[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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          P.M. WE WILL CONVENE THE NORTH LAKE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING FOR FEBRUARY 12TH AND CALL THAT TO ORDER. WE HAVE ALL COUNCILORS PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO START THE INVOCATION WITH PASTOR GAVIN. WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S PRAY. GRACIOUS GOD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE FREEDOM WE HAVE TO SELF-GOVERN LORD, THANK YOU FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO SERVE OUR GREAT TOWN SO DILIGENTLY. LORD, THANK YOU FOR THE STAFF AND FIRST RESPONDERS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO US. TO LORD, ALLOW US TO TO BE A FREE AND UNIFIED PEOPLE. GOD, I PRAY FOR THEIR PROTECTION, FOR THEIR GUIDANCE. LORD, I PRAY PEACE OVER OUR CITY. LORD, AS WE GATHER TOGETHER, I'M SURE TO HAVE SOME ROBUST DIALOGS AND MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS. WE ASK FOR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE BY YOUR SPIRIT. LORD, WOULD YOU GIVE US PEACE TO OPERATE IN THIS LAND? WOULD YOU GOVERN US AND GUIDE US AS YOU'VE APPOINTED EVERY OFFICIAL WHO SERVES YOU HERE TONIGHT? GOD, WE WE THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO GATHER AND TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT IMPACT THIS COMMUNITY. AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD ALLOW OUR COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO FLOURISH. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE RISE AND JOIN. JOIN ME FOR PLEDGES. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 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 AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. IT'S COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT WE HAVE VERY, VERY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, HAVE VARIOUS SPRING BREAKS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET A COUNT FOR THE MARCH 12TH MEETING IF WE THINK WE CAN HAVE A QUORUM, IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO WILL BE OUT OF TOWN, CAN YOU LET ME KNOW SO WE CAN INITIATE CHANGES IF WE NEED TO? JOSH, ARE YOU AROUND? ALL RIGHT. ROGER, YOU GET MOST LIKELY NOW I'M GOING TO SEE THE RANGERS. YEAH. ON THAT DAY, MAYBE. ANYWAY. ALRIGHT. SO. ALRIGHT. POSSIBLY TWO. HIGHLY UNLIKELY. UNLIKELY. YOU'LL BE AVAILABLE. OKAY. MR. GANT, IS IT POSSIBLE? ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT. SO I'M NOT SURE. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH FOR THE 12TH. WAS IT? TWO NOES, TWO MAYBES AND THREE YESES? YES. 
          OKAY. CRYSTAL CLEAR. BASED ON THAT, I. I GUESS WE'LL PROCEED IN AND WITH A MARCH 12TH MEETING. OKAY. IF IF SOMETHING COMES UP, PLEASE LET STAFF KNOW IMMEDIATELY THAT YOU KNOW FOR SURE YOU WILL BE GONE. I KNOW SOME SAID THEY WILL NOT BE HERE, SO. ALL RIGHT WITH THAT, DO WE 
          [2.A. Reports and Updates from the Mayor and Town Councilmembers Concerning Items of Community Interest (if necessary)]
HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COUNCIL ON ANY SOCIAL INTERACTIONS THIS WEEK OR ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE? ARE YOU GOING TO TALK ABOUT OKAY, WE GOT WE YESTERDAY WAS THE METRO PORT CHAMBER STATE OF THE CITIES LUNCHEON. AND WE GOT TO WATCH OUR MAYOR PRESENT OUR STATE OF THE CITY. AND HE DID US ALL PROUD. AND IT WAS SUPER WELL RECEIVED. AND HE ALSO GOT THE MOST CHEERS OF ALL THE MAYORS THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE. SO I WAS VERY PROUD. 
          NORTH LAKE WAS VERY WELL REPRESENTED. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD TO THAT. THE TAKEAWAY TOO, IS HOW MUCH THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES WORK TOGETHER AROUND HERE TO BENEFIT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GREAT TO SEE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, COUNCIL MEMBER HOLMES AND I ALSO ATTENDED THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE NORTH LAKE BIBLE CHURCH, AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING THE ESD ONE AND TWO AWARDS BANQUET. AND IT'S JUST A REMINDER OF HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE TO HAVE SUCH A GROUP OF PASSIONATE PROFESSIONALS PROTECTING US AT ALL TIMES. SO JUST IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO LIVE IN THEIR IN THEIR SECTOR. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE ANY UPDATES? ALL RIGHT. I LOST LOTS OF FUNDS GIVING THAT SPEECH. IT WAS FUN TO SEE OUR OTHER MAYORS AGAIN AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH THEM. AND WE ACTUALLY HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS IN THE BACKGROUND WHICH WERE VERY PRODUCTIVE. SO THINGS ARE GOING WELL BETWEEN ALL THE COMMUNITIES, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT INTERLOCAL COOPERATION FOR 
          [2.B. Employee Anniversary - Dwight Thornton, Police Department - 15 Years]
SUCCESS OF THE REGION. ALL RIGHT. NEXT EMPLOYEE ANNIVERSARY TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL TONIGHT. WE'RE HERE TO. HONOR DWIGHT THORNTON, CAPTAIN DWIGHT 
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THORNTON WITH 15 YEARS OF SERVICE. SO I'M TRYING TO CONDENSE HIS 15 YEARS INTO ONE PAGE. IS THAT ME? ARE YOU OKAY? SO CAPTAIN DWIGHT THORNTON HAS DEDICATED 15 YEARS OF HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE TOWN OF NORTH LAKE, DEMONSTRATING CONSISTENT LEADERSHIP, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, AND A STRONG COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, CAPTAIN THORNTON HAS PROGRESSED THROUGH THE RANKS EXEMPLIFYING PROFESSIONALISM, INTEGRITY AND A STEADFAST DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SAFETY. CAPTAIN THORNTON BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH NORTH LAKE AS A TRAFFIC OFFICER IN 2011, WHERE HE QUICKLY EARNED RECOGNITION FOR HIS PROACTIVE POLICING STYLE AND SOUND JUDGMENT. IN 2013, HE WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT, SUPERVISING A PATROL SHIP, MENTORING OFFICERS AND ENSURING ADHERENCE TO DEPARTMENTAL STANDARDS. HIS LEADERSHIP CONTRIBUTED TO IMPROVED RESPONSE COORDINATION, ENHANCED OFFICER ACCOUNTABILITY, AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS. UPON PROMOTION TO CAPTAIN IN 2024, THORNTON ASSUMED COMMAND LEVEL RESPONSIBILITIES, INCLUDING OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT, POLICY DEVELOPMENT, BUDGET OVERSIGHT, AND ASSISTING IN LONG TERM STRATEGIC PLANNING. HE HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN ADVANCING DEPARTMENT MODERNIZATION OF EFFORTS IN FOSTERING A CULTURE OF PROFESSIONALISM AND SERVICE. 
          OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS, CAPTAIN THORNTON HAS DEMONSTRATED UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO THE NORTH LAKE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES. HE SPENT ONE THIRD OF HIS CAREER, OR ONE THIRD OF HIS LIFE, AS A POLICE OFFICER IN NORTH LAKE, SO HIS PROGRESSION THROUGH THE RANKS OF REFLECTED BOTH HIS PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE AND RESPECTED LEADERSHIP. CAPTAIN THORNTON'S SERVICE STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO HIS COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, INTEGRITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE. SOME THINGS HE'S ACCOMPLISHED WHILE HE'S HERE. HE EARNED HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE THROUGH THE THE TOWN'S TUITION REIMBURSEMENT PLAN. HE IS COMPLETING THE FBI'S LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT COURSE IN APRIL, WHICH HE WILL GET A CERTIFICATE FOR THAT. BUT THE TOWN ALSO GETS A PLAQUE FOR FOR THAT, HE'S EARNED HIS MASTER PEACE OFFICER CERTIFICATION. AND HE ALSO SERVES NOT ONLY AS THE OPERATIONS DIVISION PERSON, BUT ALSO AS A LIAISON FOR OUR CONTRACTED AREAS. SO HE HAS TO DEAL WITH ALL THAT STUFF. SO CAPTAIN THORNE, IF YOU COULD COME UP, WE'LL PRESENT YOU WITH YOUR STREET SIGN. PUT IT WHEREVER YOU ARE. THANK YOU. I HAVE TO SAY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE ABOUT CAPTAIN THORNTON IS THAT HE SOMEHOW CAN KEEP A REALLY STRAIGHT, VERY POLICE OFFICER FACE AND STILL MAKE YOU LAUGH AND CRACK A JOKE. AND I CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW YOU DO IT BECAUSE YOU STAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE, SIR. 
          ALRIGHT, JOHN, IT'S BEEN A FEW WEEKS SINCE WE'VE SEEN YOU. IT'S BEEN A FEW WEEKS BUT MY 
          [2.C. Briefing - Finance Department Update]
TIME IS COMING SOON SO BUDGET SEASON WILL SOON BE UPON US. OKAY, SO WE'LL ROLL INTO THIS AND I'LL GO THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME, BUT JUST GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND JUST KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT, GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. SO FINANCE WE COVER A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS. WE HAVE UTILITY BILLING, ACCOUNTING, BUDGETING, PURCHASING, FINANCIAL REPORTING. WE DO TREASURY AND INVESTMENT AND THEN ALSO OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT. AND THE NEW ASPECT IS THAT MUNICIPAL COURT HAS NOW BEEN MOVED UNDERNEATH FINANCE. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE RIGHT THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE'RE AT FULL STAFF, WE HAVE TEN EMPLOYEES IN THE DEPARTMENT, RANGING FROM AN ACCOUNTING CLERK ALL THE WAY TO OUR UTILITY BILLING CLERKS. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE MORE STAFFING UPDATES THIS YEAR, WE HIRED, AS PART OF THIS BUDGET YEAR, A PURCHASING AGENT FOR THE FIRST TIME, REALLY DIVING INTO OUR PURCHASING PROCESSES AND TRYING TO STREAMLINE THOSE AND MAKE THOSE MORE EFFECTIVE AS WELL AS SHE HAS BEEN HELPING WITH ASSISTING US WITH COMPLIANCE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE COMPLYING WITH STATE MANDATES AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE APPLYING WITH INTERNAL POLICY, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP UP WITH OUR TRACKING AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PURCHASING. AND THEN SHE'S WORKING RIGHT NOW ON A TRAINING ON TRAINING AND GUIDELINES FOR DEPARTMENTS TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR OWN INTERNAL DEPARTMENTAL PURCHASES. 
          AND THE WHOLE GOAL OF THIS IS TO STREAMLINE AND ALSO HELP TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE COST SAVINGS SO WE CAN MAXIMIZE OUR RESOURCES HERE IN THE TOWN, WITH THE MUNICIPAL COURT MOVING UNDERNEATH FINANCE THAT THE DAILY COURT OPERATIONS. SO PROCESSING FINES AND FEES, TAKING MONEY, DOING REPORTING THINGS LIKE THAT. NOW REPORTS TO FINANCE THE FINANCE DIRECTOR ON A DAILY BASIS. THE THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR STILL WORKS WITH THE JUDGE TO HANDLE COURT RELATED ISSUES AND LEGAL ISSUES. BUT THE BIG THING WITH COURT RIGHT NOW IS THAT THEY'RE TRANSITIONING TO A COURT OF RECORD. THEY STARTED THAT IN JANUARY. THEY HAD THEIR FIRST ONE THE OTHER NIGHT. FROM EVERYTHING I HEARD, IT WENT REALLY WELL. THERE WERE A FEW HICCUPS, AS WITH ANY IMPLEMENTATION, BUT THEY'RE MOVING TOWARDS HAVING THAT COURT OF RECORD UP AND RUNNING AND GOING FULL BLAST. WE'RE ALSO ADOPTED SOME NEW SOFTWARE THIS THIS LAST YEAR AND CURRENTLY AS WELL THIS CURRENT YEAR AS WELL. TRYING TO AUTOMATE OUR SYSTEMS AND STREAMLINE, JUST MAKE THINGS MORE EFFICIENT AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE TRACKING OUR RESOURCES AND REMAIN ACCOUNTABLE TO TO COUNCIL AND TO THE PLANS. SOME 
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OF THAT INCLUDES DOING A, YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENT A NEW PURCHASING CARD SYSTEM THAT OUR STAFF HAS REALLY ENJOYED BECAUSE THEY CAN NOW JUST TAKE PICTURES OF THE RECEIPTS, SEND THEM IN, DO THEIR CODING ONLINE. IT'S A LOT LESS PAPER MOVING BACK AND FORTH, AND WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH WHAT EVERYBODY IS SPENDING. WE'VE MOVED TO PAPERLESS INVOICING AS WELL, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRACKING WHAT WE'RE SPENDING AND GETTING CHECKS PAID OUT ON TIME. AND THEN WE AS PART OF THAT PURCHASING AGENT HIRE, WE IMPLEMENTED THE PROCUREMENT SOLUTION THROUGH OPENGOV, WHO DOES OUR FINANCIAL SOFTWARE. AND THAT'S HELPED US WITH ENSURING THAT WE GET POS AND REQUESTS AND APPROVALS ALL DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER. WE HAVE SOME UPCOMING PROJECTS WITH UTILITY BILLING. WE'RE WORKING ON EXPLORING SOME NEW PAYMENT PORTAL EXPERIENCES, AS WELL AS WAYS THAT WE COULD HOPEFULLY REDUCE THE COST FOR CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS. THAT'S CURRENTLY A COST OF THE TOWN BEARS UP FRONT AND THEN INCORPORATES INTO THE UTILITY BILLING RATE STRUCTURE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO BRING THOSE COSTS DOWN WHEREVER POSSIBLE. WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON OUR POPULAR FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE HAVE YOU ALL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, I THINK, A COUPLE OF OUR BUDGET AND BRIEF THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR, THAT WE LIKE TO SHOW OFF WHAT THE BUDGET IS, MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE PUBLIC FACING FOR THOSE WHO DON'T SPEAK FINANCE OR LOOK AT FINANCE EVERY DAY LIKE I DO WHILE WE HAVE OUR BUDGET. IN BRIEF, FOR THE BUDGET, THE POPULAR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT IS FOR THE AUDIT. IT'LL HELP, HOPEFULLY HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE TOWN AND SEE IT IN A MORE TRANSPARENT MANNER. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO IMPLEMENTING A NEW BANK RECONCILIATION SOFTWARE THROUGH OPENGOV THAT COMES WITH OUR FINANCIAL SOFTWARE THAT WILL THAT'S PART OF THE SERVICE THEY PROVIDE. AND THIS SHOULD HELP US WITH REDUCING THE TIME SPENT ON RECONCILIATION. MY ACCOUNTANT WILL BE THRILLED TO HAVE THAT, SAVE THEM A LOT OF TIME, AND ALSO HELPS US TO PREVENT ANY ERRORS OR REDUCE OUR ERRORS AND ALSO PREVENT FRAUD. AND THEN JUST TO WRAP UP A COUPLE WORDS FROM THIS LAST YEAR, THE CURRENT BUDGET FY 26 RECEIVED THE DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD. AGAIN, THIS IS, I THINK, THE FIFTH YEAR RUNNING THAT WE RECEIVED IT. THE CAVEAT FOR THIS YEAR IS THAT WE RECEIVED SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN SECTIONS AND THE LONG TERM PLANNING SECTIONS. ESSENTIALLY, THAT MEANS ALL THE REVIEWERS GAVE IT THE HIGHEST POINTS POSSIBLE, AND WE QUALIFIED FOR THAT RECOGNITION. AND WE ALSO FOR THE FOR THE AUDIT, WE RECEIVED THE ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING FOR THE 2024 AUDIT. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE 25 RIGHT NOW. BUT BOTH OF THESE TOGETHER, THEY COMBINED JUST TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE TOWN IS FOCUSED ON BEING TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR FINANCES AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES. AND WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND IF NOT, I WILL STILL BE UP HERE. SO COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING 
          [2.D. Briefing - Fiscal Year 2026 First Quarter Investment & Financial Report (Oct - Dec 2025)]
NONE YOU'RE UP AGAIN OKAY I WILL PROCEED. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER REALLY REALLY BRIEFLY OUR FISCAL YEAR FIRST QUARTER REPORTS. SO. THIS IS OUR INVESTMENT REPORT. SO FOR THE FIRST QUARTER WE HAD 99 MILLION ROUGHLY IN OUR INVESTMENT BOOK VALUE. AND WE EARNED ABOUT A MILLION IN THE FIRST QUARTER. JUST A LITTLE OVER NOW, WE DID SEE THAT INTEREST RATE EARNINGS DECREASED 15% FROM THE FOURTH QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 25, AS WELL AS OUR TOTAL BOOK VALUE DECREASED 13%. THAT IS DUE TO SPENDING DOWN OUR CAPITAL PROJECT RESOURCES, SPECIFICALLY THE STAR CENTER. WE'RE RAPIDLY APPROACHING COMPLETION OF THE STAR CENTER, AND AS SUCH, WE ARE PAYING DOWN THOSE OR DRAWING DOWN ON THOSE FUNDS FASTER AND FASTER. THAT MEANS OUR BOOK VALUE IS DECREASING, AND AS SUCH, OUR INTEREST ALSO DECREASES AS WELL. BUT IT WAS STILL NICE TO SEE THAT WE EARNED OVER A MILLION IN INTEREST THIS LAST QUARTER. AND THEN FOR OUR FINANCIAL REPORT, 25% OF THE YEAR HAS EXPIRED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, IF JUST FOR THE PUBLIC. OUR FISCAL YEAR RUNS FROM OCTOBER 1ST ALL THE WAY TO SEPTEMBER 30TH. AND SO THE QUARTER MARK FOR OUR YEAR IS THE END OF DECEMBER. 23% OF BUDGETED REVENUES HAVE BEEN BOOKED, 39% OF PROPERTY TAXES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FOR THE YEAR. WE EXPECT TO SEE THOSE INCREASE HERE IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY IN THE SECOND QUARTER, AS WE HAD A BULK OF THEM AT THAT TIME OF THE YEAR, WITH SOME MORE TRICKLING IN, AND THEN 10% OF SALES TAXES HAS BEEN COLLECTED WITH EXPENDITURES, 11% OF BUDGET EXPENDITURES HAVE BEEN SPENT, 21% OF OUR PERSONNEL EXPENDITURES AS WELL. AND THEN 2.9 MILLION IN CAPITAL PROJECTS HAS BEEN SPENT. TYPICALLY, WE SEE IT GO A LITTLE BIT SLOW IN THE FIRST QUARTER AND THEN START PICKING UP IN THE SECOND AND THIRD QUARTERS AS ANY AS CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON CURRENT PROJECTS, AND AS WE START ADDING ADDITIONAL PROJECTS INTO THE CONSTRUCTION QUEUE, ONCE BIDS ARE DONE. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO REPORT FOR OUR INVESTMENT AND OUR FINANCIAL FOR THE FIRST QUARTER. 
          THANK YOU. JOHN. ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOHN? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. NO PROBLEM. ALL 
          [2.E. Briefing - Proposed Policy for Changing Roadway Speed Limits & Requiring Stop Signs]
RIGHT. NEXT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BRIEFING ON POLICIES FOR ROADWAY SPEED LIMITS AND REQUIRING STOP SIGNS AND ALL THE THINGS THE STATE REQUIRES. OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR. COUNCIL. 
          AGAIN ANDREW TASKED ME WITH RESEARCHING THIS FOR SOME COMMENTS MADE BY COUNCIL. SO LET ME GET MY CLICKER HERE. SO WHAT GIVES US THE AUTHORITY TO DO THIS? THE TEXAS 
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TRANSPORTATION CODE. IT SAYS THAT MUNICIPALITIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CHANGE SPEED LIMITS, LOWER THEM OR RAISE THEM. HOW HOW ARE THEY PERCEIVED? THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT, LIKE I PUT ON HERE, LOCAL RESIDENTIAL AND LOCAL COLLECTOR ROADS, WHICH YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE OF THE ROADS I'M TALKING ABOUT AT THE BOTTOM, LOWER TO FIVE MILE PER HOUR BELOW DESIGN SPEED. CURRENTLY ALL THE ROADS AND NEIGHBORHOODS ARE 30 MILES AN HOUR, WHICH IS THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT THAT THE STATE SETS. IF THERE IS NOT A SPEED LIMIT SIGN OUT THERE, IT'S 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE CRITERIA TO APPROVE THAT FOR THE 25 MILE AREA WITHOUT A SPEED STUDY, THAT WOULD BE ONLY APPLIES TO TWO LANE ROADWAYS. 
          IT MUST BE DETERMINED BY THE COUNCIL THROUGH ORDINANCE THAT IS SET AT 25MPH, AND WE MUST POST SIGNS. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER MINOR PRIMARY ARTERIALS. AGAIN, IT SHOWS AT THE BOTTOM THOSE TYPES OF STREETS, AND THOSE DO REQUIRE SPEED. STUDY BY AN ENGINEER. THE TRAFFIC STUDY DID NOT REQUIRE. IF ALL THESE ARE MET BELOW, SO THE SPEED IS LOWERED NO LESS THAN 25 MILES AN HOUR, THAT DOES NOT MEAN FROM 50 TO 25. IT JUST MEANS IT CANNOT BE. THAT. 
          POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 25. LOCATION IS AN URBAN DISTRICT LESS THAN FOUR LANES, NOT A STATE HIGHWAY, AND IT MUST DETERMINE IF THE SPEED IS UNREASONABLE OR UNSAFE, THAT THE UNREASONABLE OR UNSAFE IS NOT DEFINED IN THE TRANSPORTATION CODE. SO TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, WHAT YOU DEEM AS UNREASONABLE OR UNSAFE. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THE PROPOSALS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD, LOWERING THE LOCAL RESIDENTIAL TWO LANE UNDIVIDED FROM 30 TO 25 LOCAL COLLECTORS AGAIN FROM 35 TO 30. THAT MIGHT APPLY TO SOME STREETS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHANGE OR SOME THAT YOU DON'T. WESTBRIDGE MIGHT BE A GOOD EXAMPLE OR SOME OF THE OTHER ONES YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO. LOWER WEST BRIDGE SINCE THERE'S NO RESIDENCE ACTUALLY ON WEST BRIDGE FROM 30 TO 25. I'M SORRY, CHIEF, THE LOCAL RESIDENTIAL IS YOUR STREET WITH ALL THE DRIVEWAYS THAT HIT ON IT. YOUR LOCAL CORRECT COLLECTOR USUALLY HAS NO DRIVEWAYS OR VERY FEW DRIVEWAYS. JUST A DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THOSE TWO. SORRY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WELL. AND THEN IT GOES THROUGH AND TALKS ABOUT THE OTHER ROADWAYS THAT WOULD REQUIRE SPEED STUDY. EXCUSE ME. NOW REQUIRING STOP SIGNS. IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THIS MANUAL IT'S A VERY INTERESTING READ. I RECOMMEND IT FOR EVERYONE. SO YOU HAVE A SIGNAL WARRANT ANALYSIS, WHICH BASICALLY DETERMINES WHETHER OR NOT A TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE IS NEEDED FOR THAT AREA. THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS. MINOR ROAD WOULD BE LIKE A COTTONTAIL BUTTING UP TO 407. YOU NEED A STOP SIGN THERE SO PEOPLE JUST DON'T RUN OUT TO 407 THROUGH HIGHWAY. MINOR ROADWAYS MUST STOP AT MAJOR ROADWAYS, A SAFETY CRASH HISTORY SO IT DETERMINES HOW MANY ACCIDENTS WERE IN THAT AREA. IT'S ALSO OFTEN DONE BY ENGINEERING STUDY. SIGNALIZED AREAS. MAKES NO SENSE. IF THERE'S A SIGNAL IN THAT AREA. 
          ALL STOP WARRANTS, ALL WAY STOP WARRANTS. AND BASICALLY THAT IS IF MORE THAN FIVE ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED IN THAT AREA IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, OR IF THE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC IS MORE THAN 300 VEHICLES PER HOUR IN A CONGESTED AREA, OR 200 IN A CONGESTED AREA. SO I'D RECOMMEND TRAFFIC STUDY BE COMPLETED ON EXISTING INTERSECTIONS IF WE WANT TO CHANGE ANYTHING OR PROPOSE INTERSECTIONS. THE IMPACT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IF WE DO LOWER TO 25MPH, WE HAVE TO REPORT THAT TO TEXT OUT EVERY YEAR WITH THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS AS WELL. IF WE STARTED DOING IT IN 2026, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TWO YEARS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T POSTED THAT WAY. BUT IF WE WENT TO 2028, 2028, WE'D HAVE THE REPORTS OF THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS AS WELL. SO WE HAVE TO REPORT THE NUMBER OF SPEED LIMIT, TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS AND THE ALLEGED SPEEDS, THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS ISSUED, THE NUMBER OF CRASHES WITH INJURY OR DEATH. AND YOU HAVE TO POST THAT BY FEBRUARY 1ST, LIKE IT SAYS. AND WE HAVE TO PUT IT ON TEXT AND ALSO PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE. IF YOU GO TO ROANOKE'S PAGE, THEY HAVE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT ON THERE. AND ALSO WE WANT TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THESE SPEED LIMITS. PUBLIC WORKS. THEIR IMPACT IS GOING TO BE FINANCIAL BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO ADD TO THEIR BUDGET SPEED LIMIT SIGNS ARE ABOUT $90 EACH, POLES AND BASE 95. YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THE LABOR COST, VEHICLE COST, THE TIME. TALKED TO BRANDON. HE SAID THE TIME TO INSTALL THE SIGN IS 30 MINUTES. 
          TIME TO SET THE POLE IS 30 MINUTES. SO YOU HAVE AN HOUR. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND I WENT BACK AND RECALCULATED. THERE'S MORE LIKE 47, APPROXIMATELY 47 AREAS. SO IT'D BE MORE LIKE $14,000 IF YOU HAD TO DO A SIGN AND POLE AND EVERYTHING. SO THAT'S JUST AN APPROXIMATE. 
          EACH SIGN COULD BE POSTED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IF THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD IS 25 MILES AN HOUR, LIKE NORTHRIDGE WOULD BE A GOOD, GOOD PLACE BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE TWO ENTRANCES. YOU PUT 25 MILES RIGHT THERE AND IT WOULD IT WOULD SUFFICE. YOU MUST INDICATE THE SPEED LIMIT 25MPH UNLESS OTHERWISE POSTED. OKAY, HERE'S SOME TRAFFIC 
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INFORMATION. AS YOU CAN SEE, 2025 WE HAD OVER 14,000 TRAFFIC STOPS COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS, WHERE WE MORE THAN DOUBLED. 6000 OF THOSE WERE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. SO ABOUT 43% OF OUR TRAFFIC STOPS WERE RESIDENTIAL. SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE NOT IN NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          WE'RE OUT THERE ALMOST HALF THE TIME IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS ENFORCING TRAFFIC LAWS, OUR ACCIDENTS, YOU CAN SEE THEY WENT UP QUITE A BIT. THE ACCIDENT CALLS IS WHAT WE'RE DISPATCHED TO. THE ACTUAL ACCIDENTS IS WHAT WE ACTUALLY DID A REPORT ON, BECAUSE WE CAN GET TO A CALL AND THE PARTIES EXCHANGE INFORMATION. THEY DON'T WANT ACCIDENT REPORT. 
          THEY LEAVE. WHAT HAPPENED? THEY CHANGE MY SCREEN HERE. WHILE YOU'RE FORCED TO PAUSE. AND YOU MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED THIS, OR MAYBE YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO IT. IF WE SAY WE WANT TO GO FROM 30 TO 25, CAN YOU DO BY CAN YOU PICK, CAN YOU PICK BY NEIGHBORHOOD? OR DO YOU HAVE TO SAY THIS IS WHAT IT IS ACROSS THE BOARD HOWEVER THEY WANT? OKAY. THIS LOOKS LIKE AND THE RESIDENTIAL ACCIDENTS THAT WE'VE HAD, WE'VE ONLY HAD WE HAD 17 IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN 2025. AND IT'S GONE UP BECAUSE TRAFFIC HAS GONE UP THROUGH ALL THOSE ACCIDENTS. SO NONE OF THE ACCIDENTS WERE SPEED RELATED. THEY WERE EITHER DRIVER INATTENTION OR GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION WITHOUT LOOKING, THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE WAS, I THINK, THREE INCIDENTS WHERE THAT WEREN'T INVOLVING TWO MOTOR VEHICLES AS A BICYCLE HIT A MIRROR OF THE CAR. THE OTHER ONE WAS A GOLF CART WITH UNDERAGE KIDS DRIVING IT. SO SOME OF THE DISADVANTAGES THOUGH THE SPEED LIMIT CAN BE TOO LOW IF YOU GO BELOW THE 85TH PERCENTILE, WHICH IS THE STUDY THAT THEY USE A FREE FLOWING TRAFFIC, THEY USE 85% OF THE 85% OF THE PEOPLE WILL DO THE SPEED LIMIT. WHAT IT SHOULD BE. SO AND IF YOU SET IT TOO HIGH, DRIVERS ARE JUST GOING TO IGNORE THE SIGNS ANYWAY. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY COMMON LAW ENFORCEMENT FORCE US IF THE SPEED LIMIT IS SET TOO LOW, IT FORCE US TO ISSUE CITATIONS TO PEOPLE WHO IT'D BE OKAY, THIS IS A SHOULD BE A FASTER ROADWAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE TICKETING BOTH THOSE WHO SHOULD BE TICKETED AND PROBABLY THOSE WHO SHOULDN'T BE TICKETED. AND IT CAN HAVE A LIMITED EFFECT ON SPEEDING. STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT JUST CHANGING THE SPEED LIMIT SIGNS DON'T REALLY AFFECT MAYBE 1 OR 2MPH. IT'S A COMBINATION OF ENFORCEMENT, EDUCATION, AND SIGNAGE CHANGE. SO. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT I KNOW SOME OF THE COUNCILORS BROUGHT THIS UP ORIGINALLY, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNCIL UNDERSTOOD THE BACK OFFICE SIDE OF CHANGING SPEED LIMITS PER SE, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD WE'VE HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD APPROACH US. WE HAVE A SECOND NEIGHBORHOOD. I THINK PRAIRIE VIEW'S APPROACHED US. STARDUST IS INQUIRING ABOUT IT, AND I'VE INSTRUCTED BOTH THOSE AS THE MAYOR TO SAY, HEY, BRING US FIRST AGREEMENT FROM YOUR COMMUNITY. A MAJORITY, NOT JUST SIMPLE MAJORITY, BUT A MAJORITY, BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY NECESSARILY WANTS IT LOWERED OR RAISED OR ANYTHING ELSE. SO MAKE SURE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS A WHOLE, THE HOA AND PUT THEM IN CHARGE OF IT, SAYING BRING ME BACK RESULTS. A SURVEY THAT INCLUDES AT LEAST 60 OR 70% OF YOUR HOUSEHOLDS, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE 60% TYPE THRESHOLD. GRAPEVINE DOES SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT. THIS WAY WE DON'T BRING IT AND THEN JUST HAVE A COMMUNITY INFIGHTING ABOUT IT. SO WHEN WE BRING IT TO YOU, IT MAKES SURE IT HAS REAL MERIT BEHIND IT. AND THE RESIDENTS REALLY DO WANT TO CHANGE. SO QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF. I WANT TO BE PASSED ON TO ENJOY. 
          IF THEY AGREE TO IT. BUT IT'S IT'S IT'S YEAH IT IS A PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY. BUT WE COULD WE CONTRACT WITH WE HOLD THE HOA RESPONSIBLE FOR DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE DRAINAGE. SO WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE PURVIEW FARMS OR NORTH RIDGE ESTATES. YOU'RE TALKING TO SIGNS FOR LESS THAN $200 PROBABLY. I'LL SAY THAT I DIDN'T REALLY SEE THE BIG DEAL AT FIRST. FOR A COUPLE OF THEM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE I DO HEAR FROM I'M IN PECAN SQUARE. 
          I DO HEAR ABOUT SPEEDING AND RUNNING STOP SIGNS. SOME OF THAT'S KIND OF COLLOQUIAL, BUT THAT I BASICALLY CHALLENGED MAYOR PRO TEM ABOUT THE SPEED LIMIT. AND SO SHE TOOK ME ON A DRIVE IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE SPEED LIMIT, AND IT FELT LIKE WE WERE FLYING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I DIDN'T REALLY GET IT UNTIL WE WE WERE JUST DRIVING 30 ON THE, ON THE INTERIOR ROADS, AND IT FELT SKETCHY. YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY. YEAH. AND I'LL JUST KIND OF BRING OUT I'M NOT BIG ON CHANGING SPEED LIMITS AND REDUCING THEM. I AGREE MOST PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PAY IT OR THE NORMAL ONES THAT OBEY LAWS ANYWAY. THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BREAK THEM. BREAK THEM. HOWEVER, NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE CREEK MEADOWS, PRAIRIEVIEW FARMS, 
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THEY DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS IN THESE KIDS, THESE PARENTS, THEY WALK A LOT AND THEY'RE IN THE STREET. AND SO WE'VE HAD A COUPLE NEAR-MISSES IN OUR IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN PARTICULAR. AND THAT'S WHAT ONE OF THE RESIDENTS REACHED OUT. AND SO MAJORITY OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY WANTS THE SPEED LIMIT. IS IT GOING TO DO ANYTHING? PROBABLY NOT. BUT I THINK IT'S AN EASY FIX JUST TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN. AND LIKE I SAID, I THINK IT'S JUST TWO SIGNS, BUT I THINK THERE'S A SAFETY ISSUE THERE WITH WITH CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T HAVE PLACES TO WALK OUTSIDE THE STREET. AND THEN NEXT TO OPTION IS A CULVERT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ABOUT FOUR FEET DEEP. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT TWO PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS AND AREAS THAT PROBABLY WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO LOWER THAT IF WE CAN. YES. I WAS ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT THAT WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. 
          I LIVE IN THE RIDGE AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF KIDS, EVEN THOUGH WE DO HAVE SIDEWALKS, THE AMOUNT OF KIDS, THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE STREET CONSTANTLY, THE SPEED IS CONCERNING. AS WELL AS COMING OUT ON GIBBS WITH THE CURVATURE OF THE ROAD AND THE SPEED THERE AND I, I UNDERSTAND THAT GIBBS IS HIGHER SPEED LIMIT THERE COMPARED TO FURTHER DOWN WHEN YOU GET INTO HARVEST. SO I'M LOOKING TO FOR CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT OUR TOWN. IF THERE IS A WAY THAT WE CAN ASSIGN SPEED LIMITS WITH CONSISTENCY, THAT MAKES SENSE. BUT REALLY IT COMES DOWN TO JUST SAFETY AND THE AMOUNT OF KIDS. AND I KNOW NOT EVERYONE LIVES IN A IN A PLANNED COMMUNITY LIKE I DO, BUT THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT I DRIVE THROUGH EVERY DAY. 
          AND IT'S IT'S ALARMING. AND WE HAVE OUR NEW SPEED TRAILER. WE CAN SET IT OUT AND, YOU KNOW, PUT IT IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT IF THERE'S PARTICULAR ROADS THAT YOU WANT US TO LOOK AT TO SEE WHAT THE 85TH PERCENTILE IS IN THAT AREA, WE CAN DO THAT. MY OTHER QUESTION IS IF YOU WHEN YOU DO PATROL HARVEST, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THEIR STREETS ARE 25 MILES AN HOUR, HOW MUCH TIME IS SPENT DOING THOSE REPORTS? HOW MUCH TIME FOR THE OFFICERS TO DO THAT TO REPORT TO THE STATE? SINCE HARVEST ISN'T IN OUR. YOU DON'T HAVE TO. WE DON'T HAVE TO, OKAY? YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT IN THE TOWN PROPER. WE WOULD OKAY. AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE AREAS OF THE LEGISLATURE WHERE THE MUNICIPALITIES HAVE TO DO IT, BUT THE DISTRICTS DON'T. 
          OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. SO. AND WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS AND SEE, WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE A STUDY WHERE WE CAN PULL EVERYTHING OFF EACH STREET. SO WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE, OKAY, HOW TIME CONSUMING IT WOULD BE. THANK YOU. IS COUNCIL IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH HOW I'VE BEEN HANDLING IT, THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD PETITION AND MAKE SURE THERE'S A OVERALL AGREEMENT? WELL, I'M ALSO HEARING THAT THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF OVERALL RULE, AND WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT TABLE. NOT THE PROPOSED COLUMN WHERE YOU CHIEF, WHERE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE TABLE? YOU WERE THERE. YEP. RIGHT THERE. OKAY. SO THE THE TOP TWO WE CAN DO WITHOUT A TRAFFIC STUDY. YOU JUST WILL FOLLOW THE PROCESS THE MAYOR HAD MENTIONED, AND WOULD LOOK TO THE MAYOR TO BRING THOSE TO US THROUGH THE COUNCIL. I THINK ANY REPRESENTATIVE CAN BRING THEM TO THE COUNCIL, BUT I JUST THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A KIND OF GENERAL DIRECTION WHERE WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO GO BLANKET CHANGE EVERY STREET OUT THERE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS SUPPORT THAT ACTION. I AGREE, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO KNOW IF IF WE COULD DO IT, IF YOU COULD DO IT NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE I KNOW OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT IT. AND I'D BE I'D FEEL LIKE IT'D BE WORTH LIKE SPENDING SOME TIME IN SOME OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS TO FIND OUT WHAT ARE THE WHAT, WHAT DO THEY WANT? THAT IT'S NOT JUST US. BECAUSE I HEAR THIS HAPPENS A LOT, WHERE YOU'LL GET A FEW PEOPLE REACH OUT ABOUT SOMETHING AND IT FEELS LIKE A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN IT IS, AND THEN IT IS SOMETIMES HARD TO TELL. IS THIS WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK, BUT THAT IT'S WORTH? BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE REALLY BLESSED IN PECAN SQUARE TO HAVE TONS AND TONS AND TONS OF LITTLE KIDS, AND ALL OF THEM THINK THAT THEY ARE CAR PROOF CONSTANTLY. AND SO WE'VE HAD SOME. THAT'S THE SAME THING WHERE YOU GUYS REACTED. YOU DID THE STRIPING AND SOME ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT, AND THAT HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT IS THERE AN OFFICIAL WAY YOU WANT US TO BRING BACK THAT INFORMATION? I MEAN, WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. MAYOR, WHO'S GOING TO VERIFY THAT THE POLL WAS DONE? I WOULD SAY GO, YOU CAN BRING IT TO COUNCIL, LET US KNOW ABOUT THE ISSUE. AND THEN I'M HAPPY TO ORGANIZE WITH THE HOA'S OR WHATEVER. OR LIKE IF IT'S YOUR COMMUNITY, YOU CAN ORGANIZE WITH THE HOA. BUT I WANT I WANT THERE TO BE A SUPERMAJORITY, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING TO LIKE THE VOTE. LIKE A VOTE OF IT. I WOULD HAVE THE HOA RUN THAT PROCESS THAT WAY. THERE'S NOT RESIDENTIAL INTERFERENCE. I KNOW OUR HOA DOESN'T DO CITIZEN INPUT RIGHT NOW, SO IT WOULD IF IT WAS RUN BY THE HOA, THEY WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT THE NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE STILL IN LIKE INVESTMENT BUILD OUT MODE OKAY. AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S PROBABLY WAYS TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK. AND AND AND I, I FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD PROBABLY BE 
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INFORMAL LIKE ON THE LIKE KIND OF ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ACTUALLY LIKE, GET OUT AND SPEAK WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND TAKE THAT FEEDBACK RATHER THAN TRYING TO OVER, OVER COMPLICATE IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW. YEAH. WHAT WE'RE. 
          SO GOTCHA. SO WHEN, WHEN A COUNCIL MEMBER, ANY COUNCIL MEMBER BELIEVES THAT THEY HAVE THAT MAJORITY COME FORWARD WITH IN THE WHOLE COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE AND IT'LL BE SPECIFIC TO AN AREA. YOU'LL BOTH VERIFY THAT THE PERCENTAGES THERE. AND ALSO IN THAT SAME ACTION, APPROVE THE SPEED LIMIT CHANGE. SOUNDS REASONABLE. YES OKAY. YES. ALL RIGHT. JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT GOOD DATA. THAT'S THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING. RIGHT. 
          ANYONE ELSE? CHIEF THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE THE INPUT AND EDUCATION. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE 
          [2.F. Briefing - Proposed Municipal Development District (MDD) Creation & Development Corporations Dissolution]
HAVE A BRIEFING ON PROPOSED EMD CREATION DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'S DISSOLUTION. 
          NATHAN. ALL RIGHT. AFTER TALKING SPEED LIMIT CHANGES WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME SALES TAX CHANGES. THIS IS MORE DISCUSSING A POTENTIAL REALLOCATION THAN ANY NEW OR REDUCED SALES TAX IN THE TOWN. CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS THAT ARE FUNDED BY A TOTAL OF THREE QUARTER CENT SALES TAX. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS A TYPE A DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. IT'S PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR TRADITIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING INDUSTRY AND ATTRACTING PRIMARY JOBS. IT'S FUNDED BY A 3/8 CENT SALES TAX CREATED BACK IN 1989 BY A VOTE OF RESIDENTS AT THE TIME, AND IT'S ADMINISTERED BY A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD APPOINTED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL. THE OTHER BOARD IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. IT'S A TYPE B DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND IT CAN DO ALL THE THINGS A TYPE A CAN PLUS SOME PLUS SOME COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, QUALITY OF LIFE TYPE IMPROVEMENTS. IT'S ALSO FUNDED BY A DEDICATED THREE CENT SALES TAX. IT WAS CREATED BACK IN 2002 BY A VOTE OF CITIZENS AT THE TIME, AND IT'S ALSO ADMINISTERED BY A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD APPOINTED BY COUNCIL. SO HISTORICALLY, THESE TWO BOARDS HAVE WORKED WELL TOGETHER AND HAVE SPLIT MOST KIND OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN TOWN. BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT IS A LITTLE COMPLICATED. GETTING TWO BOARDS OF SEVEN TOGETHER. WE'VE BEEN DOING JOINT MEETINGS, DO A SEPARATE AGENDA FOR EACH ONE, BUT THEY MEET TOGETHER THE SAME TIME AND TAKE SEPARATE ACTIONS THERE AT THAT SAME MEETING. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MAYOR AND COUNCIL HAVE DISCUSSED. THIS WAS DISCUSSED SOME AT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION. THE POTENTIAL OF CREATING A MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO REPLACE AND REALLY ENHANCE THE EFFICIENCIES OF THE EDC AND CDC. SO WHAT IS A MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OR A EMD FOR SHORT? IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO A TYPE B DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CAN DO ALL OF THE THE TYPE OF PROJECTS. TYPE B CAN DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. IT CAN BE FUNDED BY UP TO A HALF CENT SALES TAX, BUT IT MAY NOT CAUSE A TOTAL LOCAL SALES TAX RATE TO EXCEED 2%. FUNDS ARE TO BE DEPOSITED IN A DEDICATED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FUND AND TO BE USED FOR THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS. IT'S ALLOWED TO TO DO THE. THE BOUNDARIES CAN INCLUDE THE ETJ AS WELL AS THE TOWN LIMITS. SO THIS IS A BIG DIFFERENCE FROM THE THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'S, WHICH ARE TIED TO JUST THE TOWN LIMITS. THEY CAN ALSO COLLECT THAT SALES TAX IN THAT AREA OF THE ETJ THAT'S INCLUDED WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF THE DISTRICT, AND IT IS ADMINISTERED ADMINISTERED BY A BOARD APPOINTED BY TOWN COUNCIL. IT HAS TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF FOUR MEMBERS, BUT COUNCIL COULD CHOOSE TO HAVE MORE THAN THAT. AND THAT MEMBERSHIP CAN INCLUDE RESIDENTS FROM THE ETJ THAT ARE IN WITHIN THE DISTRICT. PROJECTS ARE TO GENERALLY BE DONE WITHIN THE DISTRICT, SO 
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THAT MEANS THE ETJ, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE IF THEY'RE A PART OF THIS, WOULD BE PAYING ADDITIONAL POTENTIALLY HALF CENT SALES TAX. THEY WOULD ALSO GET THE BENEFIT OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS IN THAT AREA, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR SOME OUTSIDE DISTRICT PROJECTS OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT, IF APPROVED BY THE BOARD, IS BENEFICIAL TO THE DISTRICT. SO THIS COULD PROVIDE SOME BENEFIT FOR SOME OF THOSE AREAS RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF A TOWN LIMITS OR ETJ LIMITS, WHERE THERE MAY BE SOME OFF SITE IMPROVEMENTS THAT COULD COULD BENEFIT THAT PROPERTY. SO THE TOWN'S CURRENT SALES TAX, LOCAL SALES TAX DISTRIBUTION IS IT'S A TOTAL OF 2%, WITH 1% GOING TO THE GENERAL FUND. THE 3/8 TO THE EDC AND CDC EACH AND A QUARTER TO THE SPORTS VENUE. THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO DISSOLVE THE EDC AND CDC, REALLOCATE THE MAXIMUM HALF CENT TO THE EMD, WHICH CAN ESSENTIALLY DO THE SAME THINGS THAT THE EDC AND CDC CAN DO. AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER CENT COULD BE ADDED TO THE PORTION OF SALES TAX TO THE GENERAL FUND TO MAKE THAT A 1.25%. AND THEN YOU STILL GOT THE QUARTER CENT SPORTS VENUE TAX. SO IF IF THIS WERE TO BE APPROVED, THE PROPOSED MOVEMENT OF THOSE FUNDS IS THE EDC AND CDC HAS A FUND BALANCE AND THAT WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE TOWN. BUT THE EDC AND CDC STILL HAVE SOME OBLIGATIONS FROM APPROVED AGREEMENTS. AND SO EVEN THOUGH THE EDC AND CDC GO AWAY, THE TOWN WOULD BE OBLIGATED TO FULFILL THOSE AGREEMENTS. BUT THOSE FUNDS THAT GO TO THE TOWN COULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE EMD, AND THEY COULD TAKE ON THOSE OBLIGATIONS AGAIN THROUGH AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. AND THAT WAY, ESSENTIALLY, THE EMD WOULD JUST BE TAKING OVER FROM WHERE? RIGHT FROM WHERE THE EDC AND CDC LEFT OFF. SO FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, IT WILL TAKE AN ELECTION. THERE'S AN ELECTION PROCESS. SO ON THIS SAME AGENDA, THERE'S A ITEM THAT CAN BE ACTED ON. NEED TO CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION TO CONSIDER TWO PROPOSITIONS. THE FIRST ONE, PROPOSITION A, WOULD CREATE THE EMD SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF PROPOSITION B, BECAUSE YOU WOULD. FIRST YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE PROPOSITION B, WHICH WOULD ABOLISH THE EDC AND CDC SALES TAX AND REALLOCATE THE TO THE EMD AND THE TOWN GENERAL FUND AS PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED. SO ON PROPOSITION A THAT'S CREATING THE EMD. THE PROPOSALS TO INCLUDE THE TOWN LIMITS AND ETJ. SO ALL RESIDENTS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE TOWN LIMITS AND THE ETJ COULD VOTE ON PROPOSITION A. PROPOSITION B IS JUST ABOLISHING THE EDC AND CDC SALES TAX, WHICH IS JUST THE TOWN LIMITS, SO THAT ONE WOULD ONLY BE VOTED ON BY NORTHLAKE VOTERS. THE ACTION ITEM LATER ON THE AGENDA IS TO CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION TO ADD THESE PROPOSITIONS. IT WOULD BE HELD AT THE SAME TIME AS THE GENERAL ELECTION, WITH A ELECTION DAY ON MAY 2ND AND A PERIOD OF EARLY VOTING BEFORE THAT. ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE A IN THE PROPOSAL TO MOVE A QUARTER PERCENT TO THE GENERAL FUND? IS THERE ANY REASON WHY NOT JUST TO USE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, HAVING A LOWER TAX RATE FOR THE TOWN. THAT IS THAT IS WHAT YOU COULD DO WITH THAT. ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO THE GENERAL FUND. OKAY. GOTCHA. OKAY. SO IS PART OF THAT DIVERSIFYING REVENUE SOURCES. SO YOU CAN DEDICATE THAT QUARTER CENT TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT USES, AT LEAST THE PROPOSAL AT LEAST WHAT'S PRESENTED IS TO PUT THAT IN THE COUNCIL'S DECISION, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING. SO THIS FREES THAT UP TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT DECISION. YES, SIR I GOTCHA OKAY. SO I WHENEVER WE INITIALLY TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I WAS AGAINST IT BECAUSE WE HAD SO MANY NEW PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO GET IN AND GET INVOLVED AND THAT IT GAVE THEM THE ABILITY TO GET IN AND SERVE AND WORK WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE SERVED ON THE BOARDS FOR A LONG TIME. BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IT DOES SEEM LIKE THE RIGHT TIME TO DO IT. THE THING THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY DIRECTLY WITH THE MVD IS WE HAVE THIS BANK OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE COMMITTED A LOT OF TIME 
          [00:40:05]
AND SERVED THE TOWN THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER THE CHRISTMAS THING. LIKE, I KNOW, I KNOW, IT TAKES A LOT OF THE PEOPLE FROM THE BOARD THAT WORK THE CHRISTMAS AT THE COMMONS IS THERE OUTSIDE OF THE MDT. DO WE HAVE KIND OF A PLAN OR AN IDEA FOR HOW TO KEEP THOSE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COMMIT THEIR TIME? BUT WE HAVE SUCH A SMALL BOARD, HOW CAN WE KEEP THEM ENGAGED WITHOUT HAVING TO SPEND TAX MONEY TO DO IT? YOU KNOW, IS IT JUST IS IT JUST A ADVISORY BOARD FOR EVENTS? OR MAYBE MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IT NOW, BUT JUST TO CONSIDER THE QUESTION THAT'S UP TO YOU ALL HOW YOU ALL WOULD SEE BEST FIT FOR THAT. SO I GUESS THEN WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE JUST THINK ABOUT THAT AS IF WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS IS WHAT DO WE DO WITH OUR EXTRA GOOD PEOPLE. AND THERE'S ALSO BEEN TALKING DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW MUCH OF THE ETJ OR WHICH PORTIONS OF ETJ THAT WE COULD IMPOSE THIS ON OR, OR BRING INTO THAT FOR THEIR BENEFIT. SHOULD WE START WITH JUST THE TOWN? I, I THINK THAT AFTER DISCUSSING THIS WITH STAFF AND WHATNOT THAT, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY BRING THIS TO THE TOWN IN THE ETJ, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER DISTRICT HERE, BELMONT FRESHWATER SUPPLY DISTRICT. WE MAY NOT WANT TO INCLUDE THEM IN THAT PROCESS BECAUSE THAT WOULD THEY'RE A WHOLE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE THE TOWNS WITHOUT DIRECT REPRESENTATION WITH THE COUNCIL. SO I THINK THAT THAT MAY BENEFIT TO WE GET TO DRAW A LINE HERE HOWEVER WE'D LIKE. YOU CAN LITERALLY CARVE OUT EACH PARCEL, BUT I WOULD I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WHEN WE BRING THIS TO ACTION, THAT WE WOULD TAKE A MOTION TO CREATE, CREATE THIS PROCESS AND EXCLUDE BELMONT FRESHWATER ONE RESIDENTS FROM THEM. SO AND WE HAVE ONE LITTLE AREA FOR HOMES OR NO, IT'S A SPECIAL PURPOSE ANNEXATION. THERE'S A STRATEGIC STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT. THERE'S A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WHERE WE APPLY SALES TAX TO 711. AND THAT THE BUILDING, WHICH IS SO WE'VE GOT THAT IN THE PROPOSED MDD, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE DISTRICT, THE FIRE STATION AND SCHOOLS, THE RESIDENTS OUT IN A POTENTIAL ALTERNATE MOTION FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. RIGHT. 
          THAT WOULD EXCLUDE OF COURSE COUNCIL REALIZES THAT THAT WILL EXCLUDE ANY A QUARTER CENT SALES TAX FROM ANY OF THOSE HOMES OR, I'M SORRY, HALF CENT SALES TAX FROM ANY OF THOSE HOMES. BUT LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE NOT REPRESENTED BY US. SO INSTEAD OF INCITING A RIOT WITHIN HARVEST. YEAH, THAT THAT WE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER REDUCING THAT DOWN SOME. BUT WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE ALSO LOOKING TO HELP US WITH THIS AND POSSIBLY EVEN JOIN THE TOWN IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. SO SOME PEOPLE HAVE NO OPPOSITION TO BEING INCLUDED IN THIS. SO THAT'S JUST SOME THOUGHTS ON THAT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. AND WITH THAT, NATHAN, I GUESS WE'RE DONE THERE. OH, I'M SORRY, DOCTOR SESSIONS. I'M SO SORRY. OKAY, I. AND OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          EXACTLY. WHAT DO YOU THINK I SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO IT, BUT I DON'T SEE WHY I WAS GOING TO. 
          RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW. SO WE HAVE ALMOST OUTGROWN THE CDCS AND PDCS A LITTLE BIT. THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB BUILDING UP OUR ECONOMIC INCENTIVE PLANS. I KNOW SOME COUNCILORS EXPRESSED FRUSTRATIONS WITH SOME OF THEIR POLICIES. WE ALSO, AS THE LEGISLATURE KEEPS CAPPING US ON PROPERTY TAXES, WE NEED TO PROTECT THE REVENUES AND BRING MORE STUFF INTO ROADS. RIGHT? THE COST OF ROADS HAVE GONE UP. WE CAN APPLY A QUARTER CENT SALES TAX NOW INTO ROADS, HELPING ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AND EVEN SURROUNDING RESIDENTS OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT. SO THIS IS ANOTHER WAY TO BRING WE'RE NOT BOUND BY THE SAME RULES AS CDC, EDC FUNDING WHEN WE BRING THAT QUARTER CENT BACK IN, BUT WE'RE STILL PROTECT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SPECIAL PROJECTS WITH THE CREATION OF. THIS GIVES US A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY AND HELPS BALANCE THE BOOKS A LITTLE BETTER. SO WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT LOW TAX RATE. HOW WOULD WE PROMOTE THAT? WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE ELECTION AND WOULD WE HAVE VOTER, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION LEADING UP TO IT? SO THIS IS DONE LIKE A BOND OR ANY OTHER PUBLIC VOTE. THE COUNCIL AND THE STAFF CANNOT ADVERTISE. RIGHT. SO WHEN YOU SEE A SCHOOL BOND COME OUT, THEY CAN PUBLISH FACTS. HERE'S WHAT IT IS. HERE'S WHAT IT DOES. THEY CANNOT GO FOR OR AGAINST THAT. 
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YOU AND YOUR PERSONAL CAPACITY CAN TALK ABOUT IT, ADVERTISE IT. BUT AS A COUNSELOR, YOU CANNOT ADVERTISE ON THERE ALWAYS HAVE TO SAY, THIS IS MY PERSONAL OPINION, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          THERE'S PROBABLY SOME OTHER LEGAL GOTCHAS IN THERE DEAN CAN EDUCATE US ON WHEN WHEN NEEDED. 
          YEAH. SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT USES PUBLIC FUNDS. AND THERE ARE SOME ETHICS OPINIONS THAT WOULD EVEN MAYBE INCLUDE LIKE ASKING STAFF TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH, FOR EXAMPLE, AT A FUNCTION RELATED TO THE PROPOSITION WOULD BE AN EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS. SO SO THE OPINIONS GET VERY, VERY PRECISE ON WHAT THAT MEANS. SO YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT. TO FOLLOW UP ON ONE OF DOCTOR SESSIONS QUESTIONS. THIS ASSESSES SALES TAX IN THE ETJ AS WELL. AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CONCRETE PLANTS IN OUR ETJ THAT WE'VE SEEN, DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR SALES TAX SITUS COULD BE TAXED AND COULD HELP US WITH SOME OF OUR PROJECTS AND SOME OF THE ROADS. YEAH, ESPECIALLY WITH HOW THEY TEAR UP THE ROADS THAT WOULD THE CONCRETE TRUCKS HAVE BEEN A BIG DETRIMENT TO FLORENCE ROAD AND OTHERS. SO IS IT ALSO SALES TAX FOR ONLINE PURCHASES? SO IF I'M. YES, IF I'M ORDERING AMAZON IT GOES. PART OF IT GOES TO THE TOWN. YOU WOULD GET AN EXTRA HALF A CENT. SO INSTEAD OF YOUR 6.25 FROM STATE YOU GET 6.75. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU STAFF. VERY GOOD PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND BRIEFINGS. IT IS 6:17 P.M. I 
          [3. PUBLIC INPUT]
WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC INPUT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR COMMENTS AROUND THREE MINUTES ON ANY TOPIC YOU WISH. WE CANNOT COMMENT UNLESS IT IS ON THE AGENDA. I DO HAVE A CARD FIRST FROM MR. GREGOR. IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP. JOEL MCGREGOR, 89, 21 EAST SAM LEE LANE I THINK THIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE NORTH LAKE RESIDENTS A TON OF MONEY ON SALES TAX. EVERYBODY PROBABLY PAYS A LOT MORE THAN THEY REALIZE. YOU KNOW, BUYING STUFF ON AMAZON, WALMART, ANYTHING YOU ORDER ONLINE, YOU'RE PAYING SALES TAX. AND IF YOU PAID LESS, THAT'S GOING TO I CALCULATED IT AND IT PROBABLY SAVED ME 80 TO $100 A MONTH. IF THIS CDC AND EDC TAX WENT, WENT AWAY. SO THAT'S THAT ONE. SO I'D SAY GET GET RID OF IT, YOU KNOW, AND AND THEN TAXING PEOPLE IN THE ETJ, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE WHEN, WHEN DOES THE GOVERNMENT STOP? WE GET MORE AND MORE AND MORE GOVERNMENT, MORE TAXES SPREADING OUT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY TOLD THE PEOPLE IN THE ETJ THEY CAN'T DO FIREWORKS. THEY THEY CAN'T MAKE NOISE, THEY CAN'T DO THIS. THEY'RE NOT LIVING IN THE CITY OF NORTH LAKE FOR A REASON. AND YOU'RE GIVING THEM MORE REASONS TO NOT WANT TO EVER BE IN NORTH LAKE. YOU KNOW, SPEED LIMITS. DID ANYBODY NOTICE THAT LAST SLIDE? IT SAID THERE HAVE BEEN ZERO SPEED RELATED ACCIDENTS. SO WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT? A LOT OF THE ROADS NEED IT TO GO UP. YOU KNOW DALE EARNHARDT CRAZY SLOW YOU KNOW. AND WHAT WHAT IS THE MAIN PEOPLE'S MAIN GRIPE ABOUT ROADS IN NORTH LAKE TRAFFIC. YOU LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT THAT DECREASES THE CAPACITY OF THE ROADS. THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO GET WORSE WITH LOWER SPEED LIMITS. NOW I KNOW ONCE THE SPEED, ONCE THE TRAFFIC IS CLOGGED UP, THE SPEED LIMITS ARE IRRELEVANT, BUT IT'LL TAKE IT LONGER TO GET CLOGGED UP. IF PEOPLE CAN GO FASTER BECAUSE THE ROADS CAN HANDLE MORE TRAFFIC. SO IF YOU LOWER THEM, IT'S GOING TO MAKE THIS PROBLEM WORSE. YOU KNOW, I GOT MORE COMMENTS ON THE OTHER ISSUE, BUT WE GOT A PUBLIC HEARING ON IT. OH, FOR JOEL, I CAN TELL YOU FOR ONCE I AGREE WITH YOU. THERE'S A FEW SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT, BUT IN GENERAL, I AGREE WITH YOU ON SPEED LIMITS THERE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. A COUPLE MORE PAPERS HERE, MR. MCINNIS. WELCOME. WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US TONIGHT? GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL HOWARD MCGINNIS 2333 CODY WAY. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE NORTH LAKE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, AND WE ARE ANNOUNCING OUR FIRST ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT. IT'S SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 5TH AT CHAMPION CIRCLE. IT'LL BE AT 8 A.M. 
          SHOTGUN START. I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS. SPONSORSHIPS WOULD LOVE ALL OF 
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YOUR SUPPORT, LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND WE'D LOVE THE TOWN'S SUPPORT AND GETTING THE MARKETING OUT FOR THIS. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, WHAT WE DO IS WE HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR THINGS THAT DON'T FIT IN THE BUDGET WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEN IT COMES TO TRAINING AND TOOLS. BENEVOLENCE FUND AND CHIEF CRAWFORD SNACK PACK PROGRAM. AND THAT'S WHAT THE FUNDS GO FOR. AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO, YOU KNOW, START THIS OUT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AND, AND CREATE AN ANNUAL EVENT HERE. JUST WANTED TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW ABOUT IT. SO THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. APPRECIATE THAT. APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO FOR OUR POLICE AS WELL. 
          OUR THE THE THEY HAVE SUCH A HUGE PRESENCE AT LEAST IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I FEEL LIKE THEY ARE LIKE THE ACCESSORY PRESENCE FOR THE POLICE AND PEOPLE LOVE THEM. SO WE'RE ALWAYS GLAD YOU GOT FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO. ALL RIGHT, NEXT, MR. SARWAR. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MICHAEL SAVAGE, 8132 FLORENCE ROAD AND NORTH LAKE RONALD REAGAN ONCE SAID THAT WE NEGOTIATE ON POLICY, BUT WE STAND ON PRINCIPLE. A MONTH AGO, THE CITIZENS WHO ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE FORCED REZONING ORDINANCE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONSIDER TONIGHT, SHOWED UP HERE AND TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE NEEDED. THE MAJORITY OF YOU, THANKFULLY, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING IT WORKED WITH US. AND WE HAVE SOME REVISIONS TO THAT TONIGHT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THAT MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, MAKE FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT A BETTER ORDINANCE. 
          BUT I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT PRINCIPLE AND TO ASK YOU TO STAND ON PRINCIPLE, THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONSIDER IN FIVE C IS NOT AN ORDINANCE ABOUT ZONING. IT'S AN ORDINANCE ABOUT FORCED ZONING AND REZONING. CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF NORTH LAKE AGAINST THEIR WILL. AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN DIFFERENT PLACES, BUT THINK OF IT THIS WAY. IF YOU LIVED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE PECAN SQUARE, IF YOU PASS THIS ORDINANCE, THEN A FUTURE COUNCIL COULD COME IN AND SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? THE TWO BLOCKS OF PECAN SQUARE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT'S SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, BUT WE'D LIKE IT TO BE MULTIFAMILY. AND SO THEY'D REZONE YOU. NOW YOU SAY, WELL, WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL? BECAUSE I LIVE THERE, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. BUT IF YOU TRY TO SELL YOUR HOME, YOU CAN'T SELL IT AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. IF YOU TRY TO PUT A BARN OR A SHED BEHIND IT, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FROM THE TOWN, WHICH THEY CAN DENY. AND SO IF THE IF THE APARTMENT PERSON WHO WANTS TO, THE DEVELOPER WHO WANTS TO BUILD THE MULTI-FAMILY, THEY COME TO YOU AND THEY GO, WE'LL GIVE YOU YOUR HOUSE IS WORTH $500,000 WHAT YOU THINK? AND THEY'LL GIVE YOU $125,000 FOR IT. AND YOU GO, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, THAT'S 25% OF THE VALUE OF MY HOME. WHY WOULD I DO THAT? WELL, TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT YOUR ORDINANCE, BECAUSE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO US, RIGHT? UNDER THE ORDINANCE, UNDER THE ZONING WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WE COULD DO 36 HOMES ON OUR PROPERTY UNDER THE REVISED ZONING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IN FIVE C THAT DROPS FROM 36 TO 9, A 75% REDUCTION IN THE USE OF OUR PROPERTY. SO WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IS THINK ABOUT THE PRINCIPLE OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, NOT THE POLICY, BUT THE PRINCIPLE. LET ME INTERRUPT YOU FOR A SECOND. I STOP YOUR TIME, OR SO YOU ARE SAYING THAT YOU INTEND TO SUBDIVIDE YOUR PROPERTY AND THIS IS GOING TO HARM YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IF WE CHOSE TO, WE COULD NOT DO IT. THE ORDINANCE IS CHANGING RIGHT NOW UNDER THE ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW, IF WE CHOSE TO SUBDIVIDE, WE COULD SUBDIVIDE INTO FIVE ACRE LOTS. IF YOU PASS THE NEW ORDINANCE, THEN WE WOULD ONLY BE ABLE, IF WE CHOSE TO SUBDIVIDE, ONLY BE ABLE TO DIVIDE INTO NINE LOTS. NOW TO YOUR POINT, MAYOR, AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT. NATHAN STOOD UP HERE AND TOLD YOU IF WE WERE NOT SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS, IF WE WERE A DEVELOPER, YOU THE COUNCIL WOULD WAIVE ALL THIS STUFF AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DEVELOP OUR PROPERTY IN ANY WAY WE CHOSE FIT AS LONG AS THE TOWN APPROVED IT. SO I'M WONDERING, MAYOR, SINCE YOU ASKED ME, I'LL ASK YOU. ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT IF WE CHOSE TO BE A DEVELOPER, WE COULD DEVELOP AS MUCH PROPERTY AS WE WANTED? WE COULD PUT 1000 HOMES ON THAT PROPERTY. WELL, THOSE TYPICALLY REQUIRE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. AND THE REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION IS THIS. IF YOU LIVE IN PECAN SQUARE, WE ALL KNOW WHERE PECAN SQUARE IS, RIGHT? PECAN SQUARE WAS A FIVE ACRE MINIMUM IN PREVIOUSLY IN THE TOWN. RIGHT. IT WAS FIVE ACRE MINIMUM. IT WAS A CONSERVATION DISTRICT. BUT ALL OF THAT WAS WAIVED BY THE COUNCIL SO THAT WE COULD PUT TEN HOMES TO THE ACRE AND PECAN SQUARE. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT BECAUSE IN TERMS OF PRINCIPLE, THE PERSON WHO OWNED THAT PROPERTY WAS A SINGLE FAMILY. I MEAN, A PRIVATE DEVELOPER, PRIVATE DEVELOPER, AND THE TOWN WAS WILLING TO WORK WITH HIM ON THAT. I'M ASKING FOR THE SAME RESPECT FROM THE COUNCIL THAT YOU GIVE EVERYBODY ELSE. WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH ANYBODY WHO APPROACHES US ON A PROJECT. THANK YOU. MR. CALLAHAN. MOST OF YOU KNOW ME, I'M RAY 
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CALLAHAN, AND YOU KNOW THAT WHEN SOMETHING'S PUT IN FRONT OF ME TO READ, I READ IT, AND I TRY MY BEST TO THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND IT. AND EVEN THOUGH I'M SPEAKING TODAY ON THE SPEED LIMIT SIGN, I LIVE ABOUT MIDWAY ON, ON. WHERE AM I LIVING? THE RIDGE ON BEDFORD ROAD. AND AS YOU COME IN, YOU COME UP TO A FIRST STREET AND THE NEXT BLOCK. I'M HALFWAY BETWEEN THAT. AN&-PS BEDFORD GOES AROUND. AND I WILL TELL YOU, AS PEOPLE LEAVE FROM BEDFORD ROAD AND HEAD TOWARD. 
          ROPES AND RANCH, IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY COME AROUND THAT CORNER. THEY SEE THE STOP SIGN AT ROBSON RANCH AND PICK UP THE SPEED LIMIT. AND RIGHT BETWEEN THAT AREA YOU SEE A LOT OF SPEEDERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING, PEOPLE THAT ARE LATE FOR WORK. I'VE SEEN CHILDREN IN THE STREET. I HAD ONE NEIGHBOR WHO HAD TO GET OUT OF THE STREET. THEIR CHILD HAD. THE 11 YEAR OLD HAD TO GET OUT OF THE STREET, HAD DROPPED HIS PHONE. IT GOT CRUNCHED. I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF 11 YEAR OLDS WITH CELL PHONES, BUT NONETHELESS IT WAS. IT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BY GOING A LITTLE BIT SLOWER. AND MAYOR, I RESPECT YOUR OPINION, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT WANT THE SPEED LIMIT LOWERED. HOW MANY ACCIDENTS HAVE TO HAPPEN BEFORE YOU SAY, WELL, MAYBE NOT A MAJORITY, BUT 40%? YOU KNOW, WE GET SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE SO CLOSE TO AN ACCIDENT THAT ARE NOT REPORTED IN THAT AREA THAT IT'S I HAVE NEIGHBORS COMPLAIN ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY JUST CAME DOWN THE STREET TOO FAST. 
          AND WE YOU HAVE COMPANY, THEY PARK IN THE STREET. IT'S ONE CAR CAN GET PAST THAT. AND I'LL TELL YOU, I KNOW YOU LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IF I CAN BE OF ANY ASSISTANCE WITH HELPING YOU GET PEOPLE TO STATE THEIR OPINION, I'LL BE GLAD TO HELP. AND ALSO, IF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO PUT ONE OF THOSE SPEED LIMITS THINGS IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT. I'LL BE RIGHT THERE MID-BLOCK. AND WE'LL WE'LL WE'LL SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE COME DOWN THAT ROAD. BUT I AM TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT. AND I'M CONCERNED THAT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE THAT, IF SOME STREETS ARE 30 AND SOME STREETS ARE 25, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY CONFUSING FOR DRIVERS. AND SO NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE LIKE THE RIDGE AT NORTH LAKE, WE NEED IN THAT COMMUNITY ONE CONSTANT SPEED LIMIT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AT THAT 25 LIMIT. I THINK THAT'S A BIG HELP AND I DON'T THINK IT IS, THE POLICE CHIEF SAID. I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO GET EVERYBODY TO DO THE SPEED LIMIT, BUT IT'S GOING TO SLOW THEM DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND THAT WILL BE HELPFUL. AND MOST OF THE NEIGHBORS DO DRIVE WELL BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT. I THINK IT'S. ALEX SAID SHE WOULD DRIVE, DROVE THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE SPEED LIMIT. SEEMS VERY FAST THROUGH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, THROUGH BEDFORD ROAD. SO I JUST CONCERNED YOU AND YOU TALK ABOUT A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE. 
          LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T VOTE BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE PROBABLY MOST VULNERABLE TO GETTING HIT AND IN AN ACCIDENT IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S ALL I GOT. 
          I WILL SAY, TOO, I'M IN FAVOR OF THE REZONING. THANK YOU SIR, THANK YOU. VIJAY, DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? THANK YOU. WELCOME, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, VIJAY CHITKARA 2516 LAZY DOG LANE AND CONSEQUENT. I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE UTILITY BILLING AND I MIGHT WORD TO USE THE WORD YOU, AND IT'S NOT DIRECTLY TO ANYBODY IN PARTICULAR, BUT JUST THE BOARD ITSELF. SO QUESTION I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. I HAVE. THE FIRST ONE IS DID SOMEHOW THE UTILITY BOARD GOT AUTHORITY TO ENROLL EVERYBODY INTO THEIR FLIGHT OR MASSAGE OR WHATEVER? I DON'T KNOW, CLEARLY IN THE MASSAGE PUBLICATION, YOU'RE SAYING THAT MEDICAID PEOPLE ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THAT. DO YOU KNOW WHO'S ON MEDICARE OR DO YOU KNOW WHO HAS INSURANCE? IT ALREADY COVER SO WHY AM I PAYING $6.75 OR WHATEVER? THE NUMBER IS? EXTRA COVERAGE I DON'T NEED. AND WHEN I GO TO CANCEL THAT, I GET AN EMAIL BACK SAYING YOU'RE MISSING SOME INFORMATION, WHICH MEANS I HAVE TO CALL BACK AGAIN TO THE POOR YOUNG LADY WHO ANSWERS MY PHONE CALL AND SAY, WHAT'S GOING ON? OH NO, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. YOU'RE YOU'VE BEEN UNENROLLED, BUT I HAVE NOTHING IN PAPER SAYING I AM. THE SECOND THING IS WHAT? UTILITY BILLING. EVERY YEAR WE GET THESE INCREASES. SO 
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IF I AM OUT OF MY HOUSE FOR A MONTH, I WILL HAVE A BILL OF $111 PLUS PENNIES FOR NOT EVEN USING A SINGLE DROP OF WATER. THIS IS ABOUT 180% MORE THAN WHEN I CAME TO NORTHLAKE. IN A TYPICAL SUMMER MONTH, IT'S GOING TO BE 235% MORE. WITH THE CURRENT RATES YOU HAVE. I KNOW SOME OF IT HAS GOT TO DO WITH INFLATION. I REALIZE THAT, BUT I KIND OF GET THE SENSE THAT WHATEVER YOUR SUPPLIERS PROVIDE YOU, THE RATE INCREASE, YOU GUYS JUST PASS IT ON WITHOUT EVEN CONSIDERING OTHER OPTIONS. MAYBE AFTER SEWAGE IS CONCERNED, HAS THE TOWN CONSIDERED JOINING WITH ARGYLE OR SOME OTHER NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY TREATMENT, AND LET THE CURRENT SUPPLIER JUST HANDLE THE TERTIARY STORM DRAINAGE FEE? PECAN SQUARE HAS 1234 RETENTION PONDS. WHY ARE WE SUBJECTED TO STORM DRAINAGE? TAKING CARE OF STORM DRAINAGE? SO THERE ARE OTHER THINGS LIKE UTILITY BILLS. THOSE OF US WHO ARE ENROLLED IN ELECTRONIC BILLINGS, WHY ARE WE GETTING PAPER BILLS STILL? THAT COSTS MONEY. THERE ARE SIMPLE THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN THAT YOU CAN REDUCE THE COST TO YOUR CITIZENS. AND I SENSE THAT YOU'RE NOT DOING IT. I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU. SIR, WE DID HAVE SOME INITIAL ISSUES WITH PEOPLE ON ROLLING FROM MESA. I BELIEVE EVERYTHING HAS BEEN CLEARED UP ON THAT, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. AND NO, WE DO NOT KNOW WHO'S ON MEDICAID OR NOT, BUT WE HAD TO TO GET THE BEST RATE POSSIBLE. WE HAD TO DO AUTOMATIC OPT IN AND THEN THE OPT OUT. AND THAT'S SIMILAR TO HOW THINGS ARE DONE EVERYWHERE TO GET THE BEST RATE. 
          SO WE TRIED TO DO COMMUNICATIONS. YOU HAVE NOT BEEN BILLED FOR IT YET. NOBODY HAS BEEN BILLED FOR IT UNTIL AT LEAST THE 15TH. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR FRUSTRATION THERE. WE HAVE TRIED TO MAKE THAT A LOT BETTER. QUESTION IS LIKE MASS HAS LIMITED. I'M READING THINGS 7000 HOSPITAL TO HOSPITAL. THAT'S NOT ADEQUATE. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAD THE EXPERIENCE. EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. TAKE A MOMENT. GRANDDAUGHTER WHO HAS HOSPITAL TO HOSPITAL FOR $50,000 WAS A BILL, A NUMBER TO COVER THAT. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. 
          DO I HAVE ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC INPUT? HI, MY NAME IS RENA HARDIMAN. I LIVE IN NORTH LAKE. I'D JUST LIKE TO. BEFORE I MAKE MY STATEMENT, I'D LIKE TO USE AN EXAMPLE THAT HAS HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE NORTH LAKE COUNCIL MEETING WHERE MR. CALLAHAN AND UNDERSTAND, MR. CALLAHAN, I'M NOT PICKING ON YOU, BUT SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID. IS THAT BASICALLY YOUR OPINION ABOUT MY PROPERTY SHOULD COUNT AS MUCH AS MY OPINION ABOUT MY PROPERTY. AND OF COURSE, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ZONING, AND HE'S ALL FOR THAT. BUT WHAT IF EVERYONE IN NORTH LAKE DIDN'T WANT LOWER SPEED LIMITS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? SHOULD THE TOWN DECIDE? SHOULD PUBLIC OPINION DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS IN YOUR PART OF THE WORLD? IS WHAT I'M ASKING. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO GET TO IS, I ASSUME THAT YOUR LEGAL COUNSEL HAS TOLD YOU THAT THIS FORCED AG ZONING IS LEGAL, BUT HISTORY IS REPLETE WITH EXAMPLES OF LAWS THAT WERE LEGAL THAT WERE UNETHICAL OR IMMORAL. SOME EXTREME EXAMPLES. THE HOLOCAUST WAS LEGAL. HIDING JEWS WAS ILLEGAL. THAT'S NOT FUNNY, ALEXANDER HOLMES. IT'S NOT FUNNY. IT IS AN EXAMPLE, THOUGH, OF OF SOMETHING THAT WAS LEGAL, THAT WAS DONE TO PEOPLE. SLAVERY WAS LEGAL. 
          FREEING SLAVES WAS ILLEGAL. SEGREGATION WAS LEGAL. PROTESTING RACISM WAS ILLEGAL. 
          LEGALITY IS NOT AN ASSURANCE OF MORALITY OR ETHICAL STANDARDS. JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN DO THIS DOES NOT MEAN YOU SHOULD. JUST BECAUSE YOUR LEGAL COUNSEL SAYS THAT IT'S LEGAL, YOU ARE ELECTED TO REPRESENT US, NOT NORTH LAKE. WE HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT FIGHT FOR NORTH LAKE, AND YOU ARE THE BALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN THE EROSION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE TAKING OF OUR PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS. YOU'RE THAT BALANCE BECAUSE YOU REPRESENT US. WHAT MAYOR MONTINI EMPHASIZED OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS OUR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE 
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SETBACKS. WHAT HE ALLEGEDLY AND I DON'T MEAN TO POINT FINGERS AT YOU, MAYOR MONTINI, BUT YOU DID MAKE THIS STATEMENT. YOU COMPLETELY IGNORED THE FACT THAT WE WILL LOSE FOUR TIMES THE USE OF OUR PROPERTY. LET ME PUT THAT INTO FINANCIAL TERMS FOR Y'ALL. IF YOU LOOK ONLINE RIGHT NOW AT THE COST OF LOTS IN THE TOWN OF NORTH LAKE, OKAY, $250,000, $275,000 PER ACRE TIMES FIVE IS 1.375 MILLION FOR A FIVE ACRE LOT. OKAY. IF WE TAKE THE REDUCTION IN MY PROPERTY USE, WHICH IS THE LOSS OF 27 ACRES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $37,125,000, WHICH IS BASICALLY A TAKING OF THE USE OF MY PROPERTY THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE FROM ME AND NOT COMPENSATE ME FOR. ASK IF YOU WOULD LIKE LOSING THAT FROM YOUR POCKET, BECAUSE THE MAYOR HAS MADE THIS HIS MISSION TO DISSEMINATE PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS, THIS PROPOSED ZONING IS EFFECTIVELY A TAKING OF OUR OF OUR PROPERTY WITHOUT COMPENSATION. I GAVE YOU THE EXAMPLES. WE COULD FILE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. YES, WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT FOR A FEE, OF COURSE. BUT WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE USE OF OUR PROPERTY? WITH THE THREAT OF THE COUNCIL DENYING OUR REQUEST FOR SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY ALLOWED TO DO. OKAY, I'M ALMOST DONE. JUST GIVE ME A SECOND HERE. SO WHAT I HAVE TO ASK YOU RIGHT NOW IS THAT WHICH SIDE OF HISTORY WILL YOU BE ON? WILL YOU BE KNOWN FOR FIGHTING FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS OR AGAINST THEM? I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANKS FOR THE EXTENSION. 
          THANK YOU. SINCE IT'S ON THE AGENDA, YOU KEEP COMING UP TO COUNCIL AND TELLING US THAT YOU HAVE NO INTENTIONS TO DEVELOP YOUR PROPERTY, NO INTENTION TO DEVELOP YOUR PROPERTY, NO INTENTIONS TO DEVELOP YOUR PROPERTY. AND TODAY'S YOUR ARGUMENT IS WE'RE TAKING YOUR VALUE OF YOUR. NO, YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE ADDRESSING ME DIRECTLY. I HAVE A RIGHT TO TO RESPOND TO THAT. NO. GO AHEAD. NO YOU DON'T. PLEASE SIT DOWN. OH I DON'T OKAY. PLEASE SIT DOWN. WE UNDERSTAND WHAT SIDE YOU'RE ON. THE PROBLEM IS, IF YOU WERE CONSISTENT WITH THIS COUNCIL AT ALL, WE WOULD PROBABLY BE HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE YOU. BUT YOU'RE INCONSISTENT WITH US ALL THE TIME. CONSISTENT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR STATEMENT. WE'LL TAKE IT UNDER ADVISEMENT. ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC INPUT TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC 
          [4. CONSENT ITEMS]
INPUT AT 6:38 P.M. AND MOVE TO CONSENT ITEMS. DO I HAVE ANYTHING TO BE PULLED OR MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND MOTION FOR MISS HOLMES. A SECOND FROM MR. PIZZUTO. WE MADE SOME MINOR CHANGES TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO CAN WE SEPARATE THAT OUT AND THEN JUST MAKE A MOTION TO THE CHANGES MADE DURING THE WORKSHOP? YES. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ALL BUT F. YES. AND YOUR SECOND CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 
          [4.F. Consider approval of a Resolution of the Town of Northlake, Texas, adopting the Town of Northlake Strategic Plan as set forth in Exhibit “A” and Superseding Prior Strategic Plans]
ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 1. AND THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR ITEM F. WITH THE CHANGES THAT WE DID IN EARLIER SESSION. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SECOND FROM MISS MR. FOWLER. MOTION CARRIES 
          [5.A. Consider adoption of an Ordinance of the Town of Northlake, Texas, amending Table 5.1, "Dimensional Requirements," of Section 5.6, "Dimensional and Development Standards Summary," of the Unified Development Code (UDC) to update minimum yard setback standards for the "AG" Agricultural Zoning District - Case # 25-UDC00004]
UNANIMOUS. ALL RIGHT. FIRST ITEM TONIGHT IS AMENDING TABLE DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS AFTER WE GET A SHORT PRESENTATION. AND THIS IS TO ADDRESS THE MINIMUM YARD SETBACKS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT AT OUR LAST MEETING OR SEVERAL MEETINGS. NATHAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'LL GO REAL QUICKLY THROUGH THIS. I THINK MOST OF YOU ARE WELL AWARE OF THE BACKGROUND OF THIS ZONING DISTRICT WAS CREATED A FEW YEARS AGO. IT'S BECAME THE DEFAULT ZONING FOR NEWLY ANNEXED PROPERTY, BUT NO PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN REZONED TO THAT YET. THAT PROCESS WAS BEGUN AND WENT TO TOWN COUNCIL. BACK IN DECEMBER, COUNCIL TABLED CONSIDERATION OF THE 
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ZONING CHANGE AT THAT TIME, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL COMMENTS AND CONCERNS EXPRESSED ABOUT THE AG DISTRICT STANDARDS AND SPECIFICALLY SETBACKS AND COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO BRING BACK AN ITEM TO CONSIDER AMENDING THOSE AG DISTRICT STANDARDS PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION OF THE ZONING CHANGE, WHICH IS WHY IT WAS TABLED. SO ON JANUARY 8TH, STAFF DID A BRIEFING ON THE AG DISTRICT STANDARDS AND IN COMPARISON TO RURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT STANDARDS, COUNCIL PROVIDED DIRECTION TO REVISE ALL AG SETBACKS TO MATCH THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL SETBACKS, AND PROVIDED FURTHER DIRECTION TO REDUCE THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FEE FROM THE CURRENT $500 TO $100 FOR AGRICULTURAL USES. AND THERE'S A SEPARATE ACTION ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR THAT. SO THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A UDC TEXT AMENDMENT THAT UPDATES THE AG ZONING DISTRICT BY REDUCING THE SETBACKS TO MATCH THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL SETBACKS, THE RELATED ZONING CHANGE ITEM IS TO BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY ON THE SAME AGENDA. SO IN EFFECT, THIS IS WHAT'S CHANGING. JUST MATCHING UP THOSE MINIMUM YARD SETBACKS AND THE AG AND RURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. PNC CONSIDERED THIS. AT THEIR JANUARY 27TH MEETING. THEY HELD A PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEY UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE TEXT AMENDMENT AS PRESENTED. AND YOU CAN ACT ON IT TONIGHT. AFTER HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING. QUESTIONS. 
          BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. IT IS 6:42 P.M. WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE DON'T NECESSARILY TAKE CARDS FOR THIS UNLESS YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN BEFORE. SO, MR. MCGREGOR, JOEL MCGREGOR, 89, 21 EAST LANE. SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO STICK TO ONE ISSUE HERE. I GUESS THE ALL THE ZONING AND SETBACK STUFF, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY PEOPLE WITH SMALLER LOTS HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY THAN PEOPLE WITH LARGER LOTS. THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL. YOU KNOW, WHY WOULD SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WITH A SMALL LOT CAN BUILD A SHED IF IT'S OF A CERTAIN SIZE WITHIN THREE FEET OF THEIR PROPERTY LINE, BUT THEN OTHER PEOPLE CAN'T BUILD WITHIN 25FT OF THEIR PROPERTY LINE. THAT'S A HUGE CHUNK OF THEIR PROPERTY. IF YOU KNOW A 25 FOOT BAND OR ONE OF THOSE 50 ALL THE WAY AROUND THEIR PROPERTY, THAT'S A HUGE CHUNK OF PROPERTY THAT THEY PAY TAXES ON AND THEY CAN'T USE IT. YOU KNOW, IT JUST SITS THERE EMPTY. YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT. 
          YOU CAN WALK ON IT, BUT IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THE THE RESTRICTIONS, THE ELIMINATIONS OF FREEDOMS IS JUST CRAZY. IN OUR COUNTRY. IF YOU GO VISIT SOME OTHER COUNTRIES, WE ARE NOT A FREE COUNTRY HERE BY ANY MEANS. YOU KNOW, WE WE THINK WE'RE THE FREE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. YOU KNOW, THE BACKBONE OF A FREE SOCIETY IS IS PROPERTY OWNERSHIP. AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, NOBODY IN THE UNITED STATES CAN OWN PROPERTY. IN THE UNITED STATES, YOU CAN PAY A BIG FEE TO RENT IT FROM THE GOVERNMENT, BUT YOU CAN'T OWN IT. YOU KNOW, QUIT PAYING YOUR TAXES, QUIT PAYING YOUR RENT TO THE GOVERNMENT AND SEE WHO OWNS IT. YOU'LL FIND OUT REAL QUICK. 
          AND IT'S JUST IT'S IT'S RIDICULOUS. YOU KNOW, WE SHOULDN'T BE TELLING PEOPLE WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THEIR OWN PROPERTY AS LONG AS THEY AREN'T HARMING SOMEONE ELSE. THANK YOU. 
          I'D LIKE TO PREFACE THIS BY SAYING THAT I HAVE BEEN NOTHING BUT CONSISTENT WHENEVER I STAND BEFORE THIS COUNCIL, NOT A SINGLE TIME HAVE I EVER APPROACHED THIS COUNCIL AND BEEN IN FAVOR OF FORCIBLY REZONING ANY INDIVIDUAL OR DEVELOPER. IN FACT, WITH PECAN SQUARE, THEY WANTED TO REDUCE THE LOT SIZE. AND I SAID, WHY DON'T THEY JUST STAY WITH RURAL RESIDENTIAL? NOW, BRIAN, AS I RECALL, YOU DIDN'T WANT THEM REMOVING THE CONSERVATION RESIDENTIAL OVERLAY. IT'S ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA THAT YOU COMPLAINED ABOUT, THAT YOU'RE BEING INCONSISTENT BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE WANTING TO FORCE A HIGHER ACREAGE ON THOSE OF US WHO HAVE CURRENT RIGHTS RIGHT NOW. AND YOU'VE COMPLETELY IGNORED WITH REGARD TO THIS, YOU'VE COMPLETELY IGNORED THE LAND USE, GOING FROM FIVE ACRES TO 20 ACRES. THAT'S AN IMMENSE REDUCTION. IT'S A 75% REDUCTION IN OUR ABILITY TO USE OUR OWN PROPERTY. SO I HAVE BEEN 
          [01:15:01]
NOTHING BUT CONSISTENT. NOT ONCE CAN YOU POINT TO A TIME WHERE I'VE COME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL AND SAID, FORCIBLY REZONE SOMEONE SO THEY CAN'T USE AS MUCH OF THEIR PROPERTY? I HAVE SAID STAY WITH THE ZONING THAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR PROPERTY AND NOT REDUCE IT. BUT I'VE NEVER ONCE SAID FORCED THIS ON SOMEONE SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE AS MUCH OF THEIR PROPERTY TO USE. NOT A SINGLE TIME. SO I THINK YOU ALL HAVE HAVE ADDRESSED THE SETBACK ISSUES THAT YOU PREVIOUSLY TOOK FROM US ON OCTOBER 2022. YOU TOOK THAT FROM US. NOW YOU'RE GIVING IT BACK TO US TO PLACATE US. BUT IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH. YOU'RE TAKING AWAY 75% OF OUR LAND USAGE. IT'S NOT FAIR. NONE OF YOU WOULD LIKE. IMAGINE. DO THE MATH ON YOUR OWN PROPERTY. 
          NONE OF YOU WOULD LIKE 75% OF YOUR PROPERTY TAKEN FROM YOU. IF YOU'VE WORKED HARD FOR IT, YOU'VE PAID FOR IT, AND YOU SHOULD GET THE USE OF IT. AND YOU ALL WOULDN'T LIKE THIS DONE TO YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, FOR LISTENING TO ME. ANYBODY ELSE? FIRST ITEM THIS EVENING. YES, SIR. GARY GRAHAM, I LIVE ON ROBSON RANCH ROAD. I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION. 
          WE'VE HEARD OPPOSING. I'M NOT REAL FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S GOING ON. COULD YOU TAKE A MINUTE OF MY TIME AND TELL ME WHAT THE BENEFIT OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO HERE, HOW THAT BENEFITS THE TOWN? YES, ABSOLUTELY. SINCE IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING, IT'S ON THE AGENDA. I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION. WHEN A TOWN, ZONING DISTRICTS AND ZONING AREAS. RIGHT. OUR BASE ZONING TODAY. WHEN NEW TOWN, WHEN NEW AREA COMES INTO THE TOWN, IF IT'S 20 ACRES OR MORE, IT BECOMES AGRICULTURAL. WHEN WE HAVE ZONING MAPS AND ZONING TYPES, IT TELLS FUTURE DEVELOPERS AS THEY COME TO TOWN, WHAT WE FORESEE IS USED THERE THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE HAVE SET AND WE REVISE EVERY SEVERAL YEARS, SO IT TELLS WE ALREADY HAVE LARGE PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN AGRICULTURE ZONING BECAUSE THEY WERE BROUGHT IN. AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO RESET THAT BASE LAYER TO ANYTHING THAT'S ABOVE THAT 20 ACRES THAT FALLS IN THAT CATEGORY. JUST CORRECTING COURSE ON THAT. THE INITIAL ISSUES THAT CAME FORWARD WERE SETBACKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND WE DID ADDRESS THOSE AS WE WERE ASKED TO. BUT IT'S GOOD POLICY TO HAVE YOUR AGRICULTURAL, YOUR ZONING MAPS AND YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAPS COME INTO CORRELATION. NOW, SOME AREAS THAT ARE IN AGRICULTURAL TODAY DOWN IN SOUTHERN DISTRICTS, SAY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS GOING TO BE IN BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL. SO IN THOSE TYPES OF SCENARIOS IT'S A HOLDING ZONE. ALL RIGHT. WHERE YES, YOU CAME INTO TOWN. 
          YOU HAVE NOT DEVELOPED YET. BEFORE IT WAS RURAL RESIDENTIAL WAS BASE. BACK IN 22 IT GOT CHANGED TO AG. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT DOES. BUT SO YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE AGAINST IT. WHY DOES THAT HAVE TO BE DONE RIGHT NOW? DOES IT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE PLANNING FOR TEN YEARS DOWN THE LINE, 15 YEARS DOWN THE LINE, OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S IN DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW THAT COULD BENEFIT THE TOWN? IT'S A GENERAL RATING OF THE SHIP. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE WE MAKE CHANGES, WE HAVE TO GO AND ADDRESS ADDITIONAL UDC CHANGES BECAUSE OF THE NEW COUNCIL POLICY. AND WE CHANGE THE CODES. WE'RE KIND OF CORRECTING THE SHIP ON THAT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU GARY. YES, SIR. WANT TO BORE ANYBODY HERE? BUT I THINK THAT YOUR STATEMENT, THE GENTLEMAN'S STATEMENT ABOUT RIGHTS. AND I THINK WHAT YOU LEARN IN LAW SCHOOL AND REAL ESTATE CLASSES, THAT YOU REALLY DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY, YOU OWN A BILL OF RIGHTS TO THE PROPERTY. SOME OF THEM WERE IN FEE SIMPLE, ABSOLUTE, SOME OF THEM IN LIGHT LIFE ESTATES. BUT YOU'RE YOU CAN'T DO CERTAIN THINGS WITH YOUR PROPERTY. YOU CAN'T TAKE 20 ACRES AND TURN YOUR BARN INTO A HOUSE OF ILL REPUTE. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. AND IT MIGHT BE YOUR PROPERTY, BUT YOU CAN'T DO THAT. AND THERE'S SOME ZONING REQUIREMENTS THAT REQUIRE YOU TO GET PERMITS. IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A STABLE THERE FOR COMMERCIAL USE. THESE ARE ALL WITHIN THE REALM OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE DECISIONS ON WHAT'S ALLOWED ON PROPERTY, WHAT'S NOT, AND HOW YOU GET A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. I THINK ALL OF THAT IS WELL WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE THE COUNCIL HERE. I AGREE THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT. I AGREE THAT THE PART OF THE MASTER PLAN IS TO KEEP US IN A RURAL AREA. NORTH LAKE DOES NOT WANT TO BECOME DOWNTOWN DALLAS. WE WANT TO BE A RURAL AREA. AND THE REZONING, IT GOES ALONG WITH THE MASTER PLAN THAT DOESN'T LIMIT ANYBODY ELSE'S RIGHTS. THEY CAN ALWAYS GO TO THE CITY AND SEEK A VARIANCE TO IT. I'M ON A COMMITTEE THAT LOOKS AT IT WHEN THE CITY TURNS IT DOWN, AND WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD COMMITTEE THAT ANALYZES THAT DATA. AND SO I THINK THAT, WELL, 
          [01:20:02]
THERE'S SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THIS. AND YES, THE CITY, THE COUNCIL HAS THE RIGHT TO TO LIMIT WHAT CAN HAPPEN ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND SHOULD AND SHOULD DO THAT. I THINK THAT THE IT'S A MINIMAL INTRUSION. I DON'T THINK IT'S TAKEN AWAY THE TOTAL RIGHTS OF THE PROPERTY. I THINK THE CHANGES THAT YOU MADE IN IN THE SETBACKS, PERFECT, PERFECT TO ALLOW THE THE SETBACKS TO BE ADJUSTED FOR AGRICULTURAL LAND. I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN GET PAST THIS AND KEEP OUR RURAL COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHY WE MOVED HERE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. ANYONE ELSE THIS EVENING? MR. SAVOIE? MICHAEL SAVOIE, I HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE MAYOR'S CHAIR IN A LONG TIME, SO I MAY BE NOT UNDERSTANDING THIS, BUT PUBLIC INPUT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TIME FOR PUBLIC TO STAND UP HERE AND SAY THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT. AND IT'S THE IT'S THE COUNCIL'S JOB TO LISTEN. IT'S NOT THE COUNCIL'S JOB TO ATTACK THE PEOPLE WHO STAND UP HERE. THAT CONCERNS ME. I WILL GO BACK TO WHAT I SAID EARLIER POLICY. I THINK THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK KUDOS TO THE COUNCIL FOR LISTENING TO US MAKING THESE CHANGES AND GETTING US BACK. BUT WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT PRINCIPLE, THAT'S WHERE WE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DIFFER. YOU'VE HEARD A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE TALKING HERE, BUT I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING I SAID EARLIER, WHICH IS THIS ON PRINCIPLE, IF YOU TOOK OUT THE WORD FORCED, IF YOU GAVE US AS CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO CHANGE OUR ZONING, RIGHT TO DECIDE WHETHER WE WANT IT OR NOT, I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH WHAT YOU DO, RIGHT? I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE 20 ACRE ZONING. I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR PROPERTIES THAT ARE COMING IN, BUT I THINK FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN HERE WHO TRUSTED THAT OUR ZONING WAS GOING TO BE WHAT IT IS FOR YOU TO THEN FORCE A ZONING CHANGE ON US IS NOT APPROPRIATE. IT'S NOT PRINCIPLED. IT'S NOT IN KEEPING WITH WHAT THE TOWN OF NORTH LAKE WAS CREATED TO BE. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING, ONCE AGAIN, THAT YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT IS THE FORCED ZONING, FORCING THE ZONING ON THE CITIZENS WHO ARE CURRENTLY HERE. AND ONCE AGAIN, I WILL BRING IT UP. THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN HOME. IF THE TOWN CAME IN AND FORCED A ZONING CHANGE ON YOU, THAT SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERED THE USE OF YOUR PROPERTY, WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH IT? AND IF THE ANSWER IS NO, THEN WHEN YOU GET TO THIS POINT, PLEASE CHANGE IT SO THAT IT'S NOT A FORCED ZONING, IT'S A VOLUNTARY REZONING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          DOES ANYONE ELSE THIS EVENING. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:53 P.M. SO I AGREE WITH RENA THAT WE DID THE CHANGE TO THE SETBACKS JUST TO PLACATE A COUPLE PEOPLE, AND THAT I DON'T EVEN THINK THAT THIS IS NECESSARY. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE IT. AND I THINK THAT THE ORIGINAL SETBACKS THAT WE PROPOSED FOR AG ARE FINE AS THEY ARE, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED US. AND OUR CURRENT MISSION STATEMENT FOR THE TOWN. THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD TO LEARN THE IMPORTANCE OF TO TO THE DEGREE THAT IT IS. THIS IS OUR CURRENT MISSION STATEMENT, OUR VISION. NORTH LAKE IS A DISTINCTIVE HOMETOWN THAT WELCOMES PROMISING OPPORTUNITIES WHILE RESPECTING AND PRESERVING OUR RURAL LIFESTYLE. THIS IS ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE TO DO THAT, THAT WE GET PUT IN THE UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION AS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO MAKE DECISIONS. SOMETIMES THAT WILL UPSET PEOPLE THE SAME WAY THAT HAPPENS IN OTHER AREAS OF LIFE. 
          AND THAT ONE, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO CHANGE SETBACKS. I'LL, I THINK THAT THEY'RE FINE IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE CHANGE, MAKE THE CHANGE. AND THEN IF IF A PROPERTY OWNER NEEDS TO USE THEIR LAND IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T GO ALONG WITH WHAT OUR CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS, THEN WE ARE WE'RE ABOUT TO CHANGE IT TO $100 IF IF IT INSTEAD OF FROM $500 THAT WE'RE MAKING IT A LOW BARRIER TO ENTRY, THAT IF YOU REALLY DO WANT TO CHANGE, IF YOU HAVE A LARGE PROPERTY AND YOU WANT TO CHANGE SOMETHING OTHER THAT WILL AFFECT THAT RURAL LOOK AND FEEL OF THIS SMALL CORRIDOR THAT WE STILL HAVE LEFT TO PROTECT IN NORTH LAKE, THEN WE DON'T NEED TO BACK OFF THE CHANGES. WE'RE GOING TO UPSET PEOPLE SOMETIMES, BUT WE'LL WE NEED TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE TOWN. WE'LL NEVER MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY. SO I AGREE THAT WE SHOULDN'T USE MAKE CHANGES JUST TO PLACATE SOMEONE IN THE MOMENT. THANK YOU, MISS HOLMES. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A 
          [5.A VOTE]
MOVE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS SECOND AS WE'VE CHANGED IT. I'LL SECOND THAT. I HAVE A MOTION FROM DOCTOR SESSIONS AND A SECOND FROM MR. FOWLER. 
          [01:25:21]
MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 2. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS FEE REDUCTION, AND WE HAVE 
          [5.B. Consider adoption of an Ordinance of the Town of Northlake, Texas, amending the Code of Ordinances by amending Appendix "A" "Fee Schedule," Article 5.000, "Development Application Fees," Section A5.001, "Development Application Fees," revising the fee for Specific Use Permits]
A ORDINANCE BEHIND US TO AMEND THE FEE SCHEDULE TO CHANGING THE REVISING FEE FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMITS FROM 500 TO 100. I THINK EVERYBODY WAS BEHIND THIS ACTION TO LOWER THE BARRIER OF ENTRY, AS YOU PUT IT, MISS HOLMES. SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED A PRESENTATION ON THIS ONE. 
          [5.B VOTE]
WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT. THAT MOTION TO APPROVE FOR MISS HOLMES AND A SECOND FROM MISTER PROSCIUTTO. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY TO LOWER THE SPECIFIC USE OR SPECIFIC USE PERMITS FEE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THAT'S A GOOD STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION HERE. ALL RIGHT. NEXT 
          [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 changing the zoning classification of certain properties in the Town of Northlake from "RR" Rural Residential to "AG" Agricultural and revising the official zoning map in accordinance therewith - Case # 25-ZCA00003]
WE HAVE CARRY OVER FROM THE LAST MEETING AND NATHAN WILL GO OVER THAT BRIEFLY FOR US. ALL RIGHT. SO JUST WANT TO HIT AGAIN ON THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROPOSED REZONING. NUMBER ONE IS REALLY TO IMPLEMENT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY PRESERVING LARGER LOTS. THE RURAL PRESERVE, THE RURAL RESERVE PLACE TYPE OF THE COMP PLAN CALLS FOR FIVE ACRE TO 20 ACRE LOTS. WE HAVE A FIVE ACRE ZONING DISTRICT. WE DON'T HAVE A 20 ACRE ZONING DISTRICT. SO I DIA IS TO CREATE THAT NEW 20 ACRE BASE ZONING DISTRICT THAT THAT PROVIDES ZONING AT A LEAST INTENSIVE USE. THE BASE ZONING AT THE LEAST INTENSIVE USE ZONING IS ALSO MORE COMMONLY USED AS A BASE ZONE. SO IT MATCHES THAT UP, AND IT REDUCES ANY CONFUSION OR FALSE IMPRESSION THAT FIVE ACRE RESIDENTIAL LOTS ARE PLANNED IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHERE YOU MAY HAVE IDENTIFIED FOR INDUSTRIAL USE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE. ONLY UNDEVELOPED PROPERTIES OVER 20 ACRES ARE PROPOSED FOR THIS ZONING CHANGE. ADJACENT TRACKS UNDER THE SAME OWNERSHIP ARE CONSIDERED TOGETHER AS ONE PROPERTY, SO I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY PROPERTY IN THE TOWN THAT THIS WOULD CREATE ANY KIND OF NON-CONFORMING ISSUE, THAT PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE USING THEIR PROPERTY AS IS, SO IT HAD NO IMPACT ON IT AS IS. SO HERE'S A LOOK AT THE PROPERTIES THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED. YOU'LL NOTICE THESE ARE ALL THE LARGER UNDEVELOPED PROPERTIES IN TOWN. 
          THE RIGHT SIDE IS ALL THAT GREEN IS WHAT'S PROPOSED TO CHANGE. THE LEFT SIDE IS OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO PNC FIRST CONSIDERED THIS AT THEIR MEETING ON NOVEMBER 8TH, WHERE THEY HELD A PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEY DECIDED TO CONTINUE THAT PUBLIC HEARING TO DECEMBER 9TH TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL NOTICE AND TIME FOR CONSIDERATION. AT THE DECEMBER 9TH MEETING, THEY HEARD IT AGAIN AND HELD ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN TOOK ACTION ON IT. THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE ZONING CHANGE BY A VOTE OF 3 TO 1. THEN THIS WENT ON TO COUNCIL AT YOUR DECEMBER 11TH MEETING, WHERE YOU HELD A PUBLIC HEARING THERE AND CLOSED IT, AND YOU TABLED ACTION ON THE ZONING CHANGE TO ALLOW FOR A LOOK AT AMENDING THE UDC. AND CONSIDER REDUCING THE ZONING SETBACKS, WHICH WAS DONE PREVIOUSLY ON THIS AGENDA. SO TONIGHT IT'S BACK BEFORE YOU. NOW THAT YOU'VE DONE THAT, AND THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS ALREADY BEEN HELD IN CLOSED. SO YOU JUST HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 
          [5.C VOTE]
ACT ON IT NOW. SO MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. BEFORE I GIVE A SECOND ON THIS, I'D JUST LIKE TO MENTION THAT THE TOTAL FEEDBACK AS I CALCULATED IN THE NEGATIVE AGAINST THIS WAS 9% OF THE LANDOWNERS NOT MEETING THE THRESHOLD FOR SUPERMAJORITY. AND I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. 
          MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 1. NEXT UP WE HAVE ITEM D CALLING FOR ORDERING A GENERAL UNIFORM 
          [5.D. Consider adoption of an Ordinance of the Town of Northlake, Texas, calling and ordering a General Uniform (Municipal) Election to be held in the Town of Northlake on May 2, 2026, and if required, a Runoff Election on June 13, 2026, for the purpose of electing Councilmembers to Places 1, 2, and 3; prescribing the time and designating the locations, and manner of conducting the election to be in accordance with the Joint Election Agreement and Contract for Election Services with Denton County and the Denton County Elections Administrator; authorizing the Town Manager to execute the agreement and contract; and providing an effective date]
          [01:30:07]
ELECTION. I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THIS NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. INFORMATION ON THERE. DO YOU WANT TO GO OVER THIS REAL QUICK FOR THEM. THANK YOU Z. WE NEVER GET TO HEAR FROM YOU. GOOD EVENING HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO THIS EVENING WE'RE JUST GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GENERAL ELECTION. WE HAVE IT COMING UP ON MAY 2ND. WE HAVE TO ORDER IT 62 DAYS PRIOR TO THAT DATE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY TOMORROW. WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER PLACES ONE, TWO AND THREE THAT ARE GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION. WE WILL BE CONTRACTING WITH DENTON COUNTY ELECTION ADMINISTRATION TO HANDLE THAT. FOR US, THE CANDIDATE FILING PERIOD IS JANUARY 14TH THROUGH THE 13TH, WHICH ALSO ENDS TOMORROW AT 5 P.M. WE HAVE CANADA PACKETS AVAILABLE IF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THEM FOR PRINTED COPY, OR THEY ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE. EARLY VOTING WILL HAPPEN ON APRIL 20TH THROUGH THE 28TH, AND WE DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE 21ST WILL NOT BE AN ELECTION, PARDON ME VOTING DAY DUE TO SAN JACINTO DAY. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          [5.D VOTE]
SECOND MOTION SECOND I THINK ALEX GOT I THINK ALEX GOT THE SECOND ON THAT ONE. I GUESS IT WASN'T A QUESTION. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUS. GET READY WITH YOUR PAPER FILING THERE. 
          [5.E. Consider adoption of an Ordinance of the Town of Northlake, Texas, calling and ordering a Special Election to be held in the Town of Northlake, Texas, and within the proposed boundaries of the Northlake Municipal Development District on May 2, 2026, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of the Town a proposition to terminate the Northlake Community Development Corporation and the Northlake Economic Development Corporation and abolish the combined three-fourths of one percent (0.75%) sales and use tax imposed for the benefit of the corporations; to reauthorize and reallocate a sales and use tax of one-fourth of one percent (0.25%) to the Town of Northlake for municipal purposes; to authorize the qualified voters within the proposed boundaries of the Northlake Municipal Development District to create a Municipal Development District and to provide that a one-half of one percent (0.50%) sales and use tax shall be imposed and dedicated to the Municipal Development District; all subject to voter approval; establishing the boundaries of the Municipal Development District; providing for the conduct of the election; authorizing a joint election agreement with Denton County; providing for early voting; providing for notice and publication; providing a severability clause; and providing an effective date]
ALRIGHT. NEXT CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION. THIS IS FOR THE ITEMS THAT WE COVERED IN EARLIER TODAY IN THE BRIEFING ABOUT THE ETJ. SO WE MAY NEED SOME SPECIFIC MOTION LANGUAGE. IS THERE ANYTHING ACTUALLY SPECIFIC OR DO WE JUST MAKE THAT MODIFICATION. I THINK YOU CAN DESCRIBE IT. WE'VE GOT IT DRAFTED. BUT OUR UNDERSTANDING, THE STAFF UNDERSTANDING IS THE MDE WILL BE THE TOWN LIMITS AND ETJ, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE HARVEST OR THE BELMONT FRESHWATER SUPPLY DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, BUT WILL INCLUDE THE COMMERCIAL AREAS, THE COMMERCIAL AREA RIGHT HERE, IT'S SPECIAL PURPOSE ANNEXATION 
          [5.E VOTE]
AREA. I CONCUR. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION SECOND FROM MR. PROSCIUTTO. THANK YOU. THIS IS TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. STAFF, DO WE HAVE ANY ACTIONS FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT. EXPECTING 
          [6. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
NO FUTURE BUSINESS HERE. WE WILL ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER 551071551087. AND AS MENTIONED WE EXPECT NO ACT IT I. WITH NO ACTION COMING FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE WILL 
          [7. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]
CONVENE THIS MEETING
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