISION TO MAKE WAS JUST TO EXTEND THAT CONTRACT. AT THE SAME TIME, WE WERE ALSO LOOKING TO TRY TO HIRE FIREFIGHTERS FOR THE STATION, SO WE HAD TO KIND OF MAKE A DECISION. WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND HIRE THOSE FIREFIGHTERS. IT'S VERY COMPETITIVE PROCESS AND WE WERE AFRAID WE WOULD LOSE SOME OF THOSE TO OTHER NEIGHBORING AGENCIES. SO WE DID HIRE THE 12 FIREFIGHTERS. ON JULY 19TH. THEY WENT THROUGH A TWO WEEK EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION, AND WE THEY WENT IN SERVICE, STARTED DOING THE JOB ON AUGUST 2ND.

THAT ENGINE, WE'VE TAKEN ONE OF OUR RESERVE ENGINES UNTIL THE QUINT GETS HERE. IT'S OPERATING OUT OF STATION 514 ON, I BELIEVE THAT'S GIBBS ROAD. I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE CALL IT.

NOW, MAKE SURE I GET THAT RIGHT. SO WE'VE GOT TWO FIRE ENGINES OPERATING OUT OF THAT STATION.

AND SO THEY DO HAVE THEIR OWN DISTRICT. AND AND WE'LL BASICALLY USE THAT ENGINE UNTIL THE QUINT ARRIVES. THE QUINT HAS ARRIVED. IT'S ACTUALLY HERE. IT'S AT THE DEALERSHIP WE'RE GETTING WE'RE GOING TO GET IT NEXT WEEK. WE THINK IT'LL TAKE ABOUT WE'VE GOT TO DO SOME TRAINING. WE THINK WE'LL TAKE ABOUT THREE WEEKS OR SO TO INSTALL AND PUT ALL THE EQUIPMENT ON IT. SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THAT NEW LADDER TRUCK OR LADDER QUINT WILL BE AVAILABLE LATE SEPTEMBER. SO THAT'S WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND WE'LL DO A PUSH IN CEREMONY FOR THAT AS WELL. SO ONCE THE STATION OPENS, WE'LL OBVIOUSLY HAVE YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE OF THE QUINT. WE'LL ALSO RELOCATE THE AMBULANCE STATION 511 TO WE'LL HAVE THREE CORNERS WHERE WE HAVE AMBULANCES ALL THREE CORNERS OF OUR DISTRICT. THERE WE GO REAL QUICK. JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH. AS THINGS GO SLOW. GO BACK. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. SO JUST REAL QUICK, AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE A PASSION FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH. WE MY FAVORITE SAYING IS, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE. SO I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF THAT. SO A LOT OF THINGS WE DO, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS WE CAN GIVE BACK AND BE INVOLVED AND CREATE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS. SO ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH, WE DO HAVE A PUSH IN CEREMONY FOR ONE OF OUR NEWEST AMBULANCES, WHICH WE HIRED FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS BACK IN FEBRUARY, PUT IN SERVICE IN JULY. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A PUSH IN CEREMONY. FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT A PUSH IN CEREMONY IS. IT'S JUST A TRADITION IN THE FIRE SERVICE, WHERE IT GOES BACK TO THE OLD HORSES AND PUSHING THE HORSES BACK IN. SO IT'S KIND OF A NEAT THING, BUT WE MAKE IT A FAMILY COMMUNITY EVENT. WE'LL HAVE SNO-CONE FREE SNOW CONES. WE'LL HAVE WE KIND OF MAKE IT A FUN EVENT, SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. ALSO, AS YOU RECALL, WE DO TO HONOR NINE OVER 11. WE DO A BLOOD DRIVE EVERY YEAR. THIS YEAR WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING A NINE OVER 11.

WE DON'T ALWAYS GET THAT DATE. WE HAVE TO WORK ON WHAT DAYS WE CAN GET. SO IF YOU CAN COME BY THE STATION BETWEEN 11 A.M. AND 4 P.M. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BLOOD DRIVE. AND THEN THE THING THAT I DID PUT THESE IN BECAUSE WE JUST FINALIZED THESE, I WANT TO GET THESE IN. THIS WILL BE OUR SECOND ANNUAL COMMUNITY VACCINE CLINIC. SO WE DID THIS LAST YEAR AS A PARTNERSHIP THROUGH ALBERTSONS. IT'S FREE. ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS BRING YOUR INSURANCE CARD. WE DID IT ON VERY SHORT NOTICE LAST YEAR AND WE HAD OVER 50 PEOPLE SHOW UP. AND SO WE'RE REALLY GOING TO TRY TO SEE HOW IT GOES THIS YEAR. BUT IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. YOU KNOW IN THE AREA YOU WANT TO STOP BY AND GET A FREE VACCINE. IT'S A WAY TO GO. AND OF COURSE, OUR LAST THING IS WE DO A TON OF TEACHING CPR AND HOW TO USE ADS. IT'S OUR NUMBER ONE COMMUNITY OUTREACH. WE DO HAVE A REALLY REINFORCE THE IMPORTANCE OF CPR. SO OUR NEXT CLASS IS OCTOBER 11TH, STATION 511. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. TRY TO KEEP IT SHORT. QUESTIONS COUNSELORS I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I HAVE A COMMENT. SO A MONTH OR SO AGO I GOT TO TEST OUT OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES AND RIDE IN ONE OF OUR AMBULANCES AND CHECK OUT ALL OUR GUYS. AND I HAD. I HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR THE TEAM THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE I WAS FREAKED OUT AND THEY WERE CALM, AND BY THE TIME I BY THE TIME WE GOT TO THE HOSPITAL, IT WAS LIKE JOKING, VERY LIGHT ENVIRONMENT. AND I JUST RESPECTED YOUR GUYS SO MUCH. SO I JUST WAS IT WAS COOL TO GET TO SEE THEM IN ACTION. SO THAT'S WHY I DID IT. I'M GLAD WE WERE THERE TO HELP. THANK YOU. UPTIME IS HARD. YOU EVER SEEN THE DUCK IN THE WATER

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THOSE ARE FREE OF CHARGE FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE DO DEPEND IF IT'S A BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT FORMS OF IT. IF YOU JUST WANT THE SIMPLE CLASS, IF YOU WANT THE TRUE CERTIFIED EIGHT HOUR, YOU KNOW THERE ARE SOME COSTS, BUT THE SIMPLE ONES, WE DON'T CHARGE FOR THEM. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE IS ALWAYS OUTSTANDING. AND WE JUST APPRECIATE YOU THAT WE HAVE YOU IN NORTHLAKE. WELL THANK YOU.

EXCELLENT TURNAROUND JOB, SIR. TO GET A CLEAN AUDIT THAT QUICKLY. THAT'S IMPRESSIVE. A LOT OF HARD WORK. AND YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY JUST KIND OF ROLL THEIR SLEEVES UP. YOU KNOW WE TOOK A LOT OF ADVICE. WE TALKED TO THE TOWNS AND SAID HEY YOU KNOW GIVE US SOME SUGGESTIONS ON THINGS. AND AND SO IT REALLY IT REALLY WAS TEAMWORK. WELL I DON'T KNOW. TOO MANY PEOPLE COULD TURN IT AROUND THAT QUICK. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS FINE ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I KNOW I DID THIS QUICKLY. I WAS TRYING TO KEEP PACE WITH TIME, BUT FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT. YOU AIN'T SEEN QUICK YET.

I KNOW I WAS THE FIRST ONE, I KNOW I HAD. THANK YOU SIR, APPRECIATE YOU. ALRIGHT, NEXT

[2.B. Briefing - Careflight Membership Renewal]

THEY CAN CARRY NICU, ALL THE EQUIPMENT FOR NICU AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO THEY KEEP THEM THERE. THAT WAY THEY'RE EASILY ACCESSIBLE OUT TO GO RETRIEVE A PATIENT IF THEY NEED TO, AND COME BACK WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT MOVING A HELICOPTER THAT'S DEDICATED TO THOSE WE HAVE. THE OTHER ONES THAT ARE THEY'RE STILL THEY'RE STILL THE FASTER HELICOPTERS, BUT THEY'RE NOT AS BIG AS THOSE TWO THAT WE HAVE UP IN THOSE AREAS. AND THEN WE USED TO HAVE THE KING AIR FIXED WING THAT WAS BASED OUT OF GRAND PRAIRIE. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING A NEW

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TAKES A TEAM. SO WE IT'S US, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR AIR TEAM, WE HAVE OUR GROUND TEAM. WE HAVE OUR COM CENTERS. IT'S NOT GOING COMMUNICATIONS. ALL OF OUR ALL OF THEM ARE ALL CERTIFIED. AND WE HAVE TEAMS ACCREDITATIONS AND ALL THE GOT NEW. WE HAVE NEW EQUIPMENT AND STUFF COMING IN SINCE WE'VE MOVED TO A NEW BASE. SO ALL THAT'S GOING TO BE ALL UPGRADED.

OUR AVIATION PEOPLE, THEY ALL HAVE, THEY ALL HAVE AT LEAST TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

MAJORITY OF OURS ARE 17. A LOT OF THEM ARE FROM MILITARY. AS FAR AS KEEPING OUR HELICOPTERS IN WORKING CONDITION, AND THEY MAKE SURE THAT WE DO ALL THE CERTIFICATIONS THAT WE NEED TO DO TIMELY. SO WE DO ALL THAT IN-HOUSE. WHEN WE HAVE A HELICOPTER THAT GOES OUT, WE HAVE OUR PILOT, WE HAVE A CERTIFIED FLIGHT REGISTERED NURSE, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE FLIGHT PARAMEDIC. AND SO THEY ALL HAVE SPECIAL TRAINING FOR THAT. THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE A ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT, ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT, PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT, ALL THE ESSENTIALLY WHATEVER THEY CAN DO IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM, WE CAN DO IN OUR HELICOPTER. WE CARRY BLOOD SO WE CAN DO BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS IF WE NEED TO. THAT'S ONE OF THE NEWEST THINGS THAT WE'VE ADDED. ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO WE STARTED CARRYING BLOOD BECAUSE USUALLY IF YOU'RE IF WE'RE AN EMERGENCY, SOMETIMES WE NEED TO GET THAT BLOOD TO SOMEBODY BECAUSE MAYBE THEY HAVE A SERIOUS CUT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM TO START THOSE EMERGENCY ROOM PROCEDURES. OUR GROUND AMBULANCES, WE HAVE SOME THAT HAVE THEIR BASIC LIFE SUPPORT. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE EMTS ON THERE IF THEY ARE MORE OF THE CRITICAL CARE, ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A PARAMEDIC AND AN EMT ON THERE.

AND THEN IF IT'S A CRITICAL CARE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CRITICAL CARE NURSE ALSO ON THAT AMBULANCE. WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE PARTNERS WITH OUR OUTSOURCE, YOU KNOW, OUR OUT TEAMS, HOSPITALS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS, ALL OF THAT. THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO KEEP OUR RELATIONSHIPS OUT IN THE MORE RURAL AREAS WE HAVE. LIKE I SAID, WE WE PROVIDE TRAINING, CERTIFICATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS THAT CAN AFFORD IT. AND THEN WE PARTNER WITH HOSPITALS IN ORDER TO GET CERTAIN EQUIPMENT, MAYBE MOVED TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL THAT SOMEBODY NEEDS, OR GET SOMEBODY MOVED FROM ONE HOSPITAL TO ANOTHER. AND THEN ALSO WORKING WITH JUST THE EMS THAT ARE IN THE AREA. SO LIKE THIS AREA, WE'RE NOT THE 911 GROUND, BUT OUR AIR WOULD WORK WITH YOUR GROUND AND YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO TO SECURE A LANDING ZONE FOR OUR HELICOPTER, DEPENDING ON WHERE WE NEED TO LAND. WE DO HAVE IN-NETWORK. NOW, MOST PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU THAT AMBULANCE 911 ARE CONSIDERED OUT OF NETWORK WITH MOST INSURANCE COMPANIES. STATE LAW SAYS WE STILL HAVE TO TREAT EVERYBODY AS IN-NETWORK AND THAT'S HOW IT GETS BILLED OUT. BUT THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE IN-NETWORK INSURANCE CONTRACTS WITH. NOW WE'RE GETTING TO THE CARING HEART MEMBERSHIP. WHY DO I NEED THIS MEMBERSHIP? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MOST OF Y'ALL, BUT ME. IF I WAS TO HAVE AN AMBULANCE, TRANSPORT, EVEN A GROUND ONE, SOMETIMES THAT'S DEVASTATING. EVEN IF IT'S YOU HAVE A COPAY, YOU HAVE DEDUCTIBLES, YOU HAVE COINSURANCE, THINGS LIKE THAT. OR IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY INSURANCE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY INSURANCE, THE MEMBERSHIP IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A 50% DISCOUNT. BUT YOU CAN ALSO STILL APPLY FOR OUR CHARITY CARE EVEN IF YOU HAVE A MEMBERSHIP. SO YOU'LL GET A DISCOUNT. PLUS, YOU'LL GET ASSISTANCE FROM THE CHARITY CARE. IF SOMEONE HAS NO INSURANCE AND THEY GET ASSISTANCE FROM A HOSPITAL THAT'S TREATING THEM, WE'LL ALSO HONOR THAT DISCOUNT THAT THEY GIVE THEM WHEN THEY GET AWARD AT THE HOSPITAL. WHAT THE MEMBERSHIP IS GOING TO DO. IT'S GOING TO COVER WHATEVER YOUR INSURANCE DOESN'T COVER. ONCE WE FILE ON INSURANCE, IT'S GOING TO SOME PEOPLE MAY STILL HAVE A CO-INSURANCE, THEY MAY HAVE A DEDUCTIBLE, THINGS LIKE THAT. THIS IS ONE LESS THING YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHEN YOU HAVE A MEMBERSHIP. IT'S GOING TO COVER ALL OF OUR HELICOPTERS, COVER OUR GROUND, COVER OUR FIXED WING, THE MEMBERSHIP IS EFFECTIVE THE DAY WE GET THE APPLICATION. THERE'S NO WAITING PERIOD. SO IF WE HAVE NEW RESIDENTS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP, WE'VE HAD IT. SOMEBODY SIGNS UP AND THEN TWO DAYS LATER DURING THE MOVE, THEY FALL AND THEY'VE HURT THEMSELVES AND THEY END UP HAVING TO TRANSPORT. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY IN THIS AREA BUT IN OTHER AREAS. AND BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAD THEIR PAPERWORK FILLED OUT AND THEY STARTED THE MEMBERSHIP ON THEIR WATER BILL BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T OPT OUT, WE WERE ABLE TO COVER THEIR BALANCE FOR THEM AND THEY DIDN'T GET A BILL, AND THAT WAS

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SO WE CAN'T PULL BY GROUP NAME. OUR OLD SYSTEM, WE HAD IT BY GROUP NAME. LIKE YOU COULD TELL RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T BECAUSE IT'S JUST THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT TALKING WITH EACH OTHER RIGHT NOW. SO MANUALLY GOING THROUGH AND LOOK, SINCE WE'VE BEEN SINCE WE'VE BEEN PART OF THE GROUP WITH NORTH LAKE WATER, WE'VE HAD 78 TRANSPORTS. WHAT I'M WHAT WE'RE COMING AND TALKED ABOUT TODAY IS SINCE THE MEMBERSHIP HAS BEEN IN INCEPTION OF SINCE MAY OF 2007, THEN WE STARTED THE WATER SYSTEMS AND STUFF AROUND 2010. WE STARTED WITH DIFFERENT WATER GROUPS. Y'ALL CAME IN ON 2014, SO WE'VE NEVER INCREASED THE COST OF THE CAREFLIGHT MEMBERSHIP. BUT WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AROUND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WE'RE MAKING MODIFICATIONS TO THE MEMBERSHIP COST IN GENERAL. WE'RE STILL GOING TO GIVE WE'RE STILL GOING. WE STILL WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WATER SYSTEM, BUT WE WANT TO GO FROM $1 TO $2 FOR EACH OF THE RESIDENTS, AND THAT'S GOING TO COVER EVERYBODY IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD WITH A CAREFLIGHT MEMBERSHIP. AND THAT WILL BE IN ANY OF CAREFLIGHT SERVICE AREA. ON THAT SLIDE BEFORE, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET BACK TO IT. YOU CAN SEE THAT A LOT OF THE TRANSPORTS DID NOT HAPPEN IN NORTH LAKE. Y'ALL HAVE A LOT OF INTER-FACILITY FROM ONE HOSPITAL TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL, LIKE THEY GO TO THE FLOWER MOUND HOSPITAL. THEY CAN'T MEET THEIR MEDICAL NEEDS.

SO THEY'RE BEING TRANSFERRED TO DALLAS OR TO FORT WORTH OR SOMEPLACE ELSE. SO YOU CAN SEE ON HERE THE WHERE IT STARTED AND IF IT WAS ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT, BASIC LIFE SUPPORT. WE DID HAVE 291 ONES. SO WE HAVE ONE. THAT'S ONE DOWN IN ABBOTT. SO ONE OF YOUR RESIDENTS WAS DOWN IN HILL COUNTY AND HAD A TRANSPORT. AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER ONE FROM A SCENE IN DALLAS. SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE AN ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING. I'M NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED IT. AND THOSE PEOPLE DID END UP USING THE MEMBERSHIP AND WE COVERED PART OF THEIR COSTS. I HAVE A QUESTION. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW WE HOW WE DO THIS. LIKE I HAD A HELICOPTER TRANSFER A YEAR AGO WHEN I WAS A MEMBER. AND IS IT SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO SAY, I'M A MEMBER. I'M A CAREFLIGHT MEMBER. THAT'S WHAT I LIKE. HOW DOES IT WORK? NO, WHAT WHAT WHAT'S REALLY GREAT ABOUT IT IS WE GET WITH GABE OVER IN ACCOUNTING, IN THE WATER SYSTEM, AND HE SENDS US A LIST EVERY, EVERY MONTH. SO IT GIVES US THE NAME AND THE ADDRESS. NO, WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSEHOLD NAME, BUT AS LONG AS WE HAVE THAT ADDRESS LISTED ON THAT CENSUS REPORT, THEN ANYBODY THAT'S A PERMANENT RESIDENT OF THAT HOUSEHOLD WILL HAVE A MEMBERSHIP. SO WHEN WE START GOING THROUGH AND WHEN WE GET WHEN WE VERIFY ALL THE TRANSPORTS, WE CAN LOOK ON THE ADDRESSES AND WE MAKE SURE IT MATCHES. AND IF THE LAST NAME MATCHES THE NAME ON THE WATER BILL, THEN WE JUST GO AHEAD AND ENROLL THE PERSON. IF IT'S SOMETHING WHERE THE LAST NAME DOESN'T MATCH, WE MAY ASK FOR PROOF OF RESIDENCY JUST BECAUSE AN APPLICATION HASN'T BEEN SUBMITTED LISTING EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSEHOLD. BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS THE COVERAGE THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THE MEMBERSHIP, THEY'RE SUPPOSED EMERGENCY. HOW DO PEOPLE KNOW? WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT WHEN THEY'RE IN AN EMERGENCY? TO SAY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE ACCESS TO OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE IT DIDN'T CROSS MY MIND. AND I HAVE A DAILY CALL FOR A $50,000 HELICOPTER BILL FROM PHI. YEAH.

SO PHI HAS A BASE UP HERE IN DENTON. WHEN YOU'RE ON THE PHONE WITH 911, YOU CAN LET THEM KNOW THAT I HAVE A MEMBERSHIP. AND IF CAREFLIGHT'S AVAILABLE, I'D LIKE THEM TO LOS GOING TO BE TRAINING WITHIN AN AREA. IF IF Y'ALL ARE WANTING CAREFLIGHT TO COME TO THE TRANSPORTS, IT WOULD BE SOME COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE, YOUR FIRST

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YOU CAN ALSO UPDATE IT ONLINE NOW, AS LONG AS WE HAVE THEIR LAST NAME AND THEIR EMAIL THEY CAN GET ONLINE, OR IF THEY HAVE THEIR NEW MEMBERSHIP NUMBER, THEY CAN GO ONLINE AND VIEW THEIR MEMBERSHIP AT ANY TIME AND MAKE ANY CHANGES AT ANY TIME. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN CALL IN DURING THE WORKING HOURS. WE CAN GET THEIR INFORMATION UPDATED, THEY CAN FILL OUT A MEMBERSHIP FORM AND SEND IT IN IF THEY WANT TO. THEY CAN SEND US AN EMAIL IF WE'RE OPTED IN, NOT AUTOMATICALLY MEMBERS. IF YOU'RE OPTED IN, YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY MEMBERS. WE JUST DON'T HAVE EVERYBODY THAT'S IN THE HOUSE'S INFORMATION, BECAUSE THE WATER SYSTEM ONLY PROVIDES US THE NAME AND ADDRESS ON THE WATER BILL, BUT SOMETIMES THAT MAY BE A RENTAL. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW Y'ALL'S WATER BILL WORKS, BUT SOME OF THEM WORK WHERE THE WATER BILL HAS TO BE IN THE NAME OF THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND SOME, SOME AREAS. IT'S NOT. IT CAN BE THE RENTERS NAME. SO WE DON'T REALLY KNOW UNTIL WE EITHER GET THAT PHONE CALL OR IF THEY HAVE A TRANSPORT AND WE'RE VERIFYING IT, THEN WE'LL SEE THE NAMES OF THE SAME AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADD THAT MEMBER OF THE HOUSEHOLD AND GO AHEAD AND APPLY THAT MEMBERSHIP TO THEIR TRANSPORT. OKAY. BUT LIKE ALL THESE UP HERE THAT WERE THESE TRANSFERS, ALL THESE PEOPLE HAD THE RIGHT TO SAY, I WANT CAREFLIGHT TO DO MY TRANSPORT, WHETHER IT WAS THE AIR OR GROUND. SO THAT LOOKS LIKE MAJORITY OF THESE WERE LOCAL HOSPITAL AND THEN TRANSPORTED TO A BIGGER HOSPITAL FOR THEIR MEDICAL NEEDS. ANY QUESTIONS? SO I'M I'M SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT HERE THAT WE'RE WE'VE I KNOW THIS PROGRAM HAS EXISTED SINCE I'VE LIVED HERE AND BUT VERY LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT IT SEEMS TO ACTUALLY HIT THE RESIDENTS. THEY SEE IT. THEY KIND OF KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT IT. IF THEY GO OUT ON THEIR OWN, THEY FIND OUT. STAFF, I THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB DISPERSING THIS INFORMATION.

DO YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR ESD AND THE CHIEF WHO WAS JUST IN HERE? I DON'T, BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THIS FOR THE MEDICAL SIDE DON'T HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, SINCE THEY ARE OUR ONLY AND PRIMARY COVERAGE OF OUR ENTIRE

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THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF EXPENSE. THE, THE THE $50,000 BILL, THE HELICOPTER. THAT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE. MOST TIMES THEY'RE UNCONSCIOUS OR ON THE HIGHWAY. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT RESIDENT YOU'RE FROM. I MEAN, THEY ARE ON A HIGHWAY. THEY CAN LIVE ANYWHERE. I'M NOT CHECKING.

OH, THEY LIVE. LET ME CALL. SO DISPATCH COUNTY DISPATCH HAS A SOFTWARE THAT THEY KNOW WHERE ALL CAREFLIGHT AND THEY KNOW THEY'RE LIVE. THEY'RE LIKE A WATCHING A BLUE DOT ON YOUR PHONE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE ALL OF THEM ARE. THEY'RE CALLING THE CLOSEST HOSPITAL. SO IT'S NOT A GUARANTEE YOU'RE GOING TO GET CARE. YOU MIGHT, BUT DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE, ESPECIALLY SINCE HALF OF, YOU KNOW, NORTH IS KIND OF CLOSER TO DENTON. SO WHICH IS WORTH SO I WILL SAY JUST IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU ARE. IF YOU'RE OUT OF THE COUNTRY OR YOU'RE OUT OF, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER STATE OR WHATEVER, AND YOU GET A, YOU'RE IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT, YOU CARE, YOU YOU'RE GOING TO GET WHATEVER. SO SO THAT'S THE CHALLENGE WITH THE HELICOPTER NOW THE TRANSPORT, THE TRANSFER TRANSFERS SHE'S REFERRING TO. YES. YOU CAN SAY I'M AT THE HOSPITAL AND YOU GET TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER LEVEL OF CARE. THEN YOU HAVE RIGHT TO SAY, I WANT THIS. ASSUMING THEY HAVE CONTRACT TO DO THAT. SO USUALLY THEY DO. THAT'S USUALLY WITH THE HOSPITAL. SO IF ONE OF YOUR TEXTS OR PARAMEDICS OR ANYBODY SEES THIS CAREFLIGHT KEYCHAIN, FOR EXAMPLE, MIGHT THEY BE INCLINED TO TRY IT? OR IF THEY DON'T GET TO MAKE THAT DECISION BECAUSE THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY HERE, THEY'RE CALLING THIS DISPATCH WE NEED, OKAY, WE NEED A HELICOPTER. THEY'RE NOT SAYING, YOU CALL THIS WHATEVER NOW THEY CAN, BUT THEY'RE TYPICALLY DISPATCHERS PUNCHING IN. THEY'RE LOOKING AT A SCREEN. THEY'VE GOT SIX SCREENS.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEY'RE CALLING THE CLOSEST ONE. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IF THEY'RE CALLING US FOR A HELICOPTER, IT'S PRETTY BAD. MOST LIKELY THEY'RE UNCONSCIOUS. MOST LIKELY THEY'RE KIND OF FIND OUT THAT YOU'RE GETTING HELICOPTER BECAUSE PEOPLE COME IN AND SAY YES. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY CHALLENGE FOR THIS KIND OF TERRITORIAL, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE HAS MANUAL AREAS. BUT WHAT WOULD BE GREAT IS IF ALL THE AGENCIES HAD KIND OF SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN EACH OTHER, LIKE, YOU KNOW, COULD THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME PLANS? I MEAN, AND THE OTHER ONES, THEY THERE'S, THERE'S ABOUT FOUR DIFFERENT ONES IN THE REGION.

IF THEY HAD A PLAN WHERE THEY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WENT OFF EACH OTHER. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. WE'VE TRIED IT. THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO WORK WITH A NONPROFIT. YEAH.

THAT'S KIND OF THE DIFFERENCE IS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO ACCEPT THIS AND, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT FOR PROFIT NONPROFITS OR COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT CAREFLIGHT IS GOOD. I MEAN, I'VE USED THEM. I WAS IN CARROLLTON FOR 20 YEARS. WE USED CAREFLIGHT EXTENSIVELY. THAT WAS KIND OF BECAUSE IT'S CLOSER TO DALLAS. DALLAS, IF YOU'RE IN DALLAS, YOU'RE GOING TO USE CAREFLIGHT, RIGHT? PREDOMINANTLY THEY HAVE A LOT OF BASES, BUT START GETTING OUTSIDE OF THAT. YOU'RE DIDN'T YOU MIGHT. AND SO YOU SAW THE CIRCLES. THE TRANSFERS ARE DEFINITELY I MEAN YOU CAN DEFINITELY BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE THAT'S EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE THAN US TAKING YOU OUT BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DRIP LINES, A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE TRANSPORT. SO IT'S A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE. SO THAT CAN DEFINITELY SAVE YOU FOR THAT. SO OKAY, SO I WANT TO AT LEAST GIVE YOU THE FIRST THANK YOU FIRST RESPONDER PERSPECTIVE. THANK YOU. AND THE KEY POINT IS IS ANY RESIDENT CAN OPT OUT OF THIS. IF THEY CHOOSE THEY CAN OPT OUT. I CREATED A NEW OPT OUT FORM. I SENT IT TO Y'ALL GOT THE NEW APPLICATION FORM. IF THEY WANT TO FILL THEM OUT AND SEND THEM IN, I GOT YOU THE PUBLIC NOTICE LETTER THAT ALSO SHOWS FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON THE BACK. AND THEN THEY'RE ALL WELCOME TO CALL US, YOU KNOW, CALL US OR EMAIL US AND WE CAN RESPOND. HOWEVER, SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO CALL. THEY WANT TO EMAIL. SO EMAIL AND WE'LL RESPOND TO THEM TOO, YOU KNOW, AS BEST WE CAN. IF IT'S IT'S IF IT'S REALLY COMPLICATED, THEN WE'LL CALL THEM BACK AND EXPLAIN TO THEM VERBALLY, NOT TRY TO MISUNDERSTAND SOMETHING WITH THE WAY SOMETHING'S WRITTEN. COUNCIL OTHER QUESTIONS. YEAH. SO THE MAP THAT YOU HAD, IT DID LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, SO WE LOOK LIKE WE'RE ON THAT VERY TOP EDGE OF YOUR FORT WORTH MAP.

ARE THERE ANY PLANS OR FUTURE PLANS AS YOU EXPAND TO HAVE A DENTON, YOU KNOW, CIRCLE THAT STARTS WITH DENTON SO THAT, YOU KNOW? WELL, WE USED TO BE AT THE AIRPORT IN DENTON, AT DENTON AIRPORT, BUT BECAUSE THE HOSPITAL UP THERE WHERE THAT AIRPORT IS, IS NOW A LEVEL ONE, WE MOVED THAT BASE UP TO GAINESVILLE, WHERE THERE WAS A BIGGER NEED TO HAVE A CLOSER AIR BASE TO BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT PEOPLE OUT THERE, KIND OF IN THE COUNTRY TYPE THING. SO WE MOVED OUR ONE FROM DENTON. WE MOVED IT UP TO GAINESVILLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS UP THERE, BECAUSE, I MEAN, THERE IS DOWN HERE, BUT ALSO THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A LOT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A WHOLE LOT OF TRANSPORTS OUT. SINCE THAT HOSPITAL INCREASED ITS ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF MEDICAL NEEDS OF THE PATIENTS

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FOR NORTHLAKE RESIDENTS, THAT'S WHAT I COULD FIND BASED ON ADDRESS. BUT I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S EVERYTHING, BECAUSE IT COULD BE. SOMETIMES WHEN THEY PUT THE STUFF IN, NORTHLAKE POPS UP AS ARGYLE AND THEY POP UP AS SOMETHING ELSE. SO THOSE ARE ALL THE ONES THAT SAID NORTHLAKE. AND THEN WE KIND OF JUST MANUALLY WENT LOOK THROUGH IT ALL THE REST OF THEM, BUT WE WERE LOOKING AT ALL THE TRANSPORTS FOR SINCE 2014. AND SO THAT WAS KIND OF A THAT WAS MAJORITY OF THEM THAT WE COULD SEE BASED ON SAYING NORTHLAKE. AND THEN SOME OF THEM WE CHANGED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SAY NORTHLAKE. THEY SAID ARGYLE. LATHAM SAID DENTON, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT EVEN THOUGH THE ZIP CODE, SOMEHOW THE CITY, YOU KNOW, GOT TO BE A DIFFERENT CITY BECAUSE IF WE DO ULTIMATELY SAY YES TO DOUBLING THE B, I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF PUT THE ONUS BACK ON CAREFLIGHT TO HELP IT HOWEVER WE CAN WITH EDUCATING PEOPLE ON WHAT IS THE BENEFIT. HOW DO YOU ACCESS IT, WHEN DO YOU USE IT? BECAUSE I KNOW THE SAME THING THAT I HEAR ALL THE TIME IS THEY'RE LIKE, OH, WE HAVE SOME CAREFLIGHT THING ON OUR WATER BILL. AND THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL ANYBODY KNOWS AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS. SO I WOULD, I WOULD HOPE FOR THAT IF WE DO IT. YEAH. WE CAN WORK ON GETTING, YOU KNOW, MORE INFORMATION OUT. LIKE I SAID, I GOT THE PUBLIC NOTICE LETTER ON THE BACK OF ITS FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. WE HAVE OUR WEBSITE THAT WE'VE REVAMPED IT SO PEOPLE CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE NOW TOO, AND THEY CAN CLICK ON A LOT OF THE TABS. IT'S MORE USER FRIENDLY THAN WHAT IT WAS BEFORE, WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY GET INFORMATION OFF OF IT. BEFORE, IT WAS JUST A BIG HOT MESS, BUT NOW IT'S MORE LAID OUT AND YOU CAN SAY, LET ME SEE ABOUT THE AIR, LET ME SEE ABOUT THE GROUND. LET ME SEE WHAT THE AREAS THEY COVER. YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, TYPE OF THING. SO THE INFORMATION IS MORE READILY AVAILABLE TO CITIZENS OUT THERE.

I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING, DREW, IS CAN WE OBVIOUSLY IT DOESN'T GO INTO EFFECT IF WE CHOOSE TO DO IT UNTIL JANUARY. COULD YOU START LOOKING AT YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THERE'S A LOT OF GAPS HERE.

I THINK YOU SEE THERE'S A LOT OF UNDERSTANDING GAPS. THERE'S NOTIFICATION GAPS. IT'S VERY HARD TO NOTIFY EVERYBODY. WE KNOW THAT. WE CAN PUT IT ON EVERY PAGE, EVERY MAILER, AND HALF THE PEOPLE STILL WON'T SEE IT. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO GET. YEAH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WE NEED 6000, 24,000 KEYCHAINS. GET ON THAT THROUGH. BUT YEAH, I THINK WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE THINKING ON THIS PROCESS. IT'S NICE THAT ANYBODY CAN OPT OUT. THE ONUS IS ON THEM TO OPT OUT, BUT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY GOING FROM $12 A YEAR TO $24 A YEAR. YEAH, THE RATE FOR THE PRIVATE PAY IS GOING TO BE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE SAYING $69. SO IT'S GOING FROM 49 TO 69. VERY GOOD. I THINK IT'S A GREAT DEAL. AND IT'S A IT'S A VERY LOW COST INSURANCE POLICY. IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IT'S GREAT WHENEVER YOU WHEN YOU NEED IT AND YOU HAVE IT. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE IT. AND THEN THEY CALL UP AND THEY'RE LIKE, I NEVER GOT A BILL. THAT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVE A MEMBERSHIP. AND WE COVERED IT FOR YOU. OH, OKAY. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT. AND THEY CALLED BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL STRESSED OUT ABOUT SOMETHING. AND WE WE HIT EVERYBODY UP WHEN THEY SIGN UP FOR THEIR WATER BILL. AND YOU'RE GETTING A BUNCH OF INFORMATION AND YOU'RE PROBABLY MOVING INTO YOUR HOUSE. AND SO WE'LL DEFINITELY WORK WITH CAREFLIGHT TO DO SOME MORE PUBLIC INFORMATION. WE'LL EVEN OFFER. MAYBE THEY COULD HAVE A TENT AT THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING AND PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION AND OTHER EVENTS, BUT YES. THAT'S UP TO THEM. THAT'LL GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE DO A LOT OF EVENTS. I MEAN, LIKE IF Y'ALL HAVE AN EVENT AND Y'ALL HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OUT THERE, YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IF YOU LET US KNOW, WE CAN ALWAYS GET A HELICOPTER OUT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO COME TO THE PRE-K CAREER DAY TYPE THING, BUT WE'LL COME TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I HEARD HIM TALKING ABOUT AN EVENT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WANT A HELICOPTER TO COME OUT AT THAT TIME, TOO. BUT WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE THAT ARRANGEMENT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK WE ALL GOT EDUCATED QUITE A BIT TONIGHT, AND IT'S GOING TO REALLY HELP US LOOK AT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. SO

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[2.C. Briefing - Fiscal Year 2025 Third Quarter Investment Report (Apr - Jun 2025)]

SO OKAY, SO WE'LL START OFF WITH THE INVESTMENT REPORT. SO THIRD QUARTER INVESTMENTS, THE BOOK VALUE FOR THE ENDING FOR THE THIRD QUARTER WAS 123 MILLION. SO THAT THIRD QUARTER TOTALED INTEREST EARNINGS WAS 3.4 MILLION. NOW WE HAD 1.3 THAT WE COLLECTED IN THE THIRD QUARTER. THAT'S 7% UP FROM THE LAST QUARTER. A LOT OF THIS IS TIED UP RELATED TO THE BOND ISSUANCES THAT WE'VE PUT OUT FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. IT'S PART OF THE REASON THE VALUE IS HIGH THERE. AS OF THE END OF THE QUARTER, THE TOTAL BOOK VALUE WAS UP 5.6 MILLION. AND YOU CAN ALWAYS VIEW THIS REPORT ONLINE. IT'S ON OUR QUARTERLY FINANCIALS PAGE. THERE'S NO

[2.D. Briefing - Fiscal Year 2025 Third Quarter Financial Report (Apr - Jun 2025)]

SO IF YOU APPLY AFTER TAX RATE HAS BEEN CALCULATED YOU CAN STILL GET A PRORATION BACK ON WHAT YOU'VE MISSED SO FAR. IF YOU'VE ALREADY MADE PAYMENTS OR THOSE CALCULATIONS. AND THEN THE HOMEOWNERS ARE ALSO PROVIDED A TWO YEAR ABILITY TO RECTIFY RETROACTIVELY APPLY FOR EXEMPTIONS. ALL THIS IS CAUSING AN ISSUE FOR DENTON COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT. THEY ALREADY HAVE STAFFING SHORTAGES. IT'S ALSO CAUSING INCREASED WORKLOAD DUE TO THESE CHANGES BY STATE LEGISLATURE. IN THEORY, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PROCESS EXEMPTIONS WITHIN 60 DAYS. WHEN AN APPLICATION IS MADE. THEY'RE NOT REACHING THAT GOAL RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE ALL OF THIS IS A RESULT OF AN 18 MONTH BACKLOG. THEY'RE TELLING US THEY'RE REACHING THE SIX MONTH MARK. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'RE NOT SEEING A TON OF THESE PAST ONES IN THIS FUTURE YEAR. THE POSITIVE IS, IS THAT WHILE THE $460,000 ADJUSTMENT IS OBVIOUSLY A NEGATIVE, THE GENERAL FUND IS STILL PROJECTED TO FINISH POSITIVE FOR THE YEAR DUE TO STRONG PERFORMANCE FOR OTHER REVENUE SOURCES. SO AS I MENTIONED, CELL TAXES IS OVERPERFORMING. IT'S NOT IDEAL TO RELY ON SALES TAXES BECAUSE OF HOW UP AND DOWN IT CAN BE. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT SEEING ANYTHING THAT'S INDICATING THAT IT'S GOING TO TREND DOWNWARDS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AND THEN COMMERCIAL BUILDING PERMITS WERE POSITIVE THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS SOMETHING WE HADN'T

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WELL IT'S RIGHT WE WE DON'T KNOW THAT THE NUMBER WE BASE OUR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET ON HOW MUCH IS GOING TO BE. WE'RE HOPING THAT IT'S CAUGHT UP AND WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HOW MUCH TO TO SET ASIDE OR SANDBAG THIS. IT'S JUST A TOTAL UNKNOWN. SO WE'LL STAY ON TOP OF THIS. WE'LL PUT A BIGGER PLUG IN NOW THAT WE REALIZE HOW FAR BEHIND THEY DIDN'T THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY TELEGRAPH THAT THEY WERE THIS FAR BEHIND IN IN DOING THIS AND THIS TO IN THEIR DEFENSE, THIS WAS DUMPED ON THEM RECENTLY BY THE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES. ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DUE TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE HAVE HERE TONIGHT, AND WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE LATER THAN I HAD EXPECTED, I'M GOING TO BYPASS PUBLIC INPUT FOR A MOMENT. I'M GOING TO GO TO ITEMS C, C, AND D, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR. AND I KNOW THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE HERE FOR TONIGHT. SO I HOPE THAT THAT HELPS YOU WITH GETTING BACK TO YOUR FAMILIES AND ALL. SO WE WILL IMMEDIATELY WE'RE GOING TO GO TO C AND THEN D, Z. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO PUBLIC INPUT. SO THIS WAY WE CAN GET GET EVERYBODY HOME IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO AFTER THESE ITEMS. IS THAT OKAY COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT.

[5.C. Consider adoption of an Ordinance of the Town of Northlake, Texas, amending Chapter 9A, "Unified Development Code," of the Code of Ordinances of the Town of Northlake, Texas, as amended, by granting a Specific Use Permit ("SUP") authorizing an addition to an accessory structure on certain property located at 7801 Meadow Ridge Drive, Northlake, Texas - Case # 25- SUP00003]

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WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET. SO WITH THE FLOWERS 20, 20, 12 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR, RIGHT? THAT'S THE WIFE. THAT'S THE WIFE. IF WE IF WE CAN KEEP THEM ALIVE, I OBVIOUSLY I'M JUST JOKING, BUT THE PORCH JUST BE ABLE TO SIT OUTSIDE AND ENJOY A RAINSTORM AND JUST BE ABLE TO.

AND ADDING PORCHES TO THESE OUTBUILDINGS DON'T MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE A WAREHOUSE DISTRICT.

THEY MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE A NICE LIVING SPACE THAT, YOU KNOW, IMPROVES THE ESTHETIC LOOK OF THE PROPERTY AND TAX VALUE OF IT. SO IT'S A WIN WIN FOR EVERYBODY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL YOU JUST OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT. IT IS 6:27 P.M. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE NUMBER 20 5-00003. DOES ANYBODY HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT? I DO HAVE SOME PUBLIC INPUT FORMS NOTING THAT PEOPLE WISH TO SPEAK. IF YOU ONLY WANT TO COME UP FOR ONE, PLEASE COME UP FOR THIS ONE. YOU CAN ADD YOUR SENSE IF YOU WANT TO COME UP FOR BOTH, THAT'S FINE AS WELL. JOEL, I HAVE YOU AS NUMBER FIVE, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE NOBODY ELSE WANTED TO COME UP FOR THIS ONE FIRST. ALL RIGHT. MR. MCGREGOR. JOEL MCGREGOR 89, 21 EAST SAM LEE LANE I BET YOU CAN GUESS WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY. YOU KNOW, IT'S HIS PROPERTY.

THANK YOU. OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO BUILD WHAT HE WANTS. BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHY AN AWNING COUNTS AS SQUARE FOOTAGE OF A BUILDING. YOU KNOW, THAT'S. IT SEEMS LIKE LIKE HE SAID, THE AWNING IS GOING TO MAKE IT LOOK LESS LIKE A WAREHOUSE AND LOOK NICER OVERALL AND ADD TO THE VALUE. SO YOU GUYS GET MORE TAX MONEY. SO I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF IT. SOUNDS LIKE ALL OF HIS NEIGHBORS ARE IN FAVOR OF IT, AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHY WE CAN'T DO SOMETHING. YOU KNOW, HOA'S ARE FOR THIS KIND OF STUFF. YOU KNOW, IF YOU GOT AN HOA, THEY GET TO DEAL WITH IT.

I DON'T THE CITY SHOULDN'T EVEN BE MESSING WITH THIS KIND OF THING, YOU KNOW, IT'S HIS PROPERTY. LET HIM BUILD WHAT HE WANTS. AS LONG AS HE'S NOT HURTING ANYBODY. SO I KNOW YOU MADE A GOOD DECISION ON THIS. ON THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY THAT CAME UP. AND HOPEFULLY I TRUST THAT YOU'LL MAKE A GOOD DECISION ON THIS ONE AND THE FOLLOWING. THANKS. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING? JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, MA'AM. WELCOME. HI ALL PLEASE. HAPPY ABOUT THE RAIN AS I AM. ANGIE GILBERT, 7931 MEADOW RIDGE DRIVE. WE LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET. MY HUSBAND JOHNNY AND I FROM THE THUNDERBIRDS, WHO ARE ALSO PETITIONING FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR, AND 4 OR 5 HOUSES DOWN FROM THE NICHOLSONS. I WANTED TO SAY THAT WE ARE VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THEIR PROJECTS. WE THINK THAT THEY ARE WONDERFUL ADDITIONS TO THEIR PROPERTY, AND THEY'RE IN LINE WITH THE ESTHETIC, YOU KNOW, KIND OF VISION OF, OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND OUR TOWN. BUT I THINK THERE'S A BIGGER PICTURE HERE THAT I WANT TO TAKE JUST A SECOND TO TALK ABOUT. HAVING WATCHED THIS PROCESS FROM THE OUTSIDE, WE APPRECIATE HAVING NEIGHBORS THAT DO THE RIGHT THING AND GO GET THE PERMITTING AND DO THE RESEARCH AND PAY THE MONEY. IT APPEARS FROM AN

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BUT NOW I'M COVERING MY RV, SO IT'LL GIVE IT SOME LONGEVITY. BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M PROUD TO BE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, I MOVED OUT THERE TO BE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF THE SHOPS. THIS IS THE MAIN REASON I MOVED, AND IT KEEPS PEOPLE'S BOATS OUT OF THE OUT OF THE WEATHER, NOT AN EYESORE. WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD. WE JUST NEED TO FOCUS ON THE ON THE THE RULE. THE RULE NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GO ABOUT THAT OR MAKE A MAKE IT START, BUT IT OUGHT TO BE BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE LAND, BECAUSE IF YOU GOT A SMALLER HOUSE, YOU'RE PENALIZED FOR A BUILDING BECAUSE YOUR HOUSE SIZE AND AND YOU GOT MORE LAND TO WORK WITH. SO THE REAL PROBLEM HERE IS THE ACTUAL RULE. AND I'M NOT SAYING JUST LET THEM GO HAYWIRE AND BUILD 5000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDINGS. WE'RE NOT BUILDING THEM BIG, HUGE BUILDINGS WHERE OURS ARE VERY I MEAN, I WISH I HAD MORE. ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, I'VE ALREADY GOT IT FULL, BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ESTHETICALLY PLEASING AND IT'S NICE. IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO GO WORK AND DO YOUR STUFF AND NOT HAVE TO HAVE IT ALL OUTSIDE. I MEAN, EVERYTHING IS IN MY SHOP AND IT JUST MAKES SENSE. BUT THE PROBLEM IS THE RULE. BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU SIR. ANYONE ELSE FOR THIS ITEM? YES, SIR. MY NAME IS JERRY HOLTON. I LIVE ON 8031 WILLOW RIDGE. WELCOME. PREVIOUSLY WAS ON THE BOARD, SO I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND STIPULATIONS AND WHERE IT ALL COMES FROM. BUT IN OUR AREA, EVERYBODY LIVES ON MINIMUM OF ONE ACRE.

AND SO WHAT I FIND THE DIFFICULTY IN THE ORDINANCE THAT'S PLACED ON US IS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE RESIDENTS AND THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, THE RESIDENTS, AND 50% OF THAT'S ALL YOU CAN BUILD AN ACCESSORY BUILDING TO. IF YOU TOOK, TO BE FAIR, THE LARGEST HOME IN OUR AREA, NORTHRIDGE ESTATES, AND YOU MADE 50% OF THAT, RESIDENTS APPLY FOR EVERYBODY, THEN THAT WOULD BE FAIR. BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE YOU OWN A SMALLER HOME, YOU'RE PENALIZED FOR THE SIZE OF BUILDING THAT YOU'RE ON. THAT'S MY VIEW. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU SIR.

THANKS FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. ANYONE ELSE FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING? MY NAME IS THOMAS REDWINE. I JUST MOVED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, 7920 MEADOW RIDGE DRIVE. I'M RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE THUNDERBIRDS. YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO ANY EITHER ONE OF THESE GUYS BUILDING THEIR SHOP BECAUSE I WANT TO BUILD ONE, TOO, SO. AND I MOVED OUT HERE TO GET AWAY FROM THE BEING ON POSTAGE STAMP LOTS. WE MOVED FROM NORTH RICHLAND HILLS. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO AND I APPRECIATE IT. AND I'M GLAD THAT THEY DO FOLLOW ALL THE RULES. AND Y'ALL DO NEED TO UPDATE THE CODE. THE CODE SHOULD MATCH THE HOA. I WAS KIND OF DIGGING INTO IT. LOOKS LIKE THE CODES HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND THE HOA HAS WAS

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WE CAN'T. I UNDERSTAND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING. WELCOME TO NORTHLAKE. YOU REGISTER TO VOTE? YES. DEPENDS ON HOW THE HEARING GOES. IF IT DOES OR NOT.

ANYONE ELSE TONIGHT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. IT IS 6:35 P.M. I WILL CLOSE THAT PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? I GOT A QUESTION ON THE LAST ONE THAT WE APPROVED. DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE PERCENTAGE OVER 50% WAS FOR THAT BUILDING? IT WAS 63%. THANK YOU. AND THIS ONE'S 61 I BELIEVE. SO THAT'S WHAT THE PACKET SAYS. 61. YES. HAS THIS SLAB BEEN PERMITTED? YES IT HAS. IT HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY OF NORTHLAKE. OKAY. ALMOST THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD WROTE US TO SAY THAT THEY WANTED THIS. IT DOES LOOK REALLY NICE. AND I DO FEEL LIKE IF BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN NORTHRIDGE ESTATES, BARELY MORE THAN 45, 6068. YEAH. IF I COULD GET THAT KIND OF PARTICIPATION FROM ANY NEIGHBORHOOD, I'M IMPRESSED. BUT I THINK THIS ONE, TO ME, KIND OF FEELS LIKE A NO BRAINER BECAUSE WE I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO TELL A HOMEOWNER AND HIS ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY'RE WRONG. SO AND I AGREE THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE A DISCUSSION POINT AT SOME POINT FOR HOW DO WE APPROPRIATELY APPLY AN ORDINANCE LIKE THIS SO THAT IT THE SPIRIT OF IT IS HONORED, BUT THAT WE REDUCE KIND OF RANDOM STUFF? I ALSO AGREE WITH THAT. YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK AND GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS PROPERLY, WHICH WE APPRECIATE, BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER LOOKING AT IT TO MAKE SURE IT IS AS SMOOTH AS IT SHOULD BE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR DREW. SO FOR THE FOR THE ORDINANCE, IS THERE A SPECIFIC ACREAGE THAT THIS APPLIES TO OR IS IT ANY RESIDENTIAL. SO REAL ESTATE IS 50% OF THE MAIN DWELLING. AND IF IT'S UNDER FIVE ACRES IT'S UP TO 50% OF THE THE MAIN DWELLING. IF IT'S OVER FIVE ACRES AND GO UP TO 100% OF THE MAIN DWELLING. OKAY. AND SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION BECAUSE AND THAT'S WHERE LIKE AGAIN LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, ALL RIGHT. IN THAT CASE, IF YOUR PROPERTY IS 4.95 ACRES, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT HAVE A REALLY LARGE SHOP, BARN, ETC. THAT'S 100% OF YOUR HOME AND IT WOULD FIT THE PROPERTY. SO BUT THE CHALLENGE OF THAT ALSO IS UNDERSTANDING THE SPIRIT OF IT TO WHERE YOU HAVE TO, LIKE BRIAN SAID, APPLY THIS TO THE ENTIRE CITY OR THE WHOLE TOWN AND YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE YOU STILL HAVE THESE QUOTE SPEED BUMPS TO ALLOW FOR THOSE EXCEPTIONS. INSTEAD OF MOVING THE GATE AND THEN MAKING EXCEPTIONS TO THAT THAT FURTHER GATE. I DO LIKE THE COMMENTS AND APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS ON, YOU KNOW, DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY VERSUS PAYING THE SAME FINE FOR NOT DOING THE RIGHT WAY. AND SO THAT WOULD BE I DON'T KNOW THE RULES AROUND THAT, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD CONVERSATION FOR US TO HAVE AS WE CONTINUE AS WELL. SO BUT WHEN I GOT TO THIS SECTION, I WAS LIKE, WOW, THIS IS A BUSY SECTION. AND I SAW ALL THESE LETTERS. SO VERY IMPRESSED AND GREAT JOB AT GETTING YOUR NEIGHBORS SUPPORT. OKAY, WHAT'S THE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS THAT IS THAT BASICALLY BASICALLY LIVING SPACE? AIR CONDITIONED LIVING SPACE, SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE HOME. IT'S LIVING SPACE. ANY OTHER AREA THAT'S NOT CONDITIONED, THAT'S ENCLOSED. AND ANYTHING THAT'S COVERED BY ROOF LIKE COVERED PORCHES AND PATIOS. THE SAME WAY AT DENTON COUNTY. YEAH. CALCULATES THEIR SQUARE FOOT. YES. WELL, FRANKLY,

[5.C. VOTE]

I'LL SECOND MOTION FROM MYSELF. SECOND FROM MAYOR PRO TEM LAWRENCE. MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 1.

YOU GOT YOUR ADDITION, SIR. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THE EXCELLENT HOMEWORK. I DO APPRECIATE THAT WHEN PEOPLE GO AND DO DO A LITTLE BIT OF WORK FOR IT AND GET THE SUPPORT

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[5.D. Consider approval of an Ordinance of the Town of Northlake, Texas, amending Chapter 9A, "Unified Development Code," of the Code of Ordinances of the Town of Northlake, Texas, as amended, by granting a Specific Use Permit ("SUP") authorizing an addition to an accessory structure on certain property located at 7930 Meadow Ridge Drive, Northlake, Texas - Case # 25- SUP00002]

MOVING ON. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ACTION ITEM D FOR SOUP CASE 25 SCP 00002. AND WE'LL TAKE YOUR PRESENTATION ON THAT. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A SIMILAR SITUATION JUST RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD AT 7930 MEADOW RIDGE. AND HERE'S HERE'S A LOOK AT THE SITE. THIS IS AN EXISTING BUILDING WHERE THE APPLICANT WANTS TO ADD AN EXTENSION ONTO THE BACK, WHICH WILL BE ENCLOSED. AND THEN THE AWNING TO PROVIDE A COVER FOR A PATIO ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. SO THE THE EXISTING STRUCTURE IS 1500 SQUARE FEET OVERALL INCLUDES, I THINK, 1200 OR 900 ENCLOSED AND 600 THAT'S COVERED. AND THAT'S ABOUT 46% OF THE AREA OF THE HOME. AND THE APPLICANT IS WANTING TO ADD THAT EXTENSION AND THAT COVERED PORCH AREA TO TO ADD ANOTHER 540FT■!S, WHICH WOULD PUT THE TOTAL ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AT 62% OF THE HOME. AND HERE'S WHAT THAT ADDITION WOULD LOOK LIKE. I DON'T SEE ANY FLOWERS ON THE. AND THIS WENT BEFORE P AND Z. AT THEIR MEETING ON AUGUST 19TH, THEY HELD A PUBLIC HEARING WITH ONLY THE APPLICANT SPEAKING IN FAVOR, AND THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST BY A VOTE OF 5 TO 1. SO SIMILARLY, YOU'LL NEED TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. YOU HAVE SEVERAL RESPONSES IN FAVOR IN YOUR PACKETS. AND. THE APPLICANT IS HERE. IF YOU WANT TO GET UP AND SAY SOMETHING, YOU'RE FREE TO COME SPEAK IF YOU'D LIKE. ARE YOU ALSO ON OUR BOARD? YES, MA'AM. I AM SO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.

AS NATHAN SAID, THIS IS AN EXISTING BUILDING. IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE 2007. IT IS PERMITTED THROUGH THE CITY OF NORTHLAKE. I HAVE 3030 BY 30 ENCLOSED STRUCTURE RIGHT NOW WITH THE AWNING OFF THE FRONT. OUR HOA ALLOWS FOR 1200 FOOT ENCLOSED, BUT THEY DON'T INCLUDE ANY OF THE AWNINGS. SO MY REQUEST IS TO ADD EIGHT FEET TO THE BACK OF IT, MAKING IT 30 BY 38. I'LL STILL BE UNDERNEATH THE 1200 SQUARE FEET. YOU PROBABLY ASK ME WHY I DON'T GO TO 40. I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE MOVING A BUNCH OF SPRINKLER BOXES THAT WERE BACK THERE. SO.

AND THEN ALSO THE TEN BY 30 PORCH ON THE SIDE THAT WILL PROBABLY BECOME AN OUTDOOR KITCHEN TYPE AREA. I'VE BEEN IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT FOR A LONG TIME, SO I UNDERSTAND ORDINANCES, BUT I KNOW SOME OF THE GUYS HAVE SPOKE ON IT. I DO FEEL LIKE THAT THIS ORDINANCE PENALIZES THOSE WITH A SMALLER HOUSE. I DIDN'T BUY A THREE CAR GARAGE. I HAVE A TWO CAR GARAGE SO THAT CUTS DOWN MY SQUARE FOOT. I HAVE 3298 TOTAL, WHICH ALLOWS ME 1645 ON MY ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. AND I'M ASKING TO GO TO 2040. THERE'S MULTIPLE ACCORDING TO DENTON CAD.

THERE'S MULTIPLE RESIDENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ON A ONE STORY THAT ARE 4800 TO 5200, SO THEY COULD COME IN WITH A 24 TO 2600 SQUARE FOOT ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN SUP PROCESS. SO I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING BIGGER THAN WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED. AND MATTER OF FACT, I'M TAKING UP LESS GREEN SPACE BY BUILDING THIS SHOP WITH THE SIZE HOUSE THAT I HAVE.

THEN THEY WOULD TAKE UP. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION IN THIS REQUEST AND I HOPE IT GETS APPROVED. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, SIR. YES. APPRECIATE THAT. YES, SIR.

COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. YOU HAVE ANOTHER. OH. OH, I ALMOST FORGOT. SEE, WE DO NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND 6:44 P.M. I'LL. I WILL CONSIDER ANYTHING THAT WAS SAID PREVIOUSLY TO THIS PROPERTY AS WELL. IN THIS. JOEL'S JUST RAISING HIS HAND. HE DOESN'T EVEN WANT TO COME UP. LOOK AT THAT. ALL RIGHT, SO JOEL'S IN FAVOR I SAW THUMBS UP. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, COUPLE MORE THUMBS UP. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I WOULD ADD THE SAME THING, CAN I? ALL RIGHT.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK, I DO NEED YOU TO COME UP AND SAY IT, BUT I'LL TAKE THUMBS UP. I

[5.D. VOTE]

[01:15:10]

[3. PUBLIC INPUT]

I KNOW I TOLD YOU GUYS I WASN'T GOING TO BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT THEY DID MOVE THE MEETING TO NEXT WEEK, SO I WON'T BE HERE NEXT WEEK FOR YOUR THAT'S JUST A TAX THING RIGHT? AND MY WIFE IS HERE TO KEEP AN EYE ON US. YOU GUYS HAVEN'T MET HER. SO BE ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR HERE. H CODE ENFORCEMENT. YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW THAT I DON'T LIKE THIS STUFF. AND CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, IN MY PAST EXPERIENCE. DON'T REALLY GET A LOT OF GOODWILL FROM PEOPLE IN THE TOWN BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY THINK THEIR JOB IS JUST TO GO AROUND AND SCREW WITH PEOPLE AND FIND THINGS TO NITPICK. SO I'M REALLY AGAINST GIVING THEM MORE POWER THAN WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE. AND THAT'S WHAT H SURE LOOKS LIKE IT'S DOING. SO I'M DEFINITELY AGAINST THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JOEL. ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC INPUT TONIGHT ON ANY, ANY TOPIC ON OR OFF THE AGENDA NO ONE WANTS COME TALK TO US. ALL RIGHT. I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC

[4. CONSENT ITEMS]

DO I HAVE A MOTION OR A POOL. RIGHT. Z, WE NEED TO PULL A. OKAY. DREW NEEDS TO PULL A. YES OKAY. AND I WILL MAKE A MOTION. CAN YOU MOVE TO THE MOTION LANGUAGE, MR. LOW. ALL RIGHT.

ARE WE A SPECIAL LANGUAGE FOR US? WE'VE NEVER HAD SPECIAL. WE'RE GIVING IT A TRY. WE'RE SAYING IT'S NOT IT'S NOT TAKING. SO ANYWAY YOU DO. YOU'RE THE YOU'RE THE BOSS OF THIS MEETING.

SO YOU DO HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT. I MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS B AND C AS PRINTED IN PACKET. SECOND MOTION A SECOND. ANY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. DREW, WHY

[4.A. Consider approval of a Resolution of the Town of Northlake, Texas, declaring certain personal property owned by the Town of Northlake to be surplus property and authorizing the Town Manager to dispose of such property]

[5.A. Consider an Ordinance of the Town of Northlake, Texas amending the Code of Ordinances Article A4.000 "Water and Sanitary Sewer Service Fees", of Appendix A "Fee Schedule" by adopting a new Section A4.004 setting charges for a drainage utility fee schedule; providing that this ordinance is cumulative; providing a severability clause; providing a penalty for violation; providing a savings clause; providing for publication; and providing for an effective date ]

[01:20:04]

[01:25:01]

I I'VE NEVER BEEN ON THE THE RECEIVING END OF ANY HELP FROM THE CORPS. I THERE'S THE TOWN OF NORTH LAKE. MY HISTORY WITH THE CORPS IS WE HAVE TO DO THINGS FOR THEM. IMAGINE GOING TO A DRIVER'S LICENSE CENTER, WHICH IS ALWAYS SO HELPFUL, AND THEN MAKE IT WORSE BY A FACTOR OF 100. THAT'S DEALING WITH THE ARMY CORPS. IT WAS HORRENDOUS OUR MEETING THAT WE HAD. BUT, ROGER, I THINK YOU'RE ULTIMATELY ALL OUR WATER GOES TO A CORE LAKE. AND SO THERE I IF THERE'S ANY OPTIONS TO DO THAT, I KNOW WE THE CORPS HAS FLOWAGE EASEMENTS THAT LANDOWNERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BUILD IN. THEY ACQUIRED A BUNCH OF LAND IN THE 50S AND TRIED TO GIVE THAT LAND BACK INTO THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE 60S, AND THE ONES THAT DIDN'T TAKE IT, THEY'VE KEPT IT SINCE THEN. THE THE REGULATIONS HAVE CHANGED. THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE THAT PROPERTY BACK ANYMORE. AND SO NOW THEY PROTECT IT WITH THEIR WITH WITH THEIR LIFE, WITH THE SKIN ON THEIR TEETH. ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. AND 6:57 P.M. DO I HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? JOEL, THIS IS JUST YOUR NIGHT, ISN'T IT? I KNOW ALL KINDS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING. JOEL MCGREGOR, 89, 21 EAST SAM LEE LANE. YOU KNOW, OUR WE'VE BEEN SET ON OUR 29.5 CENT TAX RATE FOR HOWEVER MANY YEARS. YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING AN EXPENSE INCURRED BY THE ENTIRE CITY. IT SEEMS LIKE TOWN. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AND NOT AN ADDITIONAL COST, BECAUSE REALLY, WITH AN ADDITIONAL FEE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING ELSE THAT THE ENTIRE TOWN INCURS, OUR TAX RATE IS REALLY MORE THAN 29.5 CENTS. IT'S WHATEVER THIS IS ADDED ON AND WHATEVER OTHER THINGS ARE ADDED ON, BECAUSE THIS ISN'T THE SAME AS PEOPLE HAVING TO PAY FOR THE WATER TOWER IF THEY USE THE WATER TOWER. YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THE ENTIRE EVERYBODY THAT OWNS PROPERTY IN THE CITY IS PAYING FOR. SO THIS SHOULD COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. AND I KNOW WE MAY HAVE TO TIGHTEN UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD WORK. YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, YOU DON'T SPEND IT. YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE HAD. DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR CUTS? YOU WEREN'T SURE. I'LL PULL OUT THE BUDGET AND I CAN COME UP WITH A WHOLE BUNCH.

YEAH, I DO ACTUALLY. CODE ENFORCEMENT DON'T GET RID OF THEM. THAT MIGHT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OFFICERS WE HAVE, BUT THEY'D PAY FOR A BIG CHUNK OF THIS. SO. YEAH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS TOPIC TONIGHT? 6:59 P.M. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THIS TOPIC IS NOT ONE I LOVE. I HATE UNFUNDED MANDATES. I SPEND TIME IN AUSTIN WITH OUR TEXAS UNFUNDED MANDATES. WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THIS WITH OUR CONGRESSMAN BRANDON GILL. BUT FOR FOR THE TIME BEING, IT'S UNFUNDED MANDATE. AND I SEE NO REASON AS TO TAKE IT OUT OF OUR BUDGET AND AFFECT POLICE. AND ROADS ARE TWO CORE SERVICES THAT COME OUT OF OUR OUR PRIMARY BUDGET CODE. ENFORCEMENT IS THERE, BUT IT'S A LITTLE PIECE AND I, I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE IT, BUT I DO AGREE IT IS NECESSARY ON A LARGE TOWN SUCH AS OURS. SO WITH THAT, I AS MUCH AS I HATE THIS TOPIC AND DON'T WANT TO DO IT, AND I PERSONALLY DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR A REQUIRED EVIL SET SENT TO US BY WASHINGTON DC. SO I WILL MAKE THE TOUGH MOTION AND MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, I HAVE A

[01:30:06]

[5.A. VOTE]

MOVING ON TO ACTION ITEM B OUR FOURTH AND FINAL PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS EVENING ON THE ADDITION OF H3 CATTLE. WE'RE WE WE NEED TO DELAY THIS ONE. WE WE DELAY IT LAST WEEK. YES WE DID. SO MOST LEASES OR TRIPLE NET WHICH ONE OF THE ENDS IS ONE OF THE NETS IS TAXES. SO THE THIS IS CHANGING THE LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE LESSOR AND THE LESSEE. IT'S GOING TO INCREASE THEIR RENT. SO THE LESSEE IS LOOKING AT ACTUALLY PAYING THE ASSESSMENT UP FRONT.

COUNCIL DIRECTION IS EITHER PAY YOUR ASSESSMENT OR ANNEX INTO THE TOWN. SO WE WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THEM. IT LOOKS LIKE THE LESSEE IS GOING TO PAY THE LESSER OR THE CASH AMOUNT OF THE ASSESSMENT AND THEY'RE GOING TO PAY US. AND SO THEY'LL MEET THE REQUIREMENT OF THE ASSESSMENT FEE. SO UNFORTUNATE. ANYWAY, THAT'S THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT THAT THEY WANT TO TAKE. IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT OTHER. OTHER NEGOTIATIONS WITH THEM TO, TO ULTIMATELY GET THAT ANNEXED IN. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. BUT CURRENTLY NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM. IF THEY DO PAY FOR THE WAIVER AND THERE'S NO NEW DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL, THEY'LL HAVE MET THE ASSESSMENT FEE REQUIREMENT. BE THAT'S NEGOTIATIONS WE CAN DISCUSS IN EXECUTIVE. YEAH. IT'S ON IT'S ON THE AGENDA. WE WE WILL YOU'LL GET ADVICE FROM OUR ATTORNEY. JUST MAKE SURE YOU IDENTIFY THIS ITEM WHEN WE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ARE WE TABLING THIS BASICALLY TABLING. YES, SIR.

OKAY. AND WE WILL TABLE TO AN INDEFINITE DATE ITEM B. ITEM E. WE'RE ALL OUT OF ORDER TONIGHT.

[5.E. Consider approval of a Site Plan for Pecan Plaza Lot 6, a proposed 8,005 square-foot commercial building on a 0.90-acre lot generally located near the southwest corner of FM 407 and Gibbs Road at 8040 Gibbs Road - Case # 25-SP00006]

AND THE PECAN SQUARE BUSINESS PARK. PLAZA PLAZA CLOSE. YES. SO THIS IS A SITE PLAN FOR THE FIRST BUILDING. AND IN THAT DEVELOPMENT. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT MOVING. YOU GO THERE. ALL RIGHT.

SO HERE'S A LOOK AT THE THE LOCATION JUST SOUTH OF 407 OFF OF GIBBS ROAD, FORMERLY CLEVELAND GIBBS. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU KIND OF THE BIG PICTURE, THIS IS WHAT THE ULTIMATE PLAN FOR PECAN PLAZA IS. THIS. NORTH IS TO THE LEFT. YES, YES. SO THIS IS 407 AND THIS IS GIBBS. BUT THE SITE PLAN IS FOR THE BUILDING HERE, THIS 8000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.

THE NEXT ITEM IS FOR A CVS, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE ON THE THE HARD CORNER. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THESE ARE AMONG THE TWO LARGEST BUILDINGS. AND MAYBE, MAYBE LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE TWO ONLY ONES THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE A FACADE OVER 100FT, WHICH KICKS IN ADDITIONAL BUILDING ARTICULATION REQUIREMENTS AND THAT REQUIRE VARIANCES. AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING THESE SITE PLANS, BECAUSE NORMALLY SITE PLAN GOES TO PLANNING AND

[01:35:05]

THEN IT COMES TO YOU. SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE CONTEXT THERE. AT THE LAST PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, THE SITE PLAN FOR THIS BUILDING RIGHT BEHIND THIS ONE, THIS 5500 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING WAS APPROVED BECAUSE IT MET ALL REQUIREMENTS AND IT HAS VERY SIMILAR FACADE TO THIS ONE ON THIS SITE PLAN. SO HERE'S A LOOK AT THE BUILDING JUST OVER 8000FT■!S. THE SITE PLAN MEETS L REQUIREMENTS, BUT A PART OF THE SITE PLAN PACKAGE IS ALSO THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. THE LANDSCAPE PLAN MEETS OUR REQUIREMENTS AND BUILDING ELEVATIONS. SO IT'S THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS THAT DON'T MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS. THEY DO NOT PROVIDE THE BUILDING OFFSET OF AT LEAST SIX FEET. THE UDC REQUIRES THAT NON-INDUSTRIAL BUILDING FACADES OVER 100FT IN LENGTH, HAVE BUILDING OFFSETS OF AT LEAST SIX FEET, FOR A MINIMUM OF 25% OF THE FACADE, AND PROVIDE BOTH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL ARTICULATION. THE LONGEST WALLS OF THIS BUILDING ARE ABOUT 130FT. THEY PROVIDE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL ARTICULATION, BUT DON'T PROVIDE THE OFFSETS OF SIX FEET. THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THIS SITE PLAN VARIANCE TO BE CONSIDERED WITH THE SITE PLAN, AND THE UDC ALLOWS FOR VARIANCES TO BE CONSIDERED WITH THE SITE PLAN, AND FOR THOSE VARIANCES TO BE CONSIDERED BASED ON ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND CREATIVITY AND COMPATIBILITY WITH SURROUNDING DEVELOPED PROPERTIES. SO HERE'S WHAT THE BUILDING WILL LOOK LIKE. AND OTHER THAN THE SIX FOOT OFFSETS, THEY ARE HAVING SOME OFFSETS. THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS ADDED TO THE BUILDING TO PROVIDE A VARIED DESIGN. SO IT'S NOT A BORING FACADE. AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE ARTICULATION ON ALL ALL FOUR SIDES, NOT JUST THE THE MAIN FRONTAGE. SO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONSIDERED THIS SITE PLAN AT THEIR MEETING ON AUGUST 19TH. THEY UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL THE SITE PLAN WITH THE VARIANCE AS IT WAS PRESENTED.

AND NOW YOU GET TO TAKE FINAL ACTION ON IT. NOW, I WILL MENTION THERE ARE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THIS PROJECT HERE I BELIEVE MAY WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ON IT. OH, COME ON UP IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT IT. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. MY NAME IS PETER WANGO. I'M WITH OFFICE EQUITY SOLUTIONS. I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF NORTHLAKE. AS USUAL. I'M KIND OF EXCITED TO BE HERE TALKING ABOUT NEW BUSINESSES AND NEW FACILITIES THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO NORTHLAKE. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I'M ASKING FOR A PERMIT VARIANCE FOR A CVS FACILITY AND FOR AN EASE PROJECT IN PECAN PLAZA. I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF READ A LITTLE BIT THROUGH. OUR GOAL WITH THESE BUILDINGS HAS BEEN CLEAR FROM THE START. WE WANTED TO CREATE STRUCTURES THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE CHARACTER OF PECAN SQUARE, WHILE ALLOWING FOR ARCHITECTURAL CREATIVITY AND INDIVIDUALITY. THESE BUILDINGS ARE NOT REPLICAS OF EXISTING ONES, BUT THEY SHARE VISUAL AND THEMATIC CONNECTIONS THAT TIE THEM TO THE COMMUNITY. WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH HILLWOOD, WITH CVS, AND WITH OUR ARCHITECTS TO ENSURE THAT THE DESIGNS REFLECT THE SPIRIT OF PECAN SQUARE. THE BUILDINGS ARE THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED. THEY'RE DESIGNED TO COMPLEMENT THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT AND NOT COMPETE WITH IT. WE'VE TAKEN CARE TO BALANCE THE UNIQUENESS WITH HARMONY. THE UDC ALLOWS FOR EXCEPTIONS WHEN PROJECTS DEMONSTRATE STRONG ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, CREATIVITY AND COMPATIBILITY, AND WITH ITS COMPATIBILITY WITH SURROUNDINGS. WE BELIEVE THESE DESIGNS MEET ALL OF THOSE CRITERIA. AND ALTHOUGH WE DON'T MEET THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR A BUILDING OVER 100FT, WE DO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF BUILDINGS THAT WOULD BE UNDER 100FT. MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE'VE INCORPORATED A VARIETY OF FEATURES THAT REALLY WORK TO PROVIDE THE VISUAL RELIEF AND THE ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST THAT SERVE THE VERY SAME PURPOSES OF THE OFFSETS INTENT. WE'VE MODULATED THE FACADES, WE'VE CHANGES IN BOTH MATERIALS. WE HAVE VARIATIONS IN COLORS AND TEXTURES. WE HAVE BOTH VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL ELEMENTS LIKE COLUMNS AND BANDS. WE'VE GOT PARAPET HEIGHT CHANGES, WE HAVE AWNINGS AND WE HAVE PRIVACY SCREENING WALLS. EACH OF THESE ELEMENTS ADDS DEPTH, CHARACTER AND VISUAL INTEREST TO THESE BUILDINGS. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THESE ELEVATIONS. AND THEN YOU WILL SEE IN CVS'S ELEVATIONS THAT WILL FOLLOW. WE'VE TRIED TO WORK WITH BOTH OF THE

[01:40:03]

WHAT EXACTLY WHERE IS THAT SIX FEET. AND BECAUSE YOU KNOW HORIZONTAL VERTICAL ARTICULATION UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHAT ALL THIS MEANS OF WHERE THAT VARIANCE IS. AND NATHAN MAY WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS PART OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THE CODE AND THE WAY THAT IT IS WRITTEN. AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IT ISN'T 100% CLEAR FROM MY UNDERSTANDING ON WHETHER IT IS VERTICAL, WHETHER IT IS HORIZONTAL, AND WHAT THOSE OFFSETS ARE EXACTLY SUPPOSED TO BE. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SIX FEET. I DON'T DENY THAT IT SAYS THAT PART OF IT, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY CLAIM THAT IF WE RISE THE PARAPET WALL BY SIX FEET THAT WE MEET IT, OR THAT IF WE NECESSARILY PUSH THE WALL IN OR OUT BY SIX FEET, THE CHALLENGE IS THAT SIX FEET IS A SOMEWHAT ARBITRARY NUMBER, JUST BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING. WE MEET ALL OF THOSE SAME ARTICULATION STANDARDS OF BUILDING UNDER 100FT, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FACILITY THAT WE HAVE HERE AND WITH THE OTHER BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE DESIGNING IN THAT PROJECT, LEGITIMATELY SETTING A SIX FOOT OFFSET, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THIS BUILDING, WOULD MAKE IT ACTUALLY QUITE DIFFERENT THAN THE REST OF THE BUILDINGS THAT WOULD BE COMING IN THE REST OF THAT PROJECT. AND SO WE'RE AGAIN, TRYING TO LOOK FOR THAT HARMONY AND TRYING TO LOOK FOR THE CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE PROJECT. I THINK THAT, YEAH, I LIKE THE DESIGN. I'M JUST I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THAT SIX FEET IS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YEAH. SIX FEET. IT COULD BE HORIZONTAL LIKE BUMP OUT OF SIX FEET OF A WALL. LIKE. OR IT COULD BE SPECIFICALLY FLAG THOUGH. BUT THERE'S, THERE'S NO BUMP OUT UP TO SIX FEET. AND OR IT COULD BE A PARAPET WALL THAT GOES UP SIX FEET ABOVE. SO IT'S NOT SIX FEET. IT HAS THREE FEET.

FOUR FEET DIFFERENT. YES. AND THERE. YEAH. BUT IT'S NOT AS GREAT AS. AND NATHAN THIS THIS SIX FEET COVERS OUR BIG INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS AS WELL. IT DOES THE SIX FEET DOESN'T APPLY TO INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. IT HAS A DIFFERENT STANDARD. SO IT AT 100FT ALL OF A SUDDEN BOOM YOU'RE AT SIX FEET. AND SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE RUNNING ALONG A FLAT WALL AND YOU'VE GOT TO EITHER GO OUT OR BACK IN SIX FEET OR GO UP SIX FEET. I THINK NATHAN, YOU HAVE SOME. NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. WHERE THAT SIX FEET IS, IT'S IN THE BUILDING. AND IF IT HAS TO BUMP UP. YES. OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE. AND I BELIEVE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AS WELL. WE DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME IDEAS TO TO ADDRESS THIS AND KIND OF CLEAN UP OUR STANDARDS, DESIGN STANDARDS. SO WE PROVIDE FOR GOOD LOOKING BUILDINGS BUT MAKE IT SO IT'S MORE UNDERSTANDABLE AND NOT HAVING TO COME FOR VARIANCES FOR GOOD LOOKING BUILDINGS LIKE THIS RIGHT NOW. THAT COMPLETELY MAKES I JUST I BELIEVE AS ORIGINALLY BROUGHT IN JUST IN THE UDC, PARTIALLY BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY COPIED FROM THEIR TOWN AT SOME POINT, BUT IT'S TO PREVENT LARGER MONOTONOUS BUILDINGS THAT HAVE NO STYLE, NO NO FLAVOR TO THEM AT ALL.

AND SO. AND HOW DO YOU MEASURE STYLE. YEAH, YEAH. IT'S ALL IT'S ALL SUBJECTIVE. RIGHT. SO IT'S TO PREVENT JUST THE STRAIGHT UP WALL. AND I MEAN VISUALLY YOU CAN DO THAT THROUGH COLOR. YOU CAN DO IT THROUGH SURFACES. YOU CAN DO IT THROUGH ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

THAT THAT MAKES SENSE. MY QUESTION IS ABOUT STYLE. I MEAN, I LIVE IN TOWN SQUARE. I CAN'T TELL BETWEEN OUR PRINTED OUT VERSION AND THIS ONE IS THIS IS THE SAME COLORWAY AS THE COMMONS. THE SAME COLORING. YEAH. OR IS IT? THIS IS LIKE LIGHTER AND DIFFERENT LOOKING.

RIGHT. THIS IS THIS IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT OKAY. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DON'T WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE. OKAY GOOD. PETER. OH YEAH SORRY I APOLOGIZE. WE WANT TO GET YOU ON RECORD. YES. IT IS INTENDED TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH PECAN AND THE GREETING HOUSE AND THE OTHER FACILITIES WITHIN PECAN. AND SO IT IS DIFFERENT TONES. THAT'S WHY I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE ONE BIG HOMOGENOUS. IT WILL NOT CORNERS. OKAY. NO, THAT'S NOT IT. THAT'S NOT THE INTENT AT ALL. IF THE VARIANCE IS NOT APPROVED, WHAT'S THE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THIS PROJECT? WELL, TO COMPLY WITH THE SETBACKS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT WOULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE THE BUILDINGS DRAMATICALLY, BOTH ON A SQUARE FOOTAGE BASIS AND HOW THEY WOULD POTENTIALLY SIT ON THE SITES. THEY ALSO WOULD NO LONGER BE IN HARMONY, I WOULD SAY, WITH THE REST OF THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING INTO THE PROJECT, AND THEY WOULD LOOK, I WOULD SAY, AS ONE OFFS IN COMPARISON TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR THE PROJECT AS A WHOLE. NEXT QUESTION IS, OBVIOUSLY, YOU DO THIS FOR A LIVING. HOW MUCH

[01:45:02]

RIGHT. IF WE'VE ALREADY GRANTED THIS ZONING NOT WE PREVIOUS COUNCILS GRANTED THE ZONING AND THIS USE. SO JUST TO NOT CONFLATE THE ISSUES, I KNOW THAT PECAN SQUARE IS EXCITED ABOUT IT. IT'S WHAT THEY TALK ABOUT EVERY OTHER DAY IS WHAT YOU'RE WHAT IS GOING TO GO IN THERE. SO. WELL WE'RE WE'RE A LOT OF PRESSURE FOR FOR SANDWICHES. THERE IS INDEED WE'RE TRYING TO BRING ALL OF THOSE MANY THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE SO FAR FOR ANYMORE. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT LOOKS LIKE WENT INTO TO GO ALONG WITH PECAN SQUARE'S LOOK AND FEEL VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. THE ESTHETICS. IT'S BEEN A PARTNERSHIP WITH CVS AND WITH HILLWOOD TO REALLY CARRY FORTH ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT HILLWOOD HAS DONE IN PECAN, AND THIS IS INTENDED TO BE EXACTLY THAT, AN EXTENSION OF THAT. WHAT KIND OF TENANTS ARE YOU MARKETING THIS TOWARDS? PRIMARILY RETAIL TYPE TENANTS? WE'RE TRYING TO BRING ALL OF THE MANY THINGS FROM THE RESTAURANTS THAT WE ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF. AGAIN, I'M A RESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY, SO I TOO WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE RESTAURANTS HERE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE EVERYTHING FROM THAT TO OTHER PROFESSIONAL TYPE SERVICES, WHETHER THAT IS HAIR SALONS, WHICH I MAY NOT BE ATTENDING, BUT NAIL SALONS TO OTHER, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT OUR PROJECT. SO WOULD YOU MIND ELABORATING ON THE LANDSCAPE THAT YOU'RE INCLUDING? I MEAN, I CAN SEE IT ON THE MAP, BUT IT'S HARD TO HARD TO SEE. SO I'M PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK AS WELL TO THAT JUST BECAUSE THAT'S NOT MY AREA OF EXPERTISE. BUT I BET YOU CAN PROBABLY BRING UP SOME. DO YOU WANT TO? MAYBE. NATHAN. SO PRIMARILY THEY'RE BUILDING OUT THE FRONTAGE ALONG ON GIBBS.

THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE EXTRA WIDE EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK THAT'S REQUIRED ALONG GIBBS AND THE PECAN SQUARE ZONING. IT ALSO REQUIRES THESE TREES AT 50 FOOT SPACING TO CONTINUE THAT ALONG GIBBS. AND THEN ALSO TREES ARE REQUIRED WITHIN DIFFERENT LANDSCAPED ISLANDS, IS WHAT YOU SEE THERE. ANOTHER LANDSCAPE ELEMENT IS IT SHRUBS ARE REQUIRED TO SCREEN THE STREET FROM PARKING AREAS. SO QUESTION ON THAT. AND SO BECAUSE I NOTICED ON ONE OF THESE WHERE THERE'S A WATER WATER LINE EASEMENT THERE UNDER THAT SIDEWALK. AND SO JUST AT OUR LAST MEETING OR TWO MEETINGS AGO, WE HAD QUESTIONS ON FORT ROAD ABOUT NOT PUTTING A WATER EASEMENT UNDER A SIDEWALK. OR THIS IT SEEMS DIFFERENT. WHAT WHAT MAKES THAT DIFFERENT IN THIS CASE? I GUESS THE ISSUE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WAS A GAS LINE EASEMENT WHERE IT WAS REALLY ORIGINALLY PLANNED, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY TRYING TO MAYBE USE IT, PUT IT OVER A WATER LINE. SO. JUST ONE LAST MORE COMMENT, SOMEWHAT RELATED, BUT SO I KNOW THAT KIND OF RELATED TO MR. FOWLER'S COMMENT ABOUT THE TRAFFIC. BUT SO I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE VERY INVOLVED WITH THE DIFFERENT COMPLEXES HERE. AND SO AS WE WORK TO TRY AS A TOWN TO TRY TO GET TEXDOT TO HELP US WITH THIS, WE WOULD INVITE YOUR COOPERATION AND PRESSURE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT AFFECTS YOUR, YOU KNOW, COMPLEXES AND BUSINESSES AS A WHOLE. SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HELP A LITTLE BIT ON THE NEXT ITEM. SO JUST A LITTLE TEASER FOR YOU AND I ASSUME OUR NEW PARKING REGULATIONS ARE IN HERE FOR PROPERTY. OKAY, BECAUSE I SAW SOME WEIRD LINES. I WAS JUST MAKING SURE EVERYTHING WAS ON SET. VERY GOOD COUNSEL. IS THAT IT FOR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND.

[5.E. VOTE]

[5.F. Consider approval of a Site Plan for CVS Pharmacy, a proposed 13,111 square-foot retail pharmacy on a 1.492-acre lot, Lot 3, Block A, Pecan Plaza, generally located at the southwest corner of FM 407 and Gibbs Road at 8000 Gibbs Road - Case # 25-SP00007]

[01:50:04]

OTHERWISE ALL OTHER LANDSCAPING IS BEING PROVIDED AS AS REQUIRED. AND THESE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS WITH THAT SIMILAR SIX FOOT OFFSET VARIANCE REQUEST. NATHAN, DO YOU REMEMBER MAYBE DENNIS, IS IT IS IT TWO LEFT TURN LANES, THREE THROUGH LANES, TWO RIGHT TURN LANES AT THIS POINT. SO IT'S IT'S BASICALLY SEVEN LANES THAT TEXDOT SAID THEY NEEDED TO WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS ONE LEFT THREE THROUGH AND ONE RIGHT. BUT THEY'VE ADDED TWO MORE LANES TO TO THE TO THIS. I THINK THAT'S DUE TO THE REGIONAL TRAFFIC AND THE ULTIMATE 407 PLAN. YEAH. IT WASN'T WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING. RIGHT. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT MAYBE WE CAN JUST LOOK AT PUTTING A TREE OR TWO IN THE PARKING LOT, CURB AREAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? JUST PUT SOMETHING EXTRA IN THERE. I'M SURE YOU HAVE A FEW ISLANDS FOR THE CURBS AND SUCH. THAT'S THERE'S THAT'S THE THING THAT I, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT IT'S REALLY TOUGH BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SLOWLY CREEPING OFF OF THAT 4 OR 7 FOR MULTIPLE REASONS. WE HAD TO MOVE IT SOUTH BECAUSE OF THE WATER LINE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SLOWLY, EVENTUALLY IT'S CUTTING INTO THAT SPACE THAT WAS MEANT TO BE TO KEEP THINGS GREEN. LIKE, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF JUST EVEN WERE THAT THERE'S THAT BUSH LINE IS IF SOMEHOW THOSE TREES THAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE THERE COULD BE FIT IN THOSE SPACES TO STILL MEET THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, AND KEEP THE AGAIN, IF WE KEEP CUTTING OUT TREES IN DIFFERENT AREAS, THEN WE SLOWLY BECOME THEY'LL HAVE TREES ON GIBBS STILL. YES, YES. AND THIS THIS WILL BE A SIMILAR CASE TO IF YOU REMEMBER, WHEN PECAN SQUARE CAME IN WITH THE AMENDMENT TO THEIR PLAN DEVELOPMENT. BECAUSE OF THE ENCROACHMENT OF 407 ON THE SOUTH SIDE. AND WHAT THE DECISION THAT WAS ARRIVED AT ON THAT WAS THAT INSTEAD OF THEM PLANTING TREES, WELL, ALL OF THE TREES ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED THAT THEY WOULD PAY FOR WHAT THAT WOULD COST, AND THEN THE TOWN WOULD USE THOSE FUNDS TO PLANT THE TREES. AFTER THE PROJECT IS DONE, WE COULD LOOK AT DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR IN THIS AREA, ALTHOUGH THIS IS GOING TO BE THE WIDEST SECTION AND THERE'S A LOT OF UTILITIES, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S EVEN GOING TO BE POSSIBLE. I'M THINKING LIKE IN A, IN AN ENLARGEMENT, A YOU MIGHT GO FROM, YOU KNOW, REPLACE FEW SHRUBS WITH A TREE OR TWO. AND THEN ALSO ON THE, THE SQUARED OFF ONE TO THE LEFT, WHICH I CAN'T READ THE NUMBER ON, BUT JUST SOMETHING THERE. BREAK IT UP. WHAT'S THE. BECAUSE THE LANDSCAPING LOOKS LIKE IS THIS.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE WAY THE OTHER PARTS, PECAN SQUARE ARE. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I SEE. I

[01:55:03]

YOU SAID ATMOS. YES. YEAH. WHEN I WAS I WAS THINKING THE ELECTRICAL LINES ABOVE TO WHERE THEN YOU GET TREES ANYWAY THAT THEY'RE STARTING TO CUT LIKE THIS. ONCE THEY GET TALL ENOUGH.

YEAH. THEN UTILITIES DON'T LIKE TREES EITHER GOING INTO THEM OR GOING DOWN INTO THEM OR UP INTO THEM. I DO LIKE THE IDEA, NATHAN. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AS TO WHERE WE FIND A WAY TO ADD THAT TO THE PROJECT, AND THEN THE TOWN CAN ALLOCATE THAT AFTER IT'S COMPLETED. SO THEN WE CAN STILL USE THOSE IN SOME AREA LIKE THIS TO KEEP, AGAIN, TO KEEP THE GREENERY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND BUILD THAT BACK UP. AND WE ALSO SET UP THE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT FOR THE CENTER LANES WE TALKED ABOUT ANYWAYS, AND THE CURB AREA SO WE COULD RELOCATE SOME OF THOSE FROM THERE TO THERE SO WE COULD LOOK AT DOING THE THE FUND AS WELL IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER TREES YOU GUYS WERE GOING TO PUT IN, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO DONATE THAT TO THE TOWN FOR FUTURE USE? IT WOULD. YEAH, I THINK IT'D BE WITH WHAT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO DO. IT'S VERY NOMINAL, I'M SURE. ANYWAY, SO IT'S PRETTY SHORT FRONTAGE THERE. CAN WE JUST SAY JUST SO WE HAVE IT ON RECORD? TEN TREES WORTH THE. SIX TREES WORTH. FOUR. FOUR. FOUR. FOUR. FIVE.

OKAY, FIVE. WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE ALL NIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO BE ALL NIGHT. I HEARD SIX. YEAH, IT'S FOUR TREES. IT'S FOUR. FOUR. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. WELL, WELL, WE DO HAVE A FUTURE

[5.F. VOTE]

[5.G. Consider approval of a Site Plan for 7-Eleven, a proposed 4,816 square-foot convenience store with gas pumps on a 1.438-acre lot, replatted as Lot 1R, Block A, Northlake Crossing East, generally located at the southeast corner of Robson Ranch Road and Gibbs Road at 1655 Robson Ranch Road - Case # 24-SP00010]

[02:00:06]

SOMETIMES IT COULD BE EARLY MORNING. WE DID REACH OUT TO WASTE CONNECTIONS AND FOUND OUT THEY WOULD WORK TO TRY TO GET THIS AT THE END OF THE ROUTE. SO IT WOULD BE DURING THE DAYTIME IN THE EARLY MORNING, BUT DON'T ALWAYS HAVE FULL CONTROL OVER THAT. AND THAT WAS A CONCERN OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. SO AFTER THAT MEETING, THE APPLICANT TOOK ANOTHER LOOK. THEY PROVIDED AN ALTERNATE SITE PLAN OPTION TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS THAT RE-ORIENTS THE DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE TO THE NORTHEAST, AWAY FROM THE RESIDENCES, BUT THAT ORIENTATION ALSO REQUIRES A VARIANCE BECAUSE IT FACES PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. BUT IT IS SET BACK 200FT FROM THAT RIGHT OF WAY, AND IT DOES SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE GATE SWINGING INTO THE FIRE LANE. SO I'LL DO WE HAVE A VISUAL ON. I'LL SHOW YOU NEXT HERE. SO HERE'S THE ORIGINAL PLAN. SO YOU'LL SEE HOW THE THE DUMPSTERS ARE ORIENTED, THE DOORS FACING THIS WAY. SO THE TRUCK WOULD COME IN AND WOULD HAVE TO BACK UP TOWARDS THE RESIDENCE. AND HERE'S THE ALTERNATE ORIENTATION. THIS ACTUALLY SEEMS TO FIT THEIR ROADWAY BETTER. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT INJECTS ITSELF INTO THE ROADWAY AND THE FIRE LANE. SO AS THOSE DOORS ARE SWINGING OUT INTO THE ROADWAY WHERE THE OTHER ORIENTATION DOES NOT APPEAR TO. BETTER. AND THERE IS THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THIS PROJECT HERE AS WELL. SO THE SAME REPRESENTATIVES. YES. SO MY. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MAYOR, THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING TONIGHT. 5012 CEMETERIES KELLER I'M THE WITH THEIR HAMPTON, HAMPTON AND BROWN WITH THE ENGINEERING FIRM THAT DESIGNED THIS THIS SITE PLAN. ORIGINALLY, LIKE WE SAID, WE HAD A DOWN SOUTHEAST JUST BECAUSE WE WANTED TO ALSO MEET OUR CLIENT'S NEEDS AS MUCH AS THE CITY'S NEEDS WERE BECAUSE IT WAS A 7-ELEVEN, THEY WANTED AS MUCH PARKING, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO THE FRONT DOORS, WHICH WE WANTED ON THE EAST SIDE. BUT GOING WITH COUNCIL PNC LAST WEEK, THEY EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERNS. SO WE KIND OF LOOK BACK AND AS YOU SEE, THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH. THE MAJOR CHANGE THAT IS JUST WE REMOVED TWO PARKING SPOTS FROM THE EAST SIDE. DOWN TO THE SOUTHWEST BAY WASN'T IDEAL, BUT IT STILL MEETS IT MEETS THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS AND PRNS CONCERNS. AND SO HOPEFULLY WITH ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTION. COUNCIL. SO MY MIND GOES BACK. THE ONLY THING I'M GOING TO KEEP GOING BACK TO, I GUESS, SEEMS TO BE THE TREES FOR FOR SOME OF IT AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD THIS. SO HAVING THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOME TYPE OF TRANSITION BETWEEN THESE TYPE OF BUILDINGS AND IT'S TOUGH WITH THIS RESIDENTIAL. AND SO WITH THE SPACE ON THAT BACK AND I SEE THE WATER EASEMENT AND SOME OF THAT RESTRICTIONS THERE, TRYING TO THINK OF DIFFERENT CREATIVE IDEAS AND NOT HAVING YOU GUYS LIKE DONATE MILLIONS OF TREES, BUT LIKE MAYBE IT'D BE WORTH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE MAP, THOSE FIRST SIX HOMES IS HAVING IT TO WHERE THERE'S SOME TYPE OF ALLOWANCE FOR THEM TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT IN THEIR BACKYARD THAT PUTS THAT SOFT SPACE SEPARATION BETWEEN THAT RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL MAY GET SOME GOODWILL. JUST AN IDEA THAT WE COULD CONSIDER POSSIBLY. SO THERE ARE NO HOMES THERE CURRENTLY, RIGHT. OR ARE THEY BEING BUILT? WHAT'S THEIR STATUS OF THOSE HOMES TODAY? BUT THEY ARE THEY ARE UP THERE NOW. YEAH. THEY'VE BEEN MOVING QUICK. SO I WASN'T SURE. THAT'S MY CONCERN AS WELL. I LIVE IN THE RIDGE, SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROJECT. AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, YOU'RE MOVING

[02:05:03]

BUT I THINK WE GOT THAT ALL WORKED OUT THERE. ALL THE BOARDS ARE ALL FACING OUTWARDS.

SO IT'S A UNIFIED FRONT, BUT IT IS AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE CLOSER TO 7-ELEVEN, THOUGH IT'S NOT ON A RETAINING WALL. SO IT IS AT GROUND LEVEL. SO IT'LL BE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, IT WON'T BE AS KIND OF SEPARATED. THERE IS A SLOPE UP OF IT'S 2 OR 3FT. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE UP A LITTLE BIT ABOVE. THEY HAVE AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE. BUT THERE IS, THERE IS A WHAT'S THAT, A STORM DRAIN OR A, THERE'S SEWER AND A STORM DRAIN LINE THROUGH THERE. SO IT'S A TIGHT SPOT. WE HAVE HEARD NO COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS RELATED TO LANDSCAPING OR NOISE OR ANYTHING. I THINK THE DIFFERENCE, AT LEAST FOR ME IN THIS SPOT, IS IT WILL BE A MUCH MORE ACTIVE PIECE OF THIS TO WHERE AGAIN, I CAN SEE WHERE YOU'RE SAYING THE BACK THERE, BUT THE BACK OF THAT IS TYPICALLY OF, OF WHERE THE ICE CREAM PLACE IS. STAFF PARKING, THEY PARK AND GO IN AND THEY'RE DONE. OR THIS WILL LIKELY ESPECIALLY WITH THE TRASH. AND I LIKE THE CHANGE FOR HOW YOU GUYS DID THAT ORIENTATION. AND YEAH, I MEAN I THINK THEY TRY TO MAYBE MOVE IT TO THE NORTH END TO TALK BACK TO OUR CLIENTS THAT I KNOW WE STUCK IT THERE ALSO BECAUSE OF EXISTING CONDITIONS ON THE PROPERTY, THAT THAT WAS BASICALLY THE ONLY BEST PLACE WE COULD HAVE PUT IT. BUT I THINK THERE WAS THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE WE FIRST STARTED TO NOW THAT IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO MOVE IT TO THE FRONT. I JUST DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER RIGHT NOW. JUST TALKING ABOUT THE TIRE AIR COMPRESSOR. YES, SIR. THOSE ARE VERY QUIET THESE DAYS. YEAH, THEY'RE NOT LIKE THE OLD SCHOOL ONES WITH LIKE A AIR COMPRESSOR. THEY'RE NOT LIKE THAT. BUT WITH THAT, I'M STILL THINKING OF TRAFFIC COMING IN RIGHT BEHIND THESE PEOPLE'S FENCES AT ANY HOURS OF THE NIGHT. WELL, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WITH THE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN AT THE 7-ELEVEN UP HERE, THE AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING TRUCKS, CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS, THEY'RE GOING TO PROBABLY PULL AROUND AS FAR AS THEY CAN TO GET OUT OF EVERYBODY'S WAY AT PALMS AND PARK BACK THERE ALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SO DURING THE DAY, YEAH, JUST JUST TO POINT THAT I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO MISS EVERYBODY BUYING A HOUSE HERE KNEW THAT THIS WAS COMMERCIAL AREA STRAIGHT BEHIND THEIR HOMES. THERE IS NO NO LIKE, OH THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREEN FIELD FOREVER. I MEAN, SO JUST KEEP IN MIND EVERYBODY BUYING A HOUSE ALONG THESE LOTS, IF THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS A COMMERCIAL AREA BEHIND THEM, IT WOULD THEY'D BE ABSURDLY REMISS. SO I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND. ALL RIGHT, LET'S VOTE. WITH THAT. WHICH SIDE? THE ALTERNATE WITH THE. FRONT TRASH AND AND STRONG CONSIDERATION TO MOVE THAT. OR YOU SAID THE AIR PUMP IS FINE. IT'S QUIET. WELL I MEAN IT'S THERE AND PEOPLE STILL USE THEM, BUT THEY ARE MUCH MORE QUIET BEFORE. WHAT DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS FIRST? BECAUSE. BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DOCK YOUR VOTE YET. YOU CAN TALK, BUT THE MOTION IS MADE AS IT IS, I. I CAN'T ADD TO THE MOTION. I JUST STRONGLY CONSIDER YOU TO LOOK AT ANY ADDITIONAL THINGS YOU CAN DO THERE. AND I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER AS WE LOOK AT THIS AND I HAVEN'T HAVEN'T SEEN IT POP UP YET EITHER. BUT TO WHERE SINCE THERE IS IN THESE COMMERCIAL SPACES, AN ALLOCATION AND REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDSCAPING

[02:10:05]

[5.G. VOTE]

MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 3. THAT PASSES. I'D STILL IMPLORE YOU. YOU HEARD THE CONVERSATION.

JUST DO YOUR VERY BEST TO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL WAYS TO SOFTEN THAT TRANSITION. ALL RIGHT.

[5.H. Consider approval of an Ordinance of the Town of Northlake, Texas, amending Division 1, "Generally," of Article 1.04, "Municipal Court," of Chapter 1, "General Provisions," of the Code of Ordinances, Town of Northlake, Texas, by creating Section 1.04.003, "Authority to Enforce Town Codes, Ordinances, and Statutes," by authorizing code enforcement officers to issue notices of violation or citations, as applicable, in the Municipal Court]

CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN THIS ONE TO US, NATHAN? ALL RIGHT. SO THIS ORDINANCE ADDS IT KIND OF FORMALIZES THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ROLE FOR THE TOWN. IT SETS IT AS BEING APPOINTED BY THE TOWN MANAGER THAT THEY MUST BE A PEACE OFFICER OR CERTIFIED PER THE TEXAS OCCUPATIONS CODE, AS A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. AND IT SETS SETS FORTH THEIR DUTIES. SO THIS THIS REALLY DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING THING. THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND COULD DO. THIS IS REALLY FORMALIZES IT SOLIDIFIES IT. AND HOW DOES OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS BUT HOW DOES IT CHANGE FROM WE HAD NO EXISTING POLICY. WE HAD NO EXISTING STANDARD. NO NO ORDINANCE SPELLING IT OUT. SO I THINK THIS I THINK DEAN CAN ADDRESS THIS. SO THERE'S NO ORDINANCE SPELLING IT OUT. SOME MUNICIPALITIES DO HAVE IT. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CITATION AND A NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS. AND SO PEACE OFFICERS CAN ISSUE CITATIONS. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CAN TOO.

AND SOME WHAT SOME POLICE DEPARTMENTS WILL DO IS THEY'LL HAVE A POLICE OFFICER WHO'S ALSO CODE ENFORCEMENT SO THEY CAN ISSUE CITATIONS. AND IT'S JUST A DIFFERENCE IN THE IN THE PROCESS. THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION REQUIRES SOMEONE TO. COME TO THE COURT AFTER THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER BRINGS THE NOTICE TO THE COURT, AND THEN THEY ISSUE A SUMMONS CITATION. YOU HAVE TEN DAYS TO RESPOND. AND SO IT'S THE TYPICAL PROCESS. THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF CASES RECENTLY WHERE WE'VE HAD TO TIE UP A POLICE OFFICER TO BE ABLE TO, TO, TO DO A CITATION. THAT'S BASICALLY WE'VE BEEN BORROWING FROM POLICE. THIS THIS CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WOULD JUST BE CODE AND POLICE COULD THEN FOCUS MORE ON THEIR CORE

[5.H. VOTE]

ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 2. WITH THAT. NO FURTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY ACTION COMING OUT, DREW? I DON'T BELIEVE SO, BUT WE. I

[6. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

WE COVERED 5B5B. SORRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WITH NO ACTION COMING OUT, IF YOU CHOOSE TO SOK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

[7. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]

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